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of forest taxation in England and France, and the hope that forest 

 owners in England will be able to secure a revision of the income tax 

 as applied to forests on a fair and rational basis which can be adapted 

 to French legislation. S. T. D. 



Revue ties Eaux et Forets. January, 1919, Vol. 57, pp. 2-3. 



UTILIZATION, MARKET, AND TECHNOLOGY 



In a review of Swiss conditions during the 

 Siviss Notes war, Barbey refers to the large exportations of 

 forest products for use of the American Army, 

 which last spring brought the price of fir logs in the woods to 48 and 

 54 cents per cubic foot, which may be figured at $60 to $65 per thousand 

 feet b. m. This astonishingly high price is exceeded for certain other 

 species, e. g., white pine (our P. strobiis, which is a regular market 

 article in Switzerland) for match manufacture, at 75 cents per cubic 

 foot or over $90 per thousand feet. Railroad ties doubled in the last 

 four years to about 50 cents a cubic foot or $2.50 per tie. Meanwhile, 

 transport charges on railroads have increased 80 to 100 per cent. 



The Journal Forcstier Suisse also brings statistics on this subject. 

 Standing timber of spruce and fir in another place was sold at from 20 

 to 38 cents ($25 to $36 per thousand feet board measure) with a cost 

 of 3 to 4 cents for cutting and 8 to 14 cents for delivering at mill or 

 railroad, so that the cost of logs may go up to $70 per thousand feet 

 board measure. 



Comparison with prices of 191 7 shows increases of 30 to 40 per 

 cent and more. The maximum prices fixed by the Department of the 

 Interior for 1918-19 run from 40 cents to 58 cents per, cubic foot, free 

 on board or mill. 



According to Barbey the problem of supplying the pulp and paper 

 factories has become an important one. At one time these were on the 

 point of closing because of the demand for firewood, and the industry 

 was also threatened with paralysis because of the closure of the fron- 

 tiers. The Cantons have just been forced to set aside a certain amount 

 of wood for the paper mills, which will hereafter have to pay 32 francs 

 per cubic meter for unbarked wood 10 centimeters and more in 

 diameter delivered on the wagon. 



While the war has brought about intensive utilization of the Swiss 

 forests, foresters are also devoting considerable attention to the ques- 

 tion of better forest management. In 19 13 consumption exceeded 



