HARDWOOD RECORD 



i-ffectually stoppoil liy the \\vvU\ \v:ir. 



Davis Van Ilessmi, a IlolliUi.l.r. wli. 

 branch of the W. M. lUtter I.uiiih.r 

 Cologne previous to the vc.w is also a vis 



Additions and improvements to Cam] 

 ivill be started at once and an immense a 



was in charge of the (lenniui 

 .mpany, with hcadciiiaihTs at 

 ■ r in Columbus. 



yherman. at Chillieothc. Ohio, 

 lumber will be required. 



the capacity of the cantonment from 40,000 to 

 be in the neighborhood of $3,500,000. D. W. 

 ■tor of Columbus will do the work on the cost 



It is planned to iucr 

 60,000 and the cost 

 McCrath, general coi 

 plus commission basis. 



K. B. White of the R. B. White Lumber Company, Newark, has pur- 

 chased the yard of B. O. Chessir & Son of Granville ivhieh will be operated 

 as a branch of the Newark company. 



Frederick Artz, a son of J. Elam Artz of Dayton, formerly president of 

 the Ohio Association of Retail Lumber Dealers is now engaged in inter- 

 preting work with the Y. M. C. A. in France. 



A. C. Long of the firm of E. M. Long & Sons, Cadiz, O., has intend 

 the service and is now stationed at Camp Custer, Mich. 



R. W. Horton of the W. M. Ritter l.iu i r,,iiipany, reports a fairly 



good demand for hardwoods with buyini; .m iii. part of factories the best 

 feature, lie says concerns making iiiiiil.iii.iii~, luniiture and boxes are 

 the best customers at this time. Shipimiit- nr. i iiig out more promptly. 



J. A. Ford of the Imperial Lumber Company, is having a good demand 

 for hardwoods and shipping facilities have been improved slightly. 



Registration under the man power bill, September 12, caused a large 

 majority of the lumbermen of the Buckeye Capital to register. Just 

 what effect the calling out of men above thirty-one years of age will have 

 on the forces of the various lumber companies is hard to determine at this 

 time, but quite a number will undoubtedly, be called for military service. 



=-< CLEVELAND^-- 



vitb 



nber 



e.<ts in tbfir K'^iiirnl iittitude of protest agaiust the arbitrary order from 

 th.- War lii.liiirii ~ r...:ir.l at Washington which virtually brings the lum- 

 ber tra<le, 11- I lii.lan.l s.rs it, to a standstill. Local opinion is that this 

 order, limiiiiit; tli.- iiijumnt which can be expendwl in the erection of any 

 building, cannot but fail to retard the circulation of money at a time 

 when it is needed most to carry on the business of winning the war. The 

 order finds Cleveland yards, as those throughout the country, carrying 

 their normal stocks. It also finds them with unusually large accounts 

 i-eceivable from contractors and builders. 



\\ h.-ro wood construction has been 80 per cent of the total housing work. 

 iinans a considerable amount confronting lumber interests. 



Coupled with this order comes the intimation that banks will be re- 

 quested to curtail the credit line of all concerns doing what may be con- 

 sidered non-essential work. As one large interest here says : **In brief 

 the lumbermen's customers, the contractors and builders, must be put out 

 of business. How they will pay their indebtedness to luml)ermen is a 

 conundrum. The latter face the greatest difficulty collecting outstanding 

 accounts, and an almost total inability to move their himl>er. which means 

 in turn a third problem, how he is going to meet his own bills payable. 

 The whole situation would not be so bad if the War Industries Board had 

 not come without some previous intimation of its radical character. The 

 order seems to be made without any endeavor on the part of those who 

 framed it to hear arguments from the industry it affects, an industry that 

 is one of the largest in the country right now." 



Some relief from an otherwise serious situati.'ii i- luiir^ affordtKl by 

 the co-operative interchange of stocks program, staii.,i in ilir Cleveland 

 Board of Lumber Dealers, and which is worliin;; .mi -.. w.ll in the lew 

 weeks it has lieen in operation that other cit.v ..i-aiii,',ati.ins are thinking 

 of adopting tb.. same plan. Throiii;b this iiil. r. han;;e of stocks, yards 

 short of suppli.■^ ..I .irtairi lUMt.Tial will hav.- 111.' cliance of obtaining 

 surplus stoik-- of Ibal mat.Tial fr..m yar.ls .iv.rst...ked, sometimes at a 

 roncessinn in pri. i.. In this manner some reduction in the aggregate 

 st.i.k will 111' a. . ..luplished in comparatively short time, it is believed. 



Alili..ni:li this is an independent step, it is believed it may have some 

 effi'. t ill liaviij^' the War Industries Board reconsider its attitude regard 

 in^ 111.' piir.lia^.' ..f lumber I'.ir ■.;.i\ .■rniuent and other building purposes, 



Clev.laii.l liai.hv 1 aii.l liiriil..r iriter.sts as a whole cannot believe that 



tb.- 1. .1,11.1 ha- iiii.iiii..iiall.\ fail.-.l t.i r.-alize that it can call upon the 

 larg.' r.'tail hjijib.i- .■ent.'rs lor its stocks ..£ building materials, instead of 

 ■joing .Urectly to the mills. They point out there is serious delay in 

 transportation of the material, the tying up of other railroad tonnage 

 which must move quite as rapidly, and the slowness in delivery of the 

 material to tbi' point wb.'re it is needed. Effort among Cleveland lum- 

 ber interests Is h.lim .■.nisj.i.ri'd to point out that nearly all large yards 

 in all cities liav.- :impl.> -ii..ks available for government work and housing, 

 and in view ni ilie (;.]i.'ial restriction on building, which is logical, the 

 nation's demand for material for housing should come from the centers 

 nearest to the projects. 



C. H. Foote, head of the C. II. Foote Lumber Company, this city. Is 

 preparing to resign temporarily his duties here, to take up war work in 

 France. Mr. Foote has been named one of a committee of three business 



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