. Canadian forest industries July-December 1921. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 62 CANADA LUMBERMAN How Railways Reduce the Heavy Fire Toll Have Been Transferred from Major Into Minor Cause of Forest Conflagration, Says Clyde Leavitt, Chief Fire Inspector of the Railway Board of Canada—How the Work is Supervised The progressive depletion of the forests of North America is being brought hoime to the people of Canada and of the United States as never before. In the latter country, the seriousness of the situaton is now 'beginning to b
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1921. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 62 CANADA LUMBERMAN How Railways Reduce the Heavy Fire Toll Have Been Transferred from Major Into Minor Cause of Forest Conflagration, Says Clyde Leavitt, Chief Fire Inspector of the Railway Board of Canada—How the Work is Supervised The progressive depletion of the forests of North America is being brought hoime to the people of Canada and of the United States as never before. In the latter country, the seriousness of the situaton is now 'beginning to be really appreciated and much discussion is taking place as to what should be the details of a nat- ional program of forestry. In Canada, likewise, the problem of how to maintain adequate supplies of raw forest material for our hundreds of wood-using in- dustries is receiving more attention at the 'hands of governmental and private agencies than was ever the case (before. Thanks to vig- orous educational propaganda, there is increasing appreciation of the essential fact that the forest is a crop, which can 'be perpetuated by wise use, just as it can be destroyed by unwise use. This is the vitafl factor in the conservation idea. So far as the forests are .con- cerned, we can eat our cake and have it too, if only we are willing to make isome minor present sacrifices in order to prevent devastation and keep the non-agricultural forest lands in a condition to continue the production of Valuable tree species. Obviously, the first and most vital essential in any such program is really adequate protection from forest fires. Where large areas of denuded lands exist, planting may be necessary in order to restore productively,' as it may be also in the case of mixed forests where the more valuable species 'have been removed, leaving only the weed species. However planting is an expensive operation, requir- ing heavy capital investments and a comparatively long wait for. 1 Clyde Leavitt
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