The \'iclon(i, li.C. Convention. 



129 



sjiokr nil tlif cldstT ut ili/iition ol I'miiic 

 Coast tirnlicr, jiihI |iiiintiM| out tin- iiiniiy 

 iustarKcs in which waste was allowed 

 which was unnecessary, both in the woods 

 and the mills. He ]ilaced u ^'ood deal of 

 blame on the retailer and consumer for 

 some forms of waste, as, for instance, in 

 the insistence on leii;,'ths of even fe<>t, 

 which led to much waste in trimming in 

 the mills. A recent attempt by snw-mill 

 men to introduce the use of odd feet 

 len;.'ths was defeate<l by the consuming.' 

 |iublic refusin;: to take these. Mr. Kna|>|> 

 also referred to the lack of science in tin- 

 handling of dry kilns, which he charged 

 with a waste of from ten to forty per 

 cent., largely unnecessary, and to a great 

 extent affecting Douglas fir. 



Mr. H. I). I'rettie. su|.erinteiLdent of 

 forestry of the Canadian I'acific Railway, 

 stated that that company was one of tin- 

 largest users of lumber in the country, anrl 

 its policy was to purchase Canadian pro 

 duct. He claimed that railways li.-nl been 

 blamed for very many fires with the start 

 ing of whi<-h they had nothing to ilo. If 

 the farmers, lumbermen, ranchmen, fisher- 

 men and others were educated in the 

 same way the railw.-iys had be(-n educat- 

 ed, some results would be secured. The 

 comi)any had secret service men out, and 

 would trace uji every fire that occurred. 

 Mr. I'rettie asserted that a number f»f saw- 

 mills were not <dtserving the law in re- 

 gard to the burning of refuse in an en- 

 closed burner, and produced photographs 

 showing «)pen fires burning, some in the 

 vicinity of green timber. lie assureil the 

 governmt-nt and |)eople of Hritish <'olum- 

 bia that the C. P. K. desired to co ojier 

 ate in the development of the province's 

 resoun-es along lines that would be in tin- 

 best interests of all. 



Mr. K. .1. Palmer am! Mr. K. II. .\\•^ 

 ander told the visitors from airii-H the 

 line how the British Columbia -taw milN 

 have succeeded in introducing odil b-ngths. 

 having convinced architects, builders and 

 owners that odd lengths were ns u.«eful in 

 huildin:: as even lengths. 



Mr. W. C. Ciladwin, Supervisor of Fire 

 Wardens, informt-d Mr. I'rettie that on<- 

 of the most destructive Hrea in the pn- 

 vince, costing seven live* and millionji of 

 ilollars in property, was the ri-su1t of 

 negligence of C. P. |{. employi*^ in not put 

 ting out a fire whi^h "tarted at New Prr 

 V er. ill the Slocan district, two years .ig' 



Mr. .\ubrey White told the convention 

 that in Ontario timber wn» now sold hr 

 com|>etitive bids per thousand feet, »nd 

 that in paying fS to $10 per thousnnd Ihr 

 lumbermen "ere faking more interest in 

 timber |>reservation than any other prr 

 sons. The government had also pl.nced 

 the responsibility of selecting Are force* 



on the lumbermen ■ had 



done exery thing poh- ,■ > \),,. 



appointnionts fri>m being |>olitical. 



Friday Afternoon, Sept. 6. 



The firHt address of the .-ifti-ruoon wa» 

 by .Mr. K. T. Allen, forester of the Western 

 Forestry and Conservation A n. 



of ['ort'land, Ore C. S .\., on ' .N! .if 



Forestry Campaigning.* Mr. Allen show 

 ed that the great aim was to get exrry 

 man, woman and chiM to realiz*' tb« situ- 

 ation as to the forests, that tl • >\<\ 

 be preserved, atnl rouM Ik-. Tl.. -al 

 plan was to gain the goo<l will of the peo- 

 ple not to threaten them, but to trll in 

 -*hort, jiithy fentences what damage a for- 

 est fire does and to ask them I ut 

 it. Placards were put up, •■ a 

 burnt forest, with this legend: ■ liurnl 

 timber pays no wages.' On the other 

 hand, on the back of lumber cotapmay 

 cheques were sentences like this: 'ThU 

 money comes from the forfeit x; help to 

 pre-*erve them.' Going on. Mr. Allen 

 showed how they dealt with school chil- 

 dren, the legislatures, the women's cinbs, 

 the boards of trade and all otl ' ' >• 

 that could be reacht-d. Mr .\ .1 

 dress was a revi-lation to those preaetil of 

 how to arouse public attention. 



I>r. .ludson F. Clark, of Vancouver, read 

 a pa|>er on 'The ' al Vali: ''"r- 



estry to liritish ' la. ' II ■ e-l 



the difliculty of putting a flnnn- iil value 



on some of the advatt* f the formls, 



such an an improved and the op- 



portunities for ri'Kt a- 'l- 



/ens which forests pr <t 



ed the present cut of tunilier In Mriiisb 

 Cidiimbia as a little over a billion feet, 

 board iiiensure. and said that if the for- 

 .-!•< were pri" ild 



[•fMduce four I'- -n 



fi-et vearly, which w>>ul<l mean il- 



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al 



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providing ■ supply of fuel, fennng snd 

 poles n- ' •- -••gulatir- -»'-^— 'i>w. As to 

 the |M. of de of wood 



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 < in kaadhnf 



ln'fore, even in 

 ■•••»■ ~ reference t-- 

 r to lumber 



th<:r limits. 



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 of Forestry, r 

 tion throu-.'* ■• 

 state of t 



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