be part of the National capital of our children and children’s children, this destruction of so much that is beautiful and grand, goes hand in hand with the sordid selfishness which is responsible for so very much of the misery of our civilization.  The movement for the conservation of our natural resources, for the protection of our forests and of the wild life of the woods, the mountains and the coasts, is essentially a democratic movement.  Democracy, in its essence, means that a few people shall not be allowed for their own selfish gratification, to destroy what ought to belong to the people as a whole.  The men who destroy our forests for their own immediate pecuniary benefit, the men who make a lifeless desert of what were once coasts teeming with a wonderfully varied bird life, these, whether rich or poor, and their fellows in destruction of every type, are robbing the whole people, are robbing the citizens of the future of their natural rights.  Over most of the United States, over all of South Africa and large portions of Canada, this destruction was permitted to go on to the bitter end.  It is late now, but it is not too late for us to put a stop to the process elsewhere.  What is being done in Labrador is substantially what was done, and is still, in places, being done in Florida.  A resolute effort is now being made by the Audubon Societies, and all kindred organizations, to stop the waste in the United States.  Great good can be done by this effort, for there is still very much left to save in the United States.  But there is very much more left to save in Canada.  Canada has taken the lead in many matters of far-reaching importance to the future welfare of mankind, and has taught other nations much.  She can teach no more important lesson to other nations, and incidentally, she can benefit herself in no more striking way, than by resolutely setting to work to preserve her forests, and the strange and beautiful wild creatures, both beasts and birds, of her forests and her sea-coasts.  Labrador offers one of the best of all possible fields for such work.  The forests, the wild beasts and wild birds of Labrador can be kept perpetually as one of the great assets of Canada; or they can he destroyed in a spirit of brutal and careless vandalism, with no permanent benefit to anyone, and with the effect of ruining the country and preventing its ever becoming what it otherwise would become.  The economic argument is by no means the only argument, and, in my eyes, is hardly the most important argument for preserving the forests and wild life of Labrador, as your Commission desires to preserve them, but it is in itself so important that, even though there were no other reason to be adduced, it would amply warrant the taking of the action you recommend.  I extend you my warmest good wishes for the success of your movement.

Mr. Ernest Thompson Seton writes: