. Canadian forest industries 1894-1896. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. June, 1894 of the lumbermen of the Northwest, than can be pre- sented for concessions granted to many other lines of manufacture. The question of lumber still further received the con- sideration of the House by Mr. Foster moving that elm logs be included among the logs, upon which the gov- ernment will have power to put an export duty, not ex- ceeding $ per thousand ft. The logs coming within this schedule are pine, Douglas fir, balsam, cedar and E
. Canadian forest industries 1894-1896. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. June, 1894 of the lumbermen of the Northwest, than can be pre- sented for concessions granted to many other lines of manufacture. The question of lumber still further received the con- sideration of the House by Mr. Foster moving that elm logs be included among the logs, upon which the gov- ernment will have power to put an export duty, not ex- ceeding $ per thousand ft. The logs coming within this schedule are pine, Douglas fir, balsam, cedar and EDITORIAL NOTES. Tohisothei schemes, Gen. Booth, of the Salvation Army, will, it is said, in his efforts for the relief of the unemployed, enter the lumber business. The intention is to purchase a timber limit in Muskoka, upon which will be erected a comfortable shanty. The proposition is to send men from the city, who are out of employment, to work there, and a wood yard, which is to be estab- lished in Toronto, will furnish a market for the product. The Manitoba Government are wrestling with the question of granting aid to the South-Eastern railway. The extension of this road would be a boon to the lum- bermen of the Lake of the Woods district. In the face of recent tariff regulations, making lumber free, of which we have something to say elsewhere, these lum- bermen are going to have hard times unless relief is secured in improved shipping and freight conditions. The promoters of the road promise the logs will be brought from Lake of the Woods for manufacture in Winnipeg. Competition in freight rates will also be secured by the extension, and viewing the matter in this light, a late report from Winnipeg says that Ministers are disposed to grant a favorable bonus. The Prairie Pro- vince will strengthen its position generally every time that new railway competition can be secured. As an evidence of the dullness of the lumber market in Canada and in the United States for the pas
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