The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-03-25

inclusive .........-......-.-.....---S 4U3,z3S-aI
Total expenditures for la
Dor, same period ...... 1889 ,0O0.O0
Total cost of purchased
logs ................................ 1,l5o,oooOo
Amount paid to contractors
for putting In logs, 1919
to 1886 ....'...............,...... 100000
Amount OF freight paid in
outgoing shipments in
same period .- -. 10,528, 000. 90
Logs purchased 1919 to
1885 ............................. 100000 #.
Total log in-put from all
sources 1919 to 1895 '748,O00,0o0 1T.
Average number Of men
employed for years 1913
to 1886, both inclusive $50
There have been times when the
number of employed ran as high as
500 or more men, stated Mr. Neils, and
frequently the number has aggregated
500 or more employed on the payroll.
The years of poor business brings
down the average as stated.
Mr.. NeiIs had been asked by Presi-
dent Krall to speak to the Lions on
the history of the ]. Neils Lumber
company. Before launching into that
phase of the subject, Mr.. Neils gave a
brief history and some Of the high
lights in the development Of three or
four of the nations largest industries.
He closed his interesting address with
this statement, @This sudden accelera-
ton in the rate of material progress
has been due almost entirely to the
application of science in industry, made
possible under our democratic form Of
government and under a private COM
petitive industrial system. Let us ever
be wary of changing either"
The text of the major part of Mr..
Neils' address is given below.
Explains Dorsey Bill
Following MIR. Neils' address, Presi-
dent Krall asked him to explain the
Dorsey bill, now before congress, and
what he thought of it, Mr. Neils re-
piled that Supervisor Klehm could ex-
plain the bill better than he, where
upon Lion Klehm said the bill, in brief,
proposed that the federal government
take charge of tracts of timber now
owned privately and administer them
on sustained yield basis, on cooper
alive agreement with the owners. BY
that means, he said, there would be
maintained perpetual supply Of tim
Der for an annual cut about equal to
what is now being made. In other
words, there would be perpetual lum-
Der industry instead of the ghost towns
that heretofore had followed the cut
ting off of the timber
Mr.. Neils stated the proposed bill
had much in its favor but said he would
be non-coommittal al this time in re-
spect to the proposition that the fed
eral government control all the private
ly owned timber.
Social Security
President Krall also asked MIR. Neil
what he thought of the present socia
security laws. "That might be gooS
question to ask the workmen now" sale
MIR. Neils. I'VE have been taking PEE
cent out of their pay check since tn.
first of the year, as required by tn,
new law To that we have added thre,
per cent, making a total levy agains
the payroll for this first year of pc
cent Our annual payroll will amour
to about 100000. Four per cent O
that sum means that $4,000 will 60 OH
of this community this year in supper
of the new social security set-up. Tina
means about Soc per thousand for al
the lumber we will manufacture TIL
year.
This percentage will be increase
next year to 6 per cent" continued MI
Neils land eventually, under the pres
ent law, it will reach levy of s DE
cent. That will mean from s55,O0O /
S65,000 per year that we will have |
pay into the social security fund. No,
in general way am in favor Of sncii
security, but fear the industry wi
not be able to stand no heavy ia.
We are long way from our marke
and the freight levy Is heavy. Tax,
against the industry must be added
the price of the lumber we have to Sc
I fear that if the present trend kee,
up the price of lumber will become
high that people will turn to substitute