AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION ENDORSED 



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At the same time, the Appalachian 

 District and the South Atlantic Slope 

 experienced a prolonged period of per- 

 sistent rainfall, making operations in the 

 woods difficult and at times impossible, 

 as well as making the hauling of lumber 

 that was sawed back in the woods im- 

 possible because of bad roads. Thus, 

 cutting down the production of North 

 Carolina and South Carolina Pine, Ap- 

 palachian White Pine and Hardwoods. 



Canadian mills are reported also to 

 have had greater difficulty than usual in 

 getting in their logs and thereby reduc- 

 ing the output of Canadian lumber. 



The reduced demand for Tan-bark 

 because of former overproduction and 

 the Tanning industry affected also by 

 the uses of Tannic Acid produced from 

 substitutes for Bark, has resulted in a 

 reduced cut of Hemlock, inasmuch as 



the mills cannot afford to cut Hemlock 

 timber if there is no sale for the Bark. 



On the other hand, the demand 

 caused by increased activities in wood 

 consuming plants, and especially by the 

 railroads, in making extensions and in 

 a renewed activity in car-building, has 

 added value to the product of the 

 Forest. 



Supply and Demand establish the 

 prices of lumber. If the supply is pro- 

 fuse and the demand light the prices 

 fall low and no man or set of men can 

 raise them ; competition is mighty keen 

 on a falling market. If the supply is 

 curtailed and the demand is heavy the 

 prices will advance and no legislation 

 can change this fact, except destructive 

 legislation aimed to destroy industries 

 in general and to wreck commerce. 



AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION ENDORSED 



'T the very successful convention 

 of the Canadian Forestry Asso- 

 ciation in Victoria, B. C, early in 

 September, at which the American For- 

 estry Association was represented by 

 E. T. Allen, of Portland, Ore., the 

 widely known forester of the Western 

 Forestry and Conservation Association, 

 the following were among the resolu- 

 tions passed : 



"Believing that actual working co- 

 operation between public and private 

 forest management is essential to mu- 

 tual understanding and complete suc- 

 cess, we urge upon Canadian lumber- 

 men the study and emulation of the 

 lumber owners' co-operative fire asso- 

 ciations of the Pacific Northwest, which 

 are proving of great value not only in 

 their own fire control but also in bring- 

 ing about closer and better relations 

 between all agencies engaged in forest 

 preservation. 



"Whereas, the proper disposal of 

 debris resulting from lumbering oper- 

 ations is essential to the effective pro- 

 tection of forests from fire; resolved, 

 that the association urges upon the Do- 

 minion and Provincial governments the 



advisability as soon as practically pos- 

 sible of adopting measures to this end. 



"Resolved, this Canadian Forestry 

 Association is of opinion that it is in 

 the public interest that squatting or 

 settlement should not be allowed on 

 lands that are chiefly valuable for their 

 timber, and that all non-agricultural 

 lands should be reserved permanently 

 for timber production. 



"Recognizing our common bond and 

 common aims, we desire to testify to 

 the achievements and practical assist- 

 ance to the forest cause of the Ameri- 

 can Forestry Association, and hope for 

 increasing co-operation between our or- 

 ganizations. 



"Resolved, that this convention en- 

 dorses the action of the Dominion gov- 

 ernment in setting aside forest reserves ; 

 that it urges further reservation of 

 suitable areas and the retention of exist- 

 ing reserves in their entirety with the 

 object of affording to the surrounding 

 districts the best results for all time in 

 regard to fuel and timber supply, graz- 

 ing, and the production of game and the 

 regularity of stream flow." 



