CANADIAN FORESTRY JOURNAL. 



Published monthly by the 



CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION, 



Journal Building, Ottawa, Canada. 



Devoted to the cause of forest conservation. Subscription $i per year. 

 Advertising Rates on Application. 



CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



Patron, H. R. H. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. 



Honorary President, RT. HON. SIR ROBERT L. BORDEN. 



Honorary Past President, RT. HON. SIR WILFRID LAURIER. 



President, MR. F. C. WHITMAN. Vice-President, MR. J. B. MILLER. 



Treasurer, MISS M. ROBINSON, (Journal Building, 

 Secretary, ROBSON BLACK, S Ottawa, Can. 



Directors. 

 William Little, Hiram Robinson, Aubrey White, 

 E. Stewart, W. B. Snowball, Thomas Southworth, 

 Hon. W. C. Edwards, Geo. Y. Chown, John 

 Hendrv, Hon. W. A. Charlton, Wm. Power, M.P., 

 Hon. W. J. Roche, Sir Geo. H. Perley, Hon. 

 Sydney Fisher, R. H. Campbell, Gordon C. Ed- 

 wards, Dr. B. E. Fernow, Elwood Wilson, 

 Senator Bostock, G. C. Piche, Alex. MacLaurin, 

 Mgr. P. E. Roy, A. P. Stevenson, Wm. Pearce, 

 C. E. E. Ussher, Denis Murphy, C. Jackson 

 Booth, Sir Wm. Price, J. W. Harkom, .A.. S. 

 Goodeve, W. C. J. Hall, J. S. Dennis, J. B. White, 

 E. J. Zavitz, Geo. Chahoon, Jr., R. D. Prittie, 

 Hon. N. Curry, A. C. Flumerfelt, H. R. Mac- 

 Millan, Clyde Leavitt. 



Territorial Vice-Presidents. 

 Ontario : — Hon. G. Howard Ferguson. 

 Quebec : — Hon. Jules AUard. 

 New Brunswick — Hon. George J. Clarke. 



Nova Scotia : — Hon. O. T. Daniels. 

 Manitoba :— Sir R. P. Roblin. 

 Prince Edward Island : — Hon. J. A. Matheson. 

 Saskatchewan : — His Honour G. W. Brown. 

 Alberta : — Hon. A. L. Sifton. 

 British Columbia : — Hon. W. R. Ross. 

 Yukon : — Hon. Geo. Black, Commissioner. 

 Mackenzie : — F. D. Wilson. 



Patricia : — His Honor Sir Douglas Cameron. 

 Ungava: — His Grace Mgr. Bruchesi, Archbishop 

 of Montreal. 



A GRAND JURY'S PROTEST 



Evidence is everywhere coming- to 

 light that the w^recking of Canada's 

 forests no longer has the acquies- 

 cense of the general public. At the 

 summer Assizes at Parry Sound, 

 Ontario, a few weeks ago, two suits 

 were entered against railway com- 

 panies for damage to standing tim- 

 ber alleged to be caused by locomo- 

 tive sparks. At the conclusion of 

 the session, the Grand Jury of the 

 District Court offered a strong pro- 

 test against the negligence of forest 

 officers in bringing guilty parties to 

 justice. Part of the Grand Jury's 

 protest was as follow^s : 



"One of the important matters 

 taken into consideration by the 

 Grand Jury at this session was 

 the awful destruction of our 

 timber wealth by fire. 



"Your Grand Jury, which is 

 mostly composed of yeoman of 

 the district, has come to the 

 conclusion that unless the pre- 

 sent laws enacted are enforced, 



and enforced with vigor, in the 

 course of a few years the un- 

 cultivated portion of our dis- 

 trict will be one vast brule. 



"We are of the opinion that 

 the laws governing the preser- 

 vation of the timber are ade- 

 quate if enforced and we will 

 advise those in authority to see 

 that in future this shall be done. 



"We have made enquiry re- 

 garding prosecutions and find 

 that not a single criminal case 

 has been instituted and the 

 settler as a rule is not in a posi- 

 tion financially to proceed in the 

 civil courts. 



"The blame of forest fires may 

 be attached to careless settlers, 

 careless tourists, careless bush- 

 men and careless brushmen and 

 careless railwaymen, but in our 

 opinion this carelessness will 

 continue till the officers appoint- 

 ed for the purpose of preserv- 

 ing the forests from fire wake 

 up to their responsibilities and 

 bring the delinquent parties to 

 justice by criminal proceedings." 



