The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-27
The Large Single Manufacturers
Block Associations Plans.
PRICE LIST IS SUSPENDED.
Mills OF the state Are Vow on nm
Individual Footing ana Prices
Have Passed Into the Eastern
Dealers Hands-Assocfafion VIII
SIN Exist and May shortly Make
Another Attempt Mt Preservation.

The effort of the washington Red Cedar
ghingIe Manufacturers Association TO
close down the mills OF the state anu
maintain the present association price iist
on all grades Of red cedar shingles mas
proven a failure and last night the at
temr was declared off by the executive
committee
The present price list will no longer be
maintained but each mill VIII, Tor a
period at least, stand on its own footing'
Association VIII Continue.
the sbtngle association, however, will
not be allowed to become extinct Inc
organization viii be maintained. ana
within week or ten days II Is not 81 all
improbable that another attempt VIII De
made to pull the mills together and hx
q new Hist that will warrant at least
profit to the manufacturers.
The cause OF the failure to close down
and thus protect the present list Is
charged to the large mills of Ballard, Ia
coma and other points throughout the
state. The association secured more than
30 per cent. of the mills of the state to
sign the agreement to close. but was un-
able to get the larger mills IN line. With
them running and every prospect OF SELL
fng below the association list. close
down would not aid In the crisis.
Yesterday afternoon President r. j. Nc
NeaIey, Secretary Victor II. Beckman
and Executive Committeeman Carson ana
Metcaif. OF Tacoma; Patton, of Seattle,
and Hyatt, OF Edgecomb, paid a visit to
Ballard. where for two hours final at
tempt was made to induce tho larger mills
to come In. The StimSon Mil Company
and the Seattle Cedar Lumber Company,
two OF the largest produf ers. absolutely
refused to Join in the agreement. Word
to n similar effect was received from the
Puget sound Sawnill and shingie Com
pany, OF Fairhayen: the Bryant Lumber
and Single Company. OF Bryant the ST.
Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company, Ia
Der Bros ana Derickson e. Co, Of Ia
coma, and the Michigan Single Company,
OF Arlington.
M Hou~ NJ Maintain ur Itst.
with tnese mills our mere was no nope
81 maintaining tne hst, ana UPON retufn-
ing 70 the city me executlve commistee
ns s ~ eaii 'ne wno, ss,ra ,ha on anu
Today the mills signing the agreement
will be notified OF this action ana fur
nixhed with a list OF the mills refusing to
sign
s.rhere will be no Gloss. down of the shin
gle mills at present" said Secretary
Beckman last night We secured the
signatures OF over " per cent OF the mills
Of the state to the agreement but the
situation hinged on the Ballard mills and
other large producers throughout the
state the Dissertation nrlce list IL no
longer In effect and the mills of the state
are now at liberty to sell red cedar
shingles at any price they may see lit
once, and that very rapidly. The small
milLs have power To prevent the present
condition and TO maintain prices. but
there was no use IN closing them down
while the larger mills were outside the
association agreement
.sThe elton OF the executive committee
In calling the Agreement or will 40 moth
jpr more than suspend the association
urlce list Tho asroc,ation itself is still
In existence.
Within week or ten days the execu-
wv. committee VIII noin another meeting
onu pfopabiy new euogt 20 restore prices
VIII pe maae. ~ thaa tune an onpof-
tunty VIII nave been oueieu the mills TO
see VIVA. ihaiViniai aeton ~ prices means,
ara tnen .hry may DC wiillhs 70 come into
some Kind OF an agreement that viii es-
tapush ana MAINTAIN u fair prize list ON
AL grades OF red ceiar shingles.
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