New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23

DAYS n Georgian Bay lumberman sold a large
quantity OF mill cus to an American buyer, and'
after paying the duty, got for them 81 % thou-
sand feet more than the market price in the latter
DAYS of free lumber under the Wilson bill. Ana
he is not believed TO be more fortunate than his
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF the same district All the
dry lumber the lakes is usually sold to go for
ward now. and 1t is to be presumed that the sale
referred 10 is not exceptional. For time II
looked as II the Dingey act had given the DEATH
blow TO the trade in Georgian Bay culls and 1t Is
n fact that after that tariff into operation
several great mills on the north shore went out OF
operation
IMPULSE FROM THE UNITED STATES
But now there is a remarkable revival In that
trade and the impulse to 1t comes largely from
the United States. For common lumber OF all
kinds the Georgian Bay men find quite an active
market across the line. whittier they ship large
quantities to be manufactured into boxes, doors,
sash. etc. which manufactured products are re-
exported to Europe, South Africa and other mar
kets On tho imported material I'm such products
80 per of the duty is refunded TO the Amer
lean exporter, and the Canadian lumberman gets
the benefit OF that refund of the greater part OF
it-that is, there are worked up In The United United
on which virtually no duty is paid. Nor is this
all. New-York is the great medium OF the export
trade done by the Georgian Bay men. Inc EX-
port Lumber Company. OF New-York has bought
the cut of Cooks mills for the coming season. and
Sklngs Whitney Barnes Of Boston, nave
bought the forthcoming cut of the Midland mills.
As the exporters of NcW-IOrk are now looking 10
the British market. there Is prospect tn maj
through their agency the Georgian Bay men r Mi
ish demand. Lake Erie Is the Georgian pay
mems channel OF communication with the Amer
though some sales are made through Toledo. Thus.
Notwithstanding the Dngley act the american
Bay men, who are now more prosperous than they
have been for years. And this enlargement OF
lean lumber In the last fiscal year the imports
of American sawmill products into Canada did not
gpo lso in al |
the Canadian Government, therefore, that the "a, &C
count is sufficiently against this country to war
rant II In putting a duty on lumber.
CLOSER TO THE WORLDS MARKETS.
Ottawa lumbermen, being closer to the other
kets of the world than the Georgian Bay men, are
less dependent than these upon the United States.
and might be supposed to be quite as ready to
retaate against that country Sixty per cent or
the choicest part OF their cut Is marKetS 6s co me
mon lumber in the nelghboring market when Men
the least expenditure tor frelgnI as coarse iui b
will not stand heavy freight charges IL Is true the
0itsw go men as to the Georgian Bay men as the
Ottawa limits stand mostly on fertile land wnlie
those of the Georgian Bay stand on rocky lahu
much OF which Will be unfit for cultivation when
stripped of its forest The difference in SOL makes
n difference in the timber. that on the ottawa NM
its attaining to greater size and therefore pelIS nv
freer from the Rn9y sIry R1 81 oa from the
latter limits more common lumber IS produceu
terior. they approach the Georgian Bay limits and
get on a sparer soil As they push up the valley
! grade than that which fringed the banks OF tne
main stream Consequently their interest IN keep s
ing in the closest touch with the best market LOT
| common lumber. always considerable Is ITO"
While the actual state of the Georgian Bay lum,
! Der trade is surprisingly good, the prospects, IRE
that it will keep on gett o9 0e' be esabsRed with
/ the United Kingdom. Through Montreal anotner
/ AMY he formed Montreal is exceedingly anxious
] TO become an export market FOR Georglan Day
mRSG car res on the Atlantic freight vessels as
loading with grain alone keeps the fU non p
DEEPER CANALS WANTED.
,-bo,, oro therefore interested in getting as much
! or other commodities as possible instead of wish
ing to build up the grain traffic alone Ihey, as
we'll as the Georgian Bay men. look tor"aru "
the completion OF the deepening OF the canas' 80
that vessels loaded with lumber a, Mlo cIear
Waubashene Parry Sound, ETC. would nave a t Tie
fourteen foot waterway all the way 20 MOI Moi tbe
As the canals are 70 pe be able to make use
this new outlet the British market neAr ; yo
,innize the Georgian Bay lumber trade. In view OF
the improvements ana prospJcts, d door factories
are beginning to grow up about the mills mills - .he,r
win sd no nnd With the trade this side enter
ing upon period of rapid growshbi e see aege be
Induced TO transfer their mills 10 tne Geoi 81; n
Bay limits Already some Of them are hlnn Ie
TO have lumber cut here Contracts nay pe S
Tor the cutting of considerable QUANTITIES. OF io6s
! that would have been exported out tor t' e,,ehi
b nc As a matter of fact, some OF the MlGhl-
gan limit holders have mills in the Georgian bts
SSstrict as we'll as on the opposite shore OF Lh !,
Huron OF the twentythree American o"nt t o0 0
limits in the Georgian bay distriCr WY ~ 1Sas two
Soye mills here one has sold out his limits ana
,birteen have cut their limits nearly pare , but
all the timber towed across aa I,Ur b ep In
isao tbore were taken over 233O34.NH teet tooaro
fneasure) of logs, and OF this totai lod 49, tho
| were supplied by Canadian limit Hoiue'S i'i' ''S
own berths
STIR OVER A DETROIT DISPATCH.
Something of a stir was created In Toronto lum'
,or c,rcIes nv n dispatch from Detroit when was
,h,,sbed in the evening papers last week IL
! US IN the effect that the American Secretary OIL
,he Treasury had decided TO prohibit the importa-
ton of Canadian lumber as measure OIL, OF ie'" The
ton against the ontario el 1t.d Hing attributed
20 ne Michigan men, whose representative peLore
| the Joint High Commission, Don NJ inriiar OBJ
lives in Detroit report ha Nntssro legislature
| iect was sent out while the Ontarlo he Raron
| yyes IN session 1t represented that baIoa
HerscheI the British Commissioners nau 10 this
the ontario act to he ultra vires IN c,Iap Acting
PerIer Of Ontario in the absence OF MI Hardy
| was interviewed by THE Clone. ne sd NJ any
This Government does not pfoposT nut IN n pro,
aatthi,ar,, measure let them. We have taken our
nositon and will stand by IT, we nnre az los
taken the ground that tne I he limits We're
we S uH{ect 70 these regulations The matter was
eeorefnIlv considered from the commencemeht' ana
! now the Americans can go ahead: -. ~ o,.oua
| ,, III Wy I,,nherman W. c. Edwards. NJ. p shows
opposite sympathies He said; go, rooodo from,
nj the Ontario Government 90 nor recegn b havn
te take The responsibility of making this panK-
| rupt country.