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buu);lit niiii'hlui'S of the lutiiniiMonnl IlaivestiT Compiiny. lie kiiw 

 surcastlc In Ills referi-ni-cS to the suit as a dellvoianeo of llu< fainior 

 from cociTlon aiul monopoly and stated that the farmers liavo showed no 

 disposition to eonslder themselves victims. Ho stated that the sovern- 

 ment has taken the position that It Is the size of a business whlcli the 

 Shemiau antitrust law puts a limit to, and stated that the Kovernment 

 really had shown no client In Its suit against the Harvesti'r company, 

 lie insisted that there exists and has existed nhsohite openness In the 

 harvesting machine field, and that that field cannot be clo.sed or monop- 

 olized. 



October "Blue-Book" 



The <Utol«r i-isue of tlw •'lllue I!ook," published by the .National 

 Luuibi^r .Manufacturers' Credit Corponitlon at St. Louis. XIo., has been 

 delivered to its suliscrlbers. The publishers have taken all pains to make 

 the information ciuitained. which covers a classified list with capital and 

 pay ralinjjs of all manufactures. whole.salers and retail dealers in lumber 

 as well as factories which buy lumber in carload lots, as accurate as 

 possible. 



Pertinent Information 



Appeal in Eastern Betailers' Case 



The aiipeal fruui the decision .if tbo New York district court in tlie 

 eastern retailers' case was argued before the Inited States supreme 

 court at Washington on Friday, tict. 24. and concluded on Mondaj-, Oct. 

 27. A. It. Cruikshank was heard for tlie Eastern States Ketail Lumber 

 Dealers' Association and Herbert I. Ta.vlor. special counsel for the rhila- 

 delpbia organization: II. Carroll Todd, was heard for the government. 



Mr. Cruikshank opened the arguinent with a history of the case to 

 date and the decision of the district Court from which he took the appeal. 

 He showed that the manufacture^,; located far from the centers of trade, 

 was not the real producer, as the' term is used by the consumer, claim- 

 ing the i-ctaller, with tlie lunilter stored in his yard, is the producer. 

 He explained the position of the retailer and his very presence in any 

 community as essential as the drug store. Taking up the system of 

 issuing olBcial lists, he pointed out that the reporting of names for the 

 list was voluntary and any action of any retailer upon receiving the 

 report was entirely voluntary : that the retailer was at liberty to Ijuy 

 of the scalper or refuse as he saw fit. This point was thoroughly estab- 

 lished l)y the testimony of all the witnesses called who knew anything 

 about the subject. Counsel stated that the New York court erred in 

 holding that any interference with competition was restraint of trade. 

 Counsel argued that applying the rule of reason to this case the de- 

 fendant associations must be acquitted of any wrongdoing, as all they 

 had done: was a reasonable effort at protecting their own business. 



Mr. Todd, for the government, claimed that the acts of the defendants 

 really amounted to boycott and were therefore in violation of the Sher- 

 man act. lie cited the Danlairy Hatters' ease, where the court held 

 for the first time that a workingmen's strike, where there is a boycott 

 attachment, violates th" Sherman law. He stated In siibstance that he 

 did not pretend to back up the decision of the court that ail inter- 

 ference with competition Is restraint of trade. 



Mr. Taylor followed for the Philadelphia association and pointed out 

 very clearly the difference between a combination to circulate informa- 

 tion and one in restraint of trade. He attempted to distinguish the 

 position of rhiladelphiu from that of the other associations to the ad- 

 vantage of I'Miladelphia. 



The court listened to the arguments with great attention and asked 

 many (|uestions. which was to be expected In view of the great amount 

 "f pr'nted evldemc and briefs. A f\ill liench was present. 



Denmark Beclassifies Gum Imports 



Tile National Lumber i;x>;orters' Association is able to claim the credit 

 for another result whereby the dilBcuitics in the way of shippers of lumber 

 to foreign countries are overcome, this being a successful appeal to Den- 

 mark ti> .securi' a recia.sslficatlon of gum. Denmark, along with other 

 European countries, had put gum in tlie .same class with valuable cabinet 

 woods, assessing the higher rales of duty on such woods. The exporters, 

 of course, objecti'd as gum is one of the native woods, and through the 

 .National Lumber Exporters' Association oHlccrs. the matter was brought 

 to the attention of the Agricultural Iiepartment at Washington. Tlie 

 Agricultural Department communicated with the Slate Department, and 

 the latter, through tlie American minister to Copenhagen, brought the sub- 

 ject to the notice of the DanLsh government, with the result that word 

 has Just been received of a cornctlon of the classification. Gum going 

 Into Denmark, therefore, will be taxed at a low rate. The letter advising 

 the association of the action taken reads as follows ; 



Adverting to previous correspondence, and with special refi^rence to 

 your letter of .Mav 14. ini.'i. concernin;; tin- Danish customs classification 

 of the Importations of red gum luinher. the department is in reci'Ipt of 

 a despatch from the American Legation at Copj-nhagen stating that n 

 note had bien received by the Legation from the foreign ofllce to the 

 effect that the Danish government, after a re-examination of the (piestion 

 of the tariff classification of red gum lumber, has arrived at the conclu- 

 sion that the lumber in question should be classified with native lumber 



and not. as has heretofore iK^en the ease, with foreign lumber of superior 

 (luallty, and that the neces.sarv orders have bi'en given in order that red 

 gum may be subject in the future to the lower tax. 



Similar representations made to Norway recently have also resulted 

 In an aliatement of the regulations complained of by the National Lumber 

 Exporters' Association, while In the case of Sweden, the organization was 

 advised that no tariff is Imposed upon imports of lumber at all. Some 

 time ago a satisfactory understanding with Hussia was reached. The first 

 appeal of the kind was made to Haly some j'oars ago and the outcome was 

 entirely acceptable to the exporters. Why European customs authorities 

 should single out gum for such discrimination is somewhat m.vstlfying 

 unless it be assumed that the designation of the wood as satin walnut 

 serves to create the imiiresslon In the minds of the customs offlciais who 

 have no prnclical knowledge of lumber that gum must be a choice wood. 



Prospects for Active Logging in Wisconsin 



Lumlier camps In norlliern Wisconsin are In need of labor, according to 

 Edward Enimerson of Chiijpewa Falls, who lias returned from a tour 

 of the camps. Every department in the camp has Increased wages this 

 season, sawyers, for example, being paid $4.'> or an Increase of $."1. In 

 some cases the camps are running with only half enough mi'n. All 

 the old camps of the various lumber companies are opened and new ones 

 are being erected. The coming winter will lie a busy one in logging 

 circles. It Is expcclcd that the cut in Sawyer county will reach the 

 120.000,000 mark this year, which is far in excess of the usual cut but 

 small as compared with the cut fifteen years ago. Tliere will be about 

 seventy-five camps opened, which will require from 5.000 to 0.000 men. 

 The timber to he cut is hardwood, hemlock and pine. Among the larger 

 concerns the following are included : 



Kaiser Luruber t^'ompany of Eau Claire, operating on Thornapple and 

 Flambeau rivers, 25,000,000 feet, to be sawed in the recently acquiretl old 

 Daniel Shaw Lumber Company's mill at Eau Claire. The New Dells Lum- 

 ber Company of Eau Claire, operating near Kennedy, 15,000.000 feet, to 

 be shipped to Eau Claire. The Hines Lumber Company. Chicago, operat- 

 ing north and south of both Winter and Draper in the recently purchased 

 old We.verhaeuser holdings, 25,000.000 feet, to be shipped to Tark 

 Falls. The Blakedale Lumlier Company, Couderay, operating on the 

 Couderay Indian reservation, 5.000,000 feet, to he sawed at mills there. 

 The Alpine Lumber Company. Grand liapids, near Couderay, ] 0.000,000 

 feet, to be shipped to its mill at Atlanta. The Frank Carter Company. 

 Menomonie, G. 000.000 feet near mills at Lona Spur, Winter and Draper, 

 where they will be sawed. Horel & Horel plan to cut 5.000.000 feet near 

 Indian Post on the west fork of the Chippewa river and land at Crooked 

 Rapids for shipment. The Rice Lake Lumber Company. 25.11011,000 feet for 

 mills at Rice Lake, will cut on east fork of Chippewa river and on the 

 Flambeau, and the Hammond Ch.mdler Lumber Company will cut 5.000^00 

 feet at the former place and ship from Winter to the Rice Lake mills. 



New Kates on Rough Material in Arkansas 

 On Thursday. Oct. SO, the Railroad il'oruniission of .\rkansas issued an 

 order establishing a new rate on rough material, which is welcomed by 

 the lumber and timber interests. Tlie new rate, which applies to rough 

 lumber, staves, flitches, bolts and logs in car load lots, is made at two 

 cents per hundred pounds for hauls of twenty-five miles or less, and 

 increases one-quarter of a cent for each additional ten miles up to 400 

 miles, which takes a rate of eleven and one-quarter cents. The order, 

 which becomes effective on Nov. 10, was made after lengthy hearings had 

 been held, at which both the railroad representatives and those represent- 

 ing the lumber interests had been heard in full. 



The consideration of the rates came up upon application of the rail- 

 roads for permission to raise the old rates. At the hearing the shippers 

 argued that the old rates were too high, and should be lowered instead 

 of increased. In view of these facts the lumbermen are viTy much elated 

 over their victory. 



Will Experiment With Fireproof Paint 

 Tests of alleged fireproof paint will soon he made by Howard V. 

 Weiss, director of the Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wis., 

 and by Herman Von Schrenck, a well-known St. Louis chemical engi- 

 neer. This will be done as the result of a conference In Chicago, Oct. 20, 

 between representatives of the Forest Service. National Lumber Manu- 

 facturer.s' Association and the Educational Bureau of the Paint Manu- 

 facturers' Association of the Tnited States. It the tests prove .satis- 

 factory it is the purpose to patent the paint In order to guarantw its 

 purity. The paint may lie applied elthci- with a brush or by dipping. 



Forest Fires in North Carolina 



.Joseph S. Iloliiics. forester of the .North Carolina (ieoiogbal and Eco- 

 nomic Survey, has published a bulletin In which he gives statistics In- 

 tended to prove that the state loses large sums annually for the want 

 of better methods of combatting fires. The loss last year was about 

 $1,500,000, and much of It was due to fires which might have been pre- 

 vented If the people had been properly organized and Instructed. This 

 is the situation in many states. The time to attack a forest fire Is be- 

 fore it lieglns. Mr. Holmes is one of the most aggressive and progressive 

 state foresters In this country. He Is always pounding away on the 

 subject of tree growing and forest protection, and if North Carolina 

 does not come out of the wilderness of conservatism and take high rank 

 among progressive states It will not he his fault. 



