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Interstate Commerce Commission Decides in 

 Box Case 



AtOXSIPKRABI.K VH TOKY fur tin- woo.liMi containiT over Hi.- 

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 ■ ■«n n f4'w ilnvH a^» liv tlir liiterslntf CoimiuTcu ^niiiiiwiion, 

 .■ of wliioli ilivi!<ioii IN tliiit (>]istliuiiii<l >lii|>inpnt.-< must not 

 iiiliT iliffon-nt nilo.H tliiin wetitlioiiinl >ilii|iiiiont.>< in tiU-r I'on- 

 , III!.-,. The iHtminiwiion alwi (<|iwifli'ally I'onimamN that iiistnictionH 

 • cnr<linK I'ln.isiflration of !<hi|iinonts in (ilicr fontainiTs iiinst be pn- 

 ■r.Hsl rigidly, and that shippers will lio hold rosponsilili- for violations. 

 The further derision that the merits of the two classes of containers 

 ■ ■iild not Ik' passeil upon liy the commission siHipis to have lieen a 

 "iisidemlile disap|iointment to fil)er box manufacturers. 



The commission further admits that certain specific commodities are 

 ' .it suiteil for shipment in filler containers, but states further that this 

 (iiestion must Ik- worked out by the shippers and carriers them.selves 

 .- well as the ipiestion of standardization of the wooden box. 



Thus the wootlen Im>x interests seem to have achieved a very sub- 

 "t.intial victory, although the case has not been culminated as yet. 

 The riassiiication committee of the National Lumber Manufacturers' 

 Association is laying its plans to renew this work with even greater 

 energy than before, and while the evidence is unquestionably favorable 

 to the wooden box, it will require the co-ojieration of all interested 

 parties to carry the question to a successful culmination. 



Employers' Liability Act 



FACTORY OWNKRS WILL HK 1NTERE8TKI) in Jearning of the 

 decision renderfd by the Circuit court at Lansing, Mich., iliiriiig 

 the latter part of April, in which the decision of the latter court was 

 in favor of the Johannesburg Manufacturing Company, JohannesbiH-g. 

 Nfich. 



The case applies to one of the men employed by a contractor work- 

 ng for the .Tohannesburg Manufacturing Company. This man was 

 killed while using a borroweil snow plow, which was the pro])erty of 

 the Johannesburg Manufacturing Company. The widow sued the com- 

 pany and gained a decision in the lower courts and the case was ap- 

 |>ealed to the Circuit court, which ruled that the owner had no control 

 over helj> employed by a jobl)er and, consequently, the owner was not 

 liable for the acts of the jotilier's employes. 



This case has established a ruling protecting owners from the 

 liability of damages arising from the injuring of men employed by 

 .jobbers when the jobber is using tools of the owner. 



Promises Well 



TIE A-ALVE TO THE LIMHEIt TRADE of the recently an- 

 nounced two years' ccmr^r in the business of lumbering which 

 will bo given next year by the Harvard Graduate School of Business 

 .\dministration in cooperation with the Harvard Fore.stry School 

 rests entirely in the character of the education administered to the 

 -tudents and upon the attitude of lumber interests to such a course. 

 It has been argued that this departure was brought about by the 

 •' quest of prominent lumber interests and if this is true the attitude 

 • ■( the lumber trade should be favoralde not only in the matter of 

 jiving to sueh course their moral support and advisory assistance, 

 init also in the matter of placing the graduates and giving them the 

 opportunity of demonstrating the practicability of what they have 

 learned by actual work. 



No one will argue that there is not an immediate field for scientific 

 study in connection with the manufacture, merchandizing and utiliza- 



Steel Cars Inimical to Electrical Development 



A.\ .\C<'I DKN'I mciirring on a tram i.f new iill «lccl carh run 

 iiy Ih.- Hr.ii.klyn Rnpi.l Transit Coinpaiiy in Itrooklyn, N. Y., 

 recently, offers I'oiiviiicing proof that the uholciuile adoption of steel 

 cars on Ihterurbnn electric M-rvico would not conduce to the safety 

 of the piiHsenRers i.n i-uch lintw. Curs on this parliciilnr train Ixvame 

 charged \TiUi eUvlrii'ity and the sixty paHsengers found themwlves in 

 an electric prison. Vortiinatoly the char||;e which was dilTuRed thriiu|{h 

 the car was not heavy enough to .lo any mil physical damage to the 

 passengers, but it point* out the possibility of horrible results in 

 the case of serious accidents on iuch Hues. 



It seenis thnt the steel doois and windows woubl not budge on 

 account of the magnetic pro|K>rtie8 brought on by the eU>ctric current, 

 an] it is not pleasant to think of the circumstances which woubl 

 result from a serious wreck on an iiiterurban train in which the 

 possibility of the electrification of the Meel cars would be entirely 

 teasible, and in which there would be absolutely no means of egress 

 tor the entombed passengers. 



Such jiossibilities must be taken into consideration in connection 



lilh such :ii, 



The Home Markets in the South 



T) CREATE MORE HAULAGE and consequently increase revenues 

 through the stimulation of home building and industrial develop- 

 ment in territory truver.sed by t hoi P; respective lines is becoming more 

 and more the work of railroad" coriibratioiis throughout the country 

 in addition to the administration of their railroad business proper. 

 A great deal of work of this character has been carried on in the past 

 by the Southern Railway, and the recently electe<I president, Fairfax 

 Harrison, in s]ieaking on this subject, jioints out that not only will 

 this corporation continue to carry out the com|irehcnsive and advanceil 

 ideas along these lines instigated by Mr. Harrison's predecessors, but 

 also indicates that the contention set forth in favor of settlement in 

 the South will be based on favorable conditions both at present and in 

 jjrospect. 



Mr. Harrison says, ' ' Great as has been the progress of the South, 

 we have only fairly begun to realize our 0)iportunities for agricul- 

 tural and industrial development. The rapid progress here maile by 

 southern farmers in the adoption of improved farming methods will 

 greatly increase our steadily growing agricultural output. The e<o- 

 nomic law tending to the location of manufacturing enterprises in 

 proximity to supplies of raw material and to ])ower resources, and 

 the advantages of home markets base<l on a prosperous and increased 

 agricultural population will stimulate the development of diversified 

 manufacturing in all of the southern states." 



H.VRDWOOD Record has alwa>;s contended that the real opportun- 

 ities of the future for this country lay in the South because of the 

 remarkable natural resources to be found there, the tremendous agri- 

 cultural possibilities as yet undeveloped, and the favorable condi- 

 tions for existence. As to the develo|iinent of home markets, this 

 work has a practically virgin field in which to operate. The next few 

 years will unquestionably show a maiked development in the agricul- 

 tural and industrial territory of the southern states. There is every 

 reason to believe that such development will be of a permanent ami 

 particularly sound character. It will result not only from natural 

 migration within this country itself, but from immigration from for- 

 eign countries. Such immigration naturally tends to territory that 

 offers the greatest (lossibilities of real development. The South will 

 very well deserve watching within the next few years. 



