| Show O OIs O Is IH tin I IIII lir oto oW fr department of ot during durin the tho years bus steadily broadened Us Hs work orK on economic Ino 01 ind ll has hn accomplished results of ut real In and for tOI foreign eign clun trade It I hM gone ono Into Inlo now until It IH now nw In Il with lh all of at our UI country with wih two of ot tho Is IH groups that have hwo lately come under our QUI whose who o must look 10 u ns ni a I livelihood I el hOOl U H Is searching tho orld for tor s fruits and 1111 vc 1 11 llly I for tor into Inlo In thu tho i slate H thoy tho may add materially to our ur re resources 10 sources lly ly scientific attention to 10 noil Hol survey and possible now to breeding of lt new varieties of ut to 10 shipments to tl animal 1 In and applied chemistry very VOl Int aid tins been bell given our 01 farm Ing ng Interests Interest Tho products of ot tho farm havo taken Inkell an un unprecedented in our export trado during tho year OI that has hM closed ll OF OI Public opinion throughout the United States him moved steadily a n just appreciation of ot thu value VIllo of ft for lor foresta esta whether r planted or of It growth gr fh great rent part pl by Ly them In II tho creation of or tho national la now moro 10 0 fully ll real than Over aver before beCore PROTECTION forest protection dOe not rol menu Iho ho of at forest tor t resources of ot wood 01 0 from contributing their full to 10 tho wil of or the people but on 01 II gives tho assurance of or larger moro curtain supplies Tho Idea I of ot forestry tore hy IH Iy tha tho perpetuation of ot for lor I by use t Forest l protection Is not nol an ni end of or Itself it f Id tl n means to 10 Increase and sustain tho of o our 01 coun country try tr ond tho Industries which depended upon them Tho ot lt our forests Is 11 nn Imperative business 1 tie le cc ly hlo como COIO to seo 0 whatever vcr tho CO t i celt to make iny WI for tor I threatens our ADDITION TO O RESERVES H Tho practical usefulness of ot tho na nn national forest reserves to the mining Irrigation III other Interests of at tho regions In which tho Il thO reserves tO 11 i ihas has led lell to 1 a widespread demand by ot the III West for tor their protection and extension Tho rho forest reserves m Inevitably hl be of ot ti greater renter use uie In the tho future than in the past Additions should bo made to them Ih l whenever practicable and their usefulness should bo boIn management Increased In by n u thoroughly TJ I PROTECTION At present tho protection of ot tho for forest est eat reserves rests with tho land tho and description I of ot their timber with the United Stated geological survey and tho preparation of plans for tor their uso with wih tho bureau of ot for torry which Is also Ilso charged with wi th the general advance advancement ment mOlt ot at practical forestry In II tho lh Unit United VII ed ell States various should bo be united In thu tho bureau of ot for forestry estry to which they the properly The present diffusion III HOI of or Is II bad IRI from every ovelY standpoint It I Irl vents that l be between bet tween t the government tho Iho men who utilize tho Iho resources of or tho reserves without which the Interests Inh of ot both must suffer I Tho bureaus should bo put under tho de department of at agriculture The fie dent should by ly law tho power fit ot transferring lands lats for tor UBO UKO art o re IC leres to tho thu department of ot agriculture Ho 10 already has his such power ower In th case of at lands needed Model liy the tho department of ot war and tho Iho navy Invy WATER DEPENDENT DIW ON FORESTS Tho rho wise wlee administration of ot the reserves will wi bo ho not less helpful to 10 the Interests which depend depond on water wlter than to 10 Which on wood find nM grass The ho water ItsoU d pend upon tho forest In hi tho arid region It H U Is water not ot land which t production Tho fhe half ot tho United States would sustain a n population tion ton greater than that of or oui COUl try today If It waters that now IW run 11 to 10 saved and 1111 us U d l for tor Irrigation Thu ho forest and problems lr l lems arc n perhaps tho IO t vital Inter Internal nal 11 ot tha United a iron JAMN Certain of at the tho forest reserves r erv l should also bo made for tor tho wild forest toro l All A of ot tha lh renews should be bettor protected from trot Many ot them need II II special protection because of ot the tho In done dOlo by II stock above love all ni by hy sheep Iloe Tho increase In dc r elk In the Park shown What may Iny be expected when other mountain me ore protected by lav lavand n and 1111 properly SOmo BOnio of ot tho I 1110 so 10 denuded of ut by II that tho ground breeding birds 1111 Including and and many Ing deer been ir away At tho mini tho capacity of ot tho has been h en decreased or destroyed thus thul promoting Moods In II times of ot ruin r ln null diminishing tho flow loI of ut streams bo b leel maUl OF 01 NATURAL CONDI CONDITIONS CONI INS In tn natural conditions have for to a 1 tow years lr vegetation v has hM again carpeted tod tho ground and deer deor aro coming back ami hundreds l of ot persons the Immediate neighborhood aly lb from como cadi summer to enjoy the tho privilege lege of ot camping Some at It leant Of o the forM ro should afford Icord protection to tho Iho native 1 lve fauna and flora MC ot lt to t our 11 rapidly diminishing wild animals of ot larger kinds and ll freo treo camping grounds for lor tho Iho numbers of ot men who have learned to find fn rout health recreation In thu Ihl splendid and mend mead meadows mountains The h forest re OWl of ot our OUI torts 10 sorves be he net ft tot tho use find of ot our lo ns Iia rt n 11 th ll and Ill not Iol M to tho short shortsighted shott few CeW sighted greed of ot n 1 Pon Sf NATURAL Tho torel are ac natural lt to tho streams In flood and alil re thorn In drought they possible the use of ot waters otherwise wasted prevent tho Iho eol sol trl washing HO protect the tho I l 10 reservoirs from filling 1111 up with wih hilt II Forest conservation ia Is therefore ord nn in inu essential lon u condition of ot water |
