November 10, 1916 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Northwestern Cooperage & Lumber Company 



The Home of the "Peerless " Standard Brand Products 



GLADSTONE, MICHIGAN MUIs at CluUtone and £acanaba. MIchlEWi 



Western Office: 

 516 Lumber Exchange, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Manufacturers of the following "Peerless" Standard Brand Products: Hardwood Flooring, Staves, 

 Hoops, Heading and Veneers, Hemlock Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Posts, Poles smd Ties, 

 and Hemlock Tem Bark 



"Peerless" Rock Maple, Beech & Birch Flooring gj," 



a standard of their own, are guaranteed "TRY IT TUF 

 ire said by dealers to hold trade. We .„„_' ' '/ir 



Mmberi of itople Flooring Manufacturert' Attooiatien. (,wiiea wrltlnc mention the Hardwood Record.) 



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The Mail Bag 



B 1070— Wants Locust Treenails 



San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 25. — Editor Hardwood Recokd : Can .vou put 

 me in eonimunicatlon with some large manufacturer of locust treenails for 

 ship construction worlc? Thank you in advance for whatever you may do. 



B1071 — In the Market for Hickory 



Buffalo, X. Y., Oct. 28. — Editor Hardwood Record : We now want some 

 high-grade hicliory, and if you can suggest to us a section of the country 

 where there are any appreciable stocks of these items, we would ap- 

 preciate it very much. . 



B 1072— Seeks Oak 



San Francisco, Cal.. Oct. 28. — Editor Hardwood Record : We are 

 unable to secure sufficient 1x10" and up dry FAS quartered oak and l.\12" 

 and up dry FAS plain oak. Can you help us? 



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Clubs and Associations 



Veneer and Panel Manufacturers to Meet 



The National Veneer and Panel Manufacturers' Association will hold 

 Its annual meeting at the Auditorium hotel, Chicago, on December 12 and 

 13. On December 11 there will be a special meeting of panel manufacturers. 

 The report of the special committee appointed at the last meeting to de- 

 vise some new plan of organization, and the report of the grading rules 

 committee, will constitute the most important business. 



Memphis Club Meeting 



The semi-monthly meeting o( the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis, held 

 at the Hotel Gayoso Saturday, October 28, was given over largely to dis- 

 cussion of traffic and trade matters growing out of the proposed hearing 

 before Commissioner Parry, held here October 30, and the investigation of 

 the car shortage to be conducted at Louisville, November 4. John W. 

 McClure, president of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, gave 

 a brief account of his visit to Washington and of his appearance, ac- 

 companied by other lumbermen, before a member of the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission, during the course of which he submitted the resolu- 



tions adopted at the conference of lumbermen held here October 20 In 

 connection with the acute shortage of cars in the hardwood territory and 

 during which it was arranged that the investigation should be made at 

 Louisville on the date indicated". He gave members of the club an idea 

 of the character of information desired by Commissioner McChord and 

 urged that prompt steps be taken looking to its preparation, as the 

 time was so short before the investigation was to be made. He believed 

 that the lumbermen could make a stronger impres,sion by going to Louis- 

 ville in large numbers than in any other way and expressed the hope 

 that the club would be well represented. 



James E. Stark briefly explained the scope of the hearing before Com- 

 missioner Parry, while John M. Woods, president of the National Hard- 

 wood Lumber Association, announced the committee he had selected to 

 represent that body at that particular hearing. 



It was decided by unanimous vote that the small amount of money left 

 over from the campaign fund raised for Col. S. B. Anderson in his race 

 for the presidency of the National Hardwood Lumber Association should 

 be given to the Associated Charities of Memphis. 



Col. Woods made a brief talk during the course of which he pre- 

 dicted that this would be the best year in the history of that organizatiou. 

 He said that he considered himself exceptionally fortunate in being able 

 to secure the services of some of the best lumbermen in Memphis on im- 

 portant committees, and declared that, in his opinion, the inspections 

 rules committee would have an exceptionally important report to sub- 

 mit at the next annual of the association. Col. Woods is not very much 

 in sympathy with the participation of the government in business, but he 

 is a strong believer in the idea that business men should devote a great 

 deal of time to seeing that the proper men are elected to congress and to 

 State legislatures and that the proper laws are placed on the statute 

 books of the individual States and of the nation, and he delivered him- 

 self in very strong terms along this line. 



S. B. Anderson was called upon to tell how it felt to be the defeated 

 candidate in the race for the presidency of the National Hardwood Asso- 

 ciation, and he won much applause by saying that, if Col. Woods felt 

 any better than he did, he must be feeling "mighty fine." He also created 

 much amusement by saying that he made the race only for the purpose 

 of preventing the incumbent from being defeated. 



I. G. Nervig, Chicago, a prominent member of the cooperage trade, said 

 that business in his line was exceedingly good at the moment and that 

 the outlook was satisfactory. He expressed much pleasure at being 

 present. 



There were fifty-nine members and visitors present at this meeting. 

 S. M. Nickey presided while the usual luncheon was served. 



