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Show African Wood Used By U. S. American woodworking Industries are turning to a wood from the vast forests of the Belgian Congo known as "Korlna" because they are unable to obtain high-quality timber at home. One of the countries largest timber tim-ber users already has begun large-scale large-scale Importations of the wood that! stacks up with American oak. The Industry Is Importing about 6,500,-000 6,500,-000 feet of Korlna a month. The Inability to obtain high-quality high-quality timber In the United States is blamed on two things lack of a sound conservation scheme and rap-Id rap-Id growth of the woodworking Industries. |