fleeted in higher prices to the consumer. 



" Great areas of the most accessible pulpwood lands 

 have been so denuded by wasteful methods of logging 

 and by fire, that they are now in an absolute or rel- 

 ative condition of unproductiveness. This is exactly 

 the reason why the pulpwood supplies of the eastern 

 states are so near exhaustion that many mills are 

 largely dependent upon imports from privately owned 

 timber lands in Canada. , This heavy exportation from 

 private lands in Canada of course correspondingly 

 decreases the supplies that would otherwise be avail- 

 able for manufacture in Canadian mills. 



"It is obviously of the greatest importance to East- 

 ern Canada that its great pulp and paper industries 

 shall be permanent, rather than transitory, as is prov- 

 ing to be the case in the eastern states. To accomplish 

 this end, however, it is necessary to make fully effec- 

 tive the view point that the forest is a crop, which 

 can, with proper care, be produced time after time 

 upon the same land. This means the practice of 

 forestry. ' ' 



Under these conditions how much longer is Canada 

 going to permit the export of pulp or pulpwood with 

 excessive export duties? Already the diminishing 

 supply of pulpwood and the never ceasing investiga- 

 tions of the paper industry have driven over $30,000,- 

 000 of American capital into the paper industry of 

 Canada. More of it will inevitably follow if the con- 

 ditions in this country are not improved. 



Minnesota's share in this industry is not a small 

 one. Ten or twelve million dollars are invested in 

 plants and millions more in timber holdings. The 



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