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 dent of the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association and head 

 also of the Carrier Lumber & Manufaituring Company, Sardis, Miss., and 

 J. W. Mayhew of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company. Columbus, Ohio, 

 oue of the largest producers of hardwoods in the world. Both of these 

 gentlemen were exceedingly earnest iu their predictions of a strong hard- 

 wood market, stating that stocks at present are badly broken and demand 

 is increasing every day. 



The traflJc delegation, including J, H. Townshend, Joe Thompson, Sam 

 Thompson, George Friedel, Roy O. Martin and C. E. Castles, of Memphis, 

 who went to Washington recently on important traflic matters, are ex- 

 pected back in Memphis immediately. The trip was tor the purpose of 

 securing favorable traflic arrangements for Memphis, obtain a ruling mak- 

 ing immediately applicable the recently recommended new rates on veneers, 

 built-up woods and other hardwood products, also to determine the prob- 

 able action to be taken by the government regarding ships to handle lum- 

 ber out of southern ports. 



The largest single shipment made from any one point in the South 

 in the past few months was an order of fifty-two cars of lumber loaded 

 from the Batesville mill of R. J. Darnell, Inc., of Memphis. The lumber 

 was sent from New Orleans to be loaded on boats for shipment to Europe. 



The open price plan committee of the American Hardwood Manufactur- 

 ers' Association held an exceedingly successful meeting at Little Rock 

 May 27, as a result of which the meetings will be continued the fourth 

 Tuesday of each month. C. W. Holmes of Pine Bluff wa.s elected chair- 

 man for the Little Rock territory. The meetings scheduled for the open 

 price plan are : Cincinnati, Ohio, June 10 ; Jackson, Miss,, June 12 : 

 Memphis, Tenn., June 13 ; Little Rock, Ark., June 24. It transpired at 

 Little Rock that production has not been interfered with as in other 

 regions on account of the higher ground surrounding this region. How- 

 ever, recent rains made logging almost impossible, and in the main the 

 situation around Little Rock is .similar to other hardwood points, namely, 

 poor logging, broken stocks and active demand. 



The Shreveport, La., oflice of the Southern Hardwood Traflic Associa- 

 tion "was closed, and the new oflice in tlie Whitney Central Building. 

 New Orleans, was formally <»pened last week. The new oflice will play 

 an important part in the export of hardwood lumber and will be in charge 

 of A. C. Bowen and a competent staff. This oflice will pay especial atten- 

 tion to bookings, rates, charters and forwardings. It will also look after 

 all business of members in the territory covered by the old Shreveport 

 office. 



A staggering blow to reduced cost of logging was dealt recently by the 

 Yazoo & Mississippi Valley line of the Illinois Central Railroad which 

 announced that after August 1 log loading will no longer be allowed be- 

 tween stations from Memphis to Askew. Miss., because of traflic conges- 

 tion resulting, and also, there will be a substantial increase in rates 

 for work train ser\dce which will result in bringing the loading of logs to 

 .^.'5 to $7.50 per thousand feet. The Valley Log Loading Company which 

 loads most of the logs in that region says it will increase its rates only 

 to the extent of increase in charges by the railroad. This new policy will 

 result in a net boost of log loading charges of 100 to 200 per cent. Lum- 

 ber interests are taking steps to counter this move and the matter has 

 been referred for action to the Southern Hardwood Traflic Association. 



The Schwartz Lnml^er Company of ^lemphis has filed application for 

 charter with a capital stock of .$50,000. The oflicers are S. B. Schwartz, 

 president and C. R. Ransom, treasurer. The other incorporators are : 

 W. A. Ransom. M. M. Schwartz and W. H. Fitzhugh. The company has 



oflices in the Central ISank l>uilding, and has already arranged to handle 

 the cuts of several hardwood mills iu that region. It will also buy con- 

 siderable lumber in the open market for resale, Mr, Schwartz, president 

 of the company, was formerly sales manager for the Gayoso Lumber Com- 

 pany, of which the Messrs. Ransom are principal stockholders. 



Joe Thompson of the Thompson-Katz Lumber Conipany, Memphis, was 

 made chairman of the committee that is looking after accommodations 

 for members of the Memphis Club and also southern hardwood lumbermen 

 who will attend the annual meeting of the National Hardwood Lumber 

 .\ssociation at Chicago, Thursday and Friday, June 19 and 20. Mr. 

 Thompson has invited all lumbermen outside of Memphis to join the 

 delegation as has been done for a number of years. It is expected that 

 as usual there will be a big delegation and that several special cars will 

 be required to bring it to the convention. 



Sullivan-Cookston 



Roy Cookston, who before this country entered the war was log and 

 timber man for the Utley-Holloway Company of Chicago and Clayton, 

 Ija., returned from overseas service on April 30 and on May 19 was 

 married to Miss Sullivan, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. W. J. Sullivan of 

 Alexandria, La. Mr. Sullivan is connected with the Southern Pine As- 

 sociation and has headquarters in New Orleans. 



Mr. Cookston held a commission on the other side in the first forest 

 engineers regiment to go across. After a short honeymoon, Mr. Cookston 

 returned to his old work with the Utley-Holloway Company. 



Cooper Goes with Murrelle 



Bob Cooper, who for a good many years has efficiently held the position 

 as sales manager of the Memphis Band Mill Company, Inc., of Memphis, 

 Tenn., has severe<l his connection with that company, and is now secretary 

 of the L. D. Murrelle Lumber Company of Memphis. Mr. Cooper will also 

 manage all of the sales of the new company and be in charge of their 

 Memphis office. 



Boll Cooper is so well know-n in lumber manufacturing and lumber buy- 

 ing circles that voluminous introduction would be superfluous. In addi- 

 tion to his work of handling the high grade stock of the Memphis Band 

 Mill Company, he has been very active in trade association affairs at 

 Memphis, being one of the most progressive and best known members of 

 the strictly progressive Memphis Club. 



Teak Exports for 1918 



Consul Carl C. Hansen, stationed at Bangkok, Siara, has reported as 

 follows on teak exports : 



The shipments of Siamese teak through the port of Bangkok to foreign 

 countries declined from 47.330 tons, valued at $2,074,594, in 1917 to 

 30,141 tons, valued at $1,030,315, in 1918. Of the shipments for the 

 latter year, 7,S20 tons were destined for British India and Colombo, 

 17,673 tons for Hongkong, China, and Japan, and 4,648 tons for other 

 destinations. There were no teak shipments to Europe during 1918. The 

 decrease in the 1918 exports was entirely due to restricted shipping 

 facilities, as there were large stocks on hand throughout the year, and 

 the logging and floating seasons were normal. The teak shipments from 

 Slam to the United States during 191S amounted to 378,886 feet of 

 planks, valued at $81,128, against 538,451 feet, valued at $96,476, in 

 1917. 



There are at present five European and two or more Chinese concerns 

 operating in teak-forest concessions granted by the Siamese government. 

 Under normal conditions about 100,000 teak logs are yearly floated down 

 Slam's principal river to the sawmills at Bangkok, while in addition 

 about 20,000 logs cut in the Siamese forest regions bordering on Burma 

 pass by river to Moulmein. 



ROY COOKSTON, CL-^-YTON, LA„ EX-LIEUTEN 

 ANT 20TH ENGINEERS. RECENTLY 

 MARRIED. 



MRS. ROY COOKSTON, CLAYTON, LA. 



JOE THOMPSON, IN CHARGE OP MEMPHIS 

 DELEGATION TO N. H. L. A. 



