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HAKDWOOD RECORD 



February 2.t. 1918 



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B 1176 — Wants Turkey and India Boxwood 

 Allentown, Pa.. Fehiuary 18. — Editor IIakdwood Record : Could you 

 advise us where we could purchase in carload lots Turkey boxwood and 

 India boxwood logs We seem to be unable to locate same. 



B 1177— Oak Rim Strips Wanted 

 New Palestine. Ind.. February 15. — Editor IIarowood Record: We are 

 In the market for red and white oak rim strips 3%"x2"i<2 — 7/ and 8' 

 for army escort wagons. . 



B 1178 — Oak Squares Needed 

 Gardner, Mass., February 12. — Editor H.irdwood Record : We want at 

 once oak squares, l%"xl%"xl9". . 



Clubs and Associations 



Joint Meeting of Northern Loggers 



W. J. Maitlaud of the Park Falls Lumber Company, Park Falls, Wis.. 

 and secretary of the North Wisconsin Loggers' Association, announces 

 that various associations in the logging field in the North will hold a 

 joint session in the Pflster hotel, Milwaukee, on Thursday, March 28. 

 The associations joining are : Central Wisconsin Loggers' Association, 

 Northeastern and Upper Michigan Loggers' Association, Upper Peninsula 

 Loggers' Association. North Wisconsin Loggers' Association. 



Walnut Men Confer at Washington 



A strong delegation of walnut men composed of John Pcnrod and Frank 

 Purcell. Kansas City ; Fred Hoffman, Fort Wayne ; V. L. Clark, Des Moines, 

 Iowa ; W. W. Knight, Indianapolis, consulted with officials at Washington 

 last week in an effort to straighten out the situation caused by the gov- 

 ernment's procrastination in specifying quantities of walnut needed for war 

 work. The walnut manufacturers are prepared to do the utmost to meet 

 our and our allies' needs for walnut products and have the walnut situa- 

 tion well in hand. 



National Manufacturers Meet in April 



The National Lumber Manufacturers' Association announces through 

 acting secretary, John Lind, that the next annual meeting will be in 

 Chicago on April 9 and 10. Delegates will be appointed by each of the 

 affiliated associations for each 100.000,000 feet of annual shipments. Indi- 

 vidual members are also urged to attend, as the meeting will be of unusual 

 Importance. Opportunity will be given to attend the sessions of the 

 Chamber of Commerce of the United States, which will start in Chicago 

 on April 10. 



War Board for Chicago Association 



C. B. Flinn of the Metropolitan Lumber Company heads the newly 

 formed war board recently organized by the Lumbermen's Association of 

 Chicago for service during the war. The board is made up of chairmen 

 of the seven divisions of the associations, as follows : 



C. B. Flinn. chairman ; L. W. Crow, H. H. Hettler, Edward Hines, F. J. 

 Heldler, H. H. Kraetzer. E. C. Schoen, G. A. Nanguess, S. C. Bennett. John 

 S. Hurd. M. G. Truman, P. S. Fletcher, R. C. Clark, Murdock McLeod, 

 A. H. Ruth, John .\nderson, John Hanson, A. Wallerstein, J. A. Olson, 

 E. W. Dierssen. John Westburg. 



This list is further augmented by two additional members from each divi- 

 sion, thus making up a board with a total membership of twenty-nine. 



The board will have charge of all work coming before the local lumber 

 trade having anything whatever to do with the war. 



New Manufacturers' Association Progressing 



In keeping with the policy of centralizing the headquarters of the 

 various associations of hardwood interests at Memphis, the former American 

 Oak Manufacturers' .-Vssociation and the Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation have combined in the former offices of the oak association on the 

 fourteenth floor of the Bank of Commerce building. It is announced at 

 these offices that the rotary veneer manufacturers affiliated with the new 

 association have formally organized their rotary veneer department. 



The governing committee is made up of G. W Sparks, Des Arc, Ark., 

 chairman ; S. M. Bush, Cotton Plant, Ark. ; H. J. Ingram, Thornton, Ark. ; 

 A. M. McGhee, Tuscaloosa. Ala., and W. E. Truxford, Byram, Miss. 



The association announces new members as follows : Hemphill Lum- 

 ber Company, Kennett, Mo. ; Cochran & McCallum, Cornith, Miss. ; H. W. 

 Darby Hardwood Company. Grenada, Miss. ; Dillman Egg Case Com- 

 pany, Caruthersville, Mo. ; Merl Lumber Company, Meridian, Miss. ; 

 Henry Maley Lumber Company, Jackson, Miss. ; Thomas E. Powe Lumber 

 Company, St. Louis. 



The association offices are busy compiling data on prices, markets, 

 lumber stocks, log supply, prospects, etc. 



Important Information in National Bulletin 



The February bulletin of thi' National llanlwuoii I^uiiibiT Association 

 is unusually full of Information for the hardwood lumber trade. The most 

 Important feature is the ofHcial list of firms holding I'ontracts for wagons 

 and trucks being made for the Army Vehicle Section of the Council of 

 National Defense. 



Government orders already placed for 1,34,000 escort wagons, 25,000 

 trucks, numbers of extra wheels, box boards and other accessories are 

 instanced. The manufacturers- will all buy their own raw materials. 



Quotations are asked for to be sent to the War Service Bureau of the 

 association on FAS poplar, sap no defect In 2M.>. -i and 4-lnch stock, with 

 information on amounts available and that can be supplied ; on FAS cherry 

 for airplane propellers. 



The Bureau placed orders for 2,000,000 feet of lumber during Its first 

 month of operation. The list of wagon and truck makers follow : 



Abingdon Wagon Company, Abingdon, 111.: Charles Abresch Company. 

 Milwaukee, Wis. ; Acme Wagon Company. Emigsville, Pa. ; Auburn Wagon 

 Company, Martinsburg, W. Va. : Bain Wagon Company, Kenosha, Wis. ; 

 Brown Manufacturing Company. Zanesville. Ohio ; Chattanooga Wagon 

 Company. Chattanooga, Tenn. ; Columbia Wagon Company, Columbia, Pa. : 

 Cooper Wagon & Buggy Company. Dubuque, Iowa : John Deere Wagon 

 Company, Moline, 111. : the Eagle Wagon Works, Auburn, N. Y. ; Emerson- 

 Brantingham Company. Rockford, 111.: Florence Wagon Company. Flor- 

 ence, Ala. : Ft. Smith Wagon Company, Ft. Smith. Ark. : Hoover Wagon 

 Company, York, Pa. : Indiana Wagon Company. Lafayette. Ind. ; Interna- 

 tional Harvester Company. Chicago, 111. ; James & Graham Wagon Com- 

 pany. Memphis, Tenn. ; Keller Manufacturing Company, Minneapolis, 

 Minn. : Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Company, Louisville, Ky. ; Len- 

 hart Wagon Company, Minneapolis, Minn. : Lueilinghaus & Espenchied 

 Wagon Company, St. Louis. Mo. : Mandt Wagon Works, Stoughton, Wis. ; 

 Milburn Wagon Company, Toledo, Ohio ; Miller Wagon Compan.v, Edina. 

 Mo. : The Miller Wagon Company, Calmar, Iowa : Mogul Wa^on Company. 

 Hopkinsville. Ky. ; Moline Plow Company, Moline. 111. ; Newton Wagon 

 Works. Batavia, 111. ; Owensboro Wagon Company, Owensboro, Ky. ; Pekin 

 Wagon Company, Pekin, 111. ; Randolph Wagon Works, Randolph. Wis. ; 

 Schmidt & Stork Wagon Company, West Bend, Wis. : Peter Schuttler Com- 

 pany, Chicago, 111. : Springfield Wagon Company, Springfield, Mo. : Stough- 

 ton Wagon Company, Stoughton, Wis. ; A. Streich & Bros. Company, Osh- 

 kosh. Wis. : Studebaker Corporation. South Bend, Ind. : B. F. & H. L. Sweet 

 Company, Fond du Lac, Wis. ; Thornhill Wagon Company, Lynchburg. Va. ; 

 Troy Wagon Works Company, Troy, Ohio ; Turnbull Motor Truck & Wagon 

 Company. Defiance. Ohio ; Joel Turney & Co., Fairfield. Iowa ; Winona 

 Wagon Company, Winona. Minn. ; Anderson Company, St. Paul. Minn. : 

 Appleton Manufacturing Company, Batavia, 111. ; Electric Wheel Company. 

 Quincy, 111. ; Havana Metal Wheel Company, Havana, 111. ; King & Hamil- 

 ton Company. Ottawa, 111. : Peru Plow & Wheel Company, Peru, 111. : B. C. 

 Bassett, Sterling, 111. ; Beggs Wagon Company, Kansas City. Mo. : Birdsell 

 Manufacturing Company, South Bend, Ind. : Buerkins Manufacturing Com- 

 pany. Pella. Iowa ; Chase City Manufacturing Company, Chase City, Va. : 

 Hackney Wagon Company, Wilson, N. C. : Hannibal Wagon Company. 

 Mannibal, Mo. ; Hickman Wagon Company, Hickman, Ky. ; Kramer Wagon 

 Company. Oil City, Pa. ; Linetroh Wagon Works, St. Louis. Mo. : Mackinnon 

 Wagon Company, Grand Rapids, Wis. ; New Conklln Wa£on Company. 

 Olean, N. Y. ; George E. Niesen & Co.. Winston-Salem, N. C. ; Patterson 

 Manufacturing Company, Hollv, Mich. : Piedmont Wagon Company. Hick- 

 ory, N. C. : C. O. Rud & Co., Lansing, Iowa : C. N. Russell & Son, Clarksville. 

 Va. ; Smith Manufacturing Company. La Crosse, Wis. ; Swab Manufactur- 

 ing Company, Elizabethville. Pa. ; Tiffin Wagon Compan.v, Tiffin, Ohio ; 

 Vaughn Manufacturing Company. Jefferson. Wis. : Virginia Wagon Com- 

 pany. South Boston. Va. : White Hickory Wagon Manufacturing Company. 

 Atlanta. <;a. : Watson Wagon Company. Canast-ifa. N. Y. 



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With the Trade 



"Mayor" Hines in France 



Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hines of Chicago hear from their son, Lieut. 

 Edward Hines, Jr., that he has been appointed mayor of the French town 

 in which he is quartered. 



Lieut. Hines, who is but twenty-one years old, entered the first officers' 

 training camp at Fort Sheridan, 111., while a senior at Yale. He sailed 

 for France shortly before Christmas and judging by his appointment to the 

 mayoralty and also from the fact, as stated in his letter, that he has been 

 named assistant to the adjutant of his battalion, he has advanced unusually. 



In his interesting letter he speaks of his duties, praises the food and 

 lauds the work of providing tobacco and other necessities for the soldiers 

 In France. 



Sterner Company Makes Sure of Shipments 



The Sterner Lumber Company of Philadelphia, of which Maurice W. 

 Wiley is the progressive head, has gone in for export business in an active 

 way. The firm bid on an order of 100 cars of hardwood for the British 

 Buying Mission, at Washington, and was awarded the business. When 

 it came to the matter of shipments, that was arranged in a triangular 

 deal between the British Commission, the Shipping Board and the Sterner 

 Lumber Company. The final arrangements were that the Shipping Board 

 was to furnish cars, if possible, and if it could not, right of way was to 

 be granted, and cars were to be sent from Canada as needed, and sent 

 through as loaded to Quebec. Mr. McMillan of the Stei-ner concern has 

 gone to the mills now, and several cars will be shipped before the first 

 of March. 



Reparation Allowed 



Reparation in the sum of $11,500 has been ordered by the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission to be paid by the Illinois Central Railroad to the 

 Ayer & Lord Tie Company on account of unreasonable charges collected 

 for transporting certain carloads of crosstles from Mississippi and 

 Alabama points to Chicago and Indianapolis, and treated at Carbondale, 

 111., and forwarded from there to destinations. 



