Novpinbpr 2.">. jni7 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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is trying to ship to private Industry or whetbcr one Is selling to tlie 

 government or some Industry that Is producing something regarded as 

 essential to the conduit of the war. liestrlctlons are being thrown 

 around the shipment of lumber Inteniled for nun-essentlal Industries 

 and most members of the open' competition plan just now arc centering 

 their attention on what the government Is likely to want. One of the 

 most prominent firms in Memphis, Identitied with the open competition 

 plan, says that It has chiiiiHcil all of its sawing instructions and that its 

 entire output will be availalde for government use if it is wanted. In 

 other wi>rds ntithing is being cut unless it measures up to the specifications 

 the government has named. And some of the others are falling in line 

 "u the same proposition. 



Because of tlie siarclty of stocks, the shortage of labor and the lack 

 of log sufiplies. resulting from the deficiency in flat cars, and because of 

 the excellent demaml for southern hardwoods, generally, prices are show- 

 ing an advancing tendency, and mendiers of the open <'ompetltion plan 

 are Inclined to believe that this process of gradually higher prices will 

 obtain until proiluctlon can be substantially increased through a larger 

 supply of cars anil the logs they will liaudle. 



M. W. Stark, chairman of the open competition plan, was present 

 at the meeting, as were also: Bruce Burns, president of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' .\ssociation. and K. K, (ladd, assistant to the president. 

 .\mong the other out-of-tuwn Uinil)ermt>n present were : W. B. Burke. 

 l.amb-Fish Lundier Company. Charleston. Miss.; W. II. Dick. Tallahatchie 

 Lumber Company, rhilllp. Miss. ; Fred Conn, Bayou I.aud & Lumber 

 Company, Shreveport. La., and .\. O. Davis, Sabine Tram Company, 

 Beaumont, Tex. Quite a nundier of members of the assticiation nt 

 Memphis also took part in the proceedings. 



Memphis Lumbermen Give Liberally to Y. M. C. A. Work 



In the brit-f s[»acc of alMUif fifteeli minutes Saturday, November 10. 

 members of thi- Lumbermen's Club of Mi-niphis. ftdlowiiig unanimous sus- 

 pension of the rules of that organization, subscribed S.'».4i>0 to tiie Y. M. 

 C. A. war work fund. The suggestion that the matter be handled in this 

 particular way was made by S. B. Anderson, whose son. Harry, Is "some- 

 where in France." and that valiant worker was ably seconded by L^arl 

 I'almer, who has a son each In "the army ami navy. 



The latter made a speech in which he said that the men who had volun- 

 teered their services to the^ government were far ahead of their daddie;^ 

 In their patriotism, and that there was absolutely' nothing that could be 

 supplied that shoulil be denied them. He elaborated on the fact that the 

 Y. M. C. A. is not a religious organization in the strictest sense of the 

 word, and that the great work it is doing for the men in the camps and in 

 the cantonments In this country. In the navy, in the camps overseas and 

 among the allies Is based on "service" — on the ability of the men In charge 

 of the work to get close to the boys, give them a warm welcome and make 

 life worth living for them. Mr. I'almer took great pleasure in declaring 

 that the lumbermen and the men of wealth should support this fund anil 

 all other patriotic funds with a view to showing the "leather lunged asses 

 who are fighting against the government Instead of fighting for It" that 

 capital did not have to be conscripted In order to get It to do its part in 

 winning the war. 



The response was genuinely enthusiastic. Fourteen firms gave $2."»0 

 each and a number of others contributed .^100 each, while still a few 

 others, mostly indlvbluals. pledgeil S.'iO each. Since the meeting of the 

 club Col. Anderson has successfully continued his work In behalf of the 

 Y. M. C. A. war fund and at the final meeting of the e-xecutive com- 

 mittee of the \. M. C. .\. War Work Council reported a total collected 

 from the lumbermen of Memphis of ?7.MIL'. Practically every lunilicr firm 

 in Memphis contributed something. 



These suliscriptions and the total secured fioiu Innilicrriien of .\1 phis 



followed the recent purchase by members of the organization of $."i:iO.Oi)ii 

 worth of bonds of the second Liberty I^oan. 



It was announced, in a communication from the Chamber of Commerce, 

 which Is identified with the I'nlted States Chamber of Commerce, that 

 steps were being taken looking to a reorganization of the advisory com- 

 mittees assisting the Council of National Defense, and the suggestion was 

 made that a meudier of the Lumbermen's Club should be placed on the 

 lumber committee. .\ motion was made that ,Tohn W. McClure of the 

 Bellgrade Lumber Company be selected for this jiosition. Mr. McClure. 

 however, thought it only right and iiropcr that, before any action was 

 taken, a comndttee of five should be appointed to confer with the National 

 Hardwood Lumber .V.ssoclation and other Interested organizations. He 

 therefore moved that such a committee be appointed and that it be author 

 Ized to confer with the bodies Indicated and to act on the Information 

 resulting from such conferences. 'I'his niotUm prevailed and the committee 

 will be named. 



S. M. Nickey presided In the absence of rresideni Kalpli .May. 



The attendance at this meeting was unusually large and the meeting 

 proved a most delightful one. The usual luncheon was served. 



No action, howevrr. was taken regarding the date of the banquet wiiieh 

 Is to be tendereil Jointly to visiting lumbirmen during the third week iti 

 .January by the Lumbermen's Club or .Memphis, the Cum Lumber Mann 

 facturer.s' .\ssociation. the .\merlcnn Oak .Manulacturers' .Vssoclatton, the 

 Southern Hardwood Traffic Association and the Southern .Alluvial Laml 

 Association. 



Modem Hardwood Operation 



The Gayoso Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn. 



The (Jayoso Lumber I'ttMipani', Memphis. Tenn.. is operating two saw 

 mills, cutting mostly hardwoods, chiefiy oak. gum, ash, cottonwood, and 

 hickory, and some cypress. Thi- ndll at Memphis has an average capacity 

 of UO.OUO feet per day. When conditions piTudt the bringing In of an 

 adequate log supply, this mill is operated night and day. The company 

 has another band mill at Blaine, Miss., with an average capacity of 

 00,(100 feet a <lay. 



.\t present the main log supply for the Memiihls mill Is drawn from a 

 tract of timber recently bought In the famous St. Francis basin. This 



SOLID TUAINLOAD OF I.OC.S OCT FltOM OCR OWN TIMl'.KK FOR 

 orEUATlXG .MEMI'HIS MILL. 



D.ULY C.U'.Vi ITV (Kl.nnn FRFT. 



DERRICK ON MEMPHIS YARD, EQUIPPED TO STORE 1,000,000 FEBT. 



