HUMANE KILLING.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 247, 18 October 1926, Page 16

HUMANE KILLING.

■To tile Editor.i Sir.—After reading the brazen admission of barbarous and wanton cruelty, in your issue of the loth inst., by a person signing himself "Human,'' it is comforting to think that at long last an active society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is being formed in Auckland. Let us hope that the writer of this appalling letter is not a true j .-ample of the average Xew Zealand [ farmer.—l am. etc., " CIVILISED. j CANADIAN CEDAR. \ I '.To the Editor.) I Sir,—Further to your article in. Thursday's issue, it is just, as well to ; put the country's side of the question; against those who wish to pu-h the sale uf this timber to the detriment of our j own industry. The statement by one i Auckland builder that its chief virtue | was that it dried out quickly, is sure i proof of the spongy nature of the timber | and in that respect it cannot lie compared I to our 0.8. lines, which for density uf ! grain and utility, cannot be equalled, i We all know that <>.LJ. timbers properly j seasoned and handled have been used since the very earliest days in this i country for weatherboards. Their life i is equal to the full extent of tiie utility period of any home, and the price is | 30 per cent less than the heart line>. The statement that heart matai and heart rimu weatherboards are difficult to secure is all nonsense, as there are sulfirient supplies, and all order-: could be fulfilled if they were only placed. Then again, these two timbers in the heart ] lines are hardwoods, and the very fact ; that they take lon ire r to season than imported American r-oftwoods surely ■ proves their superior quality and durability. In reference to the borer attacking the cedar, this ui.t only pui" trates the sap-wood, but there is plenty of proof that it attacks the in art wood as well, so that there is in argument that it directs its efforts in one direction only. It is regrettable that instead of the forward movement which we hoped i would take place in utilisation of our forests by the establishment of the State Forest Service, that the timber ! industry should be in the precarious con- i dition that it finds itself to-day. It , only requires simple figuring to show j that at the very least £30011 per week is lost in wages to our own people besides the great loss in railway revenue. 1 and instead of this money being kept in the country and circulating amongst i ourselves, it goes clea out of our: hands to America. The State Forest , Service was going to teach us the j "Utilisation of our Forest Products"— they have failed to educate the public in the utmost utilisation of our timbers. which propaganda they should have carried on with the Government, the j public, and all local bodies—they' have failed to stand behind tho milling industry of this country, which was their | first duty—but they have succeeded in j telling people to grow pinus inshignis «or the wonderful future.—l am. etc", TIMBER MERCHANT"! j