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From Puget Sound to — 



West coast South America: 



Pisaqua range $12. 81 to $13. 12 



Callao range 13. 12 to 13. 43 



Buenos Ayres 13. 75 to 15. 00 



Shanghai 13. 43 to 13. 75 



Kiaochow 13. 75 to 14. 06 



Japan 12. 50 to 12. 81 



South Africa 15. 62 to 16. 25 



United Kingdom 17. 50 to 18. 12 



Vladivostok 12. 50 to 12.81 



RATE PER 1,000 FEET, SEPTEMBER, 1900. 



From northern Pacific coast ports to— 



Sydney, New South Wales $13. 12 



Melbourne or Adelaide 15. 00 



Port Pirie, Australia $14. 37 to 15. 00 



Freemantle, West Australia 17. 50 



Geraldton, West Australia 17. 81 



West coast South America: 



Pisaqua range 15. 62 to 15. 93 



Callao direct 15. 31 



Buenos Ayres 17. 50 to 17.81 



Shanghai 16. 25 



Kiaochow 17. 50 



Nagasaki, Japan 15. 00 



South Africa ' 18. 12 to 18.75 



United Kingdom 21. 25 



Vladivostok 16. 25 



Rail trade with the East is affected by a more fluctuating market 

 and by vigorous competition, but is also regulated almost wholly by 

 the cost of transportation. Except for the business in spars and heavy 

 timbers, which are obtainable only on the Pacific coast, the eastern 

 limit of trade is that point to which Oregon and Washington lumber 

 can be delivered more cheaply than Southern or Northern Pine. The 

 rate on Fir lumber from Puget Sound and Oregon at present is - 



Table 3. — Railroad, rates on Fir lumber from Paget Sound and Oregon, per 100 pounds. 



Helena $0. 35 



St. Paul 40 



Chicago 50 



St. Louis 52£ 



Pittsburg $0. 65 



New York 73 



Boston 75 



Lumber other than Fir is, as a rule, 10 cents less per hundred 

 pounds. This at present applies only to Spruce and Cedar, since these 

 arc the only other kinds which are shipped. 



With. the cost of logs at about $6 and of manufacturing at £:->.. "io per 

 1,000 feet B. M. these freight rates allow of little shipping of timber 

 from west of the Rockies, although there is a prospect that satisfactory 

 rates will soon lie granted to Missouri River points. The bulk of the 



