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cause all sorts of trouble, and will be 

 one of the big problems of the lumber 

 exporter as long as the war lasts. Nor 

 will there be any money returns from, 

 the diverted cargoes, arid no settle- 

 ment of claims until peace is again es- 

 tablished. It will be understood, of 

 course, that the present situation i?-, 

 temporary, but no one can tell how long 

 it will last. Certainly it will continue 

 as long as the nations are set agairst 

 one another. 



at the time this is wnitten, it is indirect- 

 ly in the toils. 



In actual figures, the countries di- 

 rectly or indirectly involved in war 

 take, in round numbers, 700,000,000 

 board feet of our timber, of which 

 about 650,000,000 is southern yellow 

 pine. Already, most of the firms cut- 

 ting yellow pine for export have either 

 closed down or have greatly curtailed 

 their product. With Japan carrying 

 belligerency into Asia and the Pacific, 



Exporting Spanish Cedar Logs from Costa Rica. 



these logs are floated to the lltmber freighters by oxen, and by motor boat.'" cabinet woods, except 

 those from central and south america, have come mainly through great britain, which shipped 

 to us last year more than one-and-a-half million dollars worth. 



The southern timber regions of our 

 country most keenly feel the effects of 

 war, even though only about 10 per 

 cent of the annual cut of yellow pine 

 lumber is exported. One who has seen 

 the square-rigged ships in Pensacola 

 harbor, hailing from European ports, 

 and going out laden, deck and hold, 

 with southern pine, can readily imagine 

 what a difference war is making in that 

 busy port, and in others along our 

 southeast coast. True, many of these 

 vessels were Italian, manned by swart 

 Mediterranean sailors, their papers 

 made out in Leghorn, Genoa, or Venice. 

 Yet, while Italy is not directly involved 



the 50,000,000 board feet exported 

 from the northwest coast is likely to 

 be temporarily cut off from market. 



During the twelve months ending 

 June 30 our exports of timber to 

 France, Germany, Italy, and the United 

 Kingdom amounted to $6,164,371 ; and 

 sawed lumber exports were worth $17,- 

 507,011. By far the larger part of this 

 yearly income, which takes no count 

 of furniture and other materials made 

 chiefly of wood, amounting to $23,- 

 671,382, or nearly two millions of dol- 

 lars a month, is going to be lost to 

 American producers while war con- 

 tinues. 



