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■emphasis that the roads would put the lumhermen out of business If 

 they did not worli togetlier for the defeat of the carriers. 



Jno. W. McCIure, president of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Associa- 

 tion, said that he thought a great deal could be accomplished by talking 

 .association. He thought all lumbermen should be brought into this 

 body as it had a great deal of worii in view, Including a campaign of 

 ■education among traffic men. He said the latter were ignorant of the 

 lumber business and knew nothing about it beyond their desire to secure 

 higher rates. He asserted that if rates were carried to their logical 

 conclusion there would be no lumber tonnage. He declared tliat it was 

 necessary to show the railroads that they must allow rates on lumber 

 that will make it profitable for both manufacturers and distributors to 

 engage in the lumber business. If they did not allow such rates there 

 would soon be no lumber to move and the railroads would be losers 

 Instead of gainers by their anxiety to advance rates. He thought the 

 association deserved the loyal support of every lumberman in this part 

 of the countr.v. He gave a statement of dues and other expenses in- 

 curred by members but said that, in addition to the rate contests which 

 were' waged by this organization, the members secured adequate returns 

 ■on their money in the shape of traffic help, collection of claims and 

 <|uotation of rates. He thought membership in the association represented 

 the best investment any lumberman could make. 



J. D. Allen suggested that a list be prepared showing the members 

 of the club who are not identified with the association and that the 

 river and rail committee be furnished with such a list so that all non- 

 members might be personally solicited to join. Jlr. Anderson said that he 

 and his associates would be very glad to make 

 up such a list and go after those who were not 

 identified with the association. 



Resolutions were adopted of respect to the 

 memory of the late E. C. Stoneman. 



J. W. Dickson, chairman of the special com- 

 mittee appointed to consider recommendations 

 made by former President Allen, reported un- 

 favorably on the payment of a salary to the 

 secretary and the remission of the dues of the 

 president during his term of office, and favor- 

 ably on the adoption of Koberts Rules of Order 

 as the official guide of the club. The recom- 

 mendations of the committee were accepted. 



S. B. Anderson, treasurer of the Anderson- 

 Tully Company, and E. R. Brown, of the Eddy 

 B. Brown Lumber Company, were elected to active 

 membership. One application for active mem- 

 bership was reported. This will be acted on at 

 the next regular meeting. 



A letter from Ehrlich & Sons, St. Joseph, Mo., 

 asking for the name and location of some manu- 

 facturers of sycamore blocks, was referred to the 

 information committee. 



A letter from the Forest Products Federation. 

 Chicago, asking for a contribution to the move- 

 ment in behalf of lumber as against the various 

 substitutes used therefor, was referred to the 

 publicity committee. 



Ralph May was congratulated on his recent 

 election as first vice-president of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association of the I'nited State? 



Committees Appointed for St. Louis Club 



At the meeting of the new board of directors of the Lumbermen's 

 Exchange, elected January 4, Walter D. Dodd was re-elected secretary 

 and W. W. Milne was re-elected treasurer. The following standing com- 

 mittees were announced for the year 1915 : 



Traffic Committee — Henrv A. Boeckeler, chairman, Boeckeler Lumber 

 Company : Tliomas E. Powe, Powe Lumber Company ; George H. Cottrill. 

 American Hardwood Lumber Company. 



Membership Committee — F. H. Smith, chairman, Smith-Suehme Lum- 

 ■ber t'ompanv : R. 1". Krebs, Steele & Hibbard Lumber Company : Franz 

 Waldstein, Waldstein Lumber Company. 



Public -Affairs Committee — W. P. Anderson, chairman; Gideon-Ander- 

 son Lumber & Mercantile Company : William Lothman. Jr.. Lothman Cypress 

 Company ; E. H. Luehraiann, Charles F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber 

 Company. 



Fire Instr-ince Committef> — G. E. W. Luehrmann. chairman. Charles V. 

 Luehrmann HardworKl Lumber Companv ; G. E. Hi!)bard. Steele & Illbbard 

 Lumber Company : E. W. Wiese, Thomas & Proetz Lumber Company. 



Reinspection Committee — F. C. Moore, chairman, Moore-Jurdcn Lumber 

 Company : T. J. Noser, Noser-Epler Lumber Company : J. L. Benas, Wald 

 stein I^iimber Company. 



ARBITR.ITION Committee — T. J. Noser, chairman, Noser-Epler Lumber 

 Companv : J. L. Benas, Waldstein Lumber Company : C. E. Ilascall, Picknll 

 Walnut Company ; Ix>uis Krug, Krug Lumber Company : Alcee Stewart, 

 Alcee .Stewart & Co. 



Sawdust Club Elects Officers 



The Sawdust Club of the Inion League, Philadelphia, held its annual 

 meeting and dinner at the League club house on January 29. Edwin B. 

 Malone of Watson Malone & Sons was elected president to succeed the 

 late Frank C. Gillinghain ; John T. Riley, Charles S. Riley 4 Company, 

 vice-president, and Williaui Henry Smedley, Sraedley Brothers Company, 

 secretary and treasurer. 



GEORGE J. POPE, PRES11>E.\T OF THE 



LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF 



CHICAGO. 



Michigan Retailers Meet 



The Michigan Retail Lunjber li.alers' Association held Its annnal 

 convention in the Rath city. February 2 and X, when a program of great 

 Interest was carried out. Headquarters were at the Medea hotel. About 

 three hundred members were present. 



■I'bc lirst speaker after lunch was Dr. Herman Von Scbrenk of St. 

 Louis, Mo., technical engineer for the National Lumber Manufacturers' 

 Association. Dr. Von Scbrenk quoted ilciires to show that in point of 

 value lumber is the most important commodity bandied In the United 

 States, coal alone excepted. 



Frank P. .stockdale of Chicago discussed the rising costs of the lumber 

 business, and gave an interesting account of how dealers arrive at costs, 

 bis information being drawn from special reports he had prepared. He 

 believed that a more careful cost system would enable many business 

 men to succeed who are now failures. 



.\rtbur Holmes of Detroit spoke of the work of the association in 

 helping to fight tlie federal government in the case for alleged violation 

 of the Sherman antitrust law, which is now being pushed against the 

 Niirtln\-esl'i-n Lurnl.er .\ssoc-iation. 



Chicago Association Elects Officers 

 In accordance with the by-laws of the Lumbermen's .•Association of 

 Chicago the officers were not elected at the annual meeting which took 

 place at the Hamilton Club, January 25. At that time the directors and 

 chairmen of committees were duly elected and on Monday, February 1, 

 the new directors met at the association headquarters and elected the 

 following officers for 101. •>; President — George 

 J. Pope, Tice-presldent — H. H. Hcttler, treasurer 

 — George I). Griffith, secretary — E. E. Hooper. 



Hoo-Hoo Officer Disappears 



\V. W. Stephenson, Si. I.,<juis. Mu.. supreme 

 scrivenoter of Hoo-Hoo, has mysteriously disap- 

 peared and according to latest reports is still 

 missing. It is stated he had been ill for some 

 little time and that on Mon<lay. Fel)ruary 1, he 

 left his office to keep an appointment at a hotel. 

 Since then nothing has been heard from him. 



Hearing on New York Lighterage 



Til*' liical hmiber association has received a no- 

 tice of a hearing on the prot'-st against proposed 

 new lighterage regulations in New York harbor. 

 The hearing will be held Wednesday, March 3, at 

 the U. S. Custom House, Bowling Green, at 10 

 o'clock, before Examiner Burnslde. The lumber 

 trade is working with the Merchants' .-Association, 

 which Is handling the ease for its members. 



The lumber dealers are preparing data to be 

 presented and it is state<l that some telling blows 

 will be dealt tt> railroads for the way they handle 

 the lighterage business. The proposed roguhilions 

 include a charge of twelve cents per ton for un- 

 loading in addition to the rate. 



December Lumber Cut and Shipments 



I'igurcs compiled by the National Lumber 

 .Manufacturers' Association for DecemlK^r show 

 the following totals: Cut December 191.'!, -148,- 

 500,00(1 feet: cut December 1914. 357,700,000 feet; decrease OO.SOO.OOO feet 

 or 20 3/10 |)er cent. Shipments December 1913, 4n«,00l>,000 feet : ship- 

 ments December 1914, 413,300,000 feet ; decrease 82,700,000 feet or 

 16 G/10 per cent. 



Shipments December 1913, 496,000,000 feet ; cut December 1913, 

 448,500,000 feet ; cut less than shipped 47,500,000 feet or 9 6/10 per cent. 

 Shipments December 1914, 413,300.000 feet ; cut December 1914, 357,- 

 "00,000 feet ; cut less than shipped 55,000.000 feet or 13 4 '10 per cent. 



Pennsylvania Mutual Holds Annual Meeting 

 The Pennsylvaiiin I.unibernieu s .Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Phila- 

 delphia, belli its annual meeting on January 26, followed by a banquet 

 in the evening at the Union League. Edward F. Ilenson, president of 

 the company, acted as toast master. The speakers of the evening were 

 the Honorable Hampton L. Carson, ex-attorney general of Pennsylvania, and 

 the Hon. Irving C. Williams, deputy forestry commissioner of Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



The company states that It has passed through another snccessfnl 

 year — in fact, 1914 was the second best In Its history. It has increased 

 its surplus $40.000--assets, ?40.000 ; during the year It returned divi- 

 dends to the extent of $180,000, and paid losses to the extent of $180,000. 

 The directors at their meeting January 26 voted the continuance of the 

 large dividend of forty per cent. A detailed statement of the financial 

 condition of the company will be sent to the trade at large In due 

 course. 



