NEW BRUNSWICK FORESTRY CONVENTION 155- 



wealth. The protection and perpetuation of the Timber Lands and our - 

 lumber interests is the all-important issue today for our Government to con- 

 . rider, and our people, having been educated to the necessity of Forestry 

 Education, will heartily support the administration who makes it their aim. 

 to give the best possible care for our growing woods. 



The waste of tree life by settling and clearing unfitted lands for agri- 

 culture, waste by fire, and waste in lumber operations, are preventable in a* 

 large measure. 



The construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway across country 

 through the central portion of our Province, crossing the head waters of the 

 Tobique, Nashwaak, Miramichi, Taxis and Salmon Rivers, and other- 

 streams, will, in my opinion, be one of the most objectionable features that 

 this Province has been compelled to adopt in its entire history. From what 

 we know of the I. C. R. north from Moncton, and other" railways such as the 

 Gibson Branch, etc., they have done, on account of fire, millions of dollars* 

 worth of damage. 



The consequential damages that the G. T. P. will do in the next ten- 

 years, if built across the central portion of our Province, will be simply in- 

 calculable, and every effort should be made to safeguard this portion of the- 

 Country. The heads of the several Governments of the Western 

 Hemisphere are all awaking up to the fact that the time has arrived 

 that demands immediate action be taken in protecting our forests, and' 

 schools of forestry are being established throughout the land, and it is, 

 suggested here that New Brunswick do the same. 



THE NEED OF FOREST PRESERVATION. 

 Dr. Fernow says in his " Economics of Forestry " : 



The natural Forest Resources, as we find in America today, consists of 

 an accumulation of wood capital, lying idle and awaiting the hand of a 

 rational manager, to do its duty as a producer of a continuous, highest 

 revenue. The demands today upon the forest products of the United States 

 are greater than the supply. 



It is often said that the lumber here in our country is inexhaustible. I 

 for one cannot agree with this, and I am going to say here that the time 

 has arrived when the Government of today must advance some rational and 

 up - to - date methods for protecting our lands and forests. The conditions, 



