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

Icordlng TO f1gureS gathered by the pu-
reau of statistics. the redwood ship
Iments from upper California, mostly to
San Francisco and the southern coast.
in 1902 amounted to 260,59T,605 feet. IN
addition to this. the California coast
Ialone in 1902 received 606,102,9S2 feet
Iof pine and fir. in 1901 406,245,540 feet
land in 1900 370.25S,913 feet. The rate
Iof increase. as will be seen by COM
lparison of these figures, is enormous.
Farther north on the coast the trade
in lumber has been expanding with
|corres ponding strides. Shipments by
water alone at Seattle were 564,472.SO1
Meet of lumber in 1902 and 506,964,74a
feet in 1901. A movement of almost
equal proportions is taking place to
points in the interior by rail. In 1902
rail shipments to the interior amounted
to 562,175,000 feet and in 1901 to S64,-
$4,000 feet. The number of shingles
sent east of the Cascade mountains, eX
| tending into the territory east of the
Missouri river and, in many cases, as
| 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 52,337 cars of lumber
and shingles from Seattle alone and
I69,231 cars in 1902.
| Rail shipments from Tacoma, in
Guiding both lumber and shingles, were
3.141 cars in 1900, 1870 cars in 1901 and
| 6,026 cars in 1902. Portland, Ore, shows
q traffic toward the interior by rail
ranking next to Seattle in Importance
In the calendar year 1900 1885 cars OF
1857 in 1901 and 1876 cars in 1902
! AS the above figures indicate, one of
| the most noteworthy facts in connec-
ton with the development Of the Pa
cifc coast lumber trade is it's increas-
ing contribution to the transcontinentai
tonnage for railroads on the way back
from the Pacific coast eastward. The
opening of the Mississippi valley to the
| Pacific coast lumbermen likewise
brings the export trade from the coast
| into closer relations with the demands
| of the domestic consumer. The con-
sumner in the Mississippi valley is di-
lNctly interested in the progress of
Numbering, both in the northwestern
states and in the southern states, as
main sources of supply. The entire east
sources. Consequently al domestic in
dusties and interests. relying on the
lumber supply OF the future, are con-
Icened with the prospective ability of
any foreign competitor 10 share the
| foreign market. and thus to affect the
rate of domestic outpu. and its ratio
to domestic demand.
| The relative importance of foreign
| to domestic demands. so far as the
Pacific coast is concerned, is not cas-
| lily ascertained There are, however, a
few figures bearing on the subject.
The principal mills of the state of
Washington for 1892 reported that
3S6, 172,3SS 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,
lit 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
citic coast Of the United States is now
| in strong position. During the fiscal
| year of 1902 the United States eX
ported 1,4O2, 499,0 900 feet of lumber ana
sawn timber. of which 2l0,S47,000 feet
were sent from the Pacific coast. The
exports of wood and manufactures
thereof advanced from $26,000,000 in
1893 to $5I000,00O in 1908; lumber, the
largest item. increased in value from
50 100000 in 1893 to $2l 100000 in 1903.
Since 1898 the Chinese empire, Hong
Kong, British Australasia, Peru and
Chill have, together. doubled the value
OF American lumber imported.