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HARDWOOD RECORD 



November 10, 1918 



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The T. Wilce Company 



22nd and Throop Sts., CHICAGO, ILL. 



had just received a telegram from the cbief of the car service section 

 of the United States railroad administration advising him that the embargo 

 against shipments of lumber to destinations in Wisconsin and Indiana, 

 as well as against shipments of hardwood logs into the entire territory 

 east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac I'ivers, bad been 

 raised, effective at 6 o'clock Wednesday morning. November 6. 



He said this meant that hardwood lumber could be shipped, without 

 permits, to all destinations west of the Indiana-Illinois state line, and that 

 logs might be shipped, untler like conditions, anywhere in the United States. 

 He believes that there will lie a further modification of the embargo order 

 so that shipments of lumber may be made, without permits, to the entire 

 territcjry west of the Buffalo-Pittsburgh line and expects announcement 

 to this effect shortly. ' 



Lumber interests here are much pleased with the modification already 

 made. They feel certain that it will be followed by material increase in 

 the movement of hardwood lumber. 



Permits are increasing a little but they are still slow ami lumber manu- 

 facturers throughout the Southern field will not be wholly happy until per- 

 mits are no longer required. 



Louisville Hardwood Club Election 



On the evening of November 5 the Louisville Hardwood Club met to 

 celebrate the tenth annual of the founding of this club and to elect officers 

 for the coming year. Following an excellent dinner served at the Seelbach 

 hotel, the new officers were elected and installed as follows : E. B. Norman, 

 .Tr., re-elected president ; T. J. Christian, vice-president ; W. H. Day, treas- 

 urer, and A. A. Eagle, secretary. Mr. Christian and Mr. Eagle were 

 re-elected. Mr. Norman is with the Norman Lumber Company, Mr. Chris- 

 tian with the Wood Mosaic Company, as is Mr. Day also, while Mr. Eagle 

 is assistant manager of the Louisville branch of the Southern Hardwood 

 Tratfic -\ssociation. 



Tlie clnb made arrangements for entertaining the visitors who will attend 

 the joint meeting of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association and the 

 .American Hardwood Manufacturers' .Association, in Louisville, at the Seel- 

 bach hotel, December 17 and 18. The entertainment committee consists of 

 T. M. Brown, H. J. Gates and Harry E. Kline. 



It is believed that Louisville stands a strong chance of becoming head- 

 quarters of the new organization, as it is a midway station between the 

 Cincinnati headquarters of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association and 

 the Memphis headquarters of the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation. The Cincinnati organization is composed of Ohio, West Virginia 

 and eastern Kentucky oi>erators, while the Memphis body consists largely 

 of Memphis and other southern concerns, many members being o.n the lists 

 of both organizations. The merging of these two bodies into one will result 



in a strong organization, which will be in much better position to handle 

 important matters for the entire hardwood interests of the South, and 

 no better location could be secured than Louisville for headquarters. 



During the first nine years of the club's existence its meetings were held 

 weekly, but for economy's sake, semimonthly meetings were held during 

 the year just closed. Plans for returning to the weekly schedule were 

 discussed. 



R. B. Ray of the Southern Hardwood Traffic -Association read and 

 explained Circular 54 of the priorities committee, relative to shipment. 

 It was feared that the new order would cause some additional trouble in 

 deciding just what constitutes emergency or essential needs in filling 

 orders. 



.V considerable portion of the evening was spent in discussions con- 

 cerning the effect of early peace on the lumber imlustry, and while views 

 were somewhat different it appeared that the consensus of opinion was 

 that things would be a little quiet for a period of three to six months, 

 but that after that time they would open up, and eventually result in the 

 most active business that the hardwood trade has known. It was pointed 

 out that immediately following peace and a falling off in war orders, 

 accompanied by some government cancellations, where orders contain can- 

 cellation clauses, there would be a lack of government demand, and at 

 the same time export demand couldn't be expected to pick up suddenly, as 

 bottoms will be needed in shipping foodstuffs abroad, and supplying the 

 army and foreign powers. It will take domestic trade and the building 

 trades some little time to readjust themselves, and until this is done 

 things may be a little dull. However, an interesting point is in the fact 

 that lumber stocks in the South are smaller today than at any previous 

 period in quite a while. 



.Attention was called to the fact that there hasn't been much advance 

 in stumpage or logs, that is the advance in the price of lumber hasn't 

 been due to increased cost of stumpage, but to increased rail rates, labor 

 and supplies. It will be a considerable time before rail rates go back 

 again, especially as the railroad administration is not likely to relinquish 

 hold for some time after peace is declared. It will be a considerable time 

 before labor prices are readjusted. 



As soon as export demand for rebuilding Europe begins to reach the 

 manufacturer it is expected that prices will strengthen if anything, as a 

 big demand is looked forward to. At the same time American manu- 

 facturers of furniture, automobiles, cabinets, talking machines, etc., will 

 probably get very busy on rebuilding lines which were allowed to drag 

 during the war, while they were busy with war orders. Trucks promise 

 to be in larger demand than ever, and the pleasure car prospect is bright. 



The majority of those present expressed themselves as opposed to govern- 

 ment control of railroads, except as a war measure. 



Implement and Vehicle Association to Meet 



The annual meeting of the National Implement and Vehicle Association 

 is scheduled for the LaSalle Hotel, Chicago, Tuesday and Wednesday, 

 November 19 and 20. The meeting will undoubtedly be one of the most 

 momentous in its history. The production of essential war material has 

 so commanded the thoughts of manufacturers that the return of peace will 

 require vast readjustments. 



The wagon manufacturers will meet on the nineteenth and twentieth, 

 the tractor and thresher men on the twenty-first and twenty-second at the 

 .Auditorium hotel, and ensilage machinery department on the nineteenth. 



The annual banquet of the tractor and thresher men will be held at the 

 .\udiforium on the evening of November 21. 



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Conference of Tie Manufacturers 



A conference of railroad tie manufacturers aud dealers has been called 

 to meet in St. Louis. Mo., Nov. 10 and 20. The meeting has been called 

 under the auspices of the St. Louis chamber of commerce. The program 

 has not been announced, but the plan is to have prominent men address 

 the meeting. It is expected that both national and regional tie organiza- 

 tions will be provided for. 



A Lumberman Promoted 



George E. Breece, a former mayor of Charleston, W. Va., and a leading 

 lumber dealer of West Virginia and Cincinnati, has been promoted lieu- 

 tenant colonel in the aviation section of the army. He left several mouths 

 ago with a commission as major to assume charge of the spruce division 

 of the army at Portland, Ore., aud he is now superintending the cutting 

 of all spruce timber in that section for airships. He has two sons in 

 the array. 



Building Hardwood Mill on Pine Lands 



Arrangements have been made by Richard P. Bacr & Co., wholesale 

 dealers in and manufacturers of hardwoods, with the Great Southern 

 Lumber Company of Bogalusa, La., whereby the firm will erect a large 

 sawmill to cut the hardwood timber found on the company's lands. The 

 company will furnish the timber. The plant is to be one of the largest 

 and most up to date in the South, and will give employment to a con- 

 siderable number of men. The contract for the construction of the mill 

 has just been signed. 



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