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C'(iiiii(ll(iii h<H(-slrv JdiiiiKil. June. I'L'n 



ON LAKE OF BAYS, ONTARIO. 



EUROPE'S EYES ARE ON CANADA'S FORESTS 



{.In iiifrrz'ic'-u' with Sir Loiiicr Goiiiii, Premier of Quebec) 



"While in I'rance and l^eloinm I 

 conxerscd willi main dislinguislied 

 capitalists wliosc e\es arc focused on 

 Canada. Man\- of thcni cx])i'csscd the 

 intention of inxrstiiiL; in ( anada, and 

 in the ]ir(i\ince t>l (Jnehec. and I ex- 

 pect til see a lar^e influx nf technical 

 men in the near tuture to cx])lorc our 

 mineral resources, and later a flow of 

 immigration from I'^rance, Belgium 

 and l^ngland. 



"What is toda}- causing the great- 

 est interest in luu"o])e is our wealth 

 of forests. The demand for paper 

 has l)ecome so great in l^'rance, l^el- 

 gium and Eng-Jand that cajiitalists 

 are now turning their attention to 

 Canada for a supply. I had to answer 

 many inquiries on this cpiestion from 



capitalists who wanted to know \vhere 

 they could secure limits, and there 

 are se\eral sxndicates with large ca])- 

 ital, hotli in l'^"ance and I'Jigland. who 

 are coming out to this prii\ince to ac- 

 tpiirc forest lands. 



"I do not think," added Sir Lomer, 

 "that it would I)c wise for the pre- 

 sent to gi\e ]iul)licity to the names of 

 these capitalists." 



"In l-.ngland." continued the Prem- 

 ier,, "1 tound capitalists as keen to 

 in\cst in the resources of this coun- 

 try as were those of k^'ance and kJel- 

 gium. In luigland there seems to be 

 a perfect craze to come to this pro- 

 \ince for the wood that A\ill ])reAent a 

 paper famine." 



