. Canadian forest industries 1911. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 46 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The March imports of wood pulp were valued at $368,336 in 1911, and $417,580 in 1910. The United States exports of wood and manufactures of wood, including furniture, for the month of March, 1911, were valued at $8,281,027, as compared with +7,158,743 during March, 1910. For the nine months' period the total value was $65,311,808 in 1911; $54,- 972,961, in 1910; and $48,548,818, in 1909. There has, therefore, been a steady and substa
. Canadian forest industries 1911. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 46 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The March imports of wood pulp were valued at $368,336 in 1911, and $417,580 in 1910. The United States exports of wood and manufactures of wood, including furniture, for the month of March, 1911, were valued at $8,281,027, as compared with +7,158,743 during March, 1910. For the nine months' period the total value was $65,311,808 in 1911; $54,- 972,961, in 1910; and $48,548,818, in 1909. There has, therefore, been a steady and substantial increase in these exports during the last two years. Exports of timber hewn and sawed, to Canada during the month of March, 1911, were valued at $138,245, as compared with $124,450 in 1910. For the nine months' period the total was $1,189,- 639 in 1911; $968,920 in 1910, and $789,319 in 1909. Exports of boards, planks, deals, etc., to Canada during the month of March were valued at $781,035 in 1911, and $573,872 in 1910. For the nine months' period the total value was $6,400,932 in 1911, $3,235,681 in 1910, and $2,193,204 in 1909. Exports of staves and heading to Canada showed large increases. Alien Labor in Camps That serious breaches of the law regulating and restricting the employment of certain classes of labor in timber camps throughout British Columbia are being made was stated to Premier McBride by Mr. Murray S. Potts, president of the United Brotherhood of America, and Mr. Horace J. Robinson, secretary-treasurer of that organiza tion, who waited upon the Prime Minister recently as a delegation from the brotherhood, which is more generally known as the Loggers' Union. Briefly, the charges formulated by President Potts were to the effect that the low is being constantly violated in three important re- spects, viz., the employment in timber camps on leasehold and license- hold lands, of Chinese and other Orientals, that engineers other than those properly certif
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