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with the exception of the reapportionment of the rate to Des Moines. 

 The first supplemental report and order was modified to that extent. 



A portion of the decision reads: 



"Our general findiug made a reduction In the divisions ot the St. Louis 

 Southwestern Railway of one cent below what had been its original propor- 

 tion. As to the Des Moines rate, the original division of the St. Louis 

 Southwestern Railway would be reduced one and three-fourths cents. In 

 other words, the division ot the St. Louis Southwestern Railway of the Des 

 Moines rate would be three-fourths cent less than allowed that company out 

 of the through rates to the territory as a whole. This we believe to be a 

 proper adjustment. We therefore find that the rate to Des Moines should divide 

 seventeen and one-fourth cents to the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Com- 

 pany and seven and three-fourths cents to the Wabash Railroad Company 

 and that our first supplemental report and order herein should be so 

 modified." 



February 11, argument in Washington; Eastern Oregon Lumber 

 Producers' Association versus C. B. and Q. 



Overcharge was allowed in the case of the Valley Planing MiU 

 Company versus the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern, in a de- 

 cision handed down last week by the commission. The fourth section 

 application made by the company in connection with the case, which 

 provides for the continuance of lower rates on yellow pine from Hot 

 Springs to Alexandria, Va., was denied. 



Endorsements for the ship purchase bill have been piling into the 

 offices of senators and representatives from lumber districts during 

 the past two weeks. The support of congressmen is urged in the 

 interest of the industry which is unable to export its product, de- 

 spite the increasing demand in Europe. Export mills throughout the 

 country are said to be receiving excellent offers from dealers abroad 

 but when there is not enough shipping to handle cotton, which is 

 paying many times the normal shipping rate, tliere is little chance 

 for low-grade freight. 



Lumber hearings have been arranged as follows by the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission: 



January 26, Minneapolis, Examiner Gerry; Christenson-Imes Lum- 

 ber Company versus Northern Pacific Kailway Company, 



February 1, Minneapolis, Examiner Burnside; rates on logs, Stute- 

 gart and other stations in Arkansas to Memphis. 



February 6, argument in Washington; Major Stave Company 

 versus M. D. and 6, 



A rate of twenty-two and a half cents on oak between Hock, W. 

 Va,, and Hagerstown, Md,, was found to be excessive in the amount 

 that it exceeds fourteen cents in a decision in the case of the Ellis 

 & Myers Lumber Company versus the Virginia Railway Company. 



May Brothers, Niekey & Sous Company and the Kyan-Stimson 

 Lumber Company lost their case against the Frisco in which unrea- 

 sonable charges on logs from points in Mississippi and Arkansas to 

 Memphis were alleged. The commission dismissed the case claiming 

 the allegation had not been proven. 



Lumber and other commodities are discriminated against in the 

 reconsignment rules of the Louisville & Nashville, it is declared in a 

 brief filed in the case of the Powell-Myer Lumber Company versus 

 the Louisville & Nashville. In addition to the discrimination in favor 

 of certain classes of shippers and shipments excessive charges are 

 made for the service actually rendered, it is charged. 



The Atha Tool Company of Newark, N. J., has lost in an effort 

 to obtain cheaper rates on lumber from Tennessee points to Newark. 

 The commission sustains present rates to Newark. Limited relief 

 from the long and short haul clause was granted. 



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Forest Products Federation 



Plans for the mass meeting of the Forest Products Federation in 

 Chicago February 24-25 are rapidly assuming definite form. By that 

 time the officers and committees of the federation will have com- 

 piled full and reliable information upon the conditions wliich tend 

 to reduce the use of lumber or encourage the use of other materials. 

 Despite the popular notion to the coutrarj', there is still jilenty of 

 timber available for all necessary requirements. Since wood is the 

 best and most widely used material for all-around building purposes, 

 it is very desirable that the consumers of wood should be informed 

 as to sources of supply and methods of handling the product so as 

 to get best results. Lumbermen do not advocate tlie use of wood in 

 places or for purposes for which it is not suited, but they do justly 

 maintain that the field for the legitimate uses of wood is big enough 

 to consume the annual lumber output if properly cultivated. Under 

 modern conditions, however, the manufacturers of every commodity 

 find it necessary to promote the uses of tlieir products, and lumber- 

 men are no exception to this rule of business. More complete use of 

 timber is possible only as nmrkets are developed, and the aim of the 

 federation is to promote tlie use of wood for all purposes to which 

 it is best adapted. 



The essentially new feature of the present movement is that it in- 

 cludes all branches of the lumber industry. The manufacturers wish 

 to co-operate with the distributors, and the wholesalers and retailers 

 need the assistance of the manufacturers. By such co-operation 

 people who use wood can be educated to buy more intelligently and 

 to get more satisfactory service under varied conditions. In giving 

 publicity and information regarding the best uses of lumber, the 

 federation plans to promote wood on its general merits, leaving de- 

 tails as to kind and character to the various lumber associations 

 concerned. 



The coming mass meeting is receiving the hearty support of the 

 timber trade and forest interests, and in preparation for the meeting 

 the executive committee has arranged for five committe reports on 



important problems. The subjects and personnel of the committees 

 are as follows: 



COM.MiTTEE 1 — Bi;iLDiNG CoDES . The compilation ot building codes In 

 representative cities and evidence as to discrlminallon against lumber. 

 Chairman, J. V. O'Hrleu, secretary, Cleveland Board of Lumber Dealers, 

 Cleveland, O. : Ernest H. Burgess, U. JI. Ilettler Lumber Company, Chicago; 

 W. W. Knight, vice-president, National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Associa- 

 tion, Indianapolis, Ind. 



CoMMirrEE 2 — FinE Losses : Compilation of losses to frame buildings 

 compared with other types of structure : extent to which fires are due to 

 carelessness and character of contents instead of kind of structure ; and 

 comparison of the cose of flghtins fires in the various types of buildings. 

 Chairman, C. F. Wichc, secretary, Edward nines Lumber Company, Chicago ; 

 Geo. W. Luehring, secretary, Lumbermen's Credit -Association, Milwaukee ; 

 W. W. Sehupner, National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association, New 

 York, N. Y. 



Committee 3 — Comparative Prices op Bdildiko Materials: Tabula- 

 tion of prices on various building materials and on completed structures : 

 checked by actual bids on specified structures ; and a comparison of mill 

 construction versus concrete, steel or brick for factory buildings. Chairman, 

 Adolph I'fund, secretary, Wisconsin Retail Lumber Dealers' Association, 

 Milwaukee ; Henry Bocckeler, Bocckeler Lumber Company, St. Louis, Mo. ; 

 V. S. Underbill, Wlstar, Underbill & Nixon, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Committee 4 — Shingles : Compilation of shingle ordinances : status of 

 fire retardent paints and processes and the use of substitute roofing mate- 

 rial. Chairman, F. A. Hofheins, president. Transfer Lumber & Shingle 

 Company, North Tonawanda, N. Y. : John McMaster. Seattle, Wash. ; James 

 Costello, Liberty, Mo. ; Geo. E. Watson, secretary. Southern Cypress Manu- 

 facturers' .Association, New Orleans, La. ; G. A. Thompson, secretary Welles- 

 Thompson Lumber Company, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Committee 5 — Pro.motion : The general methods for promoting struc- 

 tural material ; cost and character of effective advertising and publicity : 

 expositions and shows, and comparative merits of individual or association 

 efforl. Chairman, W. A. Gilchrist, Chicago, 111 ; A. T. Gcrrans, superin- 

 tendent, John L. Ropor Lumber Company, New Berne, N, C. : M. B. Nelson, 

 Long-Bell Lumber Company, Kansas City, Mo. 



In addition to authoritative reports upon the foregoing topics as- 

 sured by the membership of the committees selected, the Chicago 

 mass meeting on February 24-25 will be addressed by well-known 

 speakers upon subjects of related interests. 



