of the fishery those engaged in
it became alarmed and began to
talk about the need for some
form of regulation. As a result
a convention with Canada was
ratified in October, 1924. A re
vision of the convention became
effective in May, 1931.
“Under the revision the com
missioners may aid in dividing
tieaty waters into areas, may
limit the catch in each, regulate
gear employed in the fishery,
collect adequate statistics to de
termine the condition and trend
of the fishery, control the li
censing and appearance of fish
ing vessels and close areas pop
ulated by small halibut.
“Because of the seriousness of
the situation the commissi cm
has proceeded expeditiously to
draft a new set of regulations
affecting the limit of catch, to
change the present closed sea
son and to close two areas to
fishing.
May Check Decline
“By this means it is hoped to
check the serious decline in the
fishery, and in time to make
such additional regulations * as
may be found necessary. We
have made most excellent pro
gress in determining the actual
situation; so much so that the
commission has already, under
the treaty, drafted a series of
recommendations for changes in
regulations governing the fish
eries; these are now before the
President.”
Asked if he believed the pro
posed changes would solve the
problem, Mr. Radcliffe replied:
“No; I do not think they will
solve it; but I believe they will
improve present conditions.”
The commission at present
employs eleven experts, s i x
Americans and five Canadians.
Their pay ranges from $125 to
$500 a month. The regular num
ber of experts is fourteen. Three
vacancies exist;
Washington Pulp Production
-V
Alaska has three times as much
hemlock as Washington State. The
pulp mills have no excuse for re
maining out of Alaska. Perhaps
the political editors will give the
real reasons.—Editor.
-x
Four months’ operation of the
new bleached sulphite pulp mill
erected by the Weyerhasuser
Timber Company, Longview,
Wash., to utilize its many hun
dreds of millions of feet of
western hemlock timber in
Southwest Washington, has ap
parently convinced the company
of the soundness of its venture.
Breaking a new trail in the
comparatively new field of pulp
and paper manufacture in the
Pacific Northwest, the Weyer
hasuser Company late last Ne
vember began the manufacture
of a superior grade of chemical
wood pulp from western hem
lock to compete with the best
this, and several foreign coun
tries, have to offer the paper
trade. The experiment has prov
ed itself eminently successful.
Recent reports indicate paper
manufacturers the majority of
them in states bordering the
Great Lakes and in New Eng
land, have enthusiastically ac
cepted the western product for
manufacture into innumerable
varieties of high grade paper.
By its operations the Weyer
haeuser Company i s proving
that the Pacific Northwest need
stand second to no other section
in pulp and paper manufacture
and by the prediction of Robert
B. Wolfe, manager of this pulp
plant, it will reach first rank. In
a recent address before the
Longview Chamber of Com
merce membership, Mr. Wolfe
declared that Longview might
well expect to be the pulp man
ufacturing center of the world if
ideals being sought and in a fair
v/ay of accomplishment are real
ized. Wolfe is also known to bo
more than mildly interested in
chemical by-products industries
to utilize the residue remaining
after the hemlock fibres are ex
tracted for pulp.
Vast Hemlock Stands
The answer to the meaning of
this proven value and accepta
bility of western hemlock wood
pulp and the practicability of
manufacturing it on the coast
for eastern paper makers lies in
a survey of the vast stands of
hemlock available throughout
the Pacific Northwest. Cowlitz
County has some two billion and
a quarter feet.
Longview with the thriving
Weyerhaeuser mill in addition
to two paper plants, is very de
finitely feeling the beneficial ef
fects of this new trend in hem
lock utilization and holds little
doubt but what greater forward
steps are soon to be taken by
other industries.
This initial venture of the
Weyerhaeuser Company was
more than just another welcome
industry. It was a development
that drew the attention of the
pulp and paper industry of the
nation and of several foreign
manufacturers who have been
importing large quantities of
high grade pulp with which the
western plant is now competing.
The Weyerhaeuser “experi
ment,” which signifies so much
for Longview and the Northwest,
was established as a full sized
operation. The company erected
an ultra-modern plant, incor
porating many innovations in
design for the sake of efficiency
and perfection of product, and