OUR TIMBER INDUSTRY
AN INQUIRY AND THE ANSWER,
(To tho Editor.)
Sir—Can you inform us who, amoiig our wise and prudent rulers, is. respond sible for granting the «.wmillmg rights to the American Sf a is Mussel Beach ip Southland, lhis is one of the least frequented phioes in the South Island, and lies at the head of lo Waiwai Bay, about 25 miles beyond the Waiau Biver at the extreme, end ot the wh Tsland This syndicate is operaton most modern lines, using 6teain locomotives and 6teel railed ww They own their own wharf and run their own steamers. Every 6tick ot timber they cut is exported and every man employed at the works is an-imeri-can The superior qiialiiy °f boutluana Umber is well known, and it ceitai. ly iiTad busiuess that tho people ot this Dominion are unable to y ' t ) le i r frequently a*« to f toft fteir ST W pine imported from American inferior timber even at the beat. nuTForSi" Department are not Mntforeign speculators. £ 'g^wOOD. Levin, August 13. 19 1 ?- ,_. F ["This letter was submitted to Sir m oil Bell, Minister m Charge d tiw r« pany is composed of Americans or not The managiug Christcliurch gentleman, ft wen by Neiv z qaland cricke ei. has Wed and doek not prog to dfctate to any company as; ° "atm by regulation, but the licenses for exTB a wSwS o haß^ , 'onlj^ in Ma to its mill, and therefore it. is prcpbatrle that tho allotment of .export licenses to that mill does exceed m quantity the licences to mills which are near to roads i ind railways. The .Board of Tiade diatubules the licenses under the advice ot a committee of sawmillers set up for this* purpose, and there is no reason to supWe that the Advisory Committeo favours any one mill at the expense o tho others. So' long as the total amount at present permitted to T)e exported is not exceeded, the Government does not interfere, and the allocation of the right to export, not exceeding that quantity, is among the millers themselves. J
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 277, 19 August 1919, Page 6
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350OUR TIMBER INDUSTRY Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 277, 19 August 1919, Page 6
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