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HARDWOOD RECORD 



June 10, lOlS. 



the boat. Tbcrp will be no more rcgulnr nicotlogs of the club until the 

 Ilrst Tuc'Kday In Scptomber next. 



Meeting of Philadelphia Exchange 



The I'hllniUliilaa I.iiinh.riiu n's ICm lmii|!i', ill Its n-culnr monthly 

 mwllnc Jum- ^1, bad a ver.T Inrp- .ittendnncp, the nuM'tlng belnu held at 

 Kugler's restauriint. H12 Chestnut street. Aflei supper wns served an 

 executive ses.slon wns hi'ld. 



The proposeil amendment to the by laws, mnklnR fifteen members 

 Instead of twenty a quorum, was defeated after a warm but good- 

 natured discussion. 



The rnllrr>ad and transportation committee read n letter It had pre- 

 pared and wblcb was ordered sent to E. K. Perry, secretary of tbc 

 National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' .\ssoclatlon. Mr. Perry bad asked 

 for Information in reply to a letter he had received from the Forest 

 Service In reference to Its study of the lumber Industry, the object being 

 to give the public a better understanding of the lumber question as a 

 problem In national economics. The Forests Service In the communi- 

 cation to Mr. Perry said that as freight rates have an Important bear- 

 ing on distribution and consumption of lumber, the department would 

 attempt to cover the situation If certain Information could be obtained 

 on four points. The reply of the committee stated : First, that as the 

 market value of lumber varies and lluctuntes It should not be considered 

 In fixing freight rates. .Second, that dressing lumber does not add to 

 tbc material price of lumber, does incre.nse Its use, does not Increase 

 the tonnage per car, as freight Is charged on ^velBht and not by feet, and 

 In most eases there Is more weight in a car of dressed than rough lum- 

 ber. Third, sash, doors and factory products arc covered in present 

 classification of freight as taking a higher rate than lumber, and as we 

 have beard no objections to these rates there should be no change. 

 Fourth, there should be no change In the present system of freight on 

 high and low grade lumber, as the existing arrangements are satisfactory. 



E. A. Sterling, secretary of the Forests Products Federation, Chicago, 

 was the priiirlpal speaker. Ik' nmde no appeal for financial assistan ■<■. hut 

 by a unanimous vote the exchange recommended to its board of directors 

 that the Forests Products Federation be guaranteed $100 a year for five 

 years to help along its work of extension of the trade. The Philadelphia 

 Exchange Is the first organization of Its kind in the East to back up 

 the new sclieme. 



Lumbermen Favor Subsidized Merchant Marine 



At the request of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, its 

 members in Memphis, the Business Men's Club and the Southern Hard- 

 wood Traffic Association, are sounding cut the sentiment of business men 

 on the establishment of a merchant marine. This question has loomed 

 quite large since the outbreak of the European war and the woeful lack 

 of transportation facilities resulting from the almost complete depend- 

 ence of .American business interests upon foreign owned vessels for 

 handling their products. 



Walker L. Welford, chairman of the foreign relations committee of the 

 Ruslness Men's Club, is looking after this suliject for that organization, 

 while J. U. Townshend, secretary of the Southern Hardwood TraflSc 

 Association, is sending out the necessary queries' and compiling the re- 

 plies received from lumbermen identified with that body. 



Replies received from the lumbermen to date show that they arc unan- 

 imously In favor of subsidies from the government suflicient to ofi'set 

 the difference In cost between operation of vessels under the American 

 flag and operation in the same deep sea trade under foreign flags and 

 also that they favor subventions from the government to establish reg- 

 ular mail and freight lines under the American flag to countries in 

 which the commercial interests of the United States arc important and 

 to American dependencies. On the other hand they indicate clearly thn 

 lumbermen are opposed to government purcliase or charter of ships. 



As soon as replies have been received to the queries sent by the 

 Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, these will be sent to the Cham- 

 ber of ConimeiTf at Washinitoii. 



Southern Manufacturers Gain by Rate Suspension 

 J. H. Townshend, secretary of the Southern Hardwood Trafiic Assf 

 tlOD, Is In receipt of official advices from Washington that the Inter 

 Commerce Commission has suspended until September 29 the prop- 

 advance of three cents per hundred pounds on shipments of lumber from 

 points In Arkansas and southeast Missouri to Milwaukee and other Wis- 

 consin destinations. This advance was to have become effective June 1 

 but the prompt action of the Interstate Commerce Commission on the 

 protest which was filed by the association means that the advance will 

 not bo allowed to go into effect until lifter the ciiso has lieen arirui-rt. 



It is understood that rates from the west side are three cents per hun- 

 dred lower than those from the east side and that the carriers sought to 

 bring about an adjustment through an advance of the former to the 

 same basis as the latter. 



The general question of west side rates is one of the topics which was 

 discussed at the recent Joint conference between the committees repre- 

 senting the southern hardwood lumber industry and the railroads and it 

 remains to be seen what effect the informal discussions at this confer- 

 ence will have upon the adjustment of west side rates, including the 

 foregoing. The view has been expressed on more than one occasion 

 recently that the conference plan would very greatly restrict the activ- 

 ities of both the railroads and the lumbermen before the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission, with the result that developments along this line are 



awaited with conHldcrablc Interest. Although no date hns been set for 

 the next Joint conference. It U regarded as highly probalde that It will 

 occur some time before the date to which the advance In question has 

 been suspended. 



The Southern Hardwood Traffic Association Is In receipt of a com- 

 munication from the I)e|iiirtiiient of Forestry of the I'nlteil States De- 

 partment of AKrlcnllure asking for Information In regard to rates on 

 lumber in competitive territory, whether the different grades of lumber 

 should take different rates, and several other kindred subjects. Tnese 

 questions are being inrefully considered by the membership of the osho- 

 elntlon as well as by tbc governing board and It Is anticipated that a 

 brief will be prepared In the very near future setting forth fully the 

 views of this organization regarding these subjects. Tbc association has 

 Its bands quite full with rate matters of nlmost every description and It 

 welcomes the efforts being made by the Forest Service to gather data 

 from whieb seientlfic conclusions may lie flrnwn. 



Georgia-Florida Association Elects Officers 

 The annual meeting of the Georgia-Florida Saw Mill Association, on 

 May 22, at Jacksonville, Fin., elected an entirely new set of officers 

 with the exception of E. C Ilnrrell who Is serving bis fourteenth term 

 as .secretary. The election of officers resulted as follows: President, 

 W. F. Jones, Jacksonville; vice-president for Florida, D. W. McArtbur, 

 of Montbrook ; vice-president for Georgia, It. B. Young of Quitman, (in. ; 

 treasurer, A. G. Cummer : secretary E. C. Harrell. Board of governors, 

 G. W. Brandon, F. E. Waymer, T. J. Aycock and the elective offlcers. 



Memphis Lumbermen's Club Meets 



There were sixty four nieinbers and visitors present at the regular 

 semi-monthly meetirg of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis, held at the 

 Hotel Gayoso Saturday, June o. This was the last meeting to be 

 held until next fall. .Adjournment was therefore taken subject to the 

 call of the president. 



The entertainment committee reported that the dance given under 

 the auspices of the club at the Overton Park Casino, June 4, was ex- 

 tremely successful. The attendance was large and representative and 

 good music was furnished. Delightful refreshments were served during 

 the evening. This is tlie first .^pen air dance the club has given and 

 the members were so pleased with it that others will doubtless follow. 



The only action taken by the club at this meeting was the adoption 

 of the following resolution by un.inlmous vote : 



The centralization of the promotion and educational efforts of the 

 lumber trade under the direction of the National Lumber Manufacturers' 

 Association tluough a department known as the Department of Trade 

 Extension appears to your coiiiniittee to be a matter which should re- 

 ceive the moral and finandal support of all lumbermen and we, there- 

 fore, recommend that the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis raise by sub- 

 scription not less than .ii.'iOO and pav ^-ame to the treasurer of the Na- 

 tional Luinlier .Manufacturers' Association when the J'lO.OOO per year 

 necessary to tiiis worii has been secured. 



Readers of Hakdwood Ur.conp are familiar with the work of the 

 Forest Products Federation which is making every effort to advance the 

 interests of lumber and woodworking Industries as against various sub- 

 stitutes. The work which has been outlined by that organization Is 

 that which Is to be carried on through the Department of Trade Ex- 

 pansion which has been organized by the National Lumber Manufac- 

 turers' Association. 



T /^/^^ O ^''<^ ^^ 's 'aid at the root of the Walnut 

 i^V^VJlO *'^*^'^' ^"'' '''*^ timberman has blazed and 

 marked it for his own, in anticipation in 

 the very near future, of a greater demand than ever before, 

 for this splendid cabinet wood. Walnut has been my specialty 

 for years, and my representative here is asking for a share 

 of the trade. If you want to sell walnut trees, or buy 

 walnut logs, write me. 



