The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-05
The Situation Among Lumber Manu.
faCturerS.

The following We publish for the
benefit at lumbcrmen generally.
1t explains i'sclt:
In the Lumber Manufacturers et
the Intel Suites:
Al the first animal NJ, citing # tnc
Na'i"nal Ass,ciaIionn LnunI,r,nc,,
held at East Saginaw, Michigan. H.
September last, res"lutinns were ~.
irIuced with II view I" tes,in. tIr
ecu>e at lumber manufacturers If
the United States on limiting The
amount Of stock Ia he prepared for
market f"r the season ni 1875. A
considerable nniElm # prominent
manufacturers IN Minnesota, Wis
cousin. Michigan and Pennsylvania.
as we'll as s"tne in The B,iiisi, Amer
lean Provinces, had Indicated dis
pos'ii"n To cnrtaIl operations aud i,
was thought l".ssiLlc that as a pru
dental movement this policy might
be s" fav"rablJ received that i,
would he generally adopted. The
wisdom It tbs procedure seemed
{" he apparent to all candid men
and without dissent the uleInbers nf
the Association evinced a dispos,-
tim 10 limit their Gpcratinns inr ill.,.
ensuing year to such reI cen,age "f
the usual stock as appeared ample
I" supply the demand. The Boa d
M DirectC RS al the Ass"cia,inn were
accordingly instructed To ascertain
as promptly a. p''ssiblc whether III,
lumber manufacturers of the conn
try VIII" were MT present would
generally assent I" this policy, ana
IN case they did +" then the Board
should SD announce publicly; bnt IN
case they did not 80 assent then
those wh" had si.niti, d that they
wonld alld" 10y the resolution f.
cnriail would not be- c.nsi,lerc.i
b"hnd 10y any such "iliyn,i,n.
Since the meeting 1T The Assoc
alton II has come Z" the knowledge
of the Board at Directors that the
lumber manufacturers at the coun
try generally are MT di.p"aed t"
ca operate in n,e movement t. cur
tail, though in many instances this
dispoeiti"n is hot trn, cin,icc, u,
from supposed Necessity ar business
policy. Therefore, in jus'icc To- all,
the Board deem it rllri' duty 10 STATE.
that according To- The -pirit Of the
rc:"l"ti'n. ah"p'cd no one is there
by bound Ia cnutniI operations f,r
the cunning season. The B,ar, ar.
led to make this announcement, fer
the reason that It appears there is
an erroneous irnpcssion PREVALENT
Effect that certain indi, i,iuals |
or scc,i"ns Of the conn
try are acting according to the alb
siiact resolutions thar have been
Published from, time To time az
very generally during rhe past few
weeks, whereas the facts gathered
show that while n"r u few are acting
on the principle that an overstnk
Tor the coming year is imminent.
yet the great bod V at the ln,nb.,
manufacturers are making arrange
ments f"r at least the usnal large
stock Of lumber f"r the markets O
the country in 1875.
In this c"inrc ion the Board
would take "ccasi"n 10 state tha,
hey are Of the opinion that any
the lumber prmluc-
ion now or hereafter must DO the
-ssnlt IT correct intelligence in re-
'pect to the liability and effect of
IN oversiocked market rather thar
he result Of simple resolutions; and
70 il IL tie prime object at the Ma
i"nnl Assoclati"n {" gaI her and dis
'e''iinafe such infcllis ence, rs well
or Tie purpose Of the end here con
idercd as tor all other benefits tina,
nay be derived, it is confidently
rpprd that tn" lumber business Of
he country will ere long he gov
'rned by snch wisdom as will inure
u the pro'ecfion of the true inter
'sts ut all engaged in il.
For the National Association OF
Lumbermen:
HENRY S. Dow, See'y,
Bay City, Mich.