The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, November 21, 1916, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextLI enc of business men at Washington, was so Impressed with the; earnestness ef the conferees that he went to Presi dent Wilson and laid before him the facts that be had heard from the busi ness men. . ' : , Opposition on th part of the gor ernment to big business is bow a thing of the past. he declared. "But onui a year and a half ago It was contrary to law. for.a' natlona.baak to 'open foreign branches. Now we eta be bst ter equipped to handl business abroad 8 r iruMwai U through mr banking aystem.' v-. MISTER HU-U-UGHES--MISTER HU-lT-UGHES! SUBSuTUTES NO CONGRATULATORY CAUSE DEPRESSION IN TELEGRAM PREPARED lUSTRY.SWSW Lumbermen Tolithat Is Real Reason: for Falling Off irr Lumber Consumption, ; -SUBSTITUTES COST: MORE PMplW ZftONAf IS BOll&l&f VI Of r Other Materials es eplaeed ' Xouaber, lays Vlllinaa (Oootlnned From Pi ft Ont.) except In 107. Tho per capita of wood consumption ha decreased from 100 feet maximum pr capita to 276 feet per capita, or about 31 per cent Building on the whole Increased Steadily from 107 to 1913. .Twenty-stven billion feet board measure, or about 70 per cent of 88, 000. 000, w0 feet, which was the total 1I1S national lumber cut, went into general building. In 1909, 60 per cnt of all lumDer Jroduct consisted of rough timbers. r 111, only about M par cent of the national cut went into rough timbers. ' This crude product has been decreas ing in demand, and the refined product has been Increasing In demand. Prices mis Slightly. Lumber prices have risen slightly during the past 25 years. It la estimated that in 1911 In uses Where lumber had once been consumed there had been utilized in substitute materials the equivalent of 8,000,000, 000 feet board measure, which was tgual to 22 per cent of the total na tional lumber cut and 32 1-9 per cent Of that portion of the cut which was Used In general construction. It la estimated that in 1915 the equivalent of 4,000,000,000 feet boad measure was utilized in substitute ma terials In such uses as roofing, lath, posts, cooperage, etc. This, then, makes a total displace pient of wood products other than fuel Of 12,000.000,000 feet. There was 18. (00,000,000 feet of consumption In wood fuel displaced In 1818 by coal and oil. Id any Billion Lot. Some of the 8.400,000,000 feet of lum . tar displacement was represented by products auch as substitute packages, Which were part wood or all wood, so that there was not an actual total loss to' wood, if this Is taken into consider ation. However, the authority devel- OPlng these figures states that this 8, ' 000,000,000 substitution could be stated as 10,000,000,000 or even lf.000,000,000 and still represent less than actual loss' to wood. Seventy-five per cent of the loss to wood has gone to materials costing more than wood- products. Beventy per cent of the loss was In ' classes of use in which the same ten dency promised to continue. XjOss Za Increasing-. Sixty per oent of loss has occurred In the past 10 years and 1 Increasing t the rate of 1.000,000,000 feet board . measure per annum. The 8,000,000,000 feet of sawed lumber displacement Is divided about as follows: ir... Villus.. in i.,.i.4i J .a - Structlon. One Milton feet in fencing. On billion fcot in sidewalks, rail. caruso trm HARDMAN PIANO the HARDMAN Five-Foot Grand "Its Tone is Wbnicu L M"tirttt$Xaruio) F. O. B. NewYork I Iforrisoa 8 treat at Broadway SIdn trouble costs many a man his job No matter how efficient a man may .be, if he hai an ugly ekin-erupdon, there are position! In which he cannot be tolerated. He may know that it is not In the least contagious, but other f people are afraid, they avoid him, and he must make way for a man with a clear, healthy skin." Why run this risk, when MeSlIilBJl . Ointment and Resinol Soap stop itching and. dear awajr eczema, and similar humors, so quickly and easily f i p ;-y nkB Wv iwKrilMd fhaXeslaol treats .OiMOMBt Xadaol So a. Far sample el each, write is Ip. 74U lUsiael. Balaam, U $675 load cars, vehicles, silos and wind mills. One half billion feet In furniture, ships and miscellaneous. One half billion feet in boxes. Sidewalk boss Xs Heavy. Besides losing one billion of fenc ing, another two and one-half billion of posts has been displaced, making the fence consumption loss In that year three and one-half billion feet. The sidewalk loss Is 600.000,000 feet per year. Only about one-half and footage used in the old style box car is now used In a freight car, when built of wood at all, and in 1914, with only a few thousand freight cars being built, there was a loss to wood of 260,000, 000 feet. Vehicle construction has succumbed largely to automobile manufacture, which has reduced the consumption of wood in that Industry. The manufac ture Of horse drawn vehicles dropped from 1 million vehicles to mil lion vehicles In Che past few years, while during the same period the num ber of automobiles- Increased 980 thousand in number. Silos have given SO per oent to other materials, largely because of bet ter salesmanship. This has lost to wood 60 million feet per annum, while wind mills have ceased to use, 25 million per year because of the use of steel. Furniture making, which normally uses one billion feet ner annum, sur rendered 176 million feet in 1916 to Other materials. One and one-half billion feet of box shooks have surrendered to the sub stitute containers, which are, however, a partly wood product. , Lath output has fallen off SO per cent, equivalent to 210 million feet par year. Wooden Ships Coming Back. ' Out of 200 million feet for ships. 160 million has surrendered to other materials. There is every evidence, however, . of this coming back strong this year. Cooperage utilization of other ma terials amounts to S26 million feet A report on the wood block pave ment laid in 444 cities in 1907 Indi cates 2.92 per cent of the total pave ment laid, while In more than ' twice the number of cities canvassed In 1916 the percentage was Only 2.27. FEW HAVE HEARD OF DOUGLAS FIR FAME, SAYS R. H. DOWNMAN R. H. Downman. president of the Na tional Lumber Manufacturers' associa tion, told the lumber banqueters last night that fully SO per cent of the peo ple of the United States never heard of Douglas fir. An eastern arohttect complained that in all his larae library of worka on building, the only volumes on the sub ject of lumber had come to him from the forest service. For the first time In history, four lumber men recently sat In conference with representatives of the federal trade commission, the forest service, and the department of commerce, for me selection of men who shall repre sent the United States in foreign lum ber Investigations. He cited these things to show the value of a national association of lum ber interests for the proper exploits tlon of wood. Other speakers at last ntarht's ban quet were: Charles S. Keith of Kan sas City, R, B, Goodman of Marlnnetto, Wis.; A. Jl.'Turnbull of Norfolk, Va.: JC. T. Allen, secretary of the Forestry and Conservation association; W. A. Thompson, director of the bureau of advertising, American Newspaper Pub- usnera association, nd J. H. Bloedcl, president of the West Coast Lumber men s association. All gave Instances of the vain of advertising and cooperative selling uieiuoaa in Dnngmg lumDer back: to Its own on a permanent basis. LUMBERING IS NEAR ' SAVAGERY, DECLARES MAJOR E...G. GRIGGS ' Lumbering in the northwest la Just one stare in advance clared Major 1. a. Griggs of Ttcomt, lormw presiaent 01 me . National Lumber Manufacturers': association, at . the 'conference . of luilm a v. lumber industry - at rth Chamber of Commerce yesterday. , , Tax burdens -Test : heavily "on the timberman at all times, he said. He baa to keep on sawing up stuff with frantic zeal regardless of the price he gets simply to keep himself from being devoured by Interest and the demand of the assessor. The result is a frightful waste of magnificent trees, as only that part immediately merchantable can. be handled. . The rest lies In the woods to rot or yelse is thrown into the burner. "We profited enormously by the great San Francisco fire anl by the earthquakes In Chile," said Major Griggs, "But Is It necessary for us to hanM ofl and waVl for soma cata clysm to keep us in business T Cooperation Zs Solution. "I say no. The answer Is In Intel ligent cooperation for the marketing of lumber, so that at all times there shall be an even and normal distri bution and a dependable price." The conference was called to give the local lumbermen and loggers op portunity to learn of the work of the National Lumber Manufacturers' as sociation and its proposed campaign lor a wona-wiae exploitation of wood as a building material. E. Bs Hazen was elected chairman and Mr. Hazen called upon R. H. Downman, president of the national association, for a resume of th pro gram. Mr. Downman pointed out that while dealers In building materials other than wood are exceedingly ac tive In advertising their wares, the lumbermen have, because of petty ri valries and cutthroat competition, failed to support any concerted sell ing movement, preferring to take their chance on their own account. mis lack of Interest all along the iiuiiigii After m s w Special and Worth While $1.50 "Jiff "i? K This Hughes Genuine Per fected, IDEAL Hair Brush, guaranteed cushion back. full bristla, will years. Just the have sought for. Old-Fashioned But Fine Said a Lady . "I find your "Wood - Lark" Flavor Lng Extracts hav twice to three times the strength Of others, and Sir Just the desired fruit flavor. Lavender Sticks . . . -Sandalwood Fagots . . . Valiant Sachets Fine, lasting floral odora. special this week the full ounce QQa only u3b Six bars Lurllne No phone orders No deliveries except with other goods. Six bars 0K Fairy Soap ...JU Six bars Lifebuoy , , Six bar - ..25c FREE - -7: candy, cake or cream coloring, any desired shad, with every ' purchase ef flavoring ex tract. Grandpa's Six bars Jergen's Pumice Hand 0 C Soap . . . .....0C 44sbbsSbsbbI SflessssaTsT New York World. line has retarded the development that the industry needs, has led to more waste in the northwest than tte total cut of some of the next largest pro ducing sections and has kept prices in' such a fluctuating and "independable state that th whole Industry has been demoralized. ' Mr. Downman asserted that in one mill at Hoqulam he saw more lumber wrested than the entire cut of any one Vf his own seven mills In the cypress country of the south. . Mr. Downman, after having traveled over the Columbia river highway, com plimented the builders. He explained that the men most directly responsible for its construction had made their for tunes in the timber and lumber busi ness and so It Came to him as a ple&s ent surprise when he saw one fence along the highway built of wood. Following Mr. Downman, Major Griggs was called upon. He said that concerted selling methods mean far more to the lumbermen of the north west than any protective tariff. It is not 00 much that Canadian lumber may be produodd for leas but that the demand for wood be stimulated more that counts. Americans Own Canadian Stamps-, As a matter of fact, he declared, the Canadian lumber Is produced, not by Canadians, but by Americana of the east who have made their Investments there in the hop of making some thing. 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We haven't said anything about the recount because the official count is not yet completed and we certainly wouldn't have anything to say about anything else. 1 don't know what -the result of the official count would be any mors than you do, and it would be foolish of me to say anything about It." .. dressed by several of the distinguished visitors from the east. The same thoughts were expressed there as at the conference. COAST LUMBERMEN ARE URGED TO LOOK TO FOREIGN MARTS Captain Robert Dollar, looked upon by many as tne aean o Amontau mv told nowird of 200 men a the banquet In honor of the visl'lng lumber chiefs last night, that In for .1 .-... tn fonnt tha safety valve of the lumber business on this coast H was canea upon oy j.mi o ...- v r TCnann. after other speak ers had outlined in more or less gloomy nitnt niiarht of the Indus try and what is necessary to retrieve the lost ground. rwn. . . I A-nrA ! the flUC X Ul VMlllKIlI v - -- tlon of foreign trade has Intensified the recent depressions in in iumti market because or tne men. w "There are not ships enough to carry the traffic of the world," he said. "If we could get foreign trade revived, we could take off the surplus lumber and help the situation on this coast." He declared shipowning Is the est asset to foreign trade, because the i. tv,. t "drummer for his home town. He said England s commercial supremacy on th seas was brought about by th great holdings of steamships at Liverpool, and noted the revival of shipbuilding on th Pacific coast with great satisiaciion. Captain Dollar charged that the United States Is the only nation In .v. .,.m tAa-r that is not cooDerattng niti, huainPRH for the expansion of n L1J ,MW.V . . a n u MtA BKVersJ in lureifiu hbu w . stances of the refusal of passports to commercial representatives, and again held up the La Folletta seamen's set as a document that, one tne aonor mally high freight rates have subsided, would effectually take the American flag from the Pacific He said recent ly he attended a conference of Japa nese business men as Osakl and was nAn A jtv-nla 1 n tha aaaman'a act, because, he said, th Japanese thought their translation of the law must be faulty. w A tha Mil In on r traitaia ln It ttvrtuallv makes utrni trua our lifelong dream absolute control of the Pacific," he quoted them as saying. "That's Just what It does," he said he told them. 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