The Timberman Volume 22 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...of the Dominican Republic .r Lambs Consul Frank Bohr reports a good demand of 181-685 kllos-value a l '-is brought to the country in Ema achoonm for lumber in Cienfuegos. One of the most im-Vice-Consul John L. Griffith, of Santiago, re-carrying fromrzomooo to 500.000 teat mom . portant items of lumber imports, pitch pine, ports that the principal lumber imports are grade pitc pine sold in the market in imum-i barrel shook, used in making containers for $120 per t dusand feet Most item. of comm 11 G if ts of comes almost exclusively from t e u por molasses and rum The lumber shit- lumber are- admitted tree of duty. mom t. ti-1' littl building and ligmlm-vltae-ln lhe Isle of Pines the Fecenl window frames, are dutiable. The same item:2; glues; iEiO lliZO ignhxiilltiler seii'ere: aiting for demand for lumber has led to the development in hardwood are subject to much higher rate ' of the lumbering industry. The island has large than those imposed on softwood product With the return of normal conditions, Cienfuegos areas of pine timber. Nam 0 Dominica F0 1 is will undoubtedly continue to be a large market Dominican RepubmL In the mountainous interior 0:95am "PM fig for lumber and for articles manufactured of The exports of American umber to the Dom_ are large forests or yellow pitch mm but a wood, inician Republic have not increased since pre-yet little effort has been made to mm M 5; some mahogany grow in the Clenmegos dis war years, though the shipments in 1919 were trees because of the lack of transpomu larger Cuban cities that comparatively...