The Convention in Winnipeg 



Meetings in the Western Metropolis Create Great Interest. 



Manitoba has been famed in the past 

 for her wonderful resources of wheat. 

 However, if the spirit of the addresses at 

 the fifteenth Convention of the Associa- 

 tion held in Winnipeg on the 7, 8 and 0, 

 of last month can be taken as a criterion 

 it is evident that the West will also be- 

 fore long loom large among the sisters of 

 confederation in the pro«luction of forest 

 wealth as well. The Convention was a suc- 

 cess in every way, and was particularly 

 beneficial to the forestry movement in gen- 

 eral, in that its first meeting in a coun- 

 try which was supposed to be less inter- 

 ested in the problem of forest conservation 

 than any other part of the Dominion, was 

 found to be abounding in the spirit which 

 will go far in the future to make forestry 

 a live issue in which all legislatures and 

 the people as a whole can take an active 

 interest. 



The provincial and civic bodies took the 

 keenest interest in all the proceedings, 

 and the press of the city and province 

 devote<l columns of space both in news 

 and editorial sections to the objects of 

 the Association. 



The meetings were held in the sjiacious 

 hall of the Industrial Bureau on Main 

 street just a few steps from the corner 

 of Portage avenue, the greatest business 

 street in the West, All the facilities of 

 the Bureau were placed at the disposal of 

 the Association and every opportunity 

 afforded for the proper handling of ar- 

 rangements. 



The subjects dealt with were of the 

 greatest importance to Central Canada, 

 and the interest in all the meetings was 

 unusually well sustained. As the report 

 of the Convention is now in the hands 

 of the printer with the object of getting 

 it distributed to members of the Associa- 

 tion at the earliest possible moment, de- 

 tailed reference to each of the pai>ers is 

 reserved until the next issue of The 

 Journal. 



A feature of the Convention which had 

 direct appeal and effect among thousands 

 of citizens was the exhibit of native woods 

 prepared by officers of the Dominion 

 Forestry Branch and placed in the main 

 entrance of the Industrial Bureau. Every 

 day the Bureau was thronged with visit- 

 ors, and it was noticed that the woods 

 exhibit was undoubtedly the centre of 



attraction. The remark ** wouldn't have 

 believed it" was the most common among 

 the admirers of the collection. There 

 were twenty different species shown, some 

 of which were wonderfully well developed. 

 Burr Oak 33 inches in diameter. Red Pine 

 19 inches. Jack Pine 19 inches, Cotton- 

 wood 42 inches. White Spruce 40 inches, 

 were a few of the larger specimens. There 

 were some samples also of the finished pro- 

 ducts, such as lumber, cooperage, excelsior 

 and pulp. 



The exhibit of insects parasitic upon 

 the woods of Manitoba, in charge of Mr. 

 J. M. Swaine, was placed in the Conven- 

 tion Hall and was much appreciated by 

 all, Mr. Swaine 's paper, which was dis- 

 tributed during the Convention, gave the 

 delegates a clear idea of the depredations 

 of the pests. 



The opening session, on Monday even- 

 ing, July 7th, was attended by a crowd 

 which completely filled the auditorium. 

 On the platform were Sir William Whyte 

 (in the chair) Hon. W. A. Charlton, His 

 Honor, Lieut. Governor D. C. Cameron, 

 Hon, George Lawrence, Minister of Agri- 

 culture for Manitoba, His Worship Mayor 

 Deacon, Mr. John Stovel, President of the 

 Winnipeg Board of Trade, Mr. Wm. 

 Grassie, Vice-President of the Industrial 

 Bureau, Mr. R. H. Campbell Dominion 

 Director of Forestry, Mr. James White 

 Secretary of the Commission of Conserva- 

 tion aiul Mr. J. E. Rhodes of Chicago re- 

 presenting the American Forestry Associa- 

 tion. Following a short speech of intro- 

 duction by Sir William Whyte, His Honor 

 the Lieutenant Governor opened the Con- 

 vention, with words of welcome which 

 betok(Mied the warmest of sympathies 

 with the efforts of the Association. His 

 Honor dwelt upon the extension of the 

 boundaries of the Province of Manitoba 

 and (expressed the opinion that the for- 

 est wealth of the West would rank high 

 in the country in the future. 



Hon. George Lawrence extended a 

 warm welcome to the Association and 

 invited all to be guests of the Govern- 

 ment in a trip to the new Agricultural 

 College at St. Vital on Wednesday. 

 Mayor T. H. Deacon added the welcome 

 of the people of Winnipeg, and wished 

 the Association every success in its 

 efforts. His Worship greatly deplored 



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