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ment. Provisions were also made for the re- 

 nev/al up to Sept. 30, 1920, of licenses of which 

 the right of renewal expired September 31, 

 1919. The close season for fires was extended 

 from September 15 to October 1, the close sea- 

 son now extending from May 1 to October 1 . 

 Authority was also given the Department to re- 

 quire the disposal of slash where thought neces- 

 sary, the costs to be borne half by the operator 

 and half by the Forest Protection Fund; in case 

 of neglect of the operator, the work to be done 

 by the Crown and all the costs to be charged 

 to the operator. 



The Forest Relief Act was amended so as to 



exempt up to March 31, 1920, soldiers and 

 sailors in the late war who held special timber 

 licences from penalties provided for neglect of 

 renewing such licenses. 



By the Aeroplane Spruce-Cutting Act, power 

 was given to the Minister of Lands or anyone 

 authorized by him to enter upon and occupy 

 any lands in the province, to have the timber 

 cut and disposed of in whatever manner and for 

 whatever amount the Minister should deter- 

 mine. In such cases land may also be used 

 for rights of way with or without the owner's 

 consent. Compensation was granted for tim- 

 ber cut or land used as rights of way. 



AN "INSURANCE POLICY" ON CANADA'S GREAT 



PAPER INDUSTRY 



By George Chahoon, Jr., President, the Laurenlide Co., Limited. 



The Need of Scientific System m Operating 



Woodlands Emphasized by Noted 



Industrial Leader. 



Ihe present economic situation in Canada in the next fifteen or twenty years. This is 



makes it imperative that our industries produce evidenced by the purchase of pulpwood lands 



the greatest possible amount for export. Our by United States concerns in Canada and the 



war debt can only be paid and the adverse rate construction of mills on this side of the line, 

 of exchange turned in our favor by exporting Unfortunately, our own supplies are by no 



as much as we possibly can, preferably manu- means inexhaustible, and rapid inroads are be- 



factured articles, so that our labor can profit by ing made on them. In the past, forest fires 



the increased value of raw materials made into have taken an enormous toll of our forests and 



finished products. No other industry is doing have destroyed more than has been used; but 



so much to swell our exports, nor is any other this menace, while not yet entirely overcome, 



industry likely to do so much in the future, as has been enormously reduced, and with the 



the pulp and paper industry. Its exports have building up of special protective forces of 



risen since 1914 from $22,120,934 to $82,092,- 

 776, an increase of 271 per cent, and there is 

 no reason why this growth should not continue, 

 if proper steps are taken to provide a per- 

 manent supply of raw material. Canada has 



trained men will be still further reduced and will 

 be held in reasonable bounds. 



PROBLEMS MUST BE FACED. 



We still have large areas, which though 

 sparsely timbered, still have in the aggregate 



large areas of spruce and balsam forests, which very large amounts of timber on them; but they 



supply the best^possible material, and abund- are far from the mills. In the supply which is 



ant water powers for its clieap conversion, and economically possible to use with the present 



may be said to be, to-day, in a more favorable means of transportation, there is quite a large 



position for the manufacture of pulp and paper amount of waste of low-grade material and also 



and the new products which are based on them some loss in driving the wood the long distance 



as raw materials than any other country in the necessary to reach the mills. These problems 



world. According to the latest reports from the are being studied, and it is hoped that methods 



United States, the supplies of pulpwood are will be so improved that such wastes can be 



dwindling rapidly and will approach exhaustion largely reduced. 



