El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-30

kst greatly. and prices picked u a lit
tie But what the foreign business
could not do directly. it did Indirectly.
Two hundred million feet OF lumber is
. lot. but not enoush to send be vel
low pine market very high Hut the
developments did the buSIueSs-Nulck-
There came a rush Of business " the
railroads Of the country. TO deliveAthe
crops that we have been making. nd
70 hustle the great orders from Europe
for every sort Of supplies-uo SnlpSide.
The railroads found themselves with
more nan 100. G0e OF their wooden cars
in bad order-unfit for use Then the
car people stepped in. Orders for re
pairs on practically this entire 1Oq.-
Geo cars were made and car material
Jumped into instant demand The or
ders got bigger every day. and the de
mand was such that the mills were
forced OF raise their prices Nearly
zoo. 600, 600 feet Of car material has been
bought since thai demand started. and
the car material market is still ire
mendously active. h big purchasing
agents contested for the stock to be
had OF this material, and their comper-
tive biding sent car material up like a
rocket orders for thousands OF new
cars added 20 the demand
Railroads Buy Lumber.
One turn Of this kind always drass
IN others. The big corporations Of tie
entire country began buying. The rail-
-9=dz came cuE with scores OF big or
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lumber. They seemed TO car nothing
about the price-they wanted deliver.
The OIL corporations. the mining rcm-
Fsn-es. tne big distributing Lumber
yards . the north and east-l1 fact
e ervone seemed to want yellow pine
I'll IT one time The average retail
yard was not in on all this sudden de
mond- They we're almost as surprised
as the mills. The yards followed be-
hind the big buyers. but their buying.
TOO. proved a great factor n the mill
man. in 20 days from the time the
furry started. finds himself in the
midst Of the strongest demand for yell
iov- pine -hGt has ever been known
ine they cut the first yellow pine
into building material
Many Untrue Reports.
NIan- untrue and wild reports have
been distributed and published It Is
not true that yellow pine IS not to be
The mills OF Texas. Louisiana and
Arkansas alone are turning out lum-
her at the rate Of nearly i0O,O0U,0Vc
faes q month and they have been in
craasInE their production somewhat to
meet the demand Plenty Of lumber Is
to be had and quick shipment can be
but with the demand at least
the supply. and some of the
time exceeding II, the price OF yellow
pine has advanced something like 50
g thousand this fall. ,
What n future will be is purely
r-oblematical. The mills have more
Lnaa AaNEa4-A p ANAS 0H manu. anu
an even demand. this market
looks stable Tor the present at least. Z
The pOssibtlit- OF Mexico reenterinS
the lumber lists and beginning the re !
a|uildinE OF that shattered country. is
of the things hat the manufac- .
tgrer is keeping his eye on as a pos I
sibie big factor in next years devel- 1
oFrcnrs-
ProyidentinI Demand.
The preston. Who made this tre-
1sndous lumber situation is one .
hat has been asked frequently Of late
Providence alone had q hand in the
making The manufacturers and the
are about equally surprised at
he eXten- Of the demand. n the de
-~elopmelts that have ensued. The
Eorld-which for three years seemed
@ scorn the use OF yellow pine in any
ming like a normal volume-scems to
suddenly discovered that il wants
tremendous quantity of this material
n various departments TO which
he manufacturer is accustomed to
ookinE for trade, have all started
heir rally at the same time. No such
Tor lumber has ever been noted
,efors in the history of this country.