The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-15
Closing of the Mills.

Closing Of the Mills.
The close down of the red cedar shingie
Mills In this state, which terminated June
was the mos, succession that has ever
Journal editorially. Ii demonstrated the
fAct that the miiimen are capable Of unit
hs when conditions Justify measures to
nd 10 ;he credit Of ali concerned be Il
stated that OF the 2to odd miilmen who
..sned the agreement only three broke
PRIOR 10 May is were IL cents below the
schedule. advanced 10 cents inside OF one
While the cisse- down reduced the out
put upward Of 2,ooo cars and allowed OF
care in transi, and silfrened price. ma:
I'D rot create something that did not
sxtst-~a demand. That 10 q matter that
neither collective nor individual EFFORT
n1n can only wait until the demand does
Tnqusstionsbiy Il would be better for
oil concerned II the mills would close
Down for another month. or eurtail pro-
tpction by operating short hours during
The day and not overtime and nights,
s. question Of individual action rather
han collective effort an We understand
Il II IL certainly better to save valuable
ssss Time " than s 10 run night and asy al
. loss and then, later. when the demand
tastihes better prices, lind there ~ no
s her to az, and ne mills IN the ma n.nes
per cent 81 the mills cannot anord 20
carry stocks. and as long as this re-
mains true curtailment OF production In
dull times IA absolutely necessary.
Statements Of shtnsi~mea.
~ Chambers. Northwestern representa-
tive Of the W ! Carpenter Lumber Com
pAny SAYS he IL stili shipping some nm-
esr to the East but not SO much as IN
MAJ and that the outlook for trad. is not
y no trade through the pakotas and
Minnesota. and that the outlook for am
tssi ,h MR. th SSS'S ss ws,ss IN he
Middle Western streams to take the logs
70 market Ia another thing that he says
having a dsmofaliring effect on the
A. G Young. OF the Young Lumber
Cemrany believes the market conditions
WI rtkht themselves according 10 the
hw of supply and demand and has hope
thSt before very long there viii be favor
sele openings for the manufacturer II
fssof ~ his contention tlQt there Y stu
stenland for shingles So the East. though
lowsr than early season prices. how
sysr he displayed tslexraphie orders for
ssieen carloads which were wanted az
hh He says that before the end of tire
nenih tha story % bottom prices OK the
stsser viii he told
C A Dean. president Of the Sound
Lander Company is looking for an im-
rtavemsn, IN the demand for shinEle.
.l,er ths Fourth OF July. There Is no
ermAnd Haw at any price" be SAYS, hut
" All hope prices viii set back 10 the
eAsls " an Eastern selling price ~
Us and 81 g. providing the mills 30 not
,.sssss'ees the market in The next Two or
seses weeks
c v PRtten % the Atlas tNmber 4
sNihsic Company, and treasurer Of the
Washington Red Cedar Shsnsie Manufac-
ssress A<soy lauon saws that the resent
sess.dosn of the shiusle mills has ur.
ssaatsdiN strengthened the market. and
"a, there Is some trade no matter bow
az ne outlcok may be IN the last
We are settling an the shingles we
use he says. and for standard
Roy s Roy. Wholesalers. express the
i.alNn That SO save themselves ire shtu-
go Manufactures should close down their
as Tor stN weeks. and that V this as
80 = rot taken she mills VIII have %
80 Tor their stars and 81 u for clears
..S believe there are enough cars IN
LAST helt by Eastern aad Western
ns4esAlers to care FOR the entire trade
WIG The next sixty DAYS.
aee hsllogg MnI Company, OF Ballard
.siotls tAat the shut-dow ~ tho ShinEle
sanstse'ufcrs VAS OF some help % tNe
.Mset and believes that conditions will
ssssssSsuy Improve until they set on
3 z oyerton ~ Ballard thinks The
ses has not = promising outlook
&c. soc sebey Manufacturing Company. the
sessor % Sobey a Mclaughlin. says
" being gotten for the product.
- \ Doncghue and ". Lewis. who are
sbetstlns the Cook mill az Ballard have
received several oncrS frou, dealers Ia
e.trNet fer their output. and SAY they
sisa 80 se'N"s ''u va '''s'A s"'A-
si ns,ssr; $ Wilson. the wholesale shinsie