The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-10-22
THE SUPPLY OF PULP
IS MExHAuST|BLE
Testimony Before Congressional Com
mittee.
NO ONE KNOWS ITS EXTENT.
Millowner Declares One Section Of
British Canada Contains Spruce
Forest From 200 to 800 Miles
Long = Committee Would Reduce
Tariff.

miuuthpOlis, Mini. NSptCidits-
Digging for facts relating to the tim
Der supply of the United States and
showing an unusual interest In the
timber supply of Canada the select
committee of Congress, through
Congressman James r. Mann, chair
man, held a session at the West
Hotel. Several witnesses, mostly
lumbermen, we're examined, particu-
larly in relation to available supply
OF spruce, balsam and poplar, all of
which are pulp woods.
Those who were In attendance at
the meeting we're G. I. McNair. of
the Northwestern Paper Company,
of Cloquet; A. c. Bossard, of the
Itasca Paper Company; B. f. Nelson
and Willis Walker. of the Hennepin
Paper Company; Karl Mathie, of
the Watab Pulp and Paper Company;
Edward W. Backus, of the Mime
sofa and Ontario Power Company,
now erecting a dam and mills on
Rainy River, and II. j. Kline, super
intendent of logging for T. B. Walk
er.
Miles And Miles OF Wood.
F. B. Lynch, of st. Paul, appear
ed before Congressman Mann and
testified regarding the lumber in
dustry of Saskatchewan and British
Columbia, where the Union Manu-
featuring Company, of which he is
one of the principal owners, has six
mills in operation. When he had
finished his testimony Mr.. Mann
thanked Mr. Lynch, saying: You
have given us some information"
I'm the region north of Lake
SUPERIOR" said Mr.. Lynch, "and in
Western Ontario, Northwestern Man
itoba and east of the Province OF
Saskatchewan there are large areas
Of land that have good deal of
small spruce. Part of 1t is fit for
small timber and part is fit for pulp
wood AS to the number of acres
| of timber / cannot say"
How far West does that territory
| extend?" asked Mr.. Mann.
From the Red River on the east,
north to Lake Winnipeg and north and
west to the west end of the Lake OF
the Woods Our mills are all stu
ated west of the territory / have
spoken of. In that area there are
| probably 100000 feet of spruce
| that is 12 inches or larger at the
butt. Probably twice that amount
is fit for pulp wood. The pulp and
saw log trees are mixed. Spruce
for pulp is of slow growth, and we
saw up for logs trees that are prob
ably SO or rs years old. There Is
a region of spruce that was burned
over about SO years ago that is now
only fit for pulp"
''What Is the distance from the
west end of the Lake of the Woods
to the edge of the forest?'' injured
Mr.. Mann.
About zoo miles. I don't know
the northern boundaries. have seer
cruisers who say they have seer
spruce east of James Bay, distance
of 800 miles"
Mr.. Lynch said that he did moi
know how that spruce could be taker
out, as 1t was inaccessible in tho
more remote regions. However
several railroads were contemplated
and one was now building to Hud
son Bay.
Supply Inexhaustible.
What supply of pulp Is there
that might be utilized in the MILL
of the United States If there wa
no prohibition?"
II don't know and do not be
lieve anybody knows"
do you know II the supply rs IN
exhaustible?"
"I believe the spruce supply !
inexhaustible."
What would be the effect of tn
removal of the tariff on pulp WOO
and other timber?"
II think it would cheapen pulp
but / am not so sure about cthe
timber"
Mr.. Lynch explained the metho
of the Dominion government in sell
ing timber land. He said that bid
were advertised for and the timbe
rights we're sold to the highest bid
der.
"The last timber we brought cos
us about 50 thousand. After tina
we pay an acreage rental of fror
| So to $40 a section. The price dc
/ pends upon the district in which tn
land is situated and the quantity {
/ timber on the land. We do not a
ways cut 1t Immediately, as We ff
| ure that the increase in the growt
. | 4bo tirohaY io xx-orfb fba Iond ran