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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Jannary 25, 1921 



Score another victory for the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association. 



It has secured a ruling from the Interstate Commerce Commission that 

 the Missouri Pacific system is not entitled to charge $135 for train- 

 service for log loading on Its lines for an eight-hour day, and it is now 

 making an effort to secure an order from that body for the restoration of 

 the old rate of $100 a day which was in effect prior to the general advance 

 In rates August 26, 1920, with a provision that the old rate will be 

 retroactive to the date the new one became effective. The officials of the 

 Missouri Pacific system, it appears, advanced their rates for this specific 

 service on the theory that they had a right to make such advance in the 

 light of the general advances granted by the commission. The commis- 

 sion holds that it exceeded Its authority in putting the higher charges 

 Into effect. 



The decision is of decided import to manufacturers of hardwood lumber 

 having timber land holdings served by the Missouri Pacific system as the 

 advance amounted to thirty-five per cent for train service. 



Clubs and Associations 



Memphis Club President Names Committees 



J. H. Hines. newly elected president and all the other newly-chosen 

 officers of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis were inducted at the first 

 meeting of the year held at the Hotel Gayoso, Saturday, January 8. The 

 retiring officers made their annual reports while President Hines announced 

 the appointment of standing committees for the year and briefly outlined 

 the policies of the new administration. 



Two new committees are created, one on "news and everything" and 

 the other on "publicity." Furthermore, the "river and rail" committee 

 Is to be succeeded by the "traffic" committee. It will be recalled by 

 readers of Hardwood Record that the old river and rail committee of the 

 club Is the father of the present Southern Hardwood Traffic Association. 

 With the launching of the latter, there has been comparatively little for 

 the river and rail committee to do, as its functions have Been largely 

 absorbed by its offspring. It Is therefore regarded as a step iu the direc- 

 tion of efficiency and better service to have the association look after rate 

 and transportation matters for the club and this will be accomplished 

 with J. H. Townshend, secretary-manager of the association, as chairman 

 of the traffic committee. The full list of standing committees is given 

 herewith : 



Traffic : J. H. Townshend, secretary-manager of the Southern Hard- 

 wood Traffic Association, chairman ; B. F. McCamle, F. R. Gadd, Paul 

 Rush and C. M. Green. 



News and Everything : Earl Palmer, chairman. 



Membership : E. L. McLallen, chairman : J. F. Menges. D. S. Watrous. 

 K. H. Welsh and E. A. Neely. 



Law and Insurance : George C. Ehemann. chairman ; O. M. Krebs, T. 

 E. Sledge, J. E. Thomas and L. H, Pope. 



Arbitration : Frank B. Robertson, chairman ; Tom Welsh and George 

 McSweyn.- 



Entertainment : H. J. Richards, chairman ; Robert Stimson, Frank 

 Conkllng, F. E. Stonebraker and J. R. McFaddcn. 



House : R. H. Goodspeed. chairman ; C. C. Dickinson, W. C. Bonner, 

 T. E. Jones and H. B. Weiss. 



Resolutions : S. B. Anderson, chairman ; W. H. Dick, S. C. Major, John 

 M. Pritchard and W. V. Fant. 



Publicity : J. S. Willlford, chairman. 



Four new members were elected while three applications for member- 

 ship were filed by the proper committee. 



The report of the old membership committee showed that sixty-three 

 new members had been received during 1920, that eighteen had been lost 

 through resignations, business changes or death, and that the net gain 

 had been forty-five, the largest In the history of this organization for 

 any single year. The total membership was shown to be 264-250 active 

 and fourteen associate — the largest in the annals of this body. 



The report of the secretary-treasurer indicated that more than $1,000 

 In cash was turned over to the new administration, with all debts paid. 



The retiring entertainment committee reported that the average attend- 

 ance at all meetings held during the year had been ninety-one, the largest 

 ever attained in the history of this organization. 



Baltimore Committees Announced 

 President W. Hunter Edwards of the Baltimore Lumber Exchange has 



announced the standing committees for the current year, and acceptances 



have been received from those named. The list is as follows : 



Arbitration and Grievance — Lewis Dill, Lewis Dill & Co., chairman : 



Theodore Mottu, Theo. Mottu & Co. ; H. Rowland Clapp, Baltimore Box 



& Shook Company ; John J. Kidd. Kidd & Buckingham Company : F. A. 



Ascherfeld, James Lumber Company. 



Legislation and Transportation — P. M. Womble, chairman ; Rufus K. 



Goodenow, Canton Box Company ; George IE. Waters, George E. Waters 



& Co. ; Lewis Dill and William M. Bnrgan. 



Inspection- — Rldgaway Merryman, chairman ; F. A. Ascherfeld, William 

 M. Burgan. 



Hardwood Inspection — Daniel MacLea, MacLea Lumber Company, chair- 

 man ; John L. Alcock, John L. Alcock & Co., and John J. Kidd. 



Membership — George E. Waters, chairman ; Theodore Mottu and P. M. 

 Womble. 



House — Rufus K. Goodenow, chairman ; H. R. Clapp and Henry D. 

 Louis. 



National Trustees to Meet 



J. W. McClure, president of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers 

 Association has called a meeting of the Board of Trustees to be held at 

 association headquarters, 66 Broadway, New York, Jan. 26. with a meet- 

 ing of the Executive Committee on the preceding day, the 25th. This is 

 to be a very important meeting, and In addition to other matters of inter- 

 est to the members, the time and place of the 29th annual meeting of 

 the association will be decided by the board on the 26th. Secretary 

 Schupner states that Invitations have been extended to the association 

 to meet In a number of cities all over the country. 



There will be Interesting reports from the Committee on Legislation 

 in connection with the bill introduced by Congressman Wood providing 

 for a Centralized Purchasing Agency ; from the Railroad and Transporta- 

 tion Committee on several matters referred to It Including the Water 

 Competitive Rate Case hearing which was held in Washington last week ; 

 from the Committee on Forestry in connection with Its study of the bill 

 introduced Into Congress seeking a Comprehensive National Forestry 

 Policy. The Committee on Arbitration which Initiated the matter of 

 Inter-.issoclation Arbitration will report as to progress made in that 

 respect and the Committee on Terms of Sale will refer to the matter of 

 Uniform Order Blank, Sales Code etc., which is being considered as a 

 result of the Columbus conference last October. 



The Association Is also taking an active part In the Taxation Plan 

 recommended by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and will 

 be represented at the Housing Conference ft be held In Washington 

 the 27th and 28th. 



American Wholesalers Will Hold Annual Convention in May 



The dates and program for the annual meeting of the American Whole- 

 sale Lumber Association were discussed at a meeting of the directors of 

 the organization in Chicago, Jan. 8. It was felt that It was advisable 

 to have the meeting In May as near as possible one year from the date 

 of organization. According to the by-laws, it is necessary that a tech- 

 nical meeting be held at the time prescribed, the second Tuesday In March, 

 from which an adjournment shall be made to Wednesday and Thursday. 

 May 18 and 19 for the general annual convention. This arrangement was 

 unanimously indorsed by all present. 



As to the program, J. H. Burton, president and L. R. Putman, directing 

 manager, were instructed to consult with the directors and members and 

 build a program as interesting, constructive and practical as possible. 



Evansville Club Committees 



.\t the last meeting of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club, which was 

 held at the New Vendome Hotel at Evansville, Ind., on Tuesday night, 

 Jan. 11, J. C. Greer of the J. C. Greer Lumber Company, the newly-elected 

 president, announced the appointment of the following standing commit- 

 tees for the ensuing year : 



Membership — Charles A. Wolflln of the Wolflin West Side Lumber Com- 

 pany, chairman : Elmer D. Luhring of the Luhring Lumber Company and 

 Louis Holtman. 



Publicity and Resolutions — William B. Carleton. chairman ; Claude 

 Wertz of the Maley & Wertz Lumber Company and H. M. Lukens of the 

 M. & I. Lumber Company. 



River and Rail — William S. Partington of the Maley & Wertz Lumber 

 Company, chairman ; George O. Worland of the Evansville Veneer Com- 

 pany and John C. Keller, traffic manager of the club. 



Entertainment — G. A. Bauman of the Maley & Wertz Lumber Company, 

 chairman ; J. W. Waltman of the Evansville Band Mill Company and Carl 

 Wolflin of the WolHln West Side Lumber Company. 



Cooperative — Daniel Wertz of the Maley & Wertz Lumber Company, 

 chairman ; George H. Poote of the Evansville Band Mill Company and 

 Charles A. Wolflin of the Wolflin West Side Lumber Company. 



Secretary Partington read a letter from the Chamber of Commerce at 

 Cairo, 111., asking the cooperation of the local club In the fight of the 

 Cairo lumbermen for better freight rates on lumber. The Cairo lumber- 

 men want the combination freight rates to be on the same basis as the 

 through rates. The matter was referred by President Greer to the river 

 and rail committee of which Secretary Partington is chairman. 



There were three visitors at the last meeting, as follows : Fred Rich- 

 ardson of the Grisraore-Hyman Company of Memphis, Tenn. ; D. C. Stim- 

 son of the J. V. Stimson & Co., Owensboro, Ky., and M. H. Welsh of the 

 Welsh Lumber Company of Memphis, Tenn. 



The next regular monthly meeting of the club will be held on Tuesday 

 evening, Feb. 8. 



