as well as for her own use for all time to come. This con- 

 clusion was partly the result of comparisons between Canada 

 and Mr. Wallin's native country, Sweden. In Sweden there 

 had been periods of great fires and wasteful logging and yet 

 that country with an area of about 52,000,000 acres in forests 

 was in a position today, after half a century of rational for- 

 estry methods, to export millions of dollars' worth of lumber 

 and other forest products. During the forty years, 1871 to 

 1910, Sweden exported $1,480,000,000 worth of round timber, 

 sawmill products, pulp and pit props. The total value of for- 

 est products in Sweden today was estimated at $100,000,000 

 per year, and yet the forests of that country were not over- 

 exploited. In addition to this timber grew quicker in Canada 

 than in Northern Sweden, where most of the forests were 

 found. 



What Sweden Has Done. 



Mr. Wallin's conclusion on this point was: "It seems to me 

 that if a country (Sweden) which is only about the size of 

 Manitoba, can make so much out of her. forests without ex- 

 hausting herself there is no reason why Canada with her im- 

 mense areas of forest land should not become the greatest 

 timber-producing and timber-exporting country in the world; 

 but to reach this goal proper protection and proper manage- 

 ment of our forests is necessary and this I think can only be 

 obtained by including absolute forest land in forest reserves." 



And yet, while "we, the people" are worrying about the de- 

 tails of tariffs, ballots and the like, one is tempted to forget the 

 importance of the conservation of our natural resources and es- 

 pecially the conservation of our forests, ivhich is such an im- 

 portant factor, not only in the lumber industry but in the flow of 

 our rivers and the rainfall on our farms. Moreover, we must 

 not depend upon our presidents and congress to do all this work 

 of conservation for us; ive must each do our own part. Phila- 

 delphia Post. 



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