affects forest conservation and the in
terests of the millions of users of wood
in the United States, and to s^e wheth
er the public policies for conserving the
nation’s forest wealth go far eru igh.
It is also sought to help the indu try
solve the serious problems which con
front it
Added weight is given to the
report by the concuirence in its publi
That unstable and partly speculative cation of the Federal Trade Con .¡is-
forest ownership in the West and South sion, which cooperated with the Forest
is the cause of frequent over-cutting Service in the investigation. The com
of the market and waste of forest re mission, however, reserves its specific
sources is announced by the Forest Ser conclusions or remedies for a report of
vice in a report just off the government its own to be published later.
press. Too large stocks of timber ac
The Forest Service finds that the
quired from the public domain and too main problem of the lumber industry
much timber speculation mixed with has grown out of the hundreds of bil
the manufacture of lumber, says the
lions of feet of timber acquired ch ply
service, underlie the present instability
a few years ago from the publ do
of the industry.
main. Lumbermen in the W- l are
All, this, the service points out, con
carrying vast quantities of timberland
cerns the lumber user.
Many states
beyond all possible needs of their pres
are paying dearly for lumber because:
ent sawmills and logging camps. Wide
their own timber is largely used up and
spread speculation during a few years
outside supplies can be obtained only at
j of sudden development carried timber
high costs for transportation. With
values very high, and many Western
little being done to grow new forests
stumpage holdings have been over
on cutover lands, a more widespread
shortage of forest products is threaten capitalized.
The business of making lumber, says
ed in the future.
The Forest Service advocates various the report, has thus been loaded down
i he
forms of open-price co-operation among I with investments in timberland.
lumber manufacturers to make the in I productive branch of the industry has
dustry more efficient and check waste been interlocked too largely with sp. cu-
ful over-production. But it is strongly ' lations in its raw material; and initead
against changes in tlie present compe i of standing on its own feet as a manu
titive character of the business through facturing business, has tended to be
combinations to control output or regu the tail of the dog, made frequently to
late prices, even though advocated in serve the exigencies of timber specula
tion. According to the report, pressure
the name of conservation.
The report contains the boiled-down from an overload of timber is the first
conclusions of a study of timber owner cause of the general instability of the
ship and the lumber business, under industry. For one thing, it has led to
taken by the Forest Service to find out building mills beyond the demand for
how this business as conducted today their products. At least a third of the
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saws are now7 idle.
On the other hand, the Forest Ser
vice reports that social and economic
changes in the United States are re
ducing its proportionate use of lumber.
Uses taken over by other structural
materials within the last ten years are
estimated at one-fifth of the present
yearly cut of lumber; and in the same
period the per capita consumption of
lumber seems to have passed its peak
and dropped nearly one-fourth.
Caught with its burden of timber
land on the one hand and these changes
in the country’s use of wood on the
other, the lumber industry, the report
points out, has been between an upper
and nether millstone. The combined
r «suit is an ill-adjustment of lumber
production to market requirements,
with frequent, almost chronic overpro
duction. Ups and downs have been the
rule with most manufacturers in the
West and South Occasional years of
high earnings have been followed by
unusually longer periods of small pro
fits or loss. The latter reached their
climax in 1914 and 1915, although 191fi
brought somewhat better conditions.
In the regions studied by the Forest
Service it found that lumber produc
tion, with local exceptions, is competi
tive, as a rule keenly so. Competition
becomes still more vigorous in its strug
gle between different regions in selling
lumber in the main consuming markets
of the country.
Lumber retailing was studied in all
of the Middle Western states only. In
that region the service found it to be
competitive for the most part, although
its competition is less rigorous than in
the case of lumber manufacturers. The
restraints upon trade in lumber distri
bution, however, in the Central states
studied, are judged to be local rather
than general; and developments in re
cent years have tended to increase
competition.
The rising cost of lumber to con
sumers, which held generally up to
1907, is attributed by the Forest Ser
vice primarily to the exhaustion of the
uippi.es of limber nearest to the bulk
■ if E h - tern 'maturners, and the neces
sity <>f {'■ in j* >■ ti a lumber from great-
jr oist'Mres. Railroad freights now
take a fifth or more of the consumers’
•ice, retailers ab at the same amount,
a ui manufacturers, on the average,
i t..- m ».v ti.an cue-half.
The high
|c >s; -,.f lumber is thus due in huge part
to I o ' k I ti.nb r shortage, resulting from
the r.-.'pid using up of forests without
provision for their renewal
Other
causes, according to the service, lie in
the giuntur d in uds for specialized
service made upon the retailer by the
purchasing public, in higher labor coats
and in th • decreasing purchasing power
of money. Since 1907, however, the
c ferts of over-production r ave been
f It, and the prices of common struc
tural woods have made no substantial
i crease.
The American public, the Forest Ser
vice points out. has no responsibility to
protect the security of timber invest
ments or the outcome of speculative
ventures. The welfare of many sec
tions, however, depends in no small de
gree upon lumbering as a large tax
payer, a gigantic employer oflabor and
capital, and the chief con umer of ag
riculture and other industries.
The
people of the whole country, further
more, have a live interest in the econo
mical use of present timber supplies
and in continued forest production af
ter logging.
The report lays special emphasis on
the fact that such waste in the use of
our natural forest wealth as is now
taking place will tell inevitably in the
future cost of lumber, paper, and other
products manufactured from timber, as
it has told already in many “ cut out’’
slates.
Furthermore, under present
conditions, little is being done to re
stock the forest lands logged for their
virgin timber. The total use of wood
in the United States exceeds by a good
deal the aggregate growth of its for
ests; and unless the enormous areas of
cutover land, to which millions of acres
are added every year, are put to grow-
iog new forests, the Forest Service
thinks that the danger of a nation wide
shortage of timber and high prices f<-r
all wt od products will become acute
The unstable condition of the lumber
industry, the report says, makes it un
able to do much toward renewal of the
forests which it lias destroyed.
The experts in the Forest Service be
hove that a more stable kind of forest
ownership, divorced from manufacture
to a larger degree than now, must come
about before the ills of the lumber busi
ness can be cured permanently. This
kind of ownership must not only carry
the present stocks of merchantable
timber until the productive industry
needs them, but also provide for re
growth on cutover lands.
The exten
sion of public forest ownership, both
State and national, should, in the ju Ig-
ment of the service, have a large part
in this accomplishment.
According to the service experts,
there is no surplus of forest resources
a*>ove the country’s needs.
There is
rather a lack of forests, particularly of
growing forests, to take the place of
the reservoirs of virgin timber now be
ing drained. The difficulty lies, says
the service, in the wrong kind of forest
ownership.
A national mistake, the report gi ts
on to say, \*as made in such rapid a d
wholesome passing of title to the tim
ber lands in tht* public* domain, bey ml
all imme diate needs fur local or indus
trial development.
Private ownership,
hard pressed to carry these staggeri; g
quantities of timber during the rot g
periods which must necessarily elapse
b fore they can be converted inti» lum
ber, is now sacrificing them in part by
wasteful use because of its own finan
cial exigencies. The carrying of ; -
future resource, the Forest Service c-
clares, should have been a public rather
than a private function. The report city could ill afford to dispense with
urges that this situation be faced his services and that as many men
frankly and the ol vious remedy applied, as possible, who are acquainted with
that of taking part of the Western city affairs should be chosen.
timberlands back.
It was then voted to endorse J . W.
Much can be ac omplished also, the Miller, C. R. Barrow and M. O. Hawk
report says, by public and private co ins. And if Mr. Gould will consent
operation in fire protection and in se to run the members individually en
curing methods of taxation better dorsed his candidacy.
adapted to timberlands; and, to insure
The club went on record as heartily
the regrowth of logged-off forests, endorsing the candidacy of J . S. Law
reasonable public regulation of the rence as city recorder and Mr. Haw
handling of privat 1 lands will unques kins paid a tine tribute to his ability
tionably find a place in working out the and faithfulness as a public official.
problem.
In order to insure that the Com
Finally, the Forest Service disagrees mercial Club be represented at the
radically with the idea now mooted in
Good Roads meeting in Portland to
many quarters that forest conservation
morrow, April 28, a committee con
should be sought through permitting
sisting of C. T. Skeels, L. J . Cary and
industrial combinations for the regula
C. A. Howard was appointed to select
tion of lumber production or control of
a club member to go, the club to bear
lumber prices. It regards such devel
the expense. Yesterday they pre-
opments as involving dangers to t' e
public interests through restraint t f .ailed upon A. T. Morrison to make
trade so serious as to offset any pos he trip and he left this morning, in
sible advantages to the public fr< >n ompany with Judge Jam es Watson
such forms of conservation as th y ind Chas. Hall, president of the Coos
might foster. The service believes, in County Good Roads Association.
R. H. Mast asked what had become
fact, that such measures of joint con
trol of lumber output by agreement of the bridge project; whether it had
would be ineffective in holding back the died or was only sleeping. And he
pressure to cut timber and in overcom forcibly and pointedly presented the
ing the other weaknesses which cause need of ¡mediate action if we ever ex
over-production. Betterment in the in pect to have a bridge spanning the
dustry, the service holds, must come river here at Coquille. He presented
largely through strengthening individ Mr. Collier’s proposition for a right
ual operators or owners, and particu of way which would land the bridge at
larly through a more stable ownership the rear of his property, with a turn
of torest lands, in which the public there bringing the approach 200 feet
participates to a much larger degree east of the bridge on Front street.
than now.
Mr. Collier offered to sell the two lots
The Forest Service advocates such between the railroad and Front for
forms of cooperation as trade associa $1,200, and a right of way 20 feet
tions and selling agencies, safeguarded wide and approximately 200 feet long
by public supervision and regulations. down to the street level for nothing
But changes in the competitive status if the city would assume the $850 im
of the industry, like joint control of provement tax assessed against that
production or price, can, in the view of strip which would be spread over a
the service, come about only with a:i term of eight years— the life of the
entirely different national conception of improvement bonds. He would bear
the country’s basic resources. The ad the expense of moving his house him
justment of public and private interests self.
in a national policy which seeks the
J . S. Lawrence reported that the
wisest use of forest resources and con city had dropped the condemnation
trols the industries which exploit then proceedings to secure a right of way
may then become possible, including and M. O. Hawkins explained that it
the principle of regulating output. But had been dropped because the assess-
in any developments of this nature, th ■ mr-.t of damages and benefits had not
public should have a direct and ruling been daeir . j equitable.
voice.
Following considerable talk, Mr.
Good Roads Pointers
(Continued from Page 1)
years and is more just than a pay-as-
you-go system which means a heavy
tax upon the farmers of today if roads
are really made good, or it means a
continual tinkering with the roads and
eventually getting no real improve
ment. ’’
Will the people from the interior b-
benefited, inquire- J. F. Hutchason, of
Douglas county, in a communication to
the Roseburg Ne ws. There is no ques
tion about that, he replies in answering
his own question.
The bonds mean
better roads for every section of the
county and better roads mean many
things. The farm or ranch can be sold
for more money if one wishes to sell.
Marketing is facilitated and the cost is
lessened. The sooner we get perma
nent roads the sooner will taxes grow
less. Good roads cost less to maintain.
If we dump our money each year into a
few mudholt s and keep it up from year
to year we have benefited no one not
even the men who fill the mud holes for
they have to pay part of the taxes, too.
May Change Name
The question of changing the name
of Mount Kainier will be considersd at
a hearing which has been granted by
the United States Geographic Board, in
compliance with a request from the
Washington State legislature.
The
hearing will be held at the Forest Ser
vice headquarters, Atlantic Building,
Washington D.
May 2, 1917, at 10
Perfect In Spelling
Those perfect in spelling are as fol
lows: Second grade, A class: Florence
MacDonald, Dora Thornton, Vernlce
Waits, Rena Graham, Florence Thrift.
The attendance for the last week
was perfect in the Second A class.
Second Grade, B class: Jam es Tyr
rell, Ruth Cunningham, Alvin Mc-
Quigg, Jimmie Agostino, Helen Beck
ett. Alta Belle ElwooU, Jean Baker,
Mary Kiln Cary, Freda Baxter.
Commercial Club Meets
One of the most largely attended
Commercial Club meetings for sever
al months was held Wednesday even
ing when a number of important mat
ters came up for consideration. A
majority of the Club members, those
not barred by age, are members of
the Coquile Military Reserves and
when the company is dismissed spend
the remainder of the evening at the
Club meeting.
Leo J . Cary reported that the com
mittee to inter new prospective can
didates for councilmen at next
month's election, had secured the con
sent of C. R. Barrow and J . W. Mil
ler to have their names presented to
the caucus next Tuesday and that A.
N. Gould would consent provided his
affairs were such that he could he
present to attend council meetings.
It was the wish of the members to en
dorse the committee's selection, but
in view of the uncertainty of Mr.
Gould’s plans it was decided to put
it up to the caucus.
L. II. Hazard reported that Mr.
Hawkins might consent to run again
this year. This brought O. C. San
ford and C. T. Jkeels to their feet
urging that if he would consent the
Mast moved that a committee from
the club be appointed to make the
bent terms possible with the proper
ty owners for a right of way, eiihcr
as planned by Mr. Collier, or hack
to a point which would be a contin
uation of F irst street. The preside11
appointed R. H. Mast, C. T. Skeels
and J . W. Miller as such committee
J . L. Smith asked for suggestions
as to how the Commercial Club con'd
assist in the conservation and in
creased production of food which the
national agricultural department aid
ed by the O. A. C. extension service
are making such g r-a t efforts to bring
about. He gave an extended outline
of how the agricultural departments
intend to assist in this preparedness
campaign, which is as important as
the furnishing of munitions to the a l
lies.
Various suggestions as to the list
ing of vacant lots for garden pur
poses, asistance in procuring seed, a
labor bureau where free service will
bring the laborer and employer into
communication, etc., were made and
a committee consisting of F . B. Phil
lips, C. A. Howard, W. H. Lyons, J.
E. Norton and H. A. roung were ap
pointed to act with the county ag r:-
eulturist in boosting the business of
making gardens.
The suggestion that high school
students might secure a list of in
vacant lots suitable folr gardening
was approved by Mr. Howard, who
will attend to carrying out the plan.
Talking about cultivating vacant
lots to produce more food, Mr. Ro
manoff, of Russia, is engaged in gar
dening now, and it is hoped that Mr.
Hohenzollern, of Germany, will soon
have leisure to engage in something
along the same line.— Sentinel.
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IN TH E CIRCUIT COURT OF TH E
STA TE OF OREGON, FOR
COOS COUNTY.
A. T. Lewis, Plaintiff,
vs.
Robert Wyatt, Smith Powers Logging
Company, a corporation, D. How
ard Savage and C. A. Langworthy,
Defendants.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that pursu
ant to a writ of execution issued out
of the above entitled court, I will, jn
the 30th day of May, 1917, at the hour
of ten o’clock of said day, at the front
door of the court house, in the City of
Coquille, County of Coos, State of Or
egon, at public auction, in satisfaction
of said execution, sell the following
described real property, to-wit: Lot
Sixteen and the.South half of Lot F if
teen, Townsite of Powers, according
to the plat thereof on file and of rec
ord in the office of the County Clerk
of said Coos County.
Witness my hand and seal this 30th
day of April, 1917.
W. W. GAGE,
Sheriff of Coos County, Oregon.
Date of first publication May 1, 1917.
Date of last publication May 28, 1917.
FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE.
Gov. Withycombe h-s appointed, in
co lpliance with the request of Secre-
ta. y of War Baker, a State Council
of National Defense. The members
ar : General Charles F. Beebe, of
Po tlaml; Speaker R. N. Stanfield, of
St nfield; O. C. L eite., editor of La
Gi inde Observer; C. F. Hudson, pres
ide nt of the F irst Na.ional Bank, of
Be id; W. E. Sshimp.Y, of Astoria;
Cl. tries Hall, of the Bank of South
western Oregon a i M trshfield.
n making the appointments, Gov.
Wuhycombe said:
The purpose of the Council will
be to cooperate with the Federal
Cc incil of National Defense towards
the most effective coordination of ac
tivities within the State for the gener
al good of the nation during war
time. Presumably its field of endeav-
I or will chiefly concern the problems
| of economics, such as agricultural
| and manufacturing production, trans-
| portation, the most efficient utiliza
tion of labor, etc. Thus far, no defi
nite plans have been formulated and
| I have little direct information aside
from Secretary Baker’s letter re
questing the appointment.
“At all events it certainly is a pa
triotic duty, und an opportunity for
Oregon to cooperate to the fullest
degree in its share of national mob
ilization.’’
EC EN T statistics show that the number of
women hunk depositors is steadily increas-
ing. It is a healthy sign of business condi
tions. There was a time when the number
of women depositors was practically nil.
With the advent in the business world of
so many women it was assured that the
number of female depositors would show an increase.
Women are inclined to be more thrifty than men.
T h rift and banking go hand in hand. Many women in
this community have bank accounts.
In tlm.-e who
have uot this appeal is made. Open a bank account
today. Once having opened it, aihl to it. Watch it
grow. You’ll like the experience.
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