The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-11-06
REVIEW OF THE LUMBER sITUA-
TON IN THE SOUTH

situation throughout the south, the /
Southern Lumber Journal, in its last
issue, says: /
The returns are all in and the
month OF October has rounded up a !
most substantial Improvement in de-
mand and prices for all the more de- /
sirable grades of lumber of any /
month during the the year of 1908. A |
survey of the situation at both ends
of the line discloses light and badly
broken stocks among the yards up
north. east and throughout the mid
die west. as well as among the manu-
facturers in the South Atlantic and
Gulf states. During September buy
ing was more spirited and active than
we have known it for a year or more,
and at times the conditions bordered
onto old time activity, when the CUES
tiOn Of price was a secondary cOnsid-
Grafton, the lumber and its delivery
being of first Importance. 1t was
during the month of October that
the buyers from a distance showed
mp in greatest numbers down here
among the mills OF both long and
shOrtleaf pine, with orders in their
pockets to be placed. Several were
booked, but from all accounts and the
best information we can gather, many
desirable orders are still tucked away
In their inside pockets, awaiting fu-
ture developments.
Beginning with the North Carolina
pine district, We find the market
strong and oversOld on "A No. l edge,
and other grades of box lumber, such
as 10 and u inch widths. From what
is regarded as perfectly reliable
sources il is learned that the buyers
mp north have taken on orders during
the month Of September for something
like 10000, 600 feet of rOOfers and
about 2O.0O0.0OO feet of edge box, not
more than One-tenth Of which has
thus far been placed among the mills.
I'm the yellow pine district of the
south. covering Georgia, Florida. Ala
hama. Mississippi and Louisiana the
demand for rift flooring, dimension
lid, ,,,s,-;o1 ,os1-Dol T,,v,,l,o.
and timbers rules more or less active.
for which orders have been freely
placed during the last thirty days.
While there are a few idle mills. they
are so from choice. and it is safe TO
say that al the present time there
are more yellow pine mills in opera
ton throughout the states above men
toned than has been the case at any
other time during the year. For bridge
and trestle timbers the demand has
been abnormally large. especially
since the floods in the two CarOlinas
and Georgia subsided has the demand
been unusually strong for everything
I'm the way of bridge and trestle tim
bers. This class Of material is read
lily commanding 81. 50 and So per 1000
more than il sold for last summer, and
In certain sections the mills are we'll
loaded up with orders of this class.
Dimension sizes. 2x6. 50 feet long, are
bringing sl4 per thousand: SO TO 80
feet lengths are bringing SIS per
Thousand. Sizes lOx1O and II TO 1OX12
thirty feet long. are selling at $40 per
thousand. with S245O for forty foot
lengths. Standard decking. rough. is
selling al $40 and Sl1 under a fair
demand
ON the interior of Alabama and
Mississippi il is shown that whereas
two months ago inch No. flooring
Was going al 50 per thousand, today
IL Is nor easy 10 be had at s11. Sixty
DAYS ago ks. 40. > shiplap was like
wise going at 50 per thousand. while
today the ruling price is S12, or a gain
of s. per thousand over the values of
two months ago.
Rift flooring and dimension sizes
range about on a par with the values
I'm Georgia and Florida. some slight
deyiations being noted on both sides
Of the list according 10 location. Car
material i'm that territory seems 10
have the call at this time. for which
there has been as niue has a So adj
vance on certain items.
Farther down on the Gulf coast, at
Mobile. Pensacola. Tampa. Gulf Port
and New Orleans. the mills report
some Improvement in the South
American and West India trade. with
the European markets rather dun and
inactive.
Cypress is holding its own fairly
well and the manufacturers are not
disposed 10 push the market Stocks
appear 10 be ample 10 meet all re-
quirements. and the manufacturers