July 23, 1917 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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B 1129— Birch Squares Wanted 



■Woodstock, Ont., July 11. — Editor Hardwood Record: We are in the 

 market for a car of clear birch squares 2"x2"x22". Could you kindly 

 oblige us by letting us know the names of parties manufauturing this 

 grade of stock? 



B 1130 — Basswood Sought 



Marshallville, O., July 23. — Editor H.\iti>wooD Record : V\'e are in the 

 market for several cars of basswood dressed to dimensions for ladder beams 

 and thought perhaps you could put us into communication with a suit- 

 able source of supply. Is basswood plentiful cDough to warrant our adopt- 

 ing it for use as ladder beams? 



Clubs and Associations 



Vie for Heavy Loading Honors 



The Southern Hardwood Traflic Association is co-operating with the 

 railroads with all possible vigor in urging its members to load all 

 cars to capacity. It has furnished loading sheets on which the com- 

 plete records of its members are kept and it is making a compilation at 

 stated periods showing just what is being accomplished and what 

 firms are securing the most satisfactory results for any given time. 



J. H. Townshend, secretary-manager of the association, reports 

 that the following firms occupy the honor roll for the first ten days in 

 July: 



Tallahatchie Lumber Company, Phillip, Miss., for the Yazoo & Mis- 

 sissippi Valley line of the Illinois Central system. 



Brown & Hackney. Inc., for the Rock Island System in Arkansas. 



The Morgan Veneer Company, Pine Bluff, Ark., for the St. Louis, 

 Iron Mountain & Southern in Arkansas. 



The Holly Ridge Lumber Company, Holly Ridge, La., for that State. 



Chickasaw Cooperage Company for Memphis. 



Officials of the Rock Island, the Frisco and the Illinois Central sys- 

 tems have conveyed their appreciation to tlie association of tiie splen- 

 did work it is doing in the direction of heavy loading of cars through 

 its members and are encouraging it to keep up the good work. 



One Reason for Car Scarcity and High Prices 



A recent bulletin of the Northern Hemlock & Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association contained the following interesting item : 



Up in Illinois there is a certain coal mine in a certain town that sort of 

 worried the federal government. It had been closed, despite the fact that 

 it was one of the best equipped, (me of the best paying and one of the 

 most economically ot-erated plants in the United States. Federal agents 

 recently paid the plant a visit. Its situation was among the hills of 

 Bureau township, far removed from many of the tempting realities of 

 civilization. Their attention was called to sixteen box cars standing on a 

 siding, all duly sealed. They broke open one of the cars and discovered 

 it was filled with potatoes, all past salving for the market. They immedi- 

 ately became busy and discovered the potatoes were the property of Chicago 

 speculators, that they had been sidetracked at the coal mine so as to keep 

 tliem off the market and thus hold up prices. The feature of interest to 

 manufacturers of lumber is that it offers one of many reasons for the 

 scarcity of box cars during the last few months. Speculators found them 

 very serviceable as warehouses. 



Memphis Has Exchange Board 



There is a real lumber exchange in Memphis now where members 

 may buy and sell for imme(?iate or spot delivery to their hearts' con- 

 tent. This exchange has just been installed in the rooms of the 

 Lumbermen's Club of Memphis in the Chamber of Commerce building 

 by that organization which has prescribed the terms and conditions 

 governing such transactions. 



Two large blackboards have been provided for the posting i?f "lum- 

 ber for sale" and tor the announcement of "lumber wanted" and by 

 means of making known what is for sale and what is wanted the club 

 is greatly facilitating the transaction of business in hardwood lumber. 

 Members are taking very kindly to this innovation which saves much 

 time and which greatly aids in transactions as between themselv^es. 

 Something like 150.000 feet of lumber was traded in the first day the 

 exchange opened and one single firm announced that it was in the 

 market tor 100,000 feet of choice oak stock for which it began immedite 

 negotiation. 



The club has been considering the opening of this exchange for some 

 time and the members generally are quite optimistic regarding the 

 service it will render. Accurate records will be kept of all transactions 

 so that the club may be able to tell just what is being accomplished. 

 If the exchange feature proves as popular and as successful as the 

 employment bureau the members will be more than pleased. The 

 latter has placed about 500 mill workers and lumbermen during the 

 six and one-half months it has been operating, some fifty or sixty 

 in high-class positions. 



All transactions will be confined to "spot" stock. No effort whatever 

 will be made to deal in lumber tor deferred delivery. Nobody but 

 members of the club can use the exchange. 



Land Association Investigating Cattle 



It is announced that the Southern Alluvial Land Association, follow- 

 ing its recent senii-annual meeting at which cattle and live stock 

 raising was discussed by experts, will take immediate steps looking to 

 the gathering of accurate information regarding this industry with a 

 view to stimulating it as much as possible. 



Much interest in cattle raising is being manifested by members of 

 the association and the investigation to be made in Mississippi and 

 Louisiana by V. H. Schoffelmayer, assistant secretary of the associa- 

 tion, will be tor the purpose of determining the possibilities in this 

 particular direction. Particular attention will be paid to working 

 under a profitable system and live-stock farms of a number of mem- 

 bers of the association will be visited. 



Arrangements have been perfected for the dissemination among 

 members of reliable information regarding the cost of silos and the 

 character of silage that will give the best results in cattle feeding. 



The association favors three breeds of beef cattle, Aberdeen Angus, 

 Herefords and Shorthorns. 



Weights of Hardwood Lumber 



Inquiries are often made concerning the green and the dry weights 

 of lumber. The table below is an old one and was published years ago 

 but it is of sufficient intenst to be made public again. It was adopted 

 by the National Hardwood Lumber Association in May, 1901. 



Dry^ Green 

 Pounds. Pounds. 



Black Ash 3250 4500 



White Ash 3500 4500 



Beech 4000 6000 



Basswood 2400 4000 



Birch 4000 5500 



Butternut 2500 4000 



Cheery 3800 5000 



Cottonwood ...2800 4500 



Chestnut 2800 5000 



Cypress 2000 5000 



Rock Elm 4000 5500 



Retail Association Announces First Meeting 



The National Retail Lumber Dealers' Association announces that it 

 will hold its first annual convention in Chicago, Friday, September 7. 

 The committee in charge of business and pleasure movements from the 

 local standpoint are : E. L. Barth, E. A. Thornton. A. T. Stewart, Wilson 

 Martin and Xeil Flanigan. A live and helpful program is assured. 



Dry Green 



Pounds. I'ounds. 



Soft Elm 3000 4500 



Gum 3300 5500 



Hickory 4500 6000 



Mahogany 3600 4600 



iMaple 4000 5500 



Oak 4000 5500 



Poplar 2800 3800 



Sycamore 3000 4750 



Walnut 3800 4800 



Yellow Pine 3200 4300 



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With the Trade 



West Virginia Plant Again in Operation 

 The West Virginia Veneer Company, located at Williamstown, W. Va., 

 has rfbt operated for a number of years, due to a receivership. The com- 

 pany has recently been reorganized under new ownership and is now 

 operating under the style of the West Virginia Veneer & Package Company. 

 C. A. Dunfee is in charge. 



The company will manufacture barrel crates, baskets and similar pack- 

 ages and veneers for their manufacture. 



Hearing on Jones & Dunn Case 



The complaint of Jones & Dunn, Jennie, Ark., vs. the St. Louis, 

 Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad, involving rates on hardwood 

 lumber from Jennie to Cairo and points beyond and seeking a reduc- 

 tion of 2 cents per hundred pounds on such rates, was heard at Memphis 

 Monday, July 16, before Examiner McGeehee of the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission. J. M. Jones of Jones & Dunn and F. B. Larson, assistant 

 secretary of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, presented 

 evidence in behalf of the complainants while J. H. Townshend, secre- 

 tary of that organization, acted as attorney. 



The evidence will be submitted to the commission. Decision will 

 probably be reserved for some time. 



New Commerce Chief Chosen 

 The vacancy caused by the resignation of E. E. Pratt as chief of the 

 Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce, 

 Washington, has been filled by the appointment of Burwell 8. Cutler, presi- 

 dent of the Cutler Desk Company, Buffalo. Dr. Pratt resigned after a 

 difference with Secretary Redfield, who was displeased with the attitude 

 assumed by Dr. Pratt on an export committee to which he had been ap- 

 pointed, and the vacancy Avas created, which has just been filled by the 

 appointment of Mr. Cutler. It is believed that the appointment will be 

 confirmed. Buffalo thus secures representation in an important govern- 

 ment bureau. Dr. Pratt was known as a hard, aggressive worker and 

 he kept things moving at an encom'aging rate. 



More Foresters for France 



The first forestry regiment has gone to France, and a movement is under 

 way to equip iind send others. There appears to be no scarcity of appli- 

 cants for the positions of officers. Among those who are reported to have 

 an eye on the officer jobs are R. Y. Stuart. Mr. Kiefer, Mr. Langhill. C. E. 

 Carter, E. H. Clapp. and Franklin H. Smith, all of whom are now con- 

 nected with the Forest Service. 



