Show heres new way to cut taxes in your town grow a forest IX ASHINGTON raise a forest bif if you want to lower your taxes the advice ot of F A silcox chief of the united 1 states forest service who suggests that american communities might follow the example of european towns in licking the tax ogre the idea is already catching hold some 1500 cities towns villages counties school districts churches end and townships now own about acres of forests and new plots are being reported to the forest service almost every day by selling fuel pulpwood christmas trees maple syrup nuts and other orest forest products communities can take a substantial cut from their annual tax levy more the forests offer new playgrounds fish and game reserves and recreation facilities besides protecting city watersheds and providing em employment P loy swedish forest runs street cars the community forest idea s started in europe where such famous preserves as germanys germanas Germ anys black forest and those at fontainebleau Fontaine bleu and versailles have been producing revenue tor for years at orson sweden the forest provides enough to pay all local taxes and supply free street car and telephone service americas oldest forest is at newington N H which was sta started in 1710 since 1832 it hs has provided fuel tor for the church the poor people and the school plus in cash which paid community debts improved the village buildings and helped build a library and school seattle forest shows profit wisconsin has adopted the pro gram scientifically each year the state pays 10 cents an acre to the county owning the forest until the production s ge is reached then the state gets its money back as timber Is cut seattle has the largest municipal A A kh CHRISTMAS TREES heres beres one product irom from your community forest that helps cut the lite local tax burden theres also maple syrup in some localities fuel pulpwood etc forest covering acres the city claims to have sold more re than worth of timber which is more than the initial cost coat of land and trees mr silcox is sold on the idea it take much money to start a forest he be said most of them can be developed on cheap land and there are millions of acres of tax delinquent land that can be put to work one of the great values of the project Is the opportunity it affords for replacing a public die de by worthwhile work |