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cases since their inception about five years ago, testifled. Chas. H. 

 Miller of the Miller Enginefering Company of Little Roclt, also gave 

 evidence on behalf of the government. These two witnesses' testimony 

 was in the nature of expert testimony, and affected the elevation of the 

 lands in question, their comparative relation to the other lands in the 

 communities of the lands in controversy, also as to the location of certain 

 trees from which exhibits were made and identified, the position of the 

 photographers when talilng certain pictures, which were also placed in 

 evidence. 



At ChicaRO on August 5, and during the remainder of the week, a num- 

 ber of other expert witnesses were heard before Fred L. Satterfleld, Little 

 Rock, special examiner in these cases. Among these were Dr. H. C. Cole 

 of Chicago, who gave cipcrt 'jpiiiions as to the ages of certain trees cut 

 from the lands in conli-uvi-isy. s^-cri'tns of which have been placed in evi- 

 dence, also ;iK to the kinds aivl s|Hcits of these trees, their nature and the 

 the kind of soil need, a lor ^r..wth. E. H. Shaw of Washington, D. C, 

 with ihe (Jiolo>;ical Survey, and I. L. Janes, also of Washington, D. C, 

 and with the- I'.iiroau of Forestry, gave exijert evidence of a similar 

 character to that given by Dr. Cole. It Is expected that the hearing In 

 Chicago will last throughout the rest of the week. The defendants will 

 take testimony in their own behalf in the near future, at a time to be 

 fixed by Special Examiner Satterfleld. 



Pacific Kate Declared Unreasbnable 

 The Interstate Commerce Commission handed down a decision on 

 July 28 In which it stated that a rate of eighty-five cents a hundred 

 pounds on carload shipments from Cincinnati to the Pacific coast is 

 unreasonable. Rates on shipments from points in T,ouisiana and Arkansas 

 to points In Nebraska were also held unreascmalilc 



June Lumber Cut and Shipments 



The National Lumber Manufacturers' .\ssociation, through its secretary, 

 J. E. Rhodes, has sent out a statement showing the cut and shipments 

 of lumber in June, by members of the association ; and these figures 

 are compared with those of June, 1913. B'ollowing Is a summary : 



Decrease in cut during June, 1914, under June, 1913, 6,700.000 feet ; 

 Increase in shipments during June, 1914, over June, 1913, 27,300,000 feet ; 

 excess of cut over shipments during June, 1913, 124,800,000 feet; excess 

 of cut over shipments during June, 1914, 90,800,000 feet. 



The total cut reported in June, 1913, was 1.048,200,000 feet, and in 

 June of this year, l,041.r)00,000 feet. Shipments in June, last year, 

 amounted to 923,400.000 feet, and 950,700,000 feet in June, 1914. 

 Proposed Increased Rates Ordered Canceled 



The Intiistiii. i.i , , t.-ion, after granting a hearing to 



the interest..! liain. ! ; .i the Southern Railway to cancel 



certain pruii'isid iihrj-.l i,ii<- on lumber from points in North 

 Carolina, South Carolina, and Teuuessee, to interior eastern points in 

 Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, New Jersey, New England 

 and Virginia. 



The proposed advances ran from one-half cent to six and one-half 

 cents per hundred pounds, the average advance being about two cents, 

 while from the Asheville section to Norfolk for local and export delivery, 

 it was proposed to raise the rates four and one-half cents per hundred. 



These tariffs were to have become effective on May 30, 1913, but were 

 suspended by the Interstate Commerce Commission pending an investiga- 

 tion into their reasonableness. The hearing was held and briefs filed. 

 The commission decided that the railroad had not submitted evidence 

 justifying the increase in rates, and the ruling was that the tariffs in 

 operation on May 28, 1013, be continued in force at least until August 

 25, 1916. 



Hardwood and Hemlock Cut and Sales 



R. S. Kellogg, secretary of the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association, issued a report on July 1, in which the cut 



and shipments from the year ending June 30, 1914. are shown as 

 follows : 



Wood. Cnt. Feet. Shipped, Feet. 



Hemlock 464,927,000 413,3.56,000 



Birch 97.656,000 91,564, iiOO 



Mixed hardwoods 07.461,000 28,309.000 



Maple 9:;, 287 ,000 75.i;i6,UO0 



Basswood . . , 48.149.000 47.44lM)00 



Elm 2S,414,000 24,76::.000 



Ash 7.426,000 O.OUM.Oi.lU 



Oak 3,456,000 3,087,000 



Total hardwoods 374,979,000 276,384,000 



From January 1 to June 30, during the years 1913 and 1914, a com- 

 parison of cut and shipments Is given below : 



The cut of hemlock the first half of 1913 was 170,210,000 feet ; first 

 half of the present year, 163,947 ; shipped for the 1913 period, 179,071,- 

 000 ; for 1914 period, 159,898. 



Hardwood cut in the first half of 1913 was 184.039,000 : first half of 

 1914, 210,484,000 ; shipments for the 1913 period, 113,828,000 ; for 

 corresponding period this year. 94.506,000. 



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