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HARDWOOD RECORD 



New Handle Factory 



It is aimomKcd al CnuvrDidsvill.'. Iiul.. Iliai V. 11. Haas has nnuh- 

 (k'flulle arranKi'mcnts auil Is aliiaily on«asi'd in llii' wurk of oi^auizIuK 

 a handle manufaeturins concern in tlia( city. If present plans are carried 

 out the new factory will be in operation witliin a few weeks. The plant 

 will manufacture handles fur spades and shovels. 



The new industry will be located at the old Eversoii mill at Crawfords 

 ville, which mill will continue in operation as In the past, but the 

 buildlufis and eriuipment will be remodeled throughout. Mr. Haas is 

 planning to make a considerable expenditure for remodeling buildings and 

 installing new machinery and equipnienl. This work has already lein 

 started and the entire remodeling will he completed williin a slmrt time, 

 when it is expected the mill will be in operation. 



New Plant at Ijttle Bock 



Sandberg Brothers of Chicago, maiiufaclurers of interior trim. sash. 

 doors, etc, have decided to erect a plant at Little liock. Ark. The com- 

 pany will construct its mill on the property owned by the l'"actoria Land 

 Company, and will have two acres of land adjacent to the Iron Mountain 

 railroad. This tract is immediately adjacent to that recently purchased 

 by the Slimmer Manufacturing Company, also of Chicago. The ni'w jilant 

 win give employment to about fifty men to start with. 



As to the reason for moving the company ascribes this policy lo iIh' 

 saving it will effect In the cost of raw material. This is another in 

 stance illustrating that northern remanufactnring concerns are awaken- 

 ing to the fallacy of the position of having their raw material shipped 

 long distances to them, and resliippin^- the finished product in many 

 cases to points close to the towns ficm which ilie raw material was si'nt. 

 Buys Mississippi Timber 



The Merrill Timber Company of Pittsburgh. Pa., recently closed for the 

 sale of 10.000 acres of hardwood and pine timber in Madison county. 

 Mississippi, to the Crosby-Bonds Lumber Company, Brookhaven, Miss., and 

 J. T. Toney of Ilazlehurst, Miss. The consideration was $350,000. 



The purchasers are planning the immediate erection of two sawmills 

 on the property. The pine mill will be operated by Mr. Crosby, while the 

 hardwood mill under Mr. Toney will have his jurisdiction. It is also 

 planned to construct twelve miles of railroad into the timber connecting 

 with the Illinois Central railroad at Canton. 



William H. White Company in Financial Trouble 



Petitions have been tiled to have the Michigan Trust Company of De- 

 troit, Mich., appointed receiver for the William H. ^^Tiite Company of 

 Bo.vne City, Mich., and the Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena Railroad, with 

 headquarters in that city also. The meager information available states 

 that the liabilities are $2,000,000, but that the assets are greater than 

 the liabilities. 



This company has probably been caught by the same financial strin- 

 gency that has embarrassed various other large operating concerns dur- 

 ing recent months. 



Price & Hart Dissolved 



The name of Price & Hart, for over a quarter of a century one of the 

 best known in the domestic and export hardwood trade, was stricken from 

 the list of local firms when Walter T. Hart, proprietor, aunounci'd his 

 retirement. Mr. Hart has other interests which take his attention in the 

 future. ITie firm of Price & Hart was established by the late Ernest M. 

 Price and Mr. Hart in the 'SO's and has always held a high place in the 

 trade. Mr. Price was one of the organizers of the National Lumber 

 Exporters' Association and had served as president for several terms. 

 The firm was the second to join the National Wholesale Lumber iJealers' 

 Association. Price & Hart have always done a large export tr.nrte in thin 

 poplar and ash and plain and quartered oak. 



Elwood .lones. for seventeen years with the firm, will take up the 

 business under his own nami', with headquarters at the old stand, 18 

 Broadway. His long association with Price & Hart well fits him for the 

 enlarged responsibilities, and his many friends are congratulating him in 

 his new role. 



Pertinent Information 



Bill to Compel Through Bills of Lading 

 Oflleials of the Southern Hardwood Trathc Bureau and shippi-rs of 

 hardwood lumber In general are very much Interested in the bill which 

 has been introduced into Congress by K. D. McKellar of the Tenth Ten- 

 nessee Congressional District, and which has for Its purpose the com- 

 pulsory issuance of through bills of lading by the railroads on export ship- 

 ments of lumber. Congressman McKellar points out In his comment on 

 the bill that the railroads have been delivering exports of hardwood lumber 

 to the ports under one contract and that these cargoes have been sent 

 across the water under other contracts with the steamship companies, 

 with the result that there has been unnecessary dela.v and expense at 

 the ports where charges of every kind have been piled up. He says that, 

 under the terms of his measure which has already received the endorse- 

 ment of the committee on Interstate and foreign commerce. It will be 

 necessary for the railroads to issue through bills on export shipments of 

 lumber and that the steamship companies will have to transport such 



shipments Immediately after thi'ir arrival in New Orleans or other ports. 

 In drawing this bill Mr. .McKellar has been in close (ouch with officials 

 and other members of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Bureau whose In- 

 terests are vitally airected by the bill of lading subject, with particular 

 refi-rence to through bills. Tennessee lumbermen export a large amount 

 of lumber every year and it is estimated that a big saving will result If 

 the railroads are prohibited from billing export shipments of lumber to 

 New Orleans and other ports on local ladings. The bill, as drawn, fol- 

 lows : 



Section 1. That in all cases where any freight or commodity Is offered 

 lo a common carrier to be transported by It to some port of the United 

 Slates and thenn I.v "tc.im-liip mrrler to a foreign ii^it, -.-nrh initial 

 carrier is hereh\ iv,|iiii-..l t.i i-^n. :i iIumul;]! I. Ill i.f hulir.j in-^.x i.liii^' for 

 shipment of sueli ini^lii ,,i- r,,inin.„lil \ ir.Mn the p.,int "I .IIimi^ l.. eom- 



mon carrier lo iumi "I de^i in.n i .ind all sieaiuship eajii. i~ (|e^i-llaled 



ill <ii,li hill ..I lading shall p.'ilorm and carry out such e,,i, tract ol car- 

 ri:i-- (Mil led into by such initial carrier under penalty of not being per- 

 iiiiiid ir. ii^e the ports of the United States should It be guilty of non- 

 Section 2. That where any freight or commodity is offered to any 

 ctirrier for siiipment to any part of the United States ttnd thence to any 

 foreign port, such Initial carrier and the steamship company are required 

 to receive and transport all such freight or commodity on terms of 

 e(|uality. and no discrimination shall be made by either initial carrier or 

 sleaniship carrier in the prompt acceptance, shipment and delivery of any 

 Mile commodity over any other commodity. 



Si'ction 3. That violation of this act shall be punishable by fine of not 

 less than $,")nO or more than .fl.OOO for each separate offense. 



Plans Definite Policy on Bate Advance 



Secretary .1. E. lihodes of the National Lumber Manufacturer.s' As.socl- 

 ation has issued a statement covering the progress of the generally desired 

 horizontal increase of freight rates. As announced previously in Hard- 

 wood Kecord, all proposed advances to have beome effective November 15 

 have been suspended until March 12. 1914, the hearing having been slated 

 to begin yesterday, November 24, at Washington. About 22.000 amend- 

 ments of tariffs have been filed and as they are not yet classified It will 

 not yet be possible for Mr. Rhodes to issue a list of the lumber rates 

 affected, which action, however, he purposes to take up as soon as possible. 



The statement contains suggestion that the railroad committee of the 

 National Lumber Manufacturers' Association is anxious to learn to just 

 what extent the lumber manufacturers of the country are willing that that 

 committee .should represent them in this matter. The committee according 

 to the statement is willing to represent the lumber interests but will not 

 do so without specific authority. The statement then outlines the status 

 of the situation, stating that all lumber manufacturers are in favor of the 

 railroads deriving more net revenue ; many are in favor of the advances in 

 lumber rates provided rates on other commodities are also advanced : 

 many are unwilling to consent to advance in lumber rates without first 

 knowing what other rates are to be advanced and to what extent ; some 

 are opposed to any advances on lumber rates on the ground that they are 

 relatively higher than on other bulk commodities ; many feel that this 

 whole subject should be taken up by the National association and that the 

 railroad committee, upon which all of the affiliated associations are repre- 

 sented, shoitld announce a definite policy to be pursued : and many believe 

 that because all lumber rates of the country are involved thus it becomes 

 a subject of national Importance and should be taken up by one body. 



The statement requests that all members of the association affiliated 

 with the National association communicate with their respective secreta- 

 ries as to their views on the matter and state that if it is thought best to 

 delegate to the railroad committee of the National association authority 

 to represent all of the affiliated associations, the committee will desire 

 active co-operation from those associations. Further, the committee will 

 not oppose advanced rates on lumber unless that is the desire expressed 

 by the majority of the combined membership. 



Michigan Lumber Bates 



The proposed advance In the rates on lumber In carloads between 

 points in the lower peninsula of Michigan and from points in the lower 

 peninsula of Michigan to all territory has been suspended by the Mich- 

 igan Railroad Commission and the Interstate Commerce Commission until 

 March 12, 1914. 



The situation in lower Michigan covering lumber rates is somewhat 

 different from that in other competitive lumber producing territory, 

 for the reason that for the last twenty years lumber rates have been 

 checked-in on a basis In many cases less than sixth class and especially 

 does the proposed increase basis made by the cancellation of the old 

 lumber commodity rates and the application of the new proposed sixth 

 class basis make the advances to Important consuming points, where the 

 heav.v tonnage Is moving, not five per cent but in many cases ten, fifteen 

 and eyen thirty-three and one-third per cent. 



Owing to the non-uniformity of basis for class rates in the lower 

 peninsula of Michigan, the Michigan Railroad Commission some time ago 

 asked the railroads to revise their class rates, putting them on a more 

 uniform basis, which if put into effect as proposed will make quite a dif- 

 ference in the alignment of the lumber rates and for that reason the 

 new rates are not meeting with the approval of the lumber shippers. It 

 Is true there are some points where the present rates are not disturbed, 

 others where a slightly less rate will be applied under the new basis than 

 under the old. but if we take into consideration the proposed advanced 

 rates to where the tonnage is moving at the present time, there Is an 

 undue advance which should not be allowed. Then on interstate traflic 

 rates to basing points in Wisconsin, upper Michigan and Minnesota have 



