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A Dumbor of lumber eatta have been disposed of by the Intorstnte 

 Commerce ' :i during flic past two weeks. The W. 1*. Brown 



le Sons Li ..lipanr, Louisville, wns not suRtnincd in its con- 



tPiitiiin with tlic Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company as to Uie 

 lojjality and rpntonobility of certain hardwood rates. In d««- 

 miMiiini; the complaint the commission snid: 



irdwooil lumber and logs 

 nud Kentucky to Louln- 



Mix. 1\\ . I^.l^'■^l..' >mu .in.i • •„■ .u,:.: . , . wMu, Uut foUnd lO 1>C UO- 



rcasonable or olbcrwlsc in conflict with tbc act. 

 The lun;' .,: 



T!u\t .!■ ' May 1, 101.1, to take effect May 8, 1013, 



huiUwooO lumber and ]og» from points on Its 



. and Kentucky, on and nortb of the Tennc«- 



^ic rUiT, lu L'julivillj. Ky., Evansvllle, Ind., and ■ Ohio, la 



llleiial and In violation of section of the act to reKii ce ; also, 



• il rales naraed are unrensnnalile. nnd > ■ ■■uiiilnlnunts 



■e iind disadvantage. Kiparnilon Is asked on shipments 

 ily to May S, lOl.'t, on the basis of rates in effect prior 

 : Ich rates arc also asked for the future. .Maley & Wcrti, 

 •i.:er. and I'^ullerton Powell Uardwood Lumber Company 

 • tioD to Intervene at the bearing. 

 1 '■ :■ : i.int presented various statements showing rates charged by 

 • itlicr carriers for the transportation of lumber for similar dis- 

 tances. Complainant also introduced statements showing rates 

 charged for the transportation of lumber from and to various points. 

 Careful analysis of these statements convinces the commission that 

 the increased rates assailed are not unreasonable. 



Another conclusion of the commission is: 



Complainants ship lumber Into central freight nssoclatlon territory 

 in competition with lumber dealers at St. Louis, Mo., who get their 

 lumber from the southwest. In Xorthhound Kates on Ilardicood, 32 

 I. C. C, 521, and .34 I. C. C, 708, wc found that the carriers had Justified 

 an Increase of 2 cents per 100 pounds on hardwood lumber from various 

 points In the southwest to St. Louis. As previously stated, the maximum 

 increase effected to Ohio river cities from tbc points of origin here In- 

 volved was 2 cents per 100 pounds. 



probtibilities favoring more manufacturing of lumber along the river. 

 Nearly the entire area tributary to the river is honvlly wooded. 

 Most of tlio timber is virgin. 



The other steamship case brought down nn opposite decision. 



Upon petition that the defendant ruilcarriors oi>ernting between 

 points in the east nnd Memphis, Tenn., bo requlre<l to ostnblLih 

 through routes nnd joint rales from eastern points to Pino Uluff, 

 Ark., via Memphis, in connection with the Memphis & Arkansas City 

 Packet (Vin[inny, which o|>crate8 a steainboat Ifotween Memphis nnd 

 Roscdnio, Miss., and the Pine Rluff & Hosedale Packet Company, 

 which operates a steamboat between Rdhcilalc nnd Pine Pluff; nnd 

 that such joint rates bo less than the present all-rail rates. The 

 commission held that the interest of the public docs not require 

 that through routes nnd point rates bo established while prevailing 

 conditions continue. Complaint was dismissed. 



This important opinion of the commission is reiterated in a deci- 

 sion last week in the case of the Bakcr-Wake6eld Cypress Company, 

 of Plattenville, La., against the Texas and Pacific: 



Shippers are chargeable with knowledge of the legal tariff rates, and 

 the definite specification by shippers of the more expensive of two or more 

 available routes relieves carriers of the duty of forwarding the ship- 

 ments over the cheapest route. 



The commission comments on the case, in part, as follows: 



The shipment was delivered to the Texas & Pacific Railway, routed 

 speclflcally In the bill of lading "Via Alexandria — I. M. & S. — Dupo. 

 III. — Big Four — C. & O. Del'y." and moved as routed. Charges were 

 collected at a through rate of 34 cents per 100 pounds, composed of a 

 specific basing rate of 16 cents to Thebes, III., nnd an arbitrary of IS 

 cents beyond. A Joint rate of 26 cents per 100 pounds was concurrently 

 In effect over routes through New Orleans. La. Complainant states that 

 before making the shipment It wa.s advised by the local agent of the Texas 

 & Pacific Railway at Plattenville that the lowest rate applied over the 

 ronte the shipment moved. The Texas & Pacific denies that Its agent so 

 advised complainant, but the Issue Joined Is Immaterial. 



Two steamship cases came up in which hardwood manufacturers are 

 interested indirectly and hardwood timber owners are more con- 

 cerned. In the case of the Black and White River Tran-sportation 

 Company versus the Missouri Pacific the Commission did a rather 

 unusual thing when it ruled that 



The Increased through charges resulting from the cancellation by the 

 defendant rail carriers. In May. 1912, of Joint rates In connection with 

 the complainant on lumber and other forest products taking the same 

 rates from landings on the Black and White rivers. In Arkansas, to Inter- 

 state destinations on the defendant's lines, not found Justified, and the 

 reestabllshmcnt of Joint rates required. 



Practically all of the traffic on the Black and White rivers is in 

 forest products. The ruling is expected to have an influence on vari- 

 ous mills. Some had already moved from the river to the railroad and 

 others were contemplating a change. This decision is expected to 

 allow river trafiBc to be put on a more substantial foundation with the 



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In the case of the McLean Lumber Company versus tbc Alabama, 

 Tennessee & Northern Railway the decision is summed up as fol- 

 lows: 



Rale of 10 cents per 100 pounds charged for the trnnsporlatlon of logs 

 In carloads from Boyd, Ala., to Chattanooga, Tenn., found to have been 

 unreasonable to the extent that It exceeded 13.5 ccnU per 100 pounds. 

 Reparation awarded. 



The Bcckman Lumber Company of Kansas City was supported on 

 • all points of its contention with the Missouri Pacific. Demurrage 

 charges accruing at point of origin as a result of refusal of defend- 

 ant's agent to forward a shipment as tendered by complainant waa 

 found to have been collected unlawfully. Reparation was awarded. 



Reparation has been allowed by the commission in the following 

 lumber cases: 



Mt. Vernon Manufacturing Company versus Wabash, Chester it West- 

 ern ; Central Mill and Lumber Company versus Central Railway of Arkan- 

 sas; Fulierton-Powell Hardwood Lumber Company versus Central Rail- 

 way of Arkansas ; Dermott Land and Lumber Company versus SI. Louis, 

 Iron Mountain & Southern; ,T. W. Darling Lumber Company versus Rail- 

 way and Navigation Company ; Krauss Bros. Lumber Company versus 

 Yazoo vt Mississippi ftwo cases) ; ,1. C. Turner Lumber Company versus 

 New York, New Haven A Hartford ; B. Johnson & Son versus Louisville & 

 Nashville ; South Arkansas Lumber Company versus Vandalia Railroad 

 Company ; The Hon. Tomlinson Company versus Louisville & Nashville ; 

 Bunkor-Culler Lumber Company versus St. Louis. Iron Mountain * South- 

 ern, and .\merlcaa Lumber and Export Company versus Louisville & Nash- 

 ville. 



The H. W. Taylor Company of Chicago won its case against the 

 Wabash Railroad Compiiny. Rates charged for the transportation 

 of wooden railroad ties in carloads from St. Louis, Mo,, to Chicago, 

 HI., found to have been unreasonable to the extent that they exceeded 

 the aggregate of the intermediate rates contemporaneously applicable 

 to and from East St. Louis, 111. Reparation awarded. 



A hearing will be held in Memphis February 14 before Examiner 

 Mackey in which various southwestern lumber matters will come up. 



The proposed withdrawal of joint commodity rates on lumber, in 

 carloads, from points of origin on the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley 

 to Spokane, Wash., and to other points in Washington and Oregon, 

 have been suspended until May 11. The present rate is seventy-five 

 cents. The proposed combination rate is ninety-two cents. 



The demand for decoration in furniture, interior finish, and other 

 lines, makes wood carving more popular than ever. In this connec- 

 tion it is interesting to note the great progress made in the manufac- 

 ture of wood carving machinery. Comparatively few, even among 

 machine operators, are aware of the possibilities of modem wood 

 carving machines. 



The saw-tooth roof and the northern light coming from overhead, 

 furnish pretty near the ideal in shop and factory lighting. 



