December 25, 1917 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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The Mail Bag 



B1156 — Wants Basswood Veneers 

 New Woodstock, N. Y., Docember 10. — Editor Hardwood Recouu : We 

 are in the market for a carload of '/s-lncli basswood veneer or a less quan- 

 tity, and were advised by a traveling man for a lumber company that you 

 uil^ht help us to locate some manufacturers of this material. 



We could use It in widths of from 5 inches up and lengths fimn 10 

 inches up. This conld be saved from veneer waste. 



B-1 157— Aprons Go Up to Twenty Cents 

 E. C. Atkiri.s & Co., tlio silver steel saw pooiilc of lM(liana]>olis, 

 request II.m?I)UOOI) Kecokd to publish the following letter wliicli ex- 

 plains itself: 



I'V.r years K. 1'. .Vtkins vS: v'o. has been furuishing heavy canvas nail 

 aprons to carpenters and mechanics for ten cents. Recent advances on 

 the cost of these, necessitates our increasing our price to twenty cents 

 apiece to pay for them. Kindly assist us in informing the general public 

 through your publicity columns of this inasmuch as requests still pour 

 in for aprons at the old price. 



B-11S8— Who Pays the Tax? 



Hardwood Eecord is in receipt of the following coniiniinication 

 from a prominent purchaser of lumber: 



Chicago, 111., December 19. — Editor Hardwood Record ; Could you 

 inform us regarding the following : We buy several cars of lumber at a 

 stated price f. o. b. tejim track Chicago (you will understand this is not 

 sold f. o. b. mill with freight allowed) freight bill is rendered with 3 

 per cent war tax. Wh*n we remit for car the shipper objects to deducting 

 the war tax. Please let us know who you consider shoul<l stand this, 

 and oblige. 



H.\RDW0OD Record believes that in this case the shipper should 

 stand the tax. The lumber was sold for a certain specified price 

 delivered at Chicago, and this price being agreed upon and there 

 being no specific agreement that the purchaser should in this ease 

 I>ay the tax, it seems that the transaction so far as the terms are 

 concerned, is closed with the acceptance on the above described 

 terms. — Editor. 



B-1 159— Wants to Buy Quarter-Inch Maple 



Brookline. Mass.. Decemlier 18. — Editor lI.vuDwttuD Ki:cohd : My peo- 

 ple are in the market for Vi" maple firsts and seconds and a little com- 

 mon, width IS" and up, length 12' and longer. Could you tell us who 

 would be in position to get this out? 



.\nyone wishing to figure on this stock can have the name and 

 address on application to H.\rdwood Record. — Editor. 



B-1 160— Has White Oak 

 Buffalo, N. Y., December 10. — Editor Hardwood Record : We have 

 accumulated at our Buffalo, N. Y., plant a large quantity of clear white 

 oak pieces •%" to 1" thick x 2" and wider and running from 1' to 3' 

 long, from working up kiln-dried lumber, and this stock should give good 

 satisfaction where oak in small sizes is required. We will sell this oak 

 very cheap and would like to get in touch witli someone who can use it. 



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Clubs and Associations 



Memphians Form Co-operative Body to Handle War Orders 

 I'oilowlng a suggestion made at the meeting of the directors of the 

 ilvim Lumbi'r Manufacturers' Association at Memphis, at which John M. 

 I'ritchard was lent to the Southern Hardwood Emergency Bureau, that 

 the lumbermen of .Memphis and the valley territory form an organiza- 

 tion to co-operate with the bureau In seeing that the requirements of 

 the government In the way of hardwood lumber arc met promptly, about 

 thirty manufacturers at Memphis held a meeting at the Tennessee Club 

 last week during which the following committee was appointed to perfect 

 plans looking to such co-operation : 



.John W. Mci'lure, Hellgrade Lumber Company, chairman; S. M. Nlckey,, 

 Orccn Klver Lumlier Company : .lames E. Stark. .lames E. Stark & Co., 

 Inc. ; Rudolph Sondheimer. E. Sondheimer Company, and B. F. Dulweber, 

 Kraetzer Cured Lumber Company. 



This committer', together with the lumbermen in this territory who 

 are Interested, will hold meetings every Tuesday at which luncheon will 

 he served and at whicli plans will be discussed looking to the cooperatloD 

 they desire to proffer. 



The second meeting was held at the Hotel Gayoso, December 18, but 

 nothing was given out for publication. Indeed, John McClure, chairman 

 of the committee, expressed the view that publicity would defeat the very 

 purpose the committee and the lumbermen are anxious to accomplish, 

 with the result that there will be nothing further to give out In connec- 

 tion with these weekly meetings. They will be devoted wholly to dis- 

 cussing government orders and the best means of filling them, as well as 

 all other essential phases thereof. 



Want Precedence for Box Lumber Shipments 



The board of governors of the .Southern llanlwood ■I'rallic .\ssociatlon, 

 at the regular monthly meeting held at Memphis, Decendier 18. decided 

 to co-operate actively with the National Association of Box Manufac- 

 turers in securing preferential treatment, from a transportation stand- 

 point, for lumber used in the manufacture of iiox sluioks as > well as for 

 shooks themselves. It was pointed out that the box manufacturers do 

 not receive their orders for shooks direct from tlu' government and that 

 they do not. therefore, know to what extent their output Is used liy the 

 government. It was emphasized, in this connection, that the government 

 is. indirectly, tlie largest buyer of wooden containers, including all sorts 

 of standard packages, and that It is using these for haniiiing ammunition 

 and supplies for tlie soldiers in Its armies and in the armies of its allies. 

 It is therefore felt that, in view of the use to which these containers are 

 put. there should be no delay whatever in manufacture or shipment — 

 delay which can be prevented only by giving priority to shipments of 

 both the raw material and the finished product. 



The board also entered a vigorous protest against the proposed changes 

 in tariffs covering lumber shipments from Memphis to Pacific coast points, 

 changes involving higher rates and a revision of weights as constituted at 

 present. Furthermore, it sent J. H. Townshend, secretary-manager of 

 the association, to Washington December 18, to enter protest with the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission before which body this case was heard 

 last week. 



Buyers Paying Freight Tax 



The Northern lleiplock and Hardwood .Manufacturers' Association re- 

 cently sent out inquiries to all its members to learn what success they 

 were having with buyers as to the three per cent war tax on shipments, 

 it being generally understood that the buyer must bear that cost. Based 

 on responses from forty-five marabers of the association it is apparent, 

 says Secretary O. T. Swan, that almost witliout exception the buyers 

 have been impressed with the necessity of their bearing the tax. In some 

 cases definite measures were necessary to bring the attention of the buyer 

 to 'the fact that he would be required to pay the tax and In still a fewer 

 cases the buyer has not decided that he thinks it Just to exact the three 

 per cent from him and therefore the subject still requires adjustment. 

 Most interesting of the letters received by Mr. Swan are those indicating 

 what means have been taken to bring the subject to the attention of the 

 buyer. In a majority of cases this is being done by means of a rubber 

 stamp notice being made on all invoices, the wording of which varies in 

 most cases but the purport of which in each case is about tlie same viz : 

 "Bu.ver to assume freight bill tax." In .some cases the tax matter is re- 

 ferred to in quotations where such are requested and then again several 

 firms have taken the precaution of sending out form letters or statements 

 to ail customers. 



Another subject of general interest to the lumber trade is the fact that 

 the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Association has sent 

 out a circular statement to all members enclosing a report of the national 

 committee on terms of sale asking what the attitude of the member would 

 be on the question of their adoption. .-V summary of replies indicates 

 that nearly eighty per cent of the members of the association have stated 

 they will put these terms into effect provided at least 7.5 per cent of the 

 members of the association have indicated that they intend to use these 

 terms and provided tiie.v are adopted by at least 1^ per cent of the other 

 lumlier associations of the Ignited States. 



Wisconsin Firms Will Deck More Logs 



Tlie t'entral Wisconsin Loggers' .Vssociation. at a meeting helil In 

 Wausau. Wis., recently, decided that the best-known means to meet the 

 situation brought on by the acute shortage of cars and the general con- 

 gestion of freight traflic will be to deck logs on skldways at sidings to a 

 much greater extent tlinii In previous years and distritiute deliveries to the 

 mills over a longer period. The idea is to avoid curtailing tlie wintr>r*s 

 cut and make ample provlsioii for log supplies as the sawing season ad 

 vanc-es. Many new sidings will be built along the niaiii and logging 

 railroads, and skldways filled while sleighing Is good. The logs can then 

 be loaded at various times during the season, as cars become available. 

 I'ormeriy the dearth of sidings made it imperative to move the logs as 

 rapiilly as they were cut. which resulted in a "peak load" on railroad 

 facilities at a time when all other Interests were demanding similar 

 accommodations. 



Resolutions were adojited providing for the flying of the national iidors 

 at tile m hers' logging camps, extending the best wlslies of the associa- 

 tion to tlie forestry regiments serving aliroad, supporting , the President 

 in any measures lie may deem necessary to accomplish the coordination 

 of resources of men, money and material In the most efllcieiit manner 

 possible, pledging the unqualified co-operation and loyalty to the govern- 

 ment and finally urging representatives in Congress to support the con- 

 stitutional amcndnient for national prohibition. 



