TIMBER TRADE.

Grey River Argus, 13 January 1927, Page 3

TIMBER TRADE.

CANADIAN BID. For Australian Market. A ANUGUA’ER, Jan miry 1 1. Representatives of the Canadian limber trade waited upon the Australian , L’rimc -Minister, Air Bruce, and asked whether it were possible lor Australia to extend preference to Canadian limit is understood that these were given a similar reply as the Irult growers, saying that the whole ‘juesriem of trade must be examined wuh tin idea of equalising the general -'.‘alam-c ns between the two countries. The friiii growers had said they wished to see Australian friut exporters capture th< Canadian < market, in place of the American growers, and to see tralia lift t he embargo on Canadian ap It is at the same time being pointed out that Canada already supplies a large portion of the Australian importation of undressed timber, ami the extension of preference would be desirable if equivalent advantage could In given to -Australian products entering < 'a nada. Air Bruce, at his own request, spent a large port! m of the day on a trip of inspection through one of the largestlogging camps in British Columi>ia. I fifty miles west of Aancouver. lie crosses the Strait of Georgia to-night to Victo’ria, whence lie sails to-morrow i-y the Niagara. Timber Supplies. WORLD OUTLOOK. Speaking at a conference of allures tatioii companies al AVellingtoii las. nontii, Air. W. Al. Arthur, of Auckland. ( President of the New Zealan i I'iiiiiu-: Growers' A ssociation, said: —There L ' large discrepancy between tin* unnuui consumpt itm of soft-wood ami tin .olal annual growth ami leading autlio ritics estimate, that the wori.l’s cmi mmption is 40 per cent greater than he growth. Very few countries have ar. .'xporlable Airpltis, these are Cami'la -lie United States, Sweden ami Finland, ind it is only in the two latter coau ’ lie.; where the annual consumption 1.-I -uiiiii.T l.iiliim-i'.l by annual gruivtii I There are large forests remaining iiRussia, but only a small proportion! >l' the Russian forests is of comim l ! j ;ial importance, in any case, the hig'i.| •ost of transport Irum tin? interior ot ! Russia to cither 'Pacific or e.uri.li Sea. :uis lOit ix far : . a - j | lon ..I i Ilii,-ia:i are of in | cmmniii' \alue. hi any event, it ;>e an unwise policy to rely on a Lm•igit country like Ru.’.-'ia i ;, r our i'llun limber supplies. New Zealand is now ilepemh-nt for her soft-wood import.hieilv on Canada, ami the United Slates. These two countries, particularly Hie United S'ates *■■ rapidly de ■ 'cting their lorest. resources, am. i< i few vears will be unable to sup; l;> ns with our evcr-iacreasing r-ap.iire standing examples ot \.li.it, planiui.wi forests, most of them private, am worth to the fortunate jmsses-ois. Sixt; cent ol' th" area of FinbiiiJ ami .-.J |.. ■ r ecu! i * ■.' ■ area - I —> ■ ' ■■ •' ! 1 miller forests wbii-li fiave been grov. n iinlor seieiil i fie m.". nag' nieiit. am! forest jiroiluets form their ]>rinei]'al item export :inl m' ‘ ''l I'inlnno Im? so per ' ent "f tlie total ■ marts Considering the value of forests t these two countries, which for six m.mills in the year aie ‘o'.vred v.iji a io of mmw. m 1 bi i. meh tlie mi , ; m g!'ou h is mi! ime-six lli ol w liat j- ;, j n ’< mi Zmilaml. the p<> "" ' of I lii-i ! i Uiinirm as a t imber-|'roi iienig countrv are truly immense. Tne mroaos made by the pulp industry on the ( ana ilian forests are vividly portrayed it' mi mill r.-ss given by Mr. C. I'.rn-.. rresideu! of ibe I'ammimi I'lipor Amm-rnti 'll : I A’milriml. lb stiites, inter nliii: —“The question ofj ibe adequm-y of m.ir pulp wood supply' seriously involved .mill ilml the growth oi the indust iy. 11 is emo tlm' . is rightly enusing' iiim-ii concern. Om ileum mis upon 11"' l' ul l> xvood resources oi tin- loitmry are increasing wifligrcat rapidity, nmi any im irn- at present employ I for ’l'""' eoi'.tiiummv recognised as wholly inadequate. ” This hiis been refuted from time to I by 1 restry mymritim. One such authority )i .-tiling f'.iri si engineer in the Pro vim.-o o! Quebec I recently stale., '.‘ml the supplies of pulp wood for that Province the prmeipal pulp-prodwing Pro vinee, in the. Dominion, would be, exhausted in 2.1. years. Or all the Lii.n ■ Dominions, Canada is to-day the, only lumber-exporting country of any cause qucncc. ‘ Great Britain is th" g“ t;i ‘“ '■ ting '"I the world and imports 7,600,000,000 superficial feet immmllv. or nearlv a six'" of all the Gmb. r exported bv all the countries in P,., W urld! The value of her annual e .- Lorts is £50,000.000 unfortunately only y per/tent’of her seft-w'oods are purPimse.l within lb" loop"'"- Atrnm m>o.m piio.ooo of soft-woods per a.m ami Australia ■ I'"'' - I ’ l kum, the greater portion of th.-w im p ( ,i-ts coming from foreign wmntries, as is tlie ease i'< Great Britmn. When one Lmsiders that tin- supplies of foreign I,ci.a lire rapidly being depl'-ted tm ifgures quoted should prove eoiielusivejm that Hew Zealand Ims an nnbn'in" 'amrimt for all tl"' s"fi-w ’■ p l ' I could prmliw', am! I vi '"’( . that if 5000.000 acres of the unoi-i-mpied land "I A.cw Zealand x. ~'.,,,,..,1 y-os of the right spemes. wwould is from 25 to 35 years, row am I cron whieb would be worth mo i Mian all our present farm products