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HARDWOOD RECORD 



March 10. 1010 



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ComiMDjr of Phllttilellihla, a n-tall conrfrn 



Rh-banl Turpln. who ban receoth .venni of contlnuoUK 



baJneM In I'bllacl-lphln a* a bar'. «n« iflven an Im- 



promptu reception When J. Ran.laii w wl thnt Mr. Torpln 



would celebmte hW elsbtleth blrthilay * 1;. <v(r.vl><Hlv pre^(•nt 



•roM aa a tribute to Mr. Torpln. At tl : iiieetlns omcem find 



directors will be elected, the tenna of Me»»ni. Shearer, Robertt and 

 EccTcs czplrlns an dlrectom. 



Cincinnati Lumbermen's Exchange Meets 



J. Watt Gnlinm. h<-n«l of lli< liniliani Lviiiilxr i .iiiipau.v, Olnclnunll, the 

 leading; lltfht of tin- newly f.Tmivl LumlMTiniii « K>icliiiii|!e. n subsidiary of 

 the Cincinnati Ch.iuil>er of I'omm-rr.-. hn.| tin- lixnor of trnn«actlng the flrxt 

 business deal of the eschaniie. the oti.cr !>nrty to the deal being I. M. 

 Ashcr, prominent Cincinnati luinlmrniBii. Mr. Graham introduced the 

 resolution a few wieks back to form the exchange. UiHt Friday the llrKt 

 hu.slness transaction of the ejchange was put through In connection with 

 the formal ratification of the bylaws and constitution which were prepared 

 by the following committee ; K. J. Tboman. chnlrmnn : J. H. Doppcs, V. B. 

 Kirkpatrick, E. 1" Owens and llnrry Frellierg. 



After the members had adopted the constitution, the flrst election of 

 officers took place with the following result : 



Directors for three years : Dwlght Hinckley, J. Watt Grahom, and J. 11. 

 Doppes. 



Directors for two years ; W. J. Eckman, E. J. Thonian, and George 

 Morgan. 



Directors for one year: Chester F. Kora, H. J. Lewln and Fred W. 

 Mowbray. 



Cincinnati Builders' Exchange Holds Election 



The red. or ropular ilcki-t. »as succc.-i^iful with one exception, that of 

 secretary, In the annual election held last wenk by the Builders' and 

 Traders' Exchange. The election was featured by the keenest rivalry 

 that has characterized these elections In some years. The candidates on 

 the two tickets lined up as follows: Red ticket — William H. Miller for 

 president and George W. Baker for treasurer (red ticket also endorsing 

 these two ciindldates — hence no contest) ; Ilcnry Nlemcs for secretary 

 and Wllllom C. Bunyan, William Harlg and B. J. Shine for directors. 



The blue candidates were .V. E. Otte. Jr.. for secretary (elected) and 

 K. W. Maxon, William Harlg and Max Stopper tor directors. 



An appetizing luncheon was served during the progress of the ballot- 

 ing. 



After the Installation of the newly elected officers, which followed immedi- 

 ately after the result was announced, A. A. Wlnegartncr, assistant secre- 

 tary, read a report of the National convention, which was held at Balti- 

 more last week. The National convention was largely attended hy mem- 

 bers of the Cincinnati Exchange. 



Meeting of Cincinnati Club 



Opening guns in the annual election campaign of the Lumbermen's 

 CHub of Cincinnati were fired ot the regular monthly meeting March C 

 at the Hotel Metropolc grill room, when nominating committees were 

 named to prepare the usual regular and independent tickets for the 

 election which will be held several weeks hence. The entire session was 

 taken up with discussion of the coming election ond the choosing of the 

 varlons committees. About forty lumbermen were In attendance. 



President Duhlmeler presided and nominated the following committee to 

 name the regular candidates : Fred W. Mowbray, Charles F. Shiels and 

 R. L. Gllliert. The other committee was nominated from the floor and 

 consists of A. V. Jackson, S. W. Richey and George M. Morgan. 



The old Lumbermen's Club, on poper, passed Into history at this 

 meeting, when the club voted to dissolve the old orsanizatiun and sur- 

 render Its charter. As was arranged for several months ago, the club 

 now Is operating under a more moflern constitution and bylaws, the form 

 of organization being changed from an association for profit, to a corpo- 

 ration not for profit. 



New Year Book National Hardwood Association Completed 

 The 1916 year-book of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, Chi- 

 cago, HI. has Just come from the press. It contains a list of the entire 

 membership of the association, Including hardwood manufacturers and 

 wholesalers ; sketches the progress of the association ; cites the benefits of 

 Inspection service : analyzes the work done by the bureau of publicity and 

 advertising, and by the mercantile e-tperlence exchange ; and covers other 

 matters directly Interesting to members and prospective members. It also 

 contains the articles of Incorporation. 



It gives inspection service regulations, covering original inspection 

 and reinspectlon, and in the back contains a copy of the constitution and 

 by-laws. 



Evansville Club to Meet 



The oe»t rriiulnr iiumthly nut'lluii of the KvanovUlt' Luiiiberiiien'* Club 

 will be held at the New Veuilume hotel in Tueadny nlifht, .March 14. 

 There are aevrral bualnnm tnnttera that will be brouKht up. one of th* 

 quiiillonii being the propimltlon to have the club coopiriite with the newly 

 orBanliiM Chamber itt ' lure. It hna been iiiiKeeiiti-d that > 



lumbermen'ii bureau be • Ny the Chamber of Comnierre and that 



the Kvannvllle Lumberi;.. .. lie that bureau. Later report* on the 



mlllInK and Irnnnil queittlon will also lie read by John C. Keller, traffic 

 mniiaifer of the club. .\ luncheon will be served before the buMlnemi MeHHlon. 



Redwood Association Incorporated 



The t'nllforhlii lti'<l»<><Hl .\NMiclatlon baa liiiii Iniorporiiled under the 

 laws of California for the purpose of collectlni: and dli>i,i'inlnntlnB Infor- 

 mation and knowledge of the value and utility of reilwoml timber and 

 lumber, and of the uses to which It la adapted. The ansoclatlon head- 

 quarters are In the Newlmll building, San Francisco. 



The pn>«ent officers arc: E. A. Selfrldge, Jr.. president: J. II. II<dme«, 

 vlceprenldent. and A. B. Wastell, secretary. The directors are : W. J. 

 lIotchklsR. J. II. Holmes. H. W. ('«]•■. C. it. J.ilms.in and E. A. S.-lfrldge, Jr. 



Memphis Club to Join National Chamber 

 The Lumbermen's Clu'i decided, at the regular meeting held at the 

 Hotel GayoHo .Saturday. February 2«, to follow the lead of the Buslnen 

 Men's Club and the Southern Hardwoml Traffic Association In Joining 

 the Chamlier of Commerce of the United States as an active member. 

 This action was taken on motion of James E. Stark, Memphis Veneer ft 

 Lumber Company, who attended the recent -innunl of the chamber of 

 commerce. John W. McChire, president of the Southern Hardwood Traffic 

 .\Bsociation. and S. P.. Anderson, who was elected a director of the chamber 

 at Washington, heartily supported the proposal. Mr. .\nderBon Is the onl.v 

 hardwood lumberman on the board of the chamber. With the Lumber- 

 men's Club a member, Memphis will htfve the largest per capita repre- 

 sentation In the chamber of any city In the United States. Application 

 for membership has already been filed. 



In accordance with a motion passed at the previous meeting, President 

 Nlckey appointed a committee of five to select two members of the club 

 to be recommended to the National Hardwood Lumber Association for 

 election as directors. C. G. Kadel. who offered the motion, was made 

 chairman. The other members are J. W. Welsh, Ralph May, J. F. 

 McSweyn and F. G. Smith. 



The river and rail committee. In accordance with Instructions at the 

 previous meeting of the club, gave expression to Its objections to the i 

 manifest declaration rulings of the Treosury Department and also out- 

 lined suggestions calculated to make the filing of these declarations far 

 less troublesome and expensive. The report of the committee was In the 

 form of a letter to Stanley II. Rose, special agent of the Bureau of Foreign 

 and Domestic Commcrr,'. Washington, D. C, and a copy thereof was also 

 forwarded to .\ndrew J. Peters, assistant secretary of the treasury. The 

 committee emphasized that tlie expense of making oath before a notary 

 would be quite heavy and that, while exporters at certain points could 

 save this expense by appearing before the collector of customs, there was 

 no such officer at most Interior points, thus making the notary expense 

 unavoidable. It was also pointed out that, while an agent could sign 

 Instead of the principal, such agent's authority had to be filed at all 

 ports on the Gulf, .\tlantlc and Pacific coasts with the collector of cus- 

 toms, thuf making a trouldesome situation when a change among employes 

 became necessary. It also stated thnt, If an agent was employed at each 

 seaport to attend to the filing of export declarations, his charge would be 

 50 cents to $1 per declaration In addition to the forwarding fee of tZ 

 per car. 



The committee also dealt with the delays growing out of the refusal of 

 some of the railroads to issue bills of lading until declarations had been 

 delivered to the agents, showing that. In case af firms having branch mills 

 whose Invoices are rendered from the general offices, so much time was 

 lost as to cause shipments to miss the vessels on which bookings had 

 been made. It also emphasized that oath as to value was required when 

 this could not be definitely ascertained. 



Suggestions made by the committee were: (1) That shippers be per- 

 mitted. In lieu ot the sworn declaration, to file a signed manifest showing 

 the quantity and value of the goods exported. (2) That, if the oath 

 cannot be eliminated, the exporter be permitted to execute a blanket 

 affidavit and place It on file with the Department Instead of swearing to 

 Individual declarations, this blanket offldavlt to cover all manifests and 

 to be Just as binding as though the oath was attached to each. (3) That, 

 in order to secure the desired statistical Information, the government 

 require exporters to file, under penalty for non-compliance, quarterly or 

 semi-annual statements ot their exports, and (41 that, In order to prevent 

 ambiguity, the manifest forms prescribed by the government contain a 

 request for "value f. o, b. port of exit from the Dnited States," Instead 

 of "value at time and place of shipment." 



The commltte<." concluded by saying : "We are not opposed to the 

 principle of compiling reliable government statistics and desire to co- 

 operate to any reasona-jle extent" 



The report of the committee was unanimously adopted. 



The river and rail committee also announced that lumber shippers had 

 won a victory through the decision of the court of appeals In the Pacific 

 coast rate case, thus etfectlng considerable saving in transportation cost 

 on hardwood lumber shipments. 



