Show destroying the forests THIS week from april 24 to 30 i 1 forest week during tins this little A an effort alvill be made in ili many ays to arouse tho the interest of the people am a whole in tho tile matter ot of pres ming eming and restoring the abundant woods with aith which nature so wide ido an area of the united states tates and willell we liac diac title so owl destroyed there 1 a still a vast ara of standing timber of lumber quality but we uc arc are dc devastating va stating it with almost a prodigal hand niad loth both to nit lilt it aith 1 ith more att attention to preservation aaion of the tile na natural hiral new grou th and to restore aliat hat I s cut by replanting the tile denuded with seeds of oung oun trees at mariom various times it hai been thought tho light that tillit other materials used hi lit construction would make faiq demand for lumber so small thai thal this question of tho the disappearance dir appearance of the tile forests would cease to lo 10 1 so acute te but such hai haq not ilot been the ell bot of their use steel and ion on crete tilo tile and brick ha hale ajic ahto ilse luring the past score of cara cars iu in quantity scarcely steamed di earned of half a century ago and yet lumber is is in ill ever eser increasing demand that is because we lie are buill baill ing in more and larger structures structure i for business and industry and more homes home than we then dreamed of it is ii easy to say that one who owns an area of forest may cut the trees as ai he may please that he lie may so handle aih cutting of the ones as ai to the little ones and may leave leav his land a devastated va area requiring many 5 cars ears for its it natural reforestation and a 3 constant ind mutation tation for fires that destroy all new growth but that ie is not true we hac hale come to adopt the theory that there is no absolute private control of anything that is necessary for the use of the public we have a right to regulate its handling for the public welfare present greed should not be permitted to assure future calamity we no need so to educate ours cles that 0 so o realize tho the necessity for control of timber cutting and replanting ol 01 forest lands and we ire need especially to understand that shortage of is not the only hor luor the chief evil result of destruction of it the forests but that it leads to great wad disaster ons oms climatic cli matie ch change angeh that especially makes it a matter of public concern and var warrants ranta whatever wh ateer step steps arc are necessary to prevent it it |