March 25, 1919 



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(■an IliU'dwood Muuufacturers" Assooiatiun. de<-Iai'eil. He coutnisted this 

 with the showing of the previous thirty days when production was fifty- 

 seven per cent of normal. Mr. Oadd said that the car supi)Iy was good 

 and that collections were fair, with an indication that there wouUI be a 

 slight reaction. The outlook for the future, he .said, was very promising. 



The new grading rule-s promulgated by the association at a previous 

 meeting were unanimously adopted and members will use these rules in 

 selling lumber. 



A chestnut department was organized to advertise that wood. 



It was brought out at the meeting that inquiries steadily are increasing 

 iind in general a satisfactory amount of business is being placed. The 

 market has a firmer toue. It was reported that the figures for production 

 lor tbe eastern division are the same in tlie Memphis and southwest dis- 

 tricts. Stocks are l)a(ily broken and below normal in all these districts. 



The Open Competition Plan of the American Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 lias received fifty-nine new members since January 21, according to 

 F. R. (iadd, manager of statistics for thLs organization. The association 

 itself, according to the same autbuiity. has recciveil thirty-seven new 

 memliers since January 1. 



Dimension Men Determine Policies 



The meeting of the hai'dwood dimension department of the American 

 Hardwood Manufacturers" Association at the Hotel Chisca Friday, March 

 14, was characterized by unusual enthusiasm. The attendance was les- 

 sened somewhat by the fact that numerous members found it necessary 

 to remain at home to complete their returns to the internal revenue 

 department liut what was lacking in numbers was more than made up by 

 the enthusiasm with which all present entered into the spirit of the 

 gathering. 



R. L. Muse, of the R. L. Muse Lumber Company, who is chairman of 

 the governing committee of the department, presided. After calling the 

 meeting to order, he delivered a brilliant address on the benefits of organi- 

 zation. He was particularly loud in his praise of the service rendered 

 through the hardwood department, saying that benefits he had received 

 had more than paid his dues many times. He declared the day had 

 passed when any industry could afford to remain unorganized and elec- 

 trified hLs hearers with the assertion that the hardwood dimension depart- 

 ment is permanent for the reason that it is founded on correct principles 

 and that it has the entire machinery of the American Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers' Association at its disposal. He believed there were reforms 

 which should be instituted with as little delay as possible in the hardwood 

 dimension industry and he pledged him.self to bend every effort personally 

 toward bringing every manufacturer of hardwood dimension material into 

 the department to the end that these reforms may be instituted at an 

 early date and in an effective manner. His address was particularly well 

 received because of his earnestness and because, in expressing his own 

 views, he was expressing the views of every other man in attendance. 



John M. Pritchard, secretary-manager of the association, and T. J. 

 Kendall, who recently resigned as manager of the oak department of this 

 body, made brief talks on the activities of the association and were in 

 position to tell those present of accomplishments of which they had never 

 dreamed. They pledged the support of the association in every way pos- 

 sible to the hardwood dimension manufacturers and Mr. Kendall ex- 

 plained the detail work of the department, laying particular emphasis on 

 the necessity of making prompt returns if the sales and stock reports are 

 really to be of value. 



F. R. Gadd. manager of statistics, told of the open competition plan of 

 the association anci he did this so effectively that every member present 

 agreed to become identified with this activity of the organization. 



It was decided, owing to the interest manfested at this meeting, that 

 the hardwood dimension department should come together every^ "sixty" 

 days for discussion of sulijects confronting the industry. The next' meet- 

 ing will lie held about the middle of May. The exact date will be an- 

 nounced by Secretary-Manager John M. Pritchard. It is planned to have 

 President .jCarrier present and to get up a highly interesting and instruc- 

 tive progi!a&. 



Six ne^ members were received as follows : Wagon Stock & Lumber 

 Company, Tullahoma, Tenn. ; T. W. HarraLson, Brownsville, Tenn. ; G. L. 

 Greent. Xe^-port, Ark. ; T. A. Thomas & Sons, Curtis, Ark. ; Haminans 

 Land & Lumber Company, Stuttgart, Ark., and DuPuy Brothers, Abbe- 

 ville, Miss. 



Those present at this meeting were : 



R. L. Muse, R. L. Muse Lumber Company. Walnut Ridge, Ark. 



Joiin L. Milner, John L. Milner, Grenada, Miss. 



J-.iV.' Wright, J. V. Wright, Bolivar, Tenn. 



P^oyd Mitchell, Wagon Stock & Lumber Co.. Tullahoma, Tenn. 



T. "W. Harralson, T. W. Harralson. Brownsville, Tenn. 



<t.-'L; Green, G. L. Green. Newport, Ark. 



T. <J. Thomas, T. O. Thomas & Sons, Curtis, Ark. 



G. E. Hammans, Hammans Land & Lumber Co., Stuttgart, Ark. 

 C. E. Hammans. Hammans Land & Lumber Co.. Stuttgart, Ark. 

 S. A. Dupuy, Dupuy Brothers. Abbeville, Miss. 



E. E. Dupuy, Dupuv Brothers, Abbeville, Miss. 



R. E. Norris, R. E. Norris, Bells, Tenn. 



W. S. DeWise, DeWise & Chisholm, Brighton. Tenn. 



J. H. Cobb. Cobb & Co., Brownsville. Tenn. 



J. H. Harralson, McDonald Lumlier Company. Winnipeg, Mont. ■ 



.1. M. I'ritchard, American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, Mem- 

 phis, Tenn. 



K. U. Gadil, American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, Memphis, 

 Tenn. 



J. T. Kendall, American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, Memphis, 



Efforts of hardwood dimension manufacturers to organize heretofore 

 have not been successful but the belief is entertained that the department 

 will prove extremely valuable and, through its effectiveness and its ser- 

 vice, it will continue to grow rapidly and develop into an important arm 

 of the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association. 



Southern Traffic Association Active 



The Louisville District Freight Trathc Committee has recommended 

 that transit arrangements be established at Memphis .similar to those 

 now in effect at Cairo, 111. These apply on boxe.s, flooring, ceiling, siding 

 ami other small pieces of lumber but they do not carry any yarding privi- 

 leges. The committee has, it is reported, recommended additional transit 

 privileges at Xashville but it has declined to recommend any transit 

 arrangements whatever at Louisville or Evansville. The association, 

 according to J. H. Townsheud, secretary-manager, will therefore continue 

 its tight, first for trau.sit arrangements at Memphis that carry yarding 

 privileges and for the same arrangements at Nashville, Evansville and 

 Louisville as are sought for Memphis. This organization has a large 

 membership at these three points and is much interested in the welfare 

 of these gentlemen. Mr. Townshend i.s confident of ultimate victory. 

 Stanton Succeeds Kendall 



Lieutenant D. E. Stanton, who ha.s been named by the American Hard- 

 wood Manufacturers' Association as successor to T. J. Kendall as manager 

 of the oak department of this organization, will take up his duties within 

 the next few days. Mr. Kendall has already begun service as sales man- 

 ager for the Gayoso Lumber Company. 



Mr. Stanton is no stranger to the hardwood lumbermen of Memphis or 

 the valley territory. He was in the newspaper business here for some 

 years and following that work he was the representative at Memphis of 

 the Southern Lumberman. He resigned that position to accept service as 

 assistant secretary of the old American Oak Manufacturers" Association, 

 under Mr. Kendall. He is therefore thoroughly familiar with association 

 work and with the details of the oak department which is, in a measure, 

 a continuation of the former oak organization. 



Mr. Stanton entered the first officers training camp at Fort Oglethorpe, 

 Ga., and soon gained his commission as lieutenant. He did not get across 

 the water but he gave an excellent account of himself wherever he was 

 called upon for service in the cantonments and training camps in this 

 country. 



He is quite popular with the hardwood trade and with business interests 

 of the Memphis territory generally and is considered an ideal man for the 

 work which he is to do. 



With the Trade 



Perkins Sues Standard Furniture Company 



According to bill of complaint filed in the United States district court 

 at Utica, N. Y., the Perkins Glue Company, South Bend, Ind., has brought 

 suit against the Standard Furniture Company of Herkimer, N. Y., for 

 infringement of the Perkins' vegetable glue patent. The Perkins company 

 alleges the Standard company has infringed by mixing up and using vege- 

 table glue in gluing up veneered stock for furniture. 



Inquiry After American Hardwoods 



A circular issued by A. De Jong & Zonen. Amsterdam, Holland, has 

 reached the desk of Hardwood Record, and it conveys the impression that 

 this company is desirous of getting in communication with American ex- 

 ..porters, of hardwoods. Inquiry is made for round logs, squares, and 

 "'other, sawn wood goods." in various dimensions. The- company has 

 branchj^s in Antwerp and Hamburg. 



Surprise for Returning Soldiers 



Former emplqljes of the Kane Manufacturing Company, Chicago, who 

 have been sei-ving'in the army and navy, both here an(3 overseas, are 

 pleased to find, upon their return, that their positions are .^waiting them., 

 In arldition to this, T. B. Kane, the president, is giving the feoys a pleasant 

 surprise by presenting them with fifty per cent of their salaries while in 

 the United States* service. This company has leased the premises at?-- 

 1S32'42 South Clark Street. Chicago, thereby adding 75.000 feet of floor 

 space and doubling its, output of glue. 



The Late Mrs. Edw. L. Davis 



The death of Mrs. Edward L. Davis, wife of Edward L. Davis, head of 

 the Edward L. Davis Lumber Company. Louisville, Ky.. wa.s one* of the' 

 saddest tlia* has occurred in the local lumber trade for some time, due to 

 the great devotion existing between Mr. and Mrs. Davis and their one 

 son. Mrs. Davis died on March 15, following a lingering illness of several 

 months. She was forty-nine years of age, and had for years been a very 

 prominent church 'worker, a fine woman and a wonderful wife and mother. 

 Funeral services' were held at the residence on Sunday afternoon, with 

 interment in Cave Hill. A number" of lumbermen from the Falls Cities 

 attended the funeral. Claude Sears, of the company, came up from Mobile 

 to be present at the funeral. 



Prominent Tie Man Dies 



Charles Piatt Bush, president of the Ohio Valley Tie Company, and one 

 of the best known railroad tie men in the Central West, recently died at 



