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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



and with the different parts of our 

 great country, to know their mutual 

 needs, and to drop sectional jealousy 

 and rivalry and consider national de- 

 velopment from a national standpoint. 

 The only competition should be a com- 

 petition to see which section will do 

 most by its own energy and ability for 

 the common advancement. There is 

 need enough for all the land in the 

 United States to support the people 

 who will be living here within the 

 coming century. Widespread intensive 

 cultivation of all lands that can be made 

 available for that purpose, and the 

 growing of forests, for wood supply 

 and protection of springs and streams, 

 on all non-agricultural lands are the 

 means by which alone the future wel- 

 fare of the country can be maintained. 



Our Spendthrift Reputa'ion 



THE Montreal Star throws a side- 

 light upon Canadian relations with 

 the United States in an article on reci- 

 procity and conservation. Referring 

 to negotiations said to be progressing 

 favorably between the dominion gov- 

 ernment and Belgium and Italy for 

 trade agreements, the Star says frankly 

 that the advantages of trade with the 

 United States are obvious because of 

 the proximity of the two countries, 

 their mutual trade needs, and the near- 

 ness of markets. It concedes that im- 

 mediate gain to Canada is likely to be 

 greater from trade with the United 

 States, but it turns from this aspect of 

 the case to consider the advantages of 

 trade with Belgium and Italy, which it 

 regards as none the less important for 

 being less obvious. It notes the fact 

 that "immediate trade gain and the wel- 

 fare of the Dominion may be two very 

 different things." And here is the in- 

 teresting point of the argument to us 

 on the south of the Canada line : 



One of the outstanding needs of Canada 

 is capital for the development of her re- 

 sources. We are likely to obtain that capital 

 from countries with whom we do a large 

 trade. The capitalist will bring with him the 

 method of development to which he is ac- 

 customed in his own land. The American 



capitalist has wasted his own resources and 

 he is not likely to conserve ours. The Euro- 

 pean capitalist the capitalist of Belgium, of 

 Italy, and in a high degree of Germany has 

 learned well the lesson of conservation. If 

 we can secure the development of our re- 

 sources by European capitalists, we will be 

 likely to get a development which will guard 

 the interests of future generations and en- 

 rich instead of impoverishing the country. 

 If we give the American free scope, he is 

 likely to land us where he has already landed 

 his own nation. These are strong and far- 

 reaching reasons why we will do well to en- 

 courage the European trader to come among 

 us and bring in his wake the European capi- 

 talist. 



Does this argument seem overdrawn ? 

 It must be remembered that Canada 

 views questions sometimes in a large 

 way and looks deeply into things for 

 causes and effects. It has often hap- 

 pened that her policy has been di- 

 rected by visions of imperial develop- 

 ment, and we know that on the sub- 

 ject of conservation, while Canada may 

 not be talking as much as the United 

 States, she is taking positive action in 

 many directions, notably in that of 

 forest protection. 



The viewpoint of the Star is espe- 

 cially significant in its exposition of the 

 fact that \ve are looked upon from out- 

 side as an extravagantly wasteful peo- 

 ple whose methods cannot be trusted. 

 Of course, we are disposed to reply 

 with a loud and patriotic flourish, ac- 

 companied by the eagle and the flag. 

 But perhaps it will be more profitable 

 to sit down quietly and consider the 

 reasons for our neighbor's opinion of 

 us and its probable effect upon our 

 standing as a nation. 



Protection from the Canadian Side 



IN THE last number of the Canada 

 Lumberman, James Innes of Chat- 

 ham, a prominent cooperage manufac- 

 turer of the dominion, makes an argu- 

 ment for the protection of the coop- 

 erage industry in Canada on the ground 

 that it is in bad condition and cannot 

 recover without the assistance of the 

 government. Curiously enough, this 

 familiar argument is directed against 

 cheap labor in the United States. The 



