Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-04-12

SEATTLE and TACOMA CHAMBERS
OF commerce and MAGNATE
mr.. Hill Is Taken to Task for Adv0-
eating the Abolition OF Tariff
Duties on Lumber and Coal. Bust.
ness Men Urged to Take Matter
Up.
Editor Aberdeen Herald


Enclosed please find resolutions ad-
opted by the Chamber of Commerce
of Seattle and Tacoma, relative to
the protecting of our most important
ndustries-lumber and coal. The
last report of the Interstate Com
merce Commission shows that the
railroads Of the United States carried
411,590,63O tons Of bituminous coal
and 172,2S7,S17 tons of forest pro-
ducts. No other commodities exceed
these two, grain, for example, yield
ing 71,571,0S3 tons. 1t would seem
therefore that the railroads should
foster the lumber and coal business
VICTOR H. BECKMAN,
Sec. Pacific Lumber Mfgs. Assn.
Mr.. j. J. Hill, of the Great North
ern and Northern Pacific recently
made addresses in favor of free lum-
Der and coal in New York City, Van
couver, B. c., and Washington, D. C.
What his motives were is unknown,
but probably due to the fact that his
friends are interested in timber lands
in British Columbia. The Great
Northern is building line to paral-
lei the Canadian Pacific, and Mr.. Hill
is interested in coal mines in the
Crows Nest country.
The Chambers of Commerce of Sc
attic and Tacoma did not fancy the
idea that such prominent man
should seek to destroy the two most
important industries of this state,
and the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce on Saturday. April 3rd. wired
Mr.. Hill as follows:
| Seattle, April 2, 1909.
James j. Hill, St. Paul, MINI.
Resolved, Seattle Chamber of Com
merce special meeting held today,any
reduction tariff lumber products or
coal detrimental interests Northwest
on American side international boun-
Diary and that these industries merit
your consideration. This body earn
estly protests against proposed reduc-
ton and urges you to stand by peo-
pie who are such large contributors
prosperity of our whole country.
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF CON-
MERGE.
The Chamber also forwarded the
following telegram to Hon. Nelson
w. Aldrich, chairamn of the United
States Senate Finance Committee:
Seattle, April 3, 1909.
Nelson w. Aldrich, Chairman Finance
Committee, care United States SEN
ate, Washington, d. c.:
| Special meeting Chamber of Com
merce today resolved any reduction
tariff lumber, shingles or coal detri-
mental interests Northwest, therefore
earnestly protest against proposed re-
duction. Urge you to stand by peo-
pie contribute so largely prosperity
whole country.
The Tacoma Chamber of Com
merce forwarded the following strong
letter to:
Tacoma, April 8, 1909.
Mr.. James j. Hill, Chairman Board
Great Northern Ry., st. Paul,
Mimi:
Dear Sir:-This will confirm to you
our telegram this date in which we
advise you that this organization is
unanimously on record before con-
gress as strongly in favor of the re-
tention of the present duty on coal
and lumber based on the principle of
adequate and just protection of these
great industries of the Pacific Coast
country, and also further that we are
quite as emphatically on record favor
ing conservative legislation in regard
to railroads and common carriers, for
which latter action we have received
your personal expression of approval.
We understand that you have ia
vored the removal of the duty and
protection from coal and lumber and
it is our belief that this policy would
appear to be entirely out of harmony
with the principles Of conservation
not only of our resources, but as af-
fecting moderation in legislative mat
ters pertaining to our great trans
portation companies-principle for
which you have always appeared to
stand SO firm.
1t would also seem that this policy
terests of your transportation lines
could not possibly serve the best in
| through which so much has been
done for the progress and develop
ment of the North Pacific coast. 1t
would seem that no one could possibly
be more familiar with the actual con-
ditions regarding the welfare and de-
velopment of this section Of the coun-
try and the absolute necessity for the
protection Of its large and growing