FOREST POLICY. 



oak bark extract, worth $56,700; 3,775 barrels of quebracho, worth 

 $50,700; 206 tons of sumac, worth $10,000. The chemicals used 

 were worth $919,600. 



The output of Pennsylvania's tanneries is mostly sole leather. 



In paper and pulp industry, Pennsylvania has 4th rank, 

 producing $12,268,000 worth of paper in 73 mills and consuming: 

 Home-grown spruce, 16,697 cords, valued at $851504; Canadian 

 spruce, 25,442 cords, valued at $167,200; other pulp wood, 2,263 

 cords, valued at $11,000. 



6. Forestry movement: Pennsylvania is more awake to 

 the necessity of forest preservation than any other State, thanks 

 to the energy of Dr. Rothrock. A Forest Association backs his 

 work and publishes "Forest Leaves," since 1885. Forestry lectures 

 are occasionally given at the universities. Arbor Day since 1886. 



7. Laws: Since 1887, forest plantations of at least 1,200 

 seedlings enjoy a tax reduction of 90% to their tenth year; of 

 80% to their twentieth year, and of 50% to their thirtieth year. 

 From loth year on, 600 saplings per acre are considered a suffi- 

 cient growing stock. Similar inducements are granted to owners 

 of second growth, consisting of sound tree seedlings, covering 

 not to exceed 50 acres. 



In 1897, the Forest Commissioner was authorized to pur- 

 chase forfeited land at a price not to exceed back taxes and other 

 "unseated" land at a price of not over $5 per acre, such lands 

 to become part of a forest reservation system. 



The constables of townships are ex officio fire, fish and 

 game wardens, entitled to a premium of $10 for each offense (fire) 

 reported. They are privileged to summon help, and obliged to 

 report to the court of quarter sessions any case of violation of 

 fire, fish and game laws. 



The expense of the fire warden system is equally divided 

 between county and State. The county, however, is not required 

 to incur an outlay exceeding $500 per annum. 



The law of 1897 authorizes the acquisition of three tracts 

 at the head waters of the Delaware, Susquehana and Ohio Rivers 

 by expropriation for the forest reserve. Each tract is to comprise 

 40,000 acres in a solid body. 



In 1901 the Division of Forestry was raised to the rank 

 of a department. 



The revenue from the reserves is to be divided between 

 township and State, to reimburse the former for the inevitable 



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