Last week we reported on a major shipment of whole logs, mostly fir, bound for China aboard the Bright Life. A spokesperson for supplier Green Diamond said the ship came to our humble harbor by way of Canada in order to top off with a full shipload. (Harbor District President Mike Wilson tells us that a full load is roughly 5 million board feet.)
Judging by the above photo taken by Journal graphic genius Lynn Jones on her lunch break, I’d say that sucker’s just about at capacity. Note how much lower in the water it’s sitting compared to a few days ago. This is why we dredge the entrance to Humboldt Bay.
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Move along now, nothing to see here. Oh, and you guys there at the mill, today’s you’re last day. Those damn treehuggers!
Here, take our trees. In exchange, we’re gonna build more malls full of your inferior sweatshop products that nobody needs!
Thank you, China, for creating a market while the U.S. economy is sick, the housing market has crashed, and the government may shut down. Mill workers aren’t the only ones losing their jobs; it’s a nationwide, cross-industry problem, and you can’t blame that on China. The bust part of the boom-and-bust cycle of corporate America has finally hit, and we can only blame ourselves. Who creates the sweatshop conditions? American-based companies, along with other corporatized nations.