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HARDWOOD RECORD 



so that every man and boy on its pay rolls had work. The company 

 decided It was best to employ all the force, day and night shifts, even if 

 only part time, rather than to work one-halt of the force full time. 



Last spring the St. Louis plant was running full force, at least eighty- 

 five per cent full time. Later in the year it operated three-fourths time, 

 but kept the entire day and night force. Finally, during part of October 

 and all of November, it ran one-half time, still keeping all the men 

 employed. 



During December, that the men might have some extra money for 

 Christmas, it operated the entire St Louis plant full time, day and night, 

 even though that meant piling up large stocks of wire rope. Now, with 

 improving conditions, the matter of employment, time, etc., is working 

 itself out naturally. 



The mayor of St. Louis and the president of the St. Louis Business 

 Meu's League, on December 23, wrote to all St. Louis manufacturers, 

 urging them to do just what the Broderick & Bascom Rope Company had 

 voluntarily done for months, that is, keep all their employes working, even 

 if only part time. 



Red Book Announces Revised Edition 



The Lumbermen's Credit .Association announces the publication of the 

 revised edition of the Red Book, which is a widely used reference pub- 

 lication for the use of lumbermen and those in other ways connected 

 with the lumber industry. The February number for this year was 

 placed in circulation recently, and the Lumbermen's Credit Association 

 suggests that members who have not received the book should advise 

 that office. 



Partnership Incorporates 



Charles F. Felin & Co., Philadelpbia, announce that since February 1 

 they have been incorporated, and tlie business of the co-partnership will 

 henceforth be conducted as an incorporated proposition as Charles F. 

 Felin & Co., Inc. All accounts due the old concern will be collected by 

 the corporation and outgoing accounts will be paid in the usual manner. 



Stearns Notes 



The annual banquet of the Stearns Salt and Lumber Company to its 

 office employes was given Saturday evening, February C, at the Stearns 

 hotel, LudingtoD, Mich. Over one hundred sat down to the tables, which 

 were beautifully lighted and decorated. James E. Dewey, sales manager, 

 was master of ceremonies. Stories and vaudeville stunts were interspersed 

 between the courses. After the banquet the entire company Joined in 

 dancing and games in charge of A. M. .Johnston, advertising manager. 

 All of the salesmen were in off the road, and the affair was one of the 

 most delightful of the kind ever given in tbe city. 



Five million feet of lumber sold and delivered is the record of the company 

 for January. It expects to better this during February and is looking for a 

 banner year in 1915. That it has been able to operate its mills continuously 

 night and day during the past year it states is owing to the high quality of 

 its product and the fact that quiet business has only spurred it to greater 

 efforts to keep things moving. 



Bedna Young Lumber Company, Inc. 



Hardwood Recoup has been advised that the Bedna Young Lumber 

 Company has succeeded the firm of Young & Cutsinger at Jackson, Tenn., 

 and will continue to manufacture on Its band mill a complete line o£ 

 quartered and plain oak and other hardwoods. 



The sales office will be located at Greensburg, Ind., in charge of Frank 

 L. Donnell. 



The Incorporators of the new company have all been connected with 



the lumber business for years and are : F. M. Cutsinger, M. L. Young, 

 Harry J, Schaefer, Thomas C. Hanley and Frank L. Donnell. 



Wagons for the Warring World 



The Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Company of Louisville, Ky.. is 

 oiJerating its j)lant more actively as the result of the war orders which it 

 has received. It will deliver 12,000 portable kitchens, or kitchens on 

 wheels, to the allied armies in France. It has let a sub-contract to the 

 Embry Box Company of Louisville for feed-boxes, tool-boxes, cutting 

 boards, etc., besides one to a local iron-\\^rkiug concern for much of the 

 metal work. The order amounts to several hundred thousand dollars, and 

 will use up a lot of material. The plant has not been operating full time 

 for quite a while previous to the placing of the war order. An ill wind 

 that blows nobody good? 



Major Ahern Resigns 



After serving fifteen years in the Philippines, much of the time as for- 

 ester in charge of the islands, Major George P. Aberns resigned November 

 27, and the next day left the islands. It is understood that failing health 

 was his reason for taking the step. 



Recent advices from Manila announce the appointment of W. F. Sher- 

 fesee, director of the bureau of forestry, succeeding Maj. George P. Ahem. 



Mr. Sherfesee graduated from Yale forest school in 1905. Entering 

 tbe United States Forest Service immediately, he soon became chief of the 

 department of wood preservation. He went to the Philippines in 1909, 

 and for the past two years has been assistant director of the bureau of 

 forestry in the PhilippiGcs. 



A New Hardwood Mill 

 Early in March construction work will begin, according to announcement 

 on a new hardwood mill at Nashville, Ark. J. H. Allen has leased the site 

 of the Graysonia-Nashville Lumber Company plant at Nashville. He 

 hails from" Louisiana and has purchased tbe hardwood timber on the pine 

 holdings of the Graysonia-Nashville Lumber Company and also leased the 

 crate and box factory. The mill will have a capacity of 40,000 feet and 

 will be modern in all its arrangements. 



Complaint Concerning High Tie Rates 



The Nashville Tie Company recently filed a complaint with the Inter- 

 state Commerce Commission against the Louisville & Nashville, alleging 

 that on shipments of oak ties to Nashville rates of 31 cents per 100 

 pounds were charged from Cumberland Furnace, and 26 cents per 100 

 pounds from Sylvia, Tenn., while ties were classed in the tariff with 

 lumber, which is rated at 8 cents per 100 pounds. The latter rate is de- 

 clared remunerative by the complainant, which denounces the rates 

 charged as excessive, unreasonable and unjust. The commission is asked 

 to order lower rates put into effect and award $476.85 reparation. 



Frank A. Satterwhite Appointed Sales Manager of Large 

 St. Louis Concern 



The Gldcon-.Vndcrson Lumber aud Mercantile Company announces the 

 appointment of Frank A. Satterwbite as its new sales manager. Mr. 

 Satterwhite has been connected with the company in the St. Louis office 

 as assistant sales manager for the past two or three years and his 

 promotion to the position of sales manager is in recognition of his ability. 

 The mills of the Gideon-Anderson Lumber and Mercantile Company are 

 located at Gideon, Mo., and have a daily capacity of 100,000 feet. A 

 hand and sawmill are operated, and the cut is ash, cypress, Cottonwood, 

 elm, hickory, maple, oak and sycamore. .V planing mill is operated in 

 connection with the sawmills. 



F. M. CUTSINGER, EVANSVILLE, IND. 



FRANK L. DONNELL, GREENSBURG, IND. 



FRANK A. SATTERWHITE, ST. LOUIS, MO. 



