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HARDWOOD RECORD 



NeWs Miscellany 



Meeting New Orleans Luinbennen's Club 



The I.uirUci-raen's Club of New Orleans lieltl itj 

 monthly dinner on November S. which, as usual, 

 was greatly enjoyed and largely attended. 



Following the dinner the regular monthly 

 business meeting was held. The membership 

 committee presented the names of L. M. Poole, 

 or the Louisiana Hardwood Lumber Company ; 

 Sig. Levy, of the Globe Packing Box Company, 

 and D. T. Rees. of the Rees-Scott Company, all 

 of whom were duly elected to membership In 

 (he club. 



W. E. Hosball. president of the club, then 

 gave notice of his intention to ofEer an amend: 

 ment to the by-laws increasing the member- 

 ship committee to five, stating that it would 

 be discussed further at the next meeting. Franlf 

 B. O'Leary, of the transportation committee, 

 called the attention of those present to a meet- 

 ing of the lumber traffic officials, to be held 

 in New Orleans on November 17. and sug- 

 aested that his committee be instructed to repre- 

 sent the club. The suggestion was approved 

 with an amendment offered by Mr. Hoshall uvg- 

 tbat every member who could do so attend the 

 meeting and vYork for action to persuade the 

 Western Weighing Association to accept as its 

 standard the estimated weight on lumber. 



tinder the head of new business Mr. Hoshall 

 discussed local port charges. He told of re- 

 ceiving a letter from an eastern buyer who 

 wanted cypress and preferred the Louisiana 

 wood, but declared that the wharfage charges 

 at New Orleans were too high. Some of the 

 cypress contingent suggested that Mr. Hoshall 

 advise his correspondent to buy and ship out 

 of Morgan City, where the lumber and other 

 interests have dredged a channel of moderate 

 depth through Atchafalaya Bay, and whence 

 a heavy cypress tonnage is shipped by coast- 

 wise vessels. 



D. B. Alexander, acting chairman of the en- 

 tertainment committee, moved that the date 

 of the December meeting be changed from the 

 .second Tuesday lo the 20th, as his committee 

 wanted to arrange for an old-fashioned Christ- 

 mas celebration. The motion was carried amid 

 great enthusiasm. 



Antoine Gobers, of Antwerp, and Edgar 

 Cahn, both guests of the club, gave informal 

 talks on various branches of the lumber trade. 



Secretary Palmer was requested to write to 

 Mrs. A. M. Love, widow of the prominent Mis- 

 sissippi lumberman recently killed in an auto- 

 mobile accident, tendering her the sympathy 

 of the club in her bereavement and express- 

 ing its deepest sympathy at Mr. Love's untimely 

 death. 



There being no further business, the meeting 

 then adjourned. 



Meeting Memphis Lumbermen's Club 

 John "SV. McClure, vice-president of the Lum- 

 birmen's Club of Memphis, who acted in the 

 capacity of president in the absence of S. C. 

 Major at the club's regular semi-monthly meet- 

 ing, held November 19, was authorized to ap- 

 point a committee of five to take steps looking 

 to the realization of a permanent home for the 

 organization. There has long been a desire for 

 sucli a home and this is becoming stronger be- 

 cause of the large membership and because of 

 the relafive size of the Lumbermen's Club of 

 .Memphis as compared with other similar bodie? 

 » of local lumbermen in other cities of the United 

 States. The subject was discussed at some 

 lengtli and the committee which is to be named 

 by Mr. McClnrc will look into the feasibility of 

 the plan. at an early date. 



Emil T.schudy of the Tschudy Lumber Com- 

 pany. Isaac Thompson and W. L. Tone.v, the 

 latter of Helzoni, Miss., were elected members 



at this nieciing. the two former active and the 

 latter associate. This brings the total member- 

 ship to 179 and makes the Lumbermen's Club 

 of Memphis the largest organization of its kind 

 in the world. The club has always been an 

 important factor In the lumber industry of this 

 city and section and has likewise taken a lead- 

 ing part in many matters of national interest 

 and importance. It is anxious, however, to 

 greatly enlarge Its scope and to make itself of 

 more value to its members and a number of 

 those comj>osing the organization feel that this 

 could be accomplished through the establish- 

 ment of a permanent home, where the mem- 

 bers might meet daily in social and business 

 intercourse. It was announced before the meet- 

 ing was assembled that it would be given over 

 largely to the discussion of plans for enlarging 

 the usefulness of the club, and this was the 

 most feasible plan possible, if one may be al- 

 lowed lo judge from the length of time de- 

 voted to the discussion thereof to the exclusion 

 of practically every other suggestion. Forty-four 

 members were present at the meeting and it 

 was quite clear that they were strongly in 

 favor of building a home or securing one on as 

 favorable ter.ms as possible through lease or 

 other means. However, the details are to be 

 worked out by the committee. 



The election of officers, as previously an- 

 nounced, will be held December 17, and it may 

 now be stated that the nominating tickets and 

 the candidates they name will be made public 

 at the next regular meeting, to be held Decem- 

 ber 3. The new constitution and by-laws pro- 

 vide that the campaign shall not extend over a 

 period of two weeks, with the result that the 

 candidates cannot be declared until within a 

 fortnight of the date set for the actual election. 

 The old campaigns were long drawn out and 

 created factional lines in the club, and the short 

 "whirlwind" campaign of two weeks, which was 

 first tried last year, is regarded as much more 

 satisfactory from every standpoint. There will 

 not be anything in the way of spirit lost be- 

 cause oC the shortness of the time. On the con- 

 trary, lack of a long period in which to work 

 will bestir the candidates to a high pitch of 

 activity and there is no doubt that every mem- 

 ber of the club will be properly solicited to 

 vote for the heads of both tickets, as well as 

 for all the other offices in the gift of the club. 



S. C. Major, president of the club, is still 

 away on his honeymoon, but he is due to return 

 about the first of December, when he and Mrs. 

 Major will be at home at the Hotel Gayoso. 

 J. W. McClure has presided at the last two 

 meetings and has shown himself a very com- 

 petent presiding officer. 



Manufacturing Ltunbermen Underwriters in 

 Prosperous Condition 



The annual statement of the Manufacturing 

 Lumbermen's Underwriters, Harry Rankin & Co., 

 attorney in fact. Kansas City, Mo., must cer- 

 tainly be a cause for considerable satisfaction 

 to the many subscribers to that association. The 

 statement is dated November 1, and is the twelfth 

 annual report, the association having been or- 

 ganized November 1, 1898. 



According to a letter addressed to the mem^ 

 hers of the organization, the office of that body 

 took the initiative on .Tanuary 1 in a reduction 

 of rates, cutting down the premium income of 

 the association .f40.000. While it might be ex- 

 pected that this would result in a reduction of 

 the percentage of underwriting savings, it Is, on 

 the contrary, a fact that, though the Insurance 

 in force was increased practically $.■!, 000,000, 

 I ho losses were $10,000 less than those of the 

 previous year. This means on the face of It 

 that (he percentage of savings was greater than 

 for 1909. 



According to the report, savings returned sub- 

 scribers since November 1, 1909, aggregated 

 $192,676.01. yet the surplus has been increased 

 .fll0,802.23, making a total of dividends paid 

 of $573,834.99 and a total surplus at the credit 

 of the members $795,071.90. The interest fig- 

 ure itself has reached a very respectable total 

 of $143,457.18. which is really equivalent to an 

 equal reduction in losses. 



The total list of members shows a member- 

 ship at present of 284, being a net increase over 

 the last list of 35. which is particularly pleas- 

 ing in view of the 18 cancellations during the 

 year. It is a notable fact that an unusual num- 

 ber of these were made on account of the con- 

 tinued unsatisfactory conditions of the plants 

 as determined by regular inspectors. While the 

 necessity for these cancellations is regrettable, 

 still it is tile determination of the Manufactur- 

 ing Lumbermen's Underwriters to uphold a high 

 standard of cleanliness and order in each plant, 

 a position which cannot but be commended by 

 every fair minded manufacturer. As a result of 

 this policy the loss ratio has been steadily re- 

 duced for four consecutive years, and at the 

 same time the insurance in force has been in- 

 creased $10,500,000. The statement of assets 

 and liabilities for the year, signed by a certi- 

 fied public accountant, shows that the total 

 assets on hand November 1. 1910. were $1,366,- 

 635.04, with a total to the credit of subscribers 

 of $1,338,071.90. The list of subscribers to 

 the Manufacturing Lumbermen's Underwriters 

 covers twenty-five states. Louisiana being in the 

 lead and Texas next. The field of operation ex- 

 tends from British Columbia to Florida, and 

 the subscribers represent the very best of the 

 industry. 



J. H. Sheip Makes Important Purchase 



Jerome H. Sheip of Philadelphia. Pa., manu- 

 facturer of cigar box lumber, has purchased 

 the entire plant of the Bacon-LInderwood Veneer 

 Company at Choctaw Point. Mobile, Ala., situ- 

 ated on Mobile Bay. This plant has been in the 

 course of reconstruction for the last three 

 months, and with additional buildings and new 

 machinery of the most modern type of veneer 

 saws, planers, dry-kilns and veneer and imitation 

 veneer machinery it is prepared to furnish the 

 trade with cedar veneered and imitation and all 

 kinds of thin cigar box lumber. The plant will 

 make bay poplar of the soft, high-grade variety 

 from the Mobile river belt it.s .specialty. Over 

 a half million feet have alread.y been sawed and 

 put on sticks in the yard for air drying. Mr. 

 Sheip's experience for the last twenty-nine years 

 in the cigar box manufacturing business gives 

 him an anpreciation of the needs of the cigar 

 box manufacturer and enables him to erect and 

 locate a plant that will meet the needs of cigar 

 box lumber consumers at the lowest prices con- 

 sistent with even, reliable quality. All his lum- 

 ber will be sawed, air dried and run through 

 patent roller kiln driers before finishing. Mr. 

 Sheip has been spending some time at his mill 

 attending to affairs there. 



■Veneer Man Honored 



Members of the veneer industry will be glad 

 to know that M. W. Perry, head of the Ahnapee 

 Veneer & Seating Company of Algoma, Wis., was 

 elected state senator on the regtilar republican 

 ticket in the first senatorial district of Wiscon- 

 sin at the recent election. He was opposed by 

 the regular democratic nominee and also by an 

 independent insurgent republican, and won out 

 with a plurality of 436 over the democrat and 

 1.016 over the insurgent. 



Mr. Perry Is well known in the veneer and 

 panel trade and established the groat business 

 of his house at Algoma nineteen years ago. His 

 election is an encomium to the regard In which 

 his abilities are held by the people of his dis- 

 trict. 



