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Canadian Forestry Journal, March, ipi6. 



(2nd) B. C. Lumber Commision- 

 ers have been placed at London, 

 Eng., Regina, Sask., and Toronto, 

 Ont. The Toronto office is in the 

 Excelsior Life Building, at the corn- 

 er of Adelaide and Toronto Streets. 



(3rd) A quarter million pamph- 

 lets have been issued for distribution 

 to the Prairie farmers, giving detail- 

 ed plans for all kinds of farm build- 

 ings together with complete speci- 

 fications. 



(4th) A series of timber pamph- 

 lets are being printed describing the 

 wood products which B. C. has for 

 sale. These are for distribution to 

 importers, architects, engineers and 

 large users of wood in the markets 

 that B. C. hopes to reach. 



(5th) The Forest Branch at Vic- 

 toria are prepared to forward to all 

 lumber producers of the Province 

 any inquiries received from prospec- 

 tive purchasers. 



I might jsut add here that great 

 drawbacks to the development of 

 overseas markets has been great 

 scarcity of tonnage and the fact that 

 up to the present time almost the 

 entire foreign business of the Pacific 

 Coast has passed through the hands 

 of San Francisco brokers. Steps are 

 being taken in B. C. to create a local 

 Merchant Marine, which will enable 

 our lumber to compete in the world 

 markets without the handicap of 

 passing through San Francisco. In 

 this work the Foresters of B. C. are 

 working hand in hand with the lum- 

 ber industry. And in this close co- 

 operation there is being formed a 

 basis of sound understanding and 

 appreciation of each other's difficul- 

 ties that will be a sure foundation 

 on which to build a far-sighted pro- 

 A'incial forest policy having in view 

 the best and most efficient utiliza- 

 tion of our timber resource. 



Co-operation the Key-note. 

 Forestry and Lumber Industry 

 are linked up almost inseparately in 

 actual practice and the thought I 

 wish to express before closing is 

 this : — 



On the North American Contin- 

 ent, it is my conviction that the For- 

 esters having the management of 

 State Forest resources in their hands 

 should build a solid foundation of 

 mutual understanding and hearty 

 co-operation between all directly in- 

 terested in the forest and secure by 

 these efforts a public opinion on 

 which there can steadily be built up 

 a strong healthy forest policy. 



Foresters, Lumbermen, Pulp and 

 Paper Manufacturers and timber 

 owners are allies who must work to- 

 gether to secure lasting results. 



Monument to a Tree 



Perhaps one of the most curious 

 monuments in existence has recently 

 been built in Ontario by Canadians, 

 says "The Popular Science Month- 

 ly." The farmers have just erected 

 a marble pillar to mark the site on 

 which grew a famous apple tree. 



"More than a century ago a set- 

 tler in Canada named Mcintosh, 

 when clearing a space in which to 

 make a home in the wilderness, dis- 

 covered among a number of wild 

 apple trees one which bore fruit so 

 well that he cultivated it and named 

 it Mcintosh Red. 



"The apple became famous ; seeds 

 and cuttings were distributed to all 

 parts of Canada, so that now the 

 Mcintosh Red flourishes wherever 

 apples grow in the great Dominion. 

 In 1896 the original tree from which 

 the enormous family sprang was in- 

 jured by fire, but it -continued to 

 l3ear fruit until five years ago. Then, 

 after 15 years, it died, and the grate- 

 ful farmers have raised a marble 

 pillar in honor of the tree which did 

 so much for the fruit-growing indus- 

 try of their land. 



"The story of this apple tree illus- 

 trates the African proverb that, 

 though you can count the apples on 

 one tree, you can never count the 

 trees in one apple." 



