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gone as far as we should, for the time and energy that we have put into 

 it. Now, Dr. Fernow suggests that in order to carry out his ideas we should 

 have committees in the different Provinces. Well, I am not going to say 

 that that is not a good suggestion ; but it does not seem to me that it goes far 

 enough, and the suggestion I wish to add to the discussion is this : that we 

 should have a paid secretary who will be able to give all his time to this 

 work, and be constantly organizing and bringing the matter to tJbe at f fntion 

 not only of the Dominion Government, but of the different Provincial Gov- 

 ernments. I don't want Mr. Kelly Evans to blush, but any of us who have 

 been in Ontario will recognize the tremendous importance he has given to 

 the question of fish and game. (Applause). No one would dream for a 

 moment that fish and game are of anything like the importance of the 

 forestry question. They are not to be compared; they are not to be men- 

 tioned in the same breath; but Mr. Kelly Evans has not only made it a live 

 question throughout the length and breadth of Ontario, but he has been 

 able to point to quite a bit of legislation and more in prospect, too that 

 he has been able to bring about in the Fish and Game Society and put on 

 the statutes of Ontario. Now, our problem is larger than the one he has 

 to deal with. One of our difficulties is that we have to deal with the Federal 

 Government, which is constituted differently from the Provincial Govern- 

 ments. My idea is that we should get a man with organizing power, pay 

 him a salary sufficient to enable him to give all his time to the work, so that 

 he can go from Province to Province, and to Ottawa, organizing these com- 

 mittees that Prof. Fernow has spoken off. Then we will be in a position 

 to go forward. Perhaps, I am putting too much stress on one man power, 

 but my study of this age is that it is the one man that does the business ; it is 

 the man that is behind it. In saying this I would like to guard myself 

 against any criticism of our past secretaries. They have been employed in 

 other work, and have just been able to give their odd hours and odd atten- 

 tion to the matter. It has been a labour of love with them; they have been 

 tied up; they have been Government officials or professors. But what we 

 want to do is to get a man who will give all his attention to this, and organ- 

 ize those committees, and go forward in that way. (Applause). 



Ex-President STEWART : I have kept silence so far. In former meet- 

 ings I have had perhaps too much to say. This time I thought I would 

 simply listen to the discussion which has taken the turn as to what our 

 Association is doing. Now, however, I feel that perhaps a few words from 

 me might be in order. It has been said that the Association is rather lan- 

 guishing. Well, when I consider its inauguration in a small room and the 

 difficulties that we had for several years in securing any interest whatever 

 in the forestry question, I am more than gratified to see the attention that 

 is now being given to it by the public and by the press of the country. 

 (Applause). Now, there is one point that I came here to speak of particu- 

 larly. There seems to be considerable confusion in the minds of many 

 people regarding the objects of this Association. Very frequently we find 



