March 10, 191!) 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



31 



The Mail Bag 



B 1214— Chestnut, Birch, Beech, Etc. 



Boston, Mass., Feb. 27. — Editor Il.uiiiWdnu Uecuuu : We will appre- 

 ciate very much having you list our j-eiiuirements for lumber in your 

 Record, as we have noticed you have done for another firm who has 

 recomniendeil you to us. We wovild like to have quotations at once on the 

 following : Birch, beech and nuiple from 1 to 4" ; chestnut logs and wormy 



chestnut, whitewood, 1". . 



B 1215 — Logs Wanted 



Boston. Mass.. March 3. — Editor II.utDwiioD Recokd : Will you kindly 

 refer us to some one who can furnish the following or make known in your 

 issue that we are in want of the following ; Carload lots of roughly 

 turned rollers, 7" diameter x lb" long with a 1V4" diameter hole bored 

 through the center from end to end, and made from the center of green or 

 seasoned gum (preferred) or any other hardwood logs. Logs from which 

 the outside has been removed for veneer or any other purpose. We will 

 write more fully to anyone who can furnish the.se. 



B 1216— Oak Logs to Offer 



Point Pleasant, Mo., JIarch 3. — Editor ll.\iinwo<)i) Kbcorii : I have out 

 on the Frisco Railway about 2U.(i(i(> feet of oak logs 12, 14 and lU feet 

 long, 15 to 36" in diameter. If you can advise me to whom I might sell 

 them to good advantage I will appreciate same. My idea was to sell the 



larger ones to some veneer concern. . 



B1217 — Wants Three-Ply Veneer 



Brooklyn, N. Y., March 3. — Editor II.ihdwood Record: We would 

 thank you for the receipt of a copy of your journal. We are in the market 

 for a quantity of three-ply veneer and would like to hear from manu- 

 facturers of same. 



B 1218— Has Tupelo Gum 



Maud, Miss., March 5. — Editcjr ll.*iii>wii(iii Recuud : Do you wish to Imy 

 some tupelo gum, or can you tell me who doesV I could sell some to the 



railroad next summer. ■ . 



B 1219— Beech, Birch, Etc. 



Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 28. — Eilitor II.miuwoud Record; We have for 

 sale 25 carloads of cuttings composed of beech, birch, poplar, chestnut and 

 mahogany, running from 1%" to 16" wide; 1" to 3" thick, cut from No. 

 1 common and better. This stock is 75 per cent clear, three years dry. 

 Will .sell in bulk or in carloads. This stock can be used in any chair or 

 furniture factory. Can be seen at our yard. — — . 



Clubs and Associations 



Foreign Trade Convention Called 



James A. Farrell, chairman of the Foreign Trade Council, has called a 

 convention for that organization at the Congress hotel, Chicago, April 24, 

 25 and 26. This will be the sixth convention held by this body. 



A program for the meeting has been prepared, and experts have been 

 secured to open discussions of important topics, .\mong the subjects 

 accorded space on the program are the following : 



America's need of foreign trade; Post-war foreign trade problems; Com- 

 mercial education for foreign trade; Foreign trade merchandising; Financ- 

 ing foreign trade ; The .\merican merchant marine ; Foreign credits ; Direct 

 selling: Export combinations; Ocean service. 



Annual of Wholesalers 



The twenty-seventh annual meeting of the National Wholesale Lumber 

 Dealers' -Association to be held at the Bellevue-Stratford hotel, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa., Wednesday and Thursday, March 19 and 20, bids fair to be 

 the largest convention in the history of the association. 



.\t each session. In addition to other business, a well-known speaker 

 will address the convention on subjects of interest to the wholesale lum- 

 tier trade. 



The banquet will be held In the Bellevue-Stratford hotel on Thursday 

 evening. On W^ednesday evening the members and delegates will be guests 

 of the Philadelphia Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association at a smoker 

 and entertainment to be tendered by that organization. 



The Railroad Tie Association 



.\lthough the National -Association of Railroad Tie Producers, which 

 was recently organized in St. Louis, is only a few weeks old, it is getting 

 a grip on the situation which is very encouraging to those who have the 

 association's affairs in charge. The membership Is increasing. Changes 

 for the better in the inspection of ties are anticipated as soon as inspectors 

 become more familiar with the interpretation of present rules. The last 

 two months have furnished ideal weather for the production of ties. Con- 

 ditions favorable to the hauling of ties is an extremely important Item to 

 the producer with limited capital. These conditions account for the large 

 production of ties which ordinarily would not come out at this season of 

 the year. The transporting of ties by railroads has been speeded also, due 



to the fact that railroad operation ha.s not been hampered by the adverse 

 climatic conditions usually prevalent at this time. 



The labor surplus has not helped conditions in the tie camps tor the 

 producers. Tliere is still a shortage of experienced tie-makers. 



Delegates Appointed 



The Lumbermen's Club of Memphis, Tenn., will be represented in the 

 .National Chamber of Commerce at its next annual meeting by John W. 

 .McCiure, S. C. Major, and Sam Thompson. They were appointed at the 

 time of the meeting of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Asso- 

 ciation at Philadelphia. 



Wagon Makers to Meet at Louisville 



Louisville has been selected for the place of bedding the next meeting 

 of the farm wagon department of the National Implement and Vehicle 

 .Association on March 20. .\n all-day session, beginning at 10 o'clock, 

 will be held at the Hotel Seelbach. It is very fitting that the meeting be 

 held at Ijouisville, not only on account of its convenience for southern 

 and western members of the association, but because of the present wagon" 

 standardization program having been determined upon at a meeting in that 

 city. A review of wagon and truck standardization and other matters of 

 equal importance will be made at the coming meeting. 



Issues Important Pamphlet on Forest Taxation 



Members of the .Michigan llanlwood Manufacturers' .Association had 

 the pleasure last month of listening to a remarkably able and instructive 

 talk on forest taxation by Orlando F. Barnes, member of the state tax 

 commission. Mr. Barnes outlined an instructive and advanced idea he is 

 advocating to the governor of Michigan for a new system of taxation on 

 forest lands. 



The Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association has had the speech 

 printed in pamphlet form, and this very instructive and interesting 

 pamphlet may probably be secured by addressing J. C. Knox, secretary, 

 Cadillac, Mich. 



May Ttirn to Sailing Ships 



There is such scarcity of ocean shipping freiglit room on the regular 

 liners that there is a possibility that exporters of southern hardwoods 

 may be forced to resort to the use of sailing vessels in order to get car- 

 goes of tills commodity overseas, according t() J. II. Townshend, secretary- 

 manager of the Southern Hardwood Traffic -Assficlation. 



Mr. Townshend left March 5 for Washington for a conference with 

 otHcials of the U. S. Shipping Board iiut before leaving he voiced the fore- 

 going. He further saicl that the princii)al objection to the use of sailing 

 vessels was the length of time required in putting lumber across the 

 water. He intimated, however, that sailing vessels were preferable to 

 the regular liners, in the respect that they could be secured, since there 

 is a prospect of getting lumber across in the latter as against very little 

 in the case of the former. There is virtually no freight room for March 

 use on the regular steamers and so far the lumbermen have been able to 

 make practically no engagements for .April sailing. 



There is a good demand from the United Kingdom and from other Euro- 

 pean s(uirces but there is no way of taking care of the business, with the 

 result that comparatively few orders are being accepted at the moment. 



The Southern Hardwood Traffic Association announces that its export 

 department will be in "full operation" in the very near future and that a 

 marine insurance department, capable of writing marine insurance, will 

 be operated in connection therewith. The association asks all members to 

 make inejuiries through the department in connection with exports, say- 

 ing that it is booking several charters for its members now. 



It is also announced liy the association that some of the roads are already 

 issuing through bills of lading on hardwood lumber expeirts and the hope 

 is expressed that the other roads will soon do likewise. 



Meeting of Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club 



Captain II. J. I'hiester. president of the M. I'.. Farrin Lumber Company, 

 was the cliief speaker at the meeting of the Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club 

 held at the Hotel Metropole, March 3. He urged the lumbermen to make 

 provision for the permanently crippled soldier on his return. He said 

 the problem of employment of these men was a big one, but that in justice 

 to the boys who had risked their all for the sake of America, every firm 

 should make every endeavor to provide suitable employment for them. 

 Captain Phiester had been overseas for a year. 



The meeting was very well attended. W. S. Sterrett, chairman of thi' 

 committee on federal home loan banks, recommended that the club sup 

 port such banks as soon as a resolution in the proper form was put 

 before it. 



Ilall Hagemeyer. who attended the recent meeting in Washington calleil 

 by the War Industries Board to see what disposition should be made of 

 hardwood and other woods which the government had on its hands, 

 reported that there was not sufficient lumber in the government's hands 

 to affect the market and that could be disposed of by the various lumber 

 organization heads. 



Secretary Thoman read a letter from the National Wholesale Lumber 

 Dealers' .Association inviting the president and two delegates from the 

 club to attend the convention of that body as its guests in Philadelphia, 

 March 19 and 20. The delegates will be named later. 



A letter of thanks was read from the Ohio Retail Lumber Dealers' .Asso- 

 ciation for the club's hospitality to its delegates during a recent conven- 

 tion in the city. 



