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roased revomics, in orfliT that tt 

 ad in order tbat they may again 

 ell as of those engaged in the si 

 es. For some time the view has beei 

 controversy was the most importan 



nd 



cease their retrenchment policy 

 customers of the lumbermen a^ 

 iron business and still other li 

 entertained here that the rat 

 factor affecting business and that, with its settlement in a manner satis- 



factory 



business, 

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the railroads, there would be a decided 



general 



Ml, Ii. 11(1. u-.i.l;il li!:iiM-.l .,r til. ,-• .mil. 1,1 ll,,l,l^^M,„l Traffic 



Assuri:iii.iii. 1^ ni-i II ipi .1 III, I,- w I i.-iiiii to the 



effort I lull I III 1 III. I - 1 III I . . I . . ..Ill down a 



ruliii;; «|ji.|-i.|n i|... .Nm: ■iHih, .im \[, ,iii'i \'icksburg, 



Miss., will I 1 , 1 1, 1 ,1 . ,: ^ . . ..1 iijiiilx'i- made by 



that tinu ir.ii.i Vi.i ..i .. r.i \i' i mil; 1018. The case 



ill wiiicli nii.ii, I I ..1,1 I., I .1 iiji.i ... ...1, III,. Interstate Com- 



uirrce Cc.niiiii--i..i. ,i,^., n '.i. I'li:; !... II L'.. Anderson, attor- 

 ney for the Audersuu TuUy Cumpauy, and thi: Southern Hardwood Traffic 

 Association. The victory is regarded as a substantial one for the reason 

 that the refund is the largest ever ordered as affecting a local firm. The 

 principal argument of the plaintiff was that the rate of twenty cents 

 from Vicksliur^'. Miss., to Port Arthur, Tex., was, in effect, a discrimina- 

 tion against Ihe former in favor of New Orleans, Shreveport and other 

 points. The plaintiff sought a rate of sixteen cents but, while this was 

 not granted by the commission, the refund was based on the sixteen- 

 cent rate. 



George D. Burgess of Russe & Burgess, Inc., and R. J. Darnell of 

 K. J. Darnell, Inc., will leave Memphis shortly for Europe. They repre- 

 sent two of the most prominent export firms in this part of the country 

 and usually go abroad every year to size up foreign conditions and to 

 sell lumber. 



Lumber manufacturers are very much interested in the conference re- 

 cently held at Nashville between the members of the commission appointed 

 by Gov. Hopper to investigate various phases of the workmen's com- 

 pensation question and representatives of both the employers and the 

 laboring element. It is quite apparent that there is still a decided 

 discrepancy as between what the former are willing to concede and what 

 the latter want but it is pointed out that, as a result of the preliminary 

 discussions, both sides are being brought closer together. Tlie commis- 

 sion was appointed by the governor in order that it -might make a report 

 to the next legislature as to the best laws to enact on the subject in 

 question. Lumbermen, particularly those owning and operating saw 

 mills and other woodworking enterprises, are very much interested in 



ling much time 



and 



=-< NASHVILLE >= 



Members of the Nashville Lumbermen's Club left June 14 for Buffalo 

 to attend the convention of the National Hardwood Lumber Associa- 

 tion. The party was composed of Henderson Baker, president of the 

 Nashville Lumbermen's Club, and Mrs. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton 

 Ijove, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Greene and T. A. 

 Washington. James H. Baird and Thomas R. LeSueur left on a later 

 train for the convention. The first party made a tour of a number of 

 the eastern cities, including Detroit, before arriving at the convention, 

 and later Toronto, Niagara Falls, Rochester, Albany and New York 

 City. The loYal party had a very delightful trip, and called on many 

 members of the trade in the East. 



Robert Vaughn and E. C. Lewis, receivers of the Bon Air Coal. Iron 

 & Land Company, have advertised for bids for the property. The com- 

 pany owns about 175.000 acres of mineral and timberlands in Tennessee. 

 Some of its timberlands are said to include the finest virgin forests 

 now standing in the United States. Experts have been employed ti. 



make estimates on the timber. One tract is shown to contain ln'J. .nun 



feet, and another l.'iO.OOO.OOO feet of timber. The land lies in tin i- 



four counties, and is practically all hardwood. The property of the 

 company, which is vahied at several million dollars, has been in the 

 bands of a receiver for several years. 



The Elizabethton Flooring Company of Elizabethtdn. Carter county, has 

 been granted a charter of incorporation by the secretary of state, with 

 authorized capital of $30,000. John Wade, E. C. Alexander, Lee F. 

 Miller, J. D. Jenkins and J. F. Seller are incorporators. 



Wm. J. Griffith of Oliver Springs. Tenn.. has invented a new log dam. 

 which it is claimed is very effective and Tneritnriuus. 



=•< BRISTOL >-= 





The Peter-McCain Lumber Company will in 

 ving logs from its timber in Johnson county. The band mill heri 

 idle until the logs begin to arrive but the planing mill here is 

 J. E. Wilkinson this week moved several carloads of machinei 

 e Preston timber, near Kingsport, Tenn.. where he expects to 

 erations as soon as the mills can be installed. He is moving 



Duhl 



Va. 



A suit for $.3,000 for breach of a logging contract, brought by 

 idge & Taylor, hub and spoke manufacturers of this city a; 

 fate Senator J. H. Catron of Wise. Va., this week resulted in a 

 ent for $224.98. 



T. C. Adams of the Adams-Hampton Lumber Company of this 

 turned this week from near Petros, Tenn.. where the company 



Bev- 



lainst 

 judg- 



installed a new mill. More timber will be purchased at an early date 

 and the operations in that section extended. 



The Fugate Lumber Company of Roanoke. Va.. has .lust purchased a 

 boundary of timber near Pilot Mountain, Tenn., and will soon install 

 a new mill for the development of the property. 



The Elkhorn Lumber Company has purchased a tract of timber near 

 Freeling, Dickinson county, Virginia, and will install a mill at an early 

 date. 



There are vi.i-,\ ir\v .usinn Imy.is in iliis section at present, which 

 is attributed in ii- iIhIIihs, ..| iIh uMiK.t. Managers of the local 

 oflices of easiiiii ...,,,iii- n i.i.ri i,i,mii.-- also dull. However, the 

 volume of slm k .lii|.|.iil mii ilms i.ii iliis year compares favorably 



•< LOUISVILLE >: 



The Louisville Hardwood Cliili, carrying out its plan of visiting the 

 country when the weatuw grows warm, had a chicken dinner at Eight- 

 Mile house, on the Shelbyville pike, last week, at which a record attend- 

 ance was on hand, and followed it up June 23 with dinner at lUverview, 

 an open-air resort on the Ohio river. These meetings are always en- 

 joyable, and as most of the club members have motor cars, there is 

 never any question about getting to the country quickly and pleasantly. 

 It is expected that this program will be continued for several months. 



Louisville sent a big delegation to the National Hardwood Lumlx-r 

 .\ssociation convention. T. M. Brown of the W. P. Brown & Sons Lum- 

 ber Cciiii|iany. who is a direclor, went (Ui earlier in order to attend a 



dir 



on the job. .\ compr 

 f the latest rating mt 

 ie rate concessions of 

 to the efforts of th 



lion opened. 



I in Kentucky for the past 

 oinpanies which have been 

 iL' that time from their local 

 iinlse was arranged whereby 

 asure is to be tested, while 

 moment. The return of the 

 I Louisville Hardwood Club 



aave rates on hardwood lumber yards reduced. The club has made 

 ather exhaustive investigation covering this topic, and now has an 

 irance expert at work making comparisons of the application of the 



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