. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. The Need of Scientific System m Operating Woodlands Emphasized by Noted Industrial Ihe present economic situation in Canada in the next fifteen or twenty years. This is makes it imperative that our industries produce evidenced by the purchase of pulpwood lands the greatest possible amount for export. Our by United States concerns in Canada and the war debt can only be paid and the adverse rate construction of mills on this side of the line, of exchange turned in our favor by exporting Unfortunately, our own suppl
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. The Need of Scientific System m Operating Woodlands Emphasized by Noted Industrial Ihe present economic situation in Canada in the next fifteen or twenty years. This is makes it imperative that our industries produce evidenced by the purchase of pulpwood lands the greatest possible amount for export. Our by United States concerns in Canada and the war debt can only be paid and the adverse rate construction of mills on this side of the line, of exchange turned in our favor by exporting Unfortunately, our own supplies are by no as much as we possibly can, preferably manu- means inexhaustible, and rapid inroads are be- factured articles, so that our labor can profit by ing made on them. In the past, forest fires the increased value of raw materials made into have taken an enormous toll of our forests and finished products. No other industry is doing have destroyed more than has been used; but so much to swell our exports, nor is any other this menace, while not yet entirely overcome, industry likely to do so much in the future, as has been enormously reduced, and with the the pulp and paper industry. Its exports have building up of special protective forces of risen since 1914 from $22,120,934 to $82,092,- 776, an increase of 271 per cent, and there is no reason why this growth should not continue, if proper steps are taken to provide a per- manent supply of raw material. Canada has trained men will be still further reduced and will be held in reasonable bounds. PROBLEMS MUST BE FACED. We still have large areas, which though sparsely timbered, still have in the aggregate large areas of spruce and balsam forests, which very large amounts of timber on them; but they supply the best^possible material, and abund- are far from the mills. In the supply which is ant water powers for its clieap conversion, and economically possible to use with the present may be said to be, to-day, in a more favo
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