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iug manufacturers and merchants and its management is in tlio liands 

 of Harry A. Cocbrane, witli executive offices in the Fifth Avenue build- 

 ing, New Yorli. Mr. Cochrane lias been selected iu view of his previous 

 successes iu trade sliow au<l industrial exposition organization and man- 

 agement. 



The "Made in the U. S. .V." induslrial exposition is designed to answer 

 a two-fold purpose. It is uot ouly to stimulate .'American trade to domes- 

 tic and foreign buyers but to educate the American consuming public to 

 our resources and show, particularly, goods that can be obtained from 

 our manufacturers that the American people themselves have heretofore 

 been obtaining from abroad. 



Baltimore Exchange Holds Annual 



The annual meeting of the Baltimore Lumber Exchange which took 

 place December 7 at rho Merchant's Club, was not only one of the 

 most enjoyable, but it may be doubted if any previous occasion of a 

 similar nature has brought out such a large attendance. Covers were 

 laid for about one hundred persons and the arrangements proved inade- 

 quate, additional tables having to be set to accommodate all those 

 present. 



Mr. Merryman, the retiring president, in his annual report, said in 

 part : 



The export trade for 1014 has been disappointing in nearly every way. 

 The open winter permitted heavy shipments during a time when operations 

 are supposed to be restricted, and with heavy stoclts carried over from 

 1913 values ruled low. Especially cabinet woods, such as prime oak, 

 quartered oak and high-grade poplar, were much depressed in valuation. 

 Walnut loKs were particularly depressed on account of large shipments 

 abroad, and it was well known that Hamburg carried about 14.000 .\merican 

 logs unsold, and other centers on the continent were well stocked. It is 

 not surprising that our export trade had uot much prospect lor this year 

 under tl'e above conditions. 



The hostilities between the leading commercial nations of Europe plunged 

 the trade in such unusual and uncontrollable conditions that for three 

 months business was at a standstill in this couutry regarding exports. 

 In addition to troubles abroad, the railroad authorities here placed an 

 embargo on all for''i;:n sliipmcnts, which completely blocked business in 

 the interior. Many Kuiupean cargoes of lumlier for the continent were 

 diverted to the I'nited Kingdom, and in consequence the British markets 

 are much oversupplied. There is no possible chance for a lively export 

 business until the European ports are again opened. Inquiries for special- 

 ties, such as mining timl>er, raiiwiiy ties and c'eap construction wood, to 

 take the place of some of the European softwoods, have been sent to this 

 country, but the prices offered in some instances are not much more than 

 will pa.v the freight charges. 



Ocean freights are strong, and although an advance of from twenty-five 

 to sixty per cent was made in 1914, the .steamship companies have again 

 given notice of an advance of tw'enty-five per cent for 1915. 



Chief Inspector J. G. Creamer, in his annual report of the work 

 done by the inspection bui-eau, stated that the aggregate quantity of 

 lumber which passed through the hands of exchange inspectors was 

 in excess of last year, Virginia and North Carolina pine, of course, 

 constituting the great bulk o£ this lumber. 



This does nOt embrace the business done here in hardwoods, a very 

 small part oi which is inspected through the bureau of the exchange. 

 While the latter operates under the rules of the National Hardwood' 

 Lumber Association, the. great volume of business is done directly under 

 the auspices of the latter body, the stocks inspected here lieing mainly 

 for the local trade. 



The report of the secretary-treasurer, L. H. Gwaltney, showed a net 

 gain of one in the membership and a balance in the treasury, after 

 all expenses had been paid. • 



The election of officers resulted as follows : President, Rufus K. Goode- 

 now, Canton Box Company; vice-president, Parker D. Dix, Surry Lumber 

 Company: treasurer, L. H. Gwaltney, American Lumber Company. 



Annual of the St. Louis Exchange 



The Lumbermen's Exel'auge of St. Louis Iu Id its twenty-fourth annual 

 business meeting, preceded b.v a banquet, at Anschutz' Mission Inn, 

 on South Grand avenue and Magnolia street, Thursday evening, De- 

 cember 17. 



The business meeting was a most harmonious <tne. The banquet was 

 from :yO to S o'clock. 



At the conclusion of the dinner President F. H. Smith called for 

 order and stated that it was the last meeting over which he would 

 preside, as the next meeting would be presided over by a new president. 

 He stated he had been asked not to be too pessimistic in his remarks 

 on business conditions. He believed they showed signs of a betterment 

 and he hoped such would be the result. 



Secretary Walter D. Dodd went into details in his report, lie said 

 that the receipts and disbursements had about balanced one another 

 and that there was a nice little surplus in the treasury on which to 

 start the new year. He stated the inspection deiiartment had done wel! 

 during the year and had gained several hundred thousand feet, com- 

 pared with the inspections made the previous year. 



Thomas E. Powc, chairman of the membership committee, followed 

 with his report, in wliich he said the present membership included thirty- 

 five hardwood and four yellow pine local concerns and twelve hardwood 

 and two yellow pine out-of-town concerns, making a total of fift.v-three 

 members. This is an increase in membership over the previous year, 

 principally in out-of-town meml'erships. He believed there were many 

 more out-of-town concerns that could be induced to become members 

 and he lioped each of the prciient members would try ti> secure a(iditional 

 memberships during the coming year. 



«'harlcs K. Thomas, chairman of the traffic committee, made the most 

 important and interesting report during the meeting. 



Sidney F. -Vndrews, a well-known local attorney who had been em- 

 ployed by the traflic committee to conduct the fight against the freight 

 rate increase, followed with a talk on freight rates. 



t'. L. Harrison of the Himnierberger-Harrison Lumber Company, Cape 

 Girardeau, Mo:, the oply out-of-town member present, follow'-d with a 

 short talk. 



.-V resolution was passed that a 'nominating committee be named to 

 propose names for candidates for the various officers to be voted on 

 at the annual election on .lanuary 4. The nominating committee named 

 by President Smith was, Tbontas E. Powc, chairman, Ed Weisse and 

 George H. Cotrill. They retired for a few ntoments to make their selec- 

 tions. 



Upon their rt-turn the following names were submitted by the chair- 

 man : President. Cliorlos E. Tho'uas, Tliomas ,& I'roetz Lumber Com- 

 pany; vice-president, E. II. Luehrmanu, Chas. F. Luehrmanu Hardwood 

 Lumber Company. 



Nine names were submitted by the committee to be voted on for 

 directors, the seven getting the highest number of votes to be elected 

 and seven names were submitted for the board of arbitration, the five 

 receiving the highest number of votes to be elected. 



St. Louis Club Elects Officers 



The Lumbermen's Club of St. Louis held its regular monthly meeting 

 and banquet and also the election of officers for the ensuing year at 

 the Planters Hotel Tuesday evening, December 16. 



The following officers were elected unanimously : 



President — E. C. Robinson, E. C. Robinson Lumber Company. 



First Vice-President — C. A. Antrim, .Antrim Lumber Company. 



Second Vice-President — Frank J. Riefling, George W. Miles-Timber and 

 Lumber Company. 



Treascre:; — C. P. .Tennlngs, Berthold & Jennings Lumber Company. Re- 

 elected. 



Secretary — O. A. Pier. Re-elected. 



Statistician — W. F. Biederman, manager National Lumber Manufactur- 

 ers' Credit Corporation. Re-elected. 



Following the banquet the business meeting and election took place.' 



The business meeting was opened by a talk from P. F. Cook, who 

 spoke on the subject "Culture, Character and Citizenship." Mr. Cook's 

 talk was one of the bright features of the meeting. 



Reports from the retiring president, John A. Rebels, Secretary Pier 

 and Frank J. Riefling, chairman of the membership committee, were sub- 

 mitted to the club. 



President Rebels stated in his report that during the year fourteen 

 new members had been added and that OUO out-of-tow'n lumbermen had 

 visited tiie club rooms during the year. lie concluded by stating he 

 could not miss the opportunity to refer to the liimber business. "We 

 are familiar with what the substitute people are doing and It is up 

 to us to get busy. I am pleased to see that the new Southern Pine 

 Association has undertaken to raise a large sum of money for the pur- 

 pose of advertising broadcast the advantages of yellow pine and if the 

 money is judiciously spent it will no doubt do effective work. We, as 

 lumbermen, have come to realize that we must give our commodity 

 more publicity. We must inform the architect, engineer and consumer 

 of lumber that it is plentiful, reasonable in price and can still be sup- 

 plied for all purposes. I believe that the Lumbermen's Club and other 

 similar organizations should encourage and support the manufacturers 

 in such a movement." 



The new members elected at the meeting were ; I,. >I. Tully of the 

 Louisiana Red Cypress Company, New Orleans, La., and li. E. McKce, 

 local manager of the Long-Bi>ll Lumber Company, 



With the Trade 



Faust Brothers Lumber Company Removes to Jackson, Miss. 



.V short time ago Hardwood Record announced the discontinuance of 

 the Chicago office of the Faust Brothers Lumber Company of Paducah, 

 Ky. A later announcement from this concern states that the main office 

 will be removed from Paducah to Jackson, Miss., on January 1. This 

 change is made in order that the company may be more closely in touch 

 with its operations, thus insuring its being able to give customers' require- 

 ments even closer attention. In the meantime the operations on the 

 Tennessee river will be continued and the Mississippi operation will be 

 considerably enlarged. This company is in position to furnish quantities 

 of stock in 1" to 3" poplar, 1" to 2" plain and quartered red and white 

 oak, 1" to 4" ash and 1" sap and red gum. 



London Concern Moves Office 



Wright, Graham & Co., timber brokers. 12:! Cannon street. Loudon, E. C, 

 England, announce that they have Just completed arrangements for moving 

 to more commodious offices at No. :! F-astcheap. E. C. The company re- 

 quests that cablegrams be addressed to the new location. 



Anderson-Tully Company Purchases Bennett Plant 



.\nnouncement is made that the Anderson Tully Company has pur- 

 chased the site and plant of the Bennett Hardwood Lumber Company 

 in North Memphis. Headers of Hakdwood Record will recall that 



