The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-06

Stree that time the foreign cargo business
has steadily grown, uEgiI al the present
reaching almost every country. and max
irs Pacific coast timber familiar in almost
eEery port
OUT OF tiae total cargo shipments Of z75.-
10 go feet board measurement. from the
entire Pacific coast IL ist1, this state ship
ped Is 80 fest. These shipments went
10 al portions Of the world. the statistics
prepared by Mr. Backmar OF TIA Pacific
Lumber Trade Journal In this city, show
that Washington lumber was shipped dur
sEs last year 70 ali points % the compass.
from Scotland 70 Peru. from Australia 10
Tahiti. and from Honolulu to Korea. Even
INDIA took one cargo.
The Hawaiian Islands took the largest
amount. or q 0ss.l6S feet. Australia. away
and mines. took Is.aao.0sp feet. China took
l5lse.0s feet. Japan took s,ssa9s feet
England, 10 which ships sat around the
Horn, consuming usonths IN the Journey.
took l2.gs 90 feet Argentine. the land
q wheat and locusts required 4,tsA.Us feet.
The new Siberian railroad terminal. Nladi-
Fossok, took a small shipment. amounting
20 i-311.@s feet, Hamburg, Amsterdam.
Neg Caledonia. the sesporrs % Peru ana
ports In Central America were recipients
OF the Washington product
Market 4. sure to Widen.
This extensive market il certain TO in
crfase. China has embarked upon rslToa4
bIiic:ng. which already has begun TO de-
usand Washington timber for ties. the hard
woods Of EoFneo ard japan proving unsat-
ssfaci0ry. Dir. Beckmen estimates Ehat tae
shipments 10 China for Isss gia aggregate
z5,tsss. $40 feet.
Alaska consumed about i3,oooes feet OF
Washington lumber last year. Indications
are thai Il viii increase its consumption
this year 10 about A.lsatN1 feet.
he total shipments from W Washing on.
estimated upon the basis az reports for the
frs, ten months Of the year viii run into
figures when would have been incredible
4 few years ago. Lumber dealers and mill
men appear 20 be thoroughly ALIVE 10 the
possibilities. especially OF the Oriental mar
ket. They are taking II away from the in
active people OF California and are max
ing the Puget sound iamber interests large
enough 10 Justify numerous magazine ar
tscies Of the nature Of that printed III the
Engineering Magazine.
Mr.. Lamb concludes his article with
these pertinent words: THE Pacific coast
forests are not 'inexhaustible'-fa from it
bat with proper use ana care they should
be equal 20 The future needs Of home and
foreign consumption The forests now
standing are matured, and are not bettered
by not being cut Al least 80 per cent. Of
the cut-over lands are OF absolutely no
value for agricultural purposes. They are
adapted only 10 timber growing More
over, the native species. II protected from
fire. are. as a rule. readily and quickly re-
produced. Let landowners and loggers
recognize these facts and treat their cut
over lands growers of another timber
crop. LEI n wise policy protect the forests
and cut-ovsr lands from fire, and further
the work Of re-forestation. The lumber
industry + a legitimate and necessary bust
ness, despite certain sanIinientai;sts; more
over. II properly managed, It's future has
more In store for the Pacific coast than all
that her gold fields have yielded