. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. CanaiUun Foreslrij JournaL March, V.)17 1017 Forestry Keystone of Wood Industries Efficiency Demands Application of Highest Economic Handling the Raw Materials. in By Ellwood Wilson, Forester of the Laurentide Co., before Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Montreal. The question of inventories of tim- ber resources is a very important one, for no company which is ignorant of the amount of timber it possesses can be said to be well managed or in sound condition and cannot lay out its work for the future in a busi- ness l
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. CanaiUun Foreslrij JournaL March, V.)17 1017 Forestry Keystone of Wood Industries Efficiency Demands Application of Highest Economic Handling the Raw Materials. in By Ellwood Wilson, Forester of the Laurentide Co., before Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Montreal. The question of inventories of tim- ber resources is a very important one, for no company which is ignorant of the amount of timber it possesses can be said to be well managed or in sound condition and cannot lay out its work for the future in a busi- ness like way. The utilization of our timber re- sources is still, with three or four exceptions, carried on in an old fash- ioned and wasteful manner to the detriment of the forest; and the logging costs of the future will be greatly raised by such methods. As cheap wood and cheap power are vital to our industry it may not be amiss to call the attention of our members to the close connection be- tween the removal of the timber and the impairment of the water powers. The forests undoubtedly regulate the run-off, distributing it through- out the year and decreasing the differ- ence between extreme high and ex- treme low water and they probably increase the total run-off by prevent- ing evaporation. It is said too that they increase precipitation. There- fore the removal of forests by fires and by over cutting is a great menace to the future of our industry and should be made a matter of study by a committee of this Association and recommendations made to our mem- bers. Our members should be urged to join and form well managed Co- operative Associations for protection from forest fires. As several of our members have begun to plant trees on a large scale the question of taxation where- they are planting on their own lands should be studied. Also the question of guarantee by the government that. MR. ELLVV30D WILSON those who plant on licensed lands will cut the trees they plant and will
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