Deoember 23. 1920 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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of the treasurer showed a substantial balance on hand, with all bills paid. 



It was decided to. lease an office in the lUisiness Men's Club, where all 

 other civic and coniinercial bodies are honored, the luncheon meetings to 

 be held in one ot the private dining rooms of the club. It was voteil to 

 meet every other Frida.v, beginning Jan. 7, there being soyie contusion 

 under the old rule of meeting on the first and third Fridaj's, there being 

 hve I'ridii.vs in four months of the year. 



The Indies' night ot last year having proved such a success, it was 

 voted t(i hold another about Jan. 10, and II. C. Kopcke, Walter McCabc 

 and ('. K. Irish were appointed on the committee to arrange it. 



The matter ot placing a price on stock inventoried was raised, and a 

 committee to discuss this and confer with income tax officials was 

 appointed, consisting of Walter McCabe, E. R. Ontes, II. C. Kopcke, L. 11. 

 Shaffer and C. R. Swann. 



Mr. Logan, newly elected president of the club, is a large operator, hav- 

 ing mills in .\labama and Virginia and yards in Kno.xville and Cincinnati. 



Greer Now Heads Evansville Lumber Club 



The Evansville Lumbermen's <'lub at Evansville. Ind.. held its regular 

 monthly meeting at the New Vendome Hotel on Tuesday evening, Dec. 14. 

 and elected the following ofBeers. the same being in.stalled on that night : 

 I'resident. J. C. Greer, of the J. C. Greer Lumber Company; vice-president. 

 G. E. Bauman of the Maley & Wertz Lumber Company ; secretary, William 

 S. Partington of the Maley & Wertz Lumber Company ; board of directors, 

 George O. Worland ot the Evansville Veneer Company, George H. Foote 

 of the Evansville Band Mill Company and Carl Wolflin ot the Wolflin 

 West Side Lumber Company. The nominating committee was composed of 

 Charles A. Wolflin of the Wolflin West Side Lumlier Company. Daniel 

 Wertz ot the Maley & Wertz Lumber Company and George II. Foote of 

 the Evansville Band Mill Company. Mr. Greer, after being duly installed 

 as the new president, said he would appoint the standing committees at 

 the next meeting of the club, which will be held on the .second Tuesday 

 evening in January. Mr. Greer has been vice-president of the club for the 

 past two years, also chairman of the entertainment committee. The retir- 

 ing president, Joseph Waltman of the Evan.sville Band Mill Company, 

 made a rousing farewell speech, in which he bespoke success for the incom- 

 ing administration. Mr. Waltman served two years as president, and in 

 that time the membership ot the club wa.s greatly increased. Mr. Parting- 

 ton, who was reelected secretar.v and treasurer, has held this position 

 ' for a number of years. C. L. Abne.v of the Chicago Lumber & Coal Com- 

 pany of Memphis. Tenn., and C. R. Garvey. representing the Sawyer-Good- 

 man Company of Marinette, Wis., and the Goodman Lumber Company of 

 Goodman, Wis., were visitors at the last meeting and both ot them made 

 short talks on the prevailing business conditions. Daniel Wertz, president 

 of the Maley & Wertz Lumber Company, and a member of the cooperative 

 committee of the club, made the main talk of the evening, in \Vhich he 

 advised lumbermen to keep their plants going. He said that business 

 would never return unless the men engaged in the manufacturing business 

 "kept their wheels turning." Charles A. Wolflin ot the Wolflin West Side 

 Lumlier Company said that with the exception of a few item.s that lumber 

 jirices now are as low as they were in 1917, but he did not expect 

 them to remain this way long. 



Baltimore Exchange Finishes Prosperous Year 



The annual meeting of the Baltimore Lumber Exchange, the forty-sixth 

 in the history of the organization, which took place on the evening of 

 Dec. 6 at the Merchants' Club, proved to be an exceptionally enjoyable 

 event, and was also productive of much interest from a trade point of 

 view. P. M. Womble. the retiring president, in his yearly report, reviewed _ 

 briefly the change that had come over the trade situation, and included 

 statements of the other officers, covering the various meetings held l>y the 

 managing committee during the year, and giving the statistics furnished 

 by the se<'retary-treasurer, and the inspection committee. It appeared 

 from these reports that the exchange has been a liberal contributor to 

 various public-spirited movements ; that there has been an* addition of 

 four to the member,ship and no withdrawals ; that a balance remains on 

 hand in the treasury, making the financial condition of the exchange more 

 favorable than it has been in years, and that the quantity of lumber 

 inspected during the year by the exchange corps of inspectors under Chief 

 J. G. Cramer amounted to somewhat over 7.5,000,000 feet, or 106.000 feet 

 more than in 1010. Despite the unfavorable tone ileveloped in the lumlier 

 market during the late summer, and which has sin<'e then become more and 

 more pronounced, a feeling of encouragement and optimism pervaded the 

 company and the menu was discussed with zest. Various short addresses 

 were made, among the speakers being the retiring president : the new 

 president, W. Hunter Edwards ; Rufus K. Goodenow, who acted as toast- 

 master : George E. Waters, the vice-president ; L. IT. Gwaltney, the treas- 

 urer and secretary, and Lewis Dill, of Lewis Dill & Company. 



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May We Have Some Dec. 10 Issues? 



Hardwood Record is forced to appeal to its readers for the return sale 

 of a few copies of the Dec. 10 number. "Petey," the rising young mailing 

 clerk, having mailed out every extra copy in the obliging effort to fill the 



demand from those other than the regular subscribers. It is necessary 

 that we keep a few copies of each issue to maintain our files, and Petey 

 has instructions to reserve these. But this time the enthusiasm of youth 

 caused him to overlook his instructions. He promises that if you will help 

 him out this time he won't again be so public spirited. Mail your copies 

 to ILtRDWOOD Record, 5.37 South Dearborn street, Chicago. 



Fire Destroys Two Million Feet of Hardwoods 



A fire in the yard of the Chicago Mill & Lumber Compan.v at Helena, 

 .Vrk.. on Monday night, Dec. 13, destroyed two million feet of hardwood 

 lumber, chiefly oak and gum. The lumber was Insured. The band mill 

 adjoining the yard was saved. 



W. M. Ritter Suspends Huge Operations to Await Better Market 



Situation 



On Dec. 18, the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company of Columbus. O.. which 

 has a normal annual production ot 130,000,000 feet from 13 band mills, 

 sis planing mills and eleven flooring units, closed all its saw mills and 

 planing mills for an indefinite period. 



In an announcement of its plans to close the company declared that 

 "we think the present situation in respect to the cost of production and 

 sales prices is such that it is the part ot wisdom to suspend production 

 until the market sufficiently improves to justify resumption." 



This anuuoncement also, had the following remarks to make in explana- 

 tion of its conclusion : "If our information be correct only a small per- 

 centage of the hardwood mills are running today. While our stocks on 

 hand are only approximately normal and while we are aware of the 

 belief on the part of a very large number of business people that there 

 win be a steadily improved demand for hardwood lumber after the first 

 of the year, and the belief on the part of some that one need not be' sur- 

 prised to see in the future more or less distant, a renewal of auction 

 market conditions, which was in evidence last year and which the present 

 situation in respect to the cost of production and sales prices is such 

 that it is the part of wisdom to suspend production until the nuirk<>t 

 sufficiently improve.s to justif.A' resumption." 



Lindahl Joins Black River Lumber Company 

 The Black River Lumber Company of Willetts. La., announces that it 

 ha.s obtained the services of H. C. Lindahl to represent the company in 

 the north central and western states. For the present he will make his 

 headquarters in Rocktord, 111. Mr. Lindahl is well known to the trade 

 in these sections, having been previously connected with the Dermott 

 Land & Lumber Company of Chicago and Dermott, Ark,, also the Gallo- 

 way-Peaso Lumber Company of Poplar Bluff, Mo., and H. C. Stone Lumber 

 Compan.v of Peoria, III. 



