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Canadian Forestry Journal, November, 1918 



done very much excellent and es- 

 sential work, the fruits of which we 

 see in the several vigorous Govern- 

 ment Forestry Organizations. But still 

 our great need isforfurther education. 



II. Organizalion, which shall sat- 

 isfactorily relate together on business 

 and scientific principles the com- 

 munity of interests involved — to wit, 

 the Sovereign people, Owners of the 

 Land and providers of Labour, the 

 Lumberman, who furnishes Capital 

 and Enterprise; and the Consumer, 

 who offers the market. Among the 

 more important features of such 

 organization would be: 



III. Land Classification to enable 

 permanance of use and stability of 

 policy. 



IV. A System of Protection provid- 

 ing adequate security against fire 

 and other enemies. 



V. Applied Science in the forest, 

 to build up a normal growing stock 

 of the favored species and thereafter 

 ensure a steadily-improving, sustain- 

 ed annual yield. This technical 

 work calls for a personnel of trained 

 men, versed in silvicultural practice: 

 the management of forest experiment 

 stations: wholesale collection of tree 

 seeds; the combatting of insect pests 

 and tree diseases; the skilful handling 

 of nursery and seeding operations; 

 the preparation of clear, concise 

 Reports and Bulletins, and having 

 sufficient knowledge of forest men- 

 suration and engineering to most 

 cheaply and easily harvest the timber 

 crop, and supervise the construction 

 of such permanent improvements as 

 roads, bridges and Ranger cabins. 

 And lastly, organization should pro- 

 vide for: 



VI. Satisfactory Transport Ar- 

 rangements by land and sea, and the 

 development of the British Market. 



It must be evident that a great 

 export trade in Canadian timber — 

 chiefly "White Deal" and wood pulp 

 from the eastern Provinces, and 

 dimension stuff from British Col- 

 umbia, through the Panama Canal — 

 is dependent upon return cargoes for 

 the transport lines or tramp steamers 

 involved. Nor is this any mere 

 detail in the scheme but an important 



and determining factor in its success- 

 ful working out. It simply amounts 

 to this, that if Britain is to take 

 Canadian timber and timber pro- 

 ducts she can only do so by exchang- 

 ing some kind of goods in return. 

 The hoary old fetish that in interna- 

 tional trade gold can be got for goods, 

 has long whiskers now, and is getting 

 so many hard knocks these days; 

 that it can hardly survive the war. 



We see then that this splendid 

 prospect for the profitable develop- 

 ment of our Canadian Timber Farm 

 is conditioned on securing greater 

 freedom in trade relations between 

 Canada and the Mother Country, 

 and probably it is here, on a question 

 of economic policy, that more educa- 

 tion and effort will be required than 

 to solve either the technical or mar- 

 keting problems involved. However 

 that may be, there is no doubt at 

 all that the close of this war will 

 unfold for Canada a wonderful op- 

 portunity to acquire the profit and 

 honour of becoming Fir-and-Spruce- 

 Grower-in-Chief to the Empire. Are 

 we prepared to "Grasp Occasion by 

 the hand?" 



LATE F. B. ROBERTSON 



Pte. F. Bruce Robertson, formerly 

 of the Dominion Forestry- Depart- 

 ment, who has paid the supreme 

 sacrifice for king and country, was 

 killed in action on September 9th, 

 his twenty-sixth birthday. 



Before coming to Ottawa, Pte. 

 Robertson attended the faculty of 

 Forestry, University of Toronto, 

 where the honor of class president 

 was conferred on him by his fellow 

 students. He was granted his de- 

 gree of Bachelor of Science in 1914 

 leading his class. From then, until 

 his enlistment in October, 1915, he 

 was employed in the Dominion De- 

 partment of Forestry. He went over- 

 seas with the 4th University com- 

 pany, reinforcing the Princess Pa- 

 tricias, and latBr was transferred to 

 another battalion. He had been 

 through several important engage- 

 ments. 



