Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1891 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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Save the Forests.- Under thia heading the Jfec/tan ico. 1 World truly observes that it is not only the timber supply that is endangered, but the regulation of the water supply, the navigability of rivers, and the conditions of soil and climate necessary for successful tillage are also very seriously involved. It has been shown, beyond the possibility of dispute, that the cutting away of he forests in a mountainous region subjects he country below to greater extremes of heat and cold, to alternate droughts and floods, to loss of arable land, and to in erference with commerce by obstruction of the streams. Europe has afforded numerous examplea of this desolating pro-ess, especially in the country adjacent to the French Alps; and enough has already been observed in America to show that there can be no question as to the actual effect of this wholesale clearing of large areas, and especially of timber slopes. The destruction of the Adirondack forests has been vigorously carried on for some time, and its disastrous effects are plainly visible. The rivers flowing from that region fall to a lower and rise to a higher stage than formerly, the 5 soil in which they have their source no : longer acting as a reservoir, and by its constant humidity equalizing the supply. Already an increased deposit of Sediment is observed in the upper Hudson and its tributaries, and it is predicted that the navigation of that great river will be so far impaired, unless preventive measures are soon enforced, as to injure to a great extent the oommerce along its banka.