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phis and Mississippi I'iver points to I'acitic const 

 Icrminais. lie statod tbat tlio Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission had ordered a suspension of 

 I hi' advance, wliich, in the opinion ol' his com- 

 mitti'e. vvoidd be made permanent after argu- 

 ments had ijeen presented before tbat body by 

 shippers on the one hand and the raiiroads on 

 the other. 



James E. Start;, who was selected as the mem 

 bcr of the Lumbermen's Ciub to serve on the 

 Executive Committee of the Bureau of Pubiicity 

 and Development, gave a complete report of 

 what hn(i been done by tlie latter in its elforts 

 to attract new woodworliing enterprises to Mem- 

 pliis. He recounted all the expenditures that 

 had been made and expressed the opinion that 

 the money thus spent would result in much 

 benefit to Memphis as a hardwood manufactur- 

 ing: and consuming center. He did not believe 

 that it was right to expect too quick results, 

 but he thinks that returns of a substantial 

 character will be witnessed within the next 

 twelve months. 



Announciunent was made that delegates would 

 be appointed at .in early date to the annual 

 meeting of the Deep Waterways Association, 

 which will be held in St. Louis this month as 

 well as to the annual of the National Rivers and 

 Harbors Congress to be held at Washington. 

 The club is a member of both organizations, and 

 lumbermen here are much interested in the work 

 done by both toward improving the harbors 

 and waterways of this country, with particular 

 reference to the deepening of the channel of the 

 Mississippi. 



F. G. Smith, secretary and treasurer of the 

 Mossman Lumber Company, was elected to active 

 membership. 



Massachusetts Wholesalers Meet 



The Massachusetts Wholesale Lumber Dealers' 

 Association held its twenty-first annual meeting 

 at Boston, November 4. The following ofHcers 

 and committees were elected: H. B. Fiske, presi- 

 dent : F. W. Lawrence, vice-president ; E. C. 

 Hammond, secretary and treasurer, and A. M. 

 Moore, assistant secretary and treasurer. The 

 executive committee is composed of the follow- 

 ing : William Bacon, chairman : Frank W'. Law- 

 rence, Edw. .T. Hammond. Frank B. Witherbee. 

 William K. Litchfield. Wendell F. Brown, Morris 

 A. Hall. Herbert W. Blanchard, Francis B. Page, 

 Wendell M. Weston and Irving G. Hall. 



Perhaps the most important matter taken up 

 was in connection with the present status of 

 the Statute law of Massachusetts regarding lum- 

 ber surveyed in the state. Up to the present 

 time no modification of the state law or action 

 of the lumbermen in Massachusetts has been 

 effected whereby the various organizations out- 

 side the state who have been working on in- 

 spection rules would have any standing In 

 Massachusetts, other than possibly the support 

 of their members doing business in the state or 

 the merit of the rules. The association mem- 

 bers discussed at some length this question as it 

 affected the hardwood trade and Incidentally 

 other lines similarly situated, and it was the 

 unanimous opinion that the present conditions 

 of affairs was not consistent or in line with 

 progressive opinion. A committee was therefore 

 appointed to investigate the matter and report 

 at a future meeting. The members of this com- 

 mittee are : William E. Litchfield, chairman ; F. 

 W. Lawrence, F. W. Page and W. M. Weston. 



Routine business and reading of reports took 

 up considerable time. 



Resolutions commending the Boston Chamber 

 of Commerce were passed, thanking that institu- 

 tion and especially its traffic department for its 

 work, which had resulted in Ijeneflt to the 

 lumber trade. 



Galen A. Parker was appointed delegate for 

 three years to the Massachusetts State Board of 

 Trade to succeed the delegate whose term ex- 

 pired at this time. 



Marriage of S. C. Major 



(Ine ul' llie most interesling weddings in liun 

 her circles in this city for some lime Was tlie 

 marriage of Miss Helen Messick to Samuel Che-i- 

 ler Majni. which occurred at Calvary Chtircli. 

 October 'J7. .\utumn tinls prevailed in the 

 decoration of the church, which was crnw'ded 

 Willi relatives, friends and admirers of the con- 

 Iracliug parties. The .servi<'e was read by .lames 

 I!. Winchester. D. D.. wliile I'rof. I!. .lefferson 

 llnil iiresided at the organ. TlU' music was one 

 nf the delightful features of the occasion. The 

 Iwide was given in marriage by her brotlu'r. .lef- 

 ferson Messick. w-bile the matron of honor was 

 a sister of the bride. .Mrs. E. E. Ilouck. The 

 best man to the groom was Mr. Ilibbard. of St. 

 Louis, a business associate. 



Following the ceremony a wedding banquet 

 was served at the Hotel Gayoso for the members 

 of the bridal party. The table was handsomely 

 appointed and was adorned with valley lilies 

 and orchids. Covers were laid for twelve and 

 the place marks consisted of horseshoes wound 

 with ril)bou and bearing the names of the guests 

 in letters of gold. 



Mr. and Mrs. Major left for a bridal trip In 

 New York and otfier large eastern cities. They 



S. C. MA.TOR. .MEMPHIS, TENN. 



will return about December 1. and after that 

 lime will Ije ;it home to their friends at the 

 Hotel Gayoso. 



The bride is a member of one of the old Ten- 

 nessee families and is quite prominent socially. 

 Mr. Ma.ior has been identified with lumber in- 

 terests at St. Louis and Memphis for a number 

 of years, having resided here for the past few 

 seasons. He is manager of the company which 

 bears his name and is also president of the 

 Lumbermen's Club of Memphis. 



Many handsome gifts were bestowed upon the 

 couple. I'rominent among these was the cliest 

 of silver given by the members of the Lumber- 

 men's Club. 



The HermansvlUe Fire. 



On the morning of October 20. from unknown 

 causes, the softw'ood sawmill of the W'isconsin 

 Land & Lumber Company, HermansvlUe, Mich., 

 was destroyed by fire. The company's soft wood 

 logs were practically all sawed and the lumber 

 in pile, none of which was destroyed. 



The hardwood and flooring operations of the 

 company are in no ways alTected. as its large 

 hardwood sawmill is ready for sawing when the 

 winter cut of logs arrive, and the hardwood 

 flooring factory is in full operation. 



The burned mill was constructed in 1001 and 



will he replaced by a new and modern structure. 

 In a circular recently sent out by the com- 

 I iiny It slates that the loss to Its soft woods 

 '. nil way interferes with Its trade or the 

 prompt shipment of orders of any kind, and 

 Hint its IXL llooring factory is operating at 

 lull capacit.v. 



New 'Veneer Concern 



The Ilansou-Walles Company, with olhce and 

 factory at Wells, N. Y., and New York City ofllce 

 at 200 Fifth avenue, is the name of a new- 

 rotary cut veneer and thin lumber manufactur- 

 ing concern. Of this house .T. Howard Hanson 

 is president and M. Blair Wailes, secretary and 

 treasurer. 



This company was recently organized and has 

 aiiiulred a large timber holding at Wells, Hamil- 

 ton county. New Y'ork, and has taken over the 

 veneer plant of llosley & Van Arnam in the 

 best Adirondack timber region. The veneer mill 

 has been practically rebuilt and fitted with a 

 large equipment of veneer machinery of the 

 latest type, and will be prepared to deliver 

 stock early in 1911. ■ 



The Hanson-Wailes Company has engaged a 

 viry enicient operating force, which with Its 

 new equipment will Insure to the trade veneers 

 of the highest excellence. It will specialize In 

 drawer bottoms, back panels, center stock, back- 

 ing, rock maple piano pin blocks, birch door 

 stock, curly birch and birdseye maple. 



The house will be glad to communicate with 

 lirospective buyers of veneers made from good 

 Adirondack hardwoods for delivery of material 

 after January 1. 



Louisville Men Before Interstate Comraerce 

 Commission 



One of the most Important events In the his- 

 tory of the hardwood trade In I.ouisviile was the 

 bearing before the Interstate (Commerce Commis- 

 sion in that city October 25 and 26, following 

 complaint of six Louisville firms that the Ken- 

 (uckj- city is being discriminated against in ratea 

 into central traffic association territory and in 

 the matter of reconsignment privileges. The case 

 lieard was that of the Norman Lumber Company 

 and others against the Louisville & Nashville 

 ;ind other railroad companies. 



.'\tnong the most important witnesses for the 

 hardwood men was John A. Walker of the Lum- 

 linrmen's Bureau, Washington, who put In evi- 

 dence a table showing rates from certain sec- 

 lions of the South into central territory by way 

 of Louisville and also by way of other Ohio 

 river crossings. This table showed an obvious 

 discrimination against the Kentucky metropolis. 



A. E. Norman of the Norman Lumber Com- 

 pany was the first witness for the complainants. 

 He showed the necessity of having a reshlpplng 

 point, where the output of the small mills could 

 be brought together and distributed according 

 to grades, kinds and thicknesses. He told of 

 the increasing difliculty that is being experienced 

 by Louisville dealers as the result of the rates 

 Into this city and out being high compared with 

 other cities. For this reason much of the lum- 

 ber handled by the Louisville trade is shipped 

 direct from the mill, as it cannot be brought 

 into the city. 



Mr. Norman's statements were further en- 

 larged upon and supported by T. M. Brown of 

 the W. P. Brown k .^ons Lumbej- Company. E. 

 }',. Norman of E. B. Norman & Co. and Edward 

 I.. Shlppen of the Louisville Point Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



The railroads placed chief reliance on D. M. 

 rioodwyn, general freight agent of the Louisville 

 & Nashville railroad, and D. W. Longstreet, a 

 iraflic oflicial of the Illinois Central. Their 

 testimony was an elTort to show that the cities 

 closest to the producing districts got the benefit 

 of better rates, and there was a practical admis- 

 sion of the fact that Louisville Is now at a 

 comparative disadvantage. The effect of river 

 competition on rates was also brought out by 

 them. 



