Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-01-30

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wlea shipments aeE1 i move ~
lie lev -1u--lg
Tie i-zra1ce desw==c Pacific Ccas-
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AGAINST / present II rae -ruu P-gec
Sound . Nav YORK q = Cents -e-
10 pounds ~ S94.-5 pe- racusa-, (.
Zee n -t15e-s lie Panama cana
-z-= VII not exceet 5000 Per -to1s-
and .=eC and = more likely % = adol-
5000. -here1y showing saving q
$3.50 - thousand OF rough lumber.
"a against ~ present &. raj cost
dressed lumber oy rail cosrs from
$500 e $4,000 Cer thousand and III
saving II This class u material would
= only 800 10 81 l0. saT, -a4r@
tore al acreage ct $1,000 or dressed
. soc. and 1880 CT rough, rim6ers.
ere
o. course Pacific Cozsr lumber has
-or heretofore reached The Atlantic
markets II any large quantity. he
demand being Elair=d 70 spec!aittes
which would stand ire prohioi-i7e
rate The possibilities uader the
Lew rates can hardly IL .orecasted
lending The actual establishment Ct
shipping and terminal facilities for
this new traffic The new develop-
nenr q likely 70 IL slow because
nills already we'll supplied with prot
table orters will ROT ~ eager 70 ex-
plot new fields, but inevitably dis
trtb1tlng yards will be established
a. Atlantic terminals IN The near IL
t1re and It will then be possible 10
reach inland territory az far West
"a OHIO with western lumber. This
innovation may arrive slowly but il
will certainly be fixed fact in the
NOT distant future
Now il reduction Of $1,000 10
1880 per thousand feet to me At
lan-ic seaboard is 10 be realized and
Ike reduction to European ports.
with tine schedule that will make
this new routing popular ard com
ImercizlIy feasible in .neeting curren-
requirements Of trade. il needs 10
argument 70 show that these condi-
rions are faTorable 70 heavy devet
lines and that such traffic will quick
y open up following the completion
Ut The canal facilities. And It is
further evident that this new outlet
Kill give an impetus 70 the lumber
business II the Pacific Coast such
~ has never before been experienc-
4G. which, On top Of the prosperous
conditions already in effect must
mean permanently increased De
.aand with correspondingIy better
profits, and the raw material froD
which these profits are 10 BE- realiz
ed must share literally in the irn
proved returns.
FIR stumpage may be said TO rang
in value today from zlo0 To $50
per thousand in Washington, with a.
acreage IT probably $500, while f
Oregon owing to a larger percentag
available a. the lower figures. AZ
acreage Of $50 per thousand woul'
probably be about the prevailing ha
IRE. To double these figures wouI'
atill leave very low priced stumpag
compared With oil competitive source
III supply, and with the new cutie
above referred 10 and the larger De
mand thereby assured it seems wei
within bounds to again predict tina
the Panama canal will double tn
value Of Pacific Coast stumpage.-
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