The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-10
THE TIMBER TRADE.
NUMBER II.

In a recent communication upon tho timber
trade in Charleston, I took occasion to remarh'
upon inspection and measurement OF TIMBER inc
necessity of establishing high standard OF re-
ouirements as to quality, in order to insure the
production of good merchantable timber IN mar
ket, &C., &C. The importance of this trade Is not'
perhaps, fully appreciated.
IF VIC take its increase as criterion, we shouid
be able to discover somewhat of its probable I'M
portance.
/ find, then, by reference to Congressional
reports, commerce and navigation, 1859: HOWL
timber shipped to foreign ports from Charleston,
150 TONS Value, s122s. From Savannah, 44'Sl0
TONS Value, s326,5O4 have no means OF ascer-
tanning the amount Of timber shipped In any whoie
wear since that time. The weekly reports OF
shipments from Savannah in tho early Par'
of this year will give very good 1oea
of its increase there, and here remark'
if the commercial reports for the city OF Cnaries-
ton, were as carefully prepared as those OF your
sister city, we should not be at loss to sno"'
with the same degree of certainty, the Increase
(for we presume it has been 80, notwith standing
all the clogs which have been thrown around lt,)
in Charleston. We will ondeayor to show Doth
and refer first to the Savannah Weekly .ReoteU ana
Prices Current. February Sth, under the head or
Lumber and Timber: The exports Oh
lumber for the week have been but 26S 900 feet, OF
which q 900 feet we're shipped to Nassau, l29,O
feet to Baltimore, 10000 feet to New York, and
1000 feet to Boston. The demand for shipping
timber is light, except for sman!lots> OF surety
first class article the only export for the
week, has been cargo Of 331, ,S15 feet Tor Cork
and market. The quotations are timber mill,
81 5Oas9 90. Ranging small s12asl4. hanging
large s18as2O.
February 92d The exports Of the past week
have been 797, I'll feet and 64G pieces OF boards'
1872 AIS were sent to Rio Janero, $685. 32O to Span
ish ports ,SO6 feet to st. Marys, and 2O5 72O and
G146 pieces to Baltimore. There is large amount
of timber in the market but sales are slow, except
for strictly primo article Of shipping. The ex-
ports of the week amount to 631 57S feet, OF which
,2O9 were shipped to Spanish ports, and 1868
to Liverpool. The quotations are the same as
those previously given-s7 5Oa9, s12a14, s1Sa2O.
March 18TH Tho shipments of timber for the
past week amount to G79, ,s25 feot Of which ST. l7d
went to Glasgow, ,649 to Liverpool, and OOO
| to New York There were were 1O1 ,615 feet OF
lumber exported during the week. The quota
tons continue the same. Now if We take up the
Charleston reports, VIC find in the whole month ol
March $751; feet of lumber shipped to foreign
ports, and 215,OOO feet to domestic ports,
and only s2,63s feet Of timber shipped
The quotations are as follows: Common timber
s4a5 mill TIMBER s7a1O; shipping, s12al5, on the
9th while on the 9th, they were, for the same
descriptions s4a5, seas, and s12a14. At Savannah
the aggregate shipments, in three weeks, were
Lumber, 1,1G7,S26 feet timber, 1885,, ,150 feet
prices for timber ranging from 81 so (tbe loWest)
to s2U tho highcst). The difference in increase Of
shipments from the two points is sremareable, when
we consider the facilities of production in this
State We are aware that Georgetown has con-
siderable timber trade, but so too has Darien anu
st. Marys. With the same facilities for trado to
foreign and domestic ports, the difference in mar
ket value is very astonishing, and can bo best ac'
counted for we think, in the manner heretofore
suggested. Have we not as much good timber.
and are not our rivers and creeks easy OF access
az our neighbors2 Our lumber-men have as much
energy, and there is scarcity of labor for this
branch of business; all that we need then to make
this business profitable is well regulated market.
TIMBER CUTTER.