COMMUNICATIONS 



Varying Views 



ILLUSTRATING the varying views 



1 entertained by individuals and c< >rp< >r- 

 ;iti(ins in regard to the question of for- 

 est conservatimi. etc., the accompany- 

 ing letters recently received arc inter- 

 esting. They were written in reply t< > 

 letters soliciting memberships in Un- 

 American Forestry Association : 



Little Rock. Ark. 



Gentlemen : Yours asking me to con- 

 tribute a certain amount of money for 

 the preservation of the forests, etc.. at 

 hand. In response will say it seems to 

 me that the large concerns that are de- 

 pleting the forests and are receiving 

 large revenues from the same should be 

 the ones to meet this expense. In other 

 words, millions of dollars have been 

 made in this manner by wealthy con- 

 cerns, and they are the ones who should 

 be burdened with the taxation." 

 Respectfully yours. 



I "mil this tariff question i- settled we 

 d<> m.t ran- in consider anything in tin- 

 way of fore-try. If the tariff i- removed 

 we propose ab-o]utelv to denu ! every 

 acre <>f f< >re-t we own. 

 Your> verv truly, 



\Yatertown, N. Y. 

 Gentlemen: I am in receipt of your 



circular letter. Our concern is very 

 much interested in forestry and in for- 

 es- 1 reproduction, but in the face of all 

 the agitation now going on and the very 

 strenuous efforts being made by the 

 American Publishers' Association to 

 force through Congress the immediate 

 removal of the tariff on paper and pulp 

 without any investigation or hearing 

 granted the paper manufacturers, we 

 do not rare t< invest in forestry or am- 

 thing else pertaining to paper manu- 

 facture. 



Should the tariff on paper and pulp 

 be removed \\-e will be forced to cut 

 off our own forests, uithout any regard 

 to forest reproduction or anything 

 cut off every -tick- that can p"--ihly 

 be used in making pulp and paper. 

 After havirg exhausted our own Fon 

 if we cor.tinue the manufacture of pa- 

 per, we trust move to ( '-'.nada. 



In neither case does it seem advis- 

 able to u-e the name of the writer: but 

 the expressions, we believe, will be in- 

 teresting to our readers. 



I "nfortunately. there are too many 

 concerns as well as individuals wh<> 

 hold the same opinion- as those ex- 

 pressed in the -econ 1 of these letter-. 

 On the other hand, there are similar 

 concerns who take a different -tand. 

 Another big paper company takes the 

 view that the best way in which to 

 utilize forest properties is to cut timber 

 according to forestry rules and regula- 

 tions. In consequence, it is maintaining 

 and \vill maintain a permanently valu- 

 able propertv. which will yield a - 

 income. This is in accordance with 

 German experience. To our corre- 

 spondent- we would say. read the For- 

 est Service Bulletin on "What Forestry 

 Means;" also read another Foi 

 Service publication. "Kxperiencc of the 

 German Government." I'.oth will prove 

 enlightening. 



Land Scheme 



MR. PERCY P. VTLE writes from 

 Gainesville, |-da : "The qne-t: 

 of wood j- becoming a -eriou- problem 

 in the phosphate region. < >ne of the 

 pho-phate companies ha- had the For- 

 Service examine a vast area of 

 their cut-over land, which ma\ be con- 

 sidered feasible for reforestation. Be- 

 tween the turpentine, lumber an 1 phos- 

 phate industries, the forests , ,f Flor- 

 ida are rapidly disappearing. When 

 the-e industries i;ei through with the 



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