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Show j City Pays No Taxes H In tho Hlnck Forest of Germany Is tho little city of Freudenstadt. with nbout 7,000 Inhabitants, a busy Industrial Indus-trial plnco with Iron nnd chemical works of some Iniportnnco. Smnll as It Is, Freudonstndt Is n full-Hedged city, with a mayor, aldermen, alder-men, half n dozen policemen nnd n flro engine. The public In slness Is conducted con-ducted on an economical basis, and thu total expenses do not exceed $2G,-000 $2G,-000 n tar. Freudenstadt has the distinction of being the only city In Germany, nnd perhnps In the world, which does not tnx tho citizens n dollar for municipal expenses. Tho yenrly not Income from tho public property covers nil tne outgo. This property consists of nbout C,000 acres of line forest, which, being managed man-aged under the best foiestry methods, Is a permanent sourco of Income. Ono w moro trees Is planted for every ono Hint Is cut down. No tree Is cut till It can yield tho maximum profit. After deducting nil tho expenses of tho Industry the mutual profit to tho aero Is about h. Thnt Is exceptional oven for Germany, where tho annual profit ranges fiom $3 to $I.B0. Tho question Is often nsked In this country whether It will pay to keep land under permanent forest. Unless H nt least a moderate profit Is posslblo Wl no one can be expected to grow trooa fll ou lnnd thnt can be used for any othor J The Rhode Island experiment stn- 1 tlou Is now giving ho nr attention to Isl this question, nnd In it bulletin Just IBI piepaivd by Professor F, W. Card Hl some Interesting figures nre presented. Bl Ho cites the experience of Xncluirlnh Bl Allen of Rhode Island, who plnntod n Bl worn pasture with trees In 1S20 and Bl kept n careful financial record till jll 1877. n fifty-seven years. After deduct- Hl lug nil expenses he found thnt his pro- llfl fit wns nearly 7 per cent per annum oUH tin tho original Investment. ZfH There Is ulso r record of the returns Dl on n foity-ncre tract of white pine In Wl Now Hnmpshlre for eighty years, ilur- Kt ll Ing which timo the average annual fll profit wns $3.7G nn ncro. Tho facta I'l given by Prof. Curd seem to show efll thnt only n moderate profit Is to bo nil expected from forests treated ns a per- I flH mnnent crop. Perhnps we cannot i'l make as much money In this industry ijH ns Is made In Europe, where every 1fl part tif a treo can bo marketed at : some price, oven tho small branches jfll and twigs being gnthcred Into hunches lH mid sold for firewood. New York Sun. Jjl |