Show THREE MILLION MATCHES STRUCK EACH MINUTE hy the end of the brief minute taken to read these paragraphs the nations of the civilized world will have struck three million matches tills this is the average for every minute of 0 the twenty four hours of the day seven billion Is the enormous number for the enllie year and those living under the american flag fla are said to be responsible for the consumption 0 of one halt half 0 of tills this amount the importance or of the industry which turns out the little splinters of wood tipped with sulphur or some other material ignited by friction is only recognized when the average smoker tries to lo contemplate his predicament di if he had to go back to the time iben lie he had bad to coax a spark from a lindgr bo box boc C of course the answer I 1 is lie would smoke a great deal less because of 0 tile the difficulty in getting a light or else on the other 1 hand smoke continuously in older to keep keel alive the fire at the end of his stogie or havana pipe or cigarette as the case cas might be small and insignificant is as it is the match snatch demands peili perhaps aps as much attention in tile the choice of the wood going into its manufacture abany as any other forest prod product act only the choicest portions 01 0 the be best trees are suitable sapwood knotty or cross grained timber aill ill not do instead of being a product byproduct by or other articles cles of manufacture the little match is turned out at hundreds of mills oer the country where the byproducts by products are bulky objects like doors sash shingles siding posts and cordwood cord wood the pines lin den aspen white cedar poplar birch and willow are arc the most suitable match timbers the alic match makers not the matrimonial kind are already finding that the amount of choice timber available is dwindling forest conservation if applied to tile holdings liol dings ot of the match companies like like it is on uncle sa sams national forests in the west will do much laucci to make the supply sufficient for a i louge longer r number i ILI i u her a 0 f years than t 11 0 would be tho the case if the old time wasteful I 1 lumbering ibeling methods of 0 a few years ago should continue the lapid increase in prices is one ol of the chief factors in encouraging tile wise use of the forests where suitable match timber is available |