HARDWOOD RECORD 



March 20. 1010 



Hardwood Manufucturcrs' Meeting 



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Strike Loses Convention for Cincinnati 



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I of tlic nHMorlutlon. 



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tlon with the nmehliu- t<Kil •tinccrn In the miittiT nf woodworking tools. 



Help Before Federal Trade Commission 



The Nnllonal I.uml«r Mnnufm-lun-m' .\si..>. Iiitlon. In propnrlnc for the 



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■I from I': K. Van lll«i- of the 



I In nn nililr' i^ isconKin Commercial 



I r. Nan llUr B«k« an amenUinrul to the Urol section of the Sher- 



. n-n.l ttifit restraint of trade bh referred to In that nectlon to 

 niiau 'rii-' - ide that Is detrimental to the puliUe welfare." as pos- 



•IblT the . n of the problems relallne to "hlg huxIncKii." The 



-Inn for CO operation and remilatlon of co- 

 IIIm' nv mian-; for inrrcitlnK present evIlK. 



( ., .. .:.nt IhnI It becumeii restraint of trade, be 



de^'ljv ' t need of buslne.M. 



In • - case before the Feileral Trade Commission they will 



ask that the Sherman law be Interpreted to permit co-operation of lum- 

 bermen under federal repilallon. for the elimination of wasteful competi- 

 tion. If this Interpretation of the act cannot be given, they ask for an 

 amendment to the Sherman act to Klve It such an interpretation. 



The lumbermen ask for the rliiht to cooperate In the curtailment of 

 production of lumber, to prevent destruction of the country's forests, but 

 «o reBulate<l that the curtailment ■nlll not bring the supply of lumber to 

 less than the nation's demnml for It. Such cooperation would not, It was 

 nrRed. Ih- In restraint of traile. but Is neressar>' to the saving of the timber 

 aupply of the nation for the future where it Is now being wasted. The 

 counsel for the lumber manufacturers declare In their briefs which are 

 goon to be flle<l, that the manufacturers have actually been losing money 

 since 1007. owing to the necessity for cutting their timber even at n loss, 

 to pay taxes and Interest, and they declare that this devastation of the 

 forests ought to be forbidden and the lumbermen allowed to take co-opcra- 

 tb-e steps to stop the slaughter of the nation's future supply of timber. 



The final briefs In the lumbermen's case are soon to bo filed at Washing- 

 ton, and a decision Is hope<l for at an early diite so that the Industry can 

 change its conditions to meet the new regulations of the fe<leral commission. 



Evaitsville Club Making Plans for Annual Outing 

 Mertice Taylor, secretary of the Tvansvlllc Lumbermen's Club and 

 chairman of the entertainment commlttoee, has been authorized to make 

 full arrangements for the annual outing of the club, which will take 

 place on a steamboat on the Ohio river cither the first or second Tues- 

 day in June. Secretary Taylor has promised to arrange several new 

 stunt« this year and he predicts that the outing will be one of the largest 

 and most successful since the club started. At the next mcetlDg of the 

 club on the second Tuesday night In April Mr. Taylor will outline some 

 of his plans for the outing. 



Meeting of National Industrial Traffic League 

 At the annual meeting of the National Industrial Traffic League held 

 at Chicago last November, the following resolutions in respect to car 

 sh'Tt.ii;- wiTe adopted : 



\VMri:i:\s. It Is considerwl by railroad officials who arc in a position 



' Ti'l we also believe. Judging from commercial conditions and re- 



-illy, that the volume of traffic which will be offered to the car- 



the coming winter will tax to the utmost their transportation 



: : — .ind. 



Wiu ;i \s. .MI shippers and espccUilly the consumer are ^^tally Interested 

 in Ml. .■!l!' 1,'ncy of the service. 



' •" That the National Industrial Traffic League recommend that 



- of the league, and nil shlpiK-rs cenorally. lie urged to make all 

 • rts to promptly release the wjulpment of the carriers ; and be 



■•. That all shippers be urged to load ears as near their carrying 

 ■ commercial conditions will permit, and therebv Increase the 

 . i;. I ..r the available equipment in the interest of all concerned; and 

 be U further 



REsni.vEn, That the railroad companies be urge<l to move all freight cars 

 with dr.^-p.iteh. 



Thi> l.iilletln of the league calls attention to the conditions arising which 

 b.nv.- irftiLTht the question of car shortage to the attention of every shipper 

 .'.'.: I I. . . .r in the country. The cars becoming scarce and the supply of 

 r .nla 1. iqulpment Inadequate, it is the duty of every shipper, according 

 to the bulletin, so far as it Is In bis power to conserve the present car 

 supply. 



The bulletin says that it should be borne in mind that cars are for 

 the purpose of transporting property, and should be loaded and unloaded 

 promptly, and not be used for storage purposes merely because it Is more 

 convenient to the receiver of the freight. 



The bulletin lay* vmpbacU on the followlDC polnia : 

 l''ln>i : Cnnc should tw loadixl nml unhinded promptly : 

 Setniiil : A isreater uuuib<'r of >ar» ahould not lie ordered than actually 

 needed ; 



Thini : Cant Hhould be loade<l to capacity whenever practicable. 



Chicago Association After New Members 



\n energetic i-iiinpiilk'n for tnu (im-iiiImtn bnkcil on ilo- uniii,util nd^'nntngea 

 uffertil by the nhK<M-latlon i-hil> r<><-itiH, die varlnUN t>u»liiei,ii feniureM of the 

 aKaoclatlon, incluilliig the iirMiniilun coninilllw, the In^pecllou <li'|>nrt- 

 mrnt, cn-<llt work and other uxfiil featuret of the urgauiiatldn, U IH-Ing 

 carrie<l on through Secretary lliHiper of the Chicago Lumbermen's Aaao- 

 clation. 



t)ne of the most satliifaclory frnlun-s Is the arbitration committee reganl- 

 Ing which n circular ou the ini'ml>ership question Uiiued by Herniary 

 Hooper says ; 



The Luml'i-rmen'K Amociatlon of Chicago, owing to the unique charter 



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cusioniK. terms and usages of tlii' buslnesN, la so obvious that It nee<l« no 

 fllscuKslou. 



This lommlllei'. hnwcv- .« the adib ' ' ' i. . i.. h, 



high repulallon of the n t i1i>' Iiii< 



This Ik diini' through th< ii i^lven < ) i- 



hers of the MSSorllltlnn. i ins , niittee fulfill'^ U mii.- i l in- h,-ho- 



rlntlon by absolutely guaranteeing a "square deal" on all business traniiacled 

 with Its nienibi'rs. 



If any shipper has a claim against a member of the association the 

 committee considers the evlden<-«' (*t both sides and remb-rs n «li''-ui<>n 

 by which its members arc forced to ablile. The work of this cominUlee 

 and the careful selection of mciiibcrs by the membership commltte** are 

 designed to make membiTshlp in the Lumbermen's Association of Chicago a 

 "Badge of Honor." 



Prospective Lumber Rate Hearings 



Important hearings before examiners of the Interiitute Commerce Com- 

 mission are jiendlng as follows : 



March 27. Chicago. Examiner Money. No. 8SS7 — Marsh A Truman 

 Lumber Company vs. Louisville fc Nashville Uallroad f'ompany. No. 8D01 — 

 Bagdad Land and Lumber Conipany vs ilraml Itaplds & Indiana. 



March 'J7. New Orleans. I'^xainlner Fleming. No. .H.'tOO — ,\merlcan Box 

 Company vs. Morgans Louisiana i Texas Itjillroail and .Steamship Com- 

 pany. No. ,S4^'_'- rbll I. Adams vs. Illinois Central. 



March 'JO. Houston. Tex.. lOxumlner Wntklns. No. 8510 — Lutcher & 

 Moore Lumber Co. vs. Texas & New Orleans. 



April 1. Creen Bay. Wis., Examiner Wood. No. 8300 — Diamond Lum- 

 ber Compauv vs. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. 



April X. BulTalo. N. Y.. Kxamlner Brown. No. R.HO — A. T. Ilaugh 

 and A. .T. Kenilng. assignees of the Blue Grass Lumber Company, vs. Oregon- 

 Washington Uallroail ami Navlgatbtn Company. 



April 3, Texarkana. .\rk.. Examiner Watklns. No. S4fil — National Lum- 

 ber and Creosoting Company vs. Texarkana & Ft. Smith Railway Com- 

 panv. 



April .1. Escannba. Mich.. Examiner Wood. No. S2Kr. — Northwestern 

 Coopernge and Lumber Company vs. Minneapolis, St. Paul »V S. S. Marie. 



April 0. Blrmlnghnm. .\la.. Examiner Fleming. No. S49,'j — Standard Lum- 

 ber Company vs. New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad. 



April C. Pittsburgh. Pa.. Examiner Brown. No. S4,'15 — Terhnne Lum- 

 ber Conipany vs. New Orleans A; Northeastern. No. 8447 — Terhune Lum- 

 ber Conipany vs. Southern Railway In Mississippi. 



April 10. Nashville. Examiner I'leinlng. No. STtOS — Southern Lumber and 

 Manufacturing Company vs. Tennessee Railway Company. 



April 10. Minneapolis. Examiner Woo<I. No. 8308^ltasca Lumber Com- 

 pany vs. Great Northern. 



April 11, Memphis, Examiner Fleming. I. & S, 778 — Lumber from 

 Mississippi. 



April 12, Puluth. Minn.. Examiner Wood. Duluth Log Company vs. 

 various lines (3 cases. Nos. R4.')0, S47.S. S541). 



April 12. Memphis. Examiner Fleming. No. 8535 — Lamb-Fish Lumber 

 Company vs. Yazoo it Mississippi Valley. 



April 1.^. oral argument. Washington. No. 8259 — Thane Lumber Coni- 

 panv vs. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern. 



April 14. Cairo. 111.. Examiner Fleming. I. & S. 770 — Forest Products 

 from Arkansas points. 



April 14, oral argument. Washington. No. 8212 — Ijtmb-Flsh Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



April 17. Washington. Examiner Burnslde. I. & S. 4no — Lumber Transit 

 Privileges at Buffalo. No. 750C — Buffalo Lumber Exchange vs. Alabama 

 Central. 



Anrll 17. Louisville. Examiner Fleming. No. 8428 — New Albany Box and 

 Basket Company vs. Illinois Central. 



Cincinnati Carriage Makers* Election 



The annual ebcilon of the r.irrlat;'- Makers' f'hib was held recently at 

 the Business Men's Club, with the following directors being chosen for 

 the ensuing year : Hoard S. Cox. Theodore Lutz, H. H. Nelson and 

 W. S. Rulison. 



Judge Frank B. Guswller delivered an address at the banquet held 

 after the election, speaking on rapid transit which is being agitated for 

 the city, telling what It would mean and the possibility of securing It. 



Gum Association Adds New Members 



The Gum Lumber Manufacturers' .Association has been very successful 

 in securing new meml>ers since the annual meeting held in Memphis In 

 January. The membership committee of which F. K. Conn Is chairman has 

 done very creditable work, as shown by the fact that the association boasts 

 a membership of more than sixty firms. Secretary Prltchard said recently 

 that the association had been so successful in Its work that many who have 

 heretofore held themselves aloof have shown a distinct disposition not only 

 to help bear the burdens of the work but also to place themselves In position 

 where they will be direct beneflclarles of the accomplishments of this organi- 

 zation. 



