The Thirteenth Atiuudl ('onunlinit. 



rapidly cU-alt with, tlu» report of the 

 resolutions and iioniiiiations cominii- 

 tee presmtfd and adopted and tin- 

 13tli annual convention eon(duded. 



Wednesday Morning. 



At ten o'(doek tlie ['resident of the 

 Assoeiation. .Mr. (J. Y. Chown. li.A.. 

 Kejristrar of (Queen's rniversity, 

 Kin«,'ston. ealied the assend»ly to or- 

 der, and introdueed the Premier. 

 Rijrht Hon. \{. L. Uorden. 



^Ir. I5oi'den. aftei* weleoininj; those 

 present to Ottawa, briefly leferred 

 to the convention of li)l)(i and tiie 

 progress of the Association's woik 

 since that time. 'We have lieeu 

 haj^pily blessed in Canada.' he con- 

 tinued, 'witli not only a great abund- 

 ance, but a great variety of reso\ir- 

 ees. and nerhaps none of the natural 

 resources of Canada whi(di are at tlie 

 command of our i)eople are more im- 

 portant than those of the forest. We 

 should all bear in mind that a na- 

 tion, like an individual, nuiy be pro- 

 digal. A young man comes into a 

 vast estate ; he sees no object more 

 worthy of his attention than dissi- 

 l)ating that estate as rapidly as pos- 

 sible. Similarly a young nation like 

 Canada is apt to be reckless of its 

 heritage. T think that every man 

 who has given consideration to the 

 subject will agree that, up to the 

 present time, there has been a lack 

 of thrift on the part <tf the people of 

 Canada so far as the forests are ct»n- 

 cerned.' 



Referring briefly to tlie subj<-ct of 

 consei'vation, he observed 'As we 

 properly understand conservation it 

 means, after all. oidy wise nnd '(H- 

 cient utilization l!\ry 



one of us nuist reali/e that -^u^!i 

 ization nuist take place on wi>- i 

 and must have regar«l to the inter- 

 ests, not only of those of the ji - "t 

 day, but of the interests of tho?*<' u ho 

 eoujc after us as well. 



'Hurke has well said that t' 'in- 

 tion is a partnership, but not '' 



nership of the living nlone. bu' a 



partnership lii \ 



It) arc living. 



those who are dea«l and '' 

 arc yet to be b<»ru, Jt in \u ; ;.- -, 

 of these wordH, it secinN to nu*. ; 

 the question of conHcrvation Khotild 

 be approachi'd.' 



Aftei- referring to the hick of di«- 

 crimination betwe<-n soil (it f)ir fai!:i 

 ing and that lit only for growing for- 

 ests u]» to the prcs. • ' ' 

 ' ICveryone who is 

 slightest power of observation i 

 realize that the lands have I 

 «-leare(| and settlement mad*- '' 

 in many jtlaces in Canada wl. 

 soil would have been infinitely more 

 valuable if the forest had been ; ■ 

 served and the annual crof) of 

 forest used from that land iij.st'-ad 

 of the attcmfif being made to r 

 the ordinary crops of agricultur*'. 



Referring then t«> the «picstion of 

 forest fires, lie concluded: * No bet- 

 ter work couhl be <lone by your 

 gatln-ring in this convention •" 



imprt'ss not only upon the 1, ^ 



tiire but upon the people at birce 

 the importance, nay. the n' 



imjterative n< ssity, of such 



tion and such conccrt«d .f * 

 all intcreste<l in this u that 



this awfid destruction by hre Hhall 

 no longer prevail. ' ' ' idl be re 

 du»ed as much a.s | •. 1 rend 



in works on conservation which have 

 been r«'ccntly publisheil in A 

 that in the iiietli- ' '■"■-■' 

 lumbermen in ut 



that they take from the for«»l ihrn* 

 has been — in tin* I'nilcd 

 least a very t'reat anti w 

 waste. I d" I «'t know wl 

 have di^'U^s.-d that or 

 any etliieatioii of *' 

 ncnrd. biit ' •' 

 this is a 

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