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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



"BACK UP TALK WITH ACTION. 



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ACTION is the one word that would These organizations, which are vitally 



be selected could the editorial concerned in the development of the for- 



, , , . . . est and the steady increase of its products 



opinion of the country be subjected fof the industrial requ i rem ents of the 



to a process that would epitomize the count ry, have adopted a national forestry 

 united thought of the editors as to the program, strongly supported by a committee 

 need of legislation for a national for- of which R. S. Kellogg, of New York, is 

 est policy. The American Forestry 

 Association's educational campaign on 

 the need of forest conservation has 

 been taken up in every section of the 

 country as also have its other cam- 



chairman, and with a membership repre- 

 senting the leading lumber and pulp in- 

 dustries of the United States and the 

 National Chamber of Commerce. 



There is no greater obligation confront- 

 ing the government of Nation and State 



THE WAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE. 



paigns directing the thought of the today, than that of restoring the forests, 

 public to trees and tree planting increasing their area and productiveness 

 values. Some of the comment 

 follows : 



New Orleans Picayune: For years 

 we Americans have been talking for- 

 est conservation and failing to back 

 our talk with adequate action. There 

 is still time, it is believed, to insure 

 the perpetuation of our national tim- 

 ber supply even though we have large- 

 ly wasted in much talk and little ac- 

 tion the years since the approaching 

 exhaustion of our forests first forced 

 itself upon the national attention. 

 But we cannot safely delay any 

 longer. If our timber supply is to be 

 perpetuated we must have a national Ki;?^v^. 

 forestry policy and a law that will x ' ' ;' 

 translate it into accomplishment. The 

 Snell bill ought, therefore, to pass at 

 this session if possible. In our judg- 

 ment it should have not only the 

 popular "approval in principle," but 

 the active and immediate support of 

 all who desire the conservation and 

 perpetuation of our forest resources. 



Scranton Republican: One of the 

 most important problems now up- 

 permost in this country is the move- 

 ment for the development and pro- 

 tection of American forestry. Whatever 

 differences may exist as to details all must 

 agree that the cultivation and care of our 

 forest areas constitute an essential factor 

 in the work of reconstruction. 



This is in accordance with the policy of 

 the American Forestry Association which 

 aims to deal with the question on a broad 

 scale for the purpose of remedying ex- 

 isting defects and providing against a fu- 

 ture scarcity of timber. 



In addition to having the support of the 

 American Forestry Association, the Snell 

 bill is backed by some of the most in- 

 fluential organizations in the country, whose 

 business is one form or another, depends 

 upon forest products either as lumber, 

 pulp or other material in large and con- 

 stant demand to meet the public needs. 



requirements of later generations. Today 

 vast tracts, once thickly covered with valu- 

 able timber, throughout the North Ameri- 

 can continent furnish grim evidence of the 

 lack of foresight in the days when no lum- 

 ber problem seemed imminent. And now 

 the public is gradually recognizing the eco- 

 nomic danger in our disappearing forests 

 and considering the need of conservation 

 and of a constant replenishment of the 

 supply of timber. 



Our awakening is much belated. Un- 

 like many other valuable natural resources, 

 the constant growth of forests depends on 

 human effort. Centuries would lapse be- 

 fore devastated timberland would be 

 reforested by its own efforts with 

 trees suitable for the lumberman's 

 ax. Even under the best forestry 

 it takes from fifty to one hundred 

 years to mature a timber crop. 



The American Forestry Associa- 

 tion is urging federal and state legis- 

 lation and the co-operation of timber 

 owners, wood-using industries and 

 individuals to assure ample timber- 

 land in the future. The economic 

 welfare of the nation requires the 

 better protection of our forests and 

 the reforestation of devastated tim- 

 berland. 





Knott, in Dallas News. 



in accordance with the best methods, and 

 protecting them against waste and van- 

 dalism. This is what the Snell Forest bill 

 proposes to do, and it deserves to become 

 a law. 



Cleveland Plain Dealer: The rapid ex- 

 haustion of American forests furnishes a 

 striking example of the ultimate results of 

 wastefulness. Not many years ago our 

 lumber supply was considered practically 

 limitless. Builders demanded only the best 

 lumber. Thousands of acres of woodland 

 were laid bare. Only a small portion of 

 the trees ever were utilized for useful 

 purposes. Most of the product from felled 

 trees was considered waste and destroyed. 

 Meanwhile little or no effort was made to 

 provide more forests to meet the lumber 



Nashville Banner: The Banner is 

 glad to note and approve Governor 

 Taylor's interest in forestry work. 

 It is something to which the nation 

 at large should be alive and on which 

 the welfare of the future very much 

 depends. 



The Governor is reported as say- 

 ing: "Tennessee must stop the de- 

 struction of forests and must adopt 

 a policy of reforestation." That is 

 as good as gospel if Tennessee is to 

 have any timber and lumber supplies 

 in the near future. We are already 

 importing lumber from the Pacific Coast 

 for building purposes in Nashville. At the 

 present rate of destruction the United 

 States will have to go to the heavily wood- 

 ed regions of tropical Africa and South 

 America for its supplies of useful wood. 

 There are many waste lands in Ten- 

 nessee that could be, and should be, made 

 into forests. It may require time, but the 

 work is necessary and can't be begun any 

 earlier than the present. 



The demand for wood is great for all 

 purposes and well-kept forests from which 

 only the older trees were cut and the 

 young preserved, so as to perpetuate the 

 forests, would be worth millions to the 

 country. The forestry proposition has 

 come to be very important, even serious, 

 and if Governor Taylor can start an earnest 



