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and become, so far as forestry is con- 

 cerned, a dead letter. The nation is 

 exercising no supervision over their 

 work, in the woods — which is the one 

 only thing that really counts, in for- 

 estry. 



You need to consider the future 

 more. For instance, in this latest 

 copy of rules, issued in 1910, to gov- 

 ern the cutting of timber on your 

 licensed lands, I find page after page 

 of 'Thou Shalts' and 'Thou Shalt 

 Nots, ' all designed to insure, — What ? 

 Why only that you may get a few 

 dollars of revenue from the existing 

 crop of timber. All well and good, 

 but what about silviculture? What 

 about applying some actual forestry 

 methods in the woods, so that in cut- 

 ting away this old stand of trees a 

 thrifty new crop may be provided for 

 by natural reproduction ? What, in a 

 word, are you doing to make provision 

 for the cropping of the forest rather 

 than the mining of it? What are we 

 doing to build up and safeguard the 

 future producing power of our for- 

 ests? 



Conclusion. 



There are two abuses which menace 

 the free, equitable, and profitable de- 

 velopment of our natural resources, 

 by scientific and business methods. 

 These are special privilege, and po- 

 litical influence. If you can see your 

 way, first, to overcome these twin 

 evils which are now blocking so large- 

 ly any efficient progress towards im- 

 proving and protecting your timber- 

 land, and second, to co-operate fully 

 with your lumbermen; I feel safe in 

 saying that nature herself will pre- 

 sent no problems which a trained 

 field force cannot easily solve. Let all 

 forest officers in the Government ser- 

 vice, and more especially at present, 

 forest rangers, be required to pass a 

 fair test examination in token of their 

 real fitness and ability; and let all 

 forest users be treated with absolute 

 equality regarding the requirements 

 which shall govern their work in the 

 woods. 



THE WINNIPEG CONVENTION. 



(Continued on page 65) 



and Manitoba Agricultural College. It ii 

 the centre of the grain trade and a very 

 important point in the flour-milling, lumber 

 and live stock industries besides being the 

 commercial gateway to the whole Canad- 

 ian west. There are a number of beauti- 

 ful suburban districts. 



Railway Arraxgements. 

 Owing to the fact that the Convention 

 will be held on the day preceding and the 

 first two days of the Winnipeg Exhibition, 

 delegates attending from points within what 

 is called the 'Winnipeg Exhibition District' 

 will not be required to secure certificates. 

 They will purchase railway tickets at the 

 special rates in force during the Exhibition. 

 It will be necessary, however, that those 

 travelling on these tickets give their names 

 and addresses to the Secretary for the pur- 

 pose of compiling the railway returns. The 

 Winnipeg District extends from Fort Wil- 

 liam on the east to the Alberta-British Co- 

 lumbia boundary. (On the Canadian Pa- 

 cific Railway these rates extend to Golden 

 and Cranbrook, B.C.) 



From Eastern Canadian Points. 



Delegates attending from points in Can- 

 ada from Port Arthur eastward can secure 

 single fare rates (plus 25c) on the conven- 

 tion certificate plan. To secure these rates 

 delegates will purchase one way first class 

 tickets which will be sold them at the lowest 

 one way first class fare, plus 25c. When 

 purchasing these tickets they must secure a 

 standard certificate which the agent will fur- 

 nish upon request, and this certificate when 

 signed by the Secretary in the Convention at 

 Winnipeg as showing that the party was a 

 delegate will be nonored for ticket through 

 to original starting point free. 



Going Dates. — Tickets for going trip by 

 all rail routes will be sold July 3 to 6 inclu- 

 sive; days of sale via lake and rail routes 

 to be announced later. 



Returning. — Standard convention certifi- 

 cates properly filled in and signed by the 

 Secretary of the Canadian Forestry Asso- 

 ciation will be honored at Winnipeg up to 

 and including July 24 for tickets to original 

 starting point free, except that where lake 

 routes are used addtional payment will be 

 required as follows: 



Lake Arhitraries. — The following addi- 

 tonal amounts to be paid at Winnipeg when 

 certificates are honored for return journey 

 if passengers elect to travel via lake routes, 

 viz.: — (Via C.P.S.S. line or Sarnia N. N. 

 Co., and Port Arthur). Going all-rail, re- 

 turning lake and rail, $9.00 additional. Go- 

 ing lake and rail, returning all-rail, $4.00 

 additional. Going lake and rail, returning 

 same route $13.00 additional. 



