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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 11)25
PAGE EIGHT
THE LUMBEliLOGUIi
'THE KLAMATH LUMBERLOGUE
Established March 9, 1S25
A weekly paper lor the men and
women employed In the lumber In
dustry of Klamath County.
Issued every Monday
HOWARD W1NNAUD
Editor
PA VOI W- TI.MHKR TAX
EXKStPTIOX
As Iho pooplo of the country rec
ognize (hat Iho old-time ad valorem
tax hastens cutting of mature tim
ber at the game time that it forbids
replanting and regrowth of the for
t. that aro seeking changes in
their laws that shall remove this
obstacle to timber conservation and
reforestation. In some States con
stitutional amendments are requir
ed, and as these must be submitted
to the peoplo it is necessary that tho
voters shall understand the situation
In order that they may approve such
changes in their fundamental laws.
Of course the best agency for bring
ing a matter of this kind to the at
tention of the -voters is the daily
newspaper, and any State is fortun
ate to have editors competent and
. willing to perform this service.
Californians aro undertaking so
to amend their constitution as to
exempt both fruit and, forest trues
from the general tax during the
period of growth. In presenting the
issue to the people in the proper
light forestry organizations and lum
bermen are receiving the aid of the
press, as indicated by the following
excellent . editorial from the San
Francisco Chronicle which appeared
under the caption, "Replanting For
ests; Proposed Constitutional
Amendment Giving Tax Relief Pro
vides Solution of Basic Probl-em":
The proposed constitutional
amendment to exempt replanted tim
ber lands from taxation for forty
years embodies the solution of the
chief problem In practical reforesta
tion. In most cases the owner who
would gladly replant ' the timber
lands he has cut over can not do so
because he can not carry the burden
of taxes through the long period re
quired to mature the new lumber
crop.
California contains great areas of
cut-over lands of little use for any
other purpose that might be refor
ested It released from taxes during
the growing period.. The proposed :
amendment provides relief for forty
ears, which may be enough for the
redwood areas and may lie too little
for the pine districts. If the amend
- ment passes, ins effect will soon
clear up this point, and correction,
if found necessary, may be made lat
er. For a ' quarter of a century or
. more The Chronicle has Insisted that
the. only proper way to collect pub
lic revenue from timber land Is to
tax the crop when harvested. To tax
the land with its original stand, the
growth of ccutiirica, is to compel
cutting In excess .of current demand
and thereby to cause waste of a na
tural resource Irreplaceable in per
fection except by more slow centur
ies of growth. And if only the, crop
were taxed tho owner would be free
to replant the land, no matter how
long tho growing period.
Heavily timbered counties have
opposed this idea. The faster the
timber was cut the busier and mora
prosperous thoy saw themselves.
And if they did not tax their timber
lands what else had they to tax?
But a sad awakening came to some
of them when their timber was all
cut. Tho busy logging camps van
ished, the thronged mill towns fell
to pieces, and the cut-over lunds
went Into brush, not very sturdy at
tnx-liearing.
The proposed amendment, while
it does not go tho full distance of
The Chronicle's attention, is in line.
It promises to help the cut-over dis
tricts, regenerate themselves and
gradually to make permanent an in
dustry and revenue source that oth
erwise is only temporary.
. It must not be forgotten that the
great areas of timber in the nation
al forests in California pay no taxes.
When it sells timber to a -lumberman
the Federal government is thus
able to collect from him in the price
he pays the equivalent of the taxes
paid by the private timber land own
er. The amendment should tend to
equalize matters.
A fact to be noted is that The
Chronicle has been advocating a sev
erance tax tor a quarter of a cen
tury. Eventually, it is to bo hoped,
the whole country will come around
to its way of thinking. The misfor
tune is that It should not have done
so long ago in order that millions
of acres of cut-over land might have
been growing trees instead of lying
idle and paying little or no taxes.
Tax exemption and fire protection
are indispensable to any reforesta
tion program, and they are both in
the hands of the people.
TOTAL KOKK8T FIKK LOSS,
$.VM,(00,000 A Y K:Ki -
Modification of exlstllng tax
methods as far as they are applic
able to land used in growing timber
crops Is essential if America's idle
forest land is to be put back into a
condition of high productivity. Land
growing tree crops, which take
many years to mature, ought not to
be valued for taxation the same as
land growing corn crops which ma
ture in a space of five months. The
Clarke-McKary Act provides for an
economic study of taxation condi
tions In the several forest regions
of the country. Several States have
already adopted, special tax laws
covering forest land actually grow
ing tree crops.
Lumbermen!
I 1 i You Can't Beat f
Kelly-Spring fields at this price!
Kelly-Springfields
31x4 6-ply cords .. $ 20.00
32x4 6-ply cords 21.9S
33x4 6-ply cords 23.95
33x44 8-pIy cords . 28.70
33x5 8-pIy cords 35.54
30x5 8-ply cords '34.44
35x5 8-pIy cords 33.75
36x6 '12-ply cords 60.00
40x8 12-ply cords 122.80
32x6 12-ply cord 58.65
I
ALSO
From $1 to $2.50 reduction on each tire. : "j:
if you put it on your car yourself.
ALSO
Tire insurance, saving you fVom worry
about any road hazard. Ask about it.
HUB TIRE SHOP
Chas. Johnson, Mgr.
502 So. 6th. Phone 616
to
Whllo the Forest Servlco places
the annual timber loss through for
est fires nt an average of J1S.000,
000, E. T." Allen, forester of the Na
tional Lumber Manufacturers As
sociation, puts tho annual merchant
able timber loss nt $25,000,000, hut
In addition ho estimates the poten
tial value of unmerchantable young
trees destroyed each yeur nt $75.-
000,000, makiug the total average
limber loss $100,00 tlOOA. Hut Hint
is only one-fifth of the nltlinnle
loss, as the loss of market for labor
and supplies that vauislies forever
with the destruction of $100,000,
000 worth (actual or potential val
ue) of timber is placed at (400,000,
000. These items take no account
of soil destruction, erosion, flood
damage,' diminution of public rev
enues, and Injury to business and
contiguous property.
"Fire-prevention." says Mr. Allen,
has been said to be nino-teutlis of
forestry. It this be true nine-tenths
of our effort, and more, ought to bo
centered upon the definite task of
arousing the American people to
fire-cousclousuess. Not tires but the
owner of the hand that lighta the
fire is the public's enemy. The prob
lem, therefore, ls not a flra hunt
but a man hunt."
A PEHPETUAL KEKOURCE
Timber is a great natural re
source that may be forever re
newed. I'nllko petroleum, cotil and
other minerals the products of the
forest may be used ou a perpetual
supply basis if treated as timber
crops. Our forests can be matlo to
yield annually more mnterta) than
they now do until tho end of time.
But it requires national policy and
thought. Though China Is the most
densely populated nation in the
world, it has Immense areas of land
that are practically non-productive.
The forests of northern China were
exterminated centuries ago but the
land was useless for agriculture. It
is desert now or little better. Cli
matic conditions In tho forest re
gions of the United States are Buch
that the forests may be restored
even on the worst "burns." Ameri
can Forest Week has been pro
claimed by President Coolldgo as a
time tor concentration of public
thought and (iio development of
public opinion favorable to policies
that will perpetuate America's for
est resources. National.- Lumber
Manufacturers Association.
FORESTS SUPPORT
A good authority calculates that
one-tenth of the American people
are supported by industries do
pendent on forest materials. Ac
cording to the National Lumber
Manufacturers association 1,100,000
persons are directly employed in the
industries that produce and ro
manuracture forest material. Regu
lar cropping of the 470,000,000
acres of forest land now remaining
will always maintain 12,000,000
people. ' If the forests are to be
virtually abandoned when tho
standing timber crop Is removed a
great disruption of economic rela
tions will follow. Moreover, Ameri
ca will needlessly be deprived of
one of Its greatest sources of natur
al wealth. The forests have con
tributed incalculably to the piling
up of our huge national wealth.
Moreover, Ilka agriculture, but un
like mining, the forests are not In
herently exhaustible. Forests may
be grown forever on tho samo land
without exhausting1 it. There is a
fierce competition among the na
tions for control of raw material.
The United States may, if It will,
always own and control a suffici
ent supply of forest products. The
first steps involve a national for
est policy, protection against forest
fires, equitable taxation of forest
land, and wise extension of public
ly owned forests. -
Incendiarism, smoking and camp
fires were tho three principal
causes of man-caused fires within
tho national forests during 1924.
Why does such a large part of
the public become so excited over
the clanging of a gong announcing
a fire in a town or city, and only
Idly wonders why a heavy smoke
pall blankets many sections of the
country during the summer sea
son? '
President Coolldgc. In addressing
tho national conference of tho Util
ization of forest products, held last
November In Washington, dcclured
that "a- troo saved Is a troe grown."
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noon
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As soon as I can shear another thousand sheep I will make up
your summer underwear. In the meantime some of you fel
lows may need some of the regular sizes in underwear. The
, v quality is there and the PRICES ARE RIGHT.
95 c
UNCLE SAM WORK SHIRTS
Blue, Gray or Khaki FuU Cut
Sizes 14 to 19 .
Khaki Pants, Whipcords & Qg $ QQ
and Canvass I t0 B
From a 30 inch Waist to a 48 inch
WAIST OVERALLS
1.50 and 1.85
BIB OVERALLS
1.50 and 2.00
WORK SHOES AND LOGGERS .
Weyenberg Work Shoes, 3.35 to"8.50 '
Chippewa and Saddler Loggers, 11.00 to 17.50
A shoe for any kind of work
My personal guarantee behind every article in this store
Lloyd.
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CLOTHIER
Main at Ninth St. . ' "Home of the Workingman"
In tho last flvo years forest firoB
have burned more or less destruc
tively and with much repetition-
about 4 5,000,000 acres of land.
Less than 25,000,000 have been
cut over In the same time.
Sales of timber from all national
forests aro made on the perpotual
crops aro grown. to take tho pluce
of the old. Branches, tree tops, and
slash, are cleaned up and burned
so thoy will not form, a flro hnz
ard.'iiiTtienground llS'ilnft In a eon
dIUon 'favorable utoi natural! refor
estation. - . :i r
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CAMP
(That's whore the hot cakes lose thulr
flavor on the table overnigt.
Mrs. J. F. Potter returned 'to hor
home In Eugene last week. Mr.
Potter, Willis, and Dutch John went
fishing Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Noble, saw flior, left for the
Falls on business. He contemplates
buying a car.
Chas. Mcssner, top loader, and
wife also went to tho Fulls over
Sunday, while Hughsio, jammer in-
gmeer, and his wife went to Mml-ford.
Those Kirk-Ccuk-Housc-IIIue
The fellows aro so weuk,
They can ahrdly spoak,
And the cook tobacco cliewi,
Some say be uses hduozo.
Where the Hot Cakes loie !:,clr
flavor on the table over niRht.
there's' fruit of nltie kin;
Thoy mix them all, and throw In
There's fruit of nine kinds;
Peaches, strawberries, pears, and
cherries, all mixed In a bowl.
And they mash-them up. and stir
them with a six foot pole.
" HAS FLU
O. R. Trewartha, floormun In tho
Algoma factory, was confined to
his homo during tho past week
with a severe attack of tho flu.
Trewartha will bo romomborod an
tho man who was lost In the Tnlo
lake region during tho zoro weather
of last December.
American character has boon
built upon a forest background.
America's wealth has been largely
derived from Its forest resources.
Ilqth chnrcater and prosporlty will
suffer If the nation's woodlands
aro allowed to dwindle away.
Millions of persons vlultod tho na
tional forests and national parks
during 1921 for recroatlonnl pur
poses. This llluntrutes tho oxtnnt
to which tho public Is using Its for
ests as whoIoHima playgrounds and
what Amorlcan Forest Week means
to those who now seek and will
seek America's forested land for
recreational purposes.'
1 ICO
Leads Again
$ 1 3.9 5
Capacity, 90 Ampere hours. For Ford,
Star, Buick, Chev; Studeoaker Light Six
Essex, etc.
Timberleague Schedule
': . ' " .y?-:',..;V'
.' : May 24 r -Pelican
Bay vs. Tennant'at Tennant.
Lamm's Mill vs. Algoma at Algoma.
May 31 ,
Pennant vs. Lamm's at Modoc Point.
Algoma vs. Pelican Bay at Pelican City.
June 7
Algoma vs. Tennant at Tennant.
Lamm's vs. Pelican Bay at Modoc Point.
' : June 14
Tennant vs. Pelican Bay at Pelican City. -Algoma
vs. Lamm's at Modoc Point.
June 21 . ) -,,'. ,
Lamm's vs. Tennant at Tennant. . ; ' . ,
Pelican vs. Algamo at Algoma. . '
. ' . June 28 :
Tennant vs. Algoma -at Algoma.-. .
Pelican vs. Lamm's at Pelican City. .
THE BATTERY, SERVICE STATION
Wm. E. Mueller
613 Klamath Phone 841
Beware of Fakirs
We are the only authorized Singer Sowing Mnchlns
representatives In Klamath County,.. No pthor storo,
firm or portion Is authorized to soil our machlpos.
Howare of pooplo trying ito soil you a now Singer, no It
Is oltlior not paid for pr it hi second hand. - Wo havo a
numbor of used Singers,. Whites, Standnrila and othor
makes, all In excellent condition, at prices and torms
that aro right. Wo ropalr All makos of machines and
aro export in our lino. Whon buying a towing ma
chine buy from avowing machine company,
Sewing Lessons Free
SINGER SEWING MACHINE COMPANY ft
I ll4Nj8thKiamath Falls-Phone 828 J