Canadian Forestrii Journal, Jiili/, 1917 



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AN EXAMPLE OF PRE- 

 VENTABLE WASTE OF 

 NEW BRUNSWICK'S 

 FORESTS. THE STUMP 

 OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN 

 NO HIGHER THAN THE 

 LINE INDICATED BY 

 FOREST OFFICER. 



tically every line of employment. 

 The story of Canada's forests from 

 the days of the French Governors 

 was recounted, with attention to the 

 gradual development of public poli- 

 cies of conservation. Emphasis was 

 given to the primary interest of the 

 state in forest protection and its 

 responsibility to make the founda- 

 tions of w^ood-using industries solid 

 for all time to come, to guard the 

 natural resources as a trust for com- 

 ing generations, and maintain the 



chief source of provincial revenues. 

 The audiences w^ere much interested 

 in new discoveries and applications 

 in the use of w^ood, in-as-much as 

 they assured any province, well stock- 

 ed with wood supplies and water 

 powers, numerous other industries 

 utilizing the tr^e for new^ purposes 

 and turning to profitable use what- 

 to-day the lumber and pulp industries 

 regard as waste. The progress of 

 other countries in forest management 

 was touched upon, and modern meth- 



