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111' had leielviU a very wanu piTsuiial luItiT from Seirelary Wrller ii( 

 thi' Hardwood Man-jfacturcrs' Association of the Uultcd States, thanking 

 hlni for the part he had taken In the recent luectlD); of that body. Kormal 

 resolntlons of thanks to the cIuU. adopted by the association before Its 

 iidjournment here, were also received anil ordered spread on the minutes. 



.lohn .M. I'rltchard. secretary of the Cum Lumber Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation, told of the efforts being made to have the Chicago Lumbermen's 

 Kxchange buildiu:; compleled in red gum. lie said that at present the 

 matter was in the hands oi K. It. (iadd of the NVlsconsin Lumber Company, 

 and that the latter would take the subject up with the McCormlck in- 

 terests, the owners. .Mr. Pritchard asserted that every possil>le pressure 

 would lie brought to bear to have the building finished in red gum, but 

 asserteil tliat the mahogany interests secured the start and that they 

 so far have the advantage in a slight degree. 



C. I/. Harrison of the Ilimraelberger-Harrison Lumber Company, was 

 elected an associate member. Three other applications were received. 

 These will be voted on at the meeting to be held February 28. 



This was the second regular meeting held this year, the one scheduled 

 for .lanuary I'y having been passed because of the annual of the Hard- 

 wood Manufacturers' Association. The attendance was quite full, there 

 Ueing fifty-five meml>ers and visitors present. .1. I>. .\llen. .Tr., was in 

 ihi' chair. The usu.il hinclieon was served. 



Committees of Philadelphia Association Appointed 



Ralph Souder. president of the I'hiiadelphia Wholesale Lumber Deal- 

 ers' Association, has appointed the following committees for 1914 : 



Kntertaixmknt : Horace .\. Iteeves, Jr., R. VVyatt Wlstar and Ben 

 1 Currie. 



MKMBKiisHip: Augustus .T. Cadwallader. J. W. Turnbull, Joseph P. 

 I'omegvs. Charles Atherton and A. C. Wood. 



liAii.HOAD .\SD Tk.\nspoet.itiox : Robert G. Kay, B. Franklip Betts and 

 Oecrge F. Craig. 



Pan.vma C.*.\ai, : Thomas B. Hammer. Owen M. Bruner, W^alter J. 

 MIngus, Kellam Bennett and R. B. Rayner. 



American Forestry Advisory Committee: Robert C. Lippincotf, J. 

 Randall Williams. Jr.. and Fi-piinrick S. Indprhill. 



Annual North Carolina Forestry Association 

 The fourth ann.ial convention of the North Carolina Forestry Asso- 

 ciation will be held In Asheville. X. C, on Wednesday and Thursday. 

 April 8 and 0, VM4. The Appalachian Park Association and the Ashe- 

 ville Board of Trade are lending their hearty cooperation, and no effort 

 will be spared to make this one of the most interesting and largely at- 

 tended forestry meetings ever held in the South. 



The program will include addresses by prominent men on the practical 

 problems of the day, and discussions on each subject, open to all dele- 

 gates, win be called for. 



Two side trips of unusual interest are being arranged for with the land 

 owners in connection with the meeting ; one a visit to the celebrated 

 planted forests of the Biltmore Estate, where forestry was first practiced 

 in the I'nited States ; and the second trip over the unique logging rail- 

 road into the spruce forests on the side of Mt. Mitchell, the highest 

 peak east of the Rockies, which are now being logged. 



Such a program should be of equal interest to foresters, lumbermen, 

 landowners and public men ; and all who possibly can should plan to 

 attend. 



Monthly Statement to Continue 



Responses to an inquir.v sent to members of the affiliated associations 

 some weeks ago by the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association asking 

 for expressions in regard to the monthly report of cut and shipments. 

 are strongly in favor of the continuance of this work, and a resolution 

 was adopted authorizing the secretary to continue the publication of 

 these statistics, the cost of which it is estimated should not exceed 

 ^100.00 per month. They will be continued. 



New York Trade in Annual Banquet 



Over 21)0 members of the local lumber trade with several out of town 

 visitors and representatives of neighboring organizations attended the 

 dinner et the New York Lumber Trade Association at the new Biltmore 

 hotel, neur (Jrand Central, on the evening of February 19. It is two 

 years since the last dinner of the New York lumbermen and they cer- 

 tainly made up for the lost time. 



It has been the policy of this association to have speechless dinners 

 and to make the occasion one of absolute pleasure and enjoyment free 

 from all suggestion of the daily grind. Following this there were no 

 speeches but the after dinner feature was a rlp-roarlng vaudeville cabaret 

 entertainment. 



The company gathered in the reception room about six-thirty and for 

 an hour there were happy greetings between the wholesalers and re- 

 tailers. At ."even-thirty the diners sat down and after invocation by . 

 Rev. Dr. MacMurray of Brooklyn, the fun was on. Tlie dinner was 

 one of the best la the history of the association, and much credit is due 

 Bernard L. Tim of the llirsch I,uniber Company, who had sole charge 

 of this part of the arrangements. During the dinner a Neaiwlitan quar- 

 tette and an orchestra were very much in evidence. After the coffee 

 c. E. Kennedy, the wholesaler of 1 Madison avenue, who had charge of 

 the entertainment features, announced that he had cornlled the greatest 

 bunch of stars in captivity and "if the entertainment wasn't the best 

 ever he could be murdered." He Is still alive. Kennedy took the party 

 from the sublime to the ridiculous, following an operatic selection with 



one of those present day numbers tliat arc now so popular In tin- 

 Broadway cabaret places. There were story tellers and dancers, one very 

 Hlmsy diaphanous robe was a decided hit with the spotlight on In f'jli 

 tilt until "she" took a bow at the round of applause which fidlowed the 

 act. Kveiything was line until the coiffeur fell on the floor, revealing 

 in full size what resembled a white hope more than a ballet dancer. 

 Of course Kennedy announced his regrets for the disappointment, and 

 the show went on. It was a hang up affair and everybody had a good 



lime and were loud iu tlieh- praise of tli muultiie wh.. lool d..ni- •<ueli 



good work. 



The Steel Car Question 



At a recent meeting of the lioarii of governors of the Natl.mal Lunilwr 

 Manufacturers' Association, it was announced that hearings on the 

 Stevens' bill, which proposes to give the Interstate Commerce (^'ommis- 

 slon authority to compel the installation of steel cars when and where- 

 in its judgment tliey are necessary, were held during January, and that 

 the National association had submitted n series of mounted photographs 

 covering various wrecks in which steel and wooden passenger cars had 

 been involved, together with a statement to the effect that the lumber 

 manufacturers, while not wishing to be understood as so desirous of 

 selling lumber that they do not share the popular demand that the loss 

 of life upon the railroads of the country shall be reduced to the minimum, 

 simply request that the legislative committee and the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission itself, not allow themselves to be influenced by the 

 effort which Is being made, apparently by those interested in the con- 

 struction 01 steel passe-jger cars, to induce the public to i)elleve that all 

 cars constructed of iron or si'.cet steel are safer than properl.v built 

 wooden cars. 



It was also suggested that a careful investigation of the relative merits 

 of both classes of cars now in service be made before any decision is 

 reached, and the hope was expressed that the committee might recom- 

 mend ever.v possible measure to reduce the number of railroad wrecks, 

 while at the same time considtrin.t; the question of wreck-proof ears. 



Coming Meetings American Forestry Association 



The American Forestry Association announces from its main offices 

 that it will hold the following meetings during the year : 



May 1-5, spring meeting of board of directors, to be held at Cornell 

 University, Ithaca, N. V. 



July y and 10. mid-summer luoetiug of the association to be held 

 at Chautauqua, N. Y. 



Jui.v 21, convention of American Forestry Association on American 

 Forestry Association day, to be held at the Panama-Pacific Exposition at 

 San Francisco. 



Winchester Lumber Company to Erect Mill in Alabama 



11. H. -Meihlin, proprietor of the Winchester Lumber Company. Win- 

 chester, O.. recently purchased a mill site and will erect a new mill on 

 Davis Lake, at cr near Mount Vernon, Ala., a short distance below the 

 junction of the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers. This is one of the most 

 beautiful as well as, from a shipping standpoint, one of the most strategic 

 points to be found in the state of Alabama. The lake lies close to the 

 river and has an outlet into the Tombigbee, which is fed by a large 

 creek, the water in the lake being raised and lowered by the gulf tide. 

 The lake affords u natural reservoir for the storing of logs. 



The two rivers penetrate into some fine virgin timber and are navi- 

 gable for a long distance. In addition there are smaller rivers and 

 bayous. Helice the timber is also accessible to this mill. 



Mr. Mechlin is arranging to build one of the largest hardwood mills in 

 the South, a structure modern and uiJ-to-date in every respect, and is 

 planning to confinj his operations to the manufacture of hardwoods. 

 He will take with him to his southern operations a nnmher of expert 

 millmen who have been employed by him in the uianufaeture of hard- 

 wood lumber at Winchester, i). 



Mr. Mechlin is one of the old school of Ohio hardwnod men. having 

 manufactured oak, ash and other hardwoods at Winchester for years. 

 He is also a manufacturer of bent oak and hickory rims and sawed 

 veneers, and for a number of years his output was shipped to foreign 

 countries. Of late years, however, he has found the domestic market 

 so receptive that he has given up the foreign trade and has confined his 

 trade to home sales. Mr. Mechlin will remove his veneer and rim busi- 

 ness to the new location, where with abundant timber, experienced men 

 and the same push and energy that has characterized his operations in 

 the North, a successful career is predicted. 



Starts Business in Louisville 

 The Churchlll-Milton Lumber Company is the style of a new addition 

 to the hardwood trade of Louisville. Ky. This concern was recently 

 granted incorporation papers and will operate with offlces In the Lin- 

 coln building. John Churchill, formerly vice-president of the Booker-Cecll 

 Lumber Company. T. S. Milton, sales manager of the Louisville Point Lum- 



