. Canadian forest industries 1882. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 20) FOREST LAWS. The Lumberman's Gazette, of Bay City, Mich., gays :_Europe, in its forest laws, is far ahead of the United States, and is in less danger, at this moment, of becoming a desert than is the United States, unless something prompt and effective shall be done to arrest the wholesale destruction of timber which is still going on in all parts of the country. It has been truly said that growth is slow and restorations tedious, while destr
. Canadian forest industries 1882. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 20) FOREST LAWS. The Lumberman's Gazette, of Bay City, Mich., gays :_Europe, in its forest laws, is far ahead of the United States, and is in less danger, at this moment, of becoming a desert than is the United States, unless something prompt and effective shall be done to arrest the wholesale destruction of timber which is still going on in all parts of the country. It has been truly said that growth is slow and restorations tedious, while destruction is rapid and injury instan- taneous. Palestine and Syria, Egypt and Italy, France and Spain, have seen some of their most fertile lands turned into deserts by the destruction of the forests. There are parts of Asia Minor, of northern Africa, of Greece, and even of Alpine Europe, once covered with luxuriant woods, verdant pastures and fertile meadows, which have now become so complete- ly desolate as to be rendered an unfit abode for man. We are really in danger here of such a result in some sections of the country, unless intelligent and immediate measures of remedy are adopted. WOODEN PLATTERS. One of the curious industries of the country has its principal homes at New Berne, This is the manufacture of wooden platters, plates and trays. The timber used for this pur- pose is supplied by the neighboring swamp. A huge log is rounded by a circular plane and then put into a machine, which, with great accuracy and swiftness, cuts off thin strips of the wood. When these strips have been cut into square pieces and thoroughly dried they are made pliable by steam. In that condition they are moulded in the shapes desired. The factory is now making 100,000 plates a day, according to report, which is hard to believe. Simcoe House, CORNER FRONT and SIMCOE STB TORONTO, OTSJ-T. gfr-Htnt accommodation ill the City. TEKMS | and per day, according to I»oation of Uoomn. Th
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