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WooDivANDS Section of Canadian Pulp and Paper Association ^ 



At the organization meeting of the new Woodlands Section of the 

 Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, held late in November, at Mon- 

 treal, interesting addresses were made by Messrs. Ellwood Wilson, the 

 prime mover; A. B. Recknagel, forester to the Empire State Forest 

 Products Association ; R. H. Campbell, director of the Dominion For- 

 estry Branch, and Gustave C. Piche, Chief Forester for the Province of 

 Quebec. 



Mr. Wilson spoke of the importance to nations of forests for defense 

 and offense, as shown by the use made of their timber wealth by Ger- 

 many and France. The problem presented to the pulp and paper in- 

 dustry is a question of raw material. The sensible way is to face the 

 problem now and study and plan in advance of necessity. 



Mr. Recknagel spoke on "The Empire State Forest Products Asso- 

 ciation and its Work." He referred to the inventory of land and de- 

 velopments controlled by that association which gave the basis for the 

 forestry work. This forestry work is very diversified and many prob- 

 lems present themselves. Of these, utilization is perhaps the foremost. 

 Forestry starts with complete utilization of all the mature, ripe timber, 

 proper disposal of brush, the safeguarding from fire, and the assuring 

 of reproduction. This involves a careful study of logging and market 

 conditions and accurate cost data. Here the woodlands section of an 

 association can be of great help in standardizing the available data and 

 causing studies to be made bearing on the problems at hand. 



Next is the large field of silviculture. There is need for standardiza- 

 tion, for a bringing together of facts, a discussing of methods and re- 

 sults, for which the woodlands section will serve admirably as a clear- 

 ing-house. The same is true of fire protection. 



Then the economic problems of taxation and legislation. The Forest 

 Products Association is working to secure proper legislation for the 

 tax relief of those planning to hold their land for repeated crops. 

 (Such a bill was introduced into the New York legislature on Janu- 

 ary 23.) 



^ Pulp and Paper Magazine of Canada. November 29, 1917. Pp. 1105-1109. 

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