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“TERRACE. “OMINECA” HERALD, TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA

| _Wedhesday, August.24,

Pulp and Paper Review Worth Waiting For

—by THE HON. R. G. WILLISTON; Minister of Lands, Forasts and Water Resources

For some reason the summer months seem to bring a ‘proliferation of ‘reports on the previous year’s activities of government, commerce and industry. If it were not for the pictures of prosperity: they paint, one might suspect their authars of delaying publication so that the bright sun of sum- mer could relieve the gloom of their reports,

However, I think we can safely assume the delay is caused by the need for gathering, digesting and publishing the enormous mass of complex and extensive facts and figures that accompany our mad- ern-day conduct of the world’s affairs,

A case in point is the recehtly- issued 16th annual world review

this industry. Even the review’s introduction tothe North Ameri- can story is satisfying: ‘Two tigers (neither sleeping) are the US, and Canada, where production and expansion records are being brok- en constantly. Biggest news in the U.S. is in the South and West and in Canada, British Columbia.”

‘of the magazine “Pulp and Paper” ‘which began preparation last February. In my opinion, the results were worth waiting for, particularly for British Colum- bians.

More eye-catching was the de. parture into modern parlance:

“Canada: All provinces A-Go-Go, but B.C, is where the action is.” ’ The review reiterates some of the problems we discussed last

year but it also shares our faith in the future.

“There was a growing awareness lhroughout the industry that some time in the near future there probably would be over-produc- tion, notably of bleached kraft

In the review we find particular attention paid to the boom in the| provinee’s pulp and paper in- dustry and, more important, con- firmation and support of our belief in the healthy future of

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‘least double every 15 years. The

pulp and perhaps newsprint. But, offsetting any anxiety that might be caused by such contemplation, | there was wide-spread .conviction that whatever imbalance there may be, it. will in all probability be righted within a reasonable time, as world demand catches up with growing capacity,”

‘As we have discussed efore, there are a number of factors exerting strong influence on the rapidly increasing world demand for pulp and paper. In fact the rate of increase is becoming greater than earlier anticipated. “Pulp and Paper” points out that “a .fascinating figure’ which emerges from its survey is the average consumption of paper per person throughout the world, In 1965, it reached 66.5 pounds, com- pared with 64.6 pounds in 1964 and only 42.3 pounds in 1955.

In fact, as the review observes, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization advisory eommittee on pulp and paper and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development international surveys are continu- ally revising upward their _pre- supply and ‘development. The consumption of pulp, paper and paperboard is ‘growing faster than any analysts or forecasters have anticipated.

; In the past, we have looked to

‘the growth of education to play :an important part in the future ‘demand for paper. The review .countries to wipe out illiteracy ,;confirms this expectation and re- : ports that the campaigns in many :are succeeding. far beyond early

It is now being generally accept- .ed by FAO and other international | foreca sters that the world demand ' tor paper and paperboard will at

FAO, which had placed world demand for pulp and. paper at ahout 108 million tons in 1565, says it will reach about 225 million

-1 think we can agree with the ‘review that North America will “| wnquestionably continue for at least 20 years to the dominant producer of woodpulp neéds of the world and that British Colum- bia will have a steadily growing influence in the market, especially

in newsprint and bleached kraft..

We would be well advised; though, to agree also that* we should not under-estimate the

‘eapacity In this field either of

Scandinavia or of Russia, the “sleeping giant.”. A wise man always recognizes the potential and capability of his opponent.

However, British Columbia's position is strong, not anly he- cause of her immense natural forest’ resources but also because of her increasingly important in- fernational associations with the pulp and paper industry and the consequently broadening contact with the world market. :

The review says a significant development has been the entry into Canada of companies which in the past have confined their activity to Europe .and elsewhere, There is hardly a single European nation, it says, that is not repre- sented today in Canadian mills already operating or planned for early completion.

This is particularly true in the case of British Columbia and no- where more so than in the central and northern areas of our pro- vince. The remarkable expansion of ‘our pulp and paper industry has brought it into associations and partnerships with companies of a considerable. number of for-

eign nations, Among. these im leading pulp and paper comp fie of the United- States, ; mark, Finland, ‘Wes Sweden and the Unite ; and they. bring with. them: i own ‘major market outlets tia pand and _ strengthen British iam umbia’s ‘own very consida and successful list. oe It should not be surprising

those familiar with the pattdia

British. Columbia’s develog that. much of: this expansid

the pulp and paper industram

been in the northerly areas ae province. Both of the two

‘mills which went into prodii

this year are located in Bie George. A third mill is 9a construction at Prince Geord others are being built in other northern centres, From all indications, : nowhere near the end offi expansion. Considerable continues to be shown ge with a view to even furthie

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