The Timber Commission.
THE HON. B. MTdHELSOIN'S REMAKES.
" (Per United Press Association.)
ATKJELAINO, May 12.
Before the Tiunber Commisaion the Hon. E. Mitohelaoii', representing Mitohel'Son And Co., large timber exporters, said the company had iv>fc paid a> dividend duaringi the lasttfiv<? years, though last year they made a profit of 9J per cent withouit allow- - liing, for .depreidiattii'onj. Hie "apjHwed an eiporb duty on. kauri, " which wouldl close all the northern mills and throw a targe number of' men ■out of employment without cheapening tinuber, which was -.nit bedrock prices now. It was "the pumet, nonsense; to talk of the conservation of bush in view of insecurity froih fire risks. He denied that timber wa» r»exportedl from Akistraiia ai - prices lower 1 than, wag charged here. r:' He thought the ■presc<nt duty on Oregon pine. was' sufficient. ' ' -
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Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10420, 13 May 1909, Page 1
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