Pulp and paper magazine of Canada . ost without by timber opera-tors. Practically the only objection is the disadvant-age that will be laid upon one group if all operatorsare not required to observe the same regulations. Withopinion so nearly unanimous in favor of such a proce-dure, there is surely nothing but criminal indifferenceon the part of a Government which either lacks thesense or the courage to pass legislation that will ade-quately cover the situation and put all operators onexactly the same basis, wlietlier tlicy he exiiloitiu!;-their own lands or those belonging to the c
Pulp and paper magazine of Canada . ost without by timber opera-tors. Practically the only objection is the disadvant-age that will be laid upon one group if all operatorsare not required to observe the same regulations. Withopinion so nearly unanimous in favor of such a proce-dure, there is surely nothing but criminal indifferenceon the part of a Government which either lacks thesense or the courage to pass legislation that will ade-quately cover the situation and put all operators onexactly the same basis, wlietlier tlicy he exiiloitiu!;-their own lands or those belonging to the crown. The(lovernment has just as much right to require a pri-vate operator to dispose of his slash in order to reducethe fire hazard to his neighbor as a municipality hasthe right to require a person to keep his premises rea-sonably free from fire hazard. The present .season isa particularly favorable one for instituting pi-oper dis-posal of logging debris. LumbernuMi are working forlow wages and in face of general unemployment the. ^M«i%^^^ addition of a few more men to a logging crew wouldnot be a great expense and would result iu an all roundbenefit. The amounts of money which our Provinces andFederal Government return to the forest are simplyridiculous. The people of Canada have a heritage ofincalculable value in the forests and water pow-ers, eachof which supplements the other when it comes to in-dustrial development and one is dependent upon theother for its principal value. Several of our provincesbenefit enormously by stumpage dues, iu fact the for-est is the principal source of provincial revenue. Theamount spent in improvement of the property is prac-tically nothing and the penuriousness of our Govern-ments in their expenditures tor protection, is person who, because a valuable house had been willedto him failed to carry any insurance upon it, would bethe laughing stock of his community. Yet Canadawith forests potentially worth billions, is perfectlywilling
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