Show 1 1113 t 11 1 IN THIS writing lit in the alio american weekly Soc secretary rotary of agriculture IV Ickard poll bolna ilki out that tiro fire in tile forest is IB a menace to tile the war effort year lie ho says tile tho of forest fire hau has power to do harin in tho the united staton states than over before vor ivor many years flroa fires havo burned over un an average of around acres of forest land andua annually ily year after year experienced I 1 perien ced foresters havo have placed tile the estimate of property nt fow few it if any years havo have gono gone by without somo some lives being lost to forest tiro fire and till alio toll of death and suffering buffering among wild anlin als blida and flail fish of destruction of tho the soil and of constant erosion ling ot of course boon incalculable th this Is your in ili addition to till the capacity to exact a similar oli nilar toll forest tiro tire could slow alow down the Utona iK production tor for war it could interrupt the flow of aircraft tanks 9 chips and othor other fighting equipment for tho the united nations and their fighting mon men 10 A vast amount of wilber timber products gooy into fighting arms A modern battleship for inseal In stanco le To requires qUIres board feet of wood stool cargo ships require OB as much KB as board feet A plane piano eased for shipment require 3 board feet which la Is about as much as is used lit in a six room house any number of war materials are made in part from wood pulp so our for forests in addition to being a priceless natural resource are of vital importance to the war effort and ana those forestt forests whort when the height of 0 the dry season Is reached become virtually explosive power lines railroad tack highway and water supplies often run through our woodlands one match could start a disastrous fire which would be felt lit in tile the tar far corners of the world it in diminishing supplies sup pilos to our troops lie rigorously careful in the woods scrupulously abide by q every regulation dont complain when forest areas are closed to travel ahls la Is often n necessary precaution tho the defense of amer leas magnificent resources of wilber Is part of national defense |