Piute Chieftain | 1916-08-31 | Page 6 | Holland Short of Timber

holland short of timber holland Is suffering from a serious shortage of timber for building pim pur poses and the existing supply will be exhausted within a few months ciless relief measures are taken according t to the report of bf an association of employers and workmen in the building industry which recently metin met in amsterdam the alie only hope according to the association is to secure quantities of timber amber owned by Dutch dutchmen ilien which are now now tied up in the harbor of archangel Itus sla this can be done it Is pointed out only by assuring tile russian government tedi eliat the bhuber will not be sent out of holland fo for r use uie in the countries now at war with russia it was resolved to urge the dutch ministry of commerce and industry to take necessary steps tor for releasing alia cargoes detained at archangel other cargoes consigned to holland are tied up in the russian port of riga but under existing conditions thlire there seems to be no hope of their r being released