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THE FORESTER. 



November, 



appear. Even if the country adopts a the mosses a seed will germinate, develop- 



system of forestry, such giants will not be 



produced any more. They are losing 



rather than gaining in volume and value. 



Now 300 years old, they have not added 



more than two per cent, annually to their 



volume for the last 150 years. Soon they 



will fall and decay. On the dead body, 



nature will plant the most beautiful velvet 



of tender mosses, decorating the old 



giant's grave. And after a while, amongst 



ing into a White Pine. The young gen- 

 eration builds up its new organism on that 

 made by its ancestors, just as human be- 

 ings continue business footing on their 

 fathers' work. 



There is no room in the dictionary for 

 all our names; all we can secure to last 

 longer than our life is a good name and 

 memory, cherished by loving children. 

 C. Alwin Sciienck. 



Dispelling an Illusion. 



The fear of some citizens of Minnesota 

 that the creation of a great National Park 

 and Forest Reservation in that State would 

 interfere with their material prosperity has 

 been dispelled in large part by a considera- 

 tion of the business and population in the 

 Adirondack Park in New York. In a re- 

 cent letter in reply to inquiries addressed 

 to him by the Chief (Forest) Fire War- 

 den of Minnesota, Colonel William F. Fox, 

 Superintendent of State Forests of New 

 York, says : 



General C. C. Andrews, 



St. Paul, Minn. 



My Dear Sir : - 1 take pleasure in 

 acknowledging the receipt of your letter of 

 the 3d, and would respectfully submit the 

 following information in reply to your in- 

 quiries. According to the State Census 

 of 1892, there was a population of 32,071 

 within the boundaries of the great forest 

 of Northern New York, or what is termed 

 the Adirondack Park. This population 

 has increased largely since the census was 

 taken, it having doubled in some localities. 

 The figures given embrace permanent 'res- 

 idents only, and do not include the very 

 large number of hotel people and tourists 

 who frequent the forests during the Sum- 

 mer season. There are also a great many 

 sportsmen who go into the woods during 

 the Spring months to enjoy the fishing, 

 also the hunters who go there in the Fall 

 for the deer and partridge shooting. 



Of late years the fixed or winter popu- 

 lation throughout the Adirondacks have 



become strong advocates of forest preser- 

 vation. They admit freely that they can 

 make more money out of the Summer 

 people, tourists and sportsmen who fre- 

 quent the forests than they can obtain from 

 the lumbermen. There are over 1,000 

 guides in the Adirondacks. In the An- 

 nual Report of the Forest Commission for 

 1S93 I published the names and postoffice 

 addresses of 788 of these guides. When 

 these men work for the lumbermen they 

 receive $1.00 per day and board. During 

 the Spring, Summer and Fall, while em- 

 ployed as guides, they receive $3, 00 per 

 day with board and other expenses. The 

 livelihood of these men and provision for 

 their families depends upon the existence 

 of the forests. 



In further reply to your inquiries I would 

 say that the population of the Adiron- 

 dack forest is more largely scattered than 

 the figures given you would indicate. 

 There is little tendency to concentrate in 

 villages. Still, there are several villages 

 which are entirely dependent upon the 

 people who come to the woods for pleasure 

 or health. The village of Saranac Lake 

 contains about 2,200 people. This place 

 is built up largely by wealthy persons 

 who, on account of pulmonary troubles, 

 are obliged to live in the forests. Lake 

 Placid, with a population of about 1,500, 

 is composed almost entirely of hotels and 

 boarding houses. In the Summer it has 

 a population of several thousand. These 

 people do not want any lumbering done 



