anaheim-gazette 1908-04-16

WHAT FORESTRY HAS DONE With Us the Verge of a Timber Famine Has Been Crossed—Stiff Possible for Us to Regain our Forest Independence Denmark has about 600,000 acres under forest, of which the state owns over 23 per cent, or 142,000 acres. About 75,000 acres of wastes are in process of reforestation. The need of wiser forest use was felt in the eighteenth century, and by 1781 the state forests were placed under administration. But the clearing of the forest continued at such a rate that in 1805 it was provided that the still existing forests of beech and oak should be maintained forever. Further, provision was made as to the selling of the peasants' farms, so that they should not be accumulated in large holdings upon which the peasants would have to depend for their wood. Since 1820 the forest area has been increasing. At present reforesting is adding to it very considerably. Nearly 200,000 acres of heath have been planted in the last forty years. To this work of reclamation the state contributes $40,000 a year. In state forests, as well as in the communal forests and the farmer's woodlots, forestry is carefully and profitably practiced. Russia's forests are of vast extent. More than 575,000,000 acres, or 39 per cent, of European Russia is for-which serve to prevent erosion avalanches in the mountain dams are classed as protection which may not be converted to agriculture or cleared or used for nature. If of natural growth, protection forests are free from tax ever; if planted, they are no longer for thirty years. Private forests not classed protective may be cleared only to certain conditions, which, as provide for returning the forest or at least for offsetting clearing by growing a plantation. Over 100,000,000 acres of forests have been placed under pervision as protection forests. In each province and district is a forest protection committee composed of local administrative officers, including one or two officers, the justice of the peace or justice, the county council, an elected forest owners, with the emeror as president. These committees decide which forests are protective" and which are not; and working plans; direct what clear may be made, and exercise powers in cooperation with the forest administration. Private forest owners may expert advise on forestry we charge. Seedlings are distributed and working plans for protected forests are made, free of cost. Imperial loan bank advances on forests for which the government has made working plans in conservative management. Way 7,000,000 acres were mortgaged in 1900. have been planted in the last forty years. To this work of reclamation the state contributes $40,000 a year. In state forests, as well as in the communal forests and the farmer's woodlots, forestry is carefully and profitably practiced. Russia's forests are of vast extent. More than 575,000,000 acres, or 39 per cent, of European Russia is forest, and the Siberian forests of Asiatic Russia contain about 350,000,000 acres. In the more wooded provinces of European Russia the government owns about 89 per cent of the forest land. It owns 65.7 per cent of the total forest area. In general the untouched forest resources of Russia comprise two-thirds of the whole forest area of Europe. Over $30,000,000 worth of wood is exported. The principal countries drawing upon Russia are, in order, England, Germany, Holland and France. From the 660,000,000 acres of state forests which are now being worked the net income is now nearly $21,-500,000, or 31-5 cents per acre. Russia began to apply forestry before the time of want had arrived, though forest havoc had been wrought. She was not forced into it for self-protection, as were, for instance, Germany and France. The lessons mastered by such other countries were regarded by the Russian government as convincing enough without being actually experienced. The United States stands in a much less fortunate position with regard to forestry. With us the verge of a timber famine has already been crossed, and we are to know what it means to pay for forest waste. We have mortgaged the future of our forests. Yet it is still possible for us to regain our forest independence. Attention was first turned to the protection of Russian forests about two hundred and fifty years ago when Czars Michael and Alexis undertook to settle property rights and make provision against fire and expert advise on forestry work charge. Seedlings are distributed and working plans for protected forests are made, free of cost. Imperial loan bank advances on forests for which the government has made working plans in conservative management. Way 7,000,000 acres were mortgaged in 1900. Finland has 50,000,000 acres per cent of the whole land and forest. It exports each year 100,000 cubic feet of wood, valued at $20,000,000, principally to England, Germany and Holland. Most of the forest—that between 35,000,000 and 45,000,000—is state property. Since 1881 state forests have been conservatively lumbered, but until the past forests are depleted it will not be able to make the management as toughgoing as it ought to be. We can now be done beyond restructuring cutting and fires. Ever since no trees are cut while less than 10 inches in diameter from the ground, there was a good stock of timber to cover when the inevitable rise of prices makes intensive management pay as it already pays where markets for wood are better than the average. Working plans for forests are constantly being made a corps of forest surveyors. Though mainly in small pockets the private forests contribute fifths of the timber exported, harder to furnish which they are structively overcut. Thus attempts to regulate their use have vain, and they are certain to be exhausted. Clearing waters adapted for fishing, as clearing more than 12 acres where without providing for growth, have been forbidden. The forests of India in the history under British control nearly 180,000,000 acres, or 2 percent of British territory. Of know what it means to pay for forest waste. We have mortgaged the future of our forests. Yet it is still possible for us to regain our forest independence. Attention was first turned to the protection of Russian forests about two hundred and fifty years ago, when Czars Michael and Alexis undertook to settle property rights and make provision against fire and theft. By the beginning of the eighteenth century more careful use of the forests, especially of those yielding ship timbers, was insisted upon by Peter the Great. The more immediate cause which led to the present administration was the forest devastation which followed the abolition of serfdom (1861) and the partition among the liberated serfs of much forest property. Complaints were rife in 1864, and several laws were presently promulgated, the last of which, 1888, provides a comprehensive plan for the conservation of forests, public and private. The worst effects of devastation were felt in the southern districts near the steppes, where the soil and stream flow had been gravely injured by clearings. The law, however, which was passed directly as a result of these evils, applied to all European Russia, and has since 1903 been made applicable to the Caucasus, the Trans-Caucasus, and other southern provinces. Forests which hold shifting sands or protect the shores of rivers, canals and other waters, as well as those MERRILL DEFEATS DIBBLE Long Beach Man Defeats San Francisco for Dept. Commander—Other Officers—Increase Widows' Pensions Col. Samuel Merrill of Long Beach was on Friday chosen department commander of the G. A. R., over Henry C. Dibble of San Francisco. The fight between these two was spirited from the beginning of the Santa Ana convention. Dibble was charged with being the ring candidate and took his defeat keenly. On Monday there was sent out from Long Beach a circular stating that a ring headed by Adjt. Gen. John H. Roberts of San Francisco controlled the election of department officers, that Roberts could dictate them three years ahead. The posts were called upon to break the ring. The election of Col. Merrill as commander will mean the moving of department headquarters from San Francisco and the appointment of a new adjutant. Dibble was beaten because he was charged with being Roberts' candidate. Roberts is charged with certain indiscretions. One story told about him is that at a certain camp fire at Fresno he told a story a little shady that displeased several members, two of whom were ministers of the gospel. W. R. C. OFFICERS The vote for Mrs. Alice M. Gillett of Los Gatos for W. R. C. department president stood 194 against 123 for Mrs. Carrie Dibble of San Francisco. Mrs. Gillett was the candidate of Stanton Corps of Los Angeles, although she got heavy backing in the north. Mrs. Alice Fitch of Los Angeles was nomi- The vote for Mrs. Alice M. Gillett of Los Gatos for W. R. C. department president stood 194 against 123 for Mrs. Carrie Dibble of San Francisco. Mrs. Gillett was the candidate of Stanton Corps of Los Angeles, although she got heavy backing in the north. Mrs. Alice Fitch of Los Angeles was nominated for the presidency, but she declined to make the race. Other department officers of the W. R. C. elected are: Senior vice-president, Harriet Coulter, Santa Ana; junior vice-president, Alice M. Newhall, Santa Cruz; treasurer, Ellen A, Lewis, San Jose; chaplain, Mary Hattery, San Bernardino; executive board, Alice L. Armor, Mrs. A. Williams, Lou Tripp, Jessie Brainard, Emma Bell. LADIES OF G. A. R. The department convention of the Ladies of the G. A. R., with fewer delegates to handle, finished its election earlier than the other organizations. At noon it had its president and five officers filled. The contest for the presidency was not hard fought, the delegates friendly to the two opponents, Mrs. Kyle of San Francisco and Arletta Parker of Fresno, welcoming the election of Mrs. Anna E. Thompson, of Los Angeles with pleasure. Mrs. Thompson was elected on the first ballot by a handsome majority. The other officers elected by the Ladies of the G. A. R. were: Senior vice-president Marie Bancher, San Jose; junior vice-president, Lura V. Bell, Santa Ana; treasurer, Bell Herr, Sacramento; chaplain Anna Calkins, San Diego; council of administration, Lena Scholten of San Francisco, Arletta Parker of Fresno, Louisa Crr of Oakland. The delegates to the national convention of the Ladies of the G. A. R. are Emma P. Howard of San Diego; delegates at large, Maud E. Short Lydia Withers, Nellie Baldwin, Henrietta Bowman, all of Los Angeles: Mamie Young, Santa Monica; Carrie D. Clark, Pacific Grove. Alternates at large, Mrs. Arletta Parker, Fresno; Francis Kitchen, Long Beach; Sarah Marsh, Los Angeles; Alice Oliver, Pacific Grove; Ellen Finch, Monterey; Mary Herrick, Los Angeles. The Ladies of the G. A. R. entertained their national president, Carrie B. Sawyer of South Portland Me. SEE SAN April The great ships are April 14th Excursions will be SE If you are content now is your time and see me. We may routes and can give you wish. of India in the terriBritish control cover acres, or 24 per territory. Of this a 9,000,000 acres are state pally under forest. The ia, comprising 600,000 is made up of native British suzerainty, have as much as 24 under forest. Not all of state forests will remain control, since those now agreement include three forest, namely, reserved, and unclassed, of which served forests are permapreserved forests now per cent of the state the course of time it is will comprise at least of the total area of Brit- CATARRH HAY FEVER Emma P. Howard of San Diego; delegates at large, Maud E. Short Lydia Withers, Nellie Baldwin, Henrietta Bowman, all of Los Angeles; Mamie Young, Santa Monica; Carrie D. Clark, Pacific Grove. Alternates at large, Mrs. Arletta Parker, Fresno; Francis Kitchen, Long Beach; Sarah Marsh, Los Angeles; Alice Oliver, Pacific Grove; Ellen Finch, Monterey; Mary Herrick, Los Angeles. The Ladies of the G. A. R. entertained their national president, Carrie B. Sawyer of South Portland, Me., on Friday. FOR WIDOWS’ PENSIONS The officers of the three organizations were publicly installed at the Grand opera house. The encampment passed resolutions requesting Congress not to consolidate the eighteen pension agencies into one and also urged Congress to raise the widows’ monthly allowance from $8 a month to at least $15. Congress was petitioned to confer upon Rear-Admiral Robley D. Evans the rank of vice-admiral, the request being from nearly 6000 active members of the order and that the action be prompt. The unanimous vote of the encampment was given to Pasadena for the encampment in 1909. The President will transmit to Congress, without comment, the correspondence and facts relative to the controversy of the United States and Venezuela as to the claims of American citizens against the latter. 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