Show 1 k R BAB A SOrS arf NS MT i A nt I 1 0 4 ir 1 I 1 u STATEMENT bodal social tp tab W valsee BABSON dl TREES AS AN AM investment batman park mass ma avry ry M larch arch I 1 eq to the local nur nui r sery ery and purchase two sugar maple trees about live ive met feet high at a cost coat of about in 3 each I 1 like to got get them in march before the new byde come out and set et them out on my grounds I 1 believe they they alq ar the biest best investment graj I 1 could make for my grand children dooka books versus arua tre tr in my winter home in florida I 1 have a private library of books these books book were issued by the publishers during the past fifty years at about 3 00 a copy I 1 doubt if any second hand book dealer would today pay twenty cents a copy for the lot on the other hand a sugar maple tree constantly increases the value of your estate in addition to the shade which they supply in summer and the ground moisture which they hold children enjoy tap ping tavae tty trees 4 in n y UK ang to get mi a H little e movie maple byaw arup hence while most books book are consta constantly decreasing in 11 value m e t are constantly ine increasing r aas in 9 in value war wa lu III I 1 do riot not expect that there will be a nuclear war for many years unless it starts by accident we know that dir clr eat bombing could result in the death of millions of people pl As to the effects effect of the fallout the experts are undecided fallout could contaminate ta all except under ground water and the core matter of most trees and it if agricultural products should be contaminated and hence dangerous to eat people in some sections would be forced to live on water wood pulp salt and certain oils thus theoretically trees have a t possible defensive value to keep civilization alive with the large amounts spent on missiles and other forms of armament I 1 cannot understand why so little it at la Is given to protecting us from the eruption of world war III 1 I urge each of at my readers reader to write the governor oha of hla state to to and ask the name and sid address dress of the attle state director of civil defense then write a letter to thul this director asking him what he personally la Is doing in his home to pt protect his him family in gas a of 0 9 0 nuclear war foca As aft an investment the 1 e largest owners of forest lands Is da in the united states are 05 the haensel fam family ly alie ise stock of tho the company pm pany sells at a high price and apay a small cash dividend ahen however your write wrife buys a package of ready mix ot at a supermarket the box was probably made from trees which the weyerhaeuser family set out forty years ago your cifes dress was wai probably made from rayon manufactured from the timber of Rayon ler incorporated which has vast holdings iri in the southeast where trees grow more rapidly than in the north timber growth I 1 is not circumscribed by I 1 labor abor union regulations trees do pat not observe sunday holidays vacations coffee breaks e etc tc they are protected aget fire earthquakes and freezes but are subject constantly to increased taxation timberland companies Compin ls which appeal I 1 to me he the kimberly clark corp to is a large producer of cellulose and a leading 0 a ut aurer r tf 41 bo book km tind printing p papery peri N it 1 a said 44 wo control not necessarily on jovn over a cres a of umber bertock laid land its a sells bells however around 68 a share and yields yield only about 24 another favorite Is i the st regla paper co third thira largest paper in manufacturer u fac in the U S in holding ding over 9 5 million acres your telephone book was probably printed on their paper the soak oak eu below SO a sharo hare but yields over 3 ak i pl Us stock dividend A third favorite of thine is 1 scott paper which owns owna acres of timberland that la is being carefully pro aro acted and replanted as cut the th stock block pella in the teven seven ties and yields around 3 4 readers Itea dorp will think these yields are low but its ita tho the old story we caret cant have out our cake and eat it too the as lets eels ot of theoe thee companies are growing ev ry do of night of the tear IK 14 aft t ture of 0 the assets u 1 a ll 11 stock a AIA general 10 ft 1 a tr t c Ame american lime f union carbide and of i the th blue chips |