586 



Caiuniian Forestry Journal. June, iqi6. 



siderecl desirable. The Province 

 gets much of its revenues from the 

 forests. Would it not be sound pub- 

 lic policy to energize and bring up 

 to date the forest protection service, 

 which at present does not yield an 

 adequate return for the amount ex- 

 pended upon it? Are reforms in 

 forest administration to be deferred 

 till there are no forests to guard? 



Big Timber Deal 



What is stated to be one of the 

 largest timber deals ever put through 

 in British Columbia occurred re- 

 cently, when W. A. Anstie, manag- 

 ing director of the Forest Mills of 

 British Columbia, acquired from 

 the Arrow Lakes Sawmill Company 

 their entire holdings of ovre one bil- 

 lion feet of standing timber and 

 their big sawmill and plant at Ar- 

 rowhead. It is reported that with 

 the acquisition of this property the 

 Forest Mills Company became the 

 largest owners of timber and have 

 the largest manufacturing capacity 

 in the province. During April the 

 Alberni Pacific Lumber Company 

 shipped 116 cars of lumber to points 

 in the East. 



Silk From Sawdust 



Making artificial silk from saw- 

 dust and other lumber waste is the 

 latest experiment of the United 

 States Forest Products Laboratory 

 at Madison, Wis. The use of artifi- 

 cial silk made directly from wood is 

 increasing by leaps and bounds. 

 Originally its principal use was in 

 the manufacture of braids and trim- 

 mings, but recently the manufacture 

 of hose from artificial silk has be- 

 come an industry of importance. 

 Other uses for artificial silk are 

 woven goods of all kinds, linings, 

 tapestries, etc., neckties, ribbons, 

 sweater coats, etc. About five and 

 one-half million pounds of artificial 

 silk are used annually in the United 

 States. 



From Hon. W. R. Ross, Min- 

 ister of Lands, Province of 

 British Columbia. 



\'ict<n-ia. May 12, 1916. 



"Fr(im the time it was first 

 organized, the Canadian For- 

 estry Association has assisted 

 effectively in the advancement 

 of forestry in British Columbia, 

 as undoubtedly it has all over 

 Canada. Especially at the 

 present time, in view of war 

 conditions and the need of hus- 

 banding carefully all Canada's 

 resources, I feel that the asso- 

 ciation has the opportunity to 

 be of service. Educational 

 work, such as that which has 

 produced such good results in 

 fire prevention should be ex- 

 tended to other forest prob- 

 lems, such as the development 

 of the export trade in lumber 

 and paper, the encouragement 

 of the use throughout the Do- 

 minion of Canadian forest pro- 

 ducts, the planting of trees on 

 the prairie farms, and the use 

 and care of farm wood lots. 

 Forestry, after all, is simply 

 one form of agriculture, to 

 which, on account of conditions 

 of climate and soil that cannot 

 be changed, the greater portion 

 of Canada must always be de- 

 voted. Owing to various cir- 

 cumstances, forestry is also the 

 most backward and unorgan- 

 ized of all the great sources of 

 production. 



"The place forestry must oc- 

 cupy in Canadian life is, how- 

 ever, gradually coming to be 

 recognized by the thinking 

 men of the country and the 

 present is the most propitious 

 time to enlarge the activities of 

 the association. I am sure that 

 you will find that business and 

 professional men are in accord 

 with the plans of the associa- 

 tion and that they will co-oper- 

 ate and assist you in every way 

 possible." 



