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OAK TIMBERS 



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MEMPHIS, TENN., DYERSBURG, TENN. 



VENEER MILLS 



MEMPHIS, TENN. 



sentativc o( the exchange in the United States Chamber of Commerce, 

 and a month's leave of absence was granted to J. G. Creamer, the chief 

 Inspector, who has heen ill for some weeks, but Is now on the mend 

 There was an Informal discussion of the price tlxlng pollc.v of the govern- 

 ment and of probable or possible action in the future, and various other 

 matters were considered. Only two members of the committee were 

 absent, and much interest In the proceedings was manifested. A luncheon 

 was one of the features of the gathering. Parker D. Dlx, the president 

 of the Exchange, occupied the chair. 



Among the visiting lumbermen here last week was Chester F. Korn of 

 the KornConkling Company, Cincinnati, who had been In Washington 

 and was on his way to New York to look after some shipments. Mr. 

 Horn's company is making large shipments of veneers on account of the 

 British government, and he went to sec about the facilities for getting 

 these shipments off. 



The factory for a time operated by the Stelncr Mantel Company at 

 Hlghlandtown, a suburb, which was turned Into a place for the manu- 

 facture of furniture when the Stelner company got Into difflculties, has 

 been sold to a waste and paper concern. 



The Weyerhaeuser Timber Corporation, which last year purchased a 

 portion of the old Quarantine grounds with a view to establishing here a 

 large distributing station for Pacific Coast woods, Is reported to have 

 acquired six more acres in the same locality. For the present the plans 

 of the We.rerhaeuser company are held up by the war, but after peace 

 Is restored a large development is planned here, with extensive facilities 

 for exporting lumber and large timbers, and for taking care of the wants 

 In these woods In the East as far as the Mississippi river. The timber 

 will be bniuflit to F.altimorc In vessels. 



The Kendall I.unilicr Company reports bu.siness (julet and Irregular. 

 Prices are up everywhere. Labor ut the hardwood mills is especially 

 scarce this month owing to the harvest season on the farm. 



Boy Scouts of this section are bus.v everywhere tagging walnut trees. 

 William H. Stevenson, chairman of the Allegheny County Public Safety 

 Committee, has appointed a live working committee to help direct this 

 big task. 



President George S. Oliver, of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, 

 has appointed Robert Garland, former president of the chamber, as chair- 

 man of the committee of Pittsburgh manufacturers which has been named 

 to try to centralize and divert alf manufacturing projects in the Pitts- 

 burgh district to war needs. 



.-<, BOSTON >.= 



:< PITTSBURGH >. 



Alfred CUipp, a well-known Boston wholesaler, passed away late In 

 June. He had been a familiar figure In the market for many years, hav- 

 ing been in active business until the last. He was born in Scltuatc in 

 1848 and Is survived by his wife, three brothers and two sisters. The 

 funeral and burial took place In Ilingham, Mass., June 22. 



Clifton F.-Leatherbee has moved to 88 Broad street, Boston, occupying 

 offices on the ninth floor. He has associated with him In a general south- 

 ern and eastern lumber business S. F. Collins of Taunton. 



Emery J. and Lloyd S. Davis, composing the firm of E. J. Davis & Son, 

 engaged In the interior finish business at 849 Massachusetts avenue, Arling- 

 ton, Mass., have filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition scheduling liabili- 

 ties of about ?29,000, and uncertain assets. This firm, previously located 

 in East Boston and East Cambridge, has enjoyed the confidence of the 

 tr.ide for many years, but the conditions enforced upon It by the present 

 situation quickly undermined its financial structure. 



The Henderson Lumber Company reports a fair business but announces 

 that the mining demand Is not so strong as It was a few months ago. 



The Duquesne Lumber Company has been getting better shipments of 

 late and finds that Pittsburgh is rather favored in this respect over 

 eastern markets. Prices are holding very firm. 



The Rlcks-McCrelght Lumber Company says that yard trade Is very badly 

 shot to pieces. Yards are still stocked up with hardwoods and the slow 

 demand for their products is keeping them out of the market. 



The Joseph W. Cottrell Lumber Company has started Its new hard- 

 wood operations In West Virginia. Mr. Cottrell says the worst feature of 

 the situation at present Is the lack of good labor. 



=< COLUMBUS >- 



An informal meeting of lumbermen, many of whom were hardwood 

 dealers from central Ohio was held at the rooms of the Columbus Lum- 

 bermen's Club, June 27, for the purpose of discussing market conditions 

 surrounding the trade. Following a luncheon, W. L. Whltacre gave an 

 informal talk In which he recounted the difficulties and problems which 

 beset the lumberman of today. lie dwelt on the rapidly Increasing cost 

 of doing business. The question of the government fixing the price on 

 all lumber was also considered and many were of the opinion that such 

 action would be taken. William Ryan, president of the Ohio Association 

 of Retail Lumber Dealers, presided. W. C. Slagle of the Slagle Lumber 



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