The diamond drill., 1921-10-01

Combine to Get Square Deal In
Scales and Other Logging
Conditions

i tOnuitl0ns
Loggers from the three counties oi
Delta. Dickinson and Iron 10 the mum.
Der Of 20, met here last Monday even
ing for the purpose OF aryiving al
some fixed policy TO pursue in the
merchandising of timber There has
been no uniform standard In logging
operations or in dealings with the
lumber companies and others who
purchase from the jobbers and this
fact has been a bad handicap 70 the
logging business.
The twenty-six iobbers present re-
presented an input OF 100000 feet
board measure each winter. They
were mostly Independent jobbers who
purchase their own timber log IL and
sell IL on the open market
The past season has been a heart
breaker in the log jobbing business
from several standpoints. First the
bottom dropped out OF the lumber
business and loggers were left with
timber on their hands from the sale
OF which barely the logging cost can
be got. Add 10 this the fact that the
buyers have taken advantage OF the
market conditions and are pinching
on the scale TO degree that practi-
cally wipes out all possible profits
1t was these conditions that causel
the loggers TO meet and IL was TO an
eradication OF the evils OF this cond!-
ton that the greatest attention OF the
meeting was devoted
AS a side issue to this meeting Mr..
Henry A. Perry OF Menominee. who
has been delegated by the lumbermen's
association 10 visit loggers and others
interested in forest products. in an
effort 10 get the freight rates down,
appeared before the assembled log
gers and talked 10 them on the sub
ject with which he has been entrust-
ed. He sought the assistance OF the
loggers To aid in bringing about the
freight reduction which the lumber
men are asking.
Under the direction CT Paul SchoUk
a temporary organization consisting
CT James f. Corcoran OF Crystal Falls
as chairman and Stephen McCabe of
Iron Mountain was selected and the
loggers settled down to business az
hand.
After much deliberation and discus
sion II was decided 20 form a perma-
nent organization. the purpose OF the
same being TO standardize methods OF
log scaling and to furnish statistical
information as TO the stocks OF logs.
pulp wood, lumber. etc, on hand.
The plan for standardizing the scale
OF logs Is one which contemplates the
OF official scalers in Gif-
ferent sections where logs or pulp
wood IL sold and In cases Of dispute
this official scaler makes his inspec-
tIon and report Another departure
asked for is the providing OF scaler
on the landings when the logs arc
loaded SO that any rejects may be dis
carded there and not sent forward TO
be rejected at the mill, freight charg-
ed up against the shipper and in many
cases the rejected log sawed into lum-
Der and put into pile.
The ofiicehs chosen for the perma-
nent organization are as follows:
Chairman--W. G.. Monroe Iron Noun
tain.
Secretary Stephen McCabe. Iron
Mountain.
Treasurer-Paul Schook Crystal
Falls
Executive Committee-Iron county,
Herman Holmes and Robert Barnum.
Dickinson county, John J. Flanagan,
Olaf Rian and j. o. Bhxt, Delta
county. u. Benson and A. H. Haley.
A resolution asking Congressman
James to work for lower freight rates
was unanimously passed.
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