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HARDWOOD RECORD 



June 23, 1921 



The Successful Mahogany Manufacturer 

 Must Have an Adequate Log Supply 



ShowinK our fresh water pond within the Mississippi River at New Orleans, where our 

 steamers discharge their logs after completing a long journey from the tropics. This pond 

 is approximately one-half mile long; has a storage capacity of three to lour million 

 feet of Mahogany logs, so that we are always assured of adequate supply; there our choice 

 Mahogany logs arc stored in a most advantageous manner, safe against the river currents 

 and storms, floating freely without chains, ready to go thru our mill. 



This Mahogany pond is the only one of its kind; all other features of our operations have 

 heen worked out with eaual care. 



Cal., of Fi(I»'l (Jaiiahl, founder of the (iaiiahl Lumber Company. He is 

 survived h.v three sons and four daughters. 



Court Prefers Arbitration 



Secretary W. W. Sehupner of the National Wholesale Liiinher Dealers' 

 Assneiatlon states that in a case pending before a southern court of a 

 substantial aitiount tlie two disputants have agreeil to submit their iliffer- 

 eiiees to the arbitration committee of the National association, with the 

 understandlnj; on the part of the U. S. Circuit Court that the award of the 

 arbitration eoniniittee will be accepted by tlie court, which will enter a 

 ruliuK confirniin^j; the award. 



Since the annual meeting of the association in March requests have 

 been made for arbitration of several disputes. The committee has been 

 increased from seven to nine members, thereby enabling a more expeilitious 

 use of this association privilege, which has been advocated by the asso- 

 ciation from its incejition. and stands out as a most important membership 

 feature. 'I'he association was among the first to adopt contpulsory arbi- 

 tration covering disputes between members, and when, as rarely happens, 

 memliers havi- refused to comply with this seition of the by-laws, their 

 memberships have lieeii forfeited. The association arbitration procedure 

 is simple anil comprehensive, ami the business experience of the members 

 of thc> committee enables clear cut decisions, which have been of great help 

 to ntany members, ami the trustees expressed the desire that members 

 should avail themselves of the arbitration privilege whenever possible. 



Evansville Lumbermen Frolic 



The nimteeiith annual outing of the Kvaiisville ilud. I Lumbermen's 

 Club was held at the Kxpi>sition Park in that city Tuesday afternoon ami 

 evening June 21, and it was the largest and liest outing the club has 

 ever given. The outing was arranged by the president of the club. J. C. 

 Ureer of the J. C. (Jreer Lumber Company, and the entertainment com- 

 mittee that is lomposed of the following : (ius Bauman of the Maley & 

 Wertz Lumber Company, Joe Waltman of the Evansville Hand Mill Com- 

 pany, and Claude Wertz of the Maley & Wertz Lumber Company. This 

 is the lirst time in a number of years that the outing was not held on the 

 Ohio river, this being due to the fact that the city's finest excursion boat, 

 the Crescent, was destroyed l>y Hre last fall and no boat has yet been 

 secured to take the place of the Crescent. 



The outing this year was attended by exactly 220 people. Arrangements 

 had bi'en made to take care of 2,111 people, but early in the afternoon a 

 rain came up and an electrical storm was threatened and this kept some 

 people away from the park. Everything in the park was free for the lum- 

 bermen and their friends during the afternoon and evening. The lumber- 

 men attended the various shows and concessions, rode on the roller 

 coaster, danced, played cards and did many other things to enjoy them- 



selves. In the dance hall Iianiel Wertz of thi- Mab'v i: Wertz Lumber 

 Company proved to be the best man on his feet and he had a close second 

 in the person of Oscar A. Klamer of the O. A. Klamer Furniture Com- 

 pany. A good nian,v of the people took a swim in the large swimming 

 pool and here is where George Foote of the Evansville Hand Mill Company 

 shone. E. S. O'flara also showed them some fine stunts in the bathing po(d. 



Hardwood News Notes 



CHICAGO 



The planing mills of Chicago are again operating after having been 

 dosed air tight for nearly two months. This is a result of the efforts 

 made since Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis of the Federal District Court 

 agreed to act as arbiter in the wage scale dispute in the building trades. 

 Judge Landis undertook the work with the understanding that the lockout 

 which tied up all Chicago building May 1 should be ended pending the 

 hearing of the disputants and the rendering of a decision. All the building 

 trades involved immediately went bat'k to work, but the carpenters held 

 out until June 20, when they agreed to return to work at their old scale 

 pending the decision. The old scale is $1.10 per hour for "inside" car- 

 penters and .?1.2o tor "outside" carpenters. The skilled workers in the 

 planing mills are rated as inside carpenters, hence the resumption of work 

 in these mills. 



The luiilding program, which has been resumed as a result of Judge 

 Lauilis' .igreement to act as arbiter, is estimated to involve the expenditure 

 of ?1UO."UO,000. 



S. F. I>. Metfley, secretarj'-manager of the Lumbermen's .Association of 

 Chicago, has inaugurated "The Secretary's Weekly Letter." a bulletin of 

 several papers, which is proving a convenient manner of communicating 

 with the members of the association. 



George D. Crifflth of Geo. D. Griffith & Company recently made an auto- 

 mobile trip through Indiana and Ohio, attending lioth to pleasure and busi- 

 ness. He was accompanied by Mrs. GrilBth and his mother, who though 

 eighty-three years old, suffered no hardship from the thousand-mile 

 Journey, luiving as much fun as anyone in the party. 



Inch No. 1 mahogany is hard to find, according to a statement made by 

 J. S. Otis, president of the J. S. Otis Mahogany Company (Inc.), New 

 Orleans, who visited Chicago and other large northern hardwood consum- 

 ing markets during the week ending June IS. Mr. Otis said that his own 



