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HARDWOOD RECORD 



January 25, 191S 



In connection with proper liousing, lie suggested that the association 

 liave plans drawn for a two-story liouse for employes, with the upper 

 finished as an open-air bedroom for use during the hot weather. 

 Ho did not believe effective labor could be rendered bj- men, women 

 or children unable to secure refreshing sleep. 



8. E. Simonson suggested that a resolution be adopted ajipealing 



to congress to exempt from taxation all profits on alluvial lands 

 fumed back into the development of uncultivated lands. It was left 

 to the governing board to determine what, if any, action would be 

 taken on this subject, especially as it seems that the proposition is 

 not in high favor with those in control of legislation at the national 

 capital. 





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The Traffic Meeting 



"Lumber Week" in Memphis was formally inaugurated on Tues- 

 day, January fifteen, when the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association 

 held its fifth annual at the Hotel Chisca. Although the weather 

 throughout the country interfered seriously with transportation, there 

 were more than 115 lumbermen present when President Stark called 

 the meeting to order and extended a welcome to them immediately 

 following luncheon at 1 p. m. More than 50 members were absent 

 because of inability to reach Memphis. Among the number was 

 Edward A. Haid, of St. Louis, one of the attorneys of the association, 

 who was scheduled to speak on the subject of "War Taxes on 

 Freight Rates." 



The conmiittee on elections, George C. Khemann, chairman, reported 



an indefinite period or whether they were to be turned back to private 

 "uners, the organizatiou would prove absolutely necessary in seeing 

 that the industry and the territory represented by this association were 

 treated fairly and impartially. He asserted in this connection that 

 there was ' ' no traffic association that had ever made itself a more 

 potent factor in transportation and that is more generally recognized 

 .for its impartial and constructive attitude before the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission, the railroad managements and its members, 

 than thi.s association." In proof of the latter he pointed to the 

 gain of thirty-nine members during the year, without loss of a 

 single old one. 



He mentioned the issuance of a "concise, accurate and comprehen- 



F. B. ROBERTSON. iME.MPHIS, SECOND 

 VICE-PRESIDENT. 



H. TOWNSHEND, MEMPHIS, 

 » TARY-MANAGER 



SECRE- 



GEORGE LAND, CIIAULESTON, MISS., 

 DIRECTOR. 



that the old officers had been re-elected, January 8, as follows: 

 James E. Stark, president; E. L. Jurden, first vice president, and 

 Frank B. Robertson, second vice president. He also reported that 

 the following three-year directors had been chosen at the same time: 

 R. J. Hackney, W. H. Russe, William Pritchard, EUiott Lang and 

 Walker Wellford, all of Memphis, and George Land, Lamb-Fish 

 Lumber Company, Charleston, Miss., and S. H. Swenson, Archer 

 Lumber Comj)any, Helena, Ark. 



President Stark, in his address, expressed his admiration of the 

 spirit of loyalty and co-operation shown by the members, the board 

 of governors and the office force of the organization and declared 

 that this was largely responsible for the successes of the year. He 

 believed the most effective service rendered the members, aside from 

 handling rate and other eases before the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission, had been in seeing that cars were supplied for the handling 

 of inbound shipments and outbound loading. He thought the ' ' evolu- 

 tions in the transportation world" during the year had given the 

 association an excellent opportunity of proving its worth and insisted 

 that, whether the government continued to operate the railroads for 



sive" rate book as one of the accomplishments of the year and as one 

 of The instrumentalities for securing new members. He said the 

 scope of the work of the association had been enlarged through the 

 opening of a branch office at Helena, Ark., and that {he association 

 had under consideration the establishment of still another office. He 

 advocated broadening the field covered by the association "so as to 

 represent all operators in what is known as the Mississippi Valley 

 and Southwestern territory, ' ' and also believed that a booking depart- 

 ment should be inaugurated for export shipments, not only with a view 

 to facilitating the handling of export business after the war, but also 

 with a view to greatly reducing the rate of such bookings or charters. 

 He believed the time opportune for tendering the services of the 

 association to the director general of the railroads of the United 

 States ' ' in handling the transportation of forest products in this 

 territory, ' ' and recommended this course. 



In conclusion he said that, if the members continued to display 

 the same spirit of co-operation that had heretofore characterized them, 

 there was nothing they could not accomplish. 



The report of Secretary J, H. Townshend consisted of eight dosely 



