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does not constitute a matter of record. A fair 

 estimate of the mahogany import into the 

 United States places it at about 40,000,000 

 feet annually, while black walnut is still pro- 

 duced in the United States to the extent of 

 about 30,000,000 feet annually, about one-half 

 of which is exported, largely to Germany, and 

 the remainder employed in this country. Prima 

 vera has a limited demand but does not con- 

 stitute an item of enough importance to be 

 separately listed in imports. Eosewood im- 

 portation is comparatively unimportant al- 

 though in the aggregate considerable finds its 

 way into high-grade work. 



Genezero is another name for white ma- 

 hogany. It is cut in South America and Gen- 

 eral America and has about the same commer- 

 cial value as mahogany. It has been imported 

 through the ports of San Fi'ancisco, New Or- 

 leans and New York for about thirty years. — 

 Editor. 



B 351 — Wants Dimension Stock 

 Evansville, Ind., Nov. 16. — Editor H.\rdwood 

 Recoed : We are in the market at all times for 

 kiln-dried plain oak, birch and maple dimension 

 stock in 1-incb and 1 14-inch thickness, both solid 

 and glued-iip. We should like very much to have 

 you advise us, if possible, the names of manu- 

 facturers of this kind of stock. 



Company. 



The above concern has been referred to sev- 

 eral sources of supply for the material sought. 

 — Editor. 



B 352— Wants Market for Apple Wood 



Van's Harbor, Mich., Nov. 14. — Editor Hard- 

 wood Record : We have about twenty cords of 

 4-foot apple wood and would greatly appreciate 

 any information you can give us which would 

 indicate a market for this stock. 



This company has been supplied with a list 

 of possible users of this wood. — Editor. 



B 353 — Report of National Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Association for October 



H.\rdwood Eecord is in receipt of the fol- 

 lowing letter showing^the record of inspection 



by the inspection bureau of the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association for October, 

 1912: 



Chicago, Nov. 14. — Editor Hardwood Record: 

 We enclose statement of the inspection bureau 

 for the month of October. 1912, showing in,4S9,- 

 975 feet inspected under the bonded certiflcate 

 during the month, which is an increase of 4.343,- 

 500 feet over October, 1911. During the months 

 of August, September and October, 1912. the 

 total amount inspected is 58,171,517 feet, a gain 

 over the same period of 1911 of 18,619.027 feet, 

 or an average monthly gain of over 6.000,000 

 feet. This volume of work for October was ac- 

 complished with earnings of about $300 in excess 

 of the actual expense. 



Since our letter of Oct. 15, seven new applica- 

 tions for membership have been received, bringing 

 the total number of new members admitted since 

 the convention to fifty-one. 



At a meeting of the executive committee, held 

 at the association headquarters on Oct. 24, it was 

 decided to call a meeting of the inspection rules 

 committee, shortly after Jan. 1, 1913. in order 

 that the final recommendations of the inspection 

 rules committee be placed in the hands of all 

 members as far 'in advance of the sixteenth an- 

 nual convention as possible. While Section 2, 

 Article IX, in the by-laws, provides only for 

 notice to the membership of proposed changes of 

 not less than thirty days, it is the intention of 

 the executive board to give members as much 

 additional time as possible. 



You are invited to submit any suggestions you 

 may have to offer for the improvement of the 

 service, and we trust the figures presented in 

 this letter, which indicate general satisfaction 

 with 'the inspection department, will meet your 

 approval. F. F. Fish, Sec'y-Treas. 



B 355 — London Importer Wants Oak 



London, Eng., Nov. 12. — Editor llARiiwoon 

 Record : We are anxious to get into touch with 

 manufacturers of oak lumber in West Virginia. 

 Virginia, Kentucky, etc. Can you a.ssist us in 

 our quest? We are able to use considerable 

 cpinntities in various grades of the article in 

 question, and will appreciate any assistance 

 which you can give us. 



This firm is one of the leading luntber im- 

 porters of London and has been supplied with 

 the above information. — Editor. 



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^eivs Miscellany 



With the Chicago Club 

 A success from its inception, the Lumbermen's 

 Club of Chicago has on every hand .iustified the 

 claims of its organizers since its organization 

 last spring. It was rather expected, as is the 

 usual thing in a new organization of this sort, 

 that the membership would fall off when the 

 second assessment of dues was levied the first 

 of September, but the actual results were de- 

 cidedly to the contrary, the membership now 

 being greater than at the end of the first six 

 months of the club's life. To its able president, 

 E. A. Lang, assisted by the energetic and com- 

 petent house committee, is due entire credit for 

 the maintenance of the actively interested spirit 

 of the members. 



An extensive program of entertainment has 

 been provided, which will run through Ihe winter. 

 One of the last -and most successful of the enter- 

 tainments was "Dutch Night," given two weeks 

 ago. At that affair the feature was the German 

 band gotten up by some of the leading entertain- 

 ers in the club. 



The next function will be a semi-glee club 

 afEair, given by a choir of twenty male voices, to 

 be designated as the Dearborn Chorus, which will 



be made up entirely of members of the club. This 

 affair will take place Saturday night, Nov. 30, 

 and will undinil)tedly achieve the same success 

 as have previous functions. 



On Saturday, Dec. 7, "Swedish Night" will be 

 celebrated, at which Swedish songs and stories 

 will be rendered. 



E. E. Skeele,, formerly chairman of the house 

 committee, recently resigned from this office. A. C. 

 Quixley being chosen in his place. Mr. Quixley 

 has reorganized that committee, apportioning to 

 various members different departments of the 

 supervision of the club. 



Meeting of St. Louis Lumbermen's Club 



The November meeting and dinner of the Lum- 

 bermen's Club was held at the Planters' hotel on 

 Nov, 12, President Rolfes presiding. After a few 

 preliminary remarks on the important matters 

 which were to come up later in the evening, the 

 speaker of the evening. Rev. Martin S. Brennan, 

 was introduced and gave an address on the 

 wonders and mysteries of The Starry Heavens. 

 The address was listened to with much attention. 



The business part of the evening followed. 

 After the reading of the minutes of the October 



meeting a vote was taken on several proposed 

 amendments to the by-laws of the club. 



The following amendments were carried by the 

 necessary two-thirds vote : 



A new section to article II. of the constitu- 

 tion, to be known as "section 2,"' to read : 



Section 2 — All persons eligible to membership 

 in the Lumbermen's Club, as provided in the 

 foregoing section, living outside the city of St. 

 Louis, shall be eligible to membership in this 

 club, with all the rights and privileges of other 

 members, except voting. The dues for such 

 auxiliary membi rs shall be $1 per month. 



Section 2 of article IV of the constitution 

 shall be amended to read as follows : 



Regular business meetings of the club shall 

 take place on the second Tuesdays of January. 

 March. May, Septemljer and November ; but the 

 executive board shall have the power to change 

 such time of regular meeting, or call a special 

 meeting at any time at their discretion. ' 



A new section to article I of the by-laws, to 

 be known as "section 3." to read : 



Section 3 — .411 resolutions or other matters 

 that do not come under the head of any standing 

 committee shall be submitted in writing and re- 

 ferred to a special committee for action, which 

 committee shall be appointed by the chair. 



The matter of the meeting of the National 

 Federation of Retail Merchants, to be held here 

 Nov. 19-22, was brought up by .Tulius Seidel. lie 

 * suggested that the club entertain them and made 

 a motion, which was carried, that a fund be sub- 

 scribed. 



President Rolfes stated that P. F, Cook bad 

 asked the well-known attorney. Judge O'Nell 

 Ryan, to welcome the National Federation of 

 Retail Merchants to the city, and Mr. Cook was 

 given a vote of thanlvs. 



Two nominating committees, one selected by 

 the chair and the other frojn the floor, were 

 named to select candidates to be voted on for the 

 various offices of the club at the election In 

 December. Stephen J. Gavin, George R. Hogg 

 and Thomas J. Noser were named by the chair, 

 and R, S .Price, W. W. Dings and Julius Seidel 

 from the floor. 



Meeting of Ne'w York Association 



The New York Lumber Trade Association held 

 its annual meeting and election at its headquar- 

 ters, IS Broadway, on Nov. 13. there being about 

 one hundred members in attendance. The meet- 

 ing was preceded by the usual luncheon. 



Tlie date of this meeting marks the comple- 

 tion of the association's twenty-sixth year. Dur- 

 ing the year Just closed it has continued its good 

 work. All of the officers of last year were re- 

 I'lected, as follows : Russell J, Perrine, presi- 

 dent ; John S. Steeves, first vice-president ; 

 Charles F. Fischer, treasurer. Four new trustees 

 were elected, namely : C. V. Bossert, J. F. 

 Murphy, Charles Crabbe, G. M. Stephen, Jr. 



President Perrine resumed the chair after the 

 election and gave a short talk of appreciation of 

 the new honor. He stated that one reason for 

 association work is to preserve the value and 

 integrity of the lumber business by eliminating 

 from the inside dishonest methods and condi- 

 tions and from the outside oppression. He 

 stated that associations have proved their useful- 

 ness and established their permanency and they 

 have fairly demonstrated their necessity to the 

 lumber business in the same capacity that the 

 clearing house acts for the banking business. 



A special committee reported a resolution in 

 memory of the late James H. Pittinger. who was 

 for many years prominent in the affairs of the 

 association and at one time its president. 



Of special interest to the meeting was an ad- 

 dress by A, B. Cruikshank, counsel for the 

 Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers' Associa- 

 tion in the suit which the government has 

 brought against that organization and its affili- 

 ated organizations. The speaker reviewed the 

 case in detail from beginning to date, and his 

 remarks were listened to with close attention. 



It was voted to hold the regular annual ban- 

 quet, the date to be decided upon by a special 

 committee in due course. 



The report of the trustees showed in detail 

 the workings of the credit system which has done 



