March 25, 1919 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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J. M. Dewberry, chairman. Nothing definite has been learned as yet con- 

 cerning the complaint of liouisville, ETansville, Nashville & Memphis, 

 which are endeavoring to secure the milling in transit privilege for lumber- 

 men at these points through the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association. 



Harry Kline of the Louisville Veneer Mills, In commenting on February 

 business, stated that it was the second largest month on the company's 

 records. 



The Howard Shipyard & Dry Dock Company, at JeflfersonviUe, has re- 

 ceived government contracts for construction of three large river tow 

 boats, which will require considerable oak in building. This is the best 

 order the company has had in some time. 



ARKANSAS 



Senate Bill No. 322, by Senator Vaughan of Pulaski county, which had 

 for its purpose the levying of a tax on timber made ready for use at the 

 sawmills and which was of considerable interest to the lumbermen of 

 Arkansas while pending, was called up for third reading and final passage 

 in the state senate on March 10 and failed to pass. The measure was 

 defeated upon a roll call vote of seventeen to nine. This bill also included 

 in its provisions a levying of a special tax on ores of all kinds and other 

 manufactured and mined products. 



House Bill No. 248, introduced in the Arkansas General Assembly by 

 Representative E. O. Bagley of Pulaski county, and which had for its pur- 

 pose the admitting of mutual insurance companies into the state of 

 Arkansas under more favorable conditions, has been passed by both houses 

 of the legislature and is now awaiting the signature of the governor, which 

 it is confidently expected to receive. Under the provisions of this law the 

 lumber mutual insurance companies, as well as those catering to the hard- 

 ware trade and other industries, will be enabled to enter the state of 

 Arkansas now and transact busineSiS under more favorable conditions. 

 This bill had the support of practically all of the lumbermen of the state. 



Recent reports from Major R. B. Keating, Federal director of the U. S. 

 Employment Service at Little Rock, shows the number of unemployed men 

 in the state to be negligible and a trend toward unemployment. The over- 

 supply of labor which is being reported from some sections of the country 

 does not obtain in Arkansas. Major Keating's reports for the past twelve 

 months show that the greatest number of unemployed men in this state 

 was registered Immediately after the signing of the armistice, but that 

 since such time there has been a gradual decrease in the number of unem- 

 ployed. This bureau has been able to furnish jobs for practically all who 

 have applied to it, and has been successful in bringing the employe and 



the employer in touch with each other. Special attention has been given 

 by the bureau to the securing of jobs for discharged soldiers, and the 

 reports indicate that the 10,704 Arkansas soldiers who have been demobil- 

 ized since the signing of the armistice have been absorbed into the civil 

 fabric without interrupting business conditions in the state. Practically 

 S,000 of these soldiers have returned to their old jobs, which had been 

 held for them by their employers. 



WISCONSIN 



A. C. Thompson, Ladysmith, Wis., who some time ago acquired 3,400 

 acres of hardwood timberlands from the Flambeau River Lumber Com- 

 pany of the same city, has resold the holdings to J. C. Pace, well known 

 as a paving contractor of Chicago and Cleveland. The timber is situated 

 along the eastern border of Sawyer and the western edge of Price counties. 



The Phoenix Toy Company, Milwaukee, has been incorporated with a 

 capital stock of $2.5,000 by Otto Gellerup, A. L. Gellerup and R. Leichser- 

 ing, to engage in the manufacture of toys and novelties. 



The Miller Broom Company, LaCrosse, Wis., will break ground vrttMn 

 a few days for a new plant costing $30,000. The building will be 80x200 

 feet, one story high, and will be equipped with machinery for making 

 handles. Albert L. Miller is president and general manager. 



The Wisconsin Auto Body & Sales Company, Milwaukee, has leased the 

 two-story building at 416-418 Cedar street, and will install machinery and 

 equipment for manufacturing passenger and commercial car bodies, cabs 

 and similar goods. Robert Knittle is president. 



The Folding Furniture Company. Stevens Point, Wis., is awarding con- 

 tracts for the erection of a three-story factory building, 60x150 feet In 

 size, which will cost about $50,000 with full complement of machinery 

 and equipment, now being purchased. The company, since its organiza- 

 tion, has occupied a part of the plant of the Bukolt Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, Stevens Point. John Worzalla is general manager. 



The Clover Leaf Lumber Company, Wausau, Wis., has filed articles of 

 incorporation. The capital stock is $10,000 and the incorporators are 

 J. J. Adams, S. E. Hutchins, C. A. Cowee and Dr. W. J. Sengpiel. 



The Fairport Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, incorporated recently 

 with $50,000 capital to manufacture musical instruments, cabinets, etc., 

 plans to build a plant during the coming spring. Plans have not yet been 

 completed. Peter J. Fischer, 241 Rusk avenue, is secretary. 



The Appleton Hub & Spoke Company, Appleton, Wis., has completed its 

 new plant, which is 40x60 feet in size, of concrete and steel, and was 

 erected in the record time of sixteen days. The original plant was 



