September 25. 1U22 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



27 



Outlook Is for Large Log Input in North 



That hardwood and hemlock operations in the Michigan-Wis- 

 consin belt will be extensive during the winter of 1922-23, in order 

 to prepare to meet the possible continuation of substantial demand 

 throughout the spring and summer of 1923, is the present outlook. 

 That lumbering activities will be greater than during the same 

 period of 1921-22, in spite of increased cost in the way of wages 

 for logging and mill crews, seems assured. Present indications are 

 that most operators in the North are planning to log on a large 

 scale. There has been a shortage of men during the pas season, 

 and woods wages have advanced considerably compared with last 

 year. But when agricultural work is completed and road work 

 finished there will probably be more men available. Some firms, 

 however, are hesitating on account of the increased cost in log- 

 ging, for fear that the cost of lumber they will make from these 

 higher cost logs may be so high compared with the current market 

 that they will work to a loss. It appears that most of the firms at 

 present feel that while lumber prices are far below what they were 

 a couple of years ago, there is not much chance of their going lower 

 during the coming year, and that they are safe in going ahead with 

 the present plans for log input. 



However, more definite conclusions may be drawn after the fall 

 quarterly meeting of the Northern Hemlock & Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers' Association, which O. T. Swan of Oshkosh, secretary- 

 manager, has scheduled to take place at the Pfister Hotel in Mil- 

 waukee on October 12. At this meeting the hardwood manufac- 

 turers of the northern territory will hold their annual fall inventory 

 of the ensuing year and attempt to deduce conclusions upon which 

 to determine the extent of their cutting operations during the com- 

 ing season. 



The Northern Hemlock & Hardwood Manufacturers' Association 

 is maintaining and expanding its trade extension activities, and in 

 this connection has just added to its staff John M. Coleman, 

 formerly with the Rhinelander Box & Lumber Company. Mr. Cole- 

 man was employed in co-operation with the Michigan Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association, aiid will conduct a campaign of educa- 

 tion among wood-using manufacturers on the greater possibilities for 

 the utilization of maple and birch in particular, but also other 

 northern hardwoods. It will be Mr. Coleman's work to form per- 

 sonal contact with the factories to demonstrate the properties and 

 utility of these two woods, together with ash, beech, etc. It will 

 not be his duty to directly market the woods he represents, but 

 to see that the properties of these woods and their fullest possi- 

 bilities of use become more widely known. In this effort he will 

 disseminate data collected by the Forest Product Laboratories, the 

 association and all other sources that have elicited information on 

 the hardwoods of the Lake States. Mr. Coleman 's long experience 

 with a number of the large concerns of the Northwest has splen- 

 didly equipped him for this special work. 



The association is planning to co-operate with the Wisconsin 

 Manufacturers' Association and the farmers of Wisconsin in the 

 Wisconsin Products Exposition in Milwaukee in December by mak- 

 ing an exhibit of the products of its members. The exhibit which 

 was shown at the Illinois State fair will be repeated in Milwaukee. 

 The exhibit will be set up at the Auditorium. 



Lumber Cut Decreased in 1921 



The Department of Commerce announces that the lumber cut of 710 

 large sawmills, according to census reports, showed a decrease of 578,- 

 102.000 feet, or 4.2 per cent for 1921, as compared with the cut of these 

 same mills in 1919. 



The statement, which was prepared In co-operation with the Department 

 of Agriculture, Forest Service, covers most of the large mills reporting a 

 total cut of 5,000,000 feet or more in either 1921 or 1919. The cut of these 

 mills in 1919 represented 40 per cent of the total cut in the United States. 

 These mills are located in 33 states, consequently the comparison reflects 

 conditions as they were in practically all important lumber regions in the 

 United States. 



It is of particular Interest to note that mills in the principal southern 

 pine producing states show increases while those In the north and west 

 generally show decreases, but since the cut of these large mills, con- 

 sidered as a whole, decreased but slightly from 1919 to 1921, it appears 

 reasonable to forecast that the lumber cut for 1921 will not differ greatly 

 from that reported for 1919. 



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