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Canadian FoTcdry Journal, December, 1919 



AND SO WE ASK — 



in order to pay the printing cost of your per- 

 sonal copy of the Forestry Journal, and put 

 some muscular power into your "Membership" 

 in the Forestry Association, that you accept the 

 following new basis of annual membership: 



1920 Membership fee in the Canadian 



Forestry Association $1.00 



1920 Subscription to the Canadian For- 

 estry Journal 1.00 



Total for Membership and Subscription $2.00 



That is, we separate the Journal subscription 

 from the membership, both of which were 

 formerly included in the fee of one dollar. They 

 now become one dollar each. 



By the new arrangement, any one paying one 

 dollar will receive the Forestry Journal, as 

 formerly. 



By paying two dollars, you get a year's sub- 

 scription to the Journal, and in addition you 

 make your personal alliance with the Associa- 

 tion a real working force. That second dollar 

 is the Vital one in our educational campaigns. 



(No one who has paid his fees for 1920 or 

 who took out a 1920 membership on the basis 

 of a one-dollar inclusive fee will be affected by 

 the foregoing.) 



THREE REQUESTS — THREE DUTIES 



1. Do not quit the Association. Its battles 

 are only half-fought. 



2. Send in a dollar bill for your Forestry 

 Journal. 



3. And at the same time add a second 

 dollar to pay for your Membership. 



Yours faithfully, 



CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 

 10,000 members— 15,000 soon. 



PROGRAMME FOR PRIVATE FORESTRY 



By H. 5. Craves, Chief Forester of the United Stales. 



In seeking a solution for the forestry problem 

 on private lands, it should be recognized that 

 its very character is such as to require public 

 participation, assistance and direction. There 

 are certain things that the public should do, 

 and in a liberal spirit, to make forestry by 

 private timberland owners possible and effec- 

 tive. At the same time the public should in- 

 sist by adequate legislation that the destructive 

 processes be stopped, and that methods be 

 adopted which will leave the forests in a pro- 

 ductive condition. To secure these ends there 

 IS necessary a broad programme that is prac- 

 tical and equitable, based on consideration of 

 existing economic conditions. Its formation 

 calls for the most careful constructive thought, 

 with no point of view neglected. 



Some principles may, however, be briefly ir.- 

 dicated. A programme of forestry shouH in- 

 clude, first of all, compulsory fire protection; 



and this should apply to second-growth and cut- 

 over lands as well as to old timber. State laws 

 should be unequivocal, with adequate penalties 

 in their requirements upon timberland owners 

 for protective measures, including the preven- 

 tion of dangerous accumulations of slashings. 

 Fire protection should be organized and under 

 state supervision. The states should provide 

 an effective organization to enforce the fire 

 laws and to administer the organized protective 

 work. Liberal funds should be made available 

 for patrol, improvements, supervision, and in- 

 inspection. In most of the states the laws are 

 not drastic enough; there is not sufficient direct 

 responsibility on the owner, and there are not 

 provided adequate means to execute the laws 

 and administer the protective work. The dam- 

 age by forest fires can be stopped. Its con- 

 tinuance is due to a combined failure on the 

 part of the public and the owners. 



