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Transportation ami terminal ex|iorts are urfjinf; ailniinistration olli- 

 I'ials to take u\> this question with a view to the );overninent Imililing, 

 if nei'essary, vast terminals, doeks, wharves, storehouses, elevators, 

 railroad yards, warehouses, etc.. at Atlantic and ^Julf ports whence 

 the American armada can sail to Kurope, as well as storage faeilitioB, 

 etc., at leading interior raiIroa<l and market and distribution cent^'rs. 

 It has been estimated that sudi a program would cost $200,000,000 

 or more to carry out, aud necessarily it would recpiire vast purchases 

 of lumber and timber of many kinds. 



The wooden shipbuilding jirogram may liave smoother sailing 

 following a shakcup in the organization of the Emergency Fleet 

 (Corporation under the shipping board. Changes of importance in 

 personnel are about due, it is understood. The changes are cal- 

 culated, it is believed, to untangle complications that have arisen 

 over wooden ships. Men have been told by otTicials connected with 

 the flc?t corjjoration, it is reported, that tlie government wanted no 

 more wooden ships, but upon seeing Chairman Hurley of the ship- 

 ping board later liave learned that all the ships jiossible of all kimls 

 are needed. Many lumber mills liave helped loyally in tlie ship 

 jirogram, but others are reported to have succeeded in "getting by" 

 some officials without being required to do their, bit. Th'ere is said 

 to be entire harmony between Mr. Hurley and Admiral Capps, 

 general manager of the fleet corporation, liut troulde witli certain 

 other officials. 



F. L. Saiiforcl and \V. II. Sullivan are expected in Washington 

 the latter part of tliis week to take up certain matters connected 

 with wooden ships with the government representatives. 



Jlillions of feet of lumber are needed in preliminary construction 

 at yards where the navy is to liuild torpedo boat destroyers and 

 submarine chasers. An example is found in a recent order for 

 3,200,000 feet of timber given to the Southern Pine Emergency 

 Bureau for shipyards at Black Rock near Buffalo and Squantum, 

 Mass., where destroyers are to be constructed by the Abertliaw 

 Construction Company. 



Orders for War Accessories Using Hardwoods 



Opportunities for hardwood manufactures are seen in the announce- 

 ment th^t the Medical Sup|ily Depot of the army in Wa.shington will 

 receive proposals about the last of the mouth for furnishing and de- 

 livering hickory ax helves, bo.\es for beil jjans and urinals, pack mule 

 boxes, bread boards, commode chests, cooking utensil chests, table- 

 ware chests, mess chests, sterilizer chests, and field desks. 



A special agent of the Department of Commerce reports that a new 

 university buiMiug is to be erected in South America and that the 

 necessary fittings consisting of furniture, school seats and other equip- 

 ment will be purchased as soon as the buililing is completed. 



A large amount of finishing lumber will be needed to complete the 

 construction of the new Dominion parliament buildings at Wellington, 

 New Zealand, to accommodate the 191H session of parliament. Consul 

 General Alfred Winslow has reported from Auckland, N. Z. The 

 consul has also reported that the New Zealand parliament has ap- 

 pointed a committee to select the furniture for the new building. 

 Consul Winslow says that he submits this information ' ' with the idea 

 that American manufacturers may desire to compete' for such articles 

 as seats, desks, and wardrobes, in which case comnuinications addressed 

 to the committee will doulitless receive attention. 



Suggest Draft of Woods Workers 

 Suggestions have been maile to officials in Washington having to do 

 with the war that not only should workers in the spruce industry and 

 perhaps other branches of the lumber industry be exempt from tlio 

 army draft, in order to insure adequate su]>plies of aircraft stock and 

 other neces.sary materials for military and naval purposes, but that 

 labor shouM be recruited by volunteer or conscription methods if nec- 

 essary in order to conduct certain branches of the lumber industry at 

 the maximum of efficiency. Refereiu-e is liad esiieciiUly to the cutting 

 of spruce timber for aircraft stock. 



There is ojiposition to all of these propositions, it seems. Indica- 

 tions do not point to the exemption of industries instead of individ- 

 •uals in the next draft, although there are many who favor some such 

 J'lan. Volunteer recruiting of labor, it is said by some officials, will 



not be successful generally because workers will prefer a civilian 

 status with free<lom to move about as they please. On the other hand, 

 conscription of labor is vigorously opposed by lea<lerg of organizerl 

 labor, who say they will never consent to such conscription, and that 

 labor will do its duty without being conscripted. 



Twentieth Engineers Recruiting Rapidly 



The Hrsi ami siTi.ml Imttiillims of the Twcntleili KntlMeers iKiin-Kl) 

 are re|iorlc(l lo be nlHiiit rccruiti'il fully to the extent of Koiiie l,,"iiio men, 

 anil It Is unilerstdiHl that the battiilloiiH will s.mn lie uiiliif tii Knimi.. 



-Men hiive lifi-n recrulteil fur the THi'iillilli Itiu'lmi-nl. ii< nlliii; to 



W. I,, null. uciiiK fiirester. at the rate of l."iO t<i 2ihi pi-r wnek. KITiirtH arc 

 lielnj; maile tn aviilil crlppllnK lumber mills anywhere in enllxtlni: the men 



I'ur the recimenl. who an stiy pracllial liinibermen. I'.i-hIiIi'k IraininK 



anil ilrillin).' here the iiii'n have been hmiiilateil by the hyiiDilermie method 

 Hjialnst typholil fever, snnillpiix, lockjaw, paralyphnbl ami typhus fever. It 

 is said. Hence there are many sure arms anil lame shoulilers. 



About 200 of the men of the Twentieth IteKlmenl. most nf thrni non- 

 I'ommis.sioneil odleers or hli,'h-i'lass privates, have ^.-mn' frmu camp hi'n' lo 

 ail eastern pninl where thi\v are re|iorteil tn In- tiallilMi; a niiiiiber of riMTUllK 

 fur the service or laborer battalions of the re);imi'ul. who will ili. iiiuch 

 heavy work in the I'rench forests. 



Hcsiiles officers whose names have heretofore been piibllsheil as uKxlKneil 

 to the Twentieth Regiment, the foiUiwlnK adilitional officers have been 

 orilered to it: (^iptalns ('. K. Clark, .1. ('. I'erry ami V. \V. Ilerslkette; 

 Kiist lieutenants K. U. I'riiiie, M. Nine. \V. O. ("riisby. I>, r. Shaw anil 

 K. \V. I'illini;, anil Secoml IJentenants .M. I,. ,Iuhiisiin, II, T. Hopkins, 

 .M. 11. Orover. ,Ir., E. .■<. Brush ami L, 11, .Milianiel. 



It is learneil at the Purest Service that wllhln the next few days the 



remainiler of the lumbermen reenmmenileil for imlssions In the Twentieth 



Uesliment will be iiominateil tn the War Department, wlibh will examine 



them as occasion reijuires ami call them to report for iluty when ii leii 



for other battalions of the Twentieth Ucfilment or for aililitional forestry 

 troop contingents. 



Personals of the Lumber War Workers at Washington 



E. Sherman of Chicago has siieceeileil tenipi)raiily Kraiiklin Smith of the 

 Forest Service as set-retary of the committee on lumber, Coiinell of Nationul 

 Uefense. Mr. Smith has pone on a vacation, after which he may return 

 to the forestry bureau for duty or obtain a commi.ssloii In the second 

 forestry regiment. 



.\ssiK-iate I'liited States Forester Ailiert Patter has gone West to four 

 national forest heailquarters for a month to see how war work is getting 

 along. 



<'. II. Worcester of Chicago is back here on the job at Washington ns a 

 memlier of the lumber committee and C. S. Long of Tacoma. Wash., another 

 member of the committee, has gone West. 



Among the lumbermen recently in Washington were .1. A. lUiekhannn 

 of ISuckhanan & Co. and C. K. Kurford of the Louisiana S: Arkansas Hall- 

 way, whieli the linnlier i-i>mpany Is said to control. 



'J'he Webb bill tn permit rnnibinatious in the exiiort trade, which many 

 lumbermen favor strongly, has been made the tinlinished business on the 

 Si'uate calendar to In' brought up for cnnsideratlon ami action by the Senate 

 at the next session of Congress. It w-as deemed imprai-tlrable to push the 

 bill at the recent session. 



Interesting Opinion on Tax Deduction Plea 



Some liuiibiTriieu and n\\ ners id" standing Hmber ba\e nn( felt that the 

 timber industry is being treated fairly under the new war revenue law. 

 One reason for this feeling Is found in the fact that in carrying on his 

 business it is claimed that the lumberman is using up his capital by cutting 

 his standing timber. On that account greater dedintlnns from gross In- 

 eiime have berii desired before the income or excess priitils taxes should 

 liigin tn aciriie. Lumbermen have stated their case to Kepresentatlve 

 Kilihin nf .North Carolina, chairman of Ihe ways ami means committee 

 of the House of Representatives, who has replied to one of their imlnts as 

 follows : 



I have had owners of oil wells and of coal mines and lumbirmen tell mo 

 that each day in carrying on their business they are exhausting their 

 laidtal and ought to have a reduction In some way on their I'xcess profits 

 lax nn Ihls aeenuiit. They are mistaken. They are nnt exhausting their 

 (iipit.il each ilav, but instead they are gidtlng their lapital back each day. 

 Fur instanie. siippnse I |iul .Sloil.iioi) Into standing limber eostlng, say, 

 i."i a tlinusaod feel, and ereii a sawmill and iiit It Into InmbiT. Every time 

 I lUt a thnusand feet I charge that S.'i up as i nsl nf raw malirlal. along 

 with the inst of labor and ntlur exiienses. When I sill that thniisiiml 

 feel nf lumber I add Ihe cnsi nf Ihe slandliig timber, labnr ensl. and nllier 

 expenses to the iirlce for whirli sold. Five dnilars of my principal Is 

 relurned to me with a |unlil nn It upon Ihe sale of each Ihnusand feet. 

 Instead of exhausting lliilr r.iplial dally, a part of their capital Is each day 

 being returned to tlii-iii tn bi- again Invested. 



Suiipnse I huv standing Umber fnr SliiO.oilO and the next day sell II for 

 .$l.-iii 0011. I have sold all nf it in one sale and got my laplial back the 

 iiixl day and $.'ii),o(io prnllt. Siippnse I cut II up loin lumber and sell 

 it in that wav, taking a viar 111 whbh tn lUt It; eaih day 1 cut and sell 

 1 get part nf iiiv lajdtal baek. When I have snld It nil I have nil my 



laidlal back and Ihe nrollts on my Invesin t. As a matter of Justice one 



slionid not have a deduciloii mi the whole amount of original capital when 

 in the nature of t>>e business his capital is frnm time In time returned 

 tn blni as III It. of limber, oil, and mining business, and such 



retiinied capital shouM u.m be used as a basis of dediiclion. 



