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THE GALVESTON
DAILY
NEWS. SAT UK DAY. MAY lfi, 1895.
AMONG THE LUMBERMEN
but now that there is a change for tho
better it is expected that tho soiling price
of lumber will net the manufacturer a
largo sum of money for his pains. The de-
mand for coast lumber is not active, and
rv
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VERT LITTLE CHANGE IN Till3! MAR-
KET SITUATION FOR A
WEEK rAST.
BUSINESS IN THE INTERIOR
Hang:* Largely on the Snccess of the
Farmer—-PI cut > of Inquiries, Hut
Not a Flood of Orders.
Orange, Tex., May 14.—A careful inquiry
at the offices of each of the mills at Orange
was made by The News man this morning1
and developed no new features. After sum-
ming up the several interviews there may
be said to exist almost the same conditions
that were shown to have prevailed at the
date of last week's report. As former ex-
perience has shown that orders do not run
alike in all of the offices during any one
week so this time the mills with the long-
est list of orders on file to-day were the
Fame that were reported short on calls last
week, and some of those who appeared to
have grabbed the pot last week are the
loudest with complaints of having been
overlooked during the last few days. The
cards are not altogether changed with
every shuffle, but the turn occurs so often
at a time when trade is weak that it has
come to be regarded as an axiom with lum-
bermen that the old adage: "The darkest
hour is just before dawn" \#as especially
designed in order to suspend the hope of
every manufacturer at a point at least
above zero. It takes more than dull times
to crush the expectations of a lumberman;
even Are does not set him down. Lightning
might paralyze him for a time, but he
would rise and come again. Enough money
has been lost in conflagrations at this place
alone to have built a railroad from Orange
to Galveston; yet the men who have been
the greatest losers are. to-day the most
active operators.
He stands by his colors trusting to for-
tune tor the next turn of the. wheel to stop
over a lucky number and, as history often
repeats itself, he rarely it « ver fails to win
a prize when his judgment is governed by
prudence—and who has kept tab on his
movements the past few years that can
say the millman at large centers has not
carefully gauged bis course by the most
rigid circumspectio n ?
The present condition of trade calls for
the exercise of such measures as will in-
sure the immense amount of capital in-
volved in the manufacture of lumber
against the demoralizing effects of rash-
ness, and it is now clear that need will be
promptly met by a joint action among
those whose influence in council has here-
tofore been wielded for the good of this
important industry. It is not to be feared
that every man in the business will cut
5iis boat loose from its moorings and per-
mit it to go adrift, with br akers close
ahead, when ho knows that the hands of
steady pilots are at hand, willing to take
the wheel and steer him over the shoals.
These same pilots exhibited their skill on a
former occasion, and there exists no danger
at present greater than presented itself at
that time.
The mills at Orange expect to fare no
better than their neighbors, but they trust
to the good judgment of all to reconcile
any weakness that may Uneaten the whole
line.
The fact that business in the interior is
waiting for something to turn up is not
enough for them to lay hold of everything
that floats by, without regard to values.
One mill here has picked up several good
orders this week, among them 20.U0U 5x7
7-l'oot ties, to go by way of Sabine Pass to
an Atlantic port. The same mill has two
large factory bills to cut, besides some or-
ders for yard stock. Yet they do not boast
of brisk trade; for it may come about that
their hooks will be neglected next week,
while those of a neighbor will catch some-
thing better.
The mails continue to bring many in-
quiries, but as mentioned in former com-
munications, these shadows have come
with X-rays behind them, and are no long-
er regarded as the sure forerunners of
events at all certain to develop into profit
for the millman. One is for an export bill
for the European market, but mills at
Orange tight shy of a customer known to
be always critical.
Some small orders for railroad material
have been taken that are tor immediate
shipment to Texas points; but the amount
of business for shipment by rail has not
up as well as has the demand for
er that is to go by water.
>rge Bancroft, who is in the country
week, has met with fair success, and
.nail of to-day brought encouraging
net of furthu busine-i;. He will put
least three weeks more in the work,
? wants to see what the crop prospect
ia throughout the territory usually sup-
plied with lumber from the mills at this
place, it is quite as important for the
mill man to study crop conditions as it is
for any other line of trade. He must regu-
late the size of his stock by probable de-
mand, and while he does not expect the
farmer to take all of the lumber he makes,
he realizes that the farmer must furnish
freight to railroads before the railroads
v. ill do extensive repairing; he must also
buy largely of merchandise from his neigh-
boring town and pay for those goods, else
the man in town can not become a large
consumer of lumber.
There is only now and again a straggling
stick of timber reaching the booms this
week. The last of the W. li. llarretson
and the W. Longoria cypress, both lota
from Logansport, is in; so is the C. L.
Smith and the Robert Fairsheet cypress
from Burr's ferry. There is some timber
still hung up, as there is at the close of
every season, but it is not needed by the
mills at this place now, and there will come
ample water to bring it out long before
there will be any demand for it. It is re-
ported that there are 2UU0 sticks of large
cypress tied up between Longview and Lo-
gansport that the owners did not care to
run down on the present market. It is con-
ceded that they acted wisely, for taking
the heavy stock- the shingle mills are load-
ed with now, there would b< few compet-
ing bids on a lot as larire as that. It is
not expected that that lot will come for-
ward before December, it so early.
The L. Miller shingle company started
their mills up yesterda i fter a shut down
of about ten days. Tip* Smith nulls made
only four days this week. The News man
was informed that the L. Miller shingle
company and the A. .Smith mills would
confine the cut of their mills to four days'
running time each week during the sum-
mer months. It has come io be a mooted
question whether a reduction in running
time accomplishes the object for which it
was suggested, since the lumber mills iind
that the annual, monthly and weekly out-
put averages well up to the total that was
reported before the four days system was
adopted. They may decide io still further
curtail the running time. The mills are
kept in perfect repair, improved machinery
is being constantly introduced, and there Is
a fresh vigor in the crew when it comes en
every Monday morning after a three days'
rest that lands the manufactured material
on the yards with a run that was not com-
mon when the mills were going six days
every week. Unless the shingle manu-
facturers stop adding machinery to their
plants their experience may not differ from
that of the lumber mills, but it is hoped
that the effect will be to sustain prices
that have already been put upon a basis
that at least promises to protect the manu-
facturers from loss in the future. Mills at.
this place hold strictly to the list and
Classification.
Mooie Bettis fired up on the two tugs,
the Fannie and the J. V. Guillotte, went ro
the Neches river last Monday, and towed
the A. IX Smith cypress to the mouth of
that liver, but on account of the blustery
southeast winds that have kicked a heavy
sea on Sabine lake, neither boat lias at-
tempted to tow any rafts across to the
Sabine yet. As soon as the waves subside
the whole run of about ii00 sticks will no
brought over to the Sabine river and up to
the Smith shingle mill on Cypress bayou, a
mile north of town.
A. H. Saxon is driving piles for a new
wharf at the Luteher & Moore lumber
company's mill. It w ill In gin at the south
end of the present wharf and extend 2(H)
feet farther down, giving the company .",00
feet wharf frontage for storing lumber and
loading on vessels. This was made neces-
sary on account of the large increase in
shipments by water contemplated by this
company.
Tii*i schooner Silas, John Peterson mas-
ter. loaded at the Orange lumber company s
mill with bill stuff this week and left yes-
terday for Galveston, consigned to the
Island City lumber company.
Tlie schooner Ellen. Soloman Larson mas-
ter. is loading at the wharf of the oran.-e
lumber company, anil will leave to-morrow
morning for Galveston with a full cargo.ot
nouse bills cut to order for the Island C ity
lumber company.
The three-masted schooner J- M An ili-
nes completed her cargo ibis morning at
the Luteher & Moon- lum! < » v■empany s
wharf, and Will take a. tow to babino la.ke
to-night and sail at on- e l«»r tuxpaii,
Mexico, with a, load of tin-' r and naming
stuff for a heavy structure, going up neai
that city. , „. .
The large schooner Senator bu.liyan lia.-
not arrived at Sabine i'a s vet. Indications
are that she will not reach there beioie
the first of June.
The Luteher & Moore* lumber company
has chart' '■ i the steamship Ivusa-nla, and
will put her in between Sabine i'ass and
New "York until they get all of their con-
tracts for Brooklyn and New York de-
livery oft their hands. The Pensaeola will
take* l.o-ii,0<>ii feet at a load. She is due
io e,unniei.ee taking ill cargo on the 20th
of this month. . , , t 41
The schooner Annie Root is due at the
1). K. Wingate lumber company's mill to
take a load of railroad timbers to Corpus
Ohristi for account of tlie Mexican Na-
tional railway. . ,
The schooner Eliza loaded with two
house bills at the Bancroft lumber compa-
ny's wharf this week, and sailed yesterday
for Johnson's bayou. Louisiana.
The A. Gilmer mills have been closed
down this week and part of last, putting
in a new, large-sized double odger. They
will not start up before the middle of next
week.
A. Gilmer, G. Bedell Moore, Harry H.
Field and G. W. Bancroft attended the an-
nual meeting of the Texas and Louisiana
lumber manufacturers' association at
Houston on Tuesday, and express them-
selves as well pleased with the new offi-
cers. Some of the party remained for the
meeting of the directors of the- Union lum-
ber company at night. All agree that The
News of the 14th gave a very full account.
C. A. Pannewitz, head office man at the
Orange lumber company's plant, went to
Corpus Christi last week and returned on
Tuesday. The salt water bathing was fine,
but ho had no luck fishing for pompano.
He had better luck last fall at Galveston,
where he made an excellent cut eh of roast-
< d oysters at Woollam's lake. He says he
will bait his hook for oysters and head for
(la.lveston the next time ho starts out for
salt water fish.
G. Bedell Moore came in Tuesday night
from Houston, where he had devoted the
day to the meeting of the Texas and Loui-
siana lumber manufacturers' association,
lie was at San Antonio last week, where
copious rains fell and whero the crop pros-
pects are unusually bright, though there
is some talk of the Mexican weevil in cot-
ton to the south and southwest of that
place. Mr. Moore looks for an improve-
ment in trade before the end of May. He
made a tour of inspection over the lines of
the Gulf, Sabine and Bed Illver railway this
week.
II. J. Luteher came over from Luteher,
La., Monday night. He will return to that
place in a day or two. He is rushing work
on the sash, door and blind factory his
company is putting up there, and as ho
designed much of the plan it is important
that he should superintend its putting to-
gether.
J. C. Craddock of Craddock & Arbogast
spent two days here this week. That com-
pany is engaged on some special bill log's
for the Luteller & Moore lumber company,
and is making good headway. The woods
roads are as good now as they have been
at any time within a year, and log hauling
at all of the trams is in a very satisfactory
condition. The Sabine river is low and
the booms at the trams are catching all
logs that are being thrown in at present.
No heavy drives will be made until after
heavy rains eome.
D. Tramway Call came in from middle
and west Texas this morning. He reports
fine crops along the Brazos bottoms and at
many other points, with good rains during
the present week. The new mill is not
being rushed to completion, as the price of
lumber offers no incentive. Mr. Call left
to-night for New Orleans.
Market at Beaumont.
Beaumont, Tex., May 15.—The lumber
business is quiet, this Is the stereotyped
answer met with on almost every corner.
The lumber manufacturers' association met
in Houston this week, it was generally
thought that there was quite a little dis-
cussion as to raising prices, which are just
,t present not up to the standard by any
means. There has been a season of dis-
quietude and unrest in the market, and the
manufacturer realizes that he must do
something to put a quietus upon such a
fluctuation. Before another week passes
the retailer will probably receive one, two
or maybe more new price lists, which will
show an advance over the old ones. This
will be a beginning, and the others will
follow shortly if the demand, is anythin,
like assuring.
Orders for yard stocks have come in
rather more freely than formerly, as have
also dressed stocK orders. 'J'i*.- demand for
bill stuff has been light, but with a fair
supply of tie and timber orders on hand,
this has not been felt to any great extent.
There have been some inquiries for railroad
material, but the class of stuff wanted is
such that the mills are not enthusiastic in
accepting.
Monday morning at 6 o'clock the Beau-
mont lumber company started up one of
the prettiest mills in the south. It is one of
the latest band mills, which have grown
so much in use. of late on account of their
saving advantages ami reduction in cost
of manufacture. The band mill is con
siderably thinner than the circular, and
the sawdust saved by the band In the
course of a day will furnish lumber for
comfortable residence. This is the second
band mill in operation In re, the Lonw
manufacturing company being the pioneer
in that line.
Hurry Newsum this week assumed charge
of the pay rolls of tie- Texas tram and
lumber company. He has been in the ser
vice of tiiii tram for more than three years.
Sam Park, general Mexican agent of the
Consolidated export lumber company, is in
the city. Mr. Park is known i-y various
terms in gr« aser land, all of which are
more or less appropriate. Among them are
"Laughing Sam," and to see him once is
to remember his laugh always. Then again
"the Greaj r Lumber King, which he has
won from the fact that ho has placed or
ders for mor> lumber than any other man
in Mexico. "The Railroader's Chum" comes
in as one title : in the immense amount of
business whieh >,.■ ui\es tlie railroads.
Messrs. C. VV. George & Co. rejKirt press-
ing business in their line and say that the
outlook for sash, doors and blinds is a most
brilliant one. The Reliance lumber com
pany make a like report as to factory work
which shows that this market, at least, is
firm on that line.
Secretary G. H. Mallam and Salesman D,
K. Newsom of the tram are out this week.
Business Manager G. W. Priddie of the
Reliance lumber company has been out
over the state this week.
Secretary and Treasurer John N. GiltK}'rt
of the Beaumont lumber company spent
yesterday at Nona
J. A. Bentley of Plank and Zimmerman
was here yesterday.
President W. H. Aldridge of the Rock-
land lumber company was in the ciiy one
day this week.
et
stro
stea
g< >o<
number of fir bills that ,
been receiving the attention of the i
rs in that lumber. There is a large
mt of competition and the prices are
very low. Red cedar shingles are
u at and the demand is la-irly
y. It is somewhat irregular, being
one week and poor the next. * * *
■ l.s ,*i good call for car material and
ai. " for bridge limbers and planking, and
,«:al large bulk lots have been sold in
t his market and ether river markets the
past. week. Saw in?; is now well under way.
' M'i pt at the head of the lakes an^l at
Minneapolis, but it will not be long before
ihe mills here will ail be running. As a
general thing the start has been a little
later than usual, which is along the line of
curtailing the output this season. There
was no haste about starting at Duluth and
Superior because of the amount of lumber
piled on the docks, but some of this is now
being moved. Buyers are not very plenti-
ful at Luke Superior points as yet, but
some sales have bet n made, and lake char-
ters have opened up at a rate that will
enable shipping to be done."
At Winona. Minn.: "The lumber firms
report that trade is fair at present. Alto-
gether they are not up to their necks in
orders. Collections are fair. As some of
the lumbermen expressed it, 'they managed
to keep going.' but as a rule they all took
a rather hopeful view of the situation. The
crop prospects are good, and with the good
stage of water the lumber firms seem to
consider the situation as bright."
St. Paul, Minn., is affected by excessive
rain: "On the whole business in St. Paul
can not be said to have changed much in
the past month. There have been occa-
sional spurts when there was a better de-
mand for lumber, but just now, owing to
the bad condition of the roads in the coun-
try, the shipments are rather light. The
sash and door trade is a little better and
the hardwood trade would be fairly good
if there were any dry stock to be had.
Nearly everyone who has had any stock
that was dry has sold every stick of it,
and there will be no more until this sea-
son's cut is ready for the trade. Prices
have been very satisfactory, for what hard-
wood has been sj.'d."
A letter in the Lumberman from Clin-
ton, la., speaks of "The abundance of rain
is showing its effect on the Father of
Waters here. The old Mississippi is in a
fair way toward a good spring rise ami
veil .genuine "high water" if the supply
cps up. A few miles above, owing to the
•lcome rise, rafts are being pulled out
which have been aground for the past
ar or two, but are now once more afloat.
That the mills below had not got fairly
"n shape during April Is shown by the
mount of logs passing the bridge here
luring April. The record of the month here
hows but a total of 155 brails of logs, as
onipared with -132 brails for the same
month last year."
This in the Lumberman is from the cor-
spondent at lhiluth: "The Chicago pub-
lication that announced more lumber would
be cut up here this season than ever was
away off. and the secretary of the Duluth
lumbermen's association has addressed a
letter to it correcting the error. Secretary
Hamilton says that the decrease by reason
of tin delay in beginning the sawing sea-
en will cause a decrease of 25,000,000 feet.
Several of the mills began sawing last
Monday, but there are yet five mills that
have not started up."
Another writes fne same paper from La
In Other markets.
At the upper end of the Mississippi the
mills are slowly drawing into line. Trade
was better during last week than it was
the week before. At some points high
water has interfered. The Mississippi Val
ley Lumberman, printed at Minneapolis,
says of the local trade; "While the ship
ments for the past week have not be
up to the record for the corresponding
week of last year, there is a nearer ap
proaeh than there was last week and ther
is enough of a better feeling this week
among the manufacturers and wholesalers
of this market to more than make up the
difference. It is the difference that conn,
with a change in the weather conditions.
For the past month or six weeks the roads
in the country have, been in such shap1
that the farmers could not haul loads if
they would, and the seeding in many lo
ealities has been put back by tlie excess ot
wet weather. Sime the first of the pres-
ent month there has been a change that
has permitted seeding and has begun to
dry up the roads so that they can bo
used. There was an increase of over half
a million l'eet in the amount of lumbe
shipped out of the local market, and the
orders are stiil coming in more freely than
they have, for some time before. * *
Considering the light demand that has been
the rule for a number of weeks back, the
uric eg have been fairly well maintained*
Crosse, Wis.: "We are having a very good
stage of water and the drive has been all
that could be expected up to the present
time. We have got a great many logs down
in the lower river and are sluicing every
"ay. The upper drive came in on Sunday
last and they are now putting it over the
falls. If we could have another rise of this
kind later on it would practically insure
us a clean drive on Black river. The mills
are all running and the supply of logs Is
sufficient for the present at least. The
rivers are again raising, which is due to the
recent heavy rains up north."
Tiie following is from Rhinelander, Wis.:
'Trade in the Wisconsin valley continues
pretty good this week. A good deal of
umber is being moved, and orders are
coming in with a freedom foreign to the
trade heretofore this season. The usilal
volume of spring trade Is not yet reached,
however, and lumbermen of this section
are content with the demand as it Is at
present. The Wisconsin river is now at the
highest point it has been for some years.
No danger is feared, as the water is slow-
ly beginning to go down, and if there are
no more rains It will rapidly recede."
A manufacturer writes from Oshkosh,
Wis.; "We are all working hard and bank-
ing on hope, the only capital stock we have
at present, for •something better another
year and not before. Sales have dropped
off, and the outlook is not very nattering.
No change in prices even; one gels what
he can. Collections are rather slow."
Another firm writes to the Mississippi
Valley Lumberman from Plymouth, Neb.;
We are not doing much in the lumber
line, but from our present outlook we will
have plenty to do in a few months. Wheat
and oats look splendid, and in fact every-
thing that is in the ground is just a
booming, and we think, with McKinley at
the helm, we Nebraskalns will come right
to the front."
From Merrill, Wis.; "The Wisconsin
river is very high; but from all reports th»
drives are progressing fairly well. The
Alexander Stewart lumber company of
Wausau Is driving its drive of -1,000,000 feet
from the Prairie into the main river."
A letter In the Lumberman frfrm Milton,
N. P., says: "Our lumber trade! was very
good this spring until bad roads set in
and the outlook was never so promising
for a good trade after seeding as this
prlng, but the continuous rains have
made everything look rather discouraging."
Chicago is not a good place to ship yel-
low pine except under a written contract.
The Timbennan's Chicago market report
contains nothing of an encouraging na-
ture for southern woods, unless it be ey-
iress. For "the yellow pine men seem to
te about as much in the dark as ever.
There are no fixed prices and the quota-
tions at which sales are being made range
often as much as $3 and $4 apart on some
kinds of lumber. For instance, we have-
beard of sales of yellow pine rift flooring
ill tho way from $17 to $20.50. Flat sawed
flooring does not have as great a range,,
bringing from $11 to $15. Finishing lumber
sells anywhere between $18 and |20, there
being, however, some allowance made for
widths. The recent abrogation of tin? yel-
low pine list has made the market a feet-
ball for the northern scalpers. A low
months ago the yellow pine manufacturers
had their inning. Now the game Is in tho
hands of their opponents, and they are
evidently making tlie most of It. Nobody
can blame them very much for this, either,
as when the yellow pine men were ih con-
trol, they had but scant consideration for
northern buyers; and this, wo contend,
was an entirely proper method of conduct-
ing their business. By establishing their
prices at what they could afford to sell
at, they declared their independence of any
other interest outside of their own, and
for a year or more brought to their Indus-
try an infinite amount of prosperity. It is
only through a demoralized condition of
the demand that the yellow pine market
has been brought to its present stage. With
fT better demand, prices would quickly
mend."
Of cypress^ the Timberman has a better
report. It. says:
"Cypress is one of those woods, by far
too few in number, which are enjoying
about the usual demand regardless of sur-
rounding conditions. The demand J mm
eastern markets is about holding its own
and in northern markets is somewhat less
than the normal in consequence of the
lagging demand in all kinds of finishing
material. There is, however, not a great
amount of cypress being piled up at the
mills, and mlllmen are maintaining prices
to the full limit. Some of the northern
people, especially those engaged in tlie
sash and door line, are again beginning to
devote some attention to cypress at this
time as a material for doors. The price
of white pine for this purpose has become
so high that, those engaged In the door
Industry are beginning to experiment with
various kinds of lumber looking toward
the adoption of some suitable variety as a
staple article for use in their factories,
i.'nder such circumstances cypress would
be apt to receive substantial recognition.
Man> of the door manufacturers have al-
ready recognized its availability and others
are beginning to investigate its qualities.''
The Timberman's St. Louis letter says:
"With the yellow pine people one of the
interesting features of the business is the
curiosity manifested to see the new lists of
the other fellows. Since last week's meet-
ing at Memphis anyone can make a list
to suit himself, and the collecting of lists
is quite a fad. indeed, with somp It prom-
ises to rival even the poster mania. The
lists, as a rule, do not show any extraor-
dinary prices. The old list was about as
low as the ordinary .will could possibly
figure, and the new individual lists are
making no very marked changes. Although
the bars are down, the yellow pine consum-
er Is making a mistake when he assumes
that he can make prices to suit himself."
"Locally, there are numbers of orders
coming in on every mail which are rejected
because of prices. This will be all right
is the rejecting work is continued until all
orders are turned down that do not, on the
face of them, show a margin for the mill.'
Many correspondents, despairing of get-
ting a tfood lumber letter* lind ielie£ in "a
crop report, and as good crops are very
rear to a lumberman's heart, this one from
L.vayette. La., is to the point:
"Tho situation of the lumber trade in this
vicinity at his tim# is only fair. There is
demand for lumber to go into the construc-
tion of cheap houses, but very little good
work is going on. The ( rep prospects were
never so good and we anticipate a-good
trade later, though just now there is very
little money in circttl *. ion. 3-ost of the
lumber that is moving i moving; on de-
ferred payments or building and loan
funds."
Sixty-live thousand feet has been consid-
ered a very good a ver.eve for eleven hours'
work for a hand saw in this district, but
yellow pine is harder than hemlo-k. B. f '.
llazelton, of llazelton, Pa., reports in the
Timberman of the i'th instant having cut
llfi.tMO feet of hemlock, ehielly one and two
inch stuff, in ole.en hours. It may be
safely written a "big band mill cut."
A Boston letter in the Timberman giv- s
yellow pine at the Hub: "Some improvement
in the poplar and cypress trade is reported.
There are no features of specific interest
in the case of these two woods, which oc-
cupy a quiet but firm position i.i the mar-
ket. The position of yellow pine in the
markets of this section is fairly well re-
flected in the receipts at this port, which,
for the past week, consisted of six cargoes
containing 2,11)0,000 feet. The large bills i »r
this material which have been noticed at
this season for several years have not so
far shown up, yet the volume of trade in
the aggregate is greater than has beioie
been known. Freight rates remain un-
changed. From Atlantic ports and
from gulf ports $6. Among the items ot in-
terest that may be quoted at this writing
is the existence of a bill for a Connecticut
manufactory in which an item of 1,000,000
feet of spruce and another ot 200,000 teet
of maple have been the subjects of some
hustling on the part of our local dealers.
North Tonawanda, N. Y., is in a bad
way: "There seems to be a sluggishness
in the market which is unusual, ' hero
also seems to be a very unset lied condition
of the market in regard to the coarser
grades of lumber, such as box boards,
fencing and No. 2 and No. 3 barn boards,
which are selling at phenomenally low*
prices, less, we believe, than legitimate
competition can meet, so that if the pres-
nt condition of things is kept up lor any
length of time it means certain disaster to
those who persist in following the market
in its downward course. We should be very
glad to throw a few cheering rays upon
tho outlook, but our business mirror is not
relleeting a bright light just now, so we
think better not to say much about the
trend of affairs at present. We hope, atn r
the St. Louis and Chicago conventions have
been held and nominations for presidential
candidates have been made, that business
will take a better turn, but do not tool
like laying too much stress upon even those
vents, and think we shall have, to go
through the year still hoping for a better
future."
Americans imagine they alone are af-
fected by dull business, but Canada is ex-
pecting light trade until after the presi-
dential election. Tho Timberman's letter
from Toronto notes: "May day is here,
with its sunshine, but into the inner re-
cesses of the offices of Canadian lumber-
men It has not brought, as yet, any large
degree of brightness. It is not easy t>.-r
your correspondent to add anything very
material to what has been sa*id for the past
month or more regarding the lumber situa-
tion in Canada Gondii ions are not favor-
able, certainly not in Ontario, to a large
trade this year. This depression, or rather
continued depression, may at this time be
attributed in part t<» the coming presiden-
tial election in the United States, where a
depressed market has a vital relationship
to Canadian lumber, and likewise to the
fact that in Canada we are now in the
throes of a general ebetion, and for two
months politics, rather than business, will
preponderate. Whether a change in the
government in Canada, which seems prob-
able at tho present time, would result in
any change in the lumber tariff, is open
to question. This much, however, seems
pretty certain: The possibilities, which
sometimes loom up brightly, for a re-im-
position of the log duty or a re-adjustment
of duties as affecting the rapidly growing
pulp trade, would be less likely under a
liberal government, whose leanings are
strongly in the direction of reciprocity or
free trade, than will be the case should
the present government remain in power,
with its new premier, Sir Charles Tupper,
who is one of the fathers of the national
policy and pledged to its continuance. What
is complained of by the lumbermen in On-
tario is the smallness that marks lumber
transactions in tho present day. The prac-
tice in other lines of business of buying
in small quantities, in place of making the
heavy purchases that was common lo mer-
cantile business a few years ago, has fas-
tened Itself on the lumber trade, and the
days of many carloads of lumber at one
time appear to have, passed away. What
with large quantities of low grade lumber
in stock, and the tendency of cutting run
ning In that direction more every year,
combined with the inroads that southern
and Duluth pine are making Into the east-
ern markets in the United States, where
much Canadian lumber had formerly gone,
fresh complications are added to the situa
lion." ,
The following is clipped from the Timber
man's letter, dated Albany, N. Y.: "Tie
feeling of better things coming in the way
of healthier trade and better general busi-
ness which was first manifest in this mar-
ket a week ago has not diminished, and on
the contrary, is increasing. Although there
has been considerable trouble among the
lumber dealers of the western part of thin
state within the past few days the Albany
dealers have escaped any results and do
not seem liable to a similar condition her
The Albany merchants are playing pretty
close to the cushion and will continue to
work on that plan 'if it takes all summer.'
This market has been roasted and re-roast
ed by representatives of other lumber mar
kots in the country for its conservatism
It is admitted by some that a virtue can
be made a vice, and it has looked at times
as if the Albany lumber dealers were prac-
ticing conservative theories until they had
made them operate to a vicious extent in
their business. Now, however, Albanians
are having the better end of the situation
as is proved by the statistics obtainable
from the commercial agency reports on
Chicago, Buffalo, Rochester and Tona-
wanda."
The Timberman sounds a warning notr
to yellow pine manufacturers who
seeking new outlets. A portion of the
tide is copied: "The advantage of foreign
trade foi* the east Texas mills Is felt to be
the outlet It gives for surplus . toeks. Tin
domestic trade, particularly that of tin
state of Texas itself, is somewhat fitful,
and though the demands in good seasons
are extremely heavy, there occur periods
when at a normal rate of production stocks
accumulate in uncomfortable proportions
at the mills. It is a question, however,
looked at from an entirely unbiased stand-
point, whether It is worth while to at-
tempt to cover so large a range as seems
to be contemplated. Each foreign market
has Its peculiar requirements. A cargo
which will answer for Buenos Ayres will
not do for Havana, nor that cut lor Ha-
vana for Vera Cruz, while the demands of
Liverpool and Hamburg may differ from
any and from each other. The M ex lean re-
quirement Is a substantial and growing
one, in the supply of which the east Texas
mills have taken the leading place. Some
West Indian and South American trade is
also natural to Sabine Pass. If some di-
vision of foreign territory could be made
by which Pensaeola and like ports would
keep out of the Mexican trade and east
Texas out of the markets in whieh tho
eastern exporting points are strong, tie
advantage would be a double one, in that
business could be more easily handled,
having less variety in requirement and
the competition in prices would be less
keen, it is easily possible to overdo the
export pitch pine business, as has been
thoroughly demonstrated by the South At-
lantic coast and Florida gulf ports during
the last two or three years in regard to
the English trade. If each section, as far
as practicable, would confine Its eilorts in
a selling way to the trade to which it Is
accustomed, and studiously keep out of a
business which means but little to it, but
much demoralization to its neighbors, the
result could be but beneficial."
The Timberman has views on the bank-
rupt laws that are in line with such lum-
bermen as The News man has talked on
the matter. They are as follows: "While
it Is doubtful if the bill will get to a hear-
ing In the senate at this session, its pass-
age by the house opens the fight for and
against it, and business men are arrayim
themselves on one side or the other. Th
consensus of opinion among most of tho.
of experience who have studied such su
jects is that neither this nor any natior
bankruptcy law is needed. In the vast r
jorlty of cases, probably ninety-nine tir
out of a hundred, the honest debtor is ■
to compromise with his creditors sat If
torlly to himself and to them, and I
doing both he and they are benefited
larger distribution of assets than is
hie where the bankrupt estate mus*
cessity go through the courts. It p
be an opinion, based not only on
leal considerations, but upon oy
that tin- bankruptcy act has for
beneficiaries the lawyers and
debtors. One of the leading me
Chicago, perhaps the leading rm
lines, has stated that during
years of the bankruptcy act
concern realized on estates, i
under that act, but 22 per cent
while in the twelve years succeeding the
rep al of the act. it realized on such es«
tales per cent of claims."
The Northwestern Lumberman has a let-
ter from Kansas City that indicates fea-
tures similar to those existing in the lum-
ber trade at almost e\■ ry other point. It
says: "As to the state of the different
branches of the lumber business, there Is
nothii either new or interesting that can
b said, oner- for everything are hard
to g'-t, and when secured the margins are
slight that bdt little is made. Yellow
pine prices are now wide open both east
uid wes , and the manufacturers have no
frictions upon them. Some very low
•es are being made, but these are no
nduce/neut for the dealers to place orders
or stuf? that they do not need at once, so
ih. trade continues dull and doubtless will
for the n,-XI sixty days. The traveling men
ay they have a hard time to get orders
new, a.s most of the dealers do not even
want to know the prices, and the bills they
ire selling are only for the stuff that tho
dealers can not get along without. White
pine conditions are practically the same
is those reported for yellow pine. The
market is unusually weak for tills season
of the year, and the volume of business is
light. No change is looked for either in
prices or improvement in trade this month.
There is some demand for common oak."
The Lumberman is always practical and
sometimes philosophical. The following is
a specimen of the latter from the issue of
the nth: "A philosopher with a wrinkled
isage, a flannel shirt and a head full of
hard, sound common sense, came Into the
umberman office the other day and said
i"he harder the times are the surer it is
that they will soon be better.' and it struck
the Lumberman as a proposition that might
be worth thinking over. Because the times
hard and the lumber trade dull it
doesn't follow that they will always be
that way. Some people whom we have
heard talk recently seem, from their
gloomy view of things, to have no faith
in the present or hope for the future. Hut
the better times are just as sure to come
daylight is to succeed the blackest
night, and when they do come how many
of us will remember the way we talked in
ie spring of iMtj?"
The Lumberman's letter from Wheeling,
W. Vn,, says: "The threatened strikes
among tin; building trades, which were
scheduled to begin May 1. failed to mater-
.alize. Building operations are quite brisk,
and nearly all the contractors and mlllmen
- well employed. The call for yard ma-
terials is as good as could be expected thus
irly in the season, the- frost having been
out of the ground less than three weeks.
It is predicted among those in position to
know that the coining season will be the
best which has been seen in Wheeling for
four years. Reports from all over West
Virginia are that the season is opening
nicely and that the outlook is good. Sls-
tersville, the oil metropolis, is booming
and men and materials can not be fur-
nished fast enough. The call for lumber for
building oil well rigs is greater than the
•apaclty for delivering it. and many new.
rigs are waiting for the delivery of lumber.
The dovelopnu nt of the oil industry has
been the reason for a very largely increased
onsumpflon of timber In West Virginia the
past five years, and to-day the call Is
.stronger than ever before. The most en-
ouraging development of the past week
has boon the movement in the direction of
railroad building. At least two railroads
of importance lo the timbering industry of
West Virginia have been put into such
•diape that ihere is no good reason to fear
that they will net be built within the com-
ing year. The first of these In point of
importance is the Little Kanawha valley
railroad."
The Lumberman has a letter from across
the border, showing the condition in the
extreme northeast. It is from St. John:
"Last week there cleared at St. John for
United States ports 2.000.000 feet of long
lumber, -1,000,000 shingles. 1,500,000 lath and
575 cords wood. For British ports there
cleared nearly 2,500,000 feet of deals and
battens. Five steamers and several square
riggers are now loading on English ac-
count. The snow has been gradually melt-
ing out of the deep woods without raising
the streams, The result is that while the
big drives on the large streams have got a
good start and are getting along well thus
far, there ha\< been quite a lot of small
drives on small streams hung up for tin
present. There are a numb< r of small ports
just across the Bay of Fundy in Nova
Scotia that are shipping large quantities of
lumber and piling to the United States.
From tho head of the. bay on tills side
there are many schooners in the trade,
with abundance of lumber in sight. Near
Weymouth, N. S.. the firm of Blackadar &
Co. are large operators, having several
small mills, and they now propose to con-
nect a timber tract In what is called New
France with Weymouth by a pole railroad
with engine and fiat cars for conveying
lumber. Their headquarters are at a place
called Hectanooga. N. S."
The Northwestern Lumberman takes up
some figures found in Barrel and Box, the
paper recently started at Louisville, Ivy.
and shows that the N. K. Fairbank corn
pany consumes $105,000 worth of white pine
boxes at Chicago annually and #80,000 worth
of Cottonwood boxes at St. Louis. All are
bought from the trade. The total number
of boxes used by this company In a year is
,j. s. Kirk & Co. use J,500,000 boxes
annually. Th firm operates its own box
factory at IUilnelander, Wis. There are 50
other soap manufacturers in this country
and Barrel and Box estimates that alto-
gt ther Ji"»o.000,000 boxes are employed In
packing soap.. This should certainly In-
sure the cleanliness of the community
which, we are taught, is going a long way
toward godliness; besides we thus set
that thtre- is a close connection between
soap and the consumption of lumber. Two
of the larger soap manufacturers expend
$100,000 a year for boxes. If 8.000,000 boxes
-•>st $400,000, 150,000,000 boxes would involve
the exp< ndlture of $20,000,000 for soap pack-
ages alone. Continuing the calculation
through the vast range of the packing box
demand we Can imagine how vast is the
expenditure in total, and what an amount
of lumber is consumed in manufacture. It
is evident that box manufacture furnishes
a large percentage of demand for coarse
mill product, and that as the years pass
there will be a sure outlet for low grade
white pine, eottonwood. North Carolina
pine, yellow pine and all other lumber of
low grade that can bo worked Into boxes,"
Th" Lumberman reviews the condition of
sash, doors and blinds, as follows: "He
ports received this week from the different
sash, door and blind manufacturing and
distributing centers indicate a very un
satisfactory volume of business. Some con
solation is gained from the recent advance
in prices, and the market is by no means
badly demoralized, but there Is a lack of
lil" to demand which Is certainly dlscour
aging. At several of the large centers an
active inquiry is reported for special work
but without a proportionate showing In tho
way of orders. This Is probably due to tho
fact that buyers of special bills are 'shop-
ping' more than they have been in the hall-
it of doing in former years. Instead of get
ting estimates from one or two concerns,
each buyer now appears to think that he
must give every one a chance to figure, and
the n i,it Is all the estimators are kept
bt; ,y. while the bill clerks are not required
to overexert themselves. In regular stock
trade je decidedly quiet. There Is practical-
ly no .ir load buying, current trade con-
si.sting »r e,dds and ends to till in gaps in
tie- nearer stocks which are carried in
country yards these days. In spite of this
prices are well maintained, and tho ware-
house:: are by no means heavily loaded
with surpb " stock."
The, Baltimore Record has a good report
from tie southeast. At Baltimore a better
tone 1 .• vailed in the general lumber
market during the past w-ek, and Indica-
tions point to giea'er activity during the
next six'y da The demand is improving
for certain mao-rlal, and the tendency of
values I.; to a higher range. In yellow pine
receipt an svnat less than usual, and
in air-dried grades and dimensions there is
a better den. rid. Ilex makers are buying
more freely, and as they are now perma-
nently organized their relations with the
wholesale lumber dealer are more amica-
ble. Planing mills are also taking more
lumber than usual, and throughout tho
general list of values there Is a healthier
tone existing.
A letter in the Record from Norfolk, Va.,
says that the seasonable weather prevailing
has been a great factor in Improving the
lumber market there during the past week.
There is every eviden a more active
market, and during the past ten days or-
ders have considerably increased. The
prompt action of manufacturers in closing
l their mills at < ertaln periods will
a beneficial effect. North Carolina
manufacturers liavo in nearly every
anco supported the proposition for a
eral shut down during May, or at pe-
ls most convenient. Stocks, V.v this
thod, will be kept down and prices sus-
med at a fair margin of profit to tho
anufr.ciurer. At the moment stocks are
•t s-xcesslve; box grades are In good de-
mand, with a light supply, and 8 and 10-
nch box grades are selling fairly well. The
ocal demand for lumber from builders and
others Is active, and considerable material
will go into consumption during the sum-
mer fiom such sources. Planing mill men
are busy, but prices for finished material
are very low, and it is expected that tho
movement contemplated to improve tlie
market will be carried out by the planing
mills.
The, Charleston, S. C., market is given in
the Record. The following extract shows:
"A steady demand for lumber has ruled
during the last month, and tho local lum~
ber market is nt present In a very satisfac-
tory shap--. Orders have been quite nu-
merous <luring the past week, and in the
yellow pine and cypress industry values
are firm, but not quotably higher. The
business In crosstles is one of considerable
volume, and the demand from northern
points is brisk. The foreign inquiry for
lumber does not seem to improve, and the
demand from this source is light."
Jacksonville. Fla., market is reported in
the Record: "The local lumber market has
been fairly active during the month of
April, and tlie volume of business shows a
slight increase over March. The demand Is
very steady, and at all the milling sections
there is considerable activity, orders being
quite numerous, with prices for desirable
lumber firm. The cypress trade is improv-
ing and shipments increasing every month,
while values are lending higher. The lum-
ber shipments by vessels during the month
April to all ports amounted to 7,950,2M
feet, while those for March were 7,769,731
feet. The exports to coastwise ports con-
sisted of 7,029,147 feet of yellow pine lumber,
639,000 feet of cypress lumber, 22.000 bundles
of shingles, -125,000 shingles and 20,700 cross-
ties. The foreign exports consisted of 282,-
247 feet of yellow pine lumber, valued at
$4445, and a quantity of orange box shooks."
Pensaeola has a better report than for
some time past: "The volume of business
at this port in lumber and timber was to a
great extent restricted during the month of
April by the labor troubles, which, fortu-
nately for the commerce of the port, have
been finally settled. During the past week
there has been great activity in shipping
circles, and a number of vessels are now
loading for foreign and domestic ports.
There Is a good demand for timber, and
prices still hold firm, with a tendency
toward a higher range of values. During
tho month of April forty-six vessels en-
tered this port, having an aggregate ton-
nage of 51,770. During the same period
thirty-two vessels were cleared, with a
total tonnage of 29.928. The exports in
April were 13.7» cubic feet of hewn pitch-
pine timber, 9,015,000 superficial feed of
pitch-pine lumber, 106 hickory logs and
lio;: cubic feet of hewn whilewood."
This is a good showing from Brunswick,
(la.: "The lumber business of the port of
Brunswick during April was very satisfac-
tory, considering the restrictions on ship-
ments caused by the recent fires. The
oastwise exports of lumber amounted to
S,200,000 feet. .riX,f>7S crosstles and 1,015,000
shingles. The foreign exports were 97,000
feet of timber, 2,699,000 feet of lumber."
>ortli of Ktirope.
The Aktiebolaget, Jaderberg & Co., are
constructing a mill that is to saw two logs
at the same time op tho same frame. From
Sweden, Norway and Finland conic encour-
aging reports. A Norwegian paper writes
on the wood trade as follows: "it is very
pleasant to be. able to record a firmer mar-
ket, and there is every reason to believe
it will remain strong during the rest of the
year. We can report tho, following recent
sales; £7 17s Od basis 1x7 inch in mixed white
for a large cargo to a west coast port,
specification falling 3rds. Several smaller
cargoes 80 -100 standards at 15s to .CO
17s «;d f.o.b. for white. For redwood to
London ;?4x7 t.g. and b. £8 10s—c.i.f. is easily
obtainable, but there are practically no
stocks of seasoned red. A cargo, 250 stan-
dards GVfc-lneh red planed, was recently sold
to the t'ane for June shipments, basis .CS
f.o.b., with ion .standards ;>x9-inch ret I deals
at X.1 Ifis. Largo quantities are said to
have been sold lrem "the Baltic to Africa.
Wo note as a. novelty that a steamer 5-800
standards is demanded from Sundswall to
various African ports, which seems to indi-
cate that s-te--a.ni is going to oust our sail-
ing vessels from this trade also, in which
the latter have almost held a monopoly.
Holland, which us»il to take all her supply
from us, is now buying more from Sweden;
prie« s have not there been on par with
English prices."
The 1 nited Kingdom.
Tho Timber Trades Journal of April 25
sums up tho London lumber business as
follows: "London dealers are i>usy, and
ippear to bo satisfied with tire outlook;
the bulk of tho importers purchased early,
ind the subsequent firmness and' scarcity
of l'.o.w. goods at the shipping ports places
them in a very good position In relation
to tiie cargoes now on their way here,
most of which have been sold to arrive. A
more than usually heavy overside trade
may bo expect cut this season, escaping the
heavy docK charges becoming every year
of more importance to the trade. To get a
good specification of deals and battens
now for immediate shipment from the
lower gulf mills would be difficult, and e-n
tail something extra in the way of price
Sales, wo understand, have for some of the
loading makes been closed for shipment as
late as S< ptember In full confidence that
prices will hold through the season. Pitch
pine was in good demand, with light stocks
to select from."
At Manchester there are no arrivals to
report. The Sally and Anna are discharg-
ing their respective cargoes of sawn pitch
pine and boards below bridges, and the
timber is rapidly finding its way into circu-
lation.
There was even, greater animation at
Liverpool: "Just at present the demand Is
beyond the supply, and consumers are
clamoring for goods which they can not
get just now. Several steamers have, how
ever, been taken up recently, and a-s they
will be dia- in May these orders will then
be supplied. Nevertheless . shippers are
holding out for full prices, as the demand
for spruce to supply the American and
Brazilian markets Is very strong. A walk
around the north docks discloses scenes
of liveliness and animation among the "ves-
sels at work landing their cargoes."
From South Africa.
Beaumont, Tex., May 15.-—The News cor-
respondent is in receipt of a letter from
Mr. Edgar C. Secbohm, who for many
years traveled in this section in the inter-
est of a mill supply company, but who
for the past few months has been repre-
senting his company at Johannesburg
South Africa. He is at present actively en
gaged in putting up a large saw and plan
ing mill and writes that his health is good
and ho is just about as happy as when he
lived in this country. South Africa does
not seem to have come up to his expecta-
tions, however, as will be seen' by tho fol
lowing letter:
Rand Club, Johannesburg, South Africa,
March 28. I will try to give you an idea
of this country, judging It by my ten
weeks' experience In Johannesburg and tho
Transvaal. I have looked the country over
critically, and in the beginning I would say
that the many articles which 1 read about
this great gold field before leaving the
states are not true as to what it costs a
man to live here, or what ho could make
here at this time. This 1 wish to give to
tlie Americans before they leave their
homes for this God-forsaken country
Johannesburg has 130,000 white Inhabitants
Out of this number not moro than 1500
have made money here. The money spent
to take gold from the ground here will
never bo taken out in gold by one-half.
About nine-tenths of those who come to
South At'iiea some to make a fortune and
bring what little they have with them.
After reaching Johannesburg they find that
most all the land is taken up, and that if
they take up a claim, which is all one man
can take up (unless he purchases in the
names of several persons, which will en-
able him to secure a claim for each name
in which he may purchase), that one claim
Is of no use. It takes from ten to one
hundred to make a good mine. To get the
gold out it will cost from $1000 to $5000 to
sink a shaft to test the claims, then, If
gold is found in quantities which will pay
to dig. it will require a plant which will
cost from $50,000 to $150,000, so a poor man
has no business coming to South Africa
to look for gold. To come as a mechanic
or a journeyman, the wages are too small,
as the English will work for small wages
and live on almost nothing. Wages hero
range from $2 to $5 per day. Some rnino
managers get from $5ooo to $20,000 per year
but these place s are all filled. Board costs
from $15 to $110 a week, and $25 will not
get you as good board ns can be had at $5
in the states. A good steak can not bo had,
Good fruit can not be had. The only meat
Is poor mutton. Eggs are served once a
week, and you get only one good one out
of six. There Is no water to drink In
Johannesburg, and one must drink soda
water or beer, lhiglish soda water costs
25 cents a glass, beer 25 cents a glass,
whisky and soda 50 cents a glass. I have,
in the last week, washed my hands and
face in soda water. The waterworks here
try to deliver water In wagons about, tho
city, but get around about once a wee"
with water not fit to wash a hog in. Ice is
worth 25 cents a pound.
Now with all of this I can put up, but
the heavy dust storms are too much for
me. Tho dust storms are something won
derful, and it is impossible for one to see
across tho streets. The dust is like
heavy fog. and Is tin all day and all night
visitor. The streets are not paved, and
this causes a great portion of the dust.
And with this I must say a few words
about the laborers, who are Kaffirs, and
who get $5 a week. They work from 7.H0
a. m. to 12 m.. from 1 p. m. to 5 p. m ,
and work but half a day on Saturdays.
Tho Kaffirs must be in their lodgings at 9
p. m. Tf caught out later than 9 p. m., they
are arrested and whipped. The Kaffirs are
not allowed on the footpath; they must
walk in the streets. If caught on the foot-
path, they will be arrested and locked up
and fifty lashes applied to their naked
backs. They go about the streets with but
a part cf a gunny sack for their makeup
of cloth. There is a Kaffir war now at
Buluwayo.
The lumber trade in Johannesburg is
something the east Texas mills should
have. J am working hard to turn part of
this trade to Beaumont, but as yet I liavo
not been able to get a foothold. The firm
for whom I am erecting a large band, saw
and planing mill have agreed to try some
long leaf yellow pine, and I live in hopes of
getting a good order from them. Most of
the lumber used here comes from Alabama.
Florida and Oregon. It is all large and
long timbers, which are resawed here into
building material. The railroads use iron
for ties and steel for bridges. I will give
you an exact account of the lumber used
In the Transvaal, all South Africa, and
what the gold and diamond output Is in
my next. Yours truly,
EDGAR C. SEEBOHM.
AMNoelnticiiN.
The Texas and Louisiana lumber manu-
facturers' association will meet at Houston
on Tuesday, June 9.
The Texas retail lumber dealers' associa-
tion will meet at Dallas on Saturday, tho
10th, for the purpose of perfecting the or-
ganization. as indicated at the Informal
meeting held by this association at Austin
on April 10.
Scrap l'lle.
Swedish manufacturers sold in England
last year 250,000 doors, 50,000 sashes and
frames and 60,000,000 feet of moldings.
During the four years ending 1885 the
nited States took from Canada only 4,-
'0,000 feet, but during the four years ending
1893 269,860,000 feet hoard measure. The
value of wood goods bought from Canada
by the United States in 1S93 reached $14,-
800,000.
The karri tree of Australia reaches a
height of 400 feet. The wood is red, hard
to work and is not durable between wind
and water. It lasts well in the water, but
has the same blistcry appearance of the
annual layers which are common to tho
jarrah and is only useful for heavy fram-
ing, beams and supports.
Pleaded Outlty niid Wan Fined.
Kansas City, Mo.. May 1-1.-(Special.)--Ho-
mer A. Judd, formerly president of the In-
dian rice milling company of this city, now
of Fort Worth, wont before Judge Phillips
this morning and formally pleaded guilty
of violation of the interstate commerce act.
Judge Phillips fined him $850, which he paid
and was released from custody, and will re-
turn to Texas at onoe. The plea of guilty
was to each of the four counts of the In-
dictment returned by tho federal grand
jury, but the sentence was only on the sec-
ond count, which charged him with report-
ing false weights. The other sentences
were held In abeyance and probably never
will be indicted.
John A. CoekerllPfl IleumIiim.
New York, May 14.—The body of John A.
Cockerill, who died in Cairo recently, will
arrive In New York on the steamship
Campania, which is expected to reach her
deck Saturday morning. On Monday there
will be three services over the body, one
by the Elks, another by the Masonic fra-
ternity in Scottish Rite hall, and a third in
Dr. Maecarty's church. In the afternoon
the body will be taken in a special car to
Kenslco cemetery, and on Tuesday it will
be taken from the receiving vault of tho
emetery and conveyed ih Chauncey M.
Depew's private car to St. Louis, where
the burial will take place.
Uolntf to TUcw York.
Atlanta, Ga., May 14.—A sensation has
been created here by the announcement by
Samuel Inman, head of S. M. Inman & Co.,
the laigest cotton house In the south, of his
intention to remove to New York and
transfer the headquarters of his firm
there. Mr. Inman is a brother of John H.
Inman, the well known New York broker,
and is one of the wealthiest and most pub-
lic spirited men in the south. During the
late exposition, when the enterprise was
on the. verge of financial disaster, he saved
it by advancing $50,000 from his own funds,
which won for him the eternal gratitude of
this city. His leaving Atlanta is regarded
as a public calamity.
THE
SECRET DISCOVERED.
The World Has Waited a
Thousand Years for This.
"Proclaim it to
all the world that
you have the secret
of perfect health
for men; of power
over disease, weak'
ness and decay; of
Glorious manhood.
Write it, talk it,
sing it, shout it till
all these human
wrecks are saved!"
Ro writes a happy man fresh from the
Slough of Despond.
Well, tho discovery has been proclaimed,
but men are slow to believe.
The way is open to inquire, to investigate.
Why will not every man do so?
There is a simple way to cure at home all
those baneful effects of the sins of youth and
the excesses of later years which blast the
lives of multitudes of men.
Tliero is a way to regain strength lost by
disease, overwork anil worry.
A way to secure and retain the abilities
sacrificed to dissipation—to "boglod again
after suffering an atonement."
A way to repair drains on the system that
sap tho vitality. *
A way to replace nervousness, dread and
despondency with courage and self-respect.
A way to give full strength, development
and tone to every portion of tho body.
A way to remove every obstacle to happy
and fruitful married life.
All this is clearly shown in a little medical
work recently published. It is not a book
for general circulation, being purely medical
and scientific and for men only who need ad-
vice and aid.
How to get it: Write to the Erie Medical
Company, Niagara Street, Buffalo, N. Y., say
you read tho article in this paper, and ask
them to send you the book called "Complete
Manhood, and tho Way to Attain It." They
will send one copy entirely free, in a plain
sealod wrapper, to any man who writes for
It ih good faith.
"In the bright lexicon of youth thtre is no such
word aw FAIL."
MANHOOD NOT LOST,
lie your cane over §o bad. No matter how
ninny have triod to euro you and failed do
not despair, for while there ia life there is
hope. Avoid quacks and impostors and try
tho romedy of a physician who has devotnd
his life to thestudy of special diseases. Write
for a free trial bottle or
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THE GREAT VITAL RESTORATIVE.
TRIAL
BOTTLE
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BOTTLE
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