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HARDWOOD RECORD 



July 10. 1919 



FOR SALE TO HIGHEST BIDDERS 



4,000,000 ft. (B. M.) OREGON PINE 



THICKNESSES— 2 in., 2% in., 2J4 in.. 3 in., 4 in., 5 in. and 6 in. WIDTHS— 5 in. to 12 in. LENGTHS— 10 ft. to 34 ft. 



3,000,000 ft. (B.M.) VANCOUVER SPRUCE 



THICKNESSES— 2 in., 2% in., 2^ in., 3 in., 4 in., 5 in. and 6 in. WIDTHS— S in. to 12 in. LENGTHS— 8 ft. to 34 ft. 

 EVERY PIECE OF PINE AND SPRUCE IS DRY, FREE OF DEFECTS, AND STRAIGHT GRAINED. 



2,700,000 Sq. Ft.) BIRCH PLYWOOD VENEER 



THICKNESSES— 1-8 in., S-32 in., 13-64 in., 15-64 in., 5-16 in. and 25-64 in. WIDTHS AND LENGTHS— 36x48 in. and 



48x60 in. 

 EVERY PIECE OF PLYWOOD IS DRY, FREE OF DEFECTS, PLANED AND WATERPROOF. 

 EVERY THICKNESS, WIDTH AND LENGTH IS SEPA RATELY CRATED AND STRAPPED. 



FIVE CARLOADS OR MORE OF SPRUCE OR PINE WILL BE SOLD WHERE STORED. 



ONE CARLOAD OR MORE OF PLYWOOD WILL BE SOLD WHERE STORED. 



ALL THIS MATERIAL HAS PASSED RIGID INSPECTION BY U. S. GOVERNMENT OFFICERS. 



SPRUCE AND PINE ARE IN STORE AT PORT ARTH UR AND HOUSTON, TEXAS. PLYWOOD IS IN STORE 

 AT NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. 



Terms: Certified Check or Sight Draft with B/L wlien loaded. Buyers shall pay loading charges. 



Address all communications to 



ITALIAN MILITARY MISSION 



Holland House, 5th Ave. & 30th St. 



Telephone Madison Square 2993 



New York City, N. Y. 



Cable Address Italyarm 



American Hardwoods in England 



The Juno market report uf Alfref! DoIm'II & Co., Liverpool, Enslaml. lins 

 the following summary of trade in American hardwoods : 



States hardwoods have arrived freely durinj? the past month, and have 

 consisted chietly of oak, walnut, whitewood. red and sap gum, and cypress 

 lumlter. No government hardwood auction sales have hoen held since the 

 13th March. Imt sulistantial quantities have l)een sold privately. The 

 general enquiry is good, particularly for prime and No. 1 commongrading 

 West Virginian white oak, 1 in. and 2 in. thick, and planed and uuplancd 

 lumber of all descriptions in thicknesses of % in. and under. Freighting 

 i'ontinues to be a rlifhcult problem, but buyers are disposed to meet the 

 advanced rates of freight which are demanded. 



Revision of Demurrage Rates 



A notice from the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association, 

 under date of June 23, follows : 



As previously advised, this association has been making vigorous efforts 

 towards having the present high demurrage rates reduced and we are gbul 

 to inform you that on Saturday, June 21. Walker D. Hines, Director (Jen- 

 era 1 of Kail roads announced a reduction in demurrage rates to .'^2 per 

 ear per day for the tirst four days after expiration of the free time and 

 $5 per car per day thereafter. These rates to become effective Julv 20. 

 lOllt. 



These are the rates which Kdward Chambers. Director, Division of 

 Traffic, agreed to last April but which, as stated in our letter of May 27, 

 were being held up by Mr. llines. 



We take this opiturtuuity to thank our membei-s for their co-operation 

 in protesting to tlie IT. S. Uailroad Adndnistration, as suggested in our 

 letter of Mmv 27, against the eimtinuance of the present high demurrage 

 rates. 



Ruling on Child Labor Law 



The following ruling on a pliase of the eliild labor law was sent to L. C. 

 Boyle, attorney for the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, and 

 it should be of interest to loggers and mill owners : 



You inquire if a certain lumber company, operating a saw mill and also 

 operating a general store in- commissary in which their ejnployees who 

 work in the woods and in the saw mill may secure their necessary sup- 

 plies, may employ a boy un<ler fourteen years of age in the comniissarv 

 without liability lo tax. 



You state that the company in question runs this commissary or general 

 store in conni'ction with their saw mill business. Under the provisions 

 of Section 12(M>. Title XII. Revenue Act of 191S. the tax is imnosed on 

 every person operating a ndll. eannery. workshop, factorv or manufacturing 

 establishmeni in which chiblren under fourteen years of age are employed 

 or permitted to work, or in whirli childreu between fourteen and sixteen 

 years are per4nitte<i to work more thai, ei^ht hours in anv dav. or more 

 than six days in any week, or before ti a. in. or after 7 p. 'm.. during anv 

 portion of the taxable year. 



No distinction is made In employment in different departnu'nts. and it 

 is nut possil)le to exempt from the application of the law anv occupation 

 or elas.s of employment c-ouneeted with the nperation of the establishments 

 specified, .\ctual employment in the manufacturing or production part 



of the plant is not necessary to make the person operating the establish- 

 ment liable to tax. Where a store is connected with the manufacturing 

 establishment and is part of the same enterprise, the employment ipf chil 

 dren. whether as delivery boys or in going from department to department 

 with messages, or in or about the plant in any capacity, contrary to the 

 .■standards laid down, would subject the person operating the plant to 

 the tax. 



It is held, however, that a commissary or mercantile establishment n<tt 

 a part of the mill, though owned and operated liy the same enmpany. is not 

 an essential part of the manufacturing enterprise, or necessary to carry 

 on the mechanical operation or process and does not, therefore, come within 

 the taxation intent of Section 1200. Title XII, Revenue Act of 191S. 



It is to be noted that the presence of child employees in or about the 

 sawmill premises contrary to the standards laid down would subject the 

 person operating the mill to the tax. 



Through Export Bills 



Director General Hines has authorized the following statement: 

 An uiKlerstanding has been i-eached between the Railroad administration 

 and practically all steamship companies operating on the Pacific Coast 

 under which tbtise companies will assume any demurrage or storage charges 

 for which they may be responsible in connection with thruugh export bills 

 of lading issued by railroads under federal cimtnd tbreu^ih those ports, 

 that understamling to be effective as soon as tariffs can tie pnhlished. 



National Chamber*s Permanent Home 



The Washington Post says in an eiiitorial on July 2 : 



The decision of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States to build 

 a permanent home in Washington, with all facilities and equipment f()r 

 repre.senting American business at the seat of government, is most emphatii- 

 evidence of the new attitude of American business men toward the proli 

 lems that have baffled them heretofore. The decision marks another step 

 forward toward a complete understanding between the government and 

 business. 



Notes of National Interest 



The British government Gazette shows an enormous rise in pay of work- 

 ingmen In England. Wages paid in April, 1919, compared with those paid 

 in 1914, show^ increases in various trades and industries ranging from less 

 than GO to over 150 per cent, to say nothing of war bonuses. 



A London cable of June 30 states that according to dispatches from 

 Munich, Krupp works have been sold to Americans. It is added that 

 several industrial concerns in the Bavarian capital also have passed into 

 American hands. 



The Journal of Commerce states that merchants are said to be suffering 

 irreparable losses because they are unable to obtain passenger accommoda- 

 tions to South American countries. 



A dispatch from Paris states that the council on June 24 signed a 

 document giving formal approval to priority for Belgium in reparations 

 to be paid by Germany to amount of $500,000,000. 



The Senate on June 25 approved the committee amendment authorizing 



