Show FOREST salts SALES GROW tile actual use UBO of the varied resources or of tile governments acres of national forest land is on the tha inc hier reano easo abill according riling to the report robort of tire tha work for licul benr ear IMS tho report says bya that front a nn n st standpoint a endpoint tire tha most striking fact of tile year was the tha remarkable increase which took place in ili tho the volume of bustnes s transacted acted this growth in bus I 1 i ness dono clone 4 by tho united states purest harvice year aver tile pro krovious provi oua year hinr is partly brought out in in tire following statement showing of in inon crea a so in tile tho number of timber sales bales 30 por per cent in tho the amount of timber cut under sales poi per cent in ia tho the number of freo free timber penults loril ll 11 t s 7 70 6 pei p 0 i c cent nt i in n t tho li 0 n u al b er 0 ot t graz graying i ti g 1 permian e arti i it ti 1 11 1 1 por 0 o r eo cent n t ancl si n d i in n th tha a number of special use permits por mia 07 per par cent that tile tho addition to existing Nation til forests and now creation croat ioni 4 caused thit increase only to a a small in all extent is 13 sli chown ownby bv tire fact that tho the area ancret be is I 1 is only 11 por cent in speak mg ing of this benturo of tho the work of the forest in his annual report the tha Secretary lif agriculture bays in part tho crowth g in tho ilia volume 0 of bus bug inoa arising from t the he use UBO of at the forests lias has created a vory very ser louil adminis tra tivo pr problem lust last year 78 per cent of tile of tire administrative and pro te tivo force was taken up by thode tho de of national F forest orest bu blaness Aness the tha average forest area to reach each officer melpo sedly available avail ablo for patrol duty was about acres but with word than three fourths of the time ot of theeo officers with aado arai rrai logi og and at other liar au foree for patrol ans equivalent talent to about ono one mail to each bach acres that tinder these tho the fire in a year ear of exceptional dan dam 90 grer r were kept down to ii very vary figure in comparison comparison with the th kalua of 0 the timber exposed and tho the damage froni from forest fires elsewhere Is ia a matter 0 of congratulation 1 I 1 lie lia risk incurred incur rud 1 however Is ia out of 0 all proportion to tile tho added coq cost which more adequate protection would involve 1 I uni am convinced that tho the provision made for the caro care and afo ufo of tho the national fu rasty lias has become inadequate to their obede and I 1 have therefore submitted su estimates cati mates for the firnal year 1910 which ask for it substantial increase in the appropriation with the further growth in in business buB inori which is ia certain to talce talc place during tire ilia present year adro mor less protection can be 10 given thin has ha been kiven in tho 1110 past indeed the point has now nearly been reached at which t i s not even it cheica between providing tor for the needs of those who would use tho forests and protecting tho the forests |