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IIALLICI 1. V w, lyjEfllSBEHJG RAPiDLY USED UP State Policy of Reforestation and Conservation Yearly :"t v. ; Needed Service ' ef SUU Economic lit. H- A. Carroll, of Sural Hall, K. C, has recently bee assisting th Geological and Economic 8urrey im ee earing Information at to the changes U the Ripply ef timber required by the different wood-Ming industries of tht 8tate. Tito object of the Surrey In conducting this study is to revise the report of these indostries, (Economic Paper No. SO), which was published some tea years ago. Although ao figures have yet been compiled, Mr. Carroll here gives soma interesting conclusions of his owa. ' ' ' According to staiemsnts from the great , Majority of owners of these industries, their greatest need at present and in the future is a supply of suitable timber to be ased in their plants. For example, i practically all of the owners of the in dostries visited, stated that the quality of their supply was not nearly so good as it was tea years sgo, and that they were hsving to go further for what supply they did get. One lending fur niture manufacturer in the central pert of the 8Ute ssid: Tbs qntljty of grades has keen lowered and will eon tin' to be lowered. My production i off 60 per cent beeanss of scarcity of timber supply and labor." One third of the 1(55 industries giv ing reports state that the -available sup ply will be esbausted in 10 to 19 years. Most of the others made no statement concerning future supply,, but are evi dently trusting the Btate to adopt a policy of reforestation and conservaios which will meet their needs. Concerning price, several manufac turers from the east, sentral and western parts of the State say that ths cost of the lumber - supply has more than doubled during the psst ten years. The following is a statement from a Urge furniture manufacturer in the Piedmont section: -"Supply is getting scarcer and price is Ave time what it was are years ago. The quality of lumber which we got then at $30 per M was much better than what we now got at (150 per M." Another furniture man from a mountain city writesi "Lumber ws paid $40 for in Msy, 1919, we paid 2S for in May, 1920." And so the story goes clearly shpwing that as ths years psss, even , common grade lumber is becoming so scares in most places that ths price is advsaeing by leaps snd bounds. The matter of supply is coming to be a grave problem in many sections of the State. The following statement from one of the largest lumbermen of Eastern Carolina is representative of the opinion of many manufacturers: "Our business is bsiag out short because of short supply. Ws oaee used seven mil lion feet or more per yesr, but now our consumption is loss than four million feet. We aoed reforestation and stock law." Another manufacturer in ths earns county makes a statemeatalmost identical to that above.' So after long experience in the .planing mill business, these men realise the problem that con fronts them in the dimiaution of sup ply, and all of them are anxious to see the State take some setioa that will in sure the future of her wood-using in dustries. , , .. . .'I ) A doses or mors of, the owners of these plants have pledged their sup port to any forward-looking legislation for reforestation and conservation. However, most' of these men contend, and I think justly so, that ths State should taka the lead ia this matter. Be cause after all the whole population of the State is dependent to a greater or less degree upon our forests and forest products. It is estimated that at' least 35.000 people in North Carolina are em ployed in the wood-using industries, and that their annual product Is valued at 140,000,000. It is clearly evident, there fore, that this industry, which is ths second largest la our State, should not be sacrificed when it can so easily be saved to serve our State and people. The remedy as already suggested is to be found in the adoption ef a policy of conservation and reforests tics ' by our Bute Legislature. This policy should carry with it ample appropria tion for its enforcement and expassioa. -. As has previously been suggested, there should be school of forestry or ganised and well supported at our State University. This school and ether State supported agencies should have as one of their primary objects the enlighten ment and education of ear rural popula tion la matters ef conservation snd re forestation. Much of the waste in ear forest resources has beea due simply to the ignorance of. oar people on this all important subject. 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