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the private forestry owners, which is gradually developing without the 

 propaganda of the Association, because dollars and cents speak more loudly 

 than forestry associations. (Applause.) 



The final solution of the problem of conservative forest management 

 will be found only when the importance of the subject is fully realized by 

 the governments, and the administration of the remaining timber lands is 

 entrusted to a technically educated staff of a bureau, or perhaps better of a 

 forest commission after the precedent of the Civil Service, Railroad, Hydro- 

 electric Commissions. To secure the appointment of such agencies would be, 

 indeed, a worthy object of the Association Committees. 



THE PEESIDENT : This paper is now open for discussion. 



PROF. W. T. MCCLEMENT, (Queen's University) : It is not necessary to 

 urge upon the ladies and gentlemen present the necessity for earnest and 

 agg-resive work on the part of this Association. The need of laws for the 

 protection of our forests and for the strenuous enforcement of such laws is 

 certainly clear to every one here ; but if we are satisfied with making this 

 matter clear to the people present we shall have failed absolutely. Until 

 every little George Washington with his hatchet, and every small or large 

 vandal with his bonfire has had this law deeply written into his mind and 

 conscience we shall still be in a position of uncertainty with regard to the 

 preservation of our forests and their inhabitants. It is quite natural for 

 those of us who are engaged in educational work to emphasize the educa- 

 tional side of this matter. So far, we have been working merely on the sur- 

 face, and it is now necessary to think out the constructive side of the matter. 

 We must protect what we have, but we must go on to do nmch more than 

 that ; we must build up for the future. I do not believe that any other body 

 in Canada is so keenly alive to the necessity for that work as this Association. 

 It is therefore necessary that we should undertake, to a certain extent, the 

 education of the private conscience, and from that the building up of a public 

 spirit which will prevent the destruction of our forest wealth and replace 

 that which has been destroyed. Literature, as suggested by Dr. Eernow, 

 must be prepared and must be placed where it will be most effective. 

 Addresses must be given, and illustrations, as graphic as possible, must be 

 brought before the people of this country so as to create such a knowledge, 

 and feeling and sentiment in the minds of the people that it will be impos- 

 sible for any one to destroy institutions we may call a tree an institution 

 which cannot be replaced in a century. * Our great and good friend, Sir 

 Henri Joly de Lotbiniere has a monument in Arbor Day. Shall we allow 

 such an institution to drop into desuetude which is, I believe, the case at 

 present in Ontario or shall we do everything to stir up the teachers and 

 students to a proper observance of that day? You, Mr. Chairman, and all 

 those of us who have attempted to pla'ht trees that will grow, know that 

 every small boy or girl, every man or woman,- is not by nature instructed 

 in the matter of planting a tree so that it will grow. Information along that 

 line will have to be distributed; and I know of no better agency than this 

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