Canadian Forestry Journal, July, ipi6. 



611 



Would the Ontario Settler Object? 



Would the Ontario settler object 

 to a system of 'permits' issued by 

 forest rangers for the burning of his 

 clearing slash? Settlers in Quebec 

 and British Columbia are contented- 

 ly co-operating with the provincial 

 forest, administrations, under, the 

 permit system, with the result of 

 enormous savings m timber and 

 greater safety to the farming com- 

 munities. 



Would the Ontario settler object? 



Read what the Ontario Depart- 

 ment of Lands and Forests says on 

 page XI of the 1915 report: 



"In the Port Arthur district there 

 were several fires caused by settlers 

 clearing land. About 200 acres of 

 small timber was damaged, 13 SET- 

 TLERS LOSING THEIR EF- 

 FECTS AS A RESULT OF 

 THESE FIRES." 



Would the Ontario settler object? 



Marl^et For Canadian Lumber in Cuba 



The following article, forwarded 

 the Department of Trade and Com- 

 merce, Ottawa, by Mr. J. C. Alanzer, 

 special representative of the New 

 Brunswick Government in Havana, 

 will be of interest to Canadians, 

 showing as it does the wide market 

 in Cuba for lumber, and the part 

 that this island is taking in the in- 

 dustrial activity of the world. 



Cuba imports annuallv about 600,- 

 000,000 feet of lumber.' This con- 

 sists, for the most part of pine, 

 spruce and fir, and is imported in 

 the form of inch boards, running 

 from six inches to twelve inches in 

 width ; planks two and three inches 

 thick and of various widths, and 

 deals sawn to various dimensions to 

 conform with orders received. This 

 is shipped just as it comes from the 

 saw without being planed, and when 

 imported in this form is not subject 

 to duty. 



The greater part of this lumber 

 comes from the United States, prin- 

 cipally from the gulf of Mexico 

 ports, but Canada supplies a large 

 quantity which might be increased to 

 a great extent. 



A large part of this lumber is 

 brought here on schooners, but 

 since the ferry service between Cu- 

 ba and Key West has been in oper- 

 ation, considerable lumber from 



Florida and Georgia is shipped by 

 rail. This lumber on arrival in Cu- 

 ba is taken direct from the docks 

 to the mills, where it is planed and 

 made ready for building purposes. 

 It is then shipped to all parts of the 

 island. 



The increasing prosperity of the 

 island has largely increased the de- 

 mand for lumber of all kinds, but 

 lack of vessels has prevented the 

 necessary supply from being ob- 

 tained, and consequently has cur- 

 tailed building operations to a great 

 extent. 



The labourers in the cane fields, 

 now that they are getting more pay 

 for their work are no longer content 

 to live in houses constructed of palm 

 leaves, but are constructing wooden 

 houses which are much more com- 

 fortable. The clerks in the business 

 houses, many of whom have been 

 living in small poorly ventilated 

 rooms in the crowded parts of 

 Havana, are now getting building 

 lots outside the city where they are 

 constructing houses, mostly of 

 wood, where their families can en- 

 joy the fresh air and sunshine. The 

 business men are also building resi- 

 dences in the suburbs, mostly of 

 brick or concrete, but even these re- 

 quire large quantities of lumber for 

 doors, windows, staging, moulds for 

 concrete, etc. 



