702 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



It is no part of the duty of the Journal of Forestry to take sides 

 in what was quite evidently a highly controversial subject, particularly 

 as the incident is now closed, and is one which relates to another coun- 

 try. It is. however, in order that appreciation should be recorded of 

 the highly valuable character of the work done by the Commission 

 along forestry lines, and that the confident hope should be expressed 

 that this work will be carried on, through the various governmental and 

 private agencies within the Dominion, to its full fruition. The drop- 

 ping out of the Commission will only make it the more necessary that 

 these other agencies should extend their efiforts to fill the gap thus 

 created. The forestry situation in Canada. is very closely related to 

 that in the United States, and the foresters of both countries constitute 

 essentially a single fraternity, as is shown by the substantial repre- 

 sentation of Canadian foresters in the membership of the Society of 

 American Foresters, as well as by the number of American foresters 

 in the bordering states who have afifiliated with the Canadian Society 

 of Forest Engineers. 



