May 10. lOlS 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



39 



The Mail Bag 



B 1188 — Cocobolo, Lignum Vitae and Ebony for Sale 



The above named woods are so difficult to obtain, Hardwood 



Rf.oikd presents the following letter offering a good assortment, 



believing that there may be some who would like to get in touch 



with this source of supply: 



San Frnnrlsco, Cnl.. April 23. — Eihtoh llAiinn-oou Record: Wc ndw 

 luivo spot iinil near Son Kranclsco si-voral cars as follows : 2 cars Mexican 

 rospwood (locniMilo). 4 cars lignum vltnc. and 2 cars ebony. 



B 1189 — Dogwood and Persimmon For Sale 



Anyone interested in the following offering of dogwood anil 

 persimmon can have the name of the writer on applying to H.vkd- 

 WOOD Recokd. The correspondent ilid not state whether the material 

 is in the log or is manufactured: 



CnM'nvlllc. Fla.. .May rt.-Edltor II.MtDWOOD Recoiid : I have a quantity 

 of iloKwooil and porslminon I would like to dispose of, and have been 

 infoi-nicd that you will silixHy Kivc nie some Information regarding its 



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Clubs and Associations 



Southern Pine Officers Elected 

 riie stockholders and dinvlois of the Soiitb.-rn Tin.' .\ssociation met iu 

 Memphis April 25 and chose the following officers for the ensuing year: 

 Charles fe. Keith of Kansas City, president; P. S. Gardiner of Laurel, 

 Miss., and John II. Kirby of Houston, Tex., vice-president ; Henry M. Young 

 of New Orleans, treasurer; .T. K. Rhodes of New Orleans, secretary-man- 

 ager, and .\. <;. T. Moore of New Orleans, assistant secretary. 



Massachusetts Association Meets 



At a nieetiug of the Massachusetts Wholosale Lumber Association. Inc.. 

 hold on Tuesday. April 2.S, at Youngs Hotel, lioston. r. ]imii «,,. i. r.iv.-d 

 on the protest against closing of the commercial trarli .ili ■- m.l the 



ilecision of the government was announced. Ueporl u^i- ,il- ii-ilcicd 



on the proposal of the railroads to endeavor to permii -..iiir lioiiiuii of 

 the waiting Southern shipments to go through to New England. The 

 meeting adjourned to dinner, which was followed by a patriotic meeting 

 of lumbermen from all branches of the metropolitan trade. This was a 

 patriotic gathering and one of the most stirring ever held by the local 

 lumbermen. Grafton Cushing spoke on his experiences in the British, 

 I'rench and .American trenches ; Major Charles S. Wentworth of the 301st 

 -Vnimunition Train, N. A., who was formerly a prominent Boston liard- 

 wo(id dealer, addressed his audience of personal friends on ),i i.w n ^.i.-i rva- 

 tions pertaining to the war. The lecture of Baroin i i. w i-nn 

 lUiard of France followed. She being the daughter of Ii w i u. h.r 



inherited dramatic delivery and the series of views tak i 1m i i.tnat 



from her home during the Battle of the Marne provided a most rfalistic 

 presentation of the conditions and events of historic importance at that 

 poriod. Her address aroused such a degree of sentiment in the audience 

 that she received many substantial contributions from the lumbermen 

 toward the Villiers Hospital in Paris, which she Is working to assist. 



Hope to Prevent Delay in Shipments 



The Southern Hardwood Traffic Association is anxious to prevent any 

 delay in furnishing proper billing instructions, and is urging its members 

 to furnish such instructions the day the cars arc loaded. It calls atten- 

 tion t<i til.' fait that tlirs.' instructions are frequently mailed, with resultant 

 ilclii 1 I ii li Mil ant increase in charges for demurrage, 

 to I voment of freight. 



II lilt members, in making application 



for . I. iiiiii r shipments, give all the Information 



requist. .i by the war trad.- board. It has compiled a list of about twentj 

 reasons why applications have to be returned and is asking that its mem- 

 bers check these carefully to see that they are not exposing themselves 

 to certain delay in obtaining these licenses. 



The association also calls attention to the fact that orders for diversion 

 or reconsignment of lumber shipments to restricted territory will not be 

 permitted and is strongly urging that ail members of the association be 

 careful about making shipments they desire to have diverted or recon- 

 signed to embargoed territory. It emphasizes the heavy demurrage charges 

 that are certain to accrue under those conditions. 



The association believes that it will be able shortly to secure a ruling 

 from the Director General's office that shippers of lumber are entitled to 

 the refund on inbound shipments of logs whether the lumber is shipped 

 over the line handling the logs or not. especially if the line which is due 

 to receive the shipment of lumber is not able to furnish cars. A ruling 



to this elTecl has l)ecn made on cotton at Pine Bluff, and offldals of the 

 assotiatlon believe that such n ruling can be obtained as applied to lumber 

 ndlled at Memphis. 



At present the refund is not obtainable unless the line bringing in the 

 logs also handles the outbound shipment of lumber manufactured there- 



rUe association has outlined to its members the conditions under which 

 lliey may load coal cars with lumber, and is urging that they comply 

 slrblly with the requirements along this line, and that they be extra 

 lautions about using coal cars for diversion or reconsignment. 



Announces National Wholesale Committees 



The National \Vholcsale Lundier Healers' Association has Just ptiblishcd 

 Its new list of committees covering executive, board of nuinagers of bureau 

 if information, railroad and transportation, audit ami finance, arbitra- 

 tion, fire insurance, legislation, special railroad conference, hardwood 

 Inspection, special committee on single standard of hardwood Inspection, 

 iicean marine, lake marine, forestry, .\nierlcan Forestry Association, ad- 

 ilsory. trade relations and terms of sale. In addition there arc special 

 ■ommilteos «n workmen's compensation. Chamber of Commerce of the 

 I'mted States, and special war service committee. 



The executive committee is made up of II. F. Taylor, Buffalo, president 

 >f the association; John W. McCiure. Memphis; M. E. Prelsch, North 

 lonawanda, N. Y. ; F. R. Babcock, Pittsburgh; G. C. Edwards, Ottawa, 

 :intarlo. 



The arbitration committee is made up of .1. I! Montgonwiy. R. 1!. Kay- 

 icr. F. B. Witherbee, C. W. Belts, T. T. Adams. .1. V. Stinison and F. \V. 



committee on single standard of hardwood inspectio 

 mis Dill, Baltimore ; C. H. Barnaby. Grcencastlc, Ind. ; I 

 sburgh; R. M. Carrier, Sardis, Miss., and R. II. Vans 



Traffic Club Adds Members 



3f the Southern Hardwood 

 . of the membership conuni 

 ncd from Alexandria, Shr 



ifflc 



.1. 11. Townshend. secretary-manager 

 Association, and C. R. Tustln, chairma 



that organization, have recently returned from Alexandria, Shrevepor 

 and other points in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, where they went 



in search of new members. They se 

 laid the ground-work for others that 



Since .lanuary 1 the association 1 

 Of this number forty-nine have been 

 of the annual of this organization. 'I 

 with the specific object of increasing 11 

 halfway mark and is going strong. 



The more rocnnt additions .ire; 



Henry .1. Iiavi-. Cli 

 Grismore & Hyman 

 and Childerson Lun 



of applications and 

 the near future, 

 le new members, 

 mry 15. the date 

 ted the new year 

 It is now at the 



B. Kuss 



Memphians Entertained by Rotanans 



Members of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis were entertained at a 

 dinner at the Hotel Chisca Tuesday evening, April .30. by Messrs. Ben 

 and Bert Parker and the Rotary Club and they enjoyed every minute of 

 the four hours thus occupied. 



The Rotarians had secured a number of prominent speakers and a 

 .splendid musical programme was rendered. 



Serious patriotism and closer frllowship and friendship w.if the domi- 

 nant notes of the rot. i innm. m, i^ they were the do),,i! r the 



dinnerrccentlyglv.il H' !■ m the latter. Tin i ■ "■'- 



elation of the fact till I i i -r, : i in leading businc- lo 



get together and tu wil. i.,-.iiMi in this serious l.ii-n- nid 



these meetings are not only bringing about closer rcdati..Ti~ liriwicii the 

 members of the two organizations, but they are rendering them more 

 efficient in the service both of the community and of the government. 



The principal speakers were: Douglas Malloch. American Lumber- 

 man. Chicago: Major George VT. Simmons of the Simmons Hardware 

 Company, St. Louis, who is now devoting practically all of his time to 

 Red Cross work and who was on the front in France during the recent 

 big German advance : J. II. Heron, poet and humorist of the Rotary Club 

 of New York, and Major W. T. Bell, who is identified with the medical 

 officers' training camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. 



Major Simmons crcatoil tn-mcndous enthusiasm when h.- .l.Tland. as a 

 result of his recent ..i.^rivntiMii^ mi the firing line in 1 ■■ ' ,^ A 



result of his close r..iii:i. t v,iih those in charge of i y, 



that "the line in Frain . ami r.. luiiun may bend, but s '■■" 



Major Bell also dn-w in.-un-udous applause when li. -- lie 



would sooner doubt the divinity of God than ultimate victory lor tho allied 

 cause. 



Bert Parker, president of the Rotary Club, delivered the address of wel- 

 come. President McSweyn of the Lumbermen's Club responded in behalf 

 of the lumbermen. 



A band specially engaged for the occasion furnished music through- 

 out the evening. Mrs. Bert Parker sang the "Star Spangled Banner." 



