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lecting ©f a permanent organization which is to 

 use jBTcry means in its power to resist the pro- 

 posed advance in rates by the railroads of the 

 country amountiug to from S to 20 per cent. 

 The members of the club believe that the rail- 

 roads are getting their full share of protits 

 for the handling of freight, and they do not 

 believe that any further advance at this time 

 is Justified. The organization which has been 

 formed at Chicago will therefore find among 

 the lumbermen of Memphis as strong support- 

 ers as in any part of the country. 



E. E. Goodlander, chairman of the Committee 

 on Transportation, asked that all delegates who 

 expected to attend the annual of the Nation^U 

 Hardwood Lumber Association at Louisville give 

 him notice at once. Mr. Goodlander insisted 

 tiira Memphis send a large delegation to this 

 convention. 



Four new applications for membership were 

 irceived from prominent Memphis lumbermen. 

 Thoy are all interested in lumber enterprise and 

 will therefore come under the active cla^s. 

 They will be voted on at the next regular 

 meeting. 



W. M. Clendenin outlined the plan of tho 

 procedure in connection with the advertising 

 campaign which has been placed in his hands. 

 He is to direct the expenditure of .'J50,00U 

 which has been raised by the people of Mem- 

 phis under the leadership of the Business Men's 

 Club. Mr. Clendenin stated that he considered 

 the lumber interests a most important factor 

 and expressed the hope that they would assist 

 him in every way in securing the necessary data 

 for use in going after woodworking enterprises. 

 He said that he considered the comparative 

 basis as the best one to attract new industries, 

 and he will therefore provide comparative statis- 

 tics on wages, switching charges, freight rates, 

 belt line facilities and other considerations in 

 Memphis. 



Mr. Clendenin stated that Memphis has raised 

 the largest fund in the history of any munici- 

 pality for advertising purposes and said he did 

 not see how the advertising campaign could 

 lose in view of such splendid opportunities for 

 elfective advertising work. 



The next and last meeting of the club for the 

 season will be held at the Hotel Gayoso at 7 

 p. m.. May 28. The entertainment committee 

 has not had an opportunity to prove its prowess 

 lately and for that reason it has been decided 

 to hold this last meeting in the evening. A 

 splendid dinner will be served and the commit- 

 tee will arrange several attractive features for 

 the enjoyment of its members. 



The attendance at this meeting was better 

 than at any gathering during the season, with 

 one exception. President S. C. Major was in 

 the chair. The usual luncheon was served and 

 was thoroughly enjoyed by all present. 



Annual Report Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association 



On behalf of the Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association of the United States, Hardwood 

 Kecord recently compiled and printed the re- 

 port of the eighth annual convention of this 

 organization, held at Cincinnati on February 1, 2 

 and 3, 1910. 



The volume comprises sixty-six pages, printed 

 on enameled paper and bound in heavy white 

 cover stock with deckle edges. The cover is 

 ornamented with the insignia of the organization. 



The work contains a handsome duotone gra- 

 vure portrait of President Robert il. Carrier ; a 

 list of the officers and executive board, state 

 vice-presidents, state directors, committees : an 

 outline of the salient features of the convention : 

 sundry addresses of welcome and responses : ad- 

 dress of the president ; report of the treasurer 

 and auditor ; report of the secretary ; various 

 addresses and resolutions in memory of the late 

 ,Tohn B. Ransom, F. S. Hendrickson and J. E. 



Defebaugh. It includes the various forceful, in- 

 teresting and instructive papers on "Organiza- 

 tion," by O. B. Bannister ; "Functions of the 

 Trade Press," by James H. Baird ; "Forestry," 

 by W. B. Townsend ; "Wooden Packages," by 

 B. F. Masters ; "Cost of Manufacture," by 

 Frank F. Fee ; "Forestry," by William L. Hall ; 

 "Conservation and Odd Lengths," by Victor H. 

 Beckman ; etc. 



Tho book includes a complete report of the 

 joint meeting of the Executive Grading Com- 

 mission and the representatives of the car. 

 wagon, furniture, table and kindred trades. It 

 also embraces a complete roster of attendants : 

 a memorial page to the late John B. Ransom and 

 F. S. Hendrickson ; and a good deal of informa- 

 tion pertaining to eligibility to the association, 

 dues, etc. 



Secretary Doster reports that he has received 

 many letters congratulating the association on 

 the general make-up and character of this 

 report, and incidentally asks the Recobd to take 

 credit to itself for the attractive manner in 

 which the publication has been compiled and 

 issued. Mr. Doster suggests that attention be 

 called to the originality of the arrangement. 



While copies have been sent to all members 

 of the association, an extra number have been 

 provided, so that anyone iuterested can secure one 

 by applying to the association offices in the First 

 National Bank building, Cincinnati, O. The 

 work is worth perusal and preservation for 

 library or filing purposes, and is especially val- 

 uable for reference on the new sales code adopted 

 by the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, and 

 the verbatim report which was held with the 

 purchasing element and various wholesale con- 

 sumers of hardwoods, for the purpose of estab- 

 lishing a base of universal hardwood grading. 



Secretary Doster suggests that in the future all 

 members carry on their letterhead their personal 

 endorsement of the sales code and the association 

 rules in the following language : 



"All quotations, orders and contracts are sub- 

 ject to the sales code and inspection rules of the 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the 

 United States, adopted February 3, 1910." 



Increasing Its Scope 



The Hardwood Lumber Company of Cincinnati, 

 of which J. H. P. Smith is president and W. E'. 

 Heyser vice-president and treasurer, announces 

 that it has just added to the list of the General 

 Motors Company factories, for which it is pur- 

 chasing agent, the lumber requirements of the 

 Jackson Automobile Company iif Jackson, Mich., 

 and in the future all lumber used by these several 

 automobile concerns will be purchased by the 

 Hardwood Lumber Company. Well towards 

 30,000,000 feet of lumber will be purchased for 

 this use annually. All communications on the 

 subject of automobile stock should be addressed 

 direct to the Hardwood Lumber Company at 

 Cincinnati. 



The company announces that it is in position 

 to handle at the market price for immediate 

 shipment, on cash terms, less two per cent, any 

 quantity of the following items : 



4/4 13" to 17" poplar boxboards. 



4/4 12" to 17" Ists & 2nds poplar, sap no de- 

 fect. 



4/4 18" & 19" No. 1 & panel poplar, sap no 

 defect. 



4/4 20" to 23" No. 1 & panel poplar, sap no 

 defect. 



4/4 24" to 27" No. 1 & panel poplar, sap no 

 defect. 



4/4 27" & up No. 1 & panel poplar, sap no de- 

 fect. 



5/4 13" to 15" Ists & 2nds poplar, sap no de- 

 fect. 



5/4 15" to 17" Ists & 2nds poplar, sap no de- 

 fect. 



5/4 13" to 17" Ists & 2nds poplar, sap no de- 

 fect. 



4/4 22" & up No. 1 & panel cottonwood. 



5/4 13" to 17" Ists & 2nds cottonwood. 



3/4 6" & up Ists & 2nds sap gum. 

 -4/4 6" & up Ists & 2nds sap gum. 



4/4 22" & up No, 1 & panel aap gum. 



4/4 to 10/4 Ists & 2nds white ash. 



4/4 to 8/4 Ists & 2nds unseiectcd birch. 



4/4 to 8/4 com. & better elm. 



(i/4 & 8/4 Ists & 2nds hickory. 



4/4 22" & up clear mahogany. 



4/4 to 12/4 Ists & 2nds mahogany. 



Employes of Billmeyer Lumber Company 

 and Affiliated Concerns Bantiueted 



The Billmeyer Lumber Company of Cumberland, 

 .Md., on April 26 gave a delightful complimentary 

 dinner at the Stagg Hotel. Cumberland, to repre- 

 sentatives of that concern and of the Union 

 Lumber Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary 

 organization. There were also several invited 

 guests. H. T. Billmeyer, head of the company, 

 was toastmaster. In speaking of the friendly 

 relations of members of the Union company, Mr. 

 Billmeyer stated that while competition might 

 be the life of trade in other lines, the Uuion 

 and Billmeyer concerns had found that co- 

 operation after all was the best method, and 

 the consumer had learned this also. 



The guests gathered at S :30 in the evening 

 and were presented with unique menu cards rep- 

 resenting a saw log bearing the verse, "The turn- 

 pike road to people's hearts, I find, lies through 

 their mouths, or I mistake mankind." Each 

 guest was also presented with a number of 

 cigars made up as an express package labeled 

 with bis name and advising that he was in Lil- 

 lian Russell and Anna Held's class, as the 

 smokes were made "expressly" for him. 



The affair was a most delightful one, and was 

 evidence of the fraternal and harmonious rela- 

 tions existing between the principals of the Bill- 

 meyer and Union concerns and their employes. 

 The guests included W. W. Hanley, George E. 

 Emmart, George R. Wheeler, John R. Warfleld, 

 Ingham Lord, Richard Oswald, L. W. VanHorn, 

 .\. H. Billmeyer, G. F. Eutsler, Frank Billmeyer, 

 R. W. Taylor, H. D. Billmeyer, W. E. McMillan, 

 Joseph Kotschcnreuther, John Shoupe, Guy Ncff, 

 Charles W. Donnelly, Richard McCardell and 

 William Shaw. 



Dry Kot in Timber 



The English Board of Fisheries and Agricul- 

 ture recently published a pamphlet bearing on the 

 subject of dry rot and the methods of prevention, 

 which in a complete manner gives an idea of the 

 possibilities of the increase in this common 

 plague and also makes many common-sense sug- 

 gestions with a view to limiting the spread of 

 the spores of the dry-rot fungus. The following 

 is the text of this circular as recently printed in 

 the Timber Trades Journal : 



As a destroyer of timber used in the construc- 

 tion of dwelling houses, the fungus popularly 

 known as "dry rot" has been well known for 

 many years. Notwithstanding modern improve- 

 ments in ventilation, etc., the disease appears to ' 

 be gradually gaining ground. 



Infection with the dry rot fungus sometimes 

 takes place in the forest, when felled timber re- 

 mains stored there for soma time. The first evi- 

 oence of such infection is indicated by the pres- 

 ence of red stripes in the sawn wood. If such 

 wood be thoroughly seasoned the mycelium pres- 

 ent in the red stripes is killed. 



On the other hand, the fungus is by no means 

 rare on old beams and boards stored in wood- 

 yards, etc., and it is mainly from such sources 

 that spores, or portions of the spreading myce- 

 lium, are introduced into buildings by new wood 

 which lias become infected. 



During the building of a house the danger 

 arising from the presence of dry rot may be 

 reduced to a minimum by taking proper precau- 

 tions. A thorough system of ventilation and the 

 avoidance of damp, stuHy places is of primary 

 importance. 



Perhaps the greatest source of danger arises 

 where the ends of Joists are built into a wall 

 near the basement of a house, and this is more 

 especially true where tliere is evidence of red 

 stripe in the wood. As a precaution, the ends 

 of joists should always be treated with creosote. 

 A frequent cause of trouble is the use of damj) 

 deadening material, or "pugging," and covering 

 it over with boards before all the moisture has 

 evaporated. Such material should be used as 

 dry as possible, coarse sand being the best for 

 the purpose. 



The spreading mycelium of the dry rot fungus 

 can be checked by the application of carbolic 

 iu-id. and when its presence is once detected, all 

 wood work that can be reached should bo thor- 

 oughly saturated with the same substance. 



