November 10. 1920 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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up-to-date, 100 per cent American organization of tliis cliaracter. 



A. L. Montcourt, E. L. Bruce Company, Memphis and Little Rock, and 

 T. D. Higgins, Liverpool Hardwood Company, Memphis, wore elected 

 active members. 



There were 95 members and visitors present. 



Northern Stocks Much Below Normal 



Reports submitted to the quarterly meeting of the Northern Wholesale 

 Hardwood Lumber Association by L. H. Schoenhofen, chairman of the 

 Statistical Committee, showed that hardwood lumber stock held by mem- 

 bers of the association, and by the members of the Northern Hemlock and 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association are much below normal, and that 

 any increase in the demand ought to be immediately reflected in a stronger 

 market. 



It was conceded that trade at present Is slow. Producers of finished 

 products made of hardwood are now selling their products and are not 

 buying lumber. They are also requesting sellers to hold back stock which 

 was purchased earlier in the year, and there have been some cancellations, 

 though not many. 



President L. H. Wheeler of Wausau, Wis., presided over the meeting 

 and called on Treasurer J. B. Andrews for a statement of the financial 

 standing of the organization. This report showed a balance in the treasury 

 of $472. with all bills paid. 



Secretary J. F. Ilayden briefly reviewed the work of the association 

 since the last quarterly meeting, speaking particularly of the semi-monthly 

 report issued from his office reviewing hardwood market conditions. 



Then ensued a discussion of various matters of interest to the hardwood 

 wholesalers, including freight rates, logging conditions, production and 

 stocks on hand. A summary of the stock report as of October 1, compiled 

 from replies received by the secretary from twenty members, showed the 

 following amount in the hands of members and also members of the 

 Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Association : 



Unsold Stock Manufacturers 



Aug. 1 Oct. 1 Oct. 1 



Ash 775,000 565.000 3,782,000 



Basswood 5,925,000 4,682.000 16,233,000 



Birch 11,575,000 11,434,000 42,829,000 



Solft elm 2,159,000 2,348,000 7,847,000 



Rock elm 1,375,000 1,092,000 2,755,000 



Soft maple 491,000 712,000 3,053,000 



Hard maple 9,072,000 8,309,000 46,535,000 



Oak 1,607,000 1,505,000 1,331,000 



Total 32,979,000 30,747,000 124.365,000 



A discussion of market conditions and prospects for the future took up 

 the remainder of the time of the meeting but before adjournment it was 

 decided to hold the annual meeting of the association at Milwaukee, Wis., 

 Tuesday, February 15. 



Lumber Reshipping Yards at St. Louis 

 Earl Kauffman, as secretary-treasurer, announces under date of October 

 14 the organization of the Lumber Eeshipping Yards Trafiic Association of 

 St. Louis, with offices at 3400 North Hall Street, St. Louis, Mo. The 

 object of the association is to get together the following traffic representa- 

 tives for St. Louis concerns, to discuss traffic matters to the mutual 

 advantage of shipper and the carrier : 



WiUiam H. Hann, Boeckler Lumber Company ; Earl Kauffman, Thomas 

 & Proetz Lumber Company ; T. H. Lynch, Philip Gruner & Bros. Lumber 

 Company ; J. A. Roland, Chas. F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 pany ; H. B. Gaines, secretary Thomas & Proetz Lumber Company ; W. E. 

 Shevlin, American Hardwood Lumber Company ; M. L. Fitzgibbons, Good- 

 fellow Lumber Company ; A. Ritzel, St. Louis Lumber Company ; C. E. 

 Crashear, Wiles-Chipman Lumber Company ; L. D. Giedingliagen, assistant 

 treasurer of the Steele & Hibbard Lumber Company ; W. H. Stinle, Hill- 

 Bchan Lumber Company. 



The president of the association is T. H. Lynch. 



Evansville Lumber Club Meets 



The regular monthly meeting of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club was 

 keld at the New Vendome hotel on Tuesday night, November 9, and there 

 were several matters that came up for discussion. At the regular monthly 

 meeting in December the annual election of officers will take place and 

 the newly elected oSicers will be Installed. Joe Waltman of the Evans- 

 ville Band Mill Company is now serving hia second year as president, 

 while William S. Partington of Maley & Wertz Is serving his third year as 

 secretary and treasurer. 



Individual Traffic Service Installed 

 The National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association is now operating 

 an "extended Individual traffic service" for the benefit of its members, 

 according to announcement made by the railroad and transportation com- 

 mittee, of which B. C. Currie is chairman and W. S. Phippen traffic man- 

 ager. The extended service was made available beginning November 1. 

 The new special individual service consists of diverting and tracing cars, 

 securing permits and quoting rates and is now offered to all members on 

 the following schedule of charges : 



New Mill Work Association Directors Confer 



For the purpose of securing the views of the leaders in lumber associa- 

 tion work on the best methods to pursue in forming an association, the 

 first meeting of the directors of the new National Association of Sash, 



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Door and Alillworic Manufacturers was held at the Hotel I.a Salle. Chicag.o, 

 November 4, upon the call of S. S. King of Dayton, O.. permanent chair- 

 man of the organization committee. As a result of the meeting Chairman 

 King announced that they will not "commence to build the organization 

 on the nine-point activity platform, as outlined at the organization meet- 

 ing in April, but will confine themselves at the start to two or three activ- 

 ities, one of which will be the creation of listing bureaus in various sec- 

 tions of the country, for the purpose of making quantity surveys. 



A fund will also be created to employ competent speakers to address 

 state and local retail dealers' associations on the problems of the planing 

 mill man. 



The association secretaries present at the meeting were : Geo. E. 

 Watson, Southern Cypress Manufacturers' A.ssociation ; L. R. Putman, 

 American Wholesale Lumber Association ; Findley M. Torrence, Ohio Asso- 

 ciation of Retail Lumber Dealers ; Robt. H. Brooks, Arkansas Soft Pine 

 Bureau ; O. T. Swan, Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association, and John M. Prltchard, American Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association. 



The directors present were : C. T. Abeles, Little Rock, Ark. ; C. D. 

 McPhee, Denver, Colo.; Chas. A. Reis, St. Louis, Mo.; J. A. McAllister, 

 Milwaukee, Wis., and S. S. King, Dayton, Ohio. 



The first organization meeting of the new association wa.s held in Cht 

 cago on April 27 and 28 of the current year. 



The selection of a secretary will soon be made and it is now believed 

 that a regular meeting will be held in April, 1921. 



Preparing for Appalachian Logging Congress 



Preparations are being made among the lumber fraternity of Knox- 

 ville, Tenn., for the holding of the Appalachian Logging Congress in that 

 city on November H-13. T. Sunderland, secretary of the Appalachian 

 association, addressed the Knoxville Lumbermen's Club relative to the 

 congress at the last meeting in October. 



The congress will consist of the usual discussion of logging conditions 

 and costs and technical papers on methods. W. T. Latham of the 

 Andrews Manufacturing Company, Andrews, N. C, president of the con- 

 gress, will be in the chair. It is not anticipated that John Raine of 

 Rainelle, W. Va., who recently went to Europe to visit the French battle- 

 fields, will have returned to attend the meeting. He is vice-president o( 

 the congress. C. L. Babcock of the Babcock Lumber & Land Company, 

 now mayor of the recently incorporated town of Alcoa, Tenn., in which 

 the Babcock mill is located, will report on electing a permanent secretary 

 and the establishment of a permanent oflice in Knoxville. It was agreed 

 at the June meeting of the congress, held in Asheville, N. C, that this plan 

 should be put in operation. 



C. F. Maples, president of the Knoxville club, was authorized and did 

 appoint a committee to arrange the social courte.sies that will be shown 

 the congress delegates. The committee consists of J. M. Logan, chairman ; 

 H. N. Saxton and U. S. Andes. A banquet will probably be given the 

 visitors In the Whittle Springs hotel. 



