Show FOREST protection WEEK president harding has proclaimed tile the week of april 22 to 28 forest protection week and as far as can be judged now just in the middle of the week it is observed more generally and more intelligently than ever before the forestry service of the TJ 8 department of agriculture the national forest reservation commission and other organizations have been diligently impressing upon the public the importance of protecting forests which already exist and developing ve a policy of ebore the virgin forests havo have been cut off y tao je chief importance of forest preservation and relates to the industrial and commercial activities tivi ties of the country the american people are paying a tremendous price each year because of the lack of a comprehensive program and because of the tremendous waste of timber now standing this cost is concretely represented in b guilding building ding material which in turn is translated to the man on the street in terms of high rents official statistics show the nations lumber shipment in 1920 was in excess of carloads and the average haul of each carload was miles according to best estimates of the forestry service the freight bill on the lumber for that year was every cent of which was passed on to the ultimate consumer in the form of high rents or in the case of linnit owners and builders high costs of building and high costs of dwelling A mere fraction of that tremendous el sum wisely each year in forest protection and estratioc would grow t timber imber where it is needed that la Is nearest the markets reduce to a fraction the freight charges on lumber which would in turn cheapen zill all lumber and release vast tast amounts of railroad equipment tor for other freight |