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Oe 1 IE DRYDEN OBSERVER Of course by this time our Sale is pretty well advertised, and the response is very good. However it is impossible to emphasize too frequently that everything is on sale. Everything on sale is a Everything means everything, not but pregnant phrase. merely. the o on 'the tables or on the lines, everything on® the Sntven, in the show cases or even under the counter. I emphasize this again, because so many people say from To this the "Yes, day, to day, "Have-you so and so on gale." individuals of the sales force are supposed to say, everything is on Sale" Perhaps it is well to enumerate some of the things we keep that you can buy here at this Sale during the balance of January just : as cheaply as any [her on the continent: Beds, Pillows, Pillow Covers, Comforters, Quilts and Blankets; Window Blinds, Curtain Rods, Curtains ; Linoleums, Oilcloths & Carpet Squares; Ladies' Shoes Children's Tootwear of all kinds; Men's Boots, work or fine; Prints, Ginghams, Silks and Velveteens, Woollen, Cotton and Linen Dress Goods; Table Napkins and Table Cloths; Towels and Towelling; Cotton, Liste, Cashmere, Silk or Wool Stockings; Men's and Children's srwear; Pins, Needles, Thimbles and Bachelor China, Crockery and Glassware; 'Cots Counterpanes, Springs, and Mattresses; Tace and other Boots, and Slippers; Underwear, Ladies' Underwear ns; Playing Cards and Jack Knives; Men's Suits and odd Trousers; Sweaters, ti and so on, and so on, etc., etc. } All priced at once, merely for the asking It is not a pr oii] e month by any means to this store. It is distressing to see a pair of Corsets that cost me $3.50 go out for $1.00, or stockings that cost me soc sell for 23¢; but the inexorable law I make, the high standard I try to follow, stock constantly fresh, and a permanent Pleaene in doing business, because the maggots have not got us yet" 7 { And there are not many days left in January : 4 say "nothing old if it can be helped, the - i A hed W Vi \ ' i A Y \/] a \/ W = 24 sulphate, or as it is cow \ cutlet at i Tiorewith; by special arrangement, we general Port Arthur, Ons, Jan. 15th, 1923 Gentlemen--I represent the Dryden { Paper Company Limited, of Dryden, Ontario, a company manufacturing nmonly termed, kralt pulp, kraft and manilla wrap- ping papers and kraft sheathing papers. Our normal production: of of kraft pulp is 65 tons per day, of which approximately 25 tons per day is converted into wrapping paper, 6 tons into sheathing paper and the balance of 34 tons sold as dried plup to other companies for further conversion pur- poses. Oi This business was originally Found: / ed by English capital in 1910 and on i | the 'completion of the original pulp mill in 1912, it was found that the cost of manufacture was higher than the \ market 'price for, its product and the Company being short of working cap- ) ital was forced into liquidation. After \ certain improvements to the plant had been made, operations were resumed by, the liquidator and continued until September 1918, by which time the arily improved, due to conditions fol- lowing the war, it was found possible | to finance the installation of a paper { machine, and a mew company was formed to take over the business from the liquidator. Two years later the Company was again reorganized and 000 was provided. The Company, how- ever, continued to make heavy losses due to the severe depression in the kraft paper business, and on October 1st, 1923, having failed to meet 'the half yearly interest to the bond hold- ers, Receivers were appointed who 'are / now carrying on the business. This present unfortunate: condition is mainly~ due to the fact that the Company's market for its products is very restricted, and during the past vear heavy losses have been suffered on the sale of the pulp to the United A States, the selling price being lower than the cost of production due to market conditions brought about. by unusual competition from Northern \ 2 Furopean countries whose currency is depreciated and whose labor costs are lower than ours. Companies like our own in the United States have recent- ly appealed to the Washington Gov- ernment against the dumping of Scan- dinavian products into that country but with no success. We were forced on November 1st, 1923, to curtail our pulp production to a point wheres we are now manufacturing only sufficient pulp for conversion into paper at 'our own mill: in other woxds, our pulp production has been cut from 65 tons to about 28 tons per day. Our industry, employing in normal' times nearly 400 men and representing an investment of several million dol-: lars, will eventually be forced to close down entirely unless it can find an reasonable prices for its production of wrapping and other special papers which we are now in a position to manufacture, due fo the / recent installation of new and medérn By its geographical posi- tion, evans is very favourably located to supply the western Canadian mar- ket withsits requirements of kraft paper as it is the only mill of its kind between the mills in Quebec and the { Pacific coast. Unfortunately, however, oh far at the preaant time is a ing only about 5000 tons, of Enh we are supplying only a part as Quebec and Pacific coast mills supply consid- erable of this tonnage as they are will- ing to pay the higher freight rates involved to secure this business. 1.1 believe that the total consumption of kraft wrapping paper in Canada today only amounts to from 20,000 to 25,000 tons per year. According to the re- cords of the records of the Depart- ment of Trade and Commerce a small amount of this tonnage is' imported from the United States and Reonfie: IN 'avian countries. \/ A A large 'amount of Canadian Kraft paper is today being exported to the United Kingdom, South Africa, New ¥ Zealand, Australia and Japan at prices \/ i wm ! y which net no profit and in most cases at a loss. From figures compiled by the Department of Trade and Com- merce this has amounted to about { 20,000 tons for the year 1923. In this * export tonnage Dryden's geographical % location is, n naturally, a drawback, as we cannot compete with other mills - whose freight rates to seaboard are, /A Mt much lower than ours. We are accept- (no market for export purposes. The Royal Commission on Pulpwood of one of the witnesses in the pulpwood enquiry. Paper Mill to the general welfare of this district gives unusual value to the position of the Company, and to the views of the Management on the market for kraft pulp having tempor- further capital to the extent of $3,000 | are able to give in full the evidence The relations of Dryden situation. have, during the year just past, sold pulp at as low a net mill price as $53.00. Today we are not shipping a pound of pulp intb the United States. In a like period the price of kraft paper has declined from $197.19 to as low as $116.00 per ton. This does noi include expert paper to Australia and New Zealand which nets the mill con- siderably less. The middle western states of the neighbouring republic furnish a pos- sible market for the whole of our Coripany's output, but at the present time the import duty of 2b p.c. oun wrapping paper imposed by the United States Government creates an effec- tyal barrier against ps. The removal of this barrier would go far towards establishing foundation. Under present circum- stances, we are not in a position to compete against the mills in the United States, some of which are using Canadian Pulpwood. The machinery in our mill is largely of United States manufacture. On au such importations, duty and salés tax has brought up the cost to us to 36 p.c. above the price paid for similar machines by our United States com- petitors. Where articles produced in Canada have been available, the effect "of the tariff has 'brought the price up 'to practically the same as the U.S. price plus duty. The Canadian miki starts therefore with a heavy handicay as compared with its U.S. competitor in the greatly increased capital cost or. which interest has to be paid. © The United States mill also has the advan- tage in greatly reduced prices for coal, chemicals, repairs and general = sup- plies, in fact, in all the items making the cost.of production with the single exception of wood. It. would, therefore, seem reasonable for the Canadian Government to re- serve for Canadian commodity by means - of which the Canadian manufacturers can over- come the handicap of higher costs which the tariff and the distance from sources of supply impose on his oper- ations. If the United States mill is, however, allowed to contintie ecompet- ing against the Canadian mill in the purchase of pulpwood, we feel some compensating advantage accorded to the Canadian mill, and representations should be made to the U.S. Government for free entry into that country of all grades off paper produced, in addition to newsprint on which no duty is now imposed. Any _action taken by the Canadian Govern- 'ment be justified from the viewpoint fof protecting the heavy investments in !the industry and the thousands of Can- adian men now employed in this industry. The settlers . in our district from Vermillion Bay to Dyment, a distance of about 54 miles on the Canadian Pacific Railway, are naturally opposed to a pulpwood embargo as they believe that such action would cut off consid- erable portion 'of their livelihood. We do not at all blame them for their stand in this matter. The Dryden Paper Company, however, has" always been a good customer for these set- tlers and since 1914 has purchased a total of 73,765 cords from them to a total value of $611,557.65. Under present operating conditions, we are using only about 1300 cords of pulp- wood per month, Whereas under full production, our consumption' would be : about 2900 cords per month or 35,000 cords per year. Inasmuch as the pulp- wood produced in the district only amounts to about 20,000 cords per year, the Dryden Company would be in a position to absorb all this wood at prices equal to those paid by Ameri- gan interests, and at a meeting of settlers recently held in Dryden, it was generally recognized that settlers would prefer to market their pulpwood locally if there were sufficient demand for it. This demand however, can never come until the larger and more Pr ofitable markets are opened to us. If these markets are opened, our Com- pany could well afford further invest: ments in paper machinery and would "then be in a position to use all the wood produced in the district and give {employment to a larger staff of mill operatives. Another item of interest is that by far the larger propogtion of pulpwood 'purchased by our Company has been _jackpine, a wood which is not suitable for the manufacture of sulphite pulp, and for which there is very little or The A ing this business, as it assists in keep: | kraft mill at Dryden, therefore, repre: Vv A Ro. ing our 'machines © operating and | sents the only outlet for the settler in enables us to hold intact our organize lthe vicinity for the disposal of this tion. : As far as Slits price is onde 'the price of kraft pulp has dropped from a net mill price in 1920 of $142.93 to a price today of $60.00. In fact, we 3 'fwood, and the placing of an embargd on wood from privately owned lands would not effect the settler who owns growing stands of jackpine. On the other hand, the Company can make 4 our industry on a firm industry the one should be! The Pay Day Prices Lower than ever SUGAR, 8S os-for ....00....n 93 BISCUITS, fancy mixed, ib .. .33 Fresh Green PEAS, 2 Ibs . 24 Special Burdock PINEAPPLE MARMALADE, 4-1b tin .: MACCARONTI, 5-b boxes ... FANCY MIXED CHICKEN FEED, this will make vour < Cerbois CUPTAR RD POWDER sizes SO Tng LG ea Just Arrived :-- fromm HG TO Jv A a. 60 Vegetables: an CARROTS, BEETS, TURNIPS, CELLERY, GRAPE 'FRUIT & POTATOES Meats :(-- BACK BACON, perth ...... 45 SIDE BACON, perin........ 35 HAM, peril oo. oii, 49 BEER peril an las .10 BOLOGNA, per vv... e503 Gifco PORK SAUSAGES, per Lard :-- FEL EE CE LE DE EES my a TOTS in iin TE Sas Shortening :-- Te i a ain ts LE 25 | ZOE ws La EL LR en 4.10 Flour & Feed: -- ol BLOT. oe. id 3-39 § TT AE SE 1 58) WHEAT ds Tees 1.75 PAN ae me el 1.20 SHORTS ©. io ive SPEER 35 & These prices are all for Cash and Pay Day Accounts. ERER Pronger's Grocery O. H. Se Prop. Crescent Ice Cream Bricks __..__.. .40 Eskimo Pies, each elem 0b GOUGH'S CONFECTIONERY M. J. CROSIER General Merchant, OXDRIFT, ONTARIO GBF ow Dry Goods Groceries' Boots and Shoes Hardware and Farm Produce Frost & Wood and Cockshult Implements use of spruce and balsam equally well in the manufacture of kraft chased 14,000 cords from settlers, limit our purchases owing to unfavor- ablém arket conditions to 3000 cords. We also purchase from settlers con- siderable amounts of hard woods such as poplar and birch which are used as fuelwood in our "smelters. No other J company purchasing wood in this dis- trict offers the settler any outlet for this wood. In conclusion, therefore, we believe privately owned sentations should be made to the U.S. or in part the tariff ' barrier extent, in order that Canadian indus- try be put in a position to compete with mills across the international border who are using Canadian wood. A more prosperous Dryden Paper \ Company will make a more prosperous Ontario, and will give the English and Canadian~ interests in the Company 'some return on the large investment they have made. Respectlully solamittod, DRYDEN PAPER CO, Ltd. HF BULLARD General Manager Cash Grocery ' 9 ORANGES, per doz. ....... 48 I BUTTER, Creamery, 0... 40 8s I 035 Wa hens lay, Oths far'. ...n.... 25 i SWEET CIDER, per gal .55 BISTO, for making gravy, sizes DFA ire i ann hn 45 No -30 gn 24 Varieties High Class Biscuits, jj = J pulp. IN During the season 1922-23, we pur- \/ i 2 ) whereas this season we have had to that if it is impossible or unwise for di the Canadian Government to put into / effect an embargo on pulpwood from lands, strong repre- a Government to remove either wholly now 000 reg. 1.10. & '1.35 -95 with Vv elastic at wrist. ee Poe 35 J1100 p.c. pure Wool Combination Underwear, reg. 2.95. Sale 2.50] Wool Shirts and Drawers, Sale § Price, 2-piece garments. 1.50 ! / = Caps, A Sale Price jMen' s Lumbermen's Sox, reg .95 Sale Price Rice Wool Sox, regular .30 W/ \) 4 s WW Sale Pricd ..... 0... 20 & .25 A ol fraviss NEW COATS, with fur collar, half price. Not so many in foro would be wise to come in early. | i LE ; I\Good supply of : DRESS & WORK PANTS § also BOYS' BLOOMERS ERED 1 VY We also have a good supply of : \ FELT & LEATHER BOOTS VRUBBERS of all kinds, every- hing will be reduced to the low- est price this month. st sa th anes A : re 0) Qn Ve pSorry that we can't put the prices of all our stock as I just' returned from the city, which gave me \very little time to make the advt yout. La : i * (Opposite Town community in this part of Western \ 2 Hall) i HGOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION BOUGHT & SOLD