The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-07
OUTPUT OF TIMBER
WILL BE CURTAILED BY SPAWN
 TIMBER MANUFACTURERS.
Florida and Alabama Men Organize an Association and Expect to Control the Market-Wil Take It out of Hands of Eng
 fish Dealers.

Pensacola Journal.
 The Sawn Timber Manufacturers As sociation came into existence last ngnt in the parlors of the Merchants Hotel, when about twenty-fye of the princhipIai bama met and organized. The purpose or the organization is to curtai the output of timber. and thus not only benent the great degree the forests, which during the past few years, have been thinned out tn such an extent that within few more years there would remain but httie of the fine timber now existing.
 The meeting and organization last night was the outcome of similar meeting held in Brewton on November ~, wneh men manufacturers in Alabama and Florida and secure as members men who con trolled B per cent of the output or sawn timber exported through the ports of Mo- bile and Pensacola, and request them to meet in Pensacola on December I. With the result that last night there assembled at the Merchants Hotel some or the most prominent timber men in the country controlling, as they do. over two-thirds of the output of sawn timber shipped through these ports. The meeting was called to order at o'clock and the cleo ton of officers was as follows: President-T. R. Miller, of the Cedar Creek Mill Company of Brewton. Horseshoe Lumber Company, of River
 Board of Directors-T R. Miller. E. L. Moore. E; M. Lovelace of Biackshear BiacSshear of the Blackshear Lumber Company of Mobile; c. w. Zimmerman: of the c. W. Zimmerman Company or Jackson, Ala; J. H. Fuller of the shoal Ala.
 Its Prime Object.
 The prime object of the organization is to curtail the output of the mills m the Is not in any way connected with the as- | sociation. It Is the intention of the asso- | ciation to so curtail the output or the | mills that the manufacturers will be com pletely in control of the timber market, | and can reduce or swell the output at will. It is also intended to have the bus mess so well in hand that the dealers | on the other side of the water can be | compelled to come to the terms of the manufacturers and not the manufactur- CTS to the terms of the Engllshmen. as has been the case heretofore. When the output isA curtailed the price will rise. and this is what the manufacturers de" sire. They have been cutting enormous quantities of timber in the past few | years and flooding the market with 1t, placing the exporters in a bad position | as well as themselves, and as conSe- quence the dealers across the water have been in control of the situation and able
 These are the conditions which the Sawn Timber Manufacturers Association propose to remedy, and in doing so they the exporters at this port. In order to curtail the output the Association each year will figure up the amount of timber they desire to be cut by all Of the mills. | thousand feet. In this manner they will | be able to figure the output of sawn timber in Florida and Alabama, and de- | they say, will have to be paid by the Enslishman or they will. cut no timber at all.
 Will Protect Forests.
 One of the strongest arguments ad- vanced by the manufacturers is that II the indiscriminate cutting of timber con tinues for another three years. the for ests which have been drawn upon so heavily, will almost be completely de- pleted. and the plants now in operation will be closed down for the want of tim Der to cut, but in the organization Of the men who are furnishing the material the forests will be protected to remark able degree and they will thus be enabled | to continue for years to come. In fact, they say that the present organization Is the salvation of not only the manu- facturers, but the entire timber country. | They argue that where they now cut 2OOO feet of timber for certain amount they will within a short while be enabled to | demand an equal amount for 1OOO teet.
 It is figured that the output this sea son will be curtaled to fully one-haif of that of the season nast. Timber Is now l SelllnR at l4 cenlS, u very Boou DNe the mills are said to be in fine condition financially, and will thus be enabled to hold their stock for higher prices. Most of the mills are now running on lumber for the interior which is selling at very | good price, and they state that the time | is most propitious for such an organiZa- tion to be perfected and put in working condition.
 How the curtailing of the output of timber will affect Pensacola Is a ques- tion, but 1t Is said by some that 1t will not materially effect the commerce of the port.
 Some of Those Present.
 Among those who were in attendance
 T. R. Miller, Brewton; E. L.. Moore. River Falls; c. W. Zimmerman. Jackson; J. H. Fuller, Nadawah: J. D. Hand. | Douve; J. A. Prestwood of Andalusia; H. L. Berry, Foley; c. L. Wiggins' Pine Barren; E. M. Lovelace and w. Y. Lovelace, Brewton; G. B. Frierson, | River Falls; J. B. Blackshear, Mobile E. O. Gumminger, Dyas; G. w. l.. smith, Brewton; J, M. Foshee, Cohasset, Ala N. Mcleod, Dothan, and w. w. Jones of Seminole In all there were about twenty-five present
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