HARDWOOD RECORD 



Peytona Lumber Company 



Huntington 



West Va. 



- MANUFACTURERS- 

 PLAIN SAWN r\ A V 

 RED AND WHITE VJ^iS- 



YELLOW POPLAR 

 BASSWOOD 

 CHESTNUT 



ASH AND MAPLE 



BAND MILLS: 



Huntington, W. Va. Accoviile, W. Va. 



SPECIAL PRICE 



FOR QUICK SALE: 



No. 1 Com. Hickory : No. 2 Plain Oak : 



1" 



Scars l':>" tM4" _: 



No. 1 Com. Poplar: 



15 cars ^" to 4" No. 1 Common Ash: 



No. 1 Plain Oak: 3 cars 2" 



20 cars l"to4" 1 car 2'^" 



Goodlander-Robertson 

 Lumber Company 



MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



Yards and Oifice: 



Kansas Avenue Memphis, Tenn. 



Protest Against Advance In Hates on Cottonwood and Oum 



'IVi-iilyllvi' (if lli<> moac iirtiintncnt harilwuoil innnurncluriTH ul Mrmpbia, 

 loBflli'T Willi niliiTK directly iiitiTcili-d In «lic iiul>J<>ct, dpcldrd ri'cvntly (o 

 iipprnl in llic Inli'niliitc ConiiiHTW CommlMlnD for ■ mnpi'milon of the 

 propoHi'd ndviiiirp In rnlcH nii roltonwond, Ruin nn<l other linrdwond lumber 

 frniii pnliilN In MUxlNiilppI iind Loiilrdnna nnd from MemphU lo niilo rivor 

 rroiuilnKH, In nrder Hint on npporliinlly inlKlit !>•■ lind for nruiilnic Ibr 

 luntlcr liof.iri' Ihiit lii>dy on Iih nicrliK. RultlnK llio iictlon t<i Iho word. 

 Ilic .Soul hern Mnrdwood Trnlllc ANHOclallon, throuiih Itn ifcneral manacer, 

 .1. II. TownHlKnd. on Seplemliir 2. mailed the iippeiil for HUii|H'nH:on lo the 

 eniunilHHlon. iin<l Ihi' same mall iiIho carried InKlriictlonH to .1. It. Walker, 

 iittorney of ilie iiKKoeinilon, to appeal pemnnHlly to tin- name hody for an 

 opiHirtiinlly of pri'Mutlni; the Hide of the luinlxTinen In the controveny, 

 Thi- advaniv. unlenB KUHpendml. hecomcH effective OcIoInt 1. and. In order- 

 that the liimliernii'ii may Kain their point. It w«k alwi decided Ihiit apjH'nlii 

 would he made l<i all the other luinher oreanlzntlonB In the South to lake 

 the inaltiT up with the coinmlsHlon. 



It waK Hiated at Ihe ineetlni; that the advanci' In rateii on cotton* mul 

 auin mid onk ainounlH to an avernKO of twenty per cent, and that th<- 



adrun< n kuui ahuie Ih $1.2.'i per l.llOli, an amount which Kum maoufar 



lurers would l>i' <|iilte wlllInK In accept iih their |irolll on thin lumlHT 

 l.umliermen here ri'Karil thU adviince iik all out of proportion with any 

 iliMiK atteiii]ited hy the rallroiidH In this territory In reci'ut yenrH and cite 

 the fact that It Is severnl times iis much aa the roada north of Ihe Dhlo 

 nnd east of thi' Mississippi agki'd of the Interstate Commerce Commission 

 some months a«n. They further feel Hint Ihe efforta lo ralae rates on . 

 luicdwond lumher atr lll-tlmcd, ccmilnK aa they do when the hardwood 

 Intcroala of the South arc fadnK practical paralyala in the export division 

 of the market and when they are fnrlnc almoat as hadly with their 

 domestic business. 



Every member of the governlnR Imard of the nssoclatlon res'dlnif east 

 of the Mississippi was present at this meetloK and thire were other repre 

 senlatlves of the hardwood luinlier Industry present, Includlni; .lohn M 

 Pltchnid. secretary of the (5um Lumber Manufacture! a' Association, with 

 which a number of members of ibe former association arc connected. Mr. 

 I'rltchard Is particularly Intcri'sti'd In t!um lumber and Is authority for 

 Ibe statement that Ibe advance on gum alone In Mississippi will amount 

 to about ¥12.j.0l)ll. This Is flgured on the bnsls of an advance of J1.2.'i 

 Tier M on the 100,000.000 feet of Kum thai Is shipped from that stale 

 each year, exclusive of that Rolnj.' Into local consumption. He believes th.' 

 advance to be thoroughly unjustllled and Is <|ulte iinphatlc In the declara- 

 tion that. If Ibis- advance Is granted. It will Intensify the struggle of gum 

 l)n.\ manufacturers In their competition with the llbre Interests and thai 

 It may result In pulling gum almost If not rpilte out of the field of 

 competition. 



The English Viewpoint 



Kngllsh lumber trade Journals of recent dates are Bllcd with news of 

 Ibe timber trade as nlTected by the war. Coal mines In Rngland ami 

 Wales are already feeling the scarcity of pit props. Most oX these have 

 been coming from Hordeaux, France, but Ihe supply from that source has 

 nearly ceased. 



The lumher dealers of Hull, whicb is on the eastern coast of England, 

 have started a movement to secuie supplies from Canada and the United 

 States to make up what has been cut off from the Baltic region. 



Only a month of open season remains for the Ilusslan White Sen ports, 

 and the English are anxious to secure as much timber as possible durlni; 

 that time. 



Records of lumber prices and trade conditions In England, due to tb.- 

 partlal closing of the Baltic ports In 1870, during the Franco-Prussian 

 war. reveal the fact that prices for timber from that region advanc4'il 

 i|ulckly, and the trade with American dealers was strengthened. 



The British have lost no time In reaching for the trade which Germany 

 has dropped. Inquiries by the government have gone to all the colonies, 

 and to consuls elsi-wbere, asking for lists and samples of articles heretofon- 

 purchased from C.ermany. When these samples reach England they will 

 be placed on exhibition where manufacturers can examine them for tin- 

 purpose of reproducing such as supplied large demand. 

 Cork and Its Products 



Common cork Is oak bark, Ibe product of a tr.-e which grows natnrally in 

 rortugal, Spain, and North Africa, and It has been planted and Is success- 

 iiilly growing In southern California. Bark may be stripped from the. 

 ii-.es without killing thc-ni. and a new bark grows In a few years. The 

 -iimc tree may be peeled a number of times. The acorns produced by 

 iliesc trees In parts of Spain Is the chief food of hogs, and the famous 

 ..ttramadura hams" are from swinc fattened on cork oak acorns. Cork 

 is manufactured for many purposes, among them being lite preservers, net 

 Hunts, bottle corks, and packing material. Spanish grapes are nsnnlly 

 liiirked In bin-rels with cork waste for export. 

 Car Statistics 



The last n-port of Ihe American Hallway Asso(-lation covering car 

 surplus and shortage shows that the total surplus of cars Is being con- 

 sistently decreased, while the shortage showed a marked Increase for the 

 Drst two weeks In August. Figures show that on August 15, 1914. then- 

 was a total surplus of 174,260 cars as against 198.998 cars on August 1. 

 While this does not compare very favorably with figures for August 15 of a 

 year ago, nl which time the .surplus was (S9.2.''>.'! cars, it Is significant. 



