HARDWOOD RECORD 



A New Lumber Company 



^^■ith the inoorporaiiou ou Nov. 2S of tbo 

 .7ohns-Mowbray*Xolson Company, capitalized at 

 $;{0.000. not only a new company enters tlie 

 liaidwood field at Cincinnati, but one composed 

 (ntirely of .vo'ing and enterprising hustlers. The 

 company Is incorporated for the purjjoso of 

 manufacturing and wholesaling all kinds of 

 southern hardwoods, though for the present it 

 will carry on only a wholesale business. Its 

 oflicirs are located at 310 I'rovideut Banii 

 buildiu;ir. 



Walter E. Johns, president of the new com- 

 pany, was formerly secretary of the W. H. Perry 

 Lumber Company. Cincinnati, and later sales 

 manager of the Wood-Jlosaic Company of New- 

 Albany. Ind. Albert W. Mowbra.v. vice-presi- 

 dent, has had nine .years" experience in the hard- 

 wood business, being connected with Mowbray 

 & Uobinson and the Hardwood Lumber Company, 

 both of Cincinnati. Coleman C. Nelson, secre- 

 tary, is an expert railroad and rate man. being 

 for six years chief clerk to R. B. Bowman, agi'nt 

 of the Star L'nion line of the Pennsylvania 

 System. 



Mr. Nelson will look after the office end of 

 the business, while Mr. Johns and Mr. .Mowlnay 

 will do the buying for tiie company 



WAI.TKK K. JOHNS. PRESIIpKNT .IoUNS 



.MO\VP.I{AV NICLSON COMPANY. 



riNilNNATL <l 



Developments in Battle for Open Shop 

 Millwork Products at New York 



Tin- past fortnight has witnessed nuiiit-rou^ 

 developments In the great legal battle now 

 going on In the federal court in New York City 

 between the American Anti-Boycott Association. 

 representing a large number of door and mill- 

 work houses throughout the countr.v, against 

 the United Brotlierhood of Carpenters and 

 Joiners, seeking to prevent the latter from in- 

 terfering by strikes, boycott and other acts 

 with the sale and Installallon of open shop 

 millwork products on buildings in Greater New 

 York. Uahdwood Uecokd has published previous 

 ehnptcrs on these cases, and the following Is 

 the latest development of the fortnight In a 

 great battle of widespread Importance to the 

 entire country. 



In the first place the temporary Injunction 

 which was previously Issued to the Paine Lum- 

 ber Company et al. against the United Brother- 

 hood of Carpenters and Joiners came up In 

 court for decision as to whether the temporary 

 Injunction should be sustained, the court de- 

 ciding favorably. That Injunction Is continued 

 In force giving the plalntilfs protection pend- 



ing I he final hearing on the merits and facts 

 of the else. 



On the heels of this action of the court, 

 the unions brought suit against the American 

 Anti-Hoycott Association claiming that it was 

 practicing law in violation of the penal code 

 and was con.spiring to break up labor unions 

 and by numerous acts endeavoring to hurt labor 

 organizations. The .\mi>rican .Vnti-Boycott As- 

 sociation at once cniployiHl Hon. Charles E. 

 Littletield. former congressman of Maine, whom 

 tlie labor unions tried so bard to defeat in his 

 last political campaign, to defend its case. In 

 the answer of the Anti-Boycott Association to 

 the suit of the unions, it denied violation of 

 the penal code, stating that the section referred 

 to did not apply to it, that it was an associa- 

 tion of mutual self defense, had a regular mem- 

 bership associated for mutual protection against 

 a common cause and had no intention or desire 

 to iu.iure organized labor, but only to defend 

 its members against illegal attacks. It also 

 (luestions the constitutionality of the section 

 of I he penal code referred to. 



This suit is not taken seriously, but simply 

 as a combative measure of the unions which 

 app''ar to be losing out on every step of the 

 l>.-itlle. 



Concurrently with the two foregoing hap- 

 penings, the Anti-Boycott Associatico also filed 

 contempt proceedings against the union organ- 

 izers and delegates, alleging violation of the 

 Paine Lumber Company injunction and prac- 

 tically all of the defendants have been served. 

 and the hearing on the contempt charges will 

 come up in court next week. It is stated that 

 the association has a strong case in the con- 

 tempt proceedings. 



Tliere will also be a hearing before the court 

 next week in the final step in the case of the 

 Albro J. Newton Company, mill worker and 

 luml>er dealer of Brooklyn, against the Car- 

 pentor.s" Union. The Newton case is similar 

 to that of the Paine Lumber Company, but it 

 has furtlier iirogressed. The court issued tem- 

 porary injunction in the Newton case some six 

 months ago, later sustained it, and the final 

 trial of the facts of the case is now on and 

 it the court decides favorably to the conten- 

 tions of the Newton case it will be a sweeping 

 victory in the entire matter and will really 

 establish a precedent for a similar favorable 

 decision in the Paine Lumber Company case 

 when that finally comes to trial. 



Another case is also on of a similar nature, 

 i^amely. Louis Bossert & Son, large Brooklyn 

 mill workers, vs. the Carpenters' Union, which 

 l:as now nacbod tlie stage where the court has 

 under consideration the sustaining of a tem- 

 porary injunction Issued two weeks ago in 

 this case. 



This is a battle royal involving large prin- 

 <iple,s, and its progress and ultimate end will 

 be awaited with great interest. 



Emil Guenther Heads the Parade 



Emil (Juenther. the popular Philadelphia luni- 

 bernuin and dimension stock factor, and the 

 easy-chair builder, who was very active in the 

 recent Pliiladelphia municipal I'lectlon. ac4ed as 

 clialrman of all the German-.\merlian meetings 

 during the campaign. By unanimous acclaim 

 Mr. Guenther was made chief marshal of tlie 

 German-American dIvLslon of the big political 

 parade held in the Quaker City on Dec. 2. It 

 lias not .vet been reported whether Mr. Gnenther 

 rode a prancing steed at Ihis function or not. 

 liut he certainly did lead his (Jerman-.Auierican 

 friends Into victory In a cli'an up of liad Phila- 

 delphia politics. 



Operations of tlie MasseeFelton Lumber 

 Company 



The Massee-Felton Lumber Company of Ma- 

 con, Ga., •.vlll commence the devi'iopmeut of 

 2,'i,000 acres of hanlwood limber laud In middle 



Georgia as soon as llic twi> spur tracks, om- 

 running from the main line of the Southern 

 railroad to the plant of Massee-Eelton, and the 

 other from Phillips' siding, on the Southern 

 railroad, are completed. 



As soon as the spur track is completed at 

 Phillips' siding, a large logging camp will Iw 

 established at that place and the actual work 

 of hauling the liimlier from the swamps to the 

 viw sawmill of the i-ompany located near the 

 Massee-Felton plant, will be commenced. The 

 company intends to haul the lumber from the 

 swamps to Phillips' siding on tlic> spur track, 

 where it will he transferred to the main line 

 of the Southern railway and be brought directly 

 to the plant in Macon by means of the spur 

 track from the main line of the Southern road 

 to the plant. 



Back in the Hardwood Game 



H. C. Creith of II. C. Creith & Co., Columbus, 

 o.. who for years was prominently connected in 

 various capacities with the sale of hardwood 

 iumiwr, is again actively back in that end of the 

 business. Of late this gentleman has been devot- 

 ing considerable time to the pine trade, but 

 recently made three excellenl hardwood mill con 

 iiections in the South, and is [jlanning to push 

 the sale of their products. 



A. \V. MOWHKAV. VICE-PItESIDKXT JOHNS- 



MOWBKAY-NKLSON CO.MPANY, 



CINCINNATI, O. 



Mr. Creitli started in tlie IiardwtKid business 

 twenty-tliree years ago, and has been identilieil 

 with several first-class companies, among wliicli 

 is tile Yellow Pojilar Lumber Coinpauy of I'nal 

 Grove, O., by which concern be was employed for 

 ten yi'ars. He started on his own account in 

 Coiumluis in UK),'), handling at iliat time hard- 

 woods entirely. In Hie course of time, liowever. 

 he gradually drifted into Hie car stock business, 

 and afterwards specialized in the yellow pine 

 business. His recent connections, however, will 

 re(iulre the bulk of his time, and will insure liis 

 remaining prouiineiidy connectecl with the liar<i- 

 wood business. 



Mr. Crelth's mills are located in West Vir 

 giiiia. Keiilncky and Virginia. All tiiree are 

 iiioderii band mills, run by first .class concerns, 

 turning out an excellent line of various kinds of 

 hardwoiKl iiimlier In large (]uantltles. 



Furniture and Refrigerator Industry 



.\ prellmlnnry stateiuenl <•( the production of 

 rurnlttire and refrigerators during 11)011, issuefi 

 b.v till' Census Bureau, shows there were ;t,l,''i.''( 

 establishments engaged In this industry In lOOtl, 

 and L'.."i!i;t in 1001, sliowing a rieent increase 

 ii{ Iweiity-lwo per cent. 



