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and he considered that it was fortunate to find all parties con- 

 cerned in the operation of these industries meeting on common 

 ground, and standing side by side, and doing so well for them- 

 selves and for their country. 



The President's Address was given by Mr. E. Stewart. It 

 was an argument for the importance of the forests of British 

 Columbia in particular and of Canada in general, and quoted 

 from European authorities to show that they were feeling the 

 shortage of the wood supply, and were looking to Canada as one 

 of the principal sources to meet the shortage. This address is 

 reproduced elsewhere in this issue. 



Mr. Overton W. Price, Associate Forester for the United 

 States, was introduced and gave a splendid outline of the work 

 which is being done by the Forest Service of the United States. 

 The principle on which the service is working was thus described: 



"What the service has accomplished and its capacity for 

 further accomplishment is due, in my judgment, more than to 

 anything else, to working always under the principle that the 

 forest is for use — ^to meeting forest problems not by paper work 

 but by practical study on the ground ; and to its trying to get 

 forestry into effect not merely by propaganda, not by a policy 

 of arbitrary interference but by co-operation. This is w^hat has 

 kept us out of the rut of ineffectual officialdom — and it has been 

 said that the only difference between such rut and the grave is 

 the length and the breadth." 



A telegram from Hon. Walter Scott, Premier of Saskatche- 

 wan was read, in which he expressed the interest of his Govern- 

 ment in the Convention and his regret at being unable to attend. 

 A communication was also read from Mr. G. Spring-Rice, who 

 had been appointed to represent the Province, but had been 

 detained. 



Hon. F. J. Sweeney, Surveyor General of New Brunswick, 

 speaking for that Province, stated that: 



In New Brunswick the principal revenue came from 

 Crown timber lands and that frugal care had to be taken of 

 them. For that reason all through the legislation ran the thread 

 of protection of the forests. The principal enemy was fire. He 

 was of the opinion that education in this matter should start in 

 the schools and that more attention should be given to conser- 

 vation of forests, for this Canada of ours wovild be a small place 

 indeed without its timber resources. In New Brunswick game 

 wardens are made fire wardens also to some extent, and road 

 superintendents and all employees of the Provincial Govern- 

 ment are instructed to look out for and check forest fires. Scalers 

 also give a patrol system which is effective. He said that forest 

 fires followed the advent of the railway, and when the G.T.R 



