Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-10
LUMBERMEN IN
SESSION TODAY.
More Than Forty Of This State
And Southern Idaho
Meet
TO PERFECT ORGANIZATION.
Timber Resources OF the Continent
Are Yet Very Observation-Disclosures
tained at the Commercial Club.


city ana state and southern Idaho gath
cred this morning in the parlors of the
Kenyon hotel, to meet Secy. w. q. Hol-
lis Of the Northwestern Lumbermen's
association, and of the Retail Lumber
mems Insurance association from Mr.
neapolis, and Secy. A. l.. Porter of the
Western Retail Lumbermen's associa-
ton and the Lumbermen's Mutual So
ciety Of Spokane, Wash. These gentle
men, particularly Mr. Hollis, are in this
part of the country in the interests OF
a more perfect Organization Of the retail
lumber trade, and the adoption of the
insurance feature, which is now so
Characteristic Of fraternal Organization
work over the country. Mr.. Hollis spoke
eNtendedly this morning. and Mr.. Por-
ter Is occupying the floor this after
noon. both speaking with the same aims
and purposes but from different stand
points Of view. The visitors were en-
tertained at luncheon this noon, at
the Commercial club by the local lum-
Der association. and are being shown
the courtesies of the city
TO PERFECT ORGANIZATION.
Mr.. Hollis stated 20 News" repre-
sentative this noon, he had noticed that
the retail lumber interests were less
organized in the past than any other
line Of business and It was his purpose
TO remedy this, and so bring The differ
ent dealers into harmony and CONNER
cial sympathy that they could and
would act together and for a common
good He noticed that In not a few
places retail lumbermen were doing
business who hardly We're acquainted
with each other, and acted entirely
from the individual standpoint, singly
and alone. There IL no economy in this,
and with the wholesale interests united
and with wholesale prices soaring so
high, it Is incumbent on the retail deal
ers to unite and work together Prices
are about as high az they can well
reach, and the margin of proht for the
retailer is SO close as To excite some
apprehension. A complete and effective
union among the retail trade is likely
to secure from the wholesaler and mill
men some desirable concessions.
Mr.. Hollis thought that this more
perfect organization of the retail trade
is likely to be effected. as the trade
pretty generally Is taking hold in an
encouraging way. The insurance feat
ure. too is being made SO plain to the
trade that dealers are becoming speci-
ally interested. and that feature is des-
tined to become deslrably prominent
Mr.. Hollis said that In the last l. years,
the growing adoption OF association IN
surance had saved the lumbermen OF
the west 100000 annually, That IL,
this amount would have been paid out
to the standard fire insurance COM
panles i'm premiums; and had been
saved to the trade by insurance
through the lumber associations. Mr.
Hollis called attention to the fact that
the expense account of the standard
fire insurance companies amounted to
| 81 per cent, while the expense account
OF the lumber association insurance
departments amounted to only 10 per
cent Consequently, the lumbermau Is
saving money by insurmg with his as
ISOLATION.
PLENTY OF TIMBER
Both MIR. Hollis and Mr.. Porter said
that while the demands upon the tim
Der Of the country are enormous. and
substitutes are being sought for Wher-
ever possible; still the timber re-
sources of the continent are yet very
extensive and II will be many year
before the supply is so reduced as 10
occasion any suggestion of alarm. In
the east, metal and cement railroad
ties are being substituted, and that will
effect a great savings I'm timber At
the same time, measures are being
taken more and more vigorously for
the planting and recultivation OF great
tracts Of land which have been denud-
ed Of their timber, and the department
OF forestry at Yale university is being
enlarged and the scope ~ its opera
tons is being made more extended
than ever, I'm the conservation of the
lumber interests of the United States.
Both visitors regard the outlook from
a hopeful standpoint and are much
pleased with the interest shown the
cause by the Salt Lake and Utah lum-
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