| Show I 1 I 1 IM 10 defend forests for defense N needs e eds 1 I 1 I secretary of agriculture henry A k NI Wiil Vallace liue lias has issued the lie following statement the forests of tle the milled states lire are nuking largo large to nat loIl duelks lii feie but the nation lim has nut not provided for defense yf of the forests arom riom lie forests come materials to deafen materials for alig gns Ill asks guns hangers can at I 1 11 building motor true trucks ka shipping crates and pack affons and I 1 nany many other of es M euthal defense e equipment lly n nd ind physical rp re search nood can call lie be made even efficient eed in ill 1 I ore useful production of defenso defense material wr jell dell le arneT unit that les am 25 yeara go ff at work of the ali forest products laboratory laborn inborn oratory lccy and other research units of the forest service found many a short cut to provision of needed things thIng st since that time the labor have been expanded to provide nely peacetime peace loar time uw ube for wood iw AS blid call ROW goer out for utilization of this LAs raw material in defense the ad aul are at work to 0 o meet the need defense pi pa ra tiona create demands fot for forest ducts fur for lumber plywood naval linval antres wt its plastics pulp lill and paper and tilt sufi in ili ni an emergency is to tit alx most accessible stand t lit ii the world wr war for we allado heavy inroads on oil tilt alika of the North northwest for cutting with wasteful and destructive spond Is again tit in demand for the of bf training planes large amounts of are being cut to moot meet this need all mid cutting hag haa already op a rate of BOO million feet tier per year practically as much enuch as wag cut in 1018 and nearly three aline tile average cut annually during the decade de ande the cut of fit spruce tit in the northwest for two hns has nver averaged aged 10 times th taft rate it at which this species is as growing now the rat of cutting Is im pol cohz M prot even higher lil glier As in the tiec of rand for farm crops we must take care in the c anse a of the forests and rangelands that we ilo do not wreck the reso for future production in tin course of present production the lt hint him ha repeatedly emphasized 1 io ie not nc vit for conservation in thie the use of land and forests at th athla laiq time and ami in fit all times goes without bayl baying that bibla will the ibo donio dom lit in tile use of the nn na dional forests foresta and other publicly owned lands under forestry for ostry giuin agen tent it Is even mon inure import lini rt nut ant that bo be done oil the fore forests Vl foresta orests in ili private irav it te hands constitute three of all our remaining from these fort fortis ts como comi W V per iper cent of all our timber wi we dmd special knowledge in order it to handle forest lands correctly through the research work ef cf the forest service and other agencies we nye tire are developing such knowledge some public pubic aid la is being given private owners owneta in ip ap i plying chlus knowledge know lidge still moro more public aid save ave this reeo resource for it all 11 ll peo people lile but lit in return for aub 11 ald aid and to safeguard tho the geri general eral public inta interest rest some public control of tho the ant and harvesting operations of timber owners la Is necessary the joint committee on forestry of the conate and the ixida of representatives la 19 considering a for extension in public and public control bar ly year I 1 gave the committee my iny for folk h founded program of add aed I 1 control I 1 continued on ge forest preservation urged red by official continued continue A 11 twin page 1 then m reported t to 0 the alie committee my lily opinion that public regulation of cutting on oil privately hately pr owned forest foi et in nil Is under ruder conditions that seem beem to be impending such regulation Is 14 inore e essential than ever eer other things may become imperative anil and our foresters will all report to tile the oil grey on oil thein as ag needa develop the timber owner ort iier industry indus try agriculture ri lubor labor anil tile public gen erakly till nil want to guard against heedless lierd lesa exploitation tile tragedies gedles of soll soil destruction flood damage reservoir depletion of wood stipp supplies lie unemployment and all tile thea other evils that follow wasteful forest exploitation As ve provide for efficient anil and prudent management of our f orest forest resources during the period of de dc bem fem deniso so production we will be wise to take action simultaneously that w will ill further now new forest industries in tile nations lint lons of tile the western hemisphere that lie to tile southwest we wo need to broaden broaded the for trade unity among the nations of tile hemisphere licina eliere and 0 to o tills this wl we aeed research that will establish L efficient methods of maintaining and using not lot only our own timber but tro ti lAcal forests whose P products products will in our own awn production for some soane essential uses witt with the wise use of the forest c rop crop pasture and raiff range land we call an meet cot defense need for farm crops and tree crops and alli still con berve and bulli build up our basic nat ural nral resource a |
