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10 individual lumber manufaclurors for financial support o£ tbc worli 

 being done by the association, and contributions for this purpose will be 

 solicited. A few years ago, term and life memberships in the national 

 association were given to tlie individual lumbermen for personal contri- 

 butions to tie treasury, and a similar plan is now proposed. 



It was exceedingly gratifying to the governors to learn that the Na- 

 tional Lumber Manufacturers' Credit Corporation paid o£E its indebted- 

 ness October 1. when the last of the bonds which were originally issued 

 were redeemed. The credit corporation has made substantial gains during 

 the past year, and it is planned to enlarge the worlc with the surplus 

 which will be available during the coming year. The assets of the cor- 

 poration are now conservatively fixed at $50,000. The annual meeting 

 of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Credit Corporation will be held 

 in Norfolk, Va., October 14. 



The affairs of the Forest Products Exposition Company were fully re- 

 viewed, and as a surplus of about $9,000 was shown by the financial 

 report. It was decided by the governors, who constitute the board of 

 directors of the exposition company, to retain this money in the treasury 

 for the purpose of promoting another exposition of forest products when 

 conditions are favorable. It was suggested that if possible this should be 

 undertaken in 191. ">. 



The study of the lumber industry now being made jointly by the Forest 

 Service and tii ■ l).|iarlin.nt of Commerce was discussed, and it was the 

 sense of tli' i i ibis is the first effort ever made by the gov- 



ernment t" IS concerning the lumber industry as a whole, 



and repori lie. The governors expressed the desire that 



the iumlp'-nii ^ ^ '' . ' " "peratc with the agents of the two depart- 

 ments of thu i;o\>jrumcut mentioned, in furnishing them the information 

 they want. 



Dr. Hermann Von Sthrenck. technical engineer of the national associa- 

 tion, explained fully the work which he has been doing looking toward 

 the adoption of a standard test for materials for rendering wood fire- 

 resistant, and his conferences with the American Society of Testing Ma- 

 terials, the National Fire Protection Association and other similar organi- 

 zations in which he represents the interests of lumber. 



There was much discussion of transportation matters, especially the 

 present freight rate situation, and regret was expressed that the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission, in its recent decision of the five per cent rate 

 case, has seen fit to advance lumber rates, while not advancing rates on 

 the principal competitive materials of lumber, viz., cement, brick, plaster 

 and stone. It was decided to submit a formal protest to the Interstate 

 Commerce t'.nnmission. pointing out this discrimination against lumber. 



Considerai.i. niii. w i ~ ievoted to the discussion of the establishment 

 ot an int.riii 1.1 m. m liiulion to be conducted under the auspi»es of 

 the natioua, i-, . i.[i i mi. and the president was requested to appoint a 

 committee oi nutrisucl uiembers to formulate a definite plan, with power 

 to put the same into effect. General interest is expressed in this move- 

 ment by the lumber manufacturers, who quite generally express their 

 intention of supporting it. Arrangements were made for adequately 

 financing the preliminary work, and the committee will meet in the near 

 future to inaugurate it. 



The secretary stated that the printed report of the annual meeting 

 held in May had not been printed and distributed, as ordered, because ot 

 lack of funds. Arrangements were made to finance this expense, and the 

 report will be printed immediately, and widely distributed. The report 

 •will include the addresses upon the subject of the "Merchandising of 

 Lumber." delivered at the meeting. 



With the Trade 



A Progressive Hardwood Concern 



Hardwood Record takes pleasure in presenting to its readers a brief 

 ■review of one of the most progressive hardwood concerns in the north- 

 ern country. The Steven & Jarvis Lumber Company of Eau Claire, Wis., 

 may be truthfully called aggressive as well as progressive. This com- 

 pany was organized in 1907 with a capital stock of $30,000 with a view 

 of transacting a wholesale hardwood lumber business. Since its incep- 

 tiou it has been successful and has grown to he a large factor in the 

 hardwood business of the uortheru territory. The company has pur- 

 chased and owns standing timber in Wisconsin and several mills are 

 ■cutting for it. In addition to cutting and marketing its own timber 

 the firm purchases the complete cut of a number of northern hardwood 

 mills. The lumber is shipped direct from one of its several mills. 



J. D. R. Steven, the president of this company, was born in Campbell- 

 tou. New Brunswick, in 1872. He attended the grammar school at 

 Campbelltou. and his first connection with the lumber business was at 

 New Castle. New Brunswick. He came to Eau Claire in the fall of 1889, 

 and from office boy at the Davis & Starr Lumber Company of that city he 

 gradually worked his way to the position of its general manager. At 

 the present time he not only represents the Davis & Starr Lumber Com- 

 pany, but also represents the W. J. Starr Timber Company, and other 

 interests. 



Mr. Steven handles the office end of the Steven & Jarvis Lumber 

 •Company's business. 



.\rtbur .Jarvis, vice-president of the Steven & Jarvis Lumber Company, 

 was born in Greenville, Mich., in 1871. He completed the high school 

 course at Greenville, Mich. In 1893 he entered the lumber business at 

 Petosky, Mich., and for years inspected and graded lumber at Cadillac, 

 Mancellona and Traverse City. In later years he became associated as 

 traveling representative for the Wolverine Cedar & Lumber Company 

 and subsequently the Mason-Donaldson Lumber Company. During the 

 twenty-one years he has been actively engaged in the lumber business 

 he has acquired a thorough knowledge of timber from the stump to the 

 finished product. 



Chattanooga Firm Places Large Order Abroad 



Predictions ot prominent Chattanooga business men that the Euroi)ean 

 war "would blow both hot and cold on our city in the same breath" are 

 coming true. A number of large orders have been received in the last 

 few days from beligerent countries, among them being very important 

 ones for some of the lumber conceros. The one received by the G. H. 

 Evans Lumber Company, of Chattanooga, is of peculiar interest, not only 

 on account of its specifying a timber which is rapidly becoming scarce 

 in the United States, but because some ot the material will be used for 

 a war Implement that has never been used In military operations to 

 any extent, until the present struggle across the waters. 



Walnut for aeroplanes and gunstocks has a decidedly warlike sound 

 in these days of even strictly censored dispatches from the front — In 

 fact, the words are a veritable echo of the terrible struggle in the throes 

 of which leading nations of Europe are struggling. The G. H. Evans 

 Lumber Company finally landed the order Involving $12,000, after a 

 number of other concerns of this country had admitted that they could 

 not fill it according to the specifications of an English purchasing agent. 



Mr. Evans' comment on the order is interesting. He explains that 

 walnut is especially adapted as a material for aeroplane manufacture 

 because it will not warp, swell or decay, and when well seasoned pos- 

 sesses great strength. Four pieces of walnut, 9 Inches wide, 1% Inches 

 thick, and 9 feet long, are used in each war aeroplane. These pieces, 

 he says, must be thoroughly seasoned, all black wood, and free from 

 knots. Although walnut sold at Chattanooga twenty years ago at $65. 

 the supply has decreased to such an extent that this consignment for 

 England brings $155 per thousand. East India teak Is claimed to be the 

 only substitute for walnut for aeroplanes, but it cannot now be obtained. 



Walnut ordered for gunstocks is also specified In an uncommon size. 

 The British order calls for pieces 2% inches thick, 8 inches wide, and 

 6 feet or more in length. 



The Evans company also very recently made a considerable shipment 

 of poplar to England, the material being for military purposes — army 

 and navy mess tables. The order required boards two feet wide, so that 

 splicing would not be necessary. 



The Southern Saddlery Company, of Chattanooga, has received a very 

 large order from England for cavalry saddles and artillery harness, which 

 will necessitate adding to the working force of the plant with the view 

 of completing the order by January 1. 



The Shelton Flour Mill has just shipped 2,000 barrels of flour to Rot- 

 terdam, and has more foreign business on its books. 



Long-Knight Lumber Company Manufacturs Circassian Walnut 



A representative of Hardwood Record visited the plant ot the Long- 

 Knight Lumber Company, Indianapolis, Ind., recently and found Mr. 

 Knight busily engaged in cutting up as fine a lot of Circassian walnut 

 logs as ever came across the water. This being a distinctly new depart- 

 ment for this concern, the representative of Hardwood Record asked a 

 few questions as to the "whys and wherefores." 



Mr. Knight replied that the company has been getting considerably 

 into the manufacture of veneers within the last couple of years, but up 

 to now had operated mainly in mahogany. He stated, however, that 

 owing to the trouble abroad the available supply of Circassian walnut 

 logs is practically exhausted and he was fortunate in securing a particu- 

 larly fine lot of about 250 logs, which are all now in Indianapolis and 

 being rapidly converted into high-grade veneers. Mr. Knight claimed 

 these logs were first-class in every particular and this fact is substanti- 

 ated by the veneer which is coming from the machines. 



This investment seems to be a reasonably safe one as it will be a con- 

 siderable period before any further supply of Circassian walnut logs will 

 be available. 



Franck-Philipson & Company Expands 



Franck-Philipson & Co., Peoples Gas building, Chicago, owners of the 

 new wood bleaching process, which has had such an extensive demand 

 since the Forest Products Exposition, announces that it has been neces- 

 sary to reconstruct the company in order to meet the increasing demand 

 for the process in the hardwood market. 



The members of the new board of directors are A. Franck-Philipson, 

 president (re-elected) ; Henry Kleine, president of Henry Kleine Com- 

 pany, secretary and treasurer ; Otto F. Sholz. assistant secretary and 

 treasurer: Judge Axel Chytraus and H. Franck-Philipson. 



Offices will soon be established in New York and San Francisco to take 

 care of the eastern and western trade. 



Oklahoma Planing MiU Reopened 



The Mechanics Planing Mill. Muskogee, Okla.. was reopened a few 

 days ago under the management of J. P. Wheat of Vinita. The Commer- 

 cial Club of Muskogee took the m.itter up with Mr. Wheat some time ago 

 and he was eventuall.y induced to go to Muskogee, 



