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years. He says that trade conditions are improving and that he is 

 expectin'g this year to show a big improvement in business over last year. 



John C. Keller, traffic manager of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club, 

 has been notified by the Louisville District Freight Traffic Department 

 of the United States Railroad Administration that the log rate from 

 Henderson, Ky., to Evansville. a distance of twelve miles, will be re- 

 duced from seven to five cents. Manufacturers in the tri-state territory 

 are greatly interested in this announcement. Mr. Keller also has been 

 notified that the Illinois Central has reduced its switching rates between 

 industries in Evansville. He had been working for this reduction for 

 some time. 



R. W. Irvine, a lumber broker, who moved here recently from Centralia, 

 111., is the latest member of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club. He is well 

 pleased with Evansville as a lumber center and recently purchased a 

 tine home here. 



Daniel Wertz, head of Maley & Wertz, recently returned from French 

 Lick, Ind., where he spent several days with members of his family. 



The Wemyss Furniture Company has made arrangements to build a 

 new addition to its factory here that will double the capacity of the 

 plant. It is expected that the contract for the improvement will be let 

 soon. The addition will be of brick. Mr. Wemyss says local factories 

 are being operated on steady time and that trade is better than it has 

 been for some time. His opinion is that lumber prices will advance 

 materially for the next seven or eight months at least and he believes 

 the furniture manufacturers, if they are wise, will buy liberally within 

 a short time. 



Claude Wertz of Maley & Wertz, is superintending the cutting of a 

 large tract of timber recently purchased in Gallatin county, Illinois. It is 

 estimated that 1,500,000 feet of lumber will be cut from the tract. Mr. 

 Wertz says in his opinion it contains some of the finest timber in south- 

 ern Illinois. 



The Southern Foundry and Manufacturing Company filed articles of 

 incorporation a few days ago at Owensboro. Ky., with a capital stock 

 of $400,000. The company will start work at once to erect a factory 

 for the manufacture of pumps and tanks. The incorporators are H. F. 

 Coombs. E. L. Binns and J. J. Trefz, all of Owensboro. 



A recent report from Shelbyville, Ind., stated that Cutsinger & Thomp- 

 son, owners of a large grain elevator at that place and several other 

 leading industries in that city, have abandoned plans for the construc- 

 tion of a veneer mill in Shelbyville because of the inability of the Inter- 

 state Public Service Company to furnish them with the power. 



Fire on May S destroyed W. H. Miller & Sons' lumber yards and mills 



at Madison, Ind., entailing a loss of $60,000, partially covered by insur- 

 ance. 



William H. McCurdy, president of the Hercules Buggy Company, and 

 other large manufacturers believe that the signing of the peace terms 

 will mean a wonderful revival in business in the United States and that 

 this country will enjoy great prosperity for many years. Mr. McCurdy 

 believes that the railroad lines should be returned to the private owners 

 at once and that Congress should pay them liberally for the use of the 

 lines by the government, pointing out that the surplus paid the lines could 

 be used in developing and improving the roads. 



MEMPHIS 



John M. Pritchard, secretary-manager of the American Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association, left May 19 tor New Orleans to attend the 

 monthly meeting of Rotary Cut Box Lumber Manufacturers' Association. 

 This latter organization is identified with the former and Mr. Pritchard 

 is one of the regular attendants. 



Mr. Pritchard returned recently from Grand Rapids, Mich., and he 

 reports that there is marked activity on the part of manufacturers of 

 automobiles, trucks, auto bodies, furniture and other products requiring 

 hardwood lumber. He regards the situation as exceptionall.v favorable 

 because of the abundant evidence of unusual industrial activity in that 

 center. 



LOUISVILLE 



It is generally conceded that business is good, and that it is becoming 

 better all the time. Manufacturers are fighting for larger production to 

 meet the demand, and several concerns are reported to be increasing 

 capacity, which "listens mighty good" during a reconstruction period. 

 Normal conditions are expected during the latter part of the year in the 

 point of demand, but it is very doubtful whether hardwood lumber stocks 

 on sticks will be up to normal for many months to come if the demand 

 continues as it now is, with the furniture and musical instrument manu- 

 facturers buying everything in sight. 



Crawford County Indiana men are back of the Ohio River Hub Com- 

 pany, which has secured a lease with purchase privilege at New Albany, 

 where the company will at once erect a woodworking plant. J. F. C. 

 Seig is president and John R. Eckert is secretary. 



W. II. McLean, president of the Wood-Mosaic Company, New Albany, 

 Ind.. has gone to Toronto and other points in Canada, where he will spend 

 a month or more on a combined business and pleasure trip. W. H. Day, 



