Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-08-26


next Spring than We had last, you can judge fol
yourselves how light our trade has been this Sum
mer, and II your people put In anything like 4
stock Of timber tie conlng season, We feel like
quitting the business bsiors we lose all we have.
Please send us a copy q your proceeding.
Gentlemen IF tie Consssfion:
| DEAN sIRs I'VE are Engaged at both produe-
ing and manufacturing square timber into bill
stun. You know the auount Of timber we have
been cutting on our own lnnds. and what we gen
orally bought on the river to sell again In the
eastern market m dealer. For private reasons,
we do not wish 10 be known as attempting to In
auence your action, but will say that we are 10
fully Impressed with the fact Of the large over
stock now on hand, that We have determined to
cut no timber on our own lands, and venture the
prediction that anything like stock next year
must result in prices falling below the COS, Of the
faetursd during the esmins season. ess
The following report Of plan was
read and fully discussed;
CLEARviELp, Pa, August 18th, 1874.
WHEREAS. Ats meeting Of large number Of
manufacturers Of and dealers In square timber
this day held at Clearhsld, tho condition OF the
business relatingio Its production aud sale wai
taken into confederation, and II has been ascer.
tanned and determined by actual experience and
the action Of said meeting, that the quantity an
nually made and run TO market from the upper
wnters Of the West Branch Of the susquchanna
river Is 10 excess. Of the demand therefor and
that serious losses have resulted to those engaged
10 the business aud no just return has been OBJ
tanned for the timber cut and the labor expended
thereon; and whsreas, II Is for the mutual bens.
III and separate advantage Of those engaged 10
the trade not to oyerstock the market, but posi-
blc so to regulate the supply as not to exceed the
demand, and for that purpose and to that end We
have dgrecd and eovcnanted each to the other that
for the ensuing year we will reduce the quantity
Of lumber cut, or produced, or run to market by
ms respectiyely, and TO attain this object and to
obligaie ourselves to carry out such purpose,
TINS AenEENEsr wIrsEssErB.
That for and In consideration Of the benefit to
be derived by Us, and each Of us, from the con-
summation hereof. rs well as one dollar to US
each In hand paid by - -, the receipt
whereof is hereby acknowledged, we, and each Of
US, have covenanted and agreed, and do by these
presents covenant and agree to and among our
selves. and each with and to the Others rs follows;
First, The quantity Of square timber cut and
produced by US respectively, In the lumber season
Of 1874, or procured 10 be cut and produced by
US in the said season, and the quantity which we
agree to be the largest amount we viii cut, or
cause 10 be cut, or run 10 market In the lumber
season Of 1878, is shown by the following state
ment. A raft named therein Is to be taken as
containing about six thousand (6,o00) cubic feet,
and we covenant aud agree that we will not cut
and produce, nor procure TO be cut and produced,
for market In the Spring Of 1875, more RATS than
the number set opposite our respective names 10
be so cut aud produced, namely;
Rats Rafts