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the georgetown herald wednesday feb 18th 1948 the georgetown herald serving ttje oammnnmsa of tleogetown glen williams norvau umbhousb hornby 3tewarttown ashgrove ba1xjmafad terra cotta serlptlon rats 1260 year single oojies advertising- rates quoted on bppllcmtlod walter c biehn publisher and editor garfield l mcguvxy batf brootnbeald staff -i- hnrold daviaori lealla osi cjrey uenfasfw the herald u printed each wednesday afternoon ljby office st georgetown authorized assecond class mail post ottawa office dsgfc members of the canadian- weekly newepejien association and us onjarfo quebec pwwen of the cwjjia the editors corner the keport of the ontario commission on forestry 1947 reviewed by a g m bruyna many canadian publications have commented on and praised the report of the ontario commission on forestry not having the time at our disposal to readthe report in detail we have asked our good neighbour mr a g m bruyna to give us his view point expecting he would approach the forestry situ ation from an entirely new angle of interest to readers here is his comment judge for yourself ed we the people were thoroughly spanked by major general howard kennedy and we deserve it if we read between the lines of the report of the royal commission on forestry he tells us in diplomatic language that in ontario once famous for fabulous forests at present forestry conditions arc in a mess and a muddle the waste is tremendoub and incre dible we have been and are cutting more timber than nature grows in a few years ontario may be denuded of forest it is not land or climate that caused this but we the people seem to be greater enem ies of the forests than all pests diseases and fires to gether the report does not make the common mistake of blaming the different governments for this state of affairs as we are so apt to do forgetting that we our selves are the culprits we have elected the gov ernments we are responsible we have tolerated the situation to develop as the report describes it what it does not mention is that we are still tolerating eco- nomicconditions that prevent us from planting enough trees to recoup our forest loss of past and present and to prevent that of the future in sickening self adulation we have been kidding ourselves that we are so smart progressive and pros perous that we have conquered nature and the forest that we have such a high standard of living as compa red with other more backward nations we speak proudly of our canadian way of life but we seem ut terly ignorant of the fact that actually our economic system is like that of the sea captain who sells the tim bers of his ship in midocean regardless of storms to come we could have known that we are in a danger ous position as concerns forests had we taken the trou ble to read the 1937 canada year book which men tioned that canada had left only 27 per cent of her original forest after what we proudly call a century of progress at present we probably have about 20 per cent left we rave about our great natural resources but we squander them wantonly and the tragedy is that we dont seem to know the cause we are actually boasting about our great production of lumber and pulp our forest statistics showing more and more millions of dollars have been chloroforming us so that we dont seem able to recognize the danger of the sit uation however it is not only ontario that is being denuded of forest similar conditions are observed on the whole north american continent in australia in many european countries and great parts of asia and africa most of our planet shows terrifying signs of dedication and desertification as one of the secondary results of ruthless forest slaughter the technical part of the report is a master piece it is a book worth having beautifully printpcl and illustrated by the kinds printer it costs only 1 it is a standard work and should be in ivi ry library and every school if it would wake us out of our sup reme smugness g ill ral k nncdy could hi proud of his achievement a few ri marks about the non technical part may be in ordi r however 1 h n port lues m its re commendations miny of which an wisi and kd to adapt forestry method i to oui pn ailing itononiic system i his is call d the realistic appioaih but on the contrarypur economy has to adlpl it if villy nilly to the forest t to nature if we xlon t do this all manmade economy cannot but fail i rue the me dicine recommended as a cure for th forest problems might alleviate the situation temporarily but m the long run dough drops do not help a 1 b patient we have to trickle tue cause which is an economic oneto make sure of permanent success the forest problem cannot be cured by spending huge sums of money even if all forestry were done in the most approved way and money was unlimited the report does not mention that forestry despite what financial experts tell us is an inflation indicator probably of greater sen sibility and accuracy than gold that forestry and u high cost bif living ure incompatible in other words that in the long run constructive forestry is impossible under a high and rising consumers price levet forests will inevitably vanish when it does not pay to plant replant tend and maintain them as they should be dur ing the forty to a hundred years of their growth to ma turity it is not generally recognized that adequate maintenance of young forests demands far more capi tal care and labour than just the planting it isnt enough to plant and forget about it maintenance can not be but neglected undej ap economic system where the cost of living is constantly increasing the consu mer price level regulates the wage and salary level in cluding that of themaiit tenahcet stof fjn the forest when the cost of living is not excessive profes sional woodsmen can be paid a living wage when the cost of living ts too high the forester hap to be conten ted with a haphazard and unskilled labour supply fo cutting often doing considerable damage to the for est ha the report affirms the incredible waste men tioned in the report is simply caused bydur excessive cost of ivihghe amount pf waste excluding forest fires being in inverse ratio to the purchasing power of the dollar wastewas negligible in thbsc countries where the cost of living was low because the people had the fifth freedom to buy there where the buying was best sweden forinstance exported lumber and other wood products in enormous quantities to many other countries for many centuries the population used about 30 per cent of the cut as fuel much wood was also used for building frame houses being in the maj ority wood products in 1939 were 38 per cent of the total export but the acreage and yield of the forest did not decrease as it did in north america for every acre cut another one was planted and maintained there was no slack little fire hazard no waste it even paid to burn the smallest twigs into charcoal allthia was possible because the consumers prices were low compjircd with ours then the wage level could be low the overhead was low so was the transportation and so were the taes profits did not have to be excessive because investment in forestry was as safe as the bank of england- it 4s a question whethei sweden will be able to kceptt up her pnet level is also rising fast in 1939 the usa import of newsprint from sweden had already moimtcd to 54487 tons if things go on as thi y do we in canada to our eternal shame will have to import newsprint instead of exporting it nature has to do maybe 95 per cent of the work in the forcut and constructive forestry can no more be industrialized than the maternity ward of a hospital i he wages ol the highly skilli d or xpenenced woods men required for preparing planting and maintenance have a ceiling and a floor i he man cannot earn less jhan tle amount neccssarv to keep him his wife and family in decency he cannot earn more than the equi valent of the service he renders to nature in growing the forest nature herself decrees that forests have a maxi mum yield minimum wages are therefore incompat ible with constructive forestry however we in our ignorance have been trying to adapt forestry to our wage scale it cant be done nature is more power ful than dollars t o prevent our forests from disap pearing we should adapt our wage scale to the forest if we dont well lose them if consumers prices rise by any reason whatso ever the forester cannot do anything else but lay off woodsmen bulhe has to keep his wood cutters work ing forestry becomes forest slaughter 1 o increase the price of wood products will not help the forest nor will government subsidies tariff protection export premiums grants and bonuses be cause all this carries the virulent and deadly germs of rising consumers prices re and afforestation are not unprofitable be cause the price of lumber is too low but because the cost of living is too high woodsmen will not be poor because wages are too low but because the cost of li ving is too high 1 he price of lumber does not have to be increased by artificial nn ana it rises faster iiuto matically than any other commodity if the demand is heavy when industrial products are in such a condi tion the manufacturers can catch up with the demand in a eoupli of months 1 hi can increase their pro duction it takes agriculture from one t three years to do this but where forestry is concerned mother na ture laughs at ukihh pmuiufvwaji time studies indus trialism mil modi m busiiu ss mi hods blit nt ids at least 40 years to grow ript limber di mand or no d m mil hi mt wt ihit it mt i it of c ci ssim timber pnei s i th il inn is ai cul hi ion tiny liavi reached full in it ii i it 1 he eul will in gnatei th in lhi uu n uiaut i hu i l ion sis will disipptar the land will dry out flood tin ion anel elnsl stoini m iki lluu ippiatance ne aiiits i gofl lull vs min mule e ilimitits v i ii illftlu the pom jllllls llllllllm usid tin housing will in iih luin nun isc lilt e ost opiiving as ii pair 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