I'HE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 22. 1920.
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WELFARE OF U. S.
DEPENDENT ON
THE WOOD SUPPLY
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Country's Timber Supply Rap
idly Depleted Through t
Carelessness and -Ignorance.
By T. W. McCULLOUGH.
How much the world depends-for
its progress on wood is just coming
to be understood Some students
of forestry go so !ar as.'o say that
as wood is plentiful or scarce, just
so civilization advances or stands
.still. These used Kurope before the
war as illustrating their point. They
say that the difference in living con
ditions there as compared v.itu those
of our country arose mainly from
the fact that timber was sc; scarce
that its use was restricted in many
ways among the people. The social
life naturally took on the aspect1 of
fixedness because Europeans were
limited in the matter of lumber.
Whether this is tejiable need not be
argued here, but the fact that tim
ber has a great and direct effect on
ihe development of communities,
states and nations might easily be
sustained.
That something of this sort is
recognized by t ho older nations is
shown in the efforts they have made
, to preserve such f'mber as was left
to them, and to propagate forests on
. places denuded by former ..genera
lions of tree growth. This activity
is not entirely an outgrowtn of the
war. While the waste of timber in
cident to the enormous demands of
the war accentuated the situation
and served to stimulate efforts to
replace the diminished tree growth,
forestation was Hlready practiced
extensively, particularly in Francp.
Here the glovcnuiirnt had )for many
years engaged in tylanting trees on
the sides of fountains, thiK'protecl
ing the vineyards from the effects
of sudden freshets sweeping down
the bare hillsides, probably in the
beginning outweighing the value of
the timber that might eventuallv re
sult. Some 5,000,000 acres had been
thus reclaimed in France when the
war broke out.
Realize Value of Replanting.
In the United States the idea of
replanting logged -off ltinds has not
made a great deal of progress, al
though its ivaluc- is coming to be
more fully realized. When Theo
dore Roosevelt w,as president he ex
tended the forest reservations begun
under Grover Cleveland, and really
gave to conservation its first gen
uine impetus. , In Pennsylvania, for
example, and elsewhere in ihe Ap
palachians, system forestation was
taken up to renew the timber growth
that the floods which ensuid each
spring might be averted. The de
bate that followed the, first enthu
siastic burst of the consei vationists
has given way to calmer counsel, but
this has only deepened the convic
tion that Americans have, squan
dered a wonderful asset through the
devastation of their forests. t
Vas Forests Destroyed.
It is calculated now that the
United States had in the beginning
5.500 billion feet of standing timber.
This has been reduced to' about
2.6J30 billion feet. That seems a suf
ficient supply, but the experience of
the country has been such as war
rants the conclusion that our forei
wealth would be extinguished in V
comparatively short time were not
something done to prevent. Aboflt
one-half of the standing timber in
the United States at present is con
tained in farm woodlots, a little
more than half of the remainder is
privately owned, leaving the bovem-
ment in possession of less than one-
tourtn ot the uncut trees. tM the
annual diminution, about one-third
is due to forest fires, one-third to
waste, one-third is cut for useful
purposes. In the early days prob
ably half was due to waste, for the
first settlers had little thought but
to get rid of the growing timber,
that the trees might fwake way for
grains and grasses. Many a man
in the Mississippi valley region
looks out over the landscape and
sighs when he thinks of the great
forests he could view as a boy, and
of their destruction. ItVill not help
matters to scold our grandfathers
for doing as they did, but it might
betf use to plan so that our grjnd-
" children will understand that some
thing was done to retrieve the great
blunder of our sires.
Forest Fires Costly.
Forest fires in the main are pre
ventable. The forestry service of
the government has worked out a
patrol system that is of immense
use in this regard. Campers have
been taught the probable effects of
carelessness with fire in the woods;
electric wires passing through tim
ber lands are carefully watched for
leaks; lightning bolts are closely
watched; the friction oQone dead
tree gainst Vnother, a frequent
source of disaster, and many other
causes of blazes are guarded against
as completely as possible. . When a
fire does break put, organized ef
fort to check it is made and fre
tiuentjy with great success, so .that
the loss from this source is much
less than it once was, bt yet a stag
gering sum. i
A blaze in the Yukon territory, re
ported recently, swept both-banks
of the Peel river for 160 miles, de
stroying millions of feet of lum
ber. The economic aspect of such
calamities is now understood and
the vigilance of the fire patrol in
some parts of the United Stages is
increased by the provision df air-
planes that the observer may cover .
a greater territory and move faster
when emergency does arise. It may
not be possible to" do away with
fire loss altogether, but he total
may be reduced and the liability
minimized through the extension of
the forest ranger service.
Use Substitutes for Wood, j "
Whether restriction is to be placed
on the use of" lumber is another
question. Other substances are
being substituted for wooden ma
terial in many ways. Millions of
feet are still used annually to make
packing cases for shipping goods
of various kinds, yet the requisition
. of lumber for this purpose has been
greatly lessened by the employment
cf steel in collapsible cases, by
the. use of fibre board and corru
gated paper. In building, steel and
concrete beams are now employed
where once woodws the only ma
terial and in .many other industries
something other than wood is called
Nurses at Baby Stations Boast That
Omaha Infants Are an Extra 'Fine Lot
Places in Four Parts of
City Open One Day
r Each Week.
Omaha has a particularly fine lot
of babies, according to Miss Frieda
Johnson, head nurse of the Visiting
Nurses' baby stations, where those
Hot feeling just right are made to
feel th;t -way.
The baby stations of Omaha con
ducted by the Visiting Nurses' as
sociation, put many a youngster cn
the road to good health. The sta
tions are located in four different
sections of the city and are opened
during certain hours one day each
week.
Mothers bring their tots to the?
stations for examination and when
the infant is well, the mother is told
how to keep it so; when it is sick,
treatment in the home is supervised
by the Visiting Nurses' association.
When the baby needs hospital care
the association sees that is U pro
vided. Dr. J. C. Moore is in charge of the
station located at the Third Presby
teriau church. Twentieth and
Leavenworth street's,. Monday; ,Dr.
Newell Jones is in charge at the 'sta
tion : iu the church at Twenty-fifth
and Decatur Tuesdays, and Dr. An
drew Dow at the' Christ Child cen
ter at Seventh and William Thurs
days. --'There is also a station lo
cated iu the South Omaha City hall
U ednesday.
upon for service. Vet the extension
of .industry is such that the demand l
on the torests is quite as much .as
can be safely met. , .v
Students incline to the belief that
;i considerable portion of the lum
ber of the future will come from
farm woodlots yet they are careful
to point out that timber must not be
looked upon as a crop, but as a
mine. It has this distinction, how
ever; while a mine is certainly de
pleted as its metal content is re
covered and put to use, lumbering
may. under proper conditions, be
removed from the category of per
ishing industries. In proof of this
may be submitted the fir forests of
the northwest, the greatest stand of
timber in the world.; At present the
annual cut is a little less than half
the amount that is replaced by new
growth. In other words, the out
put of fir lumber could be doubted
with no danger that thee ut would
in time exterminate the trees. Un
fori'.nately, all lumbering operations
are not carried on after this man
ner. Agreement between the gov
ernment and the timber men may
be reached, though, on a basis thnt
will permit the restoration and pres-
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as could be wished. Soft, quick
erowincr varieties liave had prefer
ence over the more useful sort. This
can be remedied by, making bcttetj.
choice in tuturc, nno oy replacing
some ot the standing trees with
others thaf may not griw s rapidly
but w hich are worth a great deal
more when th?y arc grown.
Should Replant Sand Hills.
Alf of this connects up with the
proposal that the sand hill region
be taken in hand and treated to a
covering of trees. Useful varieties
of pine and cedar will thrive in
thoce regions that now are bare and
to a large extent unprofitable. Along
with the tree growth - will come
grasses, and .the grazing iiydustry
will be fostered by the extension of
available pasturage. The! one great
difficulty in the way is to e the
people to understand what an asset
they have in the sand hill regioi.
The soil ot thiit section, light though
it is, is wonderfully fertile, and in
days to come should be made protit
iib!; productive.. This time can be
has'tcned by the application of
means easily within the grasp of the
present. What the final outlay d,f
money will be is not so much a fact
to Le com-idered as to how much
will be required to make the start.
It must take lie form of a continu
ing control,- properly supported, for
the success of tke project depends
on care extending over a long pe
riod of years. The certainty of a
return is the incentive that should
urge a beginning. When the legis
lature meets next winter the project
ought to be presented in such a wavo
Ntas will obtain he needed attention.
A committee to make an examina
tion and recommend a plan may be
the solution. Jiut Nebraska ought
to set about the,important work of
developing' this great project.
Bar Margaret Irene Gordon being inspected at the Visiting Nurses'
association baby station in the Third Presbyterian church, at Twentieth
and Leavenworth, by Miss Frieda Johnson, head nurse of the baby sta
tions (standing) and checked up by Nurse L. A. Timnj (sitting) seemed
rather bored with the whole business. She gazed admiringly at her
little pink toes during most of the performance.
ervation of the forests "by limiting
cuts to the amount of replacement
by new growth. , Ohly on- a plan
of this nature can the future of the
Itmiuv supply in America be made
certain. '
Transportation Rates Involved.
Another, feature of the industry at
present s tint transportation rates
are so high thpt a great deal of use
ful materi'il is destroyed at the mills
because ifr canndft be shipped at a
profit. Millions Vf' feet. of "seconds"
end "culls" go to feed the never
dying fires at the big saw mills of
the northwest. The timber might
well be used fo4 corncribs, barn
siding, fencing, and a tiTillion and
one other purposes iii Nebraska and
other sections of the great inland
empire, but the freight rate is such
.is tc shut the supply from the mar
ket. Some time a solution for this
may be found.
While all this is going on, Ne
braska land owners might interest
themselves a little in the topic, and
discover what sort of useful trees
can grow on their farms without
hampering the use of the land in
other directions. Groves ' planted
as wind breaks and for ornamental
purpose, in obedience to thei man
date of Arbor day, "Plant Trees 1"
have not been as carefully selected
Chicago Postal Employes
Are Retired on Pensions
Chicago, Aug. 21. One hundred
thirty-live Chicago postofiile em
ployes were retired from service on
pensions, over their protests.
Chief among those retired are Geii.
J. E. Stuart, chief postoflice inspec
tor, who served 40 years here, and
John M. Hubbard, assistant post
master, who for years has been the
official Santa Claus to children who
wrote to their patron saint in care
of the postoftice.
27th Division Reunion
Scheduled for Sept. 12-H
New York, Aug. 20. The first re
union of the 27th division, which
was to be held on the. anniversary
of the battle of the Hindenburg line;
September 27 to 30, will be held at
Saratoga Springs on September 12
to 14 instead.
The change in dates is made to
avoid a conflict with the dates of
the national convention of the Amer
ican Legion at Cleveland, September
27 to 29.
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