STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN!
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All people who are interested in
the future of the growing of forest
in the counties of Harnett, MoOre and
Lee come to Lillington on the second
day of January, 1922, and hear the
discussion on the subject of forest
protection, etc. We are right on the
apex of a national forest asset and
forest liability; which step do readers
of this paper intend to take. Either
step you take a picture awaits you:—
one is that of nature beauty, a forest
of evergreen in full uniform; the other
is that of the broken and charred
members of young forest trees which,
with some protection, in after years
might have been giants. A picture
of the trees in No-Mans-Land would
be a comparison of the sight which
would meet your view. The report
compiled by the United States Forest
Service and other sources estimates
that with the beginning of the up
ward trend of the large population of
human souls in this country was the
beginning point of the downward
trend of the national timber supply,
or the growth of young timber. It
is estimated in DOLLARS that $20,-
000,000 worth of timber goes up in
smoke in the United States annually.
^When one stops to reason this matter
it seems unbelievable, but such is
true of the state of the forest supply.
In plain United States language we
are trifling with our industrial under
pinning. Without timber or wood
products,- in time of war we wotild be
at the mercy of an enemy. In time of
war or peace we would be at the mercy
of climatic conditions.
Since everybody needs wood or its
product we need to organize to pro
tect what we have, and to further
plans to grow it on our idle lands. It
is a problem not easily soh'ed, and
what we need to help solve it is co
operation by our governments of the
Nation, State, County and Township:
then last, but not least, the individuals
who live in this country of ours. No
chain is stronger than the weakest
link, so without co-operation of us all
we cannot stop forest fires. If our
neighbor does not co-operate with us
we cannot succeed in this problem; if
our neighboring counties do not co
operate we cannot succeed along the
county lines.
Without co-operation we might just
as well throw our energy, good-will
and money to the waves of the air as
to try this. If one would just stop
to think how fast the timber supply is
vanishing we would be able to bring
things to light so that we might take
a broader view of the matter. We
must begin right now to protect what
timber supply we have, or something
will have the supply by the throat,
with a down-hill pull. The first step
is to stop forest fires, protect what we
already have, and the problem of re
foresting will take care of itself.
It is estimated that the timber large
enough for manufacturing at present
time, together with what will make
growth for the next few years, will
last the nation’s needs for sixty years.
With some protection, beginning right
now, it will last forty years to fifty
years longer, and with the right at
tention given to reforesting an indefi
nite period will be the answer to it.
Let’s not forget the date of this
county and country-wide meeting on
the second day of January at Lilling
ton. Come one and all. Some inter
esting speakkers on the subject will
be heard, among them Mr. G. C. Bac-
l^us of Asheville, national forest in
spector; Mr. W. D. Clark, state forest
fire warden of this state; Mr. M. A.
Wicker, chief of fire department at
Pinehurst, and others who have ex
perienced* no little work along this
line.
West Harnett Forest
Protective Association,
W. H. Johnson, Secretary.
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