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HAKUWOOU RECORD 



AuguKt ::<'■, luiD. 



The Mai] Bag 



B 938 — Wants to Buy Lignum-Vitae 



l.imiMilli'. Ky.. Kdllor Haiikwihui ll»;<'<'iil>. fiiii .vmi iml lis in toiu'li 

 Willi sniiii- one tlmt run fiirnisli 200 pieces of ll|:ntiiii vitii' U'xU'/j'x 

 1 1 :i2-. 

 Any ODO intorcslcJ in this inquiry shoul'i write Uakdwooh Kkcobb.— 



KdITX)!!. 



References to "Mail Bag" Must Be Accompanied by Stamped 

 Envelope to Receive Reply. 



Clubs and Associations 



Chicago Association Holds Meeting 



TUi> I.imilicrmi'irs Association of ClileiiKo liild lis i<(;uliir dinner and 

 incellDK in the association rooms on Tuesday. .Kugust 'J4. at noon. 11. K. 

 I'hrlstlansen of Milwaukee was present and outlined a subject In which he 

 Is %-ery much Interested and to which he has been giving a great deal of 

 attention, namely, to extend and promote the use of cull or box lumber 

 thus lncre:islnK the demand for such lumber. 



Fletcher Marsh, chairman of the tralllc committee of the Lumbermen's 

 .Vssodatlon and also of thi' National Hardwood Lumber -\ssocintion, ex- 

 plained subjects pertaining to the Interstate Commerce Commission hear- 

 ings concerning rc-clnssiflcatlon of lumber and lumber products. The 

 meeting was well attended. 



"Build with Wood" Talks Well Received 



W. A. I'helps, secretary of the i)hio .Association of I!. toil Lumber 

 Dealers, has carried his campaign of wood construction to a practical 

 completion with astonishingly satisfactory results. Mr. I'helps, it will 

 be recalled as noted in a recent issue of IIardwwood Record, started out 

 In an automobile for the purpose of building up the membership of his 

 organization and at the same time enlisting the co-operation of the retail 

 dealers in pushing wood, rather than competitive materials, for building 

 construction. Mr. Phelps states that his talljs have been well received at 

 all places. 



The recent issue of TTood Coii««ruc(ioH, published by the Ohio Associa- 

 tion of Retail Lumber Dealers, contains a complete report of the trip so 

 far completed. 



One of the first stops in the tour was .\kron. where the 'Riiild Witli 

 Wood" dinner and lecture was carried off with great success. At Canton 

 Mr. Phelps addressed a large assembly of lumbermen and delivered his 

 talk, which was equally well received. Trom there the campaign carried 

 him to Carrollton, Wellsville. East Liverpool. Harlem Springs and Youngs- 

 town. From there it went on to Warren and then to Cleveland, .\ftcr 

 Cleveland Mr. Phelps took in Lorain, Huron, Cedar Point and other 

 smaller towns, finally arriving at Toledo. 



.VU together the trip so far has been a remarkable success, both in the 

 cITect of the propagandist work in belialf of wood and in the matter of 

 increasing membership in the association. The last feature is of no small 

 importance as every member will naturally be imbued with tlic spirit of 

 the organization and hence will be more interested in working for the 

 lieneflt of wood construction. .Mr. Phelps in conceiving and carrying 

 out this program has performed a task which will mean a great deal for 

 lumbermen in that part of tlie country. 



Report of Investigation of Hoo-Hoo Business Office 



A special edition of the Uulietin has IJeen issued by the Sui)nnie Nine 

 of tlic Hoo-Hoo, containing a full report of the recent investigation into 

 the affairs of the scrivenoter's oflSce. The issue also contains a report of 

 the Death Emergency fund ; program of the twenty-fourth annual meeting 

 to be held at San Francisco September 9-11 ; description of the Lum- 

 bermen's building and House of Hoo-Hoo and report of all recent con- 

 catenations. 



In addition, the edition contains a full explanation of the recent special 

 assessment and report of the joint meeting of the Supreme Nine and 

 House of Ancients in Chicago, February 23. The reason for the delay in 

 advising the members of the result of the special audit is explained in an 

 article covering the result of the investigation and showing that the 

 principal cause of present difficulties of the order are entirely due to the 

 extravagant mismanagement of its business affairs by the scrivenoter, 

 which were covered up by means of annual statements that were not 

 correct and did not disclose the true state of alTalrs. The incorrectness 

 of these statements was not revealed on account of the employment of 

 incompetent auditors through the influence of the scrivenoter. These 

 false statements were not discovered until the snark started the recent 

 investigation. It was disclosed that there should have been a cash balance 

 rather than a deficit, but owing to the misappropriation of the funds, 

 there was actually a cash shortage at the close of the years 1012-101.3 and 

 191.'2-1014 and on .lanuary 31, 1915. Disbursements were charged up as 

 having been paid but were still outstanding at the date of statements : 



.ilfii*. on ilie Ijenti) lvin<-i;;*-ncy riiml, •iiiir;.'>(l up iik paid, were still out- 



'jndliig. I'liHli riM-fipts wi<re not all cliiirKeil ngaliiHt the cnHli account; 



'iioney wart horriiwed (o llipildale Utilillilleh which wnH not chitriced ugalnNt 



the cbhIi account but the cnxh account nno credited with pnyim'ntM made 



out of the borroweil funds. 



The whole Ktutement la a dUcloiiure of dishonesty, and with thiit entire 

 matter cleared up and the order now running under proper dln-rtlon, lt« 

 luemberBhlp can feel that It la but iMKlimlng a new period of active 

 exlutence. 



Memphians Realize Importance of Reclassification 



'i'tie liiirtiwood tiJidi* here reall/e itu- liiiportiince of the recliiHsificallou 

 of liiiiiber whicli has been suggested by tile Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission, .-IS well as by the raliroails, iiud active elTorts are being made 

 to answer the seventeen questions pro|ioiind' d by the former. The South- 

 ern Hardwood Tralllc Association reull/es that these questions are fraught 

 with very great signlflcauce and it also realizes that It will require n vast 

 amount of time as well as Investigation to answer these accurately nod 

 Intelllgeully. In fact, the subject oiiened by these querlca is considered 

 so big that the Southern Hardwood Tralllc Association Is likely to par- 

 ticipate in the movement looking to the forming of n national trafflc 

 association big enoiigli and broad enough to handle these questions In nn 

 olBcient manner. John W. .McClure, president of the Southern Hardwood 

 Traffic .Association, left for Chicago Monday evening to participate In the 

 preliminary efforts of various organizations looking to the hiunehlng of 

 a traffic body o[ national scope. Mr. Met'lurc carried no credentials from 

 the Southern Hardwood Traffic .\ssoclatlon authorizing him to enter 

 the Southern Hardwood Trafflc Association as a member In this proposed 

 organization but he gave the corresp^uident of the IlAitDWooD Urcoiid 

 to understand before leaving Memphis that the association was thoroughly 

 in sympatliy with the movement. 



Speaking of these questions, Mr. McClurc said that they were bo big 

 and so broad that a much longer time than that given by the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission for the filing of answers was necessary. He ex- 

 pressed the belief, however, that If the lumbermen would make every 

 effort to undertake the compilation of accurate answers, there would be 

 no difficulty In securing an extension of the time limit. 



There have been no further developments here in the rate situation 

 involving higher freight on southern hardwoods from points east of the 

 Mississippi to Ohio cros.sings and into Central Freight Association terri- 

 tory. While the board of managers of- the Southern Hardwood Trafflc 

 .\ssociation has held one or more meetings in connection with this subject, 

 no definite announcement has been made of the plans formulated. In 

 fact, It Is said that no definite move will be made by the association until 

 the railroads have filed the new tariffs carrying higher rates. 



Lumber Conference Report Published 

 The conference in Chicago on July 10 and 20 between lumbermen and 

 the Federal Trade Commission lias been reported and published In full 

 by the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association in a volume of 200 

 pages, which is offered for sale at one dollar a copy. The addresses and 

 papers which were summarized by the trade papers in their reports of 

 the meeting, are here presented in full and they constitute a valuable 

 contribution to the lumber history of this country. 



Lumbermen in Golf Tournament 

 The .\ugust tounuiment of tlie Philadelphia Lumbermen's Golf Club wos 

 held on August 11 at the Philadelphia Country Club. Thirty-four ineui- 

 bers teed off and the three hosts of the occasion were J. .Anderson Ross, 

 Joseph W. Janney and Horace G. Hazard. Strangely enough, two of 

 the hosts tied for first prize, Mr. Uoss and Mr. Janney. They each turned 

 in a net card of 09, but on the flip of a coin Mr. Janney won the highest 

 prize. M. G. Wright took third prize with the next lowest net score. 

 .Vll hands are trying to get within striking distance for the president's 

 prize, which will be awarded at the last meeting of the season. .\t the 

 present time the flve leaders for the bi< trophy are as follows: H. W. 

 Smadley, E. B. Humphreys, W. T. Belts, W. H. Fritz and M. C. Burton. 

 The September tourney will be held .it the .\ronamink Club, and the an- 

 nual tournament and meeting in October at the Huntingdon Valley 

 Country Club. 



State Forestry Board to Open Exhibit 



The new exhibit of the State Board of i'orestry of Indianapolis at the 

 state fair grounds, Indianapolis, is scheduled to be opened on Tuesday, 

 September 7. at 10 o'clock. The Indlanaiiniis Military Band will give a 

 concert in the morning following which Governor Ralston and Ex-Vice- 

 President Chas. W. Fairbanks will deliver short talks referring briefly 

 to the purpose of the new building. The governor's party will then visit 

 other attractions on the grounds and return to the city later in the day. 



Lumber and veneer manufacturers have already responded so readily 

 to the announcement of the exhibit that space in the new building is even 

 now practically all taken. Among other features will be an exhibit of 

 the woods of Indiana These woods are to be displayed just as taken from 

 the log, with bark left on one side and one section .showing the finish 

 which the} wood will take, the other left rough. The entire collection, 

 numbering nearly 200 specimens, have been brought together from all over 

 the state. Another exhibit of unusual Interest will be a model house, built 

 of more than twenty-five different woods, showing the different finish and 

 trim that can be secured by the use of Indiana woods. 



