January 25, 1921 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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(d) Reduction in freight rates on flitclies on the Illinois Central and 

 Y. & M. V. railroads by having these added to rough material tariffs. 



(e) 2 cents per hundred pounds in net rates of the Viclisburg, Shreve- 

 port & Pacific to Vicksburg, Miss. 



(f) 6 cents per hundred pounds in rates from stations on the Cotton 

 Belt which had been erroneously advanced. 



(g) 10 cents per hundred pounds on cross-ties from points on the 

 Viclisburg, Shreveport & Pacific railroad, to Vicksburg, Miss. 



(h) Reduction on club-turned spokes from Mississippi 'Valley points 

 to Memphis. 



(i) 1 to 3 cents per hundred pounds on logs from Louisville & Nash- 

 ville stations to New Albany, Ind. 



(j) 30c per net ton in rates on logs from points on the Cincinnati, 

 New Orleans & Texas Pacific to New Albany. Ind. 



(k) % cent per hundred pounds in joint rates on logs between points 

 in Indiana. 



(1) 6Vj cents per hundred pounds in rates on the Chesapeake & Ohio 

 to Louisville, Ky. 



(m) Reductions, running in some instances as high as 50 per cent, In 

 rates on lumber between points on the Southern Pacific in Louisiana. 



(n) 2'/^ cents per hundred pounds in rates on forest products from 

 stations on the Alabama & Vicksburig railroad to southjastern desti- 

 nations. > 



(o) 3 cents per hundred pounds on staves from points on the Southern 

 Pacific to Meeker, La. 



(p) 3 cents per hundred pounds on staves from stations on the Kansas 

 City Southern to New Orleans. 



(q) 5 to 6 cents per hundred pounds in rates on staves from stations 

 on the Texas Valley & Northern in Texas to New Orleans. 



(r) 3 to 9 cents per hundred pounds in rates on staves and heading 

 from L. R. & N. stations to Port Arthur, Tex. 



10; Obtained the following concessions covering movement of lumber 

 and forest products ; 



(a) Mixing privileges on handles, less than carload lots, through gulf 

 ports. 



(b) Established transit arrangements on logs on the Louisville & 

 Nashville railroad, to Ventia, Ala., thus effecting large saving in freight 

 cost. 



(c) Secured establishment of transit arrangements on logs from 

 stations on branch lines ol the Louisville & Nashville to Louisville, Ky., 

 and also on staves at Lexington, Ky., moving over the same railway. 



(d) Prevented advance of 5 cents per hundred pounds in rates on box 

 materials moving from all points to all points. 



(e) Prevented heavy advances in rates on logs between all points 

 In Texas. 



(f) Reduction In charges for cross-town movement in various cities 

 in the United States. 



(g) More liberal fire and liability clauses in railroad leases and side- 

 track agreements. 



(h) Prevented substantial advances in rates on forest products from 

 southwestern points to Milwaukee group. 



Iieaders Are Ee-Elected 



S. M. Nickey, president, E. J. Hackney, first vice-president, and 

 Elliott Lang, treasurer, were unanimously elected to succeed them- 

 selves. The association, by a like vote, chose the following four- 

 teen vice presidents and seven three-year directors: 



Vice presidents in charge of districts: Cincinnati, S. M. Eichey; 

 Louisville, A. E. Norman, Jr.; New Orleans, Lucas N. Moore; 

 Helena, Ark., F. C. Cannon. 



Vice-presidents serving as chairman of committees: Legislative, 

 Mack Morris; Car Supply, "William Pritehard; Finance and Audit- 

 ing, John W. MeClure; Export Traffic, James E. Stark; Eate Book, 

 T. E. Sledge; Eate Adjustments, Walker L. Wellford; Member- 

 ship and Assessment, F. T. Dooley; Demurrage and Storage, C. L. 

 Harrison; Freight Claims, George W. Hand. 



Directors for three years: J. M. Jones^ John W. Bailey, W. T. 

 Touag, S. B. Anderson, W. C. Bonner, Jas. F. McSweyn and F. E. 

 Stonebraker. 



Shipping Board Man Speaks 



The principal address of the annual was delivered by Commis- 

 sioner Sutter, of the United States Shipping Board, for the Missis- 

 sippi Valley territory. Mr. Sutter came as the personal representa- 

 tive of Admiral Benson who found it impossible, in the press of 

 duties, to be present. He made a strong plea for a better under- 

 standing on the part of shippers of lumber and all other commodi- 

 ties of the purposes, object, aims and functions of the United 

 States Shipping Board, which, he said, stands as the protector 

 and guardian of the rights of exporters in the United States over 

 ship owners and operators. He thought that a large part of the 

 problems in connection with the American merchant marine are 

 due directly to lack of understanding on the part of the American 

 people and he declared that every business man should take an 

 active interest in ocean transportation for the reason that every 

 ship owner and operator is doing that very thing. Indifference, 

 on the part of American nationals, to ocean transportation was 

 characterized by him as the greatest obstacle standing in the way 

 of better support of the United States Shipping Board and of 

 greater efficiency on the part of the American merchant marine. 



"The United States Shipping Board belongs to the people of 



the United States," he said, "just as the American merchant 

 marine belongs to them. We are your servants. We are there to 

 help you in the solution of the problem of finding large foreign 

 outlets for your surplus products. Take us and use us. We are 

 the servants of the people." 



Mr. Sutter stated that two shipping companies had just been 

 formed, one at St. Louis and the other at Detroit, for the develop- 

 ment of the business of the Mississippi Valley territory and he 

 declared that, while shipping interests on the Atlantic and Pacific 

 seaboards would probably secure a fair percentage of this business, 

 they would not secure more than they were entitled to, since the 

 larger part of it would go to southern gulf ports which have been 

 neglected. 



Mr. Sutter promised that the United States Shipping Board, 

 with the aid of the navy and war departments, would do all in its 

 power toward developing modern, uptodate, efficient terminal facili- 

 ties at ports in the United States, including those on the gulf coast. 

 He pointed out that ships would not make regular calls at ports 

 where they could not secure fuel, where they could not obtain full 

 cargoes and where railroad transportation facilities were not satis- 

 factory. 



The association gave a rising vote of thanks to Mr. Sutter for 

 his splendid address and the board of governors, at a meeting fol- 

 lowing adjournment, adopted resolutions commending the policies 

 of the board and pledging the members of this organization to use 

 the American merchant marine whenever possible in handling their 

 overseas business. 



The board, at its session, also unanimously elected J. H. Town- 

 shend, secretary-manager, to succeed himself. President Niekey 

 appointed a special committee to arrange for general counsel 

 for 1921. 



Mr. Townshend stated that there would be no changes in the 

 personnel of the district office managers and that the traffic and 

 other experts in the general offices at Memphis would be retained. 



Oak Interests Discuss Trade Extension 



More than 100 manufacturers of oak lumber met at the Hotel 

 Gayoso in Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 20, to discuss the feasibility and 

 advisability of inaugurating a campaign to promote the sale of 

 their product during 1921. Harold E. Everley, special investigator, 

 reported that, as a result of an extended survey of important wood- 

 using industries, it had been clearly established that increased 

 quantities of oak may be used by manufacturers of interior trim, 

 furniture, office equipment and other similar products if the possi- 

 bilities of oak for these purposes is more fully demonstrated to the 

 public. 



Mr. Everley intimated that many manufacturers of wood- 

 products had turned away from the use of oak because of the 

 ability and progressiveness which manufacturers of other materials 

 have displayed in behalf of their wares through bringing the 

 advantages and merits of their materials to the attention of the 

 consuming public. 



It is generally agreed that manufacturers of oak lumber have 

 made remarkable progress in perfecting processes of manufacture 

 and handling but that they have not devoted quite as much atten- 

 tion as they might have done to creating demand and thus opening 

 new markets for their output. Mr. Everley regards the present 

 as the most opportune time to launch a campaign to stimulate the 

 use of oak because there are millions of homes which must be built 

 in America in the next few years while furniture and other wood 

 products must be bought to take care of the needs of these homes. 

 He further holds that manufacturers of oak lumber should take 

 advantage of this situation and prospect for bringing about sub- 

 stantial increase in demand for their output by promoting some 

 effective plan of trade extension work. 



The subject was referred to the trade extension department of 

 the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association which will 

 submit recommendations to the forthcoming annual of this organ- 

 ization, the date of which has not yet been announced. 



