

AMERICAN FORESTRY 



, the fulfillment of 

 d by the re- 



the Bureau of 



1 lumbermen by 



Id studies and by advice 



which should be 



d in field and milling operations, 



lopmenl of the lumber 



industry has been rapid, especially dur- 



few years, the annual cut 



77,585,180 board feet in 1911; 



925 in 1912 and 112,360,000 in 



1913, The officials of the Forest Service 



ten times the latter amount 



be removed from the public 



annually without diminishing 



their productivity. 



The Director of Forestry is vested with 



adequate authority to control all cutting 



operations so as to prevent needless 



tion and to provide adequately 



the reproduction of the more im- 



int tree species, with the result 



that in many instances lumbering opera- 



tions have resulted in actual improve- 

 ment of the forest areas affected. If 

 the present policy is steadily adhered to 

 the public forests of the Philippines can 

 be made a permanent source of great 

 wealth to the people and of revenue to 

 their government. 



From the outset preferential attention 

 has been given to protecting the inter- 

 ests of the individual. The old Spanish 

 charges on timber to be used for house 

 construction or other non-commercial 

 purposes have been entirely done away 

 with. Even in the areas covered by 

 "exclusive" concessions, neighboring 

 residents are granted the right to obtain, 

 free of charge, fuel and timber for their 

 personal use, but many Filipinos have 

 bitterly resented the restriction of the 

 wanton destruction of valuable timber 

 by the making of needless caingins. 

 Only a very few of the most enlightened 

 give a thought to the future or see any 

 real need of conservation. They wish 

 to take from the public forest whatever 



One Method of Hauling Logs. 



V m. WO RK WAS DONE MANY V EARS AGO THE SAME METHOD IS COMMOX USE TODAY. 



