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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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The Mail Bag 



Any reader of HARDWOOD RECORD desiring to communicate 

 with any of the inquirers listed in this section can have the ad- 

 dresses on written request to the IVlail Bag Department, HARD- 

 WOOD RECORD, 637 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, and referring 

 to the number at the head of each letter and enclosing a self- 

 addressed stamped envolepe. 



B 850 — Wants Market for Truck Poles 

 Hazleton, Ind., January 5. — Editor IlAncwoOD Rkcord : I expect to 

 make a carload of truclv poles if I can sell tliem at Chicago or at any 

 place within equal shipping distance of Hazelton. The dimensions would 

 be 3x3, 3x6x13 feet long. The writer formerly sold them to a Chicago 

 firm which is now out of business, and would like to get in touch with 

 other firms that would be in position to purchase this class of stock. 



Hakdwood REOor.D lias advised the above inquirer the names of 

 a few Chicago concerns which might be interested in his product. 

 Others interested, either in Chicago or in the specified territory, can 

 have the information upon request. — Editor. 



B 851 — Wants to Buy Plain Oak Tie Siding and Cottonwood 



Louisville, Ky., January 8. — Editor IT.irdwood Hecord : We want to 

 buy one or two carloads of dry 4/4 Is and 2s plain oak all eight feet 

 long, and would thank you if jou could put us in touch with any concern 

 that may have this material. Request delivered price on a Louisville 

 rate. Also want some 5/4 Is and 2s Cottonwood six to twelve inches wide. 



Anyone desiring the name of this correspondent can have same upon 

 application to Hakdwood Record office. — Editor. 



B 852— Wants to Sell Clear Birch Strips 



Detroit, Mich.. January 21. — Editor II.\rdwood liKCORD : We would like 

 to find a market for 4/4, IVi;" to 2" clear birch strips, 8 to 10' long. We 

 have several piles of this stock and are likely to add more from time to 

 time, and for this reason would like to get in touch with manufacturers 

 who might be interested in this material. 



Kindly place this in your columns and advise us of your answers. 



Anyone interested in this class of stock can have the address on 

 inquiry by writing Hakdwood Eecord. — Editor. 



Clubs and Associations 



Program Hardwood Manufacturers' Convention 



The program for the thirteenth annual convention of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association of the United States, which is to be held at 

 Hotel Sinton, Cincinnati, O., January 28 and 29, has been completed. 

 Preparing the program this year. Secretary Weller has been fortunate 

 In securing a combination of subjects of more than usual interest to' 

 lumbermen. 



Secretary Weller announces that it is the wish of President Himmel- 

 berger that the meeting this year is made a general conference of lum- 

 bermen, and to this end an urgent invitation is extended to all interested 

 in hardwood lumber to be present. 



The program is as follows : 



Thl-rsdat, January 28, 11 A. M. 



Convention called to order by President J. H. Himmelbergcr. 



Welcome for city of Cincinnati by the Honorable Frederick S. Splecle. 

 mayor of Cincinnati. 



Welcome for lumbermen and Cincinnati by Alex. Schmidt, President 

 Lumbermen s Club of Cincinnati. 



Response on behalf of the association by W. B. Townsend, president 

 of the Little River Lumber Company, Townsend, Tenn. 



Annual address of the president, J. H. Himmelbergcr of Cape Girardeau, 



Report of the treasurer. 



Report of the secretary, W. H. Weller of Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Appointment of committee on officers' report. 



Appointment of committee on resolutions. 



Appointment of committee on nomination. 



Recess for luncheon. 



Thursdat .Afternoon Session 

 o tJ'^'^xP — "Inter-Insurance," by Chas. F. Simonson of Chicago, manager 

 of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Inter-Insurance Exchange 



Address — "Present Day Forest Problems," by H. S. Graves of Wash- 

 ington, D. C. chief of the Forestry Department. 



Address — "Efficiency and Costs," by L. V. Estes, Chicago, president of 

 L. V. Estes, Inc. 



Thursday Evening 



Smoker and vaudeville entertainment at 8 o'clock in banquet hall on 

 ninth floor as a compliment of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association 

 to its guests. 



Friday, January 29, 11 A. M. 



Report of committee on officers' reports. 



Address — "Federal Reserve Law," by the Honorable Robt. J. Bulkley, 

 Washington, D. C, Congressman twenty-third district of Ohio, and mem- 

 ber of the House committee on banking and currency. 



Address — ^"Some Troubles of the Lumber Industry," by R. S. Kellog 

 Chicago, secretary of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association. 



Address — "The Dependable Package," by F. C. Gifford, secretary of the 

 Xational .Association of Box Manufacturers, Chicago, 111. 



Vote on adoption of new constitution. 



Report of committee on resolutinus. 



Report of committee on nominations. 



Election of officers and executive beard. 



Election of state vice-presidents and directors.. 



Adjournment. 



At Mr. WcUcr's request the details of the smoker will be handled by the 

 entertainment committee of the Lumbermen's Club, and a large reception 

 committee made up of prominent members of the club w'ill also assist Mr. 

 Weller in looking after the large number of guests, which is expected to 

 reach fully 800. 



The Lumbermen's Club of Cincinnati will establish headquarters adjoin- 

 ing the registration room where they will have on tap all kinds ot enter- 

 tainments for the visitors. 



President J. H. Himmelbergcr addressed a very forceful open letter to 

 the lumber trade on the first page of the bulletin, which letter deals mainly ^ 

 with the necessity for close cohesion in the ranks Of lumbermen in antici- 

 pation of the fact that, with the cessation of the war, the .Vmerican conti- 

 nent will be forced to supply the entire world with tremendous quantities 

 of raw material, and that now is the time to prepare for it. The letter 

 follows : 



Cape Girardeau, Mo., January 20. — To Hardwood Lumbermen : We have 

 just entered upon a new year; a year we all earnestly hope will inaugu- 

 rate that period of increased business we have been so eagerly looking for- 

 ward to. 



But just what does 191,') hold in store for us? 



The new year is ushered in by unusual circumstances that makes it 

 unique — different from any in the recollection of the oldest lumhennen. 

 'The European war is the groat, uncertain element. That unchristian 

 catastrophe descended upon mankind just at a time when we were push- 

 ing our bead out of the hole of commercial and financial depression. 



As far as lumber is concerned it struck the industry quick and hard. 

 It shut off our export outlet for surplus stock, and threw back on to the 

 domestic market millions of feet of lumber that was pushed for sale. 



We have recovered from the first shock, and the business Is in a way 

 readjusted on the new basis. 



But just as the war was a shock and a costly setback, the peace that 

 is to follow will swing the pendulum the other way. Europe will buy 

 our lumber for reconstruction ; she must buy from us. We should be ready 

 for this demand. 



How do you look at the future? 



Have you given every angle of the situation full consideration? 



To my mind lumbermen must mobolize for action. They must come 

 together into a harmonious unit for consideration of these highly important 

 problems. 



.■\s iirosident of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the 

 United Slates. I tI:erefore extend you a personal invitation to attend 

 our annual meeting, to be held at Hotel Sinton, Cincinnati, January 28 

 and 29. Let us all come together and talk it over. Our sessions are open 

 to non-members as well as to members, and we will welcome your 

 participation. 



To my mind this meeting offers an exceptional opportunity for hard- 

 wood lumbermen — an opportunity they cannot afford to miss. 



Looking forward to a personal greeting at Cincinnati, I am 

 Very truly yours, 



John II. Himmelberger, president. 



R. S. Kellogg Receives Appreciative Letter from Members of His 

 Former Association 

 At a meeting of the officers, chairnieii of committees, bureau of grades 

 and directors of the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 .Vssoclation held at Green Bay, January T, the following letter was 

 written to R. S. Kellogg in answer to his letter of resignation : 



Dear Mr. Kellogg: It is with groat regret that we acknowledge receipt 

 of your resignation as secretary of this association. Knowing as we do 

 that this action on your part is solely on account of your being called 

 upon to accept a similar position with the National Lumber Manufac- 

 turers' Association, with which we are affiliated, we feel that in accepting 

 your resignation we are not depriving ourselves entirely of your services. 



Every member of our association realizes and approciatos the good 

 work you. as our secretary, have put forward in behalf of the north- 

 ern hifnbor manufacturers. The results indicate that you have not spared 

 yourself in the energy, ability and enthusiastic effort with which you 

 have carried on the iiusiness of your office, and we know that the same 

 earnest effort will characterize and make successful your conduct of 

 your new position. 



In accepting your resignation, we express the sentiment of every 

 meinlier of our association in wishing you continued success in your new 

 position, and in assuring you of our co-operation in whatever you may 

 undertake for the benefit of the lumber industry. 



■Wholesalers Hold Annual 



The Phi^delphia Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association held its annual 

 meeting and banquet at the Union League, January 14. Following the 

 banquet the meeting was called to order liy President Ralph Souder, and 

 routine business transacted. The following officers were elected to serve 

 for 1915 : William T. Betts, president ; J. Randall Williams, Jr., vice- 

 president; Thomas B. Hammer, secretary and treasurer. New directors, 

 Charles .\therton and John W. Coles. J. Randall Williams, Jr., was re- 

 elected. Forty-three members and guests were present. 



Monthly Meeting Philadelphia Exchange 



The Philadelphia Lumbermen's Exchange held its regular monthly meet- 

 ing January 7, President William II. Fritz in the chair. At this meet- 

 ing an invitation was received from the American Forestry Association 

 to send delegates to the annual meeting to be held In the Woolworth 

 building. New York, January 11. J. Randall Williams, Jr., Frederick S. 

 Underbill and Robert C. Lippincott, of the advisory board representing the 



