886 AMERICAN FORESTRY 



suffered by the demoralization which is our misfortune that a "governor" of 

 now present in the lumber business, some character has not been in power, 

 caused first by investigations and later The lumber industry in its present 

 aggravated by the business depression trouble deserves the good will and co- 

 caused by the war. operation of both governmental and 

 The bogey,' in the shape of an al- private agencies, and it is to be hoped 

 leged lumber trust which has been ^ thig ^ be ted it in fuller 



flashed before _ us constantly in the measure than has been meted out to it 



newspapers during the last few years, is . , T] . , . , . 

 a figment of the sensationalist, since 



there has never been an organization of essential to our well being and pros- 

 lumbermen in the United States that P erit y' and ever y encouragement should 

 has ever dominated the entire lumber be given for its development on a basis 

 trade and controlled output and prices, which will give assurance of the fullest 

 From the standpoint of the economical and most economical utilization of the 

 use of our forest resources, it has been forest resources. 



PENNSYLVANIA FORESTRY 



PROGRESS 



A letter from Robert S. Conklin, ation with the Department of Forestry, 



Commissioner of Forestry of Pennsyl- the district forester will institute a 



vania, says: complete system of patrols for the 



' ' I call your attention to the activities entire county. In October practically 



of the Pocono Forest Fire Protective all the papers of the county issued a 



Association in the north eastern part of conservation number. The matter of 



Pennsylvania. They have increased in forest protection is becoming a real 



membership almost two hundred per live subject in the neighborhood, and 



cent, in the last year and instead of in October Dr. J. T. Rothrock delivered 



operating simply in a few townships on a lecture in Stroudsburg on the subject 



the Pocono mountains, are now exerting "Forests in the Life of the Nation." 



their influence over the entire county cf A year ago the Pennsylvania Forestry 



Monroe and may possibly extend into Department published some large fire 



Pike and Wayne counties. They were posters and some small forest fire 



very active in helping pass some im- stickers. Both of these features have 



provements to the forest fire laws in the met with such great success throughout 



last Legislature, and expect to be of the State that the department has had 



considerable service in the coming to have the third printing of fire posters 



session of the general Assembly. At and is now awaiting the second order 



their request a District Forester was of fire stickers. This fall the merchants 



appointed for Monroe county and throughout the forest regions of the 



through his activities the fire wardens State placed the fire sticker upon each 



have been thoroughly organized and a box of cartridges which goes out from 



patrol system has been worked out. the stores. In this way it is certainly 



As soon as the association gets a little possible to reach a great number of 



better financial support, through cooper- hunters. 



Speed in Fire Fighting 



What is supposed to be record speed in getting men to a forest fire is reported from Oregon, 

 where on one of the National Forests, a ranger went to town, hired ten men, and got thib force 

 to the fire twelve miles away within 48 minutes after he was notified by telephone. 



