PERIODICAL LITERATURE 649 



Contrary to the reports by A. J. Butterwick, 



Killing Trees P. F. S.. A. Sanger-Davis and H. W. Moor 



zifith Atlas state that tropical timber can be killed by gird- 



Preservative ling the bark (12-inch ring) and then painting 



with pure Atlas Preservative at the rate of one 



gallon to 75 18-inch trees. Death takes place in 1 to .■) months after 



painting. Where merchantable trees are to be removed from fire 



lines in tropical climates (where girdling is unsuccessful) this use 



of Atlas Preservative may be of value. T. S. W. Jr. 



Indian Forester, Vol. 4.5, pp. 547-550. 1019. 



STATISTICS AND HISTORY 



In the consideration of a possible resumption 

 Russian of trade relations with Russia by the Allied 



Timber Exports nations and the United States, it is instructive 

 to recall the extent of Russia's pre-war timber 

 exports. Before the world cataclysm of 1914 Russia occupied first 

 place in the world in export of timber from 1910 to 1912, reaching a 

 valuation of almost $To,000,0<)0. This exceeded by one and one-half 

 times the value of timber exports from Austria-Hungary, and was To 

 per cent greater than Canadian timber exports. Prof. Goldstein is 

 authority for the statement that under a proper system of timber 

 exploitation of its timber wealth, Russia could produce mcomparably 

 greater exports, due to the fact that its timber area is three times 

 greater than the combined timber areas of the United States and Can- 

 ada. He points out that every increase in timber prices in the world 

 market has been followed by a more intensive forest exploitation in 

 Russia, which naturally tended to hold the average prices of timl)er 

 and its products upon a comparatively low level. With the coming 

 of settled conditions in Russia, if they ever do come, it is believed 

 that there will be an unexcelled opportunity there for American for- 

 esters and American logging engineers, for the reason that the condi- 

 tions more closely resemble our own in that they have an enormous 

 undeveloped area, with a scanty population, and exploitation must be 

 carried out on a very big scale. J. D. G. 



Tlw World's Economic Crisis and Trade zi'i^/i Russia. By Dr. Joseph M. 

 Goldstein. Professor of Political Economy, Moscow Institute of Commerce 

 and Industr>' and the University of Moscow. In Strugi/liny Russia, April .3, 

 HCiO, p. 24. 



