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resulted in an increase in the price of creosote of about 30% 

 during the past two years ; while an actual shortage has developed 

 and several plants have been forced to shut down. The imme- 

 diate imposition of a duty, even though small, is in effect the last 

 straw. It is also pointed out that a tax on creosote is incon- 

 sistent with the government policy of timber conservation. The 

 government is not only the largest individual consumer of 

 creosoted timber, but is also appropriating large sums for forest 

 preservation. Preservative treatment is one of the largest fac- 

 tors in reducing timber consumption, and permits the use of in- 

 ferior timber which would otherwise go to waste. A duty on 

 creosote will not only affect the large consumers, but check the 

 farmer in his brush and open tank treatment of fence posts and 

 farm timbers- 



The Directors of the American Forestry Association held their 

 spring quarterly meeting on the Biltmore estate of Mr. George K. 

 Vanderbilt. The party which assembled from widely separated 

 points, comprised not only the Directors but friends and members 

 of the Association. The forest planting and lumber operations at 

 Biltmore and Mount Pisgah were visited and a public meeting 

 held at Asheville. Dr. Henry S- Drinker, President of the 

 Association, Capt. J. B. White, who may be called dean of the 

 progressive lumbermen, J. E. Rhodes, Secretary, National 

 Lumber Manufacturers' Association, and others made addresses 

 at the Asheville meeting. 



A Forest Exhibit, under the auspices of the Pennsylvania 

 Forestry Association, was held at Horticulture Hall, Philadelphia, 

 May 19 to 24. Interesting exhibits were made by State, Federal, 

 Associations and commercial interests, and illustrated lectures 

 given on various subjects. One object, aside from the general 

 educational value, was to call attention to the need of supplement- 

 ing the State Forestry Department in reforesting denuded land in 

 Pennsylvania. Over 6,000 square miles, or one sixth of the 

 State, is denuded and practically waste land which can serve no 

 useful purpose unless reclaimed by forest growth. While the 

 motive in arousing broader interest is commendable, such exten- 

 sive reforestation remains a State task, under the present fire 

 danger and small returns to commercial enterprise. 



