. Canadian forest industries July-December 1920. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN What Will 1921 Bring in Lumber Line How Far will Demand for Forest Products Reassert Itself and the Level of Prices Rise ? â By A. E. Mothersill As we near the end of 1920, the average business man and manu- facturer is giving thought and attention to what stocks they have on hand and considering what the year 1921 will bring forth. The question is being asked on all sidesâhave prices on lumber and all other commodities touched bottom? a
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1920. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN What Will 1921 Bring in Lumber Line How Far will Demand for Forest Products Reassert Itself and the Level of Prices Rise ? â By A. E. Mothersill As we near the end of 1920, the average business man and manu- facturer is giving thought and attention to what stocks they have on hand and considering what the year 1921 will bring forth. The question is being asked on all sidesâhave prices on lumber and all other commodities touched bottom? and when will a revival of de- mand and volume of turnover set in Keeping careful watch over the present and trying to gauge the future is uppermost just now in the minds of most men. It is well known that after every great upheaval like a war that economic in- dustrial and social conditions are decidedly upset. The process of readjustment is neither as swift nor as certain as many would like to see. "As has been predicted" are words which no longer carry much weight, for the simple reaspn that this is a period \vhen all prophecies go by the board and the usual omens no longer illumine the pathway of the days to come. There is nothing more unsettled than what lumber prices, wages and production will be during the approaching year. There is one thing certain and that is some improvement is bound to take place, but just how far demand will reassert itself and prices riseâfor no one expects they will recede to pre-war levelsâ depends on many factors, and among them are European conditions and credits, industrial expansion, building operations, the cost of liv- ing, scale of wages, public confidence and an optimistic spirit. Every. activity and enterprise has been followed by extraor- dinary inflation since the war ended. Nearly two years of unparal- leled prosperity and generous returns on investment and business operations have ensued. During the past few months, how
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