The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-25
THE ORANGE LUMBER MARKET
ulANUrACTURERs ARE SATISFIED
WITH BUSINESS BEING DONE.
Usual Dull season Is Not Ancctina
the MilIs-shipments by Rail
Arc Heavy.

Orange, Texas, June 24--The status OF
the lumber trade at this point can best be
determined from the remarks made by the
various lumber manufactures. when inter-
viewed by the lumber reporter yesterday.
Mr.. w. II. Stark, secretary trcasurer OF
the Lutcher & Moors Lumber company.
was sitting out in the breeze enjoying q
cigar, before tackling the morning mail,
just IN. In response to the reporters In
quiry he remarked:
orders from the interior are numerous
but we have turned down quite a number
this week because the would-be purchas-
ers did not seem to realize that We mean
what we say when we decline to nll orders
at less than list prices. We are not talk
ing anything at cut prices and still we have
all we can do Water shipments are a
little dull just now, but we are daily in
receipt OF numerous inquiries. Railroad
business is good and we have no complaint
TO make"
Mr. Z. W. Bancroft. vice president OF the
Bancroft Lumber company, had Just come
in from survey of their yards and docks
determining az to whether they had ma
terlal on hand 10 MI a good sized sche-
dule that was Offering His mail awaited
him, but he paused a moment to answer
the reporters inquiry. as follows In
terror business is all right, orders are
plentiful and we arc shipping out all the
stuff we can supply. Export business Is
good and We are expecting to load one or
two vessels within a very short time now.
Some of the material Is already on barges
and the balance cut. Prospects are bright
and big rain in the upper country would
make us nappy'
Mr.. II. s Ellison. office manager for
Alexander Gilmer, was busily engaged In
dlsposng OF his correspondence, but gave
the reporter a few minutes OF his time.
To the inquiry as to general conditions,
he replied we are getting large num-
her OF orders from the interior aud are
shipping out material as fast as 1t can be
tprned out from the planer. We are well
supplied with saw bills and have, in fact,
turned down quite few within the past
week. Prices are holding up all right and
have an upward tendency owing 70 the
increased price OF stumpage. there is hard
ly possibility Of prices becoming lower
than at present, but VIII. more likely
advance sim higher
Mr. c. f. Pannewitg, general manager Of
the Orange Lumber company and ID. r.
Wingate Lumber company. had just re-
turned from trip up into the pneres,
when seen by the reporter. and was IN a
rush to get caught up with business that
had accumulated during his absence. In
answer 20 the query rs to the state OF the
lumber business, he replied II don't
know what there is new but we are get
ting plenty OF business from the interior
In fact, we have made no special effort
for some time TO secure business, but have
been getting all we could do We have
everything going, but we are not doing
more than keeping IN with our orders.
have been up in the woods for a day OF
two and am considerably behind"
Thus IL may be seen that the usual dul
season Is not affecting the mills at Orange
to any great extent this year The pas
week has been another one of large raj
shipments. though the mills were shu
down Monday to allow the colored labor
ers to celebrate emancipation day and wer
short handed the next day on account o
some not having recovered from the ef
fects OF their celebration. No barges hay
been sent away, though several are nO'
loaded, and ready TO go out as soon n
the vessels are ready for tho material,
Reports from up the river are TO To
effect that there Is an immense amount q
timber In the river that viii come out o
the first rise and rs arrival here wi
replensh stocks in all the booms.
The question OF maintaining list price
is one that ia not worrying the brains
lumber manufacturers much right now, "a
there Is every logical reason to-believe this
the days OF low priced lumber are thing
Of the past. The reason Of this may /
found in he constantly increasing priJ
of stumpage which continues to 80 high,
and higher. As will be seen from an ite
elsewhere in this department, the stat
has placed the valuation of all tlmbt
lands belonging to the school fund at s
per acre, and few private holdings @ln
had for less, AS this action OF the sta
places an established value on these land
which has not been the case heretofor
When it is remembered that these san