Davis County Clipper | 1918-01-11 | Page 3 | Timber Needed for France

TIMBER NEEDED FOR FRANCE virgin virgi n forests of vast area in africa may be drawn upon for supply after the war france Is beginning to figure out how to meet nn fin anticipated shortage shor ellort taga lige in lumber and fire firewood mood after the war the destruction of forests by shellfire find and the he heavy demand for lumber for barracks and road construct construction iou coin combine bine to make 4 a deficit of cubic feet annually beyond the range of shells on both sides of the front the military woods mens axes have drawn beav ily fly on timber from the north sea to the swiss frontier the consumption of lumber will increase during the war tit at the rate of cume cuble feet a year and for several years after peace Is made the demand will continue tor for the repair and rebuilding of devastated reg regions lons the solution of the problem is considered to be a question queston of transportation and of forest exploitation in inthe the col colonies onles specialists ts have calculated that F french nh equatorial and western africa madagascar guinea and hin do chiha possess square miles of virgin timber land which could amply supply france and several other countries with fuel and lumber i