. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 694 Canadian Forestry Journal, August, ipi6 A More Effective Policy Needed. Peterboro "Examiner," Aug. 2. 1916: We have a duty tn urge upon the Government a more effective and energetic policy of prevention. It is not to be denied that the Pro- vince of Ontario has not dealt with the menace of forest fires with the energy and completeness of other provinces. Ontario Is Lagging. "Industrial ; July 31. 1916: Ontario's forest protection system has witnessed little altera- tion in design for thirt}'
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 694 Canadian Forestry Journal, August, ipi6 A More Effective Policy Needed. Peterboro "Examiner," Aug. 2. 1916: We have a duty tn urge upon the Government a more effective and energetic policy of prevention. It is not to be denied that the Pro- vince of Ontario has not dealt with the menace of forest fires with the energy and completeness of other provinces. Ontario Is Lagging. "Industrial ; July 31. 1916: Ontario's forest protection system has witnessed little altera- tion in design for thirt}' years or more. The Harz'est of Forest Fires. "Pulp and Paper IMagazine.'' Montreal. Aug. 15. 1916: \'ast areas of our north land have been swept bare of trees and have become bar- ren wastes. Much of this land is unfit for cultivation, and once the trees have been destroyed, the shal- low soil washes away and we have nothing but bare rocks and desola- tion. An Incontestable Fact. "Ottawa Citizen," Aug. 1, 1916: The fact remains incontestably that the Provincial Government has nev- er really taken the problem of fire protection in Northern Ontario seri- ously. The one step which should by all means be taken is the passage of an Act providing for the adoption of the settlers' burning permit svstem. Must Be Some Way. Toronto "Mail and Empire," Aug. 10, 1916: The man who has some acres of slash is inclined to be self- willed in regard to applying the match. There must be some wav of establishing an iron authorit'v over such men. It is surely better that half a dozen should spend the remainder of their days in prison rather than fifty times as manv should perish in forest fires and a hundred times as many be left in a state of HANDBOOK OF TREES OF THE NORTHERN STATES AND CANADA By Romeyn B. Hough. Is phoio-descriptive of the leaves, fruits, barks, liranchlets, etc., and shows them all with the vividness of reality. Natural sizes ingeniously indicated
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