Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-11-06
I,t,fpaautstR, ZIMMERMAN
|.,,,.rsy RELIES UPON THE
or WASHINGTON
i FOR LUMBER
|,,pRIs, RAILROAD PRESIDENT
..-oerR WILL
.'.usss AND DEVELOP
RESOURCES.

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, or prin. :, the United States against
cted h, sMs Securities company MT.
husha eanssM averhaueser was the nrst
SSaAueel w WToIlow Mr.. Hill In the testi-
Selua IN in 81. Paul.
~ lmnmber in the United States.
ed for !. 49, - "a the reliance of the coun-
.s ~ ~, al my stste OF Washington for luim-
!" pusineS n cassage in his testimony Is In
month"; . !, scouainted with the lumber
ITO y he Mississippi valley!
y -. that is where l have been
In 3. " ag f obo nTt The amount of standing
II, bns -. ~ NE Mississippi valley, aVaiIaple
h A. ~ Y lumber, compare with that II
the center Esl Getting very short; the supply
q thras.i .ESssns.s now long do you think that
e0ss w. continue numbering at a profit In
ptar az. sag ~ ar six years will wipe out
Ia ~Ns1 nar mills. though the last tree
~ oceans = se cut for some time TO come IN
al work M am speaking now main
temptaa i ssDonsin and Minnesota and MICH
men preyeA ,.n vo,r own mills in
say grassA Sew? Are they increasing or dl-
slxs,r,.h,ug. We get through aw-
iIueapoiR Snel Lake this yea and we are
, lnternah ,smurh at Hayward, so there are
NJ y s w , sssir down those mils?
: y. H& ~ "A rsed Ia operate four In Daven-
ent; John Ioxs: we have only got two left
L. Chip
~eaSufsr y tsr 4 supply of timber in the
circuit n this Mississippi valley timberT
he new 4 IN have been buying In Idaho,
h vorr - srion and Oregon.
MAR has been the extent Oh your
Twelve 80 In Washington?
o is bull xs own 1,25o.QOO acres IN that
and cost er%hOod-from that up to Q 200
SAM Sess sAotL 10000 in Oregon, n per-
sAout the same In Idaho.
anv NJ IA psve you begun Manufacturing
49, !. . nom any of that timber?
lence me Ye sfr. we manufacture in Wash
az Elk I'd ana manufacture in Idaho.
The can thopght the largest market was In
,sseTn ha nSSs,deraSia ~ q mar,
to Elk n MINUS "@
BY win be hslities now offered whereby he
rio. by the Great Northern and
an Pacific and the Burlington,
Fanslow, 4 great advantage both to his com
dr. and end the public. In taet, tnhs com
/ found v was Prao"N' '" w
tyfOur u q. II. Harris.
mas drov1 b Harris, president OF the Bur
u TN ! 4 system. testified that he a been
= y lat system In some form for thirty
lstant sea- Hx. The road had about $500 miles
u, and to the question whether the
lerre Is NJ and Northern Paciac would re-
gas will tsde and traffic between the states
ers IN htgn countries, he replied:
The contrary, I him IL Will pro-
VI gas Y business very greatly and develop
is q DEM resources and enable forest, min
mains 10 nd ether products to be utilized,
Comar,e are now Idle. The practical extern
SsN @ the Burlington road TO the Pacific
lie OF e1 ~ reason OF its connection affords
tnnitY 10 merchants and manufac
,,0d . y extend their markets He cited
aLiseq 2 net that ne had 400 miles of track
he follow afsska and there is not a tree on 1t,
= HollIst those which have been planted by
ri sod ON The arS Lumber Is
Carter ESst; to assist in settling up that
CaFON ~ IL people could not obtain lum-
oott. az 6E a reasonable rate they could not
PER-, and II is distinctly an advan-
ltney, a 2 mat country as well as to the
Ehesurers on the Pacific coast and to
Nnspertation lines that distribute IL.
Q line y lumber has got to come directly
OF GayYl ne Pacific coast. Formerly they got
re nfnetd Nes Quantities Of lumber from Chi
"a Mt that supply was now largely
~ anu 7 eEed and II they could not get It
ire IS V ~ Pacific coast, they could not get
ming g0& 3 anywhere.
- ~ n anle industry, he said. was another
king, pr management. The cattle are load
retaTy, ne ranges on the lines of the Great
sern and Northern Pacific and sent
me Burlington to feed and At
I Seth T isSsa Sns burlington rails reached
.stlnanaa& Il. sxcept siony Sir, 'nat oou
Ahat effect will attend Che trans
it q ira &@nn ol lumber onto the Burlington
other y territory tributary to II, as af-
" feurn traffic over the Great
IS adOp ~ and Northern Pacific, increas-
Of them y volume and the reduction OF
4 yoluntq var !,
u = ca go loaded both ways can af-
M w BUSINESS at n lower nrice than
.rs 80 mas 70 be hauled one way emp-
nase = NE lumber business ~affording a
N0TtRSs lA Supply Of tonnage eastbound
3 compeg ne company TO do westbound
Of $500 @s Il fI IN eg Inpe US to do westbonnd
les com Ner 10 promote tbst hns,naas We
al Of 81 sslss various things by doing that.
Mortgd "a me people OF Nebraska and Iowa.
anl.aI ~ nave a great many lines-we
cap& w cheap lumber, which promotes
capital i sSSsss. make improvements, and It
ranfr& -Sea lnducement to people to settle
It helps us In other way. THOSE
capital nave got to wear Shoes and clothes
nse tea and coffee.
snAt matter taken up was the trans
'erence NJ ~ coal and iron ores. Speaking
ing an mtr.a nsrris said: We reach a great
arah ss 49, 9 from the Streator district on
~ Ms ~ " me district OF which Contra
rra vuenernmost point In the south,
ID twenN snsS ! many, and some very large
add 49, 49, Z lew years ago--a very short
leeus~ w. IN fact-the coal supply on the
ng, wv s%a lnes In Illinois had exceeded
and rs@seau 70 such an extent that the
Pr aMs,.asors were beginning to be a lit
~ hs hsS ! about II. They thought we
WI " ~ able to hustle around and pro-
snts. ~ FArKet IN some way-do something
VI H.. put II was somewhat difficult
.hove n M ~As mdependently. The soft coal
49, fashs tand a great many transfers;
Is neepJ a.sOie deteriorates rapidiy and must
I'LL Dc cmDh the mines to as near the
rch0ol hansNt.n sunlption as possible without
1850 \ xs,ssteerr. SO this country up here,
: made NY mean up there" along the
N 4 nsstns .hern and the Northern Pacific,
" w. snd Dakota?
the y. y ~ sais northern country, and es-
.ntfy krvssnt that that would AFFORD us
Nae roSssat market for that large
land rsseeiate price 70 20 Dc q there
as eK Aac you have an advantage.
N Il. 'aprnent and exchanges OF cara,
ianu ubos .Hnciuating Conditions attend
i The ~ Nm Joint rater ~y
this y tsS I. n preparing for a very large
,es SAD IN , Az could not provide cars. nor
.rNdj nas AZ mlncrs AFFORD 10 work tha roInes
ava 49, me large e~xpenditrre that Is
fnF WM . 49, 70 0n n 4, NWs -