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prevent spread of the rust northwards. 

 The quarantine maintained by 

 Northern Ontario should involve pine 

 and Ribes (gooseberry and currant) 

 stocks and possible Ribes fruits. 



Southern Ontario 



The problem of Southern Ontario 

 remains and is a very perplexing one. 

 One thing is certain, that as long as 

 Nve make a fight to keep blister rust 

 out of Northern Ontario it will be 

 necessary to keep in touch with the 

 situation in the southern part of the 

 Province, by means of scouts, schools, 

 or other agencies. It might prove 

 feasible, too, to conduct or to en- 

 courage local campaigns in the various 

 alTected counties, making use of ex- 

 isting organizations in this work. 

 Such campaigns would have as their 

 object eradifcation or control. In 

 some districts the value of the currant 

 industry is insignificant, and if such 

 areas could be kept free from the 

 currant, white pine could be planted 

 with safety. Local conditions would 

 determine the action to be taken in 

 every case. 



9. The situation in Quebec is nol 

 so certain, and this is unfortunate, for 

 if the disease has a foothold north of 

 the St. Lawrence River, not only are 

 the richest of the Quebec forests 

 menaced, but also the task of keeping 

 it out of Northern Ontario is rendered 

 doubly difficult and costly. There 

 should be no delay in carrying out an 

 intensive scouting campaign in Que- 

 bec north of the St. Lawrence, and in 

 eradicating or controlling such in- 

 fections as may happen to occur. 

 Th€ movement of Ribes stocks and 

 possibly fruits should likewise be 

 regulated. 



10. The outlook is serious, and the 

 proposition of protecting our pine 

 forests a big one; it is a proposition 

 for the forester and the pathologist, 

 the lumbermen, the nurserymen and 

 local agencies; our efforts may be like 

 an attempt to sweep back the tide, 

 ]3Ut on the other hand, they may be 

 partially or completely successful. 

 It is, of course, conceivable that our 

 fears are overwrought, but experience 

 does not encourage that hope. The 



stakes are large and warrant our 

 best-conceived and ])rompt efTort. 

 Encouragement is to be gained from 

 the fact that the disease has been 

 eradicated from the small areas in 

 Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Penn- 

 sylvania in which it had broken out, 

 and from one infected spot in New 

 York State, and one in Wisconsin — 

 though only after ]:)rompt and drastic 

 action. Southern Ontario and South- 

 ern Quebec are infected badly, but 

 our north country is free. Now 

 whether or not our great pine forests 

 of the North will fall a prey to this 

 destructive disease depends on the 

 promptness and efficiency of the 

 action taken. Every stroke will tell 

 if rightly landed, but there must be a 

 good many of them, and today not 

 tomorrow. The problem is a big one 

 and no longer confined to a single 

 interest. It involves federal and 

 provincial governments, lumbermen, 

 and nurserymen — with a relationship, 

 too, to the bordering United States — 

 therefore, it is to be strongly urged 

 that a Commission representing all 

 these interests be appointed to have 

 fiill control of the entire blister rust 

 situation. On the outcome will de- 

 pend the reforestation policy of Can- 

 ada (and to some extent of our 

 neighbors across the line), and the 

 health, productivity, and perhaps ex- 

 istence of our valuable commercial 

 white pine forests. 



RESOURCES AND POPULATION 



As time goes on, there takes place 

 a gradually reversing proportion of 

 population and natural resources un- 

 til the mukiplicadon of settlements 

 and growth of cities render the in- 

 tensive industrial processes of manu- 

 facturing and commerce and a more 

 prudential use of natural resources 

 matters of sheer necessity. This very 

 logical readjustment in passing from 

 the simple economic activities of a 

 primitive existence to the complex 

 organization of modern industry, as 

 population increases, is frequently 

 said to exemplify man's most pro- 

 gressive traity-adap lability to en- 

 vironment. — {"'Foindations of Na- 

 tional Prosperity") 



