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veneered goods is inferior, "imitation" goods is hnrint'ul to tlie 

 entire industry and is considered highly ill-advised. 



Moreover, if the canipaign is backed by somebody with the pur- 

 jiose only of driving competing woods out of the market or of 

 forcing the use of solid woods, the manufacturers do not propose to 

 be a party to the game at all. Therefore the Grand Rapids manu- 

 facturers arc forcing salesmen to give positive assurance that it is 

 not tlu'ir particular concern which is backing ^fr. Ilawke. 



Commission Disclaims Hawke 



The following letter from Willard Winslow, a director of the 

 Insular Lumber Company, tells of the Federal Trade Commission's 

 disclaimer of connection with Mr. Hawke: 



Referring again to the predatory "Hawk" and the Furniture "Chick- 

 ens" and your very excellent article in the September 10 issue, will you 

 be good enough to state to all concerned that inquiry made by our attorney 

 at the Washington fountain bead of the Fcclcnil Trade Commission elicited 

 the Information that Mr. llawlie is not aulliorizcd to use the name of the 

 Federal Trade Commission in any way, and han promised them to desist 



and to sonil out letters to parties (circuiarized previously liy him) so 

 stating? 



We agree (as all manufacturers do) that woods should l)e sold under 

 their true names, as wiii as their products, hut even if and when the 

 law Is ehangiMl, as regards the consumer, retailers shiiuld not be covertly 

 threatened by some anonymous and shadowy body. 



The United States Supreme Court has decided, in the case of the 

 Federal Trade C'onimlsslon vs. Winstcd Hosiery Co., in a lengthy opinion, 

 that unless fraud or misrepresentation was shown or "unfair competition 

 lietween manutncturers and dealers," the Court had no jurisdiction 

 "within the scope of the existing law." (See Winsted Cotton Mills case In 

 Federal Reporter Advance Sheets, Second Circuit.) 



There is, as you state, a bill in Congress to "extend the authority oit 

 the Federal Trade Commission respecting brands and labels, as the .same 

 affect the consumer." 



It seems to us tiuit ilr. llawke's effiprts slionld lie directed to the passing 

 of this act and not to s<arinK dealers by vague threats. When everybody 

 is on the same basis, then there wiii be no complaint. 



Aa to E. Scoggln, of New Orleans, he seems to have got in a little 

 over his depth, and his zeal has led him Into several glaring misstatements, 

 but perhaps It Is not worth while to waste ammunition on so small a bird ! 



Pertinent Information 



Clubs and Associations 



August Building Permits Exceed July 26 Per Cent 

 August building statistics reported to The American Contractor from 197 

 cities of the United States confirm other evidences that construction 

 activity is strengthening. The uundjcr of building permits issued in these 

 cities during August is 01..T23 as against 45,227 permits issued in 201 

 cities during July. The valuation of the August permits is $160,028,895. 

 and of the July permits is .$103,104,856. Considering the number of cities 

 making returns for each mouth respectively, the average valuation of per- 

 mits for cities is somewhat larger for August, being .$812, .329, whereas the 

 average valuation per city fur July is $811,406. 



While the valuatiun per city is greater for August the average valuation 

 per permit is smaller than for July. This may be accounted for by the 

 predominance of residential construction, whicli may conservatively 

 be said to comprise more than one-third of all construction activity at the 

 present time. There is, however, another factor which accounts for the 

 smaller average size of permits during August, namely, the apparent shift- 

 ing of the greatest activity from the larger cities, which considered alone 

 show a drop rather than an increase from July activity. 



THIRTY CITIES AVEn.^GING OVER MILLION PER MONTH OR E.\CEEDING MILLION 



IN AUGUST 



Seven months' July Atigust 



City valuation valuation valuation 



New York City (five boroughs) .. .$230,381,238 $ 52,799,752 $ 42,522,019 



Chicago 66,460,500 14,004,650 12,851,910 



Los Angeles 39,757,840 5,455,303 7,015,861 



Detroit 36,179.255 8.143,358 4,966,895 



Cleveland 29.631,013 2,739,703 2,761,815 



Baltimore 24,569,000 1,937,200 1,566,400 



San Franchsco 12,276,738 1,000,240 •1,000,000 



Boston 13,202.005 1,864,322 1,582,411 



rhiladelphia 20,992,345 3,824,565 3,644,200 



Milwaukee 13,703,80!) 2,016,123 1,142,506 



Indianapolis 10,959,025 1.401,115 1,235,260 



Cincinnati 10,140,665 1,467,345 1,269,805 



Dallas 8,833,335 1,289,029 645,191 



Washington 11,081,653 1,271,620 3,308,485 



Kansas City 7,128,225 920,300 2,137,950 



Minneapolis 12,354,855 1,788..565 2,781,490 



Newari! 11.185,928 1.854,024 1,637,346 



Oakland 7.930,118 1,102.628 1,852,609 



Pittsburgh 8,631,734 1.468,964 3,386,872 



Buffalo 7,961,400 1,484,000 1,063,000 



Atlanta 7,373.804 1,948,322 634,323 



Seattle 8,328,815 2,217,270 1,340,430 



St. Louis 7,504,909 1.118,215 1,307.206 



St. Paul 8,758.906 1,540,536 1,395,571 



Omaha 4,838,104 1,497,930 1,044,975 



Jersey City 6,826,694 1,.379,122 1,637,346 



Memphis 4,376,255 1,101,918 1,010.926 



New Haven 2,871,478 344.311 1,575,170 



Wichita, Kan 3,490,447 648,650 1,506,398 



Johnstown, Pa 3,568,000 780,000 1,670,000 



Totals $641,298,211 $120,475,200 $113,094,490 



• No returns available — estimated $1,000,000 for August, 1921. 



New Supreme Nine of Hoo-Hoo 



The highly successful thirteenth annual convention of Hoo-IIoo, held in 

 Fresno, Cal., closed on the evening of September 10 with the election of 

 the following to the Supreme Nine : Snark of the Universe. Major Everett 

 G. Griggs, Tacoma, Wash. ; senior Hoo-Hoo, Mark M. Eiledge, Corinth, 

 Miss. ; Junior IIoo-Hoo, D. S. Montgomery, Milwaukee, Wis. ; bojuin, W. S. 

 Dickinson, Kansas City : scrivenoter, H. J. West, Atlanta, Ga. ; jabberwock, 

 Jas. G. Simpson, Lake Charles, La. ; custocatian, Ralph Angels, New York 

 City; arcanoper, C. D. Le Master, Fresno; gurdon, W. E. McClung. Colo- 

 rado Springs; chaplain of the order of Hoo-Hoo, Parson Peter A. Simpkiu, 

 Salt Lake City. 



Under the new plan fur the seleition of State-Vicegerents, which was 

 adopted at the suggestion of Secretary Isherwood, the folhiwing were 

 elected : 



Alabama — W. L. Sheperd, Montgomery. 



Arkansas — G. E. Mattison, Malvern. "" 



Illinois— W. F. Baker, Chicago. 



Indiana — O. L. Haskett, Indianapolis. 



Kansas — Frank Hodges, Olathe. 



Kentucky — W. K. Hall, Fulton. 



Michigan — Fred McCall, Detroit. 



Nebraska — Martin Engelman, Omaha. 



Ohio — W. L. Whitaere, Columbus. 



Oklahoma — B. E. Ford, Ponca City. 



Oregon — n. E. Officer, Portland. 



Under the new plan for the selection of State Vicegerents, which was 



South Carolina — C. C. Campbell, Columbia. 



Tennessee — L. E. Glass, Memphis. 



Utah — William Service, Salt Lake City. 



Associated Wood Users Meet September 26 



The annual meeting of the Association of Wood Using Industries will 

 be held in Chicago on September 26 at the office of Wm. B. Baker, the 

 secretary, 531 Monadnock building. 



Evansville Club Holds Night Session 



The first fall meeting of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club was held at 

 the New Vendome Hotel on Tuesday night, September 13, and was largely 

 attended. J. C. Greer, head of the J. C. Greer Lumber Company, and 

 president of tlu> club, presided. William S. Partington, the secretary and 

 treasurer, reported that the storage in transit privileges that the club 

 had long been fighting for had at last been granted. This will prove of 

 great advantage to the lumber manufacturers of the tri-state section. It 

 was pointed out. Charles Maley, who for several years was associated 

 with the Henry Maley Lumber Company, Evansville, but who for the past 

 several years has been engaged in the hardwood lumber business at Jack- 

 son, Miss., was a visitor. He said that trade conditions in the south had 

 been growing steadily better and he expected to see a nice fall and winter 

 trade. The next meeting of the club will be held at the New Vendome 

 Hotel on Tuesday night, October 11. Charles A. Wolflin, head of the 

 Woltlln West Side Lumljcr Company, who is the chairman of the mem- 

 bership committee. Is trying to line up a few new members before the next 

 meeting of the club. 



