The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1922-11-05
THINGS ARE BETTER!

A very good sign of an improvement
in local conditions all over the south
is splendidly reflected in the large
demand now existing for all kinds
and conditions of lumber. There is
a corresponding increase in the de.
mand for all classes of building ma
terial and coupled together these
facts serve to reveal revival in the
building line.
The truest sign Of prosperous
condition is always to be found in
the amount of building in progress
and according to the best sort of evil
dence to be had at this time, there
is a growing Upward tendency in
building activity all over the coun-
try.
Here in Brunswick, we are just
about to get active in the building
line again Two very handsome
school buildings are under course of
construction; the Atlantic Coast Line
is spending more than hundred
thousand dollars on its local termi
nails, the Hercules Powder Company
has just finished the construction of
new and very attractive laboratory
at their immense plant and in a few
short weeks, city and county will
commence work IN earnest on the
The great $4,000 highway to st.
Simon.
Then the. handsome Kaiser build
ing, recently acquired by A. J. Goor-
don, the we'll known Newcastle
street merchant is to be remodeled,
work is under way on the Brunswick
Broadfield road, the Maratime Indus
tries company is installing a large
dry kiln at their plant and making
other additions.
All of this combined with the gen
eral opinion that things are going
to get better is having fine effect
generally, and We believe very sin
cerely that the situation is more
promising at the moment than it has
been at any time since Armistice
day!
The following from the American
Lumberman on the subject is of in
terest and bears directly on the To-
cal situation:
Building remains unusually brisk
for this season, the industrial trade
is good and the railroads and car
builders are taking large quantities of
lumber. Therefore, fundamentally,
the demand for lumber is excellent
and buyers are continually seeking
to place orders. The only drawback
to trade, however, is that the car
shortage remains very severe in.
of the predominance of criminal
ing regions with the result that ship
ments are limited and deliveries ex-
tremely slow. AS manufacturers do
not have unlimited piling space the
volume of orders accepted must be
held at the approximate level of pos
sible shipments and the result is that
many buyers are having extreme diff
ficulty in placing orders. Production
continues in excess of either orders
or shipments. This condition is part
ly due to the desire of lumber manu-
facturers to round out broken stocks.
a condition caused by heavy demand
this year and also by the desire if
lumber manufacturers to retain their
organizations intact. The average
large lumber manufacturer (85 per
cent of the lumber cut in this coun-
try is produced by large manufac-
turers) employs several hundred men
and it is a difficult and expensive
proposition to break in a new organi-
zation. Consequently lumber manu-
facturers are doing everything they
large a basis as possible in order to
give their men employment Some
operators have already gone on part
time basis, not because of a poor
market but because of inability to
make shipments. In the case of one
large west coast operator, this action
was taken after discussing the ques-
ton with the employees, and upon
their advice. Lumber prices remain
firm.