Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-06-27
LUMBER LACONICS
TAKEN FROM THE TRADE JOUR.
AIS AND PERIODICALS
Shingles Slightly Better. Redwood improving
Trade feverish In General Stocks...No Ca.
madam Tariff Asainet American Lumber.
Chshalis County Logging Output for 1908

There is a better feeling on the red
cedar shingle market than has prevailed
for many weeks, 1t is generally conced.
cd that the lowest point has been reach.
ed and that there will be an advance in
the near future. Just how soon higher
prices will be secured is regarded differ.
emily by the dealers but all agree that an
advance is coming. Many dealers are
now asking 81. 10 for stars and allowing
some to- 60 at sos while in some in
stances 1t is reported that Stars have
been selling as low as 1905 within the
week. This latter figure is very excep
tlOnal and there were special reasons
back of the sales at that figure. TIE ma.
jority OF holders are asking 80 so fiat for
clears. There has been some selling at
81 48 but there is now determination to
hold for $3.50 and it is highly probably
that this figure will be the bottom OF the
market for clears from now on.
Eastern jobbers Of red cedar shingles
report sll. ;ht improvement in the mar
ket this week. Enough demand has
come into sight to st. fen the back bone of
the market and quotations are reported
to be on the upward trend. If this ia &C.
tually true buying will be more brisk just
in proportion as the retailers find out
which wav the weather vane is headed.
By an agreement reached some time
ago the majority OF the logging camps in
Whatcom and Skagit counties, which
cut logs for the open market, closed aud
will remained closed until after July 4,
and probably longer.
The attempt on the part of British
Columbia to place duty on american
lumber coming into the Canadian north
west has fallen through, word having
been received from Ottawa negativing
the proposition. 1t appears that the
Canadian government fears the Ameri-
can tariff retaliatory clause, doubling the
duty ON American lumber entering the
states in the event OF Canada imposing
any duy on American lumber.
Siding does not show much better
ment and it is difficult to establish the
market, however there is no reason APP.
parent why it should not follow the
course of the shingle market and slow
advance is looked for.
Advices from North Dakota where
there is usually a heavy sale OF Wash.
ington fir and cedar products do not jus.
tify any expectation of any rush of Or
ders from that section. D. H. McMul-
len OF the st, Paul & Tacoma Lumber
company, who was for years a regular
traveller through that country, has re-
ceived batch OF letters from old bust
ness acquaintance all indicating that
business is quiet with crops late but do
ing well.
After showing decline in the volume
OF business as compared with the last
year for two months the shipments for
the month for the month were greater
than for any OF the previous months dur
ing Il e year and exceeded the ship
ments from the redwood mills OF Hum
boldt Del Norte and Mendocina counties
California, again showed greater activity
during the month OF May. The ship
ments for the month were greater than
for any of the previousmonths during
the year and exceeded the shipments for
May Of last year by about thirty eight
per cent. The total for the month reach.
ed 34,000,OOO feetand was greater than
for any May in tho years. The largest
previous total for May was during that
mouth of last yer when the shipments
were less than 25,OO0,OOO feet The
squirt taken by business during
last month brought the total for the
year to the first of June higher
than for the corresponding five months
OF any previous year, the total being
more than III 100000 feet.