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HARDWOOD RECORD 



February 25, 1919 



In connection with the export booking department, Mr. Townshend 

 announces that this is being rapidly completed and that the association 

 "expects to have a representative in New Orleans in the near future 

 employed by this body to render all possible assistance in handling ship- 

 ments of hardwood lumber and forest products overseas." 



The association quotes the following cablegram, received from the 

 consul general at London, as showing that the way has been paved for 

 shipments to the United Kingdom : 



Order issned from March 1 abolishing restrictions on dealings in hard- 

 wood timber outside the United Kingdom. Existing stocks in this coun- 

 try will be sold by public auction. .Stocks are approximately as follows, 

 in carload lots: fypress. 220; gum, 138; Cottonwood, SI; chestnut, 13; 

 ash. 40 ; walnut, 40 ; oak, 176 ; birch. 02 ; poplar. 525 ; various, 220. In 

 addition there are about 300 carloads still to arrive. 



The association also quoted the following rates from gulf ports : 



The United States Shipping Board quotes .$1.15 to the United Kingdom; 

 $1.40 to Rotterdam, Antwerp, Havre and Bordeaux; $1.75 to Genoa and 

 Xaples, and $60 per ton of 2,240 pounds to Alexandria, Egypt. 



Foreign vessel rates are in line with those of the U." S. Shipping 

 Board, with the exception that the former have been quoting ship op- 

 tions. Some bookings have been made at rates less than quoted. 



Traffic Association Meets at Louisville 



T. M, Brown, Louisville, was reelected chairman of the Louisville divi- 

 sion of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, and R. R. May was 

 reelected manager at the annual meeting of the organization, following a 

 big dinner at the Seelbach hotel, on the evening of February 11. About 

 twenty of the twenty-six members were present at this meeting, which 

 was by far the best ever held. Plans were started whereby the organiza- 

 tion expects to meet monthly, with a dinner preceding the meeting. The 

 association has plans for opening branch offices at St. Louis and Cincin- 

 nati shortly. 



In the annual report of T. M. Brown, chairman, Mr. Brown called atten- 

 tion to the need of better support of the organization, stating that those 

 who used it the most would get the most out of it. He also stated that 

 with the increase in membership and work membership having tripled 

 during the existence of the club, but with small increase in operating force 

 it would be necessary to increase assessments and secure more members 

 in order to increase the budget tor higher salaries to the present operating 

 force and a larger force. He spoke highly of the ability of Manager May 

 and the present office force, which will at once be Increased by another 

 man. The budget was properly increased by voluntary increases in assess- 

 ments of the larger local members. 



A new board of directors was named to serve for three years, the per- 

 sonnel of this board being as follows : Chairman, T. M. Brown, Louis- 

 ville ; C. H. Barnaby, Greencastle, Ind. ; John Churchill, Greenwood, Miss. ; 

 B. L. Davis, D. E. Kline, A. E. Norman, Jr., E. B. Norman and W. R. 

 Wlllett, all of Louisville ; W. A. McLean, New Albany, Ind. ; C. E. Platter, 

 North Vernon ; Daniel Wertz, Evansville. 



The year's work was highly complimented by J. Van Norman of Louis- 

 ville, who stated that the organization had become a power In the traffic 

 world and was known throughout the country. He stated that he was 

 proud to represent the organization before the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission, as it has built up an excellent reputation. He spoke highly of 

 the efficiency of Mr. May, as well as officers in the Memphis office. 



The annual report of Mr. May covered the work of the year, which was 

 by far the hardest year that the organization has ever experienced, and 

 probably the worst it will ever have to contend with. 



The report cited the many results obtained through the association's 

 efforts in the direction of rates, shipping conditions, routings and the 

 guarding of the members' interests in regard to legislation that would 

 have proved burdensome and unfair. It outlined some of the general 

 policies advocated by the association which have been adopted by the 

 railroad administration. 



Mr. May emphasized the necessity for the export booking department 

 pointing to the hardships individual members would suffer in matters of 

 rates and services if not backed by an associated body. He referred to 

 the activity looking toward securing a fair and uniform ruling in the 

 matter of transit arrangements and then recited some of the Individual 

 cases that the association has handled successfully. 



He closed with a very enthusiastic summary of the outlook for further 

 development and service to the trade membership. 



Favorable Log Rates Not Yet in Effect 



The railroads have not yet applied the net scale of rates on logs, 

 bolts and billets into milling points, as per the order of Director Cham- 

 bers of the U. S. Railroad Administration, issued December 24, follow- 

 ing a conference with officials of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Associa- 

 tion at Washington December 3, 1918. 



Failure of the railroads to apply these rates is another subject that 

 is just now engaging J. H. Townshend, secretary-manager of the as- 

 sociation. He is planning to take this matter up with the regional 

 director at Atlanta and also with the authorities at Washington, with 

 a view to securing compliance with the order. 



"The association feels that, since it has secured the issuance of this 

 order, it is entitled to the benefits that will accrue under its application. 

 Some of the railroad officials have intimated that application of these 

 net rates would be against the interests of the railroads if the latter 

 were turned back to their private owners. But this is not a point that 

 concerns us and, If the railroads are going to take the position that 



they are unwilling to give shippers the benefits which should accrue 

 under government operation, on the theory that such action would be 

 against their interests when the roads are turned back to their owners, 

 it may be possible that their attitude may force a complete change of 

 front on the part of the association regarding the subject of railroad 

 ownership. This organization has already gone on record as favoring 

 return of the railroads to their owners as soon as possible and it is 

 quite clear that a change of attitude on its part can mean only one 

 thing." 



Wisconsin Loggers Meet At Rib Lake 



The Northern Wisconsin Loggers' Association will hold a meeting at 

 Rib Lake, Wis., at the operations of the Rib Lake Lumber Company, on 

 Wednesday, February 25. Geo. N. Harder, president and manager of 

 the Rib Lake Lumber Company, has everything well organized for an 

 exceedingly pleasant meeting, in tact, his invitation has the earmarks 

 indicating that the meeting will be more of a social affair than a business 

 conference. 



The Rib Lake Lumber Company will entertain at its camp No. 9 for 

 dinner, the party leaving Rib Lake for camp In the morning via log hauler 

 train "limited" operating smoothly over nine miles of ice road. The 

 visitors will then go over the logging operations and return to Rib Lake 

 at about 4 :30 in the afternoon. Here the big sawmill will be inspected 

 and later a special train will run over to Chelsea to make connections with 

 the night train for Chicago. 



Vigorously Pursue Transit Privileges 

 Referring to the conference held at LouLsvllle. Ky., with the Louis- 

 ville district freight traffic committee, February 12, by a delegation from 

 the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association with regard to milling-in- 

 transit rates, J. H. Townshend, secretary-manager, recently said : 



We filed a brief with the committee showing that there are approxi- 

 mately 1,000 points in the United States already enjoying milling-in- 

 translt privileges and that it is necessary to give similar privileges to 

 Memphis, Nashville, LouL^ville and Evansville in order to remove dis- 

 crimination and in order to meet public necessity. 



The committee gave us no intimation as to what its recommendations 

 to the U. S. Railroad Administration would be but we feel that these 

 privileges will ultimately be granted. We are prepared to carry the 

 contest to the regional director at Atlanta and also to the regional 

 director at Chicago if necessary. And. furthermore, we are ready to 

 put the issue squarely up to the railroad administration at Washington 

 if this has to be done. We have been discussing this subject now for 

 more than a year and we want it brought to a head one way or the 

 other, and we do not propose to let any grass grow under our feet. 



With the Trade 



Long-Bell Increases Hardwood Outfit 



The Long-Bell Lumber Company with operations at numerous points 

 in the South is increasing its outfit at Quitman, Miss. The Quitman opera- 

 tion is known as the Long-Bell Company. It is announced that plans 

 are being laid to build an up-to-date hardwood mill on the timber east of 

 Quitman. The mill will have a capacity of 30,000 feet per day. 



A New Casket Factory 

 A new casket factory will be located at Huntington, W. Va., and a 

 fund of $100,000 has been provided for building and equipping, accord- 

 ing to reports which seem to be reliable. The only man whose name has 

 thus far been publicly associated with the enterprise is Frank Bosley of 

 the Gallu Lumber Company, Huntington, but it is announced that he Is 

 acting for other business men of Huntington. 



No Cut in Price of Farm Implements 

 The secretary of the National Implement and Vehicle Association 

 recently published a correction of a report that farm implements are 

 soon to be cheaper. He explained that little decline in prices need be 

 expected until manufacturers work up and resell the raw materials now 

 on hand and which were bought at war prices. 



Change in New York Concern 

 Announcement comes from Rochester, N. Y., that A. W. Ocorr, for 

 several years president and general manager of the A. H. Rugg Company, 

 miiiwork, and interior finish manufacturer of Rochester, is no longer 

 connected with that firm. The affairs of the corporation are now under 

 the control of an attorney who is the executor of the Estate of H. A. 

 Ocorr, former president, now deceased. 



Perkins Glue Company Brings More Infringement Suits 



According to bills of complaint filed in the United States District 

 Court in Grand Rapids, Mich., the Perkins Glue Company has brought 

 suit against the West Michigan Furniture Company of Holland, Mich., 

 George P. Hummer of Grand Rapids and Hood & Wright of Big Rapids. 

 The suits are for infringement of the Perkins vegetable glue patent. The 

 Perkins company has also brought a similar suit in the district court 

 at Frankfort, Ky., against the Carrollton Furniture Manufacturing Com- 

 pany and Henry Schuerman of Carrollton, Ky. 



The Perkins company claims that the defendants have infringed their 

 patent by mixing up and using vegetable glue in gluing together veneered 

 stock for furniture. 



