Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-27

cording to figures gathered by the bu'
lreau of statistics. the redwood ship
lments from upper California, mostly Il
San Francisco and the southern coast
in 1902 amounted to 260,59T,605 feet. II
addition to this. the California coas
Ialoue in 1902 received 606,l02,9S2 fee
OF pine and fir. in 1901 406, 245,540 fee
and in 1900 370.25S.91S feet. The rate
of increase. as will be seen by com
parison of these figures. is enormous.
Farther north on the coast The trade
| in lumber has been expand ng with
corresponding strides. Shipments by
water alone at Seattle were 5a4,472,S01
Y1eet of lumber in 1902 and 596964,14s
fleet in 1901. A movement of almost
equal proportions is taking place to
points in the interior by rail. In 1902
Trail shipments to the interior amounted
| to 562,l75.000 feet and in 1901 to S64,-
| 5000 feet The number of shingles
sent east of the Cascade mountains, ex-
| tending into the territory east of the
| far as the lakes. amounted to 5,0S0,640,-
| coo in 1902 and to 4,4S5.600,000 in 1901.
| The traffic furnished TO railroads In
| 1901 aggregated 52,SS7 cars Of lumber
and shingles from Seattle alone and
69.231 cars in 1902.
| Rail shipments from Tacoma, in
Guiding both lumber and shingles, were
3,l41 cars in 1900, 1870 cars in 1901 and
Il ,026 cars in 1902 Portland, Ore, shows
a traffic toward the interior by rail
ranking next to Seattle in Importance.
In the calendar year 1900 1885 cars of
lumber were shipped from this port,
1857 in 1901 and 1876 cars in 1902.
AS the above figures indicate. one of
the most noteworthy facts in connec-
tion with the development Of the Pa
ciic coast lumber trade is its increas-
ing contribution to the trans continental
tonnage for railroads on the way back
from the Pacific coast eastward. The
Iopening of the Mississippi valley to the
Pacific coast .umbermen likewise
into closer relations with the demands
of the domestic consumer. The con-
sumner in the Mississippi valley is di-
ectly interested in the progress of
numbering, both in the northwestern
Estates and in the southern states, as
main sources of supply. The entire east
Is chiefly dependent on both of these
sources Consequently al domestic in
dusties and interests. relying on the
lumber supply of the future, are con-
|cerned with the prospective ability of
ANY foreign competitor 10 share the
foreign market. and thus 70 affect the
rate of domestic outpu. and its ratio
to domestic demand.
The relative Importance of foreign
Ito domestic demands. so far as the
Pacific coast is concerned is not cas-
lily ascertained. There ar, however,
few figures bearing on the subject.
The principal mills OF the state of
Washington for 1892 reported that
SS6,1I2.SSS feet We're sent to coastwise
destinations, and 15S,l15,654 feet to
foreign destinations. II this ratio
holds good for the coast as a whole,
IL would appear that nearly thirty per
cent of the output goes TO foreign and
20 per cent TO domestic uses.
From present indications the United
States has nothing TO fear from her
rivals in the lumber trade of the Pa
cific. Ultimately, the Philippine islands
will no doubt contribute materially to
the supply. The trade from the Pa
cific coast of the United States is now
in a strong position. During the fiscal
ported 1,402, $4,000 feet OF lumber ana
sawn timber. of which %l0,S47,000 feet
were sent from the Pacific coast The
exports of wood and manufactures
thereof advanced from $26,000,000 in
1898 to $57,oOOo0O in 1903; lumber, the
largest item, increased in value from
ss,O00,0 600 in 1898 to s2l 100000 in 1903.
Since 1893 the Chinese empire, Hong
Kong, British Australasia, Peru and
Chill have. together doubled the value
Of American lumber imported.