TIIE 3ICIL!TTICC CirCCT IX. T7TDXESDAT,- FEBRUARY ZZ, i020 WEYERHAEUSERCUTS OF Step tor Stabilize' Abnormal ' Market Announced. BUILDING CURB FEARED "Price Has Advanced rntil Com panies Are Ashamed to Take Money," Declares Manager. SPOKAN'E, "Wash... Feb. 24. As measure looking toward st&bllixation of the lumber market, price reduction which it was declared would amoun to 10 to bo per cent under present prices, were announced here today by L. S. Case,, manager of the Weyer naeuaer Sales company, distributing agency for 11 lumber mills controlled by the Weyerhaeuser interests. The reduced Drices. it was declared, would remain effective at least until'June 1 An announcement of the reduction f prices to the January level, ef fective immediately, declared thathe demand for lumber exceeds the sup ply; car shortage and other trans portation difficulties have restricted deliveries;, price advances -have been frequent and irregular, and buyers have bidden against each other until the demoralized condition of the lum ber market threatens, to discourage all construction. Speculation la Opposed. - Lumber prices are now J5 to $25 per thousand above the January prloea and further advances are in prospect, it is declared. . The output of the company's mills, which will be run on full capacity, will be turned to the retail and the industrial con umer, with the elimination of the peculator to the fullest extent poo Bible, it is stated. J. P. McGoldrick of the McGoldrick Lumber company expressed great sur prise this afternoon when informed of the action of the Weyerhaeuser in terests in reducing wholesale lumber prices from 10 to 30 per cent. ie said that he did hot anticipate any reduction in the price of lumber mar keted by his firm. 4 , Prices Rise Too Iltxk, Is View. "I don't know what their prices are or what their intention is in making this cut," he said. "I know our prices and what It is costing us to produce lumber. The demand is heavy, the supply is short, and the cost of pro duction is greater taan ever." The Weyerhaeuser group, one of the largest lumber operating concerns in the United States, has widespread in terests in the Inland Empire, sur rounding Spokane, on the coast and in Minesota. Six of the biggest lumber plants in the Inland Empire are mem bers of the Weyerhaeuser group, in cluding the hotlatch Lumoer com pany, Potlatch, Idaho: the Humblrd Lumber company of Sandpoint. Ida ho; the Edward Rutledge Timber company of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; the lover Lumber company of Dover, Ida ho: the Honner's Kerry Lumber com pany of Bonner's Ferry. Idaho, and the Boise-layette Lumber company of Boise. Idaho. Mr. Case stated that the price ot lumber has advanced to such a high mark because of speculation that the companies are ashamed to take the money. "I worked for many years to raisfl the price of lumber and now we feel that the advance has gone too far," said Sir. Case. "Speculation in lumber is the reason for this and we can re duce the prices and still make a rea sonable profit. .taction Market" Rales. "The situation is due largely to the fact that uncertainty as to deliveries. . owing to car and transportation con ditions coupled with tlfc present ab normal demand for lumber, has led buyers to bid against each other, lum ber available for early delivery com manding a high premium. "This has resulted in what is termed an 'auction market.' which is always irregular and uncertain and most de moralizing to buyers and consumers. with its constant threat of price ad vances not to be measured or fore seen. "The interests comprising the so called Weyerhauser group have come to recognize that this condition or tne lumber market is injurious to the public and to Industry generally. Advinrri Deferred Till Jane I, "They feel that the level of lumber prices reached early in January is sufficiently high to compensate the industry: that further advances will be unduly burdensome to the public and are not warranted by existing -conditions, and that the time has . come to. call a halt. Lumber is sell ing freely today at prices ranging ' from $5 to 1 25 per thousand above " the early January prices. "They realize that tho combined output of their mills is not great enough to have a decisive influence on the market, but feeling that some one mun i.ikc l it c hi si dvcii. iufj 9 have committed themselves to a policy which, if adopted by the lumber in dustry generally, will largely amel orlate the -situation. "This group of mills, therefore, -an nounces that for the time being, and at least until June 1. which covers the whole period of spring buying, they will make no advance In prices." when the fire department, -the - Boy Scouts and other agencies will co operate with the Red Cross in gather ing up the bundles, of waste paper which Portland residents are, asked to leave upon their porches. C. A. Blgelow, commissioner of public ' improvements, has promised the co-operation of the fire depart ment in every- way possible. All the fire stations will be receiving centers for the, paper. Those persons, who have methods of conveyance of their own are asked not to wait until the day of the drive, but to haul their own papers to the -nearest fire sta tion in order to facilitate the. collec tion by the Red Cross. - Many homes,- not -noting- thepost ponetnent of the date of the- paper drive, which was originally scheduled for last. Saturday, placed their paper on- their porches, whence it was re moved by unscrupulous junk dealers. The police are working with the Red. Cross in apprehending and prosecut ing these dealers. The Red Cross shop, that branch of the Portland Red Cross which is undertaking the paper campaign, has been practically the support of the chapter for the last year, public sub scriptions having fallen off since the war. - - . ' LENROOT - BOOM STAHTED WISCOVSIX SENATOR CTIGED . FOB REPUBLICAN CHOICE. Campaign May Fot4(ew Aspect on f Situation in Xorth Dakota With --. - Rival for Johnson. BOURBON BACKS HOOVER WASHINGTON' DEMOCRAT WILL START NON'-PARTiSAN' BOOM. Idea Gained Following Trip in - California Prestige Is Held Sufficient for Success. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) Democratic politicians did not have time to get back from the trains. whither they had gone to see the out-of-town committeemen and politicians in ordinary on their way home, when word beg-an to find its way about that Herman w. Ross, vice-president and O R EG ONI AN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, Feb. 24. A boom for Senator IrvinL. Lenroot of. Wiscon sin as a candidate for the republican presidential nomination was launched actively tonight at a dinner given in the Wisconsin senator's honor at the New Willard hotel- 'The Lenroot boom will b studied for its effect in several of the states from Wisconsin west, where it has been taken for granted that the con test would be fought out between Wood, Lowden, Hiram Johnson and Poindexter. All of these candidates, it is. seen at a moment's glance, are likely' tobe at a disadvantage if Lenroot-is swung in against them. He is a native 'of that section of the country and of Swedish extrac tion. Every Scandinavian In Minne sota and the Dakotas as well as in Wisconsin has heard of Lenroot. The situation in North Dakota is the most curious in the progress of the republican pre-convention cam paign. It looks now as-though Hiram Johnson will be the only republican candidate put forward in the pri maries next month unless Lenroot enters. ROCKPILE COSTS LEARNED Expense of Operating Rock pile at Kelly Butte One Month $1106.74 It will cost the city of Portland $1106.74 for one month's operation of the rockpile at Kelly Butte quarry? according to a bill submitted by the county, commissioners yesterday for TAnArai manner of th ThHvu-J approval by County Auditor Martin. county officials in permitting the city to use the quarry was that the mu nicipality would assume this cost of operation. Supplies during the month of Janu ary totaled $565.74, gas and telephone S9.50 and labor $531.50, a total of $1106.74, it is figured. The county commissioners Tester day authorized advertisement for bids for 12,000 square feet of roofing and 42,693 board measure feet for the erection of a machinery shed at Kelly Butte. Trenholme company, and democrat of longstanding, had come back to town after a trip through California im bued with the idea of - launching a nonpartisan movement for the nomi nation of Herbert C. Hoover for presi dent, Ross, 'the story ran. and sub sequently was confirmed by him, is for Hoover on any sort of platform enunciated by either of the old parties. A meeting will be held Wednesday afternoon between Ross and a num ber of local democrats for launching the Hoover boom. Ross's ideas re garding the food administrator as a' presidential nominee are fixed in no uncertain way on his mind, and it Is generally believed that he has suf ficient prestige to successfully start things going here for Hoover. DAYLIGHT SAVING WANTED Efforts Made in Spokane for Local Arrangement of Plan. SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) An effort will be made to in augurate the daylight saving plan in Spokane this year by means of local arrangements. . A committee is to be appointed by the chamber of commerce which will deal with this question, having as Its chairman, T. P. Brewer. As soon as this committee is named the daylight saving problem will be taken up. Other cities are already planning to observe the light economy plan which was authorized by congress during the war, but which was repealed as a law by the present law. "As soon as the railroads are re turned to private ownership I hope to confer with them relative to having tneir cnange oi time from mountain to- Pacific made -at Spokane instead ofl further east." said Mr. Brewer. CHAMBER BACKS SPOKANE Portland Joins Request to Protect Magncsite Industry. . The Portland Chamber of Commerce yesterday telegraphed to Senator Chamberlain requesting that the full est possible support be given the movement urged by the Spokane chamber for legislation to protect producers of magnesite. This product is ono of the mineral resources of the Spokane district, bat prior to the war large quantities of the material for use in American industries was imported from Austria. Now that development of the Amer ican' supply has been started, it is not deemed fair that the bars should be thrown down to give advantage to foreign producers to the detriment ot home industry. Paper Mills Suspend Operations. HOL.TOKE, Mass.. Feb. 24. Owing to low water in the Connecticut river suspension of operations was ordered for 18 hours, beginning tonight, by 25 paper mills that depend upon water power. The coal and pulp situation is still reported acute here. -w IK! TD I GIRL'S ESSAY IS BEST JTinc-Ycar-01i Thelnia Kem Wins Award In Army Conlcst. COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Feb. I4. (Special.) The paper by a 9-year-old girt Thelma Kem, was adjudged the winner of highest honors in the essay contest in the Cottage Grove schools upon the subject. "What Are the Benefits of Enlistment in the United States Army?" which was a part of the state and national essay contest upon that subject. ' Tbere were six local prizes, three for the high school and three for the grades, and these were awarded as follows: High school First, Clyde Leonard; second. Marion Lowry; third. Opal Emerson. Grades First, Thelma Kem; second. Donald Metcalf ; third. Dona Mc-Cargar. It is an interesting coincidence that upon a subject of this kind the win- ner of the second prise in th- grades i is a son of Major H. K. Metealf, who has bad 11 years of military expert-I ence and who was one of the judges, ! but did not know that his son was ; on, of the, winners until the names; of- the winners were given out by j Superintendent Seattle. The other' judges were Mrs. J. T. Smith and ljlbert Smith. ' . s ' - I - . I WASTE PAPER DRIVE SET Red Cross amcs March ls'as Day for Cltr Collections. The Red Cross waste paper drive baa been set for Saturday, March 13, A PLAY WITH A TWIST THAT'S DIFFERENT TODAY THURSDAY FRIDAY ONLY DOROTHY DALTON ! IN . 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