November 10, 1917 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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it'ontinui'tl from pojro 25-r 



Third Battalion, lleailquartors- Major H. F. Wade. Cant. E. II. Sargent, 

 adjutaut : ('apt. O. H. Todil, acliiii; adjutant; Capt. \V. II. Kstabrook, 

 supplv oillcer : rirst Lieut. .\. 11. Klllson. iiittUieer otiloer. 



Companv .\ — ("apt. l^". E. t"lnrk ; First Lieutenants W. G. Conkln, C, C. 

 Kellr, l". .M. .lenklus : Seoimd Lieut. K. H. BlrnihiKhain. 



Companv H— Capt. E. I'. Dudley. First Lieutenants G. C. Eastman, L. 

 W. Jacol's. M. Van Meter; Second Ll.'ut. C. H. Braille.v. 



Companv t' — Capt. S. C. I'lilpps, First Lieutenants C. C. .\bl)ott. II. II. 

 Miller, F. B. Judge; Second Lieut. C. J. Davis, Second Lieut. A. L. Hyde. 



Horace Taylor of Taylor & Crate, Buffalo, N. T., has been selected to 

 act as one of the advisors of I{. II. Pownman. who under the scheme of 

 reorpanlzation nf the Council of National Defense becomes lumber pur- 

 chaslni: commissioner for the l"nlted States and the allied governments 

 connected with the war industries board. Mr. Taylor is expected to see 

 that the hardwood lumbermen get a square deal, while protecting the 

 Interests of the nations alUml against Germany. 



Mr. Taylor has been In Washington the past few days conferring with 

 members of the old lumber committee and looking over the situation. He 

 has now gone home to arrange his affairs so as to permit of service for 

 an Indefinite length of time in thi» war game. As member of one of the 

 old hardwood firms of the country, which is both a manufacturer of lum- 

 ber and a dealer, it Is hoped that Mr. Taylor will be satisfactory to the 

 hardwood Interests generally. 



With the passing of the lumber committee naturally W. E. Delaney of 

 Lexington, Ky., and W. M. Rltter of Columbus, O., two hardwood mem- 

 bers of the old committee, cease their connection with it, as do W. R. 

 Brown of New Hampshire, George Long and J. T. Gregory of Tacoma, 

 Wash. 



The fir interests of the west coast. It is understood, would like repre- 

 sentation in Mr. Downman's advisory board. It is possible that it may 

 be enlarged. 



Officers connected with the aircraft board state that while spruce and 

 fir are the only airplane lumber now being bought directly by the gov- 

 ernment, there will be no hesitation about the War Department buying 

 direct and commandeering, if necessary, ash and other hardwood air- 

 plane stock, especially if prices get too high, in the judgment of the gov- 

 ernment. Army airplane and motor truck contractors are buying the bard- 

 wood lumber they need.' 



The navy, however, has bought some ash for airplane manufacture at 

 the naval airplane factory, I'hiladelphia navy yard. 



George E. Lippincott. member of the Philadelphia lumber firm bearing 

 his name, is working under the signal corps of the army in connection 

 with the purchase of aircraft lumber. 



Another lumberman who has gotten into the war game is II. L. Tucker 

 of the Tucker Woodworking Company, Sidney, O., who is in Washington 

 talking with War Department officers and lumbermen busy on govern- 

 ment work, preparatory to sailing for France. Bearing a commission 

 from the president, Mr. Tucker, it is reported, will be placed In charge of 

 a big government military establisliment including lumber yards, wood- 

 working plant, dry kilns, etc., which will be engaged in producing, manu- 

 facturing and preparing material for maintaining and repairing military 

 equipment like wagons, ambulances, motor cars, artillery wheels, air- 

 planes, etc. 



Lumber experts connected witii tlie shipping board have been busy the 

 last few days revising the specifications for yellow pine ships so as to 

 specify in the schedule the e.vact number of pieces of lumber required of 

 each size together with a detail description of dimensions, etc. This will 

 make matters easier for shipbuildor.s and mills, It is said, as the specifica- 

 tions in Schedule 18 grouped certain timbers under Items which per- 

 mitted a considerable range of sizes. 



The new embargo order of the shipping board is being sent to mills 

 cutting over 5.000 feet of lumber per da.v. Many small mills, it is said, 

 can cut ship timber.s a piece or two at a time, but the aggregate produc- 

 tion of this class of stuff by these mills would be very great. 



In the conscription of Industries the automobile Industry will he among 

 the first to be commandeered In part for the manufacture of airplanes. 

 It is understood. The demand from these establlshment.s for lumber for 

 auto wheels and bodies will in part be changed into a demand for airplane 

 stock. It Is believed. 



Wooden theatres, called "Liberty Theatres" being built by the govern- 

 ment at the several army cantonments will be placed on a big vaudeville 

 circuit, so that the boys in training can be amused. 



The Forest Service would like to e.vpand its laboratory work on account 

 of the denian<l for scientific Information for war purposes, but it is under- 

 stood that tlie estimates for appropriations by the coming session of Con- 

 gress do not tall for the Increased funds necessary. Certain branches of 

 the bureau's work is on the decline as to quantity, but not the war work. 



United States Forester Graves has been commissioned lieutenant colonel 

 and It Is reported will take active charge of the work of the first .\merl- 

 can forestry regiment in France under the regular army colonel. 



About a mllUoD feet of aab lumber of high grade is about to be bought 

 by the Navy Department bureau of supplies and accounts tor the manu- 

 facture of navy yard mess tables. ladders for ghlps" sides, boat hook han- 

 dles and other purposes. 



"Cabinet makers and boat makers are needed for wood work about 

 the fuselage of alrpiauejt." says a statement by the aviation branch of 

 tile army signal corps. These mechanicH and many other classes of work- 

 men will be sent to France to maintain the American army Hying service. 



"Dusty" Hlioads (more proiierly C. D.) of Ilallowell & Souder, Phila- 

 delphia, who i.s in Washington talking about lumber markets and govern- 

 ment policies, says -that eastern lumber wholesalers have <litllculty getting 

 stock, owing to the shortage of freight cars, railroad embargoes, the gov- 

 ernment's right of way in trans|)ortation matters, the commandeering of 

 lumber for government purposes, the priority of war orders and con- 

 tracts, etc. 



Reorganize Southern Hardwood Emergency Bureau 



IIakdwood Kki;oru lias received tlie t'dllowint; >|iceial wire from W'asli- 

 iiif;ton covering last minute hapjiciiin^js having a l)carin(» on luinher: 



After eont'erenecs of the .Southern Ilarilwooil EmerRcncy Bureau 

 Coniiiiittoe here during the past day or two the following statement 

 was issued this afternoon: 



The committee of management of the Southern Hardwood Emergency 

 Bureau has been enlarged from six to twelve members. The following 

 appointments have been made : 



W. A. Hansom Memphis, of the Gayoso Lumber Co., which operates in 

 Mississippi. » 



W. K. Delaney. Lexington, Ky., of the Kentucky Lumber Co., operating 

 in Kentucky, Alabama and Mississippi. 



The otiier appointments will be announced later. 



Mr. Delaney who was one of the field members, representing hardwood, 

 on the now dissolved lumber committee, will take an active part In the 

 work of the reorganized bureau. He will spend most of his time here In 

 directing the work. The fact that the lumber committee no longer exists 

 enables him to devote his attention to the work of the bureau and he 

 will become administrating influence in its Washingttm (»tlli'e. 



After thoroughly canvassing the available men, the committee has de- 

 cided to request the Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Association to relieve J. 

 M. I'rltchard, Its secretary, from his present duties and lend him to serve 

 the country In this emergency. It Is proposed to make him manager of 

 the bureau. 



This position requires a thorough knowledge of the Intricacies of the 

 hardwood industry with reference to the adaptation of hardwood imiterials 

 for the special uses of the government. It is thought by the committee 

 that there Is no one better qualified for this Important work than Mr. 

 Pritchard. 



Gum |iossil)ilities for box materials and other goveriiniont needs 

 brought Mr. Pritcliard to Washington a few days ago. Tom Fry 

 of St. Louis has also been here on this matter. 



E. E. Meyers is going West to do special work for the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers ' Association. 



Lumbermen say the government specifications for portable build- 

 ings for American troops in France will have to be modified because 

 they now contemplate the use of various kinds of hardwood and soft 

 wood lumber in one building although the building panels are to be 

 made at the sawmills. 



In the 15 per cent rate increase hearings before Examiner Esch 

 of the Interstate Commerce Commission H. D. McEwen, of Milwaukee, 

 opposed by his testimony the proposed rate increases on wooden- 

 ware, because he said, they would give eastern managers an advtin- 

 tage. 



New Terms of Sale Popular 



The directors of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association 

 at their Chicago meeting on October 10 recommended the following 

 terms of sale: 



Cash less 1 per cent on net as per Invoice, after deducting freight and" 

 inspection fees, or slxt.v days' acceptaLce, both from date of Invoice, to be 

 mailed within fifteen days of the date thereof. If car has not arrived 00 

 per cent of invoice must 1)0 settled for, less estimated freight as above 

 and balance settled net upon arrival of car. 



This recommendation carries with it the stipulation that when nine 

 of the eleven atliliatcd associations making up tlie national body, have 

 ollieially ailopted it, it shall become the terms of sale under which 

 lumber is sold sUl over the country. Since that date the West Coast 

 Lumbermen 's Association, the Northern Hemlock & Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers' Association and (tentatively) the Southern Pino Associa- 

 tion have endorsed the resolution. Thus it seems that the long agitated 

 question of proper terms of sale has been solved, or at least is fairly 

 on the road to solution. 



