30 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



December lo. lirjl 



The Mail Bag 



B 14 — Red Gum for Italy 

 Editor Hardwood Kecokd : The American Chamber of Commerce for 

 Italv having favored us with your address, we beg leave to ask you to 

 kindly be good enough to furnish us the names and addresses of producers 

 or deklers of the following kinds of woods : Red Gum, FAS ; Select Common 

 Red ; Common Red No. 1 C : Sap FAS. Antonio Ferrelli, 



Via 4. Oentile 4. Milan, Italy. 



Pertinent Information 



Disclosing Name of Shipper on Freight Bills 

 In response to inquiries from members of the National Wholesale Lum- 

 ber Dealers Association as to their right in requesting destination agents 

 to omit names of original shippers from freight bills rendered to customers, 

 the association has, through its Transportation Bureau, issued the fol- 

 lowing bulletin to members : 



Sec. 15 of the Interstate Commerce Act provides, In part : 

 •'That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier to disclose or to 

 permit to be acquired by any person or corporation other than the shipper 

 or consignee, without the consent of such shipper or consignee, any in- 

 formation concerning the nature, kind, quantity, destination, consignee or 

 routing of any property tendered or delivered to such common earner for 

 interstate transportation, which information may be used to the detriment 

 or prejudice of such shipper or consignee, or which may improperly disclose 

 his business transactions to a competitor." 



In Albree vs. B. & M. R. R., 22 ICC .S03. 321, the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission broadly held that the Act indicates an intent upon the part 

 of Congress to secure to ever>- shipper immunity from a disclosure of 

 his business at the hands of a common carrier. 



In its decision "In the Matter of Freight Bills" 38 ICC !II, the Com- 

 mission held : 



"Freight bills presented to ultimate consignees of shipments reconsignert 

 In transit ought not to disclose the name of the original consignor ; neither 

 should they show the original point of shipment, nor the route of move- 

 ment to the reconsigned point except in instances where the ultimate con- 

 signee is required to pay the through charges." 



J. E. Fairbanks' Demurrage Tariff Xo. 4-A. ICC No. 8, contains the 

 following note under Rule 4 covering Notification : 



"When owner requests that original point of shipment be omitted on 

 reconsigned cars, this information shall not be shown on notice of arrival 

 at destination." 



This decision "In the Matter of Freight Bills' refers to "Shipmenis 

 reconsigned in transit." but the present Diversion and Reconsignment 

 tariffs include "A change in the name of the consignee ' in the definition 

 of the term "Diversion or Reconsignment," although no charge is made 

 where an order for the delivery of a car to other than the billed consignee 

 is or has been presentefl to and accepted by the agent at destination and 

 no change is required in billing records nor additional movement of car 

 required. 



Therefore, when an agent at destination is requested not to disclose the 

 name of the original shipper on the freight bill which is rendere<I the 

 customer, the agent should observe such instructions, as the consignee 

 who makes such request is entitled, under Sec. l."> of the .\ct, to im- 

 munity from a disclosure of his business transactions at the hands of the 

 railroads. 



Further, in Conference Ruling Xo. 356 the Commission holds it to be 

 unlawful for a carrier to disclose to a shipper the name of the ultimate 

 consignee of a shipment reconsigned in transit by the original consignee. 



Clubs and Associations 



Southern Hardwood Traffic Annual Announced 

 S. M. Nickey, president of the Southern Ilardwo.nl Traflic .Association, 

 has issued a call for the ninth annual of this organization to be held in 

 Memphis, Tenn., at the Hotal Gayoso, .January G. Invitations will be 

 extended to the 500 hardwood forest products firms identified with this 

 organization and it is anticipated that, owing to the unusual interest in 

 rate and traffic matters generally, the attendance will be very full. 



Preliminary plans for the annual were arranged at a meeting of the 

 governing board held at the executive offices in Memphis, Friday after- 

 noon, December 2. At the same time President Nickey appointed the fol- 



lowing gentlemen to select a new slate of oflicers for 1922. .7ohn W. 

 McClure, James E. Stark. J. F. McSweyn, of Memphis : Max Miller, Mari- 

 anna. Ark., and T. V. Ashhy, Jackson, Tenn. Nomination is equivalent 

 to election. 



The big, outstanding feature of the work of the association during its 

 ninth year was the filing of the hardwood rate case with the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission and the subsetiuent presentation of evidence against 

 present "destructive" rates before that body. The association asked for 

 virtual elimination of the advances under Ex Parte 74 and J. H. Town- 

 shend, secretary-manager, and other officials are in daily expectation of a 

 favorable decision from Washington. The activities of the association, 

 however, have covered a very wide range and a feature of the meeting 

 will be the annual report of Mr. Townshend, dealing with the accomplish- 

 ments of this body. 



Officers whose terms expire in January are : 



S. M. Nickey. president ; R. J. Hackney, vice-president ; Elliott Lang, 

 treasurer ; S. M. Rickey, vice-president of the Cincinnati district ; A. E. 

 Norman, Jr.. vice-president of the Louisville district ; Lucas E. Moore, 

 vice-president of the New Orleans district, and Paul C. Smith, vice-presi- 

 dent of the Helena district, and the following vice-presidents in charge 

 of committees : Mack Morris, Jackson, Tenn., legislative ; William Pritch- 

 ard, car supply: J. W. McClure. finance and auditing; James E. Stark, 

 export traffic ; T. E. Sledge, rate book ; Walker L. Wellford, rate adjust- 

 ments : F. T. Dooley, membership and assessment; C. L. Harrison. Cape 

 Girardeau, Mo., storage, and George W. Hand, Cincinnati, freight claims. 



Seven directors will be elected to succeed W. .\. Ransom of Memphis, ' 

 Max Miller of Marianna, Ark., C. II. Sherrill of Merryville. La.. W. E. 

 DeLaney of Lexington, Ky., G. V. Patterson of Alexandria, La., Charles 

 Hudson of Memphis and Daniel Wertz of Evansville. Ind. 



-Vrrangement of the program will he entirely in the hands of J. H. 

 Townshend, secretary-manager, and due announcement thereof will be 

 uu\de later. 



Indiana Hardwood Men to Meet 



The annual meeting of the Indiana Hardwood Luinlu-rnien's Association 

 will be held at Indianapolis, Ind., at the Claypool Hotel on Friday. January 

 20. Frank L. Donnell of Donnell Brothers, Morris, Indiana, who announced 

 the dale of the meeting, says that it promises to be a most interesting one. 



Exporters to Hold Annual Meeting in Cincinnati 



The annual meeting of the National Lumber Exporters' Association has 

 been fixed for January 25 and 20 at the Hotel Siuton, in Cincinnati, and 

 a large attendan<-e is expected because of the prevailing sitiuitinn. which 

 presents various problems out of the ordinary. JIany matters of special 

 interest are expecte*! to come up. among theni the London ('ontract form 

 and measurement, and a report on this subject by Gustave A. Farber. the 

 L.uidon representative of Russe & Burgess, .Memphis, is looked for. Oflicers 

 will be elected and on the evening of the 2.5th a dinner will be given by 

 the Cincinnati members in honor of the visiting exporters. These mem 

 bers are as follows: Cincinnati Walnut Lumber Company. M. B. Farrin 

 Lumber Company, Freiberg Mahogany Company, W. F. Gammage. Howard 

 it Barber Lumber Company. Kosse, .Shoe & Schle.ver Company. James Ken 

 nedy & Company, Ltd., Menzies, Hale & Bolman Company. Mowbray & Robin 

 son Company. The special committee on arrangements for the entertain 

 ment is headed by Edward Barber and is composed of W. J. Eckman and 

 J. .f. I.inehan. 



"Syncopated Steppers" Enliven Dinner 



The I,umbermen's Club of Memphis, tendered its annual dinner at the 

 Hotel Gayoso, Saturday evening, December 3, to its members and their 

 out-of-town guests. Covers were laid tor about 200 and a delightful 

 menu was serN'cd members and their guests. 



The entertainment feature de luxe was presented by Pate's Syncopated 

 Steppers, secured tor the evening from the Lyceum Theatre management. 

 The artists varied widely in their costumes. Some of the black faced come- 

 dians wore overcoats and ulsters, while the young ladies who did the 

 real "stepping" as well as the greater portion of the "high-kicking," 

 swung to the opposite extreme in what they did not wear. However, the 

 combination made a distinct hit and was forced to respond to several Tery 

 enthusiastic encores. 



W. R. Barksdale, H. J. M. Jorgensen, J. D. .\llen, Jr., Max Sondheimer, 

 C. R. 'Ransom, C. B. Dudley, J. II. Stannard, Frank E. Bruce, Joe Thompson, 

 J. H. nines, president, and other members contributed very much to the 

 pleasure of the occasion by telling stories and by other verbal feats. 



The lumliermen and their guests gave themselves wholly to the spirit 

 of the occasion which was characterized b.v wit, humor and good fellowship. 



Northern Wholesalers Schedule Quarterly Meeting 



The regular quarterly meeting of tin- .Northern Wbolis:ilc I,iinil)er Asso- 

 ciation will be held at the Milwaukee Athletic Club, .Milwaukee, Wis., at 

 ten o'clock in the forenoon of Friday, December 16. 



"Present conditions in the hardwood lumber trade make it extremely im- 

 portant that every nieml>er of the association be present at this meeting," 

 said the call to the meeting issued by T. T. Jones, president, and J. F. 

 Ilayden, secretary. 



Appalachian Loggers to Meet in Cincinnati 



The spring meeting of the .\p|jalaihian Logging Congress will be held in 

 Cincinnati, 0., at the Sinton Hotel, .May 9. 10, 11, 1922. according to an 

 announcement just made by T. Sunderland, secretary. 



