. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 2 2 TTttE CAfcAtiA LUMBERMAN -NOVEMBER, igO^ grove, Sharon, Hewitt Lake and Earl Siding, all in Michigan. I had quite a talk with Mr. T. Stewart White, the affable president of the White & Friant Lumber Com- pany. Mr. White is one of the pioneer Michigan lumbermen, and knows all there is to know of the con- ditions of the lumber market. He is credited with being the leading spirit in having the two dollar import duty put upon Canadian lumber, and thus tried to hel
. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 2 2 TTttE CAfcAtiA LUMBERMAN -NOVEMBER, igO^ grove, Sharon, Hewitt Lake and Earl Siding, all in Michigan. I had quite a talk with Mr. T. Stewart White, the affable president of the White & Friant Lumber Com- pany. Mr. White is one of the pioneer Michigan lumbermen, and knows all there is to know of the con- ditions of the lumber market. He is credited with being the leading spirit in having the two dollar import duty put upon Canadian lumber, and thus tried to help the Canucks keep a good thing to themselves. In the carving and moulding line, the Waddell Manu- facturing Company, of Grand Rapids, are unsurpassed in that city. They make some beautiful carved newel posts and embossed and turned work. The leading manufacturers of bank, office and saloon fixtures is the firm of Nachtgall & Veit, who are designers of special furniture and patterns. In the machinery line this city ranks high. Among the more progressive firms are Perkins & Company, with their famous Columbia heading and shingle machines. The Friction Set Works, Fox Machine Company, Crescent Machine Works, Tidy & Marshall, Wilmarth & Morman, American Machinery Company, Waggoner Watchman Clock Company and the Gillette Roller Bearing Manufacturing Company are all leading concerns in their line who are pushing out for the Canadian trade. Nearly $129,000,000 worth of goods manufactured in the United States entered Canada during the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1903. A rapid run on the " third rail electric line " brought me up to Muskegon, on the shore of Lake Michigan- Here is situated the large mills of Mann, Watson & Company and the Rodgers Iron Manufacturing Com- pany, who make an adjustable log siding machine and a combination gang edger. In conversation with Mr. W. F. Chrystal, the obliging secretary of the Rodgers Iron Manufacturing Company, he
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