. Canadian forest industries July-December 1923. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 46 C A N A D A L U M R E R M A N. A. E. Gordon, Toronto Mr. Gordon Speaks Hopefully of West Mr. A. E. Gordon of the A. E. Gordon Lumber Company, Tor- onto, who recently returned to Toronto after a trip through Western Canada to the Pacific Coast, reports that throughout the Crow's Nest district of Brit- ish Columbia the loggers, who were recently on strike, have re- sumed work but, as a conse- quence of this strike, some mills will be short of logs and w
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1923. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 46 C A N A D A L U M R E R M A N. A. E. Gordon, Toronto Mr. Gordon Speaks Hopefully of West Mr. A. E. Gordon of the A. E. Gordon Lumber Company, Tor- onto, who recently returned to Toronto after a trip through Western Canada to the Pacific Coast, reports that throughout the Crow's Nest district of Brit- ish Columbia the loggers, who were recently on strike, have re- sumed work but, as a conse- quence of this strike, some mills will be short of logs and will have to close down considerably earlier than expected. Owing to several mills in this district be- ing cut out of timber and on ac- count of failures, etc., there are comparatively few plants opera- ting this season. Some of these have tie contracts with the rail- ways who will take a large share of their production so that the output of lumber in this section will be quite limited. Elsewhere throughout the Mountain districts production seems to be about average. On the Coast the large majority of the mills operating have export orders enough on their books to keep them busy for two or three months and some of them are actually refusing further export business. There is very little accumulation of stock of any kind. The demand from the United States, Atlantic Coast and Cali- fornia which fell off abruptly about a month ago, is now reviving Mr. Gordon says that the British Columbia shingle market pre- sents another of its periodical tangles. Cedar logs and bolts were so costly during the early part of the year that the mills claim they could not break even, so most of them shut down for several weeks during April and May. Timber was then reduced in price and the mills started up again, only to be faced with a serious slump in the United States market which absorbs from 75 to 90 per cent, of the production. Shingles are now selling below the cost of production, owing largely
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