Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-03-09

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1t is generally conceded that from this
out there can be but little hope for
favorable weather Tor numbering pur-
poses. This being the case very fair
conception of the prospects for lumber
for the coming season can be had.
In the first place, the stock of lumber or
hand January 1st, 1878. is much below
that on hand at the beginning of 1877. A
detailed statement OF the lumber i'm stock
ut the numerous markets of the Missis-
sippi valley shows that at the opening
of last year there was total 599459,00O
feet on hand, while Oh january 1st, this
year, the amount was 464,659.76O feet,
showing a falling off in the amount i'm
stock OF 234 sos, 240 feet. In the princi-
pal lumber markets of the country out
side of The Mississippi valley, the state
ment shows on hand january 1st, 1877,
a total of 1,73l, 600.77S feet and at the
commencement of 1878 total of 1885,
404,0l6 feet, showing decrease of 49,
I06.751 feet. Since the 1st of january
this amount has been largely decreased.
The Lumbermen's Exchange. at Chicago,
shows that the decrease in that market
alone during the month of january, was
over S3,00O.O0O feet.
The lack OF SHOW the present winter
has greatly retarded the operations of the
lumbermen in all sections and all adj
vices indicate that there will re a very
large falling off from the amount cal
culated upon at the beginning of the
season. The Saginaw Republican pub
fishes letter, which it says Was written
by one of the best informed lumber OPP
erator; in the West, who has been over
the ground carefully, and knows wher,-
of he speaks. He says:
Tie weather all over the lumber re-
gions OF the northwest continues warm;
10 snow, little frost, and getting warmer
every day. The log crop on the balk
Is now estimated about aus follows:
Upper Mississippi, SOOOO,O00 out of
22o,UOO,O0O Intended to be cut
On the st. Croix, 5O,0O0,UOO out OF 2O0,.
100000.
On the Chippewa, 100000 out of
400,O00.000.
On the Black S5,OOO,OOO out OF. 250,OOO,-
900.
On the Wisconsin, 25,OOO,OOO out of
l'o,OOO,OOO, Including K. X. mills).
Many Of the lOggers are deserving the
WOODS, and others are attacking shore
timber. liz may safely be Set down that
EoS over one-third Ot IA crop can be Sc
cured oil new logs unless There should be
winter when we ought 10 have Spring.
MANY OF the contractors Will be driven To
the wall. but the mill and lumber dealers
Will 10 better i'll 1878 than they have
done Tor ten years i'll the Mississippi Val
ley.
This certainly looks as if in that Sec
ition the log crop was going to be very
short. With this condition of things it
seems to us that the price of lumber
must necessarily advance, and already
We see indications of an advance. The
Republican notices sale at Saginaw, to
Cleveland parties, of quantity of lum-
Der at SO, Sl2 and S2S, and says that the
parties at one time had refused the offer
but when the last snow fell they thought
the prospects for getting out logs so
much better that they telegraphed to
Cleveland accepting the offer, but after
wards, when the snow disappeared, re-
GREETED the acceptance.
AS tar as we can learn, the Cheboygan
operators..have been more successful,
even under the disadvantages of the un-
favorable winter, than those OF other
sectisas, and whilst they will undoubt-
edly be large FILLING off from the an
ticipated amount OF logs, We believe that
all the mills will have Il fair stock
Tor the coming season, ard although.
owing to the difficulties which have
had TO be met and overcome, the
cost OF getting the logs i'm has been
considerably increased, we believe that
the increase in price tor which
they will be able to dispose of their stock,
will make the coming season one of the
most profitable they have had for several
years. The indications now are that
lumber freights will rule low. 1t is
stated that large number of vessels,
which have heretofore been classed
among grain carrying vessels, will this
season be classed lower, and will have to
look TO the coirser Heights for business,
and many of them will doubtless enter
The trade as lumber carriers.
The pension bill now before Congress