Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-11-06
...y or COAL MEN AND
'assEa n~ANuFAc-
TuRERs.
,.,,pH,I1fsfR, ZIMMERMAN
...,-ey RELIES UPON THE
49, az WASHINGTON
FOR LUMBER.
RAILROAD PRESIDENT

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Vol uars, RAILROAD PRESIDENT
Tx Point Nj
VII be COM
n' weather .seeeR WILL PROMOTE
!, I'sINrss AND DEVELOP
Of stair, nrENT RESOURCES.
tween the
q -
The United States against
Is or prins SUI securities company MT.
acted n, enSM sverhaueser was the nTst
hnsbaIA " follow Mr.. Hill in the testl-
Central \ e iisa-S " us is the largest manu-
h,mher In the United states.
y IA the reliance OF the coun-
red for !, tsa e state OF Washington for UNI
lis pnas ~ nassage In his testimony Is In
Enter ..ouainted with the lumber
month"; y,be Mississippi valley.F
~ N. that Is where j have peen
g to oSo M the amount of standing
IN B. W N.ss Mississippi valley, availaple
all, bp, y. \. I hmber, compare with that In
'a damage gs, Fitting very short; the supply
IL II had !. Es get SoS ~ long do you think that
20 thraa,as sontiuue numbering at a proht In
aaa y. ar six years win wipe out
enter o,.. ~ mills. though the last tree
un t1Hen y cut Tor some time TO come In
Ae Oeean88 80 7 am speaking now main
III work esonstn and Minnesota and MICH
tempted 70 muI. q
pIefs avg Are they increasing or dl-
sss,,sb,ng. We get through saw
sssI lake this year n we are
oiunedpolS 'ssroigh at Hayward, so there are
'e ~Internatd ai I"ss'
n PIER. y ,skIng down those milis7
9 M -, Y. nsed 10 operate four in Daven-
Nm. IA. we have only got two left
V. Ia Chin mat mart OF the country are you
tra.Srra. sar a supply Of timber in the
> -e@ouia y his Mississippi valley timber?
circuit y n have been buying In Idaho,
the new nsan and Oregon.
- neN ssst has been the extent OF you
- 'ely 4 ~ IN Washington?
d twelve / own 10000 acres in that
Sc Is buat wAoot from that up to 100000
ana 49,, sbout 10000 in Oregon, and per-
~-N 10 MI the same IN Idaho.
eave you begun manufacturing
many NJ IA nom any Of that timber2
~ slf; we manufacture In Wash
Llence me ad manufacture in Idaho.
at Elk RI Noueht the largest market was In
!, The eou sastern Kansas and Nebraska
elevators illinois was considerable OF a mar
to Elk p asiues now offered whereby he
ley will "a gn, BY the Great Northern and
IA Pacific and the Burlington,
reat advantage both TO his COM
Fanslow. M The public. In fact, this COM
Mr.. and vas practically vita! to his doing
n found &. D. Harris.
ntyi0ur nj B Harris, president OF the Bur-
mas drnWA sytem, testified that he had been
"a Tba I bal system in some form for thirty
d The road had about $500 miles
Instant SEA and to the question whether the
kdM or the Burlington by the Great
=, &&g IN gnd Northern Pacific would re-
clerre u p tzae and traffic between the states
he gas will ngn countries, he replied:
dera IN a he contrary, I think II will pro-
= 80 aa. hEtnsss very greatly and develop
II VI bas y resources and enable forest, min
Q Is a dema ID other products to be utilized.
mains 10 Ire now Idle. The practical extern
rgamar.u the Burlington road to the Pacific
u5enieae " reason Of its connection affords
ME Vi sN Ebny to merchants and manufac-
10 extend their markets. He cited
Il that he had 2.400 miles OF track
gained . kaka and there is not a tree on It,
the follow hose which have been planted by
r HolIstl &neis, No lumber is cut in Nebras-
nuarrr. sod on the market. Lumber Is
InWalins, '1sy TO assist in settling up that
Carter; II people could not obtain lum-
Il. CaW0d 4 reasonable rate they could not
,cot,. sny We and ii is distinctly an advan-
l mat country as well as to the
hlLney n aaHrers on the Pacific coast and to
frsportatlon lines that distribute II.
lnoer has got to come directly
ne nne y hs Pacific coast. Formerly they got
OF GayYl4 3 Quantities OF lumber from Chi
are ninetd That supply was now largely
80 80 ~ A and II they could not get IL
anu y Pacific coast, they could not gee
line Is TO anywhere.
INNING sod asle industry, he said, was another
~ tbA IA esiasss that was being developed
= g engagement. The cattle are load
lKlLhg, pp Y 2nges on the lines OF the Great
ahd Northern Pacific and sent
Y We burlington to feed and fit
reserve, ensht the Burlington rails reached
nf Seth 81 1se packing point that he could
-. maroe Y except Sioux City.
'estMa faA elect will attend the trans
'partMens y eI lumber onto the Burlington
te It q rs wlItory tributary to II, as af-
Cor other Feufn tratfic over the Great
m ana Northern Pacific, increas-
las au1YJ 'oume and the reduction OF
Of them y,
q v~oluuteA hA 4 IS obvious that a wagon
20 80 = 20 loaded both ways can af-
u VI ~ ~ BUSINESS st a lower price than
mas 70 be nauled one way emp
, have IA y lumber business affording q
= ne,S iuppty or tonnage eastbound
Norln#s 2 company to do ~westbound
IS c6Iif3n y tempts us to do westbound
~ s50e0 she lowest price we can afford
:. !, 1a 70 promote that business. We
Iues 49, AZ ~ farious things by doing tnat.
tai OF wv ~ people OF Nebraska and Iowa,
Mortgas M nave q great many lines-we
: canItal a. ~ sneap lumber, which promotes
q cokg. 49,. promotes settlement. They
IKE MIL 49, make improvements, N II
a capital Nssa lndacement to people to settle
3 ContuC M we need settlement, and, In
= ..rym SEEDS us In other ways. Those
M got to wear Shoes and clothes
a capital Y Tea and coffee.
matter taken up was the trans-
NJ Soai and iron ores. Speaking
lference Asrtls Said: We reach a great
ding an rom the Streator district on
"A onelhd y - me district of which Contra
~ II s~u.nernmost point In the south,
INT ~ IA : hany, and some very large
sed tWenl IN ieW Years ago-a very short
needed. NJ, = iact-the coal supply On the
10 c0 hnes IN Illinois had exceeded
. Cd vi srssa. 70 such an extent that the
!, ~ d. N8ss z were beginning TO be a lit
|. T. I fhNs Spout y. They thought we
will be ' rsrsaso 70 hustle around and pro-
,onts. Eel paa. " some way--do something
100 I'll A,l ny II was somewhat difficult
icAo+, t ,nuspendently The soft coal
above, " HFkis q great many transfers.;
&c needeI tn ueteriorates rapidly and must
y ~ m ron the mines To as near fine
49, e hasfas neeptlon as possible without
y scno% ethout go go this country up here,
9ean "up there along the
as msuv 81 sw s and the Northern Pacific,
nee Of p9 5Ns , ana pakotaf
|. 40 iuEu b Athls northern eountrv ana cd
Lnesv nns NV lines ee thosa I'VE roads
9sl 49, kasner, tnat that would AFFORD us
entry 1901 market for that iarSe
range NV Y coal that is to be had there
a iahu " dd vnn ~.