132 CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



THE ATTITUDE OF THE PAPEE MANUFACTUEEES TOWAEDS 

 CONSEEYATIVE FOEESTEY METHODS. 



CAUL EIORDAN, EEPRESENTATIVE CANADIAN MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION. 



The forest resources are practically all in tlie hands of the governments 

 or large industrial institutions. I do not believe that our governments will 

 thoroughly conserve the natural resources directly under their control, 

 which are really the capital of the nation, so long as there is any consider- 

 able portion of them unappropriated and unexploited, because the people do 

 not care how much of these resources is wasted or stolen so long as they 

 feel that there is more left, that there are still opportunities. 



I hope you do not consider that too broad. I think there is indifference 

 so long as the people feel that the well has not shown a bottom yet. 



Only the Government can afford to handle natural resources without 

 regard to the immediate profit from them. The industrial institutions own- 

 ing natural resources must always first consider immediate profits in appro- 

 priating and exploiting these resources so that the pulp and paper industry 

 must first operate its timber holdings to produce present profits. That being 

 provided for, it must operate them to perpetuate the supply, at any rate in 

 the case of mills in close connection with their timber areas. 



The paper and pulp industry has more need of conservative forestry 

 methods than any other industry that is using the forests commercially, 

 because it has the largest investment per quantity of timber used, and this 

 investment is represented by plant that is less movable than any other wood- 

 using industry, and also because it requires a large amount of power 

 steadily all through the year, and this depends on the forests remaining 

 at the head waters. 



These remarks apply more particularly to paper and pulp mills that 

 are located near their woodlands, and directly accessible to them. Most of 

 the large mills in Canada are so situated, but most of the large mills in the 

 United States or not. It was not stated to me whether I was to speak on the 

 attitude of the papermakers of Canada or of those of America, so I have 

 thought it fit to allude briefly to those of the States. It is obvious that the 

 mills that are located in close connection with their woodlands must have 

 a very vital interest in perpetuating the supply of wood on those woodlands. 

 Mills not located near their woodlands are interested only in getting their 

 wood as cheaply as possible without regard to perpetuating the wood produc- 

 tion of any one area, because they depend rather on the general supply. 



In the United States I understand that practically every firm owning 

 timber lands there is adopting the methods of conservative forestry and 

 employing trained foresters for the purpose, and even planting trees. They 



