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J. D. Allen, who was (me of the commilteo who wcut to N'esv Orleans 

 to protest against the ruling of the steamship companies regarding not 

 accepting any lumber bearing more than one mark, said that the matter 

 seemed all-important before the committee reached that center but of 

 very little significance after that point was reached. It was discovered 

 that, while the Leyland line had sent out a circular letter to this effect, 

 some of the other steamship companies were not in sympathy with the 

 movement and would not insist upon one single mark. The committee 

 discussed the matter with the steamship officials and were assured that 

 the steamship companies would recede from their arbitrary position. Cir- 

 cular letters have been received to that effect since the return of the com. 

 mittee. The subject of more bands in shipment of lumber In bundles was 

 also discussed while in New Orleans and the committee agreed that bands 

 would be placed for every tour feet, with five bands in the case of lumber 

 as long as sixteen feet. The committee also reported that it agreed to 

 caution all members exporting lumber to be very careful with the stencil- 

 ing of marks thereon to the end that the steamship companies may have 

 as little trouble as possible therewith. 



Mr. Egan. general superintendent of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley 

 railroad, was a guest of the club and expressed very great pleasure in 

 being present. He said that he fully appreciated the importance of the 

 lumber industry to Memphis and the Memphis territory and that he like- 

 wise appreciated the importance of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley road to 

 the lumber industry. He also said that he recognized that he had a part 

 to play in making the lumber business a success because of his connection 

 with that road. He believed that this could be done through "'good 

 service, fair treatment and proper handling" and he declared that this 

 would be his motto. He further said that he realized fully that lumber- 

 men and ether sliippers could help materially and he asked that they 

 load all cars to full capacity. He reported the result of investigations 

 which had been made at his instigation, showing that in the movement of 

 general trafBc. including lumber, only one of 400 cars had been loaded to 

 full (spacity on the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley road and that statistics 

 in the office of the Illinois Central indicated that only Jifty-flve per cent 

 of all cars were so loaded. He said that the Illinois Central owned G.">,000 

 cars and that, if shippers loaded to full capacity, there would never be 

 any complaint regarding car shortage or lack of equipment. He declared 

 that the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley road was going to give good service 

 anyway but that the lumbermen would aid substantially in the accom- 

 plishment of this result if they recognized and fully appreciated the 

 significance of loading to full capacity and the harmful influence of loading 

 only twenty tons in a car of fifty to fifty-five tons capacity. He insisted 

 that the carriers and shippers alike were going into a heavy season and 

 that there was some apprehension regarding a shortage of cars. lie did 

 . not feel particularly anxious himJ^elf but much depended upon the atti- 

 tude of shippers. He insisted that every log ou the Y'azoo & Mississippi 

 Valley road should be handled to Memphis or other manufacturing centers 

 immediately and that lumbermen and other shippers should, if necessary, 

 increase their facililies foi' carrying raw material. He thought that it was 

 very short sighted policy to delay handling logs now and then of com- 

 plaining regarding lack of equipment later. He said that he had sent 100 

 flat cars to other territory because they were going begging at Memphis 

 despite the large quantity of logs on the line awaiting transportation. 

 He wanted all loading companies to increase their operations while there 

 were plent.v of cars and likewise plenty of power available agaiust the 

 time when conditions may be somewhat if not entirely reversed. At the 

 conclusion of his remarks, Tresident Pritehard thanked Mr. Egan for the 

 frank and straightforward manner in which he had handled a subject which 

 must of necessity be of prime importance to practically every member of 

 the club. 



Daniel ICatz of the American Land, Timber & Stave Company was 

 elected to active membership. Two other applications were reported by 

 the membership committee but these will not be voted on until the next 

 regular meeting of the club two weeks hence. 



Chicago Lumbermen Start Bowling Season 



On Monday evening, September 22, the Lumbermen's Bowling League 

 of Chicago opened up its scheduled season tor 1013-1!)14. The league 

 made arrangements to have the eight teams bowl at one time each Mon- 

 day evening at Flenner's alleys. This arrangement is an improvement 

 over the former arrangement under which three teams bowled each night. 



The officers of the league are : A. H. Ruth, president : William Lid- 

 dell, vice-president ; W. Boeson. treasurer, and Fred Roedter, secretary. 



Lumbermen Golfers Busy at Philadelphia 



The September golf tournanient and annual meeting of the Philadelphia 

 Lumbermen's Golf Club came off at Huntingdon Valley Golf Club grounds 

 Sept. 16. The day was an ideal one in every particular and the souls of 

 the golfers were primed for athletic glory. Thirty-six players and two 

 visitors were present. The golfers, divided into eight four-somes and two 

 two-somes, were soon in vigorous contest, and although the scores were 

 somewhat high the competition was keen, and a good natured rivalry pre- 

 vailed throughout the game. E. B. Humphreys won the first prize, a 

 sweater ; J. Elmer Troth and Edward F. Henson tied for second prize, a 

 half-dozen pairs silk stockings, which was decided by a toss up. E. F. 

 Henson won. The third prize, a neck tie, fell to J. E. Troth. A special 

 concealed bogey prize (four golf balls), which was a tie between J. Ander- 

 son Ross and W. Henry Sniedley. was decided by a toss up. Smedley won. 



The usual dinner, which was presided over by President Frank Buck, 



was one to tickle the most epicurean palate, and was much enlivened by 

 witty speeches followed by much laughter and enthusiastic cheering. At 

 the meeting which was next in order, the treasurer's report showed a 

 balance on hand, and recommended a continuation of the dues at three 

 dollars, but after much discussion the rate was raised to five dollars per 

 year. The secretary, Ben C. Currie, made his annual report, in which he 

 showed an average attendance of twenty-nine members at the monthly 

 games, and in which he suggested that the inactive members be dropped 

 from the roll. The new officers elected are : 



President, Eugene W. Fry ; vice-president, J. Anderson Ross ; secretary, 

 .T. Elmer Troth : treasurer, Ben C. Currie ; executive committee, Horace 

 W. Smedley, William H. Fritz, Frank Buck, J. B. McFarland, Jr., and E. 

 B. Humphreys. 



Bulletin of Inspection National Hardwood Association 



The September bulletin of the National Hardwood Lumber Association 

 contains besides its statement of inspection and various other statistical 

 information, referendum No. 4 presented by the Chamber of Commerce of 

 the fnited States of America, of which the association has been a mem- 

 ber for the past year, regarding various features of the present currency 

 reform measure at Washington. 



The ballot is preceded by a further analysis of the purpose of the 

 Chamber of Commerce written by Earl Palmer, national counselor, ii) 

 which he urges that its affairs be closely followed by the membership of 

 the National Hardwood Lumber Association. The trade should take this 

 opportunity of having a voice in a question which is without doubt one 

 of the biggest issues of the day. 



Regarding inspection the report says that the inspection department 

 officially inspected and measured 17.613,035 feet of hardwood lumber dur- 

 ing August, 1913. and that the toial earnings of the month were .$5,677,15. 

 Salaries and expenses for tbi' month wore .«."•. 009.52. including the salary 

 of the chief inspector. 



Tournament of the Chicago Club 



The tournament committee of the Lumbermen's Club of Chicago has 

 Just announced that the fall pool and billiard tournament will be held 

 early in October. Both will bo handicap tournaments and everybody will 

 get a good handicap, .\mong the prizes are cups for the winners ; the 

 president's cup in pool and the directors' cup in billiards, and also 

 second, third and fourth prizes and high-run prizes. 



The last tournaments were great successes and from them it can be 

 judged that the coming tournaments will be even more closely followed. 

 The entry lists are open and it is expected that both of them will be 

 class tournaments, a prize for each class it sufficient entries are secured. 

 The lee in each tournament is one dollar. 



With the Trade 



starts Business in Memphis 



The Memphis Siding & Lumber Company is the style of a recently 

 incorporated concern which will do business at Memphis, Tenn. F. J. 

 Blackwell, who has been active in lumber business in Memphis and vicinity 

 for years, will be the active man In the new concern, lie will have 

 associated with him S. B. Anderson of the Andcrson-Tully Company, 

 Memphis, and George F. Riel of the Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company, 

 Chicago. 



Mr. Blackwell first entered the lumber business twenty years ago at 

 Brownsville, Tenn. He later took a position with Lee Wilson & Co., 

 at Wilson, Ark. He was later transferred to Memphis, and finally 

 organized the Memphis Poplar Products Company, which concern he 

 handled so successfully that it has attained a highly satisfactory 

 condition. 



Mr. Blackwell resigned as president of this company in February and 

 since then, up to the time of organizing the new concern, he has been 

 operating under his own name. 



The Memphis Siding & Lumber Company is located at Seventh street 

 and the Belt Line railroad. It will handle luralx^r, siding and interior 

 trim on a wholesale basis. 



Receiver for North Carolina Concern 

 The Kanawha Hardwood Company of Andrews, N. C, Is In financial 

 trouble, application having been made for the appointment ot a receiver. 

 In the application it is stated that the company is indebted in excess of 

 $150,000, which is greatly in excess of its ability lo pay. Bankers of 

 Ashoville. N. C. and cities in Georgia seek Judgment on a large number 

 of notes on which interest is due. An injunction is asked for In order 

 to restrain the company from disposing of any of its assets, and it Is 

 claimed that conveyances have been made to hinder and defraud the 

 complainants. 



New North Carolina Corporation 



The Reynolds Brothers Luniliir Company, Inc., is the style of a newly 

 incorporated concern resulting from the partnership at Franklin, N. C. 

 The partnership included .1. W. Reynolds and G. E. Reynolds and oper- 

 ated under the title of Reynolds Brothers Lumber Company. The part- 

 nership was in operation for about a year, and the incorporation now 



