The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-23
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s.xaxr GATEWAY ONLY PARTLY
1ELPs SOUND MILLMEN.
1-.-f,al Of Five Cents Gives
e .,~rd the Trade in Utah and
~..~~eso ana yellow Pine still
-. the Field in Nebraska.
". yuy,bermen OF the Puget sound dis
~ 30 still awaiting Accent rate 70
.s,rt river points on fir lumber. and
I'd 80 rommIttee is still anxiously ex-
Za,~ 10 hear from President Hill, Of
rs.at Northern, in answer to their
I1,sru praylng for a reduction or ID
~ n the present rate. While II IL
mat the opening of the spokane
z.,vsy gives access to new territory
ssnfnre forbidden to Puget sound mill
~ M fact remains that the territory
.sssv limited on the present lumber
n nom Seattle and prohibitive to the
q markets for lumber In Utah, Colo
"a nebraska and Kansas unless Mr..
nrce more comes to the rescue OF
pnret sound lumber industry and re-
fbe present joint tariff.
n Ar-lumber rate committee held sew
n meetings last week In the expecta-
n receiving a reply from Mr.. Hill,
up to last night not word had
II received.
4 ~ present situation of the Puget
E..d lumbermen, under the new joint
- Il about as follows; The 40-cent
~ through Spokane opens up to them
GOOD towns In Colorado, namely,
Ei6er and Greeley. The others along
main line are small and OF little con-
1oence.
n wyoming there are altogether six
5ker yards that consume lumber either
- Portland or the Puget sound ana
talanre use native timber.
Ish. which consumes much of mining
~ and which Is In reality a good
7&s1 has been turned over to the
9isnd lumber men. There is scent
rental that makes a difference Of
n, owing to the present low margin,
vents the Puget sound millmen from
4 " isrritory from Pocateilo to Helena
u Butte Is also given to the Portland
keYmen. The other points along the
n llnc IN Colorado and Wyoming, are
n competitive basis with the Burling-
ana Is really not a new territory.
Lower Than Local Rate.
Of cents lower than the Puget
a rate from Montana and Idaho.
leh enables the ltimbermen of those
~ states to cut very seriously into the
M territory opened UP by the Spokane
pwuy and those Iumbermen have the
"a hind Of lumber to sell as the mill
~ 81 the Coast. Their percentage Of
anon. however, is slightly larger than
III i this problem Of disposing Of com
- lumber, and which constitutes rs per
~ OF every tree growing In Washing
IL which led the lumbermen to seek
M1ktension of the market. Speaking on
~ subject, the president OF the Ar lum-
rate committee, Victor n. Beckman.
( Even at 40 cent rate there is no
Icy In II for the lumbermen In this
le u being simply dumping ground
y lumber which we are unable to dis
~ os. Let me give you an idea OF the
4petitiun that we have In Colorado,
10 on 40 cent rate. Lumber that is
& 16foot dimension. Is quoted by the
lumber manufacturers In Denver at
a. against 1850 for yellow pine and
& for New Mexican pine. Our COM
tlon with yellow pine from the South
<Fss lumhermen 10 cut to their price
Q&6o which, after deducting $l2 per
aand Tor freight, leaves "a 50 for the
men and logger, This would bankrupt
II milfncn In short order were II not
re fact that he Is al the same time
ded 10 ship a few specialties. such as
timber, fiooring and other upper
aea Of lumber on which there n a
(onAble profit; but long timbers floor
and other specialties constitute only
ENFy small portion of the shipments
Must He n Reduction.
10 Nebraska and Kansas. where q 10
rate prevails on our fir lumber, the
ew pine sells for from si5.50 to SIC, and
Ahe frelght-aliowing the fir weight at
pounds to the 1000 fcet--wiil be SIS.
wuuld leave us. II we should at
20 compete for that trade, from
fents to 81 per 1000 feet with which
2Scyer cost OF logs and the labor of
1ucing the lumber. So you see. no ex-
need be looked Tor BY the Great
shern and Union Pacific alliance nn-
9 reduction OF freight rates OF 10
u granted Puget sound millmen.
inc Shingie trade IL different propo-
~. A. all the shingles used In Ne
&3&a, Kansas, Colorado. wyoming and
$500. N"itit A'tffi ttfte STATE tho
3sas Northern simply takes the burden
Us haul which hitherto has gone by
~ Ct the Northern Pacific and the
sAnr Pacific tof which the Great North-
~ ms had no pprtiun and transfers
Ap ne new alliance. This will not cree
y any new territory because the same
Hnscry has already bought its shingles
eem this state
lAs Tar as the lumber proposition is
MI ss,kTtnsd NJ the present time. the mills
ss.ppihg by rail do not know where To
81 Ior a market next year unless a 10
@s rate Is granted. One OF the largest
sis 81 the Seattle & International road
~vasun9 today an order secured by the
Esnunx OF the rate into the Rurliug-
q territory Western Nebraska and wy
xsns,, and were II not for that conres-
~ shat mill would today be idle
WaerS are figuring on closing down
N'anAe The territory Is not large enough
Y slss them all orders There will Ne
N. sfaee az all IN Na@th Dakota next
3 IN, 0r not nntll another crop is har~
$500 n. and the lumbermen must have
-, ,.tict or suffer. We are confident
~ Mr HUI who came 10 our rescue
= ~ seven years age. when ne made !
4 WI rate. viii DO so again The mat
s., NC rate ~ still mp with the Great
f'e'reA, ana reply r. expected daily.
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