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wood prices will have to be main- 

 tained at a high level else its very 

 cheapness will render it unworthy 

 of conservation. 



To this important end if manufac- 

 turers will combine and agree upon 

 proper restrictions to be incorporated 

 into laws of the country they will 

 eliminate the temptation of any 

 one firm to mine its forest area in 

 order to liquidate at high profits. 



The Reward of Conservation 



No one of course is foolish enough 

 to suppose that anything of this 

 nature can be accomplished at one 

 fell swoop. The change from destruc- 

 tion will probably pass through a 

 stage of obstruction before entering 

 the realm of construction. High 

 hopes, however, may be centred upon 

 the recently organized woodlands 

 Section of the Canadian Pulp and 

 Paper Association which is composed 

 of practical and technical woods 

 men who will gradually come rourid 

 to conservative forest operation in 



the strictest sense. And when they 

 accomplish that aim our forests will 

 be shown capable of maintaining 

 in perpetuity a vastly greater output 

 than at present, notwithstanding the 

 alarming situation that threatens 

 to reduce them to such inferior 

 types as poplar and birch. 



Consumers of wood, pulp and 

 paper products will be well advised 

 now to adjust themselves to an under- 

 standing and realization of conditions 

 as they are and prepare to share 

 the responsibility of proper forest 

 management. And when manufac- 

 turers get together for the purposes 

 of such commendable actions as 

 involved in struggling to solve this 

 problem they should be encouraged 

 and not regarded as conspirators 

 merely because the solution of the 

 difficulty perforce involves commer- 

 cialism. They will be promoters of 

 a national cause as well as the 

 protectors of their own essential 

 industries. 



R. 0. Sweezev 



New Brunswick Launches Its 

 Forest Service 



The Government of New Bruns- 

 wick is rapidly implementing its 

 assurances of a new era in forest 

 fire protection and public forest man- 

 agement by legislation now under 

 discussion at Frederictori. An Act 

 to establish a Provincial" Forestry 

 Advisory Commission to consist of 

 the Minister of Lands and Mines, 

 as Chairman, the Deputy Minister, 

 a Provincial Forester, one licensee 

 and a representative of the owners 

 of Crown Granted forest lands is 

 in course of adoption by the Legisla- 

 ture, and will fulfill a most valuable 

 purpose. The function and object 

 of the Forestry Commission will 

 be to advise in regard to all matters 

 relating to the administration of 

 the Act, and to supervise all per- 

 manent appointments to the forest 

 service. The latter will administer 

 all statutes, rules and regulations 

 relating to Forestry, hunting and 



fishing; protection of the forests 

 from fire; construction and main- 

 tenance of permanent improvements, 

 such as telephone lines, look-out 

 stations, etc., and reforestation. 



Provision is made for the obligatory 

 appointment of an examining board 

 to consist of the Provincial For- 

 ester and two other qualified men, 

 all appointments to have the further 

 approval of the Forestry Commision. 



A protection fund for the pur- 

 poses of the Act is made to consist 

 of $30,000 of the revenues from the 

 wild land taxes, J^ cent per acre 

 from license holders, all fees, fines and 

 penalties collected under the Forest 

 Fires Act and Game Act, and to 

 this total shall be added sufficient 

 from the consolidated revenues fimd 

 to make a protection fund of $100,000. 



The Act for Prevention of Forest 

 Fires is comprehensive enough to 

 safeguard the province under any 



