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(Continued from Page 1476.) 

 committees in the several towns 

 should be organized in order that the 

 local committees shall protect them- 

 selves against extortionary prices. 



The Fuel Administrators for each 

 state should appoint committees in 

 each town to canvass all timber land 

 owners and urge upon them the 

 necessity for increasing the cutting of 

 wood not only to be used this winter 

 but for a reserve supply of seasoned 

 wood for next winter. Even where 

 S2.00 or even S3. 00 per cord is now 

 .paid for cutting the wood the owner 

 is receiving more for his stumpage 

 under present prices than he did a 

 few years ago when cutting cost but 

 SI. 00 per cord. 



ConnecticuV s Plan 



The State Forester of Connecticut 

 has been working on the wood pro- 

 blem in, that state, as member of a 

 committee under the State Fuel Ad- 

 ministrator. He expresses the opinion 

 that the campaign for the greater 

 production of wood fuel is increasing 

 the output of cordwood in Connecti- 

 cut, though the results will show more 

 plainly next winter. Although the 

 consumption of wood will no doubt 

 be considerably increased in the 

 cities, the greatest efTect is anticipat- 

 ed in the rural communities, where 

 wood may be the only fuel available 

 next winter and where it is hoped to 

 establish a sufficient reserve supply. 

 Town woodyards are regarded as 

 feasible, especially in connection with 

 the community chopping bee idea, 

 which was started in Massachusetts. 



Action along these lines ought, in 

 general, to be even more feasible in 

 eastern Canada than in the New 

 England states, for the reason that, 

 as a general rule, in eastern Canada 

 coal costs more and wood costs less 

 than is the case in New England. 



Cut-A-Cord Campaign 

 The Massachusetts Fuel Adminis- 

 trator has issued a circular entitled 

 "New England Cut-A-Cord Cam- 

 paign. Stock up the Wood Shed. 

 Coal May be Harder to Get Next 

 Year than This." This circular calls 

 attention -to the fact that coal is in 



great demand all through New Eng- 

 land but that in spite of the best 

 efforts of the Fuel Administrator the 

 supply has fallen far behind the re- 

 quirements, and the situation is 

 serious. The Fuel Administrator 

 says that the outlook for any im- 

 provement in future ' coal deliver- 

 ies is unfavorable, and it has be- 

 come the duty of the Administrator 

 to advise the public of these facts 

 and to urge that personal and 

 community prudence and nation- 

 al patriotism require that New 

 England should begin at once to 

 utilize as fully as may be the native 

 cordwood supplies. The opinion is 

 expressed that an organized effort 

 should be made without any delay 

 to provide a store of wood sufficient 

 for immediate and future needs. 



The reports from several states in- 

 dicate positively that the supply of 

 wood now on hand is everywhere 

 short even of normal requirements, 

 and that there nowhere appears to be 

 any danger of glutting the market 

 through any cutting activity that 

 may be inaugurated. In view of the 

 likelihood that there will be an even 

 greater stringency in the coal situa- 

 tion later in the season, and with the 

 possibility that these conditions may 

 not be materially improved another 

 year, the present or future market for 

 good cordwood bears a most promis- 

 ing appearance. 



It was further recommended by the 

 conference referred to above that an 

 appeal should be made to Local 

 Committees of Public Safety in all 

 wood-producing localities and to 

 County Agents as well, to take an in- 

 ventory of all available supplies of 

 cordwood stumpage that are situated 

 within a reasonable distance of a 

 market, and to endeavor forcefully 

 to arrange for its cutting without 

 delay. The circular concludes by 

 earnestly requesting the Granges and 

 the Farmers' Clubs to immediately 

 take an active part in co-operating 

 with the local Committees on Public 

 Safety in this important matter. 



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