HARDWOOD RECORD 



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James R. Blair, nominated for secretary and 

 treasurer on both tickets, was very modest in 

 his claims and yet he is the only nominee tliar 

 is certain ot election. He has already iiledge.i 

 his best efforts in behall' of I he club and it is 

 felt on every hand that he will make a most 

 efficient officer. 



The material selected on both liei<e1s is so 

 excellent that It will be hard to select the most 

 efficient men, but the club is certain that who 

 ever may be elected, from president to director. 

 Its interests will be in sood hands. Tlie cominj; 

 year, because of the conventions to be enter- 

 tained by the club, is rc^ar^led as a most im- 

 portant one, and attention will be called strong- 

 ly to this fact in the electioneering, but the 

 heads of the two tickets are both strong men 

 and eltlier will fill the i)osition acceptably w"lien 

 elected. 



The River and Rail Commiltee, through ,7atncs 

 K. Stark, reported that, after a conference witli 

 .Tames S. Davant, Commissioner of the Mem- 

 phis li'reiglit Bureau, it had reached the con- 

 clusion that it was necessary to have counsel In 

 the hearing which is to come I'p at an early 

 date before the Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 sion in connection with the rates from Memphis 

 and Mississippi river points to P.aciflc coast 

 terminals. It was decided that tliere would be 

 a committee of three, composed of .Tames E. 

 Stark. L. W. Ford and R. .1. I,ockwood. ap- 

 pointed, who should have tlie matter in charge. 

 .Tames S. Davant will be another member of 

 this committee and the attorney to be employed 

 will mal;e the fifth. It was the sense of this 

 meeting that this committee should occupy the 

 same relationship to the I.uml>ermen's Club of 

 .Memphis as the old Hardwood Rate Associa- 

 tion, under the auspices of which the previous 

 fight involving the same question was conduct- 

 ed. It w.as furthermore stated that James S. 

 Pavant should be the active head of this com- 

 mittee and that he should really conduct the 

 fight with the aid of the attorney and the gen- 

 tlemen named on this committee. The members 

 of the club desired that all other organizations 

 in the affected territory be asked to Join in 

 this fight in order that there might be strong 

 opposition. Mr. Davant has created the im- 

 pression among lumbermen that the railroads 

 will make one of the hardest fights in their 

 history, and he has aroused the members of the 

 club here to a realization of the efforts which 

 must be put forth if victory is gained again. 



There was further discussion in regard to the 

 plans for establishing a permanent home for the 

 club, but owing to the absence of the chairman 

 of the committee having this subject in charge, 

 nothing definite was done. 



Floyd F. Roberts of Roberts & Son was elect- 

 ed to active membership in the club. 



Meeting Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club 



The Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club en.1oyed its 

 i;sual 6 o'clock Monday evening dinner, Decem- 

 ber 5, at the Gibson House, with a good at- 

 tendance. After dinner President Walker called 

 the meeting to order and roiitine business was 

 rapidly disposed of. 



The question of withdrawing from the as- 

 sociated organizations was solved in the affirm- 

 ative. 



The resignations of T. P. Scott & Co., The 

 Standard Miliwork Company and D. Beetz of 

 I.atonia, Ky.. were presented, and accepted. A 

 letter from the Wiborg & Hanna Company, 

 tendering its resignation through the receiver, 

 \V. H. Hay, was read and accepted. 



The president called the attention of the club 

 to letters he had written ro the secretary, ap- 

 pointing committees to arbitrate cases that had 

 been presented to the club under the "square 

 deal" clause of its constitution. The proposi- 

 tion has been very favorably accepted, and al- 

 ready ten cases have been satisfactorily ad- 

 justed, and there are two pending and one new 



case filed Dec. .T. The matter was thoroughly 

 discussed and finally placed before the members 

 in I he form of a resolution, declaring that from 

 this date on all the cases that were brought 

 under the "sriuare deal" clause, after investiga- 

 tion and set dement, were to be read l)efore the 

 club, giving the full correspondence, the names 

 of the parties concerned and the action taken 

 by the conmiltlee. This would have a deter- 

 rent effect on all who were inclined to be care 

 less and prove of great benefit to those who 

 were always on the level in their business trans- 

 actions. 



The question of entertainment at the meet- 

 ings was then brought nj), and much humorous 

 talk and wit was bandied about as to the uses 

 and abuses of the innocent little cocktail. The 

 discussion was long and very enjoyable from 

 the various sentiments brought out. The Issue 

 was finally decided by a resolution which de- 

 clared foi* a small "drink" and music at llie 

 next ujeeting, the whole matter lo be left to the 

 discretion of tlie entertainment committee. 



There being no further business before the 

 club. President Walker introduced C. C. Spauid- 

 ing, secretary of the Transportation Club, which 

 has taken the place of the old Traflic Club, de- 

 voted exclusi%-ely to railruiid men. Mr. Spaulding 

 gave an interesting talk, explaining the purpose 

 and work of tlie new organization. 



W A. Bennett took tlie Hoor and stated that 

 ho was familiar with the workings of the or- 

 ganization, as tlieir traffic men were members, 

 and he tliought it would be for the benefit of 

 every business man to take up a membership. 



The chair announced that the requirements of 

 the law had been complied with under the 

 articles of incorporation and that as soon as 

 the stocli certificates could be printed they would 

 be distributed to the members. The face value 

 of the shares will be $10. There being no 

 further business the meeting adjourned. 



Those present w-ere as follows ; 



J. W. Darling, J. W. Darling Lumber Co. 

 C. C. Trimble, Trimble Cypress Co. 

 Fred E. Radina. L. W. Radina & Co. 

 Geo. W. Hand, Bayou Land & Lumber Co. 

 O. L. Bartiett. Bayou Land & Lumber Co. 



F. K. Conn, Bayou Land & Lumber Co. 

 John Sleinker. Mowbray & Robinson. 

 H. R. Welling. Mowbray & Robinson. 

 C. O. Rose. Cincinnati. 



Myers Y. Cooper. Midland Lumber Co. 



W. H. Friese. Midland Lumber Co. 



C. C. Hagemeier. H. L. Mickle l,umber Co. 



S. G. Boyd. C. C. Boyd & Co. 



W. A. Bennett, Bennett & Witle. 



C. C. Spaulding, Transportation Club. 



S. H. Hull. Blackburn & Bolser. 



Cliff S. Walker. Bayou Land & Lumber Co. 



.T. A. Bolser. Blackburn & Bolser Lumber Co. 



Chas. F. Shields. Chas. V. Shields & Co. 



R. M. Woodward. Southern Lumberman. 



E. B. Dunlap. Francke Lumber Co. 



H. M. Anderson, Francke Lumber Co. 



R. McCracken, Kentucky Lumber Co. 



J. H. Whalley. 



C. Burgess. Maley. Thompson & Moffett Co. 



J. H. Barclay. Shawnee Lumber Co. 



T. W. Curley. K. & P. Lumber Co. 



W. A. Scblever. K. & 1'. Lumber Co. 



C. Cunningham, L. W. Radina & Co. 



K. C. Witbeck. Ferd I'.rciiner Lumber Co. 



E. G. vlarlics. New River Lumber Co. 



M. Watkins. Cobbell & Co.. Liverpool. 



H. L. Mickle. H. L. .Mickle Lumber Co. 



Dwlght Ilincklev. Dwight Hinckley Lumber Co. 



S. W. Richev. Ricbey, Ilalslead *c Quick. 



A. V. Jackson. Ault & Jackson Co. 



G. C. Ault. Ault & Jackson Co. 

 P.. A. Ivipp, B. A Kipp & Co. 



J. N. Powers, John Duhveber & Co. 

 H. A. Freiberg. I'reiborg Lumber Co. 

 J. I.emann, Freiberg Lumber Co. 

 C. (;roves. Ault & Jackson Co. 

 .1. N. Rash. Shawnee Lumber Co. 

 Wash Rees, H.VKDWn(ii) Rkcokp. 

 (•has Elliott. New York Lumlier Trade Journal. 

 N. L. Heaton. Hardwood Manufacturers' As- 

 sociation. ,,.,-, 

 W. E. Johns. Win. H. Perry Lumber Co. 

 J W Graham. Graham Lumber Co. 

 Geo M Morgan. Nicola. Stone & Myers Co. 

 T P Kirbv. New KiV'-r Lumber Co. 

 Alex. Schnildt. Francke Lumber Co. 

 A Heidt. Francke l,nmber Co. 

 (■ <;. Johnson. Cincinnati. 

 Jns. Buckley. Brookville. Ind 

 II. II. Browne. Cincinnati, Ohio. 

 \ Hiiiler Jas. Buckley & t:o.. Brookville, Ind. 

 W, K. Mead. Cincinnati. Ohio. 

 K, .]. T'homan. Bennett & Wltte. 



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W. I''agin. Facln & Klrkpatrlck Lumber Co. 

 J. Allen, T. B. Stone Lumber Co. 



Barber. Illlngworth, Ingham & Co., Ltd. 

 A. HoUowell, H. A. Hollowell & Co. 

 F,. Griffin. The Dwlght Hinckley Lumber Co. 

 .M. Cheely, Kentucky I,nmber Co. 

 E. Thompson, W. E. Heyser Lumber Co. 

 Williams. Hardwood Lumber (.'o. 

 A. Conklln. Farrln-Korn Lumber Co. 

 J. Wrigbl. M. B. Farrin Lumber Co. 

 E. Linz, Bayou Land & Lumber Co. 

 I). Serena. Roy Lumber Co. 

 Gover, Roy Lumber Co. 



The Okay Liunber and Log Code for Foreign 

 Shipment 



From fhe oflice of the English Timber Trade 

 Journal the Record has received a copy of Its 

 new "Okay" Lumber and Log Code book. Issued 

 in the interest of the various branches of the 

 American export lumber business, including 

 liardwoods, pitclipine, Oregon spruce, mahogany, 

 etc. The book has been printed In America and 

 copyrighted at Washington, and any informa- 

 fion as to its purchase or character can be had 

 by writing to the New York office of the Timber 

 'JYade Journal, 10 Warren street. The com- 

 munication states that the now publication Is 

 being steadily taken up by export shippers In 

 this country, as well as European importers of 

 American products. 



The book is gotten up in an exceedingly neat 

 style and is well printed on good paper and 

 leather bound, with an Index on fhe outside 

 cover. In addition to the usual line of trade 

 covered, it includes every other conceivable forest 

 product pertinent to the export business. Space 

 is given in the back for a private supplement, 

 and there are also printed the equivalent prices 

 in American and E'nglish currency, based on a 

 load of 600 board feet In English measure, and 

 1.000 board feet for United States measure. 



Under rules for using the code, the book 

 states that the international law regarding code 

 words permits the use of artificial words not 

 exceeding ten letters, provided they are pro- 

 nounceable according to the rules of certain 

 languages. All code words in the "Okay" Code 

 meet the requirements, and consist of five, four 

 or three letters, enabling the Joining of two 

 words to be telegraphed as one. Inasmuch as 

 the old rate for ocean cables still prevails, as 

 provided by a recent ruling of the telegraph iind 

 cable companies, the saving in inland telegraphic 

 expense will not be as great as for ocean mes- 

 sages, as a charge of five letters to the word 

 has been inaugurated by this same ruling. 



The atithor says that he believes there should 

 be no difficulty experienced in manipulating the 

 code, and In view of the perfectly clear explana- 

 tions given, such certainty should be the case. 



Establishes a Hardwood Yard 



Wm. Dings, one of the oldest and best known 

 members of the St. Louis iiardwoo<i trade, nas 

 recently opened a yard at Hall and Branch 

 streets, St. Louis, and moved his oflice to that 

 location. He will handle a general line of hard- 

 wood stock, for which he has good facilities, 

 his place of business being alongside the Wig- 

 f,ins' Ferry tracks, and his yard traversed by a 

 private switch, enabling him to unload and load 

 out cars wllii ease, convenience an<l dispatch. 



Mr. Dings began his lumber career as a mem- 

 ber of the Ciarkson & Christopher Lumber Com- 

 pany, about twenty years ago. He later suc- 

 ceeded Mr. Ciarkson in that company by a pur- 

 chase of his interests. Shortly after this pur- 

 chase Mr. Christopher died and the R. M. Fry 

 Lumber Company was organized to succeed the 

 Ciarlcson & Christopher company. Mr. Dings 

 linked his fortunes with the new concern and 

 was associated with Mr. Fry during the full 

 lime of the continuance of the business — about 

 twenty-two years. 



Mr. Dings' many friends throughont the trade 

 wish him the success which is due him by right 

 of his business capacity, experience and a whole- 

 hearted perennial geniality, which draws friends 

 10 him and holds tbem iieainat stress and tide. 



