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favorable. There is no red tape, 

 no fee to pay, no long- waiting, and 

 the stipulations of the ranger are 

 such as should appeal to any reason- 

 able man. 



JVIiat Others Say. 



\Mierever the Permit System for 

 settlers has been tried, it has proved 

 remarkably efficient in holding down 



the dangers of forest conflagra- 

 tions. No province of Canada, no 

 state of the American Union, that 

 has adopted the system could be per- 

 suaded to forego the blessings of it, 

 and the settlers in these provinces 

 and states would be the last to in- 

 vite a return to the hapless condi- 

 tions that thus far obtain in North- 

 ern Ontario. 



$300,000,000 for Lumber to Repair Wastage 



The Wall Street Journal recently 

 published the following in regard to 

 the lumber that will be needed in the 

 reconstruction of the war-swept por- 

 tions of Europe : 



"When Europe begins the work 

 of reconstruction an immense 

 amount of lumber will be needed. 

 So, too, South and Central America, 

 which have heretofore been import- 

 ers of lumber, must again call for 

 the material as soon as ocean trans- 

 portation facilities permit. An im- 

 mense market for lumber should 

 then develop. The man who has 

 money to invest may find it worth 

 while to consider this demand, and 

 the possible source of supply. 



"A bird's-eye view may be had by 

 looking at San Francisco, Baltimore 

 or Messina. For instance, in the 

 year following the earthquake Italy 

 imported lumber to the value of 

 $33,000,000. The amount that 

 went to Messina district was 700 

 times greater than normal. Set 

 Belgium, Northern France and Po- 

 land in opposition to Messina, and 

 $300,000,000 worth would seem ul- 

 tra-conservative, although any fig- 

 ures at this time must be largely 

 guesswork. 



"It is certain that building activ- 

 ity has almost ceased in Great Brit- 

 ain and France. It is a fair infer- 



ence that the same conditions exist 

 in Germany and Austria. It would 

 seem as if all the belligerents are 

 too busy making and expending am- 

 munition to find time to saw up 

 boards for industrial use. South 

 America is at a standstill, not be- 

 cause it does not want the lumber, 

 but because of war's disarrange- 

 ment of transportation. 



"The United States, Canada and 

 Russia are large producers of lum- 

 ber. But in the United States 

 there is a large population of lumber 

 consumers. The annual cut now is 

 15 per cent, less than five years ago. 

 Our share of the world export trade 

 is above $100,000,000 a year. Since 

 the war it has been reduced nearly 

 one-half. What is supplied for Eu- 

 ropean rebuilding must be at the 

 expense of our domestic needs. 



"A promising source of supply is 

 in Central Russia, Siberia and the 

 Caucasus. Russia itself will con- 

 sume enormous amounts of lumber, 

 but this is a source in which she is 

 rich. The timber is there, and the 

 market soon will be. The lumber 

 business in Russia is, however, con- 

 ducted on lines as out of date as its 

 agriculture. If there be any Alex- 

 anders among the lumbermen of the 

 United States, in the forests of Rus- 

 sia they may find new world'', to con- 

 quer." 



