. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 212 Canadian Forestry Journal, May, 1919 A LAND OF FORESTS—WITHOUT FORESTRY By Dr. C. D. Howe, Faculty of Forestry, Toronto, in Address to Toronto Board of Trade. "Canada Stands Almost Naked of Any For- estry Practice—A Plain-Spoken Indict- ment of Forest Management Not long ago I attended a meeting of business men and university professors gathered to listen to reports upon the progress of industrial re- search in Canada. Being Toronto business men and,- therefore, doers as well as seers, some of them seemed incline
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 212 Canadian Forestry Journal, May, 1919 A LAND OF FORESTS—WITHOUT FORESTRY By Dr. C. D. Howe, Faculty of Forestry, Toronto, in Address to Toronto Board of Trade. "Canada Stands Almost Naked of Any For- estry Practice—A Plain-Spoken Indict- ment of Forest Management Not long ago I attended a meeting of business men and university professors gathered to listen to reports upon the progress of industrial re- search in Canada. Being Toronto business men and,- therefore, doers as well as seers, some of them seemed inclined to express impatience that matters in the hands of the Research Coun- cil at Ottawa had not developed more rapidly. One of the gentlemen made the remark: "Can- dida stands almost naked of industrial research, of co-operation between the scientists and the business ; Another, in replying, said, in effect: "We must have patience. New ideas develop slowly". Then to use what he doubt- less considered a convincing illustration, he re- marked, with a great deal of emphasis: *T re- member 25 or 30 years ago we had to be told what forestry meant. It was an entirely new thing. Now, every big lumber company or pulpwood concern has a forester. They could not do business without one. The statements of these two gentlemen made a deep impression upon me, the first because of its terse descriptive quality, and the second because of the profundity of ignorance which it displayed. Since the second statement re- flects a very general public opinion with re- gard to forestry in Canada, I shall combine it with the first and make the remarks quoted the subject of my text and I shall say: After nearly 30 years of agitation and effort Canada stands almost naked of any forestry practice, of any definite, carefully formulated plans for the management of forests. I make this statement deliberately, although I am aware that it will evoke criticism and per- haps censure. I be
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