The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-11
CANADIAN WOOD PULP.
Conflicting Representations Made to the
Commissioner in Washington.

COnn1CttnR representations Made to the
Commissioner in Washington.
QUEBEC. Dec. 10.-Strong representations are
being made to the Canadian Commissioners In
Washington by the various Canadian pulp.
spruce and paper interests. They are conflict
ing in character and must prove very embar-
RAISING to Sir Wilfrid Laurier and his col
leagues.
In the interests Of Canadian labor an export
duty is urged upon pulp wood. This is opposed
by several of the American holders of spruce
limits in Canada. Pulp manufacturers would
like to get their product free into the United
States. and as to paper. there is a difference of
opinion between consumers and manufac-
turers. for the manufactured product is turned
out cheaper in the United States than in Can
ada. Pulp. on the other hand. on account Of
cheap labor and the enormous water powers
where the best pulp wood is found. can be pro-
duced cheaper in parts Of Canada than any
whore else. Thus Secretary Ayers COM
pany manufactures all its own pulp
in its Canadian mills at Grand Mere. on the
River st. Maurice. OF which Russell Alger. Jr..
is manager. Sir William Van Horne is largely
interested in this company. which has already
expended $2.000,0O0 upon its works at Grand
Mere. It's output is enormous. Within the last
year a town OF 1000 people has sprung up
about the mills. Secretary Alger was at Grand
1ueTe idSC week, anu dTTanRelnentS nave Deen
made for adding a paper mill to the present
pulp establishment there. The product is
destined for the American market.
Another American company Is constructing
enormous pulp mills at ShaweneRan Falls on
the st. Maurice. but is not likely to go into the
paper business. The industry is assuming
enormous proportions in northern Canada. An
English syndicate has secured from the Onta-
rio Government a concession Of seyenty-five
square miles of spruce lands along the
Sturgeon, River upon condition that. ST.
5000 be spent in plant and machinery.
Six mills are to be erected, to employ
$50 hands. and a capital altogether Of
S~2.5OO.OOO.. Owing to the large concession
given, by the Government, this syndicate will
be able TO produce pulp at about 50 n cord. or
little more than one-third what 1t costs the
American paper manufacturers. who. after
hundreds Of thousands of pounds worth of pa
quarters that Canadian paper mills may now
become successful. competitors for this trade.
Those who best understand its difficulties be-
lieve, on the other hand, that il is safer for Can
ada, to continue the development OF its pulp
trade than to go any more heavily into
the manufacture Of paper. They say that the
latter requires cheap and convenient supplies
OF coal and chemicals. which as yet are not
readily obtainable near the Canadian forests.
and that America and England must for many
a day have the advantage over Canada in, paper
made in Canada, there is a boundless outlet.
and a new company OF British capitalists offers
TO erect a mill on the Grand Discharge in the
Lake st John district. on certain conditions.
to cost S2,00O.000 and to turn out 10000 tons
OF pulp q year.