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A Directory of Commercial Organizations 



In response to a Senate resolution passcii Dccembor last, the Depart- 

 ment of Commerce bas submitted to the Senate a list of tbe commercial 

 organizations in tbe lUnitcd States. This record, with a list ot agricul- 

 tural organizations, will be printed for distribution, provision being 

 made for 1,500 copies for the use of the Senate. The list of commercial 

 organizations was prepared by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic 

 Commerce, which for nearly two years has been collecting tor use in 

 its own work detailed information regarding such organizations, their 

 functions, membership, income, etc. The information in the files of tbe 

 bureau at the time the resolution was adopted was supplemented by 

 such additional facts as it was possible to obtain before Feb. 1.5. the 

 date on which the list was to be submitted to the Senate, and this list 

 when published w'ill record about 3,500 national, interstate, state and 

 local organizations. 



In the compilation of its information the bureau has utilized various 

 symbols to indicate the field of service and the activities of the various 

 organizations. These symbols have been used in the list submitted to the 

 Senate, so that when published it will furnish in a concise manner a 

 complete record of the organizations, their functions, membership, and 

 ether details. The information thus compiled constitutes a directory of 

 commercial organizations of the country such as has never before been 

 prepared and it should prove of practical value to business men. 



In addition to the 1.500 copies to be printed for the use of the Senate, 

 the list will be issued as a bulletin of the Bureau of Foreign and Do- 

 mestic Commerce (Miscellaneous Series No. 8). Copies of this bulletin 

 will be sold for fifteen cents a copy by tbe 

 Superintendent of Documents. Government 

 Printing Oflice. Washington. D. C. 



A Hviman Visage Photographed in Log 



In connection with this story is seen a really 

 remarkable likeness ot human features, which 

 was found on the inside of a block ot maple cut 

 at Cadillac, Mich. A representative of Hard- 

 wood Record was recently calling at the office 

 of the Williams Brothers Company. Cadillac, 

 and while enjoying a talk with George F. Wil- 

 liams, the conversation was suddenly interrupted 

 by the intrusion of a man of rather unusually 

 striking appearance. He was tall and shaggy, 

 with a small bullet-shaped head, tbe most prom- 

 inent characteristic of which was a long, sharp, 

 rugged face. Tbe forehead was low and narrow 

 and the eyes small. The nose and beard were of 

 truly remarkable length and sharpness. 



L'pon the intruder's withdrawing, the caller 

 remarked on the unusual appearance he showed. 

 Mr. Williams then with a smile stated that he 

 was an old scrap iron dealer, and then still 

 smiling pointed without speaking to the mantel 

 over the fireplace in his office. Here the block 

 shown in this connection was placed, 

 and the caller was instantly struck 

 with the remarkable resemblance between the profile shown in the block 

 and that of the iron peddler.. It seemed that the coincidence was worthy 

 of recording, and the photograph shown was secured. 



Champion Liunber Company Starts Operations 



The last week in March saw tbe first cut of logs on the timber hold- 

 ings of the Champion Lumber Company with headquarters at Sunburst. 

 N. C. The first logs were brought to the mill at Sunburst on Mar. 25. 

 and the mill is now operating. It is estimated that it has at least a 

 twenty years' cut ahead. The capacity of tbe mill is from 135.000 to 

 173,000 feet daily. 



The town of Sunburst is thirteen miles from Canton. N. C. in the 

 Pigeon River region on the Tennessee & North Carolina Railroad. It now 

 has about 500 residents. The operation will bring in at least 1.000 more 

 men so that in the near future the population of the town will "be from 

 2,000 to 3,000. 



Broad plans have been laid for making a permanent town of Sunburst, 

 with church, schools and other necessary structures. 



Slight Changes in National Hardwood Rules 



It is reported from Memphis, Tenu.. that there was a conference during 

 the early part ot the week between H. A. Hoover, chief inspector of 

 the National Hardwood Lumber Association, J. M. Card of Chattanooga, 

 and J. M. Pritchard and John W. McClure of Memphis, Tenn., members 

 of the inspection committee. These men were appointed as a sub- 

 committee to the regular grading rules committee. The object of the 

 sub-committee's work is to put proposed changes in such form that they 

 will be readily understandable. So far nothing very radical has been 

 proposed. 



Increase in Capital Stock 



A communication from the Mansfield Hardwood Lumber Company 

 of Shreveport, La., states that at a recent meeting ot the board of 

 directors of that company, the paid up capital stock was Increased from 



FREAK STAIN IN A LOG CLOSELY RE 

 SEMBLING AN ACTU.\L PERSONAGE. 



$.">0.525 to .$100,000. The Mansfield Hardwood Lumber Company deals 

 in band-sawed hardwood lumbr, specializing in thin oak and ash. Its 

 while oak is well equalized and is of true forked-leaf variety. 



The company has band mills at Mansfield and Winnfteld, La. It 

 maintains a hickory strip mill in connection, and turns out buggy shafts, 

 rims, poles, etc. 



Trip Planned by Arkansas Lumbermen 



The Lumbermen's Chib of .\ikansas is completing arrangements through 

 its secretary, F. R. Mclntyre of Pine Bluff, Ark., for a proposed trip ot 

 the club members to include every sawmill in the state. It is planned to 

 charter a special train of Pullmans, on which the lumbermen will live 

 during (he entire trip. This train will leave Little Rock on May 19. 

 Mr. Mclntyre is secretary of a special committee appointed to carry 

 on the work, and is assisted by C. J. Baer and C. A. Busbnell. Most of 

 the work involved has already been accomplished. It is expected that 

 fully one hundred Arkansas lumbermen, members of the Arkansas Lum- 

 bermen's Club, and especially Invited guests, will take the trip. From 

 these figures it can be seen that the special train will be of considerable 

 length inasmuch as in addition to the sleepers it will carry a baggage 

 car. dining car and observation car. 



The trio t^ ill have as its object the unifying of methods through 

 observation on the part of each member of the operations of others. It 

 is also planned to considerably stimulate interest in the possibilities of 

 developing cut-over lands. 



The Arkansas Lumbermen's Club is of rather recent origin, but It is 

 considerably alive in every detail of its work. 

 The club consists of seventy-five members, all of 

 whom are large manufacturers. 



Cincinnati Plant Burns 



On Thursday night. Mar. 27. the extensive 

 lumber and miliwork plant of Chas. S. Ferris, 

 located in the east end of Cincinnati, was des- 

 troyed by fire. The destruction of the plant is 

 complete so tar as can be ascertained at this 

 time due to the high water w-hich bas since com- 

 pletely submerged the territory where the mill 

 stood. The loss will total about $40,000 and is 

 covered by only about $25,000 insurance. Chas. 

 S. Ferris did a retail business principally in 

 yellow pine and also was a manufacturer of all 

 kinds ot miliwork for the building trade, most 

 of which was on special orders. 



Fire Destroys Arkansas Yard 



T. J. Ellis & Co.. Ellisville, Ark., advise that 

 fire broke out on Saturday morning. Mar. 22. in 

 their lumber yard at Ellisville and destroyed 

 650.000 feet of hardwood lumber. The loss in- 

 cident to the fire was $25,000. The company 

 lad only $15,000 insurance on the whole yard, 

 including lumber valued at $25,000. which was 

 not destroyed. It is supposed that the fire 

 originate din a pile of pecky cypress and that it started with a cigarette 

 which some one had thrown into the lumber." ~ " 



Advanced Idea of the Underwood "Veneer Company 



The Underwood Veneer Company of Wausau. Wis., bas just inaugurated 

 a new plan which will work to the great benefit of the boys employed 

 at its plant. Instead of taking its boy employes' entire time, it has 

 arranged to work them in two shifts. About twenty boys in all are 

 employed at the factory and they will work in relays ot ten each. In 

 other words, ten boys will work in the morning and attend school in 

 the afternoon for a week, while the other ten are at school in the 

 morning and at work in the afternoon. In order to equalize the benefits. 

 the relays are shifted each week. This enables the boys to get more 

 schooling than they possibly could under the five-hour plan, and further 

 enables the Underwood Veneer Company to carry out Its ten hour working 

 schedule at the mill. This plan exemplifies the modern conception ot 

 the employer's relation to his employes. 



German Agent Opens Paris Office 



Richard Koeller of Hamburg. Germany, advises Hardwood Record that 

 in the latter part of March he established a branch office at 8vls 

 avenue Persicr, Paris. France. Tlic new offiei' will be under tbe man- 

 agement of Ed. Leisieux-Sigaux. Mr. Koeller is the German selling agent 

 tor all kinds ot American lumber and logs, oak stavi s and headings. 



Philip A, Ryan Builds New Hardwood Mill 



The rhilip A. Ryan Lumber Company of Jfemphls, Tenn.. recently 

 completed and put iui.> operation Ics new hardwood mill at Onalaska, 

 Tex. The equipment of this plant is modern in every respect and 

 undoubtedly represents the finest type of hardwood mill construction. 

 It lias a capacity of 50.000 feel daily. The prospect for trade in the 

 very beginning of the operation is that it will continue to run to 

 capacity constantly. 



