The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-01-20


tracted wide attention, and II ls az
narent from expressions received that
the lumbermen Of the South look upon
the conditions to be thus developer
with a strong feeling of confidence ~
is a coincidence that almost slmul'""
eously with this publication eAPi01
sions were made by the New foiN
Journal of Commerce practically aIon7
the same lines, showing that the
South had more to gain than TO ioso
by the closer competition thus es'"O-
lished, and minimizing the ADVANTAGES
which it is claimed will result 10 tn7
western product Among o'"e'
things, 1t calls attention to the Ye''
important advantage to accrue 10 'i'0
yellow pine and cypress industries III
the foreign field, in the following IAN
guage:
"The yellow pine Of the South IS
superior in many ways to the IT.
spruce and other timber of the IA
cific Northwest, and thus, while the
southern pine and the lumber from
Oregon, Washington and British W
lumbia will compete with each otne'
in western South America and III
trans-Pacific countries, it seems GER
tain that there will be fair marke'
for the southern pine. The cost u
TRANSFORMATION from Pensacola, Mopi'e
and New Orleans and other southern
ports of the west coast Of Sou'n
America, including the canal toA7
which vessels carrying the southern
lumber will pay, will be about th7
same as the transportation cost from
Washington and British Columbia
It is also pointed out that the III
creased markets for Pacific coast
woods will be limited to a TERRITORY
within a short distance from the Az
lantic coast The logic of the sltua
ton argues that as the distance IRON
the coast increases the less is the
gain as compared with the COST Of
TRANSPORTATION via the present raj
routes, and it is the change Of condl
lions which is the important feature
to be considered There is already
wide area of competition between the
products of the two sections, and 1t Il
not probable that taking the entire
situation together that the new con
ditions will work any material diner
ence in the relative market values o
the two. So far as the western manu-
facturers are concerned, their hope
of betterment must rest almost en-
tirelv upon the domestic market ans
as before pointed out, this VIII re
suit from a lessening of the disadvan
tage under which they labor, parit
in transportation conditions being an
der the circumstances Impossible, 81
the other hand, the southern manu-
facturers will have opened up to then
, a new foreign marekt, which the,
r can reach under at least as fayorabl
, conditions as their western compel
, tors, If not better. On the whole
! therefore, the South will be able t
! broaden its market to a much create
r extent than the West. In respect t
!. the very important South America
v west coast market, it must be Dor
= in mind that it is a growing one, an
!. there is perhaps no more significan
f feature Of the canal situation than tn
v advantage it Is expected to bring t
). the Pacific coast of that continent
l. the increased trade made possible b
O the shortening of it's routes to tn
e markets of the world. That marlt
s is therefore one which is bound
grow with greater rapidity, and IL
benefit of that growth will rebound
the advantage of the southern WOO,
r. as much as to those of the West.
Another important feature of Il
s. situation is that relating to the har
-e woods of the South, which is prac
-e cally free from competition in Il
Iy Pacific country. The opening of Il
70 canal will therefore not only increa
IN their ability to serve the market
ed that section, and increase their abili
s. to compete with the Japanese Of
d. and other hardwoods from trans.
gu cific countries, but will open to the
the important market of South AM
lea and other sections to be reach
via the canal.
n