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Page 91
... timber entered duty - free . So long as the tariff on Baltic timber amounted to more than its whole value , con- ditions were exceedingly favourable to maintain Canada as “ Great Britain's woodyard . " The colonial commodity could bear ...
... timber entered duty - free . So long as the tariff on Baltic timber amounted to more than its whole value , con- ditions were exceedingly favourable to maintain Canada as “ Great Britain's woodyard . " The colonial commodity could bear ...
Page 93
... timber perhaps one or two feet square . Over a winter , gangs of six men were known to produce nearly 600 tim- bers . But to obtain such an amount of exportable lumber they had to lay waste the choicest trees of an entire forest . And ...
... timber perhaps one or two feet square . Over a winter , gangs of six men were known to produce nearly 600 tim- bers . But to obtain such an amount of exportable lumber they had to lay waste the choicest trees of an entire forest . And ...
Page 96
... timber trade militated against the rise of Canadian industries using logs as a raw material in manu- facturing for export . Like the fur trade , the new staple held its predominance but it did not develop the economy . The timber trade ...
... timber trade militated against the rise of Canadian industries using logs as a raw material in manu- facturing for export . Like the fur trade , the new staple held its predominance but it did not develop the economy . The timber trade ...
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Aboriginal People and the Potential for Empire | 17 |
Traders Missionaries and Aboriginal People 1580 | 28 |
Imperial Rescue 16611672 | 39 |
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