NATURE—AND MAN.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19900, 1 June 1936, Page 2

NATURE—AND MAN.

cALL FOR FOREST SURVEY. HON. F, LANGTONE‘S CHANCE. (By Leo Fanning.) Recently the lion. I’. Langstone, Minister of Land-s and Forestry, gave (mod news to the people of \V'hangarei that. an area or the ’i‘angihua :‘iatc Forest for which tenders had been called for milling purposes, had been withdrawn from sale. lie mentioned that one sawmill was operating in an “area confined to a valley. embracing part of the foothills.“ That is the kind of denudation—the valleys of rough country—which has been the cause of very extensive damage in Kuuriland and other districts. The Minister will do a national service. of immeasurable value, it he will arrange for an accurate. trustworthy survey of forested watersheds. so that disastrous mistakes of the past can be avoided. Indeed. some of the basic principles of the Government‘s policy put a dcflnite obligation on the authorities to undertake that necessary surrey as soon as possible. Mr Jay N. Darling's Wisdom. Mr J. .\'.. Darling, popularly known as “Ding“ Darling, the famous car—toonist, who was formerly Director of the United states llioloslcai Survey, 15 going ahead with his vigorous cam—paign i'or sane conservation of natural resources. ilere are some of his wise sayings twiliuh ran apply as as well to .\'e\\' Zeuiand and Australia as to America “it Nature‘s pantry had been wisely guarded the rt-iiei' rolls would have been a traction of their present astonishing magnitude.“ “Um: great advantage of Nature‘s factories over man‘s industries is that they do not close donn in times 01' panic.“ , "We can lay no claim to the title of 'ronsrrvationists,‘ or even Yankee in—-telligent-,0, if in trading off our en< dowmrnt or natural resources we malm a bad bargain." ‘ "’l'ilc i'orrrs of wildlife conservation are as helpless mid im‘t‘t'rclivr as the ‘i‘ltilitltliilll army, di\idrd into a thou—'s:md tribal units." ‘ "Let the people rule, and ii‘ the lmiiiirnl jolt—hunters outnumber you and roniinuc to barter away your birthright. it “ill be lit) our's fault but _\our own." i ......_______.._