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SECRETARY WALKER IS RATHER OPTIMISTIC / Is Confident That Lumber Prices Will Advance Steadily For Next Several Months. on LUMBER JOURNAL URGES EARLY BUYING Building Materials and Labor Are Cheaper New Than They Will Ever Be Again—Good Time to Build New Homes. The editor of the Daily News is in receipt of the following interesting Wetter from Mr. Ewing A. Walker, C; Icretary of the Mississippi Pine As ■iatlon: Edgar G. Harris. Editor, The Hattiesburg News," Hattiesburg. Miss, ar Sir:— attached herewith I hand you edi ial which appeared recently in the merioan Lumberman" of Chicago, in at i it ; feel assured that even a cusory mination of this article will con e you of its wisdom and will be vhich med by you material of Ul be of interest to your many read legarding ihis editorial I would te that the American Lumberman Unquestionably correct in their in ence that n< is the time to build, price of lumber is very per at the present time than it j twelve 1 12 1 months ago and, in | much tion, it is cheaper than it will be pe near future. Not only is fovement in the lumber situation ptable but I am convinced that the ! future will witness a strengthen and increase in prices, pote in the American Lumber fs editorial that "wages are nom y the same as they were a year !' Although unfamiliar with labor litions in other sections of the (try 1 do know that at Mississippi j mills all classes of employes are 'e paid considerably less than a ( ago. At that time there was ^adequate p is (naturally, in reduced wages and Carpenters are working for f the country than ly of men; now dearth of positions result supply ha Jill I his 4t Sny time tor several years. The pr sent unsatisfactory status j of affairs is unnatural and cannot con-1 tinue for any great length of lime. J In the North the prospects for good ! crops are ideal: business in other lines is steadily increasing and cap ital is certainly less nervous and more I sanguine than at any time during the j past year. They foresee improvement. | —wholesomo and steady—and are making their plans in accordance, a man builds now he will get a great deal more for his money than he will If he procrastinates. Heretofore, in past years, when there was a marked "slump" in the lumber market stocks at the mills were nearly invariably abnormal and when there was a ten dency toward improvement in prices the betterment was quite as invari ably retarded by flooding the markets with accumulated stocks. Such a con dition does not exist at the present. The stocks at the mills of this state are well within the bounds atism and whatever tendency toward ing along the righi line and ihere will improvement which may be witnessed j if conserv will he permanent. The American Lumberman is work certainly be great mutual benefit to both producer and consumer if their warning is heeded. Again assuring you I hat the lumber people and builders would read with HIS CHANCE IS GONE fc TOUR I CHANCE !S HERE The question it. are you qualified to hold a rr •pontible position ? Have you had a thorough t diw.nl training!* Bankers, Merchants, and Manu* factu you if you are competent. Is Your le. One CUfit. Two roads are open to you HE training and leads to la'k, res training and leads young men and women and Co suires* by securing them high-salaried positions. Fine climate, board cheap. Write fur illustrated cat alog and further information. HATTIESBURG BUSINESS COLLEGE, HATTIESBURG, MISS. •■■I it : The Hattiesburg Business College Is now in progress and will continue the year round. Special rates for the summer. Write or call for further In formation. much interest the document issued by the lumber journal mentioned and be lieving that all such matters published will have its beneficial effect, I Your very truly, E. A. WALKER, Secretary. am. The editorial referred to is as fol lows: Present day commerce is based up on the idea of specialization. One man raises produce, another builds houses, another makes clothes; others engage in transporting various com modities; still others work in factories, shops, foundries and mills. The men who build houses can not consume all the potatoes raised by the farmers. The farmers can not give all the car penters, masons and plasterers steady employment. When the artisans are out of employment they can not secure the means of purchasing for their re quirements and the result is a lighter demand all along the line. Start one faction to work and you start them all. When the call for carpenters is greater than the supply, men unskilled in the work can secure employment at high wages and skilled workers can command special prices. Here en ters and becomes active the law of supply and demand wmcTi may not be reversed or defied with impunity. When the supply of labor is greater than the demand workmen can be se sured on better terms and will give greater and better service. This is the logic of the law mentioned and of human nature. Labor is cheaper now than it was a year ago, although nominally wages are the same. It is cheaper because i it is better. j reason that labor is cheaper but in the | actual prices that must be paid. Last year the majority of the deal ers in building material had all the trade they could handle, the business has been fair, as shown by the building records, but there is room for a very considerable improve ment. Materials are cheaper now than they were a year ago, not for the same This year The one great reason why building operations should be undertaken now or why contracts for supplies should be entered into is that they can be j made on more advantageous terms. Materials can be secured for lower prices, will be delivered more prompt ly and in a more satisfactory manner than during either 1900 or 1907. As a general proposition lumber now is being sold for 10 to 15 per cent less than during last year. In some cases where the trade is supplied with special woods a reduction to that j extent has not been made. However, 10 per cent, probably represents about J the general decline in the retail price ! of building material. A Cleveland operator has supplied some specific information showing the I relative cost of building in 1907 and j 1908 which ii reproduced herewith: Per cent of | 1907. 1908. decrease 1907. 1908. decrease. 585 Masonry and Plastering. Plumbing . Heating . Painting . 313 46.8 21.9 CIO 500 730 530 400 24.5 Lumber, $4 to $6 a thousand less. The foregoing comparative values represent actual figures secured by a gentleman who wished to build. The 1907 prices were made during the lat ter part of that year and the 1908 prices this month. It is high time the general public 22.0 bich probably No uniform reduction in the retflil prices of lumber has been made by the dealers of the country. Some have informs itself of this condition of af fairs and profits by the opportunity now presented, one j will not long be available. very actually reduced their prices and claim to have encouraged building in • his way. In other sections, however, cheap lumber now being offered has to be transported such great distances that the freight rates put a high value on the products. This particularly is true throughout the eastern section of the country and to a more limited extent in the northern territory where local supplies are inadequate. Referrihg again to the comparative schedule of values submitted it will be seen that the total cost in 1907 would have been $3,814 for the items mentioned. For 1908 the bids put in represented a cost of only $2,727, a saving of $1,087 on the building for which prices were secured, represent ing a decrease of 28.5 per cent. This reduction possibly may be out of the It scarcely is possible that building could be done for a third less now than in 1907 but the figures giv ordinary. This showing is sufficiently strong to en represent estimates made by con tractors during the two periods. warrant every prospective builder or everyone who is In a position to build in taking this matter up aud making a thorough investigation of the sub ject. Conditions in different parts of the What is said of one country vary, town may not be applicable to all the country, but in every city and every village in the United States it is a comparatively easy matter to deter mine the relative cost this year and last, and beyond question it will be found that buildings can be put up this year at a saving of anywhere from 10 to 25 per cent, of tie cost in 1907. Preeminently, emphatically and con clusively this is the time to build. RAISE FUNBS Thousands of Acres of Public Do main Thrown Open to the General Public. Hearst News Service. Ottawa, June 29.—The Canadian government is to throw open to settle ment 28,000,000 acres of land in Sas katchewan and Alberta to raise money for the construction of a government railroad to Hudson Bay, which will open a new route to Europe. It is ex pected to sell 3,000,000 acres at $3 an acre to defray the expenses of build ing 500 miles of railroad between exist ing lines and Fort Churchill on Hud son Bay. i REBATES TO SUGARTRUST Hearst News Service. Washington, June 29. •Final argu ments in the sugar "trust" rebate case will be heard today by the in terstate commerce commission. Tes timony adduced shows that the trunk lines having terminals at Jersey City have for several years been paying to the American Sugar Refining Company a rebate of 2 cents per 100 pounds on The rebate is de fended as being an allowance for dray j a jj sugar shipped, a»-e FOREIGN FLAGS COSTS BIG MONEY t Hearst News Service. Washington, June 29.—Foreign fla ts cost Uncle Sam much time and money in the making. Each battleship must have its quota. The Latin-American republics have flags that cost a groat deal. San Salvador's emblem with the landscapes, seascapes, floral col lection and cabalistic designs, cost Uncle Sam $52.50. Germany's eagle and scroll work Is next in highest cost. The Siamese flag cost $38 to make, and Mexico's $39.50. SPELLING CONTEST IS NATIBNAL AFFAIR Hearst News Service. New York, June 29.—Dr. Julia Rich man, a district superintendent of pub lie schools, has been chosen as referee in the national spelling contest which is to be held at the annual meeting ot the National Educational Association in Cleveland, beginning June 29, and continuing four days. Teams from half a do-^m cities will participate. ; S. H. Clark, professor of elocution in the University of Chicago, will be invited to pronounce the words in the | contests, ( are expected, | j a \ Coundl are here and all is in readiness j for trie opeing of the conference tc ! morrow". The luord Provost of Edin burg will welcome the delegates, - Seventy thousand visitors CONGRESSIONAL COUNCIL IN SESSION Hearst News Service. Edinburg, June 29.—Nearly all of the American affd /iropean delegates to the International Congregational Do you want board or boarders, rooms or roomers? You can get them with a Daily Nows Want (Ad. MAKES STRONG PLEA Asks Mississippians to Contribute to Purchase of Battleship Service. Daily News Special. Jackson, June 29.—Governor Noel, | chariman of the committee selected some time ago to devise means of raising the additional $5,000 necessary to the completion of the purchase price of a suitable silver service to be presented to the battleship Missis sippi, and to make the purchase of the service itself, has issued the following address: According to custom, unbroken, each battleship has been presented a hand some silver service by the state whose name it bears, such service, when artistically designed and execuUti, be ing as beautiful as any picture, and continuing, tastefully cased in a fine cabinet, through indefinite time with the battleship" and its successors in name. It can be seen and admired by all who view the ship. Through its officers and sailors, in home and for eign ports, the battleship will carry the name and fame and reflect the power and dignity of our state and na tion. • Regardless of what any might have thought, as an original proposition, our legislature has irrevocably com mitted our state to the presentation of a suitable silver service fir the bat tleship Mississippi, and devolved upon our patriotic citizenship the obliga tion of meeting this expense by popu lar subscription. By o concurrent resolution, acts 908,p. 265, the legisla ture requested our representatives and senators in congress "to use their in fluence to have the new battleship "Mississippi" to receive the silver service donated by the citizens of the state "in our gulf coast waters." After wards our legislature adopted the fol lowing joint resolution, acts 908, p. 263 "Whereas, It has been the pride and privilege of many other states of this grand Union to present testimonials of appreciation for the naming of bat tleships for such states, and "Whereas, There are honest differ ences of opinion among the members of the legislature as to the right of the legislature to donate fund? - from the state treasury for such purposes, and "Whereas, All agree that our ioyalty, pride and a devotion to our country prompts us to extend a fitting testi monial of our appreciation for the honor conferred upon our state by naming a great battleship for our state; therefore be it "Resolved, That Governor E. F. Noel, ex-Governor Jas. K. Vardanian, Hon. Dunbar Rowland and Hon. J. N. Powers be requested to undertake the raising by public subscription of not less than seventy-five hundred -dollars to be added to the funds already col lected for the purpose of selection, purchasing and presenting a silver service to the battleship 'Mississippi.' "Ail papers circulating in this state are earnestly requested to publish this resolution, and each member of the legislature is urged to co-operate with this committee by urging the peo ple of his county or district to sub scribe to this fund." In compliance with the above reso lution, the committee therein named, organized by selecting a president and secretary. Mrs. Eunice Lockwood, an estimable and well equipped lady of Crystal Springs, Miss., at our earnest solicitation, undertook the patriotic work of aiding and directing the agencies through which the necessary funds are to be obtained, freely giving her time and efforts to this noble pub lic duty which will carry her to the various sections of our state. Missis sippians everywhere, especially state, district, county and municipal officers and national guardsmen, commercial, industrial and fraternal organizations, are urgently requested to give Mrs. Lockwood a cordial welcome and hearty co-operation. She is engaged in a most worthy cause and we be speak for her active help from our good and public spirited citizenship. Do not wait until Mrs. Lockwood For a Sprained Ankle. As usually treated, a sprained ankle will disable the injured person for a month or more, but by applying Cham berlain's Liniment and observng the drectlons with each bottle faithfully, a cure may be effected in many cases in less than one week's time. This liniment Is a most remarkable prepara tion. Try it for a sprain or bruise, or when laid up with chronic or mus cular rheumatism, and you are certain to be delighted with the prompt re lief which it affords. For sale b? Hays k Field and Yellow Pine Pharmacy. 0 comes, because she cannot go every where - but take "P th e work at once and notify her by correspondence or remittance. E. F. NOEL, President. DUNBAR ROWLAND, Sec. CONTEST NOTICE. Department of the Interior, United States Land Office. Jackson, Miss., May 18, 1908. C. 2622. A sufficient contest affidavit having been filed in this office by William Foster, Rawls Springs, Miss., contest ant, against Jackson series homestead entry No 41,287, made May 18, 1906, for N. W. quarter N. E. quarter, sec tion 28, township 5, N. range 14 W., St Stephens Meridian, by Isaac Soley, contestee, in which it is alleged that he is well acquainted with the tract of land embraced in the entry and knows the present condition of same; also that said entryman has wholly abandoned said entry. That the same is not occupied by any person, that said land is not cultivated by any per son and that there are no improve ments on said land except a small house, with a garden of about a quar ter of an acre, and that said alleged absence from the land was not due to his employment in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States as a private soldier, officer, seaman, or marine during the war with Spain or during any other war in which the United States may be engaged, said parties are hereby notified to appear, respond and offer evidence touching said allegation at 10 o'clock a, m. on June 22, 1908, before the circuit clerk of Forrest County in his ofTice at Hat tiesburg, Miss., (and that final hearing will be held at 10 o'clock a. m. on Juno 2?, 1908,) before the Register and Re ceiver at the United States Land Of fice in Jackson, Miss. Serve under Rules 13 and 14. The said contestant having, in a proper affidavit, filed May 13, 1908, set forth facts which show that after dqe diligence personal service of this no tice cannot be made, it is hereby or dered and directed that such notice be given by due and proper publication. L. Q. C. LAMAR, Register. J1 5wks state of Mississippi, To Will Crosby, defendant: You are commanded to appear before the chancery court of the county of Forrest in said state on the second Monday of August, 1908, the same be ing the monthly rules day of said court, at the Chancery Clerk's office said county; to defend the Suit in said court of Lena Crosby wherein you are defendant. i This 20th day of June,' 1908. T. E. BATSON, Clerk. I jun22 3wks-mon Money to Loan We Loan Money on All Kinds of Personal Property M.S. HAISFIELD Loan Office 128 Front St. Next to Palace Restaurant Home Phone 743. OPEN AN ACCOUNT IN OUR SAVINGS DEPARTMENT, INTEREST PAID ON BALANCES. c n u "i Vy^° S,TARy - FOR HAT> Ar ^ Pl r MY COUNTY and CH > °^ 3 2S, • 3 J 0 \ /r AL 'C(/S -. L, ABn./ T y Rp> A So oo OF STOCKHOLDERS {asyond'd by i 7 ° depositors ;doo ''Or ^Ci'R/ry V. <•> t/AV. HAMPER, vice p«sr. F W FOOTE, ac r/ve Vice putsr R. C.HAUENSTEIN, cashha. i GEO. J. HAUERS TEW, a ss rcAswe/t. UP. CARTER, twesiocNr. WE SOLICIT ACCOUNTS LARGE Se SMALL. - -i— — — Now is the Time! To Put in Screen Doors and Windows And avoid the annoyance of the fly and mos quito, Don't be worried with the bugs that All your house at night, - SCREENS! SCREENS!! We are prepared to take your orders. Phone us and we will send a man to take measures and put them in for you. Prices Reasonable i Hattiesburg Hardware Co. wm —. _ " _ NOTICE! NOTICE! TWO IN ONE We are now in the Hardy Stables on Mobile Street. :-:COME TO SEE US:-; HARDY & BOLTON Liverymen, * ■A. 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