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longer. The difference bow In favor of I'liU-aso is $36.80. If the proposed 

 dve per cent advance Is granted the difference in favor of Chicago will be 

 !f88.t)'}. Tbe Interstate Commerce Commission, to whom we appealed, re- 

 ceived from the railroads interested in the movement of cars from Toledo 

 and Chicago a reply, which was forwarded to us, that the Toledo rate was 

 Just. If the Toledo rate is Just, how about the Chicago rate? Is there 

 any wonder that there is opposition to past and present railway manage- 



The flrst of the annual trade extension tours of the Wliolesale Merchants' 

 and Manufacturers' Board of the Toledo Commerce Club for the season 

 will l>egin May li), when the board will start on a trip through thirty-five 

 cities and towns in northwestern Ohio. The trip will last three days. A 

 number of hardwood dealers arc men 

 pany the members on the trip. 



.\ decision was recently handed do 

 Jollister of Cincinnati which is of ii 

 concerns all over the country. The dn 

 be collected from such Institutions wl 

 though till' association may permit oi 



bers of this board and will accom- 



i-n by T'nited States District Judge 



t.Ti-. iiit- I. t tM liuilding and loan 

 -i I i ' '■ income tax cannot 



i' 'i ..luli-ly exempt, even 



irit.\ 



iu which tbe 



=•< INDIANAPOLIS y 



The Ferrec-Case Lumber Company, recenjiy organized here, is locating 

 at State avenue and Deloss stnit where an office and lumber sheds are 

 being built. 



Hardwood lumber is to be mannfacturedat Brownsburg by the Herdrich- 

 Stycrs Company which has b<'en organized by William Herdrlch, J. C 

 Styers and A. VV. Herdrich. The company Is incorporated with $5,000 

 capital. 



With an authorized capitalization of iflOO.OOO, the Manhattan Lumber 

 Company has been organized and incorporated at Gary to conduct a 

 general lumber business. Those interested in the company are Thoma.^ 



II. II 



nd .To 



Hepn 



th<' 



;nncerns expect to accompany 

 ■ lis Chamber of Commerce on 

 lo May 2«i, 27 and 28. The 

 second night at Lima. The 



a trade extension trip thnniKb w. stein ii 

 arst night will be spent at Dayton and tl 

 party will travel on a special train. 



The Central Lumber and Mill Company has been organized and in- 

 corporated at Hammond to conduct ii general lumber business and operate 

 a planing mill. Those interested in the company, which has $100,00ii 

 authorized capitalization are Thomas I'. Walworth, K. G. Walworth and 

 M. H. Walworth. 



As usual the Atkins Memorial Association on Memorial Day will decorate 

 the graves oi: former employes of E. C. Atkins & Co. who died while in th<- 

 service of the company. There are 14i) graves to be decorated, some of 

 which are outside the cit.y. Committees of employes will look after the 

 graves in local cemeteries. 



A piano manufacturing business will be conducted at Evansville by the 

 Harmony Piano Company which has been organized by William C. 

 Prbkitt. ll.iliirt I.eich and J. F. Beams and incorporated with an 

 ant I 'I ■ i|.n,i,i :ition of ?30,000. 



■|ih liMhM iiriie court has attlrmed a judgment of the local circuit 



conn 1 li.iii.j -I ;r,i.i7 in favor of Harman A. Hagerman against the 

 Iuili:iii;i \ i 11 M iimI Lumber Company. Hagerman was employed as travel- 

 ing salesman on a salary and profit sharing basis. In September. 190S. 

 he accepted a reduction In salary, but quit at the end of the year demand- 

 ing pay for the whole year at the old salary rate and lor his share of 

 profits ever earned without regard lor losses sustained by the company in 

 1908. The court held he was not entitled to salary for the whole year 

 at the higher rate but that he was entitled to a share in each year's profit.^, 

 safe from the losses of any .succeeding year. 



=■< MEMPHIS >= 



Weather conditions in this section during the past two weeks have 

 been rather more favorable for logging operations, and better progress is 

 reported. It is notable, however, that the quantity of timber oBfering in 

 the open market is comparatively small and th«t the amount available for 

 loading is likewise relatively light for this time of the year. .Arrivals here 

 are also only moderate, a statement applicable to both the railroads and 

 the river. Most of the mills, however, appear to have logs enough to keep 

 them in operation, and actual stoppage resulting from inadequate supplies 

 of timber is quite small. It is pointed out that while no great amount of 

 timber has Ijeen cut and prepared for shipment, ther« is still a chance of 

 securing an adequate supply If weather conditions in the near future shoulil 

 continue as favorable as they are at present. 



Uuildiuff operations in Memphis contiune cjuite full, .\pril established :■ 

 splendid record, the figures for Mempbi- i' I'i- H' ,iil\ iiii\ |i> r iiiil ;ih.;Ml 



of the same month last year. Since tli ^ ' '■>" Hii'iit n ili 



some large permits have been taken oui ,ii i ■ ' : i' ' ;. n.lin-, irn m, imi- 



ing the big home to be occupied by tbr • "ii ni il Irn-i \ S:i\ini;s l;;iiik. 



This is to be twenty or twenty-one stories iu height. There is a movement 

 now looking to the finishing of this gigantic structure in red gum and the 

 officials of that body will leave no stone unturned in their efforts to accom- 

 plish this result. Owing to the activity in building circles, both manufac- 

 turers and distributers of building mat. rial are enjoying excellent trad.', 



especially as compared with the quietness which prevailed some time prior 

 to the 1st of April. Absence of flood conditions in the Mississippi valley 

 has left the way open for considerable building in towns throughout the 

 valley and orders from these places hav.' supplemented those from local 

 sources, so that the aggregate has been .|.i u -iii-i.i y. 



The Kurz-Downey Lumber Compan.v h i. .i, i i.l a charter under 



the laws of Arkansas. The capital sto.lv i i i which .$00,000 has 



been paid. The company proposes to .■!.:::._- in ih- iii.iiiufacture and sale 

 of lumlier and timber products. W. F. ivnrz is pr.sidi'nt, N. I. Downey is 

 vice-president and A. C. Thompson is secretary-treasurer. 



I'he Southwestern Lumber Company, which has milling interests In 

 -Missouri, has recently opened offices in Memphis for the sale of its output 

 and to engage In the lumber commission business. George Gunter, general 

 manager, is in charge. -He has recently been spending some time In 

 Louisiana and Mississippi, where he has secured options on a considerable 

 amount of timber. The latest plans call for the conversion of this firm 

 into a stock company and at the moment Mr. Gunter is giving the greater 

 portion of his time to this phase of the proposition. When organization is 

 perfected, mills will be installed and the options on the timber now held 



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