The Victoria, B.C. Convenhon. 



125 



Sir Richard ropo;itt><l Imm holicf, fr<- 

 quontly pxprossod of l:iti', tliat in thf final 

 result the Aniorican peoiile wnuM l)e 

 found to act fairly and justly in the mat- 

 ter of the imposition of tolls anil the 

 treatment of British shipjiin^ on the 

 Panama canal, anil that as soon as the 

 present political situation had passed, the 

 United States would realize its treaty ob- 

 ligations and live up to them. 



' We have the ri;^tit to ex|>ect nei^jhhor 

 ly treatment from our neijihiiors, and we 

 believe that we shall receive it.' 



U. S. VisiTOKs Kkmkmhkkku. 

 Mr. R. H. Campbell, the dominion 

 Director of Forestry, proposed the toast 

 of 'The Forest Interests of the I'nit 

 ed States of .\merica,' and, in doinj; so, 

 laid emjdiasis upon the dose relationship 

 which existed between Canada and the 

 Tnited States, not only socially and com- 

 mercially, hut |)ers()nally as well, and ex 

 presseil his luipe that this close rel.'ition 

 ship would always continue. Botli coun 

 tries had been equally |irodi^al in their 

 treatment of their natural resources; but 

 both had now awakened to a realization 

 of the iii»ed for conservation of those 

 pifts which (lod had j^iven tt> both. Much 

 of this knowledjre had come about as the 

 re-iult of the labors of men such as Dr. 

 Fcrnow, to whom both countries owed a 

 debt which could never be repaid. 



Mr. K. T. Allen, of I'ortland, Ore, I" 

 S. A., replied in a happy si>eech whicli 

 l>reathed the sentiment of brotherly love. 

 .\t the outset he paid a compliment to 

 British Cobimbia by describinj; its for 

 estry law as the most adv.im'i'd forestry 

 le;.'islation on the continent. While there 

 had been an opinion in the Tnited States 

 that Canada ha>l dr.iwn lar;'ely upon Am 

 erii-an sources for its fori»st exj'erts he 

 was ;.'oin>; back to tell his folks at home 

 that they mi;:ht well borrow a few Cnna 

 dinns to teach them some thin>r». Much 

 more was involved in such '.'ntherintrs 

 than sentiment They involve.! business 

 principles ami bu-iness treatment of bu<«i 

 ness quetttions and in that regard eiirh 

 eotiM learn fro-n the other. 



' We mav call our work for«»»it crtni»«»rva 

 lion or fores' i>r«"<ervitiim or what you 

 will. I prefer to call it natii>nal and pub 

 lie insurance and It nhould be administer 

 ed just as wisely and just as «anelv nt if 

 it was a mattiT of per««onnl insurance 



Kven thotiirh HritiMh • m 



excellent law, there were ."• 



which it micht learn from the I nite.| 

 Sfatt«s. One of these wn<» to tench that all 

 se.-tions of the i-ommunity had a common 

 interest in the fore-.trv i- «. n<> 



matter whether covernmeni ermen 



or the ordinary public In the states of 

 Washintrton, Oreiron and Idaho. »>'■ 

 ber owner-^ were patrollinj; 





acres am! doin^; their share in a commoo 

 business contract with the rewt of the mm 

 inunity. The problemn uf the two ruuD- 

 tries were the same. Such problems re- 



s|M'cte.| no t." ' rtjr 



should be sol .-r- 



hood of the .Vii. in a 



si.irit of romradci!.., ... . , . .-..L.jn. 



TlIK AhM»»<-| ATHlN Hi (MIMED 



The toast of 'The Canadian Korestrj 

 .Vssociation, ' was pro|><><M-d by Mr. William 

 Mi'N'eill, of Vancouver, Dir<'«tor of the 

 Canadian l^umberfnen 'h who, 



in a witty and felii-itou- irwed 



the (frowth of the assiM-iatmn and the de 

 \«do|imeiit of its work and ef- '— -• •<•<! the 

 unity of interest which boui n and 



w««stern Canada in tli' -f n» 



tural resources, such i and 



lands. 



'We are only bej»innii.i. ;■■ jCMple thie 

 [)rovince, but British Cidumbia ha» .nlwa^i 

 iieen a dominant, a 

 and it will so contii< 



forwar'l ftep in the i-on>ervation of lh« 

 forests had rightly Imnmi taken by the pro- 

 vince of British Columbia, the proviore 

 «hi<h "as th« m of the intereMta of 



thi- whole of ' 



lion. W. It. KoHs r. both •• 



minister of lands of Br>t. .. .umlda and 

 as n vice-president of the f^anailian For- 

 estry Assoi-iation, and dwelt u|«>n the ex- 

 pansion which was inevitsbl- in the lim 

 ber industry of British •' i Me aa 



sure«l his hearers that ti. ,. . rnment of 

 British Columbia was animate<i not only 

 by the n«' of thi- ' ' / by 



the re<piir. of th< ;«h 



Columbia was the Imperial province in 

 rei;nrd to the foreats. It had dutim and 

 oblii^ations to rentrni ranada. and it wna 

 with that knowb'd'.'e and that ' ' "'' 

 the j»i>veriiMiclit li:iil ■•'' »•• f" 

 the debauchery of t' «>f 



the province He ex, . ' "^at 



the new provincial univerwitr wooM in 

 elude R •chmd of foreatry c- 

 with practical te«t« of limber 

 eonditions. 



*I can see ''•' vi-Hom t-m-- i>f ('alifomia 



eointf <lown I ■'"' '^f ^'^^ 



j«), (*. ■ 11 1 t?ie 'T-iri'ier amidst 



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ciatinn wn» bo lonr" • yonth. t 



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ffr4 to p«IitK«. and frooJd take the wee 



