Show forests keep the wheels going round forest products flowing steadily to trie grent great manufacturing centers must most bo be the corner stone of any industrial du plan for tho the future says charles lathrop inch president deni of 04 the american tree association in a letter to julius 11 ap arnes president of tho the chamber oi of commerce of the united states who has returned from tho the homo blome congress of the international Cham chamber berof of commerce mr pack points to tite the warning of a world timber famine in the annual report of tho the british forestry commission just issued gen lord lovat the chairman of tilts tills commission has cabled mr pack lie Is coming coining to the united states and canada ills object Is to ascertain what future timber supplies great britain may inny expect from north america air pack tins lias sent millions of american treo seeds to tho the commission and to france to help reforest arena areas cut down for war use and areas devastated by war tho the letter to mr darnes barnes inci includes the following my aly dear mr barnes in tho report of the british forestry commission thre Is warning of a timber famine not alone in the british isles but throughout tho the world any plans for tho the future of industry must take into account a steady pow flow of forest foresi pro products d to tho the great manufacturing centers forest products tire are the cornerstone of all industry they enter into and influence every phase of our commercial life in the report of the british commission thero Is n warning for the united St states rites where we have acres of idle landolt land fit for little else than growing trees in your comprehensive article in our world on american individualism and european recovery you state that between 1018 1913 ond and 1022 our population increased with the enlarged production which that assured you also state that in the same period the ton miles of service in the transportation industry increased from per worker to per worker to help keep this industry going trees are cut down every year just to provide poles to carry tho the wires over which hum tho the messages of industry and cubic feet of wood oro consumed every year in hi tunnel industries such as mining and quarrying |