May 10, 1921 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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"Tlie forest end of the industry," he said, "to some extent still 

 l.luKs alonji; in the old fashioned way, fearing to depart from well 

 Ijeaten paths until the other fellow blazes the way." 



W. T. Latham of the Andrews Manufacturing Company, 

 Andrews, N. C, was unable to deliver his address on logging rail- 

 roads because of a severe cold which he contracted on the train, 

 ills manuscript on the subject was read by President Norcross. 



The afternoon session concluded with an address on tho use of 

 caterpillar steam shovel in logging railroad construction and the 

 portable camp housing bj' C. L. Babcock of the Babcock Lumber 

 and Land Company, Maryville, Tenn. The delegates then 

 assembled in groups and conducted round table talks. 



The annual banquet held in the evening was attended by several 

 hundred members and their friends. At this brilliant social event 

 Miles Byrns, of the Cumberland Valley Lumber Company, Cincin- 

 nati, presided as toastmaster. Addresses were made by Clifford 

 Martin of Cincinnati and C. S. Babcock. On behalf of the dele- 

 gates, Mr. Babcock presented W. C. Champion of the Clyde Iron 

 Works, and chairman of the entertainment committee with a eigar- 

 I'tte case for his fruitful labors in arranging the program. Presi- 

 dent Norcross eulogized Mr. Champion as one of the founders of 

 the .\]ipalachian Logging Congress. Mr. Champion responded with 

 remarks of appreciation for the gift. The affair concluded with 

 a vaudeville show. 



The Closing Session 



The speakers at the last session of the convention on the morn- 

 ing of March 30 were L. D. Gasteiger of the Pittsburgh Lumber 

 Company, Braemar, Tenn., and Andrew Gennett of the Gennett 

 Lumber Company, Asheville, N. C. 



Mr. Gennett said that statistics for 1918 show that 60 per cent 



of the lumber produced in the Appalachian region was the product 

 of the jjortable mill. Ninety per cent of the portable mill operations 

 have ceased during the past six months, he said. Tnder present 

 conditions, Mr. Gennett said, portable mill operations will not be 

 able to supply their 60 per cent when business revives. Mr. 

 Gennett predicted business would improve immediately upon the 

 readjustment of wages and freight rates. In conclusion, he 

 described the methods of forestry in France. 



Leslie Brooks of Bryson City, N. C, who was slated to make an 

 address on timber resources in Panama, was unable to attend the 

 convention because of important business in the east. His paper 

 was read by ,J. R. Williams, publisher of the Appalachian Logging 

 Journal. Mr. Brooks in his manuscript said that the lack of roads 

 is the chief dr.iwback of timber development in Panama. He said 

 that American lumber interests need fear no competition from the 

 low priced woods from Panama as climatic and other conditions 

 will always make lumber production expensive in the tropics. 



C. G. Eogers, director of forest studies in America to the Gov- 

 ernment in India, in addressing the convention said that he never 

 saw such wonderful opportunities as in this country. Mr. Rogers, 

 who has been in the United States fifteen months with seventeen 

 British engineers, said it is impossible to introduce machinery 

 appliances in the Far East because of the abundance of labor. Mr. 

 Eogers is making a study of American logging methods. 



The convention was brought to a close with an address on asso- 

 ciation matters by J. L. Boyd, secretary of the Southern Logging 

 Association, New Orleans, La. 



In the afternoon of March 30, between 50 and 75 delegates 

 motored to the plant of the Cherrj' Lumber Company, where a dry 

 kiln demonstration was held for their benefit. 



Alluvial Empire Builders Meet 



The Federal Land Banks, the Joint Stock Land Banks and the 

 Federal Farm Loan Associations operating under the Federal Farm 

 Loan Act, recently pronounced constitutional by the Supreme 

 Court of the United States, are in position to play a very impor- 

 tant part in the development of cut-over and other lands in the 

 vast alluvial empire in Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Louis- 

 iana, according to Walter Howell, president of the Federal Land 

 Bank, Louisville, Ky., who delivered the feature address before 

 the fourth annual meeting of the Southern Alluvial Land Associa- 

 tion at the Hotel Chisca, Memphis, Thursday afternoon, April 28. 

 He pointed out, in particular, that these agencies are in position 

 to furnish "real money" for the needs of farmers and landowners 

 not only to pay their current indebtedness to their bankers, their 

 merchants and other creditors but also to carry on the develop- 

 ment work now in progress, and that they can furnish this "real 

 money" on a basis, so far as terms are concerned, that is impos- 

 sible for bankers and others who have capital to loan. 



W. H. Dick, vice-president of the Tallahatchie Lumber Company, 

 Memphis and Phillip, Miss., was elected president. He succeeds 

 A. C. Lange of the Chicago Mill & Lumber Company, Blytheville, 

 Ark., who served as head of this organization for a single year. 

 Other ofiicers and directors chosen were: W. H. Bonner, J. H. 

 Bonner & Sons, Memphis and Heth, Ark., first vice-president; Max 

 Sondheimcr, E. Sondheimer Company, Memphis, Tenn., Shreveport, 

 Sondheimer and Tallulah, La., second vice-president; John M. 

 Pritchard, secretarj'-manager of the Southern Hardwood Traffic 

 Association, treasurer; A. C. Lange, Blytheville, Ark., F. K. Conn, 

 Shreveport, La., Max Miller, Marianna, Ark., S. E. Simonsftn, 

 Luxora, Ark., and S. M. Nickey, Memphis, directors. At a meeting 

 of the executive board held immediately after adjournment, F. D. 

 Beneke was re-elected secretary. 



The association unanimously passed resolutions protesting 

 against the action of congress in restricting immigration, taking 

 the view that immigration should be free and unhindered in the 

 interest of the undeveloped lands of^he alluvial empire and other 

 sections of the United States. 



The report of F. D. Beneke, secretary, showed that 29 members 

 had been received during the past year and that losses, all by 

 resignation, had been eight, leaving a net gain of 21 members. 

 The report indicated that these resignations had been handed in 

 because of necessary retrenchment incident to the severe deflation 

 of the value of farm products and suggested that those who had 

 resigned would reinstate their memberships when conditions were 

 more favorable. 



The report also indicated that, while it had been necessary to 

 practice the most rigid economy, the association had been able to 

 take care of all its obligations up to the time of the annual. In 

 this connection, Mr. Beneke made it perfectly clear that the 

 association is, despite the economy necessary, in better position 

 than ever before to carry on its activities in behalf of the alluvial 

 empire because of the splendid talent at its command and because 

 of the willingness of newspapers, magazines, trade papers and 

 other publications to use everything the association offers in tho 

 way of publicity matter bearing on this particular section of the 

 United States. 



The report of Secretary Beneke dealt largely with the publicity 

 work accomplished during the past year, saying that this sur- 

 passed anything ever previously undertaken by any similar organi- 

 zation. He said that thousands of columns of live reading matter 

 had been given wide circulation through the media already men- 

 tioned, to say nothing of the thousands of pamphlets which had 

 been mailed out of the offices of the organization. 



