AMERICAN LUMBER NEI-DED
TO REBUILD EUROPE MEANS
PROSPEROUS PACIFIC COAST
COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES
Following are the loweat recorded
temperatures for this year and las;
oa the da vs designated. The minus
sign before u number means below
cero. 1
t. S Weather Bureau
1915. 191G
Dec. 1.. . .. —li —20
Dec. 2. —12 —SO
Dec. 3. —14 —32
Dec. 4. — II —13
Dec. 5. —1C —So
Dec. 6. —14 —28
Dec. 7. —14 —28
Dec. 8.—16 -21
Dec. 9. . . —18 4
Dec. 10. . . . —11 2
Dec. 11. —13 6 '
Dec. 12. —18 22
Dec. 13. — B 28
Dec. 14. —2 12
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"Europe will need u billion dollars'
worth of lumber the first year a'ter
the war,” asserted Dr. Edward Ewing
Pratt, chief of the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce, Department
of Commerce, in an address Wednes
day afternoon before the Forest In
dustrial Conference, at Portland, Ore.
“There will not only be an apportun -
Ity to sell lumber, there will be a duty
that should not be shirked.
"If the war should end m December,
which is hardly likely, and lumber im
ports into Europe should in the mean
time show no increase, there will be
at the close of 1816 an estimated de
ficit in the normal European lumbei
supplies of some $400,000,000. This is
entirely outside of the great addi
tional needs for lumber due to the
actual destruction of tho war. No
one knows at present the amount of
lumber that will be needed by France,
Belgium, and other countries which
have suffered directly from the war, to
replace ruined buildings, railroads,
bridges, etc. There can be little doubt
thut this amount will run into large
figures und that hundreds of miliums
worth of general purpose lumber will
be called for as soon as the great
European struggle is ended. It has
been estimated in Europe that at least
$400,000,060 worth of lumber will be
needed for this purpose. Add tho
$400,000,000 deficit m uie normal no- j
mand. This seems to indicate that a
total of $800,000,000 worth of lumber
over and above the usual demand of
$680,000,000 will have to be supolicd
to Europe by the lumber producing
countries. Allowance must of course
be made for buildings that will never j
be replaced. Allowance must also be
made for curtailment of consumption
due to inforced economy. $880,000,
000 would seem ample for those pur
poses. So it seems likely thut In the j
year following the war there will be
a demand for a billion dollars worth of j
lumber In Europe.
“This huge demand for lumber will,
1 believe, be largely for general pur
pose lumber for temporary construc
tion and rebuilding wood paving
blocks, rough construction Umbers of
all kinds, railway ties, car lumber,
etc. There will no doubt be a con
tinued and increased demand for the
finer grades of American lumber, pur- :
ticularly hardwoods, for undoubtedly
the stocks of lumber n Europe have
been exhausted, us have the stocks
of many other lnes of manufactured
goods.
| “It s easy anticipate what coun
tries will compete for the privilege of
supplying thi3 lumber. We can not
expect to do all the business. We
shall he lucky if we are able to do
even a major part of the business.
In the year 1913 we shipped more
wood products than any olher country
in the world, amounting to a total of
$115,000,000 worth in all. In the same
year Russia shipped $98,000,000 worth;
Sweden 84,000,000, Au3tria-Hungary
$08,000,000; Canada $50,000,000. The
total European exportation, therefore
amounted to $393,000,uoo and the com
bined Canadian and American ex
portations amounted to $165,000,000,
making a total from these, the chief
lumber exporting countries of the
world, of approximately $550,000,000.
Of course, all this lumber did not go
to Europe. Sweden, Norway, Germany
and Austria shipped lumber all over
the world, but naturally the great
bulk of their output went to Europe.
“In direct competition with these
countries, so favorably situated, the
United States exported to Europe,
chiefly to the United Kingdom and
France, over $50,000,000 worth of lum
| ber and its manufactured products,
uf the seven European countries that
exported lumber before the war, five
are combatants and naturally their
woodcutters are at the front and their
lumber export business at a stand
still. No figures are obtainable for
the 1915 exports of lumber. We know
however, that many of the Russian
nulls and mill stocks in Roland and
in the vicinity of Riga have been des
troyed. We also know that the re
, building of Poland and Western Rus
sia will absorb Russian energies for
| some time after the close of the war.
| We know that Germany is using up
her forest reserves; we know that
Norway ^as long been overcutting
her annual growth. We can therefore
safely predict that the greatest Euro
pean competition will come from ilia
mills of Sweden and Finland. These
countries are Icebound during six
months of the year, usually from Oct.
to May. The lumbermen of this conn
try can readily see, therefore, the
possibilities and the responsibilities
that lie before them."
Having outlined the great demand
for lumber that would come Into j
xistence after the war, Dr. Pratt !
discussed ways and means of market
ing the American product to the best !
advantage. The recent formation of
the Douglas Fir Export Sales Com- i
pany was a step in the right direction,
he said, as there I3 an absolute ne
cessity for presenting a united front
to the united front of buyers that
will be found waiting in Europe. Tho |
proposed investigation of European [
markets for lumber by experts select- ,
ed by the lumbermen In cooperation j
with the Bureau of Foreign und Do- 1
nits tic Commerce was also commend
ed as a step in the right direction, nnd
a detailed explanation was given of
tin methods that are being employed
to get the right men for this highly
important work.
In concluding Dr. Pratt outline*, i
what the Government has done anu 1
stands willing to do to help the lum
ber Industry take advantage of the
opportunities that will soon be pro- |
sented.
ALASKA NOTES
(Iivut um Exchanges.)
A shortage of carpenters Is report
ed from the new railroad town of
Nenana.
The Alaska Engineering Commis
sion has established a winter camp
at Potter creek.
The Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion has left a number of grading
contracts on the government railroad
line south of Nenana.
The report that Clerk of the Court
Clark of the Fourth Division had
handed In his resignation, proves to
be without foundation.
It Is reported that several opera
tors In the Idaarod country are plan
ning to install dredges to economi
cally work their holdings.
At a recent meeting of the Board
of Directors of the Bunk of Seward,
a special dividend of 20 per cent on
the capital stock was declared.
Elroy Ninnis, an eighth grade pupil
of the Douglas school, was uwardud
the prise of $5 for the best kept gar
den cared for by school children.
James Sullivan one of the pioneers
of Skagway, died at that place re
cently from cancer. At his request
he was buried in the local cemetery.
Leroy Moyer and family are taking
a trip through to Fairbanks over tho
government trail in their own car
which they brought up from Juneau.
Edward Cavanaugh for 16 years a
resident of Juneau, died at that place
recently from a complication of dis
eases. He was 65 years of age.
John Barrett and A. V. Doze re
tturned to McCarthy recently from a
prospecting trip on the Chittyna river
bringing some fine specimens of cop
per ore.
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