THE DESTRUCTION OF FARMING L \NDS 



Alluvia! Bottom, Ruined by Flooding. Soil Gone, Nothing Left but Gravel and Stones. I and Worthless 



Swain County, North Carolina 



again be worried . about ; she will pre- 

 vent the annual loss by floods of mil- 

 lions of dollars of real property an 1 

 hundreds of lives; and she will do it 

 all at no actual cost to herself the in- 

 come from the investment will pay the 

 upkeep and leave a handsome balance 

 of profit. If the hard-headed busim -> 

 men of Pittsburg would turn their at- 

 tention in this direction, instead "f 

 toward the formation of billion-dollar 

 trusts and the upbringing of sons to 

 make a laughing-stock of Pittsburg and 

 America in general, or to fill Mattea- 

 wc-:n and similar places, it would be a 

 better argument for their business 

 sense. 



Louisiana's Proposed Forest Law 



FROM recent expressions in the 

 Southern press it appears that an 

 erroneous impression exists in regard 

 to the proposed forest law now pending 

 in the Louisiana legislature. Different 

 newspapers and periodicals in the South 

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have interpreted the provisions of the 

 bill to mean that no timber whatever 

 under twelve inches in diameter at four 

 feet above the ground is to be cut un- 

 der any conditions. If this was the in- 

 tention of the bill, it would be well if 

 it were defeated, as no such provision 

 would be either just or practical. P.ut 

 this is not the intention of the measure, 

 ami the publications which have so con- 

 Mrued it have fallen into error. 



I'.y the terms of the proposed statute 

 the cutting of trees under twelve inches 

 in diameter, four feet from the ground, 

 is forbidden, it is true but only under 

 certain conditions. The provisions of 

 the bill do not apply to those who in 

 good faith wish to clear the land for 

 agricultural purposes, those who need 

 the timber on the ground for roads, 

 ditches, or construction purposes, or 

 those who intend to use the wood for 

 domestic purposes. Furthermore, lum- 

 bermen will be required to fell trees in 

 such a way as to cause the least dam- 

 age to young timber, and the refuse 

 from lumber operations must not be 



