Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-07-27 | Page 17 | Golden Rule Guide of Lumbermen, Says Association Secretary

GOLDEN GOLEN RULE GUIE GUIDE OF LUMBERMEN SA S T N SECRE ARV Organization Formed to Prevent Prevent Pre Pre- vent Sales From Manufacturers to Consumers July Juh ProtectIon Protection to toils Its Ifs CHICAGO V a members without ann d guards I 7 by procuring for fo them freedom of ot pale direct from manufacturers to consumers is the tho object of ot the tho NorthWestern Northwestern North North- r western Lumbermen's association W W. O G. G Hollis Holts of or Minneapolis its HI secretary testified t at the hearing in the government gO gov gor- suit against the called so-called so-caled so hum lum umer um- um her ber er trust tOda today Mr Hols is expected to be the most Important witness for tor th tha th defense and L. L L C. C Boyle DOYle of ot Kansas City counsel coun coun- sel rl for or the tho defendants confined his examinations ex ex- toda today to lo tile the tle purpose and history of oC the lumbermen's t tion What V do you ou mean macan by the tho clause in pur constitution offering protection to m members In the tho r. Boyle noyle asked Our purpose was ns to produce harmony har bar mony among the time manufacturers and the time retail lumbermen Mr Ir Holis re re- re plied By the the word protection W Wl wo we l meant If we succeeded ed In getting thi thi harmony harmon it would be freedom from di direct ill ill- t. t r tt sales salo of or manufacturers to contractors contractors con con con- tractors an and other c consumers E fly By prot protection did dir you m mean a you had armed guards to see that this freedom from flOI direct ct sales was secure secured 1 No we we tried to bring brine It about abolt by conferring rig wi with wih t hi such man manufacturers u und and nd Inducing them to give up the lie pl-ac- pl t tice In reply to questions Hr Homs Hollis asserted assorted as as- sorted that a manufacturer did not openly sell cl to consumers Ha Hi H always tries to cover up his trail for fog fot he doesn't want his liia ill customers custom custom- ers era to know of oC th time sale If H they dd did know It they thY would go elsewhere Mr Irr Hollis Hols said g I Did you In an any wa way affect dealers who were not In your our association sir Mr Ir HolK was ivas asked We Ve did not Our m members ha had M. M family rule to do o as we vc dono i b by and we would would do nothing but fall fail fal to recognize manufacturers selling di directly di di- recty to consumers consumer It was brought out that tile the association association tion ton had a a membership of ot 2645 retail d dealers alers while about t OO other r dealers if in Its territory ato were not reco recognized