Canadian Forestry Journal, August, jpi^. 



An Increased Membership 



161 



Good Response in Campaign to Strengthen Association. New 



Members in All Parts of Canada. 



. One month ago the Canadian 

 Forestry Association began a cam- 

 paign for new members. At the 

 time of writing (the middle of 

 August) the number of additions 

 has been decidedly encouraging. 

 Before the close of the month, it is 

 anticipated that many more will 

 have been won as active supporters 

 of the cause of forest conservation. 



The President's letter to the mem- 

 bership was a vigorous request for 

 personal activity in the Association's 

 interest. All that the members were 

 asked to do was to secure one new 

 adherent, a very simple task as 

 scores have found during the past 

 four weeks. Manv showed their 

 practical interest in the Association 

 by meeting the President's request 

 to the best of their ability, A To- 

 ronto enthusiast, who until recently 

 was not recognized as a champion of 

 the Association, secured by personal 

 effort no less than five new mem- 

 bers in ten days, while a Winnipeg 

 member brought in four splendid 

 recruits. If all members of the As- 

 sociation displayed equal zeal, a 

 membership of ten thousand would 

 not be an extreme anticipation. 



When this issue of the Journal 

 reaches its readers, the time will still 

 be opportune for sending in a new 

 name. Although the date of August 

 31st was set as the time for measur- 

 ing up results, no member need 

 hesitate to make his effort for a new 

 addition if this appeal reaches him 

 a few days after that time. 



The widely-representative charac- 

 ter of the Association's membership 

 may be guaged by a list of nineteen 

 new members which arrived in two 

 succeeding days: Clerk, bank man- 

 ager, civil engineer, sportsman, mer- 

 chant, nurseryman, capitalist, stu- 

 dent, farmer,^ court clerk, three 

 manufacturers, barrister, insurance 

 manager, and three newspaper 



owners. 



Many of the letters accompanying 

 the applications for membership in- 

 dicated the high regard in which 

 the work of the Canadian Forestry 

 Association is held throughout Can- 

 ada. A Montreal business man of 

 large interests, in applying for mem- 

 bership, wrote : 'T am very glad to 

 have the privilege of becoming a 

 member of the Canadian Forestry 

 Association. This is a matter that 

 both myself and my firm have al- 

 ways been keenly interested in, and 

 anything we can do towards for- 

 warding the interests of the Associa- 

 tion will be a pleasure." No less 

 hearty was the communication of a 

 civil engineer : "As I have for many 

 years been able to observe the actual 

 wrecking of our great forest I am 

 deeply interested in your work. ^ I 

 accept with pleasure the opportunity 

 to become a member of your Asso- 

 ciation." 



With such evidence of the growing 

 concern amongst Canadians of all 

 callings and classes in the sensible 

 utilization of the country's forest 

 wealth, it should be possible for the 

 present membership of three thou- 

 sand to double itself without any 

 very exhaustive effort. 



