The acknowledgments of the Association are due to the 

 above-mentioned publications for their co-operation in the 

 effort, as well as to Mr. Carl O. deDardel, consul-general of 

 Sweden for North America, to Mr. L. Aubert, consul-general 

 of Norway for Canada, to the Swedish Cellulose Association 

 of Stockholm, the Finska Cellulosaforeningen of Helsingfors, 

 the De Norske Papirfabrikanters Forening of Kristiania, to 

 Lord Lovat, head of the British Forestry Commission, and 

 his associates, to F Administration des Eaux et Forets, Paris, 

 and to numerous pulp and paper companies and others in the 

 countries visited for courtesies received and assistance ren- 

 dered. Particular acknowledgments are due to Baron Manner- 

 heim, president of Kramfors Aktiebolag, Stockholm, Sweden, 

 and his immediate associates, for their exceptional kindness 

 and co-operation. 



ARTICLE No. 1 



PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF FOREST CONDITIONS 



IN SWEDEN 



STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, MAY 21. The first impression 

 obtained by a Canadian investigating forestry in Sweden is 

 that the industry here has passed beyond the experimental 

 stage. It is more or less an exact science. It is difficult to 

 conceive of a body of Swedish foresters, for instance, sitting 

 down to discuss seriously some of the, to them, elemental 

 questions concerning methods of conservation and cutting 

 such as still engage forestry minds in other lands. They have 

 passed that stage here. Forestry is a scientific business. They 

 have been at it for many years. Upon it largely rests the 

 nation's material welfare. 



The State and the private interests, furthermore, are not 

 in conflict. There seems to be but little divergence of opinion 

 as to general policies and certainly no hindrance to proper 

 development by reluctance to provide the required funds, 

 whether these are drawn from the public exchequer or from 

 private sources. 



A Swedish forestry expert, Herr C. A. Agardh, is on record 

 as writing, in 1857, that "It may be said that the position of 

 Sweden as an independent nation and as a civilized country 

 is contingent upon the existence or non-existence of forests." 

 And in 1921, Prof. Gunnar Anderson, with whom I have 



