MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS 



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a- created by an act of the legislature tw 



feet to two and a half feet long and 



w,th power to appoint an immigration taLing 



, nhesfl 



Secretary A C. Carton pointed out that by 109 and being ranked by North Carolina, Ar- sunl mit with branches 

 working a"- an immigration commission, the kansas and Virginia. pyramid ^e se 



r< n i .-. <*r m*i i-i KQ iii m AvMAiijttit rw i i H on our is IflnGS. r i on* in v 



-tate officials would be in an excellent position 

 to assist in the development and reforestation 



and-s in the northern 

 'It i- not our idea to ref.-.re 



clothed from ba, to 

 ^d f orm.ng ^s en der 



Kew Bulletin 



FOREST LEGISLATION NEEDED. 



part of the state. Michigan is, very backward in fore-t legisla- 

 rest lands that are t ion. During its coming session Wisconsin - 



OWNERSHIPS OF WATERPOWER. 



- ., P The following letter is of .interest to all and 



suitable for agriculture, said Secretary Lar- legislature will enact laws which will give shows how much the people are inter- 

 ton, "but we hope to prevent the state trpm t he standing timber of the state adequate J. .^ Qur ;it economic questions: 

 becoming barren of all timber by planting protection, thereby sefTing an example for \yj t h re 'ceiH water power development there 

 n the soil that is not fit for tilling." Michigan and Minnesota. The Wisconsin in- ar i sen a situation which should interest 

 It was decided to a-k the legislature to fur- terests are now preparing a bill which will im- ' woman in the United States all 

 ther increase the scope ot the operations ot pi;se a tax o f two-tenths of one mill on the ' , -. ' a \fe e those who deem themselves 

 the 1'ublic Domain Commission by vesting it as sessed valuation of the state. The money , f . wno ][ ve on moderate incomes, and 

 with authority to exchange land with the rea li ze d by this tax will be expended in earing ' < * & Q{ women w ho earn a small. 

 d States government or individual land for the state's forest reserves, buying additions . v wa o e s for it concerns the cost of living. 

 owners. There are various pieces of property to t hem and in supporting an active forest e mus t have food clothing, heat and light, 

 adjacent to some of the state forestry re- pa trol. For this latter purpose it is intended or( ] er U) 'exist Soon the water powers are 

 that the commission would like to se- to appropriate $250,000 a year. ( rov j d(; us w j tn a ll these essentials, hence 

 cure in exchange for lands in other sections The Michigan law gives but $10,000 a year imnortance of a thorough understanding 

 of the state, but under the present law, it is f or t he protection of the forests of the whole ^ this j eve i opn , e nt is going to mean 

 -ible to consolidate the reserve by the 5ta te. . tn ,,. individual housekeeper. It is said 

 exchange system, 

 ked to grant I 

 contribute a portion 



taxes in the county where the reserves are terests and it seems cer'tain of passage. " electrical engineering prophesy 



located. The Northern Forest Protective Association, ^ w i t hm ten years all necessaries, as well 



Secretary of State Martin-dale, Auditor-Gen- which was organized recently at Marquette, numerous labor-saving machines, will be 



consolidate the reserve by the 5tat e, t every individual housekeeper. It is said 



tern. The legislature will also This legislation in Wisconsin is recommend- , i about one-fourth of the coal now 



rant the commission authority to e d by legislators, members of the public do- * ^.^ bg ]ieeded ; n t he near future, 



ortion of the highway and school main commission and by the big lumber in- ^^ who stanc j as au thority on questions 



tion to the legislature. Wi'liam Kelley. Julius posed 'bill in Wisconsin will establish. 



Real and A. C. Carton will compile the Wisconsin plan is to establish a forest pa 

 annual report for the legislature. 



Tht j perform such' magical results as will science 



. when she applies her magician's wand to pro- 



for the northern twenty-two counties of the > electricitv 



the present time there are .V, forestry state. Each county will have not less than ^hen the t j nles come s for construction of 



enervations i'\_the various northern counties ten patrolmen and as high as thirty and no r> ger j es Q f (j ams on each river with large 



ugjzestioii 01 A. J. Dougherty, state for- ficials of the wisdom of protective measure-. 

 Marcus Schaaf will be instructed to Governor Eberhart of Minm->ota has stated 



hether these rivers, which 



an investigation and estimate the cost that the fires in Minnesota the present year f^eroetuftv 'to" fifw^corporaticns who 'Will 



oi equipping the other reserves with suitable would have paid for forest protection the next ' , nrivileue o f dictating to nearly 



ion against forest fires. fifteen years, based on the loss to the state e " ; ,, f ,,. l ef , mi]Hol f peO ple, the prices of 



STILL ENOUGH TIMBER. 



Much pessimistic matter has been written 

 of late years concerning the waste of the 

 country's timber, and, in fact, the figures print- 



through them | clothing, etc., with the power to reduce 



1 here are yet about o.OOO.OOO acres of stand- , wage-earner's salary to the lowest possible 

 ing timber in the upper peninsula and the - h; h h car / exist; or> should these 



is worth on an average $2.50 an 

 The timber manufacturer expends t" 



supplies and 



3 an rivers and potential power sites be controlled 



, ...,..., *....,.,,;= uiii- I by the Federal Government and leased to 



ed showing the enormous cut each year are "I 1 thls timber > an acre .tor supplies and mone ed interests under reasonable contracts 



tling. This has given rise to the modern labor, making the ccst per acre Mi.., 0. ot which SQ that u wou , d be wit hi n the power of the 



lore-try movement, by which the government ^ he merchants and manufacturers and labor- , c a( . tjme that they fee , that these 



is trying to conserve the country's timber re- ln ^, me " of t , s ' ate rcc eive 3 interests are abusing their privileges, to force 



<-- for the future. The Northern Forest Protective Association (hem (o rcasonable terms. 



Rut the situation is not as had as it looks recently organ. xed at Marquette now has .- A favorite arglirne nt of the moneyed inter- 

 It is not comparable to the destruction of the membership representing 2.000,000 acres of js {n the effect tha{ in ordcr to ilwest 

 coal beds which is going on at so extravagant stan ^ng timber mixed pine and other s, ft t ,, eir mon [( , r dcve l O pmcnt purposes, they 

 a rate, for every pound of coal .burned ha^ "' o< ]* and hardwood. It will according to forever own the water power sites. On 



' - - Pfj>siri*if f-f * how* o m*nriK*rchi*\ rr\r*- *. 



ils that some of the oldest lumbering nnrn ' c val " e of le 8>slatiOB : 

 'a are still among the best producers tO that e '" 1 

 Maine, for instance, has been a lumber pro- 

 ducer tor :!00 years, yet in 1909 it was the NOTABLE TREES OF AN ENGLISH 



1 Switzerland and France; who lead the world 

 in water power development, have placed their 



GARDEN 



power sites under government control. This 



works well for individual manufacturers anil 

 the people generally. 



nineteenth in volume of production, furnishing .... 



00.000 feet of the lumber supply of the It is a considerable distinction for a garden At present laws governing power sites arc- 

 country. Pennsylvania produced l.f.OO.OOO.DOO Io possess Hhe finest specimen in the kingdom inadequate to protect the people's interests. 

 , and other old states large on the 'list ot ' e yen one kind of tree, but Claremont has The < nly remedy for this lies in a sweeping 

 e North Carolina. Virginia, Georgia and within its boundaries four or five for which public i pinion which will force congre.-> to 

 ida. Ani ther hopeful side of the situation precedence may be claimed over all others enact such law- as will meet the present siJu- 

 thal m the building industries, especially in f f the same species in the British Isles. Clare- ation. Such an opinion can onlv be created 

 large cities, concrete and steel are rapidly mont, as is generally known, is now the resi- thn uah women's influence. Something must 



dencc of the Duchess of Albany. lie dorr, and doife immediately or this qnes- 



the nineteen states cutting more than Gymnocladus eanadensis (Kentucky coffee tion will be beyond our control. 



W i " ^ Cet '" 1900 ' 11 wl ' re southern, tree) is represented by the finest specimen in This winter there are several hills up before 



ton led the ^country with a cut of the British Isles. It is over 60 feet high, and Congre^. which, unless counteracted, will 



.5,863.000,000 feet, Louisiana being second with its trunk is seven feet in girth. Sassafras offi- place great blocks of power sites in the hands 



