. Canadian forest industries January-June 1923. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. W. Gerard Power, Quebec, Former President of During the second day pf the Canadian Lumbermen's Associa- tion convention in Montreal the time was largely given up .to a discussion of trade conditions at home and abroad "The Export of Timber" was the subject dealt with by W. Gerard Power, of Quebec, a former President of the He traced the de- velopment of the business from the days of the square sticks of pine, when, in order to redu
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1923. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. W. Gerard Power, Quebec, Former President of During the second day pf the Canadian Lumbermen's Associa- tion convention in Montreal the time was largely given up .to a discussion of trade conditions at home and abroad "The Export of Timber" was the subject dealt with by W. Gerard Power, of Quebec, a former President of the He traced the de- velopment of the business from the days of the square sticks of pine, when, in order to reduce waste, waney pine came to the front, down to the production and shipment of deals from Que- bec and other ports. Mr. Power, who stated that he had returned recently from a trip overseas, re- marked that it was difficult to say what the future of the trade would be in the United Kingdom and Europe. As far as the Uni- ted Kingdom was concerned things were somewhat better but the political situation on the Con- tinent Avas far from being reassuring. "The export trade" continued the speaker, "is not as large as in the odd days. The American mar- ket is taking more and more of our material and I do not think our export business will ever be as big' as it was. Conditions are chang- ing and I figure in time that practically all lumber produced here will go to the< United States. I noticed when abroad that the Swed- ish and Finnish lumber, which comes into England, is very carefully manufactured and graded. This is most important and we have been too careless in our production. All stock shipped from Canada to the U. K. has to be resawn over there and, if our lumber is too thin or too narrow, there is bound to be a loss. As all our material from the Dominion has to be resawn it is highly important that the manu- facture and grading should be more carefully attended to. Russian competition will sooner or later come in but, if the things I have pointed out are observ
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