anaheim-gazette 1909-05-20

PINCHOT ON FOREST FIRES GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE CO-OPERATION FOR DATA Conservation Commissions in States and Territories Anxious to Promote Forest Conservation—Personnel of California Commission—Importance of Work Which they have in Hand [Correspondence of The Gazette.] San Francisco, Cal., May 18.—That the country may have the most complete compilation of data on forest fires, the forest service has invited the co-operation of the members of the state conservation and forest commissions with forest officers, and in a letter to the district forester in this city concerning this year's work in his district, Forester Pinchot says: "Last fall the forest service attempted to collect from the Washington office data upon forest fires throughout the United States. We got excellent reports from a few states, but no information whatever from many of them. This was due, in some cases, to the failure of the proper officers to make careful reports and in other cases to the utter lack of any state organization to handle forest fires, and the complete absence of any record of them. "The fire problem is such a fundamental one that the service desires to get as complete a statement as possible this coming season and we feel that time and money are well spent for this purpose. The best results will doubtless be secured by localizing the work as far as possible and making a large number of" WALNUT PICKING METHOD Description of Unique Deterioration to Grower The Technical World contains an account of an interesting machine for gapping nuts. The magazine names this remarkable invention. "A great drawback to the of growing English or Palm nuts in California has all the harvesting of the crops are allowed to fall from and were then picked up of men and women, mostly who hulled the nuts by hand gathered them into their process was necessarily small cases of scarcity of labor crop was likely to be ruined allowed to lie on the ground a night's rain or even a hail. "In view of this fact, anvention is much appreciated nutmen of the southwest.vention is nothing less than chine whereby the nuts are from the ground, separate waste, then hulled and sawn out leaving the machine. two men to operate it, and the work of 100 men all through. "The machine consists of line traction engine, hunched four-foot wheels low to so as to get under the low trees. The truck which the propels, and which is the which the engine rides, co-the walnut picking apparatus is a large exhaust blower, about eighteen ounces to pressure, working as a sucker at front of the machine. It is divided into eighteen each four inches in diameter." dle forest fires, and the complete absence of any record of them. "The fire problem is such a fundamental one that the service desires to get as complete a statement as possible this coming season and we feel that time and money are well spent for this purpose. The best results will doubtless be secured by localizing the work as far as possible and making a large number of officers and organizations each responsible for reports upon a small territory. "There are now conservation commissions in thirty-eight states and territories. These commissions are anxious to promote forest conservation in any way they can, and in the states which do not contain national forests we will take up the matter of a fire record with them. In national forest states better results will, I think, be secured if the district foresters gather data from every possible source and also cooperate with the state conservation commissions. "I shall, therefore, ask your district to take the responsibility for the compilation of as complete a record as possible of all forest fires, both on and off the national forests in the state of California during the coming season. This record should be comparable with the one made solely for the national forests, and I suggest that it follow the same lines. It should, if possible, be compiled by counties. Some assistance can undoubtedly be secured from county clerks, county surveyors, or other county officers. Wherever there are local fire wardens, reports should be secured from them. It will be well for you to work out a definite plan of action with the conservation commission early in the season, and to ask this commission to do as much work as it can. The importance of getting the machinery started for securing the desired information before the fire season starts will, I know, be realized by you. "The California Commission is as follows: Arthur R. Briggs, San Francisco; James C. Needham, Modesto; Frank H. Short, Fresno; Grove L. Johnson. Segments: Mrs. Lowell" four-foot wheels low to the so as to get under the low trees. The truck which the propels, and which is the which the engine rides, cove the walnut picking apparatus is a large exhaust blower, about eighteen ounces to pressure, working as a sucker at front of the machine. "These suck up all the small clods, leaves or other of similar size and weight w in their path, picking clear six feet wide at about the a walking horse. Of course engine drives the wagon, and is mentioned merely to shi at which the machine operates. "Each tributary running ground has a small guide underneath, and each will openpective of the others, so temporary crippling of one tubes in no wise interferes operation of the remainder tery. The guide-wheels keep the tubes, which are not conformity with the uneven of the ground, so that even gathered in. "These small wheels, fur- erate a device whereby th of the suction tubes are l of all rubbish, broken lea The walnuts, dirt and leave ried up the tributaries to th itself, where they are dur a large tank, whence th of the blower separates th and the clods and the worth from the good nuts. The材际 is blown out on the g hind the machine, and the go to the huller." In this part of the mach are cleanly and completely h the hulls thrown away. Th are sent through a long tu sack, which is filled to weight and then closed and automatically. All the oper- the machine, in fact, are so long as the engine is lin ing. This leaves for the two men employed on th ine only the care of the e mission early in the season, and to ask this commission to do as much work as it can. The importance of getting the machinery started for securing the desired information before the fire season starts will, I know, be realized by you. "The California Commission is as follows: Arthur R. Briggs, San Francisco; James C. Needham, Modesto; Frank H. Short, Fresno; Grove L. Johnson, Sacramento; Mrs. Lovell White, San Francisco; William W. Smythe, San Diego; Francis Cuttle, Riverside; F. Q. Story, Los Angeles. "You undoubtedly know many of these gentlemen, and there should be no difficulty in arranging for mutually helpful cooperation." WANTED To make engagements with several good berry-pickers. Apply to T. H. Hopkins, 4th house, Olive road. ma13-2t FICTION is FICTION NEWS IS TRUTH The GAZETTE Prints the News The GAZETTE Tells the Truth DELNUT PICKING MACHINE A nation of Unique Device of Interest to Growers Technical World Magazine is an account of an extremely interesting machine for gathering walnuts. The magazine named says of remarkable invention: Great drawback to the industry is the English or Persian walnut. California has always been investing of the crop. The nuts allowed to fall from the trees are then picked up by gangs and women, mostly Mexicans, pulled the nuts by hand as they fell them into their sacks. This was necessarily slow, and, in scarcity of labor, a whole lot likely to be ruined by being tied on the ground through rain or even a heavy fog. New of this fact, a recent inquiry is much appreciated by the people of the southwest. This inquiry is nothing less than a matter by the nuts are gathered on the ground, separated from all other hulled and sacked with the machine. It requires men to operate it, and will do so of 100 men all the season. The machine consists of a gas-action engine, hung between wheels low to the ground, and get under the low-branched truck which this engine and which is the wagon on the engine rides, carries also out picking apparatus. There are exhaust blowers producing eighteen ounces to the inch working as a suction pump of the machine. The intake fed into eighteen tributaries, inches in diameter. JAPAN'S TAXES, 30 PER CENT America's 7 to 8 Per Cent of Total Social Revenue In the May number of the Review of Reviews Mr. Adachi Kinnosuke makes the statement that "the people of Japan are performing the financial miracle of giving up about 30 per cent of their net income every day without saying a word about it." The fact is, of course, remarkable, but the experience has its parallel in other countries, in Cuba, for instance. During the recent intervention the ratio of total taxation to total income in that country was even above that reported for Japan by Mr. Kinnosuke. It is difficult to imagine the existence of such conditions in the United States. Even at the close of the civil war the percentage in this country was well below that of Japan and Cuba in recent years. The total wealth of Japan is estimated at about $10,000,000,000, and the annual income or social revenue of the people at about $1,000,000,-000. The total taxation amounts to more than $300,000,000 annually. In the United States today the draft for the maintenance of the government, national, state and local, is about 7 or 8 per cent of total social revenue, and there is much talk about the burdens of taxation. There is a suggestion of sarcasm in Mr. Kinnosuke's comment that within twenty-five years, perhaps, at the rate of conquest western commercialism and the doctrine of individual rights are making among our people, we (the Japanese) shall be as civilized as any other so-called Christian nation." The essential difference, as indicated by this writer, is that in Japan the government is the The truck which this engine and which is the wagon on the engine rides, carries also out picking apparatus. There are exhaust blower, producing eighteen ounces to the inch working as a suction pump of the machine. The intake lead into eighteen tributaries, inches in diameter. Suck up all the walnuts, woods, leaves or other objects for size and weight which come path, picking clean a strip wide at about the speed of long horse. Of course the engines the wagon, and the horseoned merely to show speed of the machine operates. Tributary running to the basin a small guide-wheel unload each will operate irreversibly of the others, so that the crippling of one of the no wise interferes with the rest of the remainder of the battle guide-wheels mentioned tubes, which are flexible, in any with the uneven surface ground, so that every nut is in. Small wheels, further, op-device whereby the mouthsuction tubes are kept clear abbish, broken leaves, etc. nuts, dirt and leaves are carried tributaries to the blower where they are dumped into bank, whence the exit force flower separates the leaves and the worthless nuts or good nuts. The waste maplown out on the ground be-machine, and the good nuts huller. Part of the machine they fly and completely hulled and thrown away. Thence they through a long tube to the which is filled to a certain depth then closed and sewed up really. All the operations of mine, in fact, are automatic, as the engine is kept run-leaves for the duties of men employed on the mach-the care of the engine by is a suggestion of sarcasm in Mr. Kinnosuke's comment that within twenty-five years, perhaps, at the rate of conquest western commercialism and the doctrine of individual rights are making among our people, we (the Japanese) shall be as civilized as any other so-called Christian nation." The essential difference, as indicated by this writer, is that in Japan the government is the all important and supreme institution, and the people give for its maintenance a large part of their income "without saying a word about it," while in this country the government is merely a necessary agent existing for the benefit and convenience of the people, who contribute only grudgingly toward its support. That the Japanese are staggering under their present load there can be no question. Their support of the Katsura policy is striking, and it may be that the policy is wise and commendable. It involves the amortization of the national debt, now about $1,100,000,000, during the next thirty years or less. The plan, adopted on August 28, 1908, is to set aside at least $25,000,000 yearly for the purpose of paying off the debt. Japan's revenues are obtained by a system of taxation which Mr. Kinnosuke calls "heartless but imperative." The land tax, about $43,000,000, is the largest item on the tax list. This is followed by the liquor tax, about $36,000,-000, and by the income tax, about $19,000,000. A consumption tax on textiles yields about $10,000,000,and a sugar tax yields about $8,000,000. The income from customs duties is about $21,000,000. More than $70,000,-000 is derived from public undertakings and state properties, and monopolies yield about $25,000,000. "The greatest asset of the Japanese empire of today," says Mr. Kinnosuke, "is the patriotism of her people." Patriotism that pays 30 cents on the dollar of income "without saying a word," is certainly a great national "asset." THE PRICE OF PEACE There is every indication that the Department of Justice under the ad- "The greatest asset of the Japanese empire of today," says Mr. Kinnosuke, "is the patriotism of her people." Patriotism that pays 30 cents on the dollar of income "without saying a word," is certainly a great national "asset." THE PRICE OF PEACE There is every indication that the Department of Justice under the administration of President Taft and Attorney General Wickersham will prove an even more effective agency in the enforcement of the law than it did in the Roosevelt administration. Mr. Wickersham's administration will lack the limelight and no doubt he will refrain from pertinent witticisms at the expense of the trusts, but there is a quiet determination about the new attorney-general and an evidence of earnestness and capability about the department since he assumed charge that pressages no good to violators of the federal law. There seems to be an obvious disposition in certain quarters to mistake the methods of the new regime in this particular branch of the government service for inaction or ineffectiveness, and it has been frequently hinted that the Taft administration would be more lenient to violators of the statutes than the preceding administration. This is a superficial view, however, and it will be well for corporations and others who may be tempted to disregard the law, to remember the warning of the attorney general that the "price of peace is obedience to law." BUY SHIRTS NOW 42 doz. 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