HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Jackson Club Holds Meeting 



The recently organized Lumbermons Club of Jackson, Tenn., held 

 its semi-monthly meeting on February 20, in the office of Fetterman & 

 Richardson. It was attended by about thirty representatives of the 

 following concerns : Weis & Lesh Manufacturing Company, Fetterman & 

 Richardsop. Ashby Veneer & Lumber Company, Darlan-Morris Manu- 

 facturing Company, Tennessee Oak Flooring Company, Bcdua Young 

 Lumber Company, Budde-Weis Manufacturing Company and the South- 

 ern Seating and Cabinet Company. The membership is made up of 

 those engaged in lumber or woodworking industries in Jackson. 



Secretary Richardson was not present owing to sickness, and J. L. 

 Fetterman occupied his chair. 



Several question.^ of importance were brought up and disposed of by 

 President C. F. Rae ; among these was the question of the acceptance of 

 the invitation extended by the Merchants & Manufacturers' Association 

 to affiliate with it and use its quarters. It was decided after discus- 

 sion that the club will co-operate with the association in all matters 

 of mutual interest, but will maintain separate quarters and continue 

 to use space as before in the Cantrell building. 



President Rae appointed a committee to secure the necessary furniture 

 to equip the new quarters before the next meeting, which will occur 

 two weeks hence. When the quarters have been equipped, the club 

 will be open at all times to members and friends. Active plans were 

 discussed for increasing the membership, as there arc a large number 

 of prospective members in nearby towns. 



One object of the club is to advertise Jackson as a lumber and wood- 

 working center, to manufacturers in surrounding territory and to the 

 lumber industry as well. That Jackson's advantages are being recog- 

 nized is evidenced by the large number of institutions which have located 

 there during the last few years. 



The reports of the activities of Jackson lumbermen in the last week 

 or so show that C. F. Rae of the Tennessee Oak Flooring Company 

 returned from a trip from Nashville and contingent points, and that 

 P. L. Donnell. sales manager of the Bedna Young Lumber Company. 

 who is located at Greensburg, Ind., spent a few days at the Jackson 

 mill last week. 



Manufacturers to Meet at San Francisco in May 



The annual meeting of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association 

 will be held at San Francisco, May 11-13. The management of the 

 Lumbermen's building and House of Hoo-Hoo have offered facilities for 

 meeting on the exposition grounds that have been accepted by the 

 board of s^ovrrimrs of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, 

 which will enable delegates to attend the meeting and visit the fair at 

 the same time. 



The program for the National meeting will be in the nature of a con- 

 tinuation of the program at Chicago in May, 1914, which was devoted 

 to the merchandising of lumber. It is expected that the addresses and 

 discussions will relate to such questions as trademarked lumber, educat- 

 ing the consumer, the cost and efficiency of production, trade extension, 

 the function of manufacturers' associations and the public interest in the 

 economics of production. Since the National association has not held a 

 meeting on the Pacific coast since the one in Seattle in 1909, there will 

 be especial features on the program at San Francisco which will appeal 

 to the coast members of the associatloa and also to visiting lumbermen 

 from the East. 



All lumbermen who are planning a visit to the West coast this year 

 should plan their trips so that they can take in the San Francisco 

 meeting. It will be an event which they cannot afford to miss. 



Details of the program are being worked up and will be announced as 

 soon as possible. 



Baltimore Exchange Discusses Important Questions 



The quarterly meeting of the Baltimore Lumber E^xchange, which took 

 place at the Merchants' Club on March 1, was more largely attended than 

 usual, and exceptional interest was manifested in the proceedings. Robert 

 E. Lee, Mayor Preston's secretary, made a brief address In which he sought 

 the coSperation of the members in all matters tending to promote the 

 welfare of the city, promising in turn that the mayor would aid In all 

 endeavors which the lumbermen might make to advance the special inter- 

 ests of their business. Mr. Lee is the head of what Is called the conven- 

 tion committee, which aims to bring national gatherings here, in pursuance 

 of which aim, Information relative to the advantages and progresslveness 

 of Baltimore is sent out. He urged the members to assist him In this 

 work. 



Mr. Lee was followed by C. M. Rowe of the Heller Industrial Film Com- 

 pany which is engaged in bringing different Industries before the eyes of 

 the public through moving pictures. Mr. Rowe proceeded to point out that 

 moving pictures were the latest and most effective means of advertising, 

 and suggested that a flim showing the progress of the lumber Industry 

 from the felling of the tree In the forest to the planing mill would not 

 only be highly Instructive, but would bring the utility of lumber more 

 clearly to the notice of buyers than any other means. He said that he was 

 prepared to confer at length with the exchange as a body or with Indi- 

 vidual firms and corporations which might desire to make use of moving 

 pictures. 



The minutes of the annual meeting last December were read and ap- 

 proved. The treasurer's quarterly report showed that the financial condi- 



tion of the exchange Is excellent. A proposal, notice of which had been 

 previously given, to repeal several clauses of an article In the by-laws, rela- 

 tive to the division of the cost of Inspection between buyer and seller, came 

 up and was adopted. Under the change the cost will be equally divided, 

 instead of as heretofore, the seller paying twenty-five cents and the buyer 

 fifteen cents per 1,000 feet. This has been the actual practice In hard- 

 woods for some time, as a matter of fact, and was merely extended to other 

 woods. Of course, the rule does not prevent private agreements on a 

 different basis. 



Tile amendment to the bj'-laws, requiring that at the next annual meet- 

 ing four members of the managing committee be elected for one year, four 

 for two years and four for three years, tour being elected thereafter 

 annually, which would In effect have made the committee continuous, In- 

 stead of electing all twelve members annually, was brought up but voted 

 down. Some members felt that the change would be Inadvisable, since It 

 would prevent the getting rid of a member of the committee who might 

 have become objectionable, except by requesting him to resign, which would 

 be productive of Ill-feeling. 



After the business session the members sat down to an excellent 

 luncheon. 



Memphis Club Entertains Yellow Piners 



The regular spnii-ninntbly meoUng of tlie Lumbermen's Club of Memphis, 

 which is ordinarily held Saturday at noon, was held Friday evening, Feb- 

 ruary 26, at the Hotel Gajoso. This change was made in order that the 

 club might entertain the directors of the Southern Pine Association, who 

 were in session here that day. A delightful dinner was served. About 

 twenty members of the association were present. The banquet hall of the 

 Hotel Gayoso was beautifully decorated for the occasion and the evening 

 proved a very enjoyable one. President Kadel acted as toastmaster. 

 Included in the guest list were Charles S. Keith, president of the associ- 

 ation ; M. H. Sullivan, Bogalusa Lumber Company, Bogalusa, La. ; John 

 H. Klrby of the Kirby Lumber Company, Houston, Tex., and J. E. Rhodes, 

 secretary. 



President Keith said that he could not see anything very brilliant In 

 the present outlook and that he did not anticipate that there would be 

 any decided revival in the lumber business until after the close of the 

 European war, but that, with this over, there would be a substantial 

 boom in which both the hardwood and yellow pine people would partici- 

 pate. He referred to the expansion in business which followed the Spanish. 

 American war and believed that something similar would be seen at the 

 conclusion of hostilities in Europe. 



Both Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Keith spoke very briefly. J. E. Rhodes, who 

 attended the recent meeting of the Forest Products Federation at Chicago, 

 gave a very interesting account of the proceedings of that body. He 

 thought the national movement in behalf of lumber as against substitutes 

 launched at this meeting a step in the right direction and that everybody 

 identified with the lumber trade should lend every possible aid. It will be 

 recalled that, at the last meeting of the Lumbermen's Club, an appropri- 

 ation to help defray the expenses of the federation was made. 



The meeting of the directors of the Southern Pine Association was held 

 in the rooms of the Lumbermen's Club in the Business Men's Club building. 

 These gentlemen were assured that they were at perfect liberty to make use 

 of these rooms whenever they met here. Subsequent to this meeting. It 

 has been announced that, while the permanent headquarters of the associ- 

 ation are at New Orleans, all directors' meetings will be held ia Memphis 

 because of its greater accessibility to the members. 



.ill of the speakers were enthusiastic in their praise of the hospitality 

 shown by the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis and expressed their apprecia- 

 tion not only of the use of the rooms in question but also of the excellent 

 entertainment provided for them. 



Practically no business was transacted aside from the election of three 

 new active members, as follows : Horace F. Harwell, Geo. C. Brown & Co., 

 Proctor, Ark. : Thomas R. Wlnfield, president of the Cole Manufacturing 

 Company, and Paul Rush, secretary and treasurer of the Rlel-Kadel Lumber 

 Company. 



The membership committee also reported one new application for 

 associate membership. This will be acted upon at the next regular meeting 

 two weeks hence. 



Southern Traffic Bureau Files Rate Protests 



The Southern Hardwood Traffic AssoclaUon has, through Its govcrnlos 

 board, decided to file a petition with the Interstate Commerce Commission 

 a'.;ainst the advance of three cents per hundred pounds on shipments of 

 hardwood lumber from Arkansas to all eastern points except New York. 

 These higher rates became effective March 1, and the St. Louis, Iron 

 Mountain & Southern, the Rock Island, the Frisco, and others are the 

 roads against which the petition Is directed. 



The association a short time ago decided also to file a petition against 

 existing rates from southern producing points to Texas common polnto. 

 This decision was reached on the ground that rates from Texas common 

 points eastward are measurably lower Ihan those on west-bound shipments, 

 according to a statement made by J. U. Townshend, general manager of 



the association. . ^ ^ »_ ._■ 



The assoclaOon has likewise filed a pcUtlon against rates from certain 

 southern points to Sioux CItj-, la. 



Three new members have recently been elected by the assoclaUon as fol- 

 lows • George C. Ehemann & Co., Memphis ; Phil Ryan Lumber Company, 

 Onalaska Tex., and the Churchlll-Mllton Lumber Company. Louisville. Ky» 



