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Canadian Forestry Journal, December, 1917 



British Columbia's Search for Markets 



With the wealth of forest products 

 this province has to offer to the mar- 

 kets of the world, combined with its 

 geographical location in relation to 

 such markets as South America, Aus- 

 tralia, South Africa, India and China, 

 British Columbia should do a large 

 export trade. Some of these markets 

 will take the lower grades which are 

 always produced when high grades 

 are»sawn. British Columbia has a 

 large and important market in Can- 

 ada, but wider markets absorbing all 

 grades will give that stabilizing in- 

 fluence so necessary in the lumber 

 industry to-day. A restricted market 

 dependent on the success or other- 

 wise of a grain crop in one particular 

 part of the world is too uncertain 

 a foundation for a business in so 

 widely applied a staple product as 

 lumber. Therefore, we hope to broad- 

 en our business and sell our products 

 in a greater number of markets. 

 We need variety in our markets to 

 absorb all the product of the log. 

 This will enable us to produce more 

 economically with a greater benefit 

 to the consumer. 



As a result of a better log market 

 in British Columbia the export of 

 logs in 1916 amounted to but one- 

 half the quantity exported in 1915. 



Pulp and Paper 



In pulp and paper production in 

 British Columbia marked activity 

 has been evident during the whole 

 year. All plants in operation have 

 run continuously, producing a total 

 of 80,000 tons of paper and sulphite 

 wood pulp. Three new companies 

 have commenced operations this year, 

 two of which are already producing, 

 and the third will be doing so in the 

 very near future. Our production 

 of pulp and paper in 1917 will prob- 

 ably be double that of 1916. 



In addition to pulp and paper de- 

 velopments on the coast large areas 



Tree 'doctoring' needed on Ottawa's beautiful 

 driveway. A broken stump of a limb has allowed 

 fungus diseases to penetrate the trunk. For 

 lack of attention thousands of fine trees are lost 

 each year by our Canadian municipalities. 



of pulp timber are available in the 

 interior, development cf which will 

 undoubtedly be undertaken before 

 long. Many enquiries regarding 

 these are now being received from 

 concerns who are beginning to realize 

 that the last great reserves of pulp 

 timber of the continent are in this 

 province. 



To sum up, the experiences of 1917 

 have shown that notwithstanding 

 great difficulties such as shortage in 

 labor and supplies and the confused 

 railroad situation regarding cars, the 

 Pacific Coast province of Canada is 

 struggling successfully to overcome 

 the handicap of war conditions. — 

 (Canada Lumberman). 



