The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-28
THE PASSING THRONG.

dental II have come to stay several months
ana look after our interests out here" said he.
I'VE handled good deal OF your shingle pro-
duct last year and we expect to handle more
this year, besides other lumber from this Coast
In fact, We have closed up all our pine interests
and shall henceforth devote our attention to
Puget sound lumber and shingles Last year
We had contracts with three mills here, and
this year we control the output of five mills.
We expect to ship from 1.500 to 1900 cars OF
shingles from here this season. Besides this,
We are making specially Of cedar siding and
finishing lumber, aud We shall also take con-
tracts for fr. now have a contract for l.5OOO 900
to place here. The Accent rate on hr
will help your trade in that lum-
Der immensely, although ct present prices
1t must be handled at . small margin as
against yellow pine. think that large trade
in cedar siding and finishing will also develop
In the East We are not having any din1culty
in selling 1t ON account OF assorted lengths.
nearly all our orders being for II. II. and IL
foot lengths assorted, and some times including
and lo-foot lengtha OF course. our sslesmen
are instructed to talk up sale OF the odd
lengths, but we have not heard any complaint
on that score yet. Some of our orders come with
the request not to bunch the boards- That
means that the buyer intends to sort them out,
each length by itself, and thus separate the
stun into different classes. think we shall do
the same after q while. There is NO way /
know OF avoiding having different lengths OF
boards. l6foot board may have split at the
end, and in trimming we have to cut of two or
four feet. or there may be defects in the center,
and to cut them out leaves an or Nfoot
board. OF course, having the boards all
sixteen feet long makes an easier sale, but the
secret of success in business lies in working on
odd stuff. When frat went into the lumber
A.~-S 80 49, >,A vvHsA
of lumber, no matter what ito shape or size,
there was place, and have always found that
1t had value for somebody. While We are now
dealing exclusively in Puget sound products,
We are not members of the single association,
although we have scrupulously maintained the
prices promulgated by the association. That
cut OF 10 cents last fall was . great mistake on
the part Of the association, aud believe that 1t
II had not been for that mistake your shingles
would now b selling for $LS5 and ali the mills
would have orders far ahead. think there
should be clearing house or pool formed for
the purpose Of taking care Of those manufactur-
ers who are being pressed BY thcir CREDITOR.
aud thus obviate the necessity for their throw
ing their product on the market At cut prices. /"
Stephen Collins, of Pittsburg, Pa, national
organizer Of the Junior Order United American
Mechanics. il guest OF the Grand. "Our
order, while an old and strong one In the East
and especially In Pennsylvania, Is quite new on
this Coast" said no to q PosT-INTELLIGENCER
reporter last night, land am out here to or.
gauize local councils. Our order Is q patriotic
fraternity, and its objects are to maintain aud
promote the interests Of Americans and shield
them from the depressing effects Of foreign
competition: to assist Americans In obtaining
employment: to encourage Americans in busi-
ness; to establish q sick and funeral fund: to
maintain the public school system, aud to pre-.
vent sectarian interference Herewith and up
hold the reading Of the Holy Bible therein.
While our organization 10 q political one, It 10
not partisan. and we disapprove of such radical
methods as have been adopted by the American
Protective Association, which, however, has
been doing some worry good work in the West
during the last few years. In Pennsyl.
vania, where We are very strong, nearly
every public man 10 a member OF our
order, as We exert Il very powerful influence. We
are not necessarily opposed to Catholics, be-
cause they are divided upon the question OF the
public schools We would support the Ireland
Catholics, but we would oppose the Corrigan
Catholics. The powerful influence exerted by
our fraternity is due to organization. because
fifty men organized can do more than 500 unor-
ganized The order of United American Me-
chanics was organized in Philadelphia in the
'4o's to protect American workingmen against
the labor unions at that time controlled by for
eigners Their children and those under q
years of age were formed into junior order,
but in 1853 the latter started out al indie
pendent existence. Originally membership was
confined to mechanics, but during the lapse of
time the gates were opened to all occupations.
/ have been in California Tor several weeks, and
shall organize several councils there. shall
hold public meeting here Thursday evening
aud try to organize a council here. For seven.
teen years have been employed in the postal
service, but am now devotiug ali my time to Or
gauizing new councils in the Vest"