, 1877-11-08
PINE BOARDS.
Meeting Of the Retail Lumber
Dealers Of the Northwest.
They Kick Against Wholesalers
Selling to tho Consumer,
And Propose to Assess Them Ten DOL
lars Car Tor So Doing.

vc.tcrs!as uurn!rg III the nhcsf ordinary OF tllo
Trr,uont House, for the purpose sf forming
nn,,cvtiye nrynnlzatun. Mr.. Peter liollintfek.
r. A,tun,, ill.,. VA. called 10 tic chair. Sir. W.
Ii, Ju,..u,, IF Chicago. acting as Secretary.
Mr, Heury Calc, nf Irincetop. Mo-. sat'l TINT
he thought IT time that The retail luinfNstnc,
should combine fur sctt-protcrt,"n. lie thought
tlat, in order to prevent Wholesale 1ncb.frnm
sefnc direct to the public. tic sum t'f f1i or
AZ ncr rlr-luad should b. icycl on tllr shipper
far lhc },cneiIt Of the Association. ,
Mr, J. u. Allen, Of taittul, ILL.,, thnuEht tho
idca w.s \ practicable one, and ttat fl'c nrGan-
ratls1, should not l'e confined tn illinois. ito
thought alsp that the n4hcssfntnts should 70
into the General Fl,nlf-
Tl.r Temporary others of lhc lnccttug wcro
made rerf,ancnt, AMI the Secretary read
fcrt,s Vi rrsnIutinns ntlo,tc,i hs the tt'wn inn-
iwrnlcn. Tlrsc ect forth that the members
lri themselves not tn purchase 1utnlcr, xaxlt,
I,",ra. or tl,y.,,iug ct+r from wholesale dealers,
selling a!trcet to tlIc ct,r1stuer. Retail dealers
mist liave yart nntl ot'f.c, alnl sarry *l,w!t
Of ilin,l@r. The w'ldlcaalc md retail dealers
met nt l)rs MoItres. a,a1 u'1ae at, agreement to
,lasr .ltfrscncc If $40 per r1r II, favor ot The
rc,ali dealers, tile difference IL ,c pAIl tn tho
lra}trs IN Tic place where tho lumber wns sol.i.
Itfs WIS afterwards ai,e@c,l 20 s to make tic
drawback rnllcctalI'n by the Secretary: one-
tenth 10 l,c retained for tl,u EXPENSES vi tho
Association. Mn! the remainder to he lall OVER
10 tic retail dealer.
Ille i.a1 re rs"n ,rs,., tu E , u.as ol eonsla.
referred IN q committee, after the question had
becf discussed. fllh resolutions provided lor
tnc '.,. IT, 4 r'r ,sa ,,re,,rtts'' - :Ints ..n
49, ,ronorcllx 1;rr*i,lont scrrotorr a,,d
nsas,,rnr nIr nrovtde inr' Any ccr.1r a',. ",s
gaee,l in the regular retail trade u,ay become
q, n'etn''er GY paying an initiation ieo
~ ~ w lt,,t,nIncI. n'ev,.,,, .ha. 49,.
.,.,rr,pc si,,,,,l taL" thr fnrt,, ~ a ,,arcan.
us W. ..t,,,n r ,st,,a"o, .,n.. ~ ;st
,acn mr. brcaktnr The ,tjrs aal i,c rcportcd Sy tho
Secretary to tho Astoeiatlon, when ali mcI,ihers
SHALL. CEASE m PURCHASE
f,ot, him. Kctuilcrs continuing Ia ,lcai viii,
' ,hr pIen,i,nE narty s',aI lo Stricken ir,au The
rtll 'rI,e ,1c1n,,rrnCe slsul1 be han1r4j over 10
thc dealer in the town where Inc lumber Is sold.
or II there l,c two or tIluru dealers ,fIrr Iyt1s.
nrss there the money shall l,e divided tm:twrcn
them. Tie nlllc: uf the Association shall be
he held annuallF.
Mcssrs Ii. GailIc, II. F. Smyscr, and ". r.
FrInk were appointed q committee on yonstltu-
lion and bylaws.
~ Smith, % Of peKaiD ill., ill., iss'sl'5 sniti th,t M H.
wuuirsulc men wtu,lI Iru yiuI 10 enter int, M
acrrcnlent with tic Association. At rrescrt,
II .o Wholesale mar refused To- nit NJ, t,rIcr f,.r
n butl,lcr direct, another one would tuku ii1c
conrnct liu aIlvfsrti raoprr,tiun md tlIu nt-
pointncnt OF committee to confer with tls
vii I1f3 t1NN
"Iy.'1l" % f,Is ,',tu,+ that c,,.,,,.,,a,, .h,,,,
bc ,,uI With viii, tic PIjcr.Litt Comnitcc 'o nf The
wi,,,rsaia traIrs In this wn, in,t".I,otc acttt,,
c,"ii hr hof 49, >"'' WY ''''A's's''t" ts''o'
eo N I,x.m t' of Aro1o c,, ,,.,. la ,,1 .no,,o,
will iraIinr whnesac t,cnrr '' wa a' i,"i H" ~.
sessem hss nse orles LaI au,, hmo-nus ,n, M IT,
rn,cr imt 'S n" aSrcrnrnt m :. rnn.entn,s ~
Tharc rns aao va ,s. ~ ra,.1s a. hs ~" ,
5hesc was aflsa - VI uJa1css WIZ sent WI ut,ta
mert' WHY, S lily eoa, .i 10, EEL ne .o .na ts.aer,
na,. muMm 'asg ..s Mas 'T'ves lily sou from .no
nu,usls o. lafngIs :" snTn GtAes tIle puf
cnassr ~. III ,e.'oE ILL.,. tlua1, oi nnneF' anl
iaen ia. eia,.'e" 1nat "s cou'a ouy encapes taah
tpI Nsa't': r,.r -. .-..
MsssF. oniltn, siinml. anu F1lso "cfo ap-
ponts, n. na .nHuitat,o'. tt. ~. euuttee; es ~
Dom 'io1sns y, . tt ~. Luz ',,!. snoniu
vnntci T 10 ~ "'As '"o 3Assoe'A'on feaiy
.as* a!i oa!tt" VI ~ Suinln't1tSl noped that
tuty Woulu ~ w nasltustcu. ~ COURSE lucy
nAu !tnetal nusil, nv hoin'1's " tho shapc VI
auellhllo ontl'ln ~ thG WISHES ol the HeetIhG;
wa t.a. ~, tno wo'esale men sion1u