1980 



Canadian Forestry Journal, December, 1918 



Look to the Raw Materials ! 



By the Editor of the Montreal Financial Times. 



Practically half the Canadian pulp 

 mills are situated in the province of 

 Quebec. Goegraphically, the Prov- 

 ince of Quebec is ideally situated 

 in this respect. Quebec is much 

 nearer the ultimate market for most 

 pulpwood products than any other 

 district containing an equal supply 

 of the raw material. The rivers in 

 Quebec, with possibly but one or two 

 minor exceptions, flow to the south 

 ward, and here again is Quebec's 

 position unique, for it places her mills 

 m direct connection with the heart 

 of the timber lands. It has been 

 stated that in no matter what part 

 of the province timber is cut, it can 

 be floated to market with ease. 



The war has done much to broaden 

 the scope and value of this — Canada's 

 premier industry — and to make her 

 manufactured article known and 

 favourably thought of the world 

 over. It has been the means of 

 bringing the Canadian product into 

 direct competition with the product 

 of the Scandinavian mills — and it 

 has stood the test. The day is not far 

 distant when the paper which is 

 manufactured in Eastern Canada will 

 create a new standard of quality 

 for the world. 



But the industry must not be 

 abused, particularly in sections of the 

 country where it is now most strongly 

 entrenched. 



The supply of wood can be made 

 practically everlasting if each section 

 of land is properly cleared and pre- 

 cautions taken to ensure another 

 crop in a given time. These pre- 

 cautions have been the matter of 

 much discussion and extensive study 

 on the part of foresters and various 

 means to bring about this end have 

 been and are being tried out. 



In such times as the present when 

 paper mills are operating at a high 

 rate of capacity some such measures 

 must needs be taken. When it is 

 mentioned that within the past six 

 or seven years the consumption of 

 pulpwood in the St. Maurice Valley 



alone has increased nearly 250 p.c. 



this point can readily be appreciated. 



Much Constructive work 



Protective measures are necessary 

 against man's most dreaded enemy- 

 fire. In the St. Maurice Valley, with 

 a watershed of 16,000 square miles, 

 some 35 p.c. has been burned over, 

 while about the same percentage has 

 been lumbered, so that the balance of 

 virgin forest is not large in proportion. 

 Methods for saving the natural forest 

 resources of the province, are, of 

 course, continually being improved 

 and this is a most satisfactory point 

 to note from a national viewpoint. 



The importance of this work can- 

 not be under-estimated and should 

 receive every possible encouragement. 

 It will ultimately make the Province 

 of Quebec the greatest pulp and 

 paper producing area of its size in the 

 world, bringing into the country 

 untold millions of dollars each year 

 and assuring Quebec its "place in the 

 Sun." 



ONTARIO'S FOREST REVENUE 



The important part the Crown 

 timber lands of Ontario play in 

 defraying the costs of civil govern- 

 ment is indicated by the fact that 

 during the last provincial year forest 

 revenue was collected aggregating 

 $1,695,703, a gain of $360,382 over 

 the previous year, and including 

 $115,327 collected from limit-holders 

 as fire-ranging dues. Nearly one 

 hundred million feet less pine lumber 

 was cut than during the precedent 

 year, labor shortage operating largely 

 toward this diminishment, although 

 the progressive depletion of the white 

 pine forests is clearlv recognized. 

 The total pulpwood "cut" for the 

 province was 445,978 cords, of which 

 approximately equal amounts were 

 cut from settlers' lots and Crown 

 timber areas. It is regarded as be- 

 yond question that the pulp and 

 paper interest will continue to expand 

 and this development will materially 

 aid in the redemption of Canada's 

 war debt. 



