. Conservation. Forests and forestry. ^Mffi). Vol. XIV FEBRUARY, 1908 No. 2 C3C CJ5 EDITORIAL _ . , Despite the havoc which Ostriches vs. 1 u • Wise Men "^^ "^^" wrought m the United States by the wreck of our forests, there is less rea- son for alarm concerning the future than some people fear. There are new ways of doing things. With the use of steel and cement a great deal of the necessity for wood as a build- ing material is disappearing. There is strong ground for hope that the dearth of timber in the United States in 1925 will not be as dire as some writers fear.—
. Conservation. Forests and forestry. ^Mffi). Vol. XIV FEBRUARY, 1908 No. 2 C3C CJ5 EDITORIAL _ . , Despite the havoc which Ostriches vs. 1 u • Wise Men "^^ "^^" wrought m the United States by the wreck of our forests, there is less rea- son for alarm concerning the future than some people fear. There are new ways of doing things. With the use of steel and cement a great deal of the necessity for wood as a build- ing material is disappearing. There is strong ground for hope that the dearth of timber in the United States in 1925 will not be as dire as some writers fear.—Milwaukee Wisconsin. This is the kind of writing that does mischief. It blindfolds the eyes to the facts, and lulls to sleep with base- less assurances. It fittingly typifies the ostrich which, by hiding its head in the sand and thus shutting ofif from its own view all danger, assumes that danger does not exist. Look at a few facts. Here is a Forest Service bulletin: "The Dram Upon the Forests," dated ^lovember 30, 1907. Speaking on this very ques- tion of substitutes, it says: "The many substitutes for wood that have been proposed, and to some extent used, have not lessened the demand for tim- ber, as is shown by the fact that the per capita consumption was 360 board feet in 1880 and 440 feet in ; How, pray, in the face of such facts, are substitutes to solve the problem? Take the case of cross-ties alone. Of these we use one hundred millions annually. To maintain each one of these ties in the track we must keep two trees growing in the forest. Substitutes have been tried here. In this country, at least, they have sig- nally failed. At the American Forest Congress of 1905, Gen. Charles F. Manderson, general solicitor of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail- road, discussing this point, said: "As yet no substitute has been de- vised for wood ties that is either eco- nomical or desirable. They maintain the alignment of the railroad tracks,
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