SECRETARY WALKER
IS RATHER OPTIMISTIC
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Is Confident That Lumber Prices
Will Advance Steadily For
Next Several Months.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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,
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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,
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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.
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This 20th day of June,' 1908.
T. E. BATSON,
Clerk. I
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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.
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INTEREST PAID ON BALANCES.
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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,
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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
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OFFICERS
H. A. Camp, President
R. L. Bennett,
Joe Shelby, Vice Pres.
Cashier
John Karoper Vice
R. B. McLeod, Asst.
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