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Canadian Forestry Journal, February, 1917 



Wood Uses In War. 



Canada's forest wealth was review- 

 ed in an interesting address delivered 

 at the Normal School Hall in Ottawa 

 by R. H. Campbell, director of for- 

 estry, under the auspices of the Otta- 

 wa Field Naturalists' Club. 



Mr. Campbell pointed out that the 

 total value of the forest products in 

 Canada every year reaches $176,672,- 

 000 and the number of persons em- 

 ployed in forest industries, in addi- 

 tion to those industries which use 

 wood, such as paper mills, vehicle 

 factories, shipyards, etc., is 110,000. 

 This, stated Mr. Campbell, is the 

 largest number employed in any in- 

 dustry in the dominion, and the am- 

 ount of capital invested totals $260,- 

 000,000, wages paid in the forest in- 

 dustries of Canada total $39,400,000 

 yearly, and the value of the product 

 is $184,000,000 per annum. 



In war, wood has proved to be in 

 even greater demand. High explo- 

 sives, said Mr. Campbell, were being 

 made from wood cellulose, and im- 

 mense quantities of wood were being 

 used for trenches, huts and bridges. 

 Germany, cut off from the supply of 

 cotton, was made substitute articles 

 from wood. Absorbent cotton, 

 "shngs" and sphnts were alk being 

 made of wood and wood products 

 now, while the Russian soldiers are 

 wearing paper shirts made in Japan 

 and German and Austrian soldiers 

 are using paper vests, socks and 

 handkerchiefs made from wood pulp. 



Carelessness was the great enemy 

 of forests, said Mr. Campbell in- 

 stancing the disastrous fires at Fernie 

 and-Northern Ontario. 





Death of Alex. Barnet. 



The death occurred at his home in 

 Renfrew, Ont., recently of Alexander 

 Barnet, one of the best-known citi- 

 zens of the Ottawa Valley, and a 

 member of the Canadian Forestry 

 Association. The late Mr. Barnet 

 carried on business as a lumberman 

 for many years. At different times 

 he had several business partners, one 

 of whom was the late Wm. Mackay, 

 of Renfrew, and another the late 

 Peter White, of Pembroke. For a num- 

 ber of years he had interests in B.C. 



''THE FORESTS BELONG j 

 j TO CANADA" 



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Sir George Foster, speaking at 

 the luncheon of the Canadian 

 Pulp and Paper Association in 

 Montreal, January 31st, made 

 a direct and impressive demand 

 upon his hearers for the adop- 

 tion of conservation methods in 

 their relations with the forests. 

 "Canada's position," he said, "de- 

 pends on her natural resources. Don't 

 kill the goose that lays the golden 

 egg. Future generations will need 

 wood as much as you. If you waste 

 the heritage of to-day you are draw- 

 ing the blood of our future citizens. 

 "Perpetuation of the forest is done 

 in Germany and can be done in Can- 

 ada if proper forestry methods are 

 employed. 



"The forests belong to Canada — 

 not to you." 



Queer-Test of Fir. 

 Dr. W. W. Walkem, in an article 

 appearing in a recent issue of the 

 "Vancouver Daily Province," gives 

 a striking instance of the durability 

 of Douglas Fir. In the course of 

 some excavation work between Van- 

 couver and New Westminster, a 

 Douglas fir several feet in diameter 

 was found buried under twenty feet 

 of water-washed gravel and sand, 

 overlying glacial-worn rocks and mor- 

 aine, presumably contemporaneous 

 with the glacial period. The tree 

 had to be crosscut twice to permit 

 the passage of the steam shovel, and 

 the wood was found to be perfectly 

 sound. On the surface were other fir 

 trees growing which were centuries old. 



In National Forests 

 During the past fiscal year there 

 were constructed on the national 

 forests of the United States 227 miles 

 of new road, 1,975 miles of trails, 

 2,124 miles of telephone line, 89 miles 

 of fire lines, 81 look-out structures, 

 40 bridges, 222 miles of fence, 455 

 dwellings, barns, and other struc- 

 tures, 17 corrals, and 202 water im- 

 provements. 



