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11)0!) of $5,533.07(5. The total viiluo foi- the 

 nine month period ending September was, how- 

 ever, over .f40.000.000. Tliero was a small fall- 

 ing off in the value of pulpwood shipped from 

 other souree.s during September from the import 

 of that month last year, the total this year being 

 .$(i40.1-tli. I-'or the nine montlis' period, howevei, 

 tlie value iucrea.sed from $4.L'iM),t!.-,i) in 1009 to 

 •S."". 117. 222. Of tlie manufactures of lumber, 

 boards, planks, deals and other sawed lumber 

 totaled in value $2,036,873 for September of 

 1910. as compared to $2,387,084 for September, 



1909. The total for the longer period was this 

 year .I;l2.7.'i0,i)23. an increase of about $500,000 

 over 19()9 figures. Cabinetware and house fur- 

 niture to the value of $72,921 was brought in 

 during September. l'.)10. which is about $21,000 

 less tlian the import of th(*se articles for the 

 <-orresponding month of 1909. Tliere was also 

 :i falling off in this line for the nine months of 



1910. the total value of goods brought in being 

 $5G2.13.j. 



Th<' total exports of wood and manufactures 

 of wood for September, 1010. aggregated in 

 value $7,008,278 as against $5,870,542 for that 

 month in 1009. For the longer period tlie total 

 value of exports reached $65,074,421, an increase 

 of about $10,500,000 over the nine months' 

 period for 1909. Logs and other round timbers 

 valued at $221,009 were shipped from this coun- 

 try during September. 1910. a figure about $30.- 

 000 greater than for September, 1909. The value 

 of the same articles shipped during the nine 

 months in 1910 was $2,824,498. which is half a 

 millitm dollars greater than for the correspond- 

 ing iieriod a year ago. Firewood and all other 

 unmanufactured forest products decreased in 

 export value for the month of September, but 

 increased slightly for the nine months' period. 

 The value of hewn and sawed timbers exported 

 during. September, 1910, was about $50,000 less 

 than that month of 1909, being $742,700. There 

 was. however, a substantial increase in the value 

 of the shipments during the nine months for this 

 year, which aggregated $8,954,550. The total 

 value of all lumber, including boards, deals, 

 planks, etc.. exported during the nine months 

 ending September, 1910, was $31,410,490. against 

 $24,591,210 for 1909. The export of the same 

 articles for September of this year showed an 

 increase of about a million dollars over last 

 ij'ac and were valued at $3,520,275. The United 

 Kingdom received more of the furniture shipped 

 from this country than any other one nation. 

 The total value of furniture sent abroad dur- 

 ing September. 1909. was $434,954, which is 

 about $65,000 greater than for September of 

 1909. The exports for the nine months of 1910 

 were increased about $1,000,000 over the same 

 period for 1909 and summed up to $4,395,294. 

 Tliere was a considerable increase in the export 

 of general house finishing and wood pulp, both 

 for the September period and for the nine 

 months ending September, while woodenware 

 showed a corresponding decrease. 



It is interesting to note that this country im- 

 ported during September more than $100,000 

 ■worth of foreign woods in the form of logs, tim- 

 bers and general sawed lumber. The import of 

 this same class of goods for the nine months 

 ending September, 1909, was $1,051,500. 



Increased Minimum Bates 



The Northern Hemlock & Hardwood Manufae- 

 ttirers' Association, through the office of R. S. 

 Kellogg, secretary, iias issued a bulletin an- 

 iiouncing that increased minimum weiglits on 

 lumber from northern Michigan. Wisconsin and 

 Minnesota points to central and western terri- 

 tory, carried in supplement 3 to Western Trunk 

 I^ine No. 55, amendment 62 to Western Trunk 

 Line 7.39 and Amendment 73 to Western Trunk 

 Line 740 and later tariffs, have become effective. 

 These minimum weights are also carried in 

 September 10 to Western Trunk Line circular 

 No. 1-D and later circulars of the same series. 

 As a consequence, the minimum weights on lum- 



ber, shingles and lath are 30.000 pounds for cars 

 30 feet and under and 34,000 pounds for larger 

 cars. It is suggested tliat the new minimiiiiis 

 are apt to cause considerable trouble to sonii' 

 shippers, liiil in order (o secure relief it will 

 be necessary for the shippers to file formal coin 

 plaint with the Interstate Commerce Conunis- 

 sion and the commission has repeatedly held that 

 a minimum weight is unreasonable where irntlic 

 cannot be loaded to ils requirements. 



Meeting Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club 



The Lumbermen's Club of Cincinnati, at ils 

 meeting on Nov. 6. were evidently the victims of 

 a little humor on the part of the entertainment 

 committee. The dinners of the club have usu- 

 ally been made enjoj'able by music and a little 

 innocent cocktail or two as a side issue. But 

 this time, the evening was arranged by spirits 

 from prohibition states. The menu was as dry 

 as a desert so far as the aforesaid innocent 

 cocktails were concerned, and to make the matter 

 more intensely dry. the dinner was a "lisli" din- 

 ner. 



Tlie menu embraced oyster cocktail, clam 

 bouillon, chicken baliiiut, a la kiln dried lumber, 

 shrimp salad, coffee, bent crackers. Iloquefort 

 cheese, coffee and cigars. The dinner was most 

 excellently served, but hints of "dry" counties 

 were heard on all sides. After dinner Tresident 

 Cliff S. Walker called the meeting to order, say- 

 ing: "Gentlemen, I am pleased to see you all 

 since the county has gone 'dry.' " This pro- 

 voked applause and laughter, everybody trying 

 to locate who the Joke was on. 



The minutes of the last meeting were then 

 read and approved. • 



At the September meeting a committee was 

 appointed to devise ways and means for the 

 establishment of a weighing bureau for the lum- 

 ber trade, similar to the weighing bureau of the 

 grain trade. This committee reported that after 

 a careful investigation of all sides of the ques- 

 tion they deemed it inadvisable and imprac- 

 ticable at this time. 



The resignations of the Standard Millwork 

 Comiiany and the E. E. Beck Lumber Company 

 were read and accepted. A letter was also read 

 from Capt. J. F. Ellison, secretary of the Na- 

 tional Rivers & Harbors Congress. Mr. Ellison 

 in his letter extended an urgent invitation to 

 the Lumbermen's Club to attend the seventh 

 national convention of his organization, and out- 

 lined in detail the work of the Congress. 



On motion President Walker appointed the 

 entire membership committee, with S. G. Boyd 

 as chairman, to represent the club at this con- 

 vention. Resolutions were presented and unani- 

 mously adopted that the Lumbermen's Club 

 heartily endorse the policy of the Rivers & Har- 

 bors t^ongress and that a copy of the resolu- 

 tions be sent to J. F. Ellison, secretary. 



A letter was then read from the Lakes-to-the- 

 Gulf Deep Waterways Association inviting the 

 club to send delegates to its convention at St. 

 Louis on November 24. The letter was ordered 

 filed, and the secretary instructed to write W. 

 K. Cavanaugh, president of the Waterways asso- 

 ciation, expressing regrets th.at the time for 

 action is too short, but that the project of his 

 association meets the approval of the Lumber- 

 men's Club. 



Resolutions were adopted endorsing New Or- 

 leans as the logical place to hold the World's 

 Panama Exposition in 1915. 



Secretary Bolser called the attention of the 

 members to a special ballot that will be pre- 

 sented to each voter on election day, on the 

 question of giving the park board power to is- 

 sue $1,000,000 in bonds to be used for play- 

 grocaiiis and parks. He asked that every mem- 

 ber vote for the bond Issue. As there were no 

 VI lions, it was accepted and granted that all 

 were in favor of it. 



There being no further business the meeting 

 then adjourned. 



Building Operations for October 



Official reports from forty cities representing 

 all sections of the country, compiled by The 

 American Contractor, Chicago, show a loss In 

 the aggregate of 3 per cent for October, as com- 

 pared with October. 1909. This sliowing may be 

 considered fairly satisfactory coming on the eve 

 of an Important iiolltical campaign. The losses 

 as well as the gains are In cities widely scat- 

 tered, and no section of the country Is favored 

 either way. Twenty-six cities show a loss of 

 from 1 to 55 per cent, otiii'rs show a gain of 

 from 2 to 02 per cent. The principal gains were 

 made in Atlanta. 23 per cent: Birmingham, 56; 

 Cbatlanooga. 51: c:iiicago, 32; Little Rock, 27; 

 Los Angeles, 01 : New Haven, 48; Rochester, 62; 

 Seattle. 38. The particulars are .shown In the 

 following table : 



Oct.. Oct.. 



ISIO- 1000. Percent 



Cit.v. Cost. Cost. Gn. Lss. 



■Mlanlii $ 47-l..'i7:i .f .'iS4.. -..'•.■» 2.1 



I!idllnii>re 710. .'iTO 744.52.'; i 



I'.lrnilaghatn ^'lli.nill 1.17.086 56 



Hiiffnlo i;i:!.lloo 1,072,000 .. 42 



Chattnnooga 117, s:M 44 845 51 



t;iiiciigo 10.077.200 7.0O.'i,40O .32 



Cincinnati .'iSd.L'.'ir, 4S4,()85 20 



Cleveland 1,4.'>H.402 1,, 155, 277 7 



Coluiubus 450.802 .1.86.885 iu 



Denver .'iOl.O.'i.l 859..')o0 .. 41 



I'ctrnlt 1.40I.4',>0 I.415,.313 1 



Dullith 594. ((.S-l 007.500 .. 34 



Onind Knpids ISS..sno 280.705 S' 



ll.irtf.iril :i4fl.298 ;f29,825 C 



Iviuisiis Cit.v 06:i.«4n 1,24.3,1)45 46 



Little nock 73.081 57,426 27 



r.os .\n2cl0s 1.8i)0.7.V! 1.171.9BU 61 '.'. 



Manclicster 59.479 100.225 40 



Memphis 2!»8..'i70 571,800 .. 47 



.MilwiiiikfO 780.078 773, 3&4 2 



Newark 860.374 1,133.778 .. 23 



New Haven 377.S0O 253.525 4S 



New Orleans 201.122 1,457,657 .. 82 



Manhattan 7.324.451 6.118.371 19 



Brooklyn 2.148.785 4,028,300 .. 45 



Bronx 3,024,375 3,465,225 .. 12 



New York 12,497.011 13.6I1.,89R .. 8 



Oakland 540.926 625.797 13 



Oklahoma City 310.991 4(i9.370 33 



Omaha 449,695 557,355 . 19 



Paterson 180,610 427,4.55 . 55 



Philadelphia 2.043.025 2,S02.4!)0 S 



Pittsburg 1,009,203 939.761 .. 7 



Portland 1.640..570 1.707,675 .. 3 



Rochester 1,274.360 783.084 02 



St. Paul 877.003 1,324,400 .. 33 



Scranton 120,802 104,484 15 



Seattle 2,093.100 1.439,125 38 



Toledo 223,629 231. 103 .. 3 



Wllkos-Barre 135.952 202,104 .. 32 



Total $46,782,065 $48,306,178 77 ~3 



A Pamphlet on Conservation 



The recent speeches of Capt. .1. B. White of 

 Ivansas City, Mo., in behalf of the conservation 

 movement of the country, delivered before the 

 National Conservation Congress at St. Paul In 

 September, and the Southern Conservation Con- 

 gress at Atlanta, in October, have just been pub- 

 lished in pamphlet form for distribution. The 

 booklets are well printed on good paper and arc 

 gotten up in a size convenient for filing and 

 ready reference. They would make a valuable 

 asset to the desk equipment of any lumberman, 

 or, in fact, any business man in the country, 

 for while conservation in the popularly accepted 

 sense of the term means the conservation of the 

 forest resources of the country, that ph.ase of 

 the question is merely one division ot conserva- 

 tion as a whole, an issue which covers a great 

 number of the essentials of life to the American 

 citizen. 



In Hoo-Hoo Interests 



Traveling Supreme Representative W. M. 

 Stephenson has planned quite an extended trip 

 to the principal eastern cities In an effort to ad- 

 vance IIoo-IIoo interests at these places. In 

 co-operation with Mr. Stephenson, Supreme 

 Custocatlan J. H. Sheip and the newly appointed 

 vicegerent at Philadelphia, Horace G. Hazard, 

 will hold a big concatenation at Phlhideipbia 

 right after Thanksgiving day, the exact date to 

 be named later. A few days following, on Dec. 

 9, Mr. Stephenson, and perhaps Mr. Shelp also, 



