The Washington herald., 1920-05-12
CANADA ADMIRES
u. S. SAYS OFFICIAL
OF NEW BRUNSWICK
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

ship here. A private affair OF a
legal nature brought him to Wash
ington. but while in the capital he
talked over Canadian matters with
Sir Auckland Geddes, the British
ambassador. He and Mrs. Pugsley
left for st. John via Hot Springs
and New York yesterday.
THE United States today is ad-
mired and respected throughout
the Canadian Dominion" said Gov.
PugsIey. Americas aid in winning
the war is appreciated nowhere
any more than in Canada"
The Canadian intention to be
automatically represented at Wash
ington was characterized both as
a pro-British and a pro-American
movement. ut should not be viewed
as an anti-British manoeuvre or
any thing of that Sort" Gov. Pugs-
ley asserted.
Canadians, like Americans, be-
lieve in governmental speed, econ
omy and efficiency. A Canadian
representative at Washington would
bring all three to the solution of
business and other problems of a
strictly CanadIan-American nature"
Wood Pulp Situation.
Canada's former minister of pub
lie works threw new light upon
the wood pulp situation in his home
country. There has been an un-
reasonable tendency here to blame
the paper shortage in America on
a so-called Canadian embargo"
'The matter has been aired even
in the Senate. and "retaliatory mea-
sures" on the part of this govern
ment.| discussed. At present. the
subject is the burden of diplomatic
negotiations between the State De-
partment and the British Embassy.
officials here have expressed the
hope that the Canadian Parliament
would remedy existing conditions.
Gov. Pugsley. explaining the inn
possibility Of parliamentary action.
said:
First Of all, there is no such
thing as a Canadian embargo on
wood pulp. Ihe charge that Can
ada is trying to destroy Americas
manufacture of paper is equally au-
surd:
AN exclusive provincial question
has been improperly viewed as a
matter OF dominion Jurisdiction. Let
me cite a little history and a te~
facts.
Provinces Own Forests.
Last year more than IS per cent
Of Canada's export of pulp wood
and paper came into the United
States. The exported product was
valued approximately at 100000
900.
-Of course, even now America can
get all the paper she wants from
Canada; the Canadians are only too
glad to send it. The restriction
and again I say It is a provincial
and not a dominion restriction-is
not on the paper. but on the raw
material, the wood.
Certain forests in New Bruns-
wick, Quebec, Ontario and British
Columbia are owned by the prov.
inces themselves. Under the Brit
ish-North America act. each prov
ince not only owns but. controls its
own tract.
over such provincial matters the
Canadian Parliament has absolutely
no Jurisdiction.
In the United States. Washing
ton faces similar situation. There
are State rights, with which the
Federal government has nothing to
do.
Can't Export to England.
Years ago these. provinces named
the conditions under which such
forest lands could be leased. It
was stipulated that the timber had
to be manufactured in the particu-
lar province where it was cut. But
no attempt was made to regulate
the whereabouts of the sale Of the
manufactured product. .rs ~
The object of this was to en-
Canadian inGustry, to as
sure the scientific control of the
cutting of timber and to protect the
forest generally. This regulation.
1t should be borne in mind. affects
only the expectation of the raw
for paper, the wood itself.
"Now. America is not the only
place affected by such provincial
ruling. Let me take my own prov
ince. NewN-Brunswick, by way of
I'VE have this restriction there
and on account of it the province
owned wood can not be exported to
the United States. But. mark this,
on account of IT. the wood can not
be exported into neighboring
province or to England, either"