P~'~ ..... ""~ ~ 9~. I~,--,-, [~.C. CO~P. • B.C. Lumber Industry no'long er in the "Bi g League" In a statement recently, 'problems facing the Upwards of $40 per M l~d. percent of by-products and: :There are two causes: 'shrinking mllat~on ancl isnowU.S.made--and U.~. because our industry is ; Don Mackenzie, manager of country. There must be a feet. then pay cost of disposal, First: in just three years, industrial earnings at salesmen have overrun us in high cost, low [rofil the. Truck Loggers united front of. business, : there is a loss. manufacturing costs have healthy levels. This permits Europe, a market they have producer, industrial ex Association, commented on. labour and government . 2:B.C. producers are now : jumped 81 perc'ent. Not U.S, producers to dominate not heretofore dominated. pansion is not coming to the extent to which B.C. leaders to counteract the losing money .on. intoner .. 4 So tenuous is the ~ primarily because of what the markets. B.C. -- it goes elsewhere. lumber manufactui'ers are nroblem of British manutac[ure-- 10s,ng $13.04 manufacturing economy the Arab oil baron or the The result: 4. Our pulp mills are being priced out of world ~olumbia*ns pricing pe.r.M Bd. feet,' whic ,h is a that any com~ination of a fellow with high ~vages has 1. In three years, British struggling to sustain 80 As concerned citizen markets. " themselves out of world crmm. slight drop in lumber p~ce, clone, but because of Columbians have lost their percent capacity. businessmen, the T.L.A. Right now, our members markets. ' ' ~ 3, Without sales of by- or }ninor reduction in nulp reduced productivity -- competitive advantage.. We 5. Weyerbaeuser and considers it has a duty to are being told to reduce log The ' '~,', ,'~, Lo--,~,o product sawdust, shavings mill usage o~" by-pro(luct more and moi'e money for are no longer international Juju, two international report the situation and to production for the balance Association'"s~t'udies sVh%~ and ,chips to a pulp mill, chips within B.C., causes less and less productive big leaguers, giants, have announced a ask the question; "Where is of the year -- this in a - - - ~,u.s Jogging anu wooc~ reduced employment for work is fin accurate " new plant to produce the urgently needed united situation where world 1. In 1976, lumber .~ales products industry, the thousands and thousands0f description. 2. We have all but priced: newsprint, at Longview, front of business, labour and lumber prices are at levels' income returned to the same greatest single industrial people, not just in logging Second: in direct contrast ourselves out of the U.S. Washington and thereby gove['nment leaders the equal of the boom year high level as. 1973. In that employer, will soon shut' and wood products- but in to B.C.'s .situation, the market.Atlantic Coast lumber begun competition with B.C. dedicated to restoring a 1973. We do not think cur- boom year, after paying down. In fact, when a tsrranSp,O:utl~pl ~naanCh~]ery [ [odggu~rg~ an~ t~eood ~r~fu~ts 3. More than 25 percent of Crofton,mills at, CampbellPowell River,River sound economy? Wh take tailing production is Lne cost of logging, manufac- manufacture~ of lumner is the easy way out a cut solution to the economic turing profit on lumber was required to waste just 25 every other industry. ' risin.g ~rodu.etivity, all pl~,wood used in Canada and Ocean Falls. In short, production?" i CANCEL ~ VOLUME 70 NO. 41 PIIIGE: 20' Plenty of demand Metal Shop Ltd. for B.C. pulp 6~1t-6572 The announcement in producing facilities at Prince George last week Prince George would be STUDIO.k.-.A--- 6 the ' herald that the province's pulp increased. , This Week's Special / , • • - • mills would be increased One of the kraft mills is does not seem to be of scheduled for the lower 1973 MAZDA RX3 COUPE *: concern to CanCel. A mainland while it is possible. Mazda Technician Checked spokesman for that firm that another mill will be D-00391A S2,695.00 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1976 TERRAOE, B.G.' ~id that he does not con- constructed in the Pacific sider the Cabinet an- northwest. The Minister did nouncement of increased not pin-point the actual production capacity would location of the noi'thwestern Barrett calls for emergency action to ease unemployment result in a glut on the project. market. Dave Barrett, NDP leader of all the problems that have the slogan 'work with Biir standards can be rapt,;! he thermal coal," he said. further penny has been He said that there should The CanCel spokesman said that the announcement and provincial leader of.the been created in the last 10 are now on the skids said, ;!.~!~:i Barrett also said "I find it collected in increased be an increasing demand for would have no bearing on opposition, said Saturday in months in B.C. no one has themselves." . "The Revelstoke da'in absolutely disgraceful that royalty." B.C. produced kraft pulp the present reconversion Thornhiil his party is op-- been hit harder than the i He said the Chamber of (announcement was)made we haven Minister of Mines and he does not foresee the plans at the Prince Rupert posed to the proposed oil people of Terrace," Barrett i Commerce slogan during without any reference to the in the province who sits in With Barrett @ere former construction of additional pipeline from Kitimat to said. " .:the last election, B.C..Energy Commission, his seat in Victoria and cabinet ministers Gary mills creating a surplus. He mill which is being reeon- Edmonton. "I find it absolutely in-~ "remember what you vote withoutany reference to the" admits that the coal mining Lauk, Norm Levi and said that B.C.'s long fibre vetted from sulphite pulp to "It brings no economic credible that in this day and;!: for today you live with local people and I think it's companies should be paying Graham Lea as well as pulp is in great demand for kraft. He said that the benefit to this area, it isthe age a community like tomorrow", was wrong about time we terminated $t more a ton while you're Frank Howard, Doug Kelly, its strengthening qualities construction site has been cleared and constructions boom-bust" syndrome, Terrace, with a long becanse "what they voted our extension of hydro paying double for almost Hartley Dent and All when added to pulp made workers are on the job with outside crewscomein, build established history in the for they ean't afford to live projects and returned to everything and not one Nunwelller. from hardwood, the project going ahead it, cost you big bills and north, now has 25 percent with anymore.' ...... Mine and Forestry leave town. The oil will unemployment....this is He said "I find it very Minister| Tom Waterland according to schedule. quietly go through right on totally unacceptable. ! interesting that in a period announced last week in The new Prince Rupert to Edmonton, 'he said. "To have the cabinet and of time when people depend Prince George that two new kraft mill is not scheduled to He added if the NDP is the premier come to this upon the government for bleach kraft' pulp mills and come on stream until the fall returned to government "we Community, have a closed some leadership all we get is three thermo imeehanical of 1978 but the spokesman will allow all municipalities, cabinet meeting, a n~n-statements saying that it's pulp mills would be cen- said that his firm isalready all regional districts and all hour speech, no /~op-" up to private industry toget structed in the province. In busy lining up markets -for cities Within whose boun- ~pe~t~ Be!~m:~geaga,;m' ~: addition Waterland in- the new product.when it hits daries that pipeline flows to i dieated that. the pulp the market. ! . assess taxes on the pipeline to take, the burden of taxes making anypromlse atall to recently claimed it now has off the local taxPaYerS. ' ~et You out of the terrible $15 million profit made on ocTofi'ER i8:::>:,' .:: ..... ,Terrace:iele Offi bl Clbslbs The Canadian National- 12 noon Canadian Pacific 5 ]p.m. Telecommunications Offi(:e Friday. in Terrace will be closing its FoL" doors or~ October-18. telegral A spokesman for CNCP of the a advises that service v~ill continu~ continue to be offered to the dialing Terrace business cdm- asking l munity and residents Teleg through its officein Kitimat. service A toll free telephone number' through ~can be used for this purpose . located at 635-2515 from8 a.m. and Avenue achers DAVE BARRETT IN BOOMTOWN. According to Barrett the new Social Te Credit government has done more to harm the economy of Terrace by waiting for private industry than all the complaints about his former government. He said an emergency legislative sitting is needed ira. mediately to deal with the community's 25 percent unemployment. See meeting W IbE~ a ~ DAVE BARRETT talks to Pat Dent, wife of former Skeena MLA Hartley story for more details. • of ti : Dent, while Mayor Gordon Rowland and Frank Howard, for Skeena MP,' .... me wait for the speech to begin in the dimly lit Thornhii,I iCommuni~ Hall . Saturday. .. Terrace teachers who wasting educatlonalmoney " : : . beean negotiations for a On 'hiring somebody to into a puoncly owned veal's( to scrape together people face high unen~- wo'rk agreement for next represent them simply .to refineryso '.'we can deliver enough money to-have a ployment throughout the year were aisappointed to save memsewes me .!n- gasodne to me peopte ot .ram ~own, ~yn~.ent on a home province, he added.