Doc.MiiluT 10, 1921 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



29 



T onG-ReLL 



Branded Hardwoods 



W~IE produce in quantity all 

 commercial sizes of qual- 

 ^-J ity hardwoods cut from 

 selected logs from the famous 

 Saline River bottom of Ar- 

 kansas and the Bucatanna 

 basin lowlands of Mississippi, 

 where these woods develop 

 exceptional texture and uni- 

 formity of color. 



GUM-OAK 



ASH-ELM 

 POPUR 



The T pne-Rei^i^ T imber C ompanii 



R. A. LONG BUILDING Lumbermen since 1875 ICA.NXSA.S CITY, N^IO. 



Chief of Lumber Division Offers Service of 

 Bureau to Lumbermen 



The resources of the Lumber Hivisinn of tlie Department of Coui- 

 merce were placed at the disposal of the lumbermen of Chicago by 

 Axel H. Oxholra, chief of the division, who was the guest of the 

 Lumbermen's Association of Chicago on Friday, December 2, at a 

 special luncheon meeting called by S. F. D. Meffley, secretary-man- 

 ager. "We want you lumbermen to make use of this lumber divi- 

 sion," were the words with which which he opened his short 

 address. 



Mr. Oxholm introduced Bentley MacKenzie, Chicago representa- 

 tive of the Department of Commerce, on whom the lumbermen may 

 call whenever they want to get into prompt aiul direct touch with 

 the division. 



Mr. Oxholm spent three days, Decenilier 1, 2 and .3, in Chicago, 

 and left that city to continue his tour of the South and Middle 

 West, which he is making for the purpose of discussing the problems 

 of the trade with the members of the lumber industry. Prior to 

 coming to Chicago he stopped in Cincinnati. He was in Kansas 

 City, Mo., December 5 and 6; Memphis, Tenn., December 7 and 8, 

 and Shreveporf, La., December 9. 



Before returning to Washington Mr. Oxholm plans to fulfill the 

 following schedule: Houston, Tex., December 12; Beaumont, Tex., 

 December 13; Orange, Tex., December 14; New Orleans, La., Decem- 

 ber 15, 16 and 17; Laurel, Miss., December 19; Gulfport, Miss., 

 December 20; Mobile, Ala., December 21; Pensacola, Fla., Decem- 

 ber 22. 



Chicago Wins MiUing-In-Transit Privilege 



Tlie figlit waged for tlie past fifty years by Chicago lumber inter- 

 ests to secure the milling-in-transit privilege for that city has at 

 last been consummated by a complete victory. S. F. D. Metfley, 

 secretary-manager of the Luml)ermen's Association of Chicago, 



on December 2, made the announcement that all railroads 

 serving Chicago had granted the privilege. Since that time con- 

 gratulations have been showered upon N. C. Mather, the hard-hit- 

 ting president of the club; Mr. Meffley, A. A. Adams, chairman of 

 its traflic committee, and John Andrew Ronan, a leading traffic 

 attorney of Chicago, who acted as counsel to the association in its 

 successful battle. 



The privilege gained for Chicago is said to be the most sweeping 

 and advantageous enjoyed by any lumber center in the country. It 

 is defined as "stopping carloads of lumber in transit for concen- 

 tration, drying, grading, assorting, storage, yarding, planing, dress- 

 ing or resawing, and its forwarding in caidoads to a subsequent and 

 further destination." To secure the benefits of these transit privi- 

 leges, shipments must be forwarded to final destination within 

 twelve months from the date of freight bills covering inbound move- 

 ment. The through rate from the ))oint of origin to that of final 

 destination will apply on the lumber thus reshipped, with a mini- 

 mum of .$12 a car. The privilege applies to all domestic woods, but 

 foreign woods are excluded. 



The privilege is open to all shippers with yarding facilities on 

 the various railroads in the Chicago district, who will declare in 

 writing that they will abide by the rules formulated and agree to 

 allow the railroads to freely inspect their records whenever they 

 deem it necessary. The users of the privilege must also agree to 

 make affidavit as to the accuracy of these records. 



It is estimated by Mr. Meffley that the privilege will save ship- 

 pers of lumber more than $500,000 .-innually, and will result ulti- 

 mately in an increase of the lumber traffic through Chicago to an 

 amazing extent. The failure to have the privilege during the last 

 five or six decades that the lumbermen have been striving to attain 

 it has occasioned a loss of some $2.S,.532,u00, because of the steady 

 decline in both in and outbound shipments, Mr. Meffley stated. 



Companies desiring to take advantage of the transit privilege 

 must secure special forms, both transit and non-transit. 



