New-York tribune., 1918-08-26
arkets and CONNER
Canada's Vast Forests Insure
An Inexhaustible Paper Supply
Annual Consumption Is at Present About 537 900 600
Cubic Feet of Timber, but Actual Annual Growth of
Five Provinces Alone Is Estimated at z 145 100000
(Spec,al Correspondence of The Tribune)

Especial Correspondence of The Tribune)
TORONTO, Aug. 25.-The consump-
tion of paper in It's various forms for
manifold uses is universal. The re-
quirements of the world are growing
rapidly, and will continue to grow with
the broadening Of human interests.
Most of the paper produced now comes
from pulpwood. AS the timber re-
sources of populous countries have
been in large measure exhausted the
question of present and future sup
plies Of paper or the raw materials to
make it is paramount.
Since the outbreak of war old chan
nels of trade have been disrupted.
Norway and Sweden were important
sources of supply of paper and wood
pulp both for Great Britain and the
United States; now communication be-
tween these countries has been largely
cut off. Great Britain has been buy
ing increasing quantities of pulpwood,
pulp and paper from Canada since the
war opened, and the economic question
of maintaining and fostering this trade
with Great Britain after hostilities
cease is being given close attention.
The United States is Canada's big
gcst consumer of pulpwood, pulp and
paper. This is because your country
has not sufficient home resources. Her
forests have been cleared to make way
for her 100 100000 people. 1t appears,
therefore, that Canada will occupy an
important place, perhaps a dominating
position, in the worlds pulp and paper
markets. She has practically unlimited
forest resources, and has the facilities
for manufacturing paper on a highly
Vast Areas of
Virgin Forests
Each of the eight larger provinces Of
the Dominion and the Yukon has ex-
tensive areas Of forest. The forest
area aggregates 980,O0O,00O acres, of
which about one third is burned area,
leaving green forest area Of some
643,0oG,0O0 acres. This is in addition
to the Yukon areas, which comprise
72,000,000 acres of the southern sub
Arctic type and 61,ooo,O0O acres Of the
sub-Arctic type. The forest areas of
the Yukon must be left out of the fol-
lowing calculations, because no esti-
mate as to forest resources other than
the acreage is available. Also 2O7,-
100000 acres in Northern Quebec must
be left out of calculations, because at
present they are inaccessible.
Without going into technicalities
Canada is divided into three broad
types with respect to the character of
its timbers. There is the Acadian,
stretching from the Atlantic to the
Ontario border, and comprising only
the southern part of Quebec; the Lau-
rentian, in Ontario and Quebec, north
of the st. Lawrence, and the sub Arc
tic, covering all northern sections Of
the Dominion. The Acadan type COM
prises hardwoods, including birch,
beech and naples, and conifers; pulp
wood, including red and white spruce,
balsam fir and pine. The Laurentian
type includes the giant white pine and
the main spruce limits of the Dominion.
In the sub-Arctic type are found the
black and white spruce, balsam fir, jack
pine and poplar. British Columbia
timbers have character of their own,
trees growing to enormous proportions.
The chief species are Douglas fir, West
ern hemlock, cedars, giant fir, Sitka
spruce, cypress, yellow and white pine,
larch and lodgepoIe pine.
The greater part Of British Columbia
remains in forest. The growth In the
province is rapid and the trees, espe-
cially the frs and cedars, grow very
large. Hence large proportion will
be used for lumber. The Sitka spruce
is now being required in large quanti-
ties for the manufacture of aeroplanes,
and the Dominion government has Of
fered every inducement to speed up
the cutting of these timbers.
The Province Of Quebec has the larg-
est acreage Of green forest, numbering
233.000,o00 acres. British Columbia
ranks second, with 153,00O,000 acres,
and Ontario comes third, with 142,000,-
600 acres. While large portion of