CREATION AND ORGANIZATION 15 



legislation must necessarily remain inoperative un- 

 less it were followed by the establishment of a 

 proper administration of the Reserves based upon 

 sound forestry principles. Furthermore, the law 

 withdrew from public use all such lands that 

 might be acquired under it. It was now easy for 

 the Government to acquire lands ; the question that 

 next presented itself was how to protect and regu- 

 late the use of these new acquisitions. Forest pro- 

 tection cannot be secured without forest rangers 

 and forest guards ; nor forest management without 

 technical foresters. The very reasons for estab- 

 lishing the Reserves would point to the absolute 

 need of a system of managing them. These rea- 

 sons were briefly: 



"to prevent annual conflagrations; to prevent useless de- 

 struction of life and property by fires, etc.; to provide benefit 

 and revenue from the sale of forest products, fuels, and 

 timbers; to administer this resource for future benefit; to in- 

 crease the stock of game; to promote the development of the 

 country; to give regular employment to a professional staff; 

 to secure continuous supplies of wood and to get the maximum 

 amount of good from each acre." 



Such arguments as these assume the presence of a 

 force of men to protect and administrate these 

 Reserves. 



