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Heleoa and the road Is planiu'd prlninrll.v lo aid In tin- development of 

 the timbir to he nsed In this plant. 



J. II. Townsend. Keneral nuiua^er of tile Southern Hardwood Trallir 

 Bureau, lias returne<l from I'hkaKO. where he went to appear heforr 

 the Interstate Commerce Commission In the case of the .\nderson-Tiill.v 

 Company against the Vlcksburs; Slireveporl and Pacltle Railroad Involv- 

 lag a rate of twenty oents per biindri'd on box material from Vleksburt 

 to Port Arthur, Tei. The bureau tiled a petition with the commission 

 asking that the rate he made fifteen eenis instead of twenty cents. It 

 the bureau Is successful in securlnir a lower rate from Vlck.sburp: to 

 points In Texas efforts will he made by that body to secure rates from 

 Memphis to all destinations in the Lone Star state. Harry Anderson, 

 attorney of record, and \V. II. Morgan, secretary-treasurer of the Ander- 

 son-Tully company, accompanied Mr, Townshend to Chicago. 



The railroads west of the Mississippi river have announced an advance 

 of from one to five cents per hundred pounds on shipments of hardwood 

 lumber from points in the Memphis territory to Canadian destinations, 

 effective January 1. The Southern Hardwood Traffic Bureau has already 

 protested against the proposed advances and it is expected that the com- 

 mission will suspend the higher tariffs until a hearing has been held 

 The railroads both east and west of the Mississippi river in September. 

 1912, filed higher tariffs covering the same destinations but the bureau 

 was successful in defeating the higher rates. The present advance dilTers 

 from that proposed in the previous instance in the respect that this was 

 attempted only by the roads west of the river. The eastern lines have 

 not given anj intimation as to their course. 



Price & Norrls are constructing a mill at Yazoo City, Miss., for the 

 purpose of manufacturing shuttle blocks for export. The plant will be 

 in readiness for operation within the next few weeks. Dogwood and 

 persimmon are largely used for the manufacture of these blocks and the 

 owners of the mill have secured the timber rights on about 10.000 acres 

 of land. Mr. Price has been operating a mill at Hattiesburg but has 

 decided on Yazoo City on account of the better timber supply. Prac- 

 tically all of the output is exported and it will amount to from 2,000,000 

 to 2,500,000 blocks annually. 



The Hines Lumber Company has purchased the shingle mill of Mingle 

 & Hearn at Trezevant, Tenn,. and has leased this to Goodwin & Scott. 

 who will operate it in future. A considerable quantity of cypress tim 

 ber was included in the transfer and the lessees will develop it. 



A plant for the manufacture of barrel hoops will be established at 

 Greenwood. Miss. It is to be owned by Messrs. Myers and Swauk. They 

 have selected this location on account of the abundance of elm timber in 

 that territory. The average capacity will be about two carloads a week. 



The F. T. Dooley Lumber Company has completed the installation of 

 yards on the same ground formerly used by the Dooley-Stern Lumber 

 Company and has erected an office building and other accessories. The 

 firm will remove to the new office shortly. The F. T. Dooley Lumber 

 Company is engaged in handling lumber at wholesale. 



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W. W. Dings of the Garetson-Greason Lumber Company is out on the 

 Pacific Coast on a recreation trip. He will be gone for two or three 

 weeks. 



C. L. A. Beckers withdrew from the Beckers-Schnelle Lumber Company 

 on November 1 and the Schnelle Lumber Company has succeeded to the 

 business at the old stand. 



E. W. Blumer, sales manager of the Lothman Cypress Company, is up 

 in Michigan on a business trip for the company's Oshkosh sash and door 

 factory. 



F. C. Harrington of the Thos. E. Powe Lumber Company has returned 

 from a business trip in the East. He says he fouAd trade conditions 

 fairly satisfactory and believes business will be quite active in that 

 section before a great while, 



R, A. Uooton, president of the Hooton Hardwood Lumlier Company, is 

 at the St. Louis office of the company and will remain here until the first 

 of the year. He came up from New Orleans where he has been consider- 

 ing a 12.000-acre hardwood lumber deal. R. U. Fletcher, the local 

 manager, is down in Texas on a business trip. 



President F. H. Smith of the Lumbermen's Exchange has named as 

 delegates to the National Conservation Congress the following members 

 of the Exchange : Charles E. Thomas. Thomas & Proetz Lumber Com- 

 pany ; William Lothman of the Lothman Cypress Company, and George 

 E. W. Lnebrmann of the Chas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 [lany. 



The following gentlemen are the delegates named by President Smith 

 to represent the Exchange at 'the National Rivers & Harbors Congress : 

 Thos. E. Powe, Thos, E, Powe Lumber Company : J, L. Scheve, Krcbs- 

 Scheve Lumber Company : F. 3. Liebke, C. F. Liebke Hardwood Mill & 

 Lumber Company, and J. R. Massengale. 



R. F. Krebs was made chairman together with T. E. Powe and A. W. 

 Johanning to represent the Exchange as the committee to make recom 

 mendatlons to the Board of Freeholders that Is to draft a new city 

 charter. 



The following resolution was passed at a meeting of the Exchange helei 

 November 15 : 



Whereas, The Interests of the shippers and receivers of lumber and 

 ties of this state would be very much furthered by the establishment of 

 an office of the Public Service Commission of Missouri in St. Louis, in 



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