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HARDWOOD RECORD 



October 10, IQIT 



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The Mail Bag 



B-l 142— Want Hickory 

 Two Rivers. Wis., Sept. 2.1. 1917. — Editor H.\rd\vood Record: We are 

 asking you if you can put us in touch with people who manufacture a 

 considerable amount of hiclsory. We make hickory mallets for the 

 printers' trade and could probably use the offal from wagon stock manu- 

 facturing it from hickory. . 



B 1143— In Need of Lumber 



Philadelphia, Pa., September 2S. — Editor Haudwood Record : We desire 

 for immediate delivery, accepting grades No. .3 common and better, car- 

 load lots, lumber graded by rules governing National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association, and Southern Pine Assocaition, and by inspector from each, 

 f. o. b. cars at mill or nearest loading point for the following ; 

 White Oak — .3 common and better, sizes 4/4, 6/4, 8/4, 12/4, 16/4 — 



60.000.000 ft. 

 White Pine — 3 common and better, sizes 4/4, 6/4, 8/4, 13/4, 16/4 — 



100,000.000 ft. 

 Poplar — 3 common and better, sizes 4/4, 6/4, 8/4, 12/4, 16/4 — 100,000,- 



000 ft. 

 Yellow Pine — 3 common and better, sizes 4/4, 6/4, 8/4,' 12/4, 16/4 — 



00,000,000 ft. 

 Gum — 3 common and better, sizes 4/4, 6/4, 8/4, 12/4, 16/4 — 60,000,000 ft. 



Lengths — standard ; grade — No. 3 common and better. 



In giving quotations, hear in mind to consider the following points : 

 Name of shipping point ; name of railroad ; amount of monthly shipment, 

 make or number of cars ; give texture of lumber ; give prices f. o. b. cars 

 at nearest shipping point ; terms — "cash" on unloading cars — on grades by 

 inspector ; can you dress if required ? 



It is important to us these rules are strictly adhered to and prompt 

 attention will be given. 



Clubs and Associations 



Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers Will Meet October 26 



The fall meeting of the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association will be held on October 26 at the Hotel Pfister in Mil- 

 waukee. Secretary O. T. Swan is now working out a program for the 

 meeting and will .-ioon be able to aiinciunce the speakers and subjects. 



Northern Salesmanship Conference to Be Held 



The 1917 Lumber Salesmanship Congress of Wisconsin and Michigan 

 is to be held November 16 and 17 at Bay City, Mich. E.tperts In the 

 manufacturing, wholesale and retail fields of the lumbering Industry in 

 these two states will attend and deliver lectures in their respective lines 

 and much mutual benefit is expected to develop. George C. Robson of the 

 Heinemann Lumber Company, Merrill, Wis., Is general chairman of the Wis- 

 consin and northern Michigan lumbermen committee which Is to confer 

 with a similar committee of lower Michigan to perfect a program for the 

 congress. A banquet is to be a feature of the congress. Alternate meet- 

 ings are to be held each year in Wisconsin and Michigan. Last year's 

 meeting was held at Merrill and its success was so notable that the Ray 

 City congress will be on a larger scale. 



Hemlock Emergency Bureau Active 



The work of the Hemlock Emergency Rureau incident to supplying lum- 

 ber for the army cantonment at Rockford, 111., by members of the North- 

 ern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, has been so suc- 

 cessful and has opened such wide possibilities that it has been decided to 

 open a branch office at Washington, D. C. A man Is soon to be selected 

 to take charge of the work at the national capital. Ib the meantime F. M. 

 Ducker h'as been placed in charge of the Chicago oflice of the bureau, his 

 duties involving mostly detail in connection with the shipment of the 

 lumber. As the association members expect soon to furnish huge sup- 

 plies of hardwood for government contracts, the necessity of the Wash- 

 ington office was made manifest. Secretary Swan will devote part of his 

 time to the Washington and Chicago branches and will remain In charge 

 of the headquarters at Oshkosh, Wis. 



Tariff Book to Members Only 



The board of managers of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association 

 has decided that the pocket tariflf book, recently compiled and issued by 

 that organization, showing r^tes on hardwood lumber and lumber products 

 from all points in the South to all destinations in consuming territory, 

 shall be distributed only among members of that body. 



The hoard, however, has passed a resolution providing that whole- 

 salers and other Interests not Identified with the association at present 

 may place themselves In line for receipt of this tariff book, as well as 

 other benefits offered by the association, by becoming members on an 

 assessment basis to be fixed by the assessment committee, of which F. E. 

 Gary Is chairman. The volume of bu.siness done in the southern hardwood 

 territory by such Interests would be taken into consideration in deter- 

 mining a fair rate of assessment. 



With the Traffic Association 



J. H. T<nvnshend, secretary-manager of the Southern Hardwood Traffic 

 .\ssociation, says that there is a fair prospect that the carriers Interested 

 in issuing the recent tariffs calling for an advance of 15 per cent in hard- 

 wood rates from Ohio river crossings into Eastern Trunk Line territory 

 may be prevailed upon to withdraw these tariffs. The tariffs in question 

 are already under suspension by the Interstate Commerce Commission 

 until Dec. 30, 1917, and, if the carriers withdraw them, the case will not 

 have to come up for a hearing on its merits. 



Mr. Townshend, however, in discussing the matter recently, said that, 

 if the carriers did not withdraw the tariffs, the association "would go to 

 bat" with the carriers in as vigorous a manner as possible. 



J. A. Keeler, district manager of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Asso- 

 ciation at Helena, Ark., has recently appeared before officials of the 

 Missouri Pacific System at St. Louis and succeeded in having the embargo 

 against Helena, Ark., in force for quite a while, removed. This puts 

 lumber Interests and owners of woodworking enterprises in position where 

 they are able to secure all the timber and other rough material they need. 



Appointment of Burwell S. Cutler Confirmed 



The appointment of Burwell .S. Cutler of Buft'alo, as chief of the Bureau 

 of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce, was con- 

 firmed by the Senate October 5. Mr. Cutler, who is well known in manu- 

 factuKing circles in western New York, came into the bureau six months 

 ago at a nominal salary to assist in putting the organization on a thor- 

 oughly business basis. He was made first assistant chief, but since the 

 resignation of Dr. E. E. Pratt, has been acting chief. 



Mr. Cutler was born in Buffalo and finished his scholastic education at 

 Lake Forest university and Harvard. For fifteen years he has been presi- 

 dent of an important Buffalo manufacturing concern and has been iden- 

 tified in an official capacity with numerous business houses and civic 

 organizations throughout New York state. 



Northern Wholesalers Meet 



The status of hardwoods nmrkets, prices, stock on hand and future 

 prospects were fully discussed by thirty members of the Northern Whole- 

 sale Hardwood Lumber Association, held at the Hotel Bellis in Wausau on 

 September 28. President Humphrey of the G. W. Jones Lumljer Com- 

 pany, Appleton, Wis., presided. The various members spoke briefly on 

 their experiences during the last few weeks, but, as most of those present 

 expressed their opinion that more careful consideration of the subjects 

 would result in mutual benefit to the members, it was decided to hold an- 

 other meeting at MarshBeld, Wis., on October 20. At the Wausau meeting 

 it was shown that, though there has been a decided slump in demand dur- 

 ing recent weeks, owing largely to a marked decline in building operations 

 hitting the retailers, prospects are bright for the next few months, espe- 

 cially in view of large government demands for hardwoods. An improve- 

 ment Is looked for within sixty days. Stocks on hand were reported as 

 generally satisfactory, but prospects are not bright for production during 

 the next winter in view of the scarcity arid high cost of competent labor. 

 Prices were characterized as slightly high in some cases with prospects of 

 reductions In view of the anticipated demands in large quantities. The 

 discussion was confined to present conditions and those of the Immediate 

 future. 



Memphis Lumbermen's Club Resumes Meetings 



The first meeting of the Lumbermen's Chili of Mem|ibis for the fall sea- 

 son was held at the Hotel Gayoso, Saturday, September 29. The attendance 

 was quite large and the usual luncheon was served. Ralph May occupied 

 the chair. 



Col. S. B. Anderson, chairman of the law and insurance committee, re- 

 ported that he had been advised by J. K. Shields, United States senator 

 from Tennessee, that there was not the slightest danger of the passage of 

 the bill Introduced Into Congress providing for an eight-hour law for saw- 

 mills. He further said that, as such legislation threatened a single line of 

 industry, it would be, even it enacted, held unconstitutional on the ground 

 of unjust discrimination. He therefore expressed the view that lumber- 

 men should not give themselves the slightest concern In regard thereto. 



Col. Anderson also explained to members of the club that it was neces- 

 sary they use some simple form of declaration to the effect that the lumber 

 they were shipping was manufactured at a sawmill complying strictly with 

 the requirements of the federal child labor law. He said that this was 

 essential In offering their lumber in Interstate commerce and expressed the 

 idea that the stamping of such a declaration on the -Invoices covering 

 all shipments of lumber offered the easiest and simplest way of handling 

 the problem. 



The house committee, J. F. McSweyn chairman, reported that the em- 

 ployment bureau of the club had, since June 15, found employment for con- 

 siderably more than 125 persons and that it had more than 400 applica- 

 tions on file. It also reported that the amount of lumber handled across 

 the exchange board recently Installed by the club had exceeded 750,000 

 feet. This lumber exchange was created only a short time ago and the 

 committee emphasized the fact that it could be made a most useful ad- 

 junct of this organization If the members patronized It and supported it 

 as their Interests demanded. "Lumber wanted" and "lumber for sale" are 

 posted on the board, which is located in the club rooms In the Chamber of 

 Commerce building. 



W. H. Dick of the Tallahatchie Lumber Company, Phillip, Miss., was 

 elected an active member. Four other applications for active or associate 

 membership were filed and will be voted on at the next regular meeting. 



