E.vpn Dili lit \ I I ih il ill I' I, J I, \f(i/;i 



ng 



97 



woutls and ^ivissrs lur the niamilac- 

 ture ol" iJiilp. 



Thf (Icvi'IojMiH'iil t)l' the sci»'iu'«' a'lil 

 ti'i'liiiit|UL' of pulp ami paper making' 

 to siifli ail extent that coimiH'ivial 

 plants will find it possihle to support 

 tln'iiiselves upon the vast (pnintitifs 

 of wooil waste and of inferior speeies 

 of wooils now annually lost in this 

 eountry will i-e«|uire eontinuous sys- 

 teniatie in\ t-stij^Mlion hy experts. A 

 eertain amount of this work will he 

 <lone l>y private individuals, hy pulp- 

 mill operators and hy consultint; en- 

 ^'ineei's. hut no pi-ivale individnal ean 

 afford the time and expense neees- 

 sarv to a thoroui;h studv of the whole 

 question. < )ii the other hand, the sup- 

 port of sueli experiment stations as 

 those at ^fadi.son and Wausau. whieh 

 cost $2r).(KK) ami $2(>.()0() respeetively 

 per year to operate, would he an easy 

 matter for a ^ovei-miieiit. esp«'eially if 

 the pidp and paper manufacturers of 

 Cainida followed the example of tiie 

 Aineriean Pulp and l'a|»er Manufae- 

 tiirers' As.soeiatioii and assisted to 

 .somi' extent. Cei-tainly ever\ pvdp 

 and paper manufaeturer in ('anada 

 W(»ul<l henetit by any seientifie work 

 which would extend tlie sources nf 

 pulp tihre and improvi' tin- i.i nrrvsts 

 of nninufaetui'e. 



.\ soundly i)lanned. thoroujrhly exe- 

 cuted investif^ation '-aM hest he ear- 

 rie(l out hy the Dondnion ^rovermuent. 

 The tirst step wonid he to I'ollect un- 

 der one or^jHiMzation all the availahie 

 informjition hearing? on the suhjei-t. 

 both in Camida and in foreiirn coun- 

 ti'ies. to coi-relate this infornnition and 

 put it in such shape as to In- always 

 availahie. The linin«li of tlie covcrn- 

 menf charu't-d with this work unuld 

 not only pa.ssivdy distrihute inl"orin- 

 atioti on application, but would also 

 take steps actively to brin^r to the at- 

 tention <»f all private individinds who 

 could henetit by it any new dc\. lop- 

 ments in the manufacture of pulp 

 and paper. This work slioubl N^ ear- 



rii'd itn with the full co .^v ion of 



s.-i.nfitif men and of p' men 



enjraue<l in the jndp and pa| 

 try everywhere in Canada. 



There are sev«-ral i 

 work can best he )■ •> 

 ernment. The K" 

 readily secure eoniidential an 

 portant traile informaliun i'< 

 private individual. Wnik .... , 



by the ffovernmeiit would !»♦• , i 



to be disinterested and ini|iartiMl. 

 N'alnabje resnits si-enred by t! 

 ernment would quickly and fr 

 nuide availuble to all penion.s. u 

 U'ood results would be more wi.k-- 

 spread than if the same infoi ' , 

 hiid been .secured by private 

 duals. The best work can b- 

 only by a <entral and permanent or- 

 jranization. Snch an ort' > 



Wnnld be more likelv to !►«■ ; 

 l>y the government than by a private 

 individual. 



The lo^jical branch ni the la- 

 ment to undertake the work ...... i 



Ik- the Forestry Mranch. The For- 

 estry Mranch has now a jfreMter 



knowledj5e of forest conditio' 



comitry than any otinr orj; — i 



in Canada. It has during tiie puHt 



few yeai-s made spj-i'ial studies of *hr 



pulp industry and othei- u. ' 



imiustries. and is in touch w.::. 



forest industries of Canada T' 



ployii's of the Forestry Bra 



c«)vered the coniitry from tin A; 



bany riv»'r to the I'acitie. nnd «dl 



probably, in the next few ycuni. !► 



much scien title work in V 



Caini.hi. Work ' • ' ' ■' 



estr\ Mranch \v 



ly for the frond of the count r 



the i;<M)d of the |>ulp and |)ii: 



and to d«'ii: ■ •■'•'•• 



race eoiihl i 



as niiieh by a lietter 



coii.snmi • 



(luclion 



anv nil 



St»«o of 

 - ;..rr«t \m" - 

 frncr than • 

 with •hflTrrrnt x 

 tioo. 



