HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Anti-Boycott Suit Against New York 

 Carpenters 



A grsat deal ol iuterost is manit'osti'd in IocmI 

 trade circles in llie snit jnst instituted liy tlu' 

 American Anti-Boycott Association of Now Yoiit 

 in bclialf of eight of tlie big western liai-dwood 

 door and trim manvifactiirers against the Carpen- 

 ters' Union and blaster Builders of New York 

 City and certain local maunfacturers of wood 

 trim in the inaltcr of opening the Metropolitan 

 market on the free basis of trade in those com- 

 modities, it being claimed that through certain 

 local deals and regulations tlie said manufac- 

 turers are throtigh boycott and othi-r nieiluids 

 shut out froiu selling their goods in Ni\\ York. 

 Following is a resume of the case : 



The complaint in tlie suit sets forth tliat the 

 petitioners are precluded from carrying on their 

 business in New York by the enforcement of 

 rules formulated by the ('arpenters' Tnion. 



The complainants are the I'aiiio Lumber Co.. 

 Limited, the Gould Manufacturing Co., the H. 

 McMiUen Co. and the .Morgan Co., of Oshkosh : 

 the Curtis & Yale Co., of \Vausau, Wis.: W. C. 

 Crooks & Son, of Williamsport, I*a., and the Bris- 

 tol Door & Liunher Co., of Bristol, Va. 



As a result of the combination set fortli in the 

 paiiers all wood materials produced by any mill 

 in the United States which harbors any non-union 

 carpenters, except one iiartioular class of mate- 

 rials, it is alleged in the complaint, are effec- 

 tiyely kept out of the island of Manhattan. All 

 of the large manufacturing woodworkers in the 

 South, Middle West and even on the Pacific slojie 

 are enually affected by this combination and are 

 penalized for running an open shop by being de- 

 prived of this valuable metropolitan market. 



\'ery recently the Carpenters' Union, which 

 has a membership of 20U,0U0 and resources and 

 strength of organization unequalcd by any other 

 trade organization, it is said, determined' to en- 

 force this boycott of non-union trim in the city 

 of Brooklyn as it does on the island of Jlanliat- 

 tan. To accomplish this end, it is said, they sent 

 a deputation of delegates from headquarters in 

 Indianapolis to Brooklyn, with full instructions 

 and power to unionize all the woodworking con- 

 cerns of Brooklyn by interfering witli the sale of 

 open-shop products. The delegates, it is alleged, 

 avowed their plans of attacking the woodworking 

 concerns of Brooklyn seriatim and opened their 

 4»impaign by calling strikes against all jobs using 

 materials from .\lbro .T. Newton Co., of Brooklyn. 

 An injunction obtained in this suit through the 

 efforts of the American Anti-Boycott Association 

 has temporarily prevented the" success of this 

 combination and has made it possible for some 

 open shop woodwork to be sold in Brooklyn, 



If this suit, which has .lust been started, cover- 

 ins practically the island of Manhattan and 

 vicinity, is successful, it is believed that these 

 restrictions against the sale of the products of 

 open sliop manufacturers will no longer survive. 

 The future conduct of employers and employes 

 in other branches of the building trade, and' in 

 fact of every branch of industry, will doubtless 

 be considerably affected by the result of the suit, 

 whichever way it goes. 



Particular stress is laid in the complaint on 

 the fact that the first class of defendants men- 

 tioned in the suit, the Carpenters' Union, forbids 

 its members under its rules under a penalty of 

 ,Sl*' fine, to work upon any wood materials 'that 

 came from any mill that employs any non-union 

 carpenters. The object of making the numerous 

 biiiMet-s defendants is to ri'lieve them from the 

 operation of that part of their agreement with 

 the Carpenters' Union which forbids the use of 

 open shop woodwork. ^Many of these master 

 builders, it is thought, will welcome the institu- 

 tion of a suit of this kind, which promises to free 

 them from the present restrictions in the pur- 

 chase of their wood materials and to open the 

 market for them to purchase non-union or union 

 materials, according to their excellence or cost. 



thine with a spindle too tight on its bearing, 

 no belt Hill drive it, as it will slip over thi' 

 pulley, which will in short order take out the 

 rature of the iielt. By having all his belts with 

 but one joint in them, the operator will noi 

 only find it a saving on fasteners, bin also a 

 general advantage. 



The friction pulley does not give results which 

 the fast and loose pulley does. By having the 

 outer bearing on the counter shaft put close to 

 the loose pulb'y, it receives the waste oil from 

 I he iiearing. 



Cauvas Belting 

 It was recently claimed 1 y an operator of a 

 planing and moulding machinery plant that can- 

 vas belts possess a surprising durabili.'y. The 

 basis of these conclusions was drawn after 

 twenty years' experience in this work. On a 

 planing machine, 5x12 inches, a G-inch. G-pIy belt 

 .is conceded sufficiently strong. About ten drops 

 of castor oil will immediately prevent the belt 

 from slipping, but resin should by no means 

 be- applied, as it will deprive the belt of its 

 nature. The above belt has actually been proven 

 to give fifteen years' steady service. On side 

 spindles 2-inch. 4-ply does excellent work. Ker 

 top and bottom spindles .".-inch, 4-pIy will drive 

 well, and good work may be turned out on both 

 heavy spouting and skirting. However, the life 

 of one of these belts depends upon the operator. 

 For example, should Ib.e ojierator sln-i bis mn- 



Miscellaneoiis Notes 



The Schurmeier Wagon Company of St. Paul, 

 Minn., has recently increased its capital stock 

 to .flOO.OOO. 



A new concern for Stonewall, N. C, is G. M. 

 Mitchell & Son. The concern will manufacture 

 porch columns. 



The T. F. Pagel Lumber Company has re- 

 cently entered the wholesale lumber trade at 

 Milwaukee, Wis. 



The Big Creek Lumber Company of Lacedale, 

 Jliss., was recently incorporated with a capital 

 stock of 5;i5,000. 



The George W. Davis Carriage Company of 

 Richmond, Ind., has recently increased its capi- 

 tal stock to $G0,000. 



The Mercereau-Hawkius Tie Company of 

 Staunton, Va.. was recently incorporated with a 

 capital stock of iflOO.OOO, 



The Giant Lumber Company of North Wilkes 

 boro, N. C, recently increased its capital stock 

 from $50,000 to ,$100,000. 



A new concern to enter the wholesale hard- 

 wood lumber trade at Louisville, Ky., is the 

 Fall City Lumber Company, 



The North Bond Lumber Company of Eureka. 

 Cal.. was recently incorporated with an author- 

 ized capital stock of ,$125,000. 



The McLean County Lumber Company of 

 Bradford, Pa., recently increased its capital 

 stock from .$10,000 to $30,000. 



The Gabel Davenport Lumber Company of 

 Kansas City, Mo., was recently incorporated 

 with a capital stock of $10,000, 



A new incorporation for Harrisburg, 111., is 

 the Gaskins-Walker Lumber Company, which 

 has an authorized capital stock of $10,000. 



A new incorporation from Washington, N. C. 

 is the Pamlico River Lumber Company, which 

 has an authorized capital stock of ,$25,000. 



The Arkansas City Box Company has recently 

 commenced business at Arkansas City, Kan. 

 The new concern will manufacture boxes. 



A new concern to enter the trade at Birming- 

 ham, Ala., is the Birmingham Saw Mill Com- 

 pany, which has an authorized capitalization of 

 $23,000. 



The Lockwood Lumber Company, manufactur- 

 er of lumber at Pelahatchee, Rankin county. 

 Miss., has recently increased its capital stock 

 to $300,000. 



The Rigby-Morrow Lumber Company is a 

 new concern for Henderson, N. C. It is capi- 

 talized at $50,000 and the incorporators are 

 J. C, Morrow, .T. A. Fletcher and L, T, Dermid. 



The W. C. Barnes Lumber Comp.iny of Vic- 

 toria, Tex., was recently incorporated with a 

 capital stock of $25,000. The incorporators are 

 W. C. Barnes. B. H. Barnes, ,T. C. Curtis and 

 others. 



The Cox Lumber Company of Crystal City. 

 Tex., was recently incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $25,000. Those interested in the con- 

 tern are Howard P.. Cox. R. T. Evans, R. E. 

 Groos. 



A charter was recently granted the Leeton 

 Lumber Company of Leeton, Mo. It lias a capi- 

 tal stock of $8,000 and its incorporators are 

 ,Tohn B. .Tames, Perry .\. .Tones, W. F. Sipes and 

 others. 



The Atlantic Lumber & Furniture Company 

 of Lineville, Ala., was recently declared an 

 involuntary bankrupt. E. S. Swift has been 

 appoinied receiver by Judge McJIillian of Tal- 

 ladega. 



'I'lie plant of the Gleason Lumber Company, 

 located about six miles west of Conway, Ark., 

 was . destroyed by fire March 15. The loss is 

 estimated at approximately $73,000. with but 

 little insurance. 



Announcement was recently made of the sale 

 of the hardwood lumber manufacturing plant 

 of the Coleman Lumber Company, Birmingham, 

 .\la., to the Thomas E. Proctz Lumber Company 

 of St. Louis. The deal involved about $18,000. 



.V new concern to enter the lumber business 

 at I'wansas Cit.v, Mo., is the Creason-Grayson 

 Lumber Company, It has a capital stock of 

 $35, 000 and its incorporators are Luther Crea- 

 son, M. E. Creason and James Whitehur.st. 



The plant of the Salem Jlanufacturing Com- 

 pany, manufacturer of refrigerators and Morris 

 cl'.airs at Salem, N. Y., was recently visited by 

 fire, causing a loss of about $2,000. Repairs 

 v.ill be made at once. 



The Charles Harbaugh Lumber Company of 

 Lake ^'illa, 111., was recently incorporated with 

 a capital stock of $75,000 to do a general lum- 

 ber business. The incorporators are Charles 

 Uarbaugh. B, F. Tilley and Donald II. McGll- 

 vray. 



A deslruclive fire recently visited the plant 

 of William Cameron & Co. of Saron, Tex. The 

 mill portion of the planer and the supply house 

 were destroyed. The loss is estimated at ap- 

 proximately $100,000, The mill will probably 

 be rebuilt. 



The plant of the Lake Odessa Lumber Com- 

 pany of Lake Odessa, Mich., was recently taken 

 over by Rosenberg Brothers & Forbes of Grand 

 Rapids. A number of improvements in the 

 equipment will be made, and the output of the 

 works considerably increased. 



The entire plant of the Shipman Organ Com- 

 pany of High Point, N. C, was destroyed by 

 fire March 10. entailing a loss of over $30,000, 

 The fire caught from a hot box in the engine 

 room and spread very quickly. The company 

 carried insurance of approximstely $28,000. 



An addition to the lumber industry at Mitch- 

 ell, Ind., is the Mitchell-Hosteler Lumber Com- 

 pany. It has a capital stock of $4,500. J. F. 

 and F. C. Mitchell and A. H. Hosteler are the 

 directors of the new concern, w'hich will operate 

 sawmills and deal in lumber. 



The Dallas Coffin Company of Dallas. Tex., 

 has increased its capital stock from $50,000 to 

 $150,000, in order to enter the manufacturing 

 business. The company has already purchased 

 its machinery, boilers and equipment, and ex- 

 pects to be ready to manufacture cofBns by 

 July 1. 



The planing mill and' a large stock of lumber 

 in the dry sheds of the United Lumber Company 

 at Ruston, La., were destroyed by tire on the 

 morning of JIarch G. The Are had its origin 

 from sparks from the furnace. The loss was 

 estimated at $20,000, partially covered by in- 

 surance. 



The Oster Brothers Furniture Company of 

 Birmingham. Ala., w'as recently incorporated 

 with a capital stock of $40,000. The officers of 

 ihe new company are Lawrence Oster, Milwau- 

 kre. Wis., president; Philip Oster, vice-president, 

 and Harry Oster, secretary-treasurer, both of 

 r.irmingham. 



The Osage Handle Company's plant at Eldon, 

 Mo., which was partially destroyed by fire some 

 time in January, has been lemi^orarily rebuilt 

 and is now in operation. In the near future 

 Ihe company is planning to build a plant of 

 piuch larger capacity as well as making it as 

 nearly fireproof as possible. 



