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The Southeni Logging Association 

 The following is tho program of annual mpoting oC the Soutliorn Log- 

 ging Superintnn'l.Mit"' Association to be held at Grunewald liotpl. New- 

 Orleans : 



OCTOnER 2G— 9 a. M. t » t> l 



Prosirtonfs Aililr.ss •'• B. Baker 



SecretarvTreasurer's Iteport James Bo>(l 



Address- -Sniall Timlier and Ixigging Costs „ „ t, 



\V. W. Ashe, Forest Inspector TI. S. Forest Servioe 



DISCUSSION 

 OOTdUKR 20 2 P. >I. 



Address — "Feeding Horses, Mules and Oxen T'sed in Logging 



Operations." , „ . ,, . 



Dr W IT Dnlrymple, Professor of \ eterinar.v Science, 

 Louisiana State Universitj', and Veterinarian lo the 

 Stale Kxperiment Stations. 



DISCIISSIOX 



Symposium — Locating main line and spurs for hardwood operations in 

 've'l and liillv country and swamps. Cost of laying steel; weight of rail 

 for various conditions; types of ties: size of spiki'S and method of 

 spilvins • types of liriilgn and trestle construction. Daily task of steel gang. 



Symposium— Locating main line and spurs for yellow pine operations 

 in level and hilly country and swamps. Cost of laying steel ; weight of 

 rail for various "conditions; types of ties; size of spikes and method of 

 spiking. Types of bridges and trestle construction. Daily task of steel 

 gang 



Symposium — Locating logging roads and spurs in cypress operations 

 Types of hridges and trestle construction. Cost of laying steel ; weight of 

 rilil for various conditions: types of ties; cost; size of spikes; method 

 of spiking. Daily task of steel gang. .j, , , ., ^ 



Symposium — Piill-hoat operations. Locating canals, widths, depth, types 

 of dredges • Distance apart and length of runs; character of runs : cost 

 of cutting runs: types of pull-boats. Number of men employed. Daily 

 task Cost per tbdusand. Methods of prolonuing life of wire rope. How- 

 many million feet of logs should a rope pull? Sizes used. What size 

 logs a re left? 



Tuesday. Octobkk 27 — 9 a. m. 



Address. "Pieyenfion of Accidents." by C. P. Myer, Assistant General 

 Manager of the Kirby T.umbir Company, Houston, Texas, and Vice-Presi- 

 dent of the SouthcM-ii Logging Association. 



DISCCSSIOX 



Symposium- -Skidding Practice in Yellow Pine Operations. Time re- 

 quired to move; distance: acreage covered; stand per acre at each set- 

 ting. Skidding in level and hilly country compared. length of haul. 

 Iteluuils and teams. Methods for prolonging usefulness of wire ropi'. 

 How many million feet should a w-ire rope pull? Number of men in 

 skidding crew. Costs and task. What is left in the woods ; Height of 

 stumps. 



Symposium — Skidding Practice in Hardwood Operations. Time required 

 to move ; distance ; acreage covered ; stand per acre at each setting. 

 Skidding in level and hillv country compared. Length of haul. Kehauls 

 and teams. Ground and overhead skidders. Methods of prolonging the 

 life of wire rope. How- many million feet should a wire rope pull? 

 Number of men in skidding crew. Costs and task. What is left In 

 woods. Height of stumps. 



Tuesday. October 27 — 2 p. M. 



Sj-mposium — Skidding practice in cypress operations. Time required 

 to move; distance; acreage; stand per acre at each setting. Ground and 

 overhead skidders compared. Length of haul ; rehauls and teams. Meth- 

 ods of prolonsring usefulness of wire rope. How many feet should a wire 

 rope pull '! Numlier of men in skidding crew. Costs and task. 



SympcKlum — Cutting logs — hardwoods, pine, cypress. Costs. Is it any 

 advantage to contract log cutting? 



Symposium — Log loading — Costs when loader is used and when not 

 used. Hardwood, pine, cypress. Crew required. 



Symposium — Hiring men. Camp Construction. Boarding House Costs. 

 Bill of Fare. 



October 2S — a. m. 



Address, "First .\id — How Accident Cases Are Treated to Minimize 

 the Effects of In,iuries," illustrated, by Physician of the Crossett Lumber 

 ■Company. 



DISCC.SSION* 



Address, "C.imp Sanitation," by Dr. K. B. Austin. Camp Physician, 

 Fernwood Lumber Company. 



DISCUSSION 



Camp Construction. 



Home-made Devices. 



T'niform Cost Sheets. 



Continuation of discussion of tonics discussed first two days. 



Address. "Logging In Southern Brazil," by G, W. Patterson. Southern 

 Brazil & Lumber Colonization Company — a member of The Southern Log- 

 ging Association. 



October 28 — 2 p. M. 



Discussion of answers to 22."! practical questions on logging of hardwood, 

 pine and cypress. 



Flection of officers. 



.\d,iournment. 



New York Lumber Trade Association to Meet 



The New York Lumber Trade Association will hold its twenty-sixth 

 annual meeting on Thursday, November 11. The session will convene at 

 headquarters of the organization, IS Broadway, and will be preceded by 

 the usual luncheon served by Delmonico, Erery etTort will be made to 

 bring out a record attendance at this annual which promises to be as 

 Interesting as any ever held. No announcement has been made as to the 

 election of officers. 



Cypress Meeting Announced 



Secretary Geo. E. Watson of the Sonibern Cypress Manufacturers' 

 .\ssociation announces that the semi-annual meeting of the association 

 will be held in New Ocleans on November IS. 



The Hardwood Manufacturers' Association to Meet in Cincinnati 



Tb.- Ipnar-(l of directors of tlie Hardwood .Manufacturers" Association 

 of the United States at its quarterly meeting at Cincinnati on October 10, 

 decided to hold its next annual convention at Cincinnati, ,Tanuary 28-29. 

 The sessions will be held at the Hotel SInton. 



This will be the thirteenth annual meeting, and the fifth to be held 

 in Cincinnati. The 1914 meeting was held in Memphis, January 21-22. 



While the Memphis meeting was one of the largest eTer held, register- 

 ing al)out 700. it is expected that the convention at Cincinnati next 

 January will eclipse this in atti'udance. It has bei-n found that Cincinnati 

 is a very advantageous place to hold this convention, it being on the 

 dividing lim- betw-een the great producing fields in the South and South- 

 oast and the consuming markets in the North and Northeast. Fully two- 

 thirds of the membership and visitors are not over twenty-four hours 

 distant from Cincinnati 



Memphians Cheerful In Spite of Hard Times 



The re,gular semi-monthly meeting of the Lumliei-mecn's Club of Mem- 

 phis, held at the Hotel Gayoso, October 17, proved one of the most en- 

 thusiastic for quite a long while. The attendance was unusually large, 

 and, considering the fact that tlie lumber business is very quiet, the mem- 

 bers were in exceptionally good spirits. J. D. Allen, who has recently re- 

 turned from a tour of the western states, was in the chair. C. <!. Kadel, 

 secretary, also performed his usual duties, 



P. E. Stonebraker, chairman of the entertainment committee, said that 

 some of the members had spoken to him about another dance at the 

 Hotel Chisca. He said that he and the other members of the committee 

 were ready to serve the club. Later, on motion, the committee was author- 

 ized to select the date and make the other necessary arrangements. -Vn- 

 nonncement will be made within the next few days as to the time selected. 

 There is just a suggestion that J. F. McSweyn is responsible for this 

 function. It is understood that he has been making inquiry among some 

 of his friends recenlly as to a g*)od person from whom to take lessons in 

 the tango, hesitation waltz, and the other late steps. If this be true, Mr. 

 McSw-eyn is only following in the footsteps of S. M. Nickey, S. B. .\nder- 

 son, R. J. Darnell, and some of the other genllemen who have only 

 recently taken up' dancing as one of their particular sources of amuse- 

 ment. 



J. W. McClure. of the river and rail committee, called attention of the 

 memliers of the club to the forthcoming rate contests which will be 

 handled by the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association. These are the 

 proposed 5 per cent advance on hardwood lumber shipments in the terri- 

 tory north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi river and the advance 

 of 5 to li'iMi per cent in rates on shipments of hardw-ood lumber from 

 Memphis and points in Mississippi and Louisiana to Ohio river crossings. 

 He pointed out that there were a number of members of the club who were 

 not conectod with the association, but declared that, while the associa- 

 tion was taking the leading part in these contests, every member of the 

 club should do his very best, since regardless of the amount of lumlirr 

 shipped, each Is vitally interested. He said that the lumbermen had 

 always stood together and that, if there were ever a time when this 

 course ought to be pursued, it was in the present Instance. President 

 .Mien emphasized what Mr. McCIure had said and urged everybody to do 

 his full share. 



Jas. E. Stark, of .Tas. E. Stark & Co., not only emphasized what the 

 two former speakers had said, but declared that it was necessary to do a 

 great deal of missionary work to get the lumbermen together lo make 

 the fight ahead of them. Ho said some of the lumbermen with w-hom he 

 had recently talked had been In favor of giving tile roads higher rates 

 in the belief that better business would result. Mr. Stark thought there 

 was absolute necessity for all the lumbermen to take exactl.v the same 

 view- of these proposed advances and asserted that, if they did not do so. 

 the fight w-ould certainly be an up hill one. He concluded with the 

 declaration that the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association deserves the 

 support of every lumberman, whether he is a member of the organization 

 or not. 



The club received a very interesting compilation from May Brothers, 

 showing the extent of milling operations in this territory. This firm 

 sent 1200 letters to inillmrn in .Mississijipi, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, 

 and Tinnessee, to wliich 1.S9 replies were received. These showed that 

 there w-cre 120 mills entirely closed dow-n. 21 running on short time, 27 

 operatiug at full capacity, and l.'i not reporting as to this feature. With 

 reference to stocks, it showed that 47 mills had more than normal, 45 

 about the same amount as usual and 45 less than normal. The other 

 52 did not touch on this phase. This is the most accur.tic Information 

 w-liieh has been gotten up regarding operations in this section and it 

 was ordered filed by the club. 



The statistics committee reported that it had partially completed fig- 

 ures covering operations in hardwood lumber during the preceding .year 

 and asked that those who had not sent In their returns to do so at once. 

 President Allen emphasized the desirability of this course and the com- 

 mittee is hopeful of having its report ready tor the printers in a short 

 time. 



A. B. Turner, southern manager of the Poinsett Lumber and Manufac- 

 turing Company, with offices in Memphis and mill at Tnimann. Ark., was 

 elected an active member. 



T. R. Wlnfield. president of the Business Men's Club, addressed the 



