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because this is one of tlie leading points foi- the manufactun- of sliool;s 

 and otlier material used in tlie manufacture of wooden pacliages. 



The Interstate Commerce Commission has aslied for a conference with 

 the lumber organizations in reference to estimated weights on hardwood 

 lumber shipments and uniformity of standards of weighing. The club 

 turned this matter over to the. river and rail committee with authority 

 to send a delegate to Washington if it coKiidercd this the proper course 

 to take. The conference is scheduled for April 14. 



Resolutions were adopted in connection with the recent death of 

 Donald P. Mann. 



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The Lumbermen's Club of Memphis, at a special meeting held at the 

 Business Men's Club Thursday evening, April 3, rescinded its action at 

 the regular meeting Saturday, March 29, endorsing House Bill No. 524 

 providing for an extra premium of three per cent on and the payment 

 of $1 for recording all policies on insurance issued by companies not 

 authorized to do business in Tennessee. There appeared to be consider- 

 able disagreement over the endorsement of this bill and it was because 

 of this fact that the subject was brought up at a special meeting. It 

 is given out that the rescinding of its former action does not mean that 

 the club will actively oppose the passage of the measure ; but the club 

 is desirous of continuing the fight for lower insurance rates and did not 

 wish its attitude with respect to this bill to prejudice its interests in 

 any way. 



The subject was referred baclc to the law and insurance committee 

 of the club, of which James E. Starlj is chairman, and this committee 

 will continue its recent vigorous campaign for lower insurance rates in 

 this city as present rates are regarded as quite excessive and badly out 

 of line with those at points north of the Ohio river. 



Coming Meetings 



The board of governors of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation decided at its last meeting that the annual meeting of that 

 association is to be held at Kansas City, Mo., on Tuesday and Wednesday. 

 June 3 and 4. The headquarters will be at the Hotel Baltimore. 



President Hamar of the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers' Association announces that the regular quarterly meeting of 

 that association ■will be held at the Hotel Pflster. Milwaukee, on Apr. 23. 

 .\ very interesting program is being arranged and full details will be 

 announced later. 



Lumbermen's Exchange in Monthly Meeting 



The regular mont'al.v meeting of the Lumbermeu's Exchange, was held 

 Apr. 3. William T. Betts. president, in the chair. A resolution was 

 passed at this meeting in reply to communication from the State Forestry 

 -Association, urging the Pennsylvania senators to vote for the bills known 

 as the "Timberland Taxation Bills." The J. A. Finlay Lumber Com- 

 pany was elected a member of the exchange at this meeting. 



On Apr. 10 the election of officers and directors for 1913 will take 

 place, after which tlie annual banquet will be held on roof garden of the 

 Bellevue Stratford hotel. 



Northern Cut and Shipments, February, 1913 



The production of hemlock and haidwuod lumber continued in February 

 at approximately the same rate as in January, the slightly reduced cut 

 being due to the smaller number of sawing days in February. Sliip- 

 ments kept up well and were in especially good volume considering the 

 excessive shortage of stocks. Much hemlock is being shipped in a half 

 dry condition. 



The summary of reports for the last twelve months, given below, 

 shows that during this period, hemlock shipments have exceeded the cut 

 by thirty-seven per cent and that hardwood shipments have gone beyond 

 production by fifteen per cent. Shipments of hemlock and hardwood 

 combined have exceeded production by thirty per cent since Mar. 1, 1912. 



Reports from seventy-four firms give these totals for February ; 



Sawed Shipped 



Firms. Jf. Ft. Firms. M. Ft. 



HEMI.OCIv 41 17,210 02 30,673 



Ash 28 7."il 14 455 



Basswood 35 4,715 37 2,864 



Beech 103 1 14 



Itii-ch 36 8.90!> 46 5.948 



Elra 30 3.072 31 2.291 



Maple 33 7.248 33 6,236 



Oall IT 331 10 123 



Mixed 13 8,272 8 1,413 



ALL HARDWOODS 33.401 I'HIi 



Total Hemlock and Hardwoods 50,611 oO.Ol i 



CUT AND SHIPMENTS NORTHERN HEMLOCK AND HARDWOOD 



HEMLOCK ASH BASSWOOD 



Cut Shipped Cut Snipped Cut Shipped 



Month Reports M Feet .M Feet M Feet M Feet M Feet M Feet 



■Hireh .72 22.984 39,0.';- 840 941 5..'i92 2.821 



'Vnril 72 30.4S8 43,565 588 808 0.084 3.041 



Mav .76 43.781 (11,181 S9fi 800 3.481 2.724 



,,,„. .78 50.720 59,655 845 703 3.864 4. 380 



T,,iv 76 51,556 58,392 370 891 2.445 6,353 



"Viiust ■ ...70 53.954 54,459 350 1.038 2.938 5.390 



SeDtember 71 36.094 61,316 291 830 2.214 4.115 



Oc^obTr ...74 31.098 52.570 263 987 2342 G,198 



November '.'. 73 21,522 39.282 259 1,137 2..3C3 0.499 



DeclSber " ....76 15.738 32,257 260 808 2.B00 3.090 



lanSarv ..73 24.090 32.800 882 802 5.434 .S.5J8 



February 74 17.210 30.673 751 4.55 4.715 -2,804 



Total 405.185 555,207 6.301 10,200 4'2,872 50,503 



Lumbermen's Exchange Annual Dinner 



Tonight, Apr. 10. the Lumbermen's Exchange of I'hiladelphia, is 

 enjoying its annual dinner, following the twenty-seventh annual meeting. 

 The meeting and dinner are being held at the ISellevue-Stratford hotel. 

 Philadelphia, the latter being called at seven o'clock. 



Philadelphia Lumbermen Discuss Golf 



The Philadelphia Lumbermen's Golf Club, is making ready for an active 

 golfing season. The executive committee, composed of J. W. Turnluill. 

 chairman: J. B. McFarland, Jr., R. W. Wister, Ralph Souder and Wil 

 Ham T. Betts, held a meeting at the Lumbermen's Exchange rooms. Mar. 

 31, at which it was decided to open the season with a contest on the 

 Riverton Country Club course, Rlverton, N. J., in the latter part of April. 

 A handsome silver cup has been presented by the New York Lumber 

 Trade Journal to the Philadelphia Lumbermen's Golf Club, to be con- 

 tested for in any manner the club may decide. 



Chicago Liunbermen in Monthly Meeting 



The monthly lunclieon and meeting of tlie Lumln'nin'n's Association of 

 Chicago took place in the red room of the Hotel La Salli' on Tuesday, 

 .4pr. 1. The usual dinner was well attended and after its completion. 

 President Murdoek MacLeod opened the regular business session. The 

 chief question brought before the members had to do with the proposed 

 lumbermen's building for Chicago. 



George J. Pope, chairman of the special committee appointed at the 

 meeting on Feb. 10, reported in detail on the work done by that com- 

 mittee in outlining the possible advantages to be derived from the erec- 

 tion of such a structure. He also outlined different ways through which 

 such a building could be financed and its floor space fully rented to 

 concerns in the lumber and allied trades. 



Jlr. Pope stated that the secretary of the association sent out a 

 general letter on Feb. 26, and at the time of the report there were eighty 

 replies received, of which seventy-five were favorable. 



Mr. Pope in his report further stated that it was recognized that the 

 lumber companies alone could not support such a building, and that 

 the question which confronts the special committee has to do with 

 arrangements whereby industries allied with the lumber business could 

 be housed in the same building. It is quite likely that in addition to 

 the Lumbermen's Association headquarters, and the Lumbermen's Club 

 quarters, the various industries close'ly connected with the lumber business 

 will be given an opportunity of taking office space in the Lumbermen's 

 building. Such trades would be the building trades, stair builders, interior 

 finish houses, etc. 



Jlr. Pope said that at present there is more office space to be rented 

 in Chicago than there is a demand for. and those in charge should move 

 carefully in putting through a proposition as suggested. He said that 275 

 letters were sent out on Feb. 26. and up to Mar. 31 replies had been 

 received from seventy-five concerns renting in the aggregate 46,886 square 

 feet of floor space, with an average rental of $1.64 per square foot. Mr. 

 Pope said that the owners of the new building if it were erected would 

 assume unexpired leases, and would not ask the lumbermen to buy any 

 bonds or subscribe to any stock. 



Following a discussion of the plan the meeting adjourned. 



Decision on Switching at Baltimore 



A decision of much iuteri'St to lumbermen was handed down on Mar. 26 

 in Circuit Court No. 2 by Judge Duly, when he issued an order sustain- 

 ing in part and annulling in part the order of the Public Service Com- 

 mission which fixed the switching charges by railroads in local territory. 

 The order of the commission is sustained and the temjiorary injunction 

 dissolved in so far as it decrees that the rate for yard switching shall 

 be $1 per car and for industrial switching not more than $5 per car. 

 The order of the commission is voided and the injunction against its 

 enforcement made permanent as to that part which provided for con- 

 necting line and for intermediate switching. The commission had at- 

 tempted to fix specific rates for switching from one line of railroad to 

 another, and it was this portion which the court knocked out, the 

 contention of the railroads having been that to sustain such a require- 

 ment would virtually mean the loss of traffic and the giving of the 

 benefits of their terminals to competing railroads. A shipper, for instance, 

 finding tliat the switching rate is a certain amount, might be able to 

 figure out that by shipping over one road he could have his shipment 

 switched to the terminal of the other at a cost perhaps lower than the 

 rate on a througli shipment over the road owning the terminal where 

 he wants the car placed. As to the yard and industrial switching charge, 

 the court said it was not convinced, as the railroads contended, that the 



MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION, MAR. 1. 1912 TO FEB. 28. 1913. 



ALI- 

 BI RCH ELM MAPLE OAK HARDWOODS 

 ~ - _ _. . . pyj Shipped Cut Shipped 

 M Feet M Feet M Feet M Feet 



Cut 

 M Feet 

 8.501 

 9.737 

 9,882 

 7,824 

 5,075 

 4.288 

 3.452 

 3.571 

 3.857 

 4.774 

 9.797 

 8.909 



79.727 



Shipped Cut Shipped 

 .M Feet M Feet M Feet 



6.436 



«,014 



8.261 



7.478 



9. 136 



11,173 



10, .540 



10.958 



10. '251 



7.592 



6.967 



5.948 



10L354 



3.055 

 3,153 

 2.220 

 2.611 

 2.633 

 1.667 

 1,092 

 1.161 

 1.087 

 1.617 

 3.293 

 3.072 

 26.061 



J.335 

 2.203 

 1.791 

 2.312 

 2.581 

 3,132 

 2.405 

 3,426 

 3.254 

 2.060 

 2.126 

 2.291 

 29,916 



MAPLE 

 Cut Shipped 

 M Feet M Feet 



6.127 

 6.804 

 6.963 

 7.401 

 5.365 

 4.578 

 4,264 

 4,961 

 4.61S 

 4.649 

 7,506 

 7,248 

 70,484 



4.564 

 4.412 

 6, .5.30 

 6.814 

 7.510 



10.618 

 6.741 

 8.468 

 8.003 

 5.975 

 7.954 

 6.236 



83,825 



511 



260 



497 



347 



152 



151 



121 



53 



42 



30 



370 



331 



2,765 



353 

 430 

 254 

 248 

 232 

 303 

 387 

 390 

 106 

 386 

 360 

 123 

 3,632 



33,928 

 33.025 

 31,228 

 26.231 

 18.831 

 15.671 

 12.796 

 13.411 

 12.818 

 17.043 

 33,061 

 33.401 

 281,844 



22.447 

 22,421 

 25,246 

 25.605 

 30,321 

 35.770 

 28.302 

 34.309 

 32.113 

 23.176 

 23,835 

 19.344 

 322.889 



