The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-01-04
They Ought to Be Desrer-why They
Are So CheAp.

The TfBsberssaa gives some high praise
which Frank Porter. of Chicago, gives 10
red cedar shingles. prefacing it with the
statement that Mr.. Porter 10 ''probabiy as
we'll posted regarding cedar chingles as
any gentleman connected with the lumber
trade" The article says:
We will defy almost ANYBODY to
talk with Mr.. Porter on the subject
OF cedar shingles and not become
infected with the idea that they
are the best articles in the market He
will guarantee them TO last fifty years. and
says that they will be unaffected by either
moisture or hot weather, and, unlike the
white pine article, will stand the mos,
drenching storm followed by the most in
tense heat of summer, without warning or
consequent splitting.
Although the price of the cedar shingie
is ordinarily from Is 10 % cents below il,
white pine rival. yet for his own use Mr.
Porter says he would prefer 20 par 50 cents
more per thousand for the cedar One
cause of the slow sale OF cedar shingles mas
been prejudice or indifference existing in
some localities where other shingles
nave long been used, and they have
found II hard TO break away from estab-
lished customs and methods of doing
business. That is about the greatest OBJ.
stacle which &c has found il necessary
10 overcome. On the other hand
n some sections where they have
been introduced for a number of wears the
people cannot be brought TO use any other.
As an instance Of this ne cites the Evan
sion market where for many years Mr.. T.
h. Blanchard handled nothing but cedar
shingles, and 9 good example of the favor
IN ahich thew are often held is shown by
the general use made of them in covering
the residences OF that aristoeratie suburb
Another feature which probably enters
20 some extent into the low price of cedar
shingles. a. compared with pine. is that
with tew exceptions the cedar shingle
manufacturers are men of limited means
and cannot, as a rule afford TO carry their
stock when prices do not meet their ex-
peCfauons. IL Is curious feature
but undoubtedly a correct one, that
the business % manufacturing cedar
shingles Is unusually precarious. Cedar 3
80 much more inliannabie than rine that
! the danger attendant upon losses by fire
Is much greater. Insurance comnanies
especially board companies. viii not write
RISKS on cedar mills. and policies can
be obtained even in the wild cat compgn-
les only by paying an enormous premium.
ranging from : 80 L. per cent
Mr.. Porter knows of manufacturer
who vas = feg years ago worth probably
sloiso which he made in pine To his
certain knowledge this manufacturer has
been burned oat seven times aud w.
finally forced 20 relinQaish business
having lost his all. IL is this extra haz-
Srdo0s feature of the cedar shingle bust
hess which keeps the manufacturers roor
and comPe them 20 sell their shingles
~he0, II thew were ale TO hold them.
prices could De better regulated.
'ked cedar shin gles, like all other East
eFn varieties, have suffered somewhat
from tue competition OF the Washington
shingles. bat still they have been less af-
ha =, 81 l..
ter being new IN almost unstable article
Hhiie the cedaTs have moved with as much
freedom IN proportion "a the demand as
could Re reasonably expectei-"
The Upper skykomt.h Nine.
SULTAN CITY. Jan. I.-rSpecial }-Jos.nh
Rld1erhaua, who discovered and located
the iron deposits al the head ~ Money
creek, SIX miles southwest % SzYkonaish
recently sold = one-sixih interest Tor s.. 0,D0
There ara several million tons nj hieh
grade magnetic iron ore in sight. and
everything indicates that this il one OF
the most valuable mining discoveries ever
made IA tne state Mr. Rudderhans has
lusI returned from Boston, lis former
home
1t = reported ;hat the Seattle syndicate,
incorporated 20 Develop the coal mines
tao miles east Of Ssykomish, EXPECT TO
commence work some tine during the
month % January.
The placers Of the AlzaiA Mining Com
pany, three miles norfa Of sultan Csty.
have net been Nor2e3 for TIE PAST three
weeks, osinS 10 the h!gh water and ex-
cssssye rams /; is expected shat work
~U4 ee FssoTned shortly. These placsgs
are operated 6y the hydraulic process
JOAN klatcel. xh0 has placer ground.
sax miles from here. on tne sultan river,
has been IA Sultan this week, spending