. Canadian forest industries 1886-1888. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. The only Newspaper devoted to the Lumber and Timber Industries published in Canada SEMI-MONTHLY. V OL. 6. PETE H BOKO UGH, ONT., MAKCH 15, 1886. NO. 6. A TERRIBLE "WARNING. In its issue of Feb. 22nd the Ottawa Free Pttts tries to frighten those who advocate an increase of the export duty on logs by publish- ing the following:— " The people who want to protect the lumber industry of Canada, by increasing, and rigidly enforcing the export duty on logs, ha
. Canadian forest industries 1886-1888. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. The only Newspaper devoted to the Lumber and Timber Industries published in Canada SEMI-MONTHLY. V OL. 6. PETE H BOKO UGH, ONT., MAKCH 15, 1886. NO. 6. A TERRIBLE "WARNING. In its issue of Feb. 22nd the Ottawa Free Pttts tries to frighten those who advocate an increase of the export duty on logs by publish- ing the following:— " The people who want to protect the lumber industry of Canada, by increasing, and rigidly enforcing the export duty on logs, have a warn- ing in an incident which comes from St Lucia, in the West Indies. A correspondent says there ' is a mountain near the southwestern end of the island called Suoffriers, the remains of an old volcano whose crater is full of sulphur. Some years ago two gentlemen from Antigua bought this mountain and set up works for extracting the sulphur. The first year they sent away nearly 600 tons of purified sulphur. But the nati\es thought they were doing entirely too well for a couple of mere foreigners, so they put an export duty of $4 a ton on sulphur and so put an end to the business, and from that time the sulphur mine has lain idle.' A heavy export duty on logs would probably have the same lamentable effect in this country as happened in the illustration given of another export ; This warning does not warn. It would not be considered a calamity by many in this coun try if the business of exporting logs did cease entirely. It will be noticed that the foreigners who exported the sulphur from St. Lucia purified it before exporting it—they manufac- tured it. But the United States dealers who export logs do not manufacture them and they, through the operation of the United States import duty on lumber, are given an advantage over Canadian dealers. An export duty on sawn lumber would be analagous to the action of the natives of St. Lucia, and it would be suicidal, bu
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