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RE: Roundlog exports
by Jim Tuttle
November 09, 2004
Tuesday
Reading the comments of Mike Sallee and Chris Whilhelm, about
contrived concerns for the end-use benefit of logging on Mental
Health ground in this area, demonstrates the total lack of understanding
that they have for how basic economics function in the southeast
Alaska timber industry. Mr. Wilhelm states that Alaska "should
offer incentives" to local mills to make them competitive
with lower 48 mills for out timber resources. That means state
subsidies, and there's NO WAY the state should be subsidizing
ANY industry that's quite capable of carrying its own weight.
In case he doesn't know it the state has no money... we've been
taking from our savings account for the last several years just
to balance the state budget. Mental Health has it right; sell
the resource for the best benefit and highest return for the
state of Alaska and displace the lower 48 competition in a market
that they can't compete with us in, the export market.
Jim Tuttle
Ketchikan, AK - USA
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