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sun-baked land that, when clothed with forest 

 verdure, supported a swarming population, as 

 the ruins of its cities prove. 



Let us plant trees in the West for the benefit 

 of the generations of Canadians there, and 

 whose future prosperity is largely in our hands. 



CANADA AND ITS NEIGHBOR'S WORRIES 



The attitude of a large section of United 

 States lumbermen as to the need of better for- 

 est management is expressed in a resolution un- 

 animously adopted by the Western Forestry and 

 Conservation Association. Unlike the Cana- 

 dian Forestry Association, the "Western" body 

 is a co-operative society of limit-holders dom- 

 inating the wood-using industries of Washing- 

 ton, Oregon, Montana, Idaho and California. 

 The resolution introduces the proposed pro- 

 gramme of H. S. Graves, Chief Forester of the 

 United States, "as the most constructive and 

 statesman like treatment of the subject we have 

 seen and we urge lumbermen and foresters alike 

 to accept it as a basis for discussing future co- 

 operation." 



The application of Col. Graves' Forest Policy 

 to the Pacific forest region was summarized by 

 Mr. T. T. Munger as follows: 



1. A public classification of all existing cut- 

 over lands and of other lands as fast as they are 

 cut-over in order to segregate those suitable for 

 agriculture or pasturage and those primarily 

 most valuable for production of timber. 



2. Financial assistance to private timber- 

 owners in the cleaning up of fire hazards such 

 as slashes and the protection of cut-over lands. 



3. Provincial co-operation between public 

 fire protection funds and the private owner who 

 undertakes to practice forestry on his timber- 

 lands. 



4. Stricter enforcement of fire preventive 

 laws. 



5. A radical modification of the present tax 

 system so that the owner may not be obliged 

 to pay heavy annual taxes while the immature 

 forest is still unproductive. 



Readers of the Forestry Journal will note 

 that the problem facing United States foresters 

 and lumbermen is not primarily the chief ob- 

 stacle to the advancement of forestry in Can- 

 ada. The discussion at present being carried 

 on in the United States hinges upon ways and 

 means by which the private owners of the na- 

 tion's chief timber supply can be persuaded to 



adopt some of the rudiments of constructive 

 forest management. Canadians have cause to 

 be thankful that the ownership of about ninety 

 per cent of the Dominion's forested lands has 

 been persistently retained by the state, thus es- 

 tablishing public authority in forest conserva- 

 tion over practically the whole of the country's 

 timber assets. 



IMPERIAL FORESTRY CONFERENCE. 



An Imperial Forestry Conference has been 

 called by the British Government through the 

 Board of Forestry Commissioners, recently ap- 

 pointed, to be held in London, England, in 

 July, 1920, at the same time as the British 

 Empire Timber Exhibit. A letter received by 

 the Canadian Forestry Association from Mr. 

 A. G. Herbert, Secretary of the Interim Forest 

 Authority, states that invitations will shortly be 

 addressed to the chief officers of Provincial and 

 Dominion Government Forest Services in Can- 

 ada, and to individuals prominent in the forest 

 conservation movement. A letter from Lord 

 Lovat expresses much interest in the forthcom- 

 ing conference and assures those Canadians at- 

 tending the conference of a hearty welcome. 



A QUESTION AND ANSWER PAGE. 



The Forestry Journal commences next month 

 a new department in which the questions of our 

 readers will be gladly answered. Discussion 

 of any interesting point is invited. The Journal 

 will undertake to secure authoritative judgment 

 on all queries submitted by readers or their 

 friends. 



Please avail yourself of this new department 

 which should prove of lively interest to all. 



