April 10, 191S 



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The Mail Bag 



B-l 185— Wants to Buy Thick Hardwoods 

 The following inquiry conies from a firm outside of the vehicle 

 line. Anyone desiring the name may have it by writing Hardwood 

 Record : 



Knnsas City, Mo.. April 5. 1018; EniTon Hardwood Record: Wc are 

 extensive users of oak, ash nnd other hanlwoods In timbers 3"x8"-14' and 

 16' and would thank you for list of llrnis who arc In position to make 

 shipment of such material. 



Manufacturing Co. 



B-1186 — Slay ton Petition Merely Formality 

 The following letter regarding an item appearing in Hardwood 

 Record a short time ago e.xplains itself: 



Chicago, III., .\pril 8. 1918. — Editor H.tRDWooD Record : Several weeks 

 ago you showpd in your issue an involuntary petition in bankruptcy had 

 been filed against us. 



This was filed by a former employe who had a contested account, as he 

 had a contract to purchase stock and having failed to do so the company 

 held some money back for its protection. 



This matter has now been adjusted and the petition In bankniptcy has 

 been dismissed. 



Will you please be kind enough to show this In your next issue in order 

 that the matter may be corrected, which is to the Interest of all concerned? 

 Very truly yours, 



R. R. Si.ATTOK Mill Company, 



1241-1249 Belmont Ave. 



Clubs and Associations 



Traffic Association Grows Fast 



The Southern Hardwood Traffic Association is enjoying the greatest 

 growth in its history. The membership committee, of which C. R. 

 Tustin is chairman, recently announced that it proposed to secure fifty 

 members from January 15, 1918, to January 15 next year but it has 

 made such splendid progress that it has raised its limit for the year to 

 100. 



Since January 1, the association has received thirty members. Two 

 of these were obtained before the annual meeting, January 15. The 

 other twenty-eight have been received since the annual meeting, as fol- 

 lows : 



Braflley Lumber Company. Greenwood. Miss. 



The Bfewer-Nienstedt Lumber Company. Mlltenberg, La. 



Cnlfax Hardwood Lumber Company. Colfax, La. 



H. W. Darby Hardwood Company, Jlcmphis, Tcnn. r 



Hemphill Lumber Company. Kennett. .Mo. 



Jefferson Hardwood Lumber Company, Pino Bluff, .\rk. 



Maley & Wertz. Evansville. Ind. 



L. V. Murrelle Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn. 



Terklns Brothers. Kelso. Ark. 



McCollum Brothers, Memphis, Tenn. 



Booker Box Company. Louisville. Kv. 



Eomer-Blanks Lumber Company, Blanks, La. 



Forest Lumber Company. Meridian, Miss. 



Kentucky Lumber Company. Lexington, Ky. 



Wilson & Cochran, Lottie. La. 



Mos'^man Lumber Company. Menaphis, Tenn. 



Afexandria Cooperage & Lumber Company, Alexandria, La. 



I. B. Wilcox & Co.. Louisville. Ky. 



Lvon Lumber Companv. Oarvvllle, La. , 



Bennett & WItte. Memphis. Tenn. 



D. H. Hall Lumber Companv. New Albany, Miss. 



E. H. Elsberry. Pine Bluff. Ark. 

 Gibson. Douglass & Gray. Monroe. La. 

 Evansville Bnnd >II1I Comp.nny. Evansville, Ind. 

 Ferd Brenner Lumber Company. .\lexan<lrla. I^a. 

 Evansville Veneer Company. Evansville, Ind. 

 Lee Wilson & Company. Wilson. Ark. 



Philip A. Ryan Lumber Company, Lufkln. Tex. 



There are few organizations Identllled with the hardwood trade that 

 have accomplished so much In behalf of their members as has the South- 

 em Hardwood Traffic Association, and this splendid record of substantial 

 achievement is responsible for the present rapid growth In Its membership. 



Applications are being received almost every day, as those outside the 

 fold are beginning to appreciate th? handicap under which they are 

 placed by not being Identified with this organization. They have to com- 

 pete with those who are members and they arc finding the "going" pretty 

 hard. 



Logging Meeting for Memphis 



James Boyd, secretary of the Southern Logging .\ssocIatIon. with head- 

 quarters at New Orleans, nnnounced, while In Memphis last Friday, that 

 V. C. Langley. president of that association, had called a meeting of 

 that body for the Hotel Chlsca, Memphis, April 25, at which time the 

 following subjects will be discussed, with particular reference to logging 

 hardwoods: 



Tree cutting, building main line and spur roads, skidding by machinery 

 and teams, loading, fcedini: and care of work animals, feeding and housing 

 of labor, and welfare work. 



Mr. Boyd also stated ibat data sheets had been mailed to more than 



400 operations In the Memphis and valley territory and that these are 

 coming Into his ofllce now In large numbers. 



He also stated that logging contractors are Invited to attend this meet- 

 ing. 



Meeting of Louisville Club 



The first April meeting of the Louisville Hardwood Club, held on the- 

 evening of April 2. at the Seelbach Hotel, was well attended there also 

 being several guests present, Including J. Van Norman, a prominent local 

 lawyer who features Interstate Commerce cases principally for the coal 

 and lumber Interests; J. II. Townshend. of Memphis, head of the Southern 

 Hardwood Traffic Association : and Norman Willis, Kansas City repre- 

 sentative of the Holly Ridge Lumber Company, of Louisville. 



Mr. Norman was forced to leave the meeting shortly after the dinner 

 and was unable to talk. Mr. Townshend discussed traffic conditions, 

 stating that embargoes had been lifted to all Central Freight Associa- 

 tion territory, and parts of the East, and that he did not figure that 

 there would be much trouble for a time at least in hamlling shipments 

 into C. F. A. territory, but that there would be trouble on Eastern ship- 

 ments throughout the year, as embargoes would probably not be off for 

 any length of time, and probably there would be a car shortage through- 

 out the year. 



Clifford I. Milard, of Norfolk, Va.. a lumberman who has been taking 

 much interest in the work, of the "War Savings' Committee." In a letter 

 addressed to A. E. Norman, Jr.. president of the Louisville Hardwood 

 Club, asked that the Louisville lumbermen donate any advertising space 

 which they might be able to dispense with for a month, to advertising 

 "war savings stamps." The members of the club present arranged tO' 

 donate all such space for the purpose, and undertook to take the matter 

 up with other members who were not present, with the result that the 

 Louisville hardwood trade will be doing its bit shortly in encouraging 

 this movement. The trade has already done much, it having in many 

 instances donated cards and stamps to mill and other employes, a num- 

 ber of concerns having a 100 per cent savings record. 



In the general round table discussion of the market and general con- 

 ditions statements made showed that the demand was generally good, 

 that most concerns could sell more lumber than they could secure, and 

 that jobbers were having considerable trouble In replenishing over sold 

 lines. It was stated that prices are better and gradually working higher, 

 ail items being in fair shape. 



One dealer stated that he moved more lumber in March than during 

 anj- month since last September, and that it w*as the best month out of 

 eighteen months from a standpoint of dollars and cents, although the 

 tonnage was not so great, although prices were high enough to offset the 

 difference In tonnage. This dealer stated tliat stocks in the South were 

 generally lower than at any time inside of eighteen months, with a gen- 

 eral shortage of labor and logs, which was not aiding in Increasing pro- 

 duction. 



Members present were generally of the opinion that it was more a ques- 

 tion of getting labor and logs than of getting business, as at the present 

 time it is a question of getting logs in, getting 'em cut. and getting the 

 lumber out. .\lmost any price can be had for ininu'diate delivery lum- 

 ber, due to an abnormal demand. Several men stated that they had sold 

 lumber at the highest prices ever obtained, and from general reports 

 March proved a bully good month, and the best by far of the quarter. 



Big Open Price Meeting Scheduled for Laurel, Miss. 



The Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States an- 

 nounces that a big meeting is scheduled for Laurel, Miss., on Saturday, 

 April 20. .\11 hardwood mills within range of one hundred and fifty 

 miles of Laurel are invited. The open competition plan of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association will be explained at this gathering, at which 

 many prominent members of tiie plan will be present. 



The Laurel meeting is Inspired by the success which has attended 

 various meetings at other points, such, for instance, as Cincinnati, Hunt- 

 ington, W. Va., Memphis, and Alexandria, La. The purpose of the meet- 

 ing at Jjaurel Is to cooperate with the southeastern mills in the work 

 the association is doing for the industry through Its open competition 

 plan. It Is expected that the report of the cost committee appointed at 

 the open competition meeting at Huntington. March 20, will be in readi- 

 ness and that valuable Information on cost will be available to manu- 

 facturers attending the meeting at Laurel. The meeting will be held in 

 the Pineburst Hotel. Other meetings scheduled by the open competition 

 plan members are Hotel Frederic, Huntington, W. Va., Wednesday, April 

 17; Hotel Youree. Shreveport, La., Wednesday, April 24. 



The cost committee appointed at the recent Huntington meeting held 

 an all-day session at Huntington, Saturday, March 30. Several matters 

 were thrashed out. The committee agreed on cards of accounts covering 

 labor and supplies in different manufacturing departments, and an ac- 

 countant will be selected and employed who will Immediately start work 

 with a view of having data for presentation at coming meetings. It is 

 expected that the accountiint will use the cards of accounts as a basis and 

 will personally visit the manufacturers, working up the schedule of Items 

 to be charged, so that *ben a charging plan is adopted by the associa- 

 tion, the labor and supplies cost account card of every mill will be pre- 

 pared on the same basis. 



Furniture Federation Meeting in Chicago 

 The annual meeting of the Federation of Furniture Manufacturers will 

 be held at the Congress Hotel at Chicago, April 17 and 18. All furniture 



