Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1911 — LUMBERMEN IN COMBINE [ARTICLE]

LUMBERMEN IN COMBINE

Gigantic Consolidation Would Control Investment of $200,000,000. \ Saa Francisco, Sept. 15. —Lumbermen of Oregon and Washington are forming a great combine, and already a large number of producers, have signed the agreement According to a prominent San Francisco man who has known of the negotiations for some time, the consolidation will represent an investment of approximately $200,000,000. The deal involves the acquirements of timber lands which will supply the mills for at least fifteen years.