1904 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



103 



The World's It seems that the space 

 Fair. allotted to forestry in the 



Palace of Forestry, Fish, 

 and Game is not likely to prove sufficient 

 for all the exhibits entered. On this 

 account a part of the exhibits will be 

 installed in the building of the House of 

 Hoo-Hoo. 



In addition to the exhibits of the 

 states and the United States previously 

 mentioned in these columns, the manu- 

 facturers of forest products, such as 

 wooden ware, cooperage, basketry, wood- 

 pulp, wood-alcohol, turpentine, and resin, 

 need a great deal of room. 



The outdoor display of forest man- 

 agement, forest extension, and such 

 forest products as are too large for ac- 

 commodation in the building already 

 requires 15 acres of space. 



As Others We have become so ac- 



See Us. customed in the past few 



years to hear only depre- 

 ciatory and apologetic mention of our 

 progress in the art of forestry, that it is 

 distinctly refreshing to encounter a more 

 hopeful view of American ability and ac- 

 complishment along this line. 



Such comment is the more grateful in 

 that it comes from an old-world critic. 



A recent issue of the Indian Forester 

 speaks as follows of the work of the 

 Bureau of Forestry in the Philippines : 



' ' We note that our American cousins 

 have imported some of their character- 

 istic dash and up-to-dated-ness into their 

 newly acquired possessions, and the for- 

 est department of the islands appears to 

 have already commenced work on the 

 best possible lines. The American Bu- 

 reau of Forestry has inspected the forests 

 and prescribed rough plans of w r orking 

 under which a royalty is charged on 

 all trees felled, and only those trees 

 which have previously been selected and 

 marked by the department can be felled 

 and logged by the lumbermen. The for- 

 ests are thus preserved from that reck- 

 less and extravagant cutting which so 

 often follows the taking over and open- 

 ing out of a country by a highty civilized 

 power. There can be little doubt of the 

 value of the American Bureau of For- 

 estry. India still sits and waits for 

 hers!' : 



Would it not be as well for us to give 

 up the Uriah Heep attitude for a while ? 

 It is liable to become chronic otherwise, 

 though we know well that Europeans 

 would select any other trait than meek- 

 ness for our national characteristic. 



We need not close our eyes to our 



A MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR FED FROM ETERNAL SNOWS. 



