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Mr. I.IITI K. -'I'lu- unly object in putting it off for another year is to see what we 



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Mr. MM "i \. We have all had untie.- of it. and I il<> not see why \ve cannot settle 

 the matter im\v. Thr *7<>n l, : ilan<-e is a'nple tn publish a paper of our own. This 

 e.nild le dniie fur sl.L'.'i a pa.ue. Why shuuld we wait longer? 



Mr. I.ITTI.K. I think the position taken by the Association is the right one. 



Mr. M\<<>i \. One of the troubles we have is a very important one the difficulty 

 of getting matter. If we start a publication of any kind, or enlarge the scope of Rod 

 and Gun we should do it gradually. We can do it nicely for $500 a year. That is 

 :miple to pay for not only all the printing, but also an editor if it is necessary to have 

 an editor and we could not have a better one than our secretary, Mr. Campbell. Why 

 should we wait if we have $500 '. We would have the same difficulty at any time in 

 getting matter. If we start a publication of our own, or ask Rod and Gun to give 

 us Id or 12 pages a month I do not care what form it takes we have something to 

 grow on, and it would give us a good leverage. The articles going into Rod and Gun 

 are not reaching the people interested in forestry, unless they are members of the Asso- 

 ciation. Who subscribes for Rod and Gun for forestry articles ? I dare say no one 

 person other than the members who want to know something about forestry, and what 

 is being done about forestry in Canada, would subscribe for Rod and Gun for that 

 purpose. 



Captain SMITH. It seems to me that what the Association wishes to do is to reach 

 people who have never heard of the work of forestry. The means of reaching these 

 people you will find in the ordinary newspaper press of the country. You should have 

 some means of preparing this matter for the newspapers. This is a public matter, not 

 a personal affair at all, and I think you could very well go to the Government and ask 

 them to appoint a special officer in connection with one of their departments to prepare 

 this matter for you under your direction, and have it sent broadcast to the 

 press of the country. In addition to that you could issue bulletins and send them to 

 the farmers. The bulletins issued by the Department of Agriculture reach 25,000 of 

 the best farmers in Ontario, and are read by these men. In addition to that I think 

 you should have somebody go on the staff of Farmers' Institute lecturers to preach 

 this gospel all over Ontario. 



FATHER BCRKE. Do not confine yourself to Ontario, for gracious sakes. 



Captain SMITH. I am speaking of the Dominion as a whole, because you have 

 the means to do that work all over the country. I was speaking to the president of the 

 Farmers' Institutes yesterday, and he said he would be glad to make some arrange- 

 ment nf that kind. The institute has done wonderful work in these days. It has 

 changed the whole fact- of the country. You can bring the matter before the farmers 

 in this way. 



Mr. STKWAUT. I think this is perhaps one of the most important matters that will 

 come before thU meeting. It is one that has been considered at different times and 

 referred to committ-es and referred back to the general meeting, and we have now 



