HARDWOOD RECORD 



June 10. lO'Jl 



Indiisti'ial IiusIdcss jiml <hi1Ip n lot of i-ailroiUi ln<|uii'.v in ciTIiiin llni's. Its 

 otBciiils arc not at all (ilscoumeed over tho outlook but tlipy ri'codiiizo 

 that nottaiiiK liut push and hustle will get husini'ss this suuinier. 



E. II. Shrclner l.unilier Coinpan.v is now nlci'ly locate<l in Its new oHlies 

 at 426-427 I'ark luiildlnK. Mr. Shreincr is drlvinj: hard after the Industrial 

 'and .yard trade in hardwoods. 



The Allegheny T/Uudier Comimny helir'ves llial then- will lie i|iiite a spurt 

 in huildinK if the trouhlo with Ihe huildinKs trades ean he settled this 

 jiionth. Retailers are huyin;; very slowly in all lines, they report, and ai'e 

 lilvin;; mixed orders. 



.1. ('. Linehnn & ('oini)any make a s|ieciair,\' of iiidusti-ial trnih- and find 

 the market ver.v^ iiniet at present. Tliere is almost no ini|uii-y fr-om the 

 railroads and Industrial concerns are slowlns down In tliilr huyins. 



Fratddin Dickey, secretary of the rittsliurfjh I,uird>ermen's Cluh, m-iI W. 

 It. Slayer, secretary of the Ketail I.uudier Dealers Association, of Western 

 rennsylvania. have heen \-er,\' busy the past two weeks heli>inK alonji the 

 canipaljiu of the contractor and retail lumlH-rmen to reduce the cf>st of 

 huildlnjc. A splendid lot of e<lucati<mal matter has heen sent out liy them 

 and important meetinjjs have hoen held in different parts of Allejjheny 

 Covinty to show how Imildins needs to he redin-ed in cost. 



CLEVELAND 



i Ijirdw iiiid hiiulicr inltrt-stj; of (Movchind wlio enter pni-ticuliulv to tilt 

 l)iiildin}< indiKstry nro awnitinj; oaiioiiy the decision of the arl)itration 

 committed, a srovip ooniposod of individuals not idcntifiod wifM the Ijiiild- 

 in;.; trades, a decision which is expected to s^'ttle to the satisfaction of 

 employer and employe alike the differences in connection with the late 

 strike of 25.000 Iinildiu^ trades operatives. Vpon this decision, it is 

 believed, will depend whether huildins; activities for 1921 will go ahead 

 with any dej!;ree of seasonable activity. 



It was throuyb the efforts of this committee that a tnn-e was arrived at 

 between buildin*; trades employers and union operatives, so that the strike 

 was called off after one month's holdlnj? up of building oiM-ratious. All 

 operatives agreed to l>e back at work on June <>, and with employers, ajirtvd 

 to abide by the decision of the committee in regard to working conditions 

 and wages. The numth's" tieup of the construction industry here resultnd 

 in suspension of operations on $40,000,000 work, and lost weekly to thi' 

 employes !ftl, 500.000 wages. 



The committee that will decide how operatives are to work and what 

 wages they are to receive includes pastors, financiers, lawyers and inde- 

 pendent association officials. 



The strike was the result of an jitli-mpt of eontraijors tn cut w;iy:fs an 

 average of 20 per cent. 



Kegardless of the outconn- nf ltn' decision of the eomuiitttM', it is pre- 

 dicted by Chamlier of Commerce otticials that legal action will he taken 

 against employers and employes alike on grounds that they are in restraint 

 of trade in refusing to adopt the open shop method of operation. Several 

 efforts were made during the strike to have the American Plan Association 

 principles adopted liy the Imilding industry, but without success. 



BALTIMORE 



The sale by tlu' United States (iovernnient of the oarge line operated 

 by It between Italtiniore and New Bern, N. C. to Bardwell & Cassidy, of the 

 Canal and Transportation Company of New York, announcement of which 

 transaction was ntaile Uy the Secretarv of War on .Tune 2. Is of much 

 importance to the lumber trade of Baltimore. Protests ai^ainst the sov- 

 erninental operatifui of the Mm' in competition with private enterprise had 

 heen numerous an<l emphatic, and it was in response to f'ese protests that 

 the department dis|X)sed of the line. Large quantities of lumber have been 

 shipped over the route since it was established. ,Tust how the sale will 

 affect the Iund>er trade remains to l>e seen, 



.lohn L. Alcock of .Tohn L. Alcock & Company is bi>:hl>' iiratilied over the 

 outcome of a sint which his tirm had brought against the West Virginia 

 Air Craft Company of Wheeling, to enforce payment for four cars of 

 spruce supplied by the Baltimore concern during the war on requisition 

 from the Government. The West Virginia corporation had refu.sed payment 

 on the grotind that the Inmlier did not come up to speciflcati<nis or reciuire- 

 nients. In fact, according to the contention set up by the company, not 

 less than 70 per cent of the spruce was so bad that nothing could Ix^ done 

 with it. When the court at Wheeling suggested that some of the lumber 

 l>e produceil in order to settle the (lucstion of quality, the officers of the 

 company stated that it had lH"en burned. This brought from the .judge 

 some ironical reference to the destruction of evidence, which, he said, left 

 no course iiossible other than to bring in a verdict for Alcock & Company 

 for the full amount of the claim with interest, which was done. The sum 

 involved was ?!),0!)1. 



The Baltimore Lumlx>r Company plaus the erection of a four-stiiry null 

 and warehouse on Central avenue and Watson street, this cit.v, which is 

 about a block away from its present "stablishment. The latter has become 

 too small for the amount of business to he handled. 



The Wishbone Standai-d Wheel Company of Washington, 1>. C, has been 



chartered with a capital stock of $f!()(),(il]n by C. T. Cohce, C, B. Outten and 

 S. I>. Mackey, to engage in the manufacture of wooilen wheels, 



'I'lie It. K. Wowl Lumber ('ompany. Continental building, has withdrawn 

 from the Whidesale Ltindjermen's Club because tlie membership is almost 

 ex<-lusively made up of yellow pine men, its interests, therefore, being out- 

 side of those touching the hardwood tl-ade. 



CINCINNATI 



An applicallou to Ihe Ceutral Kreiglit Association for a h«'ariug on 

 present rates on walnut and cherry logs in carload lots between points 

 in the territory covered by the association was contained in the complaint 

 nuide by William Lockwood. manager of the Central Lumber Traffic Bureau 

 in Cineinnati, against the present tariffs, which put walnut and cherry logs 

 under a different classifiratioii anil impose a higher-rate on tliem than 

 applies to other native woods. Mr. Lockwood sai<l that there was no just 

 basis for the placing of walnut and cherry on a higher rating than other 

 kinds of woods, and said that this was evidenced by the fact that lumber 

 of all kinds carries the same rate. 



Villie B. Kirkpatrick and Newell H. Ilargrave of the Kirkpatrick Lum- 

 ber Company entertained members of the Cincinnati Lumbermen's Golf 

 Association with a dinner at the Miami Club, following the weekly golf^ 

 match at the Cincinnati Country Club last week. 



W. C. Otte. Jr.. traveling representative of the Kirkpatrick Lumber 

 Company, has resigned his position with that concern and joined the sales 

 staff of the M. J. Byrns Lumber Company, which has opened offices in the 

 Union Central Building. 



The Clotie Wernicke Company last week declared a (juarterly dividend 

 on the common stock of 1 lA per cent. The dividend will l>e paid on June- 

 lit to stockholders of date May 31. 



Fred Mowbray, president of the Mowbray & Robinson Lumber Company^ 

 after an absence from the city for several months. whi<-h he spent in the 

 snulb regaining his health, returned to his office last week feeling in good 

 bcjiltli and brown from the hot rays of the southern sun. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



Announcement has been made of the formation of a new" planing mill at 

 Delphi, Ind.. which expects to begin operations within a short time. The 

 officers of the company are : J. W. Acheson, president : Earl Thompson, 

 secretary-treasurer, and Caesar Margowski and Kenner Stewart, directors. 



The Johnston Motor W^heel Company at South Bend. Ind., which is in 

 the hands of a receiver, following financial difficulties, was authi>ri2ed for 

 sale recently in the St. Joseph Superior Court. 



Scott P. Matthews of the Southern Lumber & Export Company filed 

 suit recently in Superior Court 3 against Kingan & Co. here, asking 

 $7."i.000 for failure to carry out the terms of a contract for lumber con- 

 tracted for by Kingan & Co. He alleges that GOO. 000 feet of lumber was 

 contracted for. but that a dispute arose over the grade after a ])art of the 

 order had been sent. This dispute was settled and the defendant company 

 offered to accept a higher grade (jf lumber at a higher price. They later 

 refuse<l to carry out the terms of this contract and a large quantity of 

 lumber was left on Matthews' hands which he could not easily dispose of. 



The Allen A. Wilkinson Lumber Company. 931 East Michigan street, 

 recently suffered a loss of several thousand dollars, when fire dstroyed a 

 one and one-half-story frame garage in their yards. Two automobile 

 trucks were badly damaged. 



The Tour-0-Truck Body Company has filed incorporation papers with 

 the secretary of state here showing a capitalization of .«100.()0i). The 

 company will manufacture automobile bodies and accessories. The directors 

 are II. J. Wocher. T. 1', Trokc and T. D. Stevenson. 



II. II, Bushong, J. R. Bogey and H. T. VanCleave. all of Lawrence, Ind., 

 have lU-ganized the Lawrence Lumber Company with a capital stock of 

 $25,000. The company will specialize in hardwoods. 



Clarence E. Green, L. F, I-Iagemeyer and Frank Campbell of Redkey, 

 Ind., have organized what is known as the .\merican Hidtlen Window 

 Screen Company with a capital stock of ,?10,000. The company will manu- 

 facture door and window screens. 



The Forester Lumber & Coal Company, Inc.. of Valparaiso. Ind.. has 

 redt d its capital stock from J75.000 to $50,0110. 



Unaldi' to secure suitalde homes for its emidoyees, the Union City B>>dy 

 Corporation of Union City, Ind., makers of automobile bodies, has startiil 

 work of drawing plans for the construction of the first nnit of a housing 

 l)roject. which will for immediate use provide for the construction of 

 twenty bouses. 



EVANS VI LLE 



William S. Partington of the Maley & Wertz Lundier Company and sec- 

 retary anil treasurer of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club has entered his 

 bahy In the hig bab.v contest that is being staged by a local newspaper and 

 be expects the youngster to walk away with one of the prizes. 



.\fter the farmers in southern Indiana, southern Illinois and western 

 and northern Kentucky are through with their heavy work along late Id 

 July or .\ugnst, it is expected they will start getting out more logs, and 

 these will be shipped to the local market. While this section of the state ■ 

 has been pretty well depleted in the way of logs, there are still some tracts 



