, 1881-02-27
THE LUMBERMEN.

| 1h1r1 Regular Hleeting-Lunch by r.
| W. Harvey-DIscusston on Trade Mat
| ters.
| The yard lumbermeu held their third weekly
meeting yesterday ut the Lumberman's Ex-
change- The attendance was large, and Inciud-
ed several OF the pioneer Representatives OF this
| trade. Mr. r. VI Harvey served an. excellent
| lunch.
| The meeting was called to orde- at O'Clock
! by the President. c. c. Thompson.
| On motion. Messrs. 7. Dean md Aid. Ballard
| were appontedVice-p and seated either
Ssn Mr q sSs PHEs5t4ins Hs5xE reansaa, e!l'ser - m
speech BY saying Chicago made prices Of lumber
for the Northwest He thought tho trade should
1850 n feet Of lumber on nand andsold lN5.e
0N II feet In lSSD they sold 1,50O.JO0 m feet,
out OF supply OF 2,oh,'kio III feet. The tradeis
the dealers should prepare for it. It was sup ~
posed they should receive 10000 m feet thia
its business this year $4,000 m feet, He then
country and to the increase in railroad
building, which would call for great deal more
lumber: The trade of Missouri. Kansas, and
Chicago the demand is also increasing and the
surplus is likely to be used hero in the city and
the time Is coming when the trndc will have to
curry more.
Mr. Dean was sorry he was not fortified with
speech but suffered some from dltilence. Mr.
Harvey had furnished an excellent lunch. which
the speaker had expected, however: The coal
men 5on fn usav and net aayanss
Lanthropists. They did not collect to
to Kansas which run 5000 pounds to the car in-
stead Of 2,;pJ pslnds which should be the case
MIR. Van SGhAic1 :..c..ed u vote of thanks to
the host, which was carried unanimously.
MIX. H4TVET
to AID Billiards. dream that some one should
furnish q box of cigars every Saturday.
sr. Carpenter thought. the annual increase In
the consumption OF lumber would run ::s3aG1<:5
The older members were called upon for ROM
Mr.. T. Y. Avery said he supposed he would be
classeu among the Old lumbermen. In March,
1851: he left the ceprrul part Of New York tor
Buffalo, TOOK passage for the West, and came to
Chicago. The lumber trade then was dono by
seven or eight firms. The large house then was
Butler s. Norton, who sold the year before 3ooo,-
NU feet Chicago then hud sut forty miles OF
railroad, which fast 1ns speaker contristel with
the great network that centercd here now. Trade
bad increased vastly since then. and tho methods
OF conducting it Us we'll. Ia tho carly days the
only outlet by rail WAS littlo dock the Galena
Road held below Rush street. The rule,was that
speaker sent man out once to buy three car
gue5, and they filled up tue dock for week.
The ee ~ 5ho hs
required to do the business. Then the dealer
controlled the trade; now the manufacturer
does, The business NOW depends On big stock.
and lumbermen arc increasing their dockage
and capital constantly. Mr. Avery had retired
from the business satisfied. but he hoped the
dwclt on their early experiences The last
named gentleman said he went to Northern
Michigan in 1850, when it was wilderness.
Mr.. Fuller wanted to know something about
the license question.
by the Council. 4 charter provision of the
State gave the Council power to make ths L.
cease-
gled out lumber and tug boats and associated
Three or four Aldsrmen had signifled their viii
inguess to work against it. It would probably
be acted upon. by tho Council this week
Messrs. Fuller and Pearson said they had
talked with Aldermen who did not favor the
license.
3lr: Van schaick called attention to the propo-
sidon OF the planning mill men to advance prices
a lengthy discussion resulted, in which
Messss. s9peF Cook; rt Harvey; p,99nI1ngmll- p9Isg
aw nena aa ad ona1 eper par3
1t appeared that the competition between the
planting mills and tho dealers had been 50 sharp
bare living profit If not at loss by the former
This, it was stated, was due largely to the action
Of the smaller class Of mills. which undersoid"
the dealers in the country. The llst-price for
plunlng has been Sl.75 per 1,olU feet for one
side. The work bus been done at 80 per cent dis
Gonnt ie4yng the cenfs IT. net e Price TO- to MIL
cartase, and then give 20 per cent uH. The lum-
bermcn are asked to raise their list-pricc for
dressed lumber from 81 to S $l.5U, the cost to them
then being Si.1sl3 per ], 600 feet.
Mr.. Martin moved to advance tho yard price
to sl-25 for dressing one side and to SITE for
dressing both sf1c5.
A discussion followed, in which tha lunber
dealers seemed to doubt the planing-mill rnen
would maintain their lists, and Il vote was taken
to have the question deferred to another meet
ing, which Tas lost.
Sir. Martin amended his motion, that 1t be the
af mi
should get more for dressing lumber. Carried.
A tno1lcn was carried to have the next lunch
Oh Monday, March !, ut O'Clock, rs the annual
meeting OF the Exchange occurs on that dag ut
o'clock.
Mr.. S. K. Martin provides the next luncheon
Adjourned.