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the limited number of local cooperative organizations which have 

 secured the paid services of experts. Examples are the Oregon 

 Forest Fire Association and the Western Forestry and Conserva- 

 tion Association. Similarly, success may be expected to follow 

 the new campaign of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation, which has recently established a trade extension depart- 

 ment, under a paid expert, to advertise the wider legitimate use 

 of wood in all lines of industry. In Canada, similar examples 

 of increased efficiency in fire protection work, resulting from a 

 greater degree of co-operation, are the St. Maurice and Lower 

 Ottawa Forest Protective Associations. 



The program which Mr. Langille advocates is in the interest of 

 true conservation, as being calculated to bring about the better 

 utilization of our forest wealth, better fire protection, and, in 

 general, the perpetuation of the forest as a forest, upon which 

 the continued existence of the lumber industry must in the long 

 run depend. 



The plan advocated is the amalgamation of the many existing 

 organizations of timber, manufacturing and marketing interests 

 into single units as broad in scope as may be the requirements 

 of the territory over which their respective activities should 

 extend ; these to be organized into departments, with competent 

 men at the head of each, their work to be standardized and results 

 required. 



Under the timber department, the suggestion is that the activi- 

 ties should include such subjects as statistics, forest protection, 

 taxation, legislation, forest policy, publicity, and logged-ofif lands. 



The manufacturing department would cover such lines as log- 

 ging methods, log scaling, accounting, prices, lists, grades and 

 inspections, traffic and claims, production, utilization, and 

 efficiency. 



Under the marketing department, Mr. Langille suggests that 

 the work be along the lines of advertising, market conditions, 

 building codes, designs and plans, wood-block paving, new uses, 

 by-products, technical research, exhibits, trade marks, and sales- 

 manship. 



The program of the Pacific Logging Congress, Thursday, 

 October 21, was largely technical in character, and reference is 

 made to the published Proceedings for details. The most enjoy- 



