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Show lose on this side. Everybody is not fixed that way. "Instead of being lowered, the tariff tar-iff ought to be raised." J TARIFF BILL WILL CRIPPLE LUMBER TRADE, SAYS HEWITT Taonnia, March 18. Henry Hewitt, PUallBt, and one of the heaviest Individual In-dividual timber owners in the Unltcl Mates, says tho proposed reduction of tho tariff ori imuer wllj crtpplo tho trade in common grades, and kill tho hlnglc Industry entirely In the weBt-er weBt-er 8tat?s. Mr. Hewitt says: British Columbia has' great quantities quan-tities of cedar while we have little. By using cheap labor, shingle manufacturers manu-facturers across the line can food western states with their product an.l drive us off the market. The trade In common grades of timber will be se. nouBly crippled bv the cheap product from British -Columbia." Our mill cm-Moves cm-Moves will b put on the Gam basis Japanese, Chiuese and Hindus rm-rloyed rm-rloyed in British Columbia. "The effect on coal will be the gome, British mines will supply our trade and our niluers will bo ldl. "When the tariff revision talk began, J took options on millions of feet of timber in British Columbia. If the tap 'T Ik reduced I can Jump ov?r to the other aide and make unie than I will |