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Show LUMBER 0EfD " SEMES 11? MM Expert Sees Great Future in State of Utah for the Industry. MILLS ARE SHUT DOWN Ralph C. Angell, Back From Coast, Says Shortage of Cars Cuts Supply. tfThe virpin forests of Utah will lie the soaree of untold wealth to the stnto and the foundation of one of her greatest great-est industries, if the present tremendous tremen-dous demand for lumber material continues, con-tinues, ' ' declared Halph C. Angell in commenting upon the recent inercaso in demand for lumber and the concomitant $3 advance in the wholesale pricoH-in pricoH-in the last three months. Mr.- Ane has just returned from a visit to the Pacific northwest, where he went to make a study of lumb'er conditions. "The real cansb. of the increase in lumber prices,'' M. Angell said, ''is to be found in the fact that no shipping equipment has been available west or the Chicago terminus. The result bas been that the lumber mills situated at intermediate points on the railroads have had to shut down, and the supply has accordingly been diminished. Ships Increase Demand. "The disaffection of the export tra1?, which has hitherto consumed from 4') to 50 per cent of the cuts in the United States, and the sinking of lumber-carrying craft on the high seas are two factors, fac-tors, which at first thought would seem to bo conducive to a decrease in the -home supply of lumber material. But these factors have been offset by the immense increase in the shipbuilding industry in the United 8tates. ' Experiments in constructing ships entirely of wood are being conducted at many of the ship yards, and the resultant result-ant demand upon the lumber camps Is great. Prices Will Stay Up. "Shipbuilding interests in Portland, Seattle and Tacoma have advanced with tremendous strides during the last few months. And it is because of the increased in-creased activity in ship construction that the existing prices are expected to remain constant for the rest of the year. ' ' The I. W. W. organizations have been active in the coast cities and have caused several shingle mills to close their doors. Attempts are beir' strenuously stren-uously made by the labor orgaon to unionize the lumber men." |