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HARDWOOD RECORD 



April 10. 1917 



WE MANUFACTURE bandsawed, plain and quarter Mwed 



WHITE AND RED OAK AND YELLOW POPLAR 



We mike a specialty of Oak and Hickory Imple- 

 ment, Wagon and Vehicle Stock in the rough. 



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ARLINGTON LUMBER CO., Arlington, Kentacky 



Wistar, Underhill & Nixon 



Real Estate Trust Building 

 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 



CHOICE DELTA GUM Dry and Straight 



suit of the Eagle Woodenware Manufacturing Company vs. the Dana 

 Manufacturing Company were filed In United States district court yes- 

 terday. 



The railroads, acting at the instance of the commission on car service 

 of the American Railway Association, have set out to clean up old 

 accumulations of freight. The movement began February 17, on which 

 date 171,207 cars were being held up by reason of embargoes, inability 

 of consignees to accept, lacit of vessel capacity, congestion, bad weather 

 or other causes. As a result of the efforts made to reduce these accommo- 

 dations this weelt showed only 99,774 cars held up in that way. 



= ■< CLEVELAND' >-= 



Because the individual unions have failed to ratify the agreement 

 reached between the Building Trades Employers' Association and the 

 BuUding Trades Council, settlement of the dispute between employing 

 contractors and union workmen in the building industry in as far away 

 as the day the lockout was declared, March 1. This is the situation m 

 the hardwood lumber trade today, for all materials in the building industry 

 are affected. Cleveland and nearby yards have not moved a piece of ma- 

 terial into consuming channels in the'last two weeks. A few deliveries 

 are being made into manufacturing plants, but nothing is going Into con- 

 struction work. The agreement reached between a joint committee of 

 both factions includes ten principles: That disputes must be consid- 

 ered by a conciliation board; that there shall be no limitation to the 

 amount of work a man may perform in a diy ; that there shall be no re- 

 striction on the kind of materials or tools to be used except prison-made ; 

 that no person shall have the right to Interfere with workmen while at 

 work ; that the foreman shall be the agent oE the employer ; that there 

 shall be no objection to apprentices ; that workmen shall work for whom 

 they see it ; that employers are at liberty to hire or discharge whom they 

 see fit ; that employers shall not collect dues for any union. None of the 

 unions seems able to agree on all of these provisions. Pending the signing 

 of this contract by the individual unions the lockout continues. At this 

 writing the hardwood and lumber interests are hopeful that the contract 

 will be accepted, so that work can start within a week. Meanwhile $20,- 

 000,000 building operations and 20,000 workmen are idle, and the latter 

 are losing about $90,000 a day in wages. 



Another new angle that the trade is forced to consider is the new de- 

 mands of teamsters, who want higher wages after May 1, when the pres- 

 ent agreements expire. According to representatives of the Building Trades 

 Employers' Association, who are indirectly affected by the proposal, there 

 seems to be a deliberate move on the part of unions to demand higher 

 wages, based upon their opposition to the ten principles in the agreement 

 mentioned. The material interests, however, are more vitally affected 

 than the contractors. As in the case of the lockout, the hardwood and 

 other lumber interests here still stand firmly for the open shop, although 

 many admit the demands may have to be met. In any event the lumber 

 people will refuse to recognize the union of teamsters, claiming that wages 

 paid are equal to those demanded by the unions, and In some instances 

 even better. 



Preparations for a big season in the industry continue, despite the pres- 

 ent drawbacks to good business. Potter, Teare & Co. have purchased the 

 barge Teutonia, which will be placed in commission the latter part of the 

 month, being towed by the steamer Mary McGregor. The steamer Stark, 

 recently purchased by the Cuyahoga Lumber Company, is undergoing ex- 

 tensive repairs and will be commanded by Captain Harvey Kendall, for 

 many years in charge of the steamer Harvey Kendall. Opening of the 

 lake season Is expected to expedite shipments of material to this point. 



George B. Breece of the West Virginia Timber Company has left Cleve- 

 land for Louisiana, where he will try to ameliorate the transportation 

 situation for his firm. 



Arch C. Klumph, president of the Cuyahoga Lumber Company, has been 

 appointed a member of the Cleveland War Board. 



Purchase of 1,200 cedar. poles has been authorized by the board of con- 

 trol. The poles are to be used in extending the municipal light system. 



=-< INDIANAPOLIS > 



is was predicted earlier in the year, the beginning of the building sea- 

 son in Indianapolis is developing an excellent demand for hardwoods, espe- 

 cially in interior trim and cabinet work. Building statistics for the month 

 of March show a valuntion of building operations of $1,086,558, as com- 

 pared with $910,708 during the corresponding period of 1916, or an in- 

 crease of $175,790. Since the first of the year the value of operations 

 ha-; been $1,986,063, as compared with $1,660,209 during the corresponding 

 period of 1910, or an increase of $325,854. Last year was one of the best 

 building years in the city's history. 



The Warsaw Wood Products Company of Warsaw, lud., has been organ- 

 ized and incorporated with a capitalization of $100,000 for the purpose of 

 taking over a large woodworking plant at Monroe, Wis. As soon as a 

 suitable location can be procured the plant will be removed to Warsaw, 

 where it will be enlarged and much new equipment will be purchased. 

 The company, which is composed of Warsaw capital, has made arrange- 

 ments to procure large supplies of hardwood timber in northern Indiana. 

 The plant now is employing fifty men, and this number will be increased. 

 The directors of the company are C. H. Ker, W. L. Groth, W. I. Pierce, 

 T. C. Frazier, and A. W. Wenger. 



A co-operative lumber company, organized with 100 stockholders, has 

 been formed at Yeoman, Ind. The company will be known as the Farmers' 

 Lumber and Supply Company. It has a capitalization of $10,000. The 

 directors are A. E. Johnson, W. G. Million, William Goslee, George Sites, 

 and Roy Vanscoy. 



D. C. Bradley, a lumberman of Hume, 111., has been appointed man- 

 ager of the Wilkinson Lumber Company's plant at Newport, Ind. He 

 succeeds W. C. Headlee. 



The plant and yards of the Kahler Lumber Company of New Albany, 

 Ind., is practically a total loss as a result of damage done by a tornado 

 that' recently damaged property to the extent of $1,000,000 and killed 

 thirty-six persons. Stacks' of lumber were blown away ami the plant was 

 razed. 



R. M. Jones has purchased and assumed control of the sawmill formerly 

 operated by G. F. Abel at Rusk, Ind. 



The Newcastle Lumber Company of Newcastle, Ind., has raised a fund of 

 $100, which was contributed to the relief of tornado sufferers in that city. 

 The company's property was not damaged by the storm. Since the tornado 

 employes and officers have been very busy in selling lumber to repair the 

 damage to homes and business establishments. 



The Kirby-Wood Lumber Company, Muncio, Ind., has increased its 

 capitalization from $45,000 to $67,000. The company is making extensive 

 additions to its equipment. 



■< EVANSVILLE > 



Louis A. Holtman lias resigned as traffic manager l'.>r the Globe-Bosse- 

 World Furniture Company in this city and has accepted the position of 

 secretary and treasurer of the Schnutc-Holtman Company, planing mill 

 owners and lumber dealers. 



Obrecht Brothers, spoke and hub manufacturers at Tell City, Ind., 

 have started to raise and re-build their steamer, the Alma, which was 

 sunk in the Ohio river at Tell City during a recent storm. 



The Vincennes Furniture Manufacturing Company has filed notice with 

 the secretary of state of a change in its directorate. 



M. L. Miller a few days ago secured ground at Grandvlew, Ind., and In 

 a short time will engage In the business of handling finished lumber. 



Turner Harrison, who was employed by the A. B. Smith Lumber Com- 

 pany at Bondurant, Ky., a few miles from here, was killed in an accident 

 at the plant March 28. His body was taken to Benton, Ky., for burial. 

 Mr. Harrison was about fifty years old and is survived by a family. 



The Washington Plow Works, Washington, Ind., has offered to turn 

 its plant over to the federal government, to be used for any purpose the 

 war department may direct. 



J. M. Blood & Brothers, lumber manufacturers at Grayville, 111., have 

 sold their old tram road in the Wabash river bottoms near Grayville to a 

 firm in St. Louis. The price received for the old rails was higher than had 

 been paid for them nineteen years ago. 



Thomas W. Faith, aged seventy-three, who for many years owned and 

 operated sawmills in Daviess county, Ind., died on March 24 at his home 

 in Washington, Ind., death being due to leakage of the heart with compli- 

 cations. Mr. Faith, who was a soldier in the union army during the 

 Civil war, was well and favorably known to the lumber fraternity of 

 southern Indiana. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church 

 and the Odd Fellows. He is survived by six children. 



The Simpson Lumber Company, at Vincennes, Ind., was recently awarded 

 a contract that calls for the construction of fifty dwelling houses in 

 Bicknell, Ind., a live mining town in Knox county. Tlie houses are to be 

 built by the Bainum Realty Company of Bicknell. 



Several lumber manufacturers and retail dealers of Bvansville will take 

 an active part in the campaign that will start April 22 to raise $500,000 

 to bring Moore's Hill college to this city. 



The regular monthly meeting of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club Is 

 scheduled for tonight (April 10) at the private dining room of the Young 

 Men's Christian Association. A fine chicken luncheon will be served, 

 after which several Important business matters are to be takea upi. 



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