Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-11-08
What Will he Done With it.

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6s.hiny, the stock Of logs witch
III Re pat IL On TIE principal lu1-
beriDg streams Of the NOrthEes;
during The approaching winter vii
he The largest TIA; Las been hank
Il for many years. Prouir eu;
operators il nearly every section
have declared their intention 10 DO;
cDly CIT fully . much as In former
year, bat il many cases 20 largely
increase the amount; and their
more Numerous but less noted fel-
low-craftsnen, Judging from the
eurreu; reports, are as fully de-
termined 10 20 in a. deeply a. their
resources viii permit; 50 that there
remains but a small doubt bat that
- far a. their aims 20, al least,
operators viii be united in their
Efforts 10 make the crop as large a
one a. can well be gathered. IS
it is not probable that another win
ter ike last will be experienced
no hope can be entertained that
loggers will be restricted in their
operations by reason Of the IN
favorableness Of the weather, and
as with the logs once banked tbs
greater portion are almost certain
10 Re successfully driven, il seems
altogether likely that the opening
Of the saving season next year
will find available, supply Of logs
such as the lumbermen Of this
couutry-or any other-have never
seen.
II the logs reach the mills VIC
know by experience that most Of
them will PROFESSIONALLY be saw
ed, and as we have shown in the
foregoing paragraph that the
amount which in all probability
will reach them is excessive we are
forced to conclude that the lumber
product Of 1877 will exceed that
Of former years by nearly as much
as th. log crop Of the coming win
ter will exceed that Of previous
ones.
II is in this connection that ve
wish 10 PROFOUND the query that
appears at the head Of this article
what will be done with iti OF
course the expectations Of the op-
orators Who are making such siren.
uous exertions 70 do big business
are, that it will be profitably sold
and that when they come TO cas-
their yearly balance, a generou
surplous will be shown on the RICH
side Of the ledger as the result o
their years work. Let US see j
such an outcome can reasonabl.
be- expected.
One Of the principal source
from which a demand is expecte'
10 arise that will be sufficient,
brisk TO carry off large portion
Of next years product, is that fror
which onr deal trade OF this seaso
has emanated. Because a fe'
mills have cut deals this year an
made an honest penny or 80 at i
half the operators in the North
west seemed 10 have become im
bued with the idea that the de,
trade is the gold mine OF the lun
Der business and are making a
their preparations with a view {
: working IL most industriously nea
! year. IL is just possible that thel
7 hopes will be realized; that th
, deal traffic will develop extraol
binary proportions, and that ever
: man in the lumber business wi
, accumulate fortune in the ney
twelve months, but there are n
tenable grounds for believing tia
such will be the case.
Canadian lumbermen are maxim
fully as extensive preparations fo
a large supply Of lumber as ar
the operators on this side Of tb
line, and it is hardly TO be expect
ed that they will stand quietly b
while their deal trade is wreste
from them and not make an effor
TO prevent il. IL American lum
bermen succeed in retaining an.
considerable portion Of this bust
ness, they viii have to do IL in tn
face Of a most vigorous and per
sistent competition which can bard
" result otherwise than in re
duction in prices which would vel
nigh ruin the trade, so far as th