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Province of New Brunswick the suggestion that the export of pulpwood 

 should be prohibited, should not be entertained. And I agree with him. 

 It was admitted that you have not got the water power located at various 

 points in the Province, as many Provinces have. And the idea that all your 

 ground wood pulp could be made at Grand Falls, while the whole of the 

 rest of the Province was to supply the chemical pulp, of which only 25 

 per cent, is required for the production of "news" paper, is not practicable 

 to my mind. The thing is too ridiculous for consideration for one single 

 moment. 



Now, if I may be allowed to say a word on this subject as applied to 

 Canada. My profession is that of a lumberman, pure and simple; I am 

 not engaged in the pulp wood or paper business. I have paid close atten- 

 tion to everything that has been said about the subject by the various speak- 

 ers and writers, and, in the best interests of Canada, I think it would be 

 a suicidal act to prohibit the exportation of pulp wood to the United States. 

 Take the gentleman who has just spoken. If his arguments are correct, 

 and you ought to prohibit the exportation of pulp wood in the best interests 

 of the country, then, on exactly the same grounds, you should prohibit the 

 exportation of sawn lumber. 



Mr. Sifton made a remark in the course of his admirable speech with 

 which I agree absolutely. That is to say, that while the time has not yet 

 arrived, I think perhaps the time is not very remote when it will be in the 

 best interests of Canada that no lumber should be exported from this coun- 

 try. So far as sawn lumber is concerned, we will reach a period when there 

 will be none to export, having regard to the future wants of our people. 

 The answer to that may be: "Yes, and in the best interests of Canada you 

 should prohibit the export of pulp wood to-day." I say, "No," and I will 

 deal with that question. What are the conditions? In the United States 

 there are a large number of pulp and paper mills. The current belief that 

 they are on their last legs and have only enough raw material to supply 

 their mills for a few'years is not correct. The Americans are a very inven- 

 tive people and if you prohibit the export of pulpwood, they would at once 

 set their wits to work to produce some other article from which to make 

 paper. 



A VOICE : They cannot do it. 



SENATOR EDWARDS : They can. I know they can. 



SENATOR EDWARDS : I am a Canadian, but I must admit that in the ac- 

 ceptance of the term "loyal," as understood by some people, I am not loyal. 

 Mind you, that is qualified. In the best interests of Canada T am loyal to 

 the core. I want that done which will result in benefit to the people ot 

 Canada. Now in so far as lumber is concerned, I admit that a period will 

 arrive in the not remote future when we will have no lumber to supply to 

 anybody, but in so far as pulp wood is concerned, if our various Provincial 

 Governments and the Federal Government will do their duty, we can supply 

 Canada, the United States and the greater portion of the world with pulp 

 for all time. The Province of New Brunswick does not possess such a 

 large supply of that material, but I assure you the Province of Quebec does 



