26 FOEEST PKESEBVATION AND NATIONAL PEOSPEEITY. 



H, W. McLEOD, 



President National Lumber Manufacturers' Association. 



That forestry is practicable upon large timber holdings, either in pri- 

 vate or governmental ownership, is unquestioned by all who have given 

 the matter careful thought. Lumbermen who have studied the timber 

 situation realize that in the future, as in the past, the largest returns 

 will not be obtained from their manufacturing plants only. The 

 great fortunes that have been made in the lumber business have been 

 acquired by the owners of large bodies of timber, and this condition 

 will continue. Consumption is annually increasing, not only from 

 the increase in population, but from a material increase in per capita 

 consumption as well. On the other hand, the supply is annually 

 decreasing. If this be true, all Government timber lands should be 

 withdrawn from sale or entry and placed under conservative manage- 

 ment — all mature timber being for sale, provided proper protection 

 is given the young timber. In this way at least a partial supply of 

 timber for future generations can be perpetuated. 



AN EXAMPLE PROM THE SOUTH. 



JOHN L. KATJL, 

 President The Xaul Lumber Company. 



My acquaintance with the southern pine belt has extended over 

 a period of seventeen years. During that time I have constantly 

 observed the deplorable effect upon the forests of lumbering without 

 regard to the future. My experience with the actual application of 

 forestry to longleaf pine lands, however, has been limited to the 

 tracts in which I am particularly interested. These lands are 

 located in central Alabama, and comprise mainly a forest of pure 

 longleaf pine. 



* * * The compan}^ had lumbered about 25,000 acres in a county 

 adjoining that in which a portion of its present holdings are located, 

 and where conditions are very similar. These cut-over lands had 

 no value for agriculture, and were without satisfactory market value 

 for other purposes. Their best use is for the growing of timber. 

 A large amount of small timber was left standing after lumbering, 

 because it did not pay to handle it. As a result, however, of ordi- 

 nary methods of logging the timber thus left was not sufficient in 

 amount nor in a condition to promise another cut within a reasonable 

 time and was an absolute waste. 



* * * Actual measurement of the forest on 5 per cent of the lands 

 developed the fact that by curtailing the present cut by less than 20 

 per cent, the company could, after twenty years, again obtain an 

 amount equal to 45 per cent of the present cut. This, at the present 



