The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-21
BOARDS, BUTTERINE
BACK SENATOR LORIMER
Edward Hines, Director of
Triple Interests, Entering
Chicago Politics.
By o. P. NEWMAN.

| CHICAGO, June 2L-in seeking the
| men higher up in the Senatorial bribery
/ scandal Illinois has more than once
! turned her attention 20 Edward Hines.
! but each time has reluctantly passed
I on. in pursuit Of some other clue, leaving
1 Mr.. Hines TO the undisturbed conduct
! Of the biggest lumber business Of its
4 kind in the world.
/ Mr.. Hines is generally credited IN IL
! linois With having pulled some of the
! heavily charged political wires that
! ignited the LOTimer spark az Spring
! field more than a year ago and sent
1 the blonde boss 10 the American
! house Of LORDS.
Mr.. Hines smilingly admits he worked
strenuOUsly for the election Of LOrimer
I in every legitimate way he could, but
I he denies positively that he eXerted any
] improper influence. and, bent as the
! anti-Lorimer crowd OF Illinois is in at
/ tributing improper actions to Mr. Hines,
/ IL has been able thus far 10 DO nothing
but hint vaguely that the dust that is
4 said 10 have purchased Mr.. Lorimer's
seat was sawdust
! Beef. boards. and butterine" are the
: Chicago interests that for many years
: have been actively concerned in keeping
Mr.. LOrlmer where he could do them
the most good. Beef" Of course, is
! symbolic Of the great stoclkyards in
. tercsts. 'Butterine' stands for Repre-
/ sentative William j. Monkey and his
, big butterine interests while Boards
means the powerful lumber interests of
the Northwest whose representative in
i Chicago Is Edward Hines, the biggest
lumber man in the world in point OF
business handled and the smallest in
point of physique
With Weyerhaueser-
Hines. runty, alert, eagle-eyed. keen.
merciless TO foes. daring in business,
quick Of speech and action. a constant
sufferer from III health, is the Chicago
end Of the Weyerhaueser timber and
lumber combination F z. Weyerhaues-
er the head OF the great organization.
believed by many 10 be the richest man
in the world. is interested in the Hines
companies. and Hines is interested I'm
his companies. Both are in partnership
with Mackenzie and Mann. the builders
and promoters Of the Canadian Northern
railroad and managers Of its allied IN
terests.
Why shouldn't a man Of Mr.. Hines
interests be DESTROYS Of having in the
American Congress one or two or three
Senators and Representatives who al
ways feel friendly and always are ready
10 90 the limit for him. Considering the
community Of interests Of beef, boards. /
and bUtterine" in Chicago, IL Is easy 20
understand why the stocSyards' people.
the Hines lumber people. and the MON-
ley burterine people Join hands in boost :
ing the game Of Il man like LOrimer,
who worked for the packing house in
Iterests when the meat inspection bill was
w who got millions Of harbOr improve
ment money for the accommodation OF
the Hines lumber steamers. and who
fought the cleo tax for his friend and
successor in the House William J. MoX-
ley.
But the country knows all about the
packing interests and much about The
, butterlne interests. not so the lumber [
interests and Mr.. Hines. This Hines
person handles a business whose volume
amounts TO Sl2Go.O0O a year. Through
his companies pass $500 900 feet Of |
lumber every twelve months He's just
naturally bound 20 be In politics, and
the fact that his name and personality .
never before came 10 the surface
nationally is purely accidental He's
been right on the job for years. From
the great Green Bay district Of Canada.
as well as down In the pine sticks OF
Mississippi and Louisiana, his name is
a household word.
Hines Companies.
For instance. MT. Hines Is president Of I
and owns a controlling interest in the
Edward Hines Lumber Com
pany, Chicago.
Virginia and Rainey Lake Com
pany. Virginia Lake, MINI.
North Wisconsin Lumber and
Manufacturing Company, Hay
ward, Wis.
White River Lumber Company.
Mason, Wis.
Iron River Lumber Company
Iron River. Wis.
Champion Lumber Company,
Orvisburg. Miss.
First National Bank, Hayward.
Wis
Mason state Bank, Mason, VS.
HAYWARD Mercantile Company,
Hayward. Wis.
Mr.. Hines is director Of the Cont +
mental National Bank. Of Chicago, ans {
will be a director Of the newly orga--
lied 2o0,GIr.090 Contiuental-Commert. al .
National He is president OF the Va /
tionaI Lumber Manufacturers Assoc IA /
ton Of the United States and eX-presi- {
dent Of the LUmbermen's Association /
of Chicago.
And this isn't all, although one would
think II would he enough for a person
Of his diminutive stature to bear up
under. These are some Of the other +
little business Influences which operate
under the guidance of this five foOt-fOur,
intellectual dynamo,
A feet Of twenty-five lake freight
steamers
A chain Of privately owned railroads