694 



Canadian Forestry Journal, August, ipi6 



A More Effective Policy Needed. 



Peterboro "Examiner," Aug. 2. 

 1916: We have a duty tn urge upon 

 the Government a more effective 

 and energetic policy of prevention. 

 It is not to be denied that the Pro- 

 vince of Ontario has not dealt with 

 the menace of forest fires with the 

 energy and completeness of other 

 provinces. 



Ontario Is Lagging. 



"Industrial Canada." July 31. 

 1916: Ontario's forest protection 

 system has witnessed little altera- 

 tion in design for thirt}' years or 

 more. 



The Harz'est of Forest Fires. 



"Pulp and Paper IMagazine.'' 

 Montreal. Aug. 15. 1916: \'ast areas 

 of our north land have been swept 

 bare of trees and have become bar- 

 ren wastes. Much of this land is 

 unfit for cultivation, and once the 

 trees have been destroyed, the shal- 

 low soil washes away and we have 

 nothing but bare rocks and desola- 

 tion. 



An Incontestable Fact. 



"Ottawa Citizen," Aug. 1, 1916: 

 The fact remains incontestably that 

 the Provincial Government has nev- 

 er really taken the problem of fire 

 protection in Northern Ontario seri- 

 ously. 



The one step which should by all 

 means be taken is the passage of an 

 Act providing for the adoption of 

 the settlers' burning permit svstem. 



Must Be Some Way. 



Toronto "Mail and Empire," Aug. 

 10, 1916: The man who has some 

 acres of slash is inclined to be self- 

 willed in regard to applying the 

 match. There must be some wav 

 of establishing an iron authorit'v 

 over such men. It is surely better 

 that half a dozen should spend the 

 remainder of their days in prison 

 rather than fifty times as manv 

 should perish in forest fires and a 

 hundred times as many be left in a 

 state of ruin. 



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