August IV, I'JIO. 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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shipments of gum lumber is the basis of u uMse filed against the St. 

 Louis & Southwestern by tlie W. E. Heyscr Lumber Company of 

 Cincinnati. 



The Kentiifky-liuliaua IT.irdwood Company of Louisville charges 

 that through rates are-not Ijeing applied bi'tween Riehey, Miss., and 

 Indiana points on gum lumber. The defendant is the Southern Bail- 

 way in Mississippi and connecting carriers. 



Hearings have been assigned as follows : 



Cincinnati, Sept. 9, E.va^niner Mattingly ; E. ('. liraillo.v Lumhor Com- 

 pany versus New Orleans & Great Northern. 



Minneapolis, Sept. 9, E.xamincr Hagarty : Internatidiial Lumber Com- 

 pany versus tlie Canadian Northern. 



Duluth, Sept. 15, Examiner Ilagcrty : Bradlfy Tinibor and Raihviiy Siiii- 

 ply Company versus Canadian Northern. 



Duluth, Sept. IG, Examiner liagerty : Dninth Log Company vi^rsas 

 Minneapolis, St. Paul & S. S. Marie Railroad. 



Oak lundier m[iy not lie entered free of ihity as a cabinet wood, 

 according to the board of general appraisers. The protest was made 

 by the Soutliern Calii'ornia Hardwood and Manufacturing Company. 



In the matter of returned shoolis the general appraisers have lianded 

 down the following ()]>inion in tlie ])rotest of F. S. Maynard & Son of 

 New Yorli: 



'■'nicse are prolt-sts a;;ainst the assessmoni ol ,luty on certain barrels 

 an<l boxes which the protestants claim were made from .Vmorican shocks. 

 Free entry is claimed un<lor paragraph 404 of Ihe tariff act of 191M. Tli" 

 privilege accorded by iiaragraph 404 of returning American goods not 

 advanced in value, etc., is given by ('ongress upon the express condition 

 that proof of the identity <)t such articles shall bo made under the general 

 regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. In the 

 case at bar the regulations made by the Secretary under this grant of 

 power have not been complied with. (Art. .'TL', Customs Kegulations of 

 190S.) The identity of the shooks in the case at bar is called in question 

 by the collector, but no lu'oof is offered to the collector which satisfies 

 him of their identity, nor has any proof been offered to this board. The 

 protests are overruled." 



By an order entered .July 2.'! in investigation and suspension docket 

 No. 687, the Interstate Commerce Commission susjiended from July 25 

 until November 22, 1915, the operation of certain items in supple- 

 ments 3 and 5 to Minneajiolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway 

 tariff I. C. C. No. .3611. 



The suspended items name increased rates on lumber in car loads 

 from Wisconsin points to Dulutli, St. Paul and points in Minnesota 

 taking the same rates. The present and proposed rates from several 

 points of origin to St. I'aul are as follows: 



Kates in cents perlOd pounds 

 From — Present Proposed 



Itliinelander, Wis 7.."i 10 



Crandon, Wis S 10 



Hermansville, Wis 8 10 



Respecting rates on broom handles, car load, from South Pittsburg, 

 Tenn., to Gulf ports, the petitioner has been autliorized to establish 

 a rate of twenty-four cents on handles, car load, minimum weight 

 24,000 pounds, from South Pittsburg, Tenn., to Mobile, Ala., and 

 New Orleans, La., on trgtfie destined to Havana, Cuba, and to estab- 

 lish rates on the same commodity from Sontli Pittsburg to Key West 

 and Port Tampa, Fla., as mucli higher than the rate to Mobile, Ala., 

 as the steamer rates from Mobile exceed the steamer rates from 

 Key West and Port Tampa, Fla., without observing the long ami 

 short haul provision of tiie fourth section of the act to regula.te 

 commerce. 



Miscellaneous C'ase.s. 

 A protest against the increase in the rate on liewn ties has been 

 tiled by the Bowie Lumber Company, of Bowie, La. This company 

 secured a contract for 100,000 hewn cypress ties, which were to be 

 delivered at Eureka, Texas. Tlie contract was secured when all ties 

 took the lumber rate. Before the ties could be delivered a tariff 

 cancelling the lumber rate went into effect. The lumber rate from 

 Bowie to Eureka is twelve cents. The hewn tie rate was raised to 

 eighteen and three-quarter cents. The Bowie company, in its com- 

 plaint, alleges that this rate is unreasonable and unduly discrimi- 

 natory.^ 



Lumber rates have been authorized fo» box material moving from 

 various points in Louisiana and Mississippi by a recent fourth 

 section order. 



In the case of the Powell-Myers Lumber Company, of South Bend, 

 Ind., and the Louisville & Nashville, it was held that the carrier 

 should permit rcconsignment and diversion of carload shipments of 

 lumber in transit from Beids, Ala., to Cairo, lU., at Nashville on 

 the basis of the joint rate plus a maximum of $5 per car. Reparation 

 was awarded. 



Dressed lumber, tongued, grooved and beaded, was held to be 

 entitled to free entry into the country by the Board of General 

 Appraisers. This upheld a protest filed by the Central Vermont 

 Railroad Company. 



Forest Service in Chicago 



On August 2 the United States Forest Service opened an office 

 in Room 629, Federal buihliujr, Chicago. It is announced that 

 present arrangements call for an office temporary in character, 

 but it is not stated how long it will be kept open. It is in charge 

 of H. S. Sackett, who was chief of the Chicago office formerly 

 maintained here but which was discontinued a number of months ago. 



Mr. Sackett is now carrying on the government investigation 

 into the cost of manufacturing lumber, and it is presumed that 

 the Chicago office will remain open until that work is done. It 

 has been in progress for some time and much of the ground re- 

 mains to be covered. The investigation is going pretty deeply 

 into the matter for certain kinds of woods and in certain regions. 

 Cost-finding begins with stumpage and follows the lumber through 

 its manufacture, transportation, and sale, until it reaches the final 

 consumer. The chief piirjiose of the investigation is to procure 

 reliable data on lumber cost. There is frequently call for in- 

 formation of that kind, but it is not available to the public. Large 

 manufacturers work out such data for their own business; but 

 it is well known that figures for different regions and various 

 kinds of timber differ, and what the government is aiming at is 

 the compilation of cost figures which may be used as averages. 

 While cost in one region does not hold for another, it will fre- 

 quently supply means for comparisons which are useful. 



A number of lumber organizations have interested themselves 

 in the subject of securing a permanent Forest Service office in 

 Chicago. This city is well known as the greatest lumber market 

 in the world. Larger numbers of influential lumbermen visit 

 Chicago than any other city. More associations dealing in forest 

 products meet in Chicago than anywhere else. Numerous large 

 companies and most of the associations have offices or representa- 

 tives in this city and it is a center for the lumber trade of the 

 whole country. 



It is understood that the Forest Service people are not averse 

 to a permanent Ciiicago office, provided it can be shown that the 

 demand for it is clear and that lumbermen generally would re- 

 ceive benefits commensurate with the cost of maintaining the 

 ofBce in this city. There are Forest Service offices, headquarters, 

 and stations in various parts of the United States, and they have 

 been located geographically with a view to serving to the best 

 advantage territory where lumber or forest interests are important. 



It is believed that Chicago 's position as the leading lumber 

 center of the entire country makes it a suitable location for such 

 an office as is proposed. At least, many of the largest lumbermen 

 of this part of the country feel that way about it. 



The saw gummer gets its name from the fact that it is used to 

 dress down that part of the saw around the base of the teeth that 

 some facetious man might designate as gums. It's an odd derivation, 

 but there are many other things in this world that can give it odds 

 and beat it. 



The planing mill man should make it his business to get acquainted 

 with every architect in his community, also with every builder. Close 

 acquaintance helps get business and keeps it moving smoothly. 



