The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-01-24
|DURGOYAE TELL S
|OF LUMBER MEET
IN MEMPHIS, Tenn.

That the yellow pine industry is TO
enjoy a degree Of prosperity hitherto
unknown is in fair way OF becoming
an assured fact and ailin dications
point to the greatest volume of bust
ness for the south's chief manufactur-
ing industry during the coming year
that it has ever known.
c. r Bu-goyne, secretary and man
ager of the Stems Lumber & Export
company, returned home yesterday
from Memphis, Tenn, where he at
tended the meeting OF the committee
on exports of the Southern Pine As
sociation, and he reports a most en-
thusiastic gathering Of the big men OF
the industry. In his own words the
meeting was "howling success"
The primary object Of the meeting
was 10 discuss ways and means of
arriving at a solution OF the problems
Of marketing to the best advantage
the products of the southern yellow
pine forests and if plans laid at this
meeting mature, there is a little ques-
ton that this object wiu$have been
attained.
II has been long recognized that the
growing Importance of America in the
markets of the world called for a re-
organization OF it's methods of mar
keting its manufactured products, so
as to meet successfully the organized
competition of other great maritime
nations The old method of every
manufacturer for himself Will no longer
suffice # We. as a nation, expect to
take our rightful place among the ex-
porting countries OF the world.
The meeting at Memphis was ad-
dressed by men of national fame who
have given a S7rhiarf nf frf
trade relations their best years Of
study and their remarks made it plain
that II we were to get into the front
rank Of exporting nations. It was up
20 us TO organize just as the exporters
Of other nations have been organized
long since. The Webb Pomerene law
designed to enable manufacturers to
combine their selling resources in such
a way as TO eliminate disastrous COM
petition in foreign markers, was
shown to open the way for combi-
nation OF the yellow pine producers
20 the end that their produc. might
be most profftably disposed of in the
markets CT the world
To Organize Selling.
AS result OF this meeting a plan
was evolved which is expected to lead
20 the organization OF gigantic SELL
flee. whose business It will be to sell
the entire product Of the southern pine
exporters to the best advantage By
dealing direct with the purchasing
heads OF the various importing ma
tions, apportioning the business to the
several ports of export as conditions
warrant.
That there will be crying need of
yellow pine in all the markets of the
world as soon as reconstruction sets
in in earnest, is a foregone conclusion.
The countries bordering along the
Mediterranean. which have heretofore
found their source of supply for wood
goods much nearer home. in the for
ests of the Baltic provinces and Aus
tria, viii no longer be able to supply
their wants from these regions. ow-
ing to the rfavages of the great war
and the disturbed political conditions
and lack of labor in those countries
and the only logical conclusion is that
The great south must become the new
source of supply to these countries
This holds good in greater or less
degree with all countries needing lun-
Der for construction purposes.
It is not SO much a question of find
ing a market for our wood goods as to
find means to carry theee goods to the
markets IHat VIII oeVelope OF their
own accord and a part of the plan as
outlined for the new sales organiza-
ton will be to provide means for Sc
curing ships to move our lumber
On his return from Memphis, Mr.
Bwgoyne stopped off in Birmingham,
and attended a meeting OF yellow
pine manufacturers at the Tutwetler
hotel in which were congregated
gathering Of the saw