The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-21
LUMBER MARKET IS
GREATLY IMPROVED:
DEMAND IS BETTER
ERN MANUFACTURERS
AND DEALERS SEE PROS
PEhlTY SIGNS.
INCEEASE IN BUSINESS
IS COMING, THEY SAY

Operators Look for Better Prices
During the Next Few Weeks.
Brighter days ahead are seen for the
lumber manufacturers, according to
letters received by the Lumber Trade
orators of Louisiana, Texas, Missis-
sippi, Alabama and Arkansas. All see
prospects for better prices for their
products and strong indications of re-
vived demand for lumber and other
forest products from manufacturing
and il s 81 centers of the North
and E.ror. The railroads also are
branching out and traffic managers
are calling back their equipment to
their own lines, showing an eXpecta-
ton of heavy movements in the crop
ping seasons both North and South
Many heavy orders have been placed
by trunk lines for repairs to cars and
sills, siding and flooring have enjoyed
good call at prices showing a gen
eral advance of soc to 81 per thou
sand board feet.
w. H. Managan at Westlake, in the
Calcasieu long leaf pine district,
writes: For some REASON or other an
optimistic spirit seems to prevade the
yellow pine manufacturers. Railroad
lines over which we are shipping are
taking steps to keep their cars on
their own rails, which is a good indi-
cation of an anticipated increase in
business"
H. H. Patterson, Of AtmOre, Ala,
says: Il am inclined to agree with
you that conditions are improving"
Inquiries Doubled.
J. G. Simpson, sales manager at
Westlake, La, writes: inquiries have
more than doubled in the past three
weeks, and with the news columns OF
our daily papers filled with articles
concerning the placing of orders by
large railroads and other large indus
trial concerns, we think the advance
of 81 per thousand you indicate has
been made recently by some of the
manufacturers is hardly adequate to
J. S. Foley of Kentwood, La, writes:
cit is apparent to us that the pendu
lum is starting to swing the other
; way Our shipments the past month
! increased 16 per cent and the situa
ton shows in every way considerable
| betterment over last month.
w. N. Baird of Vredenburg, Ala.
says: 1--WE advanced our prices 81
days ago and We have had no reason
thus far to regret it, as we are receiv
ing a nice volume of business"
w. E. Lee, of Manchester, Ala.
There is silver lining to the clouds
ahead of us, and we are sure to see
the dawn of better conditions in thc
near future"
Guy H. Mallam of Alexandria, La.
| There is no question but that there
is a better feeling among the manu-
facturers and an improvement il
prices"
John Mason of Natalbany, La: "Or
ders are plentiful and we are receiy
ing more inquiries for the last tire
weeks than we had received in two o
three months before"
T. V. Coleman. sales manager a
Long Leaf, La: 1--WE naturally agre
with other manufacturers that tn
present basis is very much too low -
Others Optimistic.
| L. B. Sedgwick of the White Lum
!. ber company at Columbia, Miss: "W
are pleased to report that the tim
!, has come when we can make an OF
timistic report regarding the presen
!, market and prospect for the fntur
without drawing on our imaginatio
or distorting the facts as they al
pear"
: r. H. Gust, of Arbo, Miss: "Wit
us the outlook has improved. Their
J is considerable more demand at higl
Ter prices"
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