Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-26
rnE PRODUCT OF EXHAUSTED TIN.
BEk LANDS.
Northwest Lumbermen.1

NORTHWEST lJumOermeu.
II is commonly thought that when the
white pine of Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota Is 80 nearly exhausted as to
make cessation of great numbering
operations necessary, that the country
thus stripped Of its wealth of pine will
be nearly valueless, save in spots where
iron and copper mining NAV be prose-
cuted, or for meager support of pow
erty stricken farming class. This Is the
pine baron's notion, with few excep-
tions. He buys the land for the pine
that is on it, taking but little account
of the other woods, or its agricultural
capabilities. Bot after the pine
owner and his one idea have passed
away, the country will still be rich
in resources-will still he tim
bered area, Astounding in the raw
material for multifarious manufacture.
These pine headed men should take a
tramp over the state of Maine. and of
New Hampshire and other New
England states, and q part of New
York as we'll. to fad out how much
can be made out of the forests after
the saw log pine has been cut of. Il 10
vain to attempt to eunmerate the articles
of use that are made out OF our common
forest woods. A few are these: furniture:
oooperage Of all sorts, including that
for tabs and pals: wagon stock; hand
les for probably hundreds Of purposes;
woods for all kinds of carpenters and
other tools; lasts for shoes; baskets in
great variety; crates and fruit boxes;
woodenvare, including many articles;
hand rakes; curtain rollers; druggists
boxes, turned and square; spools; bob
bins; toothpicks; paper pulp: excelsior;
bark fer tanning and medical use, etc.,
etc. All these things o,n be manufac-
tured out Of the woods In the forests of
our northern belt, and will be ~ soon
as capital has disposed of the bulk Of
pine in the cosrser processes of maa-
Ipnlstion. The advantageous position
Michigan and Wisconsin hold in refer
enoe to the great interior markets for
wooden goods, has beeu before spoken
of in the Lambermaa. II Maine can
make great variety of wooden articles
and ship them to Chicago, Cincinnati,
| St. Louis and other interior places to be
Distributed. certainly Michigan and
Wisconsin, and eventually northern
Minnesota can do the same. Indeed the
work is now well under way. There are
pulp miiIs. basket, handle, stave,
heading, spoke and hub factories in
various places in Michigan and Wiscon-
sin. AZ the forest portion Of these
States becomes older and more thickly
inhabited, new branches of wood manu-
facturs will be undertaken and q finer
| manipulation will be sought and
reached. Nearly every hamlet and VII
tage will have one or more wood mann.
featuring establishments, and the sur
rounding forests will be made 70 pay
tributes in various forms TO local wealth
While o multitude Of manufacturing
centers will Thus be built mp, ths way
will be paved for success Ia agriculture
sven on ppor soil. Home markets VII
be supplied in the manufacturing cen
ters-markets that will demand fruits
poultry, garden truck. and these food
products that can DO grown profitabiy
on small farms by careful hnsbandry
IL h In this way that the pine regions Of
Michigan. Wisconsin and Minnesots
viii one day support thrifty, inselli
cant and wealthy BouuiAtion.