The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-11-07
NFRGfR IN COURT
testimony OF COAL MEN AND
LUMBER MANUFAC-
TURERS.
ap. WtYERHAUfSER, ZIMMERMAN
tHE COUNTRY RELIES UPON THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON
FOR LUMBER.
ap. wtYfRuAUtStR, ZIMMERMAN
|. B, HARRIS, RAILROAD PRESIDENT
tHE MERGER WILL PROMOTE
BUSINESS AND DEVELOP
LATENT RESOURCES.
IN the suit Of the United States against

IN the suit Of the United States against
he Northern Securities company Mr..
frederick W~eyerhaueser was the first
ritness to follow Mr.. Hill in the testi-
nony taken in st. Paul.
Mr. W~eyerhaeuser is the largest manu-
%hcturer of lumber in the United States.
He testified as to the reliance of the coun-
~ upon tho state Of Washington for lum-
Cer. This passage in his testimony is in
(eresting.
|rnply in the Mississippi valley?
A. Yes, sir; that is where l have been
perating for forty years.
o. How about the amount OF standing
dmber in the Mississippi valley, available
or making lumber, compare with that in
lOrmer years?
A. 1t is getting very short; the supply
getting very short.
O. About o long do you think that
Iou can continue numbering at a profit in
A. Oh, five or six years will wipe out
most of our mills, though the last tree
gill not be cut for some time to come in
hese states. / am speaking now MAIN
a. How is 1t with your own mills in
his valley? Are they increasing or di-
4. Diminishing. We get through saw
hg at Shell Lake this year and we are
ketting through at Hayward, SO there are
vo mills less.
q. And taking down those mills?
A. We used to- operate four in Daven-
kort, Iowa; we nave only got two left
o. To what part of the country are you
lesorting for a supply Of timber In the
allure sv Of this this Mississippi sag RIVAL yalley Z, ti Idaho'
Nashing ton and Oregon.
Q. What has been the extent Of your
purchases in Washington?
A. We w 1.250,0 900 acres in that
heighborhood-from that up to 100000
Ecres; about 100000 in Oregon, and per-
APPS about the same in Idaho.
Q. Have you begun manufacturing
lumber from any of that timber?
A. Yes, sir; we manufacture in WASH
ngton and manufacture in Idaho.
He thought the largest market was In
iowa, eastern Kansas n Nebraska,
(hough Illinois was considerable OF a mar
The facilities now offered whereby he
kould ship, by the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific and the Burlington,
we're of great advantage both to his COM
bany and the public. In fact, his com
G.. r.. Harris.
Geo. B. Harris, president OF the Bur-
ington system. testified that he had been
Fith that system in some form for thirty
TX years. The road had about $500 miles
track, and to the question whether the
kcQuisition of the Burlington by the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific would re-
train trade and traffic between the states
nd foreign countries, he replied:
On the contrary, I think it will pro-
note business very greatly ana develop
atent resources and enable forest, min
eral and other products to be utilized,
which are now idle. The practical extern
ion of the Burlington road to the Pacific
foast by reason Of it's connection AFFORDS
opportunity to merchants and manufac-
Ororc ~ nvtarI thai- ~, or1ynfo Hn cited
he fact that he had 2,4O0 miles Of track
n Nebraska and there Is not a tree on 1t,
Except those which have been planted by
he settlers. No lumber is cut in Nebras-
necessity to assist in settling up that
country. If people could not obtain lum-
per at a reasonable rate they could not
I've there, and it is distinctly an advan-
|naanufacturers on the Pacific coast and to
ne transportation lines that distribute 1T.
The lumber has got to come directly
rom the Pacific coast. Formerly they got
ago, but that supply was now largely
xhausted. and If they could not get 1t
rom the Pacific coast, they gould not get
: from anywhere.
Ereat business that was being developed
this management. The cattle are load
q on the ranges on the lines of the Great
northern and Northern Pacific and sent
. on the Burlington to feed and mt
or the market.
he thought the Burlington rails reached
very large packing point that he could
mink Of, except Sioux City.
What effect will attend the trans
portation of lumber onto the Burlington
snd the territory tributary to it, as af-
prong reurn traffic over the Great
northern and Northern Pacific, increas-
w the volume and the reduction or
A. Well, 1t is obvious that a wagon
snich can go loaded both ways can af-
Eulu 70 40 business at a lower price than
pne which has to be hauled n way emp
y, and the lumber business affording q
Maoles the company to do westbound
konnage, and tempts us to do westbound
konnage at the owest price we can AFFORD
y IN order to promote that business. We
w give the people of Nebraska and Iowa,
Cnere we have a great many lines-We
Nv tnem cheap lumber, which promotes
(sdae there, promotes settlement. They
sanu houses, make improvements, and II
an ADDED inducement to people to settle
mere where we need settlement, and, in
AHs y 1t helps us in other ways: Those
Rn nj nave got to wear Shoes and clothes
M NJ nave tea and coffee.
me next matter taken up was the trans
RvIiatlon Of coal and iron ores. Speaking
Inls MT. Harris said: We reach a great
T 10 mines from the Streator district on
Ia a. ~ ~ uiStIlCL VI WIlCU ~
H. ~ the southernmost point in the south.
Dea great many, and some very large
Tvs = ana a few years agO-a very short
ksms ago, IN fact-the coal supply on the
hiurington lines in Illinois had exceeded
n - uemand to such an extent that the
is H" operators were beginning to be a lit
y FESTIVE about 1t. They thought we
bi9a TO be able to hustle around and pro
lh y ~ q market IN some way-do something
so. ao that Independently. The soft coal
as IS not stand a great many transfers;
- irlable deteriorates rapidly and must
no, .aken from the mines to as near the
eern. or consumption as possible without
ha 81 transfer. So this country UP here,
~nIhg Without coal
=. You mean ''up there" along the
ufeat Northern and the Northern Pacific.
annewsota and Dakota?
bec,o les, this northern country. and es-
~ the lines of those two roads
thought that that would afford us
permanent market for that large
n uaa OF coal that il to be had there
moderate price.
kh - AND did you have an advantage,
b pvor shipment and exchange OF cars.
ny ane ~f1uctuating conditions attend
|. upon a joint rate?
bus;n well, IN preparing for a very large
conld - you could not provide cars, nor
n" me miners afford to work the mines
hecas make the large expenditure that is
md ga 70 do 1t In the most economical
WAS lis thS;lent manner when the market
are sv the door was liable to be shut any
~ 3 oy somebody saying, 'Well. we think
y VIII turn tnis current az m
mere else: We would rather have II