Show s INDUSTRY BETWEEN TIVO FIRES SEEK TO CHANGE CHANG LAY LAWS TO CONSERVE TIMBER I SI Trust Anti Laws Present Any Practical Plans For Conserving Forests Yet Wasteful 0 l Competition on Destroying Priceless Trees Continues Coal Trade Would Modify I S Federal Limitations BY RDE JI IH COJA Sl ClaI tit of The r b bIhr Consoli Consoli- Consolidated Consolidated dated Press WASHINGTON Feb 21 AI Agi Ael for tor a general of the tho federal tit Ill iwa Is 18 feet ast approach approaching In fe feer fever er heat Iel li at In the Iho lumber Industry lly tJ t ly the prEsent dissatisfaction viii hed he up In a clean cut la n con con- con congress gress Ten lo to amend the liw As set et eltho the Indus r F with p pm pu l prosecutions lons FUJI fresh in minI min Iia ha no formal action but such and the tho ensul fr il ht t ot Of amendment appear io u o v e 0 just round the corner Other Industries too have havo i au aught ht th the Infection to some ome e c lent ci tent with ith the result Ihil trust anil-trust anti anti- antitrust trust revival re meetings hai been recently at Il places the United OL 00 O Mi Ui ME IC tL AItO The coal Industry at present ow In spirits and prosperity Is talking about the Iho subject c lo 10 o II 5 lesser degree various Industries hav U taki 1111 n xi the UP Thus ThuM with the tho push puh lit lf a fair of ot effort the tha firs tins s i aroused in n n the th lumber umber may pread to many mallY Industries In ftc Already the of commerce of the States plates one no ne of pt the dominant trad trade organ organ- organ of th the nation I is on record records s favoring modification c e the Iho I law w Indications are that the he SUb SUb- sub sublet let et soon vi I ill become t a live Olle ore one gain w I Ith the chamber j i id d sim- sim simIlar Ilar Ilar Institutions UI T TWO 0 Jl ruths S JU the say wy r they theyan tan an t understand Is this The fore forest oret t lee a 3 b b-anch ot of Iho he federal government hose maximum effort Is lo to the tho timber Is la Wy i y ig- ig Ing ng the lumber Industry 11 3 cut nO nOmore nomore nomore more trees than titan are absolutelY to meet the bunding and other lIds demands f tor r lur b r TIe federal fedral Irad trade commission another branch of ot th the government go tells th t It nta may not combine to to restrict output The output he fhe attorney genera general a a Ih 11 fee fee- fed federal eral ral ra prosecutor and nd ready to send send eni to the Ibe p nile tente nten I- I tier any members of Lh tit indus Indus- indus indus- industry industry lr try who vhO ge get gel together to how how much lumber shall je cut CANT CAN'T oury onrY BO HI rH Now ask lead leall Ir j jents c exponents jon of ot the tho do the he lum- lum lum get pet oft off There etc DIC 20 20 lumber mills In the lio United slate Slates engaged for the woot part partin lit In hot competition Acting In- In Independently In Independently dependently these mill mills c cannot linder 1 any restrict dumber lumber production Aln In Jo uni- uni unison eon nl son ion they become la ia law laI I br They can t obey both bolh tl ti p c forest and nd the federal ado i-ade ad corn com commIssion com commission mission They can tal talc take their choice and tIe the choice loI lh far has been to saw wood as ac they co tit fit titAs it As a a result result the gove govi conservation atlon police ta favored or d bY bythe the Ie Industry Itself Is shot 0 pieces but pieces but no h 1 going to Jill Jil The present preem move mOve- movement movement ment Ja Is s for tor the purpose DC or recon- recon idling the variant federal man man- mandate mandates date dale dates so that they rosy mAY p eli pi II I be bed ed At least that Is 18 ant the tho leading lumbermen assort assert TI mr TIMBER w Wo Secretary Robert Hopert Alen AIen of o th West Coast Lumbermen s a association tion one on of ot tho the outspoken n ad atho- atho advocates 0 cates of or trust anti-trust lav q amend amend- amendment amendment amendment ment told his organization at Its recent annual convention com eltJo In ty n Se- Se Seattle Se Seattle attle attIc that thousands of pf a acres reS ot of Umber tImber had been cut In his section last because resent laws lawa forbid producers producer to combine to restrict On the Pacific coast at pl t the pres- pres pres present ent time the subject I Is an HI ex- ex ex extremely remely live one with I pressure being beng exert d 1 by the public for tor corseT atlon Several Se soars ears ago the Lumber pla pia med ned d a clearing house ot or as asto asto asto to output prices and oil oll er In- In Information In Information formation and the tho e squelched the effort by the promoters The cabe was dS up- up up upheld upheld held In the supreme and only the lumber but many other Industries tn v n ch eb had ventured timidly along th same path a Immediately ele seized with pinic and ran lo 0 cover abandoning the Idea Among them there w wi-s wi the tte soft coal Industry CO AIJO Ar Af sr KC It It IL yas tyas was brout brought out a a- a the Ite that the hardwood Plo luera chejne without modification con con- con contained tamed the tho of ot an oid- oid oid-Jime oid trust in Its most be be form form torm gome f o ot of th ib letters and some somo ot of o tim ll n lather crude practices were condemned by tho court NobOdY In the Ibo lumber Industry todaY would seriously eon consider pattern pattern- patterning ing tog their il to conserve lumber tho lines ot of this abortive plan Bu Dm almost bodY in Indu industry Is 11 IsI Hought up to the com conIton run It-run l lon that either conservation or oc tlc Ue anti anti- antitrust antitrust antitrust I trust la law must go O by the boards soon l t AFRAID TOI TOOn TO LIt CO CO L L I On the Pacific coas co mi public sentiment I Is said by th ih- ih Industry to be o n In favor ot of o BOin goin gon i t day five eec In the Interest of ot conserva a conservation tion In Many ny factors In tl U i L industry ouid like e to adopt till thi Idea bu but they wont won't do 10 it If it competitors go o ahead en on a da six baals bo And Ih there re Is not nol a n man or of the lot thIs correspondent Is ho ho Ian Isn t afraid to write t rite another h r pro pro- producer producer pro producer ducer on the tho subject ct it A letter c ot of that sort an agreement among two or three producers to adopt the live five day Beels eel I IIi Is 11 t Iry Ii try offense a the 1 men S a law a i era read the statutes und and no- no nobody nobody no nobody body In n the Ue i 13 u going to 10 take lalo the chance hance AT TO DO DOIn In the th tra cis from a r feast ast to a II famine I and back ac again A fair maibet In- In Inevitably in inevitably spells production oval and Ih that inevitable Ine Is tOIl V followed d dJ J bY downs Shut downs And doll sut-doll shut shut-doans ns are aro folio followed od by a scarcity tit t umber that again leads ads to 10 a a mir lair mar mar- market market market ket and production over-production A parallel condition in many is 10 found In the tho te coal In- In In dusti y And while 1 all thib Id aning ong on the tho forest sen service Ice is ie spending ted fed fed federal eral funds to preach to ears eara that are by emanating ftc fhe fed fed- fedral fed iral erat ral trade commission s d d 4 the department of ot justice of oC them ate alo I giving Ing he hc ul r In- In in industry a life lito of ot that promises sensational dp det dev soon nn |