The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 9, 1916, Page 12

STAR—SATURDAY, SEPT. 9, 1916. PAGE 12 S BUILDING BOOM MEANS PROSPE — Se ee gp ce Ne ae eo eis STS ee iu I NE TR I ee fod * + -_ es — pee PL ere oe ae 1ER ENVIABLE REPUTATION— a IN SUCH MILLS AS THESE, AT ii Gi i. BALLARD, WASHINGTON HAS MADE |! H with} mines or to more money “The laborers have either gone to harvest field | a little industry.” THEN HE TALKED PROSPERITY Crosby looked meditative again, and opened up on the prosperity information. Very likeable fellow is Crosby He} seemed to feel better, too, when talking of prosperity: “Altho the profits have not greatly increased,” he said, “and the export business doesn’t amount to anything on ac-| count of the shortage of ships, there ought to be a big demand} for lumber this fall “The fall market is generally the best of the season, any- way, and there are more reasons than normally this fall why business should be better BIG BUILDING BOOM IS ON ! Crosby hung one leg over the corner of his ma-| hogany table—a mahogany table, by the way, made out of Washington fir—and meditated. TIMBER INDUSTRY WEATHERS HARD TIMES AND iS READY Lea taoe meditate before T0 REAP LONG FAT HARVEST Pah not going to rub it into the lumbermen?” ’ | he asked, | LUMBER IS UNIQUE ditor of West Coast Lumberman Gives| “No,” he was assured. And we're not. We Star His Reasons for Predicting a |wouldn't know what to rub it in about. Lumber is Handsome Revival in Trade labout the only commodity we know of that hasn't ad- ee Se a vanced in price “because of the war,” or “because of . Lumbermen beak looking forward expectantly for the strike,” or “because of the demand,” or the “short- A good fall meena. i . . _ {age of labor,” or “high price of material,” or some-| “Most of the building will be with lumber because other Editor W. E.- Crosby is certainly not an imagina-) thing. a building material has advanced in price. Steel and iron has ive chap. No, we're inclined to hand the lumbermen the gone 150 per cent higher and as a result the builders are turn- Given a look at a smiking chimney and a buzz. laurel. Lumber is as cheap today as ever. where they can make still talking to a ing to wood material new on There should be a big demand from a ; nga " And there actually is a shortage of labor in some factories and warehouses iw eating its way into a lot of Washington fir, and the ~aliti d h eshi nd a ie si be ‘ (i “Even car builders are becoming more ad more inclined ge editor can build a romance of industry that ar ger a Son a = gh a i si ee to tse wood on account of the high price of steel would knock the spots off Baron Munchaussen and poe senha 20-0 or lumber manufacturing has)“ ““petween 30 and 40 lumber-carrying vessels are now in ke his most luri look lik from .| £0 1 * the process of construction between Puget Sound and San} oa nos aber id tale like a page froi the Con pe an the lea ai “prs are several reasons why the price) Francisco. ‘They will carry somewhere between 1,000,000) - me : , | of lumber stayed where it was and 2,000,000 feet of lumber each. They will give some relief. Lopate epee Bag “srg se OUTPUT WAS REDUCED Such a vessel can make a round trip between here and South ountry. g x path | “We were able to cut more than we could carry away America in nay bi is Y : | from the mill,” said Editor Crosby. “The war caused a short-| BUILDING INCREASES 83 PER CENT HE SAID SOMETHING jage in ships and that took away our carriers. Some lumber} “The Alaska railroad takes some lumber. About 20,000,- Crosby, we are trying to say, is conservative. | had to be sent by rail tot he East. 000 feet were shipped to Alaska this season, but most for the Lumbermen usually are. At that gamé a lumber- : ear airy 5 ve pry girs eA a ren oes wlaeitpes shake a : : _| together and agreed to cut one da | he best indication of a prosperous season is in the n can make an oyster sound like a national conven "That's about the way they're running now, and some of| number of building permits issued So, wh by said, “Lumb looking ae ; , when Crosby said, “Lumbermen are looking) them around Spokane have shut down because they can't get) “DURING JULY THE BUILDING PERMITS IN ard easy for a good fall market,” he was| men, despite the fact that wages are better than at any time| ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES OF THIS COUNTRY aying something. since 1913. INCREASED 83 PER CENT! x NNMUTTUHETUTU TUTE EEAU Ucn LUMBER MANUFACTURERS Mills at Port Gamble and Port Ludlow, Wash. OFFICES, STORES AND LOFTS FOR RENT GZ —G % Se eee ee “ne f RITY FOR LUMBERMEN«#- en et ee a LL AO AOE A —~ diteee ig E GREATEST LUMBER STATE OF A GEE! BUT IT wi used to bend his erring young off. | variety, according to lumber indus- spring, Johnny, over his knees for| try statistics, chastisement, the flay most fre-| quently used was the ordinary shin-| who lead by long odds in produc- ple. and the Parent-Teacher association. | 6.18,335,000 red cedar shingles. | Corporal | demned, v 000 per year,” says the report of the forestry service. PUGET MILL COMPANY CARGOES A SPECIALTY Offices: 208 Walker Bldg. Seattle, Wash. COTTON ILLUMI DIOL aaa “sy / | ee rT ree et brea nn en ane LL FIGURES SHOW SEATTLE IS MILLION AHEAD ON YEAR IN NEW BUILDING Five million dolla This sum represents the amount already spent this year for building operations in Seattle—and with nearly four months yet to go Permits issued by the city, up to the close of August, numbered 5,670 for buildings valued at $4,854,629. For the same period last year the value was $4,044,030, showing an increase for 1916 of $810,549. The total value of building operations in Seattle last year was $6,470,655. July was a banner month this year. Permits for buildings valued at $1,107,160 were issued, as against $315,010 for July, 1915 New factories, warehouses, docks and wholesale build- ings to the value of $495,750, and detached residences val- ued at $124,715 were permitted in July last. HURT LEADS THE WORLD Washington dads, however, are When Pa, or “the Old Man,” as he as ofttimes called in those days, perl yews Bee og pe The whole world takes its hat off ‘to Washington shingle weavers, tion. Then came the Mothers’ congress| Last year Washington turned out con- | Her next closest competitor was | Louisiana with a cut of 352,000,000, punishment was “And the shingle output of the) ‘ fee Tl mmbermen seem to ty nited States dropped off 4,000,000) inion that the fall trade will be {ot even greater volume than of the. first quarter of 1916. 7 CHUA AAEAEEAEAELEN Ay ws CTT TOMTOM NUNIT 3 a smc ” Y/ ws