The sun., 1919-09-03
PORTLAND SENDING
LUMBER TO INDIA
First Shipments Since United
States Entered War Now
Being Loaded.
AUSTRALIA COMES NEXT
Big Building Boom Predicted
for New Zealand to Increase
American Trade.

Special Despatch to the Far East Sec
ton Of THE SUN.
PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 5.-That Port
land shipping rs returning to something
approaching the pre-war schedule Is
shown by the fact that eleven vessels
from San Francisco alone will load lum-
Der here between now and August TO-
Loading started yesterday on the first
shipment of lumber from this port to
India since the United States entered the
war, and shipments to Australia and
New Zealand are booked for later In
the month. The vessel to carry the
cargo to India is the Norwegian motor
schooner Semmeltind. She will carry
100000 feet of rough mercantile mr.
timber to Bombay.
Three shipments of lumber to Austria
liza aggregating 100000 feet are sched-
uled for early this month by the Dant q
Russell Corporation, one OF the largo
shippers. Expectation of lumber APP
pears only limited to the number or
cargo carriers available, according to
Mr.. Dant, who reports an unusually
heavy demand.
A building boom is predicted in New
Zealand as one of the results OF recon-
struction in that dominion by Robert
Bell, proprietor of newspapers IN Lyttel-
ton, Ashburton and Timaru, New Zeal-
land, who spent last week In Portland.
Mr.. Bell, who Is on the board OF d.
rectors of the international News Con-
gress. is touring the United States.
The New Zealander forecasts rapid
increase of trade between New Zealand
NP
Lumber from Oregon is badly needed at
this time for building purposes. he said,
while the Dominion expects to ship here
meats, butter and other staple food
stuffs.
Men of all ranks and grades employed
in the operation of ships on the Pacific
are demanding a substantial increase OF
wages, which, according to all indica-
lions, will be granted without contest.
A tieup of ships in Portland harbor was
averted Thursday by the prompt acqui-
escence of steamship companies and
Shipping Board officials to the demands.
The organization representing the high
est salaried employees is the Master,
Mates and Pilots Association. A mini
mum scale Is proposed of $275 a month
! for masters, S175 for chief mates, $3.50
| for second mates and $135 for third
| mates. Overtime at the rate Of 81 an
\ hour instead OF 70 cents an hour is de-
| manded and subsistence of SO a day
| ashore Is proposed. The demands OF
| the sailors union are for an increase
Of from SIS to 500 a month, or a day
| rate OF 500 when employed in tina,
| way.
Oregon national forests will be pro-
| tected from fires by establishment OF
| airplane patrols. The aviators, who have
been sent to Oregon by the War Depart
ment arrived Thursday and conducted
trial flights Saturday to determine the
| feasibility Of the proposed patrol. The
I trial flights proved that the undertake
| ing could be carried out successfully, II
\ was announced by Gov. Olcott to-day.
Flights will be made daily from Eu
gene, capital OF the State. the aviators
| flying over the national forests, which
| are located at a distance of $50 miles
\ to the east and to the west of that point.
| One aviator will cover the western area
and one the eastern area each day and
! report any fires discovered, so that fire
lighting forces can be sent to the spot.