﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OP 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  871 
  

  

  its 
  officers 
  realized 
  that 
  the 
  investment 
  in 
  the 
  plants 
  was 
  so 
  

   large 
  that 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  steps 
  was 
  to 
  guarantee 
  their 
  perma- 
  

   nency 
  by 
  providing 
  for 
  a 
  future 
  supply 
  of 
  raw 
  materials. 
  This 
  

   led 
  to 
  an 
  extensive 
  acquisition 
  of 
  timber 
  lands 
  by 
  this 
  company, 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  by 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  independent 
  companies. 
  At 
  the 
  

   present 
  time, 
  in 
  1904, 
  the 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  companies 
  operating 
  

   in 
  this 
  State 
  own 
  their 
  timber 
  lands, 
  from 
  which 
  by 
  a 
  rational 
  

   system 
  of 
  forestry 
  they 
  produce 
  their 
  own 
  timber. 
  

  

  The 
  company 
  has 
  given 
  attention 
  to 
  forest 
  fires 
  and 
  has 
  made 
  

   considerable 
  outlays 
  for 
  preventing 
  and 
  extinguishing 
  the 
  same. 
  

   it 
  has 
  also 
  supported 
  such 
  legislation 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  as 
  will 
  provide 
  

   for 
  a 
  patrol 
  system, 
  and 
  has 
  in 
  various 
  ways 
  tried 
  to 
  interest 
  

   the 
  public 
  in 
  this 
  subject 
  in 
  Maine 
  and 
  other 
  states. 
  Thus 
  far 
  

   its 
  work 
  in 
  this 
  connection 
  has 
  been 
  largely 
  missionary, 
  but 
  prac- 
  

   tical 
  good 
  will 
  undoubtedly 
  follow. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  great 
  benefit, 
  therefore, 
  which 
  has 
  resulted 
  from 
  the 
  

   formation 
  of 
  the 
  International 
  Paper 
  Company 
  is 
  its 
  effect 
  upon 
  

   forestry. 
  

  

  This 
  company 
  has 
  also 
  advocated 
  a 
  rational 
  system 
  of 
  water 
  

   storage 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  other 
  states 
  where 
  water 
  storage 
  is 
  

   applicable. 
  Indeed, 
  the 
  whole 
  subject 
  has 
  been 
  quickened 
  by 
  

   this 
  company, 
  as 
  has 
  forestry. 
  The 
  powerful 
  influence 
  of 
  the 
  

   International 
  Paper 
  Company 
  has 
  made 
  water 
  storage 
  a 
  live 
  

   subject 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  paper 
  industry 
  

   generally 
  has 
  been 
  specially 
  directed 
  to 
  this 
  consideration. 
  One 
  

   value 
  of 
  such 
  an 
  aggregation 
  of 
  capital 
  is 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  in- 
  

   fluence 
  it 
  may 
  bring 
  to 
  bear 
  upon 
  subjects 
  like 
  this, 
  where 
  indi- 
  

   viduals 
  acting 
  independently 
  could 
  accomplish 
  little 
  or 
  nothing 
  

   because 
  of 
  their 
  inability 
  to 
  act 
  together. 
  The 
  second 
  work 
  

   accomplished 
  by 
  this 
  company, 
  therefore, 
  is 
  of 
  very 
  material 
  

   assistance 
  in 
  the 
  inauguration 
  of 
  water 
  storage. 
  

  

  The 
  company 
  has 
  also 
  spent 
  large 
  sums 
  of 
  money 
  improving 
  

   its 
  plants, 
  balancing 
  its 
  pulp 
  and 
  paper 
  producing 
  capacity, 
  and 
  

   bringing 
  its 
  mills 
  to 
  a 
  higher 
  state 
  of 
  efficiency, 
  the 
  fundamental 
  

   idea 
  being 
  to 
  give 
  stability 
  and 
  permanency 
  to 
  the 
  industry. 
  

   Not 
  only 
  have 
  foreign 
  markets 
  been 
  sought, 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  intro- 
  

   duced 
  improvements 
  in 
  organization 
  and 
  administration 
  of 
  its 
  

   mills 
  and 
  affairs. 
  It 
  has 
  also 
  introduced 
  scientific 
  methods, 
  as 
  

  

  