December 25, 1916 



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through the necessary steps to beconve-full-flfageG. They were : Joseph 

 A. Gorman, sales manager Vilas County Lumber Company ; Clarence 

 Boyle, Jr., secretary Clarence Boyle (Inc.); John J. Anderson; Harry 

 F. Brand, Jr., Xorth Branch Flooring Company, and George Pither, com- 

 mercial agent, Missouri Pacific Railroad, 



The duties oJ toastmaster were carried out by Douglas Malloch, and 

 the proceedings were enlivened by a number o£ addresses and responses. 

 L. J. Pomeroy succeeds Minor E. Botts as vicegerent snark o£ the local 

 district. 



Evansville Club Elect New Officers 



-■V-t the regular monthly meeting of tlie Evansville Lumbermen's Club 

 held on Tuesday night, December 12, George O. Worland, secretary and 

 treasurer of the Evansville Veneer Company, was elected president ; 

 Charles A. Wolflin of the Wolflin-Luhring Lumber Company, vice- 

 president, and Mertice E. Taylor of Malpy & Wcrtz, was re-elected secre- 

 tary. Mr. Worland is known as the ■liaddy of the Evansville Lumber- 

 men's Club," as he was largely instrumental in its organization a num- 

 ber of years ago. He was the first secretary of the club and held this 

 position for about three years. He has named a special committee to 

 arrange a banquet and ball for the members, the families of the members 

 and their friends for some time in January. Secretary Taylor is now 

 serving his second year as secretary and he has made a most efficient 

 official. 



Lumbermen's Club Files Brief 



Opposition to uniform rules for reconsignment and diversion of lumber 

 cars and to any proposal to do away witli transit privileges, was ex- 

 pressed in a brief recently filed with the Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 sion by the Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club and the Lumber Exchange of 

 Cincinnati, the two associations acting in unison in the matter. 



These organizations deny that the commission has authority to stop 

 the practice of using cars for sales in transit. Its objection to uniform 

 rules for reconsignment is based upon the statement "that the commission 

 can not prescribe a uniform charge for diversion and reconsignment 

 applicable at all points without a full and complete investigation as to 

 the cost of performing the service at each point." 



The advantage of allowing small lumber producers to continue to 

 sell lumber in transit is argued in detail. 



Big Anniversary Dinner at New York 



The big dinner in celebration of the tbirtit'lh anniversary of the Xew 

 York Lumber Trade Association came off as scheduled Monday evening, 

 December 11. About 2o0 lumbermen, representing the trade of the Metro- 

 politan district, gathered together for a night of fun and frolic. For an 

 hour before dinner the guests met in the Astor Gallery and renewed 

 acquaintances and talked of old times — some were present who remem- 

 bered the first days of the organization's life. 



When the guests were seated for dinner Mr. Perrine, president of the 

 association, briefly spoke of the value of trade organization and pointed 

 to the accomplishments of the local body. He paid his respects to the 

 men who had done so much to make the organization an influence for 

 good in the trade — men who have since gone over to the great beyond. 



The dinner was up to the high standard always maintained at the 

 famous hotel. At its conclusion a fine vaudeville entertainment was 

 staged by C. E. Kennedy, the popular wholesaler. The big feature of the 

 evening, however, was the presentation to Mr. Perrine of a beautiful dia- 

 mond set in a ring of platinum. Mr. Perrine was greatly surprised when 

 Kichard S. White after a few sentences expressing the members' appre- 

 ciation of Mr. Perrine's long and faithful service to the trade handed 

 him the ring, the gift of his colleagues. He was further taken back when 

 told that a handsome rug had been sent to the Perrine home in Brooklyn. 

 Mr. Perrine acknowledged the gift briefly and the evening was given 

 over to the vaudeville. 



At the. president's table were representatives from all the eastern 

 organizations and the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association. 

 O. B. Dowd, the only living charter member of the association, was also 

 present. Each guest was presented with a souvenir of the occasion 

 in the form of a card tray on which appeared in bas relief the head 

 of the late Jesse D. Crary, founder and secretary of the organization. 



Arkansas Commission Adopts New Demurrage Rates 



With the aim of relieving the car shortage situation in Arkansas, 

 the Arkansas Railroad Commission, at its regular monthly rate meeting 

 on December 7, approved the application of the railways operating in this 

 state for an amendment to the present demurrage rules, providing for 

 increases after the first three days. Forty-eight hours will be allowed 

 as free time for loading and unloading at shipping points and points of 

 destination, and the demurrage for the first twentj--four hours after the 

 free time will be $1. For the second day, after the free time has expired, 

 the demurrage rate will be $2 per car, and for the third day $3 per car. 

 For each subsequent day the rate will be ?5 per car. This order became 

 effective on December IS, 1916, and will continue in effect until February 

 28, 1917. It is in line with the recent action taken by the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission, and other state commissions. Its object is to 

 prevent unnecessary delays in loading and unloading cars, which has con- 

 tributed greatly toward the shortage of cars, according to the contention 

 of the carriers. The situation has been very acute in Arkansas during 



_Jie past several months, and in many instances is working a hardship on 

 the lumber manufacturers. Some mills have been forced to curtail their 

 production to the extent of closing their plants for at least a part of the 

 time. Cithers have been working on short schedules. The employes arc 

 feeling the effects of the car shortage since it is in many instances pre- 

 venting them from putting in full time. 



The Hardwood Manufacturers Hold Governor's Meeting 

 The board of governors of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association 



of the United States held its regular quarterly meeting at Cincinnati, 



December 13. The governors in attendance were President B. B. Burns, 



R. H. Vansant, Leon Isaacson. J. W. Mayhew, W. E. DeLaney, R. M. 



Carrier, R. L. Hutchinson, M. W. Stark, E. O. Robinson, F. R. Gadd, E. A. 



Lang, J. H. Himmelherger, E. M. Vestal, Secretary W. H. Weller. 



Much of the business considered was of a routine character. Special 



attention was given to the program for the annual meeting which will 



be held January 30 and 31. .Several speakers of national reputation 



will be on the program. 



Chairman DeLaney of the executive grading committee reported that 



he had prepared a rule for a 'select grade of oak which would be presented 



for adoption at the January meeting. 



Big Preparations for Oak Meeting 



The first regular meeting of the .\merican Oak Manufacturers' .Associ- 

 ation, which will be held at Memphis on January 19, already promises to 

 do a great deal toward the accomplishment of the desires of the organizers. 

 The association has issued its first bulletin over the signature of the 

 temporary secretary, R. L. Jurden, which really constitutes an invitation 

 to all oak manufacturers to attend the meeting at the Chisca Hotel. The 

 letter coming with the announcement states that the bulletin is sent to all 

 of the names on the list now in the possession of the association, and 

 states that the list is the most complete attainable since the organization 

 was formed, and that any firms whose names do not show should com- 

 municate with the association officers at Memphis. 



The bulletin gives reasons for the promotion of oak. It instanced the 

 successful organizations in behalf of competitive woods, laying special 

 emphasis on the public demand thus created, which has not been to the 

 interest of oak. It cites the benefits which have resulted from compiling 

 statistics for other woods and emphasizes the need of all oak manufacturers 

 sharing the task of effecting a truly successful organization. 



Vote to A.mend Cypress Rules 



At a meeting of fifty members of the National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association, held at Memphis, Tenn., December 15, the question of cypress 

 inspection rules was thoroughly discussed. The conference passed a reso- 

 lution recommendiug that the inspection rules committee prepare an 

 independent set of rules foF cypress to be adopted and copyrighted by the 

 National association and applied by the association inspectors in place of 

 the rules of the Southern Cypress Manufacturers' Association, which are 

 now being used. 



There will be a meeting of the board of managers of the National asso- 

 ciation at headquarters on Januar.v 12. 



The latest bulletin announces that the volume of original inspection 

 made by the department in November amounted to 18,123,862 feet, which 

 surpasses all figures back to October, 1912. 



Ralph May Becomes President Memphis Club 



Ralph May of May Brothers will serve as president of the Lumbermen's 

 Club of Memphis during the coming year. This was decided at the 

 annual election held Saturday evening, December 16, when he defeated 

 his opponent, Joe Thompson of the Dudley Lumber Company for this 

 signal honor. , Other officers and directors elected at the same time 

 follow : 



FiEsT Vice-Pkesident, Robert C. Stimson of the Stimson Veneer & 

 Lumber Company. 



Second Vice-President, Geo. F. Riel of the George F. Riel Lumber 

 Company. 



Secretauy-Tre-isukek, re-elected, D. F. Heuer of A. N. Thompson & Co. 



Directors — H. J. M'. Jorgensen, Jorgensen-Bennett Manufacturing Com- 

 pany ; George McSweyn, Memphis Band Mill Company, and U. &'. Lam- 

 bert, Nickey & Sons Company. 



Although elected to the highest office in the gift of the Lumbermen's 

 Club, Mr. May was unable to be present, owing to the death by accidental 

 poisoning the evening before of his nephew, Glenn May, who represented 

 May Brothers as eastern selling agent, with headquarters at Boston. 

 Jno. M. Pritchard, his campaign manager, however, assured the members 

 that Mr. May fully appreciated the honor conferred on him and that the 

 latter would give ample proof of this as soon as circumstances permitted. 



Joe Thompson, who is something of a humorist, as well as a good 

 loser, showed to excellent advantage even in defeat. He said that there 

 was no sting left and added to his own popularity when he declared that 

 he was beaten by one of the strongest men in the lumber industry of 

 the entire country. He paid his respects to the "Indiana Society" which, 

 he said, "had him running, going and coming" and congratulated himself 

 that, after such a strenuous race he had his "B. V. D.'s" left as partial 

 protection against the unusual brand of weather dealt out by the author- 

 ities. He announced early in bis "campaign that "dignity" would be the 

 principal plank in his platform but, after he saw to what it had led 

 him, he declared that he would never run on it again. "To h — l.with 

 that dignity stuff" was his concluding shot. 



