Canadian grocer July-December 1898 . mber at its mills atCutler, on the Georgian Bay,30 miles from the latterplace. At Webbwood thecompany has a depot forthe supplying of material forits camp at that point, andthe management of thisdepot is one of Mr. Wilsonsspecial duties. But, owingto the condition of the lum-ber trade, the company havefor the time being at leastdecided to discontinue opera-tions and to close up thesupply depot. You see, explained , the war betweenthe United States and Spainhas destroyed, for the timebeing, the market which hashitherto been the principaloutlet for s
Canadian grocer July-December 1898 . mber at its mills atCutler, on the Georgian Bay,30 miles from the latterplace. At Webbwood thecompany has a depot forthe supplying of material forits camp at that point, andthe management of thisdepot is one of Mr. Wilsonsspecial duties. But, owingto the condition of the lum-ber trade, the company havefor the time being at leastdecided to discontinue opera-tions and to close up thesupply depot. You see, explained , the war betweenthe United States and Spainhas destroyed, for the timebeing, the market which hashitherto been the principaloutlet for southern pine. Alarge number of mills inthe south have, in con-sequence, been closed, but there is agreat deal of this southern pine on hand,and so the owners are shipping it to theNorthern States, where they dispose of it atslaughter prices. Having this to contend with, in addition to the $2 duty, you cansee it knocks us out, for the Northern Statesis, of course, the principal market for Can-adian white pine. When the war closes the. Salada Tea Cos New Building—Front Elevation. southern pine will again have its market inthe West Indies and the South Americancountries, but the duty of two dollars perthousand feet Canadians will still have tocontend against. That duty is a bad thing for Canadian lumber, added Mr. Wilsonwith a shake of the head. Do you think that if Canada were toput an export duty on logs that it would helpmatters ? That is, would induce Congressto remove the duty ? I remarked. I do not, he replied with much Simply because it wouldnot have the desired we want to try anddo is to get the United Statesto take off that two dollarduty. That is to what weshould devote our , what Canadians desireis that mill owners shall setup mills on this side of theline. That is so, isnt it?Well, then, if the export dutyis put on logs it will notinduce the Americans to re-move their import duty ;neither will it induce Ameri-cans to build mills
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