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... annually for renewals ; they run over more than 2000 miles of wooden trestles and bridges , they carry their passengers and freight in over 1,000,000 wooden cars , and much of the millions of tons of freight is shipped in wooden boxes ...
... annually for renewals ; they run over more than 2000 miles of wooden trestles and bridges , they carry their passengers and freight in over 1,000,000 wooden cars , and much of the millions of tons of freight is shipped in wooden boxes ...
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... annual product of at least 50 acres of forest . The reasons for this universal and varied appli- cation of wood may be found in several directions . In the first place , the general occurrence of forest growth and the ease with which ...
... annual product of at least 50 acres of forest . The reasons for this universal and varied appli- cation of wood may be found in several directions . In the first place , the general occurrence of forest growth and the ease with which ...
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... . Thus 1,500,000 cords of tan bark worth about $ 10,000,000 , which we use annually , entailed for- merly a sacrifice of nearly 1000 feet of lumber per cord of bark ; of this now probably the larger 28 ECONOMICS OF FORESTRY .
... . Thus 1,500,000 cords of tan bark worth about $ 10,000,000 , which we use annually , entailed for- merly a sacrifice of nearly 1000 feet of lumber per cord of bark ; of this now probably the larger 28 ECONOMICS OF FORESTRY .
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... annually . Finally , by distillation of the wood itself and condensing of the gaseous products , considerable amounts ... annual revenue furnished by our forest resource . In addition to these materials , which come from the tree growth ...
... annually . Finally , by distillation of the wood itself and condensing of the gaseous products , considerable amounts ... annual revenue furnished by our forest resource . In addition to these materials , which come from the tree growth ...
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... annual income of $ 22,500 , showing that even the revenues derived from the minor products of the forest may attain a considerable economic signifi- cance . What relative position from the standpoint of wealth production the forest ...
... annual income of $ 22,500 , showing that even the revenues derived from the minor products of the forest may attain a considerable economic signifi- cance . What relative position from the standpoint of wealth production the forest ...
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Page 406 - For the purpose of preserving the living and growing timber and promoting the younger growth on forest reservations, the Secretary of the Interior, under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe, may cause to be designated and appraised so much of the dead, matured, or large growth of trees found on such forest reservations as may be compatible with the proper utilization of the forests...
Page 406 - No public forest reservation shall be established, except to improve and protect the forest within the reservation, or for the purpose of securing favorable conditions of water flows, and to furnish a continuous supply of timber for the use and necessities of citizens of the United States...
Page 406 - All public lands heretofore designated and reserved by the President of the United States under the provisions of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, the orders for which shall be and remain in full force and effect, unsuspended and unrevoked, and all public lands that may hereafter be set aside and reserved as public forest reserves under said act, shall be as far as practicable...
Page 408 - Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the President, after sixty days' notice thereof, published in two papers of general circulation in the State or Territory wherein any forest reservation is situated, and near the said reservation, any public lands embraced within...
Page 389 - The lands of the State, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed.
Page 406 - ... as may be compatible with the utilization of the forests thereon, and may sell the same for not less than the appraised value in such quantities to each purchaser as he shall preseribe, to be used in the State or Territory in which such timber reservation may be situated, respectively, but not for export therefrom.
Page 395 - The general assembly shall enact laws in order to prevent the destruction of, and to keep in good preservation, the forests upon the lands of the state, or upon lands of the public domain, the control of which shall be conferred by congress upon the state.
Page 408 - any mineral lands in any forest reservation which have been or which may be shown to be such, and subject to entry under the existing mining laws of the United States and the rules and regulations applying thereto, shall continue to be subject to such location and entry," notwithstanding the reservation.
Page 388 - The forest commission shall: 1. Have the care, custody, control and superintendence of the forest preserve. 2. Maintain and protect the forests in the forest preserve and promote as far as practicable the further growth of the forest therein.
Page 402 - An act to repeal timber- culture laws, and for other purposes," "That the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public...