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and furniture. I should certainly be thanljful if you would take notice 

 of such mentioned fact. I claim to be the only manufacturer in the 

 United States turning out the above-mentioned transformed woods and 

 veneers in a commercial way. I also keep a stock of it. 



Anyone interested in the authorship of the foregoing letter can have 

 the address upon applic<ation. — Editor. 



B 534 — Regarding New York Building Code 



New York. Aug. 6. — Editor Hardwood Record : — We have your letter 

 of Aug. 4 enclosing copy of letter you received regarding the building code 

 of New York City. As you will see from letters mailed you in the last 

 few days we are giving this matter a great deal of attention. It is not 

 an easy matter, however, to handle and it is our opinion that there is 

 some justification for the building codes committee taking the position 

 it does. It, of course, proposes working a very great hardship on the 

 lumber trade and its proposition to entirely eliminate wood from build- 

 ings one hundred feet and over is, we believe, too drastic to be put into 

 effect, and we are using whatever influence we can to bring about a 

 proper solution of the difficulty. It is very certain from our investigation 

 and attendance at the hearing that the building codes committee has fully 

 made up its mind to recommend the objectionable section to the entire 

 board of aldermen for adoption, and the real fight of this will have to 

 occur when the committee report is submitted to the aldermen. 



The retailers and wholesalers in this market are working very hard on 

 the matter and we are looking for a satisfactory adjustment. 



Thanking you for writing us as you have, and assuring you we will 

 do what we can. I remain, yours very truly, 



E. F. Peret, Sec'y, 

 National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association. 



Because of lack of space the preceding letter, received on day of 

 going to press, is printed here. — Editor. 



Clubs and Associations 



Program of National Commissary Managers' Meeting 

 I'he official convention program for the comiug meeting of the National 

 Commissary Managers' Association which will take place at the Planters 

 hotel, St. Louis, Mo., on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 

 18, 19, 20 and 21, has just been issued. The program includes the usual 

 initial order of business, various addresses on such topics as "The Retail 

 Merchant," "The Commissary Manager's Greatest Problem," "The Great- 

 est Leak Around the Commissary." "The Modern Commissar.v and How to 

 Manage It." There will be a general discussion on store arrangement, 

 figuring costs and profits, handling credits and cash sales, eliminating 

 losses in leaks, the selling end, and on miscellaneous topics. Ample enter- 

 tainment has been provided, including luncheons, dinners, sight-seeing 

 trips, automobile rides, a boat ride on the Mississippi, and a trip to the 

 American league ball park to witness the game between St. Louis and 

 Washington, etc. 



Southern Loggers' Association to Meet 

 Sept. 29 and 30 are the dates set for the annual convention of the 

 Southern Loggers' Association, which will be held at the Hotel Grune- 

 wald. New Orleans. A definite program has not yet been worked out. but 

 the program committee is now actively engaged in formulating such a pro- 

 gram and from the suggestions which it has made, it will evidently be a 

 most interesting and instructive one. 



Nashville Club to Make Exhibit 



The Na.shville Lumbermen's Club at its last meeting discussed the 

 matter of aboli.shing the Commerce Court, having previously adopted a 

 resolution favoring such action by Congress. Letters were read on the 

 question from Congressman Byrns and others. 



The club also received a report that the Nashville Manufacturers' 

 Association lias leased a building on Third avenue, which will be used for 

 a permanent exhibit of products manufactured in Nashville. It was 

 decided that the club should have one of the most attractive exhibits In 

 the building. A committee will be appointed to perfect plans later. 



Meeting of North Carolina Manufacturers 



On Saturday, July 26, the recently organized Western Carolina Lumber 

 and Timber Association held its first regular quarterly meeting at Ashe- 

 ville, N. C. 



The question of whether or not the association should be incorporated 

 came up for considerable discussion and the unanimous opinion was that 

 Incorporation papers should be taken out immediately. A committee was 

 appointed for this purpose. The proposed advances in freight rates from 

 we.stern North Carolina points to points East were discussed freely and 

 the members were united in their determination to oppose such advances 

 by every means possible. This question has been discussed in previous 

 Issues of Hardwood Record. If such advances went into effect tbey 

 would be a very serious matter for North Carolina manufacturers. The 

 statement of various members showed that there would be no difficulty in 



financing such a protest. T. J. Harkins, one of Ashevillo's prominent at- 

 torneys, who has been closely connected with lumber affairs, outlined to. 

 the members the best method to pursue in combating the railroad's efforts. 

 He said that a petition has already been filed through the National Whole- 

 sale Lumber Dealers' Association with the Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 sion in a protest against the advance, and as a result a suspension was- 

 secured until the first part of September. He expressed a doubt, how- 

 ever, as to whether the commission would be able to take up the case by 

 that date. Because of this, the speaker said that he believed there wojld 

 be no trouble in securing a further suspension, which would be necessary 

 in order to prepare a proper protest. The speaker then talked generally 

 on the affairs and procedure of the Interstate Commerce Commission. It 

 is probable that he will be asked to prepare the petition on the part of 

 the North Carolina lumbermen. 



A further discussion along the lines of milling-in-transit rates and regu- 

 lations developed the fact that there is considerable hope that there wilt 

 be a modification of many of the irksome regulations and restrictions now 

 in effect in connection with the transit privilege. 



Following the meeting, which occurred in the evening, a midnight supper 

 was served at one of the city's restaurants, President W. O. Riddlck being 

 the host. Several speeches followed the supper, among them being one by 

 G. A. Murray, one of the pioneer lumbermen of Asheville. who spoke in- 

 terestingly of the development of the lumber business in the Appalachian 

 region. He stated that the organization of the association undoubtedly 

 marks a new era in the accomplishments of the lumbermen of that section 

 of the country. 



Special Meeting Chicago Lxunbermen 



^londay noon. Aug. 4, the Lumbermen's Club of Cliicago held a special 

 meeting at the club rooms for the purpose of passing upon recommenda- 

 tions of certain changes in the by-laws. The changes had to do mainly 

 with regulations regarding dues and membership and. after having l>een 

 read, were passed upon collectively by the members present, and adopted. 



After the btisinoss meeting .7. K. Rhodes. se<-retary of the National Lum- 

 ber Manufacturers' Association, talked interestingly and encouragingly ou 

 the proposed forest products exposition. Ills talk was mainly advance in- 

 formation on the proceedings of the special committee of the association 

 which was to meet the day following, report of which meeting is given 

 fully in another part of this issue of II.MtDWOOD Recahd. 



Lumber Exporters Meet 



The board of managers of the National Lumber Exporters' Association 

 met at Cincinnati on Friday. .luly 25. There was a full attendance. In 

 addition to the regular officers reports, the question of through bills of 

 lading came up for discussion in connection with the fact that railroads 

 served notice on shippers that after Aug. 2.'J they would not issue any 

 through bills because of the action of the steamship lines in refusing to 

 absorb demurrage in the event of failure to release cars after a prescribed 

 time limit. The fact that the Interstate Commerce Commission lias no 

 direct jurisdiction over the foreign steamship companies prevented any 

 definite action, although it was decided to petition Congress for the enact- 

 ment of legislation enabling the commission to determine the conditions 

 under which foreign steamship lines shall be allowed to operate in Ameri- 

 can ports. 



It was determined that the next annual meeting of the association shall 

 be held at Chicago in January, 1914. 



Official Keport of National Hardwood Convention 



The National llardwi.od l.unihrr Association has just issued through its 

 executive office. McCoruiick building. Chicago, the official report of the six- 

 teenth annual meeting held June 5 and G at the Hotel Sherman. Chicago. 

 The report as usual contains photographs of the various officers and di- 

 rectors of the association and gives a verbatim report of the meeting itself. 

 It is gotten up in the usual attractive style and should be secured by alt 

 those interested in hardwood lumber, as it contains a great deal of infor- 

 mation valuable I" them. 



Affairs 'With the Louis-ville Hardwood Club 

 The Louisville Hardwood Club is considering the establishment of a 

 traffic bureau, though detailed plans are still to be worked out. The idea 

 as yet is in embryonic form, and was suggested by the fact that most of 

 the members of the club have been under considerable expense individually 

 in the preparation of cases involving traffic questions, most of them 

 before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The plan has been proposed 

 to pool the appropriations of the various concerns for traffic work, and 

 with this amount establish a bureau on a permanent basis. The plan will 

 he acted ou in the near future. 



During the extremely hot weather, which marked practically all of 

 July, the Louisville Hardwood Club continued to meet regularly, most of 

 its weekly sessions being In the country, where chicken dinners were de- 

 molished under the trees. Riverview, a resort overlooking the Ohio river. 

 was used for the meeting this week. 



The hot weather which was experienced until recently in Louisville in- 

 terfered seriously with lumber-yard operations, many of the sturdy 

 Ethiopians, who are usually able to go a route In the most tropical of 

 weather, being forced to quit. The cool weather which came with Augnst 

 has been a decidid relief, and is enabling work to be pushed a little more 

 vigorously than heretofore. 



