HARDWOOD RECORD 



41 



Monthly Meeting of the Chicago Hardwood 

 Lumber Exchange 



The i-fgulai- moiitlily iu.tIUik- tlii' lU'st one of 

 tlio year — of tbe Chicago llardwood Lumber Bx- 

 ehaiige was held Friday. April 7, in the Tower 

 room of the Tnion League Club. The meeting 

 opened at 12 :30 p. m. sharp, with tbe customary 

 luncheon, which proved to be as pleasing and 

 popular as usual. J. L. Lane, chairman of 

 llie Entertainment Commillee, fairly outdid 

 liimself in providing good things for the mem- 

 Ijcvs gathered in the room. It was his last 

 opportunity to essay anything of the kind be- 

 fore retiring from office and his efforts were 

 tlioroughly appreciated. The attendance was 

 gncid. a number of interesting features helping 

 to draw the members out. 



After the luncheon, the meeting was called to 

 order by the new and energetic president, F. B. 

 ^rcMul^en. E. H. Klann. the industrious sec- 

 retary, called the roll and read the minutes of 

 the previous meeting, wliich were approved as 

 presented. President ilc>[ullcn then read the 

 names of memljers appointed to the standing 

 committees for the ensuing year, as follows : 



llembership Committee : G. C. Pratt, chair- 

 man ; J. C. Cowan, A. C. Quixley, C. H. Ostran- 

 der and A. H. Shoen. 



Labor Committee : \V. O. King, chairman ; 

 George R. Thamcr and J. V. McParland. 



Trade Relations Committee : Charles West- 

 cott. chairman : W. C. Scbreiber, O. O. Agler, 

 George D. Griffith. H. R. Foster, F. L. Brown, 

 J. G. Marsh. F. R. Gadd and O. F. Crane. 



Market Conditions Committee : Theo. Fath- 

 nuor. chairman ; J. S. Trainer, E. H. Klann. A. 

 II. Ruth. F. n. Smith. E. E. Skeele. F. .7. 

 Iteidler. F. .1. Pike, E. A. Lange and F. J. 

 O'Connell. 



Publicity Committee : J. II. Dion, chairman : 

 Murdock MacLeod. C. F. Holle. C. B. White. 

 F. C. Van Norstrand. F. M. Baker, L. E. Starr, 

 Paul Schmechel and George F. Kerns. 



Common Complaints Committee ; R. S. Hud- 

 dleston, chairman ; O. O. Agler and John S. 

 Benedict. 



Entertainment Committee : .7. L. Lane, chair- 

 man ; C. L. Cross, J. IT. Hansen, E. A. Thorn- 

 ton and T. A. Moore. 



Special Co.mmittees 

 Consolidation Committee : F. L. Brown, chair- 

 man ; 11. S. Hayden and W. C. Schreiber. 



r.asehall C'ommittee : T. A. Moore, chairman : 

 I!. S. Huddleston. W. A. Eager. E. F. Dodge and 

 W. D. Kimball. 



A feature of the .session was the address of 

 Attorney Elmer H. Adams, which followed the 

 preliminary business. Mr. Adams discussed the 

 recent decisions in the lower and appellate 

 courts in the cases of tbe Wiborg & Hanna Com- 

 pany against the Chicago Car Lumber Company, 

 outlining the cases and pointing out their im- 

 portance to members of the lumber industry. 

 Mr. Adams is attorney for the Chicago Car 

 Lumber Company. P'oUowing his talk he an- 

 nounced that he would be glad to reply to any 

 nuestions from the members and a general dis- 

 <ussion followed. Some of tbe speaker's remarks 

 were productive of searching queries from mem- 

 bers of the exchange, but all were answered. 

 Attorney Adams prefaced his remarks with a 

 statement of his pleasure at the opportunity of- 

 fered him to be present. 



President McMullen then referred in a brief 

 statement to the recent court action which was 

 decided in favor of the Lord & Bushnell Lum- 

 ber Company, a copy of which decision can be 

 obtained for the asking by addressing the Lord 

 & Bushnell company. 



E. F. Dodge then told of recent differences 

 with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. 

 He shipped a quantity of lumber from a point 

 in Texas, he explained, which was to have 

 been diverted on the N'orthwestern and delivered 

 at Cairo, 111. Instead, the consignment was 

 grabbed by the Santa Fe a few hundred miles 

 from the shipping point and the next thing 



heard of was that it had been received in the 

 Chicago yards, the railroad concern demanding 

 four cents a hundred to switch to the Chicago 

 & Northwestern tracks. .Mr. Dodge referred it 

 to page 14 of the rulings of the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission, which contained a provision 

 l>y which a compan.v may be fined for such 

 action and such demand, to tlie extent of .$2D0, 

 and would also be liable for a(l resulting dam- 

 ages. Following this statement, the railroad 

 company gave way, the speaker said, and there 

 was no further trouble about the switching. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Those present were : 



Attendance 



F. I. Abbott. 



Elmer H. Adams. 



F. M. Baker. Hardwood Mills Lumber Company, 



S. C. Bennett, Hardwood Mills Lumljer Com- 

 pany. 



Fred W. Black, Fred W. Black Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



.7. A. Brown, W. O. Iving & Co. 



F. L. Brown. CrandaU & Brown. 



G. H. Bulgrin, Quixley & Bulgrin Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



.Tames C. Cowen, Schultz Brothers & Cowen. 



C. L. Cross. 



IT. B. Darlington. American Liiml)erman. 

 J. IT. Dion. Maisey & Dion. 

 E. F. Dodge. 

 E. (',. Edwards. 



E. E. Finney. Upbam Manufacturing Company. 



D. B. Fox. Southern Lumberman. Nashville. 

 Tenn. 



F. R. Gadd. Wisconsin Lumber Company. 

 N. T. Hand. N. T. Hand & Co. 



.T. IT. Hansen. John Hansen Lumber Company. 



H. S. Hayden, Hayden & Westcott Lumber 

 Company. 



P. J. Heidler. Fink-Heidler Company. 



S. P. C. Hostler. 



C. C. ITiibhard. Geo. D. Griflifh & Co. 



]{. S. Tluddieston, Huddlestou-Marsh Liimlier 

 Cfimpanv. 



Fred J. Jeffris, D. K. JefiEris & Co. 



Wm. E. Jones, G. C. Pratt Lumlier & Tie Com- 

 pany. 



W. D. Kimball, Kimball-Sullivan Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



W. O. King, W. O. King & Co. 



J. L. Lane. J. L. Lane & Co. 



G. A. Larson. Fink-Heidler Company. 



H. H. McLaughlin, McLaughlin Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



Murdock MacLeod, Oconto Company. 



F. B. McMullen, Fullerton-Powoll Hardwood 

 Lumber Company. 



J. G. Marsb. Huddleston-Marsh Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



E. W. Meeker. H.\KDWOOD Record. 



Milton Miller. Christiansen Lumber Company. 



T. A. Moore. T. A. Moore Lumber Company. 



G. H. Ostrander. D. K. Jeffris & Co. 

 Park Richmond. Park Richmond & Co. 



Geo. C. Pratt, G. C. Pratt Lumber & Tie Com- 

 pany. 



A. IT. Ruth. G. W. Jones Lumber Company. 



I>aul Schmechel. 



Alfred Schmechel. Empire Lumber Company. 



.\. H. Shoen, The Columbia Hardwood Lumber 

 Company. 



Lewis E. Starr, The Starr Lumber Company. 



R. D. Sullivan, Kimball-Sullivan Lumber Coin- 

 pan v. 



G. R. Thamer. Empire Lumber Company. 



E. Thompson. Frank I. Abbott. 



F. C. Van Norstrand. United States Lumber & 

 Cotton Company. 



H D Welch. E. A. Thornton Lumber Company. 

 Cliaries Westcott, Hayden & Westcott Lumber 

 Company. 



J. S. Wyne, Hakdwood Record. 



cords, valued at $6,109,574, as compared with 

 937,90.3 cords, valued at $5,613,710, during 1909. 

 The total import of boards, deals, planks, and 

 sawed timber was 950,269,000 feet, valued at 

 $17,764,049, in 1910, as against 919,738,000 

 feet, valued at $18,265,938, in 1909. 



The amount of lumlier imported from Canada 

 during the last year was so large that it shows 

 the amount from other countries to be almost 

 negligible. During 1910 the value of the timber 

 Imported from Canada was $334,925, while in 

 1909 it was $271,149. 



The amount of wood pulp imported showed a 

 general tendency to rival the value of sawed 

 lumber imports for 1910. The entire (juantity 

 of merchantable ground and chemical pulp im- 

 ported was 1.013.550.715 pounds, valued at $13.- 

 296,500 against 735.:'.00,119 pounds during 1909, 

 valued at $10,315,0.S9. The imports from Can- 

 ada during both years exceeded by one-third the 

 entire amount imported from all other countries. 

 The total import of sawed lumber during 

 December. 1910, was 61,546,000 feet, valued at 

 $1,145,133. which sliows a decline as compared 

 with 76,625,000 feet, valued at $1,450,366, dur- 

 ing December, 1909. 



In view of the possible reciprocity with Can- 

 ada, it is interesting to note that all of the 

 sawed lumber imported during December, 1910. 

 excepting 871,000 feet, valued at $24,529, came 

 from Canada. . The number of mahogany logs 

 imported free of duty during December, 1910. 

 amounted to 5,186,000 feet, valued at $346,230, 

 in comparison to 5,360,000 feet, valued at $354,- 

 154. during 1909. 



The exports of wood products in 1910 showed 

 a considerable increase in the quantity and value 

 of the items. The value only is given for com- 

 parison in hewn and sawn timber in the three 

 years. In 1910 the total value was $14,858,998. 

 as compared with $13,600,576 in 1909 and $14,- 

 611.547 in 1908. A comparison with 1909 

 shows that in 1910 there was an increase in the 

 export of timbers to the United Kingdom. France, 

 Italy, the Netherlands, miscellaneous Europe, 

 Central America, Mexico and South America, 

 and a decrease of shipments to Germany. The 

 exports of boards, deals, planks, joints and 

 scantling in 1910 totaled 1.900.276.000 feet at 

 $41,675,785, as compared with 1,535,308,000 

 teet, valued at $32,856,078, for 1909. But the 

 increase of exports to Canada is considerably 

 larger for this year than last, as is shown by 

 the figures, which are 3,255,000 feet, valued at 

 $7,670,201. in 1910. and in 1909 135.402.000 

 feet, valued at $3,770,066. 



Exports and Imports of Lumber in 1910 



A complete report on the exports and imports 

 for the year 1910 is issued by the Department 

 of Commerce and Labor. It gives the , com- 

 plete statistics for December, 1910 and in ad- 

 dition makes comparisons witli the years 1909 

 and 1908. 



The estimated import of logs and round tim- 

 ber admitted free of duty during 1910 was 207.- 

 272.000 feet, valued at $2,170,770. in comparison 

 to 154.503.000 feet, valued at $1,540,129. im- 

 ported in 1909. During 1910 the amount of 

 mahogany imported was 49.624.000 feet, valued 

 at $3.477. ti58. as compared with 37.178.000 feet 

 Ijrought into the United States in 1909 at a 

 valuation of $2,641,084. Other minor imports 

 of other different woods coming under the class- 

 ilication of "unmanufactured" also showed the 

 same proportionate increase. The amount of 

 pulp wood imported during 1910 was 931,731 



Lath Manufacture an Art 



The Domestic Lumber Company of Columbus, 

 0., has issued a card of instructions as to the 

 proper manufacture of plastering lath, for the 

 benefit of sawmill men. In the letter which ac- 

 companies the card, the statement is made that 

 plastering lath properly manufactured and piled 

 are a source of profit and a pleasure to handle. 

 When improperly made they are the reverse. 

 The letter winds up with the statement "Now 

 follow instructions concerning lath," which in- 

 structions are in part as follows: 



Owing to the rapidity with which laths are 

 manufactured and bundled, the misplacement 

 of an occasional piece is practically unavoid- 

 able. However, every reasonable effort should 

 be made to have the grade, size and manufacture 

 conform to specifications, as the laths go- right 

 from llic sawmill in the rough to a finished 

 plastering job on some hi.gh-class residence or 

 office building, where Hie demand for straight 

 smooth walls cannot be gainsaid. Most other 

 items in building material are equalized with 

 the planer and sander before being used for con- 

 struction purposes. It is. therefore, important 

 that only experienced, competent workmen man- 

 ufacture lath. 



Put fifty pieces in each bundle and pile where 

 there is a good ventilation on proper foundation 



