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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Lumbermen's Meeting at Laurel Postponed 



Announcement has been sent out by the Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation, Cincinnati, that the lumbermen's meeting which was to have been 

 held at Laurel. Miss., April 27, has been indefinitely postponed. So many 

 who had intended to go discovered that it would be impossible to do so, 

 that the meeting was accordingly called off. It is expected that the meet- 

 ing will be held later. 



An Erroneous Rumor Corrected 



E. E. Hooper, secretary of the Lumbermen's Association of Chicago, has 

 mailed to member,? of that association the following explanation and cor- 



The iiiii 



lumber, to the Southern Pine and other 



In; I M in . 11^, reading as follows : 



\, ji I M :' i:ii!i. that they must no.t ship any commercial orders 

 ^r, I , , I itii.er on hand which can be applied on unembargoed 



Luiiibin-nien licre .nrc not inclined to take particular exception to this 

 proposition, which is specifically limited. In explaining it Mr. Edgar 

 called attention to the words "unembargoed government orders." 



" fact is that embargoes placed by Individual railroads on lumber are 

 work. Conferences have been in prog- 

 tg means for getting government ship- 



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 lents through 



the pr 



the 



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has 



iwmills may ship commer- 

 to ship government orders 

 nt business must be given 



times the rjiih ■. i ' . i.,,! riiii.;i i j.ms on shipments of 



lumber for any purpose. >; i m i , :, ' i i r:i- inu mill ^.iwing stock for 

 various government purpu^' i: . . ii:iii:i' r :t]nl timlurs for shipyard 

 construction and even for shiii iin l.ii nu. 



Significance in Minimum Loading Investigation 



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

 Association, is in receipt of information that the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission has of its own initiative instituted an investigation of carload 

 minima on lumber and forest products with a view to ascertaining "whether 

 existing variations in carload minima and the practices, rules and regu- 

 lations connected therewith are reasonable and not unjustly discrimina- 

 tory to any shipper of lumber and forest products." 



Mr. Townshend and other officials of the association believe that this 

 independent investigation will have an important bearing on case 8131, 

 involving reclassification of lumber and forest products. There have been 

 several hearings in connection with this case and the association has 

 secured tentative approval of its pet idea of "varying rates for varying 

 minima." It is regarded as possible that the investigation now being made 

 may result in definite acceptance of this principle and, in that event, 

 officials of the association, as well as members of this body, would be 

 highly pleased, as this is regarded by them as the only scientific basis on 

 which this vexing problem can be solved. 



Mr. Townshend says that no date has been set for further hearing in 

 the reclassification case, but he anticipates that such will follow comple- 

 tion of the investigation the commission is now making. 

 Northern Associations to Meet 



The two Northern hardwood associations announce their spring meetings 

 as follows ; 



The Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association will convene at the 

 Statler Hotel, Detroit, Mich., Thursday. April 25. The program will 

 include the usual market reports, reports of committees, report of the 

 emergency bureau, discussion of forest fire protective matters and of 

 national topics. 



The Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufactunis' .\sso(i;ition will 

 meet at the Hotel Pfister, Milwaukee, on Friday, April '.ir,. Thcrr will 

 be no set program, but rather open discussion of ninrkit r,,iiiiiii(,iis and 

 reports of several committees. 



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With the Trade 



Live Oak Treenails 



Tests having shown that the southern live oak is suitable for treenails 

 used in ship building, a plant has been established at Sweeney, Brazoria 

 county, Tex., to manufacture them on a large scale. The plant belongs 

 to the Gulf Coast Hardwood Milling Co. The principal output of the 

 plant will be treenails, which by government specifications are sawed out 

 of live oak. The nails are round, one inch in diameter and hold together 

 the ceiling, ribs and planking of large ocean going vessels of the type now 

 l"'iii_ .'iri tin 1.1 liy the government. The ribs or frames are 12 inches 

 in III 111 i iling 14 inches thick and planking 6 inches, making a 



tnt.ii '! .:j III :m, of timber between the ship's hold and the sea. The 

 br .iiiiu In ,,1' these nails is approximately 13,000 pounds. 

 Climax Company Moves Offices 

 The Climax Lumber Company, which has been manufacturing hard- 

 woods at St. Landry, La., for years, has moved its main offices to Alex- 

 andria, La. The mill remains at St. Landry and it is stated that aside 

 from the change in location of the general offices there has Ijeen no change 

 in the organization. 



Big Hickory Log 



At Beirne, Ark., they have converted into automobile wheel rims a 

 hickory log nine feet long and 41 inches in diameter. It is claimed to 

 be the largest hickory log of which there is any record. 



Adds Hardwood Department 



It Is announced at the offices of the Memphis Hardwood Flooring Com- 

 pany that a hardwood department has been established in connection with 

 the manufacture of flooring. No machinery will have to be bought for 

 this purpose. The management of this department will be in the hands 

 of "Bob" Lockwood, who has been general manager of the flooring business 

 for some years. 



New Mill Completed 



The Harwell Lumber Company, of which H. H. Harwell is president 

 and general manager, has completed its new mill at Portland, Ark., and 

 this is now in operation. It is cutting 35.000 feet per day and is devoting 

 its/attention principally to ash and oak. The company has about 30,000,000 

 feet of virgin timber in Chicot county. Ark., and is assured a full supply 

 for an indefinite period. This company was organized some mouths ago 

 with a capital stock of $100,000. George C. Brown & Company, Memphis, 

 will assist the company in disposing of its output. Members of the latter 

 firm are interested in the Harwell Lumber Company. 



Starts Plant on Heavy Dimension 



The old Fee-Crayton plant at Newport, Ark., has been taken over by 

 George C. and Austin Campbell, and under the style of the Arkansas Hard- 

 woods Company will he operated for the production of escort and artillery 

 spokes and wagon Woodstock. In fact, the plant was due to start about 

 .\pril 15. Several thousand acres of timberlands have been acquired along 

 the Black River in Arkansas, and logging will be contracted for the time 

 being. 



Geo. C. Campbell, president of the company, resides in Toronto,, Ont., 

 while his son has taken up residence in Newport and will act as manager 

 of the plant. He is connected with the Canadian army, being on leave 

 at present. The plant operation will be in charge of E. M. Thickston, who 

 for many years was with J. D. Case & Company at North Vernon, Ind. 



Pertinent Information 



Wood vs. Coal as Fuel 



The order of the government fuel administration tor the distribution 

 .)( coal l)y zones will probably result in a large increase of wood as fuel. 

 The order divides the United States into fourteen zones, each to be sup- 

 plied with coal from a certain mining region, and from nowhere else. 

 Many users who have built furnaces tor certain kinds of coal will be 

 unable to get it, and will find great inconvenience in using any other, and 

 it may be expected that many such persons will leave off burning coal 

 and will substitute wood as fuel. All cannot do this, but many can and 

 doubtless will, particularly in wooded regions. Saw mills and factories 

 which manufacture wood into finished products have much waste that 

 can go under the boilers. By supplementing this with cordwood, coal 

 may be wholly dispensed with. 



The order is the most radical war measujv ynt init in force in this 

 country. It tears the long-established coal nnnki N (.. |.h , r^ and will try 

 to construct new ones. Mines which have bnill iii' iriuli jn certain terri- 

 tory arc now forbidden to ship to that territory. The jiurpose is to save 

 cars for other use, by eliminating long hauls where short hauls will answer. 

 The buyer must purchase his coal from the mining region nearest him. 

 How THE Plan Will Wokic 



As an example of the working of the plan, the "regulation" governing 

 Illinois is here quoted. Each state or each group of states has special 

 regulations. This for Illinois : 



Limiting lines have been drawn as follows and will be referred to for 

 convenience in describing the changes made In the supply for this state : 



Line 1. — From Joppa, 111., via the C. & E. I. Ry. to Arthur; thence via 

 the Vandalia railroad to Peoria ; thence via the C. & N. W. Ry., through 

 Nelson, Sycamore, and Bclvi.bir, 111 , .m the line running to Beloit, Wis. 



Line 2. — From Cairo. Ill , mi Mm 1 ' li. R., through Centralia, Clinton 

 and Freeport, 111., on the lim u> Mii.lioii, Wis. 



The total receipts of coal in Illinois, iii..luding Chicago district points 

 in Indiana for the year 1917, were 41,1.T5,000 net tons, including coal for 

 special purposes. The plan prohibits the movement into the whole state 

 of Illinois of coal from the producing districts in Tennessee, Virginia, Ohio, 

 eastern Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. 



The tonnage from the producing districts mentioned above, amounted 

 approximately to 2,916,000 tons, of which 513,000 'tons came from mines 

 in the eastern Kentucky fields ; 177,000 from the Ohio fields ; 165,000 tons 

 from Kanawha and Kenova-Thacker, and 1,923,000 tons from Pocahontas 

 and New River. 



This entire 2,916,000 tons is to be replaced by coal shipped from mines 

 in Illinois, which may move to all portions of the state ; from mines in 

 Indiana, which may move as far west as to Include line 1, referred to 

 above ; and from western Kentucky mines, which may move as far west 

 as to include line 2, as described above. The Illinois- mines have been 



