Canadian Forestry Journal, January, 1915' 



should lie pressed forward as vigor- 

 ously as eirciiinstances permit, so that 

 after the war our people will have the 

 raw material out of which to build 

 up renewed prosperity. All who can 

 attend and take part are therefore 

 requested to do so. 



The Commission of Conservation 

 holds its annual meeting on the morn- 

 ings and afternoons of January 19th 

 and 20th, in its offices opposite the 

 Carnegie Library, so that those at- 

 tending can participate in both meet- 

 ings. 



Owing to the fact that the Ottawa 

 AVinter Fair will be in progress Jan- 

 uary 19 to 22 fare-and-one-third 

 railway rates will be in force for the 

 round trip from all points in Ontario 

 from Sault Ste. ]\Iarie — Toronto and 

 east and from all points in Quebec. 

 These are obtainable without certifi- 

 cates upon application to the railway 

 ticket agent at point of departure. 



Tickets are good going Jan. 18 to 

 21 inclusive, and returning are good 

 up to and includiug Jan. 23. 



THE PLACE OF THE FORESTS. 



These are the days when the annual 

 statements of the Presidents and Gen- 

 eral ^lanagers of the Canadian banks 

 are closely studied. It is instructive 

 to note that in these reviews of Can- 

 ada's financial situation the products 

 of the forest are generally mentioned 

 next after those of agriculture. In the 

 views of these leaders farm products 

 are Canada's first resource and forest 

 products her second. Canada has too 

 much fertile land for forest products 

 ever to oust those of the farm from 

 first place. But, on the other hand, 

 there is so much absolute forest land 

 in Canada that unless we are wanton- 

 ly wasteful and negligent in the 

 handling of our forests, forest pro- 

 ducts should never be displaced from 

 their position in the second place of 

 Canada's resources. 



PUBLIC OPINION GROWING. 



In the December issue of the Canadian 

 Forestry Journal the fact was recounteil that 

 a man had been pent to jail in Quebec for 

 >etting fire to a forest. It was pointed out 

 that as this was so very unusual in Canada 

 some opposition might be made to his pro- 

 cedure, and friends of forest conservation 

 were urged to support the organization 

 which had the courage to take this step. We 

 have just receive<l from Mr. H. E. Mac- 

 .Millan, Chief of the British Columbia Forest 

 Service, who noticed this paragraph, a note 

 to say that this Avas not the only case where 

 in Canada a man had been sent to jail for 

 this offence. He writes: 'Up to the present 

 we have hail over forty prosecutions. Five 

 men v.ere put in jail for periods of from 

 thirty to ninety days, and the remainder 

 were fined from fifty to two hundred dollars, 

 and in addition, in some cases, were required 

 to pay the damages and costs of fighting 

 fires due to their carelessness. He also notes 

 that there have been more convictions 

 in 1914 than ever before, and it, likewise, 

 was the worst year from the standpoint of 

 flangerous weather. We need only add that 

 Avhile we regret both the fires and the fines, 

 not to speak again of the imprisonment, we 

 can only be glad at this evidence of growing 

 public oijinion in favor of forest protection. 



RAILWAYS AND FIRE PROTECTION. 



The railways have always contended, and. 

 with reason, that much of the damage at- 

 tributed to them came from tramps Ighting 

 fires as they walked along railway lines and 

 from fires lighted by matches, and cigars 

 thrown from moving trains. Those travel- 

 ing recently in Canadian Pacific Railway 

 trains have seen the following notice p&sted 

 up in smoking cars. This is another way 

 in w^hich forest conservation is being brought 

 home to the general public : 



Forestry Conservation and Protection 

 Against Fire. 



' Travellers are respectfully requested not 

 to throw lighted matches, cigarettes, cigars 

 or contents of pipes from cars, as destructive- 

 forest and other fires have frequently been 

 started in this majiner. ' 



A United States agricultural journal 

 draws attention to the thousands of acres 

 of fertile soil which this spring (and everj^ 

 spring) Avas washed away from the hillsides 

 and swept out into the ocean. The moral' 

 it drew from this was that hillsides should," 

 be retained in timber and other crops that 

 prevent the washing of the soil. 



