Show the fifth national cak con 1 congress conae SS the afif fifth th national gonser I 1 congress to be 1 aie held ld in ih I 1 washington D 0 november 18 19 10 and 20 i is s to bo be devoted largely to forest conservation j because beca use of the nat national ion ai importance of the subject irl ia its man many y phases public iiii interest erest is 19 1 in f evolved because upon i we the proper propel solution odthe various pro problems blemEL depends tile cost of the wood without which our civilization would dec decline l ne the pape q a jo n of tile the timber supply the development of hydro y roe ro e hectric power the utilization of LOII agricultural lands the abai availability la of water for irrigation the pre preservation of forest areas arcaba for health and recreation and many other developments est essential sen 1 l alike to every citizen from the lumberman to the man who owns neither neit liera a tree nor a foot of land here are some soine of the reasons why tho the congress puts forestry foremost forego at this years meeting forest fires conti continue litle to des troy lives by hundreds an and tangible assets averaging upwards of fifty million dollars annually and do incalculable damage to soil roil water I 1 and young growth y forest insects destroy enough timber every year to finance tile construction program of kllc navy floods follow forest denuit denudation 1011 and tile the disasters of this year can call be traced in part at least to non forested watersheds c we are using thre times as much tim timber ber as grows each year and worst of ull all are utilizing only forty to seven seventy per cent of each tree out cut lown down while ane fir e destroys the equivalent of each years new growth the tax laws in most states do not recognize forests a as s a cl crop clop op to be perpetuated but act to destroy the timber resources for tile the enrichment of the present to the poverty of the future T the lie preservative nt of timber is a potent factor in conservation I 1 since it reduces tile the consumption iou and makes inferior species available at present about 20 per cent of the cross ti ties es but le less s s than 1 13 3 of 1 per cent of the lumber used ip ie treated despite edite tle the obvious ob public pi a wic ji r aft r f 0 o need there is strong arbi ig opposition off to the lie development of a safe national policy while the future is not secure definite de finate progress has bel been u made ill it tile the following ways ays I 1 P forest bior lire associations among timberland owners dy p publicity and systematic organization 1011 are materially deducing ledu cing forest fire losses the federal government controls on oil ali the c national forests about one fifth of tile the standing timber til liber and anday by proper util izat ion ana and protection makes it ja a present asset land and a perpetual resource s 1 L A majority 4 of the t forested fores tea ata 1 s states tes have organizations which afe doing doi I 1 g effective e work w or k j fu n t i fj farest pt protection protace ion it and lid education two states pennsylvania v ania and louisiana to 61 s fit ii a ji have ftc e this year enacted fore forest bt taxation laws based on correct correct principles and other states ar are e agitating similar legislation |