Evening star., 1923-05-31
LUMBER BUSINESS
i AT RECORD SPEED
D,uII in Building Causing No
'Worry-Summer Tourist
Outlook Very Bright.
BY j. c. ROYLE.
. Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK. May 31-The check to
building. both actual and prospective
has brought no uneasiness to the
lumber producers of the country
They are confident. according to re-
liable reports received today, that de-
mand will keep loggers and mills
moving at top speed for months to
~come.
The lumber situation in the Pa
cific northwest is wholly satisfactory
y manufacturers and loggers," Rob-
ert B. Allen, secretary y-manager OF
the West Coast Lumbermen's Asso-
citation and an authority on western
lumber conditions, said today. This
is so because mill output Is sufficient
to keep all plants running Both
American and foreign buying is being
well maintained and prices at mill
tracks, according to all reports, nave
not changed materially.
'"There has been a backward season
In the middle west, but the cheek 10
lumber demand there is not unusual
and will be corrected. Production OF
lumber continues we'll above normal.
There is no surplus OF logs In nortn
that section have unified orders'
both for domestic use and for export,
aggregating over 15O,ooo'ooo ooaro
feet"
Shingle men of the Pacific northwest
are not so thoroughly satlsned. however
The general manager of one of the lead
ifG Oregon shinele mills, which utinZes
Electric power and has capaclty OF
500, 900 shingles daily, declared TO-DAY
the plant had closed down because II
oh hinO
at S245 a thousand out of $50 logs.
Reports from southern mills indicate
that demand is being well maintained
and that the mills have large Volume
: of untitled business on their DOCKS.
Heavy Rail Equipment Purchases.
Announcement that the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe railroad is in the
market for from thirty to thirtyfive
locomotives served today to empha
size the efforts made by carriers to
meet the demands the present business
situation is imposing upon them.
Samuel NJ. Vauclain. president OF the
Baldwin Locomotive Company, who is
now on business trip in the west, in
letters to business associates received
today declared that traffic on all the
roads is very heavy and is making ex-
traordinary demands upon equipment
While the carriers he said, had ex-
tended themselves to repair bad cars
ard locomotives, traffic is so active that
dQultlOndl equipment Is Imperative IL
order to provide for future requirements
Mr.. Vauclain reported business
good in the west, with favorable pros
poets for a continuation of general
prosperity.
President H e. Bryan of the ST
Paul road predicts tremendous tourist
traffic to the northwest, Puget sound
-territory and Alaska this summer
and this statement was confirmed by
officials of other northern lines in ST
Paul and Portland. Commercial
b7dies are providing numerous free
ahtomobile camps along main western
highways for motor tourists, and
hotel managers declare they have
agreed on policy of moderate
charges.
Cement Production Rushed.
Brick plants throughout the Allan.
tic coast section have been seriously
affected in some instances by labor
disputes. but the cement makers are
r4shing production to the utmost tc
Meet demand occasioned by exten.
sive highway construction, which has
more than made up for the loss oc-
casioned by the check to building.