The Prospector
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2016-06-27
issued: 1912-06-08
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note: * !hr»ry leg. AEsem. Sept, 5.-18. For Perfect DIAMONDS You Should See WILSON THK JEWBLliR t&gptftat. $2.00 Per Year VOL. 18 (JKANBROOK, B.C , SATURDAY MORNING. JUNE 8th 1912 No: 23 The Lumber Industry Specially Written for the Compilers of "BRITISH COLUMBIA, ITS HISTORY, PEOPLE, COMMERCE, INDUSTRIES and RESOURCES." By A. E. WATTS, Wattsburic. B. C. During an interview A. K. Wntts, President ot the Wattsburg Lumber Co., Ltd., stated that the Wattsburg mill was cleaning up preparatory to closing down indellnntely, which has hitherto always been operating summer and winter nnd still has au a- bundance of timber close by. That their Proctor mill ts about to start operations but only for the' pur pose of sawing logs thnt would other wise spoil, not because the lumber waB required, or prolituble to make or ship at the present prices prevailing, owing to the dumping ol American lumber on to the only market the Interior nl B.C. possesses; tbat this state of allairs and the consequent depression of business in the Interior ol B.C. wus entirely due to the lact that the lumher industry was and ls, a martyr to political expediency and the ignorance and crass stupidity ol some mnnulacturers who are afraid to confers that their business is not profitable, fearing the lasb ot their financial musters, otherwise even the opposition in Parliament to the demands for justice to B.C. would be willing to grnnt Justice to a persecuted Industry. Rut more ot this Mr. Wntts will explain in his articles now being written tor the compilers of the HiRtory of B.C., which will be published in short chapters, In the press prior to publication in the History of B.C. The vast areas of valuable timber possessed hy British Columhla have provided the Province with one third ol its total Income, consequently this Industry is of great Importance; not only to those directly engaged in the business but to the allied trudes, merchsnts and others. When this business is depressed the effects ure keenly lelt t…
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Cranbrook (B.C.)
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language: English
lat: 49.5080556
long: -115.746944
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Cranbrook, B.C. : A.B. Grace
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