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The next largest mill is the Laurentide Pulp Company, of Grand 

 Mere, Quebec, with a capacity in news paper of 80,000 pounds and 

 in wood-pulp board of 60,000 pounds every twenty-four hours. 



The consumption of pulp is likely to increase very materially. 

 The growth within the last six months has been remarkable. The 

 nationality dominating the paper trade is Canadian, but there is 

 much British and United States capital coming in at present. 



The undeveloped water power is of such immense volume that it 

 is beyond estimation and will probably never be entirely used. The 

 developed water power in the paper mills in Hull at the present 

 time amounts to about 8,500 horsepower, and they also use a very 

 large steam plant. The Ottawa and St. Lawrence rivers and the 

 Rideau Canal to Kingston and the Great Lakes serve as navigable 

 water ways. Shipments can be made direct from the mills in Ottawa 

 and Hull in eleven directions by rail. 



The number of trees for pulp is practically unlimited. Rags 

 and waste material are well saved in Canada and are used in large 

 quantities. 



The cost of labor in paper mills is from 90 cents per day upwards. 

 The efficiency of the labor seems to be slightly less than in the 

 United States. The methods of manufacture are modern, and the 

 very latest machinery is used. As nearly all the paper mills are 

 increasing their output, both of paper and pulp, the production 

 seems likely to be largely increased. 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. 



Imported paper seems to consist of finer grades only and comes 

 from Great Britain and the United States. 



The banking facilities and financial connections are excellent. 

 The tariff on each class is as per schedule below: 



Per cent. 



Millboard, not strawboard 10 



Stravvboard in sheets or rolls 25 



Paper sacks or bags of all kinds , 25 



Printing paper and paper of all kinds not elsewhere specified 25 



Papeteries, boxed papers, envelopes, and all manufactures of paper not else- 

 where specified 35 



Other countries seem to be doing comparatively little to build 

 up their exports in this section of paper and pulp, but there appears 

 to be a good opening for the finer grades of American paper. 



Exports consist almost entirely of news paper. The price at 

 point of shipment is about $2 per 100 pounds, and the goods are 

 mostly sent to Great Britain. 



The schedules for transportation are: Rags. 15 to 18 cents; wood 



