Are you sure that wood is hardwood? It may be softwood pulp, which is a different issue. A picture of a carload of the wood might help.
Hmm. Some years ago a ship load of eastern hemlock was organized and shipped from here. I watched the load go out from the Portage Shipping Canal. The logs looked like matchsticks on the deck. It was the only load to be assembled. The wood didn't measure up. Not much market for hemlock today, so maybe you could suggest to that company they investigate using eastern hemlock from the Lake Superior region.
As I type this there are 16 foot 2 inch by 10 inch hemlock joists above my head supporting the next floor. I don't expect a collapse anytime soon. The wood came from property I own west of here. Sawed it with my own sawmill. There is 5,000 board feet of hemlock in this house. That area grows hemlock like hair on a dog. But as I said, there's no market for it.