The lecturer then made reference to lumbering in eastern Canada and said, "Lumbering, in spite of the rest agricultural development in the west, is still one of the chief industries in Canada. In early days it was confined to the eastern pro-the first settlers making by felling the timber, taking it by sleighs to the ik of the river, rolling after which it was fasten-together into rafts for transport to the distant mill, or shipment overseas in the rough. The Mother Country in those far-off days gave Canada a preferential tariff to en-Scandi countries, To-day, the able her to compete with the
Tener butacer te thy naa" has moved west and north. Huge factories have been erected by means of which much of the lumber felled in Canada in now utilized for house construction, furniture and the innumerable requirements of our luxurious modern life. For men physically robust and fond of outdoor life, lumbering affords congenial and profitable employment."
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