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the devastation through fire. "I have 

 been on every river of importance be- 

 tween the Lake of the Woods and the 

 Rocky Mountains and, frankly, I do not 

 know where the timber is. The Mayor 

 wished to see the ranging systems of 

 the country, particularly of Ontario, 

 whose resources he thought sufficient to 

 stand considerable expenditure, mater- 

 ially extended. Mr. John Stovel extend- 

 ed the welcome of the Winnipeg Board 

 of Trade, and Mr. Wm. Grassie bespoke 

 for the Industrial Bureau the interest 

 which men of the Central West felt in 

 the progress of the forestry movement. 



The Hon. W. A. Charlton, President of 

 the Association expressed the grateful 

 feelings of the delegates for the kind- 

 nesses shown. The wonderful develop- 

 ments within the country, Mr. Charlton 

 said, meant great and permanent prosper- 

 ity if we would only husband properly 

 our natural Wealth. Mr. J. E. Rhodes, 

 the distinguished representative of the 

 American Forestry Association, followed 

 with greetings from across the border, 

 and hopes of extensive co-operation be- 

 tween conservationists the continent 

 over. Mr. Rhodes paid a unique tribute 

 to Canada's possibilities in proper man- 

 agement of her forests. 'We look for- 

 ward to your practising scientific fores- 

 try before we do,' said he, 'because of 

 the method of holding forest lands.' 



Mr. E. T. Allen, from the Western 

 Forestry and Conservation Association 

 followed: 'The man who stays at home 

 from a meeting of this kind in the course 

 of two or three years finds himself in a 

 sort of backwater' said Mr. Allen. Mr. 

 R. H. Campbell, Dominion Director of 

 Forestry, spoke of the 'forest as a bank 

 account,' 'and,' said Mr. Campbell, 'we 

 have drawn on our capital very heavily, 

 and we must make a heavy capital ex- 

 penditure to get back to the position 

 where we were and where we can again 

 draw regularly an income equal to that 

 which we previously drew.' Mr. James 

 White spoke of the Work of the Commis- 

 sion of Conservation in relation to the 

 forests. He said that our wood supplies 

 had been greatly over-estimated and 

 that he hoped the United States would 

 not look to Canada, as Mr. Rhodes had 

 suggested. 



A letter of regret at inability to be 

 present was read from Hon. W. J. Roche 

 Minister of the Interior. Dr. Roche 



wrote that he had intended attending, 

 but was prevented by the accumulation 

 of work which he found awaiting him at 

 Ottawa upon his return from England. 



On the second day the Association 

 turned immediately to the program of 

 papers and entertainment, which was as 

 follows: 



TUESDAY, JULY 8th. 

 (Morning Session.) 



9.30— Hon. W. A. Charlton— President's 

 Address. 



Appointment of Resolutions Committee. 



Mr. R. H. Campbell, Dominion Director 

 of Forestry — "Manitoba a Forest Pro- 

 vince," 



Mr. E. A. Sterling, Director, American 

 Forestry Association — "Progress of 

 Forestry in the United States." 



Mr. W. T. Cox, State Fofester of Minne- 

 sota— "Rate of Tree Growth." 



Mr. E. J. Zavitz, Provincial Forester of 

 Ontario — ' ' Forestry in Ontario ' ' 



Mr. W. P. Dutton, President Great West 

 Lumber Co. — "Central Western Forest 

 Conditions. ' ' 



Mr. J. M. Swaine, Entomologist for For- 

 est Insects, Dominion Experimental 

 Farm, Ottawa — "Insect Problems in 

 Canadian Forests." 



(Afternoon Session.) 



2.30 — Mr. George Bury, Vice-President 

 Canadian Pacific Railway Co. — "The 

 Railway and Forest Protection." 



Mr. Clyde Leavitt, Forester for the Can- 

 adian Commission of Conservation — 

 "Brush Disposal in the Adirondacks. " 



Mr. H. R. MacMillan, Chief Forester of 

 British Columbia — "Forestry Progress 

 in British Columbia." 



Mr. E. H. Finlay^on, Chief Fire Inspec- 

 tor, Dominion Forestry Branch — "The 

 Fire Acts of Manitoba, Saskatchewan 

 and Alberta. ' ' 



(Evening Session.) 



8.00 — Mr. J. S. Dennis, Assistant to the 

 President, Canadian Pacific Railway, 

 and Chief of Natural Resources De- 

 partment — "Why the Railroads are In- 

 terested in Forestry." 



Mr. Vere C. Brown, Superintendent of 

 Central Western Branches, Canadian 

 Bank of Commerce — ' ' Some Practical 

 Aspects of the Forestry Movement. ' ' 



Mr. E. T. Allen, Forester of the Western 

 Forestry and Conservation Association, 

 Portland, Oregon — * ' Co-operation and 

 Extension in Forestry." 



WEDNESDAY, JULY 9th. 

 (Morning Session.) 

 9.30 — Mr. Norman M. Ross, Chief of Tree 

 Planting Division, Dominion Forestry 

 Branch — "Review of the Work of the 

 Tree Planting Division." 

 Mr. S. A. Bedford, Deputy Minister of 

 Agriculture for Manitoba — "Farm 

 Hedges. ' ' 

 Mr. F. W. Brodrick, Professor of For- 

 estry, Manitoba Agricultural College — 

 "Educational Aspects of Forestry." 

 (Entertainment.) 

 11.00 — Electric Cars leave Industrial 



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