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Title: Canadian forest industries July-December 1919
Identifier: canadianforjuldec1919donm (find matches)
Year: 1919 (1910s)
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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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j^HP^ ~ September 1 adian who owns a farm along the river is a jobber. During the summer he cultivates his farm, but when the harvesting seasoning season is over, and the tree leaves turn a golden shade, then the time is ripe for him to go to the "company" and get his log contract. He takes the work at a unit price. He will hew the tree, cut it in logs and haul to the nearest creek from his shanty. The jobber hires his own men, three, four, five, sometimes to sixteen. Generally, they are brothers, cousins, or young men who contemplate saving enough to make a first payment in order to secure a patch of land on which to live in old days. With the falling of the leaves the farmers quit their lands, take with them their wives, their children, their men, their horses—everything which renders their stay in the woods pro-
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Cleaning up after dinner at one of the busy logging camps in the St. Maurice district fitable and agreeable. This is advantageous to the company and to the men who are directly interested in their work and no strike can be feared. The camp is built in the centre of the section granted by the company to the jobber. It is usually erected on the bank of a lake or creek, at a point reached by every trail or foot- path. The buildings are the same as are the company's camp, but all live in the same house. There are two rooms, one used by the jobber and his family as a bedroom ; the other converted into a kitchen, dining room and living room combined. In the back are located beds for the hired men. The stable is built apart and sometimes is adjacent to the camp. The jobber enjoys in the camp family life as much as if he was staying on his farm with the diflference that he con- verts the spare time when he could do no work on the farm into money. The rationing of a family is by means of the section store at the post and is done without any loss of time. There the goods stocked are such that any lumberman's demand can readily be satisfied. For the season 1918-19, in one of its stores the Belgo-Canadian Pulp and Paper Company, Limited, had 450 articles permanently in stock. They are distributed under the headings: Provisions, clothing, mercery, iron mon- gery, tools, kitchen-utensils, tobacco, pharmacy, stationery, etc. The charges made by the companies are approximately the same as at any ordinary store in the vicinity. At any post there are fresh supplies of meat each week as well as fresh fish, etc. Here is a table showing the amount of food required to are fresh supplies of meat each week as well as fresh fiish, etc. develop the necessary calories to keep a forest inhabitant. in good physical shape for one day when he is in the forest. Potatoes 0.600 lbs. Fresh and salt pork 0.600 " Flour 0.400 " Fresh beef 0.300 " Beans 0.250 " Peas 0.150 " Sugar 0.100 " Salt 0.060 " Lard 0.050 " Onions 0.040 " Baking powder 0.013 " Molasses 0.050 gal. Next in smaller quantity: Rice, tea, raisins, apples, plums, milk, etc. For the horses, they are fed on the following base: Oats 22 lbs. per day Hay 18 lbs. per day. Hired men work at the job or 'per piece and some good workers get from $100 to $125 a month. These jobbers who are generally French-Canadian, are healthy and good humored men and always in a mood to see things on the right side. They are fond of news, talking and stories. The writer, at the opening of the war, had to furnish many explanations on the development and the complications of the trouble in Europe. At that time he was in charge of sur- veying party. It is not a rare sight to see these men up late at night listening to some educated visitor discussing different themes. There is no theatre, no movie and no church but there are trees, white snow, icy lakes and far away neigh- bors. The Joys of the Winter Evenings These people enjoy their life. They organize dances, mus- ic and concerts. They visit among themselves and preserve a kind of social life which might be called woods society. They laugh, play and amuse one another, but when all have depart- ed the whole family kneels on the floor. Then the winds carry on their wings a soft murmur. Far into the back country and in the deepness of the forest, the jobber's family thanks God for His care and protection over them in their daily struggle for bread. The author of this aticle is indebted to J. M. Dalton, Rob- ert F. Grant, Chas. Lebrun and R. Liagre for much of the data concerning the picturesque camp life on the St. Maur- ice river. Publicity That is Worth While "Money just thrown away," "No good whatever, I tried it once and got no results," "My goods are so well known that no publicity is needed," "Am doing all the trade I can attend to now," "Can't get the stock and have really nothing that I could advertise." How often does the newspaperman advertising representative or director of publicity hear arguments like these advanced by manufac- turers, wholesalers and merchants. One would think that there was no future for expansion, no service to maintain, no good-will to es- tablish and that, by some hocus-pocus means, as soon as an announce- ment was inserted in the print it should bring magical returns and rich rewards. One swallow does not make a summer and the effect of well direct- ed, continuous and ably supervised advertising may apparently be slow in securing results, but the outcome is certain and satisfactory— backed up by the goods and the service. It takes time, effort, energy and perseverance nowadays to accomplish anything worth while. In- stantaneous effects may be startling and speculative but rarely, if ever, are they permanent and substantial. Someone has said if he were asked to write the recipe for success he would do so in three words, "Repetition. Repetition, Repetition." And that applies very well to the kind of advertising that is successful.. Not repetition of one Ad, but of the arguments and good points you want to establish in the consumer's mind. In advertising it takes time and quantity to produce the full measure of results. It isn't fair to judge advertising as the Indian did the white man's feather bed. He saw the white man using a feather bed so he took a few feathers, put them on a rock and laid down on them. After a few minutes he arose and de- clared the white man was a "heap big fool." Player Piano and an Orchestra Next? "Forks, knives and spoons to be nickel silver" is one of the de- mands that the Loggers' Union has made on the operators in British Columbia. There is no mention of a player piano, a victrola, an or- chestra or finsrer bowls and cut glass but these will likely be made in due course. The union sent a circular letter to every operator in the province setting forth a few of the things the loggers would like. Among them were the following—minimum wage of $5 per day and an eight-hour day, time and a half for overtime, semi-monthly pay for all camps, contract work piece system and bonus work stop, transporta- tion paid for the worker and in case where the man is not kept long enough to earn $25 the employer pay his wages for the time occupied in travelling back. And here are a few of the creature comforts the loggers asked— all bunkhouses with six beds not to be less than 18 by 24 feet, beds to be fitted with springs, mattresses, two double blankets, sheets, pillows and pillow slips, sheets to be washed once a week; wash- houses and drying houses and bath houses for each camp with anti- septic soap and towels. And listen to this—earthenware must take the place of enamelware, forks, knives and spoons to be nickel silver, six men only at a table, kitchen utensils to be copper, aluminum or press- ed steel, zinc and dish-up table to be lined with zinc. A reading room to be supplied to every camp and first-aid to be there also.. That's all.

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