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( ( Belcaitd (1elensed 1elensed Released by Western Newspaper Union UnloD ) One of the odd results of our ourdefense ourdefense ourdefense defense program is the de- de development development de development - - velopment of one of Amer Amer- Amerlca's America's America's - ica's icas lca's lcas ' oldest industries mdustrIes and andmost andmost andmost most abundant natural re- re resources resources re resources - - sources as the newest Ersatz ErsatzmaterIal Ersatzmaterial Ersatzmaterial ErsatzmaterialTimber materIal materIalTImber Timber and its expandIng expandingnew new prod products cts are being bemg sub sub- substituted substituted substituted - stituted for substitutes and andreplacmg andreplacing andreplacing replacmg replacing the meta metal meta ) , alloys alloysand alloysand alloysand and composition materIals materIalswhIch materialswhich materialswhich whIch had previously re replaced replaced replaced placed forest products The Thereason Thereason Thereason reason for all this is sunply simply sunplythat simplythat simplythat that timber is plentiful , is a agrowmg agrowing agrowing growmg growing crop and presents nobottleneck nobottleneck no [ bottleneck bottleneckto bottleneckIn to In proof of the tact fact that there is isno isno IsL no cause to worry about being de deprJved deproved depnved prJved proved of toothp cks or having havmg the themornmg themorning themorning mornmg morning paper rut down to postage postagestamp postagestamp postagestamp stamp size sie % a re"ent reent renent recent " survey dIrected dIrectedby directedby directedby by University Ul11verslty of Michigan forestry forestryexperts forestryexperts forestryl experts shows our forests to be begrowmg begrowing begrowing growmg growing at a rate which will ex exceed exteed exceed ceed teed the dram drain from Crom all causes by by1945 by1945The 1945 1945The The significance of this and the thelI11portance theimportance theimportance lI11portance importance of the forestation work workbeing workbeing workbeing being done by the forest products industry In Industry industry dustry is evident when it is eonsld consid eonsldered considered considered ered that United Umtea Unrten States uses half halfthe halfthe halfthe the lumber more than half the pa paper paper per and two flftns fifths of the wood used usedin usedin I IIn In all forms in the worldU world worldU IUS worldIUS U S Paper Use HighToday HighToday High HighToday Today the United Umted States uses as asmuch asmuch asmuch much paper as all the rest of the theworld theworld theworld world combined combmed our consumptIon consumptIonI consumptionthis consumptionthis I thiS year reaching reachmg an all time peak peakI peakof peakof I of approximately 14 000 000 tons tonsI tonsStacked tonsStacked I Stacked tour four feet wide by four feet feethIgh feethigh feethigh hIgh the yearly woodpile woodple ] to make makenewsprint makenewsprint makenewsprint newsprint for lor our daily dally and weekly weeklypapers weeklypapers weeklypapers papers alone would reach from fromcoast fromcoast fromcoast coast to coast To give an Idea Ideaof ideaof ideaof of how much ' newsprint 1ewsprmt aewsprmt is used m mthe mthe inthe the United Ul11ted States we the people peopleread peopleread peopleread read more than 36 000 000 copies of ofthe ofthe ofthe the 1900 1 900 daily dally newspapers and 15 15000 000 000 copies eopHS : of the 14 000 weekles weeklies weeklesand weekliesand weekliesand ! and semi weckl weekl week ! es Yet despite thiS thiSprodigIOus thisprodigious thisprodigious prodigIOus consumption there IS ISenough isenough isenough enough standing standmg timber in 111 the Umt Unit Umted United United ed States of the pnnc prlnc print pal speCIes speCIesnow speciesnow speciescow now commonly u-ed u ed used u - ed m in pulp and pa paper paper paper per manufacture to keep the Indus mdus Industry mdustry mdustry try going gomg at its present product on onrate onrate onrate rate for approximately approxL'natey approxLnatey . ' ] 200 years yearsiot years-lot years lot 'lot lot -iot iot " ' - even considering consldt'ring consldtring ' the steady re reI replemshmg replemshing replenishing plemshmg plemshing annual growth growthIt I It dkes akes nearly 21h 2 ' % million tons of ofpaper ofpaper ofpaper paper torap to \ Krap \\rap rap wrap our packages each eachtelvemonth eachtwelvemonth eachtwelvemonth t\\elvemonth t elvemonth twelvemonth \ And think thmk of all the theletters theletters theletters letters that must 1 I e written wntten annually annuallyto to u e up approximately approxrrtately 600 000 tons tonsot tonsat tonsof ot at stationery ' Yet desp te to the erormous eI'ormous eIormous ' quanti quantibes quantities quantities bes ties used there is enough wood of ofthe ofthe ofthe the k rd suitable swtabI . for paper makmg making makmgstandmg makingstanding makingstanding standmg standing in our forests f'rests frests ( ' today to last lastfor lastfor lastfor for more than .00 00 . OO years if it every everytree everytree everytree tree stopped grov/ing grov ing groV/mg mg growing / / tomorrowl tomorrow tomorrows ! And Andth Andth Andth th s huge reserve which does not noteun notevtn notei eun evtn .n n . include wood woo:1 woo1 . : for building and andall andall andall all the ol other er purposes vurposes is be ng rig ngreplel11shed rigreplenished ngreplenished replel11shed replenished by n nature . ture supported by bythe bythe bythe the f forest rest produ t . ts is industries Industnes mod modern modern modcm ern forestry pr program progr gr .m m . m approximate approximately approximatey ly ] y aseast as east * ast as it is be ng rig drawn upon upon.So uponSo . . So there thrre s no excu excuse < C ' for putting puttmg off offV.r1tIng offwriting offwriting V.r1tIng Vr1tIng writing . that letter homeRide home homeftide ' \ ftide Ride Ide Vanct Varlet Varret } ) of ProductsThero ProductsThere Products ProductsThere There Thero : ! are in m use at the present presenttune presenttime presenttune tune time more than 15 000 different kmds kinds kmdsof kindsof kindsof of pai pal pax ei El and paper products They Theyplay Theyplay Theyplay play an indispensable part m in every everyday everyday everyday day routIne-from routIne from routine - - from the time the themorning themorning themorning morning paper is delivered dehvered through throughbreakfast throughbreakfast throughbreakfast breakfast on foods which were werepacked werepacked werepacked packed in cartons and bags at the theoffice theoffice theoffice office where ledgers letters files foes fileschecks foeschecks fileschecks checks and memos record busmess business busmesstransact businesstransact businesstransact transact ons ens where the telephone telephonedirectory telephonedirectory telephonedirectory directory lists hsts your numbers where wherethe wherethe wherethe the ticker tape traces market fluctu fiuctu fluctuatlOns fiuctuations fluctuatlons atlOns ations and wherether where ether -ther ther < - pieces of ofpaper ofpaper ofpaper paper request you to please re remlt remit renut renutAnd mlt mit mltAnd mitAnd And there is 15 one bill markedmust markedmust marked markedmust must remit remit , , , and addressed to the thelumber thelumber thelumber lumber paper and pulp and plyyw ply plyAbove , yw a az 1 z r y yAbove Above photo shows one of the sco scoentific scientilic entific steps in the forestry industry industryof of today Width of annual rings and andquality andquality quality of wood are carefully corre correlated corrclatcd lated with factors of climate and soil soilaffecting soilaffecting affecting growth j of > t the thejree tree "q q "qd "qop " d A op k y n ni i MMa MMaS MMabt S bt ' M 4 ' y yt yar t n ltip } ar ar'd 'd d 'dJ ' J lti ltid ltiar d p ar S- S Sh Sa Sai - h a " ai kX f d dery From log to living room-ev room ev - a af ery step in the forest products . f industry is being improved by bymodern modern methods Above picture pictureshows shows a workman handling a log ) ( + ' in the early stages of lumber lumbers lumberproduction s production in the siw mill At AtI d ) right-prefabricated right prefabricated - housing In I + $ the process units of a house are , . ' A Ai Abuilt i built with factory methods at a s scentral central point and hauled to the thehome home site and assembled wood industr mdustr e e- e ewhich " ' - which is being paid paidoff paidoff paidoff off m in a construct ve ye fashion which whichwill whichwill whichwill will yield Yled ] future dividends This Thisconstruct Thisconstruct Thisconstruct construct ve ye act on taken by the theforest theforest theforest forest products industries Irdustrles idustries is the de development development development velopment of continuous contmuous forest pro producllon produetion producbon ducllon duetion " which "hIch hIch eventually will put putthe putthe putthe the forests of America on a con constant constant constant stant stant , , , sustained yield basis Thlc Thie Thielong Thlclong Thi"long Thilong " long raige ra ige 1ge view which insists lDSIStS thattImber thattimber that thattimber timber is a crop operates in ill three threeways threeways threeways ways by selective loggmg-cuttlng loggmg cuttlng logging-cutting logging cutting loggmgcuttlngonly loggingcuttingonly logging - cuttingonly only mature commercially deslra desira deslrable desirable desirable ble trees by ] leav eav ng clumps of seed seedtrees seedtrees seedtrees trees to produce a new crop by nat natural natural natural ural methods and . where v.here vhere neither neitherselect neitherselect neitherselect select ve ye logging loggmg or the ] leaving eavlng of ofseed ofseed ofseed seed trees is pract praet cable by the thepantmg theplanting theplanting pantmg planting ] of seedlings seedlmgs and young youngtrees youngtrees youngtrees youngtreesAnd trees treesAnd And with the development of the themodern themodern themodern modern tree farm the lumber industry In Indu.try mdu du.try dutry dustry . ! try is taking takmg definite steps to toprovIde toprovide toprovide provIde for further replen shment shmentof shmentof , of our forests at a rate wh ch even evenI eventhe eventhe ' the most extensive cutting cuttmg will not notequal notequal notequal notequalThe I equal equalThe The roost most ambitious of these proj prof projects profects projects ects I is ' the demons Clemons tree farm 111 in 111Grays inGrays inGrays Grays Harbor county Wash ThIS ThISfarm Thisfarm Thisfarm farm which promises to be a model modelfor modelfor modelfor for the industry mdustry comprises compnses over 200 200squale 200square 200squale squale square mles miles ] or 129 129023 023 acres in a areg areg areg reg on famous for forests of Doug Dougas Douglas Douglas las ] as fir West Coast hemlock West Western Western Western ern red cedar and Sitka Sltka spruce spruceThe spruceThe The spruceThe rugged and rolling rol1mg terrain terram IS ISnot isnot isnot not su ted to general agriculture agriculturebut agriculturebut agriculturebut but is land , primarily su ted-by ted by ted - by rea reasons reasons reasons sons of soil and c cl ] mate-to mate to mate - - to forest forestgrowmg forestgrowing forestgrowing growmg growing It is estimated that with n n50 50 years 3 . ears t tmber mber of commercial size sizewill sizewill sizewill will be a\ a at aailable aallable \ ailable allable thus systemat cal cally cally cally ly wolking wOlkmg woiking toward making makmg tmber t mbcr mber a aeont acoot acont eont coot nuous cropReproduct cropReproduct crop cropReproduct Reproduct on comes mainly mamy ] from fromnatural fromnatural fromnatural natural restockmg-from restockmg from restocking-from restocking restocking - from seed trees treeswhich treeswhich treeswhich which are left-but left but left - - but where fire has haskilled haskilled haskilled killed new growth and seed trees treeshand treeshand treeshand hand plant ng is resorted toThe toThe to toThe The extent to which the West Westcoast Westcoast Westcoast coast has gone into the business of ofrepemshmg ofreplenishing ofreplenishing repemshmg replenishing ] our forests can be begauged begauged begauged gauged by the fact that over 62 000 000000 000 byhand seedlings have been planted by byI I hand on the forest lands of o1 Wash WashIngton Washington Washmgton Ington and Oregon While Whlle 6 000 000 000matulc 000mature 000matuie matulc mature and over r pe trees will be beharvested beharvested beharvested harvested Douglasfir this year in the Douglas Douglasfir fir regl region n these trees wh ch would woulddecay woulddecay woulddecay decay it If left It'ft Itft ' standing standmg will WlII be re replaced replaced replaced placed by bet betveen between veen two and three threemill threemill threemill mill on hand planted seedlings seedlmgs to tosupplement tosupplement tosupplement supplement the 10 to 12 seedlmgs seedlings seedlmgswhich seedlingswhich seedlingswhich which nature plants for every tree treecut treecut treecut cut . . Legislative AidUmque AidUnique Aid AidUnique Unique Umque m in ] legislative egislatIve history-an history an historyanexample historyanexample history - anexample example of an industry sponsoring sponsoringself sponsoringself sponsoringself self regulat reguat ] on-is on is on - is the act on in ob obtammg obtaming obtaming tammg taming passage of an Oregon law lawwhich lawwhich lawwhich which makes it compulsory for log loggers loggers loggers gers to leave reserve trees to mam main mamtam mainlain maintain tam lain cont cost nuous forest gro gre vth and andto andto andto to restockingNo restockmgNo provide proHde adequate restocking restockmg No pi piovis ovis ons ens for the future can canbe be canbe adequate however unless pro protectlon protection prolection tectlon tection presentforest is provided for th s present forest grov growth . th forest orest fires through throughout throughout throughout out the United Uruted States annually takeI takea take 1 a ' toll of some $ $40 40 $ 000 000 and an aneven aneven aneven even greater waste-$110000000- waste $110000000 110000000 waste$110000000results waste-$110 waste $110 110 waste - $110 110 $ 000 000- 000 000results 000 000results - - results from decay and d seaseMillions seaseMillions sease seaseMillions Millions of dollars are be ng rig spent spentannually spentannually spentannually annually by the forest products In Industrles industrres industnes dustrles dustrres to check cheek the ravages ra\ages ra ages \ of fire fireAnd fireAnd fireAnd And approx mately 334 000 000 acres acresof acresof acresof of privately owned t mber are no y v yunder vunder vunder under fire protect on according accordmg to toUnited toUmted toUnited Umted United States forest service surveys surveysThere There forestfires are upwards of 100 000 forest forestfires fires each year about one fourth of them set by careless smokers and andanotIer andanother andanotfcr anotI-er anotI er another - fourth due to mcend intend ary arycauses arycauses arycauses arycausesModern causes causesModern Modern scientific sClentlfic methods of fire firefigh fireugh firefigh figh ugh fighIDg ughing ing IDg have been enlisted enl1sted in re recent recent recent cent years with increasing 1I1creasmg effectIve effectIveness effectiveness effectiveness ness Lookout towers towt'rs towtrs ' high pressure pressurep p unping unpmg upping un ts is tn tr'l trl tri ' ned crews armed armedwith armedwith with portable chemical chemIca ] ext ngulsh nguish ngulshers nguishens ngmshers ers ens and paracbjte paracbte parachute . ! squads are all allcontrlbut allcontribut allcontribut contrlbut contribut ng rig the tht . r part In our pres present prosent ent crisis cnsls the gravity of this peren perenn n al menace is increased because becD.use becDuse . of ofthe ofthe the poss b 1 |
