-206 NEW BRUNSWICK FORESTRY CONVENTION 



MR. W. B. SNOWNBALL I feel like the Committee who proposed 

 this Resolution, of which I was one, that it is a most important matter 

 whether we should allow the raw material controlled by the Crown, or by 

 the State, and which is the property of people, to go outside of the country 

 to be manufactured. 



We have the kindliest feelings towards our American neighbors to the 

 south and enjoy seeing them come amongst us to establish manufactories, 

 but we want them to come to us and manufacture rather than our raw ma- 

 terial should go to them for them to derive the greatest benefit from it. 

 Within a few days we have noticed this matter discussed in our papers, 

 showing the amount of pulpwood going out of the province, being manu- 

 factured into pulp and paper on the other side of the line and then sent back 

 to us in that form. 



I feel as a Canadian citizen and particularly as a New Brunswick man 

 that we should keep within the bounds of our province all the manufacture 

 we can, and even in connection with our sawmills, that we should examine 

 more closely and find out what our lumber is put into, so that we can put 

 the most .labor on it in .our own country and keep the labor right here. 

 That is a matter every lumberman and millowner I think is looking to. 



Reference has been made to the small quantity cut per acre, but from 

 what I know of our timber limits I think we have kept fully up to the 

 growth of our land and are unable to cut anything further without destory- 

 ing or depleting the forests jn which we are interested. 



I am young in the business and do not know as much about it as others, 

 but that is my impression and what I have gained from experience and the 

 views of those with a long connection with the forest business, and instead 

 of increasing the output from the lands we hold, if we wish to conserve it \re 

 will have to change our milling operations so as to cut it into smaller sizes, 

 -give more labor to our people and keep our staff around us and still give 

 morelabor in the country than at the present time. Those are rny views with 

 regard to the pulp industry. With people who own private lands we cannot 

 stop them, but I do not think for one moment that anyone interested who 

 feels he has any land of importance is going to cut it pif to any great extent 

 for pulp purposes when he knows the value is increasing each year. 



If the law goes through it should be watched closely to see that it is 

 Carried out. Crown Land lumber should not go outside of the province; 



