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Title: Canadian forest industries January-June 1921
Identifier: canadianforjanjun1921donm (find matches)
Year: 1921 (1920s)
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Subjects: Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries
Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Southam Business Publications
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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wooden shingles on roofs of buildings within 50 feet of any existing building; and prohibiting the repair of existing shingle roofs when the amount of the repairs was 30 per cent or more of the roof. The Fire Prevention League did as Mr. Laidlaw suggested. Your Sec- retary considered that this was a situation that concerned the mem- bers of the Association very vitaly. Moreover, it concerned also in an even more vital manner the interests of the lumber manufacturers and wholesalers of Canada who produce or sell wooden shingles. On the day following Mr. Laidlaw's address an interview was given to the Toronto Daily Star which included a number of the most im- portant facts in favor of the use of wooden shingles. Following the appearance of this interview many citizens wrote letters to the press opposing the prohibition of the use of wooden shingles. Mr." J. B. Laidlaw also wrote several letters, endeavoring to answer the letters sent in by citizens. The Canadian Lumbermen's Association, the Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association, the British Columbia Shingle Agency and the British Columbia Department of Lands all took this matter up vig- orously and prepared for a united campaign against the proposed bill. A capable lawyer was approached who expressed his readiness to undertake the work of managing a campaign. An expert from the West, a man of wide experience in this particular matter was en- gaged by the British Columbia Shingle Agency. The B.C. Lumber Commissioner at Toronto was preparing circular matter to be sent to all retail lumber dealers in Ontario urging them to write to their respective members of Parliament. In fact preparations had been made for a very vigorous campaign. It was not considered advis- able to start this campaign in full force until it was definitely known that a proposed bill was to be introduced. Our information, obtained from exceptionally reliable sources, was to the effect that Mr. George F. Lewis, Secretary of the Ontario Fire Prevention League, had made a rough draft of the proposed bill and that he fully intended to introduce it. A meeting of his executive was called, for the pur- pose we understand, of approving the draft of the bill. The execu- tive decided, however, that the public had not yet had sufficient edu- cation to stand for such a measure and it was decided that the bill should be postponed for one year. We also are advised that it is the intention of the Fire Prevention League to conduct an extensive educational campaign during the coming year with a view to intro- ducing a bill, possibly of a more drastic nature, next year. It is for the members of this Association to discuss what stand they may desire to take in connection with this matter. If they wish to co-operate actively with the other associations in opposing the campaign of the Fire Prevention League, a resolution on this matter should be passed to that eft'ect. It has been suggested to your Sec- retary that inasmuch as many of our members are interested in the selling of substitute roofing materials we may not secure a unanimous opinion in regard to this subject. Whether this is the case or not can only be developed by discussion and it will be in the interest of the Association that.a definite pronouncement on the subject should be made at this meeting. Incorporation of the O.R.L.D.A. At the annual meeting of our Association last year a motion was carried instructing the Secretary to obtain provincial incorporation for the Association under the Act for the incorporation of comoafiies without share capital. This has been done, at a cost of about $10.00. Throughout the greater part of 1920 the Association has enjoyed the privileges of incorporation. Incorporation of Labor Unions A resolution urging the Dominion and Ontario Governments to require that all labor unions should be incorporated was carried at our last annual meeting. A copy was sent to the Minister of Labor at Ottawa and Toronto. From Ottawa we received a reply in the following" words: '"This question has from time to time been sub- mitted to the Government for consideration but so far no affirmative decision has ever been reached. To enact Legislation of this sort at the moment would probably provoke more discontent and uhrest than already exists and therefore I am not sure it would be desirable to introduce the subject at this session of Parliament. Sis:ned, G. D. Robertson." From Hon. W. R. Rollo, Minister of Labor in the Ontario Government we received a reply in the followino- words: "The Ontario Government has not at the present time any such measure under consideration nor has it adopted any policy in connec- tion therewith, and so far as I am aware has no intention of intro- duc.'ng such Legislation at the coming Session." Preiservation of the Forests One of the resolutions carried at our Annual Meeting a ye^r ago urged the Ontario Government to adopt more modern and effective methods of forest preservation and to place the management of the forests of Ontario under a separate department. Your secretary understands that during 1920 the Department of Lands and Forests was separated from the Department of Mines which were formerly conducted as one Department. A copy of our resolution was sent to Hon. Beniah Bowman, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines and on March 10th, he replied, stating that it was his intention to make such changes in the methods and organization connected with the forest industry in Ontario as would adequately take care of protection and reforestry, and forest preservation generally. Discount to Contractors Your secretary was in receipt, during 1920, of a letter from the Long Island Retail Lumber Dealers' Association, Long Island, N.Y., asking whether retail lumber dealers in Ontario give contractors an advantage when purchasing lumber and! building mater'ial. The Builders and Contractors' Association of Long Island has asked the Retail Lumber Dealers' Association there for a discount of 10 per cent. While the situation at Long Island is of no practical import- ance in Ontario, members of our Association will be interested in the fact that a canvas of the dealers in Toronto showed that none of them give any such advantage to the contractors, and are in fact strongly opposed to such a practice. Fishing Club for the Dealers One of the very pleasant features of our Annual Outing last year was the visit paid to the Alabama Hotel, on the L'pper French River. Our members remained there from the middle of Sundav afternoon until Monday noon. The experience was wonderfully delightful and every member present was able to enjoy himself according to lii.-^ own individual desires. iMany members indulged in the splendid fishing afforded by the waters in this district. So pleasant was this portion of the trip that our President, Mr. J. B. Reid and other members of the Association have since been considering the pos- sibility of establishing a fishing club owned and operated by the

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