Editorial 



THE ENLARGED MAGAZINE 



WITH this issue the American Forestry 

 Magazine makes a departure from the form 

 it has had for the past twenty years a 

 diange which it is hoped will greatly please the mem- 

 bers of the association and render the magazine of still 

 greater value to them in the future. Not only is the 

 enlarged size more attractive in appearance and more 

 convenient to handle and to read, but it permits larger 

 and better illustrations, so desirable in presenting pic- 

 tures which are of value in impressing upon the mind 

 the essential points of the articles they illustrate. 



Public education in forestry and in a knowledge of 

 trees is so necessary to the success of the movement for 

 forest conservation and for proper care of ornamental 

 and shade trees that American Forestry will present 

 each month a series of instructive articles designed to 

 further this necessary public knowledge of forests and 

 trees. The cover of the magazine will have a picture in 

 colors of the particular tree being described, so that 

 identification of it may be readily made, and there will 

 follow articles on its appearance, characteristics and its 

 commercial uses, so that the readers may acquire a 



personal knowledge of the best-known trees, a knowl- 

 edge which will not only be desirable but beneficial to 

 them. There will also be special departments on forestry 

 for children, which will be interesting for adults as well ; 

 on birds, without which to wage war on insects there 

 would be no trees or other vegetation ; on wood preser- 

 vation, which has such an important bearing on forest 

 conservation, and on ornamental and shade trees, about 

 which there is such a rapidly growing public desire for 

 knowledge. 



In addition to these features, there will be the usual 

 timely and important articles upon various phases of 

 forestry, articles which will keep the members informed 

 of forest conditions not only in the United States and 

 Canada but all over the world. 



Appreciation of these improvements in the magazine 

 is, of course, expected, but what is most desired is such 

 substantial appreciation as an increase in membership 

 in the association. This may best be secured by the 

 present members telling their friends about the associa- 

 tion, its work and its magazine, and nominating them 

 for membership. 



ONE-THIRD OF OUR LUMBER WASTED 



OXE of the vital essentials in the conservation of 

 the forests is the utilization of as much of the 

 tree cut down as possible. The fact that, with 

 lumber conditions as they are, ,'50 per cent, or almost 

 one-third, of the timber cut is left in the woods to waste 

 makes it apparent that a reform in the lumber industry 

 is absolutely necessary to prevent a great natural re- 

 source being shamefully dissipated. 



Reduced to figures, this waste means an annual loss of 

 fifteen billion feet of timber, or practically one year's 

 total consumption of timber every three years. 



This fact was presented to members of the Federal 

 Trade Commission in Chicago in July by President R. 

 H. Downman, of the National Lumber Manufacturers' 

 Association in describing the condition of the lumber in- 

 dustry. Mr. Downman and a number of other leading 

 lumbermen were invited by the Commission to tell how 

 severe the depression in the lumber industry is, what 

 has caused it, and suggest measures for improvement. 



Perhaps no business in the United States has suf- 

 fered so greatly in the last several years as the lumber 

 business and perhaps for none is the outlook for the 

 future more cheerless. It is therefore of prime impor- 

 tance that some action be taken to revive it. The Federal 

 Trade Commission has indicated its desire to aid in this 

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and the meeting was the first of a series at which the 

 members of the Commission will hear facts concerning 

 the industry and consider the remedies suggested. What 

 may result from this is not yet apparent, but the oppor- 

 tunity to present their case has been given to the lumber- 

 men and it is up to them to cooperate with each other 

 in the endeavor to decide upon some legal, practical plan 

 by which their business may be saved and by which it 

 may be possible for this great industry to regain the place 

 it formerly held. 



What this industry means to the United States may be 

 judged by Mr. Downman's statement that: 



"We are here today representing an industry which 

 has an investment of practically two and one-fourth 

 billion dollars in the way of raw material and de- 

 velopment an industry which is the third largest 

 in the point of employment of all industries in the 

 United States, engaging (!!)), 000 men, upon whom 

 are dependent 3,475,000 people." 



How the extreme depression of the lumber industry 

 results in waste of the forest resources was described 

 by Mr. Downman when he said: 



'"The condition of this business in the last eight 

 years has been one of demoralization. Practically 

 little or no profit has been made during that period. 

 At the present time an actual loss in the business is 



