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spirit for consultation on nintHTs ..f p^mriil Interest. Tbc rest of the 

 mcotInK was devoted to routine liusiness. 



On March 10 all of the members of the exchange who have railroad 

 sidings In their yards assembled In the exchange rooms to express their 

 opiniuD regarding the intention of the rnilroads to place a tax of $2 on 

 every car that runs la on the sidings. Horace -V. liecves, Jr.. chairman 

 of the railroad and transportation committee of the exchange, presided. 

 Those present strongly protested against this action of the railroads, and 

 a committee of eight was appointed to go to Washington on the following 

 day to urge before the Interstate Commerce Commission their protest 

 against this unjust tax. Edward I". Iliiison of E. F. llenson Jt Co. was 

 selected to act as speaker for the comiiiittee. 



With the Nashville Lumbermen's Club 



On Tuesday. March 10. the following new oHlcers were elected to the 

 -VashAllU Lumbermen's Club without opiiosition : 



ri:-'<ii rvT — Hendeison Baker. Uakor. .Tarobs & Co. 



\ I. 1 u sinKxr — C E. Hunt. Hunt. Washington & Smith. 



I ui ,v :i K — Harobl (jreene. Uavidson. Hicks & Greene Company. 



S) ' :;( \i:i — Cecil Kwing. Southern Lumberman. 



.\ku liuiKcToRs — .\. B. Hansom. Hamilton Love, Percy Locveahart, 

 Willis Karris and Morford Whitson. 



Paramount above the annual election of officers at the meeting was the 

 information filed by Secretary Ening to the effect that the Louisville & 

 Nashville Railroad would in all probability at an early date permit the 

 substitution of "hardwoods in" for "hardwoods out" in the milling-in- 

 transit arrangement. Since the date of the meeting that provision has 

 gone through. 



The Nashville club has contended for this relief for more than six 

 months, and the accouncement of the intention of the Louisville & Nash- 

 ville Railroad to supply new tariff on lumber offering the desired relief 

 was received with much gratification. 



In the niilling-in-transit decision affecting shipments of grain,_ shippers 

 have not been required to preserve its identity on outbound shipments. 

 Lumbermen have contended for this same privilege. Under the old 

 arrangement it is necessary to ship oak outbound for oak inbound, and 

 ash outbound for ash inbound. It being impossible to substitute one for 

 another. 



Memphis Club Holds Semi-Monthly Meeting 



The Lumbermen's Club of Memphis held its regular semi-monthly 

 meeting on March '21 at the Hotel iJayoso. with fifty-nine members and 

 guests present. J. D. Allen, Jr., was in the chair and the usual luncheon 

 was served. 



Although the club did not take definite action regarding the ordinance 

 which has been introduced here providing for the elimination of wooden 

 shingles as a house covering in the residence districts, there will be 

 positive action at the meeting two weeks hence. The club is distinctly 

 opposed to the general principles of substitution which is involved in 

 this ordinance and, as one member declared, if this were allowed to pass 

 by default there is no telling where the next move will be made by 

 those who are responsible for the substitution propaganda. It is true 

 that there are few members of the club who would be directly affected 

 by the substitution provided for in this instance, but there were a num- 

 ber of talks made, the burden of which was that a distinctly lumberman's 

 organization should speak in no uncertain tone regarding this principle. 

 The information and statistics committees have been asked to gather all 

 the data obtainable and when they make their reports the club will make 

 its position known in no uncertain way. 



Technicalities in present fire insurance policies also came in for much 

 discussion in connection with the request of R. J. Lockwood, general man- 

 ager of the Memphis Hardwood Flooring Company, that be be allowed to 

 write a letter to lumbermen throughout the United States, on the 

 stationery of the club, calling attention to the failure of the New York 

 Lumber Underwriters to pay the Rife & Stutzman claim which originated 

 several years ago on an alleged violation of the clear space clause. He 

 said that Judge John E. McCall. of the federal court for the western 

 district of Tennessee, had excluded certain very important testimony and 

 that the case was to come up for trial in the I'nited States Supreme 

 Court. The club took the position that Mr. Lockwood would have to draw 

 up this letter and submit it to the law and insurance committee of the 

 club In order that there might be nothing said therein that would In any 

 way lay the organization liable for damages. S. M. Nlckey, chairman 

 of this committee, pointed out that there were so many technicalities In 

 fire Insurance policies written nowadays that the club ought to take 

 some action that would influence the fire insurance companies to write 

 such policies that the average business man could understand the pro- 

 visions thereof without the aid of a lawyer. He further said that there 

 were so many technicalities now that some Insurance companies could, 

 by biding behind certain clauses and provisions, vitiate the fundamental 

 purpose for which these policies were Issued, namely, protection. There 

 win be something done in connection with this subject within the next 

 two or four wc>>ks. following the submission of a draft of his letter to be 

 furnished by Mr. Lockwood. 



F. E. Stonebraker, chairman of the special committee having In charge 

 the finishing and furnishing of the rooms in the Business Men's Club to 

 be occupied by the Lumbermen's Club, thanked the members of the latter 

 for furnishing tlie necessary material to enable the committee to finish 

 the rooms In panels made of practically all the hardwoods produced In 

 this territory. 



C. D. Hondrickson, chairman of the river and rail committee, read a 

 letter from Joe Hattcndorf, general freight agent of the southern lines 

 of the Illinois Central system, stating that facilities had been completed 

 at Memphis for the payment here of all refunds on log shipments and 

 also the payment of all over-rate claims. The letter further stated that 

 all that was necessary, in order to secure payment here, was the presen- 

 tation of the proper documentary evidence to establish the Justice of the 

 claims in question. The letter was turned over to the secretary to be 

 made part of the records of the club. This letter was the direct out- 

 growth of conferences held between the river and rail committee and 

 officials of the Illinois Central some time ago. 



.\ letter was read from the National Uivers and Harbors Congress ask- 

 ing the club to state its position regarding the proposed repeal of the 

 exemption from Panama Canal tolls In case of vessels engaged In coact- 

 wise trade. The subject was referred to the information committee. 



George T. Kendal of Ilughart & Kendal, Grand Rapids, Mich., was 

 "elected an associate member of the club. There was one other application 

 which will be voted on at the next regular meeting. 



Following the regular meeting two weeks ago, the directors convened 

 and passed on a number of matters of a routine nature, including the dis- 

 Ijosltlon of the expenses incident to complimentary tickets at the recent 

 tango party given by the club at the Hotel Chisca. 



North Carolina Forestry Meeting 



The fourth annual convention of the North Carolina Forestry Associa- 

 tion will be held at Asheville on Wednesday and Thursday, April 8 and 

 9, 1914. 



The Appalachian Park Association will meet with the forestry asso- 

 ciation, therel/y greatly increasing the interest of the gathering. Be- 

 sides the morning and evening sessions of the convention, a trip will be 

 made to the forest plantations of the Biltmore estate on Wednesday 

 afternoon, and the next day the delegates are Invited to visit the spruce 

 forests on Mt. Mitchell over the logging railroad of Messrs. Perley and 

 Crockett. 



Governor Craig will be present and address the convention. Among 

 the other speakers who are cxijected are H. S. Graves. United States 

 Forester ; tl. S. Ridsdale, secretary of the .Vmerican Forestry Associa- 

 tion ; Mrs. T. W. Lingle, chairman department of civics. North Carolina 

 Federation of Women's Clubs, and W. B. Townsend, the well-known lum- 

 berman and conservationist of east Tennessee. 



Special rates on all railroads are being arranged for, and the local 

 hotels are offering favorable terms. 



Chicago Association 'Will Hold Regular Meeting 



A meeting of the Lumbermen's .\ssociation of Chicago is called to 

 convene in the Red Room of the IIot.?l La Salle. March '27. at 12:30 

 p. m. sharp. Luncheon will be served. 



Subjects which will come up before the meeting are : Report of traffic 

 committee : report of committee on fire limit extension, report of enter- 

 tainment committee and other matters for the good of the members. 

 The meeting will he strictly a business gathering, and it is hoped by 

 the officers that there will be a good attendance. 



Annual Election Chicago Club 



On Monday n\eniiig, March lii. the Lumbermen's Club of Chicago held 

 its annual meeting at its club-rooms in the Great Northern Hotel build- 

 ing, for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year, and for a 

 discussion of the various questions that directl.v affect the local club and 

 association work. .\s a result of the election, the following officers were 

 chosen for the coming year : 



Presioknt — A. C. Qulxley, Qulxley & Bulgrin Lumber Company. 



VicE-PttEsiDENT — Charics Westcott, Uayden & Westcott Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



TnE.YSi'RER — H. D. Welsh. E. A. Thornton Lumber Company. 



Seoret.\uv — George C. King. 



Thustees fou TmiKE Years — John Clancy, H. B. Darlington and F. R. 

 Gadd. 



Trl'stres for 0.\e Year — S. C. Bennett and A. H. Ruth. 



The meeting and elaborate dinner which was served were attended 

 by more than 200 lumbermen and guests. 



Among the questions which came up for discussion at the bu.slness 

 session following th? dinner, was the suggestion propounded by Retiring- 

 President F. R. (Jadd, to the effect that the Lumbermen's Club be amal- 

 gamated with the Lumbermen's Association of Chicago, when the two 

 organizations are housed in the new Lumbermen's building that will be 

 opened up within a year. 



Mr. Gadd's suggestion proposed the formation of an organization of 

 vast power that would have both social and business features. It was 

 well received by the memlsers. and President Qulxley on taking the chair 

 expressed him.seif as being favorable to the project. 



The question of substitutes of wood also came Into discussion and a 

 sentiment seemed to l>e prevalent that the uses of substitutes did not 

 augur ill for the lumber trade but rather tended to Increase the de- 

 mand for the products of the forest. The truth of this contention how- 

 ever. Is open to argument. 



At the conclusion of the banquet. E. A. Thornton. In behalf of the 

 Lumbermen's Club, presented Retiring President Gadd with a handsome 

 gold watch as a token of esteem of the members and their appreciation 

 of his excellent handling of the affairs of the club. Mr. Gadd thanked 

 the members tbmugh Mr. Thornton, suitably. 



