May 10, 1919 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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The Mail Bag 



B 1223— Holly to Market 



■ , Miss., April TA. — EJitcir Hardwood Record : We liave 



some holly trees on one of our tracts, and as we have never marketed any 

 holly we are not very familiar with its possibilities. It occurs to us that 

 you might be able to give us some information regarding this wood, i. e., 

 as to its uses, and if you can, it will be greatly appreciated. 



Hardwood Record has answered as follows: 



This very attractive wood is of value in specialty manufacture 

 and forms quite an important item in the manufacture of parquetry 

 flooring. We would suggest your getting in touch with manufac- 

 turers of this material. Hollywood is also considerably used in 

 musical instruments in such places as for keys in pianos and organs, 

 and in inlay work in other instruments, such as mandolins and 

 articles of that character. It is highly prized for all varieties of 

 inlay work for special articles of furniture, interior decorations, 

 etc. Holly is also the favorite wood for wood engraving purposes, 

 and also is quite widely used in the manufacture of brush backs 

 for high-class work. An indication of the importance of this wood 

 can be gained from the fact that the reported output of all mills 

 in the United States in 1909 was only 37,000 feet. — Editor. 



Clubs and Associations 



Wholesalers to Hold Meeting 



The quarterly meeting of the Northern Wholesale Hardwood Lumber 

 Association will be held at the Athearn hotel, Oshkosh, Wi.s., on Friday, 

 May IG. This organization, of which C. P. Crosby of Rhinelander is presi- 

 dent, and J. F. Hayden of Minneapolis secretary, has become a live factor 

 in hardwood circles and the meeting will undoubtedly be very well attended. 



Wholesalers May Go West 



The National Wliolesale Lumber Dealers' .Vssoclation is contemplating 

 a midsummer trip to the Pacific Coast this year, but the matter is still 

 held under advisement. The annual meeting will be the occasion of the 

 trip, if it is taken, but the place of meeting cannot be announced until 

 after a decision has been reached concerning the main proposition of 

 going. The suggestion, which originated with the Pittsburgh Wliolesale 

 Lumber Dealers' Association, is popular. Many lumbermen believe that 

 a trip to the Pacific Coast will be a good business move. The trip would 

 require not less than three weeks. The matter will probably be decided 

 during May. 



Grain Drill Manufacturers to Meet 



The Grain Drill & Seeder Department of the National Implement and 

 Vehicle Association %vill meet at the offices of the Association in Chicago 

 on May 14. This will be the annual meeting of the department and offi- 

 cers for the coming year will be elected. The grain drill manufacturers 

 outlined a schedule of eliminations as a war conservation measure and it 

 is expected that the economies represented by the lesser variety of sizes 

 and styles will be retained indefinitely. This matter and others of equal 

 importance to the industry will be considered at the meeting on May 14. 



Extension Table Manufacturers Meet 



The Northwest Extension Table Club held an important meeting at 

 Madison, Wis., on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 6 and 7. The Tuesday 

 .session included a business meeting of the club in the morning and a gen- 

 eral gathering of interest at the Forest Products Laboratory at Madison 

 in the afternoon. The visitors were entertained with stereopticon views 

 of the laboratory work ; with laboratory inspection, and with an address 

 by Director Winslow covering the work of the laboratory. 



On Wednesday the meeting again convened at the laboratory with con- 

 tinued inspection, followed by an address on kiln-drying by Ralph Thelen. 



The afternoon was given over primarily to addresses on glue.s, plywood 

 and laminated wood construction by Clyde Teesdale, and to an address 

 on boxing and crating and mechanical properties of wood by John A. 

 Newlin. 



On the evening of Tuesday the club held a banquet and a round table 

 discussion, which was very interesting and' helpful. 



Farm Wagon Campaign 



At a meeting of the farm wagon department of the National Implement 

 & Vehicle Association held at the Congress hotel, Chicago, April 22, 

 announcement was made of an extensive plan of publicity relative to the 

 utility and economy of the farm wagon and truck tor farm use. This will 

 be interlocked with educational propaganda as to the advantages of the 



standard auto track wagon which has been adopted by a very large 

 majority of the manufacturers. 



Through the medium of implement trade papers and farm papers it Is 

 planned to give distributers and users of farm wagons a comprehensive 

 understanding of the great varieties of work with which the farm wagon 

 and truck may be used more economically than other modes of transporta- 

 tion. Such a publicity campaign is very opportune at this time when the 

 standard auto track wagon, which is a compromise between the former 

 wide track and narrow track wagon has been initiated. 



Bam Equipment Association 



The F>arn Equipment Association at a meeting held at Milwaukee, Wis., 

 on April 23, unanimously recommended that the manufacturers individually 

 take membership in the National Implement and Vehicle Association with 

 the view of organizing a department within the association. 



While the barn equipment manufacturers have had an organization for 

 a number of years, it was felt that they could improve their condition 

 and have a more efficient organization through the creation of a trade 

 department in the National Implement and Vehicle Association because 

 the latter is equipped to carry on their work continuously. 



The officers of the new department are : Chairman, B. B. Bell, Hunt- 

 Ilelm-Ferris & Co., Harvard, 111. ; vice-chairman, A. H. Klumb, West Bend 

 Barn Equipment Company, West Bend, Wis. ; secretary, H. R. King, Mit- 

 chell Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, Wis. ; executive committee, 

 the foregoing and W. D. James, James Manufacturing Company, Ft. 

 Atkinson, Wis., and C. W. Streckenbach, Western Steel & Iron Works, 

 De Pere, Wis. 



Memphis Club Over the Top 



When the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis convened in semi-monthly 

 session at the Hotel Gayoso Saturday, April 26, at one o'clock, the lum- 

 bermen's division lacked $60,000 of having its quota of $850,000 in the 

 Fifth Liberty loan. George C. Ehemann, general chairman of this divi- 

 sion, made this fact known and in a very few minutes $61,000 additional 

 had been pledged, thus carrying this division beyond the 100 per cent 

 mark. The subscriptions were made by firms and individuals who had 

 already bought heavily, but they were made promptly and in that spirit 

 of cooperation which has made the club one of the most conspicuous local 

 lumber organizations in existence. Here are those who made up the 

 deficit and put the division over the top in less than a week from the 

 time the campaign was launched : Kellogg Lumber Company, $3,000 ; F. E. 

 Stonebraker, $1,000; Green River Lumber Company, Nickey Brothers, Inc., 

 J. V. Stimson Hardwood Company, Mississippi Delta Planting Company, 

 Bellgrade Lumber Company. May Brothers, $5,000 each ; .\nderson-TuUy 

 Company, $10,000; Penrod-Jurden Company, E. Sondheimer Company, 

 George C. Brown & Co. and R. J. Darnell, Inc., $4,000 each ; J. F. Mc- 

 Sweyn, Memphis Band Mill Company, $1,000. 



A vote of thanks was extended the committee which did the fine work 

 which enabled the lumbermen to complete their quota during the first 

 week. This committee is composed of : General — George C. Ehemann, 

 chairman ; R. L. Jurden and H. B. Weiss ; North Memphis, H. J. M. Jor- 

 gensen, S. B. Anderson, S. M. Nickey and Robert Stimson ; New South 

 Memphis, W. A. Ransom, Joe Thompson, Ralph May and J. F. McSweyn. 



Following are the amounts subscribed by each lumber firm above $5,000, 

 as made public by George C. Ehemann, general chairman : 



Bellgrade Lumber Company, $30,000 : Bennett & Witte, $5,000 ; J. 11. 

 Bonner & Sons, $10,000; George C. Brown & Co., $25,000; Brown & Hack- 

 ney, Inc., $5,000 ; R. J. Darnell. Inc., $24.000 ; Hvde Lumber Company, 

 $5,000 ; Hudson & Dugger Co., $21,000 ; Chicago Mill & Lumber Company, 

 $10,000 : Geo. C. Ehemann & Co., $10.000 ; S. C. Major & Co., $7,500 ; 

 Penrod-Jurden Company, $23,000; Pritchard-Wheeler Lumber Company. 

 $10,000 ; Tustin Lumber Company, $5,000 ; W. L. Crenshaw. $5.OO0 ; 

 Hines Lumber Company. $5,000; Grismore-Hyman Company. $10,000; 

 Chapman & Dewey Lumber Company, $5,000 ; Mississippi Delta Planting 

 Company, $15,000 ; .^ndersonJTuHv Company. $40,000 ; Green River Lum- 

 ber Company, $20,000 ; J. E. Stark & Co., $10,000 ; Nickey Bros., $20,000 ; 

 E. Sondheimer Co., $25,000 ; Stimson Veneer & Lumber Company, $10,000 ; 

 Anchor Saw Mills Company, $10,000; Mossman Lumber Company, $10,- 

 000 ; Jorgensen-Bennett Manufacturing Company, $10,000 ; Tennessee Hoop 

 Company, $5,000 ; Blanton-Wvatt Lumber Companv. $7,300 ; F. T. Dooley 

 Lumber Company, $10,000; Gavoso Lumber Company, $25,000; McLean 

 Hardwood Lumber Company. $2.", 000 ; Kellv Handle Company, $5,000 ; 

 May Bros., $55,000 ; Memphis Band Mill Company. $17,500 ; J. V. Stim- 

 son Hardwood Company. $30,000 ; Thompson-Katz Lumber Company. $10,- 

 000 ; Weis & Lesh Manufacturing Companv. $5,000 ; Memphis Manufactur- 

 ing Company, $8,000. 



Five new members were elected at this meeting. The only other feature 

 was the address of L. K. Salsbury on lumber conditions in Europe, with 

 particular reference to England, France and Belgium. What he said will 

 be found elsewhere in this issue of the Hardwood Record. 



Shippers Protest Steamship Company's Arbitrary Action 



In spite of the fact that the restrictions upon exports of lumber from 

 the United States to England are all removed, representatives of steam- 

 ship lines are disposed to give trouble to the shippers, as is shown in the 

 notice recently sent out by the United States Shipping Company, agent 

 for the Donaldson and other lines. This notice reads as follows : 



In consideration of the United States Shipping Company, agents for 

 the Donaldson Line, Ltd., accepting the undernoted shipments per 



S/S sailing without the production 



of license or other documentary evidence to show the importation into 

 Great Britain is not prohibited, and furthermore, will pay all expenses 

 incurred, including the return of freight, if for an.v reason the govern- 

 ment authorities will not permit their immediate entry, it being under- 

 stood that the steamer is to have the privilege of returning said goods 

 immediately. 



