HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Pertinent Information 



Important Freight Developments at Baltimore 

 The presence at the annual meeting of membeis of the lioai-d of ilir^it 

 oi-s of the National Liimhef Exporters' Association at the annual meeting 

 of the National Hardwood Association in Buffalo was taken advantage 

 of to call a meeting of the board at Washington on June 23. when va- 

 rious matters of interest to the organization were discussed. Present at 

 the mcelinL' wine President Fred Am, Chattanooga. Tenn. ; Oeorgc M. 

 Spiegie. IMiilnil.lphia ; Chester V. Korn, Cincinnati : .1. W. McClure. Mem- 

 phis, ami J. Mrli. riii.-, of naltinii-ri'. the lallir .secretarj-. The report 



of thc> n ! :ii' I — i I I" he in an excellent financial 



condiii.ii i while the report of the secre- 



tar.v st;ii i i^ i i -i.r had been made since the last 



annual m . ' ii i i -lii|) list was now greater than 



ever. Soiiir oili.r npniw wi'rc liiid b.'fore the directors, and then the 

 Pomerone bill, which provides a definite form for hills of lading, and 

 which in a wa.v supplements the Harter act, was discussed. The bill, 

 which gives tlie shippers additional securit.v, received (lie approval of 

 the directors, as did what is known as the .Vlexander bill, introduced in 

 the House of Representatives on June S, by Congressman Alexander. 



the authority ot the Interstate Commerce Com- 



(oastwlse and (foreign steamship lines, and is rc- 



f lumber as. of the greatest importance. In the 



iHKhip lines, of course, the Interstate Commerce 



I < is(; the same regulatory power as it does over 



n interstate traffic, but it will have authority under 



prescribe rules and regulations under which the 



s are allowed to do business in the ports of the 



the bill the commission may ask the lines to sub- 



This measure cxter 



garded !■> i ii'i 



ease of in i > :^ii 



Cominissi"!! ■ n i 



the railroads rim:is;r 

 the .Vlexander bill 

 foreign steamship 1 

 United States. rn( 

 mit statements of all agreements formed to control traffic and otherwise 

 effect combinations, of pooling arrangements and all other understandings 

 designed to prevent competition in rates. It is thought that the pub- 

 licity thus insured will effectually prevent ocean steamship pools, and 

 will prove of great benefit to shippers. 



Some of the members of the National Lumber Exporters' Association at- 

 tended a hearing in Washington before the House Committee on Merchant 

 Marine and Fisheries on what is known as the Nelson-McKellar bili. 

 This measure, or rather two identical measures — one having been offered 

 in the Senate by Senator Nelson, and the other in the House by Repre- 

 sentative MeKellar — supplements the Harter act in that it makes the 

 ocean steamship lines liable for loss or damage by reason of negligence 

 or errors in navigation. Such a provision was contained in the original 

 Harter act, but the steamship companies managed to have it eliminated, 

 and it applied only to the railroads. The bills now "under consideration 

 merely go back to the Harter Act as first drawn. The right to olaim 

 damage was conferred under the common law, and in this respect the 

 Harter act was really a step backward. L'ndcr the proposed law it will 

 be illegal for the carrier to include in the bill of lading any clause cur- 

 tailing the right to claim damages, and there are other stipulations, all 

 designed to give the shipper reasonable protection. 



Baltimore shippers and receivers of freight scored an important victory 

 when, on July I, the Interstate Commerce Commission at Washington 

 handed down a decision annulling the proposed tariffs of the Pennsylvania 

 railroad, which would have eliminated the present flat charge ot .$."i.."iO 

 for .switching cars at Baltimore to the Western Maryland railroad, and 

 which would have done away with the flat rate on such shipments. The 

 incn-ase would have amounted in some cases from $7.50 to as much as 

 $20.50 a car on inbound freight and from $16.50 to $26.50 on outbound 

 traflie. It affected the transportation of carload freight from Hillen 

 junction, the connection between the Northern Central and the Western 

 Maryland railroads, to points on what is known as the "block route." 

 Under the commission's decision the flat rate will stand for the next two 

 years, the charge of $3.50 being absorbed by the Western Maryland rail- 

 road. The notice of the Pennsylvania to increase the rate for switching 

 was filed some months ago and brought forth a most determined protest 

 from the shippers and from such organizations as the Merchants and 

 Manufacturers' Association and the Chamber of Commerce. Hearings 

 were later held in Baltimore, and they made out so strong a case for 

 the shippers that their contentions have been sustained. 



Walnut Furniture a Prominent Feature at Exhibits 



The predictions of leading walnut manufacturers that the furniture 

 trade would feature this material at the midyear shows, following a 

 rather generous use of it in samples in January, has been borne out, as 

 a considerable number of leading houses are giving walnut what might 

 be called "a strong play" this month. Among the concerns showing 

 walnut in their lines at the Chicago show are the Ahdawagam Furniture 

 Company, Grand Rapids ; Brookville, Ind., Furniture Company, Hannah 

 Manufacturing Company, Kenosha, Wis. ; S. Karpen & Bro., Chicago ; 

 O'Mara Parlor Frame Company. Chicago ; Stout Furniture Company, 

 Salem, Ind. ; Udell Works, Indianapolis ; Wisconsin Chair Company. Port 

 Washington. Wis., and Wolverine Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Mich. 

 Exhibitors at Grand Rapids include the following : Union Furniture Com- 



Dimf^nsinn Stork ^^ *'" *"PP'y y°" ""^ clear 



L/imenSIOn OIOCK cuttings of .oft Kentucky Oak 

 or Poplar so that they will COST you considerably LESS 

 THAN the same cuttings if BOUGHT AS LUMBER. 

 Make Us Prove It 



GARDNER WOOD COMPANY 



JAMES & ABBOT COMPANY 

 Lumber and Timber 



No. 165 Milk St., BOSTON, MASS. 



The White Lake Lumber Co. 



Peoples Gas Bldg., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Northern and Southern Hardwoods 



CAR STOCK 

 WHITE PINE YELLOW PINE 



High Quality — Prompt Deliiery 



WE WANT TO MOVE AT ONCE 



10 cars 1" No. 1 Common Basswood 

 5 cars 1" No. 2 Common Basswood 



30 cars 1 " Red or While Oak, all grades 

 fiend u* "^O '=*'■* 1" ^^^ *"'' ^"P Cum, all grades 



your tnquiriet The last two items are but one-holf dry 



Walnut for Export 



A lot of splendid assorted American Walnut 

 logs, squared up and ready for export, are 

 shown in the above photograph, which illus- 

 trates a section of our exporting yard at Kan- 

 sas City. 



All work, from the selecting of the trees in 

 the woods to the final loading, is done by men 

 trained in our employ and is under our close 

 personal supervision. 



Hence we can guarantee satisfaction in both 

 export and domestic shipments. 



FRAN K PU RCELL 



Kansas City, Mo. 



U. S. A. 



