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in a year or two, through the use of 

 aeroplanes or hydro-aeroplanes. One 

 of these was used last summer by a 

 volunteer fire-fighter, Mr. Vilas, 

 with great success. The initial cost 

 is high, about $7,500. or. with the 

 duty, about $10,000, but two men 

 witii one machine could patrol 10,- 

 000 square miles and. being able to 

 see a fire in its first stages, they 

 would be able to extinguish it with- 

 out calling for extra help. 



"All Were for the State." 

 We have still much ignorance and 

 inertia to overcome, but the advan- 

 ces in the past few years have been 

 varied, and if our people will but 

 realize that there is a patriotism of 

 peace as well as of war, and that 

 slackers in peace time are as con- 

 temptible as in war, and when we 

 shall realize our full duty as citizens 

 and impress on government officials 

 that they are but public servants and 

 their offices are offices of trust, 

 when we realize the words of Mac- 

 auley, "None were for the party but 

 all were for the state." then we shall 

 look back on forest fires with won- 

 der at the civilization which toler- 

 ated them. 



The foregoing paper was read be- 

 fore the Commission of Conserva- 

 tion at their annual meeting, Janu- 

 arv 18th. 



B. C. Market Prospects 



Hon. \\'. R. Ross, Minister of 

 Lands, : "With our timber supply, 

 sawmill capacity, rapidly improving 

 Canadian markets and a foreign 

 market shown bv recent investigfa- 

 tions to be full of promise, there is 

 little room for pessimism in regard 

 to the future of our lumber indus- 

 try. There are, however, serious 

 obstacles to be overcome before per- 

 manently prosperous conditions can 

 be secured, and strong co-operative 

 effort is essential. A good begin- 

 ning has been made in 1915, sys- 

 tematic advertising of our forest 



products having been undertaken 

 and a commercial service in the 

 Prairie. Eastern and United King- 

 dom markets having been initiated. 

 There has been considerable devel- 

 opment of the spirit of co-operation 

 among the lumbering interests of 

 the Province. 



The year 1916 will see the great 

 problem of ocean transportation at- 

 tacked with vigor. I look forward 

 to remarkable progress being made 

 by the lumbering industry before 

 this time next vear.'' 



Trees for Soldiers' Graves 



To Editor, Canadian Forestry 

 Journal : — I should like to "air" the 

 following suggestion. The war has 

 now lasted seventeen months, and 

 during that time, side by side with 

 other Empire troops, Canadian sol- 

 diers have performed immortal 

 deeds. It is not a good sign of ap- 

 preciation, however, that not a sin- 

 gle city of the Dominion has yet 

 come forward with proposals for 

 commemorating such deeds. If 

 they ever do, it will be something 

 in cold stone, bronze or iron! 



It is timely to suggest, through 

 the medium of the Association the 

 I)lanting of maples for Langemarck, 

 and other species for Neuve Cha- 

 pelle and Ypres, also Festubert. 

 Such a suggestion may draw atten- 

 tion to the sad neglect of tree plant- 

 ing by municipalities who in the 

 ^^'est destroy rather than create, the 

 smaller bodies being the chief of- 

 fenders. A typical business section, 

 with gaunt stores and office blocks, 

 devoid of a single tree to break the 

 monotony is a sad sight, especially 

 when one remembers that in all 

 probability shade trees were cut 

 down to make room for business 

 houses. Yet in London (Eng.) the 

 trees are prominent, except in the 

 heart of the city itself, and even then 

 there is an occasional oasis, some 

 open space planted, and much appre- 

 ciated bv men and birds. 



Victoria. B.C. A READER. 



