Canadian Forestry Journal, J an. -Feb., 1912. 



number of the states of the Union, 

 including, in addition to IMr. Gitford 

 Pinchot of Washington, My. E. A. 

 Sterling, Forester of the Pennsyl- 

 vania Railroad, Dr. J. T. Rothroek, 

 of Pennsylvania, ]\Ir. C. R. Pettis. 

 Superintendent of State Forests, of 

 New York; Dr. E. 11. Hall, of New 

 York, j\Ir. Harris A. Reynolds, Sec- 

 retary of the Massachusetts Forestry 

 Association, ]\Ir. W. R. Brown, 

 President of New Hampshire For- 

 estry Commission. 



The aim of the program commit- 

 tee was as far as possible to have 

 ■one paper for each of the four busi- 

 ness sessions with the object of de- 

 voting the remainder of the session 

 to discussion. Here again many be- 

 lieved that a dangerous experiment 

 was being tried, but the full and 

 frank discussion participated in by 

 forest engineers, educators, admin- 

 istrators and lumbermen gave a 

 large amount of valuable informa- 

 tion that could have been secured in 

 no other way, and besides brought 

 about a better understanding by 

 each of the aims of the other than 

 lias heretofore existed. At times the 

 divergence of view seemed to be 

 •great but before the discussions end- 

 ed in every case the participators 

 were much nearer agreement than 

 ^when it opened. 



The banquet in the Parliamentary 

 Restaurant on Wednesday evening 

 was one of the most successful fea- 

 tures of the convention. Covers were 

 laid for 200 guests and nearly every 

 seat was occupied when the assemb- 

 ly sat down. The speaking was of a 

 very high order, and it is safe to say 

 that the Premier and Sir Wilfrid 

 Laurier have never been heard to 

 hetler advantage. Mr. Pinchot made 

 a most striking speech, which, while 

 it dealt with the general principle of 

 conservation, did not cover any of 

 the ground of his address on the fol- 

 lowing morning. The speeches of 

 Mr. Alexander IVlacLaurin and ^Ir. 

 Wm. IMcNeil for the lumbermen, and 

 Mr. Nathaniel Curry, President of 



the Canadian IManufacturers Asso- 

 ciation, showed how the conception 

 of the need of forest conservation 

 lias gripped the leaders of industry 

 in this country. Here again the un- 

 ited character of the meeting was in 

 evidence. The lumbermen, in addi- 

 tion to the seats allotted to their 

 leaders at the head table, filled two 

 out of the five cross tables, while one 

 side of one of the remaining tables 

 was occupied by graduates or under- 

 graduates of the Forest School of 

 Toronto University. 



A striking feature of Thursday 

 morning was, of course, the great 

 address by Mr. Gifford Pinchot on 

 'The Groundwork of a Forest Ser- 

 vice." The four points necessary to 

 a successful forest service were (1) 

 no politics, (2) enough money, (3) 

 trained men, (i) federal control. A 

 number of those present declared it 

 was the finest address on practical 

 forest conservation and administra- 

 tion that they had ever heard. Mr. 

 R. H. Campbell. Director of Forestry 

 of the Department of the Interior. 

 Canada, in a few words following 

 Mr. Pinchot, told of a visit he had 

 made to some of the national forests 

 of the United States after the reforms 

 made by Mr. Pinchot, as Chief For- 

 ester of the United States, had been 

 put into force. He found enthusiasm, 

 intelligence and faithfulness — men 

 with a pride in their work and a de- 

 termination to keep out fire and 

 other enemies of the forest, and to 

 make it as useful as possible to the 

 people. He hoped to see like results 

 in the Canadian service. 



In the afternoon Mr. E. Stewart, 

 first secretary of the Canadian For- 

 estry Association and one of its past 

 presidents, gave his paper on the 

 aims of the Association, holding that 

 it should be an educative and agitat- 

 ing force but should not take up po- 

 litical questions or do administrative 

 work. The various items of the ne- 

 cessary routine business of the As- 

 sociation which showed its finances 

 to be in a healthy condition were 



