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by the alleged disci-iminations, they hail better 

 withdraw from the rate case prosecutions which 

 they were engaged in with other mercantile 

 organizations. A motion then prevailed to with- 

 draw from the contest. 



Invitation to attend the Indiana Hardwood 

 Lumbermen's Association's convention at Evans- 

 ville, Ind., on Jan. 18 was read, as well as a 

 pressing invitation from the Lumbermen's Club 

 of Evansville. No united action was taken. 

 The secretary was instructed to acknowledge the 

 invitations. 



H. J. Pfiester of the advertising committee, 

 presented a new classification for the lumber 

 concerns for the telephone directory, to make 

 that useful book more comprehensive. The re- 

 port was adopted and will be sent to the pub- 

 lishers. 



Chairman Bolser of the local entertainment 

 committee, reported that at the annual meeting 

 of the Hardwood Manufacturers' .\ssociation in 

 the Sinton Hotel, Jan. 30-31, the club would 

 have a room on the convention floor, where the 

 committee would extend a welcome and afford 

 all information to all delegates. Secretary Lewis 

 Doster of the association briefly outlined the 

 work of preparing for the convention of the 

 association and thanked the club for its splendid 

 efforts in the past, a-i well as for the coming 

 convention. 



RALPH E. .SU.MNER, SU-M.NEI! Li:.Mr.EI! COM- 

 PANY, NEW YORK CITY. 



On invitation of J. Albert Green, secretary 

 of the National Citizens' Club, a committee, con- 

 sisting of C. S. Walker. T. J. Moffett and George 

 Morgan, was appointed to attend the discussions 

 on "Currency Reform." 



An invitation from the Ohio Association of 

 Merchants and Manufacturers to send a delega- 

 tion to Columbus to discuss business legislation 

 to be presented to the Ohio Constitutional Con- 

 vention, now in session, was read and filed. 



Change of Location 



Announcement is made of a change in the 

 lumber headquarters of the Chapman & Dewey 

 Lumber Company of Kansas City. The company 

 has opened offices at 1003 Tennessee Trust 

 building, Memphis, Tenn., from which the entire 

 lumber sales and operating business of this con- 

 cern will be handled. W. C. Dewey and D. P. 

 Mann will be in charge. 



This concern, with the Chapman & Dewey 

 Land Company, formerly occupied offices in the 

 Bryant building. Kansas City, but has just 

 moved to 500-503 Rialto building. These offices 

 will not handle any of the lumber business of 

 the company in the future. All Inquiries and 

 remittances should be addressed to Memphis. 



Newly Organized New York Hardwood 

 House 



A newly organized New York wholesale hard- 

 wood company is the Sumner Lumber Company, 

 located in tlu' Hudson Terminal building at 50 

 Church street. This new house is an outgrowth 

 of Hamilton H. Salmon & Co., of New York, of 

 which Ralph E. Sumner has hitherto been man- 

 :!ger and Herbert E'. Sumner sales manager. 



The sketch of Mr. Sumner's career was pub- 

 lished in Habdwood Record in its issue of .June 

 -'5, 1011, and recited his long connection with 

 the lumber business. His connection with Ham- 

 ilton n. Salmon & Co. dates back to 1899, when 

 lie became general manager of the lumber de- 

 partment. His success in this enterprise has 

 been marked, because the distribution of lumber 

 through this house to the Now York and New 

 England trade has reached close to .jO.OOO.OOO 

 feet of hardwood annually for several years. 



A few years ago Mr. Sumner's son, Herbert E. 

 Sumner, joined him in the Salmon concern and 

 has become as well known among the lumber 

 manufacturers of the West and South as his 

 father is in the East. He has achieved a reputa- 

 tion as a very astute lumber buyer, and an 

 equally good reputation in the sales end of the 

 business. The advertising campaign that he has 

 carried on for the old house tor the past year or 

 two has probably been the best cxcmpliflcation 

 of the possibilities of advertising lumber and 

 .selling it by mail that has been m.ade by any 

 one connected with the industry. 



The establishment of the Sumner Lumber 

 Company has been brought about by reason of 

 Messrs. Sumner figuring that they could im- 

 I rove their opportunities by operating on their 

 '.wn account. Hence the organization of the new 

 interprise. 



The company will specializi' in gum lumber 

 and especially in quartered stock, in- quartered 

 plain oak and poplar, in maple, birch, beech, 

 cherry, chestnut, cypress, elm. tupelo gum, Cot- 

 tonwood, ash and hickory. The company's mill 

 connections have already been well established 

 and there is no doubting the fact that with the 

 reputation, push and energy it has as excep- 

 tional assets, the concern will become an im- 

 portant factor in the merchandising and dis- 

 tribution of hardwoods in the East. 



The Bark of the Cork Tree 



A large increase in the exportation of cork- 

 wood and manufactured cork products from 

 Spain, probably the foremost producer of this 

 material of all other countries, during the first 

 half of the current year, as compared with the 

 same period of the preceding two years, is a 

 matter of much interest. In 1909 the amount 

 was 14,372 tons, value $2,848,501 ; in 1910, 

 21,437 tons, value .$3,994,490 : this year 28.019 

 tons, value $4,662,492. At this rate of increase 

 1911 will be a record year in the history of this 

 industry in Spain. The United States leads in 

 the markets of the world as a consumer of this 

 material, in 1909, the last year for which figures 

 are given, taking 10,097 tons. These figures, 

 taken from the vice consul general at Barcelona, 

 cover every form of cork lu-oduct. 



Germany Mahogany Conditions in 1911 

 Advices from Hamburg state that there was a 

 seventy-five per cent increase in mahogany im- 

 ports in 1911 over the previous year, with a 

 proportionate increased consumption. This is 

 the result of a continuance of generally healthy 

 business conditions, which have been gradually 

 improving during several years past. The gen- 

 eral market throughout the year was unusually 

 strong, with good prices and no oversupply pre- 

 vailing. As a rule the shipments changed 

 hands immediately upon arrival. 



The report shows steady prices prevailing 

 during the year for Mexican and Honduras 

 mahogany, with a very small quantity on hand 

 at the end of the year. There has been an 



increase in demand for Honduras mahogany, and 

 no difficulty is anticipated in disposing of ar- 

 rivals, as no stock was on hand at the end 

 of the year. The imports of Central Amer- 

 ican and 'West Indian mahogany are very lim- 

 ited, and commanded no important position in 

 the market. Sapeli mahogany has not only main- 

 tained the strongest position, but has shown 

 the most remarkable increase in demand of all 

 the varieties. On the whole, there was an in- 

 crease of about seventy per cent in the im- 

 portation of this stock. There has been no 

 falling off in price, which as it stands Ls the 

 highest level maintained for several years. 



Enlargement of Defiance Machine 'Works' 

 Plant 



At a recent meeting of the board of directors 

 of the Defiance Machine Works, Defiance. O., 

 final arrangements were made to materially en- 

 large the present plant during the coming sum- 

 mer. It is expected that work on the new build- 

 ings will start Mar. 1. 



A saw tooth erecting shop will be built be- 

 tween the present machine shop and the new 

 warehouse. The dimensions will be 77 x 132 

 feet. Another saw tooth building will also be 

 erected west of the erecting shop, which will 

 accommodate the casting and cleaning depart, 

 ment, shafting and bar steel store house, plate 

 slinp, iilate warehouse and blacksmith shop. 



HERBERT E. SUMNER, SUMNER LU.MIIER 

 COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. 



This building will be 115 x 97 feet. All me- 

 chanical departments which are now in the office 

 building will be moved to this new building. 

 Many modern devices will be installed in the 

 new shops, which will make these works one of 

 the best in the land. 



Meeting Evansville Liunbermen's Club 



The Evansville Lumbermen's Club held its 

 regular monthly meeting at the New Vendome 

 hotel last week, and after the banquet in the 

 cafe, the meeting was adjourned to the hotel 

 parlors, where the regular business meeting was 

 held. 



Communications were read from different lum- 

 bermen who responded to the invitation to attend 

 the annual convention of the Indiana HardwoocT 

 Lumbermen's Association on Jan. 18. A motion 

 was made and carried that a committee of the- 

 Hon. Chas. W. Fairbanks' friends be appointed 

 to entertain him after making his address at the 

 opening of the business session of this meeting. 



The publicity committee reported that it» 

 .-irrangements had been completed. 



