. Canadian forest industries January-June 1920. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. January i, 1920 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 45 Two New Administrators of Lands and Forests. Hon. Beniah Bowman, the new Minister of Lands and Forests for Ontario, is one of the two members of the Drury cabinet who, previous to the recent elec- tion, had sat in the Provincial Legislature. He has already cre- ated a favorable impression in connection with his recent visit to the northern part of Ontario, and been invited by the Whole- sale Lumber Dealer
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1920. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. January i, 1920 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 45 Two New Administrators of Lands and Forests. Hon. Beniah Bowman, the new Minister of Lands and Forests for Ontario, is one of the two members of the Drury cabinet who, previous to the recent elec- tion, had sat in the Provincial Legislature. He has already cre- ated a favorable impression in connection with his recent visit to the northern part of Ontario, and been invited by the Whole- sale Lumber Dealers' Associa- tion, Inc., to attend one of the regular monthly -meetings in To- ronto, where he will be accorded a hearty welcome. Mr. Bowman has evinced a disposition to grasp all the details of his department and approach every proposition with an open mind. For many years he has been a successful „ . farmer and will, no doubt, be- Ontario^n^™? IZT&Forests -me equally as capable an ad- mmistrator in the Deparament which he has the honor to direct. P. F. Cronin, a well-known writer of Toronto, in a recent sketch of the subject of this reference, says: Beniah Bowman has inherited with the late Bob Gamey's seat the entirely flattering nick-name of "the man from ; Mr. Bowman was first champion of the farmers' movement on the hust- ings to take a fall out of the Hearst Government in a by-election. He showed no sign of vocal animation in the legislature until Wid- difield arrived from North Ontario to give him countenance. When Mr. Widdifield confronted the time-honored concession to custom of a formal introduction to the Speaker he found the ceremony re- quired two supporters, one on his right hand and one on the left. Such persons are of course supposed to be members of the political family of the M. P. P. Mr. Widdifield had but one sponsor available in. Beniah Bowman. Sir William Hearst and Mr. Proudfoot saw an op- portunity for grand condescension but
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