>^ \J^ n!,: ^ ^-^ w^-"^^ -'^n *^ fe-' ! il li Se mi-Monthly Twenty-Second Year CHICAGO. OCTOBER 25. 1917 SubscriptioD $2. Single Copies, 15 Cents. PJM SERVICE LJBR.\RY NEW YORK BOTANICM. GAROBN — is concretely backed by a definite and successful endeavor to build up an org-anization insuring satisfaction to our customers — an organization each feature of which has been planned separately so that it will lend its maximum of significance to the term when used in connection with the business of Penrod. Jurden & McCowen. Inc. In short, it represents All That the Word Implies, Scientific Drying Expert Manufacturing Good Timber Modern ]^Iills Satisfaction to the Buver Southern Rotary Veneers and Hardwood Lumber We can take care of your requirements in Southern woods, no matter whether you are in tlie market tor veneers or lumber. Our big Rotary ^'enee^ Mill at Helena, Ark., has exceptionally large units, and can readily supply sizes which are ordinarily difficult to produce. Our lumber mills are cutting some of the finest hardwood stock ever manufactured in America. Tell us what you want — we can supply you. On account of car shortage, which affects delivery of logs to the mills as well as shipments of veneer — we urge all buyers of veneers to place requirements at least 60 to 90 days in advance Penrod, Jurden & McCowen ||NC0K10K.\TEDi General Offices, Memphis, Tenn. 825-830 Bank of Commerce Building II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II IJ II II II II II II II II II II M II II II II II II ij II II II II ir II II ij II Ji J ADVERTISERS' CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY FOLLOWS READING MATTER. HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 1917 K.'STABLISHED 1F98 J. Gibson Mcllvain & Co. LUMBER Hardwoods A Specialty PHILADELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA Manufacturers Wholesalers The Golden Rule Quality THE ANDERSON-TULLY COMPANY MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Rotary Gum Core Stock Built-up Panels Draw^er Bottoms Crossbanding Chicago Office GEORGE B. OSGOOD, Peoples Gas BIdg. Grand Rapids, Mich., Office FRANK B. LANE, Houseman BIdg. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD October 25. 1017 HARDWOOD RECORD ^^^^^^^^^K * ^^^^^^^^^^^^1 L^OR over twenty years ^ E. C. MERSHON has been recognized as the authority on all matters pertaining to the sawing of wood with a Band Resaw. Purchasers of Mershon Band Resaws have the benefit of his experience. Wm. B. Mershon & Company Saginaw, Michigan Michigan Hardwoods Cadillac Quality Nature has been generous in supplying Cadillac an abundant supply of superior timber and we are supplementing her work with the best methods of manufacture. This has made Cadillac Quality famous. Good timber, lumber well manufactured and seasoned, grades that are reliable and not blended to meet price competition, punctual service; — these are the elements of Cadillac Quality. We sell direct to responsible dealers and manufacturers. Cobbs & Mitchell ntCOKPOBATEB Sales Department, Cadillac, Michigan Stock Widths No. 3 Common Hardwoods We can furnish No. 3 Common Maple and Beech, random lengths, as follows: 1x4 Ix 8 1x5 Ix 9 1x6 1x10 1x7 1 X 11 & wider The stock is mixed Maple and Beech but runs largely Maple Mitchell Brothers Co. Sales Department, Cadillac, Michigan Planinf Mill R. HANSON & SONS GRAYLING MICHIGAN Michigan Hardwoous Make Steady Customers White Pine, Norway, Hemlock All Three of U. Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD >*ll HARDWOOD RECORD October 'i.'., I'JIT i|-< A BUFFALO The Foremost Hardwood Market of the East BUFFALO HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. SPECIAL FOR SALE 1%" to 3" No. 1 Com. & Better Dry Birch Hardwoods & Cedar beelTour'^hobby' °r*years W'c want White Ash, all grades, 1 to 4" thick Standard Hardwood Lumber Co. OAK, ASH AND CHESTNUT 1075 Clinton Street Atlantic Lumber Company HARDWOODS WEST VIRGINIA SOFT RED AND WHITE OAK Our Specialty : We*iC Virginia and PenoeylTUila Cherry 1055 Seneca Street Miller, Sturm & Miller Hardwoods of All Kinds 1142 Seneca St. Hugh McLean Lumber Co. OUR SPECIALTY: QUARTERED WHITE OAK 940 Elk Street Blakeslee, Perrin & Darling A Complete Stock of Seasoned Hardwoods iccludin^ Ash, Basswood. Birch, Cherry, Chestnut, Cypress, Elm. I Gum, Hickory, Maple. Plain & Quartered Oak. Poplar & Walnut. 1100 Seneca Street T. SULLIVAN & CO. Hardwoods Ash and Elm NIAGARA— CORNER ARTHUR Taylor & Crate HARDWOODS OF ALL KINDS A stock of 18.000.000 to JO.OOO.OOO fe«t of hardwoods carried at all times at onr two ble BafTalo Yards Established 50 Years Rail or Cargo Shipments G. ELIAS & BRO. HARDWOODS White Fine. Tellow Pine, Sprace. Hemlaek, Ftr. I.Dmber. Timber. AUilwork, Boxes. Maple and Oak Flooring 955-1015 Elk Street Yeager Lumber Company INCORPORATED EVERYTHING IN HARDWOODS 932 Elk Street i The above firms carry large and well assorted stocks of all kinds and grades of Hardwoods, and have every facility for filling and ship- ping orders promptly. TTiey will be pleased to have your inquiries. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD II * !§l'<« October 25, 1917 HARDWOOD RECORD Three Great Logging Conventions The Pacific Logging Congress met this year at Seattle, Wash., on October 18th, 19th and 20th. The Appalachian Logging Congress meets at Knoxville, Tenn., some time in November. The Southern Logging Association met at New Orleans, La., on October 24th, 25th and 26th. FULL REPORTS OF ALL THREE WILL APPEAR IN LOGGING FOR NOVEMBER & DECEMBER. 1917 Send for sample copies of these two numbers — they will cost you nothing and the ideas they w^ill contain may be w^orth thou- sands to you in addition to helping you to meet Wartime emer- gencies in the one best w^ay. CLYDE IRON WORKS MANUFACTURERS OF LOGGING MACHINES DULUTH, MINNESOTA All Three of U. Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD (Xtober 25, 1917 A — M.inufncturrr of lmpkm«nt Stock. 6 — Manufacturer of Car IMateral. C — Maau(aotur«r of Factory Olmenalon. C— Cromwell Character Counts Sp(M'lal 5 8 Ni'. :; & No. 3 Com. Oak CROMWKKL III>\VI). Ll'MUKK ., . „ . - - * CO. Manufacturer MontBonu'r.v. ALABAMA Oak lurnbur In cominorclal quantUlos Is iiro- diiced by forty states, ami inort* than 18.000 mills cut it. The numbtr of oak mills in North *'arollnu exceeds tho nunibt-r in any other stiit*-. Did you ever rest your oyea on a soft-toneO Oak walnstcotlng? Try It and then tell your customers about It. KInp WnptiTs nrid llnr-lw ^ Wood-Mosaic Company, Inc. New Albany, Ind. Manufacturer Vonccrs and Hardwood Lumber ^ Hoffman Brothers Company Manufacturer Ft. Wavne, Ind. Oak Is just as ornamental today as It was useful five centuries ago — just as useful today as it was ornamental then. MaiiufacturiTs of Hariiwni.,! Lumber aiiJ Flooring The Mowbray & Robinson Company Cincinnati. Ohio Write fur List ami I'rici-s North Vernon Lumber Company INDIANA Manufacturer North \ ernon. There will :il\vays be a market for all the Oak our sawmills have any right to cut. There an- eight evergnen njiks in- the United States, more than half of which are conlined to the region west of the liocky Mountains. Not one of them possesses much value as a source il; SWAIN-ROACH LUMBER CO. ,.,-.,.,,» Manufacturer Seymour. lINUlAlNA ( •See rak'r '•'< ' J. V. Stimson Manufacturer and Wholesaler Hardwood Lumber Huntingburg, Indiana Tile uldtst uak tree still standing tif tradi- tion is true) is known as Abraham's oak, near .Jerusalem. If the patriarch Abraham ever camped in its shade, as the story goes, the '\pnt must have occurred 4.000 years ago. -J— , KENTUCKY LUMBER C03IPANY 500.000 ft. 4/4 Selects Plain Red & White Oak 100,000 ft, 4/4 No. 1 C. Plain Ited & White Oak ir..000 4/4 Is & 23 Qtd. White Oak ^^j^^^ ,^^^ Manufacturer ■ Lexington. IvLlN I UCKi Miller Lumber Company Manufacturer and Dealer in All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Marianna, Arkansas ' Has Individual Display Ad on Page DeslBnated. ,,,^1 III (•.See l.HKe 13) ^^ W. p. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. ^ 9 Band Mills maniifiicturlnri harUi*ooils - — = Louisville, Ky. z — ~ Hand Sawed, Steain l.Jried. Arkaiiiias Hardwoods p^= Edgar Lumber Company ■ Wesson, Arkansas ~— ~^ When artists of the Middle Ages chose a ^^ wood for high class carving, such as cathedral ^^ doors, altars, and architraves, they almost In- ^^ variably selected oak. ^= (• I'SKe 17 Salt Lick Lumber Company Hardwood Manufacturer Salt Lick, Kentucky J. W. Wheeler & Co. Manufacturers Band Saweil Ilanlwood Lumber and Quartered Oak, Ash and Gum Memphis, Tepnessee Manufacturers of staves for barrels lntend**d to contain alcoholic liquors prefer white oak to red for the reason that the wood of the former permits less seepage than red oak. Our Lumber Is Well Manufactured and Well Taken Care of. Write us for ijrices In anything in hardwoods. THE FERD BRENNER LUMBER COMPANY, Alexandria. LOUISIANA Ti I'St-e ].ai;L- 1'./ Plain and Quarter-Sawed Oak a S|ietialty Little Rock Lumber & Mfg. Co. Maker of Band Sawed Hardwoods Little Rock, Arkansas Tlie value of oak crossties in the tracks of railroads has long been understood by en- gineers They give the best service because the wood is hard and wears well and holds spikes well and resists decay For ariythino in OAK write these representative firm ii « L- Manufacturers Itanil Sawed Plain and Quartered. Oak and other Hardwood Lumber Sabine River Lumber &. Logging Co., Inc. Sein Antonio, Texas 5 cars 4 4 White Oak FAS & No. 1 C, 10 cars 5,4 Plain Red Oak Steps FAS & No. 1 C. WILLIAMSON-KUNY MILL & LUMBER CO. Manufacturer, Mound City, ILLINOIS The laurel oak is niore abundant in Florida than in any other part of the United States, but it Is not abundant anywhere. Few logs reacli sawmills. Special— 500.000 ft. 4/4 FAS Platn White & Red Oali MISSISSIPPI LAMB-FISH LUMBER CO. Manufacturer, Charleston, I'S.e iiiiRf ID) Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company SOUTHERN HARDWOODS General Offices. .Conway Building, Manufacturer Chicago. West Virginia leads all other states in the production of oak lumber, and Tennessee stands second on the list. These two states furnisli one-third of n'! the oak lumber sawe onk. B— We specialize In White and Red Oak and in Quartered Bed r.um We sfU'-it voiir tnnuiries. ALEXANDER BROTHERS, miccicciddi Manufacturers, Belzoni, MlbblbblPrl Factories in the United States use approxi- mately t« o billion feet of oak yearly, which is about 6o per cent of the total sawmill pro- duction of this wood. Yellow oak is the best named of all the oaks. The inner bark is yellow and was a reliable dye material in pioneer times, and it might be worth while to investigate it now, in these days of scarcity in the dye market. All stock cut from our Virgin Timber on modern band mills. THISTLETHAVAITE LUMBER COMPANY. Manufacturer AVashington. LOUISIANA Tallahatchie Lumber Compemy Meoiufacturers of Band Sawn Hardwoods Philipp, Mississippi Poets have written of oaks a thousand years old. but there does not seem to be an authentic record of an age of more than TOO years for an oak, based on a count of the anni al growth rings. A. It & C— Dermott Land & Lumber Company Manufacturers Southern Hardwoods Mills. Dermott. Ark. Sales Office. Railway Exchan geBldg.. Chicago. III. A. |{ A- (' - I •Si-- i.;ii,^- ill .ARLINGTON LUMBER COMPANY Manufacturers of Band Sawn Har(hvood Lumber Mills: Arlington, Ky., and Park____ ,__ ,^__,, Place, Ark. Write Arlington KENTUCKY The shingle oak was not so named because It was particularly good for shingles, but be- cause its leaves are so arranged on the twig that their edges overlap and occur in the ordi^r of shingle's on a roof, .\. :I. I'— M. E. Leming Lumber Company Cape Girardeau, Mo. Manufacturer of Soft Textured Oak. Good Grades i*SL-e pa;:f ISi (i. 000. 000 Feet of Oak Always on Hand in 1 to 2" Stock BLISS-COOK OAK COMPANY, .-,„.-,<, A c Manufacturer Blissville. ARKANSAS? The turkey oak in the South received that name at an earlv period because its acorns were small and were easily eaten by wild tur- k.-y.s. (•See page 17) All stock graded up to uuaUty— knocked down to price. UTLEY-HOLLOWAY LUMBER COMPANY Conway BuUdiiig ILLINOIS Manufacturer Cnicapro. Specials 150.000 ft. 5/4 FAS Plain Red Oak 24.000 ft. 8 4 FAS Plain Red Oak 200,000 ft. 8 4 FAS Qtd. Red Gum Climax Lumber Company, Ltd., -.-.---.-, - Manufacturer St. Landry. LOUISIANA The United States government began its forest policy more than a hundred years ago by purchasing tracts of live oak timber in the Southern states to guard against scarcity nf material for ships. Band Sawed, Equalized, Forked Leaf White Oak Thin Oak and Ash Specialties 3L4XN.SFIELD HARDWOOD LUMBER CO. Manufacturer WINNFIELD, LA. It has been found out that the famous "Charter Oak" which stood near Hartford, ( "nnn,. and whirh figur»Ml flaniifurlurer, Burkliannon. W. VA. i.»ak fore.sts of fully maiur<-d trees, bearing perfect acorns, occur in .Northern Oklahoma and Southern Kansas, and the tallest of the trees llttli- exceed two feet In height Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. Manufacturer of Hardwoods Memphis, Tennessee (•See i.>a^e S* Rand sawn lumber, thick stock and timbers. The texture of our mountain oak Is famous. Try IL VESTAL LBR. & MFG. CO.. >rt?iuKiT7ccTrv Manufacturer, Knoxville. TENNESSEE It would not make much dlfferen..- .so tar as the song is concerned, but it would satisfy some people's curiosity if the matter could be settled whether the "Old Oaken Bucket" was made of white oak or of red oak. We have fur fall shipment large stock of 10/4 and 12/4 C. & BeL Oak; other thicknesses from 4 4 to 8/4 in all grades. FARKIS H.VRDWOOD LIMBER TO., Manufacturer, XaNhville, TENNESSEE The oldest piece of oak shaped by human hands Is believed to be an oak canoe discovered a few years ago burled in mud at the bottom of a river in England, and believed to be H nno vear.s old. For 25 years we have made Uak and still specialize in this, the best of American hardwoods. Our prices, grades and service are worth considering. LOVE, BOYD & CO., ^^^,.„,«^„„ Mapufaoturer, Nashville. TENNESSEE No other wood of the United States is as suitable for quarter sawing as white oak. Some of the red oaks measure lalrly well up to white oak in that respect, but as a general proposition they fall considerably below it. for anylhing in OAK write these representaiive firms I *See page Ui i ^^ QUARTERED OAK OUR SPECIALTY ^^ Memphis Band Mill Company ^M Manufacturer, Memphis TENNESSEE ^^ Practically all the oak cut in Europe, west ^^ of Russia and the Balkans, belongs to a = .single species, though the qualities of the ^= wood from various regions differ greatly and ^^^ bear different names. ^^ Specials On ^^ 3 cars 4/4 No. 1 Cora. Qtd. Red Oak ^^ 2 cars 4/4 No. 2 Oim. Qtd. Red Oak ^= BAY'OC LAND & LIMBER CO., ^= Manufacturer, Cincinnati, OHIO Machine manufactured oak flooring is a modern Invention, but hand-dressed oak has been used for floors since ancient times. Doubt is cast on the wisdom of Solomon because ha did not use oak instead f>f cedar in his temple ( 'See pii«e 4';* C. Crane & Co. Hardwood Lumber Band Mills at Cincinnati, O. Botanists who are looked upon as authority In such matters, have agreed to change the book name of Northern red oak from quercus rubra to (juercu.s borealis. Manufacturers of Plain and Quartered Oak also Oak Timbers and Brldgo Plank SABINE TRAM COMPANY. BEVi MONT. TEXAS The largest oaks of the United Slates are found in California, where they are known as valley oak. Trunks may be from six to ten feet in diameter. (•See page 56 l Nice stock of dry 4/4. 5/4 & 6/4 Plain Red and White Oak on hand at Burdette. Ark . for prompt shipment. THREE STATES LIMBER CO.-|-p^.jy.pccF;E Manufacturer. MemphiM * tLI^ncJacc The golden oak which grows in California Is not so named because of the color of its wood but on account of th" yellow fuzz on the under Sid.- of Its 1. af We Manufacture Hardwood From Fine West Virginia Timber. _. ., WARN LUMBER CORPOR.\TION «» -t, . Raywoofl. " ■ * '^ • White oaks ripen their acoriis in a single season, while those of red oaks hang on the trees and grow during two summers. They are usually quite small at the close of the ir^Jt growing season. Yellow Poplar Lumber Company Coal Grove, Ohio Manufacturer Oak makes the heaviest of bridge timbers or the finest of period furniture. Is there any other wood so versatile? A. It & C— W. M. Ritter Lumber Company Manufacturer Hardwoods Columbus, Ohio There are no new problems to overcome In curing or caring for Oak lumber. It has been too long used. A Ac B— If you want Sound, Soft Textured White & Red Oak, bnth In Plain and Quartered, write Dt HI>MEIER BROTHERS & CO., OHIO Manufacturerw, Cincinnati tJniV./ Were all the Oak limber to be destroyed over night the effect on business in general would be chaotic. 'il.o Band Mill. PlaiiiiiK Mill and Uiy Kiln of the Williams Lumber Company 13 Ini'aied at Fayetteville, Tennessee Why has Oak always led in olTerlnga at the furniture shows? Ask anyone who sells furniture. All lumber itllud In ^ame length:* and similarly loaded ill car>. CLAY LI'MBEK tOMTANY. .Manufacturer, w VA Middle Fork. "* * ^' .\ A: C .^Inniifacturers of Hardwood Lumber uli. Trim and OnU Klonring. WEST VIR<;iNl.V TIMBER CO., ChurleNton, lliililiii 1 so Mlilworlt. Fin- W. VA. A— 150,000 ft. 4/4 No. 2 Com. Plain Oak Specialists in Bone Dry, Good Widths & Lengihs— Prompt Shipment BARR-HOLADAY LIMBER CO., /^ijto .Manufacturer, (.reenlieUI. vJrtlw Clothes don't make the man. nor does finish make the furniture— but it helps. See the latest. We are cutting off 200.000 acres uf the finest Oak In West \'irgiiiia. Fur the very best, try AMERICAN COLUMN & LIMBER CO., Manufacturer, St. Albans, W^. VA. There is a species for every need — a grain ^^ and figure for every taste. Are you familiar ^^ with them all? ^^ I "See pace S) i Babcock Lumber Company ■ Pittsburgh, Pa. ^^ Annual Capacity, 150.000,000 Feet =^^ Manufacturer =^-*=; Do you know of any other wood that pleases := in so many ways and In so many garbs as ^^ does Oak? ^^ Pardee & Curtih Lumber Company ^ S;ilrs Cilice — ClurkshurK, \S ■ \a. _ ^ Band Mills — Curtin, Coal Sid- \A/ V A ""- ing and Hominy FalN. W. VA. _^ Good eating and good Oak go well together. ^^ They make an especially logical combination ^^^ in these days of high prices. Specialties Quarttr-sawed \\^li^e Oak. Plain Red and White Oak ^^ C. L. RITTER LUMBER COMP.\NY, ^ KOCKCASTKE LIMBER COMPANY, ^ MnnufacturerH. Huntington, W. Va. = iaK»- II Kfiilticky Soft Texture Whlii- oak. Red Oak and piplBr. Iltgh-cla^. sound, square edged While Oak Tiniheri. loxlC ft. A.MERICAN LBR. & MFG. CO., PIttHhurgh, Manufacturer and Wholesaler PENNSYLVANIA Oak was spoken of with alL-'inn In Ihf Scriptures and will be held In esteem by our children's children generations hence. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD HARDWOOD RECORD Octol)cr 25, 1917 TRY KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE: You can logically do so because you must /Ultimately depend more and more on this region for your hardwoods. No higher type of timber can grow than that abounding in eastern Tennessee. It is found on a soil and in an environment which put quality in the trees generations ago. It is our task merely to see that this quality is utilized to the utmost in making the boards you buy. The best of equip- ment and highly trained organizations working in one place for years at a stretch make that task easy. Then too you can be sure of getting the best possible service — always. Ask about it from any of the following: The Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Co., Knoxville, Tenn., & Fonda, Ky. The J. M. Logan Lumber Company, Knoxville, Tenn. The Little River Lumber Company, Townsend, Tenn. The Babcock Lumber & Land Company, Marysville, Tenn. (Main Office: Pittsburgh. Pa.) :OAK, POPLAR, MAPLE: Walnut, Chestnut, Hickory, Cedar, Ash, Basswood, Beech All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD Oi-toher 2r., lid 7 HARDWOOD RECORD MiiicuvrW TENNESIBH THE WONDER CITY Of HAPDWOilKpDUCTiONl Box Lumber Supplies from Memphis District IT is generally understood that the lumber required by the manufacturers of shipping boxes and other containers, in- cluding crates, is not of the highest class. It is what re- mains after the best grades have been culled out for other uses. But this does not lessen the importance of box lumber. It fills a place which could not be filled much better by the highest grades, which would generally cost two or three times as much. The Memphis district, which includes the surrounding states which find Memphis a market center from which to make sales, is highly important as a source of supply for box mate- rial, both as lumber and as veneer. It is not practicable to determine from available data just how much of such material is made into boxes Vkfithin the Memphis district or shipped to surrounding regions to be so manufactured ; but the quantity exceeds one billion feet a year. That is approximately one- fourth of all the boxes made in the United States. Memphis is favorably situated as a source for this enormous supply of box lumber. It is within reach of the large vegetable and small fruit districts of the South, and likewise within ship- ping distance of the fruit and truck orchards and gardens of the entire Ohio valley. In addition to that, the manufacturing cities as far away as Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Indian- apolis, Cincinnati, and even Pittsburgh, are within reach and draw some of their box material from the Memphis region. Excellent railroad and river shipping facilities make this wide distribution possible. The large shippers of lumber, acting through their boards of trade and other associations, watch shipping tariffs carefully and see to it that rates are ad- justed in the most favorable way. This policy has borne re- sults which are apparent in the figures which show a billion feet of Memphis box lumber going into use annually, and some of it in keen competition with box lumber from other producing regions. [To be coHlinued) All Three of Ui Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD lO HARDWOOD RECORD October 25. 1917 1=1 M EMTS^H I IS ^SSSsssssssssssssssssssssssssssissss^^ rOTTOXWOOl) 110, noon. KAS, 1/4". I3" to IT" ■ift.ooo rt. FAS. 0/1". 0" & up 100.000 ft, Pam-l & No, 1. 4/4". 18" Hnil til) KIM 00 000 ft, fitni, & Btr,. 16 4" QIAIITEIUOI) HKI) GUM ir.0,000 ft. Com, *t Btr,. 4'4" 100.000 ft, N(i, I Com,. 8 4" I'LAIN llEI) Ol'M 180,000 ft, Xo. 1 Cotu.. 4 4" & .'J/4" QUARTKllED SAP GIM 75,000 ft. Com, & Btr,. 8/4" I'LAI.N SAP GUM 130,000 ft, FAS. .1/8" 300,000 ft, FA.S'. 4/4". 13" & up ■i,'i,000 ft, FAS, 5/4". 14" & up ll.'i.OOO ft. Pan, & No, 1. 4/4", 18-21" MAPLE 100,000 ft, L, R.. o 4" 100.000 ft, L, R-, 0 4" & S 1" Regular Widths ami Lengths I It. I., R,. 12 4" QIARTKRED WHITE OAK ,'-,S,ooo ft, C, & B,. 4/4". 2"4 to 5^4" 7,1,000 ft, FAS. 5/4" & 6, 4". OOTc IllIlR 100.0011 ft. Xo, 1 C. 4/4". 90% lone PLAIN WHITE OAK 100.000 ft. No, 1 C, & B,. 8/4", 50 to tiO'^r lone 200.000 ft, I & 2 C. 4/4". 50% lone . PLAIN BED OAK 125,000 ft, N.I, 1 C. 3/4". 50% long 125.000 ft, .No, 1 C 4/4" ' 350.000 ff, 1 & 2 C. 4/4" S, W, OAK 75.000 ft. No, 1 C, & B,. PLAIN OAK 275,000 ft. No, 3 C. 4 4" SYCAMORE ISO. 000 ft, C, & B,, 5 4" WILLOW 20,000 ft, C. A: B , 12 4" GOr/^ lung 60% liolB 4,/4" ANDERSON-TULLY CO. ASH 1 & 2s, 3 " 12 " and up, 8/16', 12 mo. 40% 14' & 16' 60,000 Feet; Immediate Shipment. James E. Stark & Co., Inc. We have one million feet of Cypress (dry) from 4/4" to 16/4" thick— all grades. Send us your inquiries. F.T. DOOLEY LUMBER CO. fVe have the following stock for immediate delivery: WHITE ASH 50,000 ft. 5/4xG" & wider. l3 & 2s 15.000 ft. 6/4" & wider. Is & 2s 65.000 ft. 12/4" & wider. Is & 28 10.000 ft. 16/4" & wider. Is & 2s 12.000 ft, 2x10" and wider. Is & 23 12 000 ft, 10/4x10" & wider. Is ic 2s 14 000 ft, 12/4x10" & wider. Is & 2s 5,000 ft, 16/4x12" & wider. Is & 2s 35 000 ft, 4 '4" No, 1 Cora, 50.000 ft, 5/4" No. 1 Com. 15.000 ft. 8/4" No, 1 & 2 Com, 10.000 ft 10/4" No. 1 & 2 Com. 12,000 ft. 12/4" No, 1 & 2 Com. 3.000 ft, 20/4" No. 1 & 2 Com. Hone dry. all 8 ft. SOFT MAPLE 15,000 ft. 8,4" No, 2 Com, & Bet, 16.000 ft, 12/4" No, 2 Com, & Bet. 14,000 ft, 16/4" No, 2 Com, & Bet. 5.000 ft, 4/4" No, 2 Com. & Bet. SOFT ELM lO.OOO ft, 8/4" No, 2 Com, & Bet. 8.000 ft, 10/4" No, 2 Com, & Bet, 80,000 ft, 12/4" No. 2 Com. & Bet, Riel-Kadel Lumber Co. Paepcke Leicht Lumber Co. SI'KCI,\I.TIKS: Cottonwood, Red and Sap Gum, Red and White Oak, Cypress, Elm. Manufacturers Southern Hardwoods General Offices CONWAY BUILDING !i,\\I) MIM.S: Helena, Ark. Blytheville, Ark. Greenville, Miss. Cairo, 111. CHICAGO, ILL. H'e Can Move To Your Order At Once QUAKTERED WHITE OAK 50.000 ft Is and 23 5/8" 100.000 ft. No, 1 C. 5/8" 97.000 ft. Is and 2s, 3/4" 100,000 ft. No, 1 C. 4/4" 75.000 ft, CF Strips, 4/4". 2% to 5% wide. 65,000 ft. No, 1 C„ 5/4" 67.00 J ft. No. 1 C. 6/4" 100.000 ft. No, 1 C. 8/4" 100.000 ft 2 C. 8/4" PLAIN WHITE OAK 40.000 ft. No, 1 C. 4/4" . 70,000 ft, FAS. 8/4" 100,000 ft. No, 1 C. 8/4" QUARTERED RED OAK 30,000 ft, C. & B,, 3/4" 40,000 ft, 77.000 ft, 100.000 rt. No, FAS No, 1 1 C, 4 4" 5-4" C. 5/4" QUARTERED GUM (Sap No Defect) 200.000 200.000 200.000 200.000 200,000 ft, ft. ft, ft, ft. 5 4" 6/4". 8 '4" 10-4 12/4' C, & B, C & B, C, & B ■ C, & B, C, & B. ELM 200.000 ft. Log Run. 3" 50.000 ft. Log Run 10/4" 100.000 ft. Log Run. 4/4" 15.000 ft. Log Run 8/4" MAY BROS. Regular Widths and Lengths PLAIX WHITK OAK 2 rars Is & 2s. 4 4", 7 mos. dry li.cars Select, 4 4". 7 mos, dry QUARTERED WHITE 0,\K 4 cars Select. 4 '4" 13 inns, dry I'LAIX RED OAK 3 cars Is & 23, 4/4". 13 mos. dry 3 cars Is & 2s, 5/4" 7 mus, dry 1 car Select. 4/4", 13 mos. dry I'LAIN RED AND WHITE OAK 1 car No. 3 Com.. 4 '4". 13 mos. dry QUARTERED RED GUM ■J cars Cum. & Btr., 6/4", G mus. dry PLAIN RED (:;UM 2 cars Com. & Btr.. (3/4", t> mos. dry HICKORY 5 cars L. R., 4 4" 7 mos. dry ELM 1 car L. R., 4 '4", 3 mos. dry 1 car L. R,, 12/4", 3 mos. dry MIXED OAK I car Crossing Plank, 12,4", S to 12" wide, 25 mos. dry QTD. RED AND \\'HITE OAK 7 cars No. I Cora. & Btr. and wormy. 4/4" 24 mos. diT Ferguson & Palmer Co. We have for sale: QUARTERED WHITE OAK 18.000 fL 5/8" F. A. 8, 20,000 ft. 3/4" F. A. S. 15.000 ft. 5/8" No. 1 Com. 100.000 ft, 4/4" F, A. S. 100.000 ft, 4/4" No, 1 Com. 30.000 ft. 5/4" F, A, S, 100,000 ft. 5/4" No, 1 Com. PLAIN RED GUM 15,000 ft, 6/4" F, A. S, 30.000 ft, 6/4" No, 1 Com. 20.000 ft, 8/4" F, A, S, 30.000 ft, 8/4" No, 1 Com. SAP GUM 100,000 ft, 6/4" No, 1 Com, 50.000 ft. 6/4" No, 2 Com, 30.000 ft. 4/4" No, I Com. 60.000 ft, 4/4" Wide Box, QUABTERED RED GUM 20.000 ft. 8/4" F. A, S, 25.000 ft. 8/4" No. 1 Com. 50.000 ft. 4/4" F. A, S, 18.000 ft. 4/4" No, I Com, QUAKTERED BLACK GUM 65.000 ft, 4/4" F. A, S. 45.000 ft. 4/4" No. 1 Com. COTTONWOOD 30.000 ft 4/4" F, A. S,. 6 to 12' 15.000 ft, 4/4". 11" & up, F, A, S Memphis Band Mill Co. I Ixullill ^^ All Three of U. Will Be Benefited if You MenUon HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 1917 HARDWOOD RECORD 11 1 1 11 i-ai I II I MBM^MI S SSSSSSSSSSiSSSSSiSSSSSSSS^Si^^ All Stock Thoroughly Air Dried QVABTEBED WTIITE OAK 30.000 ft. Is & 2s 1,4" 242,000 ft. Is & 2s 3/4" 90.000 ft. No. 1 Com. 1/4" 256.000 ft. No. 1 Cora. 3 8" 300.000 ft. No. I Cotn. 5/8" 10. .100 ft. No. 1 Com. 3/4" 97.000 ft. No. 1 Com. 3 4". 6" to 7" wi(ie 42.100 ft. No. 2 Cora. 3/8" 115.700 ft. No. 2 Com. 3/4" 17.ono ft. 1st & 2nil. 4" to 414" wide White Oak Strips Pl^lX WHITE OAK 59.900 ft. No. 1 Com. 1/2" 62.000 ft. No. 2 Com. 1/2" PLAIN RED OAK 38.000 ft. 1st & 2nd 1/2" 100.000 ft. No. 1 Com. 5, 8", 4" to 814" wide 70.000 ft. No. 3 Com. 5, 8" QUARTEBED RED GUM (Figured Wood I 12.500 fL No. 1 Com. 1/4" QUARTERED RED GUM (Plain Woodi 40.000 ft. 1st & 2nd 4/4" QUARTERED SAP GUM 72.i;oo ft. Ist & 2nd 6/4" 70.300 ft. l8t & 2nd 8 "4" 43.000 ft. No. 1 Com. 4/4" 2S.7O0 ft. No. 1 Com. 6/4" 30.300 ft. No. 1 Com. 8 '4" SAP GUM (Special Wood) 35.700 ft. 1/2" 13" up wide 128.000 ft. 5/8", 18" up wide 51,000 ft. 3'4", 18" up wide QUARTERED BLACK GUM U.ili'O ft. Ist & 2nd 4/4" R. J. DARNELL, Inc. Send in your order now for 20,000 n. Qtd. W. Oak 1 i 2 1/2 12,600 ft. QL W. Oak No. 1 C 5/8' 11,900 ft. Sound Wormy Oak 4/4" ■4.100 ft. Qtd. w. o. Strips Clear 2V4 & 3" 56,500 fL Qtd. W. O. Strips Sap 2U & 3" 9.800 ft. PI. W. Oak 1 * 2 1/2- 42.300 ft. PI. W. Oak No. 1 C. 1/2" 9.500 ft. PI. W. Oak No. 1 C. 5/8" 12.700 ft. PL Bed Oak 1 & 2 5/8" 4.200 ft, PI. Red Oak No, 1 0 5/8" 15.800 ft. PI. Red Oak 1 & 2 3/4" 54.200 ft. PI. Red Oak 1 & 2 4/4" 41,000 ft. PI. Red Oak Step 11-15 5/4" 21.800 ft PI. Rwl Oak 8d. Wormy RO 4/4" 14.000 ft. Qtd. R. Oak 1 t 2 5/4" 10 .t up 19.000 ft. Qtd. 67,500 ft. Qtd. 32.300 ft. Qtd. 10,300 fL Qtd. 9.100 fL Qtd. 176.500 fL QUI. 97,000 fL Qtd. 62,000 fL Qtd. R. Gum 1 & 2 4/4' R. Gum No. 1 C 4/4" B. Gum No. 1 C 5/4" B. Gum 1 A 2 6/4" B. Gum No. 1 C. 6/4" R. Gum 1 & 2 8/4' B. Gum No. 1 C. 8/4' It. Gum CodL ti BsL '4" Sap no defect 145.000 fL Qtd. B. Gum Com. & BeL 3" Sap no defect 32.500 fL Qtd. FIs. R. Gum 1 A 2 4/4" 19.500 fL Qtd. Fix. B. Gum No. 1 C. 4/4" 7.500 fL PI. R. Gum 1 i J 4/4" 23,000 fL PI. B. Gum No. 1 C. 4/4' 22,500 fL PL B. Gum 1 t 2 5/4" 39.500 fL PL B. Gum No. 1 C. 6/4' 14.000 fL PI. K, Gum 1 t 2 8/4" 15.000 fL PL B. Gum No. 1 C. 8/4" The Mossman Lumber Co. e Offered for frompt Shipment SAP GUM 300.000 ft. FAS. 4/4". 6" I 60%. 14/16. 6 mos. dry. 150.000 fL FAS. 8/4. «" t 60%. 14/16. 8 mos. dry. 150.000 fL No. 1 C. 6/4". ree. 60%, 14/16. 6 moa. dry. 2M.000 ft. No. 1 C. 4/4". rec, 60%. 14/16, 6 moB. dry. 300.000 fL No. 2 C, 4/4". reg. 60%, 14/16. 6 mos. dry. PLAIN RED GLIM 12.000 fL FAS. 3/8". 6" 6 mos. dry. Send us your inquiries now 21.000 fL FAS, 1/2". 6" & up. 6 mos. dry. 65.000 fL FAS. 5/8", 6" & up, 8 moa. dry. QUARTERED RED GUM 45.000 fL No. 1 C. 4/4". ref.. wdth.. 60%. 14/16. 6 mos. dry. 50.000 ft. No. 1 C. & Btr.. 8/4". reg. wdth.. 60%. 14/16. 8 mos. dry. QUARTERED RED OAK 15.000 fL No. 1 C. * Btr., 3/4". ree. wdtil.. 60%, 14/16. 6 mos. dry. 10.000 ft. No. 1 C. & Btr.. 6/4". reg. wdth., 60%. 14/16. 8 mos. dry. PI.AIN RED OAK J. W. Wheeler & Company 90.000 ft 75.000 ft. 20.000 ft. ■iO.OOO ft. 25.000 fL 25.000 ft. 4/4" 200.000 ft. 5/4" 50.000 ft. 0 4" 1011.000 ft. 8 4" PLAIN WHITE OAK 30.000 ft. FAS 4/4" r.0.000 ft. FAS 8/4" 40.000 ft. FAS 8/4" FAS 4/4' FAS 5/4" FAS 6/4" FAS 8/4" C. & B. 12/4" No. 1 Com. No. 1 Com, No. 1 Com. No. Com. 30.000 ft. C, & B. 12 4' QTll. WHITE OAK 50.0011 ft. FAS 4/4" 000 ft. 30.000 ft. 35.000 fL 4 4" 80.000 ft. 5/4" 40.000 ft. 6/4" PLAIN 150.000 ft. 133.000 ft. 14.000 fL QTD FAS 5/4" FAS 6/4" No. 1 Com. No. 1 Com. No. 1 Com. RED GLTf C. & B. 5/4" C. & B. 6 4" C. &. B. 8/4" RED GUM 175. OHM ft, 1', & n. S 4" fl^IN SAP GUM No. 1 Com. 125.000 fL 3 4" 135.000 fL C. & B. 5/4" 170.000 ft. C & B. 6/4" QTD. SAP GUM 410.000 ft. r. & B. 6/4" 3.50. OOO fL C. & B. 8'4- 100.000 ft. C. & B. 10/4" 100.000 ft. C. & B. 12/4" COTTONWOOD 30.000 ft. FAS 4/4" 170,000 fL No. 1 Com. 4/4" TUPELO 70.000 ft. C. 4 B. 4/4" ELM 12.000 ft. I,og Bun 4/4" 50.000 ft. Lob Bun 8/4" GAYOSO LUMBER CO. Regular lengths and widths QUABTERED WHITE OAK No. 2 Com. & Bet., 4/4, 8 mos. dry. PLAIN WHITE OAK No. 1 Com. 4/4. 8 mos. dry. PLAIN RED OAK No. 1 Com. 4/4, 8 mos. dry. Crenshaw-Gary Lumber Co. Our large stock of assorted logs en- ables tts to cut specials without delay LET US QUOTE Stimson Veneer & Lbr. Co. BLAINE, MISS. BANDMILLS MEMPHIS, TENN. WHITE ASH — Prompt Shipment, Straight or Mixed Cars NEW ORLEANS YARD 11.300 ft. FAS.. l'«".\lll-l;" 15.900 fL FAS.. Ii4"xl0-12" 22.500 ft. FAS., 2"xl2" & up 11.500 (t. FAS.. 3"xlO-12" 125.000 fL FAS.. I"x0" & up 7.400 ft. FAS.. 1H">16" & up 24.000 fL FAS.. 2"x«" & up 228.000 fL No. 1 C. I"l3" & up 14.000 ft. Sel.. l"xG" & up 131.600 ft. Nn. 1 C. 1V4"X3" & up 40,000 ft. H4"i3" & up, consider- able 8" & up 55.000 ft. 2"x3" & up, considerable 6" & up 19.700 ft. Select, 2"i6", consider- able 10" & up 5.000 fL No. 1 C, 2H"»3" & up. 9..ft N,, 1 r , 3"\3" ,t up ft. No. 1 C 3"x3" & up. soft 15.SI10 IL No. 1 C. I"l3" & up 3,000 ft. No. 2 C. 4" MEMPHIS YARD 7,500 fL FAS., Hl"xl2" & wider 19.500 fL FAS.. H4"xl2" & wider 14.000 fL FAS.. 2"xl2" & wider 32.000 ft. FAS.. 3"xl2" & wider 4"ll2" & wider 2"ilO-ll" & wider 2H"i8-10" & wider H4"xe-9" 2"i6-9" 3"i6-ll" 4"i6-ll- 6"x6" & up %"x6" & up C, l"i3" & up 1 C. 2"x3" ft up 1 c . y'x.i" & up 8.000 (t. FAS 22,000 fL FAS. 35.600 fL PAS., 9,000 fL FAS, 20,000 fL FAS. 18.000 fL FAS., 29.000 ft. FAS., 10.500 ft. FAS., 7.000 ft. FAS., 22,200 fL No. 1 23.500 ft. No. DUDLEY LUMBER CO., Inc. The following Items Are Ready for QTD. WHITE OAK 2 cars 1 & 2s. 4/4". 7 cars No. 1 Com., 4/4". 2 cars Clear Strips. 4/4". 2 cars No. 1 Com., strips. 4/4'. QTD. BED OAK 8 cars No. 1 & 28. 4/4". 1 car No. 1 Com.. 4/4". PLAIN WHITE OAK 1 car I i 28. 4/4". 2 cars No. I Com., 4/4". PLAIN RED OAK 1 car 1 & 23. 4/4". 3 cam No. 1 Com., 4/4". 2 cars No. 3 Com., 4/4". QTD. RED GUM 2 cars 1 & 2s. 4/4". 5 cars No. 1 Com., 4/4 . 1 car 1 ft 2s. 6/4". I cixr 1 & 23 Prompt Shipment SAP G I M & 2s. 4/4-. & 2a. 5/4". 1 Com.. 4/4". 1 Com., 5/4". 2 Com., 4/4". COTTONWOOD 1 Com.. 4/4-. 2 Cora.. 4/4". PANEL COTTONWOOD 1 car 18" and up. 4/4". ELM 4 cars No. 2 ft BU.. 4/4". 3 cars No. 2 & BU., 10/4". 3 cars No. 2 & Btr., 12/4". 2 cars No. 2 & Btr.. 16/4". QTD. 8YCAU0KZ 1 car Log run. 44" 3 cars 1 2 cars 1 i 5 cars No. 2 cars No. 2 cars No. 3 cars No. 3 cars No. 11 J. V. Stimson Hardwood Co. !ll!l'i!'l!l!l!Hi;i znEnnEiniiizniziiin •illllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllhl SSSSSSSSSS^SSSSSi^SSS^SSS#i5%SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS^^ .:ffliiiiiiiiiffiiXiiii:::;L::L:L;L..:r...i_|Q| All Three of U. Will Be Benefited it You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 12 HARDWOOD RECORD October 2D, 1917 1^ MlBMPMIfS ^SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSiS^^ For immediate shipment QUARTERED WTIITK OAK COOO ft, 1st & 2nd 4/4" 100,000 ft. No. 1 Com. 4/4" PLAIN WHITE OAK 30.000 ft. Ist & 2nd 4/4" 117.500 ft. No. 1 Com. 4/4" 50.000 ft. No. 2 Com. 4/4" PLA^IN RED OAK 22,000 ft. 1st & 2nd 3/4" 36.000 ft. No. 1 C. 3/4" 62.000 ft. Ist & 2nd 4/4" 19,000 ft. No. 2 C. 4/4" QUARTERED RED OUM 71.000 ft. 1st & 2nd 4/4" 10.000 fU 1st & 2nd 5, 4" 5.000 ft. 1st & 2nd 6/4" 38,000 ft. 1st & 2nd 8/4" 14,000 ft. 1st & 2nd 12/4" 60.000 ft. No. 1 C. 5/4" 40.000 ft. No. 1 C. 6/4" PLAIN RED GUM I4„^00 ft. Ist & 2nd 4/4" 27.500 ft. Ist &. 2nd 5/4" 23.000 ft. Ist & 2nd 6/4" IS.OOO ft. No. I C. 4/4" 82.000 ft. No. 1 C. 5/4" QUARTERED RED GUM (Sap No Detect) 10.000 ft, 1st & 2nd 6/4" 47.000 ft, 1st & 2nd 8/4" BELLGRADE LUMBER CO. BROWN & HACKNEY, Inc. OAK 12M ft, 5/8" Is & 2s Qtd, WhltB, 14M ft, 4/4" Is & 23 Qtd. White, 12M ft, 4/4" Sel, Com, 6" & un Qtd. White. 12M ft. 5/8" No. 1 C. Qtd. White. 14M ft. 4/4" No, 2 C, QtJ. White. 9M ft, 6/4" No. 2 C. Qtd, Whlt«. 65M ft. 2" & wider No. 1 C Stps, Qtd, White, 22M ft, 2" & wider No. 2 C. Stps. Qtd. White. 12M ft, 4/4" Is & 2s PI. White. ISOM ft. 4/4" No. 1 C. PI. White. 6M ft 5/4" No. 2 C. PI. White. 8M ft. 5/4" No. 1 C. PI. Red. 5M ft. 5/4" No. 2 C. PI. Red. GUM 210M ft. 8/4" 18 & 2s (sap, no de- fect) Qtd. Red. 230M ft. 8/4" No. 1 C, (sap. no de- fect! Qtd. Red. 120M ft. 8/4" Is & 28 Qtd. Red, 172M ft, 8/4" No, I C, Qtd, Red, 30M ft 4/4" No, 1 C, Qtd, Bed, 14M ft 4/4" la & 2a Sap, 350M ft 4/4" No. 1 C. Sap. 65M ft, 6/4" No, 1 C. Sap. 30M ft 6/4" No. .2 C. Sap, COTTONWOOD 55M ft, 4/4" 18 & 2s. 25M ft, 4/4" No, 1 C, 12M ft 4/4" No, 2 C, 30M ft 5/4" & 6/4" Backlne Boardj, Little Roi:k Rales Cairo, dat 15c. through 13c. St Louis, flat 18c. through 16c. Chicago, 23%c. Louisville. 21c. Clnclimatl, 2314c. Kansas City. 19c. Mounds Rates Cairo. 10c, Chicago, 19%c, 8t Louis, 13c, Louisville, 16c, Cincin- nati, 18%c, Kansas City, 19c = i § = i J. H. BONNER & SONS fVe have the following to offer, dry: QUARTEHEI) KEI) (UK 9M' Is & 2s. 4/4. 38M' No. 1 Com., 4/4, QUARTERED W^ITE OAK 8M' 18 & 2s, 4/4. 50M' No. 1 Com.. 4/4. PLAIN RED OAK 70M' Is & 2s. 4/4. 150M' No. 1 Com.. 4 4. PLAIN WHITE OAK 30M' Is & 2s, 4/4, lOOM' No. 1 Com., 4/4. 50M' No, 2 Com., 4/4, TUPELO GUM 30M' Is & 23. i/i. 75M' No. 1 Cora.. 4/4. 30M' No. 2 Com., 4/4, 15M' Wide Box. 4/4, HICKORY 20M' Log Run, 8/4. lOM' Log Run. 16/4. SAP GUM 4nM' Is & 2s. 5/8. 30M' No. 1 Com., 5/8. lOOM- Is & 2s. 4/4. lOOM' No. 1 Com,, 4/4, 75M' Wide Box, 4/4, noM' Narrow Box, 4/4, 75M' Is & 2s, 8/4. 50M' No, 1 Com., 8/4, PLAIN RED OUM 30M' Is & 2s, 4/4. 50M' No. 1 Com., 4/4. QUARTERED RED GUM 75M' Is & 2s, S/4. 50M' No. 1 Com., 8/4, QUARTERED, FIGURED RED GUM IIM' Is & 2s, 4/4, 13M' No. 1 Com.. 4/4. 14M' Is & 2s, 6/4, I2M' No. I Com., 6/4, 15M' Is & 2s, 8/4, 30M' No, 1 Com., S/4, PLAIN RED OAK 250,000 ft Nos. 1 & 2 Com., 4/4 75,000 ft Is & 2s, 5/4" 6,000 ft No. 2 Com,, 6/4" 6,000 ft No, 2 Cora., 8/4" PLAIN WHITE OAK 150,000 ft No. 1 Com., 5/4" 6,000 ft Nos. 1 & 2 Com,. 6/4" QUARTERED WHITE OAK 35,000 ft, Cora. & Btr.. 5/4" SAP GUM 150,000 ft. Is & 23. 4/4" 100,000 ft. No. 1 Com., 4/4" 100,000 ft No, 1 Cora., 6/4" 100,000 ft Is & 2s, 8/4" RED GUM 150,000 ft. Is & 2s. 4/4" QUARTERED RED GUM 75.000 ft Is & 2s, 4'4" 150,00(1 ft No. 1 Com., 4 '4" 70,000 ft. Is & 2s, 5.'4" -Vo. 1 Cora., 5/4" Is & 2s, 8/4" 30,000 ft 75,000 ft, SOFT ELM 35,000 ft L, R,, 6 4" 100,000 ft L. R., 8/4" 40,000 ft. No. 3 Com.. S/4" 35,000 ft, L. R., 10/4" 27,000 ft L, R.. 12/4" SOFT MAPLE 10,000 ft L, R., 4/4" S,000 ft, L, R., 6/4 " 75,000 ft L, R,, 8 4" 17.000 ft L, R.. 12/4" PECAN 20,000 ft L, R,, 8/4" 4,000 ft L. R., 10/4" COTTONWOOD 19,000 ft, L. R.. 4 4" ASH a.S.OOO ft. No, 3 4/4". 5/4". GEO. C. BROWN & CO. All stock regular widths and lengths Send lis your inquiries for these items SAP GUM 100,000 ft, s/4" Is & 2s 75,000 ft, 5/4" No, 1 Com, 20,000 ft, 8 '4" 13 & 2s 20,000 ft, 8/4" No, 1 Com, RED GUM 50,000 ft 4/4" Is & 2a 100,000 ft, 4/4" No, I Com, QUARTERED RED OAK (Sap no defect) 75,000 ft IV C, & B. 200.000 ft. 2" C. & B. 75.000 ft 2%" C. & B. WHITE OAK 20,000 ft, 1" 13 & 2s 16,000 ft l',4" Is & 2s 30,000 ft, IVi" No. 1 Com. RED OAK 35,000 ft I" Is & 2s 50,000 ft, 1" No. 1 Com. 25.000 ft IVi" Is & 2s 45.000 ft I'/i" No. 1 Com. QUARTERED WHITE OAK 2 cars 1" Is & 2s 2 cars 1" No, 1 Com, GUM 2 cars Pas, Qtd. Red, 2". 2 mos. dry. 1 car Fas. Qtd. Red, 2", 6 mos. dry. 2 cars No. 1 C. Qtd. Red. 8/4. 2 mo3. dry. 1 car No. 1 C. Qtd. Red. 8/4. 6 mos. dry. 5 cars Fa3. Qtd. Sap. 8/4. 3 moa. dry. 3 cara Pas. Qtd. Sap. 8/4, 3 mos, dry 3 cars Fas, PI, Red, 1", 3 mos, dry, 2 cars No, 1 C. PI, Red, 1". 3 mos, dry, 2 cars No, 2 C, Sap, 1". 3 mos, dry, PLAIN RED OAK 1 car Fas. 4/4, S mos, dry. 2 cara No, 1 C, 4/4, 8 mos, dry, 1 car No, 2 C, 4/4, 8 moa, dry, 2 cars No, 1 C, 8/4, 8 mos. dry. 1 car No. 2 C. 8/4. 6 moa. dry, QUARTERED WHITE OAK 2 cars Fas, 4/4, 8 mos, dry. 1 car No. I C, 8/4, 12 mos, dry. POPLAR 2 cars No. 1 C. 4/4, 3 mos, dry 2 cars No, 2 C, 4/4, 3 moa, dry, MISCELLANEOUS Elm— 1 car Log Run, 12/4, 1 I dry. Magnolia — Log Run, 4/4, Oak Bridge Plank — 12/4, creeQ, Coulson Lumber Company Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Co. We have the following stock ready for immediate shipment: QUARTERED WHITE OAK 100.000 ft 1/2" Is and 23 30.000 ft 3/4" Is and 23 50.000 ft 4/4" Clear Strips 500,000 ft, 1/4" No. I Com. 90.000 ft 3/3" No. 1 Com. 50.000 ft 5/S" No. 1 Com. 40.000 ft. 3/4" No. 1 Com. 50.000 ft. 4/4" No. 1 Com. Strips 100.000 ft 1/4" No. 2 Com. 20.000 ft 4/4" No. 2 Com. PLAIN WHITE OAK 100.000 ft, 1/4" No. I Com. 1(10, ono ft 1/2" No, 1 Com, 50,000 ft 5/8" No. 1 Com. 200,000 ft 1/4" No, 2 Com. 20,000 ft. 1/2" No. 2 Com. 25.000 ft. 5/8" No. 2 Com. PLAIN RED OAK 100.000 ft 3/8" Is and 2s 100.000 ft 1/2" Is and 23 100.000 ft 4/4" Is and 23 100,000 ft 1/2" No, I Com, 30,000 ft, 5/S" No, 1 Com, 100,000 ft 4/4" No, 1 Com. RED GUM 40,000 ft 3/8" No, 1 Com, SAP GUM 70,000 ft 6/8" Ist and 28 43,000 ft 8/4" Is and 2s 100,000 ft 4/4" No, 1 Com. ELM 30.000 ft, 12/4" No, 2 C & B, QUARTERED RED GUM 15,000 ft, 4/4" Is and 23 Pig, 30,000 ft 4/4" No, 1 Com. 30.000 ft. 4/4" No. 1 Com. 7.000 ft 10/4" No. 1 Com. Russe & Burgess, Inc. ^ ASH 95M' Is & 2s. 1x6-9" wide, 8 & 10' long, dry, 30M' Is & 28, 1x10-11" wide. 8 & 10' long, dry. 15M' Is & 2s. 1x15" & up. 8-16" long. dry. PLAIN WHITE OAK 40M' Is & 2s. 1/2" dry. 20M' Is & 2s, 8/4, dry. 20M' No. I Com,. 1/2. dry. 17M' No. 1 Com.. 8/4. dry. PLAIN RED OAK 60M' Is & 2s. 8/4. dry. 40M' No. 1 Com.. 8/4. dry. CYPRESS 50M' No. 1 Shop. 5/4, dry. WILLOW lOOM' Is & 2s, 4/4, dry, 35M' Is & 2s, 5/4, dry, lOOM' No, 1 Com,. 4/4, dry. 20M' No. 1 Com.. 5/4. dry. 20M' No. 1 Cora,, 6/4. dry QUARTERED FIGURED RED OUM 40M' Is & 2s. 1", dry, 26M' No, 1 Com,, 1". dry, 40M' Is & 2s, 5/4, dry, 16M' No, 1 Com,, 5/4, dry. 20M' Is & 2s, 6/4, dry, 5M' No, 1 Com,. 6/4. dry. 30M' Is & 2s. 8/4, dry, FIGURED RED GUM 17M' No, 1 Com,. 4/4, dry, 12M' No, 1 Com., 5/4, dry, PLAIN RED GUM 19M' Is & 2s, 3/4, dry. 5M' Is & 23, 1/2. dry. 50M' Is & 2s, 8/4. dry. 50M' No, 1 Com,. 8/4. dry. QUARTERED RED GUM 50M' 13 & 2s. 4/4. dry. 40M' Is & 28. 5/4. dry. 15M' Is & 2s. 6/4. dry. QUARTERED GUM (Sap No Defect) 30M' No. 1 Com. & Bet. 10/4 On E. SONDHEIMER CO. [ i i October 23, 1917 HARDWOOD RECORD LOUISVILLB THE HARDW^OOD GATEWAY OF THE SOUTH 3C W. p. Brown & Sons Lbr. Co. Main Office Louisville, Ky. Eight Band Mills— Brasfield, Ark.; Furth, Ark.; Allport, Ark., and Fayette, Ala. We offer the following dry stock for prompt shipment: ' OAK 265,000 ft. 4/4" No. 1 Com. Plain Red 184.000 ft. 4/4" F. A. S. Qtd. SAP GUM 245.000 ft. 5/4" P. A. S. 185,000 ft. 6/4" P. A. S. 317.000 ft. 4/4" No. 1 Com. Qtd. White 153.000 ft. 8/4" No. 1 Com. Qtd. White S22.000 ft. 8/4" P. A. S. I.Sn.OOO ft. 5/5" No. 1 Com. 1.S2.000 ft. 6/4" No. 1 Com. 429,000 ft. 4/4" No. 1 Com. Norman Lumber Company Louisville, Ky. FOR SALE 75,000 Feet 4-4 Poplar Crat- ing Strips 2-Inch to 4-Inch Wide— a— $20 Per M Feet. F. O. B. Cars, Louisville, Ky. W. R. Willett Lumber Co. LOUISVILLE MILL QUAItTKKED WHITE OAK 1 car 4/4" la & 2s 6 cars 4/4" No, 1 Com. 2 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com., 10" up to to 4 cars 4/4" No. 2 Com, 2 cars 4/4" No. 3 Com. 3 cars 4/4" Clear Strips, 5^" (widths piled aep ralelyt 2 cars 4/4" Com. Strips, 2 3%" 1 car 4/4" Sap Strips, 2 ZW 2 cars 5/4" No. 1 Cora. 1 car 4/4" Soiiiul Worms* 0,000 ft. 6/4" la & 29. 10" & up 1 car 4/4" No. 1 Cfira.. 10" & up EASTERN KENTUCKY MILL PLAIN WHITE OAK i 2 cars 4 4" No. 2 Com. 5 cars 4/4" Sound Wormy QIAHTERKI) WHITE OAK 3 ears 4 4" la & 23 2 cars 4 1" Is & 23 5 cars 4/4" No. 1 Com. I 4 curs 4 1" No. 3 Com. PLAIN RED 0-< 1 car 10 4" la & 23 2 cars 5 4" la & 23 1 far 4 '4" la & 2s 2 oara 5.4" No. 1 Com. 2 oars 4 4" No. 1 Com, 1 car 3/4" No, I Com. 1 car 3/4" No, 2 Com. 3 cars 4/4" No. 2 Com, PLAIN WHITE OAK 1 car 4/4" Is & 23 POPLAR 1 car 5/8" Ifl & 2s 2 ears 5 8" Saps, G to U" 1 car 5 8" Saps. 12" & up 3 cars .').'8" No. 1 Com. 2 cars 5'8" No. 2 Com. 1 <-nr .-. 1" Is & 28 W i-.vr^ ', 1" No. 1 Cora. iiiiinniiiiiiiiMMiii Wood-Mosaic Co., Inc. MAIN OFFICE: NEW Band Mills, New Albany, Ind. I'()ri,;Ul 41.600 fl. "> X" Is & 23 13.600 tl. 3, 4" 13 & 2s 14.800 ft. 4/4" Is & 2s 12,600 ft. 5,4" Is & 2s 13,400 ft. 0/4" Is & 23 11.800 ft. 8/4" Is & 23 15,700 ft. 5/8" Siipa & Selects 18,900 ft. 4/4" .Saps & Selects PIAIN RED & WHITE OAK (Twelve Months and Older) 98,000 ft. 8,-4" No. 1 Com. & l3 & 2s 56,000 ft. 10/4" No. 1 Com. & Is & 2s 40,000 ft. 12/4" No. 1 Com. & Is & 2s 25,000 tl. 16/4" No. 1 Com. & Is & 23 CHESTNI'T 15,800 ft. 1,4" Is & 2: ALBANY. INDIANA ., and Highland Park, Ky. rii;i:i'ii mo. 000 ft. 6 4" Ix.i! Kuil 12,000 ft. 8 4" LoE Hun CHBKRY 11,400 ft. 4 4"xI0" & wider, average width 15W. 40 to 50% 10 & 16 fL lone WALNUT 67,200 ft. 4/4" No. 1 Common 36.700 (t. 5 4" No. 1 Common 2,500 ft. 6 4" No. I Common 7,o00 ft. 8 4" ,\'o. 1 Common 121.000 ft. 4.4" .No. 2 Common 25,700 ft, 5/4" No. 2 Common 4,000 ft. 6/4" No. 2 Common 3,200 ft. S/1" No. 2 Common QTU. RED & WHITE OAK All grades and thicknesses. QUARTER SAWN WHITE OAK VENEER Wo carry a large stock of sawn Veneer. Send us your inaulries. Edward L. Davis Lumber Co. Kentucky and Indiana Ash Walnut and Hickory We have a very complete | stock of Ash and are pre- | pared to make special grades f for Automobile, Aeroplane, | and Bending Purposes. j PLEASE SEND US YOUR INQUIRIES I DIMENSION STOCK Mahogany and Walnut Aside from our production of lumber and veneers — We arc manuf.icturing kiln-dried m.ihopany and walnut dimension stock at the rate of 1.500.000 feet annually, and this department has been steadily growinR since 1902. We think that these simple facts make detailed argument unnecessary — as to our prices, quality of our stock, and promptness of service. However, we have ready for mailing a circular which explains in det.iil how and why you can save time, money and trouble — through our dimension stock. But if you don't care for the circular, and if you realize what an expensive luxury your waste pile is, send ua your cutting bills, as you would give them to your stock-cutters. We will quote a specific price for each style you manufacture. C. C. Mengel & Brother Co. All Thro* of U* Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD »4 HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 1917 m .,i-'!S"\\.-t"i^*l> All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD !»' Tir» 7S IP M luIdington hardwood specialists , Lower Peninsula MICHIGAN MAPLE A Complete Assortment Cross Piled and End Piled Winter Saw^n White WE SPECIALIZE IN DIMENSION STOCK JAMES C. COWEN, Chicago Representative nixe qtearns ^^ SALT £r LUMBER CO. LudingtokMich. October 25. 1917 HARDWOOB RECORD 17 A floor to adore For thirty-three years Wilce's Hardwood Floor- ing has been among the foremost on the market and becaOse it stands today "unequalcd" is the best evidence that its manufacturer has kept abreast of modern methods and the advanced de- mands of the trade. To convince yourself of the above statements, try our polished surface floor- ing, tongued and grooved, hollow backed, with matched ends and holes for blind nailing— you'll find it reduces the expense of laying and polishing. Our Booklet tell3 all about Hardwood Flooring and how to care for it — also prices — and is free. The T. Wilce Company 22nd and Throop Sts., CHICAGO, ILL. SAVE YOUR MONEY BY USING THE RED BOOK Published semi-annually in February and August It contains a carefully prepared list of the buyer* af lum- ber in car lots, both among the dealers and manufacturers. The book indicates their financial standing and manner of meeting obligations. Covers the United States, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The trade recognizes this book as the authority on the line it covers. A well organized Collection Department Is alBo oper- ated and the same is open to you. Write for terms. * Lumbermen's Credit Association ^srs 608 So. Dearborn Street CHICAGO Mention This Paper 55 John Street NEW YORK CITY 10,000,000 Ft. Capacity. *The Big Red Shed" WILL HANDLE ANY ORDER HARDWOODS W. O. KING & COMPANY 2452 LOOMIS STREET, CHICAGO COUNTERFEIT CHECKS are frequent ex- cept where our Two Piece Geoinehical Barter Coin iB Ln use. then imitation Un'i possible. S&mple if 70) , a&k for IL I S.D CHILD & CO. Chicago We also make Time Checks. Stencils and LoQ Hammers t^iiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiT I naDmniiininDiiuiiiiiJiininammii^ lUtley-HoUowayl I Company | IceBeral OeSeet.lll W. Waihincton St. | Manufacturers f Oak, Ash, CottoDwood, Elm, Gmn j I CHICAGO, ILLINOIS | a BAITD MJXIiB i I Helena, Arkanaaa Kanama, Azkaaaaa | fiiiiniinmiimiiuiiiiiJLimiiiuiummiuiiiuumuuiiiiiiuiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiimimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllH^^^^^ ■ BAND SAW MILLS | = Wlldsvllle, La. Varnado. La. Meridian. MUs. = I CLARENCE BOYLE § = Incorporated = H Manufacturers and Wholesalers M I Southern Hardwoods § I and Yellow Pine | I 1205 LUMBER EXCHANGE BLDG. g I CHICAGO 1 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiw^^^ ■fe^ for VENEER No checks •r splits. Enor- mous output. Low labor cost. Th* Philadelphia Textile Machinery Co. PbUadelphU Salt Lick Lumber Co. SALT UCK KENTUCKY MANUFACTURERS OF Oak Flooring Complete stock of 3/8" and 13/16" in all standau'd widths All Three of U. Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD i8 HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, I'Jl" ri ■ This Indiana White Oak is growing" in Indiana. In paying a premium for such stock you must pro- tect yourself by knowing where it comes from. We have manufactured it for half a century and can prove the origin of ■ our product. HOFFMAN BROS., COMPANY Fort Wajrne, Ind. Reg. U.S. rat.Off. ESTABLISHED 1867 INCOBPORAIED 180* There are three things that are inevitable: DEATH! TAXES! CAR SHORTAGES! You cannot get away from the first two — BUT You can avoid the latter by placing your orders with us NOW. We have a complete stock of High Grade South- ern Hardwoods in all grades and thicknesses, and are in a position to make immediate shipment of straight or mixed cars. Ycfu are facing the most serious car shortage in the history of the country. Anticipate your requirements now Wire or Write Us for Prices Baker-Matthews Lumber Co. 1314 Fisher Building CHICAGO Dry Kiln Door Carrier Co. SAVE Carrier Ready to Lift Door Heat Time Troublt Money by uslnr tb« Door Carrier System THOUSANDS ARE IN USE THEY OPERATE PERFECTLY OD (Soora of any alae. oo OLD OR NEW KILNS INDIANAPOLIS, IND. K^>."^'o^51!^aK'^mi;X9^ REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: General Market Conditions 18a Uniform Handling of Freight Tax Desirable 18b Hardwood Prospects Abroad 18b Segregation of Costs 18b SPECIAL ARTICLES: Lumber News from Washington 19-22 The Lumbermen's Round Table 23 Veneered Goods Here to Stay 25-28 Veneer «nd Panel Inspection Vital 28-29 Veneers in England 30 Chance for Veneers in Italy 30 The Grip on Trade 33 Gondola Cars for Carrying Lumber 33 Team Work Gets Results 33 Pertinent Legal Findings 34 Scarce Labor Precludes Normal Production 34 Lumber and Other Forest Products 35 CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS 36-38 WITH THE TRADE 38-38b PERTINENT INFORMATION 38b-40 HARDWOOD NEWS 40-46 HARDWOOD CLASSIFIED MARKET 46-49 ADVERTISEMENTS 50-51 HARDWOODS FOR SALE 51-52 SUBSOBIFTION TEEMS: In the United SUtea and Ita poaaeaalona. and Caaada, $2.00 the year; In forai^ conntrlea. $1.00 extra poata^e. Ib conformity with the rnlea of the poatofflce department, aobaerlptlona are payable Id adTance, and In default of written ordera to tbe eoatrary, art etntlBoad at ear option. IsatmctlODa for renewal, dt8contlnnance, or change of addreaa, ahoald be sent one week before tb« date they are to go Into effect. Both old and oew addreaaea moat be glTen. Both display and classified advertising ratea fnmlahed upon application. Adft- tlslng copy mast be rec«lTed flre daya In adraoce of pabllcatlon dates. Entered as second-clsss matter May 26. 1902, at tbe postofflce at Chicago, 111.. nnrier art of March 3. 1879. YOU Don't have to make claims on our shipments. We keep the doubtful boards. SATISFY YOURSELF Your inspector, your shop foreman, with the uni- formly hig^ grades of our perfectly manufactured stock. Oak, Gum, Ash, Elm, Cottonwood, Hickory EVERYTHING IN SOUTHERN HARDWOODS Tell us to quote you. Then wire us to ship. Beaumont Lumber Co. BEAUMONT, TEXAS All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD NEW YORK BOTANtO.L GARnHN '\C>^mo^^:^2^y^;!;:Xl>^l^^^\^;^^^^^ Copyright, Th« Hahdwood Company, iai7 Publithed in the InleresI of the American Hardwood Forests, the Products thereof, and Logging. Saw Mill and Woodworking Machinery, on the 1 0th and 25lh of each Month, by THE HARDWOOD COMPANY Edgar H. Defebaugh, President Edwin W. Meeker, Managing Editor Hu Maxwell, Technical Editor' Sevenlh Floor Ellsworth Building 537 So. Dearborn Street. CHICAGO Telephones: Harrison 8086-8087-8089 VdI. XLIV CHICAGO, OCTOBER 25, 1917 No. 1 ^;yK;;c-:c-:<'>:vi>:\>.\^^v>!^^-'0/iv>^':'i^^^-v>^\^ ^^i^M, Review and Outlook General Market Conditions ALARMING REPORTS of growing restrictions in woods and sawmill labor make definite predictions of curtailed winter cut possible. The Southern labor field is being affected in addition _ to the causes that are affecting other industries by the vast demand from the cotton interests "and by the continued exodus of negroes to northern points. It was thought for a time that the movement of black labor north had been checked, but seemingly their char- acteristic impulse to "follow the leader" and their seeming ardor to get into new fields is uniliniinished. The result is that the millmen in the South are reporting greater and greater difficulty in cutting and moving their logs and in handling their sawmill work. This, coming now with ideal logging conditions at hand and the entire jirobability that in a few short weeks the wet winter season will have covered the southern forests, makes the prospect extremely dubious. As a matter of fact, even though some of the mills had begun to accumulate quite sizeable piles of logs on mill yards, these dill not reach anywhere near the jiroportious desired Ijefore increas- ing difficulties began to be experienced. The problem before the southern operators is a very serious one and is already resulting in short-time runs with the prospect of many plants being com- pletely shut down. The same conditions, jpossibly in a less aggravated form, hold in the North, where it is suggested that the cut will at least ajpproach normal hut will not by any possible chance go beyond the normal volume. A suggestion of that < liaracter is really serious in itself as a production lessened below the actual demands, and especially at this time when the government is requiring such vast quantities of all kinds of lumber, is especially undersirable. Of course it has the saving feature in that the absolute certainty of under-jiroduc- tion will entirely overcome any weak-kneeil tendency. to sacrifice lumber at less than production cost. A few weeks ago the trade began to show occasional symptoms of cold feet on the price ques- tion, but the difficulty of consignment shipments in itself has been a potent factor in checking any such action. With the growing realizatiim of the serious situation confronting producers, the lum- ber trade is holding tight to its confidence ami lumber is going to hohl what it has gained and probably incline still further. As far as normal lumber consumption is concerned, the situation is too well ilefined to need extensive comment. There is growing evidence that one of the big reasons why the factories are not buying more lumber is, as previously stated here, the uncertainty of labor at the manufacturing centers. There is no question as to the amount of money available in the country, although subscrip- tions for government nee3s will, of course, take out of normal circles a verj' large quantity that might normally go for other purposes. It is merely a question of time, though, when this will get back into regular channels again, at least the vast bulk of it, and the buying power of the people as a whole will thus, of course, remain unimpaireil. It is obvious that the vast government ex- penditures will be made on the basis of credit rather than of actual handing of cash from government hands into the hands of those supplying its needs. Thus the return of money used for war purposes to general circles will probably be rapid. However, it is safe to count upon largely restricted demand for the things which people normally buy freely with their spare money. Even in spite of this, the furniture factories in most parts of the country are reporting that they have orders for about all the stuff they can put out. Yet, they are undeniably further restrict- ing their purchases of raw material, the reasons, as stated, being uncertainty of having sufficient labor to use up any great quanti- ties and also uncertainty as to future market for the stuff they are going to buy. The Washington situation seems to be getting straightened out in better shape each week, and the work will progress witn more vapidity as the working forces are more accustomed to the new iluties. One of the evident results is the speeding up in orders and requisitions ami requests for bids on many articles that have not been given general publicity. In fact, it is becoming more and more evident that the bwnber trade in common with other industries must make war production the paramount consideration, and that it will find in I'ncle Sam a market more than suflicient to take care of the deficiencies in other fields. Nothing more encouraging is heard from lumber export circles, nor from the building trades, nor can anything more hopeful be aiiticijiatcd in these directions. The present state of affairs also as it applies to the factory trade in general can be expected to continue until the factory buyers as a whole realize growing shortages in fall and winter production of hardwoods. The im- portance of the manufacture of containers cannot be too strongly emphasizeil. As a bulk of government goods will be sent across strong containers are in order and wood is essential. Millions and millions of feet of crating and box lumber will be recpiired. What has been said here is of necessity more or leas of a repeti- tion of what has been said before in previous issues, but the condi- tions warrant repetition and are here outlineil again with added emphasis as they are showing more definite alignment. The net of the whole thing is that lumber is still good property and will be even better property before the winter is over. 1 8b HARDWOOD RECORD October 1017 Uniform Handling of Freight Tax Desirable SIXCK THH I.MI'OSITIUX li.v the K'ovfininent of tlie three per cent tax on all fieijjht bills there has been considerable discussion as to who would be directly responsilde for its payment. It is quite ob- viously fjood policy to establish uniform practice in this regard ami an equally good idea to have such practice defined before the law goes into effect on November first. To this end the lumber industry should take advantjige of every gathering in the near future to give this im- portant point discussion. Some recommendation from a national body would unddubteilly be extremely helpful to the end that both the shipper and the pnrcha.ser may be saved annoyance and possible controversy to as full an extent as possible. The question has umloubtedly been considered carefully Ijy most individual shippers, but the point is that the practice decided upon must be the same in all cases or endless trouble and confusion will result. It does not appear that there shoulil be any great ilifliculty in com- ing to an understanding. The law clearly states that the tax shall be paid by the jiarty to the transaction paying for the freight service rendered. This would not seem to gibe with the announced intention of tho southern shijiper to sell goods " freight, allowed to Chicago." This clearly puts the shijijier in the position of jiaying for the freight sen-ice and requires that he also pay the tax. On the other hand, it does meet with the plan of one northern shipper who will pay the tax on all f. o. b. mill shipments and let the buyer pay on all f. o. b. point of destination shipments. It is because uncertainty is already ap- parent that the final solution should be arrived at as early as possible. Hardwood Prospects Abroad THE DEPAKT.MKNT OF COMilEECE HAS ANNOUNCED that the four American lumber commissioners, Messrs. Sim- mons, Brown, Walker and Oxholm, have reached their destinations where they will begin their investigation of markets for, American lumber. Mr. Simmons is in Russia, Oxholm in Norway, Walker in England, and Brown in Spain. It has taken about two years to find the commissioners a A get them at their respective posts ready to begin work. It is now- proper to discuss just in what way the hardwood lumberman may expect to profit from the work of these investigators. It may be taken for granted that the bulk of the gain, if there is to be any gain, will go to the softw-ood lumbermen, particularly to the Douglas fir and yellow- pine interests; but the hardwood men ought to get something out of it, too. Of the four hundred kinds of American hardwoods, scarcely more tlian a dozen have any earthly show of selling abroad in anything like paying quantities, and only about half of that dozen woods will amount to much in any foreign trade that we may expect. The lucky half dozen will probably be black walnut, oak, red gum, ash, yellow i)oplar and maple. Walnut will compete with the European and Circassian walnut; but the old countries are about stripped of these, and if anybod.v over there w-ants walnut, he must take our black walnut or nothing. Therefore, the chance of increasing the sales of our w-alnut ap- pears good. Our oak must compete abroad with high-class European and Japanese oak. It is as good as they, Vnit we can hardly claim that it is better. It cannot keep Japanese oak out of our own Pacific coast states, and there has always been some English and Austrian oak sold in our eastern states. When our oak competes with European oak in Europe, and Japanese oak also, it will have a fight if it gains much. Its chance, w-hatever chance it has, will depend upon capturing the markets before the old world oak lumbermen get on their feet again after the war. For that reason it is hoped that our commissioners abroad w-ill drive the entering wedges quickly and firmly. Our red gum should have a relatively easy road. It has no com- petition of importance over there. Walnut was formerly a com- petitor, but it can hardly be so any more. The chance of increas- ing our exports of gum seems promising. Ash will have to compete with European ash, but it has been able to do that during the past two hundred years, and it should have no trouble in doing it now. Native ash must be pretty scarce in Europe by this time. Yellow poplar has no direct competitor in Europe or anywhere else; but it is not indispensable. The European linden, which corresponds to our bassw-ood, is the closest competitor, but it is not so desirable for fine panel work as yellow poplar. Our poplar ought to sell well over the sea, as it has alw-ays done. Possibly our maple will have the largest sales in the form of flooring; but it will not have the field all to itself. There is maple in Europe, and there are also several other woods which make good floors. Our hickory has no competitor there for certain uses, but for others it must meet keen competition, and it can scarcely be ex- pected to show largely increased sales. We have several other woods which have gone to Europe in the past and for some of them there is a chance of increasing the sales. Europe has so much birch and beech that ours cannot gain much ground. The same holds true of elm. Locust that makes excellent treenails must compete in Europe with satisfactory w-oods from Australia; besides, it is doubtful if we shall have much locust left when we have built our own wooden ships. Dogwood and persimmon for shuttles, and red cedar for lead pencils will likely hold about the trade they enjoyed before the war. At least, no likelihood of greatly increasing their sales is now ap- parent. Segregation of Costs OPERATORS SHOULD ENDEAVOR to get actual costs in each department of their logging and milling operations in Order that totals may be dependable, and may supply valuable data by which to compare present with past operations, and present with future figures in years to come. To attain that object, the cost sheets should show, separately, the actual cost of cutting, of hauling, and of delivering the logs at the plant. To this could be added the cost of manufacture, of sales, and of the -overhead; and from these items the profit on the whole transaction can be figured and the w-hole .system should so far as possible cover each wood separately. It is true that one man 's cost may not always be compared with another's, on a similar basis; but the man who knows accurately his own cost has a basis on w-hich to work. The situation of oak is a case to the point. The present price of that wood seems entirely too low, when compared with other timbers. It costs as much as they to log, to manufacture, and the standing timber shows the same increase in price as they. Yet no one hears serious com- [daint on the subject from the operators. Is it because they fear that competition is threatening the volume of their business, or because they cannot see the true situation? If this is the case, what would it mean if oak slumped five dollars a thousand? How w-ill that slump compare with a similar slump in gum, birch, maple, or ash whose present prices are relatively higher than oak's? When this view of the matter is taken, it brings out the necessity of accurate and complete figures on costs so that each item can be examined separately. We usually think of mahogany either in the form of standard lumber or veneer, but a lot of mahogany is marketed in the form of dimension stock, and likewise it is (juite an item in the dimension stock business. Some of the mill yard surroundings were made to look like farm yards this year, and we may add in passing that the gardening spirit is a good thing to keep alive and working every year. I While lumber has advanced some in price, a bushel of wheat or of corn will buy considerably more lumber now than it would three years ago. Oitubor LTi. HUT Lumber ISleivs from Washington Good Prospect for Centralized Government Purchases The liimlier purclmse and building construction work of the War Department, it is reported, has been centered in the division of which Brigadier General I. W. LitteU, the quartermaster officer who had charge of constructing the army cantonment, is chief. This action reported to liave been taken by Secret;iry of War Baker is approved generally by lumber manufacturers who have been busy here on war work for some time, because it is believed it will result in simplifying the method for lumbermen to deal witli the War Department. It would stop the practice, it is said, of army purchasing officers iu various branches of the service buying lumber in competition with each other, which has resulted in very high prices being paid by the government in some cases. It would consolidate under one head build- ing cperations that have been distributed among the quartermaster department, which erected the cantonments and army camps; the signal corps, which has been building aviation schools, camps, fields and store- houses in many jiarts jf the country; the ordnance bureau, whicli has been doing some building in connection with the artillery branch of the service, and the engineer corps, which is concerned in the construc- tion of fortifications, storehouses, certain wharves, etc., in this country, as well as military construction work with the United States army in France. Ttie last class of work, it is thought, however, may be left with the engineer corps. The reorganization of the army construction bureau has been marked by tlie departure of Major Hamilton of the reserve corps, who had charge of certain lumber purchases for cantonment construction under Gen. (then Col.) LitteU. Major Hamilton favored large lumber pur- chases of local lumbermen on the open market instead of buying direct from the manufacturers through the committee on lumber, and he fre- quently cla.shed with members of that committee and other lumbermen. Major Hamilton is reported to have become purchasing officer for the American International Shipbuilding Corjioration, which is to make fabricated steel ships for the government. Gen. LitteU is a strong believer in doing business through the lumber committee and the lumber trade emergency bureaus, and some of the latter, which have not had much government business, hope to receive better treatment from him than they have had from some of the other purchasing officers of the government. It is thought, for instance, in some quarters that there is room for budding up a big government business with hardwood emergency bureaus. Some hard- wood lumbermen feel quite badly because they say their organization has been discriminated against by the shipping board, which on the other hand refuses to buy pine and fir ship stock except from emer- gency bureaus representing these trades. There would be still more opportunity for the trade bureaus to do business systematically with the government if all the government emergency construction work were centralized under Gen. LitteU and if all the government purchases of lumber were centralized under one [■urchasing agency. However, it is doubted if the former of these "tingencies will occur, and certain government departments never ive gotten into the joint purchasing scheme. The Na\'y Department is one of these, but there are reports that it soon wUl be working in full accord with the joint purchasing agency of the war industries board. Council of National Defense. Recently confusion was created by the Navy Department going upon the market for some 20,000,000 feet of lumber and timber, hardwood and soft- wood, much of it like that commandeered by the Emergency Fleet •^'orporation for wooden shipbuilding. This apparent conflict, it is understood, is being smoothed out by government officers with the assistance and cooperation of the Council of National Defense and the lumbermen. The understanding is that whichever branch of the service needs the stuff most will get it first. The priority committee of the war industries board, CouneU of National Defense, has been created for that purpose, and Mr. Demsey of the Long Bell Lumber Company, secretary of the committee, will try to see that everybody gets a square deal. The navy wants the stuff it is now on the market for, it is reported, to lay aside in navy yards for use as required later. The shipping board has emergency need for ship stock immediately. The navy proposition, it is said, is not good policy any more than was the plan proposed in the War Department to establish a big government storage yard at Mobile, Ala., to stack up quantities of timber for possible use in Franco at an indefinitely later date. Several of the lumber trade emergency bureaus have proposed reduced jirices for cantonment stock for the month October H to November 10. There has been an average reduction of 1.25 per 1,000 feet on lumber furnished by the Southern Pine Bureau for this purpose, and it is reported that that price has been met by certain other bureaus, although some have refused to meet it. The reduced prices are understood to have been approved by the lumber committee and the War Department. Reductions on some items have been as much as $i or ^'j per 1,000 feet. The general rule is to follow the com- mercial market. Wood Indispensable to Government Wood as a construction material has been approved by the govern- ment not only in the case of the cantonments- — it has ordered nearly 10,000,000 feet of lumber for the construction of a big frame struc- ture at Washington to accommodate the army bureaus that have been squeezed oufe of the War Department building. The budding will have 1,000,000 feet of floor space, it is understood. The government is also building here of wood buildings for the Council of National Defense and other branches of the war service. It is reported that the sixteen national guard camps are to be increased to the full size of the national army cantonments. If so, there will be orders for fifteen or twenty million more feet for each camp. The Douglas Fir Emergency Bureau reports having receiveil orders for nearly 500,000,000 feet of lumber for wooden ships, cantonments. Hog Island, etc., including 41,000,000 feet of Douglas fir airplane stock for several of the anti-German governments, at $55 per 1,000 feet f . 0. b. mill, and 117,000,000 feet of spruce aircraft stock, for the American and other allied governments. The hardwood and hemlock bureaus are said to have received orders for about 75,000,000 feet of lumber from the government for war purposes, the Southern Pine Bureau for perhaps 325,000,000, the North Carolina bureau for over 200,000,000 feet and the Georgia-Florida bureau for a large quantity. Buying Hardvyood Schedules Below Maximum Figures Hardwood ship schedules for the vessels that are being built for the United States Shipping Board, it is reported, luive been ordered of various lumbermen at prices ranging from $<38 to $8G per 1000 feet. The shipping board, through the Emergency Fleet Corporation, is understood to have fixed a maximum price of $90 per 1000 feet it would pay for hardwood ship schedules. This was after the Southern Hardwood Emergency Bureau did not reduce its price on hardwood ship schedules below $100 per 1000 feet for all except one stick, which was quoted on the basis of $150 per 1000 feet, which prices were agreed upon by the committee representing the hardwood emer- gency bureau and were deemed reasonable by the lumber committee, Council of National Defense. Having fixed the maximum price of $90 per 1000 feet for hardwood schedules, the fleet corporation, it is said, has never had to pay that much. Whether it will be projiosed later that the jirices now agreed upon between the corjioration and many hardwood hewers, wholesale and retail dealers, small mills and other individual concerns with whom it has placed orders for hardwood ship schedules, be increased as was done in the case of yellow pine ship schedules is not known. F. K. Paxton, assistant purchasing agent of the fleet corporation, says that there is no change in the policy that has been adopted of purchasing hardwood schedules from individual concerns instead of from the Southern Hardwood Emergency Bureau. However, the —19— 20 HARDWOOD RECORD octiiiiiT •>:•. r.ni latter rpc'i'ivoil soiiio onlcrs for hardwood ship Sfhodulos before tho policy was adojitod of placinjj orders elsewhere. Tlie developiiioiits of interest to the hardwood industry in connection with tlie wooden shipbuilding program are tho report that a lot of oak Hitch timber may be ordered to be used instead of yellow pine flitclu's in some instances, and that osage orange has been tested to deti'nnine its suitability for the manufacture of treenails for use in buildiufj wooden sliijjs. It is said that osajje orange has been found satisfactory, and the present understanding in hardwood lumber circles is that it may be useil for treenails as well as locust, oak and eucalyptus, heretofore siiecified for that jiurpose. Hardwoods Not Affected by Commandeer Order The second comuiandcor order of the shii'iiing board did not hit hardwood any more than the first order of this kind. The second one merely modifies the first commandeer order with reference to yellow pine timbers, so that it will not apply to car sills, some other car stock, certain bridge timbers and other materials not needed by the shipping board in such <)uantities as they are available. The modification also excludes certain luniher and timber over 30 feet long, absolutely all of which was commandeered under the first order. Lumbermen say that the new order will ease u|i on many mills which are loatled up with some of the smaller stuff that the shipping board previously commandeered. It will relieve the demand for some of this material in the market and enable mills cutting ship schedules to unload some of tho stuff they have on hand. The modification was roconnnonded by prominent lumbermen and by railroad men who thought that the building of cars might be stopjjed under the first order. Tho modification does not go so far as to permit free shipment of the larger timbers actually needed by the shipping board, but which aro not up to that Ijody's standard of specifications as to grade, etc., but it is expected that the shipping board officials will be lenient in this matter as in the matter of boards and other stock not very heavy but which is included within the terms of the new order to com- mandeer all lumber having a 12-inc)i face and 24 feet or longer. The policy of the board oflicials, it is understood, has been to permit many individual shipments for private purposes even under its first commandeer order, which was much broader than the new one. Such permissions were granted pending modification of the order and because the board officials realized that they did not need every- thing they commandeered at first. The modified commandeer order as signed by Admiral Capps, general manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, is as follows: The need for lunihcr in the larger sizes for shipliuililing purposes is so great that it appears to be necessary to take radical steps in order to secure the success of the wood shipl)iuldin;? program. On account of unsatisfac- tory deliveries to ilatc. wc find it necessary to control, to a certain extent, the sawmill output of large sizes in long leaf yellow pine. By authorily vesteil in the President ot the I'uileil States by Congress in nn act entitled ".Vn Act nialsiug appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the military and naval establishments on account of w-ar expenses for the fiscal year ending June .'JO, lillT. and for other pur- poses." which act became a law on June 30, 1917, and by authority dele- gated to the fuitcil ."States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation by executive order of the President in his proclamation dated the 11th day of July. 1017, copy of which is attached hereto : I hereby reiiuire and order : That you place at the disposal of the I'nited States Shipping Hoard Emergency Fleet Corporation all long leaf yellow pine lumber prttduced by .vou haviug a face 12" wiiiger. and de- liver the same, or parts thereof, in such cpiantities and at such times and to such persons as may be specified in orders iiereafter to be given you, and that you do not sell or dispose of said lumber or any part thereof unless you first obtain authority from the United States Shipping Hoard Eftiergency Fleet Corporation or the Priority Committee of the War Indus- tries Koard, This letter supersedes all previous instructions of a similar nature. An immediate acknowledgement of the receipt of this letter is requested. Confident of Continuance of Wooden Ship Program The shipjiing board lias been periuitting sliipincuts of '>0-foot stock by mills that are not cutting ship schedules. The question of a retroactive price for the first 100 yellow pine ship schedules was not settled at the last reports. F. L. Sanford, representing the Southern Pine Emergency Bureau ship price com- mittee, was in touch with the shipping board officials for some days carrying on negotiations over the matter, liut there was no :igrcemeut before he returned south. The luiuberinen want .$40 or more per 1000 feet, it is reported. It is further reported that as a residt of the alleged disagreement on th? subject between the lundiernien and the shijiping board, the Federal Trade Commission has been asked to serve practically as arbitrator, in accordance with the terms of the understanding reached some time ago between the board ami the southern [line people. The trade commission has been investigating the cost of production in the lumber industry for some time, especially with reference to ship sehedides, but its report is said not to be ready. With a view to getting quick action in the way of a report which will be utilized by the shipping bojird in fixing the retroactive price on ship schedules, it is said that a number of lumbermen h,ave advised the commission that they will waive hearing on the tentative findings of the com- mission as to tho cost of production. The trade commission 's investigation has gone far enough to con- vince lumbermen here who are well informed that pine ship schedules ordered by the government hereafter will be pjaid for at prices a good deal higher than those heretofore agreed to by the government author- ities. If this should turn out to be true, the question is likely to bo asked, Why .should not hardwood ship .schedules bring higher prices al.so ? as the cost of production, including labor and materials, and the difliculties of operation, have increased in tho harclwood industry as well as in other branches of the lumber industry. That there can be and probably will be a great many more ship schedules produced in the United States than have yet been ordered unless the war should suddenly come to an end, is the belief of lumber- men here who are well informed about the timber resources of the country. They hold to this belief despite recurring reports that the wooden ship program has been abandoned, etc. Tho basis for the latest report along this line is apparently found in a letter from Admiral Capps to Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, in part as follows: As you will recall In our very recent interview, I stated at considerable length the conrlitions governing the action of the tieet corporation at the present time with reference to the construction of wooden vessels. The present unsettled conditions of labor on the west coast and the difficulty of obtaining material of suflicient (juantity ami with suHieient promptness on the Atlantic and (Juif coasts are seri'Hisly interfering with our wooden ship program. I also stated very frankly that the Iiuilding of compara- tively small eapacit.v wooden vessels if large cai)ncity sti'el vessels could be built as (juickly was not to the advantage of the government in this crisis. This was dateil .September 17 and it is claijiied that conditions, espe- cially in the South, have improved considerably since then. Although writing against wooden ships, there is reason to believe that govern- ment officials, who realize the seriousness of the submarine campaign, would be glad to have more wooden ships or any other kind of vessels. As a matter of fact, it is claimed that the full wooden shipbuilding resources of the country are not being utilized. There are said to be many small yards that are not being utilized, the policy seeming to be to give contracts to large yards and to build government shipbuilding yards, which takes a long time. In connection with the latter it is reported that 50,000,000 feet or possibly more timber and heavy lumber will ultimately be required to build docks, ship ways and other preliminary construction at the Hog Island government shipbuilding plant where the fabricated steel vessels are to be put together, it is said, at the rate of one per day, more or less. Orders for 20,000,000 feet of this stuff, besides a lot of piles, have been distriljuted at the suggestion of the lumber committee. Piles were ordered by the thousand from the Georgia-Florida Yellow Pine Emergency Bureau, it is understood, at 8 cents each. The same bureau received orders for about 3,000,000 feet, dividing with the Southern Pine Emergency Bureau on the basis of one-fourth and three-fourths, the order for some 12,000,000 feet of timber less than 12 inches square. The Douglas Fir Emergency Bureau was given orders for about 8,000,000 feet of timber 12 by 12 inches and larger for Hog Island construction work. One difficulty about the government shii)ping program, it is as- serted, is the lack of terminal facilities sufficient to handle the traffic that will be borne overseas for American army and allied needs. Ootiilipr L'."i. l!in HARDWOOD. RECORD 21 Transportation ami terminal ex|iorts are urfjinf; ailniinistration olli- I'ials to take u\> this question with a view to the );overninent Imililing, if nei'essary, vast terminals, doeks, wharves, storehouses, elevators, railroad yards, warehouses, etc.. at Atlantic and ^Julf ports whence the American armada can sail to Kurope, as well as storage faeilitioB, etc., at leading interior raiIroaplies of aircraft stock and other neces.sary materials for military and naval purposes, but that labor shouM be recruited by volunteer or conscription methods if nec- essary in order to conduct certain branches of the lumber industry at the maximum of efficiency. Refereiu-e is liad esiieciiUly to the cutting of spruce timber for aircraft stock. There is ojiposition to all of these propositions, it seems. Indica- tions do not point to the exemption of industries instead of individ- •uals in the next draft, although there are many who favor some such J'lan. Volunteer recruiting of labor, it is said by some officials, will not be successful generally because workers will prefer a civilian status with free, r. Shaw anil K. \V. I'illini;, anil Secoml IJentenants .M. I,. ,Iuhiisiin, II, T. Hopkins, .M. 11. Orover. ,Ir., E. .■<. Brush ami L, 11, .Milianiel. It is learneil at the Purest Service that wllhln the next few days the remainiler of the lumbermen reenmmenileil for imlssions In the Twentieth Uesliment will be iiominateil tn the War Department, wlibh will examine them as occasion reijuires ami call them to report for iluty when ii leii for other battalions of the Twentieth Ucfilment or for aililitional forestry troop contingents. Personals of the Lumber War Workers at Washington E. Sherman of Chicago has siieceeileil tenipi)raiily Kraiiklin Smith of the Forest Service as set-retary of the committee on lumber, Coiinell of Nationul Uefense. Mr. Smith has pone on a vacation, after which he may return to the forestry bureau for duty or obtain a commi.ssloii In the second forestry regiment. .\ssiK-iate I'liited States Forester Ailiert Patter has gone West to four national forest heailquarters for a month to see how war work is getting along. <'. II. Worcester of Chicago is back here on the job at Washington ns a memlier of the lumber committee and C. S. Long of Tacoma. Wash., another member of the committee, has gone West. Among the lumbermen recently in Washington were .1. A. lUiekhannn of ISuckhanan & Co. and C. K. Kurford of the Louisiana S: Arkansas Hall- way, whieli the linnlier i-i>mpany Is said to control. 'J'he Webb bill tn permit rnnibinatious in the exiiort trade, which many lumbermen favor strongly, has been made the tinlinished business on the Si'uate calendar to In' brought up for cnnsideratlon ami action by the Senate at the next session of Congress. It w-as deemed imprai-tlrable to push the bill at the recent session. Interesting Opinion on Tax Deduction Plea Some liuiibiTriieu and n\\ ners id" standing Hmber ba\e nn( felt that the timber industry is being treated fairly under the new war revenue law. One reason for this feeling Is found in the fact that in carrying on his business it is claimed that the lumberman is using up his capital by cutting his standing timber. On that account greater dedintlnns from gross In- eiime have berii desired before the income or excess priitils taxes should liigin tn aciriie. Lumbermen have stated their case to Kepresentatlve Kilihin nf .North Carolina, chairman of Ihe ways ami means committee of the House of Representatives, who has replied to one of their imlnts as follows : I have had owners of oil wells and of coal mines and lumbirmen tell mo that each day in carrying on their business they are exhausting their laidtal and ought to have a reduction In some way on their I'xcess profits lax nn Ihls aeenuiit. They are mistaken. They are nnt exhausting their (iipit.il each ilav, but instead they are gidtlng their lapital back each day. Fur instanie. siippnse I |iul .Sloil.iioi) Into standing limber eostlng, say, i."i a tlinusaod feel, and ereii a sawmill and iiit It Into InmbiT. Every time I lUt a thnusand feet I charge that S.'i up as i nsl nf raw malirlal. along with the inst of labor and ntlur exiienses. When I sill that thniisiiml feel nf lumber I add Ihe cnsi nf Ihe slandliig timber, labnr ensl. and nllier expenses to the iirlce for whirli sold. Five dnilars of my principal Is relurned to me with a |unlil nn It upon Ihe sale of each Ihnusand feet. Instead of exhausting lliilr r.iplial dally, a part of their capital Is each day being returned to tlii-iii tn bi- again Invested. Suiipnse I huv standing Umber fnr SliiO.oilO and the next day sell II for .$l.-iii 0011. I have sold all nf it in one sale and got my laplial back the iiixl day and $.'ii),o(io prnllt. Siippnse I cut II up loin lumber and sell it in that wav, taking a viar 111 whbh tn lUt It; eaih day 1 cut and sell 1 get part nf iiiv lajdtal baek. When I have snld It nil I have nil my laidlal back and Ihe nrollts on my Invesin t. As a matter of Justice one slionid not have a deduciloii mi the whole amount of original capital when in the nature of t>>e business his capital is frnm time In time returned tn blni as III It. of limber, oil, and mining business, and such retiinied capital shouM u.m be used as a basis of dediiclion. 22 HARDWOOD RECORD October 2.",, lun Major Wood Arrives in France Major li. L. Wmul, vk<-pii'sulc>iit aiul yciu'ral iiiaiuiKi'i' of the K. E. Wood Lumber Compauy, lialtinioro, Md., whose apimlntmcnt as major In the forestry service of the United States has been announced in the IIaudwood Kecoiid, has arrived safely In France, word to this effect having been re- ceived at the olllce of the company some days ago. Major Wood has tem- porarily severed his connection with the company in onlcr that he mlsht take up duties wUh the forestry forces behln!S!xy;;ia!^A).v.i;igt;a;^.hasized the fact that it is highly desirable in many ways, but especially in the expedition with which it can be handled. Government materials have the right of way, and hence when a UimhernKin has an order to supply lumber to Uncle Sam or to some contractor who needs it in making a product being used by the government, he is in a position to get service from the railroads which might not be available otherwise. In fact, this (lartieular lumberman said that government repre- sentatives usually see to it tliat cars are furnished promptly to take care of the movement of materials being used on contracts for army materials and supplies. With the scarcity of cars the biggest diffi- culty in the way of keeping business up to the right jioint, it is obvious that this is a very satisfactory feature of government work, entirely apart from the matter of assisting the country in the successful prose- cution of the war. This situation may be rather rough on the private buyer, and un- doubtedly is handicapping him in many ways; but right now sprvi<'e of the nation comes before everything, else. Changing the Business Line-Up The business which is cast in liard and rij^id lines is the one which is having most difficulty getting along today. Conditions have changed so rapidly in the past year that only the lumberman who is alert mentally, and who has j)romptly changed his alignment to meet the new situation as it has developed, has been in a position to make the most of his opportunities. Mobile armies are the only ones that are worth while. Force must be movable and elastic to be most effective. So with business organi- zations; they must be in shape to respond to and to adapt themselves to changing conditions of every kind. For example, tlie demand for hardwood lumber has changed in many ways. Probably the most active mover at present is 6/4" lum- ber, because so many items used in war work, such as truck body con- struction, aeroplane stock, etc., are wanted in that thickness. The lumberman who realized the situation cut more 6/4" and less 4/4" lumber.' In the same way the hardwood man who kept up with condi- tions and realized that quartered oak was going to be used in making aeroplane propellers put himself in line to supply material for that liurpose, instead of waiting for the government to send an inspector around and tell him what he must ])re]>are to do. In short, the suc- cessful lumberman today is the man who is not asleep at the switch, but who is watching for every new development, and getting his whole organization in line with it. Training the Office Man The offi<'e manager of a certain hardwood concern, who is regarded as an extremely eflSeient member of its organization, is naturally fully occupied with the routine of oflice work, and seldom gets out into the yard or has occasion to visit the mills where the product which the concern is selling is manufactured. Yet he has had intelligence enough to appreciate the fact that his knowledge of the business will necessarily be limited by his knowl- edge of production, and of the practical details of lumber manufac- turing. Therefore he has lost no opportunity to acquaint himself with the situation, and to improve his efficiency along these lines. Many another man, content to know that his work inside the office was satisfactory, would have refused to take an interest in the busi- ness outside of his particular domain, but would have confined his efforts to such matters as accounting, billing, etc. These are impor- tant things, of course, but they are not all-important. The office man referred to recently had a vacation of two weeks coming to him. He could have spent this time at home or visiting the bright lights of the big cities. He might have gone fishing or rested in the country. But he did none of these things. Ho asked that he be Bent to the mills during that time, explaining that the change and outdoor life would be pleasant and agreeable to him, and that it wouhl enable him to ilo better work for the company, by reason of his enlarged outlook and his increased familiarity with the production end of the business. The head of the concern was highly pleased, of course, and was more than glad to arrange matters in this way. It goes without say- ing that the office manager will be of more value to his coni|>any than heretofore, and that the time invested will be of real iK-nefit to him and to his employers. There is no doubt that enthusiastic effort in this direction will inevitably make its own reward; ami that it is ap- preciated liy the concern which gets the immediate benefit is also the rule iiiid nut the exce[ition. Excess Profits and Working Capital iJni' or the unfortunate features of the war tax on excess profits Ls that in most cases it must be taken from working capital and not from an idle surplus unemployed in the business. That is to say, the i)rofits of an active business, and especially an active lumber business, are not as a rule cash profits, but are repre- sented by inventories of lumber on hand and in transit, book accounts, plant and equipment, etc. Even though these are large and represent an excellent margin of profit on the business handled, it is unlikely that the lumber concern is '"flush" in the sense that it is overbur- dened with cash. ■ Concerns which have done well have gone ahead increasing their facilities. The wise lumberman who has made money has put it back into his business, either by buying additional timber, adding to his manufacturing equipment, so as to produce lumber more efficiently and more economically, or extendng his business along some other line. Hence the excess profits tax means, in effect, the withdrawal of working capital from a business which in most cases needs that capital. The war revenue measure is a law anil will be enforced, but it seems worth whUe to call the situation to the attention of lumbermen, so that in planning their business tliey will take into account the provi- sions that will have to be made for the payment of the tax. Likewise, it is to be hoped that this burden, justified only by the extraordinary needs of the government, will be lifted as soon as conditions warrant. Campaigning Against Wood Wheels Are manufacturers ol wood wheels for motor trucks and other auto- mobiles going to allow their product to be put on the taboo list with- out an effort? The new standardized motor trucks of the government, two of which have been put in service already, are fitted with wooden wheels, l>ut one of the princijial motor truck publications comes out with this statement : "It is indeed unfortunate that the two standardized United States Army motor trucks will be fitted with wooden wheels when the govern- ment is anxious to have nothing but metal wheels. There seems to be some doubt in the mind of the board having the standardized truck work in hand whether a sufficient quantity of metal wheels can be had in time." This publication then proceeds to enlighten the government by pub- lishing statements from leading manufacturers of metal wheels, who say that they are in a position to produce them in sufficient quantities to take care of the demand in connection with the standardized trucks. Wood wheels have been standard equipment in the automobile field for a long time, and it is doubtfiU if there is any record showing that they have not held up in service. There likewise seems to be no reason to doul)t the ability of manufacturers to supply them. But in view of the aggressive work being done to give metal wheels for government trucks the precedence, it looks as if manufacturers of wood wheels and parts for them ought to take some interest in the situation before a final and adverse decision is rendered. Many of the box factory owners are kicking and fussing about tho increased price of box lumber. Why not get more for tho boicsf With a demand that taxes the box making capacity of tho country it should be comparatively easy to get any reasonable increase in box prices. 24 HARDWOOD RECORD OitiiliMi' 2.'). l'.)17 WE OFFER FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT TO YOU Quartered White Oak 108000' 1/4" No. 1 Common 21800' 5/8" Select, 6" & Up wide 20000' 5/8" No. 1 Common 30000' 3/4" Is & 2s 33000' 3/4" No. 1 Common 11000' 3/4" No. 2 Common 50000' 4/4" Select, 6" & up wide 11000' 6/4" Is & 2s Quartered White Oak Strips 20000' 4/4" Clear 2h--^>^" Plain White Oak 26000' 5/8" Is & 2s Quartered Red Oak 40000' 5/8" Is & 2s 14500' 3/4" Is & 2s 11000' 4/4" Is & 2s Elm 15000' 4/4" Log Run 40000' 12/4" Log Run Poplar 31000' 4/4" Is & 2s 43000' 4/4" Saps & Selects 34000' 4/4" No. 2 Common 20000' 4/4" Boxboards 13-17" Cypress 15000' 4/4" No. 1 Shop 12000' 5/4" Is & 2s 15000' 8/4" Is & 2s 10000' 8/4" Selects Quartered Red Gum, Sap. No Defect 2000O' 8/4" Is & 2s 15000' 8/4" No. 1 Common 61000' 10/4" Common & Better 10500' 4/4" Is & 2s Hickory 16000' 6/4" Log Run 15000' 8/4". Log Run 10000' 10/4" Log Run This Stock is all of very good quality and condition In White Oak Nothing but Forked Leaf Logs Reaches Our Mill NICKEY BROTHERS ^^ Memphis Tennessee •' N O N E BETTER" Lumber Veneers ^ in All Three of Ui Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 1917 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 25 Veneered Goods Here to Stay Published Opinion Notwithstanding, the Future of the Furniture Industry Will Depend Upon Weil-Made Veneering REPARE THE WREATHS. Veneer and panel men, bosses and bossed, who depend on the furniture trade for your daily bread, make ready for your demise. You sellers of, or workers in, glue, who have aught to do with laminated work for furniture men, take heed lest the future finds you idle. Particularly you vegetable glue manufacturers, who have practically no field outside the wood-working trades, listen to the approach of the slow and mournful music. All mentioned directly or indirectly tremble, for a prophet has called the turn, and the end of your world approaches. You wonder why the raving. Give your attention to the following extract from an editorial which recently appeared in a furniture trade paper of no mean repute. Wrote the editor, in a sort of a resume of furniture styles: It is the writer's opinion that a new style is showing up. This style, when it has gained popularity, which 1 predict will be within a couple of years at most, will be called "Renaissance." It will not be Anglicised, but purely our own. It will have honesty written all over it — there will be no "veneers" to peel off. Veneering was all right when properly done, but glue was all the old artisans thought of using. Nowadays most factories are using a mixture of sago and common flour. What few pieces we have seen presaging the coming of this new style have embodied many structural features borrowed from Italian peasant furniture. They were keyed together, fashioned with tenons which hold the principal members intact — -solid lumber wras used, in fact the pieces were built — not stuck together. There you are, veneer, panel and glue men. An editor of broad experience tells you that "within a couple of years at most" honest furniture of solid lumber will have the right of way and dishonest furniture containing "veneers" will be ditched. Oh, hum! No doubt there will always be those who, looking back on the days of long ago through the mists of years, will insist that the present cannot compare in any respect with those times; that ideals have been lost, standards lowered and quality dis- regarded, so that the products of modern workmen are far behind those which were produced in the good old days. But don't get down hearted, even though that writer may prove correct in his prediction as to a new style of furniture, because when it comes it vk^ill have to be made largely of laminated work. Of course some of it will be made of solid lumber, just as some furniture today is made of solid material, but veneers and glue will still cont'nue in use in the furniture field, and because of practicality and necessity their use must increase instead of diminish. It may be well to consider somewhat the extract quoted. Pass quickly over the fact that there is a slight inconsistency between the remarks: "It will be purely our own," and, "What few pieces have been seen have embodied many structural features borrowed from All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if Italian peasant furniture." What's a little inconsistency between friends? Then hesitate at the innuendoes: "it will have honesty written all over it — there will be no veneers to peel off. Veneering was all right when prop- erly done, but glue was all the old artisans thought of using. Nowadays most factories are using a mixture of sago and common flour." No brief regarding the respectability of veneered products is needed here. Good work is good, and bad is bad, whether done in 1 8 I 7 or 1917. But the editor implies that glue is altogether to be blamed for veneers peeling" and he casts a surreptitious slur at vegetable glue in his words "a mixture of sago and common flour." The writer of this will not admit it to be true that glue was all the old artisans thought of using. The old artisans were cabinet makers, not manufacturers, and in their time it took longer to build one piece than it does to manufacture 300, or even 5000, today. Tlie differ- ence is between individualism and team work. But the old artisans never thought of using I 1 6-inch veneer, to say nothing of 1 32-inch. Much of their work was WISCONSIN VENEEER CO. M.'VNUtWCTURERS RHINEL.ANDER, WIS. You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 26 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section October 25, 1917 •- -g| Made in Si. Louis by - 1 St.Louis Basket & Box Co. WE MANUFACTURE a complete line of Built-up Stock in most any size or thickness, including Walnut, Ma- hogany, Quartered and Plain Oak, Ash, Gum, Plain or Figured Birch, Yellow Pine, S y c a m ore, Cotton- wood, etc. !'*■'!? \Sll AU Three of Us Will Be BeneEted if done with ^/g-inch material, which is from six to twelve times as thick as that used now. As a result there was connparatively little danger of cracks and other defects making their appearance. The old artisans never thought of having finished goods in the homes of consumers within ninety days from the time the timber was cut, as is sometimes done at present. The material that the old artisans used was dried thoroughly by natural processes, and more often than not it was kept around the house or shop several years before it was built into furniture. When it came to laying veneer the craftsman didn't put a glued-up top in a press in the morning and have it out and through the machine room into the cabinet room in twenty-four hours, as some try to do today. Admit that the work they turned out was very good when fin- ished, can any one tell how many panels or tops they had to repair before a piece of work was completed? The old artisan w^as all right, but his days are gone. His work was individual, mostly done with hand tools, and there was pride in the making. He used animal glue because that was all he had, and he used thick veneers because progress had not showed how to handle thin ones, just as he used hand tools because power driven machinery had not been developed. If an all guiding Providence had seen to it that vegetable glue was discovered before the animal product, the old artisan would have done just as good work. The writer of this feels that the editor quoted must have been in some haste when he wrote that extract, be- cause he has a deep knowledge of furniture matters, and he surely knows that veneering is all right today w^hen, properly done, just as in the past. He must know that today's work necessarily has to be better, in order to stand up, than that which was made with veneers many times as thick as those which find a place today. The thickness of the face stock protected it against many of the weaknesses to which it is exposed at present. Work done in the past would be out of the question, judged solely from the standpoint of quality, today. The present day manufacturer is obliged to adjust every detail of his operations to the increased sensitiveness of the thinner material which he is working. When a face veneer 1 ^32 of an inch thick (thin would seem more appropriate to say) is put down, and not only makes a splendid ap- pearance, but stays in place for an indefinite period, a much greater achievement has been recorded than when veneers twelve times as thick are used. As to the coming furniture having no veneers to peel off, it can only be said that hardly a month passes but that some furniture manufacturer finds his future welfare demands that he turn his attention to laminated goods. In passing it may also be well to remark that "figure" which plays so important a part in furniture of the pres- ent, is somewhat more difficult to obtain in lumber than in veneers. That is another little reason why veneers are bound to be demanded by the industry. Still, yeneers properly glued do not peel. As to that invention, vegetable glue, which the editor, in a supercilious air, refers to as sago and common You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 1917 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 27 I uliiit I'itnin Ciinin — This ilomlii xtUctid lliiliiiit liKtt wiiiiil in rxiiieiallii siiitid tii Itifititt ifnric "HARTZELL'S CHOICE WALNUT" Our claim to a preferable product is based on valid reasons, i. e. : Thirty-six years of continuous walnut operations have schooled us in manufacturing and in trade needs, and builded a lasting con- nection with all of the best log territories — quality insurance. Our plant is kept corrected to the most advanced practical point of efficient production. We have lost scarcely a working day in ten years — your guarantee of supply. We believe in satisfied employes. Our organization is not transient and is in sympathy with our policies — your service insurance. Economical production enables us to prove these points through trial sales at attractive prices. Ask us about Lumber, Veneers, Dimension, Panels GEO. W. HARTZELL Piqua, Ohio Sui-h lO{ls (ts tfirsr fiilt ihv "Vhoicv" ill ■/hnt zeWs Cfiiiirr W'nlnnf All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 28 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section October 25, 1917 flour," let it be noted that whereas ten years ago it was almost unknown, and when heard of was looked upon with doubt, its use has grown so that pianos, phono- graphs and all grades of furniture and panels are glued up with this veneer glue, and approximately 2,000,000 pounds are now being used each month in the wood- working industries. Long time users, who have used It right, say that it is superior to the glue it has displaced, so largely. If one wants evidence as to its merits and benefits let him ask any fifty furniture manufacturers what they think about it, and hear the majority of them testify that they would not care to return to the use of glue they formerly used, also if it were not for the new product it is likely their plants would be closed today. Prepare no wreaths, or, if you must pluck the flowers, place them reverently on the biers of the old artisans, for the glue manufacturers, veneer and panel men — bosses and bossed — will live for eons to come. A. B. M. Veneer and Panel Inspection Vital It Isn't So Bad to Make Mistakes, But It Is Inexcusable To Let Them Get By I HE GERMANS are said to be exceedingly angry with their diplomats, not because they have attempted underhanded and unfair things, but because they have been stupid enough to get caught at it. And, as a matter of fact, the world judges entirely according to what it sees, without attempting to guess what is going on behind the scenes. In manufacturing, all that counts with the customer is what is delivered to him. He doesn't know or care what the producer had to accomplish to achieve the result. This is by way of preface to the statement that inspec- tion is one of the most important features of the panel business. The assertion may be stretched to include veneer making, as well, for indeed it applies to every line of business where quality and variations in quality enter into the situation to any marked extent. The panel man has so many operations to perform, and each one is so definitely dependent for success on the ones preceding, that inspection at each point along the way is needed to make sure that a proper founda- tion has been prepared. And in the shipping depart- ment, where the final "once over" is given the stock before it is crated and shipped out, it helps a lot to have a vigilant and eagle-eyed inspector who will take note of defects and throw out panels which are not up to the mark in every way. The trouble in the average panel factory is that inspec- tion is taken as a matter of course, and that it is assumed that those handling the material will notice if everything is not as it should be. But ordinarily the man at a ma- chine is most interested in the performance of the opera- tion to which he has been assigned, and does not always look the material over carefully. He has his job to do, and he does it; and if he doesn't happen to see the bad spot, it is hardly to be regarded as his fault. Therefore there ought to be someone definitely charged with the duty of inspection, ■who will look the panels over critically, and will do his best to find some good reason for throwing them out. That sounds like an unreasonably harsh attitude to take, but it should be remembered that that is the buyer's attitude, and that it is a lot better to find fault with the product before it is shipped than after. One of the most successful panel men in the country said not long ago that he came near losing his best account simply because a few panels in a big shipment were damaged in sanding. The face veneers were thin, the sander cut through into the core, and small but easily noticeable holes in the faces were made. Naturally, these panels did not stand inspection; and the letter which the panel man received from the buyer v^ras much more severe a roast than the amount involved would have indicated. When a buyer is asking for the best that can be pro- duced, and is paying top-notch prices for it, he does not overlook trifles, nor make excuses for the shipper. The latter is supposed not to be in the class for which excuses have to be made. The customer was simply out of patience with the manufacturer because his methods had not been made accurate enough to rule out defective material, and to save the user the trouble of throwing it out. This customer is a big talking-machine concern, which has a national reputation for its products. It is hardly possible that the concern could have put the panels into its cabinets and finished them without noticing the de- fects, but the remote chance of this happening was what made the buyer dissatisfied vi^ith the service he was get- ting. It made him feel that the panel concern could not be depended upon absolutely, but that the product which it delivered had to be gone over very carefully to eliminate defective panels. The same thing happened not long ago in the case of a manufacturer of rotary veneers. This stock was not particularly high grade, but nevertheless the customer wanted accurately manufactured veneers. It turned out that the stock which was shipped, comprising a full car- load, 'was very inaccurately cut, with the result that there was a wide variation in the thickness of the pieces. It was supposed to be 1 - I 6" stuff, but veneers vs^ere found ranging all the way from 1 '8" to 1 '20". The car was October 25, 1917 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 29 rejected, and the manufacturer had his troubles in get- ting the material out of the way. This concern not only lost the profit involved in the sale of a carload of veneers, and not only lost the money represented by the expense in freights, extra handling, selling cost, etc., due to the necessity of moving the car the second time, but it lost this account absolutely and irrevocably. It would be next to impossible to con- vince this buyer that the veneer house which htid shipped this car could be depended upon to carry out instruc- tions without having to be watched closely. And the customer doesn't want to feel that he has got to inspect every shipment with the utmost care in order to avoid being stung. TT>e buyer of veneers and panels expects to make an inspection of the goods delivered to him, and he may even expect to find an occasional shipment which is not up to the mark, but he also expects that the product will run "true to form, " as they say at the race tracks, and will be close enough to the mark always to show that the manufacturer knew what he was about, and v/as doing his level best to fill the order as written, and never to violate the spirit of the specifications, even if occasionally the letter was not adhered to. Of course, buyers occasionally send out specifications that are much more severe than practical requirements suggest. They are written in this way, either because the buyer hopes to get something especially good, or because the user is not acquainted with the situation and does not know that allowances must be made for natural variations in the material. All this can be adjusted, but it is defects of actual manufacture that cannot be ex- plained away, and that get the manufacturer "in wrong" with the buyer. And the bigger the buyer and the more important the account, the harder it is to restore the standing of a concern which has delivered material which was poorly turned out, and which was not care- fully inspected at the time of shipment. Wise members of the veneer and panel trade are learning that inspection counts for a great deal. Those who have had to do w^ith government buyers since the war began know that inspection is the vital point, and that the buyer is not inclined to make very many allow- ances for a product that is not up to grade. And in the ordinary commercial transactions which make up the bulk of the average business, careful inspection at the mill or factory will go a long way to build up the repu- tation of the manufacturer for quality, and to conserve the good will vifhich he has won as a result of satisfac- tory dealings previously. One of the veterans of the trade, whose mill is famous for the fine quality of the veneers it turns out, spends a lot of his time in the plant. He is a good office man, but he is a better manufacturer, and he makes a point of being over where the stuff is being produced. He has a good superintendent, but he likes to see for himself what is going on. And it is a noticeable fact that while he visits all departments and looks into the work of the day in each, he spends most of his time in the shipping room. He likes to see the veneers as they are being meas- ured and counted and crated for shipment. He fre- quently interposes his personal opinion regarding the suitability of certain stock for the order on which it is being shipped, knowing as he does the requirements of the customer. And when he goes back to the office, he has a very fair idea of the general character of the ship- ment, and in the case of a kick by the customer he can answer the complaint much more intelligently than if he had to depend on the verbal report of a subordinate. This does not mean that every manufacturer should be his own inspector, because that is out of the question; but it does show that the wisest members of the trade appreciate how important this part of the work is, and give as much time to it as they can spare. The veneer man and the panel man should have trained employes who have been taught to discriminate, and who know when the product fits the work and when it does not. Likewise, they should be able to spot a poor product from the standpoint of manufacture, and to throw it out without a moment's hesitation. In the panel business it is a good idea not to take too much for granted, in connection with the various processes of the work. In other words, it is a safeguard of the business to inspect the work as it goes through the factory. The foremen of departments and the super- intendent can do this very well, and with a final close inspection in the shipping room there is not much chance for poor work to get by. In fact, there should not be much room for complaint if the inspection is properly done. One of the things which sometimes slips by the in- spector in a panel plant handling high-class work is errors made in matching up the veneers. This may have been properly indicated, but a mistake made in putting the pieces in place. A certain amount of artistic feeling is needed to detect faults of this kind, and to appreciate the mistake which was made in putting the veneers to- gether. But an experienced man can usually pick out faces which were not properly matched, and send the panels back to the glue room for rehandling in this respect. TTie best product, meaning the product whose repu- tation in the trade is of the best, is the one which is well made and properly inspected. A factory whose per- sonnel and methods may not be I 00 per cent right may still win a reputation for turning out good goods if its inspection is rigid, for it will detect errors and require remanufacture. And the very habit of watching for and locating mistakes is bound to react favorably on the plant, and lead to the correction of the errors of produc- tion which caused the poor product to reach the shipping room. Machinery was turned over for the first lime on October I 5 in the new plant of the Inman Veneer & Panel Company, Louisville. Work in this plant was started early last spring, but failure of certain equipment to arrive held back construction considerably. 30 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section October 25, 1917 MAHOGANY LUMBER iVbout ten carloads 1" No. 1 Com., also other thicknesses and grades of MEXICAN & HONDURAS MAHOGANY dry enough to put in a kiln with safety. If at any time we can serve you better by telegraphing kindly wire at our expense. We are carrying a nice stock of SAWED VENEER, 1/8", 3/16" and 1/4" Mexican; also several MILLION feet of SLICED 1/24" and 1/28" Mahogany, and AMERICAN WALNUT veneer ranging from plain to highly figured. May we send samples to you? Huddleston-Marsh Mahogany Company 2254 Lumber Street CHICAGO 33 West 42nd Street NEW YORK CITY Veneers in England The London Timber News, in speaking of demand for veneer or plywood, says: There is a great amount of interest being shown in this wood nowadays, though stocks in the country are very meagre. Aeroplane and other manufacturers are wanting the wood in rather large quantities, but it is very difficult, apparently, to secure, sufficient in first quality goods to meet the requirements. Ship- ments of fresh goods coming from abroad are very few and far between, and consequently it is necessary to increase the supply from home manufactured wood. America, unfortunately, cannot supply the United Kingdom with much in the way of plywood owing to the increasing requirements among her own users. She will probably be able to use as much as her own mills can produce. Hence there is small chance of getting much over here — at any rate, yet awhile. The wood most in demand is perhaps birch, though alder is also being wanted in larger quantities than it was a little while back. The diniensions required today are very numerous, though for the smaller thicknesses very high prices can be obtained, notably from I ^ to 4 mm. The thicker sizes are also wanted from 9 mm. right up to 25 mm. The latter wood, how- ever, has to be specially manufactured in nearly all cases. The prices asked for plywood today vary considerably. Everything depends upon the kind of stock offered: 3 mm. 1st quality, for instance, commands anything from 45s. and upwards per 100 square feet, though there is very little available in 1st quality plywood of any kind. There is, of course, great difficulty now- adays in getting the wood into the country. F^estrictions are very severe, and import licenses can only be secured provided it can be clearly shown that the wood is required strictly for government purposes. Freight and insurance are items to be reckoned with nowadays. The forwarding charges are enormous, and these are no doubt the direct cause of the high prices ruling today for plywood. Chance for Veneers in Italy Before the war the piano makers in Italy procured most of their wood from Germany. This included the veneers of which the tops and other panels were made, and also such heavier lumber as was needed. It is needless to say that Italy is importing no piano stock from Germany these days, and there is little prospects of any such imports in the near future. It is equally true that the piano manu- facturer in Italy is not very busy at this time. But a time is coming when the makers of pianos in that country will need stock and the opportunity to get American veneers into that market should be particularly favorable at this time. Information is not at hand showing just what woods are wanted there. Our government's trade commissioners now in Europe, Messrs. Simmons, Browne, Oxholm, and Walker, ought to be able to procure the necessary information in a short time, and the makers of veneers in this country would do well to be on the lookout for the earliest reports of those commissioners regarding the Italian situation. The United States will be in a position to get the business which Germany has lost in Italy, though it is certain that the Germans will strike for it as soon as the war ends. It will be good policy to be ahead of them. The woods employed by Italian manufacturers of pianos are probably not much different from the woods used in the United States. Mahogany is one of these, and oak and black walnut are others in the veneer list. The Italians have long been using red gum for fine work, though they have not always called it by that name. The figured gum bears so close a re- semblance to Circassian, English, French, and Italian walnut that it is successfully substituted for those walnuts (which are all the same wood under different names). All European and Turkish walnut will be so scarce after the war that it will cut little figure in Europe or anywhere else for many years. It has been used up for gunstocks and more must grow before more can be cut. American black walnut and Amer- ican red gum have a chance to get a foothold which they ought to work for all that is in it. Italy is not the only country where pros- pects are fine, but it may be cited as an example. Makers of piano stock other than veneer have an opportunity to get a foot- hold now which will stand them in hand in the future. All Three of Us Will Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 1917 Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 31 American Walnut Veneer A Sample Which Shows the Class of Veneer We Handle Our Efforts Are Centered in Obtaining the Highest Grade of Figured Walnut for Veneer Cutting. Our customers' often repeated orders prevent us from keeping a large stock on hand, but as vv^e are continually selecting our stock from the large quantity of logs we handle, we always have a nice line of the highest grade to select from. Our reputation is based on "Quality, not Quantity," in our Veneer business PICKREL WALNUT COMPANY ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI AU Three of U» Will Be Bene&ted if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 32 Hardwood Record — V eneer & Panel Section October 25. 1917 EGGERS mSf Highly Specialized Workmanship EGGERS WUALIT Completely Developed Facilities The t\vo phrases above represent what is absolutely essential to successful panel manufacture. Our policy has been to educate all of our workmen as closely as pos- sible along specific lines, and to omit no item of equipment that would help make for more nearly perfect service. The supreme test of efficiency in veneer laying is admittedly the ability to successfully veneer bent shapes. It was on this work that the reputation and growth of our busi- ness was founded — this and a quite uncommon bent for artistic matching. And remember, when you are ready to order we have a complete selection of veneers for your choice. F. EGGERS VENEER SEATING COMPANY TWO RIVERS, WISCONSIN AD Three of U» WID Be Benefited if Yon MentJon HARDWOOD RECORD OctolM-r :i.",, I'jl ^e/VA:/X;i.>:<>K/.;i/.'r7.!/!^Uy^?V/J.>:>!/'.c/'-.y-J/.. -!■ ' ,' ■■.'-A'.;.;<:»'.;,^Mv'..'.L-'.'. ::.'AV.''V ':;V.- ?^ // The Grip on Trade When Conpvss passed the Trailing with the Enemy act it conferred ..n Presiilcnt Wilson greater jtowers than any other man ever held in all history. It was an old saying that "there was no law to prevent the king of Persia from doing what he pleawd, " and while the king • f Persia may have tieen handicappcil by fewer restraints than Presi- • i.'nt Wilson, he never had anything like the power to do things. It is remarkable that the greatest rleniocrai-y in the world should bestow on a single man the greatest power in the world. It is proper that it -hould be so, for never Itefore was there such an occasion. It is neces- -iry that the country's whole power should be used, and it is a -jdendid lesson in ilemocraty that the people clothed Congress with all the power necessary, an«sly made an "enemy" or "ally of enemy" by the act. Evt-n citizens of the t'nlted States who have elected to remain within sach territory are "enemiea" or "allies of an enemy" within the provisions of the act. Further, any per- son not resiillne in the fniteii States of whatever nationality and wherever he resides, who Is doing hasinetts within such territory. Is placeoration create^j^Ayi^.^y.o^c/i>V.oi^:/!>:/;.y.oi^>io.^i;>^:^>lo:,>:olv>:.l/:^>:>y^^ o:v>:>:/.vy:c/-Ay-v>:c/.o»y.o^-^^ <^-o:':/^^>^y-»^' -^ Gondola Cars for Carrying Lumber I On October 9 the traffic committee of the National Lumber Manu- facturers ' Association held a meeting in Chicago at which the principal topic of discussion was the question of equipping the open gondola cars for the transportation o^ lumber. A statement was made by A. G. T. Moore of the Southern Pine Association that the carriers had agreeil upon a plan for bulkheailing lumber carried in open cars, and there is no question but that .some bulkheading method is souml and should l>e adopted. Among the matters to be rletermined is a uniform method and the question whether the lumbermen should be required to bear the increased cost necessitated, or whether the cost should be borne by the carriers as their duty in furnishing equipment suitable for the transportation of the traffic ofiFered. An abstract was submitted, showing the position of the carriers and the viewpoint of the shipi^ers. The carriers contend that the lumber required for bulkheading should not be charged to them, be«-ause when they have furnished the car it is all that should be required of the carrier. It is suggested that the shipper arrange to sell the bulkhead material to the purchaser of the lumber. The shippers maintain that the railroads ought to stand the cost of stakes and bulkheading. After a general discussion of the question the committee unani- mously agreed to the following propositions as representing their opinion of the matter, and the methoil in which it should Vie handled: PBorosiTios No. 1 : The existing canstake allowance Is Insufficient to cover the cost of staking open cars un'ler the present methods of staking. I*ROi^siTiON No '2: The endeavor to secure a satisfactory adjustment of the matter should be handled through the National Lumber Manufac- turers* Association. PRorosiTiox No. 3 : A uniform method of staking sbouM be avowed, specifications therefor Including lumber tariffs and adequate allowance for the servic-e likewise covered by tariff provisions. In view of the disparity existing between the carriers' cost estimates anil those of the lumbermen, together with changes from a practical lumt>er standpoint which should possibly Im; ni.ide in the bulkheading si>ecifications submitted by the carriers, a joint conference should be held between the traffic committee of the National Lumber JIanufacturere" .\ssoclatlon and the operating officials of the carriers. I'EOPOSITION No. 4 : A new complaint having no connection with the old carstake case, should be flleer- men arc lawfully entitled, be furnlsheil for the shipping of lumb«-r. Also, that in building all classes of equipment due consideration should be given to their ailaptabillty after construction for lumber loaillng. In conformity with the foregoing, the secretary was instructed to arrange for a conference l>etween the committee and the carriers in the endeavor to accomplish the purposes set forth. Team Work Gets Results An order for 34,, 191'i certain price based on cost and a reasonable profit, and tlie manu- facturers met in Chicago and apportioned the order among all the factories so that nobody was left out. In that way the government will get its wagons at a fair jirice and the manufacturers \vill receive a fair jjrofit. It was done by teamwork, the buyer and the sellers pulling together. It is a good example of what co-operation accom- plishes when honestly carried out. It developed that there was seasoned s-tock in the factories for only lo.iliid of the kind of wagons wanted; and three experienced buyers went into the field to get the remainiler. They went into different districts, so that one would not bid against another. Thus the necessary material was secured quickly and at fair prices, and it was !ii''i<^»^^ Pertinent Legal Findings Queries On r/ucntJons arlsiiifj on anu poiiifx inrolring the law as if is applied to lumherinr/ and allied induntrica will he given proper expert attention throwih this department if submitted to II.MinwooD Uec'oud. Ttiere uill he no ehanje lor sueh service, but IlAiiDvviioD Ukookd reserves the ri<;ht to publish questions and answers without designating names or location ol inquiries unless specifleallu requested not to do so. Seller's Excuse for Non-Delivery AVhcn an agreement is made for a sale of l\imlier to be delivered in installments, and the buyer promises to pay for each installment within a specified time after receipt of the bill of lading covering it, his inexcusable failure to meet such payments gives the seller right to refuse to make further deliveries under the contract. The buyer is not justified in withholding payments because of ungrounded fear that the seller may break the contract by refusing to make future deliveries under the agreement. (United States district court, eastern district of Pennsylvania; Savannah Kiver Sales Co. vs. McFarland; 242 Federal Reporter, 587.) Liability for Injury to Minor Employe If the attention of a minor employe in a sawmill was distracted from his work of guiding a log against a saw by imminent danger of a nearby defective boiler exploding, he is not to be precluded from recovering damages through his hand coming in contact with the saw on the ground of contributory negligence; the accident being fairly attributable to negligence of the operator of the saw in run- ning the saw at a particular time when all present apprehended an explosion of the boiler. (Mississippi supreme court. Nix vs. Walker Brothers, 76 Southern Reporter, 143.) Employer's Duty Concerning Cant Hooks In a suit in which a logging employe claimed damages for injuries sustained through defects in a cant hook furnished him for use in loading logs on a car, the North Carolina supreme court recognizes the general rule of law that an employer is not under the same obligation to inspect simple tools and appliances, like hammers, lad- ders, etc., any defects in which must be as obvious to the employe as to the employer, as is required in the case of dangerous machinery, etc. But the court holds that, in view of the fai^Js that severe injuries may be expected to flow from slipping of a defective cant hook, or breaking of its handle, and that plaintiff's foreman had assured him that the particular cant hook was in good condition, it was a question for the jury to determine whether the accident was due to negligence attributable to the employer, and, hence, it was error for the trial judge to declare as a matter of law that the employer could not be liable because any defect in the appliance must, have been apparent to plaintitf. (Bodgers vs. Houtz, 93 Southeastern Reporter, 37().) Negligence Concerning Planing Machines It is actionable negligence for an employer operating planing machines to permit a safety hood over the knives to remain in such state of disrepair as to expose workers at the machine to injury. And, inasmuch as it is an employer's duty to make reasonable inspec- tions of dangerous machinery to ascertain its condition as to safety, notice of defects in such a machine may be inferred from the fact that they existed for a long time before resulting, in injury for which suit is brought. (North Carolina supreme court. Bunch vs. Foreman Blades Limiber Co., 93 Southeastern Reporter, 374.) Terms of Payment Where lumber was sold under an agreement that eighty per cent of the price should be paid upon receipt of bill of lading and invoice, the billing to be to the buyer direct, draft on him with bill of lading attached was uuauthorizeil and entitled him to reject it. (Arkansas supreme court, \Ve1:ster vs. Goolsby, 197 Southwestern Rejiorter, 286.) Scarce Labor Precludes Normal Production Tin' labor >iituatio]i is bccoiniug increasiii;;]y serious so far as the Mem])his lumber industry is concerned. Every manufacturer com- plains of the growing scarcity of help for operating the mills and also for getting out timber in the woods. In fact, many manufac- turers are quite free to confess that it is impossible to secure all the help needed to man the plants and to keep logging crews full. There is always considerable shortage of labor during the fall and early winter because of the drain made on the available supply by the ilemand for cotton pickers. But this year conditions are much worse than usual for the reason that the draft law has taken away so many men, and for the additional reason that there has been such a vast emigration of labor from the valley states during the past few months. And just now cotton pickers are being paid such a high price that millmen are confronted with the alternative of raising wages or finding themselves without the help absolutely essential to the conduct of their business. More money is being paid out by lumbermen than ever before and present indications are that still higher wages will have to be paid before the cotton crop is gathered, . so keen is the competition for the labor available. Practically ideal weather has prevailed during the past fortnight for both the cutting and hauling of logs in the woods, and both processes have made as rapid headway as the limited labor supply would allow. But there has been an undoubted slowing down in logging as a result of inability to secure all the help needed. And it may also be noted that there has been during the past fortnight a notable slowing down in the movement of logs to the mills at Memphis and elsewhere in the Memphis territory, due principally to the sharp decrease in the number of ears for handling logs. In fact, such a change in the car situation has come about very recently that the outlook for hardwood production has been rendered far less satisfactory. Two weeks ago the mills were getting all the logs they needed and were, in some instances, acquiring quite a respectable reserve. The big movement of cotton, however, has diverted so many cars from the handling of log shipments that logs are moving in quite a restricted way, and some of the mills are already beginning to run short on logs. Manufacturing operations have been on an excep- tionally large scale during the past few weeks, thanks to the improved I'.-ir .situation, but, with cars becoming scarce again, indications are that the amount of lumber produced in the near future must neces- sarily show quite a pronounced falling off. Lumber manufacturers have feared a return of car shortage and likewise a decided scarcity of labor, both of which are calculated to restrict production still more. Now they are emphasizing the fact that winter is close at hand and that, when it comes, still another restrictive influence will be present — unfavorable weather for the cutting and hauling of timber. In fact, just now, there is not a little pessimism regarding hardwood lumber output, while the feeling is gaining ground that there is nothing in the situation to cause any apprehension whatever regarding excessive supplies of southern hardwoods for the late winter and early spring trade. October 25, 1917 -^ Lumber and Other Forest Products -^ Many people suppose that all forest material passes through a sawmill and is converted into lumber as its first stage in manufac- ture, and that some of this lumber is used in its rough form while other passes through factories to be further converted. This view is correct in part only. Not more than half of the timber cut in the forests ever goes to a sawmill to be made into planks and boards. Some of the largest items which do not enter a sawmill are fuel, poles, piling, and hewed railroad ties. The aggregate of these prob- ably equals the whole lumber output. Other products are manufactured without first being sawed into lumber, and some of these are both important and interesting. Hick- ory may be taken as an example. Tlie sawmills of the United States report a yearly cut of this wood amounting to 278,757,000 feet ; but factories consume yearly 389,604,531 feet, according to published statistics. This shows that 110,847,531 feet of hickory passes through factories annually which never was in a sawmill, or at least was never reported as lumber. Most of this is split stock which is worked into rough form in tlie woods by mallet and frow. Much of it is made into handles and spokes. Spools and Shuttles The industries which manufacture spools and shuttles for textile mills use 65,148,190 feet of wood per annum. Three woods supply most of it, paper birch, persimmon and dogwood. Most of the birch for sjiools is first sawed into squares and is duly listed in the sawmill output, but the same is not true of dogwood and persimmon. These are the leading shuttlewoods, and the factories which make shuttles receive their wood in the form of billets, some split, some round, and some in sawed squares. The sawmills of this country report a yearly output of 1,577,000 feet of persimmon and 2,584,000 of dog- wood, total 4,161,000 feet. The shuttle factories consume yearly 3,571,760 feet of persimmon and 7,518,177 feet of dogwood, total 11,089,937. This leaves 6,928,937 feet of these woods reaching fac- tories without passing through sawmills. Boot and Shoe Findings It is not possible to determine from statistics what proportion of wood used in the boot and shoe industry first passes over the carriages of sawmills; but the proportion is very small. Several woods are in this list ; but the chief ones are sugar maple and paper birch. The maple is for shoe lasts. It is crosscut into bolts in the woods and is split into billets long enough for one, two or three lasts each. These billets are the raw material of the shoelast factory. The paper birch which shoe manufacturers demand reaches the factory in the form of logs and these are converted into shanks and pegs with no assistance from a sawmill. The logs are usually peeled to make veneer, and the shanks for the shoe's arch and the pegs for tlie sole are cut by machinery from the sheets of veneer. The wood demanded by shoe- makers in the United States totals 66,240,200 feet annually, and it is doubtful if one-fourth of it ever enters a sawmill. Lead Pencil Wood Lead pencil statistics are somewhat difficult to get at, because they are included in a class designated as "professional and scientific instruments." The total demand of this class calls for 35,070,928 feet a year; but it cannot be definitely determined how much of this goes into pencils, but probably more than 20,000,000 feet. It is practically all southern red cedar, the kind that attains its' perfec- tion in the region from Tennessee to Florida; but a little wood of other kinds is made into cheap pencils. Very little of this cedar for pencils is listed in the output of sawmills, for it goes to pencil mills as logs or blocks and is worked up by special machinery. The same species of cedar is cut into lumber in several of the southern states, but the lumber finds its principal use in the manu- facture of clothes chests and wardrobes. Statistics of sawmill cut of cedar for the whole country are lumped together and are not separated according to species. For that reason, it is not known just how much of the pencil cedar is cut into lumber. Four other impor- tant and several minor cedars are included in the cedar lumber output. The important species are the western red cedar, the Port Orford cedar, and the northern and southern white cedars. Sfianisli cedar which is imported in round logs should be included in the total cedar lumber output of the United States. Staves and Chair Stock The material used in the cooperage industry is not a sawmill product, except a small part of it. Lumber statistics do not include the staves, heading and hoops which are consumed by the manufac- turers of barrels and kegs. Most of this material is cut by saws, but at no stage of the process is it lumber in the common acceptance of that term. Chair stock falls in the same class, so far as its method of manu- facture is concerned. The chair stock mill cuts dimension stuff from short logs, and odds and ends of the forest, but no census collector ever includes it in lumber statistics. Chair stock is usually in small pieces, suitable for rounds, spindles, rockers, arms, backs, and the like. The longest of these pieces are seldom above two feet in length. The consumption of chair stock by manufacturers in this country amounts to about 290,000,000 feet a year, and it includes all the important hardwoods and some of the softwoods. Other Materials Several other demands are made upon the country 'a forests for material which is not supplied in the form of lumber. Not less than half a billion feet of logs are annually converted into veneers. A much larger quantity is consumed yearly as pulpwood. The total exceeds an equivalent of 2,500,000,000 board feet. Tanbark and wood converted into tanning extract constitute another large item. If this material could be expressed in board measure the amount would be 500,000,000 feet a year. Shingles made yearly require the equivalent of considerably more than a billion feet of lumber, and lath manufacturers take half as much more. It is, therefore, apparent that when the statement is made that the demand for lumber in the United States calls for 40,000,000,000 feet of material annually, the figures are wholly inadequate to include the total drain upon the forests, even without including material used in its rough form, such as fuel, posts, and poles. Cherry Still Available Cherry, that excellent cabinet wood which many thought a thing of the past, is still available, and perhaps in larger quantities and sizes than generally believed. A correspondent was rominagoat:>^^ ■sy/.vr Clubs and Associations Hardwood Executive Committee Meets 'I'M- o.MH'Utivo cuniniilli r Un' .\atioi[.-il I1;u(I\vi"mI I,iirril>i'r .\ssciiliitUm mot in t'liitugo Soptcmbcr 2.->, in (iimrtcrly nu'etins. primarily lor tln' purpo-so of I'ousidorinc tlio question i.v to taliinK more lil>ert.v ioan lionils. The association's subscrlp- llon to the first loan was .fl 0,000. Hardwood Officials Meet The board of governors of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States met at Cincinnati October 2:!, and the same day there was a meeting of the executivo committee on grading and a school of inspection. On the twenty-fourth the eastern territory nuMnbcrs of the open competition plan met. while a meeting of the western members is scheduled for the tweuty-flfth at Memphis. Case Goods Men Alarmed Over Mounting Costs At a meetili;; ol till- .NaliouMl .\llianri> t'ase (ii.o.ls .Vssocial ions, tile mend]ership of which includes furniture manufacturers from almost every section of the country, held at the Hotel Belvedere. Baltimore, Md.. October 10. there was a general iliscussion of matters pertaining to the trade, the rise in the cost of supplies and the constantly increasing cost of labor. The latter problem appears to be the most serious of all and is causing grave concern. It is contemled that something must be done to Impose a limit on these demands if the manufacturers arc to continue in business. The alliance was organized in Cincinnati six months ago and this was its first convention. Some of thi' largest furniture manufacturing concerns east of the Mississippi attended the session. George W. Whit- worth is president of the organization. Appoints Chicago Officers for Hoo-Hoo Vicegerent snark .\. I". Quixky for the northern Clucago district of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-IIoo announces the following officers for the coming year : Snark : .\. B. Cone, J. Ij. Lane ; senior Hoo-Hoo, Minor E. Botts, Stacy C. Bennett ; junior Hoo-Hoo. Douglas Malloch, L. J. Tomeroy ; scrivenoter. A. B. Carson, Clarence Boyle, Jr. ; bojun, G. A. Vangsness. Robert Slayton : jabberwock, A. H. Ituth, Lesh C. Forrest ; custocatiau, V. M. Baker, Leonard Berg; arcanoper, Tom A. Moore. .John' J. .\nderson ; gurdon, E. J. Luudin, George W. Pithcr; executive committee, Stacy C. Bennett, chairman, A. L. Ford, A. H. Ruth, Minor E. Botts, E. J. Lundin. Tom A. Moore, Lucius E. Fuller, George W. Jones, Fred J. Hussey. G. A. Vangsn&ss, George Burgoyne, Hamilton Daughaday, R. S. Kellogg. Appalachian Logging Congress Postponed On account of the enlistment of Henry Griuuc^ll. secretary of the Appalachian Logging Congress, the proposed fall meeting which was to have been held at Knoxvillc, Tenn., on October 20, has been postponed to an indefinite date. It has been suggested that J. R. Williams, editor of the Appalachian Trade Journal at Knoxville be made secretary of the Appalachian Logging Congress. Before the matter of entering one of the forestry regiments came up. Mr. Grinnell had suggested that Mr. Williams take the secretaryship of the association. It is now suggested that in order to avoid having the fall meeting go by default, it is quite likely that Mr. Williams will ac- cept the temporary secretaryship until after the meeting. At the meet- ing the question of permanent connection may be considered. The exact date of the annual meeting has not been set but it probably will be late in November. "Lumber Week" at Memphis The third week in January may bi> properly desigiiatc'd as "hiniber week" since four prominent hardwood lumber organizations having their head- quarters in Memphis will hold their annuals here during that time, and since the crowning event of this period will be the tendering of a banquet to all the visiting lumbermen by the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis Satur- day evening, January 111. The organizations which will hold their annuals during the- period in question and the date of each are given herewith: January 15. Southern Hardwood Traffic Associatiou ; Jantmry ID. American Oak Manufacturers' Association; January IT, Southern Alluvial Land Association, and, Janu- ary 18, Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Association. Fixing of the dates was arranged in Memphis at a recent conference of representatives of the associations and officials of the Memphis Lumber- men's Clul). The plan of having these associations h.dd their annuals on succeeding dates was tried out last year and proved so satisfactory that the officials are quite willing to use it again. It has been found that, in addition to saving a great deal of time and expenses to the individual lumbermen, a number of whom are ideulilied with two or three of these organizations, the plan greatly increases attendance and thus stimulates interest in associa- tion work. The third week in January will be a big time for the lumbermen unless all signs fall, as there will be representatives here from all parts of the GOOD ROAD BUILDING VITAL TO LUMBERMEN The item of road building has become quite a substantial one in the budget of the average lumbering operations. This, of course, is more true in some parts of the country than others, but, generally speaking, it holds true that the average lumber operator is interested in seeing good roads. Granted then that the outlay for this purpose is an assured part of the expense of sawmilling, the sawmill operator should be interested in seeing that the road he secures for his outlay will be the best and most lasting possible. In other words, let the investment be a £ood one, one which will not only he of direct benefit to the man who puts his money into it. but of equal benefit to the public at large. It so happens that Hardwood Record is in very close touch with ihe men who furnish materials and machinery for the building of lasting roads of modern design and construction, roads which assure suc- cess rather than failure of investment in this direction. Hardwood Record will be glad to co-operate with lumber manufac- turers whenever the question of proper road building may be con- sidered. country. Tho Liiinbermon's Club will try itself on tho oocasion of the ban- quot and nuiy he fxprctod to surpass sniiio oT its other brilliimt achiovomf'nts as a host. Southern Logging Congress The soventh annual ec)n;;ress ol" Ihe Southern 1-ogRiug Association met at tho Oruntnvald hotel, New Orleaus, La., October 24, for a three-days' session. The meeting took up the reguhir work after an address had been made by the president, Oscar ^larsau. and the report of the secretary was read by .Tames Boyd. The state forester of Louisiana, R. I). Forbe.;, delivered an address on the proj^ross in caring; for timber, and was followed by a paper by V. C. Langley, Laurel, Miss., on the topic of efficiency in men employed in the various departments of wood operations. The common diseases of mules, oxen and horses employed in logging . operation.s, with directions for the prevention or cure of such diseases. was the subject of an addre.-^s by l>r. N. M. Parker of Louisiana. Another paper by a member of the Sweet Feed Manufacturers* .\ssociation, pointed out the necessity of a balanced ration for working animals. Reed Gammill of the Oammill Lumber Company. Pelahatchie, Miss., described a method found satisfactory in paying men for felling trees; and this was followed by a round talde discussion on the subject of get- ting out ship timber, and an address by W. W. Ashe on the relative cost of logging large and small trees, followed by a general discussion of, rail- road building as a part of logging operations, and the relative cost of coal, wood and oil as locomotive fuel. There were papers concerning skidding and pull boat problems; logging with teams, and housing and feeding work animals, and housing and feeding men. S. J. liinton of the Finkbine I^nmber Company. Stillmore. Miss., addressed the meeting on the comparative cost of purchased vegetables and those grown on the company's own land. The garden where the experi- ments were carried on was planted in snap beans and tomatoes, about three-fourths devoted to beans. The total cost of production was .$TL'JO: the market price, $284.40 ; profit, $213.20. An exhaustive paper on food conservation was read by Leonard Hatch of Washington, D. C. He offered suggcstitms for new dishes and new ways of preparing old ones. R. B. Goodman, acting president of the National Lumber Manufactur- ers' Association, presented a paper on the subject of safety rules and organizations in lumber camps. A pajier on woods accidents in southern logging operations and their prevention was read by Henry Burr of T. 11. Mastin & Co., Kansas City, Mo. This opened a general discussion of methods of preventing acci- dents. H. C. Nix, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A., delivered an address on the welfare work in camps, with special reference to the colored laborers, and this was followed by general discussion. There was a round table discussion of the responsibility of the logging superintendent for the prevention of fire waste in the woods. A number of other nmtters came up for discussion, among them being suggestions for next year's program. The result of the election of officers had not been received at the hour of going to press. Live Program for Wisconsin Meeting The eflfect of liquor consumption on the eflieiency of workers in lumber mills and logging cost and on the consequent production is a subject to be presented l)efore the fall meeting of the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Association at the Hotel Pfister, Milwaukee, Wis.. Friday, Oct. 2(1. by William T. Evjue, author of the prohibition referendum bill in the last Wisconsin legislature, and .Tiihn Strange of Neeuah, a Fox River valley manufacturer prominently identified with the dry forces of the state. This is the first time the subject will he discussed from such a standpoint by a lumber manufacturing organization and some interesting discussion if not practical recommendations are expected. It has been stated among tho lumbermen that the operator in the dry town has an advantage over competitors in a wet town and facts and statistics are to be presented. The fall meeting, usually occupying two days, will be crowded with some Oolobor 20, l'.n7 HARDWOOD RECORD 37 BIG PLANS FOR THE BAY CITY MEETING EnthiisiAsm is the word among northern salesmen and sales man- as^rs who are preparing for the big salesmanship congress at Bay City on November 16 and 17. Plans are shaping for a splendid pro- gram and for a social occasion which will fully rival that offered by the Merrill lumbermen at the first congress at Merrill, Wis., last year. The congress^ under the joint auspices of the Northern Hem- lock & Hardwood Manufacturers' Association and the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, will be made up of the lead- ing lights in northern lumber sales. A big Wisconsin contingent is coming through Chicago and will have a special train running on the Michigan Central road, leaving Chicago at midnight on the fifteenth of November, getting to Bay City the following day. Needless to say. this will be the train to take for anyone going even in the general direction of Bay City/on that date. Complete program is given elsewhere in this issue. I fine aililrt'sscs. oi whirh probably Uif most iiuportaul is that by K. H. Gouiliiian of (looilman. Wis., on "Tile Xpw I'Viieral Kevenup Bill and Hcnv It Affpets Lumber Mannfapturprs." Tlip analysis by Mr. Goodman Is for tbp pnrposp of savinj? luniliprnien oostly errors in applying the new law to their businpss operations. A i>aper of ptpiai importance as that i)f Mr. Oootlinau from an eeononi.v stanilpoint is that of I-Mwjird Uines of t'hieajJTo. who will dispuss "Xational Terms of Sale." Mr. Iliues is eliairnian i>f the national pomniittee on terms of sale whiph rpprpsi'nts all hunlipr producing: septions ami a mpetinjr was lield recently in (.'iiipajro, at whicli tinip detinite terms of sale were repommeuded. Mr. ITines will present this new agree- ment with a view of its adoption or rejeetlon l>y the assoeiation. Secretary O. T. Swan of the assoeiation will report on "(lovernraent Limiher Kefiuirements." whiph will be based on his recent visit to Washing- ton, Vt. v.. where he made an inquiry as to the prospepts for an increased demand for northern hardwoods in government war preparations such as the ponstniplion of aoroplane parts, transport wajions and war material and amnuinition pontainers. It is expected that some poncertod elTort will be made as the result of Mr. Swan's ri'port to unite on ways and means of stiniulatinfr the use of suph hardwoods throuijh a demand for systematip and po-operative buying by some central department or bureau of the fiov- ernment national defense pouncil. Heads of the assoeiation's four i)ureaus will malip exhaustive reports, n. H. r.utts. of the bureau on statistipal and eiliipational infiu'mation tell- injr of nuirket ptuulitions as afTeeted by the present war situation, of the hemlopit liarii situation and subniittinfr statistips esi)epially pompiled for the meeting on all phases of the bureau's activities. A. L. Osborn of the trafho department will dispuss transportation and freight matters growing largely out of the huge shipments in repent months of luuuIo<'iv from the association mills to the army cantonment at Kocl\ff)rd. 111. (i. H. Chapman of the bureau on grades will discuss inspection worli done at the companies' mills iluring past week ami tlip lessons derived thereby, while M. r. ^Ipi'uilongh of the bureau on trade e.xtension will discuss tin- suli- Jepts of advi'rtising ami state fair e.thiliits for the exploitation of hemlock. maple and birch. A final feature will he a talk by George C. Robson, phairman of liip executive committee of the Northern Lumbermen's Salesmanship Congress, who will tell of plans for the congress to be held November 10 and 17 at Hay City, Mkh.. under the auspices of the Michigan Harriwooil Manufac- turers' vVssoeiation and the Northern Ilemlopk and Hardwood Manufaptur- crs' Assopiation. Splendid Program for Bay City Congress O. T. Swan, seirctary, of the Northern Ilemlopk and llanhvood Manu- fapturers' Association, apting for George C. Kobson. of Merrill, ^\'is.. gen- eral phairman of the exeputive pcMuniittee of the Northern Lumbermen's Salesmanship t'ongress, gave out for pidilieatlon the main features of the congress, wbidi promises to lie one of tlie biggest get-together meet- ings for lumliermen in every branch of the industry that has ever been hehl. The dates are .November If! and 17 and the jilace Hay City. Mich. Two committees of thirteen members each, from Wisponsin and Midiigan under the direction of a general pomniittee whiph besides Mr. Kobsiui includes W. N. Wrape, Kneeland Higelow Company, Bay City, Mleh., head of the Michigan pomniittee and II. S. Dewey of the Edward Ilines Lumlier Company, Chipago,* head of the Wisconsin committee, liave been busy during the last two weeks preparing for tlie meeting. A special train Is to he run from t'hieago on Thursday night. .November l."i, parrying al least 100 and possibly :iO(i lumbermen from Illinois, Iowa, Indiana and southern Wisconsin pidnts for the .Michigan city. This train will ri'turn tri Chicagfi on .Saturday niglit. Keservations are to be made for tlu' special train with Mr. Kobson In care of the Kinzel Lumber Company. Merrill. Wis. It is being emphasized in every way possible tliat attendance at the congress is in no way limited except to members of the lumln'ring industry. If any man is a manufacturer, a producer, n retailer, a jcdiber, or an officer in any such lumbering organizations and in any mannir connected with ailvertising, selling or iiroducing lumber for any purpose whatsoever, he is welcome at the congress. i''ollo\vlng arc the t<»plcs and majority of the speakers who will feature the meeting: Kiiiiuv .\K'rKiixoo. C, Kobson Address of Wei nc, liy W. C. Hull, Traverse Cliy, .Mich,, PreHldent M'iphlgan llartlwood .Manufacturers' .Vssoclatittn. • IpiMiing Iteniarks. 'Why tlie .Necessity of Tbese CoufereneeB," by G. C. liobson, KInzid Lumber ('oiiipunv, .Merrill, Wis. ■■Tliesi' Conferences I'lTspectlve and Uetrospectivc," by Kdward Ilines, Ddward Ilines Lumber Coiii|iaiiv, i'hlcago. ill. "How We I'o It at Cadillac." liy i I'nassignedl. ■■.Merpbandlsing- I'ast, Present and I'utnre." by C. I>. Iturrltt. Cadillac, .Mipb., Cadillac Lumber Companv. "The Ketuilers View I'oint," by (Vnasslgned). S.MIKPAY MollXIMi SkSSIOX 10 -.oo .\. .\I., .November 17 I'resiilin" Chairnian. Cbas. It. Abbott, Cummer-lllggins I umiiany, Cadillac, Mich. "The Kvolutlon of llardwooils," bv ( fnassigni-d i. "Whose Ox Is -.ori'd';" bv II. II. Butts. I'ark t'alLs LumlH'r Cumpitnv. Park Falls, Wis. "Tile Kelallve Strength of Hemlock and llardwooils." illustrated with lantern slides by O. T. Swan. Secretary of Northern Hemlock and llard- wooil .Manufacturers' .\ssocialioii. tishkosh. Wis. "Till' Mirrill Confi'icnce from a .Michigan View I'oint," by .T. C. Knox. Secretary Michigan Haidwooil .Manufactururs' Association, Cadillac, .Mich. "Thp Indusirial Consiiiiiers View Point," liy i I'nassignedl. "The Traveling . alesman's View Point," by i I'nassigned). S.vrrup-VY AirKUXonx Skssih.n i; :iHi P. M.. November 17 Presiding Chairman. II. S. Dewey, Kdward Ilines Lumber Company. Chicago "The Manufapturer's View Point," liy K. B. Goodman, Goodman Lumber Conipiiny, G Iman, Wis., Vice-president of the National Lumber .Manu- facturers' .\ssociation. "The Wholesaler's View Point." by E. M. Holland, Cartlerllolland Lum- ber Companv, Grand Itapids, Mleh. ".Moulding" the Demand, " by ,1. B. Crosby, Crosby Agency, Chicago. "\ New Version of Lumber Salesmanship." by ( Inassigneii i. The following parties will probably handle the unasslgned subject.s : "How We Do It at Cadillac," W. L. Saunders, Cadillap, Mich. "The Kelailer's View I'oint." Uobert K. .lardine. Grand Hapiils. Mieli. "'"rhe Evolution of Hardwoods," Godfrey Von Platen, Von Platen Lumber Com- panv, Grand Kapids. Miph. "The Industrial Consumers View Point," !■: k. Pritchett. Grand Itapids. Mich. ".V New Version in Salesmanship,' ,Iulins Seidel, Julius Seidel Lumber Company, St. Louis. Mo. Lumbermen of the Saginaw valley will assist those of Bay City in preparing a bancpiet for Friday evi'nlng at which time several brilliant alter dinner talkers will be present and other entertainment will be fur- nislied. These will include Douglas Malloph muber Company. Arkansas City, Ark. Two new appli- cations for meniliersbip were tiled at this intM'ting and Sccretar.v Ileuer says there are three to be llled at the next meeting. When all these are electeil. imluding one at the previous meeting, the total additions to the mendiershlp of tlie club for the fall S(»asou will be ten. It is announ<'ed elsewhere in tbis issue of Haudwood Keiouii that the Lumbermen's Club of ^lemphls will be host on the evening of .Tanuar.v It) to thi' lunibernii'U who attend the annuals of the following associations from .Tuuuary l."i to .laniuiry IN. inclusive: American Oak Manul'acturers', Southern Hardwood Trutlic. Southern Alluvbil Land and tJuiu I^uinber Manufacturers'. This meeting was characterized by unusual entbusiasni. Tbe attenrl- ance was full. .\ delightful luncheon was served. President K.ilpli .Miiy occupied the chair. \iliTOi^iliM^UWit->iTOTOa-'K)*tTOKtW'W'^^ With the Trade Hoover Joins Utley-Holloway Force II. C. IIuo\'cr who has been well known in lundicr circles in ditferent parts of tlu' country for a good many years has just accoided tbe posi- tion as sales and office manager of the UtIey-IIolloway Ctuuiuiny. Con- way building, Chicago. Mr. Hoover is considered one of tbe best office men In tbe business and witli the long experience in all of tbe features of lumbering, starts his new work with exceptional prospects. Mr. Hoover started with the Leavitt Interests, in the old Wisconsin Oak t'ompany, Chicago, way back at the time of the St. Louis Fair. - He was with the Wisconsin company through its various operations up to the time it was merged into tlie Leavitt Lumber Company. He spent some time at the company's mill at Frederick, Wis. Following a six years' connection with tbe Leavitt interests, Mr. Hoover was associated with the Kstabrook-Skeele Lumber Company at Chicago for six months, and then entered the office of the Griffen 11. Deeves Lumber Company, where he bandied the office end of tbe busi- ness with notable success. He was with Mr. I>eeves for some time until about five years ago when he accepted tbe position of assistant secretary of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States. lie worked in this capacity for a year and then returned to Mr. Deeves' office where he remained up to a few months ago when he was compelled to go South to handle the cleaning up of tbe estate left by his father at Sprlnglield, Mo. Mr. Hoover returned to Chicago a few months ago and Joined the L'tley-lIoUoway forces about the ndddle of the month. The enforted rest has done wonilei:s with .Mr. Hoover's health and he starts his new work with all the energy in the world. This new acquisition will give Mr. Ftley and .Mr. IloUoway the time they have long wanted for uninterrupted attention to the outside work of the firm. This Is particularly essential these days with the new de- mauds dui" to tbe rapid exi)anslon of this coming liisiitutlon. The com- ]iany Is building a large new mill at Clayton, La. -Mr. Hollowny is giv- ing a great deal of his time to the completion of the plant, laying of tracks and getting the operation in shape for an early run. Mr. Hoover will have associated with him in the office Sherman C. .\nisden. who Joined the Utb'y-Holloway force several months ago. lie served In an important capacity with a rci)rescniatlve advertising agency in Chicago prior to going with the I'tley-Holloway Couipan.v. Inciilenlally, this company because of the rapid growth of its business, has just taken on much more extensive quart<'rs in the Conwa.v building and w'ill iiave moved into these new rooms within a very short time. They are located on the tenth floor. W. H. Weller Joins Huntington Company W. 11. WcllcT, loniicrly secn-tary of tlo' llardw.,...! Miinulactiirers' As- sociation of the I'nlted States, and recently In the hardwood antl cypress business at Cincinnati, announces that he has arranged to join the forces of Offutt & Koice at Huntington, W. Va., on November 1. He will take charge of the selling, and in fact have entire charge of the office. Tbe compan.v recently organized and will engage, quite exti'nslvel.v in the manufacturing and wjiolesailng of hardwood lumber. It has alread.v started one mill in Bixine county. W. Va., and will have another under way In a few weeks. Tbe Boone county mill is cutting on a virgin tract of oak and poplar and is now making out about -tO.OUO feet a ilay. Both Mr. Offutt and Mr. Boice are well known in the hardwood in- dustry. .Mr. OCFutt tor tbe past eight years has been vice-president and general nmnager of the Rockcastle Lumber Company at Huntington, which company has recently cut out tlie last of several tiiousand acres of its holdings in eai^tern Kentucky. Mr. Boice has operated extensively in Virginia and is now building a band mill with dry kilns at Hartford, Tenn. Smith Milton Passes On .^ On Sunday, October 14, T. Smith Milton, secretary-treasurer of the Cnurchiil-Miiton Lumber Company, president of the Louisville Hardwood Club, and director of the Southern Ilardwofid Traffic Association, one of the Soutli's most prominent and progressive lumbermen, riled following an ill- ness of nuilaria and typhoid contracteil while visiting the company's south- ern mills. He went South six weeks ago, but after staying tliere a short time was forced to return to Louisville, where lie w-as conlined to his bt^d. On account of no improvement in this condition, the physicians, wlio are among Louisville's ablest, had him removed to the Jewish hospital, but dcsiiite all that could be done he passed away at 1 p. m. Sunday. Mr. Milton began his business career with It. M. Cunningham in the yellow pine business imniediatel.v after leaving liigh school, and after a number of years became associated with Selden-Breck Construction Com- pany as lund)er purchasing agent. He left the latter concern to organize the Milton-Peter Company, manufacturer of table tops and slides. Just H. i;. HOOVF.i:. SALFS MANAfJKK. UTLEY HOLLOWAY COMP-VNY. CIIIC.VGO TIIK LATF T. S.MlTll MILTON OF LOUISVILLE, KV. W. H. WELLIOH, S.\Li:s MANA(;KI!. OFPUT-T & BO|ICE, HINTINOTON, W. VA. October IStlT HARDWOOD RECORD 38a 118 his biiEtinpss watt ho^lnning to thrive It was dcstroyod b^* Arc. He then betaiue itlfntllled with the Louisville Point Lumber Company as sales man- atjer. In 11114 he. with Jiihn rhurchlll. or^rnulzea the Churchill-Milton" Lum- ber Company. Thflr lirst expfritMirc was as whnlcsalers. (»pi>ratln« a yani at New Albany. Intl. They later conlrartod for the oiilput of the Jeffris mill at Unssa^e, Im. In 1111.% tlu-y pnrt'hasoil n mill at Ulentlorn, Miss., but as this mill ilbl nut afford them sulIW'ient lumber they erected n double baud mill at ISn-i'nwuoil. Miss., which was placed in actual operation last spring. Mr. Milton at all times championed anything that he thou»;bt would promote the Intcn'sts of the lumber Industry. It was entirely thru his efforts that a branch of the Southern Wardwooil Trallic Association was established al I.oulsvilli' in lltHi. lie was the tlrst chairman of the local orj^anizatlon. At the annual meeting; oi the Louisville Hardwood Club last November he was unanliuously chosen as its president. He was also a prominent member and tool; active part In the Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Association. American Oak Manufacturers* Association. Nutional Hard- wood Lumber .\ssociation. and National Wholei^ale Lumber Dealers' Asso- ciation. Aside from his activities In the Inndier trade, he took preat interest in sporis, beinj: director of the Louisville Athletic Cluli and Louisville Hoat Club He was conceded to be one of the best automobile men. oarsmen and trapeze artists In this section in spite of the fad that he was slljibtly crippled and spent his early life on crutches. As a member of the boat club he developed into a crack swimmer, pulled the best oar in the club and was an expert tennis player. His happiest moment was when be was doing a favor for some one else: in fact, his entire life was given up to following the example of the good Samaritan. To kn»)w Smith was to love him, and because of his loyal devotion, never tirin;; faithfulness and his sunny disposition, 'he was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him. His loss will be mourned by th* whole trade. Many condolen<-es have been received by both the firm and Mrs. Milton. Kmployes of the mill at Glendora. Miss., to show the high esteem in which he was hold by them wired as follows : Accept our most heartfelt sympathy. We feel that we have lost one of our greatest friends and that what we have learned thru him by his un- tiring example will benetit us the balance of our lives. The Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Association wired as follows: Accept onr sincere sympathy in your loss of Smith Milton, who was the finest type of gentleman and an honest, upright and progressive business man. The entire lumber fraternity mourns with you. The Louisville Hardwood Club attended the funeral in a body, each firm being represented. Many nuignilicent floral designs were sent by various lumber organizations and lirms throughout the United States. The deceasetl was thirty-eight years of age, and a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Scott Milton. He is survived by only one close relative, a couaiu, Col. W. A. Milton, and his wife. Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Milton. Appreciative resolutions were adopted at a meeting of the club on Tues- day evening, October 1(J, one day after the funeral: WiiKKKAS. The members of the Lr>uisville Hardwood Club being deeply grievcfl at the untimely death of our beloved friend antl presiilent. Smith Milton, endeavor to record our appreciation of his congenial disposition, untiring faithfulness, unrcstrainei! progressiveness and constant devotion, and the high esteem with which we shall always remember him, and WiiKUKAS. It is most unfortunate that he shouhl be called to the great beyond before he could enjoy any of the fruits of his unceasing labor, and WiiKaKA.s. Knowing how well be emulated the example of the good sanmritan. and knowing that no additional wreaths of glory can be abided to his brow by anything we may say. However, be it kesolveo. That the Louisville Hardwood Club, in con- vention assembleurn the loss of our departed brother and that these resolutions be spreari on the minutes and copies thereof be sent our friend's wife and the Churehill-Milton Lumber Company, extending to them our deepest and sincerest sympathy at this hour of bereavement. Shippers Get Relief by Personal Appeal The seriousness nf (be i-jiilru:id car siluation was re^^ponsible for a large delegation of hardwood men at l.altimore. Md. Some of the biggest -bippers in West Virginia called on Vice-President Thompson of the Haiti- more & Ohio two weeks ago to make representation with respect to the inade(|nacy of the transportation facilities. An (^xtemleil interchange of views followed, with the result that the mlllmen obtalnerl from Mr. Thompson a promise that the company would afford all the relief possihle under existing conditions. Since then cars have been coming forwanl in consiilerably increased number and the congestion in the way of hard- wood lumber has been to some extent relieved. The delegation included Mr. Curtin of the Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company; Mr. Uichards of the Fenwick Lumber <'ompany. Fenwick : Mr. P.rewster of the Sun Lumber Company. Weston, and Mr, Campbell of the Hir<'h Valley Lund)er Com- pany. Alllngdale. There were about twenty prominent shippers In the delegation. Lumberman Entertains Co-Workers Bert Hanna. vice proident of the C. W. Leech Lumtir-r Company. I>c- trolt. Mieh.. entertained the wholesale nnd retail hardwood lumber trade of Detroit as wi-Il as a few personal friends outside of the luml)er busi- ness, at his splendid new home at 71 La Salle (Jardens on Monday night. The occasion was a well arranged dinner. Appropriate favors and decora- tions were in order. An Informal meeting, at which Charles W. Leech acted as toastmaster followed in the luxurious living room. Mr. Leech paid great tribute to Mr. Ifanna's successful career. This was followed by a number of other commeDts by other Detroit friends who Rpokc equally well of the host. Thfc guests were entertained during the evening by well-known local musical talent. Mrs. Hannu acted as hostess and was assisted by Mrs. Leech and Mrs. Dessert. Veneer Plant Changes Hands The plant of the Central Veneer i'ompany has been mdd for $rtO,000 to the Wood-Mosaic Company of New .\lbauy. Ind. Toe purchasers an- nounce that the plant will l>e put In t.p.Tatlon In the near future. New Wood-Bending Device .V company has been organized at l'arker.sburg, \V. Va., to Install a plant for bending wood. .\ charter lias been granted the Incorporators who are well known residents of Parkersburg as follows, F. G. Davis. L. L. Miller. W. S. Geary. P. D. Neal, and A. R. Adair. The company Is capitalized at ?riO,O0O nnd will have its principal office at Parkersburg. New Cigar Box Company A company has lieen organized al Gran-I Kaiuds, Mich., with $40,000 capital, to manufacture a hunddor cigar b. Case. Joseph Renihan. Frank J. Cook and James P. Knowlton compose the board of directors. V New Corporation Formed A new corporation under the name of Siark Lambert Lumber Company. with Headquarters at Ui'aunutnt. Tex., has been organized. This corpora- tion absorbs The Orange Hardwood Lumber Company of OranKe, Tex. The prill cilia Is of the new corimration were the nwneis of The i Irange Hardwood Lumber Company. A Correction The last issue of IIauowikip Uecoud contained a notice to the effect that James Kennedy & Co.. Ltd.. of Cincinnati had changed their local manager. By error this was printed as "Jones," Kennedy & Co. Hard- wood Uecoud recently received a letter calling attention to the mistake. Forty Million Feet Short Run for This Company A news item uot int stating that a 40.000.000 foot tract of hemlock recently purchased by the J. S. Stearns Lumber Company, Odanah, Wis., would keep it running for two years. HAimwooD Record has received the following characteristic letter from F. J. Darke of this institution which very plainly states that the item in question was in error : Your postal of the 11th. calling attention to notice on page 41 of your issue of the 10th is at hand. We were the successful bidders on an odd lot of 40.000.000 feet hem- lock on this reservation but inasmuch as we run 00.000.000 feet or over from this mill each year, if we devoteer 1 at L'.L' Fast Fir.st Street. W. C, Bartlett Joins Charleston Company W. C. Barlett for several years sales manager for the American Column & Lund)er Company, St. Albans. W. Va.. announces that he has bec. I'ratt of La (Irangc. Mr. Hrafl'ett was a Mason and a niemhiT of the Hinsdale (iolf Cluli. lie was sixty-one years of age and had a long career in business manufac- turing circles, being very well-known in many parts of the country. Masonic services for immediate friends and relatives were held at the late residence at La Grange on October 21 at 11 o'clock in the morning. leiided the [tn account 1 daughter. Pertinent Information Carriers to Again Ask 15 Per Cent Increase nanhviMid mtpivsts have licen ivi)ri'si'iilc* lile tariffs iucreasinj? commodity rates >;enerally through- out Official (.'lassitication Territory by l.l per cent, as the commission re- jected a simihir jiroposed increase in (Un-iding the oriijinal 15 per cent advanced rate case and because the railroads claim that their revenues are decreasing and their expenses increasing. Capt. K. A. Selfridgo of the California Redwood Association and member of the lumber committee. Council of National Defense, also atteudeil this conference. The commission announced late on Monday that it had reopened tin- case and set November 5 in Washington for hearing. Incidentally the <'omniission opened the way for southern and western roads to get in their claim, which they are expected to do. for advances in their parts of the country, which would make the proposed freiglit rati' increases nation-wide, if they are approved by the commission. The commission holds that the eastern railroads' suggestion that hear- ings recently set for the l."> per cent case here on November 1 to lie i)ost- poued GO days to give the carriers time to prepare their applications for permission to file revised tariffs proposing a general 15 per cent rate advance, was "in error," in view of the carriers' corttention that their financial situation is such that they need immediate relief. It is understood that shippers interested in the iri per cent case will be notified of the hearing November ."> and tbat all parties will be given ample time to present evidence. A decision on the merits of the i)ropo- Kition is not expected for some weeks. Enormous Increase in Freight Traffic In the month of July the railways of the I'nited States handled -^s, per cent more freight traffic than in July, I'.tlo, rnd 40 per cent more than in July. 1914, says the Railway Age iiazette. The Railroads" War Hoard has just issued statistics showing that the ton mileage of freight handled in Julj', 1917, was 20.2 per cent more than it was in the same month of 1916. This increase in the traffic handled reflects a remark- able performance in view of the fac-t that tin- trathc of 1010 far sur- passed all records up to that time. It should be borne In mind that there has been almost no increase in railway facilities wit bin the last two years, Baltimore Uncertain as to Export Permit Office It locks now as If this port would not get a bnirMli otlir.- nf the KxportB Achiiinistratlvc Hoard as soon as had been expcitfd. The latest informa- tion received by Robert Beacham, secretary of the Merchants and Munu- faclurers* Association, is that Hoston and rhiladelphia will receive atten- tion before this city is looked after, and it is intimated that some time may elapse before Rallniore receives attention. This delay in regretted espccl.'illy by the exporters of hanlwoiids, who had (-ntertalned hopes that they wouhl soim have accessible an official from whom could be obtained permits to make shipnfents to Kurope. Inlimalions have been receivi'd of late thjit considerable space for the shipment of lumber woubJ be available, especially (»n French steamers, and the exporters desired to take advantage (tf the opportunity. Of course, they can get the neces- sary documents at Washington, but this always re<|uires a trip to the capital and entails dela.v that may prove serious. Now. when there is a chanci' it must he acted upon without delay, and there is not always time to go to Washington, which requires the greater part of the day without any real certainty that the object of the trip will be accomplished. The exporters hi-re feel that the importance of the port entitles them to a branch o(U<*e, anil they especially desire that the representative at the branch be emi><>wered to issue permits under which shipments can be made by way of other ports as well, since it is not always feasible to make shipment by way of I'altimon". Wood Exports in July Figures have just been published showing the expor' other forest products from the United States in July 1 td' these figures follows : ts .1 ist. Ilcinnd logs. . . r'ii'ewood . . . . S(piare logs. . . liailrnnd ties. . Fir hiniber . . . (lum lumber. . Oak Wliite pine. . . Longleaf pine. Shuitlcaf pine. * tlbcr pine. . . VcHow poiilar. Value 1910 , .$ 95.2:{7 , . i:^,7-i4 . . aofi.ioo , . 200,29.-. . 2r.4,r,2:i , . H7.027 , . 199.4:J9 . 10S.9i:^ . 0n4.229 2.044 , . 108,.'i.i.T . . 51,127 Value 1017 . 70.717 22.079 204,4.^S 22:^»,707 on.:i27 00.752 307,72:^ 4S,020 371,047 400 168,025 3i.:ioo Redwood Spruce All other lumber Doors, sash. blinds Wooden furniture Handles Barrels Box shooks. . .". . Barrel shocks. . . Staves Heading House trimming. Wood en ware . . . lumber and A summary I,.'i2l 62.412 74 102.4R7 •.25S 70.10G Trade Opportunities Wasbitigtoti has received a report from Fnited States Commercial .Utache Vedits at I'aris that the French minister of the Interior has in- vited offers from manufacturers and dealers for 20.onO wooden lied frames in lots of 500, each concern to be permitted to furnish not over five lots, and various other furnishings, etc., for home and other buildings in French territory from which the Germans have been driven. .\ special agent of the department of Commerce has transmitted the namr- nf a person in Ecuador who is interested in knocked-down furniture. Clear-cut Analysis of War Tax The income and excess profit tax legislation — the war tax of 1917 — is given a very clear and succinct digee^t in a book recently by the National City Bank of New York City. The book is entitled "Digest of the Federal Income and War Excess Profits Tax I^ws." It covers tlK* entire question in a way that makes it possible for users of this book- let to arrive at their proper standing under the tax law and feel per- fectly confident that they are working in the right direction. We understand that a copy of this booklet is available to anylmdy who will apply for it. Scientific Lumber Drying Advance notices annnunii- that a scientific, treatise on kiln drying lum- ber will soon come from the press of the J. B. Lippincoti <'ompany, Phila- delphia. The author is Harry D. Tiemann of the Forest Products Lab- oratory. Madison, Wis. He is well known to the hunber trade as a scien- tific investigator of the first order, and his Imok may be depended upon as high authority on the seasoning of lumber. More Wood to Be Used in England Reports reaching the offices of the National 1-umlier Association, Chicago, indicate that there will soon basonlng and treatment to hinder decay also find places on its pages. Wood holds by far the most Important place. Those woods which are or should be familiar to the builder and the dealer arc listed and described, and facts concerning their physical qualities arc given, their abundance or scarcity, weights, colors, and other characteristics. The book is not a new edition of Mr. Snow's work on wood published in 1903. This is a new work, much more complete than that, but to some extent it follows the same general plan. So far as the field can be covered in the limited space of 4r.o pages, this is a cyclopedia on wood as this material is used at the present day. The price of the book does not appear in the publisher's prospectus, but those who want a work of real value along the line covered by this book wUI doubtless feel that they have received the worth of their money if they buy the book. The author Is a member of the -Vmerlcan Society of Civil Engineers, and dean of the school of applied sciences. New York lulversliy. A New Book on Saws The D. Van Nostrand Company, 2j I'ark place. New York, has brought out a book under the title, "Saws : Their Care and Treatment." It con- tains 268 pages, a large number of diagrams and other Illustrations, and retaUs tor $2.50. The author Is Harry W. Durham, and it is stated in the preface that the book was written primarily for saw users In England and the dependencies. It Is apparent from the text that the author drew much of his material from American sources. Some of the Ulustra- tlons and descriptions arc supplied by well-known saw manufacturers of the United States. There is a general similarity in the work to be done by saws which cut wood, no matter in what country they happen to operate, and for that reason a scientific work on saws in England ought to be valuable to saw- users in the United States. After giving a very brief historical account of saws, the following tollies are more fully discussed : Particulars of reciprocating saws : Particulars of circular saws : Shapening saws by hand filing : Sharpening saws by machines ; Setting the teeth of saws : Ilainniering and tensioning circular and reciprocating saws : Sharpening large band saws. Following these topics, there are discussions covering topics of miscel- laneous kinds, such as doctoring band saws, sawroom practices, saw pack- ing and guides, power to drive sawing machines, and many other topics. It thus becomes apparent that the field is well covered. The author claims to have had twenty-five years of experience in hanilUng saws. The book is well written and is printed in clear type on good paper. Tests on Kiln-Drying Propeller Stock The testing of kiln drying of woods tor airplane stock is deemed of such importance that the Official Bulletin has issued a special announcement on the subject. According to this, spruce can be used for aircraft produc tion after kiln-drying without injury. It is hoped that similar results can be obtained with kiln-dried ash, oak, mahogany and other hardwoods, many of which are being tested. Following Is what the Oflicial Bulletin, issued by the Committee on Public Information, says of the tests : When the United States entered the war the need for wood to build airplanes quickly created a difficult problem. Most of the air seasoned wood available had been bought for airplanes for the allleNls ordinarily used has frequently proved unsatisfactory and for that %ason air- plane manufacturers have been reluctant to use it. If the needs of the fighting forces were to be met adequately and without pndongeil di-lay. it was essential that methods of conditioning should be available In which full confidence could be placed. Long before this situation developed the forest products laboratory of the Forest Servlc*'. at Madison. Wis., had been making a scientific stutly of the drying of wood, and had developed a method of drying which has been very successful with all the woods tried. Several kilns have be«'n bnllt at the laboratory for e.vperimental purposes anil a number of ileiiinnstra- tions made in commercial kilns. Ash and spruce are the woods most in demand for airplane construction, and anticipating the present situation the Forest Servii-e secured ji shliuneul of partially air-seasoned ash and spruce plank fur preliminary tests. This material was kiln dried without Injur.v. Ijiler thoroughly green Sitka spruce, white ash (northern and southern), white oak. I' '■■- '^^. western white pine, and mahogany were secured In the log t- spruce and ash logs were i-ut up and the green material from ■ divided Into three matched groups. One group of each species .. .. - green, another has been set aside to be tested when It has air ilrlcil. and the third group was kiln-dried, trying several methods, and then ii ^iil Only the results of tests on the spruce have so far been analyzed. Cm parlso'n with standard tests which had already been maile shows that Sitka spnice can lie klln-drled from the green condilion with no miire. per haps less. Injury to Its mechanical properties than liy air seasoning. Dilinite specifications have been prepared for kiln drying spruce green from the saw for airplane construction, and. If rkiilly enfori-ecles now on hand, which Include several prii|>eller woods. Is being pusheil as rapidly as possible, and there seems reason to ex|M'ct as favorable re- sults as for the spruce. 40 HARDWOOD RECORD October 2r>, 1917 Building Permits for September The monthly stutoincnt m' IjulIilliiK peniiKs. Issued In tlie iirincipul cities tlirouKhout the United States, has recently acquireil a new and more Important siKnlfieaneo. because ot the Index It furnishes ol' the extent In which the so-called "usual business" of the country Is helng mnintnlned. In the face of the strenuous nillitnry and naval efforts which the nation Is making. Viewed in that light, the situation that is presented is not without its comforting aspects, that is, the shrinkage is less than might have l)een expected. If the dismal reports that are made concern- ing the building industries in many business centers were to he accepted at par. the condition of things would be distres.slng. But it Is far from being so tiad as that. The official rejiorts of the building perniUs issued dpring September In 115 principal cities, as received by the American Contractor, Chicago, total .?51,7.')1.484, as compared with .fTO.OSO.lGl for September. 191G, a decrease of 27 per cent. The comparative decrease in August was ."S.S per cent, so that by comparison the situation appears to be sliglitly improving. The actual decrease in the volume of work is somewhat In excess ot 27 per cent, however. Inasmuch as costs arc greater than a year ago. Of these 115 cities, 3.S show gains, a few of them decisive gains, .\mong them Is New Haven. Ctuin., wlicre the constructional activities of Yale University have been very conspicuous recently. Cleveland shows a gratifying expansion, due to the growth of its Industries. New York City has greatly reduced the unfavorable showing it has been making in recent months. Industries are thriving in the various centers, largely to the degree to which they are participating in the manufacture of supplies used in our national emergency. The total number of permits issued in these 115 cities for the month was 18,401, compared with 27.244 for September, 1916, a decrease of 30 per cent. Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc., Required by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912, Of H.\Ri)Wooi) RKroitD. piddished senii-monthlv at Chicago. 111., for October 1. 1917. state of Illinois. ) County of Cook, j ss. • Before me, a Notary Public, in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared E. H. Defebaugli. who. having l>een duly sworn accord- ing to law. deposes and sa.vs that he is tlie Editor of the HARitwoon Record, and that the following is, to tiie best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement ot the ownership. maiiiiL'enicnt (and it a daily paper, the circulation), etc.. ot the aforesaid puldiealinn for the date shown in the above caption, required by the .\ct of August 24, 1912, embodied in Section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to- wit : 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are : Name of — Postoffice address — Publisher — The Hardwood Company, .'537 So. Dearborn St.. Chicago. 111. Editors — E. H. Detebaugh and E. W. Meeker, 537 So. Dearborn St., Chi- cago, III. Managing Editor — E. W. Meeker, 537 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, III. Business Managers — None. 2. That the owners are (Give names and addresses ot individual owners, or, if a corporation, give its name and the names and aildresses of stock- holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of the total amount ot stock.) : E. II. Detebaugh. 537 So. Dearborn St.. Chicago. III. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holiling 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other sec-urities are (If there are none, so state! : None. 4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names ot the owners, stockholders, and security holders, it any, contain not only the list of stock- holders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the com- pany, hut also, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other fiihiciary rela- tion, the name of the person or corporation tor whom such trustee is acting, is given ; also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing alfianl's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions^ under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustee, hold stock and securi- ties in a capacity other than that ot a bona fide owner; and this afflanli has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corportion has any interest, direct or indirect, in the said stock, bonds, or other securi- ties than as so stated by him. 5. That the average number ot copies of each issue ot this publication sold or distributed, through the malls or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the six months preceding the date shown above is — . (This information is required from daily publications only.) (Signed) E. H. DEFEB.^rc.ii. Editor. Sworn to and subscribed before me this first day of October. 1917. J.UMES S. Pe.xxixotox. [.SEAL.] Notary Public. (My commission expires October 24, 1920.) Hardwood l>Jews l>Jotes --< MISCELLANEOUS >• The Schmit Trunk & Bag Company, Oshkosb, Wis., has sustained a loss by fire. The Ross Lumber Company at Enoxvllle, Tenn.. has been incorporated under the same style with $35,000 capital. The Boynton Land & Lumber Company, Boynton, .\rk., has been suc- ceeded by the .\nderson-Poorman Manufacturing Company with head- quarters at St. Louis, Mo. The company is capitalized at $100,000. The Boice Hardwood Company has Incorporated at Itlchmond. Va. At Olympia, Wash.. George M. McDowell has been appoiuti'd receiver for the Olympia Shipbuilding Company. The S. L. Eastman Flooring Company, Saginaw, Mich., lias been dis- solved, with W. H. Erwln appointed as receiver of its elTects and estate. Eire losses are reported as having been sustained by the Twin City Hardwood Lumber Company, St. Paul, Minn. Tile capital stock of the Arkmo Luml)er Company, Little Rock, Ark., has been Increased to $200,000. The following incorporations are reported : The .Murfreesboro Block Company. .Murfreesboro, Tenn., to manufacture axe handles; The Leonard Land & Lumber Company, Nashville, Tenn., capitalized at $10,000 ; the Keller & Tamm Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, Mo., reincorporated at $200,000; the Pinellas Novelty Works, St. Petersburg, Fla., capital $10,0(10; the Blue Springs Ijiniher & Milling Company, Blue Springs, Mo.; the Timber Products Company. Bruhswick. Ga. ; the Baldwin Shipbuilding Company, New Baltimore, N. Y. The Missouri Plate Glass Company, Valley Park, Mo., is an involuntary bankrupt. At Knoxville, Tenn., the Knoxville Veneer Company has assigned and W. W. Carson. .Ir.. appointed receiver. The Wheeler-Tlmlln Lumber Company has succeeded O. Paulson at Dorchester, Wis. The headquarters of the company are located at Wausau. Wis. The assignment of the .lames Marcus Mount Vernon Woodworking Com- pany. Mt. Vernon, N. Y., is reported. J. A. Huddleston, F. A. Weaver, A. W. Damron of Excelsior, W. Va., H. C. Beaver.s ot War, W. Va. and W. W. White of Welch have incor- porated the Bull Creek Hardw• The Lents Spring Hub Company has been incorporated at Benton. Ky. The Brown-Hawkins Lumber Company, Detroit, Mich., is in the hands of the creditors. The Corbin Folding Chair Company, South Bend, Ind.. has been incor- porated, and is capitalized at $25,000. The General Specialty Company, city, has changed its name to the Chicago Woodcraft Company and decreased its capital to $5,000. The Schweizer & West Manufacturing Company, another local concern, has changed its style to the West Woodworking Company. .\mong the out-of-town lumbermen who attended the world's series games in Chicago were : Max Sondheimer ot the E. Sondheimer Company, Memphis, Tenn.. John W. Dickson ot the Mississippi V.illey Log Loading Company, Memphis, Tenn.. R. M. Carrier and General Manager McCormick of the Carrier Lumber & Manufacturing Company. Sardis, Miss., .1. H. P. Smith. Detroit. Mich.. ,1. G. Brown, Louisville, and Bob Carpenter, New Orleans, general southern manager of the Chicago Belting Company, who by the way was on bis way to Canada. J. E. Walsh, sales manager tor James E. Stark & Co., and the Memphis Veneer & Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn., dropped in Hardwood Record's office last week on his way south from a trip to northern and eastern points. Mr. Walsh got as tar east as tlic coast and reported con- ditions rather slack in that territory,' but said that prices are holding up well. Willie at Buffalo he made a visit to the plant of the Curtis Aero- plane Company and was very much impressed with the prodigality in the use of ash. He said that only about five per cent of the lumber purchased is actually consumed in the manufacture of airplanes. Mr. Walsh counted on working around in the Chicago district for a week or so be- fore landing in Memphis. He will have been out for about tour weeks when he returns to his home city. (j. II. Holloway of the Utley-IIolloway Company. Conway building, Chicago, returned a short time ago from an extended trip South. After stopping here a few days lie went back again to the company's new mill operation at Clayton, La. The new mill is rapidly nearing completion and will soon be in operation. The Utley-IIolloway Company Is growing so rapidly that it has engaged much more extensive offices on the tenth Hoor of the Conway building, where it is now located. Morris Welsh, representative of the Lamb-Fish Lumber Company, Charleston, Miss., spent some time with the trade about a week ago. W. J. Grossman, secretary-treasurer of the Tipler-Grossman Lumber Company, Green Bay, Wis., was In Chicago for a tew days last week. .\nioug other northern visitprs were: George C. Rohson of the Kinzel Lumber Company. Merrill and J. H. O'Melia of the J. H. O'Melia Lumber Company, Rbinelaiidcr, Wis. F. R. Gadd, assistant to the president of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States, spent a brief time in Chicago last week. Mr. Gadd is growing more enthusiastic every day over the workings and prospects of the association's open price competition plan established at last winter's meeting. October 25. 1917 HARDWOOD RECORD L. H. Wheeler of tbe Wlicelcr-Tlmlln Luniber Company, Wausau, Wis., droppetl Id od Chicago friends about a week ago. Fort Benjnmin Harrison, near Inillnnnpolls, has many Kentucklans In ItB roster, who keep things lively. Kne of the candidates for commission is Sum Meiigel who was conneetril with the i.'. *.'. Menpel & Bro. Company. Louisville. Ky.. for several years before enlisting. One of his latest feats was a record of 172 out of a possible 200 points In shooting with u 4.'>-callbre. automatic revolver. Ho witii other boys from old Kentucky are In the "Keds" camp and are making life miserable for the "Blues." This Initial work of the boys iu Uncle Sams camp is making them fit for service in France, and you will hear from all of them. 41 =-< BUFFALO y- LuinlHTnien nre giving iiiulIi attriitii'ii ai pivstiU to thi' secoiul Lilicrty Loan and are taking a large part in the subscriptions. Among members of the hanlwood industry who havt* subscribed for large amounts are the Hugh McLean Lumber Company, Taylor & Crate and the A. J. Chestnut Lumber Company, each subscribing ?."»0.000. A new sort of lumber truck of the caterpillar pattern was shipped to Th-. A. G. Breitwieser of the C. E. Breitwieser Lumber Company is' spend- ing his time at the company's new operation in West Virginia where a splendid lot of hardwood is being turned out. The Seaboard Construction Company has tlie contract for niising the bridges of the Pennsylvania Kailrojui Conip:niy over the .\IIegheny river and a large amount (»f oak and other construction timbers will be used on th<- job. .1. ilex riinn. president of tln' I>u(iuesne l^umber Company, has been at that company's big operation at Braemar. Tenn., lately, getting a line on production and other important business around the mill. The Frampton-Koster Lumber Ctunpany reports the best demand for hardwood in its history, especially for oak timliers. It has its sc(»uts out all the time looking for rhoiee mntracts of oak or nice lot** of oak which can be bought. The Aberdeen Lumber C<»nipany, according to President J. N. WooMett, Is looking for considerable higher prices for gum and cottonwood, later In the fall. Mr. Woolletfs position Is that since the big shipments have come out of the Southwest following the government's sending huntlretis of cars int») that territ4)ry, there is going to be sometliing doing in the price line. The Pittsburgh Wholesale Lumber Pealer**' Association has enthiisias tically supported the condidncy of K. V. Babcock, president of the Bab cock Lumber <'ompany. for mayor of Pittsburgh and E. V. is giving bis opponent a splendid run for his money. The Kendall Lumber Company is about to start up its new mill near T'niontown. Pa., again after a short shut down. The company's business in mine timbers Is the be*4t In its history. Hcrorfllng to Sales Manager "^'ouhg. =•< BOSTON >.= The Lumber Trade Club of Boston held Its regular njiM-tlng nl Ihi' Kv • liange Club Wednesday. Oclolier In anil at the same time the .Maswichu- setts Wholesale Lumber Association. Inc., held a meeting dcvoteil ehietiy to transportation conditions. Ueport was recelveil of the flndlngs of the special i-ommissloner of the I. <'. C. on the diversion and re.onsignment case. I)o(ki?t ICiO, and, as has been previously reported, they were held to be Just and fair to the wholesale trade of New Knglund. A serious menace to the trade was dlscusseil in the lievelopuient of the method useil by the railroads in handling 8bi|>ping permits. Comparisons of the I'Xperi- ences of several dealers showed It to be a part of the process to Inform the consignor and consignee mutually of all factors pertaining to the shipment and in some eases to insist on the lumber being consigned direct to the ultimate user from the producing point. Both of these courses re- sult in all future business of the wholesalers being open to disclosure to the shippers and patrons, which is considered a violation of the act of Congress, Sec. 1,1, as ruled by the Interstate Commerce Commission on February 7, 191C. under Docket .ISIS. .\ committee composed of H. M. Biekford. Harry C. Philbrick and Wm. Bacon was appointed to prepare and Iiresent in the name of the association resolutions setting forth the situ- ation and demanding immediate relief from such operation of the system. Following the business meetings of the two organl/.ations. n dinner and senenil meeting of the whole traile was held in the bani|uet hall at which several lumbermen and outside speakers made a strong presintalion of the wisdom and necessity of the trade as a whide supporting the Liberty Loan by both buying themselves and Inlluendng puri'hase by others. An involuntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed against N. P. OilTord of Salem. Mass. Results of the examination have not l)een re- ported, but the indications point to an insolvent condition with the list of creditors amounting to some $100,000 and Including a number of Boston firms in suras varying from less than $100 up to about $8,000. "Nate" GifFord has conducted the business for a great many years, having suc- ceeded to the same at the death of his father. He had become widely known and it will be, with great regret that his many friends note his In- ability to sustain the old concern In Its former standing. =■< BALTIMORE >= Among visiting lumbermen was Mr. Selden of the Selden Selling Agency. Washington, which represents the Cnion Cypress Company of Hopkins. Kla. Mr. Selden called on a number of the hardwood men here. He stated that the demand for cypress was fair. A company to construct aeroplanes, promoted by A. U. Phillips, who for a number of years was superintendent of the Curtiss plant at BnfTalo, N. Y.. is to locate at Warwood, W. Va., above Wheeling. Over $:t00.000 worth of stock in the corporation has already been sold and work on the plant is to commence shortly. J. McD. Price, engaged iu the wholesale hardwood trade. Is back from a week's trip to North Carolina and other hardwood sections, where he went to look after business. Among the Baltimore lumbermen who have joined the forestry regi- ments being recruited for service in France is Harry T. Snyder of the Mann & Parker Lumber Company, who has been advanced to first ser- geant. He is stationed at Washington at this time, and an effort is being made to secure him a commission as second lieutenant, Mr. Snyder has had about eleven years of experience in thi- tradi' and is eminently fiunllfK-d. =-< COLUMBUS >- Plans ;ire now shniilni: up for n ;ri'nfral building conference to be helil ill Columbus in connection with the real estate and buililing show. .Innu ary 21-:i0. lUl.S. at the Ohio stale fair grounds at Columbus. The rihbi r.iiiliiers' Supply Dealers' Association. Ohio Retail Lumber Dealers' Asso i-ijition. .\i;rii-nltiiral I,iiiie and Limestone .\ssorlatloii and the rnlitii .\sso- elation of Sash and Door .Salesmen have already decldeii upon ilates within tliose stated al)ove for tiielr conventions In order to participate In the conference, assuring a total attendance to date oS 2.200. Other associ ations are giving favorable attention to these dales in calling their con- ventions in Columbus, and some will I'all special meetings at that lime In orrler to share In the building i-onference. The Christy Company has purchased the plant of the Freii t Liimlier & Supply Company. Fremont. K.\tenslve additions will be Immedlalely made to the newly ac(|ulred idant. C. V. Oough. former owner of the Glen Park Lumber CSiiupauy. «»« iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiniiinm ill i iiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiniiiiiimiiiu mil mil iniiiiii iiiiiiiii JIIIIIIIIIIUUUUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1 The Newton Falls Lumber Company, Newton Falls, O., has sold out to the Western Reserve Lumber Company. R. W. Horton of the W. M. Rltter Lumber Company reports a good de- mand for hardwoods, especially from factories. Concerns making Ijoxes and furniture are good customers and the same is true of vehicle and implement concerns. Prices are steady and every change is toward higher levels. The Imperial Lumber Company is having a good demand for West Vir- Kinia hardwoods. Prices are steady and shipments are slow in coming out. J. A. Ford is at the head of the company. Cleo B. Brown, secretary and treasurer of the Columbus Lumber Com- pany, is seriously ill at his home in Columbus, sulfering from blood poison- ing. The trouble lame from a gathering in one of his ears. His condition is critical. The Colunihu.'^ Lumbermen's Club is serving noon luncheons at its club- rooms at Chestnut and High streets, and lumbermen from the city gather at the club rooms to discuss business conditions. Members are coming in fast and a large percentage of Columbus dealers and jobbers are identifiod with the organization. :-< INDIANAPOLIS >- William Roach :u)d Isaac H. Brewer, owners of the Roach & Brewer Lumlier Company, miiintaining yards at McCarty and Chase streets in Indianapolis, were arrested last Friday by Indianapolis police on the charge of receiving stolen goods. Their arrest followed the purchase of timber I'roni .lohn C. and William Miller, loggers, who are alleged to have stolen the timber from Sellers farm, southwest of the city, a tract of land owned by the city for the purpose of maintaining a site for the municipal garbage reduction plant. The arrest of the two lumbermen resulted from a legal controversy between the city and the 'Millers, who have been living on the land tor so long that they have set up a claim to a part ownership, and now have a suit pending in court to (juiet the title. The city ordered the arrest of Mr. Roach and Mr. Brewer in order that civil action might be instituted against Ihe two meu in case the civil proceedings questioning the title of the land is decided in behalf of the city. Following their arrest both of the lumbermen gave bond and were released. Dean Binkley, Indiana Harbor, Ind., assistant manager and treasurer of the Indiana Harbor Lumber Company, and Miss Glenn Call of Val- paraiso, Ind., were married last week. After a short wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Binkley will be at home to their friends in Indiana Harbor. Mathlas Meyer, eighty-one years old, a retired sawmill operator of Fort Wayne, Ind., died last week following an Illness of two years. His ad- vanced age caused him to leave active business duties several years ago when he was operating successful mills in and near Ki«ri Wayne. He is survived by a widow and four children. S. J. Peabody, head of the Peabody Lumber Company, Columbia City, Ind., departed last week for Daytona Beach, Fla., where he will spend the winter. The Freeland Park Lumber Company, Freeland Park, Ind., has been in- corporated with a capitalization of $5,000. Directors of the company are .7. C. McKibben, A. W. Nelson and H. E. Cook. O. D. Haskett, head of the O. D. Haskett Lumber Company, has been elected a director of the Indiana Greater Industrial .\ssociation, which controls Mars Hill, an industrial suburb. Mr. Haskett was president of the assotiation last year and it was during his management that the in- debtedness of the organization was paid. He is being congratulated by the business interests of the cit.v for his good work. .lohn Miller, sawmill operator of Union City, Ind., died recently. He had been ill with paralysis for two years. He was born in Clairmont county, Ohio, in 1S51, and moved to Union City ten years ago, where he has since been identified with the lumber industry. He is survived by a widow and four children. , The Showers Brothers Furniture Company, Bloomington, last week sub- scribed for $50,000 worth of Liberty bonds. Officials of the company report that they now are employing about 100 women to operate machines thai formerl.v were operated by men. The company is having little difficulty in meeting the labor shortage resulting from the war. Although most of the women employed have never worked before, they can turn out about as much work as men. Hardwood lumber shippers in Indiana are i)reparing lo oppose a petition filed by Indiana railroatls with the Public Service Commission asking for an increase in rates of 15 per cent within the state. They state that tin- proposed rates would be prohibitive ami that it would be cheaper in many instances to ship out of the state and reship back into Indiana in order ti) deliver freight at tlistaut points within the state. The conscription appeal board of the Indianapolis district has granted a request of Vincent L. McDonald, general manager of the Batesville Lum- ber and Veneer Company of Lawrenceburg, Ind.. that he be permitted to report for military duty on April 1, 1918, instead of at the present time for military duty. Mr. McDonald explained to the board that he has been the side managei- of his company's affairs and that it uould work a hard- ship on the company it he should leave without giving I lie company several months' noti<*e. When these facts were shown the appeal board his request was granted. The Urmston-Shipley Lumber Company. Indianapolis, has been ineor- porated with a capitalization of $50,000 to operate a chain of sawmills. All Three of Us WiU Be Benefited if You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 1917 HARDWOOD RECORD 43 DIReCT/ICTINQ5TE/irii DR/IG-5AW M/ICHINe. WILL PAY FOR ITSELF IN TWO MONTHS in labor cost saved over hand cutting Send for Hill No. 1 Catalogue HILL-CURTIS CO. KALAMAZOO MICHIGAN Directors of the company arc I.fiiiy and M. A. Urmston and Abialiaiii I,. Shipley. =^ EYANSVILLE >.= The regular monthly meeting of the EvansviUe Lumbermen's Club will lie held at Hotel McC^irdy, Tuesday evening, November 1.?, when several vacancies on standing committees will be filled by President Worland. A report on several matters pertaining to rates and car shortage will be given. Charles Maley, well-known lumber manufacturer at Jackson, Miss., was here on business recently. He reported trade conditions in the southern states coming along all right. George O. Worland, secretary and treasurer of the EvansviUe Veneer Company, says veneer manufacturers of this section are getting a good many orders, but that business is not quite .so brisk as it was during the summer months. Some of the veneer manufacturers are reporting a shortage on logs. Elmer D. Lulirlng and associates have purchased the interest of Charles A. Wolflin in the Wolflin-Luhring Lumber Company in this city. The name of the concern has been changed to the Lubring Lumber Company. Mr. Wolflin has purchased the Interests of Mr. Lubring and associates In the West Side Lumber Company and the name of that concern has been changed to that of Wolflin West Side Lumber Company. Their many friends will wish them prosperity in their changed positions. D. B. MacLaren of the MacLaren Lumber Company, who recently returned from a successful road trip, says he found business 'conditions very good and he sees nothing discouraging in the trade outlook. Fred W. Reitz of the Clemens Reitz Sons Company, hardwood lumber manufacturers, who is a candidate for re-election as city councilman on the democratic ticket, is making an active canvass. Many of the men running for oflice on both the democratic and republican city tickets are closely allied with the lumber interests in this section. Mayor Benjamin Bosse. democrat, who is up for re-election, is also interested in other wood consuming factories here. His republican opponent is Albert Rosencranz Messick, sales manager for the Vulcan Plow Company. Frank Greise who is up for re-election as ward councilman on the democratic ticket, is connected with the EvansviUe Bookcase and Table Company. W. T. Karges, republican nominee for councilman in the fifth ward, is head of the Karges Wagon Works. John A. Bycrs, a well-known lumber man of Guthrie, Okla., was here a few days ago on his way to his old home at Petersburg, Ind. Mr. Byers was for many years engaged in the lumber business at Hopkinsville, Ky. Russel Wert and Miss Lillian Davis were recently united in marriage at Greensburg, Ind., and immediately after the ceremony departed for Wlnslow. Ind. For some time past Mr. Wert has been manager of the .\llen Wilkinson Lumber Company at Waynestown, Ind., and a few days before his marriage was made manager of the business and yards of the same company at Winslow. H. J. I.,eacli of Mt. Carmel. III., a well known lumberman, has gone to St. I-ouls, Mo., to become field manager for the Egyptian Timber Company. -< MEMPHIS >- James E. Stark & Co., Inc., who have been running their band mill ami veneer plant on double shift during the past few weeks have cut out running at night. The change of policy Is due to the fact that log re- ceipts have been so reduced that they were not heavy enough to Justify operations beyond ten to twelve hours per day. Some other mills are still running on double time, but the general disposition Is to reduce the hours because logs are not coming In fast^enough. The .Anderson-Tully Com- pany recently abandoned the night shift at Vicksburg, Miss., because of labor troubles. The llartwell Lumber Conip»"y bas made application for a charter under the laws of Tennessee. Its capital stock is $100,000. The gentle- men composing the new company recently purchased 2,700 acres of hard- AU Three of U* Will Be Benefited if wood timberlands in Chicot county, Arkansas. For the next few roooths the firm will sell logs in the open market but next spring It proposes to establish a hardwood mill at some convenient point to this tract and to launch Into the manufacture of hardwood lumber. H. F, Hartwell, J. L. McRee, Thomas H. Jackson and others are the incorporators. The L. D. Murrelle Lumber Company has taken over and begun operat- ing the hardwood mill formerly owned by the Nickey & Sons Company. The plant Is located in North Memphis and has been idle for more than a year as the selling firm has been going through a jirocess nf voluntarj- liquidation. The new owner will be bringing logs from Marks, Miss., where it 'owns considerable timberlands, but the purchase of the Memphis plant will not interfere In the least with the mill of the same flrm at Marks. Box manufacturers and cooperage interests in Memphis continue to do an exceptionally large business. Wooden containers of all kinds are in unusual request and orders in volume can be had for either boxes or bar- rels. Most members express the belief that the outlook is most flatter- ing. Indeed, they foresee more business than they can handle in view of the growing shortage of labor, the increasing scarcity of cars and the approach of winter with its numerous restrictive influences. The prices on all wooden containers are exceptionally well maintained. Veneers interests too are enjoying an excellent demand for their output and are frank enough to admit that they arc sold up for the remainder of the year and to say that they foresee a large profitable business for 191S. The F. T. Dooley Lumber Company which suffered a loss of $15,000 from a fire in its yards In South Memphis some days ago was fully pro- tected by insurance, and has already succeeded In repairing its trackage and resuming shipments. The management is Inclined to be quite skeptical regarding the theory that the fire was started by German sympathizers. Dispatches .received here from BIytheville, Ark., report the destruction by fire recently of the mill of Lee Wilson & Co., at Armorel, Ark. The loss was estimated at $.50,000, partly covered by insurance. J. H. Townsbend, secretary-manager of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, has returned from Washington where he attended the con- ference between executives of the railroads in central and eastern ter- ritory and members of the Interstate Commerce Commission arranged by the former with the view to proposing a general advance in freight rates from Ohio and Mississippi river crossings to dlstinatlon In Central Freight Association and Eastern Trunk Line Territory. Mr. Townsbend says that lumber is bearing all the freight the traffic will stand, and that the association will vigorously oppose any further advances In rates on south- ern hardwoods. He points out that the advances from Ohio and Missis- sippi river crossings will make necessary a complete revision of lumber tariff from southern producing points. The association has known for some time that the railroads were going to attempt another advance In rates on lumber and -Mr. Townsbend attended this conference In order that he might secure first hand knowledge regarding the tactics to be adopted by the. carriers in their efforts to saddle more freight burdens on the lumber Industry. Killing frost throughout the Memphis territory has done great damage 10 the cotton crops and has seriously curtailed production on cut-over lauds owned by lumber Interests. But the latter, like all other producers, are finding much consolation and not a little compensation from the unusually high prices prevailing for both cotton and cotton seed. And they arc extracting sllll further encouragement from the tact that higher prices for cotton and other crops are greatly Increasing demand for these cut-over lands and are likewise materially enhancing' values thereof. =-< LOUISVILLE >= One of the principal nmtlors under discussion In Louisville Is relative to Ibc traflic situation, and the recently placed Southern Hallway embargo against shlpineuls through Clnclnnall and Louisville Into the North and East. This embargo covers lumber and general dead commoilltles, and may remain In force for several days. However, from now on the lumber You Mention HARDWOOD RECORD 44 HARDWOOD RECORD October 25, 191T trade is figuring on bucking a series o£ fall embargoes, car shoitugc, etc., and would hardly feel natural without these dilflcultles. A. R. Nuniian, .Jr.. viceprcsiilcnl of the Norman Lumber Compauy, and Miss Nell Crutiber I'"nlt