. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. September, 1897 the: cahada XvUiviBE:Mwi^Lisr 7 and disaster to the business of the whole country. Is it desirable that the lumber trade should cease ? It cer- tainly would as a result of the resolution, as in less than six months the British market would be overloaded and collapse. The import duty was not imposed as a blow at Canada ; it was imposed because the industries there clamored for it. An export duty would not build up villages, but kill them. I live in
. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. September, 1897 the: cahada XvUiviBE:Mwi^Lisr 7 and disaster to the business of the whole country. Is it desirable that the lumber trade should cease ? It cer- tainly would as a result of the resolution, as in less than six months the British market would be overloaded and collapse. The import duty was not imposed as a blow at Canada ; it was imposed because the industries there clamored for it. An export duty would not build up villages, but kill them. I live in a village of 3,000 people which is almost entirely dependent upon the lumber busi- ness, and it would be destroyed by an export duty. In- stead of the two dollar duty being a detriment to Canada, it will be a benefit. We are cutting our forests altogether too fast. In the United States some white pine still exists, and just as long as it can be obtained it will be preferred. Let the Americans go ahead and exhaust their supply, and then we will come in and make money. In the Ottawa valley fewer logs will be taken out this winter than hereto- fore. I think we should be compelled to curtail our pro- duction. That is my position, and I would take the same stand in the House of Commons even if it were to defeat the ; Referring to the proposal for an ex- port duty on pulpwood, he said the United States would take exactly the same action in this case as in the case of timber, and the people who would be injured would be the farmers. He desired co see many pulp mills in Can- ada, but until they were built he was opposed to placing a duty on the material, which would circumscribe the supply and raise the price to the farmer. Mr. Brennan followed. He did not believe the restric- tion would be an injustice to American holders of timber limits. Previous to 1892 there had been an export duty on logs, and it was removed by arrangement between the two governments. Now we were
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