. Canadian forest industries 1908. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 21 moderation the forests would still remain practically intact, while there are still great forest areas which can be preserved if practical methods are applied. He did not favor an abrupt stop to the move- ment of pulp and pulpwood from Canada to the United States. He be- lieved that, left to itself, the natural development would be for the removal of pulp and paper operations in the United States to Canada as fast as the old mills we
. Canadian forest industries 1908. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 21 moderation the forests would still remain practically intact, while there are still great forest areas which can be preserved if practical methods are applied. He did not favor an abrupt stop to the move- ment of pulp and pulpwood from Canada to the United States. He be- lieved that, left to itself, the natural development would be for the removal of pulp and paper operations in the United States to Canada as fast as the old mills were worn out. Senator Edwards also corrected the statement that the American timber supply had been exhausted. If the Canadian supplies were cut off the American mills would not immediately stop operations, but on the other hand the Canadians would find themselves without a market. He said the agitation against the exportation of logs and pulpwood came from Canadian makers who wanted to get the price of their raw material reduced. The Senator made one statement which was a daring one in view of the popular idea as to the results of the prohibition of log exports from Ontario. He said the province had lost by that action; that to- day a sound log on the shore of the Georgian Bay was worth more than the lumber in that log after it was cut, owing to the fact that it costs less to export a sound log than the lumber, for when the log was in the American mill the by-products other than lumber would pay the cost of transportation. In his opinion more lumber in Canada dies and goes to destruction in the forest each year than all such growth that is cut. Apparently the Senator would remove all restrictions on the ex- port of forest products but would make more stringent regulations as to logging operations. If all the Canadian limits that are now needed to maintain the product were opened up and only the mature timber cut and all the young timber allowed to remain it would be better for
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