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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Mnrch 10, I'JIU 



Swain-Roach Lumber Co. 



I Seymour, Indinna 



Manufacturers of Indiana Hardwoods 



HAND MILI.R 

 .-. titri 4 4 Ni-. I a .' W.iiirK ml » liil* Uiik. 

 Ill <nr« « 4 \<>» I & ; riulli llr.l Ouk. 

 J or* I 4 V<ui. I £ : I'lnln \thllr l)nk. 

 1 rar '4 No. 1 Cummun I'lnln Kr«l Uak. 



We carry • well ■aiorted tlock of all Hardwoods. 



You Can See Logs Like These 

 on Our Yard Any Day 



STIMSON VENEER AND LUMBER 



p. O. Box 1015 



COMPANY, INC. 



Memphis, Tenn. 



MANUFACTURERS 



Hardwood Lumber, Rotary Cut 

 Veneers, Rotary Cut Gum Faces, 

 Cross Banding and Cores. 



All Three of Us Will Be Benefited 



A Mrh will be Increnset] to 1,000 within a j-rar. It Is tiellered. The 

 fnnury Is pqtilppod to produce 10,000 nuluinolillc wbiM'U dally. 



Ilonry C Murphy, pifkldmt of the Kviiunvllle Cbiiiiilii'r of Comniorce, 

 has nnini'd n trnlllr ronitultlM' hrndinl liy H. 1'". Vonllrhron of thi' Von- 

 llchren .MniiufnrlurlnE fonipniiy. IMnlvl A. Worti and ICdward riofgcr 

 I'f the (ilotH.'-ltOMie' World Kurnllurv Coinpuny arc members of the com- 

 mittee. 



Fred ItorEronn of ('hrlnncy. Iinl.. w.tk n ' ilor hi-ro u few 



dayK neo and ri'iiorlid trmli' In liU ^('l'lloll ' . nil rik'ht. 



J. C. lirciT of III ' or I.nnilx'r Coihi.im, ,.|.ii|i. bis hiavc mill* 



In 'IV-nnrhhce nnd ^ Urhi^ upcrntiMl on full time 



The Tcnbotly S.I 'iire Conipiiny at North .Manchester, Ind., u 



few days aRo sblppeil over :i,i>lH) schoid desks to lluehos Aires, .Kmentlna. 

 South Amoilcn. Another onler of 17,000 has been practically obtained 

 through comiietltlvc bIdJIng. Last j'ear the company shipped 1^,000 

 desks to South Amerlrn. 



t^lmrleH J. Ijiiir nnd Wnrren N. Tebbs, appointed to nppralKe the plant 

 of the James & Mi'VT llucKy (.'onipnny at LawrenceburK. Iml., have Just 

 tiled their report with the court. The value of the comimny's real estate 

 Ik i;lven nt $rj,000 nnd the nmchlnery, material nnd llxturcH at tS,&00. 

 The plant will be offered to private sale. 



The plant of Frank Cutslnger, hnrdwoo<l lumber manufacturer. Is not 

 running nt the present time, but Mr. Cutslnger Is still doing business at 

 "the olil stand" nnd reports trade coming along nil right, lie baa no 

 I'oniplnlut to make. 



=< MEMPHIS >• 



Iluilding opemtlons In Miiii|iliis ilurlni; leliruury Involvcil a totnl of 

 $200,505, an Incren^o of $103,030, or slightly more than 100 per cent, 

 an compnnNl with the corres|)oudlni; time la.xt yenr. One of the feature* 

 of the report of the imildinK commlnsloncr for February wan the large 

 amount of residence construction, the greater portion of the money spent 

 for building being used for that purpose. Handlers of building material 

 have enjoyed a goo<l demand and the disposition is to look forward to 

 continued activity In building circles during the next two or three 

 months, not only at Memphis proper but throughout this territory. 



The plant of the Columbus Lunilier Company at Columbus, MIks., has 

 resumed operations after a suspension of about eighteen months. It Is 

 giving employment to about 200 men. This company is the largest 

 l>io<lucer ot lumber In that particular section. It has u large nmuunt of 

 timl>er not only In Lowndes county, .Miss., but also in adjoining counties 

 across the line In .\labamu. 



K.xporters of lumber here and elsewhere throughout the South have 

 had an additional handicap iniposeii upon them by the restrictions placed 

 upon Imports of hardwood lumber by the lirltlsb government. Everything 

 is shut out with the exception of oak and nsh, but there Is a probability 

 that some business may l)c done later. W. n. Russe ot Kussc & Burgess, 

 Inc., Is authority tor the statement that a committee will be appoAtet) 

 by the British Board ot Trade, which will have supervision over imports, 

 nnd that will have the power to grant permission tor certain soutbcni 

 hardwoods to be brought In. However, Mr. Uussc says that this com- 

 mittee has not yet been appointed and that, on this account, it Is neces- 

 sarily Impossible to secure the desired permission affecting other woodK 

 tlmn oak and nsh. It is regarded as fortunate by hardAvoo<l lumber 

 Interests here that these restrictions have been placed at a time when . 

 there was very little export business doing. It has been almost ImpoKslblc 

 to send hardwood lumber to any foreign country during the past tew 

 months on account of the scarcity ot oce-iu freight room and because of 

 the practically prohibitive ocean transportation cost. Had these restric- 

 tions come at a time when n large business was under way they would 

 have done serious injury, but they hnvc not only come when there was 

 comparatively little exporting but they have come at a time when domestic 

 markets were particularly active, thus making It possible for exporters 

 to sell the bulk ot their output In domestic channels. As a matter of 

 tact, most export firms have been catering to the domestic trade tor the 

 past few months because ot the difficulties In the way ot doing an export 

 business, so that the restrictions ns placed, conslilering the time anil 

 other circumstances, will do comparatively little barm. There is one 

 tact, however, which is regretted, and that has to do with the blighting 

 ot any prospect for betterment In foreign business in the near future. 

 Exporters have felt all along that there would posslldy be distinct 

 Improvement but these restrictions remove almost the last vestige of hope 

 along this line for the early future. 



The Illinois Central has recently begun Improvements nt Its car repair 

 plant at Jackson, Tenn., which will Involve a cost ot about $100,000 and 

 which will materially Increase the tacllltles thereof. It Is expected that 

 the improvements being made will be fini.shed within the next sixty days. 

 The Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company has also had extensive Improvements 

 under way at Its car shops at Jackson tor some time, which will likewise 

 add materially to the capacity ot these. Some ot the other southern 

 roads are increasing their repair facilities and this Is regarded as a direct 

 result ot the very large volume ot traffic now being handled which makes 

 repair and other work necessary on a Mg scale. 



The Edna Duke Lumber Company has been Incorporated nt CoIumbnB, 

 Miss., with a capital stock ot $5,000. G. T. and Edna J. Duke are among 

 the principal stockholders. 



The Meridian Lumber & Manufacturing Company, with headquarters 

 at Meridian, Miss., has also taken out articles ot Incorporation under the 



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