In closing I cannot do better than quote from an address made by the 

 Honourable James Wilson before the American Forest Congress held in 

 Washington in January, 1905. 



"I look for excellent results from the deliberations of this Congress , 

 for more light upon vexed questions and for the statement of new and use- 

 ful points of view. But above all, I hope from our meeting here there will 

 come a complete awakening to the vastness of our common interest in the 

 forest, a wider understanding of the great problem before us, and a still 

 more active and more earnest spirit of co-operation. Unless, you, who repre- 

 sent the business interests of the country take hold and help, forestry can 

 be nothing but an exotic, a purely Government enterprise, outside our indus- 

 trial life, and insignificant in its influence upon the life of the nation. With- 

 out forestry the permanent prosperity of the industries you represent is 

 impossible, because a permanent supply of wood and water can come only 

 from the wise use of the forest, and in no other way, and that supply you 

 must have." 



