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HARDWOOD RECORD 



■will be record breaking. The program incliiiles a vast amount of dis- 

 ■oussion on various important topics. The discussions of the proposed 

 ■changes in grading rules will receive the greatest attention. Various 

 changes of fundamental importance will be suggested to the membership 

 for their consideration and vote. Among these will be changes proposed 

 by northern hardwood manufacturers, while it is reported also that a 

 southern manufacturer will recommend the consideration of a much more 

 radical change. 



A Remarkable Shipment of Hardwood 

 On pages 34 and 35 of this issue is shown a reproduction of a photo- 

 graph of the largest shipment of hardwood lumber ever sent out of Cairo, 

 111., at one time. On Apr. 27 C.vrus C. Shafer of South Bend shipped this 

 trainload of 600,000 feet of from 2" to 6" plain oak lumber from his 

 Cairo yard in anticipation of flooded conditions. The train went out over 

 the Big Four and was composed of forty cars. It was carried as a solid 

 train to Chicago, where it was broken up and diverted to the respective 

 customers of that concern. All this material was loaded in two days, 

 and established a record for hardwood shipments from that place. 



Smoker St. Louis liumbermen 



The Lumbermen's Club held a smoker at the Washington hotel on the 

 ■evening of Apr. 30. which was an Irish affair. Dr. Herman Von Schrenck, 

 the guest of honor, gave a technical address. P. F. Cook also spoke to 

 the audience. The program was printed in green and the menu was made 

 up of Irish dishes. 



Several new- members were elected to membership. A resolution, mak- 

 ing eligible to membership persons living in St. Louis county, was passed. 

 A resolution increasing the number of each committee to five was read 

 and will be voted on at the next meeting. O. A. Pier was elected sec- 

 retary to take the place of J. B. Kessler. who had resigned to go to the 

 Ozarks to farm. Resolutions favoring the continuance of the Commerce 

 Court and also one regretting deeply the resignation of former Secretary 

 Kessler were passed. 



Philadelphia Exchange Meeting 



The Lumbermen's Exchange of Philadelphia held its first monthly 

 meeting under its newly elected officers, preceded by the usual luncheon, 

 on May 1, President Benjamin Stoker in the chair. At this meeting 

 Stroud & Wllgus were elected to membership. J. Randall Williams, Jr., 

 chairman of the Forestry Committee, moved that in connection with 

 exhibit to be made by the exchange at the Pennsylvania State Forestry 

 Exhibition at Horticultural Hall, from May 10 to 24. a booklet giving the 

 names of the wholesalers, retailers and affiliated concerns, which are 

 members of the exchange, bo printed and distributed during the exhibition. 



It was also resolved at this meeting that as a trial the exchange hold 

 its next meeting in the evening, which change. It Is believed, will insure 

 a larger attendance, as the merchants say they can not well spare the 

 time which is devoted to the meeting during the day. 



,\ communication from the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association, 

 re(|uesting that delegates be sent to the sixth annual convention, to be 

 bold at Jacksonville, Fla., from Nov. 18 to 21. was received. It was 

 decided that the exchange send representatives as requested. 



A vote expressing approval of the passage of the Auxiliary Forest 

 Reserve bills in the Pennsylvania legislature was passed In a resolution, 

 which Is to be forwarded to Charles A. Snyder, chairman Judiciary general 

 committee of the Senate. 



A very elaborate and interesting report of the committee representing 

 the exchange at the seventeenth annual meeting of the American Academy 

 of Political and Social Science was read by W. II. Wyatt, chairman, after 

 which the meeting adjourned at 3 p. m. 



The following committees have been appointed for 1013: 



Legisi,.\tiox, — Thomas B. Hammer, chairman : Franklin A. Smith. Jr.. 

 W. Henry Smedley, Howard Ketcham, J. Dickinson Este. 



Railro.^ds and Tuansportatiox. — Horace A. Reeves, Jr.. chairm.-m : 

 Frederick S. rnderhill, Paul R. Weitzel, Charles H. Wisler, J. Elmer 

 Troth. 



Office and E.NTEnrAiNMENT. — George .\. Howes, chairman ; George 

 Rodgmen. Paul P. Pearson. J. Edward Smith. W. H. Wyatt. 



Membeiiship. — Herbert P. Robinson, chairman ; Charles L. Betts, 

 Fisher Dalrymple, Charles M. Chesnut, Richard C. Esenwein. 



Credit Bureau. — Amos Y. Lesher, chairman; Joseph J. Arbelo, James 

 A. Richardson, Charles M. Strlckler, J. ZcU Tucker. 



P.vLaws and Ri i,ks. — William C. MacBridc, chairman ; Joseph W. 

 Janney, John J. Little. 



Finance. — J. Randall Williams, chairman ; Edwin B. Newcomer, Robert 

 B. Rayner. 



Arbitration. — James A. Richardson, chairman ; Samuel Roberts, 

 Samuel H. Shearer. 



Itinerary Arkansas Lumbermen's Trip 



During the week beginning May 19 the Lumbermen's Club of Arkansas 

 will tour the state In a private train, visiting a number of .\rkansas' lead- 

 ing mills. The party on this trip will be composed of about 120 lumber 

 manufacturers, accompanied by some newspaper men and railroad traffic 

 •offlclals. The trip will be of great value to the lumbermen In that It will 

 provide them with the opportunity to visit the various lumber manufactur- 



ing industries of the state where conditions may be studied and ideas of the 

 best and most progressive methods may be interchanged. This tour will 

 also afford opportunities for discussing and formulating plans whereby 

 the Arkansas cut-over timberlands may be disposed of to the best ad- 

 vantage. , 



At the regular monthly meeting of the club held in the Marion hotel 

 at Little Rock, on Mar. 8, J. F. Mclntyre, president of the club, appointed 

 a committee to make all arrangements for the trip. That committee has. 

 working in conjunction with the railroad traffic officials, perfected the 

 itinerary, and made all arrangements for the tour. The committee has 

 recently issued the following letter setting out the points to be visited 

 and the general plans for the trip : 



Below is a general outline of the trip to be made by the Arkansas Lum- 

 bermen's Club : 



May in — Leave Little Rock 7 :30 a. m. via St. L. I. M. & S. Ry. to 

 Walnut Ridge, returning to Hoxie. thence to Nettleton via l-'risco. thence 

 Paragould via the St. L. 1. M. & S., thence to Blytheville, via P. S. E.. 

 thence Memphis via Frisco, arriving at latter point at S ;30 p. m.. making 

 stops at intermediate points. 



May 20 — Leave Memphis 5 :00 a. m. via Rock Island to Forrest City, 

 thence Clarendon via St. L. I. M. & S., thence Pine Bluff via Cotton Belt, 

 thence Dermott via St. L. I. M. & S., arriving at latter point at 7 :45 p. m., 

 stopping at intermediate points. 



May 21 — Leave Dermott at S :00 a. ra. via St. L. 1. M. & S. to Crossett, 

 thence Bastrop via A. L. & G.. thence Eldorado via the St. L. I. M. & S.. 

 thence Fordyce via Rock Island, arriving at latter at 8 :15 p. m., stopping 

 at intermediate points. 



May 22 — Leave Fordyce 7 :30 a. m. via Cotton Belt, stopping at inter- 

 mediate points, thence to I'exarkana. thence to Hope and Prescott, arriv- 

 ing at the Highlands Orchard at :00 p. m. 



May 23 — Leave Highlands via P. & N. W., thence to Murtreesboro via 

 M. D. & G., thence to Ashdown via M. D. & G., thence to Ft. Smith via 

 Kansas City Southern, arriving at latter point at 5 :30 p. m. remaining 

 until 11 :45 p. m., when we leave for Farrell via St. L. I, M, & S., making 

 intermediate stops. 



May 24 — Leave Farrell S :00 a. m. via St. L. I. M. & S.. to Walco, re- 

 turning to Malvern, thence Rock Island to Hot Springs, thence Rock Island 

 to Little Rock, making intermediate stops. 



In addition to the above tbire will be several side trips, taking In the 

 lumlier towns not locatt'd on the direct route. 



Many interesting features of the trip are being arranged by the com- 

 mittee, such ns an" evi-niiiL' ;it Memphis with the lumbermen of that city; 

 an evening at Dermott and Warren, visits to the largest peach orchards 

 in the world at Highlands and Horatio: seeing the woodworking plants at 

 I'ort Smith ; visit at Hot Springs, the diamond mines at Murfreesboro and 

 Bauxite mines at Hauxite. .\rkansas. 



Cost of railroad fare for entire trip ; . .$40 



Cost of lower berth for six days 15 



Cost of upper berth for six days 10 



In sending your application for reservation state numtH'r of lower or 

 upper Ix-rths you desire and make check payable to C. .\. Buchner, treas- 

 urer, mailing same with application blank filled out to R. R. Mclntyre, 

 Pine Bluff. Ark. 



Dining car meals will bo served a la carte and paid for as taken. 



Cari. J. Baer, Chairman. Little Rock. Ark. 

 R. R. McIntvre, Secretarj', Pine Bluff. Ark. 

 C. A. Buchner, Treasurer, Millville, Ark. 



Memphis Lumbermen in Semi-Annual Meeting 

 At the meeting of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis, held at the Hotel 

 Gnyoso, May 3, F, E. Stonebraker, Memphis representative of Amedee C. 

 Franck & Co., Antwerp, Belgium, was elected to serve as director from the 

 Lumbermen's Club in the Business Men's Club for the ensuing year. The 

 recent affiliation agreement of the Business Men's Club provides for such 

 a representative on the official board. The position was first tendered to 

 J. D. Allen of the I. JI. Darnell Sons' Company, who was candidate for 

 director in the open election held at the Business Men's Club the previous 

 week. Ho was defeated at that time but by a very small margin, and, 

 although the Lumbermen's Club offered him the position of director by In- 

 structing the secretary to cast a unanimous vote for him, he declined the 

 honor. 



W. B. Morgan, secretary-treasurer of the Anderson-Tully Company, who 

 has recently been elected chairman of the National Classification Com- 

 mittee on lumber and wooden box interests, addressed the club. He out- 

 lined the strenuous fight being made before the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 ml.ssion at Chicago in the Pridham Box Case. He said that the manufac- 

 turei's of fiber cases have used a very large sum of mtuioy and were 

 making a strenuous effort to defeat the plans of the wooden box Interests 

 for equal rates on goods shipped in wooden and fiber cases. He said that 

 the decision in this case meant millions of dollars to representatives of 

 lumber and woodworking Interests and the purpose of his address before 

 the club was lo ask for funds to help along with the defense of the 

 latter. He said that the box people were probably more interested than 

 the lumber manufacturers but that all were vitally concerned for the rea- 

 son that an unfavorable decision wo\ild practically destroy the open 

 market for the lower grades of lumber. He said that the railroads would 

 not come out in the open and give testimony regarding breakage as be- 

 tween goods shipped in wooden and fiber cases, but that it was necessary 

 In every instance to subpoena such railroad men as appeared in behalf 

 of wooden box interests. He declared that this was very expensive and 

 that a great deal of money was needed right away. On the conclusion of 

 bis address the club appointed a committee of three to solicit funds, com- 

 posed of John W. McClure, S. M. Xickey and F. B. Robertson. Mr. Morgan 

 indicated that he was leaving for Chicago immediately and that he would 

 spend the remainder of the time between now and the closing of this 

 case in the Interest of the committee of which he Is the bead. He made 

 a strenuous effort to secure a longer time In which to prepare evidence 

 but said that the commission had refused to grant an extension be.vond two 



