Show Our Woods New York 15 Speaking of the destruction of western forests the I Tribune says In these far western forests there is nothing to take the place of our eastern hickory oak ash or other hard woods But stores of Douglass fir and redwood red-wood with other timber trees like Port Oxford cedar the tidewater tide-water spruce the red cedar the yellow and sugar pines are worth more than all the gold in all the mines of that region to say nothing of their higher value as conservators of those beneficient climatic conditions condi-tions which are absolutely essential to our future prosperity comfort and health The one hopeful symp tom in the case is the wide interest which these authoritative statements state-ments from the census bureau are exciting They are thought to prepare the way for some prompt and intelligent action |