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HARDWOOD RECORD 



XuvflnlKl- 2."). 1917 



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B1144 — Gum or Southern Softwoods 

 St. Allmns. W". Va.. NuviMiihi-i- 17. — Kilitur lI.Miiiwuiiii Iticcuui) : \Vi' iin> 

 In the iiuiiki't I'.u- I'niiii live (o ten cars of dry 4/4 No. 2 (■"imnon 1,'uiii or 

 (itlicr soiilhcrii .sul'twooil. l'(ir clcllvi>r.v at our plant at St. .\lban.s, \V. Va., 

 and would lip Intcrcsti'd In rociivhiK qnolallons ilcUvcred on that basis. 



B 1145— Cherry Wanted 



rrovidcnce. It. I.. .Vovi'nilii'r l."i.-- i:ili(..r I1aiii>\v.h.1) Kkcuiii) : We soo in 

 jour issue of Octobor 25 reforenie to .sonic very choice cherry that had 

 been unloaded recently. We thought you might possibly help us to locate 

 some of this wood. We want about 15,000 feet %" No. 1 common and 

 possibly I'/j cars ri/4" No. 1 common, old-growth. 



B1146 — In the Market for Locust 

 New Yorl;. .\. Y., Novcmlier 17. Kdilor llAitDWOOD Hkcord : We are in 

 (he market for lOd.llOO feet 4/4. ."i/4 and 6/4 log run locust, eliminating 

 mill culls. Shiiiments to be nmile almut one car every two weel<s. If you 

 linow of any lumber concern whi> can handle a part, or all, of this 

 order will you Idndly favor ils with its name? 



B 1147— Poplar Sought 



New York. N. V., November 2(1. — ICditor I1.\ki>w( Ki:i-(iuu : We arc 



in the market for a number of cars of 4/4 .\o. :l common poplar, D2S. We 

 luive written to a niiinber of yoiir ailvertisers. but have been unable to get 

 any of this stock. Wr want this delivered on a New Y'ork rate to a non- 

 embarizoed poinl. . 





Clubs and Associations 



Oak Association Supports Government 



The oxpcutivc i niiiiiiitlft' of tin- .SiiiiTican (>;ik M:uuifiictui'ers' AssocUi- 

 tidii. at a recriU nn-ciiiii; Ih'M :it Mciiii'liis, aOopUMl the following resolu- 

 tions : 



Bo it I'psolvcfl tliMl tlic Anii'riinii H;ik Manufacturers' Association offers 

 the \vhole-he;irt<*d cii-dpi-rntiuii ni" its niciiihtTship ami the i-ntire facilities 

 of this associalinii tn th<' Southnn llnniwiuHl Knit'i-j;<^ncy Hureau to the 

 end that the y;overnniriit may sccun* pnpmptly all its hardwood require-- 

 nn'nts in the suecessful prosecutitin of the war. 



Immediately following; this aetion. a eopy of the resolutions was wired 

 tti K. U. Downman. ilirector of lunilu-r, raw nmterials division, r(unu-il 

 nf National Heft^nse. Washinf^ton, D. C. 



Indiana Annual 



Han. Wcrtz of Mali-y A: Wertz of Kviinsvilh'. Ind.. was in Chieaso 

 the other day, and reported that on November '20 at a meeting of the 

 lioard of directors of the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's Association, 

 he had made arranjrenients for the annual pow-wow of the present gen- 

 eration of luml)ermen doing business in Indiana and the boys who left 

 for other parts and are operating in hardwoods in the East, and the 

 South and other se<tinns of the United States. They selected Thursday, 

 January 24, as the date and the I'laypool hotel, Indianapolis, as the 

 meeting place. As usual the annual dinner will be a revival of the 

 friendly exchange of information and good fellowship that has kept this 

 orgnnization alive. The business session will as heretofore be addressed 

 by some prominent rioosiers. 



National Exporters' Meeting to Be Held in New York 



The annual meeting of the National Lumber Kxporters' Association will 

 take place in New York January 23 and 24, 1917, a large majority of the 

 board of directors having expressed themselves in favor of that city 

 because of the conditions brought about by the war. In view of the 

 importance of the many questions certain to come up for consideration, it 

 is thought that the attendance will be unusually large and exceptional 

 interest will be maniftsted in th<' i)roceedings. The nunn^rous grave proli- 

 lems confronting the members reouire n<it only the ripest judgment, but 

 close co-operation and harmonious action. It is felt that anything done 

 l)y the exporters as a body will be far more effective than if the exporters 

 undertook to accomplish the same thing singly. Officers will bo elected. 

 and a long i-eport is expected from Frank Tiffany, the foreign representa- 

 tive, in regard to what be has done in the way of facilitating the foreign 

 shipments. 



Hardwood Manufacturers' Big Annual Coming 



The IIardwui>d .M.mufaetur.'rs' Association of the T'nited States has 

 adopted Feliruary ."> and 6 as the dates for its annual meeting at the 

 Hotel Sinton, Cincinnati. The board of directors of the association held 

 a n»eeting on November 21 in Cincinnati in order to prepare and work 

 nut an interesting proj^ram. 



A report of the open price organization and illustrations of their 

 work and specialty data from individuals in the work will be brought 

 out at the annual. Gen. Boyle of Kansas City, Mo., will give an 



address sliowing the lej;atity of the w<u-k of exchanging Information and 

 ideas and transactions and other data that is pertinent to the needs of 

 any manufacturer <»f hardwood as often as he can get it. This informa- 

 lioii will be presented to the nuicting in reference to the hardwood trade 

 with the government and the government with the hardwood trade. 



There will be no long-wlnded welcoming addresses or memorial ad- 

 dresses at these sessions, but there will be snappy, pertinent data de- 

 livered by good speakers. 



This meeting generally means the bringing together of GOO to 70(1 

 operators and those interested in the hardwood trade, and the work of 

 the orjianizatlon has been so beneficial under the present management 

 that this attendance should be doubled. 



Krank K. Cadd, assistant to the president, is making a very active 

 campaiK" to assist the hardwood manufacturers in working out their 

 problems. Having been an executive of a manufacturing institution 

 he knows the need of this data and is capable of putting it in most 

 advantageous form. His rep<»rt will be full of suggestions for the next 

 year's councils. 



The association has had a very nice increase In mendjcrship and the 

 board of directcirs feels very much encouraged for an active year in 

 lOlS, 



Lumber Talks by Old Timers 



The Liiniberrneu's Asso(iati<»n of Chicago held a meeting and luncheon 

 November 22 in the association's rooms in the Lumber l^xcbange building, 

 Chicago, and the trend of the addresses followed back to old times. The 

 meeting was in charge of C. B. Flinn of the Metropolitan I^umber Com- 

 liauy, and the leading speaker was Perley liowe. an ex-presldent of the 

 association, and identitied with the lumber business in Chicago in early 

 days. He came west from Maine after the i'ivil war, in which he served 

 in the Infantry, and has been in Chicago ever since. 



Mr. Ijowe referred to the fact that it was once considered preposterous 

 in Chicago that any one should want to buy hardwood. Those were the 

 days when white pine held the field against all coniers. The business was 

 then transacted differently from present methods. One difference was 

 that luml)er came to this port in schooners, and when a buyer wanted to 

 replenish his stock he visited the schooners in the harbor and bargained 

 for what he wanted. Mr. Lowe related that among his first duties in the 

 Ipusiness in Chicago was to keep an eye on the lumber schooners and 

 locate just what was wanted and then inform his i-mployers where and at 

 wdiat price it could be had. Sometimes it was no small job to keep track 

 of all the loaded boats; for Mr. Lowe remembered *>f counting 165 in the 

 Chicago river on a single morning. At that time it was the custom for 

 Chicago lumber yards to pay fifteen dollars a foot for the space they 

 wanted. 



The calls for a talk from Uohert L. Henry, one of the veterans of the 

 Chicujio lumber trade, failed to induce him to break his lifelong custom of 

 making no speeches. He explained that he was seventy-two years old and 

 having never made a speech, he consideretl it inadvisable to begin at this 

 late day. 



A request made of Col. Walter R. Robins for a leaf from his book of 

 reminiscences elicited from him an interesting talk, beginning with the 

 I'ivil war. He was from Maine and was a cavalry otficer who was at Ap- 

 pamattox and enjoyed the distinction of having fought an hour and a half 

 after Lee surrendered. Col. Uof)ins directed his remarks more to military 

 affairs than to lumber. He has taken an active interest in universal mili- 

 tary tniining and he explained certain amendments which he expects to 

 see introduced in the next session of congress, providing for the training 

 of all young men for the army. He believes that this should be done, 

 whether there is to be more war or not : for the training will be worth 

 all it costs, even if hostile guns are never fired. It will make more efficient 

 men, and they will be worth a great deal to the country and will raise 

 the standard of citizenshiji. 



Stock Shortage Revealed at Memphis Meeting 



The iiirnibfrs of tU*' opi-n coniix'tilion jdan of tin; Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association, during their meeting at Memphis. November 19, 

 agreed tliat stocks of oak and ash were considerably broken and that 

 hardw(jod luildings, generally, were below normal for this time of the 

 year. Stocks were checked with particular reference to determining 

 the quantity available for use in filling government orders, and while no 

 action was taken at the meeting pledging support and co-operation of 

 those taking part therein, it was quite clear that all who participated 

 stood ready to co-operate with the Southern Hardwood Emergency 

 Bureau with a view to enabling the government to secure all its hard- 

 wood lumber and timber requirements. 



There was considerable discussion of the outlook for production, too, 

 and it was agreed that the shortage of labor, the lack of adequate 

 transportation facilities for handling logs to the mills and other handi- 

 caps made the outlook for hardwood output anything but encouraging. 

 The labor shortage is the greatest In the history of the country and the 

 car shortage is so acute that many mills are already forced either to 

 close down entirely, for the time being, or to operate only inter- 

 mittently. It is therefore considered necessary that, if the government 

 is to be supplied with the hardwood lumber and timbers It must have, 

 production will have to be speeded up and this can come, according to 

 those present, only through a radical increase in the amount of flat 

 equipment for handling logs. 



The question of shipping lumber is largely a matter of whether one 



