. Canadian forest industries 1908. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Ontario. The snowfall of the past week has been welcomed by lumbermen in Northern Ontario, since thus far this winter they have been handi- capped owing to lack of hard wea- ther. Iced roads have been almost unobtainable and bush operations have in consequence been seriously retarded. No alarm, however, is felt regarding this, as it is pretty generally agreed that the smaller stocks are allowed to become the more sudden and complete will be the revival of trade at the
. Canadian forest industries 1908. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Ontario. The snowfall of the past week has been welcomed by lumbermen in Northern Ontario, since thus far this winter they have been handi- capped owing to lack of hard wea- ther. Iced roads have been almost unobtainable and bush operations have in consequence been seriously retarded. No alarm, however, is felt regarding this, as it is pretty generally agreed that the smaller stocks are allowed to become the more sudden and complete will be the revival of trade at the expira- tion of the present business lethar- gy- Trade appears to be opening up again cautiously. Inquiries and or- ders are coming in slowly and en- couragement is held out of much greater results being in evidence in a few weeks' time. In the meantime prices show no signs of fluctation either way. Mid- dlemen claim in some instances that they are buying to better ad- vantage now than for some time past, but in view of the expense at which this season's cut is being 'taken out there is not the slightest possibility of prices falling. Buy- ing will be late and millmen may have to carry larger stocks than in former years, but beyond this the situation presents no alarming features. Eastern Canada. English timber circulars for Jan- uary note that the arrivals of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick spruce deals at both Liverpool and Man- chester have been small. There is comparatively little lumber busi- ness being transacted. However, if the operators are able to tide over and live through the present finan- cial depression the industry will CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER. having come from Canada. No improvement in hardwoods has been noticeable, and very few orders are being received. Furni- ture factories are buying little. Great Britain. The market for Canadian spruce is fairly strong, and with careful and judicious shipping on the part of the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia trade wi
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