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HARDWOOD RECORD 



appointed E. E. Skeele, chairman; F. S. 

 Hendriekson and Theodore Fathaiier to serve 

 in this capacity. 



The committee will be known as the Com 

 mittee on Complaints. It is a trade ethics or 

 trouble committee and on occasion may serve 

 as an arbitration committee. To this body 

 will fall a great deal of the work of ridding 

 Chicago of any taint as to unfair dealing and 

 the exchange will welcome any information 

 which will assist in the work to this end. Mr. 

 Brown feels that he has appointed an 

 especially strong committee for this im- 

 portant work, and that the men chosen will 

 command the respect of lumbermen generally 

 and they can be depended upon for active and 

 faithful service. Although the committee 

 has no jurisdiction outside of the membership 

 of the organization, it undoubtedly will have 

 considerable intiuence in checking abuse? 

 which may occur outside of the exchange- 

 There were present: 



H. D. Welch, E. A. Thornton Lumber Co. 

 A. il. Ruth, G. W. .Tones Lumber Co. 

 Louis A. Smith, Fullerton-Powell Hardwood 

 Lumber Co. 



O. O. .\gler. Upham & Agler. 

 Thomas B. Roy, Theo. Fathauer Co. 

 W. E. Trainer. Trainer Bros. Lumber Co. 

 .7. S. Trainer. Trainer Bros. Lumber Co. 

 <j!. R. Thamer, Empire Lumber Co. 

 William Balthis. 



P. P. Wood. E. B. Lombard. 



Robert S. Corson, Upham & Agler. 



.7. J. Finii, Pinli-Heidler Co. 



R. S. Iluddleston. Huddleston-Mar.sh Lumber 

 Co. 



10. S. Nelson, Park Ricbmond & Co. 



Paris Richmond. Park Richmond & Co. 



ij. B. Jjesb, Leah & Matthews Lumber Co. 



Tom A. Moore, T. A. Moore & Co. 



William C. Schreiber, Herman H. Hettler Lum- 

 ber Co. 



Harvey S. Hayden. Ilayden & Westcott Lum- 

 l)er Co. 



.1. U. Bolton. Hayden & Westcott Lumber Co. 



C. F. Ilolle, Heath-Witbeck Co. 



.lames P. .McPiirland. McParland & Konzen 

 Lumber Co. 



ti. F. Kerns. Kerns-L'tlev Lumber Co. 



A. W. Wylie. 



C. H. Wolfe, Heath-Witbeck Co. 



S. P. C. Hostler, Advance Lumber Co. 



R. Maisey, Maiscy *: Dion. 



C. L. Cross. 



Frederick L. Brown. Crandall & Brown. 



Theo. Fathauer, Theo. Fathauer Co. 



E. H. Klann, F. S. Hendriekson Lumber Co. 

 Charles Westcott, Hayden & Westcott Lum- 

 ber Co. 



.1. II. Dion. Maisey & Dion. 



Fred D. Smith. 



.John S. Benedict. 



.1. M. Attley, J. M. Attloy & Co. 



F. B. Sprague. F. B. Sprague Lumber Co. 



F. B. McMullen, Fullerton-Powell Hardwood 

 Lumber Co. 



H. H. McLaughlin. McLaughlin Lumber Co. 



L. H. Wheeler. Wheeler-Timlin Lumber Co. 



E. E. Skeele, Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co. 



Malcom McLeod, Oconto Co. 



L. B. Smith, Mason-Donaldson Lumber Co., 

 Rhinelander. Wis. 



T. G. LaBlanc, Lumber World. 



Frank F. Fish, secretary National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association. 



Henry H. Gibson, Hardwood Record. 



H. B. Darlington, American Lumberman. 



L. E. Fuller, Lumber World. 



Hardwood Record Mail Bag 



I In this department it is proposed to reply 

 to sueb iuquiries from Hardwood Record read- 

 ers .ns will be of enough general interest to 

 warrant publication. Every patron of the paper 

 is invited to use this department freely, and 

 an attempt will be made to answer queries per- 

 taining to all matters of interest to the hard- 

 wood trade in a succinct and intelligent man- 

 ner.! 



Wants Quartered Oak Table Tops 



The following letter is from a leading Chi- 

 cago furniture company. Anyone desiring to 

 negotiate for the trade noted can have the 

 address by addressing H.4.RDW00D Record. — 

 Editor. 



Chicago, Oct. 16. — Editor Hakdwood Record: 

 We are in the market lor a lot of 54x54 inch 

 round tops for tables, four pieces to each half, 

 or each 27 inches. Also lor a lot ol 60x60 incli 

 table tops, round, five pieces to each half, or 

 30 inches. These lojjs must be made of very 

 cice selected common quarter-sawed white oak. 

 with a large figure. We are writing this letter 

 to you, as you perhaps know of some one who 

 advertises in your paper that makes these tabic 

 tops. If you have any addresses, kindly have 

 the parties quote us lowest prices, f. o. b. cars 

 Chicago. 



of the hardwood users of the country do not un- 

 derstand how to treat the wood so that it will 

 keep straight and stay in place. 



The foregoing communication is from a 

 leading lumber manufacturing institution. 

 The writer has been advised that the editor 

 of the Record, at his early convenience, will 

 undertake the preparation of a booklet on 

 gum, covering not only the range of forest 

 growth, botany of the tree, physical charac- 

 teristics of the wood, proper method of manu- 

 facture, handling and seasoning, but also the 

 best method of rehaudling and remanufaetur- 

 ing for eventual utilization. — Editor. 



Wants Booklet on Gum 



Oct. IS, 1009. — Editor Hardwood Record: 

 In view of the fact that we are now manufac- 

 turing gum lumber extensively, we find that a 

 great many of our customers are anxious to try 

 this wood, but they are afraid owing to the fact 

 that they have been informed that the stock 

 will warp badly and cannot possibly be manip- 

 ulated so as to stay in place or stay straight. 

 It occurs to me that you have a good deal of 

 information on this subject and we would like 

 to know what you will charge us for about 

 10.000 booklets showing how to handle this wood • 

 from the standpoint of the cabinet maker. We 

 feel that this is a valuable wood and a comer, 

 but in the writer's opinion ninety-five per cent 



Seeking Modification of Eastbound Freight 

 Rates 



At the last meeting of the Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Manufacturers of Wisconsin, a commit- 

 tee was appointed to take up the matter of 

 l-.ardwood freight rates to trunk line terri- 

 tory with the leading general freight agents 

 interested in these shipments, in an attempt 

 to convince them that there should be a re- 

 adjustment. The letter quoted below has 

 been forwarded as directed and makes a very 

 forceful claim for the relief desired. Two 

 years ago the railroads made an arbitrary 

 advance in rates and up to this time the ef- 

 forts of shippers to secure a return to the 

 .old schedule have been unsuccessful. The 

 former rates from northern Wisconsin aver- 

 aged about 28 '/o cents per hundred pounds 

 to New York City, while the current rates 

 are about iV^ cents above this rate. The re- 

 sult has been that Michigan and Wisconsin 

 shijipors have had a marked falling off of 



their former business in the East for some 

 years. One railroad man asserts that the de- 

 crease lias been from 75 to 80 per cent. Just 

 at this time the Micliigan and Wisconsin 

 hardwood manufacturers are wedged in ' ' be- 

 tween the devil and the deep sea. ' ' They 

 recognize that the southern territory is hav- 

 ing a much more favorable rate into the East 

 than they enjoy, and besides this they are 

 up against an iniquitous rate to the Coast, 

 where they formerly were able to secure 

 f|uite a volume of business. It is expected 

 that the traffic managers in trunk line terri- 

 tory will thresh out this matter at its October 

 meeting in Chicago. — Editor. 



'Waosau, Wis., Oct. 10, 1909. 

 To Freight Traffic Mgrs. Trunk Line Territory. 

 Dear Sir : The hardwood manufacturers of 

 Wisconsin, representing over 200,000,000 feet an- 

 nual production of hardwood lumber, through 

 their special railway committee, respectfully at- 

 tach for your worthy consideration copy of reso- 

 lution passed unanimously at their last meeting. 

 By using the multiple of 3.000 pounds (a very 

 low average) per 1,000 feet, it will not take 

 you long to compute the enormous tonnage pro- 

 duced by our as.soclation members. Then please 

 consider that it is conservatively estimated that 

 from twenty-five to thirty-three per cent of the 

 total tonnage moved east of Chicago under the 

 rates in effect prior to June 1, 1907. 



Tlien digest the fact that this committee has 

 reliable information from more than thirty Wis- 

 consin lumber shippers that since .Tune 1, 1907 

 (when new tariff became effective) their decrease 

 in business to trunk line and C. F. A. territories 

 is from sixty-five to eighty per cent. 



Kindly remember that above figures represent 

 only statistics of members of this association, 

 and that it is safe to assume that the same con- 

 ditions prevail among non-members : that the 

 latest government report (1907) shows Wiscon- 

 sin produced 510,000.000 feet of hardwood lum- 

 ber. 



Tlie same government report shows that Wis- 

 consin also produced 1,492,000,000 feet of soft 

 v.-oods, 364,000,000 lath and 348,000,000 shingles. 

 Tlie officers of the Northern Pine Manufac- 

 turers' Association and Northwestern I-Iemlock 

 .\ssociation assure committee decrease in their 

 eiislern business corresponds to the decrease re- 

 Iiorted by hardwood association members: they 

 also pledge cooperation and liiieral support to 

 this move for freight rate reduction. 



Committee asks this reduction in rates to in- 

 crease selling territory lor Wisconsin, northern 

 Michigan and Minnesota lumber manufacturers — 

 and likewise increase their revenue — and feel 

 sure you can readily figure increased revenue 

 for your line by putting into effect at once 

 former rates to trunk line and C. F. A. terri- 

 tories. Respectfully submitted, 



P. H. Pardoe, 

 C. A. Phelps, 

 W. C. Landon. 



Committee. 



In Market for Cypress Cross Anus 

 Toledo, O., Oct. S. — Editor Hardwood Rec- 

 ord : We are in the market for a quantity of 

 cross arAs such as are used on telegraph, tele- 

 phone and electric light poles. These we pur- 

 chase in long leaf yellow pine, but we have been 

 fonsidering the use of cypress arms. Through 

 the courtesy of one of your subscribers we are 

 referred to you as one who can perhaps give us 

 some valuable suggestions as to a source of sup- 

 jily of these arms. It is possible that you do 

 !iot know of mills that are now turning out cross 

 arms, but you may know of some manufacturers 

 who would perhaps consider the installation of 

 the machinery to supply us with our require- 



