The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-06
A DOZEN MILLS HAVE
RE0PENED THIS week
authorities Declare That Latest Ger.
man Campaign Against England
Can't Make Foreign Market ANY
Worse Than II Has Been-Manufac-
turers To Make Play For American
Trade.

while Forrest county lumber manu-.
facturers are inclined to be rather
gloomy over the lumber market. both
at home and abroad, feeling that there
VIII be no betterment of conditions
soon, reports from various sections OF
South Mississippi today show that at
least part Of this pessimism is mis-.
placed.
1t Is true that the announcement of
the German government that Great
Britain and Ireland, beginning Feb
ruary Is, are to be included in the war
zone, and that the warning to all YES
sells, both freight and passenger to
stay away from those waters, will
have some effect on the lumber
and cotton industry. But one of the
biggest lumbermen in Hattiesburg to-
day pointed out that the situation is
not as serious as some Of his associ-
ates believe.
I'VE have been shipping practically
no lumber to England in recent
weeks" he said, "and are not prepar.
ing to export any soon. So why be dis.
couraged over the most recent an
nouncement of Germany to carry the
war to England's doors?
when England gets ready for our
products, she'll find a way Of getting
them. When that stage is reached
that the reserve lumber supply is ex.
hausted, England will send over a feet
OF battleships and several fleets of
freighters, will load the latter with
yellow pine and will return with big
cargoes, unmindful Of German mines
and German cruisers.
Can't Affect Us Much.
Even should Germany's threat be
carried out, and all traffic between
England and the outside world be cut
Off, we would suffer but little more
than we are now"
From various parts of South Missis |
sippi come reports of a revival of bust
ness
Gulfport has this to say:
ut is expected February will see |
revival of lumber exporting from Gulf |
port. Nearly thirty vessels, over half |
square-riggers and steamers, are ex
pected to arrive to take on cargoes
for export While the demand for
lumber abroad is great, freight and
insurance rates, coupled with the scar
city Of available bottoms, are causing
limited sales. Prices offered are high
but the incidental expenses are in
many cases prohibitive.
However, 1t is stated that go YES
sells have been chartered to come to
Gulfport in February and take on lum.
Der cargoes. 1t is not known where
the majority Of these will go, but It is
England and other Euro
pean ports will receive the greater
part"
The Dantzler Lumber Companys
mills at Bond and Howison are now
on full time, and both plants
are giving employment to about 500
men. During the suspension Of the
Bond mill, which lasted approximately
A month, all the operators were kept
IN the payroll {
New Mill For EIIisviIle.
From Ellisvile comes this report;
"Messrs. Thompson and Dupont.
sawmill owners, Of New Orleans, were {
lere this week and closed a deal for '
several tracts of timbered lands where g
IN they will construct a large saw
mill. This advent of the new industry t
s received with much satisfaction here I
IS there is only one saw mill in op- |
ration now. The proposed mill will
i've employment to a large number b
f local men who are now without v
york." n
Prentiss, however, announces that {
ne of it's mills has been closed down. t
i dispatch from there says: p
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