Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-06
'TONEOF THE MARKET
OUR FAILING LunBER SUPPLY
IL Nearly Kxhsaste1 ena sesa We osss
Surrender This l1persa~s hsdastry
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Wheat during the past week WAS
raised 10 81 per bushei. Ia consequences
of tina. -four was advanced ten cents .
hundred throughout the State Wheat
10 unsteady, and The price mag he re-
duced when the roads beoomc settled
and the farmers begin moving the II sur-
plus. The CITY mills have hesn reoelv-
ing their supplies from the elevators
of outside towns. Corn has been NOV
ing slowly and the price MAS advanced
one eeat. Feed has been buoyAnt and
reached $50 = ton.
Clover seed 10 marketed in limited
quantities The heavy shipments 10
Europe have had . tendency 10 raise
the price of that which has been placed
on the home market, and 10 now quoted
at f4.60 bushel.
Fruits asa vsgstaAiss-
Strawberries are more plentiful in the
market. One week ago these luscious
delights were ceiling ia the groceries for
90 cents quart, but took . tumble
toward the latter part Of the week 10
40 cents- They are grown In Florida
aud appear as fresn and tempting IA
tie market here Ne our local grown ber-
ries during their season. Tomatoes
are in the local market and resemble
the home grown IN every particular.
The supply is equal 70 the demand and
selling 10 consumereat 20 cents a pound.
Cucumbers, the subject OF many Jokes,
are down--that 10 IN price as compared
with the market OF five or six years
ago. They are selling now for 20 cents
apiece, while few years ago before
they were shipped ~ from the Southern
states 30 pienufully they were ceiling
for 20 and 80 cents apiece.
Beetsa are worth 10 cents . bunch;
asparagus 20, and new potatoes of IN
ferior size are labeled st 81 peck; this
does not sound 80 harsh as 81 bushei;
old potatoes are selling At 81 per bushel.
Onions, home grown. are held at &l.25
q bushel; BermudA onIons are held at
IL cents pound, or between s. and 81
a bushel. String beans are worth 90
cents pound, rsdishes scents bunch.
state Of the Lsnber Market
j. +. Brookings, of the Brookings
Lumber Company, was seen yesterday
with reference TO the lumber market
and the spring movement of that CON-
munity. He gave some interesting de-
tails OF the lumber trafiic and the sup
ply and demand. The company oper-
ates . mill at Brookings, IN Newaygo
county, about sixty miles north of
here, on the Chicago & West Michigan
line. Their mill 10 situated on Crooked
Lake, q body somewhat larger than
Reeds Lake. The mill and yards are
supplied With an incandeecent electric
light plant, and has = capacity OF
$4,000 boards per day Of twenty hours
The output last year was is, 600 900 feet
Of pine lumber, but owing 10 the sup
ply OF timber becoming exhausted. the
product tins 6eason VIII not be moro
than 10 ,000, 900 feet. There 10 strong
market in Ohio, Pennsylvania and In
diana. The demand for Michigan lum-
Der in those localities has been i'm
mense. Small towns have sprung up
as il by magic in the gas and coal re-
gions, and this has caused big drain
on the Michigan supply.
supply Nearly Exhausted.
The timber is now practically cut
along the c. & w. NJ. line, and nearly
all the lumber companies viii finish
cutting their supply this year. The
Sisson 4 Lilly company have a few
years stock on hand, but the other
companies will vacate in q short time.
The timber that remains IN that region
consists Of white pine, with about 10
per cent. OF Norway This 10 mostly
bill timber, used for building. There
has been little profit TO lumbermen IN
getting out lumber In the past few
years, owing 10 the great expense OF
cutting and handling. Michigan has
had the markets OF Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois. while Wisconsin has had the
moro distant markets. Micbigan's
market has made a great reduction in
its supply. for thete states are a pros
porous agricultural region and have
used 4 large amount OF lumber
Usually in the months Of September,
Ocioter and November the iargest run
this year fully az much was called for
during the months Of January, Febru-
airy and March.
Timber for tire worlds rsir.
Thie leaves limited supplyon hand.
Building has continued all winter.
Chicago has been preparing for the
Worlds Fair and getting suppi,es for
the erection of buildings. The Brook
ings Company shipped eight car loads
TO that city last week. The
demand fnr piece stuh IN Chicago
10 unprecedented. White pine used for
finishing purposes has been cuiled out
OF the standing timber in the Lower
Peninsula, and there ~ nothing 10 COM
pete with the market of tbis grade but
poplar, which grows IN the South. and
redwood from the weet. Tbeee mater
ials, though, do not take the plsce of
white pine. II 10 reported that there 10
nov but IS ,0oo, 900 feet of lumber on
The Muskeeon docks. Ths - . smaller
supply than has been known for good
many years. The production of l1m-
Der during the past winter 10 estimated
10 be 300 900 900 feet Iese than last year.
Uppers are nov ceiling for t4l ~,
selects t3e N, thick hne, common. eSl
n. thick shop SIS ~. No. common els
n. No. 2 common tll.5o ~, No. . tl2
n, No. 4 elo.5o. mill cpii - ~, Norway
G sls.5o ". Norway bsIl stun e10.p ~,