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Prince
Rupert
Daily
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Monday,
Juno
11,
1551
Jig
Business
in
Forestry
Pulp
Industry
i
Farming
Timber
The
U.S.
Forest
Service,
in
its
"General
Objectives
and
Policies,"
points
out
that
'camp
.
IT
SAVES
TREES
Leaps
Forvar
Fort'Htry
m
lTince
Kupert
is
reaching
propor-.0f
,ijr
business,
compared
to
the
part
it
played
area
only
a
few
years
ago.
With
the
start
of
woods
operations
of
Columbia
.l()Se
Company
and
expansion
of
the
sawmill
i
,.
.
,
,
grounds,
picnic
areas,
resorts,
!
Y(ju
Fan
1
nave
yur
cake
and
organization
camps
and
similar
eat
it
too-r-or,
you
cant
have;tng
an(j
planning
Is
necessary,
facilities
cannot
serve
the
public
jyour
trees
and
cut
them
too.
:
cutting
of
trees
must
be
so
ro-
adecmatelv
if
anv
other
use.
how-
ll.C.
A
LEADING
PULP
CENTRE
,
acres
of
unorganized
territory
1
Including
the
Stikine
watershed
:
north
to
the
Yukon
boundary
i
also
comes
under
the
JurLsdic-,
tion
of
Prince
Rupert
forest
t
district.
i
True,
most
of
the
interiar
itimber
is
small
in
size,
averaging
18
inches
at
the
butt,
yet
many
new
sawmills
have
estab-
ion
of
sawlos
iry.
pi')c
I
u
t
ThlJl
the
bfsis1on
?h
wastated
that
finally,
on
one
tract
is
in
Everv
the
world
todav
ever
important,
permitted
lAtry
person
nerson
in
in
me
worm
lOUdy
uses
UStS
an
in
avei
average
age
,
founded
sustalned
yield
forestry
j
tnere
wm
be
graduated
areas
of
the
same
area.
On
the
other
of
31
pounds
Of
pulp
annually,
last
year's
Natural
;
control.
i
trees
beginning
at
one
year
on
hand
enjoyment
of
recreation
npRomvex
ueMJUi.es
fVinfprpiw
oiutiente
rpnorted
Tnr
ledSl
lKors
Ubtrs
d--
urn
Annual
cut
of
British
Columbia
to
maturity
where
today
trees
roads
and
trails
is
not
seriously
lepoiueu.
timber
is
more
than
three
billion!
are
cut
thev
mav
be
cut
aeain
in
nfft
h
nn.i
t.moi
fnr
nereased
three
times
over
over
1949.
This
year
the
total
car.
And
that
is
only
the
cut
is
expected
to
increase
at
:ing
least
300
per
cent.
the
millions
or
ieei
01
Prince
prince
Kupert
Kunert
forest
district
s
.
1'
"
w
'
UWLi
ll.fc
South
Africans,
who
consume
only
two
pounds
per
feet.
Ravages
of
insects,
diseases
;
lOO
years,
and
perpetually
there-
other
purposes
and
hunting
and
.nerson
yearly,
while
Canada
and
United
States,
i
SSl!nfl7."iahntv?'
aTS'
"shing
are
enjoyed
over
great
"
J
'
.
billion
feet
each
year,
At
SUCn
Thpn
w
r
HAN
.
tinvo
nnr
.
t.rpfQ
nrpas
whrp
nther
retcmrrri
nrf
i
annually
bv
Co-
pxtenrle
imm
rnn
-,.,,
i
i
o
be
X
use
,
i
7,
a
.......
wuuuil
111
greatest
consumers,
annually
Use
244
3-4
pounds
per
:
an
alarming
rate
of
consumption
and
cut
them
too
used.'
usnea
inemseWes
within
the
I
last
year
all
along
the
northern1
rail
line.
On'
the
coast,
of
cour.se,
;
where
the
greatest
stand
ls!
western
hemlock,
with
Sitka!
spruce
running
a
.close
second,!
timber
growth
is
as
heavy
as
anywhere
in
the
province.
Oni
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
big'
logging
concerns
operate
con-!
tinuously.
j
In
spite
of
widespread
belief
that
fires
do
not
occur
in
the
.
,
1
01
cur
iorescs,
now
can
complete
Prince
Rupert
district
-
or
it
"
"i
.
,
.
.
,
I
depletion
of
this
province's
Maret
newsprint
has
in-
greatest
natural
resource
be
pre--they
they
do,
can
cause
little
damage
!
fr,
creased
widely
and
uw
of
pulp
vented?
do
occur
and
cause
ex-:
in
byiitoctic
matenala
is
b-om-;
tensive
damage.
j
CuiilroI
cf
lnsccts
Wn
Last
year
53
fires
swept'
lng
more
PPuIar-
NR
repor,ts
instituted
by
dusting
forests
at-
f
u
i.fauiu.iv,
'-n
v,iiwun,c
ouujiu
in
me
;
lumt,-r
industry
being
at-;
south
to
headwaters
or
the
Naas
;,d
to
this
area,
it
Is
ex-;
river
in
the
north;
from
the
,
i
lumbering
will
play
r,
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
In
the
t.
rie
ir.
the
fi
'"re
of
'
west
to
Fra.ser
Lake
In
the
east,
.
Rupert.
including
the
Babine
lake
water-
1950
in
shed.
,j
jog
cut
ciurng
prince
Hupert
forest
area
This
area
contains
some
39,-14.117,0(10
board
feet,
reu-
524,000
acres.
For
administra-,
mg
a
10
percent
increase
lion
purposes,
about
35
million
through
these
forests,
with
a
!
IUUM"ue
"'.c
U1-U'C
"
a-
""
tacked
by
insects.
L'fiorts
have
i'
total
loss
of
$205,100
in
property
i
and
PaPer
wdustry
s
briEht
been
doubled
and
re-doubled
to
and
forest
cover.
Forest
depart-say
that
throughout
try
world
wage
a
greater
wnr
against
fire,
ment
contributes
11
of
these
Per
capita
use
of
pulp
is
defin-
And
gusta!ned
yleld
manage-fiies
due
to
lightning;
14
to
,
ite'y
on
tha
increase.
;
ment
finally
has
been
written
campers
and
travellers;
seven
Of
a
total
log
cut
in
British
into
Government
statutes,
which
tn
smokers;
brush
burning
and
;
Columbia
in
1948,
estimated
at
permits
timber
operators
to
plan
clearing,
two;
industrial
oper-!
4,300.000,000
board
measure
feet,
;
and
farm
their
crop
of
trees.
alions,
seven;
miscellaneous
j
500,000,000
was
consumed
by
the!
pup
and
paper
mills,
running
causes,
11;
and
incendiary,
one.
'pulp
and
paper
industry
in
this
on
ft
specific
production
output,
Some
of
the
heaviest
losses
!
province.
This
figure
was
based
must
be
assured
of
a
constant
in
the
past
have
occurred
on
j
on
production
of
seven
mills
;
...(.p
f
raw
mats-rial
wood
of
8
-'
f
-
A'
tgriTM
-its
r-HAl
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
oc-
operating
at
that
tinw
i
a
definite
fibre.
It
is
of
primary
j
cording
to
tne
loresiry
depart-;
Three
malor
duId
and
oaner
,
fmnortanee
to
the
nulD
industry
ment
which
urges
utmost
care
operations
have
gone
into
pro-
therefore,
that
forest
areas
be
in
me
wooos
wnen
ine
weainer
Hiictlon
since
then.
nnerated
on
a
neroetual
vield
jis
dry.
1
"
.
v
--r-
-
'
r-v-
J
j
Of
that
quantity
of
logs,
the
!
basis.
industry
manufactured
680,000
j
From
provincial
govern-
tons,
made
up
of
380,000
tons
mPnt
a
Forest
Management
Lie-newsprint;
40,000
tons
kraft!ense
can
be
obtained
through
i
paper;
45.000
tons
coarse
papers,
!
which
operators
are
allowed
to
Heavy
Timber
I
4.I
Jli
s
'
i
t
i
t
,
box-boards
and
rooling
papers;
i
50,000
tons
of
sulphit
pulp;
90.-!
000
tons
of
dissolving
pulps
and
i
farm
their
forest
tract,
like
cropj
!
rotation.
Such
rotation
in
B.C.
j
forests
extends
over
a
snan
of
68
(
3
150
years,
dependinff
on
t
7;Pfr
vr
More
than
10
forestry
opera-'
75,000
tons
of
kralt
pulp..
tions
are
found
on
Queen
Char-
Greatest
part
of
log
consump-
',
particular
areas.
In
the
northern
;
lotte
Islands,
un
to
the
Dresent
tion
for
pulp
and
paper
comes
'
COastal
region
about
100
years
is
'-fi
Set
-
i
'
by
far
the
greatest
producer
of
from
low
grade
log
markets,
and
:
necessary
for
a
tree
to
grow
to
';
forest
products
in
this
district,
is
estimated
at
13
3
per
cent
.
maturity.
I
Annual
payroll
is
more
than
spruce,
75.9
per
cent
hemlock
and
j
To
attain
a
well-balanced
!
$2
million.
The
Islands
hold
a
balsam,
and
10.8
per
cent
of
other
;
working
circle
precise
engineer-
j
potential
of
more
than
12,000,-
species.
i
000,000
board
feet
of
timber,
of
With
completion
of
the
bleach-
j
more
inl0
focus
as
one
of
tne
j
which
nearly
five
billion
is
west-
ed
kraft
mill
at
Nanaimo
and
now
;
lpading
puip
and
paper
centres
j
If.
"
3
em
hemlocK,
and
tnree
million
tne
opening
oi
.uium
c"u"
of
the
world.
red
cedar.
Balance
is
divided
lose
Company's
dissolving
pu'n
;
among
spruce,
lodgepole
pine
mill
will
mean
considerable
ex-
and
yellow
cedar.
I
pansion
in
B.C.
's
pulp
production,
j
BIG
COLONY
The
extreme
north
tip
of
the
Observers
of
industry
ieei
trar
!
sarawan,
crown
cui.my
vil
COLD
LCK
or
logs
in
wtnTer
cut
sioenpne
at
coiumbla
Cellulose
Company's
Terrace
operations.
Millions
of
feet
of
logs
will
be
used
annually
for
the
company's
puhp
mill
plant
at
Watson
Island.
Islands
lies
almost
parallel
to
and
due
west
of
Prince
Rupert
CIXG
TRUCKS
with
huge
logs
for
transportation
to
railway
at
Terrace.
A
continual
of
tlie
"pulpwood"
has
reached
Columbia
Cellulose
Company's
plant
at
Watson
Island
ash
the
winter.
with
power
development
and
j
'
Borneo,
has
an
area
or
su.oou
sites,
raw
products
and
technical
square
miles
and
population
of
skill,
B.C.
should
come
more
find
546.000.
across
Hectate
Strait.
CONGRATULATIONS...
TO
THE
COLUMBIA
CELLULOSE
CORPORATION
ON
THE
OPENING
OF
THEIR
NEW
PULP
MILL
AT
PORT
EDWARD,
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
3
)
'
A
THIS
NEW
PULP
MILL
IS
STILL
ANOTHER
DEMONSTRATION
OF
FAITH
IN
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
AS
AN
AREA
OF
GROWING
INDUSTRIAL
IMPORTANCE.
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
HAS
GAINED
SO
TREMENDOUSLY
IN
STATURE
OVER
THE
LAST
DECADE
THAT
IT
NOW
STANDS
HIGH
IN
THE
INDUSTRIAL.
COMMERCIAL
AND
EXPORT
FIELD.
ITS
ADVANCEMENT
IS
RAPIDLY
ACCELERATING
AS
EVIDENCED
IN
THE
COMPARATIVE
PRODUCTION
IN
THE
LAST
FIVE
YEARS!
LOGGING
AND
LUMBERING
FROM
$148
MILLION
TO
$403
MILLION;
MINING
FROM
$63
MILLION
TO
1
$139
MILLION:
AGRICULTURE
FROM
$103
MILLION
TO
'
$131
MILLION;
FISHING
FROM
$45
MILLION
TO
$63
MILLION,
AND
SECONDARY
INDUSTRIES
FROM
$629
MILLION
TO
ONE
BILLION.
ONE
HUNDRED
THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
.
.V'
E
1
"
.
M:
1
PRINCE
RUPERT
IS
PLAYING
AN
IMPORTANT
ROLE
IN
THE
EXPANDING
ECONOMY
OF
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
AND
THE
DEVELOPMENT
OF
ITS
NATURAL
RESOURCES.
WHISH
IS
SO
VITAL
IN
PROVIDING
EMPLOYMENT
FOR
OUR
EVER-INCREASING
POPULATION.
C
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1.1.
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1
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!P
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1
tjSLaiitiiliHriiui
.3
THE
GOVERNMENT
OF
THE
PROVINCE
OF
BRITISH
COLUMBIA