The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-04-25
LUMBER INDUSTRY
At HIGHEST TIDE.
Pine and Cypress Mills Running at
Full Capacity,
With the Demand at Home and
Abroad Increasing,
Keeping Prices Steady and Preventing
Stock Accumulation,
Thus Insuring a Prosperous Future
for the Business Which Natu-
rally Belongs Here.

The strides which have marked the
progress Of the lumber industry within
the past fifteen months have been phe-
n"mr nal. The year 1899 was a record
breaker from every standpoint, wrest-
ing the title of Banner Year from
1sJ2, and es establishing mark both IN
the matter of volume Of business and
prices, but there is every indication now
that the present year Will be even
more remarkable than last.
Until the fall trade of 1890 had set
in the manufacturers Of lumber il New
Orleans and The territory tributary there
to were satisfied to state that the year
had been kinder to them than any year
since 1892, but in the closing months Of
the year they were u unit N declaring
that the figures of that year had been
exceeded Before the old year had died
and the new one had been born their
claims had been verified.
Sui business kept pouring in. There
was no let-up in the matter of orders.
The line OF demarhatton which had, in
previous years, Witnessed cessagia
Of demand, was reached and passed. sui
the orders kept coming in. The period
Of the YEAR which had been devoted in
the past 10 idleness saw the mills as
busy as ever Such repairs as were nee
essurv had to be made 1T odd times. The
nilii"FlgIts we're 10 De t94nu at M .S3Fh
Sme Ne r,nr,fr,,5 I'M Inc dar in
and day out. The constantly advancing
army Of orders demanded II; The value
of stumpage, already greatly advanced,
The spring trade began before the fall
trade had died, and to day there is not
mill anywhere around New Orleans
which has not all the business on hand
mat IL can a'iehu TO- Inc a tIns - %
demand has never eeISea' Us 49, ~le al
strong OF slHnSeA I'm ~!
any time In ls99: Inc number Oh saw
MUS IS cohstunIN cII.np'nE, any 49, IUA
every pant cOAlplFteu aholueI i pcs uH
HE era OF GOO tlM"S ue-an Wheu
the closing cHap ef OF ne SPAN u- +Ailtc'
lean war mad been Wfitlrh' me adued
impetus gwen to all ms or trade al
which found its way to the saw mills OF
the south. TroadinE on The heels OF
came the good crop year Of 1898, and
the fall trade came with rush. The
prosperity II the agricultural regions
found its way into the cities. All kinds
developed faster than did the building
world. The spring trade of 1899 opened,
and it soon became apparent that the
demand Kept pace with the supply.
imnossihIe 70 I'll orders and accumulate
stocks but it soon became necessary to
draw on the stocks which had been
HijeT M dnrinr slack times. AS a nat
RRraI retrlt nrirps sriTcnrd. and stiffeapd
MN th@v rellhed mo high-wIter mark
Nan, fict1rarS Of 4yrry produet, ali
o14r Tho c"nn-r, were nushed 70 Keen
obraast Vim no Iusinoss which saupht
thnn1 as 800 waved older Tho summer
cnr, 90 bIt Ui"6 ~ Nova daIeInnnd no
ANN 1Il',+Jn " hrsIpe"S rTIa strth ia
a a,iI. ~ frr+ of No I,nhnr mannfar.
ny ~ t.rost 20 thn "nuDttv and in
tHtiHs ~, tTs 81 HV 80 70 found
~ SJatH, teaotf6',, Sfb. oood zines
ne oLtsn.esi AeHeS1'oH "a 'A0 s00u
lhat Ee.snt'u- ,,no 49, ro.. boa ..o,
AZ mis- ~, d,,ri I srmnor tba
STOCKS .ieasIns uuiiHS ~ ~ 81 III
OUTPUT WaS hoT rs rs III roSvnmant
- ON ny I 50 MI 90 40 onnI,stnnnS
oesan Ineie M"n nr , u 500 o,a :
reseEHe 10 uIaW uPTii, son h VA 80
= IoWeF G ert nan me sbaI'n nau ~
hno"h 1ue aittNttS az az was o ~ %
n n{ IN ny W0rt,ng arm in arm
an p'tteuentc '. ~ NtnS a,nond 49,
Win ne $500 ~ tha ,,Enbui,dIna, 90 ths
INA SIN ~, im',ot a." ~ pt Us 49,
tuul"ts tilenySis ~ i tdt q II q, ~ rtb
sI'n ~ tne "IttT rh Nv a. az $3.50
NoLtntih E"pir"rI So " bi IL" al n,.
nrnL IN ne SeI,mm ,.o,,r,a ,b gu
PISS ol"TGS ~ lmHn S 90
81 ianS 9,N I fr cUar Ia se
oeen Do ui 10 ef ~ 80 "a 20
cVrilnenGeu 10 se1 1ono Ion6 ah ~ anu ny
| A.. Inc WInten ol loSJl I5oo haFSn ny Ahu
the tiine aIrt Nj wneI the iati traue,
1917 Fs ~ Tba pt,o nassed ia "a ~