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HARDWOOD RECORD 



July 10. 1921 



Manufacturers 



SOUTHERN HARDWOODS 



A^h Mixed Oak ^J^^"^, 



Poplar J^^^ Soft Maple 



Red Gum Tupelo 



CUMMER LUMBER COMPANY 



SALES OFFICE: 



280 MADISON AVENUE 



NEW YORK, N. Y. 



MAIN OFFICE 



JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 



(Continuetl jrom page 25) 



because of the big difference between net and gross rates, tlie association 

 regards the securing of extensions as the most important subject con- 

 fronting the hardwood industry aside from the question of obtaining 

 readjustment of freiglit ratos generally. 



The subject will be handled with the carriers until it is determined 

 whether or not results can be secured. If nothing comes of the efforts 

 with the representatives of the railroads, the association is prepared to 

 carry the matter before the interstate commerce commission. 



Lower Rates to West Coast Expected 



The Southern Hardwood Traffic Association adTises its members that it 

 expects early announcement of reductions in rates on lumber and forest 

 products moving to the Pacific coast. It also states that it has asked the 

 carriers to reduce westbound rates to the eastbound liasis and that, if this 

 is done, it will mean a reduction of 30 cents per hundred pounds. It adds 

 iu this connection ; 



"We are confident that the westbound rates will be reduced but are 

 unable to advise just how much the reduction will be." 



Reduction of westbound rates will put manufacturers of hardwood lumber 

 in the South and Southwest in far better position to compete with Japanese 

 oak and other hardwoods arriving on the Pacific coast. It was pointed 

 out at the recent conference with representatives of the carriers that 

 present rates to the Pacific coast mean complete loss of business for both 

 the luinbermen and the carrier.s because of impossibility of doing anything 

 in competition with .Japanese oak and other woods moving on subsidized 

 rates. 



Production of Lumber, Lath and Shingles 



A preliminary comparative report on the production of lumber, lath and 

 shingles tor 1919 has been issued by Director W. M. Steuart of the Bureau 

 of the Census, Department of Commerce. 



The report, which was compiled in co-operation with the Forest Service. 

 Department of Agriculture, shows the quantities of lumber, lath and shin- 

 gles manufactured in the United States during the years 1!>00 and 1919. 

 Figures for the year 1919 are preliminary and subject to such changes as 

 may be necessary from further examination of the reports. 



The figures shown for the two years are comparable and cover the pro- 

 duction of lumber by custom mills as well as the larger merchant estab- 

 lishments. During the Intervening years, from 1909 to 1919. the Bureau 

 of the Census and the Forest Service have compiled and published annual 

 statistics of the lumber cut. The cut shown for these years, however, did 

 not iuclude the production by small mills cutting less than 50,000 feet 

 annually. 



The total value, at the mill, of the lumber manufactured during 1919 

 as reported was approximately $1,043,932,000, or an average of ?30.21 

 per M feet, as against $684,479,900, or an average of ?15.3S per M feet, 

 for cut of 1909. The total value for 1919 is based on average values 

 reported by a majority of the mills. The total value of the lath cut in 1919 

 was approximately $9,229,000 and of the shingles approximately 

 $41,118,000. 



"From Tree to Trade" Is Popular 



The recent publication of The Long-Bell Lumber Company, "From Tree 

 *o Trade," is meeting with favorable comment among lumbermen. Already 

 thousands of copies have been distributed. The book was published to 

 acquaint lumber dealers, architects, engineers, schools and libraries with 

 methods of modern lumber manufacture, and the response so far has 

 indicated an unusual interest in the contents of the book. 



The volume is an authoritative, lucid exposition of present-day lumber 

 manufacture on a large scale — of greater Importance and interest to the 

 lumberman than to any other reader. 



-\ny lumberman desiring a copy of the book should address The Long- 

 Bell Lumber Company, Kansas City, Mo. There is no charge for it. 



Clubs and Associations 



Lumber Movement Statistics Available to All 

 Information concerning the movement of lumber as published by the 

 National Lumber Manufacturers' Association in their Weekly Trade 

 Barometer is now available to the entire lumber trade. Permission has 

 been granted to reprint any or all of the material. Any one desiring copies 

 of same may secure them by addressing the Washington office. 



National Hardwood Executive Committee 

 Horace F. Taylor, president of the National Hardwood Lumber Associa- 

 tion, on June 28 announced the appointment of the executive committee 

 of the association for the ensuing year. President Taylor is chairman and 

 the committee is as follows : Earl Palmer, Memphis, Tenn. : E. V. Bab- 

 cock. Pittslmrgh, Pa. ; Chas. H. Barnaby, Greencastle. Ind. ; W. E. Cham- 

 berlin, Boston, Mass. ; Charles A. Goodman. Marinette. Wis. : John W. 

 McClure, Memphis, Tenn. 



