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we are uot always alile tu locate cdminteut in- 

 spectors on sbort notice, and bear with us as 

 patiently as possible. 



H. W. Bowler has resigned as inspector for 

 Boston, Mass., and George R. Dunn. (Dorchester) 

 Boston, Slass., appointed successor. An assist- 

 ant will be provided and all Boston and New 

 England inspection work will receive prompt 

 attention. Address all requests for inspection 

 in Boston district to George 11. Dunn, 33 Burgess 

 street. 



The operation of the liureau for February j;ost 

 the association $786.40. 



We have received fourteen applications since 

 our last statement was issued, making a total 

 of 140 since the last annual convention. 



The Hon. II. S. Graves, United States forester, 

 has invited any of our members who are able 

 t(. do so to attend a forestry conference to be 

 held at Xashville, Tenn.. Apr. S and 9. The 

 Lumbermen's Club of that city has also extended 

 an invitation to our members to attend the same 

 function, and we hope that many of our mem- 

 bers will accept. 



All indications now point to the largest and 

 most successful meeting in the history of this 

 association at Chicago. June 6 and 7 next, and 

 if anyone who can attend it does not do so. he 

 will surely regret it. 



Very truly yours. 

 F. A. DiGGixs, president. 

 F. F. Fish, secretary-treasurer. 



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ISleivs Miscellany 



Memphis Liunbenuen ' s Club Meeting 

 The special meeting of the Lumbermen's Club, 

 held at the Hotel Gayoso. Saturday evening, at 

 seven o'clock, was a most successful and enthusi- 

 astic one. This change in hour from one to 

 seven was made at the suggestion of the enter- 

 tainment committee, and proved altogether satis- 

 factory to the members. The tables were beauti- 

 fully decorated with ferns and cut flowers. Huge 

 vases of azaleas occupied places on the tables 

 and carnations were placed at each plate. There 

 were seventy-three members and visitors present. 

 F. B. Robertjion presided. Among the specially 

 Invited guests was R. Lee Bartels, who addressed 

 the club on the subject of a new constitution for 

 Tennessee. 



C. D. Hcndrickson. chairman of the river and 

 rail committee, stated that it liad lieeu impossible 

 for the members of this committee to agree 

 among themselves as to the best plan to pursue 

 in connection with a tariff bureau for the lumber 

 shippers of this city. He stated that there were 

 three plans possible of adoption. One plan was 

 for co-operation with the Memphis Freight 

 Bureau, another has to do with Joining hands 

 with the Memphis Manufacturers' Association 

 and the third contemplated an independent 

 bureau owned and operated by the lumbermen 

 exclusively. After much discussion of this sub- 

 ject, it was finally decided that the matter be 

 referred to the advisory board, composed of all 

 of the ex-presidents of the club, to the board of 

 directors, and to the river and rail committee. 

 These three bodies are to hold a meeting shortly, 

 when it is anticipated that definite action will 

 lie taken. The lumbermen are thoroughly aroused 

 on the sub.i'ect and are fully mindful of how 

 important it is that some bureau be established 

 to look after lumber rates. It was pointed out 

 in the discussion that Memphis can not expect 

 to keep its present position if rates are not made 

 more equitable and that the future of this city 

 as a lumber market depends largely upon the 

 assistance of a bureau to look after rate matters 

 and particularly to check the rates at Memphis 

 as against those of other points. It was further 

 emphasized that there are a number of discrim- 

 inations at present and that these are likely to 

 increase rathei* than decrease unless some means 

 are taken of preventing such a development. 



A special committee was appointed to arrange 

 for a concatenation of Hoo-Hoo at Memphis in 

 the near future. George O. Friedel, vicegerent 

 for west Tennessee, was made chairman. John 

 W. McClure and Max Sondheimer are the other 

 two members. 



John W. McClure. chairman of the special 

 committee, which was appointed at the last 

 meeting to go to Chicago the last week in March 

 to appear before the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission in the hearing of the case of the Grand 

 Rapids Lumbermen's Club, involving estimated 

 weights, and the weighing and reweighing of 



iuuiljer. reported that t'ue- members of the club 

 here bad not responded as fully as desired to the 

 requests for data bearing on this subject. lie 

 urged that they do so at once in order that his 

 committee might have sufficient data at hand 

 to secure the meeting of the commission at 

 Memphis at which the subject of estimated 

 weights might be thoroughly discussed. It will 

 be recalled by readers of H.^rdwood Record 

 that the commission has signified its willingness 

 to have this bearing here provided a sufficient 

 amount of data is given on the subject of 

 weights in Chicago. 



Mr. Bartels, in his address on the constitution 

 of Tennessee, urged that a new one was desirable. 

 He confined his remarks principally to taxation 

 and to the jury system under the present con- 

 stitution. He said that it provided that all taxes 

 be equal and uniform, but that double and even 

 treble taxation Was possible under it. He cited 

 the fact that a corporation has to pay a tax upon 

 its capital stock and that the stockholders who 

 own the stock have to pay a tax upon their 

 holdings. In connection with the jury system 

 he said that expenses were piling up so rapidly 

 that it meant such an increased debt that an 

 increased income would be necessary for the city, 

 state and county. He intimated that the in- 

 creased revenue could be secured only through 

 increased taxation. He also thought it wise for 

 a city seeking to secure new manufacturing com- 

 panies to allow them a certain period of exemp- 

 tion from taxation, provided they were willing 

 to locate therein. He pointed out, however, 

 that it was al)Solutely impossible for Memphis 

 to waive her taxes on anybody under the present 

 constitution and that this hindered Memphis 

 from advancing as rapidly as it should as a 

 manufacturing center. His exposition of the 

 subject was a decidedly strong one and he was 

 given a round of applause on concluding his 

 remarks. 



S. B. Anderson, president of the Memphis 

 JIanufacturers' Association, stated that there 

 would be a meeting at Nashville, March 20, for 

 the organization of a manufacturers' association 

 for the state. He said that one of the principal 

 topics to he discussed at that time would be a 

 new constitution for Tennessee and urged that 

 every member of the club present moke it a 

 point to go. He said that low rates had been 

 offered by the railroads and that the subject 

 was so important that, no one could afford to 

 miss it. He thought that a representative gath- 

 ering of manufacturers could accomplish a great 

 deal toward securing a new constitution if they 

 expressed themselves vigorously and enthusiast- 

 ically enough. 



A telegram was read from F. F. Fi.sh. secretary 

 of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, 

 expressing his regret at being unable to attend 

 this meeting. A letter was also read to similar 

 effect from President Brown of the Louisville 

 Lumbermen's Club. 



A Going Business 



C. S. Brown of Huntington, W. Va., has com- 

 pleted arrangements for a considerable increase 

 in his office force and equipment. Mr. Brown 

 iias doubled his office space and will take on the 

 services of two additional men, one of whom 

 will take charge of all the office solicitation. 

 The other will devote his time to getting in 

 touch, through correspondence, with mills offer- 

 ing for sale suitable stocks of hardwood lumber. 



C. S. Brown is a successful wholesaler of 

 anything and everything in hardwood lumber. 

 He bases his success upon a policy of familiariz- 

 ing himself with the exact needs of his trade, 

 and delivering exactly what he sells. He was 

 formerly associated with the Taylor-Brown Tim- 

 lier Compan.v, but for the past year has oper- 

 ated under his own name. His present offices 

 are located in the Robsin-Prichard building, 

 Huntington's sky-scraper. 



New West Virginia Lumber Company 



Simnitius iS; I'ritcbartl is the style of a new 

 lumber compan.v which has entered the trade at 

 Quick. W. Va. The company owns its own timber, 

 principally white oak. and is at present installing 

 a nine-foot band mill with a daily capacity of 

 40,000 feet. It expects to begin operations early 

 in June and has already purchased much of its 

 auxiliary machinery. The company will build a 

 standard gauge logging road. 



Mr. .Simmons is an experienced lumberman, 

 having conducted other lumber operations in 

 West Virginia. He is at present running a mill 

 at Lombard, Ky., where Simmons & Pritchard 

 have a large stock of lumber on hand. Mr. 

 Pritchard is a banker of Charleston. W. Va. 



Big Cincinnati Fire 



After settling the problems of business to their 

 satisfaction, the M. B. Farrin Lumber Company 

 and the Farrin-Korn Lumber Company were vis- 

 ited hy a great fire loss. The mill and yards of 

 the M. B. Farrin Lumber Company were de- 

 stroyed by fire Thursday night, March 14. 



The origin of the fire is unknown. Shortly 

 before six o'clock flames burst from one of the 

 huge lumber piles, at the old Farrin-Korn plant. 

 Firemen who responded to a ten-blow alarm saw 

 that the yards, bounded by Station and Spring 

 Grove avenues and the Cincinnati. Hamilton & 

 Dayton tracks and Winton road, were doomed, 

 and they confined their efforts to the other yards 

 and kept them from igniting. The light wood- 

 sheds in the yards made good fuel for the flames 

 and the big planing mill, containing thousands of 

 dollars' worth of machinery, was destroyed. 



H. J. Pflester. president, and W. J. Eckman, 

 vice-president of the M. B. Farrin Lumbt-r Com- 

 pany, were in the offices at the time the Are 

 started. They stated that it would be impossible 

 to correctly figure the loss, but that it would 

 range from .$90,000 to .$100,000. fully covered 

 by insurance. 



The fire will in no wise interfere with the 

 current business or fulfillment of all contracts 

 for flooring or planing mill work with the com- 

 pany, as its mill plant was not touched by the 

 flre. the conflagration being in the yards and 

 manufacturing institution recently acquired from 

 the Farrin-Korn Lumber Company. 



Lumber Sales Managers' Association 



President Brown and Secretary Klann of the 

 Lumber Sales Managers' Association are doing 

 some good and effective work in connection with 

 that organization. The secretary is listing up 

 for the members items of surplus stock of all 

 varieties, and putting these lists in the hands 

 of every other member, thus making it possible 

 for an exchange trade which Is proving very 

 valuable to the membership. The association 

 temporarily is not confining this list of surplus 

 stock for sale strictly to the members of the 

 organization, but offers to list desirable hold- 

 ings from manufacturers who are yet not allied 

 with the association, in order to demonstrate 



