The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-17
SB|NaE MILLS
WILL B CLOSED.
State Manufacturers Take
Important Action.
SHUT DOWN TWO WEEKS.
Prices Are Fixed and Standard
Weights Established.
Per Cent. Of the NGanu.
ise Themselves to Oppose the Cut-
ting Of Prices, and Decide That
They Will Keep All Under
weights-Little Oppositioa, and Il
IL the General Opinion That ~
Least Ninety-Ave Per Cent.
Will Voice the Proceedings.

The shingle mills OF Washington will be
the action taken by representatives Of 81
TO 9s per cent. Of them yesterday afternoon
Is carried out This procedure and the es-
tabiishing Of q uniform system Of weights
and Z definite scale of prices to be charg-
ed both wholesalers and Eastern retailers
we're the result OF the session that or
ganised the Washington Red Cedar Manu-
tacturers' Association.
The prices to Be maintained are the fol-
lowing:
To wholesaiers-sA"s $40 per thousand: !:
50 clears, q. - per thousand.
10 re1ailers-sA~a. 3l.0 par thousand:
clears, N.N
Prices in both cases ere Tor fair on
board at the mills
These were placed a. the standard
weights OF the association: s-h. 100 pounds
per thousand: SIS. $50: Eurskas. 200. and
Perfections. 20 pounds. Tho manufacture
ers viii allow no undsrwetghts to tho
dealers. but viii hereafter keep them them
selves.
The meeting at the rooms Of the Cham-
her OF Commerce was by far the most i'm
portant gathering OF shingle men ever held
In the Northwest and was attended by
representatives OF practically all the large
and small mills In the state. The dis
cussion was generally FREQ from dispute,
only general earnessness marking the
consideration Of important matters. There
was only one division. and that was on
tho question ~ to whether combination
shinsls and lumber mills wsre to be In
cluded In the general request for closing
down.
The constitution adopted provides that q
central committee composed OF three men,
bers from each county shall have the pow
er. in its discretion ana after due inves-
tigation. 10 recommend that the shingie
mills close for a period to be decided. As
no reference was made In this part OF the
rules touching the combination manufac-
turers. II was thought by some that an
exception should be made in tina, particu-
lar Prolonged discussion preceded the
adoption OF the clause, but IL was finally
passed with only four dissenting votes.
and those were cast mostly by propriesors
Of mills Of comparatively small capacity.
The motion that the mills close for fort
ih8Ht Otb TIC O8to nAlIjeu Wh8 un8nlSNH3aiy
adopted.
THE IMPORTANT CLAUSE.
The most important section Of the con-
st!tution Is the following. prescribing i,a
principal objects. and covering the duties
OF the central cnunn,tsee:
The central committee shall have pow
er TO hold meetings ~ such times ~ they
may deem proper: TO appoint committees;
10 print and circulate documents In the In
ferest al this association 10 es.a bsseh rules
for grading and q sysssm of uniform
weights: TO issue from time to time a min
irsyim price, below which al. members
agree not 20 sell shingles 10 dealers or
wholesalers; Ia wcrk IN conjunction with
the Washington Red Cedar Dsalers As4o-
csat!on. 20 establish q system OF prices as
which shingles are 10 BE- sola TO retail
dealers: ana. In the ahsence Of a whole