HARDWOOD RECORD 



August 10, 1918 



The Payment of Freight Charges 



Special bulletin No. 17 of tlie Hardwood Manufacturers' Association 

 contains a reference to, the payment of freiglit charges under general order 

 No. 25 having to do with promptness of payments. The bulletin says : 



General order No. 2fi of the Pivrctor (ieneral of Railroads requiring 

 prompt payment of frMiirhi .Imrsj.s .iiici Auaust 1 doe.s not char 



Fox, Iron Mountain, Mich.; Geo. B. Osgood, Chicago, 111.; D. II. Day, Glen 

 Haven, Mich. ; Ferd. Brenner, Alexandria, La. ; F. T. Dooley, Memphis, 

 Tenn. ; Otis Felger. Grand Rapids, Mich.: .1. B. Ferguson. Baton Rouge, 



Philadelphi; 



Pa. 



Toronto, Ont. ; H. C. Ft 



any 



must be iiia.lr |h -iin ' :i ■ hI'M. 



This fir.l.T .{.:■ ~ i.'.i - ■- I- I ■ .• ■ - in-nt 



shipments iiii.Miju .'ii .. ini. miI .h ; n- in. lu 



ernment itself, uij> iiuul .u u i .iu^ii.i 1 iliuu i 



Some members seem to have intiTpn-ted th 

 freight charges must be prepaid after August 



eptio 



that payu 



reight charges on any 

 shipments to the gov- 

 before. 

 der to mean that all 

 That is not the case, 



however, and freight charge's can follow shipments after August 1 the 



same as before. 



On shipments to the government itself sold at a delivered destination 



price and moving on a government bill of lading, freight charges must 



be prepaid. If sold at an f. o. b. mill price and moving on a government 



bill of lading, freight will follow shipment. 



Officers Appointed for National Hardwood Association 



Frank F. Fish, secretary of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, 

 the appointment of the executive committee and inspection 



■, Wis., chairman ; 

 . Ky. ; C. H. Bar- 

 Iki'. Mass. 



.Memphis, Tenn.. 

 lid. Grand Rapids 



III. 



M. J. 



Establishing Cost of Producing Locust Treenails 



In its monthly summary of businei^s, the Federal Trade Commission 

 among other things reports that during July it instituted research into 

 the cost of producing locust treenails. The data is for the confidential 

 use of the war branches and the investigation was started at the request 

 of the United States shipping board. 



Test Preservative Treatment of Pine 



The Forest Service has published bullet in (507 describing tests made 

 to determine the absorption and penetration of coal tar and creosote in 

 longleat pine. The tests were made at the Forest Products laboratory, 

 Madison, Wis., by Clyde H. Teesdale and J. D. MacLean. The bulletin 

 contains forty-three pages of technical discussion and may be procured 

 from the government printing office at Washington for fifteen cents. 

 Tennessee Wants Forest Protection 



The lumbermen, coal operators, merchants, farmers, and other business 

 men of Tennessee are uniting their efforts to ^ecure a forest department 

 for the state which will put measures in operation for the protection and 

 betterment of the timber resources. A state forester has been appointed 

 in the person of R. B. Maddox. 



NEWLY APPOINTED OFFICIALS NATIONAL HARD WOOD LUMBER ASSOCIATION 



