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HARDWOOD RECORD 



May 10. i;i2l 



J. V. Rii 



James V. Rush Dies Suddenly 



A n whom hiK 



fi'lt'iids aiiil^hlK com- 

 miinity could III iiiroril 

 to loso piiHHeil uivay 

 III Mciiiplilx, T v a n.. 

 TliurMlny, May ."., 

 when .Tnincs V. Itush, 

 prcKldcut of the Rush 

 Lumber Compiiny. dU'd 

 111' a ipri'liral licmor- 

 ihaKi'. Mr. Hush was 

 stricken without warn- 

 In;:, wliilo apparently 

 in ^iKicI health, and 

 illed within a few 

 liour.s, fie would have 

 heen C:i years old had 

 he lived to May 20. 



Mr. liush was a man 

 who achieved a .splen- 

 dl<l success in the dry- 

 L'ooils, the hanking and 

 In roller huKlnesscs by 

 line intcKrity, goo<l 

 huslness Judgment and 

 years of nnsparin;; 

 toil. And in spito of 

 his very delinite ma- 

 terial successes. he 

 iiiaitttained tlirou^rhout 

 his life the lincst 

 spiritual values. He 

 was charilalile, just and tlevoled to the service of Iiis fellow men. Ills 

 character and service was such tliat he won the love and respect of all 

 who came in contact witli him. 



Mr. Hush was president of the l.iimher n's Cluh of Memplds In lOliii 



and was chairman of the advisory hfiard of that or^^anlxation when he 

 died. He was an ardent Catholic, a memher of the Sacre^l Heart t'hurch, 

 of the KnlKhts of Colunibus and the Holy .Name Society, in all of which 

 lie was an Inliueni-c. a worker and slver. His deep interest in charitable 

 work was evidenced by membership on the board of directors of the Mem- 

 [jllis .Vssoi'iiited Cliai-lties. He was also a member of the ("nlonial (.'ountry 

 Club. 



Mr. liii^b i-ntei-i-d the hijiiber- and sawmill business in Mempliis in i;>i)ll. 

 reslKUiUK the presidency of the Mercantile National liank of Kvansville, 

 Ind.. to make this change. I'revious to soing Into the bank Mr. Itush 

 was lu the Makey-Nesbit I>ry ('roods Company of which he was secretary- 

 treasurer. 



On coming to Memphis ilr. Itush hecami' a member of the tirni of .MolTett, 

 liownmn & Itush. He was a brother-in-law to the senior member of the 

 linn. Owen MolTett. Mr. Howman later sold his Interest in the business 

 and three years ago. following the death of .Mr. .Moffat, Mr. Itush and 

 his son, I'aul, reorganized the business under the name of the linsb I.nm- 

 l>er Coni|iany. 'I'he llrm manufactures liardwood lumber. 



In bis immediate family Mr. liush is survive<l by bis ouly son, Paul, 

 and his widow, who before her marriage was Miss Kaniiie Wiuans of 

 I'^vansviile. Ind. Mr. Rush was Imrn in IMinburg, Ind. He will be burfed 

 temporarily in a vault in Calvary cemetery, Momiihis. and will later be 

 moved to Rvansvllle for permanent interment. 



Strengthen Anti-Tariff Forces 

 At tlie last ineeting of the liiilTalo Lumber K.schange guests were present 

 representing the Ifuffalo Lumber Dealers" Association and the White Pine 

 Association of the 'lonnwiindas. The proposed tarilT on lumber was again 

 discussed and it was decided to add three other members to a committee 

 already having cliarge of the matter as representative of the Uimlier inter- 

 ests of the liuffalo section, who will urge all the lumbermen to protest to 

 local Congressmen and menilKMs of the ways and means committee against 

 the Imposition of a tariff. The committee is composed of Hugh Mcln^an, 

 C. W. Ilurd. Henry I. Ceorge, M. i;. I'relsch and .lames I,. Crane, the two 

 last representing the Tonnwandas. 



Private Service for New Orleans 

 The Southern Hardwood Traffic Ass.ii iation, through-- the American 

 Overseas Forwarding Company. Is planning to make special arrangements 

 for private handling service In the port of New Orleans because of the 

 rate of 4 cents per hundred pounds allowed the carriers entering that 

 port by the interstate comnu'rce commission in the form of handling 

 charges. The association made a strong effort to have the cominIs.sion 

 suspend tlie proposed rates until tlie subject could he heanl on its merits 

 but such pressure was brought by Mobile interests, on the allegeti ground 

 of business lost to New Orleans, tliat the commission declined to defer 

 action. 



Clubs and Associations 



I. C. and Y. & M. V. One for Rates 



The interstate commerce commission lias ruled that the Illinois Central 

 ami the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley roads are one and the same for rate- 

 making purposes and that, where the latter brings raw material into 

 .Menipliis and delivers it to the former for shipment nortli of this city, 

 the rates must be constructed on a single line scale instead of on the 

 .Memphis nbination, according to aiinouni cment of the Southern Hard- 

 wood Trallic .\ssocintioii. 



"nils decision," said .T. H. Towiishend, secretary-manager, "establishes 

 a principle for which we have l>cen contending for a long while and we 

 are very inucli gratilied over tlie ruling of the commission." 



The decision was handled down in the case of the North Vernon Lumber 



C pany et al. vs. the Illinois Central and Yazoo & .Mississippi Valley 



roads which involved rates on logs and other forest products moving from 

 liiiints <iii tlie Yazoo & Mississippi Valley south of Memphis to two dcstina- 

 lions on the Illinois Central north of Memphis, Trimble and D.vcrslmrg. 

 Tenn. 



Memphis to Have Adequate River Terminals 



i'ians are ra]»i<lly going aliead lor adequate river teriiiinals at .Memphis 

 since the jieople of that city voted overwhelmingly in favor of the issuance 

 of .$."100. 000 in bonds to provide fiiiHls for the acnuisition of a site there- 

 for. The government lias agree<i to build the terminals provided tlie city 

 arranges a proper site and S. 1!. .\ndersoii. cliairiiian of the Memphis 

 Itiver Terminal Commission, and \V. 1". Schulz. engineer for this body, 

 are very busy working out tlie necessary arrangements so tliat constrnc- 

 tinn may begin at an early date. 



I'reseiit terminals are used largely for the handling of package freight 

 but it Is proposed that tli<' new terminals shall Ik' devoted strictly to the 

 aeeoniiiiodation of car load freight, including lumber, cotton, coal and 

 other lieavy tratfic. I*umber interests are keenly supporting tlie movement 

 in the belief that construction of the terminals will make the barge line 

 operated by the government available for tlie handling of forest products 

 liy water, thus etVectiuL' siibstantini saving in freiiiht charges. 



American Hardwood Directors Meet 

 .\ meeting of tlie directors of the American Hardwood Manufacturers 

 .Association was held in Louisville, at the Seelbach Hotel, April 27. it 

 being an executive meeting, with about thirty in attend.-mce. The morning 

 was given over to general discussions of conditions, in and outside of the 

 trade, being of an informal nature, due to the fact that many of the 

 members were absent, having been held up in a derailment of the Memphis 

 irain. due in about 8 o'clock in the morning, and not arriving until noon. 

 Luncheon was served in tlu' middle of the day. 



It w.is stated after tlie meeting that otBcers and directors of the a.ssocia- 

 tion feel encouraged over the way in wliich the appeal on the open competi- 

 tion plan is working out, it now being before the courts in Wasliington. 



R. M. Carrier, president, of Sardis. Miss., presldeii, but following the 

 ineeting stated that ever.vthing discussed was of an executive nature, and 

 that there was nothing for publication. There was sonic intorinal dis- 

 cussion fcdlowing tlie meeting. In which individuals stated that business 

 was better, but still far from satisfactory, one lumberman stating that 

 unless demand and price improved it would be doubtful whether more than 

 l.~i or 20 iiercent of nornial pnxiuction of liardwoods could be figured upon 

 by .lune 1, as mills are cutting out logs on hand, and clo.sing down, not 

 l)eing satlslied with prices and movement of low grades, which have been 

 hard hit by high freight rates. 



Domestic Distribution Activities 

 The National Wholesale Lumber Dealers .Association has heen asked to 

 cooperate with the Domestic Distribution Department of the Chamber of 

 Commerce of the Inited States. The chamber has organized its activities 

 into functions and lines, and a committee on distribution has heen formed 

 to considiM- the problems of the distributor as they affect industry as a 

 whole. .\ committee conferenci' was held in New York recently, the 

 National association being represented by I!ol>ert R. Sizc>r. New York, trus- 

 tee, and \V. W. Schupner. .secretary, and while it was apparent that lumber 

 distributing problems differwi materially from those of other industries, 

 the committee expressed a desire to enlarge its scoiie to include more 

 directly the lumber industry. The association, through the Committee on 

 Trade Relations, will submit to the coramittee a statement covering the 

 distribution of lumber. 



This subject will be considered at the annual meeting of the Chamlier 

 of Commerce to be held in .Atlantic Cit.v. at which the National Wholesale 

 Lunilxn- Dealers Association will l>e represented by the following delega- 

 tion : I', i;. Itabcock, rittslmrgh, I>a.. National Councillor : W. H. Schnette, 

 rittsbnrgh. I'a. : Robert (J. Kay. riiiladelphia. Pa.: Arthur C. Crombfe, 

 New York City: .lobn I. Coullmurn, I'hiladelphia. Pa.; W. G. Frost, New 

 York City: W, W. Schupner. Secretary. 



Distribute Trade Commission Report 



The ollicers of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers Association 

 regard the recent report sent t<i President Harding by the Federal Trade 



