Sf Mdurice Valley Protective Association 



vigorous they an- the more rapid «ill the 

 process of awakening he. Government <le- 

 partments are aeiompiishing a great deal, 

 but they can never carry on an educational 

 projiagamla like an in>lej)endent organiza- 

 tion and that is the field of our Associa- 

 tion. 



Fiesides this it is a very short-sighted view 

 which sees only increase in government reve- 

 nues in improved forest management. 'Ph(> 

 governments gain, but the general public 

 gains ten times as much in increased trade, 

 in improved farming conditions, in safe- 

 guarded waterpowers and navigation, and in 

 inerea>ed rail an<l steamship traffic. Tim- 

 ber is a heavy bulky raw material, and 

 before it is worked up for the use of man 

 and transported to where he desires to use 

 it much labor must be e.\pended, the residts 

 of which benefit the whole community. 



Wedding Bells. 



On June .Uith, Mr. A. G. Mclntyre, former 

 superintendent of the dominion Forest Pro- 

 ducts Laboratories and Kditor of the I'ulp 

 and Paper Magazine, now manager of the 

 pulp mill of the Hathurst Lumber Co., at 

 Hathurst, N.H., was united in marriage to 

 Miss .losephine Clarke, "laughter of Mr. ami 

 Mrs. W. G. Clarke, of Bear Kiver, X.S. The 

 wedding was soleninizerl in the Baptist 

 church at Bear Hiver, by Rev. W. K. Mcln- 

 tyre, father of the groom. .Mr. and Mrs. 

 Mclntyre have taken up their residence at 

 Bathurst. The many friends of both the 

 contracting parties, who are widely known 

 in forestry and lumbering circles, will wish 

 them every happiness. 



Modern Co-Operative Forest Protection — Rangers ol the St. Maurice Valley Forest 

 Protective Association patrolling the railway line on a gasoline speeder fol- 

 lowing a railway train. 



Conservation — What It Is Not! 



A common popular misconception with 

 regard to conservation is that it consists in 

 merely saving or hoarding natural wealth 

 for the use of future generations. Nothing 

 could be further from the truth. Mere 

 hoarding is not conservative ; it is almost 

 as wasteful as reckless destruction. Wise 

 statesmanship regards our natural resources 

 as so much capital of which the State is 



the trustee. The community is entitled to 

 the interest, but the jtrincipal should be 

 conserved for all time. An exception to this 

 rule must be made in the case of minerals, 

 such as coal, of which there is only a limited 

 supply, that, when once used, can never be 

 restored. But in the case of our forests, 

 our lands, our seas and our wild animal 

 life, the existing supply of timber, of soil 

 fertility, of fish and of fur-bearers, should 

 never diminish, but should rather increase. 

 — Montreal Witness. 



