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become so heavy that a special iimii huil to be secured to devote all of 

 his time thereto. 



Some idea of the handicaps imposed by the recent freeze In the Missis- 

 sippi may be gathered from the statement of Max Sondhelmer that It re- 

 quired more than two months for the K. Sondheiraer company to secure 

 delivery at Shrcvcport, La., of a towboat purchased on the Missouri river 

 In December. 



Officials of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association and the .\iiieri- 

 can Hardwood Manufacturers' Association have about reached the con- 

 elusion that they will have no success in their efforts to secure an export 

 licensing bureau for Memphis to issue licenses covering exports of lumber 

 to Canada. They have found that cities as far away as New Orleans on 

 the south and San Francisco on the west will have to secure their licenses 

 from the bureau In Washington, and they expect Memphis to have to 

 follow suit. 



=-< LOUISVILLE > 



Manufacturers and employers in general are just beginning to realize 

 the importance of checking the proposed eight hour law for Kentucky, 

 and as a result of this work it is believed that too much pressure has been 

 brought to bear during the past few days for tbc law to be enacted. The 

 Kentucky Manufacturers' & Shippers' Association, through its legislative 

 committee, is waging a warm fight against this bill, while any number of 

 trade organizations, individuals and big manufacturing concerns have 

 gotten busy. A steady stream of protests has been carried to Frankfort 

 by some of the biggest operators of the state. The coal, oil, railroad and 

 other big Interests are opposing the passage of the act, which would in- 

 clude all employes which are not affected by any laws already in effect. 

 The Louisville Hardwood Club, at its last meeting, went on record as 

 opposing the passage of this act, and has launched a protest against its 

 enactment with the representatives of this district. 



Edward P. Devol. sales manager of the Louisville Point Lumber Com- 

 pany, a concern with which he has been connected for the past five years, 

 has resigned his position, having enlisted in the coast artillery division. 

 Mr. Devol has gone to Columbus, O.. from which point he will be assigned 

 to service. 



March 22 has been set by the Interstate Commerce Commission as the 

 date for hearing of Dockett 9991. W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company, 

 I..ouisville, vs. Southern Railway Company et al., relative to rates on lum- 

 ber from Brasfleld, Ark., to Athens, Tenn., the Brown company asking for 

 reparation on overcharges and establishment of a twenty-four cent rate 

 .IS against a twenty-flve and one-half cent rate, alleging violation of the 

 fourth section. The case will be heard in Louisville. 



George E. Wilt, for several years with the Pennsylvania passenger de- 

 partment In Louisville, who for the past few years has been in the Nash- 

 ville department, has accepted a position with the W. R. Willett Lumber 

 Company of Louisville, and will travel part of Kentucky and other sec- 

 tions. W. R. Willett, head of the company, recently returned from a trip 

 to New Orleans, Nashville. Atlanta and Chicago. 



D. E. Kline of the Louisville Veneer Mills has returned to Chicago in 

 connection with handling the operations of the veneer manufacturers in 

 connection with supplying the government with aeroplane and other needs 

 produced by the veneer and panel manufacturers. 



The scarcity of material Is resulting In C. M. Sears of the Edward L. 

 Davis Lumber Company of Louisville, spending practically all of his time 

 in the South just now, in an effort to secure stock for the local company. 

 W. A. McLean of the Wood Mosaic Company of New Albany has gone 

 East again to look after some interests. Just before leaving the city Mr. 

 McLean had some of the French and English army officers stationed at 

 Camp Taylor, Louisville, over to his plant to see how gunstocks, airplane 

 stock and other war supplies are being turned out. .\notlier recent visitor 

 at the Wood Mosaic office was Mr. Litchfield of Boston, who is a memlier of 

 the hardwood lumber house of Litchfield Brothers at North Vernon, Ind. 

 The labor situation in the South has shown considerable improvement 

 with the return of spring weather, but the opening of the agricultural sea- 

 son, coupled with the se<'ond army draft. Is expected to make the situation 

 even worse than It was during the winter. At the present time the lumber 

 manufacturers of the South are having much trouble in obtaining cars. 

 For a time a fair supply of cars was being received, but the lifting of em- 

 bargoes to points in the East and North has resulted in a heavy movement 

 of cars out of the South under load. Many of the empties which ordinarily 

 would have been returned to the South have been sent into the West and 

 Northwest to move the grain crops, anil as a result the car supply Is now 

 so short that the mills are having much trouble In getting logs In or lum- 

 ber out. However, shipments are moving eastward into the Pittsburgh- 

 Buffalo sections, although Boston and New York territory is still em- 

 bargoed. 



A new concern hag been Incorporated at Owensboro, Ky., as the Owens- 

 boro Wheel Company, capital $100,000, to manufacture various types of 

 wheels. Joseph W. Allen, John Reinhardt and L. G. Relnhardt are named 

 as incorporators. 



Lumber dealers who in the past have sold supplies of hardwoods to tlie 

 Henderson Wagon Company of Henderson, Ky., can cut that concern off 

 their lists. The plant has been down for some time, and was recently sold 

 for $52,000 to the H. J. Heinz Company of Pittsburgh, who will convert 

 It Into a pickle factory. The sale included property and buildings, but the 

 woodworking and other wagon manufacturing machinery is yet to be 

 disposed of. 



VIRGIN TENNESSEE 



Hardwoods 



Our large band mill 

 located outside Fay- 

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 unbeatable tract of 

 Tennessee's justly fa- 

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 oak, poplar, hickory 

 and the minor species. 



You should consider our 

 for fi 

 needs. 



facilities for filling your 



Williams Lumber Co. 



Fayetteville Tennessee 



Swain-Roach Lbr. Co. 



SEYMOUR, IND. 

 — We Man u facta re 



Elm Ash 



Maple Walnut 



Gum Cherry 



Sycamore Chestnut, Etc. 



White Oak 

 Red Oak 

 Poplar 

 Hickory 



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 better Elm; 1 car 4/4, S/4, 12/4 Log Run I'lain Slicamore; 2 

 cars 4/4 Is <f 2s Sap Oum ; 1 car 4/4 iV'o. 1 com. d better Quar- 

 tered Red Oak: 1 car 1x4 y.— 5 — 5';, Quartered White Oak 

 Strips; 1 car % Is .5 2s Plain Oak.' 



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