Canadian grocer July-December 1898 . ans to re-move their import duty ;neither will it induce Ameri-cans to build mills in Can-ada. But, on the otherhand, get the United Statesto remove the two dollarduty and it will be an en-couragement for Americansto start mills on this side,for it pays better to cut thelogs on this side than it doesto tow them across the lakeand cut them in Michigan. But why did not moreof them start mills in Canadawhen the duty conditionswere more favorable thanthey are now ? Well, Ill tell you. Ifyou had your money invested in a mill andplant at some point in Michigan yo
Canadian grocer July-December 1898 . ans to re-move their import duty ;neither will it induce Ameri-cans to build mills in Can-ada. But, on the otherhand, get the United Statesto remove the two dollarduty and it will be an en-couragement for Americansto start mills on this side,for it pays better to cut thelogs on this side than it doesto tow them across the lakeand cut them in Michigan. But why did not moreof them start mills in Canadawhen the duty conditionswere more favorable thanthey are now ? Well, Ill tell you. Ifyou had your money invested in a mill andplant at some point in Michigan you wouldnot be inclined to shut down and remove toCanada as long as your plant was in goodcondition and did not require replacing. THE CANADIAN GROCER THE RISING SUN STOVE POLISH and THE SUN PASTE STOVE POLISH -For durability and Economy,hfor general blocking. TONS SOLD YEARLY. MORSE BROS., Proprietors, Canton, Mass. For sale by all Wholesale Grocers; also the McClary Mfg. Co., London, Montreal, Winnipeg, Vancouver and That, then, is the condition of affairs witha good many mill owners in the UnitedStates. As these plants became old andobsolete the tendency would be, with thetwo dollar duty expurgated, to removeto Canada, for the average loss entailed intowing logs across the lake is 10 per we want is a permanent settlementof this tariff question on lumber. We donot want to be doing one thing this yearand undoing it the next. Were there many logs left in the woodsthis winter in your part ofthe country ? I asked. There were some, butnot a great many when youconsider everything. Wegot all ours out, and havejust finished rafting them atCutler. I know one manwho did not get his out,however. He had 25,000or 30,000 left in, and it wasbecause of too much water,not because of not see this particular manhad to draw his logs over acertain roadway in order thathe might get them into thestream. Well, there wasan early thaw, and it createdso much water th
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