Show 7 ity t AT y pays N no 0 T taxes e S in the black enrest of germany is ba little city of ot Freuden freudenstadt Freo denaUt stadt with bout abou t ak inhabitants a busy laa trial place with iron and chem chemical ical works of some ImPOrt importance Ce small as it te is Freuden freudenstadt stadt to Is a full fledged city with a mayor aner mermen luald a dozen policemen and a A fart engine the public business to is cog ducted d OB on an a economical basis and the total expenses do not e exceed 25 a year Freuden freudenstadt stadt bee has the distinction of 0 being iving LM only city in germany a na ad perhaps im hape in the be world which does not tax the citizens a dollar for municipal pal expenses ep enee the yearly act net income from the public property covers all trie outgo thie this property consists te of about acre of fine oret forest which being managed under ibe the best forestry methods is a permanent dource of income one or more trees ts Is planted for every one that ie Is cut do n no tree is cut till it can held beld the maximum profit after deducting all the expenses of the industry the annual profit to the acre is about 15 5 that Is exceptional even for germany here the annual profit ranges from 13 3 to 4 50 the question is often asked in this country whether hether it ill pay to keep land under permanent forest anle unless at leat least a moderate profit is possible 00 ofte eu mn be expected to geroir trees oa on land thai that can CAS be used tor for any other purpose the rhode island experiment sta tim is now giving some soine attention to thia this qu question ajon ami MW in a bulletin just prepared by professor F W card come some interesting fidares arc are presented he cites the experience of zackariah riall alien allen of rhode island who planted a worn pasture with trees in and kept rapt a L careful financial record till f r fifty seven years after deduct lac lag all apenes vp enes he found that his profit was nearly 7 per cent per annum OB on the original investment there is also f r record of the returns oa on a orty forty acre tract of white pine in naw hampshire for eighty years during aich time the average C a annual profit as an acre the facts given by prof card ard seem to show that only a moderate profit is to be expected from forests treated as a permanent crop perhaps we cannot make as much money in this industry as is made in europe europ where every part of a tree can be marketed at some price even the small branches and twig twigg being gathered into bunches and old for firewood new ew york sun |