Janiinry 10. 1»1S 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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ViilU-y Unllroad aRnlnst the cross town bnDillIng of lumber and lumber 

 products in open equipment. 



.\ eonimlttee of five Is to lie named b.v tbe president to present these 

 resolutions to tbe };en(leman In question. 



J. I'. .MiSwe.vn. as chairman of tbe rellrlnj; house committee, sub- 

 mitted a report s'onlnB : (1) That Ibis committee had, since It was 

 formed some months ago by the merelne of several other committees Into 

 one. secured employment, through Its employment bureau, for :!:iO men In 

 some branch of lumber or yard or timber or mill work and that It had 

 applications on file from ,^53 more persons desiring service with lumber 

 Arms: and (2) that, through tbe exchange maintained by the committee. 

 l.eOO.non feet of oak and gum had been bought and sold. He said that 

 the entire expense had been $107.1.'5 and that, If nil the money had been 

 used for employment purposes, tbe average cost of each man placed would 

 not have hei'u more than 30 cents: and that. If the entire amount had 

 been used in connection with lunilur bouglit and sold, the cost would not 

 have been as much as seven cents per thousand. 



Three new members were elected : F. L. Shannon of the Dickson- 

 Shannon Lumber Company, Mllllngton, Tenn. ; 11. P. Moyer, Memphis 

 manager for the Cyrus C Shafer Lumber Company, South Bend, Ind., 

 and H. H. Xlelhorn. Northern Ohio Cooperage & Lumber Company, Parkin. 

 .\rk. Six new applications for membership were Hied with the committee 

 at this meeting. 



The report of the retiring president. l(al|)h May, showed that 23 new 

 members had been added t<- the roll during his administration and that 

 there has been a loss of 7 niemlu'rs through death, resignation and 

 suspension, making a net gain of 10 members and liringing the total 

 to 189. the largest in the history of this organization. It also showed 

 the average attendance at the regular meetings during the year to have 

 been 7i». 



The report of D. F. Heuer, retiring secretary-treasurer, showed the 

 linandal condition of the club to be wholesome. 



President-elect, J. F. McSweyn. on assuming the chair, again expressed 

 his aiiprcciation of the honor conferred on him and gave the club but a 

 single injunction : ' "That it grow not weary in well doing in serving 

 the country in every possible way during the present period of national 

 peril." Me then announced the standing committees for the year. 



Traffic Association Re-elects Officers 



James E. Stark, president of the Southern riar<lwood Trathc Associa- 

 tion ; R. J. .Turden. first vice-president, and Frank B. Rotiertson, second 

 vice-president, succeeded themselves at the annual election held at Mem- 

 phis Tuesday. January 8. At the ssime time seven new directors were 

 chosen, as follows: U. J. Hackney, of Brown vt Hackney, Inc., Memphis: 

 George Land, traffic manager of the Lamh-Flsh Lumber Company, Charles- 

 ton, Miss. : Elliott Lang, of R. J. Lang. Inc., who has been treasurer dur- 

 ing tbe past year: William Pritchard. of the Pritchard & Wheeler Lumlier 

 Company. Memphis ; S. H. Swenson. .\rcher Lumber Company. Helena. 

 .\rk.. and Walker L. W'ellford. general manager of tbe Chickasaw Cooper- 

 age Company. Memphis. 



The two nominating committees agreed on the gentlemen in question 

 and. with respect to tbe officers, it may be stateii that they have been 

 honored by being elected to succeed themselves because of the very able 

 and efficient manner in which they have performed their duties during the 

 year just eniled. 



The treasurer will be elected by the hoard of directors, while J. H. 

 Townshend. secretary-treasurer, was likewise chosen by the board to suc- 

 ceed himself. He has become an invaluable adjunct of the association 

 through bis intelligent and untiring service in behalf of the hardwood 

 lumlier industry In all matters pertaining to rates and transportation. 



The annual meeting of the association will be held at Memphis January 

 15, and tbe fcdiowing Interesting program h:is bcM'n in-ejiari'il for tlie 

 occasion : 



.\ddress of President James E. Stark. 



Report of J. II. Townshend, secretary-treasurer. 



Report of Elliott Lang, treasurer. 



.Vddress on "KfT^'Ct of Government Operation of tlie Railroads on the 

 Hardwood Industry," by J. V. Norman. Louisville, Ky., one of the attorneys 

 of tbe assoclatif>n. 



DIscuss'lon rif transportation problems involving tbe following : 



1 — Abolishment of present transit arrangements <m rough materials to 

 permit lumber and other finished jiroducts to be shipped over any road. 



2 — .Mirogation of safety appliance act to permit standard equipment to 

 be used In logging ser\-ice, 



3 — Itulkheadlng of lumber and adequate dunnage allowance for shipments 

 In open cars. 



Till' last nimed subject has been brought prominently to the attention 

 of hardwood lumber Interests through tbe order of tbe Illinois Central 

 system, now effective, requiring lumber to be bulkheaded when shipments 

 are maile In open cars. This bulk-heading is very expensive, and yet It Is, 

 under the present order's of the Illinois Central management, compulsory 

 and at the cost of shippers of lumber. The other roads have not yet fol- 

 lowed suit. 



Northern Manufacturers Getting Ready for Annual 

 Arrangements are being coni|detc>d by Secretary O. T. Swan f<u- the an- 

 nual meeting of tbe Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' As- 

 soclatlon which will be held January 2.'i and 2G at Hotel Pflster, Mil- 

 waukee. Wis. This promises to be the most Important annual ever held 

 as many new problems Incident to the entrance of the United States Into 

 the world war are to be taken up. Among, the leading topics will he 



that of the lumbermen's co-operatbui with the government In Its tak- 

 ing over of the railroad systems of the country. Hate and freight matters 

 are of vital Interest to the mend>ers of the association and the new plan 

 of government (•peratlon presents nniny new perplexing dllllculties which 

 are to be thortnighly thresheil out at the meeting. 



Other Important subjects will be the eight-hour law for lumber manu- 

 facturing establlshinints, the three per cent war tax on lumber shipments 

 and the recently promulg-ated new grades on select No. 3 hemlock and 

 liox and crating hemlock. This latter subject has had the attention of 

 the bureau of grades and the Bureau of Statistics and Educational In- 

 formation for several months and was also discussed at the last quarterly 

 meeting of tbe association in October. Chief Inspector W. H. McPonald 

 id" tbe association, who prepared the basic rules, has made a number of 

 spi'dai tests to determine Just what classes of material should properly 

 fall within each grade. .Vccordingly final action Is to be taken on the 

 proposed grades and they will then be ready for offlclal publication by 

 llie bureau of grades. 



The usual annual reports will he given at the meeting including those 

 of tlie heads of the four principal bureaus as follows : Transportation 

 and legislation, A. L. Osborn, Oshkosh ; grades, George Chapman, Stan- 

 ley ; statistics and educational information, H. H. Butts, Park Falls ; 

 iiromotion. M'. P. McCuUough, Park Falls. Secretary Swan in his annual 

 ie|iort will cover all work not reviewed by the bureau chairmen. A 

 banquet will be given Friday evening. 



I'lie association has filed a complaint on behalf of tbe J. S. Stearns 

 1. limber Company, Odanab, Wis., with the Wisconsin Railroad Comrals- 

 sicm alleging unreasonable transportation charges on eight carloads of 

 lumber from Odanah to Chilton for which reparation is asked to the ex- 

 tent of S190.7S. 



Michigan Forest Fire Affairs 



.\t a meeting of the forest fire committee of the Michigan Hardwood 

 Jfanufacturers' .\ssociation held in Lansing, December 12, 1917. an agree- 

 ment was readied with the Public Domain Commission to take over the 

 patrol work carried on by tbe association during the past five years. This 

 will mean a reduction in rate per acre for the coming season, and the 

 matter of rate per acre will be decided at the first meeting of the asso- 

 ciation which will be held soon. 



Tile agreement reached between the committee and the Public l>omatn 

 Commission is as follows: The Public Domain Commission will pay 

 salaries ami traveling expense of rangers, issue a special commission to 

 Chief Warden J. Lee Morford, and all rangers patrolling territory where 

 the association's memliers own timber will furnish reports of work accom- 

 plished by Mr. .Morford at tbe Gaylord office. Detailed reports of work 

 (lone on the range wilt be furnisheil ouarterly. and a copy mailed to each 

 niembcr of the assoclatioiK 



Michigan Meeting Scheduled for This Month 

 Secretary .1. C. Knox i.i tin- Midiigan llardwnoil Manufacturers' .Asso- 

 ciation announces that tbe midwinter meeting will be held at the Hotel 

 Statler, Detroit, Mich., on Wednesday. January 24. At this meeting statis- 

 tics will be presented covering a large proportion of the lumber cut Id 

 Michigan during the past year and estimated figures tor 191S. General dis- 

 cussion of the lumber market will bold a prominent place on the program. 

 There will be a discussion of the feeding of men in the logging camps, 

 a discussion of tlie new Northern Hardwood Emergency Bureau, and reports 

 of committees. 



Northern Loggers to Meet 



An important meeting of tbe Ci-ntril Wisconsin Loggers' Association 

 is siliiMlnleil to take place at Wausaii. Wis., January 11, and at that 

 time- final plans will he formulated for a general meeting of all logging 

 associations in Wisconsin and northern Michigan. This general meet- 

 ing will pnibably be held at .Milwaukee some time In February. 



, Foreign Trade Council to Meet 



.\ call lias been Issued lor tbe liftli naiinnal foreign trade convention 

 to meet Fehniary 7. S and !i. at Hotel Gibson. Cincinnati. James A. Far- 

 well is chairman of the council and has Issued tbe call. The subject which 

 will have first place in the discussion is, "The part of fon-lL'n trade In 

 winning the war." 



With the Trade 



Mason-Donaldson Starts New Mill 



.\ new plant liuill to replace the one destroyed by fire at Rhinclander, 

 Wis., has Just been put Into o|>eratlon by the Mason Donaldson Lumber 

 Company of that city. Immediate preparations were made after the de- 

 struction of the old mill for the erection of a new one, IncUnilng new 

 machinery and equipment. The new mill Is located on the site of the old 

 one and started cutting on December 24. 



The new plant is pronounced one of the best In the North. It Is equipped 

 with most modern twelve-liicb band and ten-Inch horizontal band resnw. 

 It has a capacity of about 40.0O0 feet of hardwoods for each ten-hour 

 shift, and about 70.000 feet of softwoods, it Is the intention to cut night 

 and day this winter, cutting hardwoods almost exclusively. The Mason- 



