The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-04
Making THE AGREEMENT.
.~rnr sHrNGLE MILLS oaARG-
a WITH UNFAIR DEALINGS.
A.sociaticn VIII Meet De-
...ber to Determine IL It shan
r...,-.e ~ an Organisataon-
- Kills said to he Pirates

~, r,,uatch to the Observation-Disclosures.
cls,n rrON. Dec. S.--Uniess severai pt
,ary. mills OF the county come TO une
tne - sioss down agreement by December
On .S ~ vhatcom County Lumber and Shih-
= ~ s.r,,facturers' Association VIII oe-
80 So 4 ching OF the past. The county or
u.s.ss,on Is q branch or the state or
e,.s,,on and II 1t disorganizes hfty-two
In. vim consider themselves released from
M .~reement TO close down.
stateuent OF the circumstances thst
n.ve lead up to the present s'ate OF ar
na.'e = embodied in the following circular
natter sent out to each OF the hniis 'o'''''
c,rcular Letter Sent Ont.
.srha REGULAR annual meeting for the
.,..tsou Of officers for the ensuing year,
.,ssch shouid have been held on the nrst
csturday in November, ms PROVIDED py our
sonstitution and bylaws, has passed py
eSsSssa This has been caused by the
un n.".s ~ YOUR committee in its efforts to
49,. sn~ the complete and unanimous coop
1870 N our county association to rules
"a agreements of the state association.
~. in the recent order for the closing
n The mills.
.vrs NOW advise that tho date OF this
...,,,s, meeting has been postponed and Is
sssshv called for Saturday evening, De-
as .. at the city hall. New whatccm.
=. ..I - i.u,,ng this cali we regret to advise
-, ,h,t many OF our best association
.orters and supporters are much discour-
ssed over the fact that number OF our
largest and most prominent manufacturers
srss nnerating their plants, thus violating
ths rsIes ana agreements Of the assccia-
s snv ana reaping the benefits without shar-
IN; iuI IN IN the burdens. These association
workers and supporters believe. In common
ssirnsss, that II the association is good
th,nr Il Is q good thing for all alike and
that sIl should tote alike, and II II Is not
= -cu,d thing then It should not exist.
afherefofe. at this meeting, as above
called, you viii be first asked to consider
com county association, and that there may
be no misunderstanding In deciding on
this Important point the following rules
viii be observed. to-wit:
nv proxy. or by letter to the secretary OF
ills association, will be counted as voting
ssainet continuing the association; also
those mills which shall continue to violate
the rules and orders of the association.
wv. R. MouLTRY, President.
"Per L. n. BALDY, Secretary"
Only Large Mills Running.
Some days ago Secretary Badly annoenc-
ed that all but about ten OF the mills OF the
county had closed down, I'm accordance
with the agreement Some OF the latter
have since closed, but the few that are
running are nearly all big ones and cut a
comparatively large percentage of the
shingles turned out In this county. The
association officers have become convinced
running than the smaller ones--in fact,
that they are acting as ''pirates' In reap
ing the benefits Of good prices maintained
at the East Of the large number Of small
mills
Three OF these large mills are on Belling-
ham bay and the proprietor OF one Is an
ofiioer in both county and state associa-
tons. A. the mill men OF this county owe
through their county association, the ef-
feet Of the dsbanding of the latter on the