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Canadian Foreslry Journal, May, 1918 



War Needs Over-ride Private Rights 



The right recently assumed by the 

 British Columbia (Government to 

 enter upon and utilize any area of 

 spruce timber for aeroplane con- 

 struction without the consent of the 

 owner is thus defended by Mr. 

 H. R. MacMillan, foreslry expert of 

 the Spruce Production Department, 

 Imperial Munitions Board: 



"Tf we had to wait until everybody 

 that had an [nterest in a particular 

 stretch of spruce-bearing limits had 

 made up his mind that he could do 

 no better than accept our offer, the 

 war would be over before the spruce 

 would be cut. The owners of the 

 spruce that is available are scattered 

 all over the world, and even with the 

 utmost co-operation on their part 

 when we did get in touch with them, 

 tremendous delays would result ow- 

 ing to the time taken to send paper 

 back and forth. When to this is 

 added the natural hesitation of men 

 to part with what they believe to be 

 valuable property until they are quite 

 sure they are obtaining a fair equi- 

 valent, it will be seen that in effect a 

 great deal of spruce is practically 

 tied up indefinitely. 



"The spruce bill meets this situa- 

 tion. It gives power to cut spruce and 

 fixes the price the owner must accept. 

 That price is S6.00 per thousand for 

 first-class spruce, and $2.50 for second. 

 The money is paid for all logs that are 

 put into the water on the figures 

 furnished by a government scaler. 

 The owner is under no expense. We 

 cut the spruce and we take all the 

 risks of towing to the mill. The 

 owner gets his price net. The money 

 is paid over to the provincial govern- 

 ment and is kept in a trust fund, out 

 of which the owners receive their 

 respective quotas. 



"The prices we offer are generous. 

 The best evidence that they are the 

 best that anyone could expect is 

 shown by the fact that although they 

 have been published for several weeks 

 the first complaint that they are not 

 high enough has yet to be received. 



"As things will stand when the bill 

 becomes law we shall be able to go in 

 and take the spruce we need wherever 

 we can find it, regardless of all 

 questions as to ownership, and the 

 owner will get adequate compensa- 

 tion." 



AHEAD OF THEM ALL 



Quebec le^ids all Canadian pro- 

 vinces in pulp and paper making. 

 In 1916, 924,000 cords of pulp wood 

 were cut by Quebec workmen, and 

 this huge log pile was worth almost 

 $7,000,000. Ontario came second, 

 with 637,000 cords cut. 





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