72. 
The cost of transport from the forest to Bangkok is 
rather too high to allow a big profit to speculators. At 
present the Sriracha Co. supplies soft wood timber at low 
rates which is sawn at the Company's Saw Mill at Sriracha 
on the East coast. There are also suitable forests in other 
parts of Siam where it will pay to start Saw Mills for 
scantlings and planks for sale in Bangkok. 
The prices for Singapore wood are sure to go up 
much higher within the next few vears: Then is the 
time when competition with Singapore timber will set. 
in with success and will cause the import to become less 
again. 
