. Canadian forest industries January-June 1922. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 64 CANADALUMBERMAN. Pulpwood May be Scarce This Fall A. L. Perkins & Co., Powassan, Ont, who are extensive dealers in pulpwood in the Parry Sound district, say that production of spruce, balsam and poplar in that section this season is the lightest on record. What new wood has been delivered has been practically all absorbed as hauled to the railways. The surplus from last seas- on's bumper cut is also moving freely and this stock will very soon be ex
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1922. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 64 CANADALUMBERMAN. Pulpwood May be Scarce This Fall A. L. Perkins & Co., Powassan, Ont, who are extensive dealers in pulpwood in the Parry Sound district, say that production of spruce, balsam and poplar in that section this season is the lightest on record. What new wood has been delivered has been practically all absorbed as hauled to the railways. The surplus from last seas- on's bumper cut is also moving freely and this stock will very soon be exhausted. The demand is improving and a number of mills which could not ibe interested a few months ago, are now looking around for pulpwood. Mr. Perkins says that supplies are low, and, as deliveries are now over for this winter, no large quantities will be available until the winter of 1923. It, therefore, looks like a real shortage of pulp- wood of all kinds for the summer and fall months of 1922. In his opinion, any mill well stocked with wood at the present time even at a little higher price than at present replacement values, is in a fortunate position. During the last six months the market offered nothing but dis- couragement to producers, jobbers and shippers, and there was, therefore, very little wood produced, and what was delivered to the railways this winter was produced at a loss. Mr. Perkins adds that shippers must go farther afield every year, which means higher haulage or teaming costs, and at the price offered by the mills, purchasers simply could not deliver for the money. The unreasonable freight rates prevailing also add considerably to the curtailing of production, as purchasers cannot see the point of giving their timber away, after paying cutting, hauling and loading costs, which they kept down to about $ per cord, and handing it over to the railways to charge $ per cord freight on their product. Such an arrangement is badly out of balance. "
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