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THE FORESTER. 



December, 



the adjacent properties with a possible, 

 yes, probable, accompaniment of heavy 

 loss of life. In many instances, companies 

 have refused a fair price for their cut-over 

 lands to avoid legal complications over this 

 latter feature, and the inconveniences of the 

 loss of the right-of-way for logging opera- 

 tions. 



These are in part the fundamental objec- 

 tions on the part of the mill operators. 

 Now for the measures which would receive 

 the support of the lumbermen. 



The primal essential in the minds of all 

 is the absolute need of a thorough system 

 of forest education which will simultane- 

 ously embody the essentials of the theo- 

 retical and the practical. This would in- 

 sure a capable foundation for the general 

 and specific labors of forest culture and 

 preservation. 



Secondly. Under the supervision of 

 either the State or the Federal govern- 

 ments, should they assume the direction of 

 forest movements, a sufficient salary must 

 emphatically accompany the position of 

 forester. This wise feature would nullify 

 all attempts at warden corruption by the 

 efforts of the interested lumberman. 



Third. The political element in the 

 selection of forest supervisors must, first, 

 last, and for all time, be eliminated, and a 

 thorough civil service procedure be inaug- 

 urated in the selection of these officials. 

 The technical qualifications, allied with 

 the practical, should be the basis of ap- 

 pointment, and not because the warden is 

 a close business associate of the head of 

 the government, either State or Federal. 



Fourth. The enactments designed to 

 insure wise forestry supervision must be 

 equal and equitable for the various timber 

 species since the warring Redwood and 

 Pine interests will never suffer any ele- 

 ment or circumstance to give one iota of 

 weighty influence to either, to the detri- 

 ment of the other. 



Fifth. The idea of governmental pur- 

 chase of cut-over forest lands may just as 

 well be relegated to the rear of forest pos- 

 sibilities on account of the evident oppo- 

 sition of the lumbermen. Perhaps some 

 few companies in isolated cases might 

 favorably entertain the contemplated pur- 



chase, but the important majority would 

 not. 



In the furtherance of these ideas the 

 lumbermen of California and of the Pacific 

 Coast will undoubtedly give their individ- 

 ual and united support. Each and every 

 one of them is heart and soul with the 

 movement, provided no foolish, unwise, 

 ill-advised obstacle is placed in the way of 

 the successful lumbering operations of 

 their future. What they most favor, is 

 the Bohemian policy of gradual reforesta- 

 tion, which the authorities of that country 

 have followed for decades. There every 

 tree cut into fagots for the warmth of the 

 poor and lowly is immediately replaced by 

 small seedlings, transplanted from the 

 nursery plot elsewhere. In 250 years (the 

 minimum life allotted to the wonderful 

 forests of Humboldt County) the lumber- 

 man feels a goodly account would be 

 rendered by the saplings planted in this 

 century. 



Wallace W. Everett, 



San Francisco, Cal. 



Forests for the Rich Only. 



The present agitation for street and 

 roadside tree planting draws attention to 

 the appreciation of such plans in England. 

 A recent traveler there, describing the 

 road to Warwick, says : 



"There are fine trees alb along, many 

 Oaks, some Poplars rising aloft, but es- 

 pecially tall and stately Elms; these are so 

 plentiful that there is a local name for 

 them, ' Warwickshire weeds.' Except 

 in the parks of the rich people, however, 

 there are no woods, no forests, no ' belts' 

 of ' timber' ; the trees rise out of the 

 hedgegrows, stand beside the road, and 

 gather about the houses. Sometimes there 

 is an avenue of them." 



The statement that there are no forests 

 except for the rich maybe regarded as " a 

 word to the wise" to consider in time the 

 advisability of national parks for the peo- 

 ple in America. 



The result of the efforts of Minnesota 

 and North Carolina to secure the establish- 

 ment of national parks will be watched 

 with interest throughout the United States. 



