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Show suaej.se Senator Watson Would '. Conserve News Pulp Wood in U. S. WASHINGTON', Ann. 2.'!. As a stop toaar.l fions'-rvimr tl:.e decreasing supply of American pulp wood iimcI in the manufacture of news print paper, Senator Sena-tor Watson, kepuljliean, Indiana, today introduced a resolution authorizing the secretary of agriculture to make survey of the nation's pulp wood timber supply. sup-ply. The sum of $lo0,0O0 is nk'd to carry on the survey and investial ion. "Two-thirds of the news print paper used by American newspapers," Senator Sena-tor Walson said, in introducing the resolution, res-olution, "is imported or is manufactured manufac-tured from wood or pulp imported from Canada. One third is made in the l'niu-d States from wood rown in the United States. The former proportion is . steadily increasing, the latter is steadily decreasing.'' "Nearly all of the American news print tiKinufnchirini; industry is located in ' the northeastern states half of it in New York,'' the senator continued, "but in the Pacilic northwest Washington, Wash-ington, Oregon and part of California and the inland empire of northwestern Montana and northern Idaho are great forests that have been no more than touched by the few pulp mills in that section of the country." The. senator told tho senate that in Alaska arc enormous areas of forests, the annual growth of which would sup-lily sup-lily pulp for half of tho news print paper used in tho United States, but no pu l)i mills aro there. The importance, of a permanent domestic do-mestic news print industry was emphasized empha-sized by Senator Watson, who recommended recom-mended that the. forest servico (if the department of agriculture bo encouraged encour-aged in its work to prevent American newspapers from becoming totally dependent de-pendent upon a foreign supply. To stimulate American production, he said, the following governmental policy should be carried out : An immediate and adequate governmental govern-mental survey of American resources in this field. Immediate steps to bring about practice prac-tice of forestry and the conservation of forests in the pulp-producing regions, to the end that the annual inroads upon tho forests will be lessened, and eventually will be no more than equal to the growth. .Development as soon as practicable of tho industry in tho northwest and in Alaska. |