January lio, 191G 



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at MGnipliis. A complaint bas boon registered against tlie Southern liailway 

 l)y Geo. C. Brown & Co., Memphis and Proctor, Ark., and this will he 

 heard in Memphis February 12. Announcement to this effect has just 

 been received from the commission. 



Monthly Meeting Philadelphia Lumber Exchange 



The .January meeting ol the I'liikuh.'lphia l.umlicrmcn's Kxchange was 

 held in Grifflth Hall, Crozer building, 1420 Chestnut street, on .lanuary (1. 

 The executive session was preceded by a supper. The meeting was espe- 

 cially interesting in view of (he fact that the subject for discussion was 

 how the exchange could be made more useful and successful in the coming 

 year. Almost everybody agreed that the present headquarters are in- 

 adequate. Some proposed that rooms be obtained in the Widener or 

 other strictly up-to-date and centrally located office building. Another 

 suggestion was that rooms be obtained in a central hotel where the mem- 

 bers could dine daily or as frequently as desired, the expense of the meals 

 to be borne by the individuals of course. Still another suggestion was 

 that a dining club be formed. Others suggested a club along the lines 

 of the new lumbermen's organization in New York but less expensive. 

 President Chesnut finally ended the discussion by announcing that the 

 directors had a committee at work looking into the feasabilhy of all these 

 sugge.stions and a report would be made at the February meeting. 



William C. MacBride reviewed the history of the body in an interesting 

 address; "The Exchange: What Is It? Why Is ItV" C. M. Chesnut, 

 discussing business conditions as a yellow pine man, predicted that yellow 

 pine would sell for $40 before the present business boom subsided. F. S. 

 Underbill, representing the hardwood men, gave a history of the sawmills 

 in Pennsylvania and the developments in the manufacture of lumber in 

 the United States. Mr. Underbill predicted that in a few years the once 

 despised gum will lead all other so-called hardwoods in quantity manu- 

 factured. William Henry Smedley urged that the exchange get in closer 

 relationship with the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. R. C. Lippln- 

 cott offered a resolution, which was adopted, endorsing the effort of the 

 Chamlier of Commerce in its fight for the repeal of the Seamen's bill. 

 The railroad and transportation committee presented an interesting report 

 showing how to avert legal complications with railroads over bills for 

 freight undercharges. A report by Joseph J. Arbelo on the Atlantic 

 Deeper Waterways convention at Savannah was read. R. B. Rayner, who 

 attended the ■meeting of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, in 

 Washington, made a plea for preparedness for times of war by improve- 

 ment of our rivers and harbors. 



Candidates for Presidency of National Hardwood Association 



The race for the presidency of the National Il.inlwcpurl l.iiuilirr .Vssocia- 

 tion, which will culminate in the election at the annual conveutiou in 

 June, promises to be interesting as prominent candidates are already 

 appearing in the field. Most notable of these are John M. Woods of 

 John M. Woods & Co., East Cambridge, Mass., and the John M. Woods 

 Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn., and Col. S. B. Anderson of the 

 Anderson-Tull.v Company, Memphis, Tenn. Both of thefee men are nation- 

 ally known and each has received the enthusiastic endorsement of promi- 

 nent lumber organizations. 



Mr. Woods, who is affectionately known as "Uncle John," has been a 

 leading factor in the affairs of the association for years. He is a man 

 of considerable influence in his own community as well as in lumber 

 circles ana is still very active in all affairs of lumbering. He is a vet- 

 eran of the Civil war, but nevertheless is very active, getting around 

 pretty much all over the hardwood producing and consuming sections of 



the United States. 



Col. .Anderson Is no less prominent and is especially noted for his 

 analytical capabilities. He is a man who is deeply respected and regarded 

 with sincere affection by those who know him, which means practically 

 everybody in the hardwood, veneer, box and other lines of business in 

 which he is directly Interested. 



Philadelphia Wholesalers in Annual 

 The annual meeting of thi' Philadelphia Wholesale Lumber Dealers' 

 Association was held on January i;i at the Union League. J. Randall 

 Williams. Jr., was elected president; Thomas B. Hammer, vice-president; 

 Robert B. Rayner, secretary-treasurer. Directors elected for terms of three 

 years each were : Robert B. Rayner, Thomas B. Hammer, and Ben C. Currie. 

 Plans were discussed for entertaining the delegates attending the National 

 Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association on March 15. All the committees 

 read reports on the work accomplished during the year. Thirty-four 

 attended the meeting and dinner which preceded. 



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With the Trade 



New New York Development 



The New York Forest Products Sales Company, Inc., has just been 

 incorporated under the laws of the state of New York with a capitaliza- 

 tion of $20,000, and has taken over the selling force of the Forest Prod- 

 ucts Sales Company of America. The company is located at 120 Broadway. 



Henry Partridge of the Forest Products Sales Company of America is 

 president of the company ; Eugene E. Grant, export manager of Flint & 

 Co. is secretary and treasurer. W. II. Partridge, formerly with the 

 Plunkett-Webster Company, recently joined the selling force of the new 

 organization, which does a strictly commission lumber brokerage business. 



The company states that although at present it is limiting itself to 

 lumber, it seems very likely that it will be branched out togeneral build- 

 ing material and supplies. 



Joins Stearns Force 



James C. Cowen, who is well known in Chicago lumber circles, has 

 Joined the sales force of the Stearns Salt & Lumber Company of Lud- 

 Ington, Mich., to take charge of Chicago and adjacent territory. Mr. 

 Cowen will sell Stearns stock and also will do a general wholesale busi- 

 ness in southern hardwoods, operating through the Ludington office. 



Mr. Cowen has had a long experience in the hardwood trade. He 

 started at Tonawanda, N. Y., in 1883 with A. M. Dodge & Co., who were 

 large white pine operators. Twent.v-flve years ago he became associated 

 with the old Chicago Lumber Company, going on the road to sell poplar. 

 He was with these people for fifteen years. The Chicago Lumber Com- 

 pany is what Is now known as the Yellow Poplar Lumber Company. In 

 1905 he severed this connection and for a short time did a commission 

 wholesale business in poplar and hardwoods, becoming associated with 

 Schultz Bros. & Benedict, handling the hardwood department. This firm 

 was subsequently divided into Schultz Brothers, who handled the pine 

 business, and Schultz & Benedict, who handled the hardwoods. The firm 

 was later reorganized as Schultz, Cowen & Co., and Mr. Cowen con- 

 tinued in this connection until he was hurt two years ago. For the last 

 few months he has been on his feet again, gradually working back into 

 the lumber game, and has just joined forces with the Stearns people. 



J. M. WOODS. EAST CAMBRIDGE, MASS., 



ENDORSED FOR PRESILiEXCY NATIONAL 



HARDWOOD LUMIJER ASSOCIATION. 



S. B. ANDERSON, MEMPHIS. ENDORSED 



FOR PRESIDENCY OF THE NATIONAL 



HARDWOOD LUMBER ASSOCIATION. 



JAMES C. COWEN. CHICAGO, WHO HAS 

 JOINED THE STEARNS SALT & LUM- 

 BER COMPANY. 



