Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1929, Page 21

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. JUNE 16, 1929 PART PRES"]EN'I’ '"]RNS | I —n———0——=J0E=—=IO0E==THE STORE FOR. THRIFTY PEOPLEEJWEEE—E—EE—: T0 SAVING FORESTS Forming of Fact - Finding Commission Like That on 0il Considered. ‘BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Maving tackled oil, President Hoover eontemplates early action with regard to forestry as the next step in his program for conservation of natural re- sources. Preliminary though is being iven to the formation of a fact-find. commission, similar to the one which has just been looking into the Western ofl situation. The situation with which President Hoover desires to come to grips is the steady and | alarming depletion of American forests. | ‘These are vanishing at a rate, accord- ing to the Nation's foremost timber authorities, which spells certain and relatively early economic disaster un- less drastically checked. Mr. Hoover considers ‘“‘constructive” action by the Government to that end to be one of Tne most urgent tasks confronting him. Shortly after his inauguration the . President had a protracted conference " with former Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania. Their confab was an! event in itself, for the one-time chief forester of the United States and Mr. Hoover have not ranked as political friends during the past 10 years. On the eve of departure for hic South Sea | Islands expedition, Pinchot visited the, White House to discuss the forestry crisis. Whether the interview was sought by the Pennsylvanian, or in- stigated by the President, is not def- initely known. They not only went over the American situation, but can- vassed the project for a world forestry congress, which is in process of ar- rangement. Forests Are Disappearing. Gov. Pinchot told Mr. Hoover that American forests are disappearing at 2 | pace which involves most serious dan- | ger to the future prosperity of the! country, and declared that “little | | i i e | HARRY KAUFMAN [ S . Satin, M ed Char: 79¢ Your INC. Qoliiaieps. - | B Seeicd Qurmn b $1 EEEE—:G:———EJEE—E:” = Regular—Extra—Jumbo Sizes o Orchid and White. Ot} i Silk Slips, Gowns, Chemise, Pauties, Step-ins, Charge Parking Space Pongesiand Whife Lingerie Cloth” Fench Panties, Bloomers and Short Bloom- 4 . gee 2 e : ers. White and pastel shades. Pertect Ac‘”’“"‘ 1316 .l 26 se th st Near This Plain tailored and lace trimmed; quality. Solicited { ven o Store Kaufman's—Second Floor Kanfman's—First and Second Floors The Greatest Sale in Our History! We Have Taken Over the Entire Stock of Bert’s Fashion Shop Located at 800 7th Street Northwest To Go On Sale at 25% to 359% Below Regular Prices Bert's Fashion Shop has enjoyed the reputation of carrying only the very newest, smartest and most desirable styles in Women'’s High-Grade Fashion-Right Wearing Apparel, Millinery and Hosiery. This, together with special purchases and our own stock, will go on sale tomorrow—best values we have ever offered. Surprises galore await you, not only tomorrow, but every day during this tremendous sale. Many Extraordinary Values Offered » The Season’s Newer Millinery In This Group at Summer’s Newest Dresses 57 .66 Three Surprising Groups v $5.95 to $7.95 Values $9.95 to $12.50 Values $12.95 to $16.50 Values SOld Regularly $ $ $ » at $2.95 Ay ) Felts, stitched silks, fancy y straw braids, imitation hair and many others are offered for your choosing. Large and small hats, turn-up, slashed brims, tight fit- ting and many others, for miss and 31-4‘9 Straw $2 New matron. Every wanted color that Braid Hats, Felt Hats, will blend with your Summer en- _ Nomatter what you may have on hand for tomorrow morning, put at 66¢c at $1.33 demblert oty e it aside and attend this marvelous sale of Summer’s Newest Dresses— the surprises that await you there will certainly make it worth your while. In these groups of smart dresses, you Il find a dress for every $1 50 Full FaShloned Sllk Hose need and every occasion. Be Wise and Buy a Season’s Supply at This Price Included in this assortment of the dainty Picot Top Chiffon Hose, Clever styles of plain crepe de chine, flat crepe, floWered [ i an s e o o ot 7 9 nothing that counts is being doue about it.” Just before the close of the Seventieth Congress, Genator Arthur Capper, Re- publican, of Kansas, secured Senate Rssent fo the issuance as a public | document of ‘Deforested America,” a concise and authentic statement of the present forest situation in the United States. The aurhor of the statement is Maj. George P. Ahern, U. S. A, re- tired, who until the outbreak of the ‘World War was chief of the Philippine Forest Service, which he organized in 1900. During the war, Maj. Ahern was secretary of the Army War College. Few Americans know forestry, either at home oreabroad. o thoroughly as this veteran of our Indian wars. 3 “What are the salient facts in America's forest situation?” this writer | asked Maj. Ahern. “Just these,’ hz rcplied. “That the forests of the United 3t are being systematically scly strip) on a scale which (in the words of Fo ester Greeley) ‘overnight could threa en the country with the suddenness of an econcmic crisis’ I have no hesita- tion in saying that saving our forests | and the fumbcr ndustry dependent upon them is more important and than Mississippi while every bit as urgent. Out of 822 000,000 acres of virgin for- est only about one-eighth remains. Half of that remainder, roughly speaking, 15 held the Government and is safe from devastation. The rest is being cut and burned with terrible speed. There is nowhere in the world anything like a sufficient supply of the kinds of timber we use to take the place of what we are deliberately destroying. Forest Devastation Story. “In ‘Deforested America’ I have set down a plain tele of facts. It is & moving story of forest devastation, abandoned towns, and the closing down of hundreds of wood-using industries as the centers of lumber production #hift from the Northeast to the Lake States, to the South, and finally to the last stand in the Pacific Northwest. The facts tell of the continued and rapid disappearance of our remaining privately owned forests, on which we rely toda} for 97 per cent of our wood needs.” “Where lies the basic cause of thls state of affairs?” Maj. Ahern was in- | vited to explain. “The root of our troubles,” he said, i 3 ieca) i Shown in every wanted shade for Summer wear, as georgette and printed silks in the most sought-after and \ell as plenty of white. Slight irregulars of a regi- wofar $1.50 nationally advertised brand, at ... wanted designs and colorings, as well as many daring com- binations. Smart sleeveless, short sleeve and sun-tan back sl Seco Silk.and.Rayon Hos'e models, others with sleeves. All sizes up to 44. Pure Silk and Silk-and-rayon mixed, with - - pointed or square heels, reinforced at wearing Modelsithat are popular just now, one and two, picce’, painte. Theicolor assartmentsinctudes all e C . . newer suntan shades as well as white. Slight effect bertha and cape collars, ruffles, plaits, shirred and jiregulars, at smocked styles, of crepe de chine, flat crepe, flowered and printed georgette and silk, chiffon, etc. Hemstitching, fagoting, ties and other novel trims. Popular sleeveless * An Opportunity to Buy Your Coat at and short-sleeve styles. Party Dresses are also included. . Sizes to 4. Most Remarkable Savings! Many are the styles that are represented in this assort- : : slo & 312 New Spl'ing Coats ment, straight lines, draped and flowered effects, tucked, . This assortment embraces Spring and late Sum- mer models, which will come in for the vacation trip whether it ‘be to the seashore, mountains or country. “is to be found in destructive logging practice, unregulated slash, and the ac- companying annihilating forest fire. You ask why all this? Mainly because a depressed Jumber industry seeking cheaper production adopts still higher speed in its operations and in its effort to ward off the threatening banker. As a forest expert in the State of Wash- ington, Prof. B. P. Kirkland puts it: “The lumber industry is almost de- liberately destroying its own prosperity by a frenzied rush toward liquidation of the remaining timber holdings. On top of all this, the forest fire situation | grows steadily worse. We hear much | of attempts at fire control, but the | public doesn’t know that the bulk of protection is for standing merchantable | timber, and equipment, and not for | cut-over land, our main reliance for | future forest cr “In 1919 the annual drain on our, forest resources was estimated at four | times the annual growth. If fhe esti- mate in 1919 even approximated the eorrect, figure, this figure for today is much 100 small in the face of the rapid and continued depletion of capital stock. It is gratifying to hear that President Hoover is thoroughly alive to the situation and considering con- structive steps for meeting it. As a Californian, he doubtless knows that his ewn State annually consumes more lumber than it produces. Even our greatest Jumber States are beginning o import more and more wood to meet their own needs. In the not distant future even the Pacific Comst States, once profitable exporters of lumber, will :"- required to retain their full produc- on.” plaited and belted models, uneven hemlines and other de- c.x(_lcdl_v smart features. Rich soft lustrous, slll\:s, in [zl‘am ettt it i athermas tailored and dressy effects. Clever and new trims. Sizes terials well tailored and finished. Popular colors. to 44 5 Sizes to 46. AR T R ‘\\\\ \ i I ; P.K. Ensembles, 31 69 33 Rayon Taffet Tn this group Sl ndiEhe eren B H grade coats of twills, mixtures, silks, broad- chic new styles , check: Cloths, ete. Plain colors and fancy effects many with fur trimmings, some with the popular monkey fur. Good serviceable silk $2 Silk P°"l°l¢ Blouse 31 59 $8 White Flnr?nel Coats, 54.98 g 0 linmgs;” ‘Sisesrup/to 46:%. the newer late models TN 39c, 490 and 596 With Co:n"fl::t S;n:ull?W;:Thuc Summer Wash Fabrics | A Rousing Sale of Floor Coverlngs You Cannot Arch-Support Shoes . 9 | Afford to Overlook— Great Savings! ~' $D.87 pui ranted Fast 9x12-Ft. Perfect s 8x10-Ft. or 9x12-Ft | Values Worth $4 and $4.50 Pair Inches “Forest Crisis” Approath. Wid Maj. Ahern evidently believes that e President Hoover’s fact-finding program is the altogether proper way of ap- proaching the “forest crisis” and com- bating it before it's too late. “In my Judgment,” Maj. Ahern explains, “the | procedure for the Government would be to call together all the persons most concerned, including the tax assessor, the forester, the lumberman, the legis- Iator and the budget director, lay the facts on the table and direct them to work out & solution. We could do worse than study and emulate the smooth working national forest program of a country like Sweden, Forest conserva- tion has never succeeded in any coun- try until the strong arm of the gov- ernment was used. “No matter how much private forest interests may be inclined to howl, a real crisis 1s here which demands an aggres- sive Federal attitude and such legislation s may be necessary to compel certain operators to do what good sense and the public interest should long ago have im- pelled them to do. As a soldler, I am thinking of national defense require- ments when I mention the public in- terest. Qur next great emergency will call for imediate supply of billions of feet of special woods, such as oak, hick- ory, ash and walnut.” (Copyright, 1929.) ‘We can recommend these shoes most highly to f : i Felt-Base Rugs w— Imported Grass Rugs BF i e o duticr. requiresthenaibe o0 There's a material for every need in this 8 e o their feet hours at a time. They are built along assortment and you cannot afford not to.own Gold Seal Congoleum, s f $4.95 to s3 7 N scientific lines that permit one to be right to the several o re cotton frocks this Summer. rong’s X minute in style, with plenty of comfort and ease. several or mo y s Summer Armstrong .97 5 $6.95 ot oot s Look at this variety which includes plenty Certainteed i Values kid and patent leather of the DOTS. At this price our Floor Covering Department [} T, ) Take advantage of this sale and secure the new \| in several smart models. . . o . o should be crowded, for such values as these are Y N Sizes 3 to 9 idths Printed Chiffon Voile Printed Gabardines seldom offered. Every rug perfect and guaran- . 7 Tugs for home or cottage use. Rose, blue, brown N St io F;';i width 0 2 - teed to wear satisfactorily. Beautiful designs and and green designs, all with tape bound edges in Printed Batiste Printed Sport Cloth b+t oy colorings to match those in design. Kautman's—First Fioor P:r?:::dll)’ii::l::' s s:;fi/ocnl:.lh how Oy . . $16.50 Heavy Bozart Continental Screens = e ' Felt-Base Rugs All Fibre Rugs For Doors - Second Floor Sale 33C 8. yd' 32.99 lezl $9“.894 ¢ ;2‘49 A Hot Weather Tip! Sold as irregulars, but we have . ) . o . INF AN I S’ WE AR found no serious faults that would Just 30. Perfect quality, choice Room Size Men’s 69¢ Athletic Union Suits affect wear. New designs. Please of blue, green or rose carpet de- They will not last long at this Good heavy-grade doors, with bring room measurements, Altrlu for rooms or porches, Come gflC&—lhfl'd" in an ll":;l:l'o";"' of maple frame and galvanized wire: = ; - Children’s At Record Low Prices $4 Sandura eaxly. andsome designs and size 3078 inches. c i £ -B $2.50 I rted 39c Washable . USuits § g.i, shirts, 5 for o bl LD Matting Rugs Rag Rugs For Windows Three for $1.25 Baby Dresses, 2 for heavy and guaranteed 6 1t.x6 ft. 8 1 18x36 heavy grade, in 18233 w 3 y 3 3 at 29c =44 = perfect—blue and §€) 44 in nve attractive ort: $1.69 ety hit-and-miss de- walnit, \staifed " Feams Fine grade 72x80 checked nainsook, an l;bl'nr Crib Sheets, white p..m, me de- '-nul dul(m for city signs with plain color c And b wln mv- c | exceptionally well made and tailored garment ., g, - wit or Summer home use. borders that’s full cut with yoke collar and bound o Also the Following Super-Values in the Bargam “Basement el ™ i New Crib Pads, 4 for Men’s Rayen . Right-cup Pcnol-un. good qual- Oilcloth Table Covers, 45-inch e, 2 4o Dehind old_ paneling Muslia’ Sheste; 3 far Window Shades 1y samiman e, 29c New Cretonnes e o A 3 Union Suits Wash Ties, 35¢ Secends o Soe ®c Values s 74c Summer's newest 3 for $1 Epping Forest, England, a pair of scis- Lawn Caps, 2 for Opaque modernistic a-um and \ s] = s Metloved %o be 300 years ol were Pillow Slips, § for oS g colorings — choose your Double Imported XEnglish recently found. They were covered with o g seod pring _rollers; C _ Turkieh Towels, slight ir- 25 Summer drapes tomor- c : 50 N ink, etc., | prints, beautiful- pat- fllll but, when this was removed it was Prints. sleeve- ook Slips, 5 for ‘White, green and ecru. Tegulars of 50¢ to 69c values. #PC TOW .....eeeeeceeseens to be hemmed.....0euuees ' ““‘m‘" full-cut | terns;’ guaranteed ~ fast B th: oy had becn made I the e Kaufman's—Second Floor gl BoeSe 5% color. seventeenth century. They have been { T — placed in the Guildhall Museum in Jondon. 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