Canadian Forestry Journal, February, lUl. 



957 



Resolved — That it is the sense of 

 this Conference that active measures 

 should be taken by the duly constitut- 

 ed authorities and by all good citizens 

 along the lines advocated by the 

 officials competent to recommend 

 practical measures for preventing the 

 further dissemination and, as far as 

 possible, for the elimination of the 

 disease. 



Resolved — That immediate action 

 should be taken by the Federal gov- 

 ernments of the United States and 

 . Canada for adequate quarantine mea- 

 sures to prevent the spread of the 

 disease to sections of the Continent 

 not now known to be infected. 



Resofved — That co-operation by the 

 Federal governments with States and 

 Provinces to eradicate or control the 

 disease in sections now infected should 

 be continued and extended by liberal 

 appropriations. 



Resolved — That the States and Pro- 

 vinces, both independently and by 

 Interstate, National and International 

 co-operation, are urged to conduct 

 complete investigations, provide pro- 

 per quarantines and take all necessary 

 measures, in keeping with the serious- 

 ness of the situation, to eradicate or 

 control the pine blister disease. 



Resolved — That a copy of this re- 

 solution be transmitted to the Sec- 

 retary of Agriculture, to the chair- 

 man and members of the United 

 States House and Senate Committee 

 on Agriculture and Forestry, to all 

 members of the United States Senate 

 and to the Governments of the Dom- 

 inion of Canada and of the Canadian 

 provinces. 



National Quarantine. 



In view of the spread of diseases 

 and insect pests introduced from for- 

 eign countries, such as the chestnut 

 blight, gipsy moth and white pine 

 blister. 



Resolved — That the American As- 

 sociation favor the principle of abso- 

 lute national quarantine on plants, 

 trees and nursery stock, to take effect 

 at the earliest date which may be 

 found economically expedient. 



Migratory Birds. 

 Resolved — That the American For- 

 estry Association respectfully urges 

 the present Congress to make effec- 



tive, through the necessary legisla- 

 tive action, the recently ratified Con- 

 vention between the United States 

 and Great Britain for the protection 

 of useful migratory birds. 



Speedy action is desirable in view 

 of the increasing economic loss to all 

 the people, which must ensue if action 

 be deferred until the next Congress. 



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FORESTRY SECTION FOR 

 PULP AND PAPER MEN 



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Following an impressive address 

 on forestry progress throughout Can- 

 ada by Mr. EUwood Wilson, Forester 

 of the Laurentide Company, before 

 the Canadian Pulp and Paper As- 

 sociation at Montreal, Mr. Carl Rior- 

 don suggested that a Forestry Sec- 

 tion, (similar to the Technical Sec- 

 tion already existing) should be organ- 

 ized and set to work. The idea was 

 readily supported by the meeting 

 and the new Forestry Section will 

 presently become one of the chief 

 branches of the Canadian Pulp and 

 Paper Association. 



WILL HELP GUARD N. S. 

 FROM MENACE 



Mr. F. A. Harrison, Deputy Com- 

 missioner of Crown Lands, Halifax, 

 N.S. writing to the Canadian Forestry 

 Association for a supply of pamphlets 

 on the White pine blister menace, 

 states: "While I feel sure that the 

 disease does not exist here, it is my 

 intention to distribute them to the 

 Forest Rangers so as to have a thor- 

 ough search made during the coming 

 summer to see if any trace of it can 

 be found." 



Many of the large lumber cor- 

 porations, co-operating with the Can- 

 adian Forestry Association, are sup- 

 plying their woods employees with 

 our illustrated literature on the White 

 Pine Blister with instructions to 

 search carefully for an^' sign of the 

 trouble. 



