The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-23

re s5m ina whsis matter ag In . mat
shst.s* ss5s Charles L. paitsa, tbs &sss
stsvsn tataisessrissa, yesterday 'ths guss-
ton sss Nisasaef tbs sl,snsl@ m&Hfifastur-
sfs If tbs state 9f Washington would sub
tfasi 10 SIC gls8aaaan ~ let Of brokers aud
nslla8s hers asa tn the Iasi. AMI thereby
!ssaa aaaasllg 80 tbs 81 sAinxie misls In
iAs state ass3.sp issr year. ~ whether tna
uaautae tafafs would tsusidns and by up~
posing end tie seaipsr easnblus. We have
asssaltiBssf. sad 40 hays ended the sealpefa'
soIn time"
This answsr waa IN rsply 10 a question
aAhsa Mf, t'stfsn an 10 the reason for last
Nasks meetings Ut the manufacturers Of
ssinsaes III this state. Then. Ia brief. sir,
Patton gave isse whlir story Of the "nght
attn shingles" 80 fellows.
The sials NJ Washington has la active
operation about -, shinxls niin, with an
output % ~. $500 shingles per
msnth. or about se.poo carloads per year.
1nis slate furnishes the only red cedar
stsinaia la tha world. and IL IN the beat
shinkia ever sfesa by nature and fashion.
Cd by ths hand al man. For many ssafa
tue business paid but small. II any. profit.
flanta had 10 ae instituted. lands aesei-
npe1. aud sii3aaand and one OUTLAWS
against one remuneration. uut We go,
ihsfe, aud builders everywhere recognized
Tie fact. oar shingles were specified IN
rnnttaeis aud wanted 10y huiidera, and CON
ssatebiiy We grew aud prospefed. not get
tinA TAI by any means but living comfort
ably The ETswth az the trade liz shown
ny l'le comparison If shipments for Janu-
airy. February and March OF 1898 and is9s
The shipments 81 the first quarter OF 1898
amounted u s.aat eats, at about 10000
sisinsies 10 the car, The shipments for the
Bret quarter Of 1919. at the same average
had. was s.iig ears. OF an increase over
earioain
Now w are getting" continued Mr..
ias'eii, ~, ~ per thousand Tor Star shin.
aud all the 'ondsrweighis,'
sasinsns Was going along swimmingiy
AMI beth mills and dealers were making
q fair praiit. when suddenly tho Eastern
dealers In our shinsltw met and. without
word Ia The manufacturers gu, the price
OF red cedar shingea cents psr thousand
and demanded an The underweisht.' that
is, all The shingles taat were not up TO
standard w.re theirs by SIT,
''it's too Ions aroty 10 tell you how
they combined with Western men, arms
even In this town. ana We're all prepared
10 aimpy lop on satp,eee u year from the
tnlls and put II III their pockets The
nili nen af Whatcem, snohomish and
skagii counties the srsat shingis districts
ef the state, caught on as the saying
saes. and they called meetings 10 discuss
tho cut Two ~ the three counties have
slr,.ads atganlsed. and the third county
county viii appoint a committee of three
90 meet In convention aud form a state as
apetatioh 81 ahtngle manufacturers,
Now Ne haer tAe dealers ON the hin
The Washing Ton ahinase men shipped aO.tsA
carloads 81 their red cedar shingles last
year, ana Tie same shingte can he par
chased only LIT Washing zen. The manu-
taetnfprs We're satisfied, Nearly every mill
Mis- frotn i've 30 shree mpaths beh.nd
wstN their orders when she cut was made,
New ever fesa men are employed in and
around tbs mills. aad It MAS a serious ,lues~
item mhat - do. bat the Whatr0m people
and the skagst people decided that IL the
rale@ were to- be reduced the mills would
he C.oSst dawn The Snahomi<h people
VIII undoubtedly agree when they meet
next Tuesday night ana With taat meet
ing the state organization win he u car
tasntN.
'Tihe men IN Chicago heard 1T our eSHn-
tine aR agatnst their own" said ratten.
1ughmx, "and "a sa0w Soo how strong
they @ns. viii read yea part az tese-
sfasN addressed So ths single men who
naet al S@drs'~ " oaAleN, fAey offered TO
waive the nnaerwesght proposition Gut
Ftghg aaA asked that Ne take no action sfa-
81 thvS would apposnt a Quantities ~ Visit
N&
fhe MVSfeTn men In fhr iesAess' sGaip
eT~' tseMhSae became alarmed ana sent
NapgS tATSea. az thAs cay. 50 t'ascago IL
h2ta lhe kastesn men ssrn ta she cut as a
few nFttS here had siveaSis cHg the fasssas
market pgtee@ IN t~ssstns Circulars broad.