. Canadian forest industries January-June 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. mensions is not too heavy. It is a wood suitable for the inside work of houses. Silver Spruce is largely used, as we all know, for aeroplane work. It is also used for skull making and many other purposes which re- quire strong, tough wood. Wood Products that can be Used Almost unlimited quantities of the following could be sold to Europe. White pine in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th qualities. White pine good quality sidings. Spruce deals in all sizes and qualitie
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. mensions is not too heavy. It is a wood suitable for the inside work of houses. Silver Spruce is largely used, as we all know, for aeroplane work. It is also used for skull making and many other purposes which re- quire strong, tough wood. Wood Products that can be Used Almost unlimited quantities of the following could be sold to Europe. White pine in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th qualities. White pine good quality sidings. Spruce deals in all sizes and qualities. Red pine, chiefly 3 x 9, 3 x 8, 2^4 x 7, 2 x 8, 2 x 7, 2 x 6, 2 x 4. Rock elm logs and oak logs and planks. Birch logs and planks. Box boards. Doors and all kinds of joinery. Douglas Fir. Silver spruce. The specification required in white pine and spruce is well known to every lumberman, but in sawing red pine it would be well to make as many 12/16 ft. lengths as possible, but some shorter may be shipped. Red pine of all sizes given above would be used almost exclusively for housebuilding. Rock elm and oak are for shipbuild- ing, birch logs and planks are largely used for chairmaking, for which there is a good demand. Box boards enquiries would have to be very carefully gone into before quoting a price, being such small pieces and of special length and thickness, requiring much care in King's Dock at Swansea, Wales, where many pit props are handled. think necessary. In short, the main points to remember are to ship according to contract and deliver according to contract. This year 1919 is an exceptional year and I would strongly urge the lumbermen to join together to appoint and support a resident representative in Great Britain, who should be neither an agent nor a bauyer, but one versed in the trade and its requirements, on^ who should give his whole time to the lumbermen's interests. Not only is there a certainty of good profits from the business, primed in all matters, p
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