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A. W. Swain, New Yoi-k ; Swain. Allcocls; & 

 Swain. 



C. L. Sylses, Buffalo, N. V. ; Empoi'ium Lum- 

 ber Company. 



Samuel B. Taylor. Buffalo, X. Y. ; Taylor & 

 Mason. 



W. H. M. Thomas. Pliiladelphia. Pa. ; P. 15. E. 



M. S. Tremaine. Buffalo. X. V. : Montgomery 

 Lumber Company. 



W. G. rnrterwood. Hertford. X. C. : Alljemarle. 

 Lumber Company. 



W. B. Van -\llen, Carthage, .\. Y. 



Vt. E. Tan Wert. Xew York. X. Y. ; Emporium 

 Lumber Company. 



William P. \'aughn. Providence, li. T. : I,. 

 Vaughn Company. 



George E. Walker. Washington. D. C. 



T. Walklate, Montreal. Can. ; (.'anadian Paeific 

 Railway. 



R. L. Walkley, Xew Ilavcu. Conn.: Holly 

 Lumber Company. 



Cieorge E. Water.-;. Ballininre, Md. : George E. 

 Waters & Co. 



P. Elmer Weitzel. Philadelphia. Pa. : P. Elmer 

 Weitzel Bros. & Sons. 



Wendell M. Weston, Boston, Mass. : W. M. 

 Weston Company. 



Irving Whaley. Bristol. Va. : Whaley-Warren 

 Lumber Company. 



George R. \\'heeler. Cumberland. Md. 



E. P. Wheeler. Endeavor. I'a. ; Wheeler & 

 Dusenberry. 



Henry Whelpton. I'hiladelpliia. Pa. ; Owen M. 

 Bruner Com]):iny. 



F. W. Whiteinan, Philadelphia, Pa. 



.J. Kandall Williams. Jr., PInladelphia, Pa.; 

 .T. Rauciall Williams & Co. 



Alex Willson. Pittsburg, Pa. ; Willson Brothers 

 Lumber Company, 



Christopher \. . Wilson. Broukivn, X. Y. ; C. 

 W. Wilson & Co. 



.1. I. JL Wilson, Pittsburg. I'a.: Tiie Germain 

 Company. 



P. W . Wood. Worcester. Mass. : P. W. Wood 

 Lumber Companv. 



E. M. Ycrks. Yonkcrs. X. Y. : Verks & Co. 

 George G. Young. Cumberland, Md. ; Bill- 



meyer Lumber Company. 



C. W. Zeigler. IJiujuesne. I'a. ; Zeigler Lumber 

 Company. 



L. .\. Amsler. Marion. \a. : Vnitcd States 

 Spruce Lumber Compan.v. 



.1. C. Camiil>ell, Marion. \'a. ; I'nited States 

 Spruce Lumber Companv. 



W. E, Craig. Pittsburg. I'a. : W. P. Craig Lum- 

 ber Company. 



II. \'. Gibson. Xewark. X. .1. 



.]. F. (ilasby. Xewark. X. .1. : .1. F. Glasby 

 Lumber Company. 



Charles 11. llershev. Xewark. N. .1. : Stone & 

 Hershey. Inc. 



I. Xi'wton Rudgers, Montclair, X. .1. : I. New- 

 ton Rudgers Lumber Companv. 



F. E. Stone, Xewark, X. ,1. ; Stone & Hershev. 

 Inc. 



Northern Hemloc% and HardWood 

 Manufacturers Hold J\Ieeting 



The Northern Hemlock & Hardwooci Man- 

 ufacturers ' Association convened for special 

 session in Wausau, Wis., on March 1. The 

 discussions and reports to which the mem- 

 bers listened tended to show a decidedly 

 more optimistic feeling, particularly in re- 

 gard to the hemlock situation. The con- 

 sensus of opinion was that conditions at 

 present are in better shape than at any 

 time during the last three years, and are 

 constantly attainiiifj a uiore favorable as- 

 pect. 



The report of Secretary R. S, Kellogg 

 showed in detail the actual statistics per- 

 taining to the hemlock market. Mr. Kel- 

 logg pointed out that the actual ctit for 

 this winter would aggregate 70,000,000 feet 

 less than the manufacture of 1910, which 

 represents a reduction of approximately 

 sixteen per cent. 



The morning session was devoted to a 

 general discussion of market conditions in 

 the hemlock business, during which it was 

 brought out that the increased cost of pro- 

 duction, coupled with the unsatisfactory 

 and unfair prices prevailing, have reduced 

 the visible profit to the diminishing point. 

 Most members reported hemlock stocks in 

 I>retty good condition, though there is a 

 noticeable shortage in some items. If the 

 sentiment which was voiced at the meeting 

 is given more concrete form, the operators 

 in hemlock will either maintain an ad- 

 vanced price or temporarily discontinue op- 

 erations. 



The afternoon was given over to a dis- 

 cussion of the hardwood situation. A. L. 

 Osborne, chairman of the Legislative Com- 

 mittee, read the following bills introduced 

 by Representative J. H. Bennhardt of 

 Neenah before the Wisconsin assembly. The 

 importance of these suggestions, if enacted 

 into law, is self apparent to au.yone who is 

 directly connected with the ' manufacture 

 and transportation of products of the woods. 

 The first bill is as follows: 



Sec'iii>\ i. There is added to the statutes a 

 new section to read : Section ITOS-C. 



1 — It will be unlawful for any railroad com- 

 pany to make or oft'er any reduced or special rate 

 for "or to transport any saw logs or other logs, 

 pidp W( od. shingle bolts, posts, poles, piling 

 stulls or otiior similar forest products at a re- 

 duced rate in consideration of an agreement on 

 the part of the owner or consignor of such 

 enumerated forest products to reship the same 



R. S. KELLOGG. WAI'SAI'. SECRETARY. 



or auv part thereof when in a nuinufaetured 

 state, over the lines of such railroad companies. 



2 — Failure on the part of any railroad com- 

 panv to comply with the provisions o£ this sec- 

 tion shall sub.iect such company to a penalty 

 eiptal to double the amount charged for the car- 

 riage of each carload of such materials involved 

 in the failure, and to the cost of collecting such 

 penaltv. Such penalty shall be collected in an 

 action' brought in the name of the consignee or 

 owner of the materials carried as plaintiffs by 

 Hie district attorney in the county of the destina- 

 tion of such carload or carloads of material, and 

 one half of such penaltv sluill be paid to the 

 plaintiff and the other half to the county in 

 which such action is prosecuted. 



Section 2. This act shall take effect and be 

 euforccd from and after its passage and publica- 

 tion. 



The second bill presented is with a view 

 of establishing a uniform mileage rate upon 

 forest products and is as follows: 



Section- 1. There is added to the statutes a 

 new section to read : Section 1798-B. 



1 — All railroads shall charge a uniform rate 

 per mile of carriage for all saw logs and other 

 logs, pulp wood, shingle bolts, posts, poles, pil- 

 ing stulls and fuel wood in carloads, whether in 

 bark or peeled, or whetlier split or hewn and 

 whether such material is for manufacture or not. 

 The rate to be charged shall not exceed two cents 

 for each 100 pounds for <'ach lot) miles of car- 

 riage. However, nothing in this act shall be 

 construed so as to autluirize an increase in rate 

 now cluirged for the carriage of such material. 



2 — The actual weight ehall be the basis for 

 computing the charge for the carriage of any 

 carload of the materials enumerated in sub-sec- 

 tion 1 of this section, provided that in no case 

 shall the minimum charge for the carriage of any 

 such carload of such material be loss than .$4, 

 and provided that in no case shall switching 

 charges be made by any railroad for switching 

 any such carload or carloads of material. 



3 — Failure on the part of any railroad company 

 to comply with these provisions shall subject 

 such company to a penalty equal to double the 

 amount charged for the carriage of each carload 

 of such materials involved in the failure and to 

 the cost of collecting such penalty. Such penalty 

 shall he collected in an action brought in the 

 name of the consignee or the owner of the mate- 

 rials carried as plaintilf by the district attorney 

 in the county of the destination of .such carload 

 or carloads of material and one-half of such 

 penalty shall be paid to the plaintiff and the 

 ither one-half to the county in which such action 

 is prosecuted. 



Section 2. This act shall take effect and be 

 enforced from and after its passage and publica- 

 tion. 



These bills have already been subjected 

 to the consideration of a committee on trans- 

 portation of the Wisconsin assembly. There- 

 was a length}' discussion following their 

 reading by Mr. Osborne, and it was finally 

 moved by G. H-. Chapman that the Legisla- 

 tive Committee be instructed to do all in 

 its power to prevent their passage, which 

 motion prevailed. 



A request on the part of the Forest Prod- 

 ucts Laboratory at Madison, Wis., for sam- 

 ples of hemlock to be used in tests of the 

 strength of that wood as adapted to special 

 purposes, was read by Secretary Kellogg, 

 The opinion prevailed that nothing could be 

 gained b^' such tests, and the request was 

 laid on the table. 



The system of paying oif woods-help which 

 now prevails among the operators of the 

 North came up for considerable discussion. 

 J. he vagabond of the woods, the tramp who 

 merely drifts into camp with the only in- 

 tention of getting a square meal, was most 

 heartily condemned. There were no mem- 

 bers present who had not had some expe- 

 rience with this troublesome member of 

 woods /;ociety. It seemed to have been the 

 general experience of most that it was 

 neeessarj- to feed half again as many men 

 as were actually required in the woods in 

 order to keep a full crew on hand. It was 

 proposed that the present sj'stem be ma- 

 terially changed, that the manufacturer hire 

 men by the day and charge them so much 

 for board. It was thought that thij system 

 would do much to eliminate the parasite of 

 the lumber camp. The question was not 

 passed upon, but left over until the July 

 meeting. It was suggested that the manu- 

 facturers work out a system along the lines 

 of that which prevails among the western 

 operators. 



The question was raised at the recent 

 meeting of the Wisconsin Retail Lumber 

 Dealers' Association at Milwaukee as to the 

 advisability of asking hemlock manufactur- 



