The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-18
OUR LUMBER AND
TIMBER SITUATION

The current issue OF the Lumber
Export Bulletin. OF Washington, D
c. reviewing the general domestic
and export lum Der and timber situa-
ton throughout the country, VIII
say
The general market continues its
trend toward stable - conditions
Spaarn odtr advances are noted here
and there. but in contrast wit
these there are Some well-def!ned
drops to he considered It is 70 ne
urged that these slight hreaEs--for
nope OF them are IN excess OF rev
poir+s--be not uiFinterpreted as an
Indication OF coming weakness. All
the influential factors are clearly de-
fined by now. and they afford
aound basis for the conclusion that
firm conditions may be anticipated,
with quotations perhaps q bit below
| existing figures
The hardwood output is stea diiy
"a ming, having been helped Snfle~
what hv a s'frfrr Improvement tn tho
car short age In thn hardwood cen
tres Labor conditions hold about
tho same Weather has been good,
with correspo ndirElv good woods con
/ .f4fitsyfs Tire n&lIls are making ev1s'y
| effort to increase their cut ana we
trust that a good figure VIII be az
/ tanned for we hook for a very BRISK
/ building situation next spring The
I demand continues very tirrn on me
/ domestic side The steel strike with,
i by now good prospects OF a. fairly
ra0id terrninatior) has not as vet in
I Auenced the demand offered by the
/ BUYERS for the implement and auto
rqol,ila manufacturer Every item
1 IN the urpcr grades Is moving very
| hTieklv stocks are still badly broken
The total production is bv now not
/ far from the normal figure,
4 decrease In orders is noted in
tho, pitch Pine feld stocks are 50
depleted however, that nillneD have
every incentive to maintain their cut
| NJ the highest possih bile figure The
actual production is a good percent
i are below normal, but the }ndutry is
making fair progress towards reCoN-
erv form the unfavorabie logging
conditious Of the past few weeks
stock sheets are being freely trSn1ed
now. and decided price softening
is noted
DOUGLAS FIR production now leads
the total Of orders by comfortable
/ margin. Transportation difficulties
! have aided the mills in building up
their year reserves Demand contin
ues strong. but exporters nre unable
70 move car@oe9 to any extent. owing
to labor troubles We look for Ii
sirht failing or on Ar prices
| Califorr 10 white and Sus display
somewhat different condition from
those attached to Douglas Fir White
cars are very short q the mills and
Il oc<s ARE Increasing orders are NJ
/ cum ulat'ng but production condj
tons have not been so favorable hers
and II does not seem logical to an
tfcipate any drop or even much 0f
an easing off, in the near future
The I.uu be rrn en- PureaH Of Wash
ingtou makes the statement that
there prevails throughout the entire
Industry a feeling that the price
peaks have been surm0untod and
thai firm conditions arc coming A
settlement OF the treaty debates and
tho strike situation viii very prob
ably hasten this long expected era
~ sound basin esSs conditions
Export dernand is AT a cuief Level
Foreign docks are still crowded and
promise to remain so for some time
10 come Sterling exchange is sim
calculating at low figure, but the
general gradual tendency now ap
pears 70 be in the direction OF
strength