The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-09

Matters relating 10 the lumber inter
esss OF the Pacific coast are II almost a
complex a coalition as those Of AnS EaA-
ruada when are interesting rom the
trsa.we.ainty that attaches 10 them Just
AZ present. With the passing o. the etil-
trial LsETnber Company ot taIl0olhiA- NC
greatest trust ever organized on the
Western coast became . matter o. MS
tory It's operations were intenden 10
control the lumber business OF CALIFORNIA,
Oregon and Washington II al depart
naats OF trade bat the sffa1r was 40
bulky and delinquent member DOW ana
then served 10 tip the unwie-lly a1iSssF
over. and 1t went down w.tn CRASH "
the infinite reltec o. several dealers whose
obligations to the combine Amounted
practically. TO uraconfortahoie nor 'sAses
and heavy money penalties.
The logical successor OF the big trust
- now about 10 be born. and its inten-
tions are confined to a control OF the toF-
eign trade. Those mills which have sig
niaed q willingness 70 participate II me
benefits that are suggested by a ni2her
rate for the foreign market are the 4 a.
coma Nil Company. Port Bl3keley NIX
Company. Puget Lumber Company OF
Port Gamble Washington MIL Company
OF Port HadlCek British Columbia Mills,
Timber ana Trading Company OF Van
cossyer. Mcodyvilie Lands and SawsnlI
Company. the Victoria Lumber and Man
ufacJuring Company. which Is controlled
by Senator J. c. Spo0ner and j. A. Hum
bird Of ST. Paul. and the Brunette SAN
mis- Company Of New Westminster.
This list however. does not include ary
Oregon mills. and il Is exceedingly doubt
ful If all OF these can be enlisted. Dur
ing the life OF the Central combine seV-
eral smaller mills IN the Webfoot state
were "A perpetual thorn III the side or the
- lrafK
than ever To go In. the position as
sumed by them before is at present held
by the St Paul and Tacoma Lumber Com
pany Of Tacoma and the Bellingham Bay
Improv e1nelt Company OF New WhatcCTn-
Unless the bis, corporations referred TO
viii go into the combine and the member
ship Of the heavy concerns on Gray's har-
Dor can be brought in, the attempt to
organize will De abortive. The large con-
Germs on Gray's Harbor are the Gray's
Harbor Commercial Company of Cos-nop-
olis and the Northwestern Lumber Com
pany. operating mills at Hoquiam, South
Bend, knappuon and two In Oregon
Should the organization be brought
about, IL is said that a pool wiz be made
for joint representation in all OF he for
eign markets and that the business would
be divided among the mills and a proper
tiOgIal division Of the spoils would follow.
Thus far the efforts to secure the coop
GRAFTON OF the St. Paul and Tacoma mill
and the Whatcom mills have resulted in
nothing but a fat refusal. and IL is said
that both OF these concerns are repTe-
scented abroad at present by their own
agents. A meeting is 70 be held shortly
in San Francisco for the purpose of can
wasting the prospects fer organization,
which II successful viii witness Its opera
tion by April l.
Victor ii. Beckman. in the Pacific Lum-
Der Trade Journal. says In relation to the
proposed organization:
out Of the ashes Of the Central LlInl-
Der Company IL already sprfDging a for
eiSn cargo combine, which includes
cry export mill in Washington. oregon
and British Columbia except two-the St.
Pau and TacoLD.4 Lumber Company and
the Bellingham Bay Improvement Com
paRy- That this was 20 ne the successor
Of the Central Lumber Company has been
fEo se7sFet to those on the inside for some
months, bslt no conferences have been
held until recently. In another week the
agreement viii probably be ratified. An
export pool IS easier controlled than
domestic combine. because conditions are
journal wishes IL success We are cut
ting up the finest forests 81 the world
and giving them away IN the shane Of
lumber every year, and any movement to
realize at lerfsst the stump3Ko valie ought
70 ~ welcomed by every manufacture OF
lumber on the Coast"
The result Of the san Francisco meeting
VIII D. watched for with interest.