Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1903 — Ontario's Rude Awakening. [ARTICLE]

Ontario's Rude Awakening.

In ten years’ time there will not be, In old Ontario, any firewood to sell, and tvhlle some farmers will have enough wood for therlr own use, most of them will be compelled to burn coal. Iu the southern part of Ontario County, about 90 per cent of tiie farmers are using coal, nnd 00 per cent of them have no wood on their lands. In other long-settled districts the condition is pretty much tiie same. The hush was the enemy of tiie pioneer, nnd his sons nnd grandsons have kept up tho feud, although the pioneer is long dead, and the bush long ngo whipped Into submission. The country needs trees, however, quite aside from Its need for stove wood. The streams of the province are shrinking visibly, nnd the climate Is undergoing change, hccnusc of the disappearance of the trees with wlilffh nature clothed the country.