April 10, 1917 



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Northwestern Cooperage & Lumber Company 



7%e Home of the "Peerless " Standard Brand Products 



Western Office: 

 S16 Lamber Exchange. Minneapolis, Minn. 



GLADSTONE, MICHIGAN 



Mills at Gladstone and Escanaba, Michigan 



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

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

 said Hemlock Tain Bark 



"Peerless" Rode Maple,Beedi& BirchFlooring L:?,f£SHL-r!iSSS SS^r^iSi 



Members of Maple Flooring Manufticturers' Aaaooiation. CVTben writing mention the Hardwood Record.) 



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The Mail Bag 



B 1108— Wants Oak Counter Tops 



New York, N. Y., April 2. — Editor H.vkdwood Record : We are in the 

 market for one car of counter tops. We would appreciate it if you would 

 advise us of one or two good manufacturers who could quote on this. We 

 want them in oak. . 



B 1109— Wants Oak Chair Stock 

 Baldwlnvllle, Mass., April 3. — Editor Hardwood Record : Can you 

 give us names of manufacturers from whom we can buy oak squares for 

 chair stock ? We are in the market for several cars of this stock, the sizes 

 that we need most being 18"x2x2", 26i/2Xl%xl%. . 



B 1110— Locust Wanted 

 Philadelphia, Pa., March 26. — Editor Hardwood Record : We are in 

 the market for the following: 2,000 pieces 3x3-36", 2,500 pieces 2%x 



2% -42" locust. ■ . 



B 1111— Spruce Wanted 

 Philadelphia, Pa., March 27. — Editor Hardwood Record : Please give 

 us the addresses of two or three large concerns who cut spruce for the 

 piano trade. 



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Clubs and Associations 



Second Meeting of the New Wholesalers' Association 



The Northern Wholesale Hardwood Lumber Association held its second 

 meeting at Wausau, Wis., Friday, March 30. The association was recently 

 organized at Rhinelander, due to the energetic personal efforts of C. P. 

 Crosby of that city. A very complete attendance of representative whole- 

 salers marked the first gathering which resulted in a strong association, 

 H. C. Humphrey of Applcton being elected president. 



The main purpose of the second meeting was to smooth out the details 

 of organization as started at the Rhinelander gathering. E. M. Maxson of 

 Milwaukee was added to the directorate and the constitution and by-laws. 



which had been prepared by a well-chosen committee, were adopted. 



One of the most important committees appointed at the Wausau meeting 

 was the committee on statistics, of which I. H. Schoenhofen, Marshfleld, is 

 chairman. The other members are : A. G. Wilson, Rhinelander ; P. M. 

 Parker, Rice Lake ; George Johnson, Milwaukee ; Charles Gill, Wausau, 

 and WUliam C. Schreiber, Chicago. The aim will be to keep the informa- 

 tion in the secretary's office for use \>y members covering prices, stocks, 

 production and other statistical data important to the membership. 



President Humphrey named the following arbitration committee : A. J. 

 Tipler, Green Bay ; A. H. Barnard, Minneapolis : George Johnson, Milwau- 

 kee ; F. J. Bissell, Wausau ; H. F. Crosby, Rhinelander. 



Under the general direction of Secretary Philip Monson the membership 

 work will be carried on as fast as possible to cover the northern territory. 



George C. Robson of the Kinzel Lumber Company, Merrill, and A. E. 

 Solie, traffic manager of the Central Traffic Bureau, spoke before the gather- 

 ing, Mr. Robson on the relations between the manufacturer and the whole- 

 saler, and Mr. Solie on traffic matters. It was later arranged that he should 

 represent the association in all future matters of this character. 



Northern Traffic Man Gets Attention in Chicago 



F. M. Ducker, representing the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers' Association and the White Cedar Shingle Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation, with headquarters at Oshkosh, Wis., secured sufficient attention 

 before the Western Classification Committee of the railroads in Chicago last 

 week to induce it to hold in abeyance changes in class rates on northern 

 wood materials. He argued against the proposal of the carriers to place 

 these goods under Class B rate with a minimum weight of 36,000 pounds. 

 Mr. Ducker demonstrated that this would result in an increase of approxi- 

 mately 25 to 30 per cent over present lumber rates, and stated that as the 

 classification of lumber and lumber products is already before the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission in docket S131 for early decision, the matter of put- 

 ting lumber in new classes should be postponed until that decision is 

 rendered. 



The carriers concurred in this view and stated their willingness to hold 

 up the projected move for the proper length of time. 



Appalachian Logging Congress Postponed 



Members of the Appalachian Logging Congress had- expected to meet at 

 Huntington, W. Va., from April 15 to 20 and to carefully go over the various 

 manufacturing operations and analyze the logging conditions in that part 

 of the country. 



Henry Grinnell, seci-etary of the Congress, has just advised, however, that 

 the plan has been given up and that there will be no meeting until the regu- 

 lar annual gatbcrinir. 



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