. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 189 Canadian Foresfri) Journal, September, 1918 that seventy jjer cent, producing" timber of the most vakiable species and producing not for a few years but for generations to come. The first and mightiest enemy of the Productive Forest is Fire. The For- est Service does not pretend that even the l)est organizations, the highest lookout towers, the most modern machinery are invariably capable of combating forest fires. "^ The patrol- man's first duty is to enlist the good will and concern of all in his neigh- Ij
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 189 Canadian Foresfri) Journal, September, 1918 that seventy jjer cent, producing" timber of the most vakiable species and producing not for a few years but for generations to come. The first and mightiest enemy of the Productive Forest is Fire. The For- est Service does not pretend that even the l)est organizations, the highest lookout towers, the most modern machinery are invariably capable of combating forest fires. "^ The patrol- man's first duty is to enlist the good will and concern of all in his neigh- Ijorhood towards the prevention of fires. The moment we think of forest protection as community busi- ness, that moment the ranger's efficiency multiplies a thousand per cent. It is the community, the mer- chant, farmer, fisherman, mill em- ployee, railroadmen, who pay the bill for forest fires, not the "'Govern- ment" or the "lumberman" who are merely temnorary administrators or agents in utilizing the forest resources. Where dozens of New Brunswick towns rest their foundations upon luniber mills and puln mills, it is plain that the destruction of forests directly involves the destruction of those townis. Where thousands of New Brunswick workmen look for their pay envelopes to a lumber com- pany, is it unreasonable to expect that each workman will protect the timber that protects his job? Since numerous families of settlers must pay the tragic toll of sweeping forest fires (Ontario lost 223 people in the 1916 holocaust) has not the ranger a right to expect the settler to take every precaution in burning his land or otherwise in the use of fire? No one has yet invented a way to cut the cord between forest fires and grave yards. A FOREST DESTROYER. The camper! the fisherman! What right has either man to destroy in a few hours by a tossed-awa>' cigarette or match or unextinguished camp (ire the woods to which he owes his day's sport? And yet, three of the wor
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