Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-29
AMONG ThE LUMBER MILLS,
New Suggestions About Reducing the
Output.
MERITS OF YELLOW AND WHITE PINE.
"e s'"'her" rr"d"et Is Gaining
GROUND In Al the Markets
Aotes ana Personals.

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Beaumont, Texas, October 2C.-Thc
demand from dealers for the week
lust ending was in excess Of that of
the previous week and orders came In
rom ali ordinary trading points IN
ieNHh. For the past mouth or 80 bus.-
restricted to isolated arcas-the demand
was from spots-but there seems now 10
NC y general awakening aud business Is
coming in from all points. There Is
nothing like flush of orders vet, but
the increase Is noticeable. There have
sleo come 10 hand some good timber bills.
SAVING orders have not been plentiful
Tor q month or more, but the bills that
afe now IN hand and those that are out
Tor bids give the situation an improved
9spect, " is reported that preparations
Tor extensive railroad building III Mexico
are under way nnd construction may
begin in u short while. Ties and timbers
| lor Mexican railroads are generally drawn
from this section sad with the COM
neucement of construction In that coun-
try lumber conditions iu Texas Will very
materially improve.
iherc nus been no change In the shin
gle market, The recent advance In price
has not affected the demand
REDUCE THE OUTPUT.
| DlSeusslhs tue yclloy pine problem
Wnin ,,'ih really 'overproductlon - the
/
ihe problem that is facing The
\ yellow pine manufacturer Is what 10 do
IN view Of the Diminishing trade as far
IS prices are concerned Shall they re-
unee prices or adopt soma other method
OF meeting the emergency? 1t ia evident
TO any one who understands the situation
thnt a reduction In prices will accom-.
plish nothing, The emergency spokon
81 above is not an urgent ono as yet,
nut the time Is coming when stocks, |
I Ia sla.. . "A.
WIZ increase materially. aud it will be a
f, question OF holding them or OF In some
other way meeting the eNigeucy. The only |
lhlng that s9cms open 10 do Is 10 reduce |
me output The Texas and Louisiana |
manufacturers have come into their pres. |
ont strong position in the market Nv ihcir |
long continued aud faithful reduction Ia |
mill output. A similar course will urol- 1
ably be adopted by tho manufacturers of |
Arkansas, Missouri. Mississippi and Ala |
halu9, nhd they are In excellent condition |
10 ADOPT such measures because they arc |
so closely assocluted in their various
trade ORGANIZATIONS
Letters to tho Lumber Trade Journal
relating 10 the proposed gulf c0ast lum
Der export company contain the following
expressions as to the necessity OF curtal. |
ing the production of lumber,
We are satisfied that to reduce the
output, say onu-third, for few months,
would have n good effect ON prices, Tho
Texas mills hayo already made tue eN-
pertinent aud acknowledge the good re-
suits. We thought that was tho object
aud had not up 10 that time thought
about the propricty of advancing prices
and hence on that occasion Were not
prepared to enter into an agreement of
that kind.-L, n, Daut1lor Lumber COM
pany, Moss Point, Miss.
We believe the best and only plan TO
form an association that would prove
successful and satisfactory would be 10
reduce the output of the mills while the
supply y 30 much greater than tho do
~. raise the price of any. commodity
while this " the casc.--Mobile Lumber
company, Mobile, Ala.
As tho present low prices arc caused
by over production, II appears TO US that
the first step toward rehnbilitating those
prices is to curt0il as far as possible,
that oycrproduction. This, we believe,
can be best ACCOMPLISHED by following tho
example Of our Texas friends who run
on the first four days If each week only.
We think that the establishment Of n
price list would be contingent upon the
success Of mn arrangement. In the FIRST
place, to reduce the output to the level
of the demand l'nrnsworth Lumber
company. Scranton. Miss
We would be plcnscd 10 Join nm ns-o.
citation for export trade that would make
uniformity Of prices. also as TO quantity |
10 be produced Think the only practici-
BILE way would be for oil mills 10 abide
by the decision Of the association and
bind themselves 20 carry out Its plans
w. Denny & Co., Moss Point Miss.
YELLOW PINE COMPETITION.
The st, Louis Lumbcrman thus dis i
cnses a question that seems to be worry :
ing tho white Pine manufacturers of tho
North;
II is amusing in no small degree 10
watch the attempts which Northern lum-
|
lives, make from time 10 time to explain J
how Il is that 80 much of their trade In l
the West has passed out of their hands q
mud into the coutrol Of the Southern pro-
reasons which they bring forward 10 Il
recount for the loss. and no doubt they b
IRE able TO explain II TO their own salts. p
faction without the necessity Of admitting d
hat it IL In any sense due 10 the supe- G
-iOrty OF the Southern product. Lack 4
If close organization Is advanced as one
II the chief causes of the change in buy "a
RS preferences. the panic and the consc \
lnent falling OF in demand as another, p
While the railroads are charged with a |,
,art of the blame In consequence OF nl- !
eyed determinations In favor Of the i,
south. In recent issue, the Mississippi :,
Valley Lumberman, which Is tho chief :
now OF the Northwestern :"
white pine Interests asserted that "had .,
lot the Northern manufacturers allowed -
1 a..
he advent of a period OF business dc. y
'resslon, nothing would have been heard =,
4 yellow Pine competition. White pinen | y,
[ adds. "wns well able 10 hold It's own, :,
mill the demand fell on for all staple =,
aud Mt the same time the !.
ailr0ads Of the South took advantage !,
( the opportunity 20 give the output Of ~,
ionthern mills, which they Were foster "
ng, fo0thoid in the North by advantage n,
us freight rates" i,
This sort Of reasoning IL ingenious, bnt ~
nrtlly candid. This explanation does not -
xplain satisfactorily, nor Is II In accord ~
nee with the facts. II assumes that =,
fellow pine had considerable inrOads !.
pom the white pine trade OF the West ~
m country prior TO ''tbe advent Of the W
eriod OF business depression" presume "a,
ly that Of 1899. while the truth Is that -,
le Southern product had established IT. NJ
III in the favor of Western dealers a,
nd consumers long before the time re- ~
irred 10. The claim that the panic pc
NJ off the demand for white Pine, wililr
opened the way for Southern manu-
lcturers 10 Introduce their product In J
) place. ~ absurd on the face Of IT, NJ
he hard times, az matter OF fact ~
imply reduced the domnnd for lnmber NJ
tfInuf Tolerance 20 tho Kind and fitfu TO