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HARDWOOD RECORD 



ISlews Miscellany 



National Lumber Exporters' Annual 

 The National Lumber Exporters' Association, 

 which lield its anmiai meeting at the New W'il- 

 lard in Washington on Jan. 2r, and 2G. tool; 

 action on several matters of national importance. 

 It adopted a resolution favoring the bill now 

 before Congress for the free passage of American 

 ships through the Panama Canal, and another 

 measure providing for the free admission to 

 American registry of foreign built vessels as a 

 means of rehabilitating the American merchant 

 marine, which the organization considers essen- 

 tial to the uninterrupted development and prog- 

 ress of the country. The latter resolution also 

 includes endorsement of a clause under which all 

 materials used in the construction of vessels in 

 American yards would be entitled to free entry. 

 Another question of special importance to the 

 association which received attention came up 

 through a report of Gustave A. Farber, chair- 

 man of the special committee named last sum- 

 mer to confer with the foreign buyers on the 

 London measurement rules. This report was 

 submitted through Secretary .T. McD. Price and 

 gave details as to what had been done. It ap- 

 peared from the statement that the committee 

 held several conferences, the first one on Oct. 2-4 

 of last year, at which it developed that the 

 brokers in attendance had not been authorized to 

 bind the buyers to any definite action. Another 

 meeting was to have talien place on Oct. 30, but 

 so many members of the London hardwood sec- 

 tion of the London Timber Trades Federation 

 were out of town that it was decided to await 

 the return home of the chairman of the section. 

 who was then on a visit to the United States. 

 It was decided to be unnecessary for the com- 

 mittee to meet members of the section again, the 

 brokers having been thoroughly informed as to 

 the position of the exporters, and Mr. Farber. 

 who is the London representative of Russe & 

 Burgess, Inc., of Memphis, being on hand to give 

 any further data, if these should be desired. 

 Mr. Farber stated that the matter was in 

 process of satisfactory adjustment, the buyers 

 being impressed with the claims of the exporters. 

 who take the ground that the London Dock cor- 

 poration is arbitrary in its application of the 

 measurement rules. While nominally following 

 the American measurement, the interpretation 

 thereof is such that if a plank be ever so scant 

 lu thickness or width, it Is counted in the next 

 lower classification, even though the difference 

 does not amount to more than one thirty-second 

 of an Inch and the board dresses up to the re- 

 qnlred size. The exporters want a board to Ix- 

 measured as of the thickness to which It will 

 dress, regardless of Immaterial variations in the 

 rough. The committee, which Includes J. U. 

 Williams and R. D. McLean, was continued. 



The officers of the association reported their 

 statements showing the organization to be in an 

 excellent condition, financially and otherwise. 

 There U a balance In bank, and the membership 

 Is the largest ever recorded, being about seventy, 

 and Including the most Infiuentlal exporters In 

 the country. President Harvey M. Dickson par 

 tlcnlarly was optimistic In his exposition of what 

 the association had accomplished and concernInK 

 the future prospects. 



Frank Tiffany of Leeds, England, who was 

 chosen foreign representative of the association 

 last spring, was reappointed, nis efforts hav^' 

 proved to be of great service In the settlement 

 of claims, and In the opinion of the memberB 

 the position has developed Into a very Important 

 one. 



An Invitation received from the National 

 Wholesale Lnmbcr Dealers' Association to send 

 representatives to the annual meeting of that 

 body at Louisville, March 0, was accepted, C. F. 



Korn of the Farrin-Korn Lumber t'cmipaiiy. and 

 I'.dward Barber of the Howard & Barber Lumber 

 Company, being appointed, with the president 

 as the third member. The Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association sent an invitation <o the en- 

 tire membership to attend its yearly meeting on 

 .Ian. 31. and it was accepted with thanks. A 

 vote of thanks was tendered to President Dickson 

 for the eflicient manner in which he had handled 

 the affairs of the organization and the liberal 

 expenditure of time he had made in the prosecu- 

 tion of its work. Various other subjects were 

 discussed, the proceedings being in executive ses- 

 sion. The election of oflSccrs resulted as follows : 



President — Harvey M, Dickson of the Dick- 

 son Lumber Company, Norfolk, Va. 



FiP.ST Vice-President — S. B. Anderson of the 

 Anderson-Tullv Company, Memphis. 



Second Vice-President — Frank F. Fee of the 

 Fee-Crayton Hardwood Lumber Company, Der- 

 mott. Ark. , ., 



Treasurer — John L. Alcock of John L. Alcock 

 & Co., Baltimore, in place of Richard W. Price 

 of Price & Heald, Baltimore, who has held the 

 position ever since the organization of the asso- 

 ciation twelve years ago and who positively de- 



lIAItVKY M. DICKSIIX, XOUlOr.K, VA.. PRKSl 

 DENT NATIONAL LU.MItKl! EXPORT- 

 ERS' ASSOCIATION. 



clined re-election on account of pressure of husi- 



Directors for three years, four to be elected 

 each year — Edward Barber, George M. Spiegle, 

 Guslave A. Farber and W. M. Ritter. 



U. D. McLean was elected a director to serve 

 the unexpired term of Frank F. Fee, who had 

 cine more year to serve, and Secretary Price and 

 .\sslstant Secretary L. Palmer of New Orleans, 

 were later re-elected. 



The social observances consisted of an in- 

 formal dinner on the evening of the first day. 



Pennsylvania 



Lumbermen's 

 Annual 



Association 



The Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Association 

 held Its twentieth annual meeting and banquet 

 at Hotel Walton, Philadelphia, on Jan. 24 and 

 2!). The new officers elected are C. Frank Wil- 

 liamson, Media, president; J. J. MUlelsen, Me- 

 chanlcsburg, vice-president; T. .1. Snowden, 

 Scrnnton, treasurer; J. Frederick Martin, Phlla- 

 (IrOphla. secretary. S. C. Creasy. lilomnsburg, 

 T. J. Snowden, Scranton, and J. Watson Kraft, 

 Ambler, were elected directors. 



On the evening of Jan. 21 the Philadelphia 

 Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association invited 

 the visitors to an entertainment at the hotel. 



which they designated "An Evening in Germany." 

 During the evening there were Tyrolean songs 

 and a vaudeville show, and twelve of the whole- 

 salers, ingeniously equipped as the little Ger- 

 man baud, discoursed very creditable Teutonic 

 music. The whole affair was a rousing success 

 amply appreciated by those in whose honor it 

 was given. 



An elaborate banquet on the afternoon of Jan. 

 25, which was attended by the wholesalers as 

 guests of the association, wound up a very suc- 

 cessful and enjoyable annual. During the prog- 

 ress of the banquet Jacob Holtzman, in behalf 

 of the members of the board of directors of the 

 Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Association, present- 

 ed the retiring president, Henry Palmer, with a 

 pair of solid gold cuff buttons as a testimonial of 

 their high regard for him. 



Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club Meeting 



The regular meeting of the Lumbermen's Club 

 was held on Feb. 5. with the usual dinner pre- 

 ceeding the business session. The meeting was 

 called to order by First Vice-President W. E. 

 DeLaney, who stated that President Sam Richey 

 was feeling indisposed. Secretary Joe Bolser read 

 the minutes of the January meeting, which were 

 approved. 



A letter was received from J. E. Bleekman, the 

 l>romoter of the new union depot, expressing his 

 regret at not being present at the January meet- 

 ing, which was occasioned by a confusion of 

 dates. 



Letters were read from the Bayou Land & 

 Lumber Company and the Farrin-Korn Lumber 

 Company, expressing satisfaction over the ad- 

 justment of their differences by the arbitration 

 r'ommitfee. The Mt. Vernon Pump & Lumber 

 Company of Alabama also expressed its satisfac- 

 tion over the adjustment of its differences with 

 Harry R. Browne. 



An invitation was received from E. F. Perry. 

 secretary of the National Wholesale Lumber 

 Dealers' Association, requesting that the presi- 

 dent and two members of the club be the guests 

 of his association at the convention to be held 

 at the Seelbach hotel, Louisville, March 6 and 7. 

 C. S. Walker and Jos. Bolser were named as 

 the two delegates. 



E. E. Williamson, commissiouor of the Re- 

 ceivers' & Shippers' Association, sent a letter 

 '■xpressing his gratification over the receipt of 

 the resolutions passed by the club, eulogizing his 

 work. 



W. B. Townsend, president of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association, expressed his thanks 

 In a letter to the club for its efforts in enter- 

 taining the convention of the association. 



This closed the regular business and Presi- 

 dent DeLaney introduced T. C. Powell, vice- 

 president of the Southern Railroad, who eulogized 

 the workings of the "Square Deal." and expressed 

 the wish that all railroad questions could be 

 submitted to as broad a Ixiard as the arbitratloD 

 committee of the Lumbermen's Club. He ex- 

 plained the relations of the railroads to the 

 Intsiness world, showing that it w.as to their 

 advantage to build up and not antagonize busi- 

 ness, stating that his company paid from $30,000 

 In .f!.3,'5,000 a year in salaries to experts to In- 

 struct farmers and planters along their lines In 

 getting the best results from their crops and 

 manufactures, In order to stimulate the carrying 

 liiislness and consequent earnings of the road. 

 This In explanation of the present charge that 

 the Southern railroad was discriminating against 

 Cincinnati. He stated that with the general 

 ficlght manager of the road. W. K. Biles, who 

 was present, they had taken up the thousands of 

 I'rticles enumerated In the classifications, and 

 found I hat ninety per cent of the rates com- 

 Iplalned of were fixed by the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission, leaving only ten per cent open for 

 discussion between the shippers and the railroads. 

 .Mr. Powell's talk was loudly applauded, and 

 Mr. Biles was called for, who thanked the cluh 

 for the Invitation to be present, and extended 

 an Invitation to the members of the club to ship 

 all ijf llieir lumber over the Southern. 



