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HARDWOOD RECORD 



May 10. 1917 



Northwestern Cooperage & Lumber Company 



The Home mf the "Peerless " Standard Brand Products 



GLADSTONE, MICHIGAlN MUIs at Gladstone and Eacanaba, Michigan 



Weatern Office: 

 016 Lumber Exchange, MinneapoUa, Minn, 



Manufacturers of the following "Peerless" Standard Brand Products: Hardwood Flooring, Staves, 

 Hoops, Heading and Veneers, Hemlock Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Posts, Poles and Ties, 

 and Hemlock Tan Bark 



"Peerless" Rock Maple, Beech & Birch Flooring x .rf" SS.1/' 



heir own. are ruaranteed TRY IT THE 



ealers to hold trade. "We kti7yt fffiuv 



mixed car* — Car or Cargo. i^t»AI 1 IMf. 



Members of Maple Flooring Manufacturers' A aseciation. (When wrltinc mention the Hardwo*d Recard.) 



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Clubs and Associations 



Big "Doings" on Hoo-Hoo Day 



Chicaau lu'oliably led in results obtained in the big drive by the Hoo-Hoo 

 officials to make a record in the acquisition of new members to be taken 

 in on Hoo-Hoo day, which occurred on Friday, April 27. All the big 

 centers turned out in full force and had record concatenations. 



Chicago Hoo-Hoo's put twenty-eight kittens through the mill, many of 

 them being prominent lumbermen of long standing. In addition to the 

 regular program there was considerable in the way of entertainment, the 

 chief feature being musical renditions by the Hampton Colored Quartette. 

 Dr. Roscoe C. Simmons of the Hampton Institute, a nephew of the late 

 Booker T. Washington, interposed in his introduction of the various singers 

 a few remarks about the purpose and accomplishments of the institute. 



The officials in charge of the initiation were ; Snark Albert Cone ; 

 Senior Hoo-Hoo, Minor E. Botts ; Junior Hoo-Hoo, Douglas Malloch ; Bojum, 

 R. S. Kellogg ; Scrivenoter, A. R. P. Schmechel ; Jabberwock, .1. W. Ander- 

 son ; Custocatian, F. M. Baker ; Arcanoper, B. A. Johnson ; Gurdon, R. R. 

 Slayton. 



Other prominent functions occurred at Cincinnati, St. Louis, Little 

 Rock, Ark., Indianapolis and several of the large western cities. 



Laying Lines to Fight Freight Advance 



At a meeting held May 4 of the governing board of the Southern Hard- 

 wood Traffic Association called by President James E. Stark to deal with 

 the present car shortage and the proposed blanket advance of 15 per cent 

 in hardwood rates, a committee of five was authorized to take active 

 charge of the fight which the association will launch against the higher 

 rates on lumber and logs. President Stark and Secretary Townshend are 

 to be two of the members of this committee, while the other three will be 

 designated by the head of this organization. 



It was decided that J. V. Norman, attorney for the association, and 

 Secretary Townshend should attend the hearing of the railroads arranged 

 by the commission to begin May 7 at Washington. The lumbermen and 

 shippers generally -will not begin presenting their evidence until May 23, 

 but the association wants to know something about the sort of arguments 

 advanced by the carriers so that they may be in position to combat these 

 arguments effectively. 



Nothing was given out for publication regarding the action taken with 



respect to the shortage of cars. The association, liowevcr. is dealing witli 

 this subject vigorously. 



W. H. Russe was elected a member of the governing board of the associa- 

 tion to fill the place made vacant by the death of his partner and asso- 

 ciate, the late George D. Burgess. 



Oak Going Into Big Uses 



According to J. T. Kendall, secretary of the American Oak Manufac- 

 turers' Association, numerous inquiries are being received from private 

 shipbuilders for oak to be used in the construction of vessels in accord- 

 ance with the specifications laid down by the Federal Shipping Board. 

 The association is keeping in close touch with the board and the mem- 

 bers have signified their intention of co-operating with the government 

 in every way with respect to giving it preference over other customers 

 and with respect to selling on the most reasonable basis possible. 



While no definite idea has been obtained regarding the quantity of oak 

 that will be needed in the construction of ships for any other government 

 purpose, the belief obtains in oak circles here that it may amount to 

 several million feet. 



The association is keeping up its plan of remaining in close touch with 

 other large interests that are now using, or may use. oak in quantity 

 and it is receiving replies which hold out encouragement of considerable 

 increase in the demand for this material. Just now the oak manufac- 

 turers are finding themselves badly han.licapped in deliveries, but there 

 appears little question that the volume of business offering is showing 

 gratifying expansion. 



St. Louis Crosstie and Timber Men Hold Rate Meeting 



The crossties and timber division of the Lumbermen's Exchange of 

 St. Louis, Division E, held a meeting at the Annex hotel, St. Louis, 

 April 26. The object of the meeting was to hear a report from a com- 

 mittee, with reference to its interview with Frisco and ^liss^uri Pacific 

 railroad officials, in an effort to get the railroads to make interstate rates 

 on ties, as a basis for interstate rates, plus the bridge charges at 

 St. Louis. 



The traffic officials of the railroads did not care to make such an 

 arrangement. They stated it would be better that the issue should be 

 taken for arbitration, before the Interstate Commerce Commission. 



The probability is that even should the railroads finally agree to such 

 an agreement, it would not be acceptable to the state or national 

 commissions. 



It was finally decided to employ an attorney. M. E. Rhodes, of Potosl, 

 Mo., to appear before the Missouri Public Service Commission and file an 



