. Canadian forest industries July-December 1922. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 54 CANADA LUMBERMAN New Forest Products Market Bureau Move Made by British Columbia Interests to Increase Sale and Distribution of Wood Goods An aggressive movement lhas 'been made for the purpose of in- creasing the sale distribution and consumption of British Columbia forest products. Millmen, loggers and timber holders recently met in Vancouver and took the initial step by the formation of the Forest Products 'Market Extension Bureau, which is in char
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1922. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 54 CANADA LUMBERMAN New Forest Products Market Bureau Move Made by British Columbia Interests to Increase Sale and Distribution of Wood Goods An aggressive movement lhas 'been made for the purpose of in- creasing the sale distribution and consumption of British Columbia forest products. Millmen, loggers and timber holders recently met in Vancouver and took the initial step by the formation of the Forest Products 'Market Extension Bureau, which is in charge of a strong board of eleven trustees appointed by the B. C. Lumber and Shingle Association; the Loggers' Association; the Shingle Manufacturers' Association and the Timberholders' Association. P. A. Wilson, of the Wilson-Brady Lumber Co., is the chairman, and W. W. Harvey, 'of the Dominion Creosoting Co., is the vice-chairman of the new federation. The bureau has outlined a large programme and is be- ing warmly supported. The objects of the bureau are as follows:— Investigation of new markets which are now opening up for British Columbia products, such as the Japan market. Assistance to salesmen and manufacturers by practical work in existing markets, such as the four-billion-foot market for shop-grade lumber in tlhe wood-using industries of the east and middle west, in which British Columbia material as yet has hardly gained a footing. Making the value of British Columbia products known through general publicity, exhibits, phamplets and personal work of field men among buyers, contractors, architects, railroad and other large users of wood. Combatting propaganda aimed by steel, concrete and roofing substitutes against wood products; opposing anti-shingle legislation and securing just treatment of western woods in city building codes. Advising manufacturers regarding desirable changes in char- acter of output to take advantage of new lines of market demand, and regarding p
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