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able — in fact a decisive — influence 

 into the scale, and that this influence 

 should be exerted in the right man- 

 ner and at the right moment is for 

 us, and in fact for our Allies, a most 

 important factor. Once this point 

 is fully realized it should be possi- 

 ble for the Allies to come to an 

 agreement having for its aim two 

 chief objects : 



(a) To prevent the Allies compet- 

 ing in the open market against one 

 another at the close of the war. 



(b) To prevent Germany and 

 Austria from being able to form a 

 "corner" in forestry material and so 

 send up the prices to a prohibitive 

 extent to their own mutual benefit 

 as the outcome of a war made by 

 themselves. 



We should face the fact that we, 

 more than any of our Allies, except 

 Belgium, are most concerned with 

 this matter. They have forest re- 

 sources more or less large at their 

 backs in the shape of the woods un- 

 touched by the war, which have 

 been planted and grown for commer- 

 cial purposes. We in these islands 

 have no such resources with which 

 to influence the market prices or 

 with which to help us tide over the 

 dangerous period. It rests therefore 

 with us to make efforts to safeguard 

 our position in this respect at the 

 close of the war." 



cleaning a few acres we burn down 

 miles and miles of virgin forests ; we 

 ross our pulpwood and simply burn 

 the bark and shavings when not only 

 possibly but very probably, the bark 

 and shavings could be made to yield 

 an abundance of valuable by-pro- 

 ducts ; we grow the grain and 

 then burn the straw, irrespective of 

 feed and other value ; we build up 

 the nucleus of prospective prosper- 

 ous towns along the new railways 

 and allow bush fires to sweep them 

 off the map in a few hours ; and so it 

 goes on ad infinitum. In a mad 

 haste to transform the primeval 

 forest into farms in the shortest pos- 

 sible period, we waste considerable 

 more than the farms can produce for 

 years to come. The arguments 

 brought forth in favor of such ruth- 

 less destruction are plentiful but 

 they all are fallacious because they 

 are based on and spring from ignor- 

 ance which makes it so much harder 

 to combat. If you cannot use a 

 thing yourself burn it— is a pitifullv 

 crude way of disposal." 



According to the casualty lists, 

 Eric G. MacDougall, of the B. C. 

 Forest Service has been wounded in 

 battle. 



Waste in Settlement 



(From Cochrane, Ont., "Claybelt 

 Weekly.) 



"Save materials from waste"- — 

 "spend money wisely" in these two 

 sentences really lies the ultimate 

 success of our efforts to promote 

 production and to exercise thrift. 



"Save materials from waste" is an 

 admonition specially adaptable to 

 Northern Ontario. In the abundance 

 of Nature's bountiful gifts, we not 

 only just throw aside what for the 

 moment appears useless to us be- 

 cause we fail to realize its latent 

 values, but we go further and wan- 

 tonlv destroy. For the sake of 



The Power of a Dollar 

 The Association's plans for 

 an extensive publicity campaign 

 in all parts of Canada can be 

 realized only by the prompt re- 

 mittance of the 1916 member- 

 ship fees. 



The revenues are most limited 

 at best, and the contributions 

 of the members mean the car- 

 rying out or abandoning of ur- 

 gent educational work. 



If you have not remitted the 

 dollar fee, try to do so on re- 

 ceipt of this issue of the Journal. 



