Canadian Forcstrij Journal, September, 1U18 



1881 



Tuning Up the Forest Yield 



The success of the newly organized 

 Woodlands Section of the Canadian 

 Piilp and Paper Association is as cer- 

 tain as sunrise. No time serves as well 

 as the present to throw off the house- 

 hold religion of Canadians that nation- 

 al wealth comes from "choice lots." 

 No time like now to take on the 

 conviction that the prosperity of 

 this country must be derived from 

 its basic resources and then only 

 when those basic resources are cou])- 

 led to progressive brains. 



Of the hundreds of millions of 

 foreign capital poured into Canada, 

 surprisingly little has gone thus far 

 into industries of other than second- 

 ary nature. That has had its com- 

 pensations for we are now in 

 possession of a remarkably-advanced 

 national plant in point of transporta- 

 tion, city development, etc., so that 

 when the big job of developing 

 agriculture, forests and fisheries is 

 taken on seriously, progress is boand 

 to be unprecedentedly rapid. 



Since we have turned attention to 

 the natural resources as the logical 

 route to future progress, we face at 

 once the need of coupling to farming, 

 forestry, mining and fisheries, the 

 same scientific calculations that have 

 held good inside the walls of the 

 factories, although there does seem 

 to be a downright shyness of giving 

 science that much rope. 



Those who know the Canadian 

 fisheries best state that the "practical" 

 man's indifference towards improved 

 methods of curing and packing has 

 resulted in our having fewer Canadian 

 fishermen than in 1880. We have 

 the Commission of Conservation's 

 authority for the assertion that the 

 productivity of the farms of Canada 

 can easily be doubled without oc- 

 cupancy of more land. The same 

 must hold true of the forests which 

 investigations show are not producing 

 at half capacity. This may not be 

 the fault of the "practical" man, but 

 it certainly cannot be laid at the 

 door of the professional Forester, as 

 director of logging operations. 



$20 PROFIT ON SEASON'S CUT. 

 I low would you like to put up the 

 cash for a §100,000 incorporation for 

 the purpose of taking a contract on 

 which your total profit was fixed at 

 $20 for the year? That is precisely 

 the attractive business prospect which 

 led to the organization of the Air- 

 craft Lumber Co. of 01ym})ia, Wash. 

 An even score of loggers, practically 

 all in that district, have formed this 

 concern and put up $5,000 capital 

 each for the purpose of taking a 

 contract of that sort from the Govern- 

 ment for airplane spruce. The con- 

 tract with the Government specifical- 

 ly provides a basis of cost plus S20 a 

 vear. The new company expects 

 to produce 10,000,000 feet of selected 

 spruce yearly. 



FIRE ENDANGERS LIVES 



Powell River, B.C., — The recent 

 bush fires on the limits of the Myrtle 

 Point Logging Company at Powell 

 River and also on the Lamb Lumber 

 Company's limits were the worst in 

 many years and the witnesses testify 

 to many narrow escapes from burning 

 to death of employees who stuck to 

 their homes and employers' equip- 

 ment to the last minute, trying to 

 save them. On trying to' reach camj) 

 by locomotives the men were cut off 

 and had to abandon these and dodge 

 the waves of burning slash. Among 

 these were several women and child- 

 ren and it is considered miraculous 

 that all reached the lower camp in 

 safety. 



Many lost their all in the homes 

 left behind and the company's loss 

 figured up into many thousands of 

 dollars in houses and equipment. 



For some years, however, this 

 burned over area will be a protection 

 to the surrounding country and stand- 

 ing timber at the north. 



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