Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-07-29
NATIONAL F0ftfcNr BUSINESS I
BREAKS uECORns HN
PAST YEAR.
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washington. July 2r.-The nation
al forest business done during the
iiecal year which ended June 30 SUR
passed al previous years The re-
ceIpla from 4ho forests approached
t1.5o9. zoe. % which about one-half
tered into for the sale 81 timber 20
1a cut either AZ once or IN later
Years 4otalIed about 1000, 900. These
sale contracts permit the cutting per-
ica 20 extend over a number 81 years
when large bodies Of Timber are m
VolYed.
under existing laws IS per cent Of
the GROSS receipts. or nearly 100000,
wfll 10 % sk6 benefit Of the states
IN which the forest are situated. for
schools and roads
The records show that the volume
81 sales controctcd fpr La different
years uuctaalee widely, with nps nnd
Gowns aceora.n s, g ssnsrai business pa. s,ss
shown q fairly steady tendency %
advance IN the fiscal year 1900
lsuly 4, 1905, 90 June 80, 1900, the
first full year after the forest Gerr-
ito was put In charge Of the forester.
the timber Feceipta were about $780,
eco; 10 the fiscal year 1897 some
nboat $4,000 In 1908 timber re-
ceiufa dropped back 20 less than
S1So. 6O0. but III 1910 and again in
1871 we're over t1,oo0.0Oa. and Ia
|1Bl2 were nearly 9i,i0e. 000, AZ
AGAINST about ti.2bo.eo0 for the year
just closed.
Forestry officials aay that the pFin-
cspal factor in determining how much
timber will 30 sold in any given year
a the Fenerol lumber market which
In turn depends largely on general
business conditions Thus. when In
dicationa are that q period 81 brisk
demand II ahead. with increased
ton. msning development and other
fOrma Of business expansion that call
Tor lumber or timber, operators are
seeking contracts When business
haifa lumbcrmen naturally 50 slowly
81 the matter Of committing them
selves by new purchases on q large
scale But cutting under eerlier pur-
chasea and small sales continue even
Ia periods OF depression. The gradual
Inflammation OF outside sources OF
supply and the steady development
~ tise country, which creates in'
CREASED local demands, tend TO Offset
the elfecta ~ such periods.
As an illustration Of this the figures
/ for 1891 and the Immediately follow
lne wears are cited liz the nscal year
1901 the forest service sold more tim
Der than has been said IN any latel
year prior 70 that iust closed. con.
tracts were made covering over 2
billion feet board measure. But W
the fall 81 1907 came business panic
l followed By inactivity. sales IN 1909
disposed OF less than 800 million feet
and IN 1903 Of less than SEQ million
/ IN both these years more timber wal
cut under sales than was disposed o
/ through new sales. The difference
was the result of cutting under ms
contracts Of earlier years.
Fast years sales Of over f4,00n.nui
Il worth 81 timber does not necchfarii,
mean a prospective income from tim
/ her Of this large amount in the i'm
mediate future To bring this about
there would have 20 be- "a series %
/ big sale years. The present year ma,
or may not see sales equal 90 thos'
OF the last While general MARIE
conditions are al present less favor
able 10 large commitments than thti
were ak months ago. thc aagreaaiN'
I sales policy now in force. Win iu
opportnnitiea for iouH-term pufchufe'
on FAIR terms where sales are possible
Ia no other way. WI probably roun
terbalancc 60 greater or iess de
gree Influences that may tend -
check sales The need Of the countr'
Tor national forest timber w groWini
and every year brings normally mot'
"a this timber within the radius az 81
] fectlve demand The yearly cut ans
The Income from the forests can reah
/ onablv he expected 20 rise ia the ~
lure "a ID has bfen rialng, howeSrt
the number Of sales eoniraeia m"l
nuetuate.