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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Company of Senatobia, Miss., a large tiaot o£ 

 hai'dwootl timber lands near Savage. Miss., for- 

 merly owned by L. J. Parlier, a prominent mill- 

 man of Wildersville, Tenn. Mr. Parker sells in 

 order to concentrate his interests. He has re- 

 cently purchased considerable timber lands near 

 Cershorm, Miss. The Green Kiyer Lumber Com- 

 pa.iy has a large hardwood mill in North Mem- 

 phis. The price was .?44,o00 cash. 



The Tight Stave Manufacturers' Association 

 has been in session here this weels with a large 

 attendance. One of the most significant fea- 

 tures of the meeting was the report of Secretary 

 E. H. llefebaugh of LouisviKe, Ky., showing a 

 shortage of 2i),0U0.iitiU staves during the past 

 .■reason. Mr. Defebaugh points out that the 

 prospects are for a good business during the 

 forthcoming season, though there will be in- 

 creased difficulty in manufacture because of the 

 scarcity of labor and because of the greater dis- 

 tance timber must be hauled. The meeting ad- 

 journed to convene in .January at Memphis, 

 when the election of officers will occur. 



\V. II. (Jreble of the Three States Lumber 

 Company aud the W. E. Smith Lumber Company 

 has returned from an extended trip to points in 

 Michigan. 



A. N. Tliompson of Thompson & .M<-Clure has 

 just gotten back from a business trip lo Cincin- 

 nati. 



Tile tow boats on the Mississippi river are 

 very busy^ handling timber from below Mem- 

 phis. Tliey are making an effort to get the logs 

 from the tributaries of the Mississippi before 

 the water gets too low. There is consequently 

 some difficulty in getting boats to bring timber 

 down fruni above, and there is therefore some 

 talk of rafting it. Several firms here have re- 

 ceived consignments of river logs during the past 

 fortnight, while some logs have passed up the 

 river to Cairo and Ohio river jioints. 



S, Winner, general manager of the Memphis 

 Art Wood Company of South Memphis, has re- 

 lumed from a trip to Europe. The plant of 

 the company is not operating just now owing 

 111 trouble encounlered from the action of the 

 ciiemicaN employed when they come in contact 

 with water. Tlie company, however, is making 

 I iVorfs tip relieve this condition. 



'i'he Arrow Furniture Company of New IJe- 

 catur. .\la.. has decided to double its capacity, 

 although it is already one of the largest in the 

 state. liubtrt Dias. formerly of Nashville. Tenn.. 

 is in charge. 



One of the most important meetings of the 

 Lumbermen's Club, of Memphis this year was 

 held at the Gayoso Hotel July :il. It was called 

 t'lu- the purpose of taking act. on regarding the 

 minimum freight ruling of the Mis.souri I'aciflc 

 Sjstem, but several other matters of interest 

 were also disposed of. The attendance was the 

 largest fur .some time, there being twenty-four 

 lumber firms represented. 



Memphis lumbermen have been protesting indi- 

 vidually against the hardship occasioned by the 

 new minimum weight ruling in question, but, 

 finding that individual action failed, it was de- 

 cided to call a meeting so that the entire club 

 might take up the matter. George C. Ehemann 

 of Bennett & Witte introduced re.solutions which 

 furmed tile basis of discussion which, with slight 

 changes, were adopted, as follows : 



Whereas, the Missouri I'aciflc Railway has is- 

 sued the following amendment to its lumber tar- 

 ilfs. effective .lune 1. lliiiij. to-wit : 



"Itefer to tariff and cancel minimum weight 

 named therein and apply the following: .Mini- 

 mum weight of car 4ii,UO0 pounds per car when 

 car used is of greater capacity than 4t),t)0U 

 pounds : minimum weight So.uuO pounds per car 

 when car used is 40.000 pounds capacity or 

 less, but in no case shall the minirhum exceed 

 the capacity of the car. When car is loaded to 

 full visible physical capacity, actual weight will 

 apply, subject to a minimum weight of 24.000 

 pounds." 



And as said amendment in the shipment of 

 lighter woods, such as cypress, gum. Cottonwood, 

 elm. etc., owing to, the impracticability of secur- 

 ing cars of certain sizes and of at all times load- 

 ing cars to their full visible physical capacity, 

 is working a hardship on shippers, and as our 



past experience indicates that the minimum 

 weight will be assessed regardless of the fact 

 that cars are loaded to their full visible physical 

 capacity, therefore be it 



Resolved. That the Lumbermen's Club of 

 Memphis. Tenn.. protests against said amend- 

 ment which has been issued without considera- 

 tion (if lumber shippers and is arbitrary and un- 

 just, and if continued in effect will cost them 

 large sums of money annually : and be it further 

 Resolved. That a committee of five be ap- 

 pointed to act in coujunction with other organi- 

 zations and confer with Missouri Pacific offic als 

 with a view to having the former basis of mini- 

 mum weight restored. 



The other organizations referred to are the 

 Lumbermen's Club of St. Louis and the Memphis 

 Freight Bureau, the idea being that, since the 

 Iron Mountain is largely a St. Louis road, noth- 

 ing can be a.ccomplished except through the co- 

 iiperation of the lumbermen of that city. It was 

 the consensus of opinion that, if the ruling is 

 enforced, lumbermen will have to pay at the new 

 minimtim weight regardless of the loading of cars 

 to full visible physical capacity. The following 

 committee was appointed by President Barksdale : 

 George C. Ehemann, E. E. Goodlander. James E. 

 Starke, S. C. Major and J. W. McClure. 



W. A. D'olph of the I. il. Darnell & Son's Com- 

 pany, through whom the suit was brought regard- 

 ing the payment of state, county and municipal 

 taxes on lumber manufactured from logs brought 

 into Memphis from other states, precipitated a 

 lively discussion by suggesting that Memphis 

 lumbermen bear the entire cost of this suit. The 

 case was won in the lower courts by I. M. Dar- 

 nell & Son's Company, but was reversed by the 

 Supreme Court of Tennessee. It has now been 

 appealed to the I'nitcd States Court and there 

 is considerable expense attached thereto. It was 

 finally deeded that Nashville, Chattanooga and 

 Knoxville lumbermen ought to contribute on the 

 ground that these cities will be benefited as much 

 by winning the case as Memphis lumbermen, and 

 resolutions were adopted instructing Secretary 

 Ehemann to notify lumber manufacturers and 

 dealeis in the larger cities of Tennessee to that 

 effect. Lumbermen are confident of winning the 

 suit. as. since Tennessee law exempts products of 

 the soil of this state, including lumber, from 

 taxation, it is an interference with interstate 

 lommerte regulations to discriminate against 

 produits of the soil from other states. 



Mr. Russe introduced a change in schedule on 

 tlie Vazoo & Delta branch of the Yazoo & Missis- 

 sippi Valley Railroad, which operates very seri- 

 Dusly against lumbermen of this city having in- 

 terests in northern Mississippi. The members 

 want a morning and. evening train that will 

 enable them to come and go the same day to any 

 point on the Y. & U., and to this end the club 

 authorized President Barksdale to appoint a com- 

 mittee to draw up resolutions to be presented to 

 S. S. King, superintendent cf the Y. & M. V., 

 requesting him to put on another train. H. E. 

 Bacon. J. B. Grant and J. F. Mclntyre were ap- 

 pointed on this committee. 



New Orleans. 



The recent organization in Mississippi of the 

 Pearl River Valley Lumber Company and the 

 development of the plans of the big concern are 

 iif considerable interest to all engaged in the 

 lumber business. The company will build a 

 new road from Jackson to Birmingham, Ala., by 

 the most direct route and will open op an en- 

 tirely new country, at the same time tapping 

 some of the finest timber lands in Mississippi. 

 (In this land is a large amount of hardwood. 

 The Herrick-Hogue lumber syndicate, organizer 

 of the .i;i.OOO,000 Interior Lumber Company 

 which will build at Jackson, is behind the Pearl 

 River Valley scheme and the Illinois Central is 

 also said to be among its backers. The capital 

 of the company is $1,000,000, and it will also 

 float a .$2,000,000 bond issue. Surveys are now 

 being made and before long construction work 

 will be started. It is understood that the road 

 will be built along the north side of Pearl river 

 and will cross at Jackson, near the point where 

 the idant of the Interior Lumber Company will 



be located. The officers of the big company are 

 Fred Herrick, president ; C. F. Lattimer, vice 

 president : Arthur L. Hogue, secretary, and Roy 

 L. Hogue, treasurer. 



The Petit & Boh Company has taken charge 

 of its new factory at Lafayette avenue and 

 Chartres street, in this city. It is manufactur- 

 ing store, office and bank fixtures, and doing con- 

 siderable interior hardwood work. 



The Mississippi Seating Company, recently or- 

 ganized at Jackson. Miss., is now making ar- 

 rangements to begin operations. Its stock has 

 oeen fully subscribed, and within a few days it 

 will announce the location of the site it has 

 selected. It will manufacture opera chairs, 

 school desks and other articles of hardwood. 



The Rouse Lumber Company of Collins, Miss., 

 has charged the Mississippi Central Railroad 

 with discriminating against it in the matter of 

 cars and in a lengthy petition submitted alleges 

 that the discrimination was the result of a con- 

 spiracy between the railroad company and the 

 J. J. Newman interests. The case is attracting 

 a good deal of interest. It was decided once 

 before, but on being taken to the higher court 

 was sent back- to the Circuit Court to be retried. 

 The Frost-Trigg Lumber Company of St. Louis 

 has sued the Hamilton Lumber Company of 

 Jackson, Miss., for breach of contract. It is 

 alleged that the defendant company failed to ful- 

 fil a contract in which it agreed to furnish pe- 

 titioners with 224,000 feet of lumber at $15.23 

 per M feet. The damages asked are $.539.21. 



The Gulf. Colorado ,.>c Santa Fe Railroad Com- 

 pany has notified all shippers that rates on stuff 

 consigned to Texas ports and intended for export 

 will be materially increased. In this particular 

 the railroad company contends that the Railroad 

 Commission has no right to regulate the rates on 

 export goods and is consequently ignoring the 

 commission's order in the case. The point is 

 now in litigation and the railroad has taken it to 

 the Federal Supreme Court, the case having been 

 decided against by the Texas courts. Texas 

 railroad commissioners have notified the ship- 

 pers that they may sue to recover any freight 

 paid in excess of the rate fixed by the commis- 

 sion. A fine of $100 to $.500 is also imposed in 

 these cases. 



Lumbermen throughout this territory are much 

 exercised over the action of the attorney general 

 of the Cnited States, who in a letter recently 

 renewed Bis request for the testimony taken in 

 the investigation conducted by the committee 

 named by the Mississippi legislature to deter- 

 mine whetiier or not there was a lumber trust in 

 that state. This letter has been forwarded to 

 Hon. W. M. McAlister of Wayne, who was chair- 

 man of the committee. It will be remembered 

 that in the report of the joint legislative com- 

 mittee it was stated that a Idmber trust existed 

 in the state and legislation to remedy the condi- 

 tions was advised. Shortly after the report 

 was published the attorney general wrote for 

 the testimony, announcing his intention to follow 

 up the investigation. He has renewed that re- 

 quest and it is very evident that he intends to 

 push the matter. 



The Adams-Duson Lumber Company has been 

 organized at Crowley, La., to develop timber 

 lands in Acadia and St. Landry parishes, where 

 there is a good deal of hardwood. The company 

 is capitalized at $50,000 and its incorporators 

 are : W. W. Duson, Crowley ; Isaac R. and 

 James T. Adams, Catahoula parish : John E, 

 Adams, Rapides parish ; Allen T. Adams, St. 

 Landry parish. ITie officers are : John E. Ad- 

 ams, president ; W. W. Duson, vice president ; 

 James E. Adams, secretary and treasurer. 



The plant of the 'S'inegar Bend Lumber Com- 

 pany at Dwight, Ala., was damaged by fire a 

 few days ago. The loss was $20,000, with no 

 insurance. 



The McCarthy Lumber Company has been or- 

 ganized in this city with a capital of $25,000. 

 Its organizers are William R. McCarthy, A, M. 

 Cooke and Joseph Birg. 



