Florida. Louisiana. Texas. and Arkansas as it does to Alabama. .Texas. with rich prairies adjoining her timber lands. and a constant stream of immigration. is in better shape to sustain her sawmills without the aid of the tariff than the other Southern States I have mentioned." I will now proceed to prove the assertion I made in the foregoing letter in regard to "top logs." We will figure on one years work for a small mill that will cut the timber from 500 acres of land. From land which produces 5.000 to 6.000 feet of lumber per acre we may safely allow 1.500 feet for what we call "top logs." and 500 feet or more per acre for scrub stock. These 1.500 feet of logs are left to rot in the woods. and the 500 feet of scrub stock remains standing. as we have no outlet therefor to the Western market. owing to competition.
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