New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-25
THE DUTY ON LUMBER.
REASONS ADVANCED FOR KEEPING OUT HE
COARSE WOOD OF CANADA.

REASONS ADVANCED FOR KEEPING OUT IHH
COARSE WOOD OF CANADA
c,o,,rd Julv "A (SpeciaD-During the discus
,o, ~ tho tariff i'm Congress there has been much
interest here and In the whole lake reslo" "'o
lumbermen forest owners and others III resdiu ~
tho lumber schedule. The House placed inc uu''
on white pine lumber at s. tnousaho IT, ~
Senate reduced the rate TO 81 thousd''' ~ w
tho conference Committee of the two houses re-
,orod the House rate. Charles L. Pack, VINO Is
considered an authority on standing tiinoei "mu
forestry was seen by a representative oi ii'e -
me this afternoon. Mr. PACK said lie lhoue't %
a thousand feet on Canadian lumber as was p'o
vlded in the Mckinley BILL was hish enoue' ""'
afforded sufficient protection TO the American man
,,,ao,urors along the Great Lakes, but mgher
roto uas desirable for the Southern lumber inter-
ests The most ardent advocates or y uu'y
were the sawmiil owners and LUMBER "orh'"en -
Georgia Mississippi Louisiana ana ArhaN7a' VI
Pack said that such large quantities Oh niahui"O'
ured lumber were now brought by rail all the way
20 cleveland and other Western and Northern mar
kets that this Southern competition had ieceaUy
hecome much more important to Michigan luinDer-
men than any Canadian competition ever hau peeh
wbon Canadian lumber came into the United states
markets free. , &c., ,,.oos
Lumber IS brought to Ohio by rail from ARKANSAS
and Louisiana in large quantities III LOUISIANA
tho long-eaf pine standing In the woods' can NC
th, for Ok cents to 30 cents thousand feet
s,v,,nage White pine stumpage in Michigan ana
WISCONSIN is worth times as much, ana inc
harder Norway pine, standing In the tree perhaps
five times as much. 1t requires httle hsu'iis'
therefore to see why Southern lumber Is now Sucn
a great market factor, nor Is II strange .lat me-,
s sI.ch a protective tariff sentnent III the oouti
where the country great reserve VI ''''
PW,,e = park was asked why he thought there was
valid reason for any duty on lumber from Canaua,
vhnn Tho forests of Michigan, Wisconsin ana mime
nta were so near extinction. Why not use the for-
ests Of Canada and preserve those at nome ,oso
You see" he replied we nave no lolSss ~ Tbev
are mostly old timber-timber thaI Is ripe, ~ We
use such erm there Su than you ear preserve
wheat feld after the straw Is Yellow ana Inc inc
grain ripe. What we must 90 Is 70 and othnr COM
,rIes There are hundreds of thousands OF acres IN
Michigan only suitable 10 grow tn1Tr
s sHo,nu and I believe myself that every man that
cuts down a tree should be Obliged by law to plant
made profitable and the tariff Will help us TO get
practical forestry started eNprc' ~ a T., pba
State and National legislation on tnS SUBJECT III 'ie
"a think there will be little rise in the price OF
lumber on account of the new tariN. Pine Iurper Is
now, rbeaner than il has been any time before
in tw enty years 1t is much better that the coarse
,ha tho coarser grades of standing timber In our
N9rthern states can all be economically used and
nor left 10 decay or he consumed TOT Forest htes
A. the present extremely low prices fully one-qlar-
fer Of the standing pine of Michigan ana Wisconsin
il that 1t cannot be WORKED w''% Ss he
It will not pay the of abor alone rms TIMER O
cannot be preserved Why use II al oss or ''rp p
it away as is done to large extent toda S , iS
Is one OF the arguments or Northern INT" VIM iO
the duty OF 81 a thousand.
WHAT PINGREE THINKS OF SOME DUTIES
Detroit. Mich July 2i-Governor Pingree to-day
sect the following message in duplicate TO ffesi-
dent Mckinley. Senator Burrows ard congressman
Corliss and Spaulding of Michigan
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