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THE FORESTER. 



November, 



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ment of the State than all the other causes 

 combined. But let the destruction of our 

 forests go on for the next 25 years at the 

 same rate, and in the same reckless man- 

 ner that lias been the case during the last 

 25 years, and, unless scientific experts are 

 all wrong, the volume of water will not 

 be so constant as now. There will be 

 greater and more disastrous floods in the 

 spring, because the forest lands being 

 stripped will not retain the rain or the 

 water from the melting snows, while on 

 the other hand the rivers will run very low 

 during the heated summer and during the 

 fall and winter. 



" The poorest and cheapest land in the 

 State is adapted to forest growth, such as 

 the sides of hills and mountains, rocky 

 and barren lands where nothing but trees 

 could be made to grow. Such land could 

 be purchased at a low price per acre and 

 by proper regulations and care could be 

 made to pay large interest on the invest- 

 ment. 



" What other State could set apart as 

 reservations three such sections as the six 

 townships containing the five great Range- 

 ley lakes, or the ten townships that contain 



Mr. Wiggin recommended that the 

 State Board of Trade appoint a committee 

 to look thoroughly into the question of 

 forest preservation, and that, if such action 

 seems appropriate after the report of the 

 committee has been received the board ad- 

 dress the legislature by resolutions or 

 otherwise; that immediate steps be taken 

 to arouse public interest; that Arbor Day 

 be more generally observed ; and that a 

 course in forestry be established at the 

 University of Maine. 



J* 

 South Carolina The South Carolina In- 

 Exposition. ter-State and West Indian 



Exposition will open at 

 Charleston, South Carolina, December 1, 

 1901 and close June 1, 1902. Its purpose 

 is to display the material resources and the 

 manufactured products of the United 

 States, and particularly of the Southern 

 States of the Union. The Exposition 

 Company has been chartered by the State 

 of South Carolina, with a capital stock of 

 $250,000 and resources amounting to $1,- 

 250,000. The special object of the Exposi- 

 tion is to develop the commercial and indus- 

 trial opportunities of the West Indies and 



MINERALS AND FORESTRY BUILDING AT SOUTH CAROLINA EXPOSITION. 



the great Moosehead Lake, with Kineo and 

 the Spencer Mountains, or the twelve town- 

 ships that would include our highest eleva- 

 tions, Mt. Katahdin, and the beautiful West 

 Branch lakes? Could these three sections 

 be set apart for use as State parks, posterity 

 would have cause to hold in grateful re- 

 membrance the wisdom and foresight of the 

 public-spirited men who were instrumental 

 in bringing about such a desirable result." 



to establish closer trade relations between 

 the United States, Cuba, and Porto Rico. 

 An extensive Government exhibit will 

 be made by special arrangement with the 

 President of the United States and the heads 

 of the several executive departments at 

 Washington. Twenty states and cities of 

 the Union have provided for representation 

 at the Exposition, and special exhibits have 

 been secured from Cuba and Porto Rico. 



