The Orange Leader, Citizen-Record Consolidated (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, April 28, 1905 Page: 1 of 8
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W. H. STARiv,
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LAURELIA, (Polk County) TEXAS,
The plant to 'looted 90 miles north of Ho^toa. TeM^on the_Hou,Mn,
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mill, and superior dry kilns. The faoilittes lor sup,
lumber, railroad ties and: timber are among the best,
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86 fir this month has béeivan unusually strong one
In demati'l for lumber, All of North Texas la pressing
tor quick dispatch on a great many Items that local mills
ate prajtlcally but of. , Milla have rarely experienced
such a scramble for house building stuff, as has been bear-
ing down upon thtm for the past three weeks, yet orders
coime faster aqd faster with each succeeding day, Some
items in dimension, ary enough to ship, are quite out of
reach. The Lutcher & Moore Lumber company ran into
a bunch of order? Tuesday*with three whole cars In the
lot that they were -forced to saw . They tried to get
the at other njllla but failed utterly. At the Orange
Lumber company's office the same conditions were men-
tioned and, upon inquiry at the Alexander Gilmer Lum-
ber company's 'office The Leader man was told' a telegram
calling for similar material came" to hand that day, but
met with ho better success. •
Mills are straining every nerve to «accommodate cus-
tomers and, If granted a little more time would meet re-
quirements of the bulk of the trade^but.so'much business
has already been confirmed, and shipments' followed so
rapidly, that they find It quite difficult to respond to all
of the more urgent requirements of the retail dealers. ~
. Talking with F. H, Farwell/of the Lutcher and Moore
Lumber company, this morning, he mentioned the per
slstent demand for 16-foot .flooring. He had been , ad
vised that this particular length Was a favorite In many
localities tor gallery floors eight feet wide, tie suggests
that, where-stuff to be used in that clasaof work Is needed
it would be to the Interest of the consumer to specify
same In his order, and Instruct the shipper to supply the
number if feet needed ánd at the same time «permitting
the shipper, to load 8, 16 and 24-foot lengths. This would
often facilitate delivery, for yards frequently have 8
24-foot Hoorlng tn stock when 16-foot lengths have been
exhausted. Orders for the latter came this week that
were not accepted at mills here for the very good reason
that the supply was sold too far ahead. Had buyers In-
timated that any multiple of eight would have served the
purpose prompt shipment would have followed. A few
country 'yards have adopted this rule recently and got
their goods without delay; otherB, no doubt, under the Im
presslon that the mills carried ample stocks In all lengths,
omitted this mention and have been put to much unneces-
sary incpnyenlerice, to say nothing of time lost by deal-
ers and further detention of contractors, writing to' other
mills that are ho better prepared to take care of their re-
quisition . A little elasticity in ordering certain other ma-
terial Would, In many Instances, prove valuable to buyer
and to manufacturer alike. His suggestion is submitted^
by The Leader hoping it may benefit, those directly inter-
ested. A mill man will lose a sale rather than send out
something "just as good" whese an order specifies posi
tive details and, so long as the requirement maintains Its
present volume, it will hasten deliveries If builders' adopt
the hint dropped here fcy Mr. Harwell.
•In slack times mill yards carry, assorted stocks and
send forward, often on day of receipt of ordei1, urgent
needs of their friends; but the pressure for the past sixty
days has been such that no mill In the Southwest has been
In position to handle all the business that, offered with
the expedition that It would prefer.
From the Gulf to the Missouri river there Is scarcely
a hamlet that Is not In need of more lumber than It can
get. This condition can be largely accounted for; In fact
every community has been kept, advised upon wéather
conditions ,ln the logging district, and knew before thfe
building season arrived that mills had lost, much time
during the long wet winter. ■ Trade papers carried the
news to dealers while home papers and cross-road loungers
suppliedr Information to remote settlements. All pre-
dicted increased consumption, for the means to pax for
it had been reserved out of last year's crops'; but only the
wise ones placed orders far In advance'of the.general
rush, hence very few are ^ble to push construction where
much heavy work is Involved.
New price lists were sent to the trade last week and
both sides carried a small advance, but this feature had
po perceptible' effect upon Interior demands.*; Sales have
progressed with an energy quite equal to that prevailing
immediately before. A few buyers, In order to hasten
shipment, have offered a premium upon certain Items, It
Was a matter of business with them; fifty cents or a dollar
more on a few thousand-feet of «tuff needed to complete
a job Is rarely permitted to balk a contractor, and' he
reasons wisely. Any seller Can make a price, no buyer is
farcéd to pay it. Manufacturers have no agreements
among theselvfts that binds one mill to accept figures
made by-others. Every mill will grade values upon each
Item on a basis of assortment. Where one c,lass of mate-
rial is neglected by the trade It is marked down; stock
that, sells faster than It can be turned out will stand more.
But all mills are not long on the same goods, and what one
m&y run short of, another plant can often be found with
an over-siipply. A mill at this place sold ten cars of a
certain grfde last Monday at *11.75. Another shipper se-
cured an order one day later from a buyer who offered
IÍ2.25 for the same cUbs of stuff. These two Incidents
came to the Leader's attention inadvertently; It caused no
cómment from any one, for, no doubt. Investigation would
show that many other Items were sold by the mills here
with the sanie disregard for*fixed values. Bach seller
makes his own price, according t6 cost or size of stock,
and his neighbor Is never consulted. Manufacturers aim
to promote the consumption of lumber, and they clearly
appreciate the Importance of maintaining a moderate cost
to the costfmer, for he pays the freight and will balk when-
ever he is discovered he Is not treated properly. Competi-
tion among retail dealers pan be relied upon to keep prices
within the range of customers, for the average Purchaser,
In city or country, will not pay out his money until he has
acquainted himself with values at available yards.
Yards at mills In this vicinity look pretty ragged, yet
four of them carry 7,000.000 to 12,000 000 feet Their
holdings have often exceeded double that quantity and,
even then, a few Items would become scarce. It Is ai sub-
ject worthy of reflection to watch saws dropping boards
In such rapid succession, then to contemplate the great
number of saw mills throughout the lumber
making them just as fast, and yet to realize how many
thousands of people, in recently settled communities with
cash to pay down, find It Impossible to secure enough lum-
ber to build a shelter for their little ones. , , _
Much of the country west of the Mississippi '8 y®1
be built up; Wt the days for cheap lumber
Btay, and the itaan who makes for himself a comf5rUbl®
home hereafter must be prepared to pay more for the
material used than did he who built In the same neighbor-
Railroads are disposed to enter into ™ „ ," PTnéc-
milla for lone contracta, but the latter hold off in expec
tation of greater values. Small orders are.ttot so hard to
nlace as larger specifications. Roads are buying hewn lob-
lofly tl¿ and iaving them creosoted. This wood hw been
long undervalued on this coast.
that years ago cypress was thought to be the only wooo
durable enoughto stand this damp climate. When it
became scarce'^and shingles, for the making of which
cypress has no superior, went to fancy prlces, afl they dld
in 1R66 lona-leaf pine was substituted for many uses,
IV to? forty years has, contmued to grow In favor. It.
NUMBER 48
-too, Is steadily Increasing In'value; oak, hickory and qth«r
a$Jrd woods are scarce and too costly for jallroad *le«,
herice the long.despised ''has come Into Its own;". few
years of experience has demonstrated ..its usefulness, id
1S03 experts were sent from the bureau of forestry, to e*>
perlment in reforesting cUt over lands with long leaf^ short
leaf and loblolly pine. Observation, rather ^uerleuoq,
taught them much In ^regard tp these woods,%w the*
prosper In Texas soil. A report recently given out by thai ;
bureau says: *'' ; ¡ ;
"Loblolly pine Is found In commercial qualities In tea
counties of Eastern Texas, where It covers an ari>a of
nearly 2,880,000 acres, and Is hewn Into cross ties on- ¿
larger scale than In any other atae. The magnitude of this
industry results from an abundant supply of loblolly pine
of sizes just suited for pole ties. It Is estimated that
from 76 to 80 per cent of the present loblolly stand in.
Texas Js timber of tie size, the remainder being large
enough for lumber. The preponderance of comparatively
young and small timber ,1s due largely to to the severe
storms In 1865 and 1873, which overthrew the old pina
"oh many thousands of acres and established new stands ot
young trees.
Three counties of Eastern Texas—Orange, JaspéPapd
Newton—furnish annually from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 hewni
loblolly «Ine ties. The trees cut for ties Vary In size from
11 to 17 inches in diameter, measured breast high.' The
hewers prefer diameters Of 12, 13 and 14 inches, a¿ the -
smaller the tree, above tie specifications, the less the labofl
in squaring it. The largest number taken are 13 inches'
in diameter. This practice is very wasteful, for Ihu aver-
age tree of 11 Inches Ip diameter Is about thirty-five* years
.old and is growing rapidly. The average yearly increase!
In value between 11 and ,13 Inches Is over 7 per cent md
from 13 to 14 Inches 5.5 per cent. After the latter
size has reached growth falls off so fast that for the, next
Inch of growth the Increase averages only 2.6 per cent,
and at 16 Inches the value for hewn ties ceases to Increase.
These facts point out the rule which the owner should
follow In selling trees for ties. ThOse II, 12 and 13 Inches.
In diameter are growing so rapidly both In size and value
that, to cut them consumes the capital that Is bringing him
.the ttefet rate qf Interest. The tlemaker- should be con-
fined to 14, 15 and 16 Inch diameters. Tree's above 16 inches
should be preserved until they can. be profitably felled
for lumber."
That report mentions another fact, familias to woods-'
men of East Texas and West Louisiana, aá to rate of re-
production: "Loblolly pine grows so rapidly that two crops
of pole ties can be produced in less tyne than Is required
to grow one crop Of long leaf pine ties and from each oil
the two. crops will be a larger, average- yield of ties. This
tremendous advantage of loblolly pine Is Increased by the
marked ability of the tree to reproduce Itself... Condition
In eastern Texas are almost Ideal for the maintenance of
forests of this tree and the opportunity to earn good, re-
turns by their conservative management is equaled in few
parts of the country."
When treated with creosote the loblolly tie becomes ad
durable as an all heart long-leaf tie, and at present Is be-
Ing supplied to railroads at a price far beloW Its actual
value, for that report continues: "It is estimated thafi
from 48 to 70 per cent of the timber cut for pole ties goes
Into chips., slabs and excess over the maximum dimen-
sions required. Adding all causes of waste It Is found
that the percentage of timber actually used In hewn tl<
is no more than from 26-to 30 per cent of the total vol
of the trees felled."
Railroads In the United States absorb '3,500.000,00(1
feet of lumber every year, In new rofcds and, repairing old
Ones, and It is a matter of no small concern, with those
who look at the coming situation, to contemplate the field,
half a century ahead. If reforestation Is to become al
feature In national work no time should be lost In estate
lishihg experimental stations. The United States ownai
no public domain in Texas. This state has not. had a.leg-
islature with men inr It, who seemed to realize the ap-
proaching dilemma, ánd It Is doubtful If the situation will
dawn upon that. Interesting aggregation until Texas roads
begin to haul supplies from Capada or. possibly, when
ships establish lines between mills In Eastern Siberia and
ports along the Gulf of Niexlco. If tthe state would frame
a law exempting from taxation lands reforosted until'the
new growth becomes merchantable, ft would make one
step In the right direction; experience would suggest suit-
able'regulations. Much Of the denuded land will become
state property within a few years, for owners will suffetf
It. to go for taxes. Only Isolated spots can.be utilized foil
farming or for grazing, ánd the staté could stimulate the
replanting of otherwise waste lands by offering Induce-
ments to owners, or by putting a force of men to WorM
to reforest and protect from fire such tracts as fall lntd
Its hands. Michigan-and Minnesota have been experi-
menting along these lines and valuable information could
be gained by the'study of their experience. It took tert
years for Texas to ripen an approximately sattortactoryi
railroad commission law; In all probability it will require
longer to arouse general interest In reforestratlpn but lfl
Is a subject of vital Importance, and one the contempla-
tion of which should be agitated by newspapers and poli-
ticians until theories shall have developed Into , demon-
strated success.
Exporters In this vicinity gave out- little that was newt
for this week's report. Their oversea advices, while not
of the most flattering nature, may be said to differ but
slightly from those made public by this paper In Its last)
Issue. In commenting upon conditions In the United King-
dom the"London Timber Trades Journal, of London. April
15, has, among other things. thlB to say:
"As regards consumption, the most cheerful reporta
come from Scotland, where house building and ship con-
struction aopeaisjuive active than elsewhere. On the
Northeast Coast shipbuilders have ceased to book newt
orders the superabundance of tonnage afloat and the low*
rates of freight having stopped the placing of orders. la
most other parts of the Kingdom the demand continues
torpid, particularly for house-building purposes, and the
brightening prospects thought to be discernible In soma
trades «luring the opening months of the year are fpund
to have been of an evanescent character, and spot prices*
under the influence of the weakening I o. b. values, are
with difficulty maintained. The Easter holidays, however,
will afford the market a welcome period of rest, and whenl
business Is resumed It Is to be hoped that the wood trade
may share In the Improved conditions which, some branch-
es of commerce have been experiencing of late."
A sharp fall In price Is noted In Swedish deals and
Archangel plank. This will reflect upon Canadian and
pitch pine deals and primes, but It Is hoped, not seriously.
Shippers are advised by English Importers to follow con-
servative lines. ■ .
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The Lutcher and Moore Lumber compdny sent the
barges Mexico, Nicaragua and Edward Perry to Sabine
Psss Inst Saturday, and loaded their, cargoes Into a Steam-
ship of the Mexican-American line that will deliver then*
at Mexican ports. The same,barges are back at the mills
of that company taking on another shipment of like ma-
terial, that will go to the same delivery point* on an-
other steamer of the same Une, due to cal1 a* Sabine
Pass next week. The same mills are loading the bargs
J. M. Rockwell with deals that Robert Morgan,
send to Europe out of Port Arthur on the En gib
ship George Pyraan.
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The Orange Leader, Citizen-Record Consolidated (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, April 28, 1905, newspaper, April 28, 1905; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183233/m1/1/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.