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company  that  maintains  inter-island  transport  service  should  have 
a volume  of  traffic  sufficient  to  operate  at  least  thirty  boats.  Rail- 
roads on  the  islands  will  surely  produce  such  a traffic.  This  fact 
has  been  demonstrated  elsewhere  so  many  times  that  the  propo- 
sition needs  no  argument.  But  in  order  to  accomplish  this  at  an 
early  date  your  railroads  must  precede  your  traffic. 
SEATTLE  LIVE  STOCK  SHOW. 
Finding  the  first  buildings  erected  for  the  live  stock  show  at 
the  Alaska- Yukon-Pacific  Exposition,  which  will  be  held  from 
September  27  to  October  9,  completely  inadequate  to  handle  the 
enormous  number  of  animals  which  have  been  entered,  the  depart- 
ment of  works  at  the  Exposition  has  found  it  necessary  to  double 
the  size  of  the  barns. 
The  new  structure  will  be  120  feet  in  length  by  50  feet  in 
width,  and  it  will  be  completed  in  time  for  the  opening  of  the  live 
stock  show  on  September  27.  The  work  is  being  rushed  and  a 
large  force  of  men  is  now  at  work. 
In  all  2,182  animals  have  been  entered  by  the  two  hundred  and 
fifty  breeders  represented.  The  stock  is  coming  from  practically 
every  state  of  the  United  States  and  province  of  Canada.  Manv 
of  the  breeders  have  imported  the  best  foreign  stock  to  exhibit 
in  the  hopes  of  drawing  down  prizes  with  European  animals. 
In  the  show  there  will  be  288  horses,  899  cattle,  323  swine,  and 
872  sheep. 
In  the  horse  division,  as  is  usually  the  case,  the  Percheron  class 
leads  in  the  number  of  animals  entered  with  65.  The  largest 
single  entry  of  this  celebrated  breed  is  made  by  A.  C.  Ruby  of 
Portland,  Ore.,  who  will  exhibit  sixteen,  while  E.  F.  Kleinmeyer 
of  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  is  bringing  fifteen  from  California. 
FOREST  AREA  OF  THE  SOUTH. 
The  South,  with  twenty-seven  per  cent,  of  the  total  area  of  the 
United  States,  contains  about  forty-two  per  cent,  of  the  total 
forest  area  of  the  country.  This  forest  must  be  used,  of  course, 
in  order  to  meet  the  steadily  expanding  wants  of  this  section.  It 
must  be  used  in  such  a manner,  however,  that  the  very  most  may 
be  made  from  its  annual  cut,  while  at  the  same  time  this  cut  is 
being  replaced  by  new  growth.  In  this  way  its  timber  will  re- 
main a source  of  perpetual  wealth. 
The  importance  of  forest  conservation  to  southern  interests  is 
clearly  understood.  The  future  of  the  South  is  more  nearly 
bound  up  in  the  plan  of  forest  preservation,  with  its  accompany- 
ing protection  to  watersheds,  power-streams,  and  wood-working 
industries,  than  is  anything  now  before  the  people  of  that  part  of 
the  country. 
