Show ity pays no 0 taxes A x es 11 n in the black it forest of germa germany my is the little city of freudenstadt Freuden stadt with about 7 inhabitants a busy indus trial place w with ith iron and chemical works of some importance small as it Is freudenstadt Freuden stadt Is a full fledged city with a mayor alder m men halt half a dozen policemen and a fire gre eren engine gine the public business is con ducted on an economical basis and the total expenses do not beirce exceed ed 25 a year I 1 has the als distinction ot of b being in the only city in germany and perhaps in the world which does not tax the citizens a dollar for municipal expenses the yearly net income from the public property covers all ade outgo this property consists of about 6 acres of fine forest which being man aged under the best foresta forestry y methods is a permanent source of income one or more trees Is planned tor for every one that is cut down no tree Is cut till it can yield the maximi m profit after deducting all the expenses of the industry the annual profit to the acre is about 5 that is exceptional even for germany where the annual profit ranges from 3 to ft 4 50 17 rhe he question Is often ed in this country whether it will pay to keep land dundei permanent forest unless at least a moderate profit Is possible no one can be expected to grow trees on land thit that can be used tor for any other purpose th the e rhode island experiment sta tion Is now giving some attention to this question and in a bulletin just prepared by professor F W card some interesting figures are presented he cites the experience of 0 Za charlah alien allen of rhode island d who planted a worn pasture with trees in 1820 and kept a careful financial record till 1877 a fifty seven years after deduct in ing gall all expenses hf lie found that his profit was nearly 7 per cent per annum on the original investment there Is also e z record of the returns of white pine in la on a forty acre tract new naw hampshire tor for eighty years dur ing which aich time the average annual profit was 3 75 an acre the facts given by prof card seem to show that only a moderate profit Is to be expected from forests treated as a per manent invent crop perhaps we cannot make as much money in this industry as Is made in europe where every part of a tree can be marketed at some price even the small branches and twigs being eat feathered hered into bunches and sold for firewood new york sun |