The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-17

Jssvfss srnenament sss Lost. P. A
woeEssr asked NAss mzu we1Id 80. ID
case o. rurtsEinseat. wh0 had sr1ers on
nanz froka a. cid cnssainer. IF. Dunnk
say replied fhxt she COMMITTEES roasd
bare - sad Say Of dealing With such
rnAfters
J. RI. A1dEensn. Of setro. rscoaamented
the es<abs IshnenE Of h~edqaaxEers here
the seerssarY eonid be fsund and where
manufacturers coasd learn shere 20 sell
their proancs@ This led 20 coed deal Of
tokIng sbosf ufssiOn OF hasze for mem
beTa fron the backwcoHs waso m3ghs so
assray in town, but Mr. Wh5te called the
nsanaters hsek 20 business
o. the sebjeet Of the eonfrset With the
dealers, Mr. Dunnfway expiaInsd that the
deale-s BAD met ard agreed en- : coatract.
had i already drawn % ard were ready
70 incorporate amendment inside bY the
manufacturers. Article g. w4s amended
20 read that the manufacturers ..may
eontzacs xsth members az the dealers So
soclstion instead Of shall contract Mr..
Mouitray urged that shey must make some
provision for the Eastern io5ber and NOT
sie themselves eBtirssy 70 the Western
iol5aer Mg. Dunnixay said that was
matter for after consideration By the com
nktfee.
When article came up. dealing with
the tressurer's duties. in reply 10 Mr..
Moslssay. Mr.. Dunniway said that
fbsT would have 10 arrange some
method for the dealers 70 pay
money into the fund. Mr.. Mouitrsy
ohjected 70 adopting the provlso ~ give
she dealers part control. and Mr. Dnnni-
way admitted the point and recommended
"a amendment providing separate funds
and . distinct treas arer for each associa-
ton. Mr.. PYicharti favored leaving the
article unchanged. saying the dealers
would contribute over 50 per cent 20 the
funds. Mr. Cooper was willing TO have
one treasurer. but wanted TO know how
much the dealers would contribute FIRST.
He believed the manufacturers would pay
80 per cent. Mr.. White said representa-
ton could be made proportionate. and
Mr.. Brand moved 10 have four mannfac-
turers and three dealers on the committee,
and give the agent no vote. which vas
adopted. - Was the amended section.
Article ~. providing for the fixing Of
prices, vas adopted, and then the question
Of adoption as q whole came up. Mr..
was to become operative when all the mills
had joined the association. and in order
to accomplish this theY would have to
send an agent around TO get signatures.
He would promise that 50 per cent. Of the
manufacturers In chenaiis county would
meet the agent
The agreement ~ . whole was then
adopted by rising vote of 81 to l, several
persons not voting
II was announced that whatcom and
Blaine manufacturers would sign without
being visited. so would these of Skagit.
They should send out the constitution in
printed form. aud If the manufacturers
did not sign Il within certain time. they
would have to be visited personally. Mr..
Woolley thought they could get sigma
fures better by holding county meetings.
The convention adjourned at O'Clock
until 1880 O'Clock, when pledge to sign
the agreement whenever presented to him
was signed by all those present. Mr..
Dunniway then recommended that a COM
mIttee be- sent out to get signatures OF
both manufacturers and dealers, each
member TO turn over to the association
say car load of shingles as forfeit to
hold him to the agreement 1t was neces-
sary for somebody 20 go personally to each
mill and dealer, explain the matter to
them and answer any objections they
might raise. Some members favored send
inn committee or one man through each
county, but IL was thought better TO send
out some man who would make il his
business. Mr.. Dunniway Was invited and
agreed to undertake the work.
Mr.. Moultray said he and Mr.. Cooper
woulS answer for the forty mills in What
com county.
A subscription Of S. block was then
taken 10 deiray the preliminary expenses.
After good deal of discussion on the
advance in prices 10 be made under the
new organization resolution was
adopted that upon perfecting the organi-
ration the price OF shingles net to the man
ufacturer for six 10 two-inch shingles for
the year 1894 be raised TO not less than
81. 40 for Star A Star and $I.65 for clear.
This was carried by q unanimous vote.
The pledge 10 sign the agreement was
signed by all those present, many of whom
represented several mills. although they
only signed for their own. and the dele
gates from Whstcom alone represented
forty mills. Many other members who
had supported the agreement at the after
noon session were not present, some hav-
Ing gone home. The pledge as signed is as
follows:
II hereby pledge myself to sign the art!
cles OF agreement adopted this date by the
shingle manufacturers assembled in the
Chamber of Commerce building. Seattle.
and To sign and return TO the secretary at
once copY of the articles when printed
and sent TO me for my signature:
&C. r. White. Cosmopoiis; Clipper
Single Company. Bothell; Bryant Lum-
hsrand shingle Company. Bryant: Juaker
& pensmoFe. Prairie; Mouliray & KaIe.
Neoksack; tSreen, Enrich & Gross. seat.
tie; MAryssille Shingle Company, Marys-
vile; Port Gardner Mill Company.
Muktlteo; Suffolk NH Company. Raj.
nier Or; Standard MIL Company, ]. q.
Loggle, secretary, Sealtie; Pacific Coast
Single Mills. f. ". Adams. president,
Blaine: Hartford Shlnge Company:
Hartford. Montborne Lumber and
manager. Montborne; Pure, Sound shin.
gle Company. @. II. Prichard, Tacoma.
Seattle Cedar Lumber Company. Seattle
Albert Shore. Yelm, Thurston county.
Belitagham Bay Lumber and Manulae.
turing Company. by q. A. Cooper, New
Whatcom; Moore shsngge and Manufac.
turing Company, Monat Vernon; A. IL.
Seymour, Chehalis. Gibson & Mitteishar.
Avon; =. Nelson, Derby. Day Bros,
Clear Lake.
Thsfoilowing resolution was then unan-
imoasly adopted:
Every signer Of these articles pledges
himself aud the hrm or company he ret,.
ressnts 10 stisnd meeting in person or
ny proxy, 10 he called by the president as
soon a. az the manufacturers sign these
articles: and tgFther THAI ne ~ hf. So,