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consist chiefly of hard woods — teak, mahogany, 

 and a host of other valuable woods. Many of these 

 have, or are likely to have a commercial importance, 

 but they come under the heading of luxury woods 

 in contradistinction to the soft woods of the markets, 

 of which, so far as we are concerned, Canada and 

 Newfoundland represent ^he only Empire sources. 



These soft woods form the chief demand of the 

 European markets — I am not sure that I am not 

 correct in saying of the chief world markets. They 

 mainly come from America, Canada, and New- 

 foimdland in the New World, and Russia, Sweden, 

 Norway, France, Germany, Austria-Himgary, 

 Rumania, and Denmark in Europe. A brief 

 survey of- the probable suppUes available in these 

 countries, and of the markets to which they go, 

 will enable some insight to be obtained into the 

 position which faces us. We will consider the 

 countries in sequence; 



The New World : America. — I have mentioned in 

 a previous article that soon after the cessation of 

 the American Civil War in 1866 that country com- 

 menced to make tremendous strides forward, and 

 we are aU acquainted with that extraordinary rapid 

 rise of hers in the industrial world. To keep her 

 increasing industries going, she began to absorb 

 more and more of her own timber and other forestry 

 products. Her exports were still very large, it is 

 true, since the timber merchant naturally sells in 

 the best market, but her local consumption rose by 

 leaps and bounds. 



Lumbering had its origin in America, and it was in 



