Lumber Industry Su$$ests "Controlled Productioll"

Memorial to President, President-Elect and Congress Declares Authority to Control Production of Forest Products Necessary to-Conserve and Perpetuation of the Forests-Point Made That Neither Coal Nor Oil Are Re' newable Resources, but That Timber supply can be Made Perpetual with Governmental Co-OPeration.

Washington, Jan. 3.-Another natural resource industry has "opeai.d to'Congress for legislative assistance in conr"i"itig its material. "Wiltott Coirpton, Secretary and Man"g"t o?th. National Lumber Manufacturers Association todiv addressed letters to President Coolidge, FresidentElect Hoover, Cabinet Members and members of the present and next Congress pointing to control of lumber production as a necessaty itep in -industrial reforestation and perpetual timber Production. - fn. resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Association, referring to the proposals for -controlled orduction of oil and coal is meritorioui, explain that whereas neither oil nor coal once removed can be replaced, the timber supply can be made perpetual through reforestation, and'thit the American people are entitled to assur"ttce'of such perpetual supply. Because "wasteful overproduction "ttd "ott"qu"ttt fo* prices of standing timber" it is implied, fto- inilility tn regulate producti.* ""a1t the law, present governmental policy contributes to deforestation.

The resolutions point out that the United States government is the largest individual owner of standing timber; lil1-1;* prices ?esulting from over-production, reduce the iii"r"r #tti"t the govinment could obtain from its for.rit, i["t reforestati-on can be accomplished 9n-lr through the ieadership of the Federal government and the co-op€ration of state- governments, ant that controlled production is desirable to that end.

The resolutions follow:

WHEREAS, the public press reports that the oil and coal industries, throdgh their respeCtive rep-re.sentative organizations, are calling attention to the pubhc rnterest.ln Ihe basic commodities on which their respectlve lndustrles are built, and are seeking legislation from the Federal ancl State governments, perrn'itting- control of productiot]; "19:

WH-EREAS, we recognize the reason for permtsslon Jor controlled production of the products of these industrres' U".""." .t'the public interest arising from the fact that ".itft.t .iL nor cioal, when once removed, can be replaced; and, ---frgBnBAS, the lumber industry, dealing also.with a natural product, has an even greater reason lor legtslatlon of this character because,

First, the United States government is the largest individual owner of standing timber;

Second, wasteful over-production and consequent low prices of standing timber reduce the return which the Government can obt"in from its standing timber;

Third, unlike coal and oil, standing timber can be replaced, but such replacement, commonly referred to as^reforestation, can be accomplished only through the leadership, co-operation and aCtion of the Federal Government'and the co-operation and action of State Governments;

Fourth, because the American people are entitled at this time to an assurance of a perpetual supply gN yogd for the uses to which it is besl suited and to which the country has grown accustomed;

Fifth, it is possible for Government and State leadership and cooperation to bring about such perpetual production;

THEREFORE, BE IT

nnSOf-VnD: First, that the National Lumber Manuf";;;; Association recognizes the merit in. the request of i["-,ii ""a coal industries- for legal permission and assist"n.r i" bringing about controlled pioduction of their respective industries:

Be It Furthfr

RBSOI-VBD: First, that the National Lumber Manui..1lt.tt essociation ricogni'es the merit. in- the request of ih;-;ii;"J coal industries" for legal permission and assist"i"" l"--fiinging about controlled pioduction of their respective industries;

Be It Further

nBs-o-w-BDlThatbecauseeveryreasonwhichexistsf.;-;;it;iJ production as to oil and coal exists'.also'- as ir-f"--U.i ""d, in addition, many other--reasons exist' that "rrv t.sittation enacted to permit controlled production' unili ;;il;;:;i;ilil;t ot Jitt'"' oil or.aoar' or both' should ui*'p.itttit con"trolled production of lumber' ndSOI-VBD, thai copies of this resolution be sent to the pr.r-iJ*t "iit. united States, the President-Elect, the h;;a. of the departments of the United States Govern*-*i""a to each^member and member-elect of the Seventyfirst Congress.