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without reasonable consideration, and on such basis seek to restrain such 

 action and to have an acoountins. 



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The troubles of the exporters are strikingly shown by the experience of a 

 Baltimore shipper who asked the representatives here of the HollanO-Ameri- 

 can line to quote a rate on a shipment to Rotterdam, and was told that it 

 would be around 45 cents per 100 pounds. The exporter promptly cabled 

 the information to the foreign correspondent and after five days received a 

 reply to ship. By that time, however, the steamship agents had marked up 

 the rate to 75 cents or so, and more cabling was resorted to, with a prospect 

 that when the exporter got the second reply the charge would have been 

 marked up to 90 cents per 100 pounds. Uader such conditions, of course, 

 it is wcllDigh impossible to do business. 



The Citizens' Lumber Company and the Southern Lumber Company of 

 Parkersburg, W. Va., have been consolidated under the name of the Citizens' 

 Company, the purchase price being ?20,000 in the stock of the Citizens' Com- 

 pany. H. C. Crawford, the former manager of the Southern Company, will 

 be connected with the purchasing concern as the representative of H. B. 

 Harson, to whom the $20,000 of stock was issued, Mr. Harson being exten- 

 sively engaged in the lumber business of the South. Comprehensive im- 

 provements are to be made at the Citizens' Company's plant. 



The West Virginia Lumber and Builders' Supply Dealers' Association, at 

 the second annual meeting held in Parkersburg March 10 and 11, elected the 

 following officers : President, W. E. Minter, Huntington, re-elected ; vice- 

 president, George M. West, Clarksburg, re-elected ; secretary-treasurer, G. J. 

 Dlckerson, Huntington, re-elected; board of directors, F. L. Davidson, 

 Parkersburg: -i. M. Finney, Charleston; W. H. Evans, Parkersburg; G. .1. 

 Dickerson ; G. A. Grishaber, Charleston ; W. E. Minter ; G. M. Mossmao, 

 Huntington ; Walter Perkins, Bluefield, and G. M. West. 



Wheeling v.-as tentatively selected as the place for the next annual meet- 

 ing. A number of topics of interest to the supply men were discussed, and 

 the visitors were entertained with an automobile ride, a performance at the 

 Camden theater and a dinner at the armory. Resolutions thanking the local 

 menbers for tlielr hospitality were adoptiKi with much enthusiasm. 



Eberhard T. Hayen, formerly ongagwi in the exporting of lumber and logs 

 and wellknown in the trade at the time, bi\t who had been living in retire- 

 ment for ten years, recently died at his home. Mount Vernon and Cedar 

 avenues, after a prolonged illness of heart trouble. Mr. Hayen was born in 

 Germany seventy-six years ago, and came to the United States in ISoO. U.' 

 is survived by his wife, a son, Eberhard Hayen of Chihuahua, Mexico, and 

 Ave daughters. 



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R. W. Horton, sales manager for the central division of the W. M. Hitter 

 Lumber Company, reports a slight improvement in the demand for hardwood 

 stocks. The best buying is being done by yardmen, although factories mak- 

 ing vehicles, implements and furniture are also in the market. Prices are 

 fairly steady at former levels. Dealers' stocks are generally light. 



J. A. Ford of the Imperial liumber Company reports a fairly good demand 

 for hardwoods with prices much better maintained than formerly. Ship- 

 ments arc coming out promptly. 



John R. Gobey of John R. Gobey & Co. says there is a better feeling In bard- 

 wood circles, and the volume of business is generally increasing. 



Papers have been filed increasing the capital of the Buckeye Box Company 

 of Cleveland from .$10,000 to ?25,000. 



The .\nchor Lumber t.'ompauy of Ironton, Ohio, has been incorporated with 

 a capital of ?'25,000 by A. W. .\bele, Charles Abele, J. Frank Klmmel, E. F. 

 Myers and C. H. Schweikart. The company will take over the business and 

 plants of the Abele & Kimmel Lumber Company and also the Schweikart and 

 Turley plant. Extensive improvements will be made at both plants. 



A barge load of 600.000 feet of oak lumber was brought up from .\rkansas 

 City, Ark., to the D. T. & I. docks at Ironton, Ohio, on the Ohio river. The 

 lumber will be shipped to the East and to foreign countries. 



Dice Bros, of Xenla, Ohio, are preparing to build a planing mill 50 bv 100 

 feet. 



At Troy, Ohio, the Francis & Clemm Company has been succeeded by 

 Francis & Montross. 



Word comes from Columbiana, Ohio, to the effect that the Columbiana 

 Lumber Company is closing out. 



The Brumbaugh Lumber Company has taken over the lumber business 

 formerly operated by Samuel Brumbaugh at Canton, Ohio. 



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The only complaint to be heard around C. Crane & Co.'s yards is that the 

 tupply is inadequate to the demand. Mr. Crane reports business all that 



could be wished for and steadily improving. The woodworking plants are 

 buying heavily. Wholesalers are taking all that is offered and prices are on 

 an encouraging high level. Oak is moving rapidly and the demand for bass- 

 wood is brisk. The small supply of ash back of the mills naturally has a 

 deteriorating effect on that lumber. Poplar is in demand. Mr. Crane sum- 

 marizes the situation with the terse remark that "all dry lumber is selling 

 well," and asserts that inquiries are exceptionally heavy and the demand 

 so great that a complete rejuvenation of the hardwood business must surely 

 take place within the next thirty or-sixty days. The mill is working full up 

 in all departments. 



A fair call for basswood and maple is reported by the Anchor Lumber 

 Company. Oak and poplar is somewhat off, but prices are holding up 

 steadily under adverse conditions. 



Charles C. Boyd of Charles C. Bo.vd & Co. left early last week for a ti-ip 

 through the East, where he will visit the principal hardwood points in an 

 effort to ascertain eastern conditions first hand. Before leaving, he ex- 

 pressed satisfaction with the trade in general and predicts a fair revival 

 within a short time. Mr. Boyd will be gone ten days or two weeks. 



All high grades are standing up under depressing surroundings is the 

 expression of the .\tlas Lumber and Manufacturing Company. A slight, 

 although steady enough to be marked, picking up in all branches of the busi- 

 ness is noted by this concern, which reports maple nnd basswood as the best 

 sellers. 



Oak, common and better, is showing renewed life with the opening up of 

 the mills, while poplar continues to move quickly for Harry F. Hendy & Co. 



Mr. Richey of Richcy, Ilalsted & Quick has just returned from an extended 

 trip through the Southwest, where he delved deep Into the situation, but 

 professes that he was unable to find anything encouraging. Evidently con- 

 ditions in that section of the country have been much worse than those expe- 

 rienced in the Middle West a while back. Here a return to normal seems 

 to be but a matter of a short time, while the outlook in the Southwest Is 

 dismal at the best, according to Mr. Uicbey. The firm, while satisfied with 

 the local situation, considering the poor outlook during the winter, would 

 welcome a still further Improvement and until this comes cannot class the 

 market as good. 



"Slightly better, but still much to be dasired," is the opinion of J. A. 

 Bolser of Blackburn & Bolser. Gum and ash are moving fairly well, but 

 there is little on hand. The yellow pine market is unsteady. 



Mr. Graham of the Graham Lumber Company, Ltd., does not believe in 

 allowing good or bad business conditions to affect one's state of mind, but 

 does believe in keeping right at it when things are at the lowest ebb and in 

 that manner remedying all defects. Mr. Graham can see little basis of price 

 !n the present market, but observes a steady, although slight, general im- 

 provement and a.sserts that if all keep pluggiug away normal soon will be 

 reached. A fair demand for plain and quartered oak is reported by this 

 concern. 



In the mahogany field, the Freiberg Lumber Company reports a rather 

 depressing market, but like practically all the lumbermen in Cincinnati Is 

 optimistic and can discern in the future a substantial picking up. The 

 manufacturing end is busy, while shipping is light. 



Inquiries are heavy for oak In various grades with W. B. Woodward, while 

 poplar is moving slow. Mr. Woodward is confident of a general business 

 revival in April, particularly iu the hardwood line. 



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The Skinner Bending Company reports a slight improvement in business 

 and for the present the factory Is running full capacity on a ten-hour 

 schedule. The management seems to be undecided whether the present line 

 of orders simply represents a spurt or whether it Is the forerunner of re- 

 turning prosperity. 



The Keasey Piilley Company is arranging to move its plant to Fostoria, 

 Ohio, the first of .\pril. A bonus of S'lO.OOO was given the concern by the 

 Fostoria Chamber of Commerce. 



The Booth Column Company is running at half capacity on an eight-hour 

 schcKlulo, which is considerable improvement over what conditions have been 

 for some time past. There Is a noticeable improvement in orders from Ohio 

 and from the East. Orders are about equally divided between interior and 

 exterior columns. The new line which has recently been taken up by this 

 concern seems on the high road to success. This is the new automobile 

 bumper, put out by this concern under special patents. Rock maple, steamed 

 and bent. Is the material used in making the bumpers. President Booth Is 

 very enthusiastic over the bumper end of the business. 



The Gotshall Manufacturing Company expects to build a new plant costing 

 several thousand dollars. 



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St. Clair Parry, president of the Parry Manufacturing Company, is 

 spending several weeks in Florida. 



John Morner has bought a factory building at Shelbyville and will engage 

 in the manufacture of l)entwood and hardwoods. Mr. Morner has bought 

 from the Citizens' Industrial Club a plant formerly occupied by an automo- 

 bile company. 



.\Ibert D. Palmer, Charles Palmer and John W. Romick have organized 

 the Fort Wayne Ironing Board Company at Fort Wayne to manufacture 



