14 CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



accepted the invitation from the President of the United States to take part 

 in the International Conference on the conservation of the resources of this 

 whole North American continent. I have been honoured with an invita- 

 tion to join that Conference at Washington. (Applause). We will be glad 

 next week to meet our friends from the* United States and from Mexico, at 

 the Round-Table Conference in Washington and try to work out suggestions 

 to the various Governments as to what may be done to stop the waste, to 

 conserve the resources, and to provide means for a proper and wiser util- 

 ization in the future of the resources of this North American continent. 

 The fact that I was called upon to attend this very important Conference in 

 Washington is one of the chief reasons why I have felt myself bound to 

 leave my Parliamentary duties at Ottawa for at least a day and attend your 

 Convention, and come into contact with those who represent the best thought 

 and public opinion in Canada on this question of Forestry, so that I may 

 go to Washington better informed and fortified regarding the possibilities 

 of Improvement in Canada. By reason of this Conference, I believe we 

 shall be able to suggest means by which our resources may be better con- 

 served in the future than they have been in the past. (Applause). I am 

 proud of the opportunity to speak in this beautiful hall to-day. It is a 

 great pleasure to me to be able to visit the magnificent buildings in connec- 

 tion with Toronto University and to see this splendid Convocation Hall. 

 1 have no doubt that it is an indication of the resources and facilities of this 

 great University, and I am glad to note that the authorities of Toronto 

 University have recently established a Chair of Forestry (Loud Applause) 

 that they have seen fit to open their halls to the young men and women of 

 Canada who wish to study this subject, and that they have been able to 

 secure the services of my friend Doctor Fernow (Applause) who is so 

 well known on this continent as a scientific forester, trained in that best 

 School of Forestry to which His Excellency has referred the German 

 Forestry School. (Applause). I believe that this is good in two ways : 

 First, as ensuring to the young men who come to this University to take 

 part in this course the best of training and teaching; and it is also an indi- 

 cation that in this educational establishment Forestry is considered to be 

 so important that they may turn their attention to this subject and give it 

 that consideration which the people of the University of Toronto are looked 

 to to supply in all educational work. I anticipate great good to come from 

 this gathering, and to myself a great deal of information and assistance in 

 the work I have to perform. (Loud Applause). 



The PRESIDENT : At this point I have an explanation to make. 

 Through a misapprehension Sir James Whitney's name was placed on the 

 programme for this morning. It appears that it is at the banquet to be 

 tendered His Excellency and the Officers of the Association on Friday even- 

 ing that he is to speak. Previous engagements forbid his presence this 

 morning. He wishes me to express his extreme regret at his inability to be 

 present with us, and to say that he is thoroughly in sympathy with the aims 



