April 25, 1918 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Clubs and Associations 



Chicago to Observe Liberty Day 



The Lumbermen's Association of Chicago has Just Issued the following 

 notice and appeal : 



The President of the United States has Issued a proclflinntlon setting 

 aside next Friday, April 20, as Liberty Day, and has askiHl that all over 

 the United States demonstrations be held as a renewed pledge of loyalty 

 and til demonstrate the unified feeling of the country. 



In accordance with the President's request, the Chicago Liberty Loan 

 Committee will hold a "Workers' Parade" next Friday oitcrobon, and It 

 Is the wish of the War Board of the Lumbermen's Association that all 

 offices and yards be closed at 12 :00 M. for the balance of the day. 



All members of the War Board and all Liberty Loan workers In your 

 firm are requested to be at this office on Friday, .\i)rll 20. not later than 

 1 :00 P. M., to Join In the parade. 



BK A PATRIOT! CO.ME AND SHOW YOUU COLORS I 



Date Again Changed 

 The time for holding the annual meeting of the National Lumber Manu- 

 facturers' Association has been again changed. The final date has been 

 flied for May 20 and 21, at the Congress hotel, Chicago. The time was 

 moved up from May 7 and S. 



Lumbermen's Club Entertains Rotarians 



The Lumbermen's Club of Memphis entertained the Rotarians of that 

 city at dinner at the .Memphis Country Club last Friday evening, April 19, 

 and this get-together meeting proved such an overwhelming success that, 

 before Its adjournment, the Rotarians had extended an invitation to the 

 lumbermen to be their guests at dinner at the Hotel Gayoso the evening 

 of April 30. 



They gave "three cheers" for the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis and 

 then extended the invitation which was accepted on behalf of the lumber- 

 men by Earl Palmer who was the originator of this get-together meeting. 



J. F. McSwcyn acted as toastmaster and performed his duties with 

 both humor and ability. There was no set programme. It was Just a 

 get-together meeting at which Jollity and good fellowship held sway from 

 start to finish. A number of gentlemen made brief addresses. They were 

 all in fine spirits and wit, humor, sarcasm, irony and raillery characterized 

 what they had to say. 



Charles M. Bryan, former city attorney, spoke on the "Spirit of 

 America. " W. D. Kyser, federal attorney for the western district of 

 Tennessee, told members of the club and their guests of the "Rotary Club 

 Spirit," while O. K. Ilouck, founder of the Ancient Order of the Yellow 

 Dog and a past-master in the gentle art of entertaining, spoke of the 

 "Lumbermen's Club Spirit." 



Caruthers Ewlng, Introduced as one of the most prominent attorneys in 

 these parts, had most of his fun at the expense of his fellow craftsmen, 

 -Messrs. Bryan and Kyser. Speaking seriously, he said that he had come 

 In close contact with a number of members of the Lumbermen's Club, in 

 connection with matters of vital interest to them at Washington, and 

 that he was much impressed with their ability. 



Earl Palmer had prepared an address on the "War" which, he said, 

 formed the chief topic of interest in any gathering of redbiooded Americans 

 these days. But he refused to deliver this. Me preferred rather to have 

 some fun at the expense of some of the preceding speakers and he paid 

 his respects to each in turn. 



Mr. Palmer believes in business men taking an active part in the 

 affairs of their city, their state and their national government. "The 

 Rotary Club has boasted of the fact tliat it docs not allow any politics 

 in its policy," he said. The Lumbermen's Club has never allowed politics 

 to play any part in its plans. I believe that this is a mistake. The mem- 

 bers of these two organizations are among the most able and the most 

 progressive business men of Memphis and I believe that. Instead of 

 eschewing politics as they do, they should make It a point to take a more 

 active part in what is going on politically every day. If they did so I 

 believe it would have a most salutary effect on the manner in which city, 

 State and national governments are conducted and that it would be a 

 long step in the right direction. We pay the biggest part of the tax bur- 

 den and it is up to us to see wliat becomes of the money, how it is spent, 

 who administers it, what we get for it and other phases of the subject 

 of equal importance to all of us." 



This meeting was almost a stag affair. There were several ladies present 

 and two of them added much to the pleasure of the evening by giving vocal 

 and instrumental selections. Mrs. Mark II. Brown furnished the fnrni.T 



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while the latter were rendered by Mrs. Black. A special vote of thanks 

 was tendered them for their splcnded contributions to the entertainment 

 program. 



Lumber Prices by the Piece 



les tile "jH-r piece" price of lumber. Not so very long ago 

 It was n comninn praitlic In retail lumber yanlH when a customer asked 

 for the price of a certain kind of woo<l, to quote him the price iicr thousand 

 feet, Irrespective of whether he wanted enough wood to build a home or 

 Just a piece to llx the back door step. Even today 1,000 board feet Htlll Is 

 the^ unit of nieiisurc on which prices are quoted In many lumber yards. 



Thus a man who may want only enough wood to lay a new lloor In the 

 kitchen goes to the lumber yards and asks for prices, fie Is told $05 or 

 $45. or whatever the price may be per thousand feet for the particular 

 wood he wants. But he leaves the jnrd none the wiser as to exactly what 

 It will cost to lay his by 9 foot door. 



Probably the only reason this system of retailing has persisted Is that 

 no great number of retail lumber dealers could afford the lime to work 

 out a system of quoting the price of lumber, not by the 1,000 feet, but 

 by the particular size required. This big problem has Just been solved 

 for the retail lumberman and for the small purchaser of lumber by the 

 .National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, Chicago, a fwleratlon of 

 the largest lumber orgonlzatlons in the countr}-. 



This association has published a series of tables which will enable the 

 retail lumberman to quote by the piece lumber costing anywhere from $1 

 to .?100 per 1.000 board feet and measuring any length, breadth and thick- 

 ness. The booklet of tables will be distributed without charge to all the 

 retail lumber dealers In the country, and the author will be compensated 

 by the knowledge that much time, effort and brain power which hitherto 

 has been expended in "figuring" by individual lumber retailers will hence- 

 forth be conser\'cd and perhaps spent In helping the government win 

 the war. 



The tables, for Instance, show that a piece of lumber 1x4 inches, 10 

 feet long, of a grade costing $40 per 1,000 feet, will cost 13 cents; a piece 

 2x4 inches, 16 feet long of a grade worth $65 per 1,000 feet, will cost 60 

 cents. By means of these tables the dealer can at a glance tell what any 

 size piece of any grade lumber will cost. 



Manufacturers Employ Accountant 



In conformity with plans described In previous Issues of Hardwood 

 Record the Hardwood .Manufacturers' Association of the United States 

 has employed an expert accountant to carry out the cost finding program 

 to which the members have enthusiastically pledged themselves. 



O. K. HaysUp of Huntington, W. Va., has been selected for the work 

 and is already In Cincinnati preparing to go ahead with the work. Mr. 

 Hayslip is well qualified, having had a great deal of lumber manufacturlDg 

 experience besides being a high class accountant. 



The formal appointment was made at a big meeting of the open price 

 members at Huntington on April 17. At this meeting the proposal to 

 employ an expert was favorably acted upon and, Mr. HaysUp having already 

 been picked, his formal appointment was quickly consummated. 



The immediate plan contemplates his visiting a number of representative 

 mills immediately and then preparing a report with recommendations 

 for a basic system. The report will be submitted to the Cost Accounting 

 Committee, which in turn will report to the Open Competition Member- 

 ship at its next meeting. 



Market discussion at this meeting showed low stocks and production 

 and an active market. The labor situation Is serious and prices are climb- 

 ing rapidly though not in keeping with costs. 



One Cent Advance Becomes Effective 



The advance of one cent per hundred pounds on shipments of hardwood 

 lumber from Ohio and Mississippi river crossings into Eastern trunk line 

 territory, which was allowed by the Interstate Commerce Commission as 

 a compromise in the fifteen per cent rate case, became effective on April 18. 



J. H. Townshend, secretary-treasurer of the Southern Hardwood Trafllc 

 Association, made this announcement April 19. He further stated that the 

 advance of one cent per hundred pounds from these same crossings Into 

 Central Freight Association territory would become effective between May 

 1 and May 15, and that the advance from southern producing points on 

 both the east side and the west side Into both Central Freight Association 

 and Eastern trunk line territory would become effective between June 1 

 and June 15. 



The association gained a big victory over the carriers In having the 

 fifteen per cent advance case, as affecting southern hardwood lumber ship- 

 ments, compromised on the basis of an advance of one cent per hundred 

 pounds. It announced, when this decision was made public some time ago, 

 that it would be quite a while, owing to the necessity of issuing tariff 

 sheets, before the advance became effective, and that this delay would 

 result in much benefit to southern hardwood lumber interests by enabling 

 them to get out lumber sold on the old freight rates before the new went 

 into effect. This forecast has been Justified already and will be still 

 further Justified before the advance from all producing territory affected 

 is actually in force. 



Meanwhile Mr. Townshend announces that roads entering the provinces 

 of Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alberta In Canada have been granted an 

 Increase of two and one-half to six cents per hundred pounds on ship- 

 ments of lumber from southern prcKlucIng points, effective at once. This 

 i'rtvancp nppliis nn ail shipments <if li.inlw..,,ii lumber. 



