The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-05-25
STATE DELEGATE.
Malicious Circular Nailed.

letter that is being sent out in the interest
of Mr.. Sibley, in which the statement is
made that twenty-five years ago hem
lock lumber sold at from IS 90 to $40 90 a
thousand and the lumbermen were get
ting rich and making fortunes at the
price, etc." The above statement is not
only false, but to anyone familiar with
the history of the lumber industry, silly
as well. Twenty-Five years ago hemlock
lumber was scarcely used and the price
was Sc. 90 or less per thousand, and at that
price did not more than pay the cost Of
manufacturing it. Stumpage at that time
was not worth over % to so cents thous-
and feet.
About 1926 stumpage began to advance
in price. In 1900 the price of hemlock
lumber, log run, {. o. b. MILL was SLIGO
per thousand. In 1909 the price was Sl6.S6
f. o. b. cars at mill, an increase of a little
less than 40 per cent. Stumpsge had in
creased from SO 90 to "a 90 in 1900, depend
ing on location, to $500 to $40 90 in 1909,
per thousand, representing and increase
OF l66 or $50 per cent.
Wages for common labor in 1900 were
81 30 to Sl75 per day, while in 1909 COM
mon laborers were paid from 81 25 to s. so
day, an increase of 50 to 43 per cent.
From the above statement anyone who
reads can see that again the Sibley boom
ers are trying to deceive the people. If
this contention is true, why do they not
come out with it in the newspapers in
stead of using dark lantern methods,
sneaklng it to the voters in the hope that
1t would not come to light where its fall
sity could be shown up?
Again, Mr.. Wheeler is charged with
belonging to a lumber trust, which is
equally false. Mr.. George W. Warden,
who has been Superintendent of the
Wheeler Il Dusenbury lumber plant In
Forest County for thirty-three years, in
reply to this statement said: 1--WE are
not, never have been and never will be a
member of a lumber trust, and so far as
we are concerned know of no trust or
combination In the lumber business We
are simply selling our product at the
market price"
Everyone knows that the price of lum-
ber is high; so is every other commodity
butter, eggs, meat and grain are high
aud for the same reason that lumber is
because relatively the demand has in
creased away beyond the supply. IfMr
Wheeler had been a farmer, he woulC
doubtless be charged with getting illegit
innate profits from his farm, but they
wouldn't send the circulars secretly I,
the farmers-oh, mol Like Dickens
joey Bagstock, "your uncle is "deevil
ish sly' and the circulars would b
sneaked to the men in the lum ber woods
But the day has gone by when farmer
are considered green and "easy marks,
and everybody has learned that they rea
the papers and are among the most in
telligent of people. This specious "greel
goods" circular will bring ridicule in
stead of support to the man whom it wa
intended to benefit.
After the exposure of the famous Arch
bold letters, Mr.. Sibley in his letter date
October 6, 1908, says that three President
of the United States and approximate
500 900 people in two congressional dis
tricts "knew of my business connectio
with the Standard Oil Co. for thirt
years" Now Mr. Sibley, talking {
trusts, this is one that there is no quet
ton about. Ifyou have been connecte
with this trust for thirty years you mus
have some influence with it, and if 81
why don't you use it to lower the price
gas2 This is commodity that ever
householder uses and knows that Oh
price has increased not AZ per cent, bU
more than 100 per cent. in the last te
years. Everybody knows also, that M
Sibley's trust, the Standard Oil Co., i&t
the price of crude oil, and if be is
anxious to help the people in this distri
why doesn't he have the price of petrt
leum advanced to what it is worth an
thus help out the producers whose we
fare he pretends to have so IN uch at hear
But of course nobody expects anythir
from Mr.. Sibley except honeyed wore
about the dear people before election, az
after election we may again look for hi
to refer to the voters who supported hi
rs the "rabble'', as he did in his iamoI
Archhold letter.
We acknowledge the receipt of an il