Show taC taCt e i U 1 the r rr 6 t n nf ny r f y y ids a 4 tf r t da 4 x r I c cw cr w r I t t t r ik v vt vC t C Z Q Qa h X I IN N n a t r rs r v t to o ae N t tv v am a jut jutt s i it ir t r 41 c I I II m I I II II C R I t f By ELMO SCOTT WATSON ilL uee week of October 1 to 7 i la I I L In Ire 1 L re we week creek During theseS those these S sen SP s en n days s the i i of ot the I I l States arm orl anU to be h gisen hen n eH emery co f l cp p port unity to leun from fromy tom both Loth i and pi h u te how liow best beat to re resist l t tin till y uses ravages of ot tI tie e a greatest greate t r Ingle enemy of ot III 0 I v n nod nil progress the Fire Demon w n entry eury car destroys more than S So worth of American pi 01 erty efty The fight against this n ns as exemplified In I lire Ire L 1 Intention rl week wed we kIs b 13 a 8 nationwide hie It Is Iq the concern 0 o all citizens ther lIebe they lIe be city or country ry d dell dweller ell elle e er More than that thI lut It ul ules es a notion il ti t tl ti tie e a of J which an ate f fir it reaching and anil Unity Im to our whole who Ie ss s tern I lire Ice I Je week eel con tones es 1 ut at atthe the height of the lie forest lire fire season and I cn one the lie DC Ill c l ich ieh year cur I li woo woodi l lII II end blazes It Is evident c that trat the l preen n lion of forest foret tires Is one of the thc major projects In the observance of Fire I re week neck During the lime yer G DG there were here ere n J fe fewer fever er than Jl JI Ores with a II financial loss of more than S 20 The record since then I la net much better Inas Inai uch as JO estimates place the lime loss at nn an 0 average of a day How low that loss con can be reduced Is In indicated by the fact tact that 72 7 per cent of time the fires In III 1036 G woe I cou caused by byman byman byman man 12 2 per cent b lightning nn and 16 G Grer er cent were sere of undetermined oil orl gin Criminally careless mho ho droppel matches or cigar or ciS cig stubs e tl e tl them hem were Ie for 10 16 G per percent percent cent nt of those hose fires an and s s ai arks failing from engines if d f railroads ld 13 ter er set cei t t t Due to tl the Hie of ot our national forestry service with smith I Is la B air airplane airplane airplane plane patrols patrol and other mews meirs ot of 51 slotting otting and checking tires Dres In our na forets forests before Lefore I they Ilic he sot got o n g S and 11 start the Inexcusable cordes of cami ers ens Is somewhat some II so 60 list the time of ot the lie lIre I Ire Di Di uin In the b are reduced to n mum mill mum must Lut hut tI ll is s dues docs ues not i resent ent a hugg huge IU loss 5 Clu CIU id od b bm bIres tires fires on pi pmt I 0 III 11 lands lun s In tie tI ii e stale suie of 1 eni s Ihl Dili year rear four ns as asmin min t Hies Imes Ih e h lii e 1 I e on oni i c sno ne I are UJ r in n es I und and tl tie a 1 urea urel its II I Ll bun II 40 lines inures us its gl gust the Hie J he prill I I al umu iaus l c la Is 3 the Hie 1 e f tin the cc se lm e sho hu mm t t tJ burn t ru rush h on i i rl rl sale land Ii 11 lie I a If limes mimics get eel und tI t Ir lr K u III art d II spread proud t t b 1 Hi tit t I rl rate ule on nn 1 J I ul mil lie lands for tor II lie e lire l Ire mon Is la no DO ni rl ici r r it t f Ir I ird titles tides In the time err states slates tale this j pre blem has l I elome I so that the Until an I ns mu u h Ins his ms munched hunche e 8 S1 SI l mm tumi c inq iiii coign il n to nt such guch tires nrc nile 11 n tl tie a f states stales ot of I lurid an on I I Ml ls 1111 li L I l lIn In Tim no CO n r rf f tie til rim d I lins 0 M I I I utter t m U l sear er t h Ury ry of ot the as ass dill n are ure forest furst tires rc f to so 0 currently al lest rem J I au an I I so to forest foret regeneration aa os R 1 t 0 d dt v A nt 4 m t- t te e y t i In time the cuth uth the Hie 1 h lIe s of the Is reflected In tI tie e a fact that fir 81 per cent of ot nil all forest fires Ires report reported d dIn In hm tI lie IP p United States during the time pest p 1St stten ten tn cirs e hose occurred In time the southern south ern states MI M I re than a i ne no ll ii Ird of the entire pine area embracing mil millions on lions of acres Ins Imes been so ered and so co 0 ref r i de des deIS IS tote tale I 1 I tv v fire that It lies lIel Idle an I 1 non nonproductive e In ad forest fires are wiping willing l iut tut ut the Emme and wild 1111 wildlife wildlife II life fe 0 o er er last cast ast areas arens n rens throughout the South burning arising from n a traditional of ot ers of I eople lilt of ot the social and mic benefits of ot I I places a tremendous ous handicap upon efforts to renew rene forests forts on millions of acres To stop slop th se flies es and tomal to tomal tomal mal e I time the growing grO of ot forests a n safe Is the great Brent mid and Imme problem of ot forestry In the I South The menace n hick the e c b ef anc ot of I lire Ire I l suck I- I ts is to com but Is of ot Importune Importance In ht IJ th city and country In tills this wai I orest or cst fires reduce time the amount of n o t f t rES rE'S rest products and city fire fires at nt once 1 1 new call fur for mire nure re f f rest pro luck Thus th rn of ut ti II lie e I lire Ire Demon become a 11 p pert pirt of our v I I INOn NOn rule s system stem an I I a art rt of ot n i r I 1 lem 1 I l t in n thai pro pr blem nn on I 1 I nn an attempt at 01 Its cr lutle loth n Is gI ghen en by a n scent late slate slate-meni IlIen ment of banes lilt I I nt at ifill in mm p I lack ael ack dent of the lie TIe ns o ln lit tun n win wl I o CI for n h his I I I P n Ih lime Ilie tore fore forein forem in 11 st I esp e nent of a f policy which hull n t I I i nit my e ur fast damn ln lIIn lung timid er f sum cUI su ply but guar guarantee antee an on n II lie sup lIp I li f f r r ur fu future tune ne ne-ls 13 In this statement Mr Ir L wick ick lS w lib Ith one twelfth of the wort orl I s peo 10 p opie pie I North n uses use one of all the tl tl ber consumed In the orld that le Is 1 the hc economic situation this must mu t solve ovo or liter C rs Cs Ile 1111 an ate show how 11 tl e a of II tie t States Slate s to 10 bo be increasing nt at the rate rale r rf r f a million a year Tl TI In Is means mean It a p pula lion of ur about two hundred m iI I II I on In the Iho y year nr 2000 railroads use u about 13 OliO new n wood lits lit's tie every year There Then are arc m 1 I out lul 3 to o mile SomethIng III e B 5 trees tree are cu cut I ann al y for tete telegraph graph and telephone wires wire ur am wee ule roo ro fence rence fenc posts e emery yc-ir yc Mil Ain Milt MilI t Loma 01 of feet feel of r i ore are ar used ev every every cry ery year to keep tl ti e a newel or of the country providing you with the then news w f the th day About Aboul two 1 thirds cf the he pot poi uses Ules uie wood for fuel A greater amount goes to this Dili tl ti an for any purpose There Ther are ar el one million ac c es cs of Ille I I lie land In this country all of o which should be put pul to Bork trees The Th passage of the Iho th Important tic Sic s Sweeney seeney U Nary bill bell during the tho Itte lith h urs of congress marks for tor the th flint first time lime a II nat onal effort to provide provid for tor a dent fie nc program of forestry through a long perlo 1 of We e reed this research because we wo forest foresti ors r r have really no answer to wary mar 7 Questions Co operation Is becoming b the key keyword keyword keyword word In forte forestry tor try today Under the Clark Clarke Meary law taw co operative for cetry has made mide progress This law taw itself provide provid m a a powerful Impetus toward to tou bringing together the th state and red fed eral government and the tho th private tit tin bertand berland owner In a 0 Joint effort to pro mOle forestry It 11 ID is Ju just Juit t making a beginning be beginning ginning In pro prodding pro for adequate pro protection against forest fire Orel It Is la study studyIng Ing the th perplexing problem of forestry tax lax under a committee he herded dell hy by Professor of tale lal ale It If is I sup SUI supplying plying farmers under certain condi s e with mall i-mall trees to plant on Idle linds and It I Iv Is farmers as to 10 the best way to hands handl their woodlands All this has not come a II day too soon w o 0 are a rapidly growing nation An ise In tn population meant mean an In increasing Increasing creasing need for wood and the lh census bureau tells ui us u that this tl country Is Increasing at the th rate rat of ot one million in i t This n a of ImO In 1953 1955 and about aboul 00 In the year lear 2000 Over against this Ir I the stern tact act that alti al altI tI oue t our may increase the nt amo of or land In this country countr car d es not nol 0 ir it only e v out nut or of orthe the problem of supplying a 0 Increasing demand for tor wood wood-o wood a demand that Iha t Is being raids mide upon a continually forest is t Is to 10 put try c acre Sr or a a Ilia ble lan land 1 to work gro groI I ng tries For the problems problem of forestry are ar byno by byno nu no means menns all ail sol solved veil cr C though h In In forestry Is 18 increasing Inc and ond e forestry Is le being enacted pro forests In this country are re still rapidly d while lie tl 11 a wasie a acres are growing grossing larger It 11 Is not nol un unlikely unlikely unlikely likely hit In I 1350 1950 SO at al tl II e a present rate rale se e e may muy hive hiv e an area arel of or Idle land larger than Ihan Sew ow fork ork hew Y Jersey y ore Deh M Sir V Ir Irk 1 n d a and ond all the time ew cw states SIAle low How In 1 tI e a ta face e of or all this wastage hill we ry the wood wand need needs ot of ottI tI ose os hundred and fifty filly mill null on people I the census lureau tells ells us we will have Re e still fall toll far short of ot pros pro pro I for the future productiveness of the acres of or forest land lanI th-il th is 10 isn Isn I n ll It ownership I In n time 1110 lire life of or a n tree Iree the year 2011 Ir III not nol very tar away awny In let leid In o mr irown I own IMS Ihu that dal date Is not co so far distant that thai we w need disregard It Time goes eeB hurrying by Theme are r children In our schools today lody tod who will witt write that date dale Today Is not nol nota nolo nota o a diy too early arly for tor us to 10 be bo thinking of the th of ot those who come corne after us For a shortage In our wood 00 1 II a pi ci 1 1 is h hI isI I I In I i noay no way ay aral le to n a shortage tn in our supply of cottor colter and wheaL wheat These Thello The o may be b gr grown n li it a few tew months t tut ut our great timber on crop crop on whose I our civilization Is base basel J I requires requires many years to reach matur malur maturity H ity Whether hether or not the year ear 2004 Is isto Isto I to 10 bo blessed bles L 1 l with a supply of rem rel priced timber must be b dec lIec d will In the th decade W 15 e a cannot always reap without sowing K V o 0 must grow trees for our 6 m i atlon allon I |