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Government is said to have sufficient material for the immediate future. The 

 factories, naturally wishing to operate at a profit, and with as little trouble as 

 possible, are demanding material which is the easiest to handle, i.e., long and 

 large clear lengths. They are disinclined and in fact refuse to accept, short 

 lengths which could be laminated in various ways and would be stronger and 

 lighter than solid beams. They will not accept material which contains small 

 knots or other minor defects, although some of the buying specifications allow 

 them, and although careful tests show that such material could be used with 

 perfect safety. To sum uo the situation briefly, the factories, and therefore 

 the purchasing agents, act as though all they had to do w^as to demand the 

 kind of spruce that is easiest to use regardless of the available supply, the 

 amount wasted in cutting up, or the way in which the trees grow. There ^s 

 not proper co-ordination between the producing and the consuming ends of 

 the business. 



Grow Trees Especially for Aeroplanes. 



Everyone who stops to think, knows that the spruce, whether eastern or 

 western, did not grow in ten years nor in one hundred. The supply available 

 is known very closely. We shall want aeroplanes just as much or more after 

 the war is over, and it is only common sense and good business to use our supplies 

 with the greatest care possible to avoid waste and still turn out perfect mach- 

 ines. 



By proper spacing in planting and care to preserve the proper density 

 of stand, we shall be able to plant spruce especially for aeroplane stock and 

 ensure a supply for the future, but there should be no delay in commencing. 



The United States Navy are utilizing eastern spruce and are not only 

 obtaining enough for their own requirements but are supplying the British 

 ^^'ar Mission. They are well organized and are handling the thing in a busi- 

 ness-like way and '"man-fashion" and an arrangement has been entered into 

 b>" which they will extend their operations in Canada and get what they can 

 in the east, supplying what is needed to the Imperial Government. This has 

 been arrived at by the closest co-operation between the Imperial Munitions 

 Board, The British War Mission and the United States Xavy, and will do 

 away with competition and useless duplication of effort and overhead charges 



''Forest Conservation in Canada/' 

 says the Forestry sub-committee of 

 the British Reconstruction Commit- 

 tee, 'Us an Imperial Question of the 

 first magnitude which deserves im- 

 mediate attention/' 



