Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-06-29
EXCURSION OF LUMBERMFN WILL
EXTEND COAST MARKET.
An Eastern View of the Possibilities
of the Results of Trip. Nebraska
Dealers will Aid Demand for q
Forty Cent Rate on Coast Lumber.
will Increase Market for Fir.

| There is great zeal of significance in
the trip TO the west now being made by
upwards of one hundred lumber dealers
OF the state of Nebraska, both for the
dealers themselves and for the manufac-
turers of the west who are making the
trip most pleasant one. Excursions of
this kind are usually productive of re-
suits. "A few years ago large number
OF dealers from this same state made a
trip to the manufacturing points of the
Mississippi valley. They were elabor.
ately entertained wherever they went.
The white pine manufacturers were bid
ding for their trade. 1t was at time
when yellow pine was making strides
northward, and the northern manufac.
turers wanted to create good impres.
sion, and one that would last long after
the travellers returned home. Such was
undoubtedly the result, for kindly feel
ing and desire to reciprocate for cour.
tesies extended could not but follow.
Nebraska is still debatable ground, and
the manufacturers of the far west are
anxious for The trade Of the dealers OF
| that state as are the makers OF Ium her
| in the north and south. On the present
schedules OF prices for white pine. yellow
pine and fir lumber, the state OF Nebras.
ka is equalization ground, and this trip
TO the west is an opportunity for the
manufacturers Of that section TO put in q
strong bid for wider distribution of
their products than they have hitherto
enjoyed.
It is not. however, for purely selfish
purposes that the western lumbermen
are doing all in their power to make the
trip memorable one. If the south is
famed for it's hospitality, the west claims
q broad liberslity and good fellowship,
and no one who has ever gene west has
had occasion to doubt it. Business men
of the far west are proud of their coun.
try and Of the progress it has made and
is making. They are more than willing
any one who is sufficiently interested to
see and listen, and it is not their inten.
tion that the visitors shall overlook any.
thing the west has to chow. But aside
from this willingness and desire to ex-
tend the glad hand, the lumber manu-
facturers OF the west believe that they
have interests in common with the retail
dealers OF Nebraska, and that the oppor-
tunity is ripe for just such communion as
is now being held.
When the train bearing the Nebraska
dealers reached Seattle, every tourist is
said to have been decked out with but.
ton announcing that 1--WE want forty.
cent rate" In that desire they are in
perfect harmony with the manufacturers
of the far west. The contention of the
coast lumber makers for forty.cent rate
to Missouri river points has been battle
cry for many months. If they have en-
listed the dealers of Nebraska, they have
added more pressure to that already
directed to that end, and whether or not
they shall finally secure what they have
90 vigorously sought, the trip of the re.
tailers from the prairies Of the state Of
Nebraska will undoubtedly result in
wider market for the products of the
western mills. White pine is still sold
in that state, but in a much smaller
a no hn fo,
ago. Fir and yellow pine constitute the
bulk OF the stock in the yards, and each
is serviceable and necessary to the needs
of the builders. Owing to the proximity
Of the market and the more favorable
rates, yellow pine has been sold in great.
er amount than has fir. 1t had the ad.
vantage Of an early start, and Of the fact
that the retailers OF that section of the
| country are better acquainted with it.
But after the ending of the trip to the
coast and the visit to the mills of the In
land Empire, the Sound country, Oregon
and California, the manufacturers Of
southern lumber will undoubtedly find
the western woods stronger competitors
than ever before. Even though the de.
sired "forty-cent rate" shall not become
a reality for number of years, this con-
tact with the manufacturers of the west
and the knowledge acquired of the pro-
ducts they have to offer will introduce
western pine, fir. cedar and sugar pine
and redwood into markets where they
have never before been known. and
since ell manufacturing lumbermen ara
in Q hurry to turn their timber into cash,
the strife for trade will be more strenu.
Gus than ever before Mississippi Valley
J Lumberman.