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HARDWOOD KECOKl) 



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 ly :!1. 

 ... ,...„ Hint there nre grent Irncts 

 -111 wlilili nre Intended to be »eltled 

 '••J thnt fniin fifty to »eventy per cent 

 of Huuie !•£ the uurtliffii coutiUef lire nvulluble for Hiicti purposeu. 'Die 

 iieftler^ who tiike up ^iirh Inn.l pinn f*n «hlpplng fuel, boltR, pulp wood QDd 



■ iinnce while tlu'y are getting the 

 cif the northern representatives 



tun i: ti III ijipiinles 1» granted It will oerlouxly 



hnn.i'iT tt ^(•ttleI«ents In thnt part of the htatc. 



The iu:k r and It.-* by-prodiK-ts and the dniry and 



tobacco lntorc«tJ« nre nUo said to lie opiiosed to the proposed Increase. 



Rate Changes Favor Arkansas Mills 



The reopening "f n field In which Arkansas lianlwond may be sold will 

 be the effect of the reduction lu rate to the I'aclllc coast from the Missis- 

 sippi and Missouri rivers territory, announced by the Southern Pacific 

 Railroad Company on behalf of the transcontinental carriers recently. 

 This territory has been closed to Arkansas for several years because of 

 the high rates which prohibited competition with Japan. The rate for the 

 Mississippi river territory to the coast is to be reduced from eighty cents 

 to seventy cents per hundred pounds, while the rate from Intermediate 

 points will be reduced from elghty-six to seveoty-fivc cents. The Missouri 

 river territory rate to the coast Is also to be reduced from eighty cents 

 to seventy cents. 



In speaking of the proposed reduction nnd Its effect on the Arkansas 

 market. 11. G. Bruce, vice-president of the K. L. Bruce Company of Little 

 Rock. Ark., said recently : "Because of the high rate which made It 

 cheaper for the Pacific coost buyers to use the Imported Japanese hard- 

 wood, we have been unable to make any sales. We have a few salesmen 

 who visit California buyers occasionally, but not ns in former years when 

 the terminal rate was low enough so tb.nt we could meet the competltlou. 

 With the lowering ol the rate we will dispntch men to the Pacific const 

 and we will expect to again build up a trade there ns In former years, 

 as we have a better quality of oak than Japan, and It will be easy to 

 get the trade If the prices compare favorably." 



Tbc recent ruling of the Interstate Commerce Commission will cause 

 some Ihlrt.v or more sawmills along the Black river to resume operations, 

 .ns well ns n Inrge number along the White tiver. 



In the decision which was handed down on January 13, tbc commission 

 ordered the Iron Mountain. Rock Island and I'risco rallmads to restore 

 the old Joint rates on lumber and lumber products with the Black and 

 White River Transportation Company and the Inman Packet Company. 



Mr. Gregory, who represented the interested shippers In the hearing 

 t>eforc the commission. In speaking of the matter said: "An area of more 

 than 300 square miles, .ill richly timbered, will be offected by the decision. 

 Thirty or more sawmills on the Black river, and many others on the 

 White river, tbot have been forced to shut down will reopen when the 

 rates are restored on March 15." 



The joint rates with tbc boat transportation companies were cancelled 

 in 1012, making the rates on luml>er nnd lumber products prohibitive. 

 Under the recent ruling of the commission the railroads cannot, after 

 March 15. charge rates which are more than four cents per hundred 

 pounds higher than the present lumber rates from Newport, Jacksonport 

 and Black Rock to St Louis or other interstate points. 



Philippine Mahogany 

 Philippine mahogany began to assume commercial Importance In this 

 country sli or seven years ago and the largest dealers consider that It has 

 now passed the experimental stages. It bas been employed in abont 

 twenty large buildings in this country. .\ recent news Item from New 

 York notes that the Indiana Quartered Oak Company of that city recently 

 unloaded 420.000 feet of this wood from the steamship Rondo, 400.000 

 feet from the steamship Luckenbach, while the same company recently 

 landed 200.000 feet in London from the steamship Rangoon, and 425.000 

 feet at Vancouver, B. C, from the steamship Robert Dollar. This last 

 shipment will be sent to New York as soon as the Panama Canal is again 



a|ip|i for builorot. , .^ uil.t over .1.(KK),000 fv«t of I'hillpploc mabogany 



r<<achc-d New York. 



Large Pine Bid 



There haa beon much talk .if n liiri;e lild fur aoulhern pine lumber for 

 Kmne*', but rxaci iiii>>iiiii.ii< n i ii . j> winiiini.' nniil bulletin luued 

 January 17 by tl. ; the report «■ fol- 

 lows; "llld» nre fwt of auulhrro 



.vellow pine for tUo lituch K<,ti uuik ui. pimiiiuubly (or the erection of 

 l(l,()UO liuuiM which It I* planniii tu build lu northern I'Viince folluwinc 

 the war. 



December's Splendid Finish in Building Operations 



Lhcemlier made the be>t uionllil) reiiird of the year llil.'> lu tlie total of 

 liiilldliig pernilta luuml. The nifKi. i;k(<i for 72 principal clllen, accordlUK to 

 utllcial re|iorla rn ■ mrnctor, Chlenui,, la tUN,t>20,- 



2tt2, compared w|i 1014, nn liiir.nae of 84 [mt- 



cent. The conipHiM.iM vm: I., MiiMM.r wuM a gtiln of 76 percent; 



thnt for Ill-toiler, n gnlu of 42 pereeiit ; S<-pleiiiber, ;I2 iK-rrent ; Auiiuat, 14 

 IH'rcenl ; while for the flrat aevi ii i....iiii,v ,.f the year there were heavy 

 loKses na compared with the coi i inonlhH of 1014. ICven Sao 



Kranclaco makes a good ahowlng In ii remarkable preaentailon In 



view of the stimulated cunalruclion work lu 1014 incidental to the I'nuoma 

 exposition. Only 18 of the 72 cities make nn adverse report for the month, 

 most of these losses octiirrlng In Hie smaller cities where the report of a 

 single large ofilce biiildlng would lie aiiflkient to turn the scales aliarply one 

 way or the other. New York mnkes for the iiinnth the remarkable guln of 

 173 percent. Chlcnk'o calus 71 percent and I'hlladilphia 114 percent. 

 Many of the cites of siuuller population make tremendous gains, as abowo 

 by the figures below. 



The total permits Issued In these 72 cities for tbc year IPIS total t005,- 

 508,032, compared with ?0a3.li02..'i(>G for 1014, an Increase of 6 percent. 

 In detail tiie returns are as fuUowK : Percent 



Dec, 1013. Dec, 1014. Gain. Loaa. 



Percent 



Doc. 101^. Dec, 1014. Gain. Loaa 



Akron $ .MiniJ.'i f 143.4111 M.'i 



Albany 45».»r.O 830,400 3U 



Atlanta 2.'..'/. .".."» 131',7;;4 V'2 



Baltimore 300.84:; l'43.7r.o 4H 



Birmingham 14U,48S iou.307 4i' 



Boston 2.ri8.'>.on8 3,8::3.8o:; ... t2 



BulTalo SUft.dOU 347.IWO IBS 



Cedar Rapids Er..OO<) r,47.(150 ... 84 



Chattanooga 02.720 L'8,2r.8 228 



Chicago 10.040.200 0.214.050 71 



Cincinnati 1.113,110 201i,04.'. 432 



Cleveland 2,085,828 1.210,77f. 140 



Columbua l.'>0.340 1.0or.,2fK) ... 8S 



Dallas .'111. 100 110.02.'. 183 



Dayton 120.105 23.0M5 422 



Denver 12S.440 r,U8,52U ... 78 



Detroit 2.000.300 1.440.370 1110 



Duluth 172.401 78.075 118 



East Orange OI.OOi: 115.771 ... 47 



Evansvllle .123.842 13.833 3087 .... 



Fort Wayne 10()..'.oO 272,000 201 



Grand Kaplds 180.770 125.750 4 



Harrlsburg 108.450 17.100 534 



Hartford 318,300 284.005 llffl 



Indianapolis 434.7.30 210.400 08 



Kansas City 012.525 223.0O0 174 



Lincoln 04.085 S.'i.lXHl 82 



Little Rock 42.8.12 30.572 17 



Lnd Angeles 1,030,388 651,030 E8 



Manchester 54.015 107.407 ... 72 



Memphis 110.040 52.200 111 



Milwaukee 700.407 430.007 77 



Minneapolis 1.204.340 021,400 148 



.Montclair 250,2.58 01,001 181 



Newark 408.427 811,632 08 



New Haven 283.056 405.070 ... 43 



New Orleans 172.802 274.172 ... 37 



New York City 12.2.',4.772 4.480.204 173 



Manhattan 4.120.085 1, .'■.44. 744 107 



Bronx 2.280.888 202.072 083 



Brooklyn ■. 4.207.0.to 1,508.315 100 



Borough of Queens 1.4117.000 845.007 07 



Borough of Richmond 135.002 200.120 ... 85 



Oakland 280.540 278.801 3 



Oklahoma 61,850 7.865 680 



Omaha 643.830 210.475 107 



Paterson 232.147 08.035 2.18 



Peoria 171.171 70.026 114 



Philadelphia 2.703.070 1.201.350 114 



Pittsburgh 2.fl05..';00 8,473.100 ... 14 



Portland 280.445 1,001.355 ... 20 



Richmond 285.187 212..502 34 



Rochester 047..'inO 303,500 78 



St. Joseph 37.3.11 24. .385 20 



St. Louis 637.077 878,781 68 



St. Paul 1.810.731 510.646 256 



Salt Lake City 78.700 171.450 ... 54 



San Antonio 3.34.500 00.205 888 



San Francisco 1,138.006 717.003 59 



Schenectady 75.000 83.878 ... 9 



Scranton B2.ini 128,406 ... 28 



Seattle 605.385 1,208.105 ... 03 



Shrcveport 87.012 17.817 388 



Sioux City 10.5.40O 06.610 148 



South Bend 17.008 3.5,080 ... 52 



Spokane 15.120 18.700 ... 20 



Springfield, III 57.200 .^3.375 71 



Syracuse 350.805 14.5,403 147 



Taeoma .",.5.088 43.475 27 



Toledo 350.425 144.045 142 



Topeka 20.7.'.O 0.025 304 



Troy 28.035 61.335 ... 58 



rilca. N". T. 64.1.50 80.740 ... 40 



Washington 640,670 43.3.0.30 25 



Wichita 188.050 31.700 483 



Wllkes-Barre 70.786 42.028 80 



Worcester 226.822 175.440 30 



Total $68,526,202 t37.240.S35 84 



