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nestors nud Just as he wns plIi 

 oiitKtretehcil hnuil to Klve iIk- 

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 Knntins ('Ity Southern, to rt-pr 

 Irailp anibaHsiidar. Some half i 



iluK IiIk hIx-i-.vIIimIit nrniiiiil u c-oriwr with 

 slKiial tu (itlKTH what illrtM'lluii be was 

 •VI', kiiiK'kliiK till- iMirk off ami c-miipli'ti'l.v 

 Ills arm. 



ail lApurt l>iiri-nii of the lU'aiimiint Chum- 

 pivt to Kroatly liirreasi- llii-lr traile with 

 Wiilkor, furiiicr roinwi-rclal aB<'ut of tin' 

 sent thi' orimnlxalloo lu the cnpnelty of 

 >«i'ii snwmlll men aDil woml fai-torleH have 

 joined the other merrhnDts In kIvIuc the bureau ample llnanelal Imeklni:. 

 They have made n new departure In the Insirui'lloiiK flven the anilinssnilor 

 whiih lliey expert will be mure luiepinble I.. Ihe pride of llie Mexiniii 



uierehHiit!!. lie will represent no ii.niern, havi blni: to nell and reielve 



no i-ommlsslon from either buyer or seller, lie will lie paid an adeiiuiitr 

 salary by the Chamber of ComiiH'rie with Instruellons to spend his time In 

 Tamplco, rroErosso. Tuxppm and other uulf ports establlslilni; friendly n- 

 latlonK. He will study the people's wants and when they have a bill oi 

 goods to buy will undertake to furnish the artleles nt a satlsfurtory prlie. 

 He win then parcel these orders out anionj: the IlenumonI merchants and 

 mauufacturers. but If the nrthle wantiil cannot W had In lleauiaont, he 

 will lie at liberty to secure H elsewhere In the TnltMl States. If there Is 

 any mlsiinderstaudlnK whatever, the merchant can look to him as n dlslii 

 tcrested party to adjust mntler.s with fairness to all. In this manner it Is 

 exiiecled that more cordial relations lau be buUt up than would be possll.l.' 

 Ibrough the nverajie salesman who has only one object In view — to sell 

 the goods. The o|ierntlon of a resular line of steamers by the Gulf Exiiort 

 iV Transportation Company between Iteaumont and these ports assures 

 adi'iiuate tniusp^irtation facilities. 



Henry riav'jJlo. lumber ex|)orter, exiieets to launch the schooner "City of 

 Dallas" from lieaumont ways before the end of the month, making live t.. 

 be launched In lieaumont yards. It Is expected that the vessel will li>' 

 used In the lumber export trade. 



The Gulf Manufacturing & Lumber Company of lieaumont has purchased 

 the retail department of the Seaport I.umlier & Coal Comiiany and will 

 ojierate a large reTall department in the future. In the past It has con- 

 fined Its activities almost exclusively to mill work, but will now be in posi 

 tion to furnish all material for buildings. Hubert Oxford will have dire, t 

 management of the retail department, while \V. XI. Clapp and \V. P. Itinl 

 well will cimtiniie the management of th aniifacturlng end of the biisl 



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luled at $22,639 and assets at $li).r.03. Julius J. Goetz has been 

 t.'d trustee. R. E. Schmidt is secretary of the company. 



The liekkedal Lumber Company. Couderay, Wis., experienced labor 

 troubles at the middle of July, the sawmill crew walking out for the pur- 

 pose of enforcing a demand for an increase of ."lO cents a day. The men 

 went back to work on July 19, the difficulty having been compromised. 

 The virtual minimum wage of ?3 a day for common labor was thereby 

 established at this plant. 



The Rill Lake Lumber Company. Rib Lake, Wis., Is completing work on 

 extensive improvements in Its .sawmill and power plant. Additional elec- 

 tric generating equipment is being Installed. 



The Shawano Lumber Company, Shawano. Wis., sustained a heavy loss 

 by the destruction of its logging camp at Keith's Siding, four and a halt 

 miles south of North Crandon, Wis. The camp was entirely swept away 

 by the flames and a large quantity of logs ready for shipment also was 

 destroyed. Since being opened April 2.'>. the camp had put in 2.500.000 

 feet of logs, a large part of which was awaiting transfer to the mill. 



The Mid-West Ship Kullding Corporation, DePere, Wis., has been or- 

 ganizcil with a capital stock of $100,000 by W. W. Callahl, E. G. Mohr and 

 John A. Llttel. to engage In the construction of wooden vessels for the 

 government, llefinlte details of its plans have not been issued, however. 



The Allls-Chalmers Manufacturing Company. Milwaukee, Is reported to 

 have taken a $0,000,000 government contract for sawmill units required 

 tor spruce operation In the state of Washington. 



Prindiml stockholders in the Xewton and Coddlngton Engineering com 

 panics of Milwaukee have been awarded a contract to build thirteen ships 

 for the Emergency Fleet Corporation. For this purpose a new company 

 styled the Fabricated Ship Corporation, has been organized with a capital 

 stock of $600,000. A complete shipyaril is being established on the Petit 

 Salt Company dock at the foot of Twelfth street. Although the company 

 will specialize in steel ships initially, it later intends to build other types 

 of craft. 



Approximately 1,200 sawmill empl.'yi's at Marinette. Wis., received a 

 voluntary increase of 2a cents a day on July 17. The increase raises the 

 minimum wage for common labor to .S3 a day. The first announcement of 

 an increase was made by the X. Luilington Company and was Immediately 

 followed by the other mills on the Menominee river at this point. 



The Leatham & Smith Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., which heretofore 

 has specialized in rebuilding and repairing wooden ships and other Great 

 Lakes craft, is making provision for the complete construction of vessels 

 In order to handle a $900,000 contract for wooden tugs for the govern- 

 ment. 



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