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But the Canadian supply is by no means inexhustible. While no 

 complete forest inventory has been taken, fairly good general data 

 have been compiled with the following result : 



Estimated Spruce and Balsam In Eastern Canada — Cords. 



It is a matter of common knowledge that the pulp and paper industry 

 will increase in Eastern Canada for some time to come, which means 

 that there will be a corresponding decrease in the length of the timber 

 supply above calculated. On the other hand, increasing prices and 

 demand will eventually bring into use much of the stand that is now 

 classified as unavailable. On the whole, it may be conservatively said 

 that even if the Eastern Canadian Provinces began now upon an ade- 

 quate scale to put all their forest land upon a permanent producing 

 basis they will not get forest crops any sooner than they will be required 

 for the basic industries of pulp making and lumber. 



The paper industry in the East is facing two alternatives if it is to 

 be permanent : First, the utilization of other species, and, second, the 

 growing of pulpwood — and it will have to accept both. 



Notwithstanding the fact that 60 per cent of the area of the North- 

 eastern States is better adapted to timber growth than any other pur- 

 pose, the best we can hope for is a pretty severe stringency during the 

 period between the comparative exhaustion of the present supply of 

 pulpwood and the coming on of the new supply brought about by gen- 

 eral forest protection and reforestation through the co-operation of 

 National, State and private agencies. 



The tremendous investments required in the development of great 

 water powers, the construction of large mills, and the installation of 

 exceedingly heavy and expensive machinery necessitate an operation 

 of 40 years or more, in order to bring plant overhead down to a rea- 

 sonable factor in production costs. This is the reason why the pulp 



