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B 1179— Wood Fuel to Offer 



Mi'mphls, Tiiin., I'Vbrimry :;(;. — Kinroit II.midwood Rei.ord : We have 

 two or iliri'i' cars of choice wood f\icl Tor sale. We iimlcrstauil there is a 

 sooil market for this wood In Chicago. Wc are cutting this into four 

 foot lengths. Can you give us the name of anyone interested in purchasing 

 this wooilV 



B 1180 — Government Wants Bids on Propeller Stock 

 Tlie War Hopartment semis from Washington the following letter, 

 which requests bids on various woods, the figures to be submitted 

 direct to Washington. The letter is valuable in that it gives official 

 indication of the kinds of woods wliich are now considered as suit- 

 able for propeller construction: 



W.nshington, D. C. March G. — Editor IIahdwooi) Recohd. It would 

 materially assist this section of the Signal Corps if you would 

 pulillsh tile fact that the Materials Department of the Signal Corps desires 

 iiuutalions on walnut, cherry, oak and birch suitable for propeller stock 

 to bo of approximately FAS or high grade No. 1 C, S" and up wide and 8' 

 and up long. 



IlB.NRY LOCKHART, Ju., 



MafiTJals I)i p:!! iMiiMit. I'meicii and United ' States, 



L'.y J. C. Wickliffe. 



Clubs and Associations 



Southwestern Hardwood Men Meet 



The regular muutlily meeting of the Southwestern Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Club was lield at Alexandria, La., on Wednesday, February 27. 

 Vice President Ferd Brenner of Alexandria was in the chair. The results 

 of the work in Washington by the president. Albert Deutsch, were reviewed 

 by secretary Davis whose report particularly covered work done in an at- 

 tempt to secure more general use of Oulf shipping points for export trade. 



The association also went on record as unqualifiedly censuring the 

 alleged attempts of vehicle manufacturers to hold down prices for vehicle 

 lumber going on government orders. The association members aligned 

 themselves very firmly as one body in support of constant effort to secure 

 adequate prices for the product. 



Secretary Davis made the interesting statement that there is a good 

 chance of shipbuilders working on government job orders, substituting red 

 gum flitches for lir or yellow pine on specifications in item .35 of revised 

 Schedule 23. Mr. Davis said he had taken the matter up with various of 

 the shipbuilders on the Gulf coast and that as there is difficulty in getting 

 yellow pine and fir for certain of these purposes, and as he presented evi- 

 dence tending to show that red gum fiitches would fill all the requirements 

 on these items, he explained that in his opinion there was a strong likely- 

 hood of red gum getting a chance for use in this work. 



President E. O. Robinson, and assistant to the president, F. R. Gadd of 

 the Hardwood Manufacturers' .\ssociation of the United States, presided 

 at the afternoon meeting, which was turned over to open price competition 

 plan of the Manufacturers' Association. .After the discussion there was no 

 room left for doubt that stocks and log supply, as well as present produc- 

 tion, are consideralily below nornuil. .\ diUlcult labor situation is antici- 

 pated, but the general opinion seemed to be that the outlook for hardwood 

 Is excellent. 



Among those in attendance were the following : 



F. R. Gadd, Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States, 

 Cincinnati, Ohio ; II. G. Bohlssen, New Caney, Tex. ; Rex. H. Browne. Beau- 

 mont Lumber Co., Beaumont, Tex. ; A. O. Davis and R. B. Hall, Sabine Tram 

 Company, Beaumont, Tex. ; J. M. Thompson, Newell Lumber Company, 

 Eunice, La.; B. E. Gray, Gibson, Douglas & Gray, -Monroe, La.; C. L. 

 Crawford, Scotland Lumber Company, Ravenswood, La. ; J. A. Tcxada, 

 Boyce Lumber & Realty Company, Boyce, La. ; II. B. Johnson, Mansfield 

 Hardwooil Lumber Company, WInnfield, La. ; George B. Wilson. Boner- 

 Blanks Lumber Company. Blanks, La.; J. B. Robinson, Pelican Lumber 

 Company, Mounds. La. ; L. E. Cornelius, Cornelius Lumber Company, St. 

 Louis. Mo. ; W. D. Brewer, BrewerNlcnstedt Lumber Company, Mlltenbcrg, 

 La. ; D. L. Borum, Alexandria, Emergency Fleet Corporation ; C. A. Weiss 

 and G. V. Patterson, Alexandria Cooperage & Lumber Company, Alexandria, 

 La. ; Ferd Brenner and Harry Brenner, Ferd Brenner Lumber Company, 

 Alexandria, La. The next meeting will be held March 27 at Alexandria. 



Plan for Wholesalers' Annual 



The twenty-sixth .iiuiiial of tin- .National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' 

 Association will be notable particularly for the thcimugh discussion of war 

 conditions. The sessions scheduled for the Waldorf-.VstorIa Hotel In 

 New York City, on Wednesday and Thursday. March 27 and 28, will be 

 given over to a considerable extent to a war program. 



President Maurice Prelsch Iki^ i n In conf.icnce at New Tork for the 



past week with Secretary E. F. Perry and the convention committee, and 

 developments Indicate one of the biggest and most fruitful gatherings in 

 the association's history. 



.\mong the connnittee reports will be the f<dlowlng : 



Speilal eomndttee which has been at Washington Investigating means 

 for full cooperation In government lumber purchases; 



Special railroad committee which has been working for the past year 

 on means for relieving car and transportation congestion ; 



CouHnittee on coJiperatlon with committee of National Defense. 



There will be a talk on trade acceptances by a member of the Federal 

 Reserve Board. This will be considered In connection with discussion on 

 terms of sale. 



The program also includes a talk on the third Liberty Loan, report of 

 the railroad and transportation committee, report of the bureau of Infor- 

 mation. 



The entertainment includes the complimentary assoeiatlon banquet on 

 Thursday evening: luncheon for the men and tea for the ladles on Wednes- 

 day, and a theatre party on Wednesday evening. The New Tork Lumber 

 Trade .\sscuiation will be the host on these occasions. 



Most Hardwoods Under Open Competition Plan 

 The Hardwood Manufacturers' Association has notified members that 

 lieginning March 1 the plan was extended to cover all hardwoods, with 

 the exception of gum and tupelo. The plan now covers oak. poplar, bass- 

 wood, chestnut, ash and cottonwood, beech, blreh, butternut, buckeye, 

 cherry, elm, hickory, maple, magnolia, sycamore, willow and walnut. The 

 open competition plan inaugurated by the association March 1, 1917, has 

 made wonderful progress to be able to cover in one year the purpose for 

 which it was intended to include all hardwoods. The plan started with 

 eighteen members in the eastern territory and seven in the southern terri- 

 tory. At the close of the year 1917 there were forty members in the 

 eastern and forty-three in the southern territory. One of the recent 

 changes made was the discontinuing of showing names in Class A. There 

 are now no names of any customers shown in sales reports issued. 



Wood Products Section Organized in Minneapolis 



The .Minneapolis Civic and Commerce .\ssociatioii now has a wood 

 products section composed of twenty-six of the woodworking firms of that 

 city. The section will send a representative to Washington for permanent 

 residence, who will look after all matters relative to war business, and the 

 Minneapolis firms will act unitedly in all plans for speeding up war pro- 

 duction. 



A. O. Hubbard of the I'uffer-llubbard Company Is chairman of the sec- 

 tion. Those participating are as follows : 



Roman Alexander, Barnard-Cope Manufacturing Company, M. C. Burr 

 Manufacturing Company, .\aron Carlson. Inc.. Central Wood Turning 

 Companv. The .1. R. Clark Co.. Curtis- Valo-llowanl Company. William A. 

 French & Co., II. S. .Tohnson & Co.. M. L. .Tohnson & Sons. Luger Furniture 

 Companv. .McVnv Tub. I'all and Package Company. Minneapolis Furniture 

 Company. Miinn'npolis (Itfice anil School Furniture Company. II. J. Nelson, 

 Nicollet' Sash and Poor Company, .Xoilli Side Sash and Door Company, 

 L. Paulle, I'uffer-lluliliard M.inufacturing Company, Simonson Brothers 

 Manufacturing Companv, Smith & Wyinan Company. G. II. Tennant Com- 

 panv. Twin City Box Factory. Inc., Twin (^ity Separator Company. Wa- 

 bash Screen Door ('ompany. .Tcdiu F. Wilcox Company. 



Program for Northern Logging Congress 



The Northern Logging Congress to be held at the Wisconsin hotel, Mil- 

 waukee, on March 2S and 29, will have a most interesting program as Just 

 announced by secretary Maitland of Park Falls, Wis. The program will 

 include reports of the affiliated associations by the various presidents, and 

 a talk entitled, "Every Lumber Jack Can Do His Bit." by W. .V. Holt of 

 Oconto; discussion. "How Loggers Can -Md in the Production and Con- 

 servation of Food." by the state food administrator; talk on "How Loggers 

 Can .\id in the Production and Conservation of Fuel." by state fuel ad- 

 ministrator, and discussion on "Power Logging," headed by W. B. Clubine, 

 Park Falls. 



The above with an address on development of cut-over lands and on 

 the subject of prohibition, ^vill constitute the open session Thursday after- 

 noon. 



The morning session will have the following subjects and speakers : 



Fire Prevention : M, P. McCulIough. Dan McDonald, J. T. Phillips and 

 A. W. Holt. 



Logging .\ccldents and Methods of Prevention : J. D. Mylrea, J. B. Gal- 

 braith. W. B. Earle and O. J. Smith. 



Wood Labor: W. G. Collar. Martin Mcliermott, Ed. MiRoy, M. J. Fox, 

 Donald McLean, E. M. Moore and L. G. Hlllyer. 



In the afternoon session there will be discussed the object of the meeting 

 and the question of the formation of the Northern Logging Congress. 



Call Meeting of Welfare Committee 



Secretary F.. .\. Sterling of the Lumbermen's Welfare Fund Committee 

 sends the following announcement of the next meeting : 



A miM'tliig of the Cr)mmlttee Is called for 10 a, ni.. Tuesday. March 26, 

 at the olllce of the Secretary, Room 40.3, No. 30 East 42nd Street. New 

 York City. This takes the place of the meeting which had been called for 

 March 7. "but was postponed. 



The above date Is the day Immediately preceding the annual meeting 

 of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association in New York, and 

 is selected so that the members of the Committee can attend both meetings 

 on one trill. There are a number of imp^irtant matters to be discussed, 

 and we hope that yon will make ji special effort to attend. 



Will von kindly advise whether we can expect you'/ 



