. Canadian forest industries 1892-1893. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. TO CANADA LUMBERMAN Volume XIV. Number 6. TORONTO, ONT., JUNE, 1893 /Terms, $ Per Year \ Single Copies, io Cents BY THE Wf\Y. TT is rather more than a year ago since we recorded in ^ these columns the sale of a considerable portion of the Dodge estate in the Georgian bay district to Merrill, Ring & Fordney, of Saginaw, Mich. It will be remem- bered that the purchase embraced a sawmill, 12,000,000 feet of logs, and 500,000,000 feet of pine. The sum paid wa
. Canadian forest industries 1892-1893. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. TO CANADA LUMBERMAN Volume XIV. Number 6. TORONTO, ONT., JUNE, 1893 /Terms, $ Per Year \ Single Copies, io Cents BY THE Wf\Y. TT is rather more than a year ago since we recorded in ^ these columns the sale of a considerable portion of the Dodge estate in the Georgian bay district to Merrill, Ring & Fordney, of Saginaw, Mich. It will be remem- bered that the purchase embraced a sawmill, 12,000,000 feet of logs, and 500,000,000 feet of pine. The sum paid was stated to have been $750,000. Subsequently the American purchasers sold part of the timber, but held 350,000,000 feet, and a late report from Saginaw says that they have now sold this to the Holland-Emery Lumber Company, of East Tawas, the consideration being announced at $700,000. The expectation is that the timber will be taken to the Holland-Emery mill at East Tawas, though it is probable that the local mill will be utilized for part of cut. X X X X Two views of the log duty were brought out in the interview with Hon. Finance Minister Foster and his associates when in the city a few weeks ago. Those concerned in the carrying trade by water were repre- sented by Capt. W. Hall, F. B. Cumberland, J. T. Mat- thews, Capt. Svlvester, A. M. Smith and W. Keighley, who entered a protest against the free exportation of logs as tending to seriously affect the shipping interests of the country. They pointed out that the effect upon their interests of there being no export duty on logs is shown by the fact that whereas last year only 175,000,000 feet of lumber was exported in logs, there is in sight already 455,000,000 feet for export this year, which may be called the third year of the absence of the export duty. When this lumber was cut in Canada the vessels of the United States had an equal right with Canadians to carry it, and did carry a large share. But now when the logs are towe
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