. Canadian forest industries July-December 1923. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN 157 Scarcity of Labor Checks Pulpwood Cutting Production in Ontario Above North Bay Has Been Considerably Lessened Owing to Available Help Being Engaged in Railway, Mining and Other Work Owing to the large amount of construction work going on in Northern Ontario in connection with railways, power development schemes, mining operations, etc., there has been a great scarcity of labor during the past season in the production of pulpwood. Ev
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1923. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN 157 Scarcity of Labor Checks Pulpwood Cutting Production in Ontario Above North Bay Has Been Considerably Lessened Owing to Available Help Being Engaged in Railway, Mining and Other Work Owing to the large amount of construction work going on in Northern Ontario in connection with railways, power development schemes, mining operations, etc., there has been a great scarcity of labor during the past season in the production of pulpwood. Every able-bodied man has joined the ranks of the well-paid workers on these outside jobs and the cutting of pulpwood has been neglected. All the grown-up sons of the settler, his relatives and all other active laborers have been temporarily weaned from the soil and the bush to laying tracks, building dams or delving for gold and silver. The extension of the T. & N. O. Railway 40 miles north of Cochrane on its projected route to Moose Factory, the big power development project at Quinze Falls and the boom in mining have cleared the country of axemen who formerly felled spruce, balsam and poplar trees during the months of May, June, July and August. This observation applies particularly to the district around Cochrane but in other parts of Ontario about the same quantity of pulpwood as last season has been taken out. Speaking of the probable amount of wood that has been cut in the vicinity of Cochrane, a leading operator stated recently that it would be only about one-quarter of what it was last year, while tn other districts the output will be about the same. One of the largest contracting companies who specialize in pulp- wood is the Thompson & Heyland organization, of Toronto, who have been handling the product for the last eight years. During the past season this company bought and distributed about 50,000 cords and for 1923-24 will handle about 60,000 cords. Contracts
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