ttGus" and ttPete" Smear Themselves with Glory in Anti-Shingle Fight

Obviously the lumber folks of California are taking a lot of personal sa'tisfaction out of the decisive defeat of the State Housing Act which would have legislated Redwood and'Cedar shingles out of business.

Every lumberman in 'the ,state did a lot of good work and is entitled to a world of credit, and happily, there is glory enough in the splendid victory to go around.

One chap who is in line for congratulations is the young war-hourse, Augustus James Russell of San Francisco, who served throughout the campaign as chairman of the state lumbermen's committee.

For fully 60 days prior to the ele,ction "Gus" devoted practically his entire tirne to the fight. He left his own business in the hands of his office fo,rce and went out to save shingles. And he won.

In Southern California a lad who worked as hard as any was Peter B. Kyne, fiction writer extraordinary, who used to be a lumberman. It was his love for his o,ld friends in the lumber industry and his sense of justice, ar.oused when he saw the gross injustice contained in the Housing Act, tl-rat brought Kyne whole-heartedly into the fight. For many weeks he campaigned in Los Angeles and vicinity and through the southern part of the state, speaking at scores of meetings and appealing to voters. Moreover he lent his ready pen-or typewriter-to the cause, and l"/rote dozens o.f convincing new newspaper and magazine articles that had telling effec't.

"Gus" and "Pete" were oals in the old davs when both were breaking into the lum6er business in San Francisco and it was a happy circumstance that threw them into this fight together. Thelr msds a great pair.

"The mor4l effect of the overwhelning defeat of the State Housing Act in California on November 7, as a rebuke to those r,r'ho would seek to legislate against competition ancl spreacl false claims aqainst the wooden shingle, cannot be over estimated. The snowing under of the 'Shinqle Bill'bv a six to one vote denronstrates the feeling in California ac'ainst such n-rethods and reveals the place the wooden shingle holds in popular usage and estimation."

In this manner Mr. Russell, rn'ho is head of the Santa Fe

Lun-rber Company'of San Francisco expressed himself the day after the election.

"The way the people responded to the issue shows their interest and their understanding of what was at stake when they defeated the State Housing Act," Mr. Russell said. "ft proves a general recognition of the absurdity of the hue and cry raised by proponents of the measure, 'as well as the sound basis upqn #hich the shingle industry is established.

"Such an overwhelming expression will have a decided effect in the future. It will put a quietus on the mock sentimentality which pictured the shingle as a menace to 'wives and children who are roasted to death' and it reveals a disposition of the people to refuse to be drawn into any scheme by one industry to put another out ,of business. It is a blow direct at 'joker' legislation and ,at dissembling tactics.

"There are many to whom credit must be given ior the victory. The retail lumberman of California sent out fully a million pieces of campaign litera'ture and were on edge all of the time, wide awake to the situation, energetic and used the columns of their home town newspapers to carry advertisements that exposed the 'woodpile wrapped around a Nigger' that was in the State Housing Act. Peter B. I(yne. famo'tts fiction writer and very busy man, gave much of his time to write inspiring articles such as he, with his abilities and lumbering experience, alone, could have written. He did more than that, for he took part in debates and spoke against the measure m,any times.

"Great credit also is clue to "Bush" Bookstaver, Fred Goldinq ancl Jack Thomas fo,r the rvay they hand'led the campaign in Los Angeles. Handicapped by lack of funds they acconrplished tnarvels.

"'l'hen our good friend Ben Reed here in San Francisco turned thousands of votes by his speeches and his debates against Nlark Cohn. He and Ceptain Selfridge induced the Civic League to declare for us.

"The original jingles and advertisements which came out of Sacramento to be copied throughout California were the work of Mrs. Fred E. Conner, wife of Fred E. Conne.r of the Sacramento Lumber Cornpany. These bits of vers{ and original sayings 'carried the message in a novel and convincing way. The highest of praise'goes to her for the work she did 'to defeat the anti-shingle bill.

"Merchants all over California, outside of the lumber districts, fought the battle of the lumberman and fought it gladl)'. Advertisements appeared in all of the newspapers and it is to be noted that out of 875 newspapers in California, but 10 advocated the passage of the State Housing Act. To those purblishers who pointed 'out editorially the joker in the biil, its real purpose and the motives behind the proponents, there is a large measure of credit due. Never has a referendum measure been accorded so much publicity and this does not .except the Water and Power Act which was so widely debated in the editorial columns of the California newspapers during the campaign.

"The results showthe effect of this work. They show the public was informed and anxious to express their pr.otest. H. M. Cochran, manager of the Union Lumber Company, and J. M. Hotchkiss, of Hobbs, Wall & Company, both of San Francisco and members of the Executive Committee of the California Lumberman, wlere in the work from first to last and gave genefously of their abilities and time.

"The totals speak for themselves and they speak loud enough to be heard across the American continent. They will kill for a long time, if not forever, the possibility of any introduction in San Francisco of an 'anti-shi,ngle ordinance, such as the one that has slept in the Capitol Board of Supervisors for many months. They will make their lesson felt.

"The publicity campaign against the State Housing Act was handled by Frank L. Mulgrew, a tried and proved newspaper man of San.Francisco."

George Moore Back From Trip To Mill

George W. Moore. of the Moore Mill and Timber Co., has returned from a week's business trip to their mill at Bandon, Oregon. l\{r. Moore says thaC their cut at the mill is now confined to spruce and that practically all their output is being shipped by water. They are now running two b'oats, the Acme and Bandon, between Bandon and San Francisco.

D. A. FASSETT PASSES AWAY

D. A. Fassett, pioneer lumberman of the San Joaquin Valley, died at his home in Fresno last week. For many years he operated the Fassett Lumber Co. in that city.

REDWOOD BUSINESS SHOWS HEALTHY IN. CREASE; SNOW MAY AFFECT PRODUCTION.

New Redwood business forthe week ending November 4 shows an increase of approximately one million feet over that for'the previous week, according to figures compiled last week by the California Redwood Association. The 14 mills reporting to the Association, show 9,245,ffi leet in Orders Received, with Production of 9,908,000 feet, and Shipments of 5,849,000 feet.

It is stated that the storms now prevailing throughout Northern California may temporarily retard previous heavy produ.ction, but that the effect will be but temporary, since no snow falls, ordinarily,'in the Redwood regi,on.

C. A. AND SAM HAYWARD BACK FRO'M ARIZONA

C. A. and Sam Hayward,,heads of the Hayward Lumber & Investment Company, have recently returned from a three-weeks' hun'ting trip in the White Mountains of Arizon'a. They report a most enjoyable outing and a good catch of wild turkeys on which to whet their appetites along about Thursday, November 30.

REED RETURNS FROM TRIP TO N,ORTHWEST

John L. Reed, Vice-President and General Manager of the J. R. Hanify Co., has retur:ned from a two weeks trip to the Northwest looking after the inrterests of the company. He visited the company mill at Raymond and also stopped off at Seattle, Portland, and North Bend.

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