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ing of the general public by means of circulars, I may say that we now 

 have that matter fairly in hand. By the editor of the Association there 

 are being prepared short articles of a quarter or half a column, which are 

 being sent out regularly every two or three weeks to the newspapers through- 

 out the Dominion. These articles are being accepted very readily, and are 

 appearing in the newspapers not only in the cities, but throughout the whole 

 country because they are being sent to the agencies which supply material to 

 the country press. So that in these respects the Association is doing a large 

 amount of additional work. It needs further development along a good 

 many lines which have already been discussed, but I just wanted to point out 

 that the Association is already doing something and that the assistance given 

 us by the newspapers is one of the most effective pieces of work that can be 

 done, because these papers go into every home, and thus enable us to reach 

 practically all the homes of the Dominion. In that way we are educating 

 the people to an appreciation of the principles that we are trying to work 

 out. Later on I may take the opportunity of speaking about the work of 

 the Dominion Forestry Branch. (Applause). 



MR. MACOTJN : At a meeting of the Association held in Toronto five years 

 ago this very important question of how to disseminate our ideas was dis- 

 cussed. Without taking undue credit to myself I think I may say that Rev. 

 Father Burke, of Prince Edward Island, and myself were practically the 

 only two at that meeting who thought that a Forestry Journal should be 

 established. As a result of our work that publication was established, and 

 I trust the members of the Association will excuse me if I say a few words on 

 that particular matter. I think the question as to how we shall reach the pub- 

 lic is really a very important question. Dr. Fernow has said that these 

 annual meetings reach only those already in the fold. Well, that is not 

 true. If there were only half a dozen of us at this meeting, it should be 

 remembered that not only the newspapers of Toronto but of the whole 

 Dominion report what is said here. This may be some consolation to those 

 who read papers here before small audiences. Nearly everybody in Canada 

 who read the newspapers knows that this Association opened yesterday, that 

 His Excellency, the Governor-General is with us, that the Hon. Mr. Fisher 

 and other prominent men in the country are taking part in our discussions : 

 so there is no question that this annual convention is of great value. In 

 addition to Rev. Father Burke and myself who believed that we should estab- 

 lish a Forestry Journal, there was Mr. Southworth and Mr. Stewart. If I 

 remember correctly, Mr. Stewart objected that we should wait a year that 

 we did not have funds enough. I pointed out that that was all the more 

 reason why we should "get busy" and appeal to the different Governments 

 and people who could help us, for funds; because my idea of an Association 

 of this kind is that it should constantly be in debt, always pointing out the 

 good work it is doing, and asking for more money. At that time Mr. South- 

 worth strongly advocated the spending of all the money we had so as to 

 reach the public through the newspapers and in various other ways such as 



