The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-03

After laboring two hours In secret SEES
sion Yesterday afternoon, the lumber ana
single dealers were unable to come 10 any
agreement as to their wants and appoint
ed a committee to attempt 70 bring order
out Of the general tangle ana make 2 re-
port within the next few days Tnis was
the meeting OF the Eastern and western
dealers, announced in the Post-Intelligen-
Ger, which was called for the purnoa3 OF
seeing II an association could no& be
formed and the jobbers enter into Some
sort Of an equalization scheme Of prices
between themselves and the manufactur-
ers.
The meeting was called to order in the
parlors of the Rainier-Grand hotel by Vic
tor II. Beckman, secretary of the Wash
ington Red Cedar Single Manufacturers
Association, who was requested to start
the movement c. H. Crane, OF Lewis q
Crane, was elected chairman, and Edward
X. Bishop, the local representatives of H.
r. Duniway e. Co., of Portland, secretary.
Then the discussion commenced. and Mr.
Beckman withdrew.
1t developed early in the meeting that
all was not as harmonious as some OF the
dealers had hoped and that It would be
exceedingly difficult to make an agree
mcnt that all would observe. 1t Is stated
that some Of the trouble was over propo-
sition which would force some OF the deal
ers to use tactics opposed to manufacture
ers who had been their loyal friends In
some Of the past troubles OF the lumber
and shingle men, and this they would
under no consideration agree to.
The matter of finding some equitable
difference in the prices charged by the
manufacturers and the dealers was the
principal object, but On account OF so
many differences of opinion this was i'm
possible to attain. 1t was held by some
that there could be no standard that all
I<-~ w.afA 50 has
and shingles were continually fuctuating.
which would necessitate the formation Of
a new schedule with every change in
market quotations. Price cutting was
discussed with more or less warmth, and
this by the manufacturers than by the
dealers, though the latter, when they had
cut, had sent the knife SO deep that nobody
The troubles caused among some Of the
dealers during the recent war waged by
the single manufacturers was not easy
to overcome sufficiently to make the for
mer at all eager to enter into an Hgree-
ment of am.ty, and they accordingly were
not favorable to the proposition advanced
by those not so disagreeably affected.
All possible secrecy as TO the deliber-
atoms of the meeting was observed most
of those present refusing pointblank to
say anything about them. even refusing to
pointed. It was learned. however, that
this committee consists. of W: r. Rogers.
OF the LOnS-G AumDer company, OF
Tacoma; William Patch, of Carstens e
Eares, of Seattle, and Frank Curtis, of
the Commercial Cedar Company, of Seat
tle The committee will see some Of the
leading manufacturers, confer with deal
ers ane bring in an advisory report of
some sort.
The only Eastern dealers present were
w. NJ Bolcom, Of H. G. Bolcom 6 Co., OF
| Winona, Mimi, and John A. Hughes, Of
f, Carpenter, Flournoy & Co., Minneapolis.
| Most of the following firms, which were
A.! invited to attend, were represented:
/ Carstens & Earles, r. 8. Wilson. Rain
! Ter Cedar Single Company. Roy & Roy
! Thompson & vanderhoof e. c. Follmer
| Washita Lumber Company, 8. A. Gibbs q
| Co., Commercial Cedar Company. Sound
Lumber Company. Atlas Lumber Company,
and Lewis & Crane. of Seattle;- Young
Lumber Company, Long-Bell Lumber
| Company, Union Lumber Company, Met
| calf & Wade. E. J. McNeeley, Thomas
! Robinson Lumber Company, H. G. Foster
| and Sunset Lumber Company, of Tacoma
| Alexander & Stewart, c. A. Horst and E.
| Laue. of Whatcom; H. r. Duniway & Co.
| of Portland; w. ]. Monroe, of Sedro- Wool.
| ley; H. ]. Miller Lumber Company, OF
| Chehalis, and u. X. Loose, of Snohornish
| The next meeting will be called as soon
| as the committee Is ready to make re-
| port.