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Strategies & Market Trends : Joe Copia's daytrades/investments and thoughts -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Joe Copia who wrote (16881)	6/22/1999 10:36:00 AM
From: Bidder	Respond to of 25711

Ok joe, here's the first one. Something of interest!56% Untitled By BILL FINCH Environment Editor Sounds like easy money for the Yellow Pine State: Timber prices will be going through the roof over the next 10 years. mobileregister.com Show me more like this

To: Joe Copia who wrote (16881)	6/22/1999 10:39:00 AM
From: Bidder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25711

Here's the next one. Something else of interest. Does this mean we will be importing more lumber from Canada?Environmental Issues Dominate Environmental issues affecting the forest products industry are starting to trickle down to society at large. Homebuyers of the average $125,000 new home find that approximately $5,000 has been added to the cost reflecting increased costs of construction lumber, kitchen cabinets, flooring, moldings, and hardwood furniture. Clinton Administration policies have accelerated lumber price increases by limiting logging in the Northwest to only 20% of what was our production 10 years ago, even though for the past 50 years annual growth of wood fiber has been greater than harvest. We are actually increasing our forest areas to a point where many areas of the country now have more trees than they did 100 years ago. Rural vs Urban The Decade of the Environment is upon us, and if we believe the statistics, well over half of all Americans are convinced their forest heritage is being destroyed by giant timber companies that care little for the environment. It is easy to blame environmental groups for the public's impression of the timber industry, but that would accomplish nothing. It would only be a negative approach to a problem already steeped in bitterness. Besides, there are more complex factors and meanings which must be communicated to and comprehended by the general population before public confidence in modern forestry practices can be restored. Perhaps the greatest threat to the future of the nation's forest industry is the cultural gap which now distances rural America from urban America. We have become a nation of city dwellers, only a generation or two removed from our rural heritage. In 1790, we were a country with an almost 100% rural population. By 1890, just 30% of our population was living in a rural setting. Today, we are realizing a staggering 90% urban population - a complete reversal of what was. There is not much about city life that lends itself to understanding the connection between the efforts of foresters, loggers, sawmillers, and the countless homes, furniture, kitchen cabinets, newspapers required in our society. Once this cultural gap between urban and rural populations is breached a truly sane forest policy can be developed. Return to Albert Forest Products, Inc. HOMEPAGE