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HARDWOOD RECORD 



mlttces. all ot whom liiivc devoted tlielf time and eneiKles lor the 

 good and expansion of our association. 



I believe tliat the recognition by the lumber press sivi-s us more than 

 local standing, and I extend my thanks to the editors and re|iiirtiis 

 of the I'lan. the New York Lumber Trade .luurual. Southern l.uinher 

 man, American Ijumherraau, Lumberman's Hevlew, Lumber \\'tu-|d Ke\-jew 

 and IlARDWuori Heloiui, who made particular mention in their columns 

 of our meetlnKS. 



Mr. C'assou sui-'gcsted to our associnti(Ui the estublishmeni of a ladder, 

 beilevinj; that our endeavors to climb It would lead to our Increased 

 efllcieney. Committees were appointed to look Into the feiislbllitv of those 

 plans and will tonistlit report the pros and cons of tliiii iii\ r^ii-aiions. 

 \Ve h:\vv bcKun to climb and have given two dinner^ hIihIi iii:i\ per 

 haps initiate the custom of annual dinners to retail'i- hihI -iI'MUcu. 



At the dinner lo the ri'tallers U. <j. Kay wa^ io:ixiiii.i..t, i . .j, 

 the course of bis :i.lilivss ll.rbert 1'. Koblnson Invlt.'d Ihi' "bLss, - 

 of the local whoh>:il. iirjii- |.. call upon the retailers to talk alMnii 

 other ends of th.' Ln-ln.^- . xci'pt lakinc orders." This Invltatlmi, 

 given at the close oi tin' luir.ut year, could not be accepted In wintr.v 

 weather, but if 1 may su^-gest 11. I hope the incoming; administration 

 will arrange a time for our association to call in a Imdy upon these 

 retailers. They need not kIvc "pink teas" at their vaTcls for our ri'- 

 ccptlon, hut do you not think that a hapiiy sneiabillty will pay us 

 allV 



It seems to me that our organization should work with all lumber- 

 men against the encroachment of wood substitutes. We believe that 



alUs :in<l pavements, but we 

 ood where 



cement has its place in its use fo 



hold that cement and other substitnti^ >iioui(i not siippi 



wood is the best material to 1"- nsc.l. In tie- .■ 



Atlantic City pier, in wliicli the sii. . iili aii.iii~ 

 ■ retaib'rs and 1 went towtln r to the .nc hifcl 



to use more than HiO.OOCi <rri of iir and vdlov 



The use of eenii'nt there would liav .iiniin.ii.-d 



in the further construction ■>( tlie pe-r. 'I'lic 



Oliver day at Atlantic i.'ity proved that wood in 



to cement. Over 500 feet of cement cruiiiMril 1 

 This twentieth anniversary ot our or;.':iiiizMi 



celebrated as an ex-presidents' night, with tie 



having in tlie eiialr one of our most l'»yal ; 



and an ex-president. 



Robert E. Lippincott gave a talk, which was 



a salient feature of the evening's entertainment. 



He dwelt upon the progress ot the organization. 



Its achievements in behalf of the business man 



and its glowing prospective for still further 



good to all who should Join in its membership. 

 Speeches were made by E. F. Perry, New 



York, secretary National Wholesale Lumber 



Dealers' Association ; John W^ Long, New York. 



and Kdwin H. Coane. an old time lumberman 



now retired from the business and associated 



with the Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual 



Fire Insurance Company. Mr. Coane, to the 



amusement of ail present, also sang "Jersey 



Sam," in his own inimitable style. 



After the transaction of routine business the 



election of officers resulted as follows : Ralph 



Souder. of nalioweil & Souder, last year's vice- 

 president, elected president ; William T, Belts. 



of Charles M, Betts & Co,, was made vice-presi- 

 dent, and J, Randall Williams, Jr,, of J, Ran 



dall Williams & Co.. secretary and treasurer. 



Among the directorate J. Elmer Troth and Wil 



Ham Betts were re-elected. Augustus J. Cad- 



waliader was elected for three years to succeed 



Owen M. Bruner. 



Regariling the National Wholesalers' 

 Meeting. 

 E. F. Perry, secretary ot the National Whole- 

 sale Lumber Dealers' Association, has just re- 

 turned from Buffalo, where he conferred with 

 M. M. Wall and M. E. Prelsch, trustees of that 

 association, regarding the coming meeting of 

 the organization on Wednesday and Thursday, March 4 and .o :i 

 These gentlemen went into the details of arrangements and 

 facilities. It was decided that the Iroquois hotel offers excel! 

 ment for the meeting and banquet. 



The committee has in mind several prominent speakers who are ex- 

 pected to be present at the banquet, and the entertainment features, 

 both through the association and the Buffalo Lumber Exchange, will be 

 very pleasant. There will be several matters which will be open for 

 discussion on the floor of the convention, and the meeting promises to 

 be a very important and interesting one. 



The Buffalo Lumber Exchange has appointed a special entertainment 

 committee to provide and arrange for the comfort, entertainment and 

 hospitality of the visitors. That committee consists of M, M. Wall, 

 chairman. John McLeod, Orson E. Yeager, C. Waiter Betts, M. S. Burns. 

 Hugh McLean and Henry I. George. 



National Lumber Exporters Meet 



The regular annual meeting of the National Lumber Exporters' Associa- 

 tion was held January 22 and 23 in the Rose room at Hotel Sherman. 

 Chicago, with President Fred Am of Chattanooga, Tenn., in the chair, and 

 J. McD. Price of Baltimore. Md., secretary. 



The business of the past year and prospects for the future were dis- 

 cussed ; but as all the sessions were executive, and the proceedings were not 



FRED ARN, CHATTANOOGA, TENN., PRESI 

 DENT NATIONAL LUMBER EXPORT- 

 ERS' ASSOCIATION. 



uffalo. 

 hotel 

 equiii- 



nmde public, exact statistics ot the past year's business are not available, 

 it is known, however, that the exports of lumber are increasing, as is 

 shown by data for eleven montb,s of 1913 compared with the corresponding 

 period from 1012, the month of December being omitted from both. These 

 li','iires are given in the following table: 



First 11 Months First 11 Months 

 of 11)12 of 1913 



Hewed timber if 721.230 % 807,781 



Sawed timber 10,010,503 8,915,773 



Lumber — 



Cypress 108,031 442,285 



Fir 7,17.S,SOH 8,402.156 



< :iim 1,!I(>U,074 2,570,330 



< 'ak 10,342,391 11,483,740 



V\ lilt'' pin.- 770,599 1,472,988 



l-oiii-i'.il pill' 14,914,163 19,837,709 



Short leaf pill.- 914,165 813.339 



All other iiine 5,680.883 4,074,228 



loplar 1,233,401 1,458,006 



Redwood 749,974 1,309,129 



Spruce 523,509 585,194 



All other lumber 6,904,633 6,672,221 



Joist and scantling 511,288 323,022 



Railroad ties 1,024,853 2,698,642 



Round logs 3,531,094 3,717,393 



The total for the first eleven months of 1913 was $75,643,936, compared 

 with $67,148,727 for the corresponding period ot 1913. The difference In 

 exports was .$8,495,709, in favor of 1913. 



All officers were reelected except two directors whose terms expired by 

 limitation provided in the by-laws. The election of officers resulted as fol- 

 lows : 



Presidknt — Fred Arn, Chattanooga, Tenn. 

 First Vice-President — Frank F. Fee, Dermott, Ark. 

 Seco.nd Vice-Preside.xt — Chester F. Korn, Cincinnati, Ohio. 

 Ticeasurek — John L. Alcock, Baltimore, Md. 



Secretary — J. McD. Price, Baltimore. Md. 

 Foreign Representative — Frank Tiffany, 

 Leamington, Eng. 



Chairman Transportation Committee — 

 Frank F. Fee. 



Chairman Arbitration and Complaints Com- 

 5IITTEE — Chester F. Korn. 



Chairman Membership Committee — W. J. 

 lUknian, Cincinnati, Ohio, 



Directors — R. J. Darnell, Memphis, Tenn, : 

 f. I. Milliard, Norfolk, Va. ; W, H. Russe, Mem- 

 phis. Tenn. ; Harvey M. Dickson, Norfolk, Va. ; 

 1'. E. Hoffman. Fort Wayne, Ind, : J. W, Mc- 

 I'hue, Memphis, Tenn,; Edward Barber, Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio : George M. Splegle, Philadelphia, 

 I'a. ; G. A. Farber, London, Eng. ; W. M. Hitter, 

 Columbus. O. : Frank Purcell. Kansas City, Mo.; 

 l-'trd. Brenner, Alexander, La, 



Time and place for holding the next meeting 

 \M're not fixed. 



Important Meeting Southern Hardwood Traf- 

 fic Bureau 



The Southern Hardwood Traffic Bureau has. 

 through the filing of a suit before the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission at Washington against 

 a number of roads in the Southwest, taken the 

 first step in the direction of securing a lower 

 rate on hardwood lumber shipments to Galves- 

 ton and, incidentally, of obtaining more satis- 

 factory rates on export shipments via New Or- 

 leans, The petition, filed through J. R. Walker, 

 special attorney of the bureau at Washington, 

 sets forth that there is unjust discrimination 

 against Memphis, whi</h is charged twenty-six cents on shipments to 

 Galveston, as against sixteen cents for Cincinnati and seventeen for 

 Chicago, The commission has been asked to pass on this phase of the 

 matter and to grant a rate of twelve cents from Memphis. The real 

 object of the petition, however, is to secure entrance into Galveston so 

 that exporters here may have another port through which to send their 

 lumber shipments abroad. The rate to New Orleans is twelve cents, and 

 a similar rate is sought to the Texas port. New Orleans steamship 

 companies have been acting very arbitrarily in the matter of rates, and 

 the entrance into Galveston is sought so that there may be another port 

 with equal facilities open to lumber exporters. Mobile is the only other 

 port that can be reached on advantageous terms now, and the use of this 

 is largely barred on account of the lack of adequate facilities. Plans for 

 removing the restrictions at New Orleans have been under way tor some 

 time, and the filing of the petition in question is expected to furnish the 

 solution of what has been a rather trying situation for exporters at this 

 point. If this move fails to bring relief there are still other methods 

 under consideration. The bureau believes that it is right in its conten- 

 tions and that the time has come when the shippers here who export 

 lumber are entitled to more consideration than they have been receiving 

 at the hands of the steamship companies. The Galveston rate will give 

 the former an entering wedge and the situation promises developments 

 that may in the end prove quite interesting. 



