Show I Other Points 1 of View J I l POSTPONED iOD ST severity se sweeping the With summer fires Ires o of unusual extensive timber lands of or Montana Idaho and Washington Washing Washing- ton the tho American Forest t association Is urging the lumb lumbermen lum lurn- b bermen to forward their views lews as to the lie steps to be betaken betaken betaken taken for the better belter protection of tho lie woods v Time The gOvernment government gov gOv- owned forest In these states aggregate held In private ate owner owner- acres with about as much more ship Hero Here Is the tho heart of or what Is Jeet left of oC the tho once thou thought ht Inexhaustible American Cor forest forst gt preserves If H protective steps had been taken ken even after aCter InO by byall byall byall all the interests involved ol there Would a be tic much more moro to protect In Iii that year ear fires in Iii this region resulted in a considerable loss of oC life and the destruction of or nearly feet reet of oC lumber valued at A similar sim lin- lin liar ilar or worse dl disaster threatens this year ear at a a. time Ume when the need of oC lumber for Cor foreign and domestic sup supply pI far exceeds any demand that ha has hereto heretofore Core been known And nd this demand will not slacken for years to come Alarmed b by the loss of a decade a ago o Congress at the earnest request of or tho the chief chic of oC the time at that time lime set aside as an annual emergency ency fund to be drawn rawn on on In rI fighting these fires Year b by year ear year earno no great loss occurring until last year car tho the fire emergency emer gency ency fund was gradually s pared down by Congress to 15 1 the amount made available f this year ear Tho The theor theory was that if It more money should be bo needed ed a deficiency y appropriation might be asked for or after the Ito fires had been put out oUI In 1918 on- on were onre re representing over burned acres What hat time they will be this yea ear cannot bo estimated The start tarl of ot the fire Ire season which ends with the fall rains Is not reassuring Unusual usual U conditions conditions conditions condi condi- prevail pre throughout the time northwest rost 1 In June killed the flourishing woodland vegetation which dried b by a long Jong drouth covers coers like an on inflammable carpet carpel Electric storms are occurring with more ore than usual frequency accompanied b by high h winds which carr carry lIght fire tree tops over miles of ot woods wOods Fires s are multiplying and tho ho outlook is bad The serious handicap in fighting such outbreaks Is 15 the Inaccessibility of or wi wide o oreas areas reas of or forest Oftentimes fires tires start fort forty or rift fifty miles awa away from an any railroad or settlement ment In a l. l re region lon that Is trackless It jt Is sometimes weeks before they can be reached reache After te years cars 0 oi oc ur urging Congress has Just appropriated a year for three years for forest post pot roads which will afford access to such difficult spots spols In case of fire If Tf this step had been taken when first suggested S' S ested tho time full full- appropriation of or would have been saved a many litany times over NewYork New New- ew York Herald Il 1 F |