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determine whether the war Is a flash in the pan, or whether It may 

 he expected to continue (or some time to coaie. 



Higher rates on lumber from this and other southern marlsets to 

 important consuming centers in the Middle West is the net result ot 

 the decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission favorable to the 

 5-per t' 111 iii< r. ;i . Ill fi utral Freight Association territory. Local lumber- 

 men ilii 1 ■ ' nou.siy to the increase, except that it will probably 



mean ;;i ,ii> iii.i.i .tl difliculty in rtgurins rates, it an exact 5-per cen;. 

 is addtd lu ...ill individual rate. The roads will hardly take less, and 

 they are not uuihorized to take more. A question which has been raised 

 by the rate c.\perts Is whether through rates will be affected by the o-per 

 cent advance. In other words, what the lumbermen would like to know- 

 is whether a rate from a southern producing point to an eastern con- 

 il through C. F. A. territory, will be 

 entage ot the rate which applies to 

 1 believe this will be the case; but 

 that the through rate is usually th'j 

 nd that the carriers would not be 

 would suggest the use of a route 

 I the payment o£ the 



WISCONSIN 



suming center, which in\olv(s a 

 increased to the extent of li.e i 

 that haul, ilost ot the lumber 

 on the other hand, it is pointed 

 lesult of competitive conditions 

 disposed to make an increase t 

 eliminating the C. P. A. carrier in order 

 additional impost. 



Louisville lumbermen have heard rumors of rate advances in the 

 Southeast. One such report has it that the southern carriers are planning 

 an advance on oak lumber 1 cent, effective October 1, and this is supple- 

 mented by the statement that Cottonwood and gum, which have been 

 handled at lower rates than other hardwoods, would be advanced to the 

 same basis. The report is not entirely conflrmed, but the lumbermen are 

 on the lookout, and are not likely to permit an advance of that extent to 

 go into effect without serious obji'ctions. 



W. P. Brown, retired h<.ad of the \V. P. Blown & Sons Lumber Com- 

 pany, is enjoying better health now than for a long time. For several 

 months during the winter he was in bad shape, but has regained much 

 of his former strength and is enjoying life. He is spending most of his 

 time at Indianapolis, his home. 



Col. Clarence R. Mengel, president of the C. C. Mengcl & Bro. Company. 

 and his son, Samuel, who is employed by the company, are at present in 

 England. They are in no danger, of course, but there is a possibility 

 of transportation facilities being interrupted to such an extent that they 

 will be unable to return Lome for some time to come. 



The Louisville Hardwood Club has been meeting recently at Brucn's, a 

 road-house on the South Park road, which is famous for its frog legs 

 as well as its fried chicken. The combination is one that the lumbermen 

 have been doing full justice to. 



The J. Schwarzwalder & Son Company, a local cooperage concern, has 

 taken out a permit (or the construction of a new factory building. Thi- 

 company manufactures beer kegs. 



The Stemmelen Lumber Company, which has maintained yards in New- 

 Albany, Ind., and Louisville for several months, has decided to discontinue 

 their operation. Its offices aie now in the Keller building, and the concern 

 will confine itself strictly to wholesale operations. 



Veneer and panel manufacturers in this territory are reporting improved 

 business, largely as the result ot the good business handled by the 

 furniture manufacturers at the midyear shows. The veneer men "are 

 finding the demand for sawed oak stock, which has been rather slow, 

 to be better, while the demand for l.uilt-up stock is also stronger. Just 

 what effect the war will have on orders for furniture already placed re 

 mains to be seen. 



Black walnut manufacturers are congratulating themselves upon tbt- 

 rejuvenation of the domestic market for their product, in view o( the fact 

 that export business is now a minus quantity. While foreign trade ha- 

 been quiet for some time, there has been a small movement right along. 

 and its elimination is. of course, an important factor to all branches 

 of the lumber business. It would have been a hard blow for the walnut 

 business .had it not been for the fact that domestic consumers have 

 decided to use the wood on a large scale hereafter, and it is now being 

 featured in the lines of furniture, piano, talking machine and other wood- 

 consuming manufacturers. 



=-< ARKANSAS >- 



The Chess & Wymond Company of Kentucky, which has been operat- 

 ing stave mills in various parts of .\rkansas for the past five years, now 

 has three mills located in Stone county cutting out the large tracts of 

 timber purchased from the Forest licserve last winter. In that vicinity 

 the timber is very fine, by many said to be the best in the state. 



The Homer I. Cutsinger Lumber and Veneer Company has begun opera- 

 tions at its new plant in the Factoria addition to Little Rock, and is now 

 running at full capacity, giving employment to forty-two men. The new 

 mill is cutting quartered oak timber for veneering. It expects within 

 the next few days to put on a full night shift of men, and thus double 

 its present capacity and also double the number of men employed. This 

 Is one of the new industries secured through the efforts of the Little Rock 

 Chamber of Commerce. 



The actual construction work has been begun also at another of Little 

 Rock's woodworking industries secured by the Chamber of Commerce — 

 the new sawmill for the Little Rock Lumber and Manufacturing Com- 

 pany. This plant is also being constructed in the new Factoria addition, 

 and will be In operation by November 1. 



This company w-as organized recently at rirand Rapids, Mich., with 



