. Canadian forest industries 1910. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 22 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Stratford as a Lumber Consuming Centre Three Furniture Factories Alone Used Four Million Feet in 1909—Favorable Location Assists Companies to Secure Trade—Wholesale Dealers Prospering It may prove somewhat of a surprise to readers of the "Canada Lumberman" to learn that as a lumber consuming centre the city of Stratford, Ont., stands in the front rank both as to the volume of busi- ness done and the amount of lumber actuall
. Canadian forest industries 1910. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 22 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Stratford as a Lumber Consuming Centre Three Furniture Factories Alone Used Four Million Feet in 1909—Favorable Location Assists Companies to Secure Trade—Wholesale Dealers Prospering It may prove somewhat of a surprise to readers of the "Canada Lumberman" to learn that as a lumber consuming centre the city of Stratford, Ont., stands in the front rank both as to the volume of busi- ness done and the amount of lumber actually consumed. In this city there ai*e located several large furniture factories, which employ hundreds of men the year round, and which consume lumber totalling to millions of feet annually. In 1909, three of the most important factories there, the Geo. McLagan Furniture Company, the Globe-Wernicke Company and the Stratford Chair Company, consumed 4,000,000 feet, the great majority of which was hardwood, which was purchased in the United States. Over 1,400,000 feet of oak alone were used in the manufacture of different kinds of furniture, while of mahogany, maple, cherry and kindred hardwoods, about an equal proportion of each was consumed. One of the chief reasons for the phenomenal growth of the lumber consuming business is found in the favorable local conditions. A furni- ture, dealer ordering from Stratford enjoys the privilege of a lower freight rate on his goods proportionately than from many other centres. This has been accomplished by an understanding between the three large firms, which allow a mixed carload of furniture to be shipped from their dif- ferent warehouses in combination. Furniture dealers have not been slow to take advantage of this unique system. Thus, if a dealer needs a car- load of different classes of furniture, he is not obliged to go to different places and pay increased freight 7'ates, but can have it all shipped from one point. The reduction in
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