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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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versus the Oregon-Washington Untlrond and NavigtitioD Conipony 



the commission fouml that the eombii 

 forest products taking the same rato, i 

 on the lino of Or. " ' 



pony to points on t 



<•'» on lumber, and 

 producing point* 

 •ion Com- 

 .id south 

 :.c, Wyo., and 

 . be unroason- 

 ablo Olid unjustly tory. licn-iiiiiubii.' nud nondiscrimina- 



tory joint rotes «•<•: , lod for the luturo. 



Keparation has been granted by the commission in the following 

 lumber coses: Duluth Log Company vs. Chiciigo, St. I'oul, Minne- 

 apolis & Omaha Ruilroad; Clnrk & Wilson Lumber Company vs. 

 > Portland & Seattle; E. A. Englor Lumber Company vs. 



Niirtliorn; 11. S. Souder vs. Philadelphia it Rending; 

 & Co. vs. Appalai'liicoln Northern; International 

 V vs. Prescott Northwestern; Paine Lumber Com- 

 pany vs. 0. O. 0. & St. L.; Wood & Ivcrson vs. Northern Pacific; 

 Hoa-Tomlinson Company vs. Louisville & Nashville; Luedinghaus 

 Brothers >•«. Northern Pacific; E. A. Souder & Co. vs. Norfolk 

 Southern; Lyons Cypress Lumber Company vs. Yazoo & Mississippi 

 Valley; East Union Lumber and Manufacturing Company vs. Illi- 

 nois Central; St. Landry Lumber Company vs. Southern Pacific; 

 Columbus Lumber rmnpany vs. Mobile & Ohio; Mississippi Lumber 



Company vs. Mobile & Ohio; Canyon Lumber Company vs. (ireut 

 Northern; Copnlis Lumber Company vs. Northern Pacific; Ameri- 

 can Lumber and Export Company vs. Louisville & Nashville; Wil- 

 bur Lumber Company vs. Chicago, Milwaukee & Gary. 



The commisfiion has ordered the reopening, fur rchenrini;. of an 

 interesting tap lino case involving the Louisiana & I'ine DIuff 

 Railway Company and the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern. 

 The Wiscosin Lumber Company is the concern directly interested. 

 The matter in controversy has to do with tho physical condition* 

 at interchange points, the distances between mills and junction, 

 allowances on log rates, the application of junction point rates to 

 tap lino points and other matters not fully covered in the third 

 supplemental report of the commission. 



Oral argument of tho following cases has been assigned as fol- 

 lows: 



January ."i. — Snow Lumber Company vs. RnlolKli, (?harlottc and South- 

 ern Itnllway. 



January 7. — Trcxlcr Lnmbcr Company vs. P. B. ft W. ; Northern Lum- 

 ber Company vs. Southern. 



Jonuary 13/ — Lumber rates from points In western territory. Northern 

 rinc Mnnufacturcrs' Association vs. C. ft N. W. 



January l.S. — Inmsn Paulsen Lumber Company vs. Southern Pacific. 



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^^ Freight Advances Postponed 



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Lumber interests in Memphis are much pleased with tho an- 

 nouncement by the Interstate Commerce Commission of tho de- 

 cision to postpone the effectiveness of the tariffs issued by south- 

 em roads, advancing rates on lumber into Central Freight Associa- 

 tion Territory from Memphis and southern producing points to 

 the extent of 1 to 4 cents per hundred, until March 30, 1916. The 

 decision is the direct result of the statements made before the 

 commission by J. H. Townshend. secretary and general manager 

 of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association. He appeared per- 

 sonally before the commission some time ago. Two other members 

 of this organization were also present and the Southern Hardwood 

 Traffic Association is congratulating itself on the effective work 

 done before that body by the representatives sent to Washington 

 for that purpose. 



This postponement means that the case will be fought out on 

 its merits. The Southern Hardwood Traffic Association will look 

 after the interests of the southern hardwood lumber industry and 

 already steps are under way looking to tl^ preparation of tho 

 necessary data and evidence to convince the commission that this 

 advance should never be allowed to become effective. The rail- 

 roads, however, have made up their minds that they are going to 

 have the increased revenues from the handling of southern hard- 

 woods and it is a foregone conclusion that the contest before the 

 commission will be one of the hottest in the history of either 

 the roads or the lumber business. 



Laying aside the question of ultimate victory, the postponement 

 of the advance is a big help to southern hardwood interests. Read- 

 ers of the Hardwood Record are familiar with the fact that the 

 heaviest portion of these advances will fall upon gum. They will 

 likewise recall the statement that it would be necessary for a 

 number of the big manufacturers of gum lumber to close down 

 their plants because of inability to pay the higher freight rates 

 and still get away with a profit suiEcient to cover their opera- 

 tions. In fact, some of them were already prepared to close down 

 their plants preparatory to the enforcement of the higher rates 

 by the railroads on December 1. The postponement, however, has 

 already resulted in abandonment of plans for curtailing output 

 because the advance cannot become effective for several months at 

 the very earliest. In fact, it is postponed, as already stated, until 

 March 30. In the meantime, lumber interests feel that it may be 

 twelve to fifteen months before the issues involved are finally set- 



tled, with the result that they feel that they have already gained a 

 substantial victory in the postponement of the effectiveness of 

 these higher rates. Tho commission has fixed no time for the 

 taking of evidence in this case but it is expected that such action 

 will be taken in a short time. 



The action of the commission in postponing these advances waa 

 something of a surprise to many members of the hardwood trade. 

 The commission some months ago granted the railroads the right 

 to higher rates from Memphis and southern producing points to 

 Ohio river crossings and the advance into Central Freight Asso- 

 ciation territory was regarded by the roads as a corollary to this 

 former victory. However, the commission has already said its word 

 and it is in favor of the lumbermen, with the result that the latter 

 are disposed to congratulate themselves and to take the necessary 

 steps to make the victory a permanent one. 



September Lumber Exports 



The exports of lumber and logs of all kinds from the United 



States in September of this year are sho^vn in the following figures, 



with data for comparison with the corresponding month of 1914. 



1914 ' 1815 



Logs and other round timber $ ;i5.525 % 79,445 



Square timber .■!47.504 .■i04,308 



Lumber 2,006,549 2,628,511 



Railroad ties 191,278 168,442 



Shingles 1,331 4.835 



Box sbooks 85,465 167,313 



Barrel sbooks 36,582 64,205 



Staves 151.392 416.962 



Heading 37,822 9,004 



All other cooperage 121,139 269,831 



Doors, sash, and blinds 77,788 27,999 



Furniture 252,512 241,762 



Empty barrels 119,717 38,489 



Incubators 2,013 2,704 



House flnlsb 30,785 24,111 



Woodenware 27,201 38,731 



Pnlp 49,467 51,347 



All other 378,166 702,890 



Total »4,032,484 15,313,825 



Since the average business man spends a large part of his waking 

 hours at his Vork he should seek to make his surroundings there as 

 comfortable as is consistent with the nature of the business. A 

 chicken coop office or a dirty factory fuU of dirty machines Ib 

 neither comforting, inviting nor inspiring. 



