. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Patriotism in Forestry. 163. Dr. B. E. Fernow, Dean of the Faculty of Forestry of the University of Toronto. timber and the opening up of the country was the object, this system worked well enough, although an un- necessary and undesirable liberality al- lowed the timber limits to be retained in the hands of licensees and their claims to be extended not only to the grown, but to the growing timber. Now, however, when it was recognized, first that the virgin timber supply was not only not inexhaustible, but near exhaustion
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Patriotism in Forestry. 163. Dr. B. E. Fernow, Dean of the Faculty of Forestry of the University of Toronto. timber and the opening up of the country was the object, this system worked well enough, although an un- necessary and undesirable liberality al- lowed the timber limits to be retained in the hands of licensees and their claims to be extended not only to the grown, but to the growing timber. Now, however, when it was recognized, first that the virgin timber supply was not only not inexhaustible, but near exhaustion, when there was no more need to force settlement, when there was no more difficulty to induce capital to embark in timber exploitation, when the revenue question was not an}' more urgent, and the need of considering the future ought to be most prominent, the antiquated license system had become an evil, which should be excised or thoroughly reformed to permit a rational use of the remaining forest resource. According to the reading of the li- censes the Government had the right to change the conditions of the con- tract and impose new ones. While this would theoretically enable the Govern- ment to such conditions as would protect the future of its prop- erties, prevent conflagrations and s cure a satisfactory young growth, pr ^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Canadian Forestry Association. [Ottawa] : Canadian Forestry Association
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