The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-04-18
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There j. nuahipg n mil circle,
Nortlsy Of note. Nost Of tbe mills arc
de, awaiting developments. There
= aashi1g very eaconzaging . ihe
present ntaie Of abs Lumber business
here snd xithons good crops he eoua-
ing season, tBe lumber business Of tbis
section viii suffer considerably. Bat
with anytliiRg like fair crops ahrouell-
oHt Texas, our mill owners viii reap 4
rirh harvest, IS the supply Of logs
ca hand Vas oblaised on very liberal
TERMS
Although tbe milling business here
il somewhat slagaated for tbe present,
we are glad 10 ssy that the condition
Of things are no worse than IN other
lumber regions. Business circles an
every section Of the country arc pass
ing through kind of serve as il we're,
the TOtLon and fictitious is being
separated from the sound--and the
Fesuit l. failures have become numer-
Gus and money matters tight, as CAPT.
talists are very cantious 10 making
investments and this works great
injury 10 the milling interests of she
Southern States for without capital
there can be no improvements, and
where there is no buildiBg there is no
demand for lumber.
Another cause, and the principal
one, too, that served 10 bring about
the present deplorabIe state Of affairs
in this section, was the almast total
failure Of the Texas crops last season,
and IS the success of Calcasien's lam
Der business depends almost exclu-
sigely on that State, as a natural con
sequence it received a setback there.
BIZ. Bat, as We stated above, with
anything aPpTOximafing good crops
the coming season-and the prospects
are very fattering 50 far--we feel con
fident that the bad effects Of the |
present duliness will be followed |
by good demand for all kinds of
lumber, and at much better prices
than heretofore obtained, as the crisis |
has been passed and the storm
weaihered.
The Caieasieu Lumber Company,
one Of the largest and most substan-
italy situated mill firms here, have, in |
addition TO q large supply Of logs,
something like Z, 100000 feet of the
best quality of CaIcasieu ioBg-leaf
pine lumber stacked up in their yards
seasoning, and when the market does
open they will be prepared 10 meet
any demand that may be made upon
this section for lumber.
The EorfhsseSterR LanGe1Hsaa Of
the 18th inst, in making some sweep
ing observations regarding the Lumber
interests of the Eastern and Southern
States, says
Nothing Of q marked character
comes from Eastern markets this
week. The weather in that portion Of
the country has been nnfavorable 10
outdoor lumber consumption. The
canals, lakes and rivers are yet frozen,
30 that the movement from primary
points toward the seaboard by water
has not brgun. A greater apathy ap,
pears TO prevail at the East than at
the West. Building operations, how
ever, promise well for the season, and
a brisker movement may be expected
later.
There 10 now some yellow pine
from Orange and Beaumont,
Texas, into Kansas and Missouri.
is made, however, of low
prices and the high tariffs charged by
the Missouri Pacific road. Distribu-
tion throughout Texas is still slow, the
demand failing to rise to the expected
height.
"A slight improvement is noticed
at Mobile, and some reports from in
terror Southern points give grounds
for hope Of better times coming, but
Southern business is still in the main
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