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Canadian Forestry Journal 



The questions naturally arise, 

 To what can the success of Ger-f; 

 man forestry be ascribed? and 

 Are not the same principles ap- 

 plicable in America? 



The answer to the first ques- 

 tion lies in the following fac- 

 tors: — 



First. Steady increase of 

 stumpage prices. 



Second. Limited amount put 

 on the market. 



Third. Protection from foreign 

 competition. 



Fourth. Dense population 



The steady increase of stump- 

 age prices is the all-important 

 factor; without it there can be 

 no conservative forestry. No 

 where in the world does timber 

 increase in mere volume at a rate 

 exceeding two and a half per 

 cent, and a rate as low as this 

 does not offer enough inducement 

 to warrant the raising of timber 

 There must be some additional 

 source of revenue to make it pro- 

 fitable. This is furnished by the 

 steady annual increase of stum- 

 page prices which adds to the 

 possible net surplus revenue of 







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two and a half per cent, a latent 

 dividend approximating in Ger- 

 many three per cent. A high 

 price of stumpage alone is not 

 sufiieient and does not involve a 

 high rate of revenue. What is seauoia 

 best is relatively, and not abso- White 

 lutely, best. The interest charges 

 against the investment made in high- 

 priced stumpage tend to counter balance, 

 the surplus returns from high-priced stum- 

 page. 



The limited amount of lumber placed 

 annually on the market is far from sup- 

 plying the demand. The various state 

 governments keep in touch with each sea- 

 son's demand and work together in con- 

 trolling their output so as not to overstock 





50 Years Old Near Darmstadt, With 

 Fir, also Planted, in the Background. 



the market. Imagine that John D. Eocke- 

 feller, J. P. Morgan, B. L. Duke and El- 

 bert II. Gary would combine in America 

 to cut a limited number of trees per an- 

 num! 



Protection against foreign competition 

 is effected by a tariff and by freight rates 

 so high that the various wood products 

 cannot be imported more cheaply than 

 they can be grown at home. 



ENGLISH FORESTEY ASSOCIATION. 



WILL USE CRUDE OIL AS FUEL. 



The English Forestry Association has 

 recently been formed, with the following 

 officers: President, Lord Clinton; Honor- 

 ary Secretary, Mr. Duchesne; Council, the 

 Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Chi- 

 chester, Lord Hastings, Mr. G. L. Court- 

 hope, M.P., Mr. Chas. Bathurst, M.P., Col- 

 onel E. J. Mostyn, Mr. S. IT. Cowper- 

 Coles, Mr. F. G. Burroughes, Mr. Arthur 

 Arnold, Mr. W. Anker Simmons, and Mr. 

 Gerard H. Morgan. The objects of the 

 association are to encourage the demand 

 for English timber and generally to be of 

 service to English producers of timber. 



The Canadian Pacific Railway has de- 

 cided to use crude oil as fuel on their loco- 

 motives running through the timber coun- 

 try in the. mountains of British Columbi.i. 

 This announcement was given out by Sir 

 Wm. Whyte, vice-president of the road, 

 recently after a trip through the region. 

 Two reasons are given for the decision: 

 first, to reduce the danger of forest fires, 

 and second, to make the work of the loco- 

 motive firemen less laborious. 



