New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-04
MICHIGAN LOG.CUTTING.
! CLOSING OF MILLS FOLLOWED By ACTIN.
ITY IN THE WOODS.
From The Chicago Record.

From The Chicago Record
All authorities seem to agree that the year 1899
has be been n Lumber ban + .
does. but every indication points 10 an early open
The closing Of operations at the mills in the
Northern pine territory has been followed by &C
been favorable TO logging operations, and in many
sections hauling has begun Although number OF
than usual OWING to the Small quantity Of logs
held over and the high prices at which lumber mas
the most favorable conditions, that the log crop
this winter will be abnormaly large In many Of
output, and the increase in districts where timber
is more plentiful will not Offset mis- ,
ably firm and manufacturers generally have no
doubt that these prices will be maintained through
that stocks at the principal distributing points
not at all heavy While considerable stock will DO
marked scarcity is reported at number OF places
In the northern hardwood section conditions ara
at these places the input Of logs this winter win
be quite heavy Dry stock, however. Is very scarcs
there can be a surplus in any Of these grades for
several months The fact that large part Of the
for is a marked feature of the situation. this gen.
eral anxiety the part OF the buyers TO place
mil output being accepted as evidence that they
expect a firm market next year ,,,
is making rapid advance, promising IT perma-
nent place among the hardwoods. ManuIactusets
generally agree tnaI DlICH Deeu soiu icoa-
before all available stocks practically having been
0ssd out The Of 0 snd Of for
has created demand for cheaper wood winch
s T1 adapted to this purpose and in giving IT the
mahogany finish the color Is made UNIFORM, mus
Sirch whereas a few years ago buyers generally
demanded red birch, with possibly q very smau
percentage OF white while the nearly all white was
The The state Land Commissioners has made severs!
very heavy sales OF hardwood timber In the lass
month; in fact. these sales have exceedea tnose
OF all the rest Of the year II is I'm Una, ~
yate Tracts ra IN selling Inf rapidly 'Au
Gordon Murray for fourteen yeas h
the OF Inc .o Of ra the sooy urs
dictions as to the future OF the lumber INDUSTRY N
the the I heSvest Of pine win the END
within five years. while not q lew VIII exnauss
I Them i hs SAYS viii likely follow the cutt q
available hard wood and hemlock the maenl,los g
to the increased demand and new eonditionss =
under present conditions It would make poM
Industry At best, he thinks. not one-hah Of TIE
machinery and equipment now employed coula cs
in hardwood enterprises, excepting possibly the
matter of stumpage. relatively would be larger
therefore would be to pass to the control OF lhs
stronger financial combnatons to the exclusion Of
Il mainly rests as a problem OF the future. -.
The hauling of logs from the Georgian Bay s as
trict to Michigan IS Dy tne Dig -pooin ~
containing Ave million feet OF logs each are brought
safely across the lake MI
Many Canadian logs cut from Michigan min mn
were hung up in the woods owing TO the SUDDEN
Disappearance of snow. 1t is estimated that IN the
Georgian Bay district about one hundred and nlty
million feet OF logs will be cut this winter. IL re-
mains to be seen II the embargo placed on this IN.
dustry by the Ontario legislature Is enforced IN n
test It's constitutonallty in the courts Should me
law be sustained the market value OF CANADIAN
logs and stumpage Will be destroyed, Americans
will not go into Canada and manufacture lumber
when there is duty of 81 on every thousand rex
sent into the United States.