Approves Cost Protection Prices and Rules of Fair Trade Practiss---Allocates Production

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The Eastern Shook and Wooden Boi Group of the Wooden Box Subdivision was granted a production quota of 60,000,000 feet board measure for the period covered by the three months ending January 3I, 1934, and was authorized to allot this quota to eligible persons under the formula prescribed by Article VIII (c) (2).

The Authority ruled that any transfer of production allotments between operations under Section (g) of Article VIII could be made only with the approval of the appropriate division agency after presentation of acceptable evidence of ability to operate the mill from which it was proposed to transfer the allotment.

Wilson Compton reported on the work of a special committee which considered supplementary Code provisions for the Mahogany Subdivision. After dis,cussion this report, which was approved by the Hardwood Co-ordinating Committee, the Authority directed the executive officer to file with the Administration a Code amendment which would provide that quotas of imports of production for the Mahogany Subdivision, upon approval of the administrative agency and the Authority, could be made for periods greater than three months and be based on shipments, provided that no person be precluded from import or production sufficient to maintain at the end of any allotment period an inventory of logs and lumber equal in footage to the volume of his shipments during the preceding calendar year.

The Authority resolved that in its opinion the production of pulpwood should be promptly included under Code provisions comparable to those to which the production of logs is subject under the Code and that as far as it is practicable the administration of such provisions should be\ by the agencies established under the Lumber Code. The resolution further stated that additional necessary means of administration should be provided, either under the Lumber Code Authority, or otherwise.

Considerable discussion followed the presentation by the secretary of a statement of the Authority's finances, including the payinents of code fees by the several divisions. The executive officer was then directed to investigate the payment of code fees of the different divisions and subdivisions and to determine an equitable basis for these assessments. The Authority fixed the minimum payment of Code fees for each division and subdivision at $100.00 monthly.

The executive officer was directed to report to the several divisions the names of members of the Authority who frequently ab3ented themselves from its meetings and to advise the divisions that unless these members remained in constant attendance they would be replaced by others who will conform to the attendance rules.

A petition was presented by the Northwestern Lumbermen's Association asking that the Control Committee's ac- tion of October 14th eliminating the Dupont sawmill and box factory from provisions of Articles VIII and IX be rescinded and after full discussion the Authority voted unanimously to reverse this ruling of the Control Committee.

Similar action was taken with respect to the status of the Fruit Growers Supply Company; the Authority adding that persons producing wooden packages must pay Code fees whether the packages are consumed by themselves or not. In response to a communication from the Wooden Package Division the Authority resolved that all Persons produ,cing wooden packages are subject to the jurisdiction of the Wooden Package Division and are required under the Code to pay fees to said Division or the appropriate subdivision or group agen'cy thereof having jurisdiction.

Proposed supplementary Code provisions for the Southern and Appalachian Hardwood Subdivision were withdrawn.

The executive offi'cer was instructed to prepare and file for Administration approval Code amendments covering the following:

Revised definitions for the products included under the Woodwork Division.

The inclusion of the County of El Paso within the jurisdiction of the Western Pine Association.

Extension of the jurisdiction of the Oak Flooring Division to include Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Changes in Philippine Mahogany Subdivision supplemental code after redrafting to conform to Article VIII of master ,code.

Limiting the amount of 'compensation to commission men and discount to wholesaler, combined, in any case of sale by commission man to wholesaler, to an amount not exceeding established discount to wholesalers.

Extending Code jurisdiction to hewn-tie industry and pres,cribing that Code provisions applicable to hewn-tie producers be administered by division agen'cies already established.

Tightening up paragraph (j) of Section 5, Schedule B' by submitting the following paragraph: "Neither manufacturers nor wholesalers shall place unsold stock in transit via rail or water, or place stock on consignment.

C. C. Sheppard, chairman of a committee appointed to confer with the Retail Lumber Code Authority on the matter of distribution, submitted the committee's recommendations, indicating that they had been approved by the retail administrative agency. Upon the basis of this report the Authority directed the executive officer to file for the Administration's approval an amendment to the Rules of Fair Trade Practice to be effective 60 days after approval providing that manufacturers and wholesalers confine their sales to bona fide retail distributors, except State and Federal Government Departments, railroads, large users of industrial lumber who buy regularly in carload lots, (except purchases for construction purposes), and for ship yards, mines, large docks, dams and bridges.

Dr. Compton proposed an amendment tg the Code which would in'clude wholesalers and commission.'men under its jurisdiction. It was stated that this action was desirable in order to permit the control of redistribution of imported lumber and the products of farm wood lots.It was also urged that this action was necessary in order to impose the direct obligations of the Recovery Act on these groups and establish administrative responsibility for compliance by wholesale distributors and commission men. The Authority desired, however, that this question should be left to its December meeting.

After hearing the report of a special committee appointed to consider the matter of a new Division to include poles and piling, the Authority directed that each of the divisions in which these products are of substantial importance, establish standing committees to administer the provisions of the Code in respect to these products. The Authority also directed that the Executive Officer meallwhile confer with representatives of these divisions and of the Cedar Pole Association and the Southern Pole Treating Organization with a view to organizing a Pole, Piling and Post Division.

The Authority voted to establish a Subdivision for inter,coastal shippers of west coast lumber.

Realizing that errors and omissions might inadvertently occur in the approved schedules of cost-protection prices, the Authority authorized the Exe,cutive Officer to approve such ,corrections and additions as may be necessary in ,cases where he is satisfied that the correction will make no substantial change in any list as a whole and that it is consistent with the intent of the Authority. The secretary was directed to include on the cover page of each minimum price list the statement that it was subject to change at any time by the Lumber Code Authority.

Several matters were referred to the Control Committee for investigation, including the adjustment of minimum wages in the North Central Hardwood Subdivision, in the Pacific Veneer Package Division and in the Black Hills section,-and the petition of the Northeastern Lumbermen's Association asking that the Code be amended to add the word "teamsters" to paragraph (a) Section 2 of Article VI.

The Authority resolved to endorse a letter sent to the President by the Honorable Monrad C. Wallgren, Congressman from the State of Washington, with reference to protecting the lumber industry of the country against imports of Russian lumber. The resolution requested that the President, in connection with the pending negotiations with Russia, give full consideration to the depressed conditions of the lumber industry and to provide the maximum protection possible against Russian forest products in our home markets.

The appeal of the Babcock Lumber and Coke Company of Pittsburgh, Penna., who sought permission to produce more lumber than provided in their produ'ction allotment, was denied by the Auth'ority. This concern, which owns mills at Hamlet, W. Va., and Maryville, Tenn., sought relief from an order of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Institute, which denie'd permission to operate two shifts at the Hamlet mill. The appeal was based upon the fact that the mill is built on leased ground. Although sustaining the decision of the administrative agency, the Authority permitted the Babcock people to arrange for transfer to the Hamlet mill of any allotment for the Maryville plant.

Appoints Traveling Auditors

Portland, Oregon, Oct. 30.-The Western Pine Association, in its Lumber Code Bulletin No. 5, released today, announ,ces the appointment of L. B. Stoddard, I. R. Crew, Frank Baker, C. L. Beaty, John Mardahl and J. F. Ravenscroft as Traveling Auditors of the Association. They will, as authorized agents of the Lumber Code Authority, visit all sawmills in the Western Pine Division to check and verify mill records, to make sure that all mills are complying with the provisions of the Lumber Code, and with rulings of the Division Agency. They also will assist mills, so far as they can, in applying the Code and in furnishing various statistical reports that are required. These men, working out of the Association's head offices at Portland, Oregon, have left for the different parts of the Division territory. and will visit each mill as soon as practicable.

THE FELLOW WHO'LL TAKE MY PLACE

Here is a toast I want to drink. To a fellow I'll never t11e1pTo the man who's going to take my place When it's time for me to go. I wonder what sort of a chap he'll be, And I hope I can take his hand, Just to whisper "I wish you well, old man," In a way that he'll understand.

I'd like to give the cheering word That I've longed at times to hear, I'd like to give him the warm hand clasp When never a friend seems near.

I've learned my lesson by sheer hard work And I wish I could pass it on, To the follow who'll come to take my place Some day when I am gone.

Will he see all the mistakes I've made? Will he count all the battles lost? Will he ever guess of the tears they've caused' Or heartaches they have cost? Will he see through failures and fruitless toil To the underlying plan? And catch a glimpse of the real intent In the heart of the vanquished man?

So here's to your health, old chap; I drink As a bridegroom to his bride.

I'll leave an unfinished task for youBut God knows how I tried-

I've dreamed my dream as all men do, And never a dream came true; And my prayer today is that all my dreams May be realized by you.

And we'll meet some day in the great unknown, Out in the realms of space i -

You'll know my clasp when I take your hand And gaze in your tired face.

Then all my failures will be successes, In the light of the new-found dawn; So here's to your health, you dear old chap Who'll take my place when I'm gone.

The Other Way

"Does you take dis woman fo' you' lawful wedded wife!" asked the colored parson, glancing at the short, diminutive, watery-eyed, bowlegged bridegroom who stood beside two hundred and ten pounds of feminine assurance. "Ah takes nuthin'," gloomily replied the bridegroom. "Ah'm bein'tooked."

Robert Burns

His was a soul bathed in crystal. He hurried to avow everything. There was no reticence inhim. The only obscure passage in his life is the love-passage with Highland Mary, and as to that he was silent not from shame, but because it was a sealed and sacred episode. "What a flattering idea," he once wrote, "is a world to come. There shall I with speechless agony or rapture recognize my lost, my ever dear Mary, whose bosom was fraught with truth, honor, constancy, and love."

But he had, as the French say, the defects of his qualities. His imagination was a supreme and celestial gift, but his imagination often led him w4ong, and nwer more than with women. The chivalry that made Don Quixote see the heroic in all the common events of life made Burns (as his brother tells us) see a goddess in every girl he approached; hence many love affairs, and some guilty ones, but even these must be judged with reference to time and circumstances. This much is certain: had he been devoid of genius they would not have attracted attention. It is Burns' pedestal that affords a target.-Rosebery.

A Dirty Dig

A Congressman from Indiana called an Illinois Congressman a jackass. The expression was unparliamentary and he was called upon for an apology.

"I'll withdraw the unfortunate word Mr. Speaker, but I insist that the gentleman from Illinois is out of order," said the gentleman from Indiana.

"FIow am I out of order?" yelled the gentleman from Illinois.

"I don't know for sure," said the gentleman from Indiana. "Possibly a veterinary surgeon could tell you."