Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-02-22
General Survey of the Markets.

Minneapolis Lumberman: Az
spring advances there is a continued
Improvement In all lines OF business
all over the country and the lumber
trade is getting its share Of the
growing prosperity. There was
Ievrr a spring that started out with
better prospects for u continuation
Of u good demand for lumber. The
demand for 1t ls going to be such as
to warrant good prices throughout
the year and the retailers as we'll as
Wholesalers will realize better profits
than they have during the past three
or four years.
| Conditions on the west coast are
such that the demand for lumber is
already better than was exp cted
and 1t IL growing every day. The
rush to the gold fields IL making
business in ali lines hum out there.
and there is a considerable demand
for lumber to be shipped north along
the coast. This has made business
for thu. cargo mills, and all mills that
can handle shipments by water are
running full blast. 1t is also Stfien.
ing the fir market. The movement
OF shingles to the eust has commenced
and promises to he larger chan ever
before In the history OF the shtngle
trade ~ the west coast.
In the south the manufacturers Of
yellow pine are more independent
than they have been for years. There
Is no surplus OF stock. and prices that
have been stifi all through the winter
are already commencing tO advance
again. Trade kept up 81 well
through the winter that none Of the
mills were able to get much ahead M
their orders. and as consequence
they have none too much stock on
hand to meet the demand "f the new
yrar. Shipments to the north are
active. The hard wood tra'ie Of the
south opens up well. and the fac
tories at st. Louis and Kansas City
are preparing for large demand
this season.
!, Coming up along the Missisri rippi
river it liz found that the wholesalers
and manufacturers Uf white pine are
commencing to ship, and their ship-
,ments have already reached beyond
thu ,y.llume that is uruRl so early In
sehe spring, Prices for northern pine
are also, stiffeninR, and they are al
ready fully half u dollar higher than
they were ut the close OF the demand
in the fall. In the white pine district
Az a " hole. there Ia much smaller
amount VI stock than there was
year ago, and the effect of this Will
be felt all through the season.
At the head Oi the lakes there Ia al
ready a good demand for lumber,
ard most 0t the lumber sawed lust
year has already been sold. either for
shipment east or for the rail trade
to the southwest. There fs a pros
pect that there will be short crop
Of logs for the Duluth mills this eea-
son, and this will still further stiffen
the market.
At Chicag" the trade has kept up
better than it was exp cted. Early
In the year there was n heavy move
ment, and 1t was thought that 1t
wah only II temporary squirt. The
demand keeps up though, and whole
salers are commencing to believe
that there will he 40 let up. Stocks
iii the tributary country yards are
not large, and the commencement of
active huiI'iing operations will tend
to still further enlarge the demand.
Ha,dwN,ds and yellow pine are
showing the same activity as II
whi,e pine. and the trade Of the year
promises to eclipse ail previous
records.
Shipments for the past week from
the Minneapolis market show u
slight decrease from those Of the
week previous, but this IL easily uc- |
counted for from the fact that Satur-
day was u holiday, and consequently |
there were hut five days in the week
when shipments were made. Had
the usual shipments been mace on
Satu, day the record would have
shown continued increase, as COM
pared with the corresponding week
oslast year. Shipments show an in
crease of nearly 2,0'h', 400 feet and
February. half gone, is holding uD
the record which was started by the
January shipments.