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you have the cash. The only other way out of it is to employ people and 

 pay them nothing except the chance of exhibiting their patriotism. 



Mr. CHOWN : Could not a man get his own pay ? 



Dr. FERNOW : If you have the cash, a paid secretary must first repre- 

 sent the Provincial Association so as to distribute the work through this 

 very large country. Each Province has its peculiar problems to solve,* 

 and only a man that lives in that Province is in a position to advise the 

 Legislature as to what is required. What suits Ontario does not suit Que- 

 bec, and what suits Quebec, does not suit British Columbia or Prince 

 Edward Island. So I hope the gentlemen who thought I was criticizing the 

 work of the Association will consider the appearance of things which was 

 not a reality. 



Senator EDWARDS : I think the fault lies with yourself, Mr. President, 

 in allowing speakers to discuss a question that was not referred to in the 

 paper read. 



The PRESIDENT : That nearly always occurs, to some extent. 



Mr. EVANS : The subject of education, as mentioned in Prof. Fernow's 

 paper", comes properly before this meeting, and I would like to point out 

 an item in the "Toronto Globe" (commencing to read item). 



Senator EDWARDS : Why don't you discuss Doctor Fernow's paper? 



Mr. EVANS : This item refers to education. We all know that the pres- 

 ent condition of the power question in this Province would not have been 

 possible had it not been for the many addresses that Adam Beck gave 

 throughout the Province for the purpose of educating the people on that 

 point. Now, what I got up to tell you was this, that last year at Albany, 

 Mr. Whipple, the deputy head of the Department of Forests, Fish and 

 Game for the State of New York, told us in his closing address that up to 

 the time that (with the consent of the Government) he had given a series 

 of some 60 or 70 addresses throughout the State, it was impossible for him 

 to get through the House, the legislation that was desirable, or to have the 

 laws properly enforced. Now, in Ontario, we have a precedent in the case 

 of the Department of Education, and to a certain extent we have a 

 precedent in the case of the Power question in this Province. I hope that 

 some day the Hon., the Minister who is sitting here will evolve some scheme 

 whereby he will send Mr. White or others of his staff throughout the Pro- 

 vince to give forestry lectures to the people. (Hear, hear. Applause). As 

 a young member of this Association I cannot lose the opportunity of impres- 

 sing upon you the absolute necessity of getting to the people. (Applause). 

 You must do it, and I believe it would well pay the Administration, or the 

 Hon. Frank Cochrane, to go to the expense of lantern slides, and of sending 



