The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-05-23

HOW PRICES ARE DoUBIIsG
Prices at Home Seem to 1ncre.s6
With the Falling off Of
Exportations.

sans exports OF forest products have
shown higher and higher values dur
ing the last five or six years. This
has been the case although reports
show that there has not been cor
responding increase in volume. For
instance, the quality Of sawed timber
exported from this country has In
creased less than IL per cent In the
last, four. years, while: the price has
Increased over so per cent. Akaip,
the amount Of rosin exported llas In
creased but little, while: the price has
more than doubled, s- - S:s zs5s5 SIS SIS
80 Oak Rapidly Diminishing.
From 1908 to 1906 the value Of
staves showed very - little increase,
but in: the year 1897 there was a de-
crease In the number exported Of
about 10 per cent, together with an
Increase In the price Of about 20 per
cent. This last; would seem to- indi-
cate a., recognition Of the fact that
the supply Of the highest grades . Of
white oak is rapidly diminishing.
The slaves exported are almost ex-
clusively Of the highest grades OF
white oak and form about a fifth OF
the annual production of white oak
slaves in the United States. As
might be; supposed, large part-so
per cent-of5 the slaves went to
Europe, forty per cent to France.
The: export trade. makes a, heavy drain
on the supply Of white oak. :. ;5s
iRosin and Turpsntins. =s
Boards, deals. planks and sawed
timber make up 80 per cent Of the
total value .of forest product exports.
Rosin ranks next, with nearly 10 per
cent Of the total value OF these ex-
ports. spirits OF turpentine follows
with about 10 per cent -Four -fffths
Of the rosin and turpentine go to
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:. j: -s-m Export Of Shingles.
- The number Of shingles exported
has decreased fairly; regularly since
1903. In 1907 there were shipped
less than half the number that were
exported four years before. More
than 50 per cent Of these. shingles go
to Mexico, while less than 10 per cent
We're shipped to ports outside of
North America. This. shows how few
shingles are In demand abroad. The
fetal EXPORTS of shingles. represent
less than one fifth Of one per cent
Of the production OF this Glass Of ma
terial in the United States.
~ Timber, and Lumber:
The amount of wood exported in
the form Of hewn or sawed timber
and lumber was about per cent OF
the total, lumber cut in the United
States in 1907. More yellow pine Is
exported than any other kind Of tin,.s
Der. The order is yellow pine. Doug
las fir, and redwood. Although there
are no figures which bear directly on
the amount Of yellow pine lumber an-
nually exported, it is estimated that
at least 1a per cent Of the yellow pine
cut finds its way to other countries.
Probably a. third of the Douglas fir
exported went to South America.
The redwood exported forms an Inn
portant item. Australia and the ORR
ent together took 10 per cent Of the
total and. South America 81 per cent.
The exports Of redwood in 1907 were
about five times what they were Il
years ago and we're larger than those
Of any previous year. The ships
ments to Australia, and the orien..
especially have been increasing stead
lily during this period. The shipments
to South America Of redwood. as well
as number Of other forest products,
has Increased greatly in the past two
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