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Title: Canadian forest industries 1894-1896
Identifier: canadianforest189496donm (find matches)
Year: 1896 (1890s)
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Subjects: Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries
Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Southam Business Publications
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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THR CANADA LUMBERMAN Volume XVII Number 9. ) TORONTO, OIST., SEPTEMBER, 1896 WOOD PULP IN GREAT BRITAIN. From the report of the High Commissioner of Canada for 1895, the following extracts are taken relative to the imports of and demand for Cana- dian pulp wood in Great Britain, which, in view of the desirability of the further extension of the trade, should be of interest to manufacturers : " The use of wood pulp continues steadily to expand, the imports for 1895, 297,094 tons, valued at £ 1,574,4°°. show- ing an increase of nearly ;£ 150,000 over 1894. Al- though apparently the pres- ent large local consumption somewhat retards the export trade, I have no doubt that with the completion of the large mills at present under construction in advantage- ous positions, Canada will definitely enter the market as a powerful competitor with present sources of sup- ply to a much larger extent than at present. That the scope of the market is large is shown by the returns of the details of the total imports ot 1894, the latest available, being 279,766 tons, valued at ^1,432,400, of which Cana- da supplied £82,841. Nor- way held the first position with ^694,919, Sweden coming next with ^344,021, Germany supplying £76,- 287, Holland, ^66,563, Russia (Finland), ^50,880, the United States, ,£48,489 (mainly of Canadian origin), and Austria, ^25,960. I see it stated that prom- inent French importers of wood pulp are investigating the Canadian sources of supply. Of equal interest to Canada is the continued growth in the British im- ports of foreign paper, which may be summarized as follows :— paper to the United Kingdom as encouraging. In connection with the manufacture of paper, I should draw attention to the market that exists for certain classes of minerals found in Canada, which are used for fillings, etc., such as asbestos, talc, asbestine pulp, magnesite, powdered plas- ter, satinite, etc." Messrs. Kennedy & Sons, of Glasgow, write of pulp wood as follows :— CANADA'S AMBITION.
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YOUNG CANADA: - "I'm going to have a Larger Slice of that Water-melon ! Cwt. 1893 2,Q 3»°86 l8q4 3,38i,732 1895 3>69'>OI9 2,347,2°4 2,654,070 2,845,402 The details of the imports in 1895 are as follows:— Cwt. £ Unprinted paper 2,084,784 2,046,106 Printed paper 76,895 254,042 Straw boards, mill boards, and wood pulp boards 1,527,340 545,254 Transatlantic news and printings are already known on this side, and more than one London daily paper is using this product. With our cheap supplies of raw material, the trade gener- ally'regards the outlook for Canadian export of "We have to state that very little came into Scotland last year, owing to Scandinavian makes being offered at prices which Canadian mills would not entertain. " Outside of price, buyers here have a strong objection to the manner in which Canadian pulp reaches this country—ground pulp with 50 per cent, moisture, instead of being packed in canvas like Scandinavian pulp, comes in loose bundles without any covering at all, and so licks up all the dust and dirt of the landing sheds at ports of discharge, besides all the loose coal dust in J Terms,$1.00 Per Year "l Single Copies, 10 Cents. wagons used in railing it to mills. The conse- quence is that it arrives at the mills in a very dirty condition. This is an important point which Canadian mills should look to if they wish to do business in Scotland. "Chemical pulp should also come in bales. Hitherto it has come in rolls, which are difficult to handle. Space being lost in packing on board ship, there is a waste of room ; consequently a higher freight is demanded than for bales." Messrs. Steinhoff, Sons & Muir, Limited, London, E.C., write: "We may state that as regards Cana- dian mechanical wood pulp, as far as we are concerned, there has been a consider- able increase in the imports to this country during 1895, and we have been success- ful in introducing this ma- terial in several quarters where it had hitherto not been used. As regards the total quantities imported, we can say nothing, the official statistics only dis- tinguishing between pulp from Norway and that from other countries. "The quality we may safely assert to be, general- ly speaking, superior to Scandinavian makes. We have found this opinion en- dorsed by consumers, whom we find willing to pay high- er prices than for other grades. "The greatest obstacle to the development of trade here is found in the high rates of freights charged by the regular lines, on which shippers are bound to de- pend, as compared with the low rates from Scandinavian ports. Another drawback is the poor manner in which Canadian pulp is baled, many consumers objecting to the dirty state it arrives in, owing to insuffi- cient protection. "The Scandinavian product is infinitely su- perior in this respect, and it is a matter well worthy of the attention of Canadian makers who wish to cultivate a regular trade with Great Britain, which in normal years is certainly the legitimate outlet for Canada, especially the mari- time provinces. During the past fifty years Saginaw, Mich., has fur- nished fully 40,000,000,000 feet of white pine lumber.

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