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in a better position today than ever before to furnish mixed and
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line of work have regular contracts with the large con-

New Orleans Reports That There is Going to Be sumers of sugar and other barreled goods, taking
the old packages, at a stated price, as fast as they are
Some Sugar-Barrel Business in Louisiana This emptied, and finding a ready place for them, after they

Season. Soft Drink Barrels in Demand have been put in condition.

Recent Stock Shipments to Mexico Have Been Good

It is generally believed that there going to be some is men. The business has grown, and the gardens and A good many barrels, both tight and slack, are now
sugar-barrel business in Louisiana during the coming truck fields have become so extended that the larger being used Tampico, Mexico, but, as the made-up
in

season. If that is the case it is now high time for the growers direct to northern dealers and do
sell their own barrels are too bulky for ocean transportation, the
sugar men to be looking out for their barrel supply, shipping. This not only saves them the profit of the Mexicans buy stock and make their packages on the
middleman, but also the expense of a long haul to town, Some good stock shipments for that port
this Company and its subsidiaries have been but nothing is farther from their thoughts. Last sea-
son's partial crop failure left many of them with barrels
on hand which they could not use, and with stock orders
and, quite as a matter of course, the vegetables shipped
direct from the farm reach destination in much better
ground.
have left here recently.

condition than those which have been hauled around and Cuba Good Market for Tobacco Barrels
placed which had to be canceled, and they are sore.

The sugar going to come back, and will come re-handled. Cuba has long been a good buyer of barrels in shook

producing Tight Staves and Heading

barrel is

back to a certain extent on the crop that is now grow- All this, inchanges the aspect of the
a measure, form as containers for bottles, but that business is now
ing, but this time the sugar man is going to wait until few very large orders
barrel business, for, instead of a exceedingly quiet. Some of the breweries there are
he is dead sure that he will need the barrels before he from commission houses, the cooper now receives a buying stock and making their packages on the ground,
buys the stock. To offer him stock now is more likely great many small orders from farmers. while others have, for the time being, stopped calling

to start a fight than to get an order. In order to make for barrels. The most important trade with Cuba at
right before he goes ahead, he will watt Barrels Are Made Up Where Used present is in tobacco barrels. These barrels take 30-
sure that he is

immediate inch G. and 24-inch G. M. heading.

M. staves Of
until the last minute, and then yell for The Mancuso Cooperage Co.. Inc., at Kenner, being
delivery. in the heart of the most important trucking center, gets course, pine heading can not be used for this purpose,

many as the odor of the pine would injure the flavor of the
the best of the business in that neighborhood. In
The Question of Stock and Barrel Prices tobacco.
other neighborhoods where the suffi- business is not
An opinion often expressed among the trade here is cient to justify the maintenance of a large shop the
that prices are too high all around, that the revival of barrels are ordered from the city shops. The cooper
business is retarded by efforts in certain quarters to
HOW TO MAKE BUSINESS GOOD
made-up barrels

MOORE STAVE
finds that the delivery of the is ex-
Says the Canadian Ji'oodworkcr and Purnilure Manu-

LUCAS E. CO. keep up prices near their war-time level, and that con-
ditions can not improve until there has been a general
reduction in prices all along the line. However this
pensive.
lishes
To
branch shops,
little
cut down this delivery

sends out a few hand-coopers and a few truckloads of

expense he estab-
sometimes only temporary,
facturer:
Hoover gave the business world some-
"Secretary
thing to think about when he released data gathered
may be, it is certain that the cutting of prices on barrels
NEW ORLEANS NEW YORK has never done the trade any good here, and if prices
are to be reduced, the next cut must be made in some
stock and makes up the barrels right where they are
to be used.
by his department to show that business conditions
were 'better fundamentally than they were psycho-
other quarter. Just ot the present time some of the logically.' In other words, Mr. Hoover thinks that if
Benefits Are Equally Distributed
stock mills find it advisable to close down, or to run on business men would quit moping around and waiting
This is a little unhandy for the cooper at times, but
for their forecaster to tell them how business is, and
short time, to avoid crowding the market and reducing
Mr«\ir]rsvirAS>(in it enables him to keep things going, and the reduction get busy and go out after it, they would find it. There
stock prices, while the coopers have to fill all orders
in delivery costs more than offsets its disadvantages,
obtainable, regardless of price, to keep the trade from has been altogether too much attention given to busi-
while the gardener can ship his vegetables fresh and in
using some other package. ness cycles, and other mysterious laws which are sup-
good packages, and if there is anything wrong with the manager to know in advance
posed to enable a sales
Stock Manufacturers Must Not Forget the packages he has the cooper at hand to set it right.
w^hen business is .going to be good or bad. Business

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This city is, for the time being, entirely out of the Trade Appearances That Are Misleading getting out and hustling for it. Business is going
cooperage stock market, and the mills have almost dis- It sometimes happens that from watching a shop in to be bad when they (luit hustling and camp around
city you would conclude that there was not enough that for The

The Sutherland-Innes Company

continued making offerings here. In the expectation this the office hard times.
bewailing idea
of a record-breaking season the coopers stocked up to 1>usiness stirring to maintain the shop, while in reality every period of good business there must be a
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the limit of their storage capacity, and although they the cooper has his men out on the farms at work, and corresponding period of bad business is nothing but
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pure bunk, for which hard-headed business men pay
LIMITED now have enough business to keep them going, it is
so much less than they had expected that they have
has business enough to enable him to keep on living.
good money. There are a fev.- factors which a sales
not materially reduced their stocks, and they are selling General Barrel Demand Keeps Things Moving manager must watch, because they indicate a probable

Chatham, Ontario, Canada to each other instead of buying from the outside.
course, this condition can not continue much longer,
and it would be a mistake for the stock salesman to
Of For some time past there has been a
ness in barrels and halves for fish and other sea foods,
good little busi- price trend such as foreign
export of gold, crop conditions, building statistics, etc.
But the idea of quitting just because some cyclist thinks
competition, import and

but the season for these shipments is now closed, and

forget that this old town is still on the map. it will be some time before there are any more orders it is time to stage a panic is certainly not in keeping

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to be had from that trade. with the which has made Canadian business what
spirit
Attention, Pine Stave Manufacturers Nor with the spirit which has made the
There is always some demand for coffee barrels, and. it is today."
Now and then there some inquiry for pine staves,
is business of our glorious United States what it is today.
STOCK FOR We make a specialty but, so far
Any
as we can learn, there is no supply available.
mill with a reasonable freight rate to New Orleans
although that business is small
The Brooklyn shop is making some sugar barrels, and
it helps along some.

TRADE REVIVAL SUCH AS OUR

also filling some good orders for asphalt barrels. PREDICTS

Staves
is

Sugar, Flour, Salt, of High Grade Stock and having pine staves to offer .should find some way GENERATION HAS NOT YET KNOWN
of making the fact known. Breweries Thriving on Soft-Drink Trade on the eve of a trade revival, in the
The country is

Cement, Lime, Fruit for both Domestic Truck Barrel Trade Looking Up Most of the old breweries here are thriving, running, opinion of J. Philip Bird. Trenton. N. J. president of
of course, on soft drinks, and using a few bottle l)arrels. the Manufacturers' Association of New Jersey. Issuing
and Export Trade. New

Hoops While the cooperage business in Orleans is very

and all kinds of quiet, to the casual seems quieter than it
observer it
In fact, the Jackson brewery uses enough barrels to the call for the association's tenth
Atlantic City,
annual convention,
May 2d and 3d. Mr.
justify the maintenance of a small coopershop. making which convened in
really is. After two serious freezes had destroyed the
Packing Barrels We have a number of cars main crop of vegetables, and long-continued bad l)ottle-barrcls
of course, has
right
its
where they are to be used, which,
advantages, though it does not help
Bird said
"Our convention
:

year has a special importance

this
weather had retarded the planting of new crops, it
of choice Millrun 28^" because I believe conditions are favorable for a general

Heading
1 3 the regular shops.
= m was thought that this section would not produce garden
revival of trade in the fall such as we have not known
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§ I mixed Hardwood Staves, truck sufficient to Kup; '^ tne local needs. Now, how-
Install Machinery for Making Vinegar and in our generation. With Europe at last brought to her
ever, that fine .'.cather seems to have come to stay, the
I I principally Black Ash. gathering cunsjueraLii; crops, raised by
Molasses Barrels senses and galvanized into a resumption of normal
Aiconoi, vvine, Uu, i i
grtiuCiicrs are
means known only There is some business being done in the
always activities, this country as the one prepared nation in all
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: thoroughly seasoned, to themselves.
tight line here, both new and second-hand, though a the world inevitably must profit enormously. It is essen-
Syrup, Fish, Olives,
and all kinds of
Liners 5 §
ready for immediate ship-
ment, and will be pleased
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Small quantities of
town
produce is being brought to
this
and so around the French Market
for shipment,
and on Poydras Street there is some demand for produce
barrels, enough demand to keep a few coopers interested.
good many of the u.sers of tight packages make their
own.
shops,
Some
and the Burbank
of this work, however, goes to the regular
Cooperage Co. has secured
tial that the manufacturers of New Jersey, the sixth

industrial State in the Union, be prepared."

such a good share of this trade that has installed ma- STAVE PLANT IS REOPERATING
to receive inquiries for it

Wann. Mena,
Casks or Barrels for same. This is all choice
How Changing Marketing Conditions Effect chinery that is now in full operation, making molasses The stave and heading plant of H.
has resumed operations, following its rehabilitation after
Ark.,

Let Us Quote Prices \

Produce Barrel Trade and vinegar barrels by the most improved methods.
The Rurbanks are still making slack barrels by hand, fire had partially destroyed it. The loss to the plant was
Liquids. Canadian stock. The smallncss of these shipments from the city
and also have a good trade in second-hand packages. covered bv insurance.
markets is due
changed marketing conditions.
to In
the past the gardeners have been largely dependent on
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the city brokers, who have barreled the products and Second-Hand Barrels Always in Demand WILL BUILD HEADING MILL
shipped them out. either buying them outright, or The business in second-hand barrels has not suffered J. A. announces he will immediately start
Beimett
handling them on a commission basis. Lately, however, with the rest of the cooperage trade, for these used the building of a heading plant at Purvis. Miss. Mr.
the growers have been drifting away from the middle- packages are always in demand. Shops engaged in this Bennett is an experienced heading manufacturer.
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WESTERN COOPERAGE COMPANY WILL COOPERAGE COMPANIES CONSOLIDATE
Barrel Trade Changes, But New Tub, Pail, Kit Plants ENLARGE LOS ANGELES PLANT Louisville Reports Tremendous Selling of Straw- Announcement of the consolidation of the Wright
(Cal.) Times with
berries for Syrup Production Has Created
In its April 21st issue the Los Angeles Barrel and Export Company, Jacksonville. Ela.,

Thrive in Industrial Romance of Minneapolis carried the following interesting article

concerning the the Interstate Cooperage Company, the new concern to

One of Minneapolis' leading newspapers. The Journal with the substitution of bags for flour, the demand for
activitiesof the Western Cooperage Company. Portland,
Oregon, of which company Watson Eastman is president. Demand for Brewery Vat Space for bear the name of the Interstate Cooperage Company,
was made recently by A. R. Ticknor, vice-president and
has been carrying a series of articles to chronicle what
barrels fell off so greatly that manufacture of butter
Now
The article says: Sugaring Purposes general manager of that company, who has oflfices in

the iiulnstrial life of the city has heen and to

prove a tubs was launched. most of the products are these "Through the offices of W. H. Daum & Staff, indus- Jacksonville. The consolidation took effect March 22d.

post such manufacturing possibilities

pointing to butter tubs, the sale of which has increased rapidly. trial realtors and underwriters, the Western Cooperage one-head produce, J. J. Blow, of Titusville, Pa., is president of the new
sign half barrels, 60ca65c sugar, 90ca$l
The tight barrel trade in Louisville reports that while ; ;

largest milling Creameries take mo.st of the tubs, which are made of Company, a $5,000,000 corporation operating the largest concern. addition to this position, Mr. Blow has
In
as the future may hold for the world's and some future 60c; two-head, 65c; poultry, 70ca80c; No. 2 stock, sugar-
The firm employs about 100 men. of inquiry has been a little better, little
and heading plants in Mississippi and
center. The following article is the twenty-ninth
in the southern ash. cooperage industry in the West, with factories at Port- sized produce, 70ca75c.
large stave
whom The annual sales total aliout business been booked, there has been a lack of
has
series, and as it deals with cooperage,
our readers will 30 are cooix>rs. land. Seattle and San Francisco, as well as Los Angeles, -Mabama and was interested in both of the firms that
All of the products are made by machinery. immediate shipment orders, with the result that the Cooperage Inquiries Are Improving, Say.
find of special interest. $350,000. has purchased a of two and one-half acres in the
site merged here yesterday. The new head of the Inter-
cooperage plants are really no busier than they have
it

The demand for butter tubs has grown so steadily that

Huntington Park Industrial tract, and immediately con- ^^ ^ RoUwage state Cooperage Company i)lans to move to Jackson-
day four years. Peter been. General production has been quiet for the better ',
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has tracted with the Austin Company for the construction of of the Chess & Wymond Co., reported
.

Entirely for Flour the firm not lost a in

H i
ville in the near future and will make that city his
When Barrel* Were Used '- Ro
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part of the last six months, but outlook is showing just
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Other officers of the new company are

modern « like many
is factory, cc other headtjuarters.
the early days in the Hour-milling industry
"From in a series of 1 ,1 •
mat coonerace was
that cooperage suffering
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and candy a little improvement now that the summer consuming ^ k„ ;„pcc
"A full line of butter tubs, lard tubs pails,
which put the Los .Angeles plant on buMUtSN ,-
looked as ::
J. N. Gibson, of Decatur, Ala., treasurer. and R. J.
Minneapolis, the world's largest milling center, when
tive buildings, will a sight depression, but that it
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it
crop frnm
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and pickle kits are made by the Bousfield Wooden- north for season is close at
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hand.
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The strawberry ,^, '
,
„..^ ;.„,.r^.;.,fT • •

coming shortly, as inquiries„ are improving

•

pails with the best of their plants in the wou

,
Miller, of Jacksonville, secretary.
barrels were used entirely for shipment of flour, untd a par .,
Kentucky,
,
^u
and southern^ c*^foo will
States
Tennessee ..-u .:tnrf
start I
d start
ware Company, of which Louis Bousfield is president. efficiency and quantity of production.
,
The consolidation of the two firms gives the Inter-
today, when cooperage is a dwindling industry and moving within the next few weeks, provided the weather
somewhat.
been built The products all are manufactured in the plant here. state Cooperage Company five barrel plants in Elorida
other related and thriving industries have In Vernon Tract ever settles down enough to ripen the crop, which it Shipping a Fair Volume of Stock, Say* N. White
in in- The spruce wood is sawed on the Pacific coast by a j^ J.
and Georgia, all of them in close proximity to turpen-
on foundations laid 45 to 50 years ago. a chapter on the west side of is claimed will be large and from an increased acreage. ^.
written. company related to the Minneapolis plant, of which "The site of this new plant is
^ ^. ^^.^^.^^^ ^^^^ j Cooperage Co.. reported
„^,isville tine stills. Two more plant'; will be installed in the near
dustrial romance of Minneapolis has been
plants Fayette Bousfield, formerly of Minneapolis, is president Bicket Street, just north of Slauson Avenue, and is Movement of Strawberry Crop WUl Call for slow business in barrels and kegs. Mr. White recently future, officials of the com|)any stated, one in southeast
"Thirty years ago at least ten large cooperage
reijuirc- as well as vice-president of the Minneapolis company. one of the few remaining industrial sites in what is vari- Tight Barrels returned from a trip to the company mills m the S<nith. Florida and another in central Georgia. The i)resent
operated in Minneapolis, supplying the barrel
ments of the mills. Today bags have taken the
place The staves for the products are sent to Minneapolis. ously known as the Maywood. the Huntington Park and
Movement of, some .•„
strawberriesin-
.••11 will
u
resuU in
•
.„« He reported that the company had been shipping a
\\ '
r •,. n„„wi., . ind
<t-,vP and
plants are located in Tampa, Ocala. Lake City. Jack-
A in which more than a score of import- r \
siKcial export i)ackage for lard is one of the articles the Vernon tract, . If fair volume
.
of stock from
,
its Oneida, Ua.. sta\e sonville. Fla., and Valdosta, Ga.
intensive .
xi
of barrels to a large extetit. In the days of demand from
, , , I
'"
creased demand for tight packages, as the ;
coopers were made here and sold to packers in Chicago and at other ant industries have been developed within the past three "fading mi s.
J'*"
manufacturing of barrels probably 1.500 soft drink and .syrup manufacturers, ice cream pro-
points. The butter tubs are sold largely in the north- years in the metal and building material trades.
engaged, while today there are less than 150. ducers. has develoi)cd considerably since the war,
etc.. p^^ Important New Organization GRAHAM STAVE AND HEADING CO.
west. The lard and candy pails are sent over the
all "All five of the buildings in this new plant are to be
and the berry producers have been selling tremendous connection with the recentlv-announced organized IS ORGANIZED
Changes country. There are 60 employees in the Minneapolis of steel and brick in the Austin modern types, one story j^^
Kept Abreast of quantities of berries for syrup production. In fact,
plant, the antuial output of which is estimated at in height. The factory building is 90 by 140 feet stave ; (.^^,^^,^^ g^.^^.^ ^.^^j Heading Co., Jackson. Miss., and of Organization of the Graham Stave and Heading Co.,
Minneapolis retained the industry by keeping over the past three or four years there has been a the Chess
"But $5(H).000 by Mr. Bousfield. warehouse 109 by 140 feet, barrel warehouse 109 by 140 ^^ j^.^j^ company Eugene Graham is president, successors to the Chess & Wymond Co.. of Louisiana,
abreast of the demands and today is supplying
hundreds spring demand in Louisville for brewery vat space for
feet, boiler house 25 by 40. and ofiice building 24 by 34 ^ Wymond Company, of Louisiana, has recently tiled
was recently announced and became effective April 10th.
of butter tubs, shipping pails and pickle khs.
virtually All Processes in Plant Here sugaring down berries, prior to placing them in tight
which the capital
feet. The total cost, exclusive of land will be about ^^^^,^^,^,^1 ^^ticles of incorporation, in Mr. Eugene Graham, who has been associated with
all machine-made, and the smaller
number of barrels "The Mc\'oy Tub. Pail and Package Company mami- containers for shipment. $350,000. and listing
and when in full operation the plant will give
$75.(X)0, ^^,^^ from $700.(XX) to
reduced the Chess & Wymond Co.. of Louisiana, for the past
are
needed, as well as the bags. These pails and tubs factures wooden tubs and pails for butter, lard, fish employment to between fifty and a hundred men. Eugene Graham, William A. Watts and C. B. Wymond manager of
35 years, will be president and and general
many Lenten Poultry Demand Increase. Call for
distributed to manufacturers in the northwest and and other similar products. Packers and candy manu- among the incorporators. the newly-organized Graham Stave and Heading Com-
Slack Barrel*
other parts of the o.untry. Some of them go into facturers are the largest buyers of these articles and the Has Huge Business The Graham Stave and Heading Co., with capital pany. The principal office of the company will be
. A ;.,.f oK^„f .\-
I„ the slack cooperage trade ,h,ngs are u,t about
, ,

foreign countries with products of packers. i)rincipally distribution is largely confined to the Middle West. "The Western Cooperage Company is owned by the j35,„^„_,i,yiity lin,it. $1.000.n(»-has been incor- located Jackson. Miss., with finishing plants
from Chicago.
"Manufacturers of barrels, butter tubs, ice cream
Chicago is one of the big markets for this firm. In
the Minneapolis plant the processes range from cutting
Eastman and Woerner families, the latter having bought
out the Sullivan interest in 1906. It operates its own
the same as they have bee,,. The ten en eason de-
veloped a b,g demand ,n , he East for dressed poulry
1'
J ^^^^ ^^ ^
^^^
^^..„.^_,^ ^ ^^.^„^
^^^^^^ ^^^^
Mississi])pi
at
and Louisiana.
in

Kentucky for slack barrels y- i In speaking of the new organization. President

tubs, shipping and candy pails employ about 285
which increased demand in •

the logs to turning out the finished products. Basswood lumber mills and has built up a huge business through- mcorporators. Graham says that the Graham Stave and Heading Co.
persons and contribute $1,675,000 of the products for shipments of chickens, ducks, geese, etc.
is the principal raw material. The steel hoops are pur- out the West. Los Angeles has been the least of its will continue to give the same expert attention to the
„. „ v B. Marcilliat Shot from Ambush
Mi*cellaneous o DemandJ
to the market. There are about J-
chased in the Pittsburgh district. manufacturing and distributing points, due to adverse Barrel1 ri Vane* ..•
manufacture of its established line of Quality tight
"Virtually all of the requirements of this territory 45 employees in the i)lant, and the sales run to $250,000 freight rates and distance from raw lumber but Charles _, •
Tci, l,«„cAc On
^ Bauer, Ky., between Stearns. Ky.. and
April 1st, at
barrel staves and heading as has ever been done and
;

There has been some business from the

, , 1 f »i hsh houses i
t^ ^^^..^^^
are purchased from Minneapolis manufacturers and
>
c .\ vt
Martin McVoy, president of of the Los Angeles plant, states ,.\\ Somerset, on timber property of the Bauer Cooperage
J. Woerner, manager
a year. Sr.. is this c.if all inquiries and orders will receive prompt attention.
Salt 1,..
, • ,
,
business has been normal. , 1
whi e flour Iuin . r^i
there is a surplus of middle west and national distri-
a so. ^ , A- it .,^«.K„rrr l.,.l
Co., of Cincinnati. Ohio, and Lawrenceburg. Ind., John
lr^h,^ .-

comi)any. that the tremendous growth in importance of the South- ^^1, .^,., •
., . , .

noi amounicu
not amounted to >ei> much
u. verv u while cement call is slow. r, r^ ^
Marcilliat. supermtendent of the Bauer Company s op-
. r . . , •

bution. "The Creamery Package Manufacturing Company west since the war. together with the increase of pro-
of butter tubs has become an The green produce shipping season will, however ar,
SOME OF THE FINEST MISSISSIPPI RED AND
"The manufacture makes wooden butter tubs and ice cream packing tubs, duction, both agricultural and manufacturing, requiring ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^

,n soon, when shippmg^of early stock in iced barre s to WHITE OAK IS ON THE RAINEY ESTATE
important industry. These tubs are made of southern
sold largely to creameries. The Minneapolis plant is either tight or slack coopered containers, makes it
^^.^^ ^,^^ ^^^
the East will begin. potato shipping season starts The Vanover, a
ash. Pacific coast spruce, or basswood. one of 17 factories operated by this company, distribu- advisable for the company do more manufacturing at
to J ^>-
1"^ i'*^ ^ ,>,oodhounds trailed T. The Memphis office of H. M. Spain & Co. has been
in Julv. but of late years potatoes have been going in
"Barrels are used by manufacturers other than and
'
nrrp^ted
farmer, to his home, and the man was arresteci aiui
ting throughout the world. The Minneapolis i)lant sup- this point aiul to concentrate efforts on freight equali-
•^
-
i
.
, 1 1 employed to make a "tree-to-tree" estimate of all the
bulk or bags to a considerable extent.
millers today, although the mills still require a limited plies the northwest trade. Special machinery is re(|uired zation. ^^^^^^^^^ ^^.^,^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ p^„^^^, ^ ^,„^^j,^^„y merchantable timber on the estate of the late Paul J.
number. Southern elm and gumwood now are being for this modern plant. The staves for the tubs are made " 'This will mean.' said Mr. Woerner. 'that Los The Tight Stave and Heading Market employee, stated that an hour and a half before the shoot- Rainey. at Cotton Plant. Miss. The estate contains a
used, since there is a growing shortage of maple of white ash. which comes from .Arkansas, a wood that more and more of the millions of i.ig. the suix'rintendent had an argument with Van- hunting reserve of about 11.000 acres in Tippah and
.Angeles will get Stave and heading prices show no material change.
and birchwood, once used extensively. is specially adapted to the storage and shipping of butter. annual business adjustments
as freight rate over, about the cutting of ties from company property. Union Counties. There is said to be some of the
as fast Some of the southern houses are asking 38ca39c a set
"The two manufacturing barrel companies remain- This company jobs many of the other i)roducts of the make it practical to ship the finished cooperage i)roduct f.dlowing a report that timber was being cut. resulting finest red oak and white oak still remaining in Missis-
for red oak circled heading, around $55 a thousand for
ing in Minneapolis are pioneer institutions and both company, manufactured in other cities. The sales from this city by rail or from this port by water, and in Marcilliat and Ballon ruling to that point to
inspect
sippi on this reserve. Mrs. Grace Rainey Rogers, sister
red oak staves, and $60 for white oak, with spirit staves at
are co-operative, with many of their employees stock- volume of products made in Minneapolis runs to about the damage, and resulting in the argument It was
of the late Paul Rainey. the sole owner of the land.
we are building here a plant that will be amjjle for all around $100 a thousand. Bourbon staves are scarce and J. is

later in the day that the shooting took place, from

holders. $4(K).(KX1 to $500.(M)() a year, and there are 50 employees. the cooi)erage the Southwest will use. We anticipate high, but there is practicallv no demand for them, they
W. M. Paulson is the manager." continued growth of the city and of Los Angeles manu- l-bind a fallen tree. Following the shooting Ballon
Plants Retain Prestige being priced at from $125a$150 a thousand at mill RECEIVER IS APPOINTED FOR WOOD
facturers, and are ready to invest as much capital here saw a man run through the woods, but was too far away
Mimieapolis the earlier days shipping points. Heading has been a little higher than
"The prestige given in
for identification. PRODUCTS FIRM
for the manufacture of barrels in the market where the SEEKING NEW COOPERAGE PLANT SITE as the trade can absorb or recpiire. it was. Production of tight cooperage stock was off .

"Having operated in leased <|uartcrs at 1919 Bay

" Mr. had been in the company s employ
Marcilliat Walter Murphy and W. McCauley. attorneys, were
flour milling industry grew to greatest proportions has Representatives of the Brooklyn Cooperage Company, over a considerable portion of the winter, and while J.

Street up to the present, the fact that we are investing for some years At one time he was with the Chess & appointed receivers for the Ideal Wood Products Com-
a shade heavier now. it is still far from active,
as the
been retained for manufacturers of barrels and related along with a representative of the plant in Georgetown,
hundreds of thousands of dollars in land and buildings ^y-ond Co.. I.xnsville. and for a time was located at pany, manufacturers of wooden articles. 4736 Spring
wooden articles. Manning, S. C. and its vicinity recently for market has not favored the producer.
visitrd
speaks for itself as evidence of our conviction that Los New Orleans. He is survived by his wife, three daugh- Grove Avenue, in Common Pleas Court. Cincinnati,
"These are the firms which manufacture these purpose of looking over the country to select a
the
Angeles is the coming world city that the Greater Los The Tight Barrel and Keg Market (^.rs, two sisters and three brcuhers. Ohio. .\i)ril 2A. The business is conductec' by Charles
product*; site for a plant to cut the timl)cr in and around Santee
.Angeles .Association is sponsoring.'" The and keg market show practically no
tight barrel P. Morton and Joseph W. Brockmann.
"Creamery Package Manufacturing Company. 2830 Swamp in the near future. Amend*
"**" Charter
change, quotations having remained on the same gen- ^ ,> u n \ suit asking for appointment of the receivers and
Colfax Avenue. S.. butter and ice cream packing tubs. Mr. Sullivan, president of the concern, stated that no The Louisville Silo and Tank ,
Co.. has
.i
-cently fiU^ i

eral fist for the past six months or more, but there
has dissolution of the partnership was filed by Morton,
"Hennepin County Barrel Company. 2312 Xineteenth definite platis had been made and that he was not able amended articles reducing its capital stock from $40,000
APPLE CIDER BAN TO BE REMOVED been some shading at under the establishe<l prices on who says the company is indebted to numerous creditors
Avenue. S.. barrels. to say when the building would start, as bis
exactly to $5,000.
goodly prospects. These quotations read at this report- and and Brockmann are unable to agree on the
that he
"North Star Barrel Company, 1413 Fifth Street, S., company had about two and one-half years' cutting in Free manufacture of apple cider will be permitted
ing as follows: Congratulation*, "Loui* H." Welcome, "John Tyler" manner of conducting the business. He further charges
barrels and tubs. .Arkansas, which they would probably finish before under newly-codified prohibition regulations announced
that from time to time Brockmann has collected sums
"Bousfield Woodenware Compatiy. 2524 Marshall starting another plant. by the Treasury Department, rei)orts the .Associated Spirit ^S?^rTt Xews was recently received from Holly Ridge. La..
j.^,, O^i ^yfat''
of money belonging to the firm and made no accounting.
Street. X. F.. butter and lard pails and pickle kits. Press. These new regulations provide that a permit '
5;
65 $ 70 $1.00 $1.15 of the birth of a son. John Tyler Wymond. to Mr. and
J*
"McVoy Tub. Pail and Package Company. Eleventh and bond will not be recjuired for operation of a custom 2
"'"'
75 1.15 1.30 Mrs. Louis H. Wymond, of the Ch'ss & Wymond Co.,
STAVE COMPANY INCORPORATES .80
SUDDENLY
Avenue. N. F... and Water Street, tubs and pails. cider mill engaged exclusively in the manufacture of 3 g5 .90 L30 1.45 Louisville, who is located at the Holly Ridge Mills. W. C . BROWN DIES
"With the decline of the barrel requirements by the American Stave Manufacturing, Inc., has been incor-
cider from apples owned by others, provided the freshly-
5 7. ".'.r. ".!... 1.25 l'35 2.10 2.35
millers. Minneapolis grew naturally into a center for porated at Xew Orleans, La., with a capital stock of
pressed cider or apple juice is removed promptly to 2.35 2.60 William C(K) years o'd, vice-president and
l'>rown.
10 1.60 1.70
$5,000. State headquarters will l)e in Panola County, WILL ERECT STAVE PLANT treasurer of the Pioneer Coo])erage Co., St. Louis. Mo.,
bag manufacture. the homes of the owners. If the proprietor engages in 5 1 75 1.85 2.60 2.85
,
.\tKwi
<iied .April 1st of dilation of the heart following an
...... ik.
"The Hennepin County Barrel Company makes flour rs.. u.^ ,^iititw i*>,.^ til..
the manufacture of reserved sweet cider or vinegar he 1.90 2.00 2.95 3.20 The American Stave Manufacturing Corporation of
20
and produce barrels to the volume of $175,000 a year. must have a permit and give bond. has purchased from Daniels, attack of acute indigestion, which seized him about 15
25 2.05 2.15 3.20 3.45 Xew Orleans. La., Z. C.
There are about 2iO employees, according to F. C. BARREL- FACTORY HAS FIRE When cider mill patrons take their cider home they 2.30 3.50 3.75 of Beckvillc. Texas. 2.000 acres of virgin timber, known minutes earlier as he was preparing for bed at his
30 2.20
Zadach. secretary. The barrels are used for shipping
Fire started early April 7th in the ruins of the Daniel must not ])ermit itbecome hard or to turn to vinegar.
to 2.85 5.00 5.50 as William Cameron tract.
the will The company home. 5261 Westminster Place. St. Louis. Two phy-
45.50 2.70
flour mill products, coffee, sweeping compounds and turns to vinegar on them the}' stand in technical sicians were in attendance when he died.
L. Pierson barrel factory. Division Street, above Locust, If it
Gum barrels 2.35 erect at once a modern stave plant six and one-half
similar i)roducts. The firm has been in business since
Camden. X. J., which was swept by a $2,(KX) blaze on violation of the regulations as manufacturers of vinegar. miles east of town on the Grand Bluff Road. Part of Although born in Cape Girardeau, Mr. Brown lived in
1879 and volume at one time was many times greater.
its The new regulations, known as regulations Xo. 60, The Slack Slock and Barrel Market placed on the ground. The St. Louis virtually all his life, being connected since
Sunday night, April 6th. About 500 barrels were ^j^^ machinery has been
All except the machine operators of this company are destroyed in the blaze. A large part of the two-story become effective May 1st It is the first general revision con- company expects to manufacture staves for export, and manhood with the cooperage company, of which his
The slack market is unchanged insofar as price is
stockholders. Southern elm and gumwood are used in building was destroyed. undertaken since January. 1920, when prohibition went work into railroad crossties timber that will father was the founder. Mr. Brown's widow. Mrs.
cerned No. 1 gum staves are $15a$l7 a thousand; No. will also
manufacture. The heads of the barrels are made of into effect. length; not make merchantable staves. The plant will employ Mary E. Brown a daughter, Dorothy, and two sons,
;

2 $lla$13- and mill-run, $12a$14 in either

Minnesota basswood. The hoops come from the east. men. and will be in charge of J. I. Alker, who is Warren E. and William C. Brown. Jr., survive, to cnch
"The Xorth Star Company makes barrels and butter WOODENWARE PLANT RESUMES OPERATION with No^ 1 flour heading, $15a$16. and sugar-sized, fifty
Mr. Alker was formerly of New and all of whom sincere sympathy is extended in the
general manager.
The parts of the gasoline engine in Ripley's wooden- VAIL COOPERAGE CO. INCORPORATES $l7a$18 with mill-run at one dollar a thousand under
tubs. The products are shipped throughout Minnesota Orleans and Shreveport, La. Other tracts of timber bereavement that has come to them and to the Pioneer
and into some of the northwest States. This concern ware factory, at Oneonta. N. Y., were received recently The Vail Cooperage Co.. Fort Wayne, Ind., has been No l;'and No. 2, at $3 a thousand under No. 1. Six- Cooperage Co., in the loss of so fine and so beloved
are scarce. will also be purchased, which will insure from three to
and the factory, after being idle for some weeks, incorporated. Aarcm T. Vail. Mabel A. W. foot elm hoops, costing $24a$26 a thousand,
was founded more than 40 years ago and in the earlier Vail, John
five years' run.
an official as was Mr. Brown.
davs confined its activities to barrel manufacture. But has resumed oi)erations again. Vail and Edward .A. Becker are named as directors. The slack barrel market shows flour barrels at 80ca85c
10 THE NATIONAL COOPERS* JOURNAL May, 1924 May, 1924 THE NATIONAL COOPERS* JOURNAL 11

1 ntTioniii
Devoted Exclusively to the Cooperage Industry
mm imiiii the
Thk Journal proclaims
boosting of the wooden barrel should be partici-
pated in by every manufacture of cooperage stock, tight
and slack, and by every barrel man, new and second-
hand, whether an association member or not, since every
now as it has ever done that Orchardists in Ontario, Quebec and
giving very close attention to
of the fruit
now compare
is

favorably western
apples, while the flavor and juiciness far surpasses any-
in
their
improving yearly, so that eastern apples
appearance
Nova
trees,

with
Scotia are
the quality
WANTS HARDWOOD WINE SHOOKS FOR EXPORT

Editor,

is
Our
The
firm,
interested
Boston, Mass., U. S. A., April
National Coopers' Journal:
Tomas & Cia., 1 12
arranging relations with a mill that
in
Beach St.,
25, 1924.

Boston, Mass.,
A
WOODEN BARREL TO THE FORE AT THE
CANNERS' CONVENTION
most comprehensive idea of the extent and import-
ance of the Seventeenth National Canners' Convention,
held recently at Buffalo. N. Y.. is given in the Conven-
HUGH O'DONNELL SPEAKS FOR THE SECOND-

The
splendid
the
HAND BARREL TRADE
Philadelpiiia Public
department
World," which tends to
captioned
Ledger has been carrying a
"In
set forth
the Workshop of
what Philadelphia
member of the industry benefits equally in the good thing yet produced on the Pacific coast. manufactures hardwood wine shooks such as are used tion Digest number of Canning Age, New York, and industrial establishments are doing to maintain the city's
The general demand for flour, sugar, salt, cement and was the wooden supremacy in trade.
which results from trade extension, and we hope that in the Argentine Republic for their wine crops, capacity it especially interesting to note that

a plan to this full participating by other standard stocks is an improvement on last year, of 53-55 gallons each. barrel had a very distinctive place at the convention. Speaking, through this department, for the second-
the future will .see

the entire trade evolved. and tight barrel stock is in good demand for domestic
We understand there are only a few mills in the Not only did some of the tine exhibits of salt manu- hand wooden barrel trade of the Quaker City. Hugh
An association that membership every
numbers in its and export trade. country that manufacture this class of barrel. facturers, notably the Diamond Crystal Salt Co.. St. O'Donnell of Hugh O'Donnell. Inc., Meadow and Sny-
stock and barrel man in the entire industry would be General trade conditions are improving steadily, so
These barrels are manufactured, assembled and then Clair, Mich., have the barrel as a package for their der Avenues, a live-wire trader, says:
we are inclined to be more optimistic than we a dominating position their booths, but "Reclaiming of barrels is not generally referred to
the logical plan, as such an organization would be a that knocked down and shipped as staves, heads and hoops l)roduct, in in
Published Monthly have been for some time, and look forward to a good Cooperage Company. Cleveland, Ohio, among known
power and influence stupendous to contemplate, and and are manufactured of hardwood. the Cleveland as those industries as big business, yet
Home Office. 830 WItberspoon Building. Philadelphia
with this power working to advance and increase the demand for the next six months. W'ould it be possible for your Journal to send us the saw to it that a real cooperage exhibit was on view at it is estimated that upv.ard of l.()0().(K)0 barrels are
M. E. Doane, Editor-Managrer
J. E. MacDonald, Associate Editor sale of the barrel there is no compassing what could be names of the manufacturers or mills that produce this the convention. reclaimed in Philadelphia every year, principally for

done. GENERAL COOPERS REPORT BUSINESS GOOD, article, particularly from the southern part of our Mr. C. C. Berry, president of the Cleveland Cooper- use in its industries. The demand for reclaimed
Above all other packages stands the wooden barrel.
WITH MISCELLANEOUS BARREL DEMAND country? Thanking you, we remain age Co., advised of his regret that no photograph of barrels has in assumed considerable com-
recent years
Entered according to act of Congresa. April 26. J**^- ^"^
matter ai me Let us hold to our heritage and protect our trade pres- WALTER HARTMAN their cooperage exhibit at the Cainiers' Convention had mercial importance. There was a time, however, when
the Librarian of ConKress and as second-class ACTIVE, SAYS C. Yours truly,
Post-Offlce In Philadelphia, Pa.
tige and business success by pulling together in the
Business continues as good or better than we expected
' Tomas & Cia, been taken, therefore, Thk Journal is unable to show peoi)!e didn't take much stock in used wooden barrels.
iniiini
what real boosting was done, but in lieu of a photo,
i
iMinmimiiiiHimmi
In order to be able to supply the demand, barrel re-
iiiiii
iinmiMiiHiiiiiiiniMiiiiiiiiiMiiini iimiiimini
fullest sense of the word. Per A. R. Tomas.
it would be under the rather general depressed condi-
40th Year PHILADELPHIA, MAY, 1924 No. I what the Canning Age says of the Cleveland exhibit claimers are now forced to make contracts with many
tions and the eflforts of some, particularly professionals
imn.miiimHiimMmniiiiiiimiit"
BARRELS WIN OUT OVER SACKS AS willmore than suffice. It says of the largest concerns in the city for the purchase of
stock market, to hammer down prices and create
•Hiiiniiminn niiiiiiiiiiiitmimiinimiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiniiinimiiiiiiniii
in the "THE JOURNAL" SERVES THE WOODEN BARREL "The Cleveland Cooperage Company. Cleveland, Ohio, —an
SUBSCRIPTION CONTAINERS FOR POTATOES We
have noticed that when stock markets their used barrels indication of the expanding
per year. In advance, postage free. In United States
pessimism. MAN BEST BECAUSE IT IS EXCLUSIVELY made their first appearance as exhibitors, and treated program of
fl.OO
The following interesting '.-gram from J. B. Boaz, 1 decline, cooperage stock values usually follow. The COOPERAGE the business.
and Canada. Single copies, 25 cents. ._..,«. the convention with something new and distinctive in
countries.
12 50 per year. In advance, postage free, to foreign president of The Boaz Potato Company, large distribu- decline has been noticed principally in pine heading and "The process of barrel renovation is of interest.
The receipt of the first paper after subscription Is evidence Jacksonville, Fla., April 25. 1924. the way of artistic display of kegs and barrels. These
that order has been received at this office. No other
receipt tors of potatoes at Palatka, Fla.. was read to the Slack elm hoops and the manufacturers of these products They are first put through the cooperage shop, where
Editor. The National Coopers' Journal: are marketed under the Triangle C Brand, and are
will be sent unless requested.
Group in session at St. Louis and created much satisfac- assure us there is no profit in their mill operations on they are made tight, new staves put into them, if nec-
Please enter our subscription for The Coopers' Jour- adapted to a wide range of products such as cider, vine-
ADVERTISING tion the present basis. If this state of affairs is true, prices essary, and new heads put on. If grease or other
N.\L. as we find your Journal furnishes more informa- gar, kraut, pickles, condensed milk, preserves, fruit
:

Advertising of a suitable character will be admitted to our "Associated Cooper.\ge Industries of America, will notbe lower for any great length of time as a cur- materials adhere to the inside of the barrel
A card giving rates will be it then is
columns at reasonable rates. tion for the barrel shop than any other cooperage pub- juices, etc. The Cleveland products were decorated with
sent on application. "St. Louis. Mo. tailment of manufacturing will naturally follow and cleansed witli live steam. When this operation has
lication. Please start our subscription with the ensuing descriptive labels in the form of l)lue ribbons with gold
REMITTANCES "Barrels win out over sacks as containers for Florida even a moderate demand, as can be expected, will been completed the barrel
Remittance may be made by draft, postal order, money month's issue, as April number is at hand. is

order or check to the order of "The National Coopers'

potatoes. The daily government market report cover- influence firmer prices. placed in a 'bath tub' and re-
Yours v-ery truly,
Journal." ing the Philadelphia market, under date of May 3d. The writer has just returned from an extended
Southern Barrel Factory, Inc., volved by machinery while wire
CORRESPONDENCE reads as follows : 'Florida double-head barrels, Spauld- business trip East and the reports received in
in the
The columns of The National Coopers' Journal are open for M. GillER, Secretary and Manager. l)rushes scrub the outside and
the discussion of all topics of general Interest to the cooperage ing's Rose. U. S., No. I's. $7 to $8. Poorer, $6.50; No. the various sections and different lines of trade are give it a fresh appearance. If
Industry, and contributions are solicited from our readers. 2"s. $3.70 to $4; poorer. $3.50. One hundred and fifty- not at all uniform. For example, the lowering sugar
the barrel then needs an interior
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pound sacks Spaulding Rose, U. S.. No. I's. $3.' You prices and general lack of demand has hit the sugar "JOURNAL" ADVERTISING BRINGS INQUIRIES
coat of glue to make it thor-
Our readers will oblige us, when writing to parties adver-
tising In our paper. If they will state that they saw It In
will note that 11 pecks in barrels sell for from $4 to refineries hard and the recovery will not be rapid or FROM ALL OVER, SAYS L. LAYTON oughly tight for such use as a
the advertisement In "The National Coopers' Joomal." This
and Is
$5 more than 10 pecks in sacks. We have been threat- realized until the surplus of sugar is reduced. Portland, Ore., April 21, 1924.
container of oil, gets In
Is little trouble, and costs nothing, but It helps us
it it.

Information wanted by ndvertisers. ened with farmers using sacks instead of barrels in this General coopers report business quite good, which Editor, The National Coopers' Journal, :
some cases a paraffine or silicate
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section, but we think this will forever get that notion means that the miscellaneous trade in the various kinds We want you to know that we are receiving inquiries
coat given the interior. The
is
ASSOCIATION MEETING, JUNE 4th, 5th, 6th, out of their heads. Tell the boys about this, as we of slack barrels is fairly active. No large quantity of from over the United States and Canada from our
all
container then is ready to be
make them good. Wish I could be manufactured products of any kind is going abroad advertisement in The Journal and from our letter,
NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE CONVENTION, think it will feel
I)ainted. if the trade in which
with you. but business keeps me on the job. in barrels and such lines of business as the cement trade which appeared Journ.al's April number, which
in The
BOSTON, MASS. ANNUAL MEETING "Boaz Potato Co." are extremely quiet so far as the slack barrel business
it is to be used demands decora-
goes to show that advertising in business is as neces- tion.
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is concerned. sary as to produce the goods themselves. W^estern fir "Naturally, the cost of pre-
PULLING TOGETHER PROSPECTS FOR A GOOD APPLE CROP ARE In regard to the prospective apple crop, the buying products— our line of manufacture are certainly — pared used barrels is less than
DECIDEDLY PROMISING, SAYS has been just as spasmodic and irregular as the ideas moving.
No action taken by The Associated Cooperage Indus- the cost of new containers, but
tries America since its organization will return
of C. M. VAN AKEN in the minds of the growers have varied in reference Thanking you for the co-operation that The Journal when they have gone through
to future business. Following a reasonably strong wave has always given us, we are,
greater and more far-reaching trade prosperity and busi- It is not altogether surprising that this month has the process of renovation many
of buying last fall, considerable stock was sold in the Very truly yours,
ness success than that taken at the ninth annual in St. been rather unsettled as far as cooperage prices are of them sell for three-fourths
various eastern districts until about March 1st and since Layton Cooperage Co., Inc.,
Louis, when the tight branch of the industry finally concerned. The good, drying weather during the early of the original price.
that date few orchardists or fruit barrel manufacturers L. Lavton, President.
decided to join forces with the slack group in its trade part of this month enabled the mills to catch up on their "In and sheds of
the yards
extension work. hoop orders, and the apparent uncertainty on the part
have come into the market. We would estimate that
Diamond Company's Slogan was "The Salt That's All Salt."
Cryst.il Salt barrel-reclaiming companies are
from one-third to one-half of the apple-barrel stock (Courtesy of The Canning Age. Note prominent position of
woodin barrel.)
With both the tight and slack l)ranchcs interested in
of the mills as to the demand prompted quite a decided
that will be used in the eastern and southeastern fruit
HOUSTON COOPERAGE AND TUB CO. NEW high stacks of containers, classi-
and supporting the trade extension movement tre- reduction in hoop prices. This has influenced the prices ORGANIZATION fiedaccording to their uses. There are barrels for wine
districts has now been delivered or purchased for future which added a great deal to the effectiveness
lettering,
mendous strides can be made in the one vital way by of heading and staves somewhat, which has made the and whisky, glucose and molas.ses. sugar and flour,
delivery. HousTo.v, Texas, April 1. 1924.
of the entire display. .As a convenience to those desiring
which the use of the barrel can be increased wooden month of April more or less of a seesaw as regards vinegar, oil. pork, tallow and grease, sauerkraut and
Our general conclusions are that in the various lines Editor. Coopers' Journal:
The National to inspect the liners, samples of staves were shown
and extended, to say nothing of the satisfaction of prices. alcohol and tar."
seeing our trade package re-assert and re-entrench itself
of business in which the cooix?rage man is interested, writing to advise you that myself, as former presi-
Am coated with the .several compounds used for the pur-
I)ickles.
There good demand for cooperage along promis-
a Extensive use of road spring has increased
dent, and Mr. J. Becker, vice-president, have severed
is oil this
conditions relative to future volume and profit for the pose by this company. Charles C. Berry and George
in all such lines as have heretofore favored it as a cuous lines, the prosi)ect of a good fruit crop is de- the demand for used barrels c<Misiderably. according to
balance of this year are uncertain and one guess is our connections with the Texas Barrel Co., of this city. B. Lee had charge of the first Cleveland exhibit."
shipping package. cidedly promising and it is quite likely that the month Mr. O'Donnell. who started business twenty-five years
about as good as another as to what the d'-mand will have organized a new company, to be known as
We Ofthe exhibit of the Diatnond Crystal Salt Co., in
never the thing that happens to a business, trade
It is of May will show considerable stimulation in the prices
We now have ago with $15 and a broken-down wagon, and who today
be and whether prices will decline further or advance. the Houston Cooperage and Tub Co. which exhibit the wooden barrel had the "center of the
or industry that counts, but it is ever the reaction that of all cooperage material.
kinds of slackIt is not is regarded as the largest renovator of used barrels in
In our opinion the old rule of supply and demand will our new building under construction and will be ready floor," -so to speak. Canning Age says:
spells disaster or success, and. while the cooperage indus- expected that prices will unreasonably advance in fact,
;

control, and considering the curtailed output at prac- for business in May. We
will put in machinery for the
"Diamond Crystal Salt Company. St. Clair. Mich.,
this city.
try, as a whole, has been regretfully sluggish and woe- there no reason why they should. At the same time,
is and The small kegs home-made wines
manufacture of all kinds of wood barrels, kegs ice fall trade in for
all mills, we do not look for a surplus stock
fully proper reaction to changes which have
slow in the the demand that we have and the prospect of a future
tically
came back as convention exhibitors after an absence of has increased tremendously since prohibition, he says.
to be offered on the market. cream tubs with patent bottoms, the best ever.
taken place in their trade, so far as strenuously fighting demand are sufficient to justify the oi)inion that the several years, featuring Diamond Crystal Salt, or to
Please enter our subscription and mail The Journal 'The Salt That's All
Old whisky barrels al.so are u.sed in this trade.
to hold and increase their share of business in the pack- early summer will show something of an advance in quote the words of their slogan. "As a rule, the fall season is the heaviest." Mr. O'Don-
regularly to us,
age contest which has been waging for some time is con- cooperage stock prices. A small advance will be healthy RED GUM WILL BE DISCUSSED Salt.' From the accompanying illustration, it may be nell said. "When the vinegar season starts not only are
Yours very truly.
cerned, there have been enough cooperage men of big a big advance would be injurious. The present seen how very attractively salt may be presented. Signs
Red gum is to Ik? the topic for discussion at the May Houston Cooperage and Tub Co.. attention to the flaky grain,
large quantities of barrels used in that line, but in
vision, keen insight and business hold the initiative to indications are that the healthy advance will apply. were displayed calling
meeting of members of the Southwestern Hardwood Per Jacob NoodlEman, President. other food product industries depending upon vinegar,
trade helm of the wooden barrel fairly steady if not — Manufacturers' Club on May 28th. at New Orleans,
which prevents hardening and increases its rate of
such as sauerkraut and pepper pickling."
—
firmly lashed and for these same progressives we should PROSPECTS ARE FINE FOR GOOD BUSINESS La. There will be present one of the experts from the
solubility. Freedom from calcium salts makes it espe-

be devoutly thankful. They have kept things moving, DURING NEXT SIX MONTHS, SAYS h'orest Products Laboratory at Madison. Wis., who LETTER PRAISES APPLE-BARREL PACK cially valuable for food packers, as besides enhancing
the flavor of the product in which it is used, it does
not
and with most gratifying results, until there should be JAMES INNES William an Orleans County fruit grower,
Geiger, W. JACOBS COOPERAGE COMPANY
K.
will tell all about what has been done in the research
the condi- W. J. McRac. central
ESTABLISHES BRANCH SHOP
recently received a complimentary note on
a "pulling together" by the entire industry. toughen it. Representatives:
Mills have now cleaned up on their winter logging work there in the interest of red gum, and it is stated
What wonderful achievements are possible in further- which were Le Clare, assistant eastern sales
operations, and fairly good stocks have been put in, he will have information to dispense that will be worth tion of his pack of Baldwin apples, some of sales manager; J. J. Tbc K. W. Jacobs Cooperage Company, of Milwau-
ing the interest of the wooden barrel, as well as a fore-
prices more nearly normal than for the past three exported to England. When Mr. Geiger was
packing manager; F. H. Tholen. assistant advertising manager, kee. Wis.,have lately contracted to furnish all the apple
at real money to every hardwood manufacturer in the
cast of what new lines can be opened up for the busi- years. On account of lumber prices at present being apples last fall his daughter dropped a note in
one of and T. F. Miskell. western New York representative." barrels used in Door County. A branch shop at
South It is expected there will be a record attendance
report which barrels asking the consumer to comment on unknown factor
ness, can be glimpsed in the specialized llie barrel an
more attractive than cooperage stock prices, a large of the members. The meeting is scheduled to be held the No longer is the wooden Sturgeon Bay.. Wis., is now under construction.
A. C. Hughes, itur loyal and tireless field worker, has percentage of elm. basswood and hardwood logs will condition and general quality of the pack. at conventic»ns where packing interests are represented,
at the Monteleone Hotel.
prepared and which appears in this issue of The go lumber which can be shipped on an average of
into A few days ago Mr. Geiger received a letter from a and food products are most legitimately served
since
JoiRNAI,. ninety days after manufacture, while cooperage stock Manchester dealer who said that he had purchased the when barrelled there is little doubt of the good that HILL CURTIS CO. OPENS SOUTHERN OFFICE
The wooden barrel. "The King of Shipping Packages," averages five months from date of manufacture to WANTS HARDWOOD FOR HARDWOODS barrel for 30 shillings along with a lot that was
sold
will develop for the wooden barrel's appearance at
the
The Hill-Curtis Company, of Kalamazoo, Mich., and
is adaptable, and we predict that the cooperage indus- shipment. The Southern Hardwood Traffic Association. Mem- on Manchester market.
the He complimented Mr. Canners' Convention. manufacturers of sawmill machinery, have arranged to
try within the very near future will be surprised at the Geiger on the quality of the pack. The apples
were
Prices of heading and staves are a little lower than phis, Tenn.. is negotiating with the Louisville & Nash- open a distributing office in Shreveport, La. G. F.
increasing lines of manufacture that their output will last month, while hoops have had a very decisive drop ville Railroad Company for establishment of the "hard- sound and well colored. Cunningham has been announced as the manager in
be serving. in price. Some stocks are accumulating at the mills, wood for hardwood" rule, in lieu of the "kind for BARRELS ONE OF THEIR SPECIALTIES charge.
as the spring demand is only commencing, but prospects kind" one in its tariff of net rates on logs, applicable WANTS IN COOPERAGE LINE At 308 First .'\ venue, north, says the Nashville, Tenn.,
Trade Extension Will Develop These New Lines
are fine for good business and June. in May to all mill points on its lines. The association is seek-
Muchlhauscn Cooperage, 22 Howell Street, Trenton, Banner, is located a concern which has built up a suc- RAYMOND VENEER COMPANY INCORPORATES
Trade campaigning is the business activity of the day. The apple trees are reported by the Department of ing the change on the ground that most of the othef
N. J., is in the market for steel hoops for sugar and cessful business in a specialty. The Ben Fox Cooper-
and as there is no industry that has not set itself to .Agriculture to have come well through the winter, and railroads use the latter instead of the former rule, with age Company features excellence of material and con-
The Raymond Yeneer Company, Raymond. Ga.. has
slack barrels.
this task it is a pleasure to know that the wooden barrel show plenty of fruit buds, so if we have no untoward the result that operators on the Louisville & Nashville and have a constantly increasing list of steady been organized and filed articles of incorporation. The
N. Long, 115 North Front Street, New Orleans, La.,
J.
struction,
composed of local capitalists and a modern
is to have the backing of both the slack and tight weather during the flowering season we will have a good are at a distinct disadvantage as compared with their customers. They make barrels and boxes, handle bottles company is
staves, and
is in the market for tongue and grooved
branches in its trade extension work. crop. competitors. and the well-known orchard cider vinegar. veneer manufacturing plant is to be installed.
zvishes to hear from manufacturers of some.
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The Associated Cooperage Industries of America I

I
**We consider the confidence
that the trade reposes in us
Slack Cooperage Slock
In Ninth Annual Convention at May 5th, 6th and 7th as our greatest asset— it is
St. Louis, I

I the direct result of our con-

stant effort to produce and
STAVES HOOPS HEADING
I

The ninth annual convention of The Associated It was further recommended that section 30, page 5, j sell nothing but honest Staves from 24 inches to 48 inches
Cooperage Industries of America, which convened at be amended to read as follows:
I
dependable goods.
the Jefferson Hotel at St. Louis, on Monday morning. "Pine heading, all sizes up to 16^ inches in diameter,

May 5th, was in all respects a representative gathering. inclusive, shall be t^ inch in thickness after being We take a wholesome pride I Hoops all Length s Heading all Diameters
{
Registration of attending members began early in the dressed on one side; larger sizes shall be 14 inch in in the ^Quality* cooperage
I j
morning, and throughout the day a steady stream of thickness after being dressed on one side. Specifica-
stock that goes into the mar-
MILL SHOALS COOPERAGE COMPANY
registrants passed the desk and bore away the badges tions otherwise to be the same as provided in para- I j

which designated the particular branch of the industry graphs 27 to 37, both inclusive, except as to thickness." I
ket under our direction.'* {

in which they were interested. Tuesday saw another Syndicate Trust BIdg. ST. LOUIS, MO.
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influx of delegates, and even as late as Wednesday,

May 7th, the closing day of the sessions, the registration The chair asked for comments on the recommenda-
clerks were recording the names and firms of the late tions of the committee and a lively discussion ensued.
arrivals. The attendance roster when completed dis- Relative to specification 30, page 5. several coopers
closed a total number of 253. expressed the view that i^a-inch pine heading was too
Interest in the ninth annual was stimulated consider- thin and advocated that the specification be changed to
H inch instead of -^ inch. was brought out,
ably by general business conditions, which, the con- read It
"Who serves best, profits most'' LOOK FOR OUR
census of opinion expressed in the lobby gatherings
indicates, is rapidly improving, and by the further fact
however, that while t^ inch
thickness, the
is

consuming trade can. and does, designate

set forth as standard
QUEEN CITY With a good log supply, perfect, kiln-
TRADEMARK ll"»
that there were a number of administrative matters of
great import to the welfare of the association to be
in their orders the thickness
heading is so cut. but where
they desire, and the
business is placed with no HOOP CO. drying system and fine railroad facili-
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discussed and disposed of. specific thickness mentioned, shipments of inch stock ^ "uimiliiiiiilijiiiiiillliin"""""
ties, we are equipped to render
QUEEN CITY
As is
Lobby
usual
Activities
in
Specially Noticeable
every convention, the lobby of the
may
rules.
be regarded as complying with association

tion was approved. The change recommended in section

grade
Under this interpretation, the change in the sec-
GREENVILLE - MISS. Quality Service HOOP
hotel was the forum in which individual and personal
23-a was approved without debate. This section was in filling your hoop requirements
opinions were aired, trades consummated, stories re-
further amended by the removal of box elder from ORDER DIRECT OR FROM YOUR JOBBER
tailed, friendships and business acquaintances renewed,
the list of timbers acceptable under the term "gum
and the unofficial activities of the convention carried
mixed timber."
on, with the result that the spacious lounge and corri-
dors of the Jefferson buzzed and hummed practically Fixing Carload Standards of Staves
without intermission from Monday morning until —
NEWLY-ELECTED PRESIDENT WALKER L. WELLFORD, OF THE
was
CHICK.ASAW COOPERAGE COMPANY, MEMPHIS
The next matter taken up the fixing of a ESTABLISHED OVER ONE-HALF CENTURY
Wednesday afternoon. North, East, South and West standard carload of 30-inch staves. The decision was
were represented in the assemblage of cooperage men reached that 60,000 pieces shall constitute a carload
in previous and was a subject of vital
conventions
present, and during the three days that the sessions of standard 30-inch staves, and 50,000 pieces shall con-
interest to the group it was debated seriously and
were in progress California and Maine, and Florida stitute a carload of thick ash staves.
earnestly. A decision was reached to create a fund
and Canada, met and mingled, and exchanged greetings CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
of $2,500, to be expended in connection with a fund
and experiences, discussed conditions and markets, and Container Bureau Asks Co-operation in Hoop Tests THEBES, ILLINOIS
to be raised by the Tight Stave and Heading Group in Officers and Directors:
sold staves, hoops and heading to each other. A communication from the Container Bureau, Ameri- LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
trade extension work. Some subscriptions had been
can Railway Association, was then read, which asked L.CARROLL HOLLINGSHEAD, President RIVES, MISSOURI
Group Meetings Well Planned as to Time made at previous meetings and sufficient additional
for the co-operation of the industry in proposed tests
CROWDER, MISSISSIPPI
The various group meetings were scheduled in such
manner as to leave ample time for the memljcrs to
pledges were made by the members present to reach the
amount desired. Action taken at the subsequent general —
of various kinds of hoops wire, steel and wood which —
CHARLES L. ALLEN, Vice-President
GEORGE P. BARTLETT, Secretary and Treasurer
Cooperage ST. JOSEPH,
MOBILE,
MISSOURI
ALABAMA
and the efficiency of the session of the entire association by which trade exten- are to be undertaken for the purpose of drawing up
attend the general session,
sion was transferred from the realm of group activi- specifications for a standard slack barrel acceptable to LAKE PROVIDENCE, LA.
program was evidenced in the smooth and frictionless
functioning of the convention machinery. ties to an association work under direction of the common carriers, the expenses of tests, estimated at

Executive Committee, will in some measure alter the approximately $200, to be borne by the cooperage in-
Full Association Support for Trade Extension Work disbursement of the fund raised, but will in no way terests. The debate on this question resulted in the
Most Vital Action Taken chair being instructed to appoint a committee of three 167 EAST CHICAGO AVE.
A vast amount of work was handled, included
which were several matters of major importance to
the association and to the industry at large. The two
in
effect
movement.
the participation

Standardization Committee
of the tight coopers

Appointed
in the
members, who shall co-operate and participate in the
proposed tests, with authority to expend a sum not J. D. HOLLINGSHEAD CO. cmcAw'ittKN-oTs
AMERICA
to exceed $200 in furtherance of the work.
TIGHT AND SLACK COOPERAGE AND COOPERAGE STOCK
Is IN
things which stand out in the accomplishments of the LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEAl ERS IN
The need for standardization of all types of tight
How the Wooden Barrel Boosted
ninth annual convention were the decision on the part Is
cooperage was introduced as a pertinent topic and was
of the tight branch of the association to immediately
dilated upon with considerable fervor and at great The report of the field representative of the Trade
raise a fund of $5,000 and participate in the trade
length. The result was a motion that the chair appoint Extension Department was then called for and A. C.
extension work which was inaugurated by the slack
three members of the group to act as a standardiza- Hughes, who has rendered such excellent service in
branch two years ago, and the elimination of the office
tion committee, which will consider any matter relating this department, read an interesting and inspiring ac-
of treasurer by combining the duties of that office with
to containers which shall be laid
standardizing tight count of his labors since the last convention. Mr.
the assistant secretary's.
The action of the tight branch in joining in the trade
extension campaign gives department of associa-
this
tion activities the support of the entire body and puts
before it and shall report their findings and recommen-
dations to the group at subsequent meetings.
motion was carried. Having completed the business in
The
Hughes accompanied his reading with extemporaneous
digressions emphasizing points of special importance,
and on his conclusion was greeted with a salvo of
KEGS and BARRELS COOPERAGE STOCK
the seal of approval on a movement that has proved
hand the session adjourned. applause and vocal expressions of approval and appre-
ciation. The report follows:
Any Kind Hoops, Staves, Heading
to be of distinct value and has at last gained the recog-
A
nition to which it is entitled by the entire association
body. The combining of the duties of treasurer and
SLACK GROUP MEETING Trade Extension Report For Any Purpose Cooper Tacks, Truss Hoops
assistant secretary was effected in the interest of It is doubtful whether in any previous period of time
economy in administration.
Tuesday morning. May 6th, Vice-president Frank G. the cooperage industry has been called upon to meet I

Executive Committee Meets Zillmer called to order the session of the entire slack the needs of more effective and protective measures to

branch of the association. advance its patronage and prestige as during the last
Monday, May 5th, the opening day of the convention,
year.
was Apvnfof] larpplv fn n rIncpH cpucinn of the Pvprnttv^ The slack meefine was well attended and the fntfrp<5t
Confronted with a large over-production as com-
Committee and a meeting of the Tight Coopers' Group of the memljers in the work in hand was attested by
pared with the domestic demand for cooperage, and a
and

WALSH SONS
Committee, which was called to order promptly at 10.30 the freeness fullness of their discussion of the
lessened foreign demand, we are now at a period in
A, M. Running report of the convention proceedings
follows
subjects placed before them.

Report on Slack Grade Rules and Specifications

our history, both as an industry and a national trade
association, where the best qualities of resourcefulness
and initiative are needed to avert submersion by the
cTWORRIS
TIGHT COOPERS' GROUP The first order of business was a report of the Grade rising tide of substitute container growth. Industrial
Rules and Specifications Committee, in which it was genius to produce more and more things that are packed Office— S13 Sarah Street
recommended that section 23-a, page 4, of Grade Rules in containers has widened the demand for container
Assembling at 11 o'clock Monday morning, May 5th,
and Specifications Governing Slack Cooperage Stock,
the Tight Coopers' Group went into business session
be amended to read as follows
knowledge that you yourselves can note if you think
but a moment. Container competing industries are
SOUTH SIDE, PITTSBURGH, PA.
with a goodly number of members present. J, A. Mc-
"The term 'gum mixed timber staves' shall be under- passing quickly through the experiment stage and are
Kay, of the St. Louis Cooperage Co., was in the chair.
stood to include sycamore, elm, hackberry, maple, gaining in it is America's way to find
strength yearly;
Tight Coopers to Support Trade Extension sweet gum, red gum, birch and box elder, but not to which
use for a product inventive genius constantly
The meeting opened with a discussion of trade ex- include cypress, oak, ash, tupelo gum, Cottonwood, pine, suggests and the aspirations of men provide the markets
tension. As this subject had been under consideration black gum or beech." WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS, TELL THEM THAT YOU SAW IT IN "TH« IfATKWAt COOFMS' JOUINAU'
which stimulate its production.
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the assembling of data needed to promote foreign
patronage, which from time to time is transmitted to
the United States Department of Commerce for the
use of its various departments and as a helpful treatise
on barrel usage by exporters for the preparation and

COLLETON
care in packing of merchandise for foreign markets.
While the subject of trade extension is capable of al-

To Buyers of most endless examples pointing to the wisdom of the

action I am
most important, or
believe this report indicates the
advocating, I
a sufficient number, to
at least
convince the members that opportunity is being offered

MERCANTILE and Slack Cooperage Stock

for profitable co-operation. Obviously, the industry has
difficult conditions to meet
falling off in patronage.
the most serious is a
Indifference
;

to make any-

MANUFACTURING thing like a satisfactory study of the causes why this

condition exists is bound to emphasize and enlarge the
handicap which is confronting the industry. The opin-
ion of container users is all important, yet the average
Be your requirements what they may
COMPANY, Incorporated sugar barrels,
apple, lime, salt, flour or
for user's conclusions as to the quality of containers he
buys may be far from the truth. There is no more
effective way in which proper measures of approach
to a customer's confidence can be attained or differences
it would pay you to ask us for prices, of opinion on wood barrel usage be decided upon than

Manufacturers of for sooner or later we will guar- by bringing together these two vital factors in produc-
tion —
the maker of wood barrels and the user.
antee that we will save you While the curtailment of cooperage production has
Kiln-Dried Pine some money. ^ We
will treat been a hardship on branches of the industry during
the past year, the enormous consuming power of the

and GumHeading you courteously and we

have a habit of taking good
country
business.
an assurance against any drastic decline in
is
That cooperage needs are fundamental and
that our business is influenced by conditions in agricul-
18" Champered and care of our customers.
ture and manufacturing industries are generally con-
ceded. There is no apparent need to be apprehensive Wai,ARD M. DAVIS, MEMPHIS, TENN, ELECTED
Crozed Keg Staves ^We are trying to ANDREW C. HUGHES, TRADE EXTENSION EXPERT as to its usefulness and as to its future. The experience
gained in periods of prosperity is going to help solve
VICE-PRESIDENT SLACK GROUP

give intelligent, the problems that now confront us if we face them

1924-25, and Howard R. Huntington, Sandusky Coop-
It is encouraging to note that throughout the industry collectively and with a determination to meet the
reliable service. the swing is toward a closer cohesion, and the concep- various phases that are connected with our economic erage and Lumber Company, St. Louis, Mo., was elected
tion of helping the cooperage manufacturer to enlarge
OUR STOCK Conforms to the Highest his patronage through organized effort has passed the
development to bring about prosperous conditions. to fill the unexpired term of L. C. Hollingshead, whose
resignation as a member of the association had been
"QUALITY" STANDARDS experiment stage and reached a point where his legiti-
mate interests are maintained in a fair field, which is
Mr. Anderson, Chairman, Gives Financial Report
Trade Extension Work
received.
the acid test of every organized eflfort for equal oppor-
tunity, and vital to the collective and individual busi- The financial report of the Trade Extension Com- Suggests Standardizing Stock for 5, 10 and IS-gallon
Cut Clean Dried Thoroughly ness prosperity of our industry. Wine Kegs

Shipped Promptly Wylie & Wilson, Inc. That there is ample need for trade promotion and
trade publicity in the cooperage industry to enlarge
and market more expertly its products is the general
mitteewas then read by W. R. Anderson, chairman.
The report was accepted and Mr. Anderson thanked
for his efficient stewardship.
A communication from J. F. Hasty & Sons, Detroit,
Mich., was read, which set forth the request that some
SAGINAW, MICHIGAN admission of all. It is a significant fact that the fur-
ther we go into container-using industries, the more can Legislative Committee Work Abandoned
action be taken to standardize stock for 5, 10 and 15-
gallon wine kegs. After a brief discussion of the
be seen the replacement of wood barrels by substitutes
E. P. VoU, chairman of the committee appointed to matter the chair was authorized to appoint a committee
that have gained favor at first by experiment and later

RAVENEL, SOUTH CAROLINA by habit. In fact, the situation has reached such pro-
portions that patronage from certain basic industries is
promote legislation shipment of food in
prohibiting
anything other than non-absorbent containers, then
of three members of the group to work out a set of
specifications on this stock and to present them for
diverting to the steel slack and tight barrel for use reported. Mr. Voll said that though a diligent and approval at the next meeting.
in packing food products hitherto unheard of in these
industries.
conscientious effort had been made to raise the fund No further business being before the house the
These menacing conditions amplify the importance necessary to carry on the work of his committee, the meeting was adjourned.
of upholding and extending those activities which response of the members had l)een so slight and the
materially make possible the advancement of trade pro- amount realized so comparatively small that the work
motion and renders to the industry results that are TIGHT STOCK AND BARREL GROUP
of the committee would have to be abandoned, and
positive and far-reaching.
The survey, taken by the Trade Extension Depart- the subscriptions, less the expenses incurred to date,

Hudson & Dugger

/j^™

TIGHT
ment in the various container-using industries which
was recently mailed to the members, shows that cooper-
age patronage is only partially developed. Our plants
and facilities can support an immeasurably greater
patronage, and as that patronage grows our markets will
grow with it. As a matter of fact, cooperage possi-
returned. Mr. VoH's report was accepted.

Willard Davis Elected Vice-President of Slack Stave

and Heading Group
Election of officers was the next order of business.
Immediately following the meeting of the tight and
slack coopers' group the entire tight branch of the
association went into session with Vice-president Jamei
B. Hall, of Lexington, Ky., in the chair.

Company SLACK bilities in the agricultural South and in the dairy and
manufacturing industries of the Middle West and East
lie the best founded hope for greater slack barrel patron-
age beyond those already in sight.
Mr. William Davis, of the W. M. Davis Stave Co.,
Memphis, Tenn., was placed in nomination for vice-
president of the slack stave and heading group, and
Supplement to Tight

The committee on grade

Grade Rules and Specifications
Is Adopted

rules and specifications in

was elected by acclamation. Mr. Davis acknowledged
Cooperage Stock It may be argued that the wood barrel industry must submitting their report presented the following memo-
MEMPHIS TENNESSEE work out its own solution through "the survival of his election in a few graceful as well as earnest remarks
randa:

NEW the fittest," but it cannot be denied that every barrel

that fails to give reasonable satisfaction to its customer,
every price fluctuation which excites public comment,
is a set-back for the entire industry, making it just
in which he promised his sincere and conscientious
efforts in the discharge of the duties of his office.
"Mr. Mays, of the Mays Manufacturing Company, ap-
peared before the committee on grade rules and speci-
fications and requested that we submit to the conven-

USED that much harder for the meritorious to prosper.

have entered into a period of active competition when
efficient organization and broad publicity are necessary
if satisfactory progress is to be made. News of all
We
as
C. E. Murray Elected to Executive Committee

C. E. Murray, of Decherd, Tenn.,

executive committee member.
was then nominated
1924-25. Mr. Davis
tion the following supplement to Section 6, covering
white and red oak oil barrel or tierce staves
" 'It will be permissible to furnish kiln-dried and
was also elected by acclamation and likewise promised
Mills Mills
Cooperage Machinery kinds including price news now circulate with a free-
dom never before attained. Consumers generally insist the members that his office would receive every con-
jointed staves of the dimensions set forth in Section 6
of the Grade Rules and Specifications in bundles not
that their purchases shall meet competitive standards. sideration at his hands.
to exceed 24 staves to a bundle, provided said bundles
Hope,
Arkansas
Pine Bluir,
Arkansas MILL Under these circumstances it is important that our
energies be directed to secure preference for wood
barrels over other containers, have satisfied customers,
A Vote of Appreciation for Mr. Zillmer contain at least 10 per cent, wide staves for
averaging not less than 4 inches.'
bung staves

Memphis, Little Rock,

SHOP and the confidence of the public.
The real question which faces the industry is
it going to get
:

solidly behind a definite co-operative

movement and fight out the substitute container situa-
Is
Following
retiring Vice-president
of the able
this, a of thanks was tendered to
vote
Frank G. Zillmer in appreciation
and efficient manner in which he had handled
After a brisk discussion the supplement was adopted.

As to Jointing Tight Barrel Stave

the administration of the slack group activities during
Tenn. Arkansas tion along the sound lines of practical publicity, or is The following recommendation also was presented by
Cooperage Supplies it going to permit other container industries to profit

at the expense of our own, who in the advocacy of

his term of office. The meeting then adjourned.
the committee
"We recommend that a referendum by mail be sent
their merchandise give to the public an entirely erro-
neous view of wood barrel usage and the fundamental to all the tight barrel manufacturers requesting them
'^i TIGHT AND SLACK COOPERS' GROUP to state their opinion as to the proper joint to be placed
factors which govern their production by our industry?
As I eo on with this work I am more and more on bnrrel staves in number of staves used
line with the
impressed with the value of it. I have had the pleasure to each set per barrel, ranging from 18 to 24 staves per

MANUFACTURERS OF J. C. PENNOYER CO of meeting large groups of technical men in industries,

some of whom are your patronizers, and they have
shown a most sincere desire to know more about our
The and slack cooperage group convened at
tight
2 o'clock, Tuesday afternoon. May 6th. In the absence
of Vice-president J. A. McKay, E. J. Kahn, of the
barrel, and that the results of this referendum be made
the base of the proper joint in the future
now governing
and be substi-
product and to understand and correct when necessary National Cooperage and Woodenware Co., Peoria, 111., tuted for the rule said jointing."
8 So. Dearborn Street the packing problems that confront them and get what The discussion of this matter resulted in the associa-
presided. The first order of business transacted was the
help they can from us to solve them.

Tight Barrel CHICAGO,

Branches
ILL. These direct contacts with men and industries have
enabled the Trade Extension Department to translate
more concretely the inside viewpoint of barrel users on
election of officers.

H. E. Coyle Elected Vice-President

tion secretary being instructed to address all tight coop-
erage manufacturers and to submit the results of the
referendum at the next convention.
matters connected with their field of operation into H. E. Coyle, of Greif Bros. Cooperage Co., Cleve-

Circled Heading informative barrel literature as well as to equip it with Discoloration of Staves Considered
NEW YORK, N. Y. HUNTINGTON, W. VA. a wider knowledge of the subject when preparing ad-
land, Ohio, was nominated for the office of vice-presi-

MEMPHIS, TENN. MACON, GEORGIA dresses which from time to time have been delivered. dent, and was elected by unanimous vote. The was next intro-
subject of discoloration of staves
These features of working equipment augment the duced and brought forth a spirited debate. The barrel
appeal of field contact and convev an intimate rather E. J. Kahn Elected Member of Executive Committee manufacturers present were practically unanimous in
than a superficial knowledge of what the Trade Exten- consuming trade strongly objected
Kahn. who was presiding pro tern, was made a
E. J.
the assertion that the
sion Department is talking about. Furthermore, the
member of the executive committee for the term to, and in very many cases absolutely refused, to accept
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CLOSE-UPS OF THE CONVENTION Frank Zilimer, tlic director-general of the Morehouse

Col. Carleton Speaks on Standardization of Containers
After adopting a resolution of good will toward Stave and Mtg. Co., a keen, competent, square-trading
"Jim" Dawes, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's popu-
Mr. E. H. Defebaugh, the executive vice-president of Colonel G. E. Carleton, of the Freight Container guy Irom Missouri, came in on ..Monday and stuck till
lar representative, was the .•\bou Ben Adtiem of the
Bureau of the American Railway Association, who was tUe Imish. Frank just linished a term ul vice-president-
the association, who has been in poor health, the meeting convention— his name led ail the rest on the registration
ing lor the slack stave and lieading boys, with this
adjourned. the official guest of the convention, then gave an inter- list.
convention, and lie retires to the ranks content with the
esting and instructive address on "The Work of the The Pennoyer regiment was one of the strongest in assurance of a job well done. The association needs
Freight Container Bureau and Relation to Stand- the lobby of tlie Jetf. Led by General George Nervig,
Its
from directions.
more men of his caliber.
they attacked the convention three
ardization of Containers." "Jim" Donaldson, the captain of the good ship "Vail-
George Nervig and '•Bill" Mead and "Jay" Briley de-
Donaldson," cruised about in his amiablu, friendly
Cf)lonel Carleton held the close attention of his bouched from Chicago. "\'an" \'an Sickle from New fashion, adding to his host of friends with every new
On Wednesday morning. May 7, at 10.30 o'clock, the auditors, and like all good speakers, livened his address York, and Charley Wright, Al Teacliout and K. E.
acquaintance. "Jim" doesn t get excited over trifles,
general session of the entire association was announced. with the spice of humor, several of his anecdotes Botsford from Memphis. Can't see how they could get
but his calm exterior conceals a high-powered busine.>>
While the members were gathering in the convention away without doing a whale of a business with such personality that makes the grade with the best of them.
giving rise to gales of laughter.
an outfit of trained troops on the floor.
room a quartette of male voices rendered popular selec- Lucas E. Moore came up from New Orleans and
The Duke of Dyersburg. "Uncle" Newt Calcutt, a A. T. Knox came cross-country from New York to
tions that were received with enthusiastic applause. O. J. Hill Addresses the Association confirmed convention attender, put in his usual busy conserve the interests of the Lucas E. Moore Stave
The tneeting tendered a vote of thanks to the Colonel time during the meetings. He's as regular as the
President Walsh Calls Meeting to Order Company. The world at large will acknowledge with-
calendar.
and then upon Mr. O. J. Hill. Kansas City, to
called out argument that with Lucas and A. T. on the job,
President Thomas A. Walsh called the meeting to A. F. Deneke, the hustling manager of the Himmel-
give an extemporaneous talk. Mr. Hill, who was the the Moore company had able representation in St. Louis.
it berger-Harrison Lumber Co's cooperage interests,
order and Treasurer V. W. Krafift presented his report George Wilson, tlie sage of Saginaw, strolled through
president of the first slack cooperage association or- breezed about like an old-timer. That young man will
as the first item of business. the lobby and corridors of the Jefferson wearing the
ganized in the "old days." and who has long since retired leave his impression on the industry. Wait and see.
contented expression that gets its inspiration only from
from active participation in the cooperage business but
Henry Krallman. who radiates enthusiasm because he He doesn't seem to have much
What the Treasurer's Report Developed is just naturally an enthusiastic guy. popped here and
a Ijook full of orders.
who had Ozark
recently been appointed receiver for the trouble in corraling the business. Well, all other things
The treasurer's report showed the association's there, busy as that one-armed paper-hanger. Henry is
being equal, personality, of which George has a heap,
Cooperage and Lumber Company, arose and made a few alwavs ready to lead the cheers.
finances to be on a sound basis, with, however, a consider- is a powerful ally.
brief remarks concerning the cooperage industry. C. E. Murray, one of the veterans of the industry and who down Dyersburg
able amount owing to the association in delinquent dues. John S. Fields, cuts staves
the pillars of the business, left Decherd, Tennessee, to way, stood around and looked things over with a cal-
Mr. Krafft stated that due and diligent efifort had been
New its own resources and came up to take counsel with the
Walker L. Wellford, President culating eye. Johnny didn't bring a brass band along,
made to get these dues into the treasury, but that the boys. When they put "C. K." on the executive com- but he wasn't missing a trick, and we have a hunch that
com- At the conclusion of Mr. Hill's talk President Walsh mittee they added a wise head to that l)ody.
results had been so indifferent that the executive Fields-Latta will get shipping instructions on some
measures to collect read a list of the new officers who had been elected to R. P. Gerlach. who claiius that Gerlach machinery is "convention business" in the near future.
mittee had decided to adopt drastic
carry on the affairs of the association for the coming the best in the world, and who stands ready and willing "Ed" V'oll and "\'ic" Krafft were very busy during
them. A list of delinquents as of December 31, 1923, to prove it. presented his arguments to every person
year. They are as follows the three days of the sessions. They were busy because
RE-EI.ECTEI) SECRETARY C. G. HIRT, ST. LOUIS was read convention and the session was informed
to the who gave him the opportunity, and to many who didn't. they had a lot to do and you can't have work to do and
1924. SECRKT.XRV AND TREASURER President. Walker L. Wellford, Chickasaw Cooper- Rudolph thinks well of his goods and doesn't care who
that these members would be given until July 1. RK-El.ECTi;i» .\SSIST.\NT remain idle. "Vic" had his official duties as treasurer
barrels when the staves showed evidences of sap stain,
their obligations to the association, failing MISS M. T. ROCERS, ST. LOUIS age Co., Memphis, Tenn. knows it.
of the association to look after, and "Ed" was on the
to settle
and they put the question before the house as to what which they would be dropped from the rolls and legal sotnething to keep the wooden barrel before the public
Executive vice-president. E. H. Defebaugh. Chicago. R. F. Graham. Hardwood Package Company, turned
the plant over to the assistant super, and trekked from
—
entertainment committee withal they found time to
The stave manufacturer in Secretary-manager, C. G. Hirt. St. Louis. Mo. do a bit of visiting in the lobby and mayhap snatch a
action instituted to recover the dues owing on
relief could be obtained. their
and. as far as possible, to prevent the further inroads Marcus Hook. Pa., to St. Louis, as he has done many few orders for the Voll C\)oi)erage Co. The association
the meeting pointed out that sap stain in itself was not membership. The treasurer's report was accepted. M. T. Rogers, St. Louis.
Assistant secretary-treasurer, times in the past. Must be that these cooperage con- certainly has two enthusiastic workers in these boys,
being made by substituting containers. It can not be
a material defect in stock and averred their inability to It is, therefore, a
Vice-president, Slack Stave. Heading and Hoop ventions do either him or his business some good at — ready on every occasion to give of their time and money
done successfully by individuals. always attending them.
control Climatic conditions, particularly in the warm,
it. Executive Committee Makes Recommendations Group, Willard M. Davis, The Wm. Davis Stave Co.,
least he's for any purpose that will advance the common good.
matter for the association to do as an association. It is Tom Walsh, of Pittsburgh, who l)ecame an ex-presi- —
The Jacobs brothers Roy, Burleigh and Kenneth
moist southern territory, were held primarily responsible Two recommendations by the executive committee Memphis. Tenn.
not fair to expect any one part of this association to dent at this conveiUion. pushed his horn-rimmed glasses gave adequate representation to their fine old firm, the
for discoloration, while the fact that stave bolts are now were then read, one that the proper officers be authorized Executive Cotumittee member. 1924-25. Slack Stave, back and forth across the lobby from meeting to meet-
continue paying expenses of the department, the advan- K. W. Jacobs Cooperage Company. Didja ever hear
delivered to the mills with the bark on held as a second- to institute the legal proceedings above referred
to. and Heading and Hoop Group, C. E. Murray. Decherd. ing. Toiu might be an "ex" monarch, but he hasn't 'em sing? Well, its a treat to the ear drums. They
tages of which are felt by all members of the industry.
ary cause. Manufacturers maintained that the cost of association be so (jualified for the down-and-outers yet. sang at the banquet, and in theatrical parlance, "they
the by-laws of the Tenn.
other I therefore repeat what I stated in my former report
the that
The Frazier forces, flying the banner of G. I. Frazier stopped the show." The boys didn't want to let them
peeled bolts would be prohibitive and that even with amended provide that any member of the asso- H.
Vice-president, Tight Stave and Heading Group, A.
as to that this work should be carried on by the associa- Co.. Memphis, with Guy himself and Frank Wright quit. Singing is not their only talent, however. Their
the greatest care in cutting and drying a certain amount ciation who on July 1st of any year is delinquent
in his Wrape. The Henry Wrape Co., Paragould. Ark. leacling the charge, and supported by the Messrs. Tonip-
tion and not by a group of individual members. successful l)usiness in Milwaukee is concrete evidence
of sap stain was inevitable. dues, as of December 31st of the previous year,
shall Executive Committee member, 1924-25, Tight Stave kins and Clark, bore down on the stock buyers with that they can and do make and sell cooperage on a par
Both recom- Finances pennants flapping and fifes tooting. We're willing to with any outfit in the trade. Here's more power to
be automatically dropped from the rolls. and Heading Group. James B. Hall. Lexington. Ky.
Coopers Make Suggestion lay a bet that many an unsuspecting order was sur- their lungs and to their cooper shop.
mendations were adopted. believe you will agree with me that your association
I Vice-president. Coopers' Group. H. E. Coyle. Greif
rounded and captured by that valiant army. H. R. Huntington, serene and smiling, looking like
The suggestion was made by some of the coopers that isdoing wonderful work in the interest of the cooper- Bros.. Cooperage Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Jack McKay, of the St. Louis Cooperage, took "time "Mr. Prosperous Business" himself, weiuled his courte-
closer grading, with a slight premium on bright, clean President Walsh's Report age industry. The revenue received from the metribers, Executive Committee member, 1924-25. Coopers' out" from his arduous duties as a member of the ous and gentlemanly way through the crowds on the
stock, and a reduced price on discolored staves might which was as however, is not sufficient to carry out the work as it Group. E. J. Kahn, National Cooperage and Wooden- executive committee to stage a bout at "gowf" with floor and greeted old and new acquaintances in his
President Walsh then read his report,
solve the problem. Decision in this matter was deferred should be done. The average dues paid by members of Charley Berry, of Cleveland, on the other ball. It is friendly manner. Howard has been in the trade a long
ware Co.. Peoria, 111.
follows understood, although not authenticated that biith con- time and he was kept bu.sy acknowledging salutations.
pending further discussion in subsequent meetings. New Orleans Convention, this association is too low, and if we want to continue Executive Committee member, 1923-24 (to fill un-
In my report to you at the testants finished without breaking a club and with their Carl Meyer was there, too. He's one of the best
called attention to the fact that as a high-class organization rendering first-class serv- expired term), Coopers' Group, H. R. Huntington. San- respective tempers well under control. association men that the industry has. Any time that
in November, 1923. I
Department of Commerce Asks for Export will be necessary to make some Gus Ziegler and "A.B." Struthers. than vvhom. we feel
every of this organization should take an inter-
member ice, it slight rpodifica- dusky Cooperage and Lumber Co.. St. Louis. Mo. there is a convention, you can wager that Carl will
Cooperage Information tions in your dues. I. therefore, recommend that the safe in stating, there are no more genuinely liked and I)e with the boys, and if he can do any good in the
est in the work and promote membership in the
asso-
respected men in the trade, made their usual pilgrimage interim he is always ready. A fine fellow to know and
communication from the Department of Commerce
A minimum dues of the association be fixed at $100 instead Resolutions Adopted
ciation. In line with this suggestion, there has been to the meeting house. The good of the industry is a a distinct asset to the trade.
requesting data on the maximum and minimum price during the past of $62.50 per year, that the initiation fee of $35 be Resolutions of condolence the deaths of F. S. matter of major importance to the splendid firm of
sent out from the secretary's office in W. P. .Anderstm. the Gideon-Anderson Company's
on export cooperage was read. It was referred to the six months, a series of letters explaining the purpose eliminated, and that dues of members who are at present Chariot. M. C. Brown and Matt J. Conran. three former the Struthers-Ziegler Cooperage Company. mentor, was conspicuous among those present. The
secretary, with instructions to give the department what- paying in excess of minimum per year be revised by members of the association who had pas.sed away since Tom Powell, the urbane pine-heading king of Mem- association couldn't get along without men of W. P.'s
and object of the Associated Cooperage Industries of phis, toted his pleasant personality about the lobby and
ever information was available. At this point the meet- special committee of three, consisting of the vice-presi- type. He's an unselfish worker and a cheerful contribu-
.\merica. These letters cover the following points: the last meeting, were ordered spread on the records. into the meeting places, with the sany-froid and poise tor, and a man can't be much more than that.
ing was adjourned. dents of each group.
Standard grade rules and specifications; of a true southern gentleman. Aside from making pine George New and L. S. Cami)bell flew the gonfalon of
Association mill inspection service; THE BANQUET A SUCCESS heading and playing golf, we believe that nothing gives the Colwell Cooperage Co. It appears that Ben Col-
Treasurer's Office Incorporated with Assistant Secre- as attending the association con-
him as much pleasure well just couldn't make the riffle this time. Howsum-
TIGHT STAVE AND HEADING GROUP Inspection of material at destination;
Traffic rules governing sales and settlements;
tary —
Office of Association Attorney Discontinued Running true form the St. Louis fraternity pro-
to ventions. ever, George and L. S. are fully qualified to trot in any
I also recommend that the office of treasurer be trans- vided a banquet and entertainiuent that was excellent. Ed Monison, the young and handsome skipper of the class insofar as cooperage is concerned. They admit
Trade extension and meetings. Food of the best, chosen with epicurean discrimination, Morrison Hoop and Lumber Company, catne in with that they might be termed youngsters in the business,
The Tight Stave and Heading Group met at 10.30
These letters were sent to non-members of the asso-
ferred to the present general office of the association.
the rest of the Memphis crowd, and did his share to but let that not mislead you. neighbor. Briers arc not
May with Vice-president James By doing we an expense of $1,200 and cabaret features of the very highest class, served
o'clock Tuesday, 6th,
ciation as well as members of the association, the pur-
this will elitninate make the convention a success. He figured that maybe any keener than tho.se two boys.
and staged in the main dining room of the Jefferson Memphis could struggle along without hitu for a few
B. Hall in the chair. The session drew a good repre- per year office expense of the treasurer. I also recom- Ed Kahn was the color-lx*arer for the National
pose of which was to educate those who are not Hotel, furnished an evening that was filled with enjoy- days while he scouted the convention for possible new Cooperage and Woodenware Company. Ed is one of
sentation from the group and developed brisk debate. mend that the services of our attorney be discontinued,
members of the advantages of membership in this or- ment. The entire program was unusual in its planning ideas — and maybe orders. those chai)s whom the l)oys insist upon keeping in one
thus saving in salary $5,000 per year. This, together
A. H. Wrape Elected Vice-President
ganization and to advise those who are members that and its execution, and revealed a degree of originality
W. M. Davis, known to his large circle of friends executive capacity or another all the time. Apparently
with $1,200 saving in the treasurer's office will reduce as Willard. famous for his even disposition and good
they belong to an association that is worth while. his advice and counsel are appreciated. His name is
our operating expenses $6,200 per year. in conception that is rarely found in industrial associa-
The meeting opened with the election of officers. nature, his uniform courtesy and his faintly discernible always on the association program as this or that
There is one branch recently established that the mem- tion entertainments. .soft southern accent, came, saw and was made a mem- officer. Goes to prove the truth of that wise crack about
A. H. Wrape, of The Henry Wrape Company, Para-
gould. was nominated for vice-president, and
Ark.,
bers do not take advantage of, namely, the mill inspec- Increase in Association Dues —Trade Extension Work The spacious dining hall, with tables so arranged that ber of the executive committee. He emphatically re- efficiency alwavs gaining recognition.
tion service. The association has ready for call an Under Direction of Executive Committee there was no undue crowding, and practically every refuted in an interview with ye scriln?. subsequent to his O. T Steudle left the office of the Mill Shoals Cooper-
elected by acclamation. Mr. James B. Hall, who was elevation to the elect. Tom Powell's insinuation that he age Co. flat and spent fifteen hours a day with the
inspector to render service to those desiring mill inspec- The
retiring as vice-president, was by unanimous vote elected
increase in dues will net the association approxi- seat an "orchestra chair," was tastefully and appropri- He had to spend that much time because he
indulged in electioneering to secure that position of boys.
tion, but there have been very few calls during the past mately $10.(KK) per year additional revenue. With this and a cleared
Executive Committee member for 1924-25. ately decorated for the occasion ; a stage power and authority. He characterizes Tom's allega- couldn't get away from his host of friends. Never
six months. additional revenue and with the saving above men- space in the center of the room gave ample area for the tion as utterly false and without foundation in fact. saw a fellow who knew so many people or who was the
Tight Stave and Heading Manufacturers to Support Another branch that has not been taken advantage tioned, the association can very easily carry on the trade various features of a revue that fell little, if any, short Joe Andre, who is probably known to as many people recii)ient of so many hearty "hellos" and genuinely
Trade Extension Work of by the members is the service offered by the Traffic in the industry as any man in the trade, was among the friendly handshakes. You can always tell when a chap
extension campaign of both slack and tight departments of metropolitan abetting the
standards. Aiding and
Chicago entries on the registration list. J<x.' is one of is "real" by watching the way his acquaintances and
Bureau, especially that of auditing freight bills. This
Following the election of officers, a discussion of
service is rendered cheaper by the association than you
and place the expense of doing this where it belongs, performers was a jazz orchestra that "syncopated" to the old guard in the cooperage game and is quite friends hail him. O. T. is popular and there's a —
trade extension work was indulged in. On receiving upon the whole association body, and by so doing will such good effect that even the blase waiters shuffled as famous for his opposition to new and dangerous ideas, reason. He shoots square, and he has a personality
can done elsewhere. For instance, claims for
get particularly those innovations and theories of govern- that would popularize him with any .set of business men
information that the Tight Coopers' Group had pledged
it
not affect anybody's pocketbook to any great extent. they served the food.
overcharge are filed by the traffic bureau free of charge, ment whicii invade the personal liberty of the individual. in the country.
$2 '^ toward a fund to be raised in the tight branch 1. therefore, recommend that the trade extension be From 7 o'clock until nearlv midnight the assemblage
unless the claim is collected. In the event of a claim what
He loinid a slauucli auppuilci ui lua upmiuus hi uik Jiic'k rlu'i)dn, liic slioh oi itie iiuuse of P. Hoban,
of the association for the furtherance of trade exten- carried out by the association under the direction of the forgot business cares and worries and revelled Mr. Magce, a St. Louis gentleman, with whom he be-
in
came down from Cincinnati to have a look-see. Evi-
sion work, it was decided to raise a like fund among
being collected, the association deducts 20 per cent,
Executive Committee. These recommendations have all was probably the most successful banquet that any came acquainted during his attendance at the ninth —
dently what he saw pleased him his face was wreathed
the tight stave and heading manufacturers. Sufficient of the amount collected. Freight bills are audited free been approved and adopted by the Executive Committee cooperage convention has yet seen. The appreciation anmial. Well — in smiles from morning till night —
still, that might be
of charge. The secretary will be glad to furnish ad- the meeting held yesterday, and same are referred of the entertainment provided was fully attested by the
Walter Hartman. the daddy of the National Manu- due to his naturally sunny disposition.
pledges were received by the presiding officers to at
information regarding this department to any facturing Company, and one of the progressives who Steve Lennon. pleasant and affable as ever in his life,
assure the realization of this amount. A committee was
ditional to the convention for ratification. enthusiasm with which the diners applauded and was taking a leading part in slack cooperage association put his name on the register when the convention opened.
appointed to collect the amounts pledged, but in the
member desiring it.
encored the really excellent numbers which constituted activities when they were far less effective in the trade Pretty long jaunt from Motiroe. La., to St. Louis, but
face of the fact that in the final general session of the The president's report, which bristled with sound busi- the show, and the committee of St. Louis Cooperage than they are today, left the cooling breezes of Detroit Steve wanted to see the boys and so he popped in.
Holding Substitutes in Check behind and hied himself southward to sit in at the Might have sold a little stock to the other fellows just
convention, trade extension, which up till this time has ness wisdom, was well received and although some of men who had charge of the affair must be highly com-
The present plan of trade extension was adopted in the recommendations it carried were startling surprises
doings. Always correct in both deportment and dress, to pay expenses, but whether he did or not. we know
been a group or division activity, was adopted as an mended on the admirable manner in which they
Walter carries his dignity as a successful business man thaf he'll be at the next convention, too. barring causes
1922. and since that time the work has been carried on to many of the members hearing them, it was accepted
association matter, the committee will not function. acquitted themselves as hosts. with becoming modesty. While one of the "old 'nns" beyond his control. He's a good association supporter.
forty some odd members of the association, who pay in toto and the recommendations adopted. There was no in point of service, he still preserves the youthful ap- Jim Gosiull came with the advance guard and left
Will Work to Increase Association Membership voluntary assessments to carry on this work. So far Ladies Have Dinner and Theater Party pearance of a man many years his junior. with the last detachment. When association conven-
debate.
new members was made the next topic
Acquisition of the trade extension campaign has been carried on prin- Secretary's and Traffic Reports Are Accepted While the men made merry in the Jefferson, the ladies The Wunderlichs deserve special mention. Six of tions are on. Skuse's Cooperage, up in Syracuse, is left
cipally for the slack cooperage industry. 'em. count 'em— George J.. "Al." C. George. Alvin. to the tender mercies of someone else. Jim has been
under consideration, and the members present agreed to It is a well- Immediately following the reading and acceptance of who accompanied them to the convention were being
— Enough of one
Charley and C. G. were with us. coming to the meetings for a long time now. and he
work individually and collectively in spreading the known fact that many substitutes are making inroads the reports of Secretary Hirt and Traffic Manager entertained at dinner in the Hotel Statler and at a
family to operate a plant without hiring a hatul. All most certainly has a lot of friends in the trade, which,
association idea and in inducing firms not now members in the use of barrels, both in slack and tight lines, and Brucker the standardization of containers was brought theater party afterwards. good association men and boosters for the industry. of course, speaks for itself.
of the body to join it. it is absolutely necessary that the cooperage industry do to the attention of the assemblage.
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commission appointed to appraise the property to be MEXICAN PETROLEUM INDUSTRY IN 1923 ance. The monthly production figures show- that the BABE RUTHS OF INDUSTRY— MEET A
Steve Jerry and his co-conspirator, E. K. Walker,
came in with the New York contingent and stayed taken for a civic center at Niagara Square. The com- Production of crude i)etroleum in Mexico in the year decline in production, evident in recent years, stopped CHAMPION BARREL HOOPER
through until the final gong. We noticed that they I
BUFFALO COOPERAGE MARKET | mittee has been discussing with property owners and
1923 decreased to 149,529.088 barrels from 182,278,457
about the middle of 1922, since which time a monthly
In line with other leading newspapers of the country,
didn't miss a single session in which they were niter- »" attorneys as to the value of various parcels. This is average of between 12,000,000 and 14,(K)0.(KX) barrels has
H"
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barrels in 1922. according to a report recently issued by the Boston I'ost running a series of interesting articles
j.sted— proving that they to
an undertaking of such importance that it is likely been almost regularly maintained. Wbile drilling
is

business and not on a pleasure jaunt. That's the the Mexican Department of Petroleum. The commer- designed to rivet attention upon active industries within
advance and progress, and it is The slack cooperage trade has been on a steady scale to be a year before the committee will make its report. was activity in 1923 was practically confined to old and long
spirit that makes for cial value of the 1923 production 285.833.711 pesos, the confines of their respective cities. In contra-dis-
good to see. during the past month. The buying has been mostly compared with 334,795,744 pesos for the 1922 production.
exploited fields, 261 new wells were brought into pro-
.
, , •
,
Wai Plant 60,000 Trees tinction to other papers, however, the Boston Post is
"Al" Poessel appeared on the floor with his moustache centered in although the mills are not
flour barrels, duction, with a total average daily production of
trimmed down to the irreducible minimum, somewhat Some export business is being Buffalo Boy Scouts and other organizations will set Heavy Crude Oil Production
951,363 barrels.
dilating upon individuals in different lines of trade,
very busy just now.
after the stvle popularized by the eminent impressario. out 60,000 pine and spruce trees on Tree Planting Day, was Mexican rather tiian upon the trades themselves.
"Al" also had a miniature barrel done by larger mills, but the volume is not heavy. The production of heavy crude oil in 1923 The average initial daily production of the
Charles Chaphn.
dressed with a chemical coating which he is handling, Financial conditions in the principal European coun-
May 7th, and the mayor has declared a civic holiday. divided among the various ])roduction fields as follows wells in 1923 is placed at 3,648 barrels, which is much Of the cooperage trade, William "Billy" Murphy, a
The be planted at a number of locations chosen, of whose exploits the
and which looks like the solution to a problem that has trees will speedy barrel hooper,
Field I'.arrels
tries are improving, so the outlook is somewhat better larger than the average production in the United States. is

vexed the industry for a long time. In all seriousness, in the city and county. Ebano 2.630.585
I'ost says
convmced, for foreign flour shipments.
his investigative penchant will, we are firmly El Limon 5,799
prove itself of great value to the trade. News of the Trade Panuco 81.790.839
CANNERIES ATTACK PACKERS' CASE RULING "William 'Billy' Murphy, who hails from the Point
Buffalo Gaining as Flour Milling Center Pines, has made a lot of barrels in his 50 years of
Bert Sheahan was with the boys and as popular as
)f
The Quaker City Cooperage Co. states that trade in Topila 3,631.695 An attack upon the consent decree in the packers'
ever. The genial Bert, who once served the association The la.st issue of the Buffalo Uvc Wire, published case was made April 22d in the Court of Appeals of
coopering. And as he coopered he saw as much of the
has lost nothing of the pleasant manner flour barrels is running somewhat ahead of a year ago, San Jeronimo 468.907
as secretary, world as he had joined the navy.
by the Chamber of Commerce, is devoted largely to the District or Columbia, Washington, by the California
if
and the heartv cordiality which has characterized him and prospects are for good increase in business next Molino 623
i\lust be doing a satisfactory business in building and shows a large number of pictures of new Co-operative Canneries. "He made fertilizer barrels in Searsport, Me.; fruit
for years. fall.
Chicago, as apparently he was as carefree as a boy. structures here, including one of the flour mill now Lockport, while not Under the decree all of the big packers, with the ex- barrels at Weymouth. N. S. sweet potato barrels in
The Niagara Cooperage
;
Co., Total 88,528.448
John Raible and his chief-of-staff. H. E. Coyle, being erected by the Pillsbury Flour Mills Co. It
getting a spurt occasionally in the making ception of Armour & Co., have disposed of all their I'Ukland, Fla. ; flour barrels in Rochester, N. Y. ; sugar
very busy,
entrusted the management of Greif Bros. Cooperage
is
of Light Oil Production
says that this new flour mill is but one indication Proprietor Alfred Little gets into business unrelated to the meat-packing industry. barrels in BuflFalo asphalt barrels in Bakerfield, Cal.
Company's large interests to their sul)ordinates and
;

of flour barrels.
recognition gaining as the logical
that Buffalo is Tantoyuca 4.730
The Court w'as asked to reverse the decision of the wine barrels in San Francisco
made the pilgrimage like the rest of us. Juhn came the
Buffalo occasionally to take in the moving-picture shows. Chiconcillo y San Miguel 406,975
cranberry barrels at ;

through the sessions unscathed, but H. E. was crowded flour-milling center of the country, and that "the tre- Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, which Mays Landing, N. J., and along Cape Cod. In a half
group. The Jackson & Tindle say the slack cooperage demand is Tepetate-Chinampa-Ainatlan-Zacamixtle 14.631.836
into a job as vice-president of the coopers' mendous money investment in our water front in declined to vacate or modify the consent decree entered century he figures that he has put together hundreds
have selected a better leader. not brisk, but the prices remain firm and they expect Totcco-Cerro Azul 24.478.560
coopers couldn't channels, dock buildings and railroad facilities is a the demand for February 27, 1920. of thousands of barrels and has handled countless mil-
G. Trevor, wiio makes cooperage machinery up
W. improvement within a short time in
Tierra Amarilla
convention for guarantee for the future growth of the city, and the 58.692
In opening the case of the canneries, Frank J. Hogan. lions of staves.
in Lockport, New York, came to the apple-barrel material.
members present stability of that section which plays such an important Alazan 534,002
as counsel, asserted that the decree was violative of
the express purpose of proving to the
that Trevor machinery simply can not be beaten. On part in the city's industrial life." Potrero del Llano 2,040,130
law and that it sought to enjoin tiie "Big h'ive" packers Fastest Barrel Maker in New England
triumphant gleam
several occasions we caught that in
carried
WILL ENLARGE VENEER PLANT Cerro Viejo 1.690.985
and about 200 other defendants from engaging in
iiis eye which denotes victory. Guess G. \\ .
Apropos of Last Year's Apple Crop Tierra Blanca-Chapopote-.Mamo 17.087,370 "Together with his exiwrience in coopering, he car-
The O. L. Williams Veneer Company, of Sumter, business that of itself was concedediv lawful
away some business.
apple- Tanguijo 654 ries a reputation. 'Billy' is said to be the fastest
McGowin so
lure of the convention There has not l)cen much doing recently in
the Raymond
N. F. felt the S. C, has succeeded to the business of barrel maker in New England, not in the United
strongly that he left Chapman. Alabama, without a many growers had an unsatisfactory Furbero 62.219 if
barrel stock, as
Veneer Company, of High Point, N. C. The plant is POTTERY SALES NORMAL States. In three minutes, he will make
backward glance and hurtled to St. Louis as fast as experience with last year's crop. A lot of apples Ixhuatlan 2.151 it is said, a tight
to be enlarged.
steam could carry him. "Mac's" desire to attend the Concepcion 176 The barrel, while in one hour he can turn out 15 of them.
went into storage in the hope that prices would be Pottery dealers report fair trade for April.
convention was born of his intense interest in cooper- 1.271 movement of months .And 'Billy' himself is willing to demonstrate his speed
satisfactory enough in the spring to ensure a good
Filisola free stock that prevailed in earlier
age, which is a natural phenomenon in the face of_ the
STAVE PLANT OPERATING 189 at any time or place against any competitor who doubts
fact that he has the large output of his tirm. The_ W. T. profit by holding them. The growers bought barrels at Sarlat has declined to more normal levels as jobbers and
Smith Lumber Company, to market. can't con- We Mk to 70c a piece last fall, and now. l)ecause of the M. Kennedy & Sons, of Amory, Miss., have placed
retailers have filled the gaps left by previous heavy the claim.
him when C.
ceive of this proving too big a hurdle for Total 60,999.940 Decorated tableware in fine gold stripes and
energy and poor prices on apples, some of the owners of storage their new stave mill in operation. The plant is located trading. "In the old days, 'Billy' traveled in the packing sea-
we consider his complement of youth, brains,
A
have been taking it out and selling it to the cider Hamilton, Ala., where the The i)roduction of heavy oil in the Mexican fields is floral designs continues to lead in popularitj*. fairly sons, from city to city, taking contracts for turning
personality. So long as the cooperage industry can fruit about six miles north of
recruit young men of "Mac's" type, we'll live and mills. This leaves some barrels on hand, left over from owners recently purchased a large tract of timber. now greater than that of light oil. which was in the steady trade in brown and white baking ware is main- out the hooped staves. He
happened to hit South Car-
prosper. la-t season, and will, of course, interfere somewhat lead until a few years ago. This increase in the produc-
tained from the hotel and restaurant trade. ver, during the cranberry season, and set to work.
George Talamo, the energetic and able representative with an active trade early this season. Deliveries are slow, with talk ot curtailment to hold For 44 days he turned out 120 barrels every day,
tion of heavy crude is principally due to the develop-
of Holmes Cooperage Machinery, six feet and some down prevalent among manufacturers. Prices working at top speed. When he was done he had com-
odd inches of alert and active salesman, mingled with Firm
VICKSBURG COOPERAGE COMPANY ment work along the banks of the Panuco River, and costs still

Cooperage Stock Price Market Is continue steady. pleted 5.280 barrels.

the boys ready to argue the merits of his goods with The Vicksburg Cooperage Company. X'icksburg, Miss., particularly in the Hacienda of Cacalilao, northeast of
all comers, the frequency with which he engaged in It is, therefore, a rather uncertain state of aft'airs in village Panuco.
of Successful exploration work Cooperage demand for pottery is moving in line with "Back in 1914 he was making barrels in Canada and
has filed articles of incorporation with a capital stock the
serious discourse with various men on the floor would After a poor year existing trade conditions.
the apple districts at this time. it
The company will build and operate a has been carried on in all parts of this enormous haci- there took a contract that nearly cost his life. Colonel
seem to indicate, in the absence of proof to the con- of $100,000.
always the tendency of the apple men to g(j slow enda, although actual drilling has been done in only Donahue, of the 199th Irish Rangers, was recruiting
trary, that there was something doing in the machinery
is
plant for the manufacture of cooperage stocks.
line. in the bu\ing of barrels, and they either sell their fruit about one-fifth of its area. STAVE MILL HAS FIRE in Montreal. 'Billy' went to hear him. The Colonel
in bulk or buy cheap substitute packages, particularly The Stave Company, situated in the
h'ields-Latta dared 'Billy' to enlist and he took the dare. He was
Features of the Industry
It is expected that barrels will sell cheaper the time, but he fought two years and
COOPERAGE COMPANY INCORPORATES baskets.
WM. H. COLEMAN CO. ENLARGES PLANT Some of the oldest and longest exploited fields, such western part of Dyersburg, Tenn.. suffered a consider- 49 years old at
this year than last, although the prices on cooperage The blaze is supposed seven months in France. He was sent home after
The Congaree Cooperage Columbia. C. has as those along the Tuxpam River from Tepetate to able loss from fire April 21st.
Co.. S.
western New York The William H. Coleman Company. Jackson. Teiin..
material are firm. Carload lots at
to have originated from a spark coming from the boiler, being wounded several times at Vimy Ridge.
been granted a charter by the Secretary of State.
has completed the installation of a number of improve- Alamo, continue to produce abundantly, new and im-
points arc quoted as follows Six-foot hoops. $21 to
The capital stock of the new company is $5.0()(>. and
:

millwork one being

plant, the principal portant wells having been brought in during recent and was first discovered on the roof of an open rhcd "He learned the trade
age of of coopering at the
ments to its
$22: 6-foot-9 hoops. $23 to $24; ZSV^J-inch fruit-barrel covering finished barrel staves. Owing to the dift'iculty nine in East Cambridge. During his young years he
W. Hoffman is president and treasurer. the erection of large drying racks capable of drying months, some of them in so-called salt water areas.
staves, $10.50 to $11; l7'/«-inch yellow pine heading, was an amateur boxer. The years have not diminished
Other racks are to be The oil production in 1923 was less than in any of in fighting the fire, occasioned by the inconvenience of
40.000 feet of lumber per day.
9j^c to 9?4c. connecting the hose to the hydrant some distance from his speed. Every day he is on the job at 211 Northern
UNIVERSAL BARREL CO. PETITIONS FOR installed later on. In addition to lumber, the William the three previous years, but this does not indicate that
CHARTER Organized Sales Effort Urged Upon Apple Growers Company manufactures circled tight barrel the Mexican petroleum industry is declining in import- the burning building, considerable damage was done. .Avenue, near the Fish Pier."
H. Coleman
The Universal through its principals.
Barrel Co.. Much of the trouble of the apple growers could be heading.
G. H. Bierbaum. E. W. Robinson and C. M. Gibbs, President
filed a petition for incorporation for twenty years. May
avoided
Hall, of
by
the
organized
Western
effort,
New York
according
Co-operative
to
Fruit
BARREL PLANT BURNS ELM HOOPS GEORGE H. SEAGREAVES
3d. in the Superior Court at Savannah. Ga.
will conduct a general business dealing
The firm
in the manu-
Packing Association. Mr. Hall said recently that never
before had the percentage of fruit in storage owned by
Fire destroyed the mill of A. F. Sanborn & Co.. Port-
FREIGHT RATES TO
New
Manufacturar of K. W. JACOBS COOPERAGE CO.
land, Maine, early April 24th, with loss of $9,000 and
St. iMult, 1.V Orleann. 24c
facture of I)arrels and the tributary functions allied growers l)een larger than this year. The members of the
throwing 25 employment. The fire was
men out of
I.^iii8ville. 20..5C
rhlrngro, 16c
BiifTulo. Sljic
IMttabiirrh, 31. Sc
34' OIL BARRE STAVES MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN
with sucli an industry. co-operative packing house associations have sold all MHwaiikee, Norfolk. 40.nc
discovered in the boiler room.
Z.l.ftr
Shorts 24" to 30" long
Gignilliat & O'Neal were the attorneys for the peti- their fruit, except a small percentage of the best, but this Kanflns City, 24.So New Vork. 43.5c
Apparatus in the village worked to good effect, saving CAN YOU BEAT •EM? Prompt Shipments
tioners. The capital stock shall
ferred stock with a par value of $100 each, and 1.000
be 500 shares of pre- docs not apply to many growers, for only ten per cent,
belong to the organization. An effort is l>eing made the office and stock of boards piled in the yard and
O. L. Bartlett, Manufacturer 1 694 Daulton Avenue SLACK BARREL
shares of common stock of no par value.
tioners ask the privilege of increasing the
The peti-
capital stock
to get a largely
houses, it is said, provide a
membership.
sure and
The i)acking
increased
reliable way to
protected nearby dwellings. Barrel heads are the prin-
cipal output. Mr. Sanborn died several years ago and
BOX 238 -:- MOUND CITY, ILL. Huntington, W. Va. MANUFACTURERS
to 5.000 shares f)f preferred stock and 10.000 shares of get the fruit packed in the fall, to dispose of the culls
his four sons conduct the business. The mill will he :-: ALL KINDS :•:
rebuilt.
common stock of no par value. and lower grades well, and to reduce the labor needed
at the farm. Dublin Hardwood Stave Co. S. M. WELTI A BRO. XJO matter what kind of a slack barrel
BARREL PLANT HAS FIRE SEES BIG ELECTRIFICATION
INCORPORATED
Manufacturer* of
you use or want we can supply your
The Vinegar Barrel Market Manufacturers of
Fire recently destroyed the main plant of the Farmers Within the next quarter of a century the Power need. Quality, manufacture and service
The tight barrel trade is said not to have become Air Dried and Listed Tight Barrel
Manufacturing Company. Norfolk. Va., makers of
active so Buyers of vinegar barrels
far this spring. Survey Committee of the Great Lakes division of the COOPERAGE Tighf Cooperage guaranteed.
barrels, crates and truck baskets, on the Atlantic Coast National Electric Association. Chicago, 111., sees the main
I

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are looking for lower prices, but the market is holding PORK STAVES Milk, Oil and Lard Tierces Write us now for
Line railroad at Pugh. Va.. six miles from Portsmouth.
Two dwelling houses nearby and a (juantity of himlxjr
were burned. U. W. Hargrovcs. president of the com-
pany, estimated the loss at $40,000 to $50,000.
firm, with barrels around $2.75 and oak $3 to $3.25.
Small tight packages are reported to l)e in demand
for beverage purposes, but a damper has been put on
lines of between Chicago and the Atlantic
railroads
coast electrified, a vast network of high-tension wires
connecting all the larger centers of population, and each
JtuUyiVbia) in the central part of the United States having
\ All kinds of Cut-Offs

P.O. Box
made
and kinds of Hand-
all
Staves, Slavonian made.

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and Kegs
CLEVELAND. 0.
APPLE BARRELS
the manufacture of some of these on account ol the
activity shown hereabouts by prohibition enforcement generated for him each year 1.650 kilowatt hour's power,
NEW TURPENTINE COMPANY officers, who have lioen showing some of the sort of as compared with an average of 436 now.
It is possible for the electric companies to reach every
The Southern Turpentine and Rosin Company has zeal displayed in Philadelphia,
been
.stock
organized
of $.50,000.
E. G. Trcnholm, president;
in Jacksonville.
The following
J.
Fla.,
are
with
company
H. Gross, vice-president;
a capital
officers: Edward B. Holmes
ICdward B. Holmes, president of the E. & B. Holmes
On Important Committee
bit of the right of way of the roads between Chicago
and the Atlantic, the committee report declares. It con-
siders that the first move will come in the electrification
HANLON-GREGORY GALVANIZING COMPANY
and treasurer. Machinery Co., is one of three members of a city of lines having terminals in Chicago.
and R. E. Price, secretary

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SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS WHICH DO GOOD WORK

SOUTHERN COOPERAGE COMPANY THE HARLAN-MORRIS MFG. CO. ^ 'xENrTels^
Manufacturer* of all Kmda of
Manufacturers of and
MACHINERY FOR SALE MACHINERY FOR SALE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
f

I
Dealers In all kinds of Cooperage Tight-Barrel Staves ^ Circled Heading
MATCHED STOCK A SPECIALTY
From WHITE OAK, RED OAK, ASH ind OUM
FOR SALE PLANT FOR SALE Office and Factory. 3134-3160 Chartres street, New Orleafis, La.
Branch MilU in
SATISFACTION
pOR SALE: REBUILT STAVE and HEADING MACHINERY MILLS. FORDOCHE.LA. GUARANTEED Tenne»*e«, Mississippi and Arkansas
Completely equipped saw, stave, hoop and
Oram Chipper, with 2 knives; catalog p. 36,
1 Two Greenwood Heading Turners. heading mill, with all modem machinery.
1 No. 26 Holmes Chipper. One Heading Sawing Machine. Plenty of timber available. Good market and
1 No. 24 Holmes Dish Stave Jointer. One No. 4 Stave Cutter. well established for product.
Oram Double Wheel Jointer, similar to
1
ROCHESTER BARREL MACHINE WORKS, Situated on two railroads and water trans-
catalog page 24.
1 Oram Heading Rounder, page
Glader, Chicago Bush Machine
42.
(heavy
Manufacturers of "Greenwood" Stave
and Heading Machinery,
portation.
Suitable terms can be arranged.
REINSCHNIDT STAVE CO. & LENNON
ECKHARDT Manufacturers CO., Inc.
Address "PLANT," care "The ..MANUFACTURERS
1 National OF.
Rochester, N. Y. of
duty).
Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia.
3 Oram Large Size Hoopers.
1 National Milwaukee Blower Exhaust Fan Tight and Slack Barrel Staves \\\ Klw%A€, TIGHT BARREL HEADING
All ainuS
(large size).
1 Holmes Knife Grinder.
AIR-DRIED AND LISTED ..
AND STAVES
— Pine
1 Diamond Knife Grinder.
1 Large Gerlach Bolt Saw.
2 No. 70 Bung and Bush Machines.
1 No. 15 Holmes Crozer.
pOR
E. B.
SALE:
Holmes Complete Barrel Outfit.
60" Gerlach Boxboard Mill.
TIGHT COOPERAGE PLANT FOR SALE
POMPLETIC plant for manufacturing all kinds
of tight barrels and half barrels, in absolutely
Red. Water and White Oak Staves. Also Slack Barrels
PLANTS -Quitman. Ga.. and Louglirldgc. Fla.
Address aU Correapondence and Orders to QUITMAN, GEORGIA
Staves

MAIN OFFICE ....

Mills at Monroe, Winnsboro and Gallion, La.
- Monroe, La.

54'" Gerlach Champion Heading Saw.

1 Glader (heavy duty) Double Punch Ma- t^rst-class condition. Must sell quick account
chine. 60" Greenwood Heading Jointer. Address B. WEISS-
of lease Suitable terms.
No. 23 Holmes Stave HoUower. No. 4 Rochester Improved Turner.
1
Greenwood Power Heading Bolter.
M\N COOPERAGE, Braddock, Pa.
1 No. 24 Holmes 24 Heading Planer.
"

2 No. 19 Holmes Heading Rounders.

1 No. 6 Holmes Equalizer.
1 No. 55 Holmes Stave Bender.
All machines guaranteed.

WAYNE MACHINERY COMPANY \Y/^NTED— Manufacturers' agency on new kegs of

D. K. BROWN, Rugton, La. HICKSON-ROGERS MANUFACTURING CO.
MANUFACTURERS OF
1 No. im Holmes Heading Jointer and Fort Wayne, Indiana all sizes. WESTCHESTER COOPERAGE. 210
Kiln-Dried and all Lengths Dowel Pins, Club Turned Oak and
Doweler. Vonkers Avenue, Yonkers. N. Y.
1 No. 34 Holmes Riveter.
2 Pflueger Portland Bush Machines.
pOR SALE— Excellent site for cooperage mill on good
and Jointed Tigm Band SlaTes of Cutoffs Tight Barrel Staves Hickory Spokes
3 Oram Post Borers and Bush Machines. WE ARE READY TO HANDLE YOUR ORDERS IN ANY 1

1 No. 21 Holmes Dowel Pin-Making Machine.

pOR SALE— Slack barrel heading machinery also, two ; harbor. Site is adjacent to big lumber mill, which WINES, WHITE OAK, RED OAK AND GUM OIL STAVES. f

I QUANTITIES. STOCK AND SERVICE A-l. WRITE US J

1 No. 110 Holmes Double Spindle Boring and

Bush Machine.
Chase turbine gang saws, one 2" and one 3". Also
one automatic heading or shingle saw. etc. Address
will buv all waste for fuel.
:md water facilities.
Good log supply. Rail
Address FIRST NATIONAL
No. 2 OILS IN OAK AND GUM AND COPPER STAVES. PARAQOUUD >\RKA.INSA.S
"SLACK." care The National Coopers' Jourxal, B.ANK. Port Angeles. Washington.
1 No. 16 Holmes Keg Turning Lathe.
1 No. 18 Holmes Heading Planer. Philadelphia. Pa.
SECOND-HAND PACKAGES FOR SALE
MR. CHARLES STOLPER,
3300 Fond du Lac Avenue,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
pOR SALE— One Noble hoop
Address
coiler. new; has never
W. E. pOR SALE— About one thousand zinc kegs no heads
OUR SPECIALTY W. W. WILSON STAVE COMPANY
23W SLACK BARREL HEADING
;
been taken off the shipjiing skids.
B0M':R. R. R. No. 7. Chambcrsburg. Pa. two hundred tar drums. 50 or 55 gallons: two MANUFACTURERS OF
thousand galvanized drums; dimensions 21 inches high.
12 inches diameter. 8-inch opening; no covers. Will sell
Address "PACKAGES." care The National
PirNE OR aUM — ANY GRADE OR SIZB All Classes Kiln-Dried and Jointed Tight Barrel Staves
MACHINERY WANTED cheap.
Let us know your requlrementa
CtK)PERs' Journal. Philadelphia, Pa.
COMPLETE STAVE AND HEADING OUTFITS White Oak Red Oak Gum and Ash
Used machinery rebuilt by experts, production RANTED— I am
market to buy good, second-
in the
SECOND-HAND BARRELS WANTED CAREY COOPERAGE & TIMBER CO., INC.
NORTH LITTLE ROCK :-: :-: ARKANSAS
guaranteed. hand heading turner also, second-hand power or
;
CYPRESS, ALABAMA
hand-bolting machine or short-log mill. M. R. HAR-
STAVES
Drum saws, 24", 18" and 15" bUge, Gerlach,
DENBURCiH, Beaver Dam, Virginia. Wanted —One-Time
Second-hand
Steel
Oil Barrels
Drums
and
Whitney.
Oram, Dreadnaught, Gerlach. We Lubri-

FRUIT BARREL STAVES

Planers, SECOND-HAND BARRELS FOR SALE are in the market for No. I

Jointers, Oram, Gerlach, foot power.

Cutters, Greenwood No. 3 and No. 4.
cating and Refined Oil Barrels, also
Drums
R. C. JONES LUMBER & STAVE CO., INC.
Crozers, Oram, Gerlach, Holmes.
18-Gauge One-Time Shipper miiimiinii iimiiiiiimii mmim
Manufacturers of All Kinds of Oak, Ash, Cypress and Gum
pOR SALE—2.000 ii i
mil II II iniiiiitt Ill 1 itiim iiii
freshlv-emptied glucose barrels. Hill iiiiiiiiiii

Presses, Wayne, Hoosier.

Will sellall or any part. Address "GLUCOSE." 16 Gauge 1 Black 1 55 Gal.
or and
1 Used
Steel SAWN CHESTNUT, DRESSEDUSOR ROUGH TIGHT BARREL STAVES AND HEADING
HEADING care The Natio.nal C<h)PERs' Jolrxal, Philadelphia, Pa.
14 Gauge
y
J Galv.
f
J 110 Gal. j
f
Drums NOW
YOU WILL LIKE THEM-WRITE
Saws, Noble, Greenwood, Trevor, 48* to eO"*.
n
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From five-gallon to full barrel sizes.
Planers, Trevor, Rochester, 20 and 24".
Turners, Greenwood, Trevor, Gerlach, Oram,
"

pOR SALE— About 1.000 to 2.000 single-headed lead

half-barrels. All hardwood and all one size. Would
GLUCK STEEL BARREL CO., Perth Amboy, N. J.
TREXLER COOPERAGE CO.
PENNSYLVANIA CANTON
Bilge-sawn keg staves a specialty.

St :: MISSISSIPPI
Rochester.
Jointers, Greenwood, Trevor, Oram, like to receive quotations f. o. b. Pittsburgh, Pa.
are also in the market to buy oil and lard barrels. Quote
We WANTED— To buv second-hand sugar barrels. Ad- ALLENTOWN -
Rochester.
lowest prices f. o. b. Pittsburgh. Pa. Address NORTH dress ALOIS ROSTAS, 122 Old Rose Street,
Presses, Noble, Greenwood. Trenton. N. J. nnc
SIDE COOPERAGE CO., 2238 Laplace Street. Pitts- iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHMiiniiiiiiiii I iiHiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii IIIIIII iiiiiiiiiiii iiiniiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

MISCELLANEOUS
PEEL & BROTHER
burgh. Pa.
HELP WANTED
Knife Grinders, Noble, Defiance.
Cooper tools, hoops and
truss all kinds of
pOR SALE— Small car of nice, cheap, sugar barrels,
J. M. MANUFACTURERS
PENSACOLA COOPERAGE CO. 1

barrel building machinery.

HARRINGTON,
NOBLE MACHINE COMPANY,
Fort Wayne, Ind.
with
Greenwich
heads.
Street.
Address J. R.
Belmont, N. Y.
88
FINE OPENING
—
WANTED Hustling young man who can
FOR A-l MAN -
COILED ELM HOOPS HoVS TIGHT and SLACK BARRELS
show profit buying and selling cooperage We are prepared at all times to make prompt shipment
NEW BARRELS WANTED stock and basket material. Write fully stating in any quantity anywhere Also Kiln-dried and Jointed RED OAK STAVES and CIRCLED HEADING
age, qualifications, etc., in first letter. Address Write u» NOW!
FOR SALE—TIMBER LAND "GOOD CHANCE,"care "The National
LAKE VILLAGE -:- ARKANSAS i DE SOTO and
-Office and Plant-
TARRAGONA STS. PENSACOLA, FLA.
"RANTED— 5.000 new, red or white oak, 6-hoop Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Pa.
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barrels; shipment to be in carload lots as wanted.

Address "O.AK." care The National Coopers' Journal,
pOR SALE—SLACK BARREL STAVE TIMBER. Philadelphia. Pa. WW TED— Coopers for slack and tight barrels.

23,000 acres in solid body in Southeastern

Arkansas for sale by owner to principals only;
DALLAS COOPERAGE CO
Write ., Dallas, Tex .

W. A. TSCHUMY & COMPANY MONTEZUMA COOPERS' FLAG

partly cut over for large saw logs; abundance
POSITION WANTED WANTED— Stave bolt makers. Virgin oak timber.
Long job. Prices right. Applv THE INTER- Manufacturers and Dealer* in /\ Forty years in the business ^X
small timber remaining, oak, gum, elm,^ ash,
STATE COOPERAGE CO., Mer Rouge, La. "' ^'*8 experts
pecan, hackberry, sycamore. Enough timber
to assure operation for many years. Mo. Pac. RANTED — Position Slack Cooperage Stock SOFT VARIETY *»av« "™^^*= ;^|_|_ LENGTHS
Ry. runs through tract. Address "OWNER," cylinder saw stave
as foreman of slack heading or
mill in Florida or Georgia. Have
RANTED—Eirst-class
and inspecting tight
man, in buying
experienced
Address "STAVES,"
staves. OUR SPECIALTIES ^ Try our Service ^
care "The National Coopers' Journal," Philadel- had twenty-six years of experience. Prefer contracting
phia, Pa. job. Address "SAW" care The National Coopers'
ToT'RVAT PhilaHplnhJa Pa
care The
W^ANTEn —
National Coopers' Journal, Philadelphia, Pa.
Fi«-«t-r1p<:c tJelu-hqrr*'l enlpcmnn AddrP<!S
GUM APPLE BARREL STOCK PINE TRUCK BARREL STOCK
VIRGINIA
P. T. CASEY
"BARRELS." care The National Coopers' Jour-
NORFOLK - - 92 W«»i Bayard SIreel r. n a Seaeca Falls, N. Y.

"Y^ ANT ED — Position as manager or superintendent of nal. Philadelphia. Pa.

We have forty-three thousand acres of timber factory manufacturing candy

Am
pails, and tubs for
practical in every department,
RANTED—At once, a man competent to operate a
and cream.
land for sale and will sell all or any part of lard ice pendulous heading sawing machine. Address WE ARE BUYERS OF
same. Tract consists of young growth pine and
will cut eight to ten cords per acre.
in Alabama. Address TREDAWAY COOPER-
Located
from logs consumer.
going concern.
to
Address "ACTIVE." care of
National Coopers' Journal, Philadelphia, Pa.
Would take active interest in
The
"HI^ADING." care
Philadelphia. Pa.
The National Coopers' Journal,
FIELDS-LATTA STAVE CO.
AGE CO., INC., Jacksonville, Ala.
^^ANTED — By a practical tight barrel manufactur-
^J^ANTED — Good man who understands the manu-
facture of oak kegs one who can take care of ma-
;
M anufacturers of HIGH GRADE STAVES.HOOPS&HEADING
Address "MACHINERY." care The Na-
Barrel Staves
chinery.

pOR SALE— Hardwood timber on 17,000 acres of

ing cooper,
capital in the
with small established business to interest
enlarging of his present plant to meet
tional Coopers' Jourval. Philadelphia, Pa.

^(^ANTED — An
Slack GOT "WE'VE IT
For Tight and Slack Cooperage
"'"
land from which larger mill logs are being removed.
Reasonable arrangements may be made by responsible
existing barrel
either outside
demand, or will act in executive capacity,
or inside, for a substantial tight cooper- barrel work.
experienced cooper for tight and slack
State experience, age and salarv in
IfQUALITY and SERVICE are what you want, *

JAMES WEBSTER & BRO., Lid. °°°\f:r.%ooT:.':.t.

LONDON OFFICE— Dashwood House. 9 New Broad
purchasers. A
good proposition for handle or slack age manufacturing company. Address "PRACTICAL." first letter. SCRANTON
COOPERAGE, 820 South DYERSBURG office and Plant TENNESSEE St., E. C.

barrel factory. Write care P. O

Box 609, Opelousas, La. care The National Coopers' Journal, Philadelphia, Pa. Washington Avenue, Scranton, Pa.

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Tight and Slack Barrels CALIFORNIA BARREL CO. Pckin Cooperage Company
We carry new Cooperage from 5 to 50-gallon on hand at
local or carload shipments. Ready to fill barrels for all
alltimes for
requirements
COOPERAGE STOCK, COOPERAGE and
Manufacturers of
WOODEN WARE— TIGHT and SLACK— OF ALL SIZES
MT. OLIVE STAVE CO. I
659 CUNARD BLDG., 25 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
Plants at l^e^ille Island, Pa., and 'Pittsburgh, Pa.
ADDRESS CORRESPONDENCE TO MILL: Areata, Humboldt County, California BATESVILLE, ARK. |
MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY: 1101 Illinois Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Company FOREIGN DEPARTMENT: 433 California St., San Francisco, Cal.
-—MANUFACTURERS OF—————— Ambridge, Penna.
CHICAGO OFFICE: 360 Old Colony Building, Chicago, 111. Peoria, Illinois
I3as*3i Liberty Avenue * Pittsburgh, Pa.
Port Arthur, Texas Mobile, Alabama
Tight Barrel Staves and Heading Alexandria, La. West Helena, Ark.

H. ARENSON & COMPANY Washington Cooperage and Packing Co. I

111
IN — '> =
Kegs and
Barrels, Manufacturers of Barrels Shooks^ Kegs, f
Cooperage Stock enables us to serve demands
DOUGLAS FIR STAVES I
WHITE OAK, RED OAK, GUM and ASH
|
Staves and Heading
Our large plant with warehouse facilities all
in second-hand and new barrels, used and new steel drums in any quantities. HEADING and BARRELS QUALITY DOMESTIC AND EXPORT
We represent one of the largest steel drum manufacturers. I PROMPT SHIPMENT CLOSE INSPECTION |
Your inquiries are respectfully solicited. RiCHIVfOND BEACH WASHINGTON
238 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH. PA. ^il

FOUNDED I8S0 {NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA) INCORPORA TED 1900

Cooperage Stock & Barrel Shooks We are large buyers of Slack Cooperage

Goopera^e Machinery
Stock of all kinds, and we want your prices
Layton Cooperage Co. Chickasaw Cooperage Co
N. & H. O'DONNELL COOPERAGE CO. Incorporated
BARREL MANUFACTURERS
B. C. SHEAHAN COMPANY Moore St., Water to Swanson St. PHILADELPHIA, PA, MANUFACTURERS OF
166 West Jackson Blvd. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
FIR STAVES AND HEADING Barrels - Kegs - Shooks
TIGHT AND SLACK
BRUCE T. WARRING THE MICHEL COOPERAGE CO. Staves - Heading
3256 K STREET, N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. Manufacturers
Also Tanks, Barrels and Kegs
Dealer In
All Kinds of Second Hand Empty Barrels WINE, PICKLE onz OIL COOPERAGE
30 YEARS' EXPERIENCE ALWAYS IN THE MARKET FOR SQUARE HEADING Heading and Stave Mill, Linnton, Oregon
Can Furnish You Barrels for All Purposes AND STAVES OF ALL KINDS. QUOTE PRICES
OFFICE: 301, 303 WATER ST., PORTLAND, ORE. MEMPHIS, TENN. NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Write Me When In Need
West 12T7 Res. West 2224 SANDUSKY OHIO
1

ESTABLISHED 1S84
PROPERLY QUALITY
GEORGE W. STONE, & SONS Tight Barrel
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF-
SECOND-HAND BARRELS and HOGSHEADS
All orders receive prompt and efficient attention.
Jr.,

Let ua aerve you.

MADE

STAVES AND HEADING

STOCK
READY
with good quality
standard Slack Barrel
W. T. SMITH LUMBER CO
CHAPMAN, ALA.
WAREHOUSE AND YARDS
Washington, D. C.
OZARK TIMBER AND STAVE COMPANY We manufacture over 300,000 feet of
1234-1240 SEVENTH STREET. S. W. ID N. Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois
STAVES, HOOPS long and short leaf yellow Pine lumber
and timber daily. Separate plants
AND HEADING are devoted to the following lines :

NATIONAL COOPERAGE & WOODENWARE CO.

BUNGS
WE MAKE THEM!
VENT PLUGS FAUCETS
of uniform dependability

Straight or Mixed Cars

NAVAL STORES
SHINGLES and LATH
HARDWOOD LUMBER
TIGHT COOPERAGE CASK or BARREL PLUGS and WORM-HOLE PEGS Write, 'phone or wire us
VENEERS— BOX SHOOKS

Manufacturers and Exporters

Write for prices on Bung-borers, Cooper's hoop-drivers, hammers,
adzes, flagging and flagging irons, chalk, chines and chine maula
if you want quick service
OAK STAVES
PEORIA ILLINOIS REDLICH MFG. CO.
Knou>n to the trade
647 W. Oak Sf.
for over SO yeart
CHICAGO The Gideon -Anderson
Second and Angelica Sts., ST. LOUIS,
Co.
MO. PINE HEADING
JI
Western New York
Butt or Heading

COOPERS' Flag
Hoop Nails
Bright, Blued,
Hoop Staples Hoop Fasteners
Coppered or Galvanized
SKUSE'S COOPERAGE K™r
THE

FLAG The Finest

Grades Grown Write for prices and samples Vail Cooperage Co
A large tupply
Since 1888
R. E. TRAVER, Montezuma. N. Y. constantly in atock THE GEO. W. STANLEY CO. Belleville, III. Manufacturer of Manufacturers of
PBIRDERS soliciteH for
and Dealer in
LBJ straight or mixed cars. STAVES
Slack Local coopers supplied.
Write us whether you want
QUALITY HOOPS
JOHN KEESEY A. L. POESSEL & COMPANY Staves or sell as we know we
buy
4163
—
WILMINGTON,
Du Pont Building,
^^.^—^— Haver. Seller and nm^tmr -
DEL. Are you in touch with the

powers in the cooperage industry?

buying
Tight and Slack

Cooperage Stock
Heading
to
can deal to your satisfaction. STOCK HEADING
New Barrels, Kegs, Slack
Cooperage Stock, Used For a live wire connection Staves-Hoops-Heading
Hoops Mdress. SKUSE'S COOPERAGE
OUR NORTHERN ELM HOOPS
"BEST BY TEST"
VENEERS
and New Steel Drums TRY THIS SPACE Quotations Cheerfully Made Flour and Corner Finney and Davis Streets

208 So. La Salle St. Chicago, III.

Fruit Barrels ROCHESTER, NEW YORK FORT WAYNE ll IND.
Your Inquiries and Offers are Solicited

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•ESTABLISHED
FORTY-EIGHT YEARS
EXPERIENCE AS SUCCESSFUL

Manufacturers and Distributors of

1876" AMER
wi RE
_-,^
TWISTED SPLICE
HOOPS
^r», TOl? Used for slack cooperage
p^j.^,,. veneer truck,
BARRELS— sugar,
fish, salt. lime. KtOS
flour, apple.
and BASKETS
r Geruch Modern Machinery
Produces
CHEAPER AND BETTER
TIabt and Slack Coopcraae Stock Barrele. Kess and
Tube, readr to eet np Into noa-leafclna packa«ea of
1«0 rallona Ilqold capacity, or for Mml-Uquld

COOPERAGE
S to
T-T T-z-i-rr* ir^ WTTTI rMrr» Used smooth woodenware. butter, lard and
for and dry materials up to 80O poonda weiaht.
LLLCl Kll^ \\ SLLUILU ^^i^ tubs, candy pails, jacket cans. etc. We manufactura machinery for sawlna, Jolntlna. plan-
Ina and croslnic. etaveM: for aawlna, Jolntlns.
dowal-
Made to measure ready for use. Strong, economical, easily applied.
other finishes. lina. planInK and clrcllnc beadlna.
Made of specially adapted steel in plain, bright or

STAVES - HEADING - HOOPS SEND FOR FREE SAIWPLES AND CATALOGUE MODERNIZE YOUR PLANT
BARRELS KEGS - I Scrap Machinery Invented before the Civil War and
Install a Gerlach Outfit that will make Tlsht bar-
SUPPLIES TOOLS -

1 20 Broadway -'NewVorl^ ,1M L .

American Steel
CHICAGO— NEW YORK
&Company
Wire
rels that are tight, from any strong, non-porous
timber.

barrels
BUILD
with perfect Joints that will not leaki a
product that Is Infinitely superior ta the tin and
"Illustrated Tool Catalogue No. 26J" Iron near barrels now belna experimented with.
Wood Is tasteless, stainless and rustless and being
a poor conductor of heat or moisture, keepe its
contents In their original condition.

E, HENNING, Inc. "Genuine" Hill Steam Dogs Speed-Durability-Efficiency

CYLINDER SAWS RESTEELED
MODERN BOXBOARD MACHINERY
We you the for holding logs while being cut with Drag are the three outstanding features of our
offer facilities of the Used
"Henning" Service in the purchase of Saw or other cut-off machine.

TIGHT COOPERAGE STOCK Belt-Driven Dogs can be supplied if steam is not HEADING-UP MACHINE THE PETER GERLACH CO.
STAVES HEADING available. FOR TIGHT BARRELS
SLACK
STAVES
COOPERAGE
HOOPS
STOCK
HEADING
"Genuine" Hill Steam Dogs and Drag Saws are
standard equipment in every modern American MINIMUM OF POWER
Operates with
and MAXIMUM OF EFFICIENCY CLEVELAND
Columbus Road and Winter
-
Street

- OHIO
ICE CREAM TUB STOCK
Cutting-Up plant.
Handle* packacea from 5 to 5S aallona eapacltj. Machine delhr-
ered wltb an* haad *»• optional with porchaMr. Additional elMe
BOTTOMS Write for Bulletin famliOied at nonUnal cont. Head chances made in 10 mlnntea.
STAVES
COOPERAGE
TIGHT NEW OR
MACHINERY
USED SLACK We
Capacity, 700 to lOOO barrels daily
wQl be glad to send you deacriptivc literature

ff rite us at CHAS- GROTNES MACHINE WORKS

431 Dearborn St., CHICAGO, ILL. CHICAGO ILLINOIS

ESTABLISHED 1860
Chris Heidt. 2d
Chu. E. Heidt
Phones \\\ll\ Bergen

Qoodspeed Machine Co. TREVOR

C. HEIDT & SON, Inc. ESTA BLISHED 1851 Nanuf act uring Company
JERSEY, CITY, N. J. LOCKPORT, N.Y.
New Slack Barrels
B Second-hand Barrels

A All Kinds Slack and Tight

UILDERSOF MACHINES
for all dry materials,
R We specialize preparing
B facturer of Tubs, Pails, Slotted Clothespins,
for the manu- The Latest Improved Machinery
for
chemicals, sugar, etc.
R tight barrels for all Spools, Bobbins, Wood Heels, Bailwoods and Barrels Kegs
E purposes
other Small Handles, and Small Novelty Turnings. Staves Pails
Tongue and Grooved L Hand Type and Automatic Variety Lathes are Heading Drums
A Used Barrel is Better
Barrels a Specialty S Than a New One" special features. Hoops Cheese Boxes
QUALITY and SERVICE Our Motto!
MADE IN WINCHENDON, MASSACHUSETTS Complete Plaafs
OFFICE, 64 Fairmount Ave. PLANT, 12-88 Fairmoant Ave. from the log to the barrel
I
1
Trerar Pateat
aomba Headlns
awtnc MaehfaM
STEPHEN JERRY & CO., Inc.
Manufacturing Cooperage CLEVELAND SPRAYING MACHINES
COOPERAGE STOCK For lining the interior of barrels, The highest point in machine efficiency is the
FACTORY AND WARFHGl SE: tubs, etc., with any hot or cold
OFFICE: 272 HURON STREET liquid coating. These Outfits can
PROVOST STREET
FROM IVnr* TO HfRON «TRFETS BROOKLYN. N. Y. he onerated bv HAND or POWER. "PArfAPtinn" HpaHinfiT-uD Machine .we.
and will economize in labor, time
and material.
hcading-up and hooping off all classes of slack
New Barrels A package is laid over spray nozzle,
clutch thrown in and after pump
for
cooperage. Repeat orders and the successful opera-
Heading Hoops has made from 5 to 6 strokes, tion of every machine sold in various parts of the '^
clutch is thrown out and package
is coated. Capacity as fast as the country, is our history to date.
Staves Liners men can handle the cooperage.
Are You Usin^ a " Perfection ?"
We also build Superheaters and Send for Catalogue
Shooks for Export Branding Machines.
and Prices

Cooperage Supplies
alao
MARTEN, GRAHN & ANDRESEN
Eureka Machine Co. avenue Geveland, 0. I
FRANCISCX), CAL.
TwMity-MCond snd lUinoU StrMta t SAN

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26 THl". XATIOXAI. COOPKr'fS' JOL'KXAI.

"ESTABLISHED
FORTY-EIGHT YEARS
EXPERIENCE AS SUCCESSFUL

Manufacturers and Distributors of

1876" AMERICAN

WIR E
T-^iTTO-T-T-i-k
TWISTED SFLlCh cm Tr>tr Used
HOOPS cooperage B4RREIS— sugar, flour, apple.
for slack
^^^^^^ ^^^^„ truck, fish. salt. lime. KEGS and BASKETS
F
Gerlach Modern Machinery

Tiglit
Produces
CHEAPER AND BETTER
and Slack Cooperate Stock Barrels. Kegs and
Tubs, ready to set up Into non-leaklnr packaje.
of

gallons liquid capacity, or for seml-llquld

COOPERAGE
5 to 120
and
ITT trr^T^D T/^ W/ITT r^TTD imooth woodenware, butter. lard
and dry materials up to 800 pounds weight.
LLrLL. KIL^ W ILL,UILU
U*^'^ f°'
1 ^3jh tubs, candy pails, jacket cans. etc.
(

We manufacture machinery for sawlns. Jointing, plan-

do wel-
InK and crozins. stave*: for sawing, Jolntlns.
Made to measure ready for use. Strong, economical, easily applied.
ling, planlne and clrclln* headlnc
Made of specially adapted steel in plain, bright or other finishes.

STAVES - HEADING - HOOPS MODERNIZE YOUR PLANT

SEND FOR TREE SAMPLES AND CATALOGUE
BARRELS KEGS - Scrap Machinery Invented before the Civil War and
Install a Gerlach Outfit that will make
SUPPLIES TOOLS -
ri»ht bar-

ToLWEU. Cooperage CoMPAwy

120 Broadway -TMewNork ."N .YT
American Steel
CHICAGO— NEW YORK
&CompanyWire
rels that are tight, from
timber.
any strons. non-porous

BUILD
l>arrels with perfect Joints that will not leak; a
product that Is Infinitely superior to the tin and
"Illustrated Tool Catalogue No. 26J" Iron near barrels now being experimented with.
Wood Is tasteless, stainless and rustless and being
a poor conductor of heat or moisture, keeps Its
contents in their original condition.

E. HENNING, 1 nc. "Genuine" Hill Steam Dogs Speed-Durability-Efficiency

CYLINDER SAWS RESTEELED
MODERN BOXBOARD MACHINERY
Drag are the three outstanding features of our
We ofter you the facilities of t he Used for holding logs while being cut with
"Henninp" Service in the purchase of or other cut-off machine.
Saw
TIGHT COOPERAGE STOCK Belt-Driven Dogs can be supplied if steam is not HEADING -UP MACHINE THE PETER GERLACH CO.
STAVES HEADING available. FOR TIGHT BARRELS
SLACK
STAVES
COOPERAGE
HOOPS
STOCK
HEADING
"Genuine" Hill Steam Dogs and Drag Saws are
standard equipment in every modern American MINIMUM OF POWER
Operates with
and MAXIMUM OF EFFICIENCY CLEVELAND
Columbus Road and Winter
- -
Street

OHIO
Cutting-Up plant.
ICE CR EAM TU B STOCK
BOTTOMS Write for Bulletin
Handles packngres from 5 to 55 srallonB capacity. Machine dellT-
—
ered with one head size optional with purchaser. Additional sizes
(urniabed at nominal cottt. Heed changes made in 10 minutes.
STAVES
COOPERAGE machinery! Capacity, 700 to lOOO barrels daily

TIGHT NEW OR USED SLACK 1

iLL'Cuitnsca,
SAW mLL A^^O^»OOO^CUrT.SC MACH.r^BRY
We will be glad to

CHAS- GROTNES MACHINE

send you descriptive literature

WORKS
431 Dearborn St., CHICAGO, ILL. 1
CHICAGO :: :: ILLINOIS

ChrN KSTAKLISIIKI)

TREVOR
Hcidt. 2d IH(iO II.'
I'hon.s ;
jjjg; Herifin
Hoidt

Qoodspeed Machine Co
Chas. K.

C. HEIDT & SON, Inc. ESTABLISHED 1851 Manufacturing Company

JERSEY, CITY, N. J. Q) LOCKPORT, N. Y.
New Slack Barrels
B Second-hand Barrels
All Kind; Slack and Tight
A DITLDERSOF MACHLNES for the manu- The Latest Improved Machinery
for ail dry materials,
R ^^ facturer of Tubs, Pails, Slotted Clothespins, for
We specialize preparing
chemicals, sugar, etc.
R tight l)arrels for all Spools, Bobbins, Wood and Heels, Bail woods Barrels Kegs
E purposes
other Small Handles, and Small Novelty Turnings. Staves Pails
Tongue and Grooved L Hand Type and Automatic Variety Lathes are Heading Drums
"A I'^ed Barrel is Retter
Barrels a Specialty S Than a New One" special features. Hoops Cheese Boxes
QUALITY and SERVICE Our Motto!
MADE IN WINCHENDON, MASSACHUSETTS Complete Plants
OFFICE, 64 Fairmount Ave. PLANT, 12-88 Fairmount Ave. from the log to the barrel

Trevor Patent
Jumbo Hesdlns
8awlnc Machine
STEPHEN JERRY & CO., Inc.
Mann /at III ritifi (MOfHTOfiP CLEVELAND SPRAYING MACHINES
COOPKRAGE STOCK For lining the interior of barrels, The highest point in machine efficiency is the
\M) WAIM IIOl SK: tubs, etc., with any hoi or cold
F\< lOltV
OFFICE: 272 HI RON STREET
IMlOVUsl SIHEhl liquid coating. These Outfits can
FROM INDU TO ailfOM §T«€it« BROOKLYN. N. Y. be onerated by
and will economize
HAND or POWER
in labor, time
,
"Perfection" Heading-iip Machine Traatman Hoop Machine—aftwi. point* and laps.

and material.
hcading-up and hooping off all classes of slack
New Barrels A package is laid over spraynozsle,
for
cooperage. Repeat orders and the successful opera-
clutch thrown in and after pump
Heading Hoops has made from 5 to 6 strokes,
clutch is thrown out and package
tion of every machine sold in various parts of the
country, is our history to date.
%
is coated. Capacity as fast as the
Staves Liners men can handle the cooperage.
Perfection ?"
We also build Superheaters and
Are You Using a **

Send for Catalogue

Shooks for Export Branding Machines.
and Prices

Cooperage Supplies
alto
MARTEN, GRAHN & ANDRESEN
Eureka Machine Co. avenue Cleveland, 0. Twmty-MCODd and SAN FRANCISCO, CAI_
Illinois Streets : TreTor Latest Impravad Headlos Plane*

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INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE

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M C HEADING TURNER
110. %J showing new belt
feed arrangement, dispensing
with worm, worm wheel and
bevel gears.
This Turner is designed for
Circling Slack Keg Heading,
A PAPER OF GREAT VALUE TO ALL STAVE, HEADING, HOOP MANUFACTURERS AND COOPERS
Barrel Heading and Square
the First of Each Month.
Edge Covers. VOL. 40
Fiihllshed
Subscription Price $3.00 Per Year.
Foreign Subscription $2.50 Per Year.
Philadelphia, June, 1924 Entere«l as Second-Class Matter at
the Post-Offlce in Philadeiphia, Pa.
No. 2

We manufacture a full line of

Slack Stave and Heading
Machinery.
Straight, Matched
or Mixed
Cars

staV e s
HOOPS
HEADING
Cut properly, dried thoroughly,
:!
w priced fairly, delivered promptly
E

Your inquiry will receive immediate attention

No. 4 Special Stave Cutter The Vail-Donaldson Company

A new design machine of extremely strong and rigid construction especially adapted for United Home Building - ST. LOUIS, IVIISSOURI
cutting hardwood staves and also crozed and chamfered staves.
Write for particulars.

We manufacture a full line of Slack Stave and Heading Machinery

Catalog upon request LOOK FOR OUR

QUEEN CITY "Who serves best, profits most'' TRADEMARK
With a good log supply, perfect, kiln-

ROCHESTER BARREL MACHINE WORKS HOOP CO. drying system and fine railroad facili-
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ties, we are equipped to render
OUEEN CITY
Successor to JOHN GREENWOOD
GREENVILLE - MISS. Quality Service HOOP
NEW YORK requirements
in filling your hoop
OROEB DIBECT OR FROM YOUB JOBBER
m
ffifflSfay;ffi?^fB^«^^^A^^^
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Gerlach Modern Machinery

Produces
CHEAPER AND BETTER
TIGHT- The Sandusky Cooperage and Lumber Co
Tlfflit and Slack Cooperate Stock Barrels, Kest
Tubs, ready to set up Into non-leakinr packages
and

5 to 120 rnllons liquid capacity, or for temUUquld

of SLACK—
and dry materials up to 800 pounds welvbt.
Wt) manufacture machinery for sawlnr, Jointing, plan-
inK and croilnif, staveti: for sawing, Jointing, dowel-
Cooperage Stock having, by amiable agreement, severed its connection with the
ling, planing and circling heading.

MODERNIZE YOUR PLANT N E W— Ozark Cooperage and Lumber Company, takes pleasure in making
public announcement that it is
Scrap Machinery Invented before the CItII War and
liiHtall a Gerlach Outflt that will make Tight bar-
rels that are tight, from any strong, non-porous
timber.
USED- Completely Reorganized
BUILD Cooperage Machinery
barrels with perfect Joints that will not leak; a through the introduction of new capital and additional executive
product that Is infinitely superior to the tin and
iron near barrels now being experimented with.
Wood tasteless, stainless and mstless and being
MILL— V
personnel, and is now better equipped than ever before to manufacture
and deliver to the trade the high-quality line of cooperage products
SHOP—
Is
keeps
n poor conductor of heat or moisture,
which has long been associated with its name.
its

contents In their original condition.

CYLINDER SAWS RESTEELED Cooperage Supplies The Policy of the Reorganized Company
MODERN BOXBOARD MACHINERY
\=. J includes three basic principles supreme quality in goods, fair —
and equitable prices, and keeping faith with its customers.
THE PETER GERLACH CO.
Columbus Road and Winter Street
J. C. PENNOYER CO The company ready, with stocks and manufacturing facilities, to
is

supply a slack barrel for every need, and assurance is extended that
CLEVELAND - - OHIO 8 So. Dearborn Street every order or inquiry will receive prompt and courteous attention.

CHICAGO, ILL.
Branches
3820 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
NEW YORK, N. Y. HUNTINGTON, W. VA.
MEMPHIS, TENN. MACON, GEORGIA

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TREVOR
Nanuf acf uring Company
LOCKPORT, N.Y.
The Sutherland-Innes Company
LIMITED
The Latest Improved Machinery
for
Chatham, Ontario, Canada
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STOCK FOR I
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High Grade Stock
Complete Plants
from the log to the barrel
I
Sugar,
Cement, Lime, Fruit
Flour, Salt, j
Staves of
for both Domestic
I \

and Export Trade.

TreTor Patent
Jombo Hesdlns
Bawtng Machine
j

I
and all kinds of
Packing Barrels
|

j
Hoops We have a number of cars
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of choice Millrun
Speed-Durability-Efficiency
are the three outstanding features of our
Heading mixed Hardwood Staves,
principally Black Ash.
HEADING-UP MACHINE I
Alcohol, Wine, Oil, j thoroughly seasoned,
FOR TIGHT BARRELS
Operates with
Timntiiuia Boep Uaehlne—eawi, polata and
I
Syrup, Fish, Olives,
kinds of
j Liners ready for immediate ship-
ment, and will be pleased
MINIMUM OF POWER and MAXIMUM OF EFFICIENCY I
and all |
to receive inquiries for
Handles packages from S to 5S gallons capacity. Mnrhlne dallr*
—
ered ^tfa one head slie optional with pnrcbaaer. Additional alxee
i Casks or Barrels for same. This is all choice
furnished at nominal cont. Head changaa made In 10 minntas.
Capacity, 700 to 1000 barrels daily
I
|
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Canadian stock.
Liquids. |
We will be glad to send you descriptive literature Send foT Catalogue I

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To Buyers of
Satisfaction
Guaranteed
COLLETON
Slack Cooperage Stock
MERCANTILE and
MANUFACTURING
Be your requirements what they may for
COMPANY, Incorporated
WARRIOR apple, lime, salt, flour or sugar
it would pay you to
barrels,
ask us for prices,

HEADS for sooner or later

antee that we will save you
some money. ^ We will treat
we will guar-

Kiln-Dried Pine
and Heading
Manufacturers of

Gum
you courteously and we
meansPINE HEADING have a habit of taking good We manufacture 18" Champered and
properly made from care of our customers. Cottonwood Staves
Southern Pine by men ^We are trying to Slack are our Specialty, but
Crozed Keg Staves
who know how give intelligent, Barrel we can supply all

reliable service. kinds of slack coop-

Staves OUR STOCK Conforms to the Highest
erage stock.
Hoops 'QUALITY" STANDARDS
Powell Cooperage Co. Quality Plus
Heading Cut Clean Dried Thoroughly
Cooperage Stock

MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
Wylie & Wilson, Inc. THE
Shipped Promptly
SAGINAW, MICHIGAN
::

W. M. DAVIS STAVE COMPANY

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Quality pro-

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on which our
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and
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Bui ana ohi^u CASKS
MANUFACTURERS OF Enormous Factory Capacity
KEGS
HOOPS and STAVES ——— STOCK
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What we aim to sell
Huge Timber Holdings
Central Warehouse Stocks

I
Stock Guaranteed
ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS
Tight Barrel Cars Straight, Matched or Mixed

i 141 Broadway,New York Circled Heading

PRICES ALWAYS RIGHT I
Washington Life Building
CLEVELAND, OHIO
I
THEM THAT YOU SAW It IM "TH« IfATlOHAL COOPEKS' JOUINAL.
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PER YEAR
I | $2.00
I the trade reposes in us as our great- |
FORTIETH
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PHILADELPHIA, JUNE, 1924 VOL. XL. Xo. 2

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our constant effort to produce and

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STAVES HOOPS HEADING FRENCH COOPERAGE TRADE SEEKING NEW
I

I
sell nothing hut honest, depend-
al)le goods.
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New Orleans Reports Experience Proves That Only SOURCE OF SUPPLY FOR STAVE WOODS
Writing in a recent issue of the Department of Com-
Regular Barrel Manufacturers Know How to
|
Staves from 24 inches to 48 inches
I "We take a wholesome pride in the |
merce's weekly reports, United States Consul D. C.
'Quality' cooperage stock that goes Woods, stationed in Paris, states that the French
into the market under our direc-
|

| Hoops all Lengths Heading all Diameters Cope With Varying Trade Conditions cooperage trade is at present much interested in the
- » • " i possibility of importing stavewood from the French
tion. I the
This only another illustration of the prices
Some of the salt mines buy barrels now and then, gencies. is colonies and thereby protecting itself against
dangers of trying to get away from the regular coopers. of foreign shippers in countries of elevated exchange.
and some of them occasionally give orders for stock,
'*They
the way
made their way
they're made" MILL SHOALS COOPERAGE COMPANY and the same is true of the sugar mills. For certain Shops Are Reducing Their Over-Supply
It is pointed out that in 1923 France imported 52,761
s
s ^ - • ST. LOUIS,
. -.. .
- .
-
WO, grades, both of sugar and salt, the barrel is a necessity,
The trade is still suffering from the great boom that
tons of stavewood, which represented a value of 32,252,-
1 = Syndicate Trust BIdg. -
and the open question is whether the packages shall be 000 francs. Of this total, 22,444 metric tons of oak
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was expected last winter, but which failed to materialize. stavewood came from the United States. France also
made by the consumer or purchased from the regular
That collapse left the shops with stocks for which there imported 1,308 tons of empty casks, valued at 7 233,010
trade. In theory the evidence is strongly in favor of
to be
was no immediate demand, and the consumers with It is said that experiments made with colonial
the barrel being made on the spot where it is francs.
more barrels than they could use. This excess both of
used, but it does not seem to work out that way in stavewoods have given excellent results. One concern
barrels and of stock is being gradually reduced, and
actual practice. has manufactured from mangrove wood large quanti-
trade will soon be back to normal.
ties of barrels, which are reported to be of good (luality.

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Plowman Cane Cutter Does Not Make A-1 Cooper
or Apropos of Ruling Stock Quotation Other tests have demonstrated, in the opinion of La
When refiners or salt miners have their barrels made Jounicc ludustriclle, that the greater part of the stave-
Stock that has changed hands here lately has been
on their own premises the quantity they use may not wood required for the French wine and liquor industry
mostly on re-sales, and the price has been slightly below
can be obtained from the French colonies.

Slrulhers-Zi^ler Ommt Co.

justify
the
the installation
hand coopers employed
of

are often likely to be amateurs, so that the

up-to-date
in
machinery,
such small private shops
hand-made
and manufacturers' figures. Quotations coming in from the
mills would indicate a general advance in prices, but
the coopers say that the reverse is the case. In fact, STEARIC ACID PLANT UNUSUALLY ACTIVE
barrel does not hold up. When many trials of these
there is a general belief here that prices have declined, The works of the Wilson-Martin Com-
stearic acid
hand-made amateur barrels have proven unsuccessful, but that mill men have and
failed to recognize the fact, pany, Swanson Street and Snyder Avenue, Philadelphia,
a set of machinery is often installed, but the amount are holding their stock for more than this market can Pa., has experienced unusual activity for two months.
of work to be done does not usually justify the employ-
SLACK BARREL MATERIAL ment of a high-grade mechanic to operate the plant.
at present afford to pay. These matters, however, will
naturally adjust themselves as soon as the diminishing
The principal products are stearic acid, oleic acid, com-
monly known as "red oil," and glycerin, all of which
BnnuiinnnimininnminnmniiiiiiniiniiffliiiiiiiiiiniinuiiiiiinniniMiiuinnniinni^^ The best plowman or cane cutter on a big plantation stocks on hand here have been exhausted. are manufactured through chemically breaking down
is not always a successful barrel machine operator, and ordinary fats and greases.
the amateur machine-made barrel is worse than the Apple Barrel Stock Not Used In New Orleans "Red oil" is used largely in the manufacture of tex-
one made by hand. The news we hear about the coming demand for tile soaps, in lubricating stock in spinning processes and

1314 LAFAYETTE BLDG. DETROIT, MICHIGAN apple barrels in other sections seems to come from is compounded with petroleum and products in making
I Every Man to HU Trade some foreign country, as no apples are shipped from special lubricants and cutting oils. It also is used in
and the apples received here are, strange
certainly a fine thing to have your packages made
'"'"" ""'" ' "'""""" ' "" this section, polishes and disinfectants. Stearic acid is a solid sub-
...mi ."'. '
It is
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to say. mostly in boxes. About all that this market

on your own premises by your own tenants and em- stance used largely in making hard candles, polishing

ployees. This has its indisputable advantages, the best knows concerning apple barrel stock is that sometimes compounds and hard soaps. '

of the argument is in its you have tried

favor, but. after some misguided dealer ships in a car of apple barrel
staves, cut six to two inches, and then there is a general
- BONE DRY -BONE DRY - BONE DRY -BONE DRY -BONE DRY it awhile you are likely to charge off your private SMALL WOOD PRESERVING PLANT
BONE DRY -BONE DRY -BONE DRY - BONE DRY -BONE DRY -BONE DRY
howl, as that grade of stock is not wanted here.
coopershop to profit and loss, and to give your barrel A small wood preserving plant has been designed and
orders to some veteran New Orleans cooper, and have Sugar Trade Calls for Barrels That Need No Paper purpose being to afford wood
placed on the market, its
your barrels made by men who have worked at the Lining treating facilities in those sectionswhere a large opera-
trade from childhood, and who would not do anything

WORD — BUY
The paper barrel-linings that used to be popular here tion is not desired or the amount used is not worth

Z MAKE YOUR BEST BY " BONE-DRY else. If your freight rate on made-up barrels is too
high, or your switching charges are too great, you had
seem have almost disappeared from the market. The
to the cost of having it shipped to some large plant and then

o sugar trade now, instead of using linings, demands returned. The plant is designed in several sizes, one of

REOI&TCRCD Heading that excels in quality — if you have not given it a trial
THAOC^^MARM
l»eOI»TEBeO
better get some old. established
temporary shop on your prcrnises, ship in
make your barrels and do your worrying for you. By
cooper to put
the
in

stock,
a
barrels that do not require lining. When staves are so
poorly jointed, hoops are so poorly driven and barrels
so loosely made that linings are needed to keep the
the
They are
larger being
also
poles and piling of the length
capable of
made in
handling 500
lengths sufficient
commonly
ties

used.
to
a day.
handle
It was
all means make^ your barrels if you can, but there
do so without delay is
sugar from sifting, the refiners pass up the barrel and designed and being marketed by Grant B. Shipley,
is
many a man in this section using hair dye today on some other package. Their barrels must be engineer, of the Century Building, Pittsburgh, Pa.
take to
account of trying to l)cat the regular cooper at his own
Id good, or they will not use them at all. The only trouble
Z SERVICE - QUALITY job. Every man to his trade.
is to convince them that a high-grade package should CHEMICAL CO.'S BARREL PLANT BURNS
command a better price than they have been paying for
Tampico Good Customer for Cooperage Stock The cooperage plant of the General Chemical Com-
poor ones.
pany, on the Hudson waterfront, at Edgewater. N. J.,
Tampico is now our best foreign customer for stock.
HIMMELBERGER-HARRISON LUMBER CO. Domestic consumption of asphalt and other petroleum
products is comparatively small in Mexico, .so the The main season
Vegetable Barrel Season Over
for shipping vegetables has long
was destroyed May 14th by a spectacular fire that
drew thousands to the scene in automobiles and on
For several hours large crowds stood in Riverside
Sales Office: —Cape Girardeau, Mo. Plant: —Morehouse, Mo. THAOe
amount of the their exports is large, mostly to Europe,
and great numbers of barrels are required, hence the
since passed, but there
for this trade. There is some demand
demand is still

for potato barrels,

a small for barrels foot.
Drive and side streets in Manhattan watching the flames
MKO'STCnCO on the other side of the river.
cooperage business is as steady in Mexico as revolu- as the only possible way to ship thin, delicate-skinned

BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY tions will permit. new i)otatoes is in barrels. For a time a large industrial area surrounding the
plant was threatened, but early on the morning of May
Shooks for Export 15th firemen brought the fire under control. More than
Wants Wooden Barrel When They Want It

A few shooks are being made for export. The coffee 10.(X)0 barrels and hogsheads were burned, and the
United States the great oil companies sell the
In the

Our business policy demands, among other things — bulk of their output at home, and for this domestic
trade they can use a variety of substitute
packages,
barrel trade is small, but
establishments are putting good quantities of used sugar
steady. Some soft drink damage was estimated at $20,000.

This barrels on the market, while others are using fair lots OPELIKA. ALA., WANTS TO KEEP ITS
resorting to the barrel only for their export trade.
accounts for the uncertainty in the demand for asphalt
of new barrels for bottles. HEADING PLANT
QUALITY in manufacture barrels. One day a great oil company will declare that
has no use for barrels, and would not accept them
Good Demand for Second-Hand Barrels business interests of Opelika, Ala., have offered
The
to take stock in the Opelika Heading Mill in order to
it
The demand for second-hand barrels is good, and
as a gift, hut the very next day "ome
nnexported foreign The plant %vas destroyed
PROMPT SERVICE in shipments order
combing
will
the
come in. and that same company
market for barrels to hold a cargo. This
will be usually exceeds the supply, so from time to time the
users of 30-cent used barrels are forced into the market
from 55 60 cents.
retain the plant in that city.
by
offered
fire recently and since then several other cities
locations. Farley Bros, are the owners.
have

some to buy small lots of new barrels for to

will cause a little flurry in cooperage circles, and
COURTESY in all dealings shop will secure a contract that will keep it busy for
a while.
FLORIDA NAVAL STORES PRODUCTION ARE BUILDING A NEW STAVE MILL
The production of rosin in Florida for the season The American Stave Manufacturing Corporation, a
Eastern Sales Office:
Xew Orleans concern, has starte<l the building of a

S= What Delayed Orders Mean of 1923-24 amounted to 823,4f)6 barrels, while 218,519
Frank R. Wright, casks of turpentine were produced. The report show- modern stave mill near Beckville. Texas. The plant
Sometimes this proceeding is reversed. In one case
G. I. FRAZIER COWIPANY Sales Mgr

1340 Whitehall Bldg.

an oil company, having in view a large foreign contract,
decided to make its own barrels and bought a full set
ing these figures is furnished by the supervisor inspec-
tor of naval stores for Florida, stationed at Jackson-
will
as well.
be a large one and the most
The compatiy has secured considerable timber
modern in the State

M..pH.Te„„ 17 Battery Place Under the Florida law all naval stores pro- and will manufacture for both the domestic and export
of machinery for that purpose. Then, for some reason ville. Fla.
NASHVILLE, TENN. New York the order was delayed, or placed elsewhere, and the duced in the State must be inspected before leaving markets. What timber is not stiitablc for staves will

the State, thus the figures are practically correct except be manufactured into ties. I. Alker is the general
machinery that had been bought and delivered was not J.

emer- for the small amount used within the State. manager of the plant.
installed, but is being held in reserve for future

Wlirv WRITING TO ADVERTISERS, TEI.I. THEM THAT YOf SAW IT IN "THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOUIINAI,.'
 June, 1924 THE NATIONAL COOPERS* JOURNAL
June. 1924
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CONDITION OF THE COOPERAGE HENRY A. THORNDIKE SPEAKS FOR THE PREDICTS REVIVAL IN FALL OF ENGLISH
PRESENT
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EXPECTS TRADE TO IMPROVE AS APPLE PRODUCTION AND SALES RUN PRETTY EVEN TRADE NOT VERY ENCOURAGING, BUT second-hand barrel trade in THE WHISKY TRADE WILL CREATE MARKET
SEASON ADVANCES Ott Rader, Barbourville, Ky.— Business is not brisk FUTURE LOOKS GOOD MATTER OF UNJUST TRANSPOR- FOR AMERICAN WHISKY BARREL
THE PULSE OF THE TRADE at present. Buyers want to buy at reduced prices, and Wis.— TATION CLASSIFICATION STOCK
! Germantown Co-operative Association. Inc., Ger- but not over three
Jacobson Bros. Barrel Co., Milwaukee,
will buy light at reduced prices,
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MANTOWN, N. Y.— Our present trade is fair, but we Present business conditions are not very encouraging Newport. R, I., May 17, 1924.
Liverpool, May 15, 1924.
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expect an increase as the apple season advances and right now. The past 30 days have shown a considerable Editor, The National Coopers' Journal Coopers' Journal
of production that very low prices can
hardly be ex-
:
Editor, The National :

ARE OPERATING ABOUT 50 PER CENT. fruit sets.

prefer to be idle rather than slowing up, with a gradual decline in prices and very Reading your valuable Journal every month one The following few lines upon the cooperage market
COOPERAGE CAPACITY pected. Manufacturers Previous to this we
It takes so
little demand for tight barrels. engaged in the cooperage trade finds that your corre- here may prove enlightening right at this time to ThB
doing business on a poor-paying margin. expected 1924 to be equally
C. F. Watson, Assistant Manager,
Cooperage have been very busy and we
Broaiiway. New YEAR WILL YIELD FAIR COOPERAGE DEMAND much money to do business now that producers can
We hardly feel justified in
spondents from different cities throughout the land Journal's many readers.
Department, Tide Water Oil Co., 11 D. C.— producers must as good as previous years. contribute very matter on every subject
interesting The slack cooperage business is very dull, with a
A. G. Bailey CoopER.xge Co., Tacoma Park, not produce far ahead of sales. Most
York.— Operating at about 50 per cent, capacity; out- predicting the future, but have hopes that business will touching the wooden barrel, and I wish to say that one smaller demand than for a long time past, and the
Some improvement this Demand for cooperage stock at present is quiet. Prices know what they will get before they produce, or have be better along towards the middle of summer, after
look not particularly bright. matter which hurts the second-hand branch of the coop- falling prices as now quoted from the United States
holding steady. We
look for a fair demand through- sales contracted. Heading seems to be a thing of the
month over the previous month. the Presidential conventions. Right now we are not in erage business is transportation, an unjust classification do not help to mend matters. Buyers are holding off
out the year. past here,
the market for any cooperage or tools, just operating to being worse than the high freight rates. their purchases.
keep up our trade with the little that comes in regular. I refer to the operation of "Rule 10," which is one second-
As to tight cooperage, the bulk of this trade is
SECOND-HAND BARREL TRADE IS GOOD HE WHO WILL WIN APPLE GROWERS ARE HOLDING UP BARREL of the iniquities of the railroad business which can not hand, dealing in oil and syrup barrels. There is quite
BruEckman Cooperage Co.. St. Louis. Mo.— The J. W. Angus,
Elizabeth. N. J.— I have not handled ORDERS, WAITING ASSURANCE OF CROP CAN NOT SAY WHAT WILL BRING ABOUT be laid to the recent government mismanagement. Rule an acute shortage of these packages at the present
good has
second-hand barrel business in St. Louis is quite any cooperage stock in a year. The dealer that D. A. Rhone, Orrstown, Pa.—The cooperage trade BUSINESS IMPROVEMENTS 10 of the U, S, Official Classification provides that
time, and it is likely to continue for another couple
and while the margins of profit are small, the largest pocket-book will win out.
There are too spring. whenever two or more commodities of different classes
at present, is not as bright as was expected earlier in the Veneer Products Co,, P, W. Hall, Treasurer, of months at least.
we are quite well satisfied with the volume of business many cooper shops, and too much cutting of prices— Most of the growers are holding back their orders for Greenville, Maine.— Business conditions are not very
shall be loaded into a car, to be billed at a car-load
The brewery trade no American
is fairly brisk, but
No will be better rate, that the class rate for the highest of the several
whch we are doing. doubt, prices or throats— to last long. apple barrels until they have an assurance of a fair good at this time, and no prospect of improvement until staves are now used for English beer. The whisky
in sixty days from now. crop, Apple barrels are the only kind of barrels manu- late this fall. We
do not know just what will bring
commodities, and the weight of the commodity taking
trade has been fairly brisk the last eighteen months,
factured in this section of the State. The prevailing we do not the highest minimum shall prevail.
GOODSPEED MACHINE CO. IS WORKING about any improvement at that time, but and now shows a tendency to ease off. There are possi-
price is seven cents for making (hand-made). This, I Second-hand wooden, tight barrels, in carloads, are
FULL CAPACITY believe that the period of adjustment has been reached. the with a consequent
OUTLOOK IS GOOD FOR FISH-BARREL TRADE think, is entirely too low. being a cooper
myself, and classed as 4th class, the minimum weight for them
bilities of a revival in fall,

GooDSPEED Machine Co.. Winchendon. Mass.—We

demand for American stock then.
ScoBiE Fish Co.. TitusviixE. Fla.— Present trade would like to see the price go to ten cents. I would being 14,000 pounds, when in a 36-foot car.
This is our dull season. Will pick up in about are working on full t'me. with 100 per cent,
employees.
say that the outlook is about normal, and believe it will WEATHER CONDITIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR SLOW Second-hand wooden slack barrels are rated as
Yours truly,
is fair.
continuance of TRADE, SAYS T. A. WALSH James Webster & Bro,, Ltd,,
Expect the year to be about normal from Machinery orders now in hand warrant
30 days. brighten up in a few weeks. 3d class, the minimum being 10,000 pounds. It so
Per J, C, Tinkler.
Have contracted for year's supply of this schedule for four months. Morris Sons. T, A. Walsh, President,
Walsh
outlook now. happens that 10,000 pounds, 3d class, and 14,000 pounds,
staves, our heading supply. We will
also about half Pittsburgh, Pa.— Business has dropped off a little with 4th class, figure out very much alike. For example:
be in the market shortly for one or two cars of hoops A FINE THE JUTE SACK VS. THE WOODEN BARREL us, and we don't know what to figure on for the
future,
Between Boston, Mass., and East Liverpol, Ohio, 3d
"HUSTLING WHILE ONE WAITS" IS
IN THE LIME TRADE STANDARD PACIFIC HOOP CO. HAS BEEN
(coiled elm). SUCCESS SLOGAN but are very hopeful that there will be an improvement class, 10,000 pounds, at 66 cents per hundredweight,
E. Dillon's Sons, Inc., Indian Rock, Va,—
have We We
are inclined to think that weather
INCORPORATED
very shortly. costs $66. whilst 14,000 pounds, 4th class, at 47 cents,
George B. Nichols. 138 Fremont Avenue, Everett. of building ac- North Bend (Coos Bay), Ore,, May 17, 1924.
been disappointed in the results, so far.
conditions have something to do with the dullness of comes to
SLOW EXPORT TRADE HURTS CEMENT Mass.— My business, being practically second-hand tivity. Our orders are running behind last year, and trade at the present time.
$65,80,
Editor, The National Coopers' Journal :

COOPERAGE BUSINESS lubricating about one-third of normal,

barrels only, is Shippers would have no fault to find with this were
the demand seems to be for lime in other packages than
oil
wish to advise that the Standard Pacific Hoop Com-
I
not for the iniquitous Rule 10, which interferes with
CoPLAV Cement Manufacturing Co., Copi.ay. Pa.— owing to the wooden barrel being largely supplanted wood. The moisture-proof jute sack, holding 90 pounds
it
pany was incorporated at North Bend (Coos Bay),
We are not in the market for any cooperage stock at l)y iron and steel barrels and the outlook
for the near BETHLEHEM STEEL CO. WILL SPEND MILLIONS their packing tight barrels and slack barrels in the same
ground lump lime, seems to be more in demand than Oregon, on April 14th, and perfected organization by
the present time, as we are packing very little
cement future not very promising, but. as "all things come
is OF DOLLARS FOR IMPROVEMENTS carload, and billing it as either tight or slack. Here
and manager;
barrelled lime.
howworks out: Suppose a paint factory, requir- election of James E, Wright as president
to those who hustle while they wait." I am not
your worry- "The only worth-while joy in life comes from service is it
in wood. Export outlook is poor. Thanks for
George E. Cook, vice-president Frank A. Rowe, secre-
ing oil barrels for their "bulk paint," and some sugar
;

kind w'shes. We wish you the same. ing any. well done," said Charles M, Schwab, in a recent ad-
tary and Henry G. Kern, as treasurer.
PRESENT COOPERAGE DEMAND GREATER THAN dress before nearly 400 veteran employees of the barrels wherein to pack paint in cans, should order of
DURING SAME PERIOD IN 1923 some cooper 100 balance of car to be filled
oil barrels, Mr, James E, Wright, who heads the company, and
DEMAND FOR SAWN CHESTNUT FRUIT BARREL Cambria plant of the Bethlehem Steel Company, Johns-
ARE NOT ROCKING THE BOAT (Me.\t Packers). Martin D, Mr, Schwab said the company intends to with sugar barrels, and insist upon a quotation delivered who will be the general manager, was for over 35 years
STAVES IS INCREASING YEARLY Schaffner Bros. Co. town, Pa.
at "our railroad station?" For example, I will say, the general superintendent of the Standard Hoop Com-
Pensacola Excelsior M. G. Hoffman, Presi- Co..
Levy. Erie. Pa,— We are very glad to report that busi- spend millions on the improvement and extension of
Trexler Cooperage Co.. Allentown. Pa.— We are from Boston to Fairhaven. Mass., being familiar with pany, of Bay City, Mich. He left that firm about two
dent, Pens.\cola. Fla.— Trade with us is about as ness at this end is keeping up very nicely, and that our the Johnstown works. Having borrowed $30,000,000
having a good demand for sawn chestnut fruit barrel that territory. The barrels, being tight, would take years ago to move to the Pacific coast to develop the
usual, being protected by a big contract, which insures
oil
cooperage demands are greater than they have been ; by a bond issue, Bethlehem will spend that amount for
have also made We staves. There is an increasing demand for these staves be spent in Johns- 4th class, 25^ cents for 14,000 pounds, or $35.70, manufacture of hoops from the Western timbers, using
the sale of 249 barrels per day. during the same part of 1923. The packing business in plant extension, and most of it will
we yearly. Barrels from sawn chestnut staves are giving The sugar would take 3d class, 34 cents, for his patented process and machines. By the use of his
some gain of small contracts. As to the future,
general has been very good as far as volume is town, he asserted.
barrels
some- more satisfactory resuUs to the packer, because they But Rule 10 would require that patented process the company will manufacture hoops
do not see that there will be any change until
concerned. lO.(KX) pounds, $34.

We are not in need of any stock, etc.. stand up better against weather conditions. They retain 3d class, being the higher, and 14.000 pounds, the greater from western spruce, hemlock and fir timber. These
time this fall.
COLD
We are trying to sit steady in the boat, and their circle and therefore have a better appearance than LARGE STOCK OF APPLES STILL IN
minimum weight of the two classes of freight, shall hoops have been tried by a number of the leading coopers
just now.
barrels made from flat-cut staves. Cement barrel
WANTS IRISH MACKEREL BARRELS STORAGE Hence the shipment would cost $47.60 (14,000 of the country, and all have stated that the hoops so
not let it rock too much. prevail.
staves are in very poor demand due to the condition report of the United States Bureau of produced are the equal, if not superior, to the hoops
O'Hara Bros, Co.. 22 Boston Fish Pier, Boston, The monthly pounds at 34c), which is $11.90, or just one-third more
of the export demand for cement. very Agriculture shows the following cold storage holdings than the higher price which would have prevailed had made from the elm timber.
HAVE Mass.— The outlook for the cooperage trade is
LOVEJOY'S "QUALITY" KNIVES of apples on May 1, 1924: One million, five hundred Then, later on, these same The new company is installing a single-unit mill
GOOD SALE good. We are always in the market for second-hand the barrels been all alike.
thousand barrels compared with 578.000 barrels May 1,
D. LovEjoY & Son. I/)WELl. Mass.— Knife business
BUSINESS FAIR —OUTLOOK GOOD Irish mackerel barrels.
1923, and a five-year average of 349,000 barrels; 2,919.-
barrels
as
go out, filled with paint,
"paint in barrels," regardless of the different kind
they will be billed at North Bend (on Coos Bay), Oregon, and will have
the plant in operation about July 1st. The initial in-
for Lovejoy always reliable "Quality" knives is good.
Michael Day's Cooperage. Jersey City, N. J.— Re- 000 boxes compared with 1,475.(X)0 boxes on May 1, of barrels. So, Rule 10 hits only the cooper. You can stallation will provide for a production of 30,0(X) hoops
We are making a special effort to serve the cooperage
porting as to the present trade conditions, want to say POTATO SEASON DISAPPOINTING TO BOTH 1923, and a five-year average of 1,543,000 boxes. There surmise how nicely this rule would work in the case per day. The company expects to market a considerable
industries,and feel that we are succeeding. We that right now business is fair and the outlook is good. GROWERS AND COOPERS were also 207,000 bushel baskets. somebody buying barrels at country stores and portion of their output on the Pacific coast, but will
of
welcome ideas and suggestions. The Paul & Waymer Lumber Co.. F. E. Waymer, shipping in an assorted carload. There is no more also extend their sales into the eastern States.
President, Palatka. Fla.— The potato season in this sense nor justice in this discrimination of two sorts of
PRESENT BUSINESS IS O. K.
and it was disappointing to
section closes at this time
FARMERS ARE INCREASING THEIR DEMAND FOR The company is locating on Coos Bay. Oregon, the
Harwich. Mass.— My trade POTATO BARRELS old wooden barrels than there would be for a different center of one of the largest and finest stands of timber
PRESENT TRADE NOT PARTICULARLY ACTIVE R. H. Small. South
both growers and coopers. Weather conditions were
from September classification of two kinds of paint, or two kinds of the United States. With inter-coastal shipping
in barrels is for oysters and shell fish,
Report from Elizabeth City, N. C„ says: "The grow- in
G. M. ScHAEFER, East Orange. N. J.—The cooperage such that the crop was so short that even the largest
to May. and from May to July for fresh fish, and from
canned goods. from Coos Bay. the company will be most advantage-
trade at present is not particularly active, and the out- acreage did not produce more than the average yield. ingdemand for wooden barrels is evident in the early
Whilst on a business trip the writer called at the shipments to the Atlantic seaboard
July to October for cranberries and apples, and so it movement of the farmers to supply themselves with ously located for
look for the near future is doubtful. The type of staves in favor here, the C. and C, sawn 145 Liberty Street, New York, all other
goes year aftfr year. At the present time business is this sort of barrel, and many truck loads are being
"Classification Office," and to California points as well as by rail to
pine, not used to any extent in other localities, and
O. K. Have on hand a large supply of stock.
is
and later at headquarters in Washington, He was points,
for reason sales are very slow just now. It is hauled out of town daily from local assembling plants.
DOES NOT DARE GIVE AN OPINION AS TO
this
courteously received by Mr, A,, who referred him to that this information will be of interest to the
hoped that other business will open up within the next Elizabeth City will manufacture only about 100,000 of I trust
FUTURE BUSINESS these barrels, according to local brokers, but at the
Mr, B., who got rid of him to Mr. C, and after he readers of your good Journal,
BUSINESS MUCH BETTER DURING PAST MONTH- sixty days. A good numl)er of mills have closed down
his business in part or in toto, all along
Keene Woodenware Co., Keene. N. H.—Trade in rate they are going now, all will be sold long in advance had explained Yours truly,
NO COMPLAINT TO REGISTER for the summer.
the line until he had reached Mr. he was told what
woodenware is flat. Other lines are fair. Do not of the potato season. The barrel is more popular Z..
Standard Pacific Hoop Company,
E,a, Nichols, 778 Potters A\-enue. Providence, he would have to go through to have a hearing, either By Frank A, RowE, Secretary.
dare to give an opinion in regard to future. because potatoes shipped a long distance in this type
R I— Business for the last month has been much COOPERAGE BUSINESS IS EXTRA GOOD of barrel hold up in better shape and bring better prices,"
formal or informal, on the subject, before a committee
The textile and iron trades have picked up con- of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Being over
SLACK BARRELS MOVING BRISKLY
better.
siderably, and the fish trade is keeping me very busy.
Walter Duffy, Columbus, Ind. The cooperage
R. —
50 years old at the time, and wishing to have at least
Henry Gluck. Perth The oil and pitch trade has been exceptionally good, as
trade is extra good right at this time. I am in the
COOPERAGE COMPANY INCORPORATES NEW STAVE OPERATION NEAR
Gluck Bros.. Inc.. Pres.. a part of his remaining years to himself, the writer
market now for 195/^-inch pine heading for sugar barrels. MONTGOMERY, ALA.
Amboy. N. J.—Business in tight line is very dull. Slack Prov'dence is going to be one of the largest oil centers Congaree Cooperage Company, of Columbia. S. C, gave the matter up, and gave it but little thought until
barrels are moving briskly. Kegs just beginning to in the east. I have no complaint to make in regard to with a capital stock; the writing of this article, which he is now inflicting Having recently acquired the timber rights covering
has been incorporated $5,000
sell. Expect a rush next month. Price on decline. We business whatever. SLACK BARRELS ARE MOVING FREELY W. Hoffman is president and treasurer; J. C. Harris, upon an innocent, and it is to be hoped, interested 600 acres of land near Montgomery, Alabama, W. S,
are in the market for hardwood half-barrels, also one vice-president and secretary. and sympathetic class of readers. Story is developing plans to erect a stave mill, which
YoTTvn, CuRfFv Larkiv Co, H, G Young Trpas-
car mixed 17}^" and iy;/8 mill-run pme heading. much will be put into operation as soon as the ntcftftsary
"

WHAT WASHINGTON IS DOING TO THE urer. Cambridge, Mass. —Business is fairly good, es- Gentlemen, with an apology for taking up so
beg equipment can be installed on the tract. Mr. Story,
INDUSTRY OF THE COUNTRY of your space, and of the time of your readers, I
pecially in slack barrels. These are moving quite INTERNATIONAL COOPERAGE CO. HAS FIRE who is president of the Montgomery Automobile Load-
to remain
COOPERAGE BUSINESS HAS IMPROVED Proctor Bros. & Co.. Nashua. N. H.— Trade here in freely, with fair prices prevailing. There is a little lull
The plant of the International Cooperage Company, Montgomery,
ing Block Manufacturing Company, is
cooperage lines at present There is not one
rotten. in the demand for tight packages, but we consider it Very respectfully yours,
Jack Cohen Cooper.\ge Works. Indianapolis. Ind. is
at Niagara Falls. N. Y., burned May 12th. The loss giving his personal attention to the new enterprise.
only temporary and look forward to increased demand Henry A, ThorndikB,
— I am glad to state that business in cooperage lines in this section that is selling enough to pay expenses,
With The
is between $150,000 and $200,000.
"Cc qui passe partout."
has improved during the past month, and indications and never will until we have a new set of men to in the near future. best wishes for Journal. lui

are that the improvement w-ill continue and increase. make our laws in Washington. Those that are down J. W. BLACKHARD STAVE AND COOPERAGE
there now spend all their time, and have for years, PEORIA, ILL., GETS ANOTHER COOPERAGE
NO APPLE BOOM YET COMPANY HEADING COMPANY ORGANIZES COMPANY EXPAND OPERATIONS
trying to pass the bonus bill simply to buy votes for
and Cooperage Company,
HAS PLENTY OF ORDERS themselves. The whole country is opposed to this bill, C. A. Denison. Leyden, Mass. I only supply the — The Smith Cooperage Company, incorporated with a The Winton Heading Company, Winton, N. C. re- J. W. Blackhard Stave
by local interests, has been incorporated Stuart, Virginia, have under construction, a chair fac-
Marion Cooperage Co., Marion. Ind.— Prospects even the best part of the veterans, but these men in local apple trade with barrels. As trees are not in capitalization of $15,000, has been organized to engage cently organized
The company has tory, which will be run in conjunction with their coop-
look very good for the season if weather conditions will Washington won't let up. The President is opposed bloom, as yet. it will be a little uncertain as to the in the manufacture and distribution of cooperage and with a capital stock of $100,000,
modern heading and stave erage operations. The new plant will be opened im-
permit logging. Wet weather has held us up on pro- to this bill and he will get two votes to the others' one. number of barrels that will be needed in this locality. dairy supplies. The main office and plant of the new started work of building a
mediately upon its completion.
duction for several months. No stock on hand, but He is the only statesman we have in Washington. Let As to stocks. I probably will need another car of staves concern will be located in Peoria, Illinois, plant.

plenty of orders. us defeat the others. and one of hoops for this season.
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rate of 18 cents, The plan would result, Mr. Hoover said, in more portion of which was supplied by re-exports from Eng-

1 ii»ioiui mm mmui
Dfvotcd Exclusively to the Cooperage Industry I
The Journars
Don't Niss
Annual July Apple Number
fax, Portland and Boston the
instead of IQJ/^ cents.
rate will be ISj^ cents

These rates will also apply on ex-lake

in transit at other Ontario
charge of one cent.
gram milled
stations and include stop-oflF

t^, ., , , .•
equitable

of the roads.
rates, since

It
the
organized without disturbing the present earning levels
would permit
agriculture and coal, he tliought. by imposing a heavier
burden in the way of rates upon finished goods.
rate structure

relief in
could

lower rates to
be re- land. The German market in this respect was particu-
larly active.
August 1st
Our exports
to March 31st
to the
consisted of 1,632.071 barrels
and 3,409.687 boxes as compared with 468,003 liarrels
and 2,413.315 boxes during the corresponding period
British market from
WANTS IN
COOPERAGE LINES
f>c><ifi«e«of>0'i

points to Baltimore, Philadelphia The most important could be taken now of the previous season.
From the above step that
Emerson Drug Company, Baltimore, Md.. are in the
and New York the rates will vary from 24>4 cents at topromote railway consolidation, the secretary declared, Prices returned for American apples in the markets
market for one-gallon oak kegs.
1 This special issue, which carries our annual at Port Colborne. These would be the passage of some such law as proposed of the United Kingdom from the middle of October
|
Depot Harbor to 18/. cents that
I'liritan Soap Company, Noehester, N. V., is in the
survey of the apple crop prospects, is always one cent, will also apply by Senator Cummins, since the essential matter now is week February were generally lower than
rates, plus stop-off charge of
I | to the first in
market for slaek barrels zcith iron hoops.
of unusual interest and value to the apple-barrel- other stations He suggested that same weeks of Xo figures are given as
I | on ex-lake grain milled in transit at affirmative action by Congress. in the 1922-23.
.Seobie fish Co., Titusville, I'la., i^'ill shortly be in the
I making, apple-growing, packing and marketing | neither the Interstate Commerce Commission nor Con- to the bulk of sales, hut taking the unweighted aver-
within Canada. market for one or tz^'o cars of coiled elm hoops.
and because of the reliability and wide
1 trades, | gress should do anything final in that direction, how- age of high and low prices during this period, the past
II. .Irenson <!r Co., 238 Fourth Jz'cnue. Pittsburgh,
PublUhed Monthly scope of its reports, it is regarded as the crop season prices as compared with the prices of the year
I | ever, until the publichad l)een given ojjportunity to con-
Hume Omce. 830 Uitl.erspoon Building.
Phll.delphia
authority. The apple trade WAITS FOR and IT WOULD NOT TO SEE SOME
BE SURPRISING before were as follows York Imperial, per barrel,
I 'a., is in the market for a car of red oak
heading.
1 | sider thoroughly and discuss whatever consolidation
UNEXPECTED DEMAND APPEAR THAT II. C. Iliggins Co.. 608 South Dearborn Street, Chi-
:

M. E. Doane. Editor-Manager READS IT, and every apple barrel and slock and $5.77; Baldwin, per barrel. $5.14 and $5.40;
I | plan the commission may recommend. ^5.23
J. E. MacDonald.
Associate Editor
i manufacturer should be represented in it with a
|
WOULD QUICKLY RESTORE THE The secretary said another argument for consoli- Winesap. per barrel, $4.91 and $5.80; Ben Davis, per
cago. III., ismarket for slack cooperage stock.
in the

CONFIDENCE OF THE INDUSTRY, O'lJara Bros. Co., 92 Boston fish Pier, Boston, Mass.,
I representative business announcement. | dation was that it would bring about reorganization of barrel, $4.89 and $5.73; Yellow Newtown, per box. $2.29
is in the market for second-hand Irish mackerel
SAYS C. M. VAN AKEN
barrels.
Kntered according to act of Co"«Te--.
the Ubrarlan of Congress
.^P/JJ mltle"
and as second class maii
VtK Rates for insertion in our July, 1924, Apple market"
freight terminals, which he thought would be vitally and '^Z.yS: Spitzenberg, per box. $2.16 and $2.31; and
Walter l\. Duffy, 15 Union Street, Columbus. Ind., is
During the past month a decidedly "buyers'
I |
Philadelphia, Pa. important establishing lower rates. Terminal Jonathan, per box, $2.24 and "^LSZ.
in the market for \9%" pine heading for sugar
in
Post-Offlce In
1 Number follow. To catch this issue, select your | There has been
barrels.
has prevailed in the cooperage industry. charges often cost shippers more, he said, than rail
z send order and advertising copy now, C. A. Denison. Leyden, Mass.. tcill be in the market
'

^„...„. ::: ; I space, |

demand for cooperage in almost every line, but
1924 No. 2 a fair rates. somczchat later for a car of staves and a car of hoops
40lh Year PHILADELPHIA, JUNE, and we will do the rest. of cooperage GEORGIA'S ROADS A KEY TO UNGUESSED
every buyer of a carload of any kind
I | I

nnm, n .m,.nn.n„n.Mn„M Members of the committee entered into a discus-

for apple barrels.
«,.„.„„.„.„.........
FullPage $80.00 material has his idea of price fixed on a basis that is
sion with Secretary Hoover of various technicalities FOREST RESOURCES the market
SUBSCRIPTION I }
one where the Penick Cr ford. Ltd., Marrero, La., is in

advance, postage free. In United States Half Page 40.00 'way below cost, and the tendency is presented by consolidation proposals. He expressed The deveU)pment of highways now taking place .lddre.<!S
t2 00 per year. In
I |
weak-kneed for a barrel leveling machine, oil-barrel size.
Quarter Page 20.00 buyer keeps shopping until he finds some the opinion that certain properties should be consoli- throughout the mountain region of northern Georgia
I | purchasing department.
person who will fill bis proposed order on a —notably
less-than-
I Eighth Page 15.00 | dated on the regional basis in New Kngland accentuates the value of the forest resources of that Portsmouth Barrel Company, Middle and Bart Streets,
rSv^dTt^ro-tSr ?,o other receipt
.Jt'^VdefSL-^ier cost l)asis. To break even is about as much as the and he urged that whatever consolidation might ulti- region. The unusual advantages to be found here for
will be aent unless
requested. generous of the trade. Portsmouth, Va., is in the market for beaded flat iron
seller can expect from the most mately be decided upon, some ])rovision should be made the people of the State, although known about to some
ADVERTISING complaint hoops for sugar barrels.
Therefore, while this section has no serious to maintain co-operation between ditferent systems. extent, have never before been brought to the public
for Direct Results fnterprise Cooperage, Win. E. Cooper, proprietor.
Advertising of a -l^^^'^e^'TTarr'i.vrnj'r'al'eVV.rb;
rates. A card giving I Direct Appeal | to make about the volume of
business, we do feel
"If consolidation is accepted as a fundamental policy," consciousness quite so clearly, says E. F. McCarthy,
columns at reasonable
business done. Snyder Avenue and Dilworth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.,
sent on application. justified in criticizing the profits on the he said, "it should be expedited. Unless some affirma- Appalachian l-orest
the Experiment
is in the market for a car of gum heading.
silviculturist at
REMITTANCES i„„„„„„„„ imiiii.ii.MHiMm' '"' '•""»•'"" -
During the later part of May there has l^een consid-
mil Ill 1 1

tive action is taken by Congress, consolidation will be Station. United States Forest Service, United States
Cluck Bros. Inc., Henry Gluek, president, Perth Am-
erable curtailing in general lines of
manufacturing recent report Mr.
THE FREIGHT CONTAINER BUREAU long-drawn-out." Department of .'\griculture. In a
boy, X. /.. market for hardnvod half -barrels.
is in the
Connecticut and Massachusetts. In fact,
Journal." throughout Government consolidation would be difficult, he added. McCarthy calls Georgia's hardwood forest region "the ALu) one car of mi.ved 17; h" and 19V«" mill-run pine
CORRESPONDENCE Container Bureau of the
the Freight
The work of manufacturing plants—by this I mean plants that are as it might involve the government in some way in natural recreation ground for the people of the State,"
under heading.
American Railway Association, although pursued manufacturing various kinds of material other than ultimate railroad ownership, which should be carefully and enumerates some of its striking characteristics. It
from our reaaers. character "Pails," care "The National Coopers' Journal," Phila-
Industry, and contributions are
solicited
privateauspices, is of more or less public cooperage— have reduced their operations to two or having a moderate climate re-
»" "".."" "'" guarded against. is favored by nature in
market for dressed elm hoop rims
.....nn container- delphia, Pa., is in the
and of vast value and helpfulness to the
n...nnH ......«..,.,
Many of these concerns pack their
parties adver- three days a week. A period of two years, he thought, might well be markal)ly tempered during the summer months by heavy
nnr rMdera will oblige us. when writing tot'.ey for jelly pail tops, for full information covering stock
aSS rJ« paper I* they' will state that saw It^ln manufacturing industries at large. product in barrels, so this shutting down does not pro- aflforded for voluntary consolidation before the com- rainfall. Its soil weathered in places
is deep and is
the aim and goal to which desired see special "ad" department in this issue.
STId^rtlsement In
Is little trouble, and
"The National C-ope"' J ««">»'•
costs nothing, but It helps
us ana is
J ^ It seems unfortunate that
are pointed
mote optimism in the mind of the New England cooper. mission plan was promulgated. from the rocks. It is protected from drought and has
the activities of this excellent organization The lime and cement business is active, considerable ground
a water supply from two seas. It is the mingling
Information wanted by advertisers. modification or
Hearings on seven bills proposing
"""" ' • '"""""'
are not more generally understood and more thoroughly cooperage moving for those commodities with no of the northern and southern plant and animal life, and DOUGLAS
AN ALLY AND FOE
• «
«H««m.,«,HM.n .«..«
repeal of Section 15-a, the rate-making section of the
'

analysis, FIRE AS IN
STABILITY appreciated by the trades, which, in the final retrenching in sight. on the highway of much of the eastern bird life
Transportation Act, were begun on the same date by is
REPRODUCTION
are indirect beneficiaries of the steady
campaign that placed orders for a FIR
time when a great many
in the The fruit barrel people have all
the House Commerce Committee. migration. The streams of these mountains are fed
Years ago. "wav hack leadership of the bureau to ready to prove
cooperage stock manu- is being waged under the part of their requirements, and in most cases the ma- by the heaviest rainfall in the East, and represent a Douglas fir in the Pacific Northwest is
of the present personnel of the sturdier ship-
about their respective bring about the production of better and terial bought has been delivered. Occasionally we stir
potential energy for power and water supply of con- itself the constant friend of the lumberman
or timber-
facturing trade were romping If the rank and file of the cooperage FRAZIER COMPANY DISTRIBUTES BOOKLET very
had a separate ping packages. up a man who willing to gamble on the fruit crop G. I.
land owner, if he will only carry out his side of a
domiciles as mere children. The Joirx.m.
is
siderable value.
industry were conversant with, or had even
moderately
quotations, which enough to place orders for additional fruit barrel ma- COVERING TIGHT COOPERAGE .As for the forest here, although it has been cut over, simple bargain. Douglas fir will not only yield a very
department devoted to stock price organization is doing
full knowledge of just what this terial if he can buy it below cost, and all he has to
do crop from virgin stands, but. once cut
was held to he an authentic guide and
an authoritative The G. I. Frazier Company, Nashville, Tenn., is burned over and damaged by fire and grazing, it still profitable its
practice
to stimulate improvement in manufacturing to intimate that willingness to two or three cooperage over, will restock shorn areas with a second equally
indicator of the market values of
cooperage .stock in is making complimentary distribution of a booklet cover- covers the land and but begs another chance to yield its

the country. Con- and efficiency in packing and shipping— all, by the way. concerns and "dollars to doughnuts" that he gets
the State of Georgia greater revenue in timber, fish, profitable growth without expense or trouble to the
the various selling centers throughout
it is
ing the subject "Tight Cooperage," which is certain to
during those days were by means of suggestion and advice founded on thorough owner save one particular. He must regulate the
ditions prevailing in the industry
it below cost. find ready acceptance and sincere appreciation in every game, power, pure drinking water and a recreation in

of quotations with and complete scientific investigation of the various con- In of this more or less pessimistic report, we
spite quarter which tight cooperage is a matter of inter- ground for its city-resiilent thousands. These facts, action of on the cut-over land.
fire
such as to allow the publication work- in
tainer troubles that fall within the scope of their are aware of the fact that our present condition is due Without fire, writes Dr. J. X. Hofmann. in Bulletin
reasonable assurance that the prices set
forth opposite est. It is a condensed compilation of general informa- though known, are not correlated by the average person
the numerous items of stock
would vary but slightly, its would be received with greater favor than the
efforts very largely to a lack of confidence the volume of — tion and statistical data, so arranged as to seciuence and with the possibilities of maintaining here a productive No. 1,200. on "Natural Reproduction of Douglas Fir
industry now evidences, and the hearty co-operation of Confidence among coop- As more in Oregon and Washington." just announced
by the
if at all. from one issue
of the paper to another. business done indicates that. set forth in such excellent style as to make it a highly forest as a source of direct money return.
who the entire trade would be assured. erage people is easily destroyed, but it is mighty easily United States Department of Agricul-
During those days the cooper and the consumer instructive and entertaining treatise. Georgians enter the region through the new roads, a Forest Service.
production While the work of the bureau can not be termed brought back, and when we have confidence we surely better understanding and appreciation of this important ture, this tree species has a hard time
competing with
set up his own barrels could
predicate their Stock producers, millmen, purchasing agents, and
approximate accuracy. purely altruistic, by reason of the fact that it is main- have an exaggerated form. It would not be at all its associate species, and is liable to Ix; crowded out
costs for an entire season with
it in all those whose business activities embrace the handling correlation is anticipated.
tained by the Railway Association for the purpose
of
contracts could be executed with comparative surprising to see some unexpected cooperage demand of tight cooperage in any volume will find in the book- altogether by western hemlock and western red cedar.
Long-time loss
stocks, with the devising ways and means by which the carrier's come at any time from any source and do the trick. If, after logging, the slash is left unburned,
these less
safety and the exhaustion of warehouse let a wealth of information of distinct value and help-
material, and damage claims can be reduced, it is nevertheless IDLE LAND AND COSTLY TIMBER valued species are more than liable to win out in the
consequent necessity of purchasing additional of benefit and good
fulness, and its i)resence on their desks will furnish a
nature that a vast deal
struck no terror to their hearts, as they had
an abiding of such
hand-book of ready reference that can be consulted for The United States is already in the midst of a timber struggle to regain land for forest.
the
market can be realized by the industries affected in the numer- APPLE CROP PROSPECTS NOT AFFECTED BY famine and is suffering accordingly, says the Forest But more important particular must fire be
confidence in their ability to go into the open authoritative data on any phase of the subject which in a still

show ous investigations conducted, if they will but give in- PREVAILING WEATHER CONDITIONS, Service, United States Dei)artment of Agriculture, in regulated. The second-growth Douglas fir forest comes
and secure stock at a figure that would not SAYS JAMES INNES it covers.
telligent and energetic co-operation in the research and Farmers' Bulletin. 1,417. "Idle Land and Costly Timber," mainly from seed that is lying dormant in the decom-
any undue spread, either higher or lower, than
the last Mr. J. R. Williams, of the G. I. Frazier Company,
experimental work which the bureau carries on. The month of May has l)een one of the wettest in
The country is faced with "very tangi- posing and twigs covering the forest
of leaves
published quotation. Their faith was founded in the who compiled the booklet, explains in the modest fore- just published. litter

the market The function of the organization, which is an inves- the history of the cooperage industry. There have hardly and concrete problems which the present generation If slash is burned over in the spring following
fact that there was a certain stability to word which prefaces his work, that it was "compiled ble floor.
tigative body of trained men of qualifying scientific and been two fine days in succession during the entire month, logging, before the access of light and air has encour-
that they could depend upon. to get together in some easily-accessible form certain of Americans must solve."
startling change engineering attainments, is to conduct researches and with the result that staves in the yards and in the sheds Eighty-one million acres of forest land, or about one- aged germination, and while the forest litter or duff
It is distressing to contemplate the data relative to tight cooperage." and it only needs a
pursue practical experimental work, in conjunction with have not been drying fast enough to keep the jointers tenth of the virgin forest area in the United States, is is still moist enough to temper
the heat to the hidden
that has taken market conditions since the
place in casual glance through its pages to assure the reader
the various container-manufacturing interests, to the going. Hoops have also been held back. This condition now lying idle, and this area is yearly increasing. This seed, the cut-over area is then in the best possible condi-
"good old days." The term "Stability." insofar as it that Mr. Williams succeeded in admirable measure in
end of evolving specifications, methods and other data has reduced dry material on hand to almost the van- not suitable for general farming and should be for the seed to germinate and the young trees to
relates to the price of stock, seems to have
disappeared accomplishing what he set out to do. He must be land is tion
upon which containers can be built, packed and shipped ishing point, and dry weather is badly required to kept at work growing forests, the only valuable crop however, a second fire is
from the lexicon of the cooperage industry. The place btcome established. If.
heartily congratulated on the thoroughness of his work
so as to yield the ultimate in satisfaction to the manu-
it occupied has apparently been
usurped by the term exi)edite shipments.
and the originality of its presentation. it can produce. When forest land becomes idle it can allowed to get in and to destroy this new growth of
facturer,consumer and the carriers. have hurt the peach, pear and cherry Douglas fir before any of the young trees reach seed-
"Elasticity." Heavy frosts Copies of the book may be secured by addressing no longer sustain the i)oi)ulation around it. and the sad
from causes totally Inasmuch as the expense incident to the operation of trees in some .sections, but apparently have not affected result is the abandonment of the adjoining towns and bearing age, this may prove disastrous. The new forest
If this condition has eventuated G. I. Frazier Company. First and Fourth National
the bureau is borne by the Railway Association, and must then depend upon what seed trees may have been
beyond the control of the stock-producing personnel of the apple trees, as the blooms are later. Bank, Nashville, Tennessee. small cities, with great economic losses bringing in
inasmuch as the results of its activities are of un- May and none were reserved,
of the industry, we can but accept it with due resigna- Demand has been fairly good during and prices their wake isolation, poverty and community bankruptcy. left from the first cutting, if
doubted value to the container-manufacturing trades, area to Ik* later overrun by
tion and with what grace we can muster, but, on the remain steady. Apple barrel stock is moving freely, Use. fire and waste are together consuming 25 billion the result
is a barren
energetic and enthusiastic co-operation in its investi- most of the dry staves on hand, with heading and hoops EXPORTS OF BARRELED APPLES INCREASED of timlx-r each year from our forests, which brush aiul (mly reclaimed to forest by the slow migration
other hand, if it was brought al)out through practices cubic feet
gations and experiments is a very small price to pa> 221 PER CENT. of adjacent wooded areas atter several generations oi
in which culpability attaches to the industry, it is a pity. to match, having been taken up for preliminary work. are yearly growing only 6 billion cubic feet. This ratio
for the business benefits accruing to our industry
Every thinking and reasoning stock producer knows, Contracts for the bulk requirements of the apple barrel ICxports of apples from the United States from would eventually bring a timber famine, resulting in seed trees have in turn carried the forest forward.
through its work. On Douglas fir
burned-over areas of
and will admit without argument, that the wide varia- coopers will likely be placed after the June "blow" is August 1, 1923, to March 31. 1924. totaled 1.917,224 mounting prices, long-haul freight bills, shortage of cut-over or
homes and shifting industries and poi)ulations. forest, therefore, that comes
restocking is a process
tion in price that has characterized the marketing of prac- over and the apples "set." barrels and boxes as compared with only
5.516.295

tically every item of cooperage material during the past

FLOUR RATES REDUCED FROM ONTARIO General slack barrel business is good for this season 565.1.30 barrels and 3.253,281 boxes during tiie cor- The solution is: Keep trees growing on all our avail- alunit naturally with no expense to the owner, if he will

few years has been exceedingly detrimental to business.

POINTS of the year, while tight barrel stock is also in fair resi)onding i)eriod of the |)revious season. This repre- able forest land, which is alujut one-fourth the area of permit fire to assist as an ally and keep it out in its
Ground and lofty quotations bring trouble and worry to Recent report from Montreal. Ont.. advises that the demand. sents an increa.se of 221 per cent, in barreled shipments the United States, protect them and properly use them. harmful jdiases. He need not change his logging prac-
Board of Railway Commissioners has ordered railway and of 70 per cent, in shipments of boxe<l varieties. The result will be the annual production of 27 billion he need not even leave seed trees, if he handles
every one concerned, producers and consumers alike. The tice,

We are drawing no bill of indictment, nor are we companies to reduce the flour rates from Ontario points L'nited Kingdom as usual provided the chief export cubic feet of timber, a sustaining supply for our needs. tire properly here. He may clear out his land and
presuming to put forward any plan for alleviating an to Montreal and Atlantic seaboard ports, such as Bal-
SECRETARY HOOVER DECLARES CONSOLIDA- market, having taken during this period 85.1 per cent, Two things can be done now Reduce the hazards : confidently wait for it to restock, if he keeps his part

onerous situation —
we are simply pointing out a condi- timore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Portland, St.
TION OF CARRIER GROUP IS ADVISABLE
Consolidation of railway properties as proposed in a
of the barreled exports and 61.8 per cent, of the boxed and uncertainties in growing timber crops and thus give of the bargain.
1,200 may secured from The
tion that assuredly exists, in the hope that some action John and Halifax. exports. Exports to the British market were much full play to the already powerful incentives for refor- Copies of Bulletin 1)C

can be initiated in our industrial body, through which Rates from Collingwood, Depot Harbor, Godcrich, billintroduced by Senator Cummins, of Iowa, was in- greater th's season than they were last year. One estation and extend public forest ownership, give ample
:
Forester, at Washington. D. C the District Forester.
be Midland. Port Colborne, Pt. McNicoll and Tiffin. Ont.. dorsed by Secretary Hoover May 21st before the Senate reason for the increase was no doubt the increased public aid in tree planting, and provide nation-wide Portland. Ore., or from the District Forester. San
our former stable and firm price quotations will
resumed. to Montreal will be 17/ cents instead of the present Interstate Commerce Committee, Washington, D. C. demand for apples on the continent, a considerable pro- education in timber growing and economy in timber use. Francisco. Calif.
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13
June. 1924 June, 1924 THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL
THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL
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Louisville Reports Backward Season Retards Buying WITH THE PHILADELPHIA COOPERS j
i

Both Slack and Tight Barrel Lines. Future ""'• '"»"'"' ' '^
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in iiiiiiii

Since 1850
summarized in

Sugar Barrel Demand Looks Good the

The Philadelphia cooperage
last week in May. shapes up as follows: Tight
situation,

cooperage. (|uiet and listless; slack cooperage, fair, but

barrels arc quite firm, flour being quoted at 80ca85c;
cooperage trade generallv. indicate not brisk.
Ronorts of the
th'"h sel:t riLw late thifyear. This co. half barrels. 6(^a65c;
two-head. 65c poultry. 70ca80c
^^-'^: No.
^t^^j;^:^^
2 sugar- stock,
The local tight cooperage market is dull and spiritless,
dition is resulting in consumers of packages, in a good ii)c ; : ,
because the oil refineries, whose total cooperage con-
produce, 70ca75c.
manv different lines, holding hack their buying orders sized
,
• , .1 fU.r. sumption absorbs probably three-quarters of all the
Reports from eastern
.
Kentucky uuhcate that. there
a late as possible This .^11 probably mean that the stock and both new
finished barrels, and rc-coopered.
will be some new developments n. lumber, stave and
rusl vi'al cle at one time when it does develop. m.ght be sau m that come into this territt)ry. are not at present placing
handled heading cutting th,s season, hut .t
an tha there will be some good business their usual volume of orders with the barrel dealers.
passing that there are numerous reports of deve op-
a ut 1-summcr Backward weather conditions have The exportation of lubricating oils, into which trade
demand, as the nu-nts in that section wh.ch never get anywhere further
held bTck both tight and slack barrel the vast majority of the cooperage used l)y the refineries
with the than the report,
produce trade is slow in developing, along goes, is just now at a low ebb, and as a consequence the
packing of products requiring tiglit cooperage. The Keg Stock Market demand for barrels from this source is very weak. When
nearly
As a rule, the strawberry season in Kentucky is from the tight
claimed that shortage of tight keg stock, which
have been
the refinery demand is cut ofT local

Company and
^^ .^

over by May 3ath, whereas the crop has been

this year that the picking season will
so late
run well past that
^^_^^ ^^^.^^ noticeable in the market a year or so ago,

^^^^^ disappeared, due to the long period

of light demand
trade, business in that line
is,of course, a comparatively large volume of business
is more or less dull. There
this its subsidiaries
started, and
date. In fact, it is just beginning to get ^^^^ ^^^^ ^.^^^^^ ^^ cooperage stock and
accumulations of that finds its source in other industrial lines, but the
good crop available, which will mean a
advantageously for keg preponderance of the oil business is so great that it

producing Tight Staves and Heading

there is quite a ^.^^.^^j^ ^j^j^^. x\y^^ can be used
care of
better demand for tight barrels for taking
^^^^,^,^^5^,^ completely overshadows that of all the other lines com-
to be later used in production of Chemicals, paints, varnishes, soaps, packing
sugared-down berries u r \A tttect
A Cold F«rmln»
Fff.ct farming bined.
™ and
,wi cr^ft drink
fln'nVr nroduccrs
prooucerb. Rain and
house products and other seasonal lines are showing
•
r , -
svrups for the ice cream sott
has not been much this year, potato prospects are none too good as a result of one their annual spring activity in the demand for new
Vinegar barrel demand
of the coldest and rainiest spring seasons on
record.
but outlook is fair from the picklers' standpoint. goods, but not in the measure that could be termed brisk.
-, , Farm work is 'wav behind, and farmers are complain- Re-coopered barrels are moving in fair volume to road-
Demand Look. Good
,

Future Sugar Barrel .^^^ .^^^^^^ concerning weather conditions. Car-lot

oil producers, and there is a scattered distribution to
^

a whole,
The slack barrel trade has been quite fair as ^,^ij,jji„g f^om Louisville to northern and eastern mar-
from the the paint, varnish, syrup and other lines that ordinarily
with the flour millers as the best consumers generally starts about July 5th to lOth, and will
j_^^^
come into the market in the early summer, but, as in
standpoint of consistent buying. It is reported that
^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^j^^ ^^^^ ^j^^^ jj^j^ ^.^^^ if f^j^ weather
some southern the case ofnew goods, the sales are of small volume
there are better prospects this year for .^encountered in June, although the crop is now behind
and low frequency. The concensus of opinion in the
business on sugar barrels. schedule, even though the acreage is probably lower tight fraternity in this section is that while trade is

Hardwood Manufacturer. In.titute Ha. Good Meeting ,hati normal, due to the hold-back at planting time. rather slow at the present, there is no ground for the

One of the most interesting features of the month

in Louisville was the meeting in
Louisville. May 8th and

9th. of the Hardwood Manufacturers'

Institute, at which
Competition Not So Keen

^^^^
^^^^ nscd -barrel competition has not been so keen in
Uujisville district as formerly, in spite of the fact
in Second-Hand Barrel Trade prediction that it will remain so indefinitely. Ordinarily,
at
brisk
this
enough
particular
to
season normal years business is
in

keep all the local shops and yards

LUCAS E. MOORE STAVE CO.
time
covering
was decided to re-establish the statistical program
it

sales, production, etc., of hardwood products.

^^^^^

,^^^,^^5
concentration
j^^j.
of whisky
resulted in larger concentration stocks here,
in government ware- running on
month of
full schedule, but it so happens that the
May, 1924, finds the majority of the tight NEW ORLEANS NEW YORK
the membership voting solidly on the matter and leav- ^^^^ amount of whisky bottled in bond is relatively light shops working with reduced forces and on a curtailed
ing it up to the Board of Directors to
re-establish the
regulations. In the old days when a schedule. Stocks of new and second-hand barrels and
^^^^ j^^ Federal
statistical department as soon as it
saw fit. Secre-
^^^^^^^. j^^^rels were emptied at country distilling kegs on the various yards and in warehouses are quite
^^^^^
tary Hoover's message at Cleveland, along with a mes- ^^^.^^^^ ^j^^". ^^,^^^ shipped into Louisville, or figured in heavy and varied as to types and styles, and every at^^r?g?itya?iiysvirirs\ir/s>(irrs\irirsvirir8<i
B. Durgm. well prepared to handle the expected
sage brought to the meeting by William ^^^ ^^^^^^ competition anyway. Today this com-
l,arrel
l)lant in the city is

assistant to Mr. Hoover, and attitude of the

new Attor- demand for containers to which the dealers are looking
j,j.jj,i,„, j^, ^nuch less than formerly, which throws
a little
towards business, has resulted in a de- forward with confidence.
nev-General ^^^^^^^ demand to new packages.
improved feeling in the forest products industry. In the slack line business has been, and continues,

HANLON-GREGORY GALVANIZING COMPANY

ci<ledly still
^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^.^^
Norman New Pre.ident fairly satisfactory. The demand from the sugar, chem-
E. B. Atlantic Tank and Barrel Co.. re-
^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^
ical. i)roduce. packing house, glass and numerous other
E. B. Norman, of E. B. Norman & Co.. Louisville.
^^^^^^^^j ^,^.^^ ^,^^ ^-^^^^ cooperage trade was just about as holding up in good measure and
industrial consumers is
who some years was with the Holly Ridge Lumber
for .^ j^^^j ^^^^^ j^^^^ ^j^^^ prospects were for better business
is keeping the slack plants moderately busy. Practically
of a part of.
Co.. when it was a subsidiary of. instead i.^f^re long. every slack shop in the city is on normal schedule of
the Chess & Wymond Co.. Louisville, was
elected presi- Cooperage Co.. remarked
hardwood manufacturers.
j
^. ^yhite. of the Louisville
production and orders are flowing in with a regularity
V* Process
Hot »••»•» «•»
• m-V'^'W^f^ Galvanizing^ of Hoop Steel in CoBs and Cut Lengths
^j^^^ business was still quiet, but that inquiry was
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a little better than it had been, especially on kegs, and

nil

The Tight Stave and Heading Market Viewing the local situation as a whole, we find condi-
prospects were also a little more promising in connec-
stave and heading market there has not from
been
In the tight
much improvement over last month. Southern tion with movement of mill production of stock
tions,
couraging.
while not actually
Both the tight and slack lines are active
inspiring, very far dis-

PROMPT DELIVERIES 24th Street and A. V. R. R., PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

for H. L. Rollwage. of the Chess & Wymond Co. re-
mills are holdii^ heading firmly at 38ca39c per set enough, despite the temporary lack of heavy demand for
circled white marked that while there had been a little spurt m
red oak circled stock: and 40ca41c for tight cooperage, to keep a steady, even if somewhat
days ago and some business things were
it^juiries thirty
oak with red oak staves at around $50 a thousand for thin,stream of barrels moving from the shops to the
"ot quite as active now as they were in the matter of
oil and white oak, $60 a thousand, while spirit staves consumers, and while no prediction can be made with
"ew business, although there were still a fair number
are$90a$100 a thousand, and bourbon staves around absolute certainty as to the exact date that will find
of inquiries.
$135a$150 a thousand. Gum staves are worth around t .u c c .u the local trade in the throes of a rush of business,
1,^ \, Excellent weather some parts of the in far bouth
$40 a thousand.
.

. .... j
the production of staves and heading
, •
e . i i- •
111-
evidence is not larking that June business will be an

SLACK AND TIGHT KEGS

has resulted in
The Tight Barrel and Keg Market improvement over that enjoyed in May.
creasing, have shown improve-
as logging conditions
The representativepackage price schedule has tight j^^^t ;„ ^ marked way. In eastern Kentucky production
remained unchanged over the month, and, in fact, over continues poor on account of wet weather and mean
WILL DEAL IN BARRELS
the past several months, although there has been some logging conditions.

BARRELS AND CASKS

shading done over these prices at times, where an pa^,| Dy.sart, Jr.. of the D. Hollingshead Co., Messrs. Harry. Charles and Morris Rubin. 3031
J.
attractive order of worthwhile size was at stake. Pres- Louisville, has beenspending a considerable amount of Taylor Avenue. Detroit. Mich., are the incorporators

ent prices ruling are: time on the street of late in going after new business of the new Central Barrel and Cooperage Co., which
Uc.i vyiiitc ^'^arrt-d
, ^ , ^^j^,^. ^ ^^ ^j^^ j^^j Prospects are company will operate a barrel plant and deal in cooper-
Onk Smril '
Gals Oak Spirit -
_ '

good, but the company is a long way from being rushed age of all kinds. Capital stock of the Central Barrel
1 $ 65 $ .70 $1.00 $1.15
2
'.'.'.'.'.'. '.

". .75 .80 1 1 5

. 1 .30 at this time. and Cooperage Co. is given as $15,000.

Co. u
3 85 .90 1.30 1.45 ^, ^^ c n ir-
Che.. ^ & Wymond
^^^ .

5 1 25 L35 2.10 2.35 Ha. Small Fire

L60 L70 2.35 2.60 recently broke out in the plant of the Chess
10 y^ small fire
NEW KEG STAVE PLANT AT BAY MONETTE, FLA.
P
20
)-^
1.90
IS^
2.00
l'^}
2.95
?§X
o.dU
& Wvmond
."..., Co., Louisville, but was
11
practically out
xt The Bay Monette Manufacturing Company, Bay
!5e ^(jq 215 ,"^20 .?45 when the fire department arrived on the alarm.
• .
No
Moncllc. Fla.. are proceeding with the installation of
material damage was done.

WALSH SONS
30 2 20 2.30 3.50 3.75
45-50 "..'.'.'.' machinery and equipment for the manufacture of keg
Gum barrels ....

The Slack Stock and Barrel Market

Slump in demand and price of lumber has probably
2.70_
2.35
2.85

.
, ,
5.00

, ,
5.50

,
WILL MANUFACTURE BARRELS AND KEGS
Headed bv those three
,

live wires, Messrs. Robert F.

staves.
operation
pine and
It

in
is

hardwood keg
the
expected that the
course of a
staves.
new unit
few weeks, turning out
will be in
cTWORRIS
^^^^^^^ j^,^"^^ ^ Warnock
and Edward O. Parker, the
had a tendency to hold down the price of slack
cooperage stock, along with the fact that demand for
Norton. Parker &
N. J., has been
Co.. Inc., Jersey City.
Office— S13 Sarah Street
^^g^,,;^^^ ^^ manufacture tight barrels and kegs. LIME COMPANY WILL ERECT COOPERAGE
such stock was not especially active, due to relatively
PLANT PITTSBURGH, PA.
small consumption. No. 1 gum staves are worth around
$15a$17 a thousand, with No. 2, $lla$13, and mill- WITH POTATO SEASON OVER, BUSINESS A cooperage plant will be erected by James O'Connell,
SOUTH SIDE,
run. $12a$14 in sugar or flour-length, while No. 1 flour SLOWS UP Morris Avenue and 156th Street, New York City, who
heading is $lSa$16. and sugar, $17a$18. with mill-run at Ckearwatbr Cooperage Co., B. E. Mitcheu., Clear- has just organized a company for the manufacturing of
$1 a thousand less, and No. 2. at $3 a thousand less water, Fi,a. — Now that the potato crop has practically lime. The new lime organization has a capital .stock
than No. 1. Six-foot elm hoops are $24a$26 a thousand. been harvested, we look for a dull period. No inquiries of $25,000. and the charter of the company covers the "THE NATIONAL COOPEM' J0L«NAL.'
WHEN WRITING To ADVKRTISI-RS, TKI.L TUF.M THAT YOV SAW IT IN
Under the present situation in Louisville prices on at all now for cooperage stock and slack barrels. operation of a cooperage plant.
 THE NATIONAL COOPKRS" JOURNAL June. 1924 June, 1924 THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL 15
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FHE BEST MACHINERY FOR MAKING THE BEST CONTAINERS

AND FOR MAKING PROFIT FOR THE USERS

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MACHINE "ORAM" STANDARD HOOP DRIVING MACHINE
SIMPLE—POWERFUL— DURABLE
Capacity —As fast as operator can handle. 600 1,000 packages per
to
day of 10 hours, and all properly driven

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Use Our
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FIFTY-TWO YEARS
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THE JOHN k ORAM CO

of 105
No. 22 —New Issue
''Knowing How"
"Always the Best"
ESTABLISHED
1872
INCORPORATED 1914
U^lS^ STAVE, HEADING and BARREL MACHINERY ASK ANYBODY

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WHEN WHITING To ADVERTISERS, TELL THEM THAT YOU SAW IT IX "THE NATIONAL COOPERS* JOURNAL. WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS, TELL THEM THAT YOU SAW IT IN "THE NATIONAL COOPERS* JOURNAL.
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NINTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL PURCHASING National Purchasing Agents' Conventions a Prolific

AGENTS' CONVENTION AND INFORM - A Field for Extension Work
SUCCESS. WOODEN
BUFFALO COOPERAGE MARKET
SHOW A GREAT Acting upon the theory that a field representative is I
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not ableperform elaborate demonstrations in the

to
ATTENTION The most important news item cooperage in the local
offices of purchasing agents, and that purchasing agents
Over nine hundred names, representing every part of trade of the past month was the destruction by fire on
can not visit the plants of all manufacturers to see the
the country and every line of manufacture, appeared on products demonstrated in which they are interested, May 12th of the large plant of the International Coop-
the attendance register of the Ninth Annual Interna- our attendance at two conventions of purchasing agents erage Co.. at Erie Avenue and Ninth Street, Niagara
tional Purchasing Agents' Convention and In form-
A- The loss was estimated at $250,000 by officials
with an exhibit of barrels, provided a common ground l-'alls.

Show, held in Boston, Mass., May 19th to 23d. inclusive, of the company. The fire started in the boiler room
to meet and study the merits of wood barrels and com-
and this number did not fully cover all the delegates peting containers. and spread rapidly through the one-story frame build-
who were on hand. Permanent impressions, not on hundreds of
one, but ing, which was well-equipped with machinery for mak-

The program of the convention proved to he one of purchasing agents who were present, were made by ing both tight and slack l)arrels and well stocked with
the finest ever scheduled, and every member of the our display. Several thousand pieces of literature were cooperage material. The firemen had several streams
general convention committee is to be congratulated at work, but could do little except to save adjoining
distributed, not only to purchasing agents, but to execu-
upon the team-work which achieved the success which tives and technical men as well. Space in the Purchas- property, including the storage tanks of the Shredded

the ninth annual certainly was. ing Agent, the official organ of the National Purchas- Wheat Co. and the factory of the Francis Hook and
ing Agents' .Association, was allotted to us to publish h'ye Co., where 100 girls were employed, who escaped
Wooden Barrel Exhibit Creates Fine Impression safely.
our story about the cooperage industry and its products.
A. C. Huglies. in charge of the trade extension work Far-seeing sales executives have generally agreed that The loss of the above plant is a more or less serious
of The Associated Cooperage Industries of America, participation in this yearly event transcends any other matter to barrel buyers in this section of the country,
was on hand to carry the gospel of the wooden barrel opportunity for trade extension in practically all fields as the company sold a great volume of l)arrels in the
right into the good graces of every purchasing agent of industry. apple district bordering Lake Ontario, as well as flour
present. The exhil)it of barrels and stock, slack and Dairy Industry Holds Big Possibilities for
barrels to the Niagara Falls and surrounding territory
tight, \yhichMr. Hughes had for display of the coopers' mills and tight barrels to numerous local industries.
Cooperage Industries
art, was undoubtedly the most impressive so far made Tongue-and-grooved-stave barrels, for which it had a
at any convention, while the amount of barrel literature
A notable opportunity to create business contact with
good demand, were also manufactured in quantity. An-
the dairy industry and its many independent units
nouncement as to whether or not the factory will be
distributed was greater than ever before.
engaged in the various branches of manufacturing, con- rebuilt has not yet been made.
According to Mr. Hughes, the barrel booth was not
densing, drying, powdering and packing milk products
only visited by hundreds who are already using wooden Man Who Went Over Niagara Falls in Barrel Seeks
and refrigerated reserve stocks, was made use of by
l)arrels. but by a flood of new prospects who came just Further Notoriety
attendance at the World's Dairy Congress, held in
to see "The Perfect Package." and remained to leave
Syracuse, N. Y.. last year. Our display of wood barrels "Bobby" Leach, who went over Niagara Falls in a
an inquiry for special packages or a trial order of
was viewed by thousands of dairymen operating in this ))arrel on July 25. 1911. thereby gaining much fame,
l)arrels.
and foreign countries. Our literature was widely dis- recently announced that he would make another plunge
When substhute container manufacturers take to
tributed for future guidance. Inquiries, verbal and by over the cataract early in June, this time in a large
mentioning the inroad which wooden barrels are making
mail, are indications of future patronage to well-made rubber ball. The widespread publicity which has been
in their sales, it is safe to conclude that the barrel is not
wood barrels despite the keen competition of other given this proposed feat has brought Mr. Leach an
only winning l)ack its own rightful business, but is
kinds of containers that are seeking recognition in this offer of company in his hazardous undertaking. The
opening up new lines of trade that need only a little time
industry. offer comes from a woman. Mrs. Harriett Frances
to develop into volume users.
Kingsbury, an Australian lecturer, who wrote from
All support to the trade extension
future success, growth and pros-
work. The Shoe Industry —New Business Field for Wooden Barrel Jacksonville. Fla.. that she would like to be a passenger
cooperage industry's
The evolvement of such a container as would give Mr. Leech's queer vehicle. Mrs. Kingsbury is anxious
ill
perity can be built upon this work.
the boot and shoe manufacturers a standard package to prove that women are equally as fearless and daring,
which would eliminate the enormous losses sustained and fully as foolhardy as the sterner sex. Her proffer
FORESEES USES FOR COOPERAGE THAT WOULD through pilfering and damage claims, was conceived of company has been declined.

ABSORB MILLIONS OF BARRELS PER YEAR some months ago. A locked barrel has been brought
Slack Lines Quiet
IN EXCESS OF WHAT IS NOW PRODUCED out by the department, which carries a regulation Ameri-
demand has been light recently,
can Railway Association seal, so affixed to the hoop
The flour barrel
Speaking enthusiastically upon trade extension work owing to a generally quiet demand for that commodity.
Hughes says:
device as to resist tampering without detection. An
generally. A. C. Buying by industrial concerns is of hand-to-mouth

Mr. MANUFACTURER: Trade

inner partition of the barrel is made of double-faced
In the beginning it may be well to say that the character and the farmers, who usually buy flour
strawboard corrugated cardboard, separated into indi-
Extension Department is dedicated to the development in barrels about this time of year, are rather discour-
vidual cells, which necessitates the shoe to only carry
of new uses for cooperage, and to extend the applica- aged because of the almost daily rain of the past month,
its own weight in the container. The inner partition
tion of these uses. Our industry is periodically threat- which makes for a somewhat backward season. Con-
is divided into three equal compartments separated by
ened with heavy losses for lack of ability to sell the sumption of slack barrels in lines other than flour is a
discs, which permit the container to carry shoes of
cooperage produced and yet the total quantity of coop- trifle below normal, but there are abundant evidences of
different sizes without confusion.
erage produced is small in comparison with the total an early improvement in demand.
Have shown this barrel to seven large shoe manufac-
needs of the entire country.
The barrel meets their Storage Apples Going to Eyaporators
Have you surplus stocks ? Wecan foresee uses for cooperage that would absorb
millions of barrels per year in excess of what we now
turers operating in St. Louis.
approval and is a saver of 50 per cent, in export con- Evaporators have had a busy time of it in the past
tainer costs. It is necessary, however, to develop a month, caring for apples which have been in storage
produce, what we can foresee is practically
and yet.
cardboard box in shook form to be used for shelf pur- through the winter. Growers and packers who had
small compared with what might be realized if 100 per
poses by retailers. One of these barrels has been packed held their fruit in the warehouses, hoping that the
cent, co-operation was extended by the members of
If you are overburdened with any regular or special stock the association. It is a fact that for every dollar that
with shoes and shipped to South America as a trial. spring would develop high prices, have lately been de-
The Walk-Over shoe people have requested a sample livering their apples to the drying plants at compara-
has been expended by the Trade Extension Department
on hand ready to ship or that will be in shipping condition for developing the utilization of cooperage there have
barrel. tively low prices. The market for storage apples has
Also showed this shoe barrel at the National Con-
soon, we can handle it for you, as there is ample demand been thousands of dollars spent by manufacturers on the become so inactive that the fruit can be moved only
vention of Boot and Shoe Manufacturers at the twentieth by consignment or by sale to evaporators or cider
development of substitute containers.
for practically all kinds of cooperage stock and we can give
convention of this association, held at the Astor Hotel, presses, and in some instances the price brought has
There is no doubt about it, that if progress is to be
N. v., January 14th-15th. Comments of approval were been as low as $1.10 per barrel, the grower or packer
made in our industry, some effort, comparable in a
at reasonable prices. general. The shooked box was mentioned as a requisite
you orders measure at least to that put forth by competitors, should retaining the container.
in patronage. Have conferred with the Bureau of
be made by the industry, not only in respect to a patron- Apple Crop Prospects Are Good
Standards on this subject, which awaits specifications
age demand but a fuller co-operation in a material way Apple prospects are good, so far as the weather is
for approval. The shoe barrel proposition is still being
1 to give the department wider latitude of work in the concerned. A late season is better than an early one.
worked out. If approved, extensive results are forth-
competitive field.
Cherry trees are in full blossom, but the apple blossoms
coming.
May we say further, that we now have the most
do not show color yet. It is late, but it is no later than
Furthermore, the capability of this new development
complete equipment of experience and facilities any- The main thing against the crop these
it was last year.
to successfully carry fragile, as well as other special
where obtainable. Add to this fact that the Trade
commodities where danger of injury is present, gives days is the scarcity of help, and the notion that many
Extension Department is thoroughly unbiased, has
promise of further promotion in almost unlimited fields. farmers have that wheat is still the better crop, which

NATIONAL MANUFACTURING CO
nothing to but service, therefore, no incentive to
sell
has not been the case lately. Industrial activity in
Particular "leads" arc now being followed.
govern us save that of getting results, plus again a some lines in the cities slowing down, so this may
is
practical experience, which enables us to translate the result in more men looking for work in the apple
fuuiings of our surveys in workable plans and policies. COOPERAGE BUSINESS GOOD IN
districts.
It is soundly in the cooperage welfare that it keeps step COLDWATER, ONT.
GENERAL MOTORS BUILDING by step with the various units of
step behind. If it finds this to be true
indu.stry.
must adopt
it
It can not Heading and hoop machinery is being installed in the
newly enlarged plant of D. S. MilHgan. cooperage and
Notes of the Trade
The Quaker City Cooperage Co. reports a rather
light demand for flour barrels, but the shop is keeping
remedies which are effective in connection, and harness cooperage stock manufacturers of Coldwater, Ont. In-
fairly l)usy and looks for increa.sed trade later in the
them in the service. creased demand for cooperage products has made neces-
The Leading Cooperage House of America has been the endeavor of the Trade Extension sary the enlarging of the Milligan plant.
year.

Five men available for road work

DETROIT, MICHIGAN It

Department to do this by creating a closer contact

for a
The Niagara Cooperage
i)retty good trade in
Co., Lockport,
apple barrels this
is looking
season,
with trade organizations, publicity media, trade papers,
WILL MANUFACTURE INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL though demand has not been strong thus far.
technical publications, and market bureaus, all for the
a widespread theory that The Canadian Industrial Alcohol Co.. Limited. Mon- George W. Little, of Jackson & Tindle. has been a
purpose of counteracting
wood barrels. have organized a subsidiary company, which
treal, Ont.. member of the down-town lumber committee, which has
substitute packages are equal in service to
this field we are is known as the Canadian Industrial Alcohol Co., been raising funds for the joint charities and com-
It must be apparent to all. that in
Limited, of Manitoba, the head office of which will be munity fund campaign. The lumbermen "came across"
not only dealing with the individual purchaser, through
in Winnipeg. 100 per cent.
THKM THAT VOf SAW IT IN "THE NATIONAL COOPERS* JOIRNAL. his trade organization, but with the public as well.
WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS, TKI.l,
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carry cutlery, nails, bolts, hinges, screws, hoisting blocks, Barrelettes for apples have the following specifica- It is contended that the barrel is the strongest struc-

IN THE REALM OF COOPERAGE wood

shoes,
pulleys, iron casters,
wire brads, nuts, grindstones,
Barrels manufactured for the hardware trade
emery wheels,
steel
rivets,
springs, etc.
horse-

17" to
tions : 18" staves, 15K'" heading.

Vegetable Barrels
ture of
of wood.
The
its size

barrel is
that can Ijc made from an equal amount

put together without nails, screws, bolts

An Interesting Summary of the Extent of Trade Extension Activities 34" staves. 9%" to 22" heading.
:

Experience and usage have clearly proven the supe- or pins.

of A. C. Hughes riority of the wood barrel for the transportation and Although not calked, barrels are water-tight.
Wood Barrels for Electrical Accessories marketing of sweet and white potatoes. The barrel The barrel is one of the most remarkable factors in
Specifications for this type of container are: 17'/«" x Specializing in the manufacture of cooperage has offers absolute protection to seed potatoes while in the economic life of mankind. In importance it takes
Waste in iooA and commodity distribution through
1914" X 30". taught that container use is not a matter of cost alone, transit insuring their safe delivery for a productive its place beside the vehicle wheel.
prcvcntal Ic spoilage is often traceable to incilicient 28K'" ;

but rather a combination of all the factors which result crop, thereby maintaining good will. It is susceptible of
packing. To the extent that this is true,
practices in Metallurgical Industries in satisfaction. Money expended for containers that providing any amount of ventilation and in many ways SECRETARY HIRT REVIEWS GENERAL BUSINESS
such waste can be hirgely prevented by drawing
m()re
The cooperage affects the year's profits to growers.
generally and more intelligently upon package
equip- industry is constantly co-operating with fail to satisfy is wasted. Electrical supply manufac- CONDITIONS AND ASSOCIATION
to the users of shipping containers in the most scientific man- turers who use wood barrels know the advantages of As a container for green vegetables the barrel serves ACTIVITIES IN ANNUAL
ment industries that have given years of study
com- ner, produce stronger barrels which will meet the
to packing their products in them because before the bar- as a compact miniature refrigerator for the packing of REPORT *
problems of packing and distribution of food and
re(|uirements of heavy commodity packing. rels are formed they must be thoroughly dried and fired. lettuce, radishes, green corn, cabbages, carrots, celery,
modity products and are well (lualihed to
render tech- A
review of the business situation throughout the
The use of wood barrels, made right, constitutes a This drying can not be superficial, but must be thorough etc.. because its construction permits ice-packing at point the country indicates that the present and prospective
nical service.
a plant tlic public service. and the fire heat must proceed from the inside of the of origin, which insures deliveries fresh and in good conditions in manufacturing, agriculture, wholesale and
selecting container eciuipment for
In
We are frequently called upon to design barrels to barrel to the outside. It is this feature that makes the retail trade generally may be considered as in a healthy
knowledge of its possible order.
executive should possess a and sound economical position so much so as to war-
be-the ma- mtx.'t special conditions. As nearly every container barrel especially adapted for dry cell and other electrical Specifications covering barrels generally used for
;

utilitv and what tvpe the container should rant the faith of those industrial leaders who have all
apphcation- j)rol)lcm difi^ers more or less, every tyi)e of barrel must packing. Standard-size barrels carry 150 dry batteries. potatoes and green vegetables are as follows 17^" x along elected to envision for our country an era of
terial it is made of-its
purpose or field of :

be sjjccially considered before defuiite recommendations Other sizes carry dry cells, porcelain insulators, lamp reawakened commercial activity.
its advantages for volume
handled-its weight and space 28'/'" ; 19V^" X 30".
of endur- can be made regarding the requirements involved. Tests bulbs, lamp bases, incandescent lamps, etc. One of the most encouraging factors in this respect
reciuirements— its portability— its possibilities Coffee Barrels is in the forecast of employment with every prospect
These require- approved and listed as standard by the Forest Products Barrels for the electrical industry are made from:
merit.
ance, and its special features of for an increase in spring employment as the season
Laboratory insure exact engineering data on which to 281^". 30" staves; 17^", 19j^" heading. The number of different types of which coffee barrels
mamifacturer for his progresses. In addition to this favorable aspect, the
ments slu.uld be passed on to the base the design of barrels that carry castings, chains, are made makes it practically certain that any problem contemplative action on the part of our government
information and guidance whenever
possible.
ingots, plumbers' supplies, pipe fittings, platecf ware, Flour and Cereal Barrels and Half -Barrels industry facing which within the scope of towards a reduction of Federal taxes can not help but
that proper this is lies
Exporters and shippers who maintain have a good effect on business in stimulating and en-
waste and damage scrap brass, soldering, bronze wire. co])per. nickel, etc. Flour barrel containers are made from No. 1 grade barrel equipment can be economically and efficiently
packing is the best means of reducing \7%"
couraging renewed activity in all lines of trade. In
on Sizes to 30" staves. 9K'" to 19^'h" heading. (Head timber of high quality, free from defects and entirely solved, because back of every barrel produced is the
claims geiierallv appreciate the use of wood barrels agriculture, the major portion of last year's crops have

their merits, and do not permit cost alone to be the cleats supplied on specification.) suitable and sanitary packing of this food
for the responsibility to deliver quality and service the result — been marketed and the prospect for this year's crops, so
product. Damage and due to unsanitary flour
loss of many years of research and solicitous co-operation far as can be forecast, are for a large yield the
deciding factor. Too fre(iuently
wood barrels are esti- ;

Glass and Ceramic Industries containers reach millions of dollars yearly. Flour and weight of opinion, therefore, is that the purchasing
high first costs. on the part of the cooperage industry.
mated onlv on the basis of balancing No how
unique or special ceramic products
matter
power of the agriculturist has been increased as com-
economy can cereals are highly susceptible to contamination in freight With a view to produce barrels that will enable
\n exact estimate of dependability and may be we have facilities in our shops to manufacture
pared with last year.
all the hazards of
cars, warehouses and weather conditions, and absorbent manufacturers to ship coffee in hulk, the cooperage In considering, therefore, the present business condi-
better be obtained bv considering
which is best a container to pack them if the product comes within to oil odors and poor ventilation in holds of vessels. industry has evolved a number of standard-size barrels tions and the general situation throughout the country,
a field
transit and sanitary delivery in
the outlook is for a sound, healthy and normal develop-
the realm of barrel usage. Barrels and casks for the The ordinary cotton sack or paper bag offers which meet the various needs of wholesalers and the
patronized bv a discriminating public.
little
.\M)Ri:u e. inc.nKs, wmosk work for the wooden ment of trade during the spring and summer months.
packing and ceramic industry are standard in size and of dependable common trade.
Fortunatelv. the problem of commodity BARREI. IS YIELDING SUCH FINE RESII.TS protection against losses to the carrier and retail Some cross currents among business activities may arise,
than formerly. carrying capacity. This factor enai)les us to furni.sh The knows Coffee barrels varying in capacity from 50 pounds to but it is forecast that these will not effect the general
is receiving more attention
public health. miller that the safest as
distribution
who have hith- containers of large and small sizes without the added the most economical containers which to 250 pounds call for the following specifications upward trend. The present economic condition there-
Ear-^eeing manufacturers and shippers well as in
ment of standard-size wood barrels which they are s(j fore warrants a continuation of confidence and faith
reducing container costs a cost of new shop e(|uipment. Wood barrels arc uni- ship his good flour are clean wood barrels, because they
erto busied themselves over well equipi)e(l to manufacture. Changing of dimension 14" X 24" 50 pounds in the future prosperity of our industry.
to see that the cost versally used in the ceramic industry in preference to
fraction of a penny, are beginning or form in some trifling detail merely to have it different deliver the food in pure condition. In these days of WA" X 23//' 70 pounds Weare today assembled at the Ninth Annual Con-
commodity products other kinds of containers for two reasons; first, because high distributing costs those most concerned with con- 17«^" X 28«^" 100 pounds vention of The Associated Cooperage Industries of
of waste and damage of various does not impress the industry at all an<l is discredited.
containers, must they protect fragile and breakable articles in transit; tainer expenditure know from every angle nothing 1714" X 30" 110 pounds .A^merica, an institution that has rendered efliicient serv-
occurring in transit, due to unreliable The real establishment of barrel standards is a direct that
19^" X 30" 135 pounds ice to its members during the past eight years. At the
economies just as secondly, because they afford ease of packing and wood
l:e considered in
operating costs and result of co-oi)eration between the cooperage industry takes the place of good barrels.
20" X 30" 150 pounds time of its organization some doubt was expressed as
handling. for flour and cereal barrels and half-
much as the study of public patronage. and public purchasers with a view toward the suppres- Specifications 20" X 34" 185 pounds to its ability to properly function for the best interests
of wood barrels for food Our research investigations are proceeding steadily barrels are: 14" by 24"; 17j^" by 28j^". 23H" X 30" 200 pounds of the different branches of the trade, although at that
The chief characteristics sion of the unnecessary indeed, it may be. and in this
;

con- with the co-operation of the Bureau of Standards, all 23^" X 34" 250 pounds time there was no question as to the need for a national
pr. .ductswhich make them superior and desirable industry is. by no means always a matter of simplifica-
for the purpose of i)roducing barrels and casks having Sugar, Candy, Chocolate Barrels association to represent the entire industry, and to act
principles of strength and —
tainers are embraced in the tion, but is rather improvement improvement by col- Tongued and Grooved Barrels for Spices as such on any matters pertaining to its welfare, and
Numerous others could be given, but to do with factors that affect added strength and de- Sugar, candy and chocolate barrels are strong, de-
sanitarv value. lective action which leads to simplification and increased in crises arising from time to time when it was neces-
pendable containers capable of carrying 350 pounds Meeting the requirements of the spice trade for wood
they aflfect. first, the pendability. sary for the industry to express itself in a national sense.
these are the most salient because uniformity.
the cvolvement of a barrel unique in design,
Crockery and glass barrels are manufactured from: The sugar barrel has proven barrels, In the face of these doubtful expressions, and after
secondly, public health. without being overloaded.
safetv of merchandise in transit ;
These efforts for standardization and simplification to
manufacturer if all I7j.ji". \9%" heading, 30" staves. this test in years of successful usage by refiners and perfect in symmetry and dependable for the shipment of eight years of epoch-making periods, t. c, the World
There is no financial gain for the which the cooperage industry has given so much of its
spices and food products of a powdered character has War, financial and trade depression, substitute container
economical production is subsequently Crockery ks are manufactured from: 34", 36", 38",
ca. candy manufacturers. Country sugar mills in the South
that is saved bv time are not only of fundamental importance to the growth, business failures, and changes in our methods
and occurring m
damaged products 40". 42" staves 24" to 48" heading.
;
and large sugar refineries which have experimented with brought general .satisfaction to the spice trade.
of operation, the association stands today, not only as
l.ist in broken' industry, but are of vital significance to the whole
the u^e of flimsy con- bags of single and sometimes double thickness have By a special machine process of producing tongued a permanent organization, but as one of the progressive
transit or storehouses through structure of industrial production. The important need
Mineral and Metal Flour Industries found that there is much contamination, waste and and grooved staves, barrels are manufactured that are and influential trade associations of the country. As
tainers. Even if the reputation of a food manufacturer to conserve and decrease the preventable waste occurring a national body it has proven by past performances
For the packing of different specific mineral and damage where this type of container has been substituted absolutely siftless.
sanitation is of the best.
for scrupulous cleanliness and in transportation is truly constructive and of definite
17^" to be a strong factor in shaping the policies that are
metal flour under a wide range of conditions, the coop- for the wood barrel. Sugar is highly sensitive to mois-
made
Barrels for the spice trade are:
if his product is packed
in containers that are sieve-like advantage to the consuming public. fundamental and constructive in the advancement of
contamination erage industry assists barrel users in determining the ture and becomes solidified when confined in porous
X 28/", 19^" X 30".
business development and practices for the entire
in texture or of such material as to invite
his point of Drug, Oil and Chemical Industries size and type of barrels required for any of these ma- containers. Sugar in clean, tight wood barrels retains industry.
from odors or atmospheric conditions, Cranberry Barrels and Barrelettes It has been further demonstrated that the functional
contact with a buying public is bound
to be only in The consumption of wood barrels ami kegs in these terials. its initial purity and crystalized qualities. From an activities within the association, by their ability to es-
growers know what production delays,
Cranljerry
proportion to the co-operation extended in
the protec- industries show by analysis that this container is jire- The subject of container efficiency is one of the most economic standpoint 350 pounds of sugar in wood costs tablish trade ethics, etc.. have benefited the members
material losses and packing problems arise from the
tion of good will. ferred to all others.and chemical products
Drug, oil important before the shipper. Conservation, protection less than a like amount of sugar sold in paper cartons. through a combined effort to accomplish things that
use of the ordinary cranberry containers here and there could not have been done as successfully by individual
render good container service the
cooperage m- are basic raw materials for a large group of manufac- against deterioration and against wastage and damage, Chocolate manufacturers who store their product in
To on the market. efforts, and which have accordingly helped the industry
trade to can best be maintained by keeping continuous tabs on and who export large quantities
dustrv is leaving nothing undone to serve tured goods. Out of 1.418 products, a correct analysis to
its refrigerating plants
The Department of Commerce, acting through the to operate on a higher plane and with a clearer knowl-
the fullest Rules governing inspection service
extent. shows that industries that have surmounted such unnecessary an- foreign countries use the tongued and grooved barrel edge of the rules laid down for the guidance of all
Bureau of Standards in accordance with the provisions
covering (juality of material, right
measurement and Wood 455 products noyances. as a protection from loss and damage l)ecause of its those engaged in the trade.
barrels carry of Section 3 of the Act to fix the standard of cranl)erry
of ethics which The tongued and grooved barrel provides a container thorough construction, symmetry and bilge rigidity. Any one, therefore, who analyzes the trade associa-
grade of timber are set forth in a code Glass bottles carry 3.S4 products
barrels, has promulgated capacities of the cranberry
stock pro- Cans carry 309 products powdered products and semi- 14" x tion movement from an unbiased .standpoint, must be
govern business relations between cooperage particularly suitable for Specifications for these types of barrels are :

barrel and barrelette by law. The cooperage industry forced to the conclusion
that these institutions are
Research service Wood kegs carry 277 products liquid commodities. Tongued and grooved staves 24"; 17' h" X 28I/2"; 19J^" X 30".
ducers and barrel manufacturers. Wood boxes carry 22^ products maintains these .standards. becoming more and more essential in the effective or-
industries strongly support the bilge of the barrel, always insuring
embraces investigations in all container using Burlap bags carry 276 jirorlucts Barrels, as containers for cranberries, have long
ganization of industrial society and in the furtherance
compiling and distri- Apple Barrels of the interests of the public itself.
and is especiallv directed toward Cases carry 137 products tight joints.
served the growers of the country and have proven their
Standard The was the container to stand- .Again, if our industry is to fully protect itself against
buting information useful to barrel
users. Steel drums carry 126 products It is interesting to note that about 80% of lime slack barrel first Ix*

com- 10 i)rofhicts efficiency to discriminating consumers. unwise legislation and unjust regulations involving its
dry food \'ials carrv products are packed wood Other commodi- ardized through federal enactment for the packing
dimensions of barrels for fruits and
1
in barrels.
Tank cars carry 89 i)roducts Dimensions of the standard cranlierry barrel and particular business by government departments, com-
of the Federal shipped in this type of container include lead ace- and shipment of apples. It has. therefore, played an
modities promulgated under authority
ties missions, traffic and other regulatory bodies, it must
Rales carry 53 products barrelette are: Barrel. 28j^" stave, 16^" head; bar-
to and guar- borax, compound, gypsum, potash, paint important part in the development of horticulture. have its own national organization to forcefully and
Standard Barrel law are rigidly adhered Jars carry 43 j)roducts tate, salt, boiler
relette. 17" stave, 1554" head. correctly advise public officials and others as to its
each type of container. Cartons carry products pigment, asphalt, cement, sulphate, alkali, carbon, Millions of barrels are u.sed yearly in the distribution of ,
antee exact measurement of
.39
Pai)er bags carry attitude on the individual problems concerning our
of America, ^^ products graphite dry dyes, tar products, the apple crop of this country. Large quantities are
The Associated Cooperage Industries Demijohns carry 12 jiroducts
etc. Poultry Barrels industry.
nine-tenths of the Mineral and metal flour barrels are manufactured exported annually to foreign countries.
whose members produce more than Cylinders carry 10 products The use of wood barrels as shipping containers for The manufacturer, therefore, who is not a member of
barrels made in the coun- from 28K'". 30". 32", 34" staves; 15^", 17^^". 19','^". There arc reasons for this recognition and adoption our association, and who must gain all his knowledge
cooiK-rage stock and finished dressed poultry is practiced by growers in practically all
knowledge of Tongued and Grooved Barrels for Chemicals 20", 22" heading. of the slack barrel for apples. always considered concerning the cooj)eragc business by individual efforts
have demonstrated that building up
It is
trv sections of the country because they offer an excep- alone, operates his plant at a disadvantage and without
not matter of mass production.
wholly a Tongued and grooved slack barrels used for packing the package which affords the best possible protection
industry is tional advantage for ventilation and sanitary delivery. standardized procedure and effectiveness. In these
their business and increase dry and semi-li(|uid chemicals are designed and built Wood Barrels for Hardware to its contents, insures safety in storage and transit,
In their effort to broaden days of keen competition, the successful business man
at
The method of packing poultry "cross-ways" in wood
u£ individual purcha«er« a minimum of cost and yet strong enough to wilh.>.land The numerous manufacturing connections obtained easy to handle, low cost and has a reuse value. >tuuica ti'ic vaiUC of his organ izalion*.-) iaciilltc:> and
their sales, the special needs barrels eliminates injury from abrasion and provides an
designs of wood barrels are con- the hazards of rough usage in transit. The fact that through the .Associated Cooperage Industries Associa- The standard specifications legally established for realizes the advantage of a trade association that com-
for si)ecifc tvpes and air chamber in the that preserves barrel its contents
bines on principles governing the inspection of material,
..rder t.. give the consumer there is a considerable variation in the density of chem- tion enable barrel manufacturers to furnish a complete apple liarrels are: 28j<^" staves; \7ys" heading; 64" out-
.tantlv being cared for in from odors and discoloration. rules governing sales and settlements, grade rules and
container needed. Eew other indus- icals in the manner of their preparation for shipment, line of barrels for hardware, thereby giving barrel users side circumference; 7,056" cubical capacity.
the exact kind of Wood barrels are not an cxiicriment in the poultry specifications, traffic .service, trade extension, arbitra-
the difficulties of changing
economic the need for careful specification is apjiarent when mak- the benefit of a wide experience without increased cost. advice and standardization, etc.
tion, legal
tries faced by all
The Barrelette for Apples industry. They are the most mo<lern and efficient con-
conditions, financial depressions, upsets in f.. reign mar- ing estimates on the most efficient utilization of wood The first thing necessary to know is the puri)ose for During the past six months a number of propositions
tainers that can be procured. have been submitted, both traffic and otherwise, that
complexities forced upon it barrels. which the barrel is tf) be used and whether it is especi- Realizing the need of a smaller container than the
kets, not to mention the There are two standard sizes: \7y/' x 28/"; 19^^" welfare of the wooden barrel,
vitally affected the future
new timber fields for Tongued and grooved barrels are silicated when ally adapted for such re<|uirements. The next thing whole barrel for marketing fancy grades of apples,
every few vcars to locate entirely X 30". and no time in the history of our association have
at
uninterrupted a stream of specified, heads are glued, and the staves being tongued to know is the quantity and weight desired to be i)acked the cooperage industry in co-operation with the U. S.
raw materials, have kept so Facts the officers and members responded more actively and
into every point of con- and grooved from end to end i)rovi(lc a practically in each unit. A knowledge of these conditions places Bureau of Standards has evolved the barrelette. which willingly by the giving of their time and advice in the
high class containers reaching The wooden barrel has l)ccn a home convenience to
water and air-tight slack barrel. The development of is one-half the cubical capacity of the whole barrel and solving of these problems. While we have not regained
extremely low profit different grades of barrels on the market. While the
sumption and at a price netting an the family for ages. the heights of numerical strength from which we were
production. this type of barri-l is due to a mutual appreciation of maximum standards of construction are always main- has lieen legally adopted as a standard container. This all
over the actual cf)st of new of the the oldest development in containers. forced a few years ago. due to a general business depres-
Let it not be understood,
however, that extending m its need between the cooi)erage and chemical industries tained, the siH'cies of timber and their usefulness for container has all the superior qualities It is
sion and discontinuance of operations on the part of

its lines of production, the coojierage

industry has over- — the latter being the pioneer tongued and grooved purposes vary as the re(|uircments warrant. In
sjjccific standard barrel and at the same time provides ample Its .sturdiness has rested on the foundation of public
some in the cooperage industry, the A. C. I. of A., has
display surface for fancy apples. approval for centuries. not constructive usefulness or
in its desire to fill
orders and to the <letri- barrel users. other words, the wood used is fitted for the need to lost its efficiencv in
specialized
20 THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL June, 1924
June, 1924 THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL 21

them large sums of money. However, the carriers not

protecting as well as fostering the interests of its our organization of inestimable value to its members
being revenue obtained from this
with the
members. and should be taken advantage of by them in the settle- satisfied

Membenhip ment of disputes and controversies arising from mis- traffic, again recently attempted to force an advance ESTABLISHED OVER ONE-HALF CENTURY
understanding concerning business transactions. on our product by publishing, without advance notice
secure a larger numerical standing, and to inform
To It is not necessary to go on enumerating the many or further hearing, specific rate advice to the effect of
non-members of the many benefits accruing to member-
benefits that can be derived from an association of this cancelling Class D rating and substituting therefor 4th
ship in the association, a series of bulletins explaining kind through collective membership and the individual class, with the elimination of the two-for-one rule, which
our various activities and services have been sent to cooperage operator. The efforts set forth to make plain was scheduled to become effective March 3, 1924.
individuals and concerns engaged in the trade. Our its various functions and activities to every operator Immediately on receipt of this information we handled CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
members were also supplied with these bulletins, which should be well known to all by this time. The dignity the matter vigorously with traffic officials of member
Officers and Directors:
THEBES, ILLINOIS
resulted in many of them adopting the service for their of our trade should occupy as high a plane of industrial lines of the Western Trunk Line Committee and in this LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
own use and advantage. Another purpose in furnish- and public appreciation as any other basic industry that connection were successful in intercepting the publica- L.CARROLL HOLLINGSHEAD, President RIVES, MISSOURI
ing this information to our members is to fully inform assumes its share in the development and productivity tion of the advanced rates, as well as getting the action
them of our activities, etc., in order that they may be the The efforts of our association, coupled of the General Traffic Committee rescinded at a meeting CHARLES L. ALLEN, Vice-President CROWDER, MISSISSIPPI
better enabled to explain to their friends with whom
of materials.
with the splendid co-operation of minds long trained in of this committee held at Chicago, 111., January IS,
GEORGE P. BARTLETT, Secretary and Treasurer
JTooperage. ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI
they transact business, the protection and benefits the business, have gone a long way towards placing our The committee, however, again docketed the ALABAMA
^ 'Ptotlutls ^ MOBILE,
1924.
derived through affiliation with the A. C. I. of A. industry in the position of esteem that it holds today. matter under Docket No. 6A, which proposes the
While several of our former members have been rein- D LAKE PROVIDENCE, LA.
It now remains with you and with those who are to cancellation of Class rating and the substitution of
stated and new ones added to our list, it is earnestly follow you to keep intact that which we have attained Class A, with the elimination of the two-for-one rule.
requested that every member take an active interest in through the many years of study and struggle, and to We again filed a vigorous protest against the adoption
the welfare of the association and use his influence continue to enhance its progress and prosperity by of this proposal and requested a hearing be held, but
towards increasing its membership, thereby, not only even a greater enthusiasm, if such is possible. so far no definite date has been announced.
adding further strength to our organization, but
protecting himself as well.

Traffic Department
Judging by your attendance at this convention here
today, we have the assurance that your efforts are not
going to lax; that your best thoughts will be centered
towards protecting the growth and prosperity of the
In the meantime the matter was again docketed for
consideration by the General Traffic Committee at a
meeting held at Excelsior Springs, Mo., April 1st, and
since this seemed to be an unusual method of procedure
J. D. HOLUNGSHEAD CO. i!iiK?G?:''it°i?Nl>Ts
AMERICA
There are many ways in which transportation may industry, which can best be accomplished through the we attended the meeting, and it appeared some drastic LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN TIGHT AND SLACK COOPERAGE AND COOPERAGE STOCK IN

directly and seriously effect an industry, and there are medium of your trade association. action was contemplated by some member lines. The
many factors in the transportation situation that must committee, however, in disposing of the matter, decided
be closely watched if an industry holds its transporta- to refer same to the Executive Committee for their
The MANAGER BRUCKER OUTLINES WORK ACCOM- consideration. We
are now negotiating with them on
tion costs to the level they should be held.
department is one of the most important functions of
traffic
the matter and it is earnestly hoped that our efforts COOPERAGE EXPORTS DURING 1923
the association, and specializing, as it does on cooper-
PLISHED BY TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT * in this connection will be successful. C. Xellis, acting chief of the Lumber Division, Bureau
The following shows the exports of cooperage by customs
table districts, for the year 1923, as submitted by J.
age, bears a tremendous influence with carriers, etc., in The as.sociation, through its Traffic Department, gives While the matter of freight rate adjustments is just of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
protecting the traffic interests of our members. It has direct aid to its members in the solution of their many one feature of the traffic service, there are many other
been the means of saving them thousands of dollars difficult traffic problems as well as protecting the inter- important activities carried on by the Traffic Depart- COOP K RACK
through its activity and vigilance, and those realizing ests of its memljers and the industry in general, through ment of real benefit to the members, such as the quo- Cooperage Shocks, Coopcraare Shooks, Barrels, Casks and
the efficiency of this department are taking advantage of tation of freight rates which is being taken advantage Tight Slack Hogsheads, Empty
the constant efforts put forth to maintain a reasonable Staves, Tight Staves, Slack Heading
its service more and more each day. A report of its ac- basis of freight rates on cooperage and cooperage mate- of by our members on a much larger scale than here-
Dollars Set Dollars Number Dollars
Number Number Dollars Set Dollars Set
tivities during the past six months will be rendered by rial also by combating higher rates on our products,
;
tofore, the tracing and expediting of their shipments, Dollars

the traffic manager. as well as preventing lower discriminatory rates on the auditing of freight bills and the securing of refund 10.501 20.337
of freight charges erroneously assessed. That this serv- Maine & New Hampshire 5,237 1.147
7,191 8.242
competitive containers. Vermont
Trade Extension Among the many important
matters of general and ice is of particular value and has proven beneficial is " "87 " 32 87 218 6,459 7.943
evidenced by the volume of requests received from Massachusetts 63.200 10,250
50.710
specific interest to the industry handled by the Traffic 10,000 2.000 28,916
To the members whodesire to take the Initiative in St. Lawrence 400 10
Department in the past few months, mention may be our members and the fact that many of those who 24 660
developing their business, the trade extension service Rochester
"
'"'488
an aggressive publicity made of the following: have heretofore sent their freight bills to Traffic Bu- '18 625 2,156 7.849 " 540 46.716 62.630
gives direct aid by conducting Buffalo 1,020,053 35.413 202,300 5,039 385.823
reaus and other similar organizations at an additional 78.789 39 914 78,693 241.806
campaign among container-using industries. You have New York 747,312 150,459 723.272 23,989 379 659 57.628 69.162 332.065
Consolidated Classification Docket No. 18, Subject 115 expense, are now sending same to us to be audited. 40 40 82 464 38.334 3,039 10,754
been furnished with bulletins and reports covering its Philadelphia 8,800 891 15.528 2.435 52,599 7,508
It is most gratifying and interesting to observe the 1,194 1.795
activities, and are therefore conversant with the methods This docket involved a proposal to amend the classifi- Maryland 119.640 13,885 197.000 7 245 483 99 13.000 3,510
extent to which our members are availing themselves 195
pursued by the department, whose value has been recog- cation so as to confine the packing and shipping of Virginia 105,073 11.136 52,525 2.645 12.556 2.833 175
of this opportunity and we wish to extend to those 4,012 1.513
nized to such extent as to be adopted by two other caustic soda in bulk in iron or steel barrels only, there- Georgia 758,598 232.236
national trade associations, and we are advised that
who have not as yet taken advantage of the service 9,958,561* 155.182 689,984 "8*6.672 "17.228 *44",926 22.290 6,687 2.320 10.313
by eliminating the wooden barrel as a container for the Florida 162 969 9.395
rendered by the Traffic Department a special invitation 510.774 1942.880 100 310
splendid results are being obtained for their respective shipment of this commodity. Mobile 1.513,299 316.103 15.357,984 199.241 202,756 43.017 "3'6".622 '94.945
In a number of instances, during the past to do so in order that they may also enjoy the full 367.042 82.269 659,927 1.447,917 221.029 128,906
industries. Immediate steps were taken towards protecting the benefits of their membership.
New Orleans 8,954,302 1.904.943 6,144,065 99.325
206 685
year the aid of the department was requested by mem- wooden l)arrel by entering a vigorous protest agains' Sabine
bers in connection with matters involving patronage or 131,764
""266 ' "95
the adoption of this proposal at a meeting held at * Secretary Ilirt's and ^[anajrcr Brucker's addresses Galveston 840,324 148.953 865.173 "29.55!
as deliv-
2,538 6.000 1.170 "l'8".652
the loss of it. Chicago, 111., April 17th. As a result of our efforts in ered at St. I<oius Convention, Slay 5-7, 1924. San Antonio 13.014 1.383 3.000 405 3.560
1,337 5.365
In such cases, the plants were visited by the field rep- this connection we are advised by the committee that El Paso 6.000 2.023 *
*36
resentative, who discussed with the executives the points **i56
the proposals were not approved and matter was can- San Diego *
'7.926 '29.172
at issue in the interest of members concerned. Services
celled from the docket. Arizona 1.500 768 1.100 279
thus rendered were appreciated in every instance. MAKING THE MOST OF FOREIGN TRADE Los Angeles **846
4.523 11,505

In addition to this service, there has been compiled 1750 49 "46 109.872 210,195 1.042 121 353
Investigation and Suspension Docket, No. 1956 OPPORTUNITIES San Francisco 162.294 7.890 '30.484
a file of container-using industries, which on special Oregon 17,676 980 19.044 529
occasions are circularized, such as the Chemical Indus- Supplement 3 to F. L. Speiden's Tariff 57D
No. Week week, says P. J. Stevenson of the
after
108,000 4.232
3,248 6.105
Washington 110,500 1,395
20
try and the National Purchasing Agents' Association, ICC 728 published increased rates on lumber and forest Commerce Reports staff, the columns of Commerce Alaska
1

products from Alabama and Mississippi points to 77 104

Addresses and pamphlets on barrel usage in convincing Reports carry the announcement of inquiries for Montana and Idaho
Central Freight Association and Buffalo and Pittsburgh 525 2,905 4.716
form have been prepared for different occasions, which American products, under the designation "Foreign Dakota 44.975- 4.680 555.935 7,118 36.899 11446
which were scheduled to become effec- 17,580 7.556 601 493
have been conductive to better knowledge of barrel territories
Duluth and Superior.... 83,100 9.724
NovemlKjr 18, 1923. Trade Opportunities." While 333,000 copies of these 149 298
usage, and a more general appreciation of our industry's tive
Wisconsin
This adjustment, if allowed to go into effect, would 4,393 31,946 55,906
efforts to create a better spirit of business dealings and "leads" were distributed in the fiscal year 1923, it is Michigan 4.690,168 260,774 10,574.004 199,775 774.651 1*28.361 2,453
undoubtedly have had great influence towards increas- 588 1,464
promotion of good will. doubtful whether the fullest possible use has been made Ohio 40.609 3,396
80 225
ing rates on our product in other territories. We of this material. Porto Rico
Inspection Service therefore petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commis-
Many 1.384.874 3.994.188 441.703 228,379 296.247 655.815
sion for suspension of these rates which was granted manufacturers and exporters appear to limit Total 19,338.137 3,112,789 44.848,984 844,778 2,995,585 446.329
In order to increase the of this department,
facilities
and the Commission set Decemljer 4, 1923. as the date their interest to "opportunities" that specifically call for
which heretofore confined its activities to the inspection for hearing at Memphis, Tenn.
of materials at destination, a mill yard inspection serv- their products. For example, there appears an inquiry
In the meantime we took the matter up vigorously
LOGGING SLASH upon the ground still EXTRACT PLANT RESUMES
ice was inaugurated, effective January 1, 1924, which
with interested carriers protesting against the proposed
for typewriters from Switzerland. It would be logical A PERSISTENT FIRE HAZARD IN years after logging, the slash
provides a means of securing an official association in- for manufacturers and exporters of all types of office constitutes a serious fire hazard. The hardwood slash The Lookout Extract Works. Chattanooga. Tenn.,
increases, with the result that one of the principal roads The inflammability of hardwood and pine slash left
spection of cooperage material on mill-yard prior to holds most of its leaves, and the pine branches retain closed for virtually a resumed operation.
year,
involved withdrew from the proposition. We, never- equipment to secure the reserved information and write after logging scarcely affected by weathering through
shipment. Full information regarding its operation has is
theless, proceeded with the compilation of data, exhibits, the inquirer, while it would be equally desirable for about 25 per cent, of their needles. May 25th. The tanning business is showing signs of a
been furnished through bulletins, but so far this service two winters in Louisiana luml)ering operations, says
has not been taken advantage of by our members to the
etc.. necessary to substantiate our contention against
manufacturers of stationery, inks, carbon paper and During the spring and summer, however, the fire return to normal and is considered in far better shape
the inauguration of the increased rates. Mr. W. R. B. Hine, of the Southern Forest Experiment
It is hopeful, however, with the However, that at any time during the last twelve months.
extent anticipated.
prior to date set for hearing the Commission adyised automatic pencils to sound out the possibilities of Station. After examining an experimental cut-over hazard is reduced greatly because of the growth of
revival of business that the mill-yard inspection will
making a customer out of the inquirer. While it is and underbrush. This green cover, to- The volume of cooperage used in the marketing of
be more frequently employed so that it may be sustained
us that the scheduled hearing was cancelled. We
now area near Urania, La., which has been set aside for weeds, vines
when operating steadily,
the products of this plant, it is
and continued.
have definite advice from the Commission that the not to be expected that in every case the attempt will such studies through the co-operation of the Urania gether with the general dampness of these seasons, does
proposed rates under suspension have been canceled, constitutes an item of considerable value to the trade.
be successful, it must be remembered that in a few Lumber Company, Mr. Hine found that one and one-half much to prevent serious slash fires at these times.
Arbitration which allows the present rates to remain in effect
markets is business so highly specialized as in the
Anarbitration code gives an industry its own flexible unchanged.
United States, with the result that firms handling re-
judicial system and eliminates the expense, delays and
ill feelings of law suits. Business men who have had
litigation in the courts are aware of both the expense
and delay attendant upon it. Very rarely a case is
Western Trunk Line Docket, No. 6 Redocketed
The above docket has reference
tion of class D
to proposed cancella-
rating on cooperage (barrels, half-bar-
lated lines are proportionately far
in the domestic market.
Many "opportunities" call for agencies
more numerous than

in countries
ELM HOOPS FREIGHT RATES TO
YOU
K. W. JACOBS COOPERAGE CO.
ever tried on the day of its first setting. Sometimes it rels, kegs, etc.) and the elimination of the practice of can possibly get along without
where many American manufacturers are already rep- New Orleana. 24c THE NATIONAL
involves the necessity of attendance with witnesses four
or five days before a trial can be reached, and then,
furnishing two smaller cars in lieu of the larger car
ordered by shippers, between points in western Trunk resented satisfactorily. In such cases
seems to be it
St. Loiila, ISc
LoaUvllle. 20.5c Buffalo. SlJic
advertising in
COOPERS' JOURNAL, but you MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN
Chlcnyo, 16« Plttuhnrrh. 31.5c
because of the unwieldy procedure common to most of Line territory. the policy of a large percentage of manufacturers to MUw«ake«. 2.3.S<> Norfolk, 40.ftc will get along much better and
our courts, three or four more days are consumed in The Kkimaa City. 24.5c New York. 43.5c much faster IF YOU DO USE
carriers have on numerous occasions ignore the inquiry. This is usually unwise. It would
in the past
THE ONLY PAPER THAT
the selection of a jury and the trial of a case. The great
benefit of arbitration, therefore, comes from the saving
years
posal,
attempted to make
effective the foregoing pro-
but as result of our efforts and influence the
often be possible to arrange for a sub-agency.
Another profitable practice is to obtain the reserved O.
CAN YOU BEAT 'EM?
L. Bartlett, Manufacturer
SPECIALIZES YOUR CLASS SLACK BARREL
OF BUYERS.
of time and expense involved in attendance upon court,
the procuring of a much earlier decision, and a decision
carriers in parh ra«p dprJHpd nof fo mak*» anv r'hrtrtrr^
in the classificationrating on slack and tight cooperage mtormation tor future use. An agency arrangement BOX 238 -:- MOUND CITY, ILL. MANUFACTURERS
which is final, and the determination of the controversy
by men trained and experienced in that line of business
in that territory, which has not only lx?en the means
of arresting a disturbance and possible loss of the
is liable to many
policy to hold in reserve the
mishaps, and it is therefore sound
names of other possible
:-: ALL KINDS ^ •

and thus better able to judge of the merits of the con- cooperage trade in that particular territory, but un-
troversy, but, greater than these is the preservation of questionably permitted our members to hold their long-
agents. Then, in the event of any untoward develop- Dublin Hardwood Stave Co. X. M. WELTI A BRO. VJO matter what kind of a slack barrel
good between buyer and seller which has ofttimes
will established wooden barrel patronage as against the ments, there is available immediately a valuable list of INCORPORATED
Manufacturer* of
^^ you use or want we can supply your
been disturbed by law suits. This is another activity of invasion of the substitute container, besides saving possibilities. Manufacturers of
Air Dried and Listed Tight Barrel need. Quality, manufacture and service
COOPERAGE Tight Cooperage guaranteed.
Established 1848 Red Oak, White Oak, Ash
Always Reliable Stave, Veneer Quality and Service PORK STAVES Milk, Oil and Lard Tierces Write us now for

and Planing D. LOVEJOY & SON

LOWELL* MASS. NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Every Knife Guaranteed
All kinds of Cut-Offs
made
P. 0. Box 171
and kinds of Hand-
all
Staves, Slavonian made.

Dublin, Ga. 7S32

and Kegs
Klnsfflan Road CLEVELAND. 0.
APPLE BARRELS
Machine Knives Prompt Shipments
ANDERSON, IND. ST. LOUIS, MO.
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22 THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL June, 1924 June, 1924 THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL 23

SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS WHICH DO GOOD WORK

SOUTHERN COOPERAGE COMPANY THE HARLAN-MORRIS MFG. CO. ^ :;?n'=n«s«
MACHINERY FOR SALE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES SECOND-HAND BARRELS FOR SALE Manufacturers of and
Manufacturers of all Kinds of

pOR SALE— About 1.000 to 2,000 single-headed lead

Dealers In all kinds of Cooperage Tight-Barrel Staves ^ Circled Heading
COMPLETE STAVE AND HEADING OUTFITS PLANT FOR SALE half-barrels. All hardwood and all one size. Would MATCHED STOCK A SPECIALTY
like to receive quotations f. o. b. Pittsburgh, Pa. We From WHITE OAK, RED OAK, ASH and 6UM
Used machinery rebuilt by experta, production Completely equipped saw, stave, hoop and are also in the market to buy oil and lard barrels. Quote Office and Factory. 3134-3160 Charfres Street, New Orleans, La.
heading mill, with all modern machinery. lowest prices f. o. b. Pittsburgh. Pa. Address NORTH SATISFACTION Branch Mills
guaranteed. MILLS. FOROOCHE.LA. GUARANTEED Tennessee, Mis»i«sippi and Arkansas
in
Plenty of timber available. Good market and SIDE COOPERAGE CO., 2238 Laplace Street. Pitts-
STAVES well established for product. burgh, Pa.
Drum saw., 24", 18" and 15" bUge, Gerlach, Situated on two railroads and water trans-
Whitney. portation.
pOR SALE— Small car of nice, cheap, sugar barrels,
Planers, Oram, Dreadnaught, Gerlach.
Jointers, Oram, Gerlach, foot power.
Cutters, Greenwood No. 3 and No. 4.
Suitable terms can be arranged.
Address "PLANT," care "The
Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia.
National with
Greenwich
heads. Address J. R.
Street, Belmont, N. Y.
HARRINGTON, 88 REINSCHMIIDT STAVE CO. ECKHARDT & LENNON CO., Inc.
Crosers, Oram, Gerlach, Holmes. .MANUFACTURERS OF...
Manufacturers of
Presses, Wayne, Hoosier.
HEADING
pOR SALE—Two (2) cars 55-gallon agitator black
Tight and Slack Barrel Staves All KinHc TKiHT BARREL HEADING
Saws, Noble, Greenwood, Trevor, 48" to 60". TIGHT COOPERAGE PLANT FOR SALE
and green paint drums,
tations to A.
all

GOLDBERG COOPERAGE
well emptied. Write quo-
CO., 315
AIR-DRIED AND LISTED rtll ninu^ ..
AND STAVES ::
Planers, Trevor, Rochester, 20" and 24".
Turners, Greenwood, Trevor, Gerlach, Oram, ([;OMPLETE plant for manufacturing all kinds West Morris Street. Indianapolis, Ind. Red. Water and White Oak Staves. Also Slack Barrels — Pine Staves
Mills at Monroe, WInnsboro and Galilon, La.
of tight barrels and half barrels, in absolutely
PLANTS -Quitman. Ga., and Looghrldgc. Fla.
Rochester.
Trevor, Oram, Must sell quick account Address all Correspondence and Orders to QUITMAN, GEORGIA MAIN OFFICE Monroe. La.
Jointers, Greenwood, first-class condition.
Rochester. of lease. Suitable terms. Address B. WEISS- SECONDHAND BARRELS WANTED
Presses, Noble, Greenwood. MAN COOPERAGE, Braddock, Pa.
MISCELLANEOUS
Knife Grinders, Noble, Defiance.
Cooper tools, truss hoops
barrel building machinery.
and all kinds of Wanted —One-Time
Second-hand
Steel Drums
Oil Barrels and
D. K. BROWN, Ruston, La. HICKSON-ROGERS MANUFACTURING CO.
FOR SALE TO CLOSE A CORPORATION
NOBLE MACHINE COMPANY, We are in the market for No. Lubri-
MANUFACTURERS OF
Fort Wayne, Ind. pOR SALE— Old-established and running coop- I

cating and Refined Oil Barrels, also Kiln-Dried and all Lengths Dowel Pins, Club Turned Oak and
erage business the heart of the industrial
in
and manufacturing district of Newark. N. J.
Five buildings on valuable plot. 200 x 120. Two
18-Gauge One-Time Shipper Drums
16 Gauge 1 Black 1 55 Gal. 1 Used
and Jointed Tlgnt BMi Slaves of Cutoffs
Tight Barrel Staves
WE ARE READY TO HANDLE YOUR ORDERS
Hickory Spokes
convenient railroad freight yards. Good will of WINES, WHITE OAK, RED OAK AND GUM OIL STAVES. IN ANY 1

stock, trucks
|- or r and f Steel I
QUANTITIES. STOCK AND SERVICE A-1. WRITE US
FOR SALE over thirty vears land,;buildings,
14 Gauge Drums 110 Gal. 2 OILS IN OAK AND GUM AND COPPER STAVES.
I
J

REBUILT STAVE and HEADING MACHINERY and all other" appurtenances will be disposed of at
ad-
J Galv. J J No.
PARAQOULrL) >\RKA.INS>VS
Two Greenwood Heading Turners. a reasonable price. For further particulars GLUCK STEEL BARREL CO., Perth Amboy, N. J.
dress FRED. L. PU\RSON. 160 Bloomfield
One Heading Sawing Machine. .\vonue. Bloomfield. N. J.
One No. 4 Stave Cutter.
ROCHESTER BARREL MACHINE WORKS, WANTED—To
Manufacturers of "Greenwood" SUve
buy second-hand sugar barrels. Ad-
dress ALOIS ROSTAS, 122 Old Rose Street,
OUR SPECIALTY W. W. WILSON STAVE COMPANY
and Heading Machinery,
Rochester, N. Y.
PLANT FOR SALE
Trenton, N. J.
23W SLACK BARREL HEADING MANUFACTURERS OF

pOR SALE— Complete heading mill; including POSITION WANTED

PIINB OR aUM — ANY QRADB OR SlZ,tS.
All Classes Kiln-Dried and Jointed Tight Barrel Staves
engines, boilers, blower system, dry kilns, log
'•
Let us know your requirements
pOR SALE:
haul cut-off saw. bolter, rosser, slashers, dry-kiln
trucks, turners, jointers, planers, baling press, CAREY COOPERAGE & TIMBER CO., INC.
White Oak Red Oak Gum and Ash
Holmes Complete shafting, pullevs. hangers. Will be sold cheap WANTED — Position manager or superintendent of
as
NORTH LITTLE ROCK
E. B. Barrel Outfit.
for cash. R'lSLEY LUMBER COMPANY, factory manufacturing candy pails, and tubs for CYPRESS, ALABAMA :-: :-: ARKANSAS
60" Gerlach Boxboard Mill. cream. Am practical in every department,
Walton. X. Y. lard and ice
54" Gerlach Champion Heading Saw. consumer. Would take active interest in
from logs to
60" Greenwood Heading Jointer.
Address "ACTIVE." care of The
going concern.
No. 4 Rochester Improved Turner.
National Coopers' Journal, Philadelphia, Pa.
Greenwood Power Heading Bolter.
All machines guaranteed.

WAYNE MACHINERY COMPANY

pOR SALE— Excellent
will
harbor. Site
buv all waste for
is
site for
adjacent to big
fuel.
cooperage mill on good

Good
lumber mill, which
log supply. Rail HELP WANTED
FRUIT BARREL STAVES
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R. C. JONES LUMBER
Manufacturers of All Kinds of Oak, Ash, Cypress and
& STAVE CO., INC.
Address FIRST NATIONAL Gum
Fort Wayne, Indiana and water facilities.
B.AXK, Port Angeles, Washington. SAWN CHESTNUT, DRESSED OR ROUGH TIGHT BARREL STAVES AND HEADING
YOU WILL LIKE THEM-WRITE US NOW
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From five-gallon to full barrel sizes.

FORECLOSURE SALE
STOCK WANTED
VS/ ANTED —
Hustling young man who can
show profit buying and selling cooperage
TREXLER COOPERAGE CO.
PENNSYLVANIA CANTON
Bilge-sawn keg staves a specialty.

MISSISSIPPI
pOR SAUK— One Anthon Sons DFX stave
W.\XTIvD— Dres.sed elm hoop rims, suitable for jelly stock and basket material. Write fully stating ALLENTOWN - !: :: St

pail tops. Diameter of top would range from age, qualifications, etc., in first letter. Address
jointing, tonguing and grooving machine, 9" to 12". and rims should be about V/^" or V4" wide, "GOOD CHANCE," care "The National
used four weeks, with six new sets Shinier cutter- dressed on both sides, one edge being about ]/»" thick, Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Pa. I'"'
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ALEXANDER HART. JR.. 452

PEEL & BROTHER
heads. $400. and the lower edge about 1 Ai" thick. These rim hoops
Hudson Street. New York City.
are bent in a circle, with the two ends fastened in a
lap with double-point tacks. Manufacturers in posi-
J. M.
MANUFACTURERS
PENSACOLA COOPERAGE CO. I

pOR SALE— Slack harrel heading machinery also, two ;

tion to supply stock
C(H)PERs' Journal.
write "PAILS."
Philadelphia.
care The National
Pa.
Vt^ ANTED — First-class
and inspecting tight
man, experienced
Address "STAVES."
staves.
in buying
— COILED ELM HOOPS -
H^rS TIGHT and SLACK BARRELS
Chase turbine gang saws, one 2" and one 3". Also care The National Coopers' Journal, Philadelphia, Pa. |

one automatic heading or shingle saw, etc. Address FOR SALE—TIMBER LAND We are prepared times to make prompt shipment
at all

"SLACK." care The National Coopers' Journal, in any quantity anywhere Also Kiln-dried and Jointed RED OAK STAVES and CIRCLED HEADING
Philadelphia, Pa.
VT^ANTED — First-class tight-barrel salesman. Address
NOW!
s I

The Write u»
"BARRELS." care National Coopers' Jour- I

pOR SALE— One Noble hoop coiler, new; has never pOR SALE—SLACK BARREL STAVE TIMBER. nal. Philadelphia, Pa. LAKE VILLAGE -:- ARKANSAS DE SOTO and TARRAGONA STS. 1 t*lNoA V-'ULiA, fLiA.
been taken off the shipping skids. Address W. E. 23,000 acres in solid body in Southeastern
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BOYER, R. R. No. 7, Chambersburg, Pa. Arkansas for sale by owner to principals only; Y/ANTED— At once, a man competent to operate a
partly cut over for large saw logs; abundance pendulous heading sawing machine. Address
small timber remaining, oak, gum, elm,^ ash, "HEADING," care The National Coopers' Journal,
MACHINERY WANTED pecan, hackberry, sycamore. Enough timber
to assure operation for many years. Mo. Pac.
Philadelphia, Pa.
W. A. TSCHUMY & COMPANY MONTEZUMA COOPERS' FLAG
)J^(^.\NTED— I am in the market to buy good, second- Ry. runs through tract. Address "OWNER,"
care "The National Coopers' Journal," Philadel-
^ANTB'D — Good man who understands the manu-
facture of oak kegs: one who can take care of ma-
Manufacturers and Dealers in
n Forty years in the business
hand heading turner; also, second-hand power or
hand-bolting machine or short-log mill. M. R. HAR- phia, Pa. chinery. Address "MACHINERY." care The Na- Slack Cooperage Stock SOFT VARIETY have made us Flag experts ALL LENGTHS
DENBURGH. Beaver Dam. Virginia. tional Coopers' Journal, Philadelphia, Pa.
OUR SPECIALTIES Try our Service
GUM APPLE BARREL STOCK PINE TRUCK BARREL STOCK

NORFOLK - - VIRGINIA OQ W#>«« Rjtvarrf ^trnml

P. T. CAS EY S«n«>rA FmIU M y.

1
WE ARE BUYERS OF
Our Special UR LITTLE "Special Advertisements" are Wonder Workers. Our
Ad.
Special FIELDS-LATTA STAVE CO.
Ad.
Department
They are bright nuggets in a big streak of pay dirt. Those who have used them know this is so.
They will sell anything that you have to sell. Don't delay. Make your ofiferings at once through Department ]\f anufacturers of HIGH GRADE STAVES.HOOPS&HEADING
Slack Barrel Staves
"WEVE GOT SERVICE IT "
For Tight and Slack Cooperage
"•"
QUALITY
If and are what you want,
JAMES WEBSTER & BRO., Ltd. """.ry-pploL". en^
DYERSBURG office and Plant TENNESSEE LONDON OFFICE— Dashwood Hoase, 9 New Broad St.. E. C.

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Tight and Slack Barrels CALIFORNIA BARREL CO. Pckin Cooperage Company
We carry new Ctxjperage from 5 to 50-gallon on hand at all times for
local or carload shipments. Ready to fill barrels for all requirements
COOPERAGE STOCK, COOPERAGE and
Manufacturers of
WOODEN WARE— TIGHT and SLACK— OF ALL SIZES I
MT. OLIVE STAVE CO. I
659 CUNARD BLDG., 25 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
Plants at *^evilie Island, Pa., and
ADDRESS CORRESPONDENCE TO
'Pittsburgh, Pa.
MILL: Areata, Humboldt County, California I BATESV1LLE, ARK.
Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Company MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY: 1101 Illinois Street, San Francisco, Cal.
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT: 433 California St., San Francisco, Cal. MANUFACTURERS OF'—— Peoria, Illinois Ambridge, Penna.
iSas-Sl liberty Atmiim nttsbnrgh. Pa.
Port Arthur, Texas Mobile, Alabama
Tight Barrel Staves and Heading Alexandria, La. West Helena, Ark.

H. ARENSON & COMPANY Washington Cooperage and Packing Co. » — — IN •> =

Barrels,Kegs and Manufacturers of Barrels, Shooks, Kegs,
Our
Cooperage Stock
large plant with warehouse facilities enables us to serve all demands
DOUGLAS FIR STAVES WHITE OAK, RED OAK, GUM and ASH
Staves and Heading
insecond-hand and new barrels, used and new steel drums in any quantities. HEADING and BARRELS PROMPT SHIPMENT CLOSE INSPECTION QUALITY DOMESTIC AND EXPORT
We represent one of the largest steel drum manufacturers. I |
Your inquiries are respectfully solicited. RICHMOND BEACH WASHINGTON
23S FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH. PA. illUlllilllUUIillllllUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIiillllll^

POUNDED 1850 {NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA) INCORPORATED 1900

Cooperage Stock & Barrel Shooks We are large buyers of Slack Cooperage

Goopera^e Machinery
Stock of all kinds, and we want your prices
Lajrton Cooperage Co. Chickasaw Cooperage Co.
N. & H. O'DONNELL COOPERAGE CO. Incorporated
BARREL MANUFACTURERS
B. C. SHEAHAN COMPANY Moore St., Water to Swanson St. PHILADELPHIA, PA, MANUFACTURERS OF
166 West Jackson Blvd. n u CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
FIR STAVES AND HEADING Barrels - Kegs - Shooks
TIGHT AND SLACK
BRUCE T. WARRING THE MICHEL COOPERAGE CO. staves - Heading
32S6 K STREET, N. W.
Dealer In
WASHINGTON, D. C. Manufacturers
Also Tanks Barrels and Kegs y

All Kinds of Second Hand Empty Barrels WINE, PICKLE onz OIL COOPERAGE
30 YEARS' EXPERIENCE ALWAYS IN THE MARKET FOR SQUARE HEADING 1 Heading and Stave Mill, Linnton, Oregon
Can Furnish You Barrels for All Purposes AND STAVES OF ALL KINDS. QUOTE PRICES OFFICE: 301, 303 WATER ST., PORTLAND, ORE. MEMPHIS. TENN. NEW ORLEANS, LA.
W^rite Me >Vhen In Need SANDUSKY - - OHIO
West 1277 Res. West 222'4

ESTABLISHED 1884 IF
PROPERLY QUALITY
GEORGE W. STONE,
-DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF-
SECOND-HAND BARBELS and HOGSHEADS
All orders receive prompt and
Jr.,

efficient attention.
& SONS

Let u> serve you.

MADE

STAVES AND HEADING

Tight Barrel STOCK
READY
with good quality
standard Slack Barrel
KILN-DRIED PINE HEADING
OAK STAVES
WAREHOUSE AND YARDS OZARK TIMBER AND STAVE COMPANY NAVAL STORES SHINGLES LATH
Washington, D.
1234-1240 SEVENTH STREET. S. W. C. lO N. Clark Street, Chicago, lliinoia STAVES, HOOPS VENEERS BOX SHOOKS
HARDWOOD LUMBER
AND HEADING
of uniform dependability Every working day we manufacture over
NATIONAL COOPERAGE & WOODENWARE CO.
BUNGS
WE MAKE THEM!
VENT PLUGS
Straight or Mixed Cars
300,000 FEET
Long and Short Leaf Vellow Pine Lumber

TIGHT COOPERAGE FAUCETS

CASK or BARREL PLUGS and WORM-HOLE PEGS Write, 'p^one or wire us
if you want quick service
LET US QUOTE YOU
Write for prices on Bung-borers, Cooper's hoop-drivers, hammers,
Manufacturers and Exporter s
PEORIA
adzes, flafgini; and flacging irons, chalk, chines and chine mauls

REDLICH MFG. CO. 647 W. Oak CHICAGO The Gideon -Anderson Co. W.T. SMITH LUMBER CO.
ILLINOIS
Known to the trade for over 60 yeara
St.
Second and Angelica St»., ST. LOUIS, MO. CHAPMAN ALABAMA

Western JVew York

COOPERS* Butt or Headmg

Flag
Hoop Nails Hoop Staples Hoop Fasteners
SKUSE'S COOPERAGE
THE-

FLAG The Finest

Cradea Grown
Bright, Blued, Coppered or Galvanized
Write for prices and samples
SKUl^Iffi
Yail Cooperage Co
A large supply Since 1888
R. E. TRAVER, Montezuma, N. Y. constantly in stock THE GEO. W. STANLEY CO. Manufacturer of Manufacturer* of
BeUeviUe, Hi.
RDERS
and Dealer in

Slack
m Local coopers supplied.
solicited for

QUALITY
STAVES
Write us whether you want HOOPS
S. N. NELSON Are you in touch with the buying
A. L. POESSEL & COMPANY Staves to buy or
can deal to your satisfaction.
sell as we know we
STOCK HEAPING
Mannfactiirer and Dealer Is Tight and Slack Heading
powers in the cooperage industry?
Cooperage Stock
Tight Cooperage Stock For a live wire connection Staves-Hoops-Heading
Hoops AMress. SKUSE'S COOPERAGE
OUR NORTHERN ELM HOOPS
••BEST BY TEST"
VENEERS
Cut-OflFs a Specialty Corner Finney and Davis Streets
Flour and
TRY THIS SPACE Quotations Cheerfully Made
Fruit Barrels ROCHESTER, NEW YORK FORT WAYNE ix IND.
744 Randolph Building, MEMPHIS, TENN. '
208 So. La Salle St. Chicago, III.

WHEM WBITINC TO ADVERTISERS, TELL THEM THAT YOU SAW IT IN "THE NATIONAI. COOPERS' JOURNAL. WHEN WtlTING TO ADVERTISERS, TEU. THEM THAT YOU SAW IT IN "THE NATIONAL COOPERS* JOURNAL.
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1
SEND FOR FREE SAMPLES AND CATALOGUE
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8
SUPPLIES .-. TOOLS and similar barrels.
American Steel
CHICAGO— NEW YORK
&Company
Wire 7
6
Straight or mixed cars direct from the mill.
L. C. L. deliveries from our local warehouse.
Does twice the work of a screw
machine.

"Genuine" Hill Steam Dogs E. HENNING, Inc. Get prices and particulars from the
Drag We offer you the facilities of t he
Used for holding logs while being cut with "Henning" Service in the purchase of
Saw or other cut-off machine.
Belt-Driven Dogs can be supplied if steam is not TIGHT COOPERAGE STOCK
available.
"Genuine" Hill Steam Dogs and Drag Saws are
STAVES
SLACK COOPERAGE
HEADING
STOCK
COOPERAGE MACHINERY
standard equipment in every modern American STAVES HOOPS HEADING
Cutting-Up plant.
Write for Bulletin
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STAVES
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BOTTOMS
MAKERS
COOPERAGE MACHINERY 1

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Chas. E. Heidt

Qoodspeed Machine Co.

ESTABLISHED 1851 C HEIDT & SON, Inc. •THE CHAMPION" We HYNSON COMPANY
mm JERSEY, CITY, N. J. Our uiMxc«n«cl
Bavrvl HaaUr
New Slack Barrels
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OUILDERSOF MACHINES for the man u- A All Kinds Slack and Tight fai
Largest Exclusive Qoopers* Tool
*^ facturer of Tubs, Pails. Slotted Clothespins,
(or all dry materials,
R We specialize preparing Supply House in the World
Spools, Bobbins, WoodBailwoods andHeels,
chemicals, sugar, etc.
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other Small Handles, and Small Novelty Turnings.

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purposes
WHEN it comes to coopers* tools and supplies
Hand Type and Automatic Variety Lathes are A Used Barrel is Better
"Hynson** stands second to none. We manu-
special features. Barrels a Specialty S Tlian New One"
facture our products and are always stocked to
QUALITY and SERVICE Our Motto! handle orders promptly and satisfactorily. There
MADE IN WINCHENDON, MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE, 64 Fairmount Ave. PLANT, 12-88 Fairmount Ave. nothing the barrel maker needs that we can
is not
dupply. Place your orders with us now.

STEPHEN JERRY & CO., Inc.

CLEVELAND SPRAYING MACHINES Manufacturing Cooperage

For lining the interior of barrels,

COOPERAGE STOCK
tubs, etc., with any hot or cold FACTORY AND WARiillOUSE: OFFICE: 272 HURON STREET
liquid coating. These Outfits can PROVOST STREET
be operated by HAND
or POWER, FROM INDIA TO HLRON STREETS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
and will economize in labor, time

A package is laid over spray nozile,

New Barrels
clutch thrown in and after pump
has made from 5 to 6 strokes,
clutch is thrown out and package
Heading Hoops
Hynson's O. K. Croae, all matal Hynton's Chamfer Howel or (Go-D«t3)
is coated. Capacity as fast as the
men can handle the cooperage. Staves Liners
We also build Superheaters and If It Comes from ''Hynson** You Know It's Right
Branding Machines. Shooks for Export
alao "Tlio Champion" Hoato Moro Barrab
ami Doot it Battar Than Aaj
Eureka Machine Co. avenue Cleveland, 0. Cooperage Supplies Otliar Hoatar Mada
ST. LOUIS • • MISSOURI

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COLWELL COOPERAGE
120 BROADWAY : : NEW YORK
CO.
CITY
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1
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8
SUPPLIES .-. TOOLS and similar barrels.
American Steel
CHICAGO— NEW YORK
&Company
Wire 7
6 Straight or mixed cars direct from the mill.
L. C. L. deliveries from our local warehouse.
Does twice the work of a screw
machine.

"Genuine" Hill Steam Dogs E. HENNING, Inc. Get prices and particulars from the
Drag We offer you the facilities of he t
Used for holding logs while being cut with
"Henning" Service in the purchase of
Saw or other cut-off machine.
Belt-Driven Dogs can be supplied if steam is not TIGHT COOPERAGE STOCK
available.
"Genuine" Hill Steam Dogs and Drag Saws are
STAVES
SLACK COOPERAGE
HEADING
STOCK
COOPERAGE MACHINERY
standard equipment in every modern American STAVES HOOPS HEADING
Cutting-Up plant.
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MAKERS
COOPERAGE MACHINERY 1

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OF EVERY TYPE AND SIZE
CUTTING MACHINERY '

431 Dearborn
W rtle us

St.,
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CHICAGO, ILL.
E. & B. HOLMES MACHINERY CO.,
*' CHICAGO
STREET Buffalo, N. Y.
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Qoodspeed Machine Co.

ESTABLISHED 1851 C HEIDT
JERSEY, CITY,
& SON,
N. J.
Inc. "THE CHAMPION"
Our unexcelled
We HYNSON COMPANY
Barrel Heater
New Slack Barrels
B Second-hand Barrels Over 30,000 Now

DUILDERSOF MACHINES for the manu- A All Kinds Slack and Tight in Use
Largest Exclusive Qoopers* Tool
*^ facturer of Tubs, Pails, Slotted Clothespins,
for all dry materials,
R We specialize preparing Supply House in the World
Spools, Bobbins, Wood and Heels, Bail woods
chemicals, sugar, etc.
R tight barrels for all

other Small Handles, and Small Novelty Turnings.

Hand Type and Automatic Variety Lathes are Tongue and Grooved
E
L
purposes
WHEN it comes to coopers* tools and supplies
"A rM>d Barrel
"Hynson" stands second to none. We manu-
special features. Barrels a Specialty S Than a New One"
\h Heller

facture our products and are always stocked to

QUALITY and SERVICE Our Motto! handle orders promptly and satisfactorily. There
MADE IN WINCHENDON, MASSACHLSETTS OFFICE, 64 Fairmount Ave. PLANT, 12-88 Fairmount Ave. is nothing the barrel maker needs that we can not
supply. Place your orders with us now.

STEPHEN JERRY & CO., Inc.

CLEVELAND SPRAYING MACHINES Maniifartiirinf! ('.oo/n-rafre

For lining the interior of barrels,

COOPERAGE STOCK
\M» WAKI hoi SE:
FA<:T0K>
tubs, etc., with any hot or cold
PKOVOSr SIKKKT
OFFICE: 272 HIRON STREET
liquid coaling. These Outfits can
be operated by HAND or POWER, FKI»M INDIA l<> III HON STKF.ETS BROOKLYN. N. Y.
and will economize in labor, time
and material.
A package is laid over spray nozEle,
New Barrels
clutch thrown in and after pump
has made from 5 to 6 strokes,
clutch is thrown out and package
Heading Hoops
Hjrnson't O. K. Croze, ail metal Hynson's Chamfer Howel or (Go-Devil)
is coated. Capacity as fast as the
men can handle the cooperage. Staves Liners
We also build Superheaters and If It Comes from "Hynson" You Know It's Right
Branding Machines. Shooks for Export
alao "The Champion" Heats More Barrels
and Does it Better Than Any
Eureka Machine Co. avenue Cleveland, 0. Cooperage Supplies Other Heater Made
ST. LOUIS • • MISSOURI

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no. %J showing new belt
feed arrangement, dispensing
with worm, worm wheel and
bevel gears.
This Turner is designed for
Circling Slack Keg Heading,
Barrel Heading and Square A PAPER OF GREAT VALUE TO ALL STAVE, HEADING, HOOP MANUFACTURERS AND COOPERS
Edge Covers. riibliHhed the First of '£ach Month.
Entered as Second-Class Matter at
No. 3
We manufacture a full line of VOL. 40 Subscription Price ^2.00 Per Year.
Foreign Suhscriptlon fZ.SO Per Year.
Philadelphia, July, 1924 the Post-Offlce in Philadelphia. Pa.

Slack Stave and Heading

Machinery.

Since 1850

this Company and its subsidiaries have been

producing Tight Staves and Heading

No. 4 Special Stave Cutter LUCAS E. MOORE STAVE CO.

A new design machine of extremely strong and rigid construction especially adapted for NEW ORLEANS NEW YORK
cutting hardwood staves and also crozed and chamfered staves. Write for particulars.

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We manufacture a full line of Slack Stave and Heading Machinery l l

Catalog upon request

"Who serves best, profits most'' LOOK FOR OUR

QUEEN CITY TRADEMARK
ROCHESTER BARREL MACHINE WORKS HOOP CO.
With a good log supply, perfect, kiln-
drying tyttem and fine railroad facili-
"Mlllllll III""

Successor to JOHN GREENWOOD •••Miiuimiiimmujijiiiiiiiiiiiiuii—

ties, we are equipped to render
QUEEN CITY
ROCHESTER NEW YORK GREENVILLE - MISS. Quality Service HOOP
in filling your hoop requirements
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Of Quality in Volume The Journars Annual Report On Apple Crop Prospects. BUSHELS FOR RHODE ISLAND

A Comprehensive Review of Conditions Rhode Island State Board of Agriculture.

Providence, R. L, Jnne 12, 1924.

As Revealed In Late June Editor, The National

Present prospects are bright
Coopers' Journal:
for a good apple crop
Our plants at Chapman, Ruthven NEW ENGLAND STATE DEPARTMENTS this year. We estimate a crop of 90,000 bushels. This
The Journal herewith presents its annual review of
and Greenville consume each work- apple crop prospects and conditions. All the princi- OF AGRICULTURE estimate is forwarded on present indications.
what is known as the State Departments of Agriculture. Yours very truly,
pal apple-growing States in New^ England
ing day well over 350,000 feet of area" reveal, as of late June and early July, John J. Dunn, Secretary.
"barrel Wakefield, Mass.. June 14. 1924.
will be favorably comparable to
timber manufacturing: promise of a crop that Editor. The National Cooi'Ers' Journal:
the ten-year average. While it is true that an unusually
The six New England States and the federal gov- MARYLAND CROP LOOKS PROMISING
cold and rainy spring season retarded to a considerable ernment co-operate in one crop-reporting service for
Yellow Pine Lumber and Timber Agriculture and Home Economics. State of Maryland
degree the normal development of the fruit buds and New England.
College Park. Md.. June 12, 1924.
Hardwood Lumber bloom, reports from practically the entire eastern and We take pleasure in sending you herewith a copy of
growing give assurance that neither the
belts Editor, The NationalCoopers' Journal:
central our apple report being issued today you will receive ;

This has been a most unusual season for fruit, and

Pine Heading low temperature nor the almost constant rain which later reports at a subsequent date.
it would be extremely difficult to make a definite
fore-
prevailed throughout the spring has resulted, except in Very truly yours,
Oak Staves material damage to the coming cast or estimate of the crop. Apparently Vorks and
isolated instances, in V. A. Saunders.
of the season has, Bens will be extremely light. In some orchards in
crop. The unprecedented lateness
Gum Veneers however, necessarily introduced a degree of uncertainty
Report Issued by Combined New England State some sections of Manland the crop is very spotted,
Departments of Agriculture, June 14, 1924 particularly with certain varieties.
into the prognostications of crop prospects in the north-
Box Shooks According numerous reports from farmers over
to There was an unusually heavy set of liloom in most
ern areas, where, as late as the last week in June, the
condition of the trees was such as to make definite and
New England, the apple blossom, with few exceptions, orchards, but because of unfavorable weather condi-
Shingles Weather and other some
has been ample for a good crop. tions proper pollination was interfered with. In
accurate prediction of the harvest a very difficult mat-
conditions thus far seem to have been, on the whole, sections of the Eastern Shore there will Ix: a full crop
Lath ter. This difficulty in securing approximately accurate
more favorable than they were last year. True, the of Stayman, Grimes and most varieties,
Transparent,
estimates from various sections of the country has de-
weather was chilly with frosts in some places, and with the exception of Yorks and Bens. In the western
layed, up to the date of going to press, the issuance
there has been much cloudiness. The present promising part of the State the Transparent crop will be very
of the Department of Agriculture's annual forecast of
the apple yield, which is ordinarily published on June
outlook, as all fruit interests are aware, does not insure much lighter, as will be Stayman. Yorks and Bens.

W. T. Smith Lumber Co 1st of each year. a big crop. Whether blossoms fertilized and the apples
set sufficiently, we do not yet know. Then the June
Grimes, apparently, is showing up the best of any
variety, although there will be a fairly good crop of
drop, insect and disease troubles, and rainfall have yet other varieties.
CHAPMAN, ALABAMA NEW YORK STATE CROP PROMISES TO EQUAL to exert their influence upon the crop. From all indications. might estimate a crop of 40
I
THE TEN-YEAR AVERAGE For New England, the condition figures in per cent, per cent, of last year's crop in the western part of the

State of New York, Dept. of Farms and Markets of normal, this year and last year, June 1st, are: State. When you take into consideration the fact that in
Maine, 1924, 85 1923, 87 New Hampshire, 95 and 75
; ;
a good many of the orchards of this part of the State
Albany. N. Y., June 17, 1924.
Vermont, 89 and 87; Massachusetts, 92 and 85; Rhode there was more than a full crop last year, 40 per cent,
Editor. The National Coopers' Journal:
Island, 97 and 85; Connecticut. 93 and 81. At blossom of that crop should give a pretty fair crop for this year.
I am pleased to enclose you herewith a statement
time, as fruit men know, the apple crop has but begun Indications point to the fact that on the Eastern
issued by this department June 12th relative to the
its struggle to produce a full yield. Many adverse con- Shore there be a larger percentage; in fact, some
will
fruit crop of the State.
ditions have yet to be encountered and these often, orchards will have a full 100 per cent, crop of apples.
Very truly yours,
though not always, carry the promise steadily downward These estimates are based upon orchards which have
Geo. G. Atwood,

To Buyers of COLLETON New York

Director, Bureau of Plant Industry.

State Apple Crop Report Issued

June 12. 1924
from month to month. Thus, in 1923 the per cent, of
a full crop indicated June 1st and the per cent, of a
full crop reported harvested in November were
87 and 55
and 37;
Maine,
New Hampshire. 75 and 55 Vermont, 87
;

Massachusetts, 85 and 74; Rhode

;
:

Island. 85
received their full quota of spray applications and have
been kept in good condition. Weather conditions have
been favorable to the development of both insects and
diseases, particularly the latter.

cedar rust and black rot is in evidence, but with the

A good deal of scab,

Slack Cooperage Stock MERCANTILE and Fruit

about
crop prospects in
average for apples
New York
appeared to be
on June 1st, according to
the crop report of the New York State Department of
and 90; Connecticut, 81 and 62.
and more definite information
will appear in later reports.
As
becomes
the crop advances
available, it
exception of cedar rust the diseases and insects are
being held in check in the larger commercial orchards
where spraying has been done systematically.

MANUFACTURING Farms and Markets and the United States Department

of Agriculture. However, the spring has been unusually
late,and some of the trees in the latter sections of the PRESENT PROSPECTS INDICATE BUMPER CROP
CONNECTICUT
Very truly yours,
S. B. Shaw, Horticulturist.

Be your requirements what they may for

apple, lime, salt, flour or sugar barrels,
COMPANY, Incorporated State were scarcely in bloom at that time, so that it
will not be surprising if condition estimates change
very materially within a month, as the fruits begin to
IN
State of CoNNECTiruT
Board of Agriculture
Hartford, Conn.. June 18, 1924.
MARYLAND AND DELAWARE CROP WILL PROB-
ABLY BE 65 PER CENT. OF 1923 YIELD
develop more rapidly. Berlin, Md., June 12, 1924.
it would pay you to ask us for prices,
apples in New ^'ork was Editor. The National Coopers' Journal:
The reported condition of Editor, The National Coopers' Journal:
for sooner or later we will guar- Manufacturers of 77 per cent., compared with 85 per cent, last year, and Your communication of June lOth received. The In viewing the early apple situation in Delaware and
antee that we will save you an average of 79 per cent, for the last ten years. The prospect at the present writing for a bumper crop of Maryland, at the present time it looks as if there will

some money. ^ We will treat

Kiln-Dried Pine condition figures for the entire United States are slightly apples is very good. Can not estimate the number that be a somewhat lighter crop of Yellow Transparent,
below last year but above the ten-year average. In the
you courteously and we and Gum
Heading principal
figures are
apple States, the "commercial"
York, 77; Virginia, 80; West Virginia,
New
condition
will go into barrels and into boxes. There seems to be
a determination on the part of some growers to do more
box packing than previously, but I am unable to give
Williams' Early Red and Wealthy in the aforementioned
States than there was a year ago.
In reference to our own orchards at Berlin, we have
have a habit of taking good 18" Champered and 73; Michigan, 73; Missouri, 68; Arkansas, 68; Cali- the percentage. more early apples than we
a year ago. but ourdid
care of our customers. fornia, 75: Oregon. 70, and Washington, 55. The Yours very truly, orchards at Easton, Md., Hurlock, Md., and at Seaford,
^We are trying to Crozed Keg Staves "commercial" figure for the United States is 71.6. Leonard H. Healey. Del., we do not estimate that we have as many early
Secretary. apples as we did last season.
give intelligent,
DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK, WILL HAVE There will crop of Gano antl Ben
be a very light
reliable service. Davis. In some orchards there is a good crop of York
OUR STOCK Conforms GOOD CROP INDICATIONS ARE THAT VERMONT APPLE CROP
to the Highest Tmprrial other orchards fair, but taking the two
Agriculture a:>d IIomi: Economics, Stats of New York WILL BE IN EXCESS OF 1923 :

EQUALITY" STANDARDS PouGHKEEPSiE, N. Y., June 17, 1924, Co-operative Extension Work in Agriculture and
States as a whole the crop of Yorks will be rather light.
Stayman's Winesap, Paragon, Black or Mammoth
Editor. The National Coopers' Journal: Home Economics. State of Vermont Some others have a
Twig, and Winesap are spotted.
Replying to your of June 13th may advise Burlington. Vt., June 13, 1924.
Cut Clean Dried Thoroughly letter I

1'ditor, The National Coopers' Journal:

good crop, others fair, and several orchards with prac-

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that very promising for a good crop
indications are
in Dutchess County, New York. However, aphis is so
bad that at least one-fifth of the crop will not be
It is too early yet to give any reliable estimate of
the apple crop in Vermont. At this time our trees are
tically none. Grimes' Golden in some sections are good
and other sections rather light. The crop of Delicious
in most orchards is light, but the prospects are for a
SAGINAW, MICHIGAN marketable. just finishing blossom and inasmuch as there has been
fine crop of Mcintosh.
Just what the total be I am
barrel estimate will much unfavorable weather it is not just sure what the
set will be. but I should expect it would be considerably
On account of the light crop on so many large com-
unable to report at this time as we have no accurate
mercial orchards of certain leading commercial varieties,
RAVENEL, SOUTH CAROLINA survey made. My belief is that the crop will be equal in
more
excess of that of 1923.
reliable.
Later estimates will be much
therefore, from Maryland and Delaware, the prospects
to 1923.
are there will not be more than 60 to 65 per cent, as
Very truly yours, Very truly yours,
many cars shipped during 1924 as there were in 1923.
A. L. Shepherd, M. B. Cum MINGS.
Horticulturist. Yours very truly, G. Hai.E Harrison.
County Agricultural Agent.
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Reduced to barrels this would
EASTERN OF WEST
PANHANDLE REGION the United States Department of Agriculture in co-
barrels in this locality.
1,300,000 BUSHELS IS THE ESTIMATED YIELD MICHIGAN WILL PACK FULLY 50 PER CENT. NEW HAMPSHIRE APPLE BLOOM HEAVIEST
Missouri approximate sixty thousand barrels of apples this year. YEARS
VIRGINIA PROMISES LIGHT CROP operation with the Bureau of Markets of the IN OKLAHOMA OF ITS CROP IN BARRELS IN
production Trusting this answers your inquiry, I beg to remain,
State Board of Agriculture relative to the State Board oe Agriculture. State of Michigan State of New Hampshire
Marti NSBiKC. W. \'a., June 17. 1924. Yours very truly.
of apples for 1924. estimate calls for 67 per cent,
The Oklahoma City. Okla., June 18, 1924. Department of Agriculture Department of Agriculture
Editor, The National
Coopers' Jovrnai, : T. H. McHattox,
annual crop, compared with 78 per cent, estimated last Editor. The Xatioxal Coopers' Journal: Lansixg, Mich., June 16, 1924. Office of the Co.mmissioxer
Replying to your letter of June 13th with reference Horticulturist.
year at this time. In reply to your letter of recent date, beg to advise Editor, The National
Coopers' Journal:
to apple crop prospects for this district this season : Concord, June 26, 1924.
Yours very truly, that our forecast on the probable final yield of apples While the trees in the northern part of the State are
The bloom over the entire Eastern Panhandle of
PArrERSON Bain, Jr .
SccirUiry. GEORGIA WILL HARVEST ONE OF THE BEST in this State for 1924 is 1,300,000 bushels. This is based now just in blossom, everything indicates a large crop
Editor, The Xational Coopers' Journal:
West Virginia was scattered and indicated a crop of CROPS IN YEARS on the condition of the crop on June 1st, which was of early apples in that section, and this is also true of
Our apple bloom this year was exceptionally good,
about 50 per cent, of last year's. Since the blooming
Georgia Co-operative Crop Reportixg Service. apparently one of the heaviest blooms that we have
period, the weather has been unfavorable for the proper ILLINOIS WILL PUT 75 PER CENT. OF CROP 80 per cent, of normal. most of the fall kinds.and southwestern
In the western
had for a number of years.
Atlaxta. Ga., June 18, 1924. Last year Oklahoma produced 1.240,0(X) bushels. areas the winter apples do not promise so well and Cold weather prevailed
setting and development of the fruit, and our present IN BARRELS
throughout the greater part of the period when the
from 35 to 40 per cent, of the 1923 yield. Editor. The Xatioxal Coopers' Journal: Prospects for a good fruit crop of all kinds is excellent. there will not be more than one-half a crop of winter
estimate is
State oe Illinois, Department ok Agriculture. trees were in bloom and approximately half of the
W'e beg to say that oidy a negligible portion
of the Very truly yours, varieties in that section. Last year the Baldwins, and,
York Imperial and Ben Davis, thetwo principal varie- June 13, 1924.
Springfield, III., time the sky was overcast. Heavy winds prevailed also.
ties for this section, are light. Stayman Winesaps and commercial apple crop of Georgia is marketed in bar- C. D. CoRTS, State Statistician. in fact, nearly all kinds, bore very heavily, and as the
Editor. The Xatioxal Coopers' Journal: During the bloom a number of light frosts occurred,
Black Twigs show good prospects. The early varieties rels. :Many of our apples are marketed in boxes, while season was very dry, not only were the apples very
In reply to your letter addressed to the Director of but so far as I know no extensive damage was done.
and Grimes' Golden have set heavily and show practi- some are shipped in bulk. I feel that it is impossible COLORADO SHOULD YIELD OVER 3,000,000 small, but the trees did not develop fruit buds.
Agriculture concerning the 1924 ai)ple crop, it is rather on the portion packed In the eastern and southeastern sections, however, the We have very little information as to the percentage
cally a full crop. to give more definite information BUSHELS
difficult to give you any figures that would mean any- of the commercial apple crop which will be put into
in barrels. State of Colorado orchards are in much better condition, and there will
There plenty of moisture in the ground, and if the
is
thing to you. The only thing I can give you is a one of the largest barrels. About our cities much of it is handled in the
remainder of the growing season should be favorable, Apple prospects are good for Board of Immigration be fully an average crop of winter apples in that section.
rough estimate. Calhoun County, a county in the
standard farm produce box, but of that which is sold
crops in several years. Denver, Col., June 1924. So far as the summer and fall varieties are concerned,
the fruit has good prospects of taking on larger size 16,
western part of the State, produced 530.(K)0 barrels of Yours very truly. most of them are marketed in bushel baskets or are for shipment a high percentage is now going into barrels,
than last season, which will mean increased production Editor, The National Coopers' Journal:
apples in 1923. Two or three counties in that imme- handled by trucks using crates. Baskets will also be possibly 75 or 80 per cent.
Georgia Co-operati\e Crop Reportixg Service, I am enclosing herewith a co-operative bulletin issued
over the above estimate.
diate vicinity also had a large apple crop. However, > used to a considerable extent for the winter varieties, Trusting that
A much larger percentage of last year's crop moved Peter ^'. Ri<-E. Stutisticiau, by this department and the United States Bureau of this information will be that which you
prospects at this time in that section would seem as but I judge that fully 50 per cent, of the pack of winter
inbulk than has been the case in former years. Returns .State Deft, of Agriculture,
Acting in Charge. Crop and Live Stock Estimates of the Department of are seeking, I am
though they would have only about one-fifth to one- varieties will go into barrels.
on such shipments were very satisfactory and a great Agriculture, giving the general condition of the crop Yours very truly,
fourth of the crop that they had in 1923. Comparatively few boxes will be used by parties
many of our growers are contemplating moving their In the southern part of our State, blight and other OHIO WILL PACK AT LEAST 60 PER CENT. OF at this time.
who grow varieties of high quality for which they have
Lawrence A. Carlisle,
fruit in this method. Orchardists are slow in making LATE APPLES IN BARRELS While we have no accurate data on the method of .Agent in Marketing.
things have developed within the past month which a private trade.
we bc'lieve there will be used packing used generally in the State, it is safe to say
contracts for barrels, but E.\rm Bureau Feder.\tiox.
have greatly reduced our fall and winter apple crop The Ohio Yours very truly,
coming season approximately 350.tX)0 that the proportion of the apple crop packed in barrels
in this section the
prospects. would say that in the southern part of
I Columbus. Ohio, June 18, 1924. L. R. Taft, Chief Horticulturist.
THE FOUNDER OF "NATIONAL APPLE DAY"
in Colorado is negligible. It is a box-apple State almost
barrels.
our State we would have approximately one-third the I-:ditor, The N.vtioxal Coopers'
Journal: TELLS OF PROSPECTS IN ILLINOIS
Yours very truly. exclusively, and we doubt if barrels are used at all
crop which we had in 1923. Your letter addressed to the director of the Depart- QuixcY. June
Kothwei.i--Gatrei.i. Co.
In regard to the percentage i>f the 1924 pack that ment of Agriculture. Columbus. Ohio, has been referred
except occasionally for local use. IDAHO WILL SHIP APPROXIMATELY 3,000 III., 25, 1925.

Very truly yours, CARLOADS OF APPLES Editor, The Xatioxal Coopers' Journal:
is likely to go into barrels, it is impossible at this time to me answer the question about percentage of the
to
Edward D. Foster, Commissioner.
State of Idaho The
apple crop in the Middle West this year is very
KEYSER AND VICINITY, WEST VIRGINIA, WILL to make would mean very much. This,
a statement that 1924 apple crop which will be packed in barrels.
It
promising. This part of the country was held under
NEED 20,000 BARRELS FOR A 40 PER of course, depends a great deal upon the situation in will be hard for me to estimate this number accurately, Official Report on Colorado Fruit Conditions Department of Agriculture
effects of a steady, lengthy, protracted cold winter, hence
CENT. HARVEST other States. I believe, considering the entire State, there are very few barrels used in
will say that
Dated June 1, 1924 Boise, Idaho, June 17, 1924.
but I
budding and blooming did not become well developed
go fact that Colorado has excellent prospects for large crops of The Xational Journal:
Park-Baker Compa.w. HoKTicri.TiR.a Service that 75 per cent, of our crop will into barrels. the northern half of the State because of the Editor. C(K)pers'
until danger of destruction by spring blizzards had been
fruit of all kinds, according to the June State-Federal affords me much pleasure to give you such
AND SrPPl.lES Barreling is practically the only way that the growers most of the apples are marketed locally and handled It infor-
safely passed.
Crop Report just issued. The present prospect indicates It is generally conceded by close ob-
Kevser. \V. \'a.. June 24. 1924. in Calhoun County have of handling their crop, and in baskets. In the southeastern portion of the State, mation as I can relative to the conditions of the fruit
servers that there will be from 65 per cent, to 70 per
this largely raises the percentage of the entire State. shipping occurs, there are more that the combined fruit crops this year will slightly crop in the State of Idaho.
Coopers' JfiRx.a: where the heaviest
Editor. The Xatioxal baskets in exceed that of last year and will nearly reach the Idaho packs but a very little fruit in barrels, the bulk
cent, of a full harvest.
I trust this small information will be of value to you. barrels used. The early crop is handled in
Please be advised that there will not be over a 30 record crop of 1922, which was regarded as the largest
The present prospects of a large harvest will assure
Yours very truly. this region, but the late crop is largely put up in barrels. of it being shipped in baskets and boxes, although some
to 40 per cent, gross apple crop in this immediate section, in the history of the State. remarkable that the need of between 100,000 and 200,000 barrels for
A. \V. Day. would say that perhaps 60 per cent, of the late apples
It is
years there has been a considerable amount sent out
and probably 15.000 to 20.(KX) barrels will be needed
I
packing the crop grown within a radius of fifty miles
three such heavy crops should be produced in succes-
All barrels used in this .secti<n
Supcrrisiiiy Inspector. in southeastern and southern Ohio will be put in in barrels.
of this point
to handle the same. All kinds of fruit are in excellent condition and in Illinois.
barrels this year.
sion. The severe frost of May 5th reduced the prospective
are shipped in here from cooperage plants around \\ in- far above the ten-year average. Colorado is a commer-
Slack cooperage interests should keep the fact .steadily
Judging from reports that are C(«ning in to this oflFice crop from a normal crop, which would probably have
chester, Va., with the exceinion of a few thousand ILLINOIS' YIELD OF FALL AND WINTER VARIE- cial producer of apples, peaches, pears and cherries.
in view that there will be a steadily increasing demand
present time, the setting of fruit from Columbus been about 5,000 carloads to a crop, which will not
l)arrcls from Cumberland. Md. None of the orchards TIES MAY BE LIGHTER THAN 1923 CROP at the
With a continuation of good conditions, the prospects Our
for barrels and shipping packages in the coming years,
north may not prove as good as early estimates indi- exceed 50 per cent, to 60 per cent, of this tonnage.
in this section make up their barrels, or place their con- H. SiMPSo.x Company as new orchards are continually being planted, and ad-
I'".
for all of these fruits are excellent. prune crop last year was about 3.000 carloads, and
for the made-up stock. We cated. I have just had one report from a large com- vanced and up-to-date methods of cultivation are being
tracts early in the season Flora. III., June The apple crop well up towards normal, with prac-
16. 1924. is
this year I anticipate that the total tonnage will run
mercial orchard near Columbus in which the bloom
would appreciate a copy of your journal. The Xatioxal Coopers' Journal: tically no frost damage reported. The condition on Cherries and peaches are
applied to the older orchards.
l-j)iT<iR.
was quite heavy, but which, according to present reports, from 1.200 to 1,500 cars.
\'ery truly yours.
We have your would think that
letter of the 13th. June 1st is reported as 88 per cent, of normal, or the about the same proportion.
A few years ago Missouri held the distinction of
I
will have practically no crop. There was a fairly good reduced in
Park-Baker Company. same as a year ago, compared with 94 in 1922 and 75 having the large.st orchard acreage of any State in the
our fall and winter crop of apples would run lighter I certainly will be pleased to receive your journal,
Per J NO. J. Baker. setting, but most of the apples dropped during the last Union, but neglect and indifference on the part of
than last year here in southern and western Illinois. average. If present prospects continue,
two weeks.
the ten -year and if there is any further information that we can give
ten days or orchard owners caused it to fall from its notable posi-
The summer apple croj) is a little heavier than last the crop will amount to 3,171,000 bushels compared to you it will be an extended pleasure.
^'ours very truly. tion. In more gradual change became
recent years a
BENTON COUNTY, MISSOURI, SHOULD SHIP year.
"C. W'. W'aid.
3.010,000 bushels harvested last year and 4,250,000 With kindest regards, I remain.
evident by which orcharding is passing from the
AT LEAST 1,800 BARRELS The summer apple crop will be handled practically
Department of Fruit and I'cgctahle Marketing.
bushels in 1922. The carload shipments for the 1923 V^ery truly yours,
baskets and quite a bunch of the season were 3.380 compared to 3.881 in 1922. farmers to the direction of fruit growers and the State
The Ozark Frlit Growers' .\ssociation all in fall varieties M. L. Dean, Director, Pureau of Plant Industry.
is again resuming its former precedence.
MoNETT. Mo.. June 13. 1924. will go out in baskets. This applies especially to
Jonathan and Grimes. NORTH CAROLINA WILL USE UPWARDS OF MINNESOTA'S COMMERCIAL CROP IS NEGLIGIBLE In many apple belts it is conceded that the apple in-
Editor. The
Xationai. Coopers* Joirnai. :

do not know what amount of barrels will be used, 100,000 BARRELS IN 1924 PACK APPLES NOT A SUCCESSFUL COMMERCIAL dustry should be promoted by fruit growers and good
1 State of Minnesota TEXAS
Replying to yours of the 13th asking ft)r information
but just as a guess would put the figures somewhere North Carolina .\gricilti ral Ivnperimext Station
CROP IN results are becoming very apparent that the fruit trees
regard to the apple croj) in this section of the coun-
Department of Agriculture
in State of Texas, in all respects receive better attention with advanced
around 50 per cent, of what we used last year. AND Extension Service Saint Paul, Minn., June 16, 1924.
try, want to state that Benton County. .Arkansas, will Department of .Agriculture. science is obvious. More clearly defined methods of
The storage experience of the holders of fruit this Raleigh, X. C. June 14. 1924. Editor, The National Coopers' Journal:
have something like 50 to 60 per cent, of last year's Austin. Texas. June 20, 1924, spraying are applied, and notable advantages have been
season has been a very disastrous one and lots of fruit I'.DiToR. The Xatm»xai. Coopers' Journal: The Minnesota commercial apple crop is limited to
crop. The Ben Davis was not as full as usual. The Editor. The National C^kipers' Journal: gained by timely budding and top-grafting. "I have
not bringing the cost of barrels, freight and storage, and \\n\r letter of June 10th has been received. In reply, a comparatively small area of the State. Only two
bloom 'did not come all together and. in addition to You are advised that there have been several efforts at observed where strength has been given to the trunks
I am inclined to think there are a lot of growers who allow me to say that we have not compiled our fruit localities ship out to any extent in commercial quan-
this, I think the heavy rains at lilui.ming time prevented of trees by budding with other durable varieties. Then,
would hesitate to put the fruit in barrels this time if cro]) reixirt for this year, but in general it looks as if The region about Lake Minnetonka handles a growing apples commercially but no degree of success
tities.
proper pollination and. therefore, we will have only has been obtained in any part of the State. Several top-grafting with different varieties improves color and
they can move it in bulk or in baskets at a -"atisfactory we would have a croj) of over 2(MI.0()() barrels this year, considerable bushelage of W^ealthies and Duchess; the
about 40 per cent, of the crop of Bens, and this is as
near an estimate as we can make at the present time.
figure. with the estimate that 100.(KIO barrels will be packed bulk of these apples are shipped in baskets very few — years ago quite a number of apple orchards were planted flavor.

W'e have had made

on barrel> this year to u> inEastland and adjoining counties but the longevity of Other points are also gained we are familiar with ;
i)rice in barrels. if any being shipped in barrels. There is a consider-
The early fruit will be 50 to 60 per cent, of last the trees has been very short. an exi)eriment now being made by growing the "Grimes'
of 12c to 15c per barrel less than last year, but even Yours very truly. able quantity of apples shipped from La Crescent and
year's crop. In some sections of the country the Jona- From the above you will notice that it would be Golden" variety on the "Delicious" apple trees as a
at this reduction, the cost of i)ackages for fruit under C. D. Matthews. the surrounding neighborhood, some of which move
thans are injured by blight, but the (juality of the fruit impossible to give you any estimate as per your request, means of making the ''Grimes' Golden'' a longer and
existing market condition, is too high. .State Horticulturist. in barrels.
is good. but we are sure that in no instance are barrels for better keeper. These instances are cited to show the
W'e i)aeke(1 in the neighborhood of 15.(HK> barrels of .Altogether Minnesota apple production is so
the
W'e shijiped something like 2.500 barrels last year continuous and increasing interest manifested in the
Ben Davis off the orchards we were i)ersonally interested packing apples used.
NEITHER COLD NOR FROST HAS DAMAGED limited that I d(jul)t whether the figures, if they could
out of Benton County. Inu 1 doubt it we ship more than Regretting that we can be of no special service to growing of apples. Hence there will be a continuous
in the past season, most of which were stored, and we be obtained— and they can not be had with any degree of
1..500 or 1,8(X1 this year. INDIANA CROP and increasing demand for barrels and apple packages
would have been better off to have sold them last fall, —
accuracy would be worth anything to you. We are you along the lines indicated, we are
Yours very truly. Indiana I>oakd ok .Xc.kiculture Very truly yours. L. A. Seymour. as the years roll by.
even at 50 cents per hundredweight, rather than to have 4i cursed by the sins of the tree peddler of forty years
The O/.ark I'*riit Growers' Association, barreled them and j)aid freights, storage and carrying
Indiaxai-olis, Ind., June 13, 1924. It is patent that there is a necessity for conserving
aero. Southern Minnesota has enough apple trees to
J. W. Stboub, Secret ary. charges.
Editor. Tiib Xaho.nal Ciiopeks' Joiknal: the stands of trees who.se woods are adaptable to manu-
make a very considerable apple industry, but little or OKLAHOMA WILL USE VERY FEW BARRELS
In reply to your letter of June 10th. wish to advise facture into commercial apple barrel staves.
^'ours very truly. no thought was given to the matter of variety or of
H. Simpson. that the prosi)ects for the ajiple crop in Indiana are The
Journal's query as to the probable barrel con- Cottonwood is a rapid grower as are also many other
CROP IN BOONE COUNTY, MISSOURI, WILL 1*.

normal. think that Indiana will be able to barrel as

commercial acreage. A farmer bought a pretty picture sumption by apple growers and packers in Oklahoma is
1 soft-wood trees suitable for stave supplies, and such
EQUAL THAT OF 1923 many ai)ples as usual. The cold wintir and the heavy
in the book, and the golden promises of the tree agent
answered by Mr. Ben Davis, of the Ozark Nursery, trees should be replaced as rapidly as they are cut
Missouri State Hortkieturat, Society. GEORGIA CROP WILL YIELD IN EXCESS OF 300 eight years later he found he had a measly assortment
spring frosts did not seem to damage very materially Tahlcquah. Oklahoma. Mr. Davis' letter follows: away.
Columbia, Mo.. June 17. 1924. CARLOADS of "Lord-knows-what" on his hands. The result is
the ai)ple crop. It did. however, damage some of the
that over the southern part of the State the fine
TahlEquah, Okla., June 21, 1924. It should be remembered that "National Apple Day"
State Colli.(,i: ly .\»,riculture and Mkciiank .Arts all
Editor. The
Xationai, Coopers' Journal: smaller fruit, and the peach crop will be practically a
The National Coopers' Journal: has been extended to a week, the occasion of its next
l'NlVKRS^r^" ok Georcia orchards that might be are a menace to the real com- Editor.
W'e do not. as a society, have any record covering Athens. (V\.. June 14. 1924. failure this year.
There be no apple barrels used in this part of observation being from October 31st to X'ovember 6th.
mercial orchards and a standing discouragement to will
the prospects for an ap|)le crop for 1924; thereff>rc. it I'.ditoh. Tin: Xaiionai. Coopers' Journal: .\s to the number of do not have
barrels of fruit. Oklahoma as far as I know. This apple anniversary was instituted to stimulate the
I
anyone who tries to get up interest in commercial apple
is possible for me to give you only tlie prospective crop In answering \i>ur communication of June 13tb. will the statistics on this subject, but would advise your
The Ben Davis are crop, and we have used interest of both the grower and the consumer in the
growing. This in spite of the fact that we have such a light
in our county. state that at least three hundred carloads of apjiles writing to the Conservation Department. State Hou.se.
boxes and baskets for other sorts, fact is. that the oil fruit that returns such an abundance of pleasure, health
varieties as the W^ealthy that are particularly adapted
Boone County will have approximately the same yield will be sbipiud from the appU' section of Georgia this Indianapolis, for this information. and money to those who market or consume
to this climate and would sell for good prices when fields just west of us offer so much market for apples all cultivate,
of apples as last year.Approximately H.(IO0 barrels season. This represents approximately one hundred Your> very truly,
offered in wholesale quantities. that they are mostly trucked out from here in bulk, it — the apple.
will be re(|uired for the Boone Comity crop. and eighty thon>-and bushels of apples, practically all Indiana I'kiarh of iltuke. Yours truly, James Handly,
.\(,ru Very truly yours. and nothing packed even in boxes except the best apples.
.\o donbt \<iu have neiiMd ibc e-tiinate eomj)ili(l by of which will be bandied in bnxe>. as we do not use W'm. M. Jones. Ben Davis. founder of National Apple Day.
.Seer,- I hi- v. Hugh J. Hughes.
 11
July, 1924 July. 1924 THE NATIONAL COOPERS* JOURNAL
10 THK NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL
Kent County— The apple crop in this district can
main buying THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S ESTI- CANADIAN APPLE CROP WILL BE SUGHTLY year.
year and when the
not as yet be estimated with much certainty. The sea-
C. M. VAN AKEN SAYS WE ARE IN A BUYERS' throughout the entire
MATE OF CONDITIONS AS OF JUNE Ut SMALLER THAN THAT OF 1923
movement to be realized, no one can foretell.
very late and the set two to three weeks behind
MARKET. THE VOLUME LARGE, BUT is son is is

1 lumiii (oopfty
Devoted Exclusively to the Cooperage Industry
miui Just one could write an article
now
line of business and it would apply very
PROFITS SMALL

well to the
upon almost any
When
pression,
a better trend of business
we expect
usual, will probably be the last to
that the
recover, just as it is
does follow the de-
cooperage industry, as
We
Department
set forth
report as of June
of
below the
1.

Agriculture,
official

The backward season

report on the
apple crop "condition"
compiled by the United States
1924,

probable yield, for

The 1924 api)le crop in Canada promises, according
reports which were compiled late in June, to total ap-
proximately 80 per cent, of the volume 1923 crop. Cold,
wind and rain were instrumental in retarding the de-
to
last year. Present indications are for a crop 70 to 80
per cent, of that of 1923. A'»//jzv;i— Apples promise a
full crop. 100 per cent, heavier than last year. Xor-
affected by business presented an early
usually the last to be unfavorably folk County— The apple crop will be about 80 per cent,
cooperage industry. People, generally, seem to be more which reason there are no estimates on this year's crop veloi)ment of the fruit, but despite all the factors which
Thomas and London Districts—
depression. of that of 1923. St.
anything to sell, have combined to make the spring of 1924 a backward sea-
or less pessimistic. If they included in the table. The 1923 estimates are published The apple crop will be approximately 80 per cent, of last
consummating the sale seems to be more important than son, the which will
harvest be gathered from the
as additional data, year. Strathroy— The apple crop will be about ecpial
The following
making a profit, and the buyer is taking advantage of ASSOCIATION FIELD-REPRESENTATIVE HUGHES 1924 1923
Per
1924
Croii Kst,
1923
Croi) \'m.
orchards will be of substantial size.
to last year. Spies and Snows. 125 per cent.; Kings
and Per report on conditions and prospects across the northern
this situation by shopping until the last minute
DESCRIBES "THE BARRELETTE" AS THE Cent. Cent, in ISarrels in liairtls
border was furnished by Mr, L. F. Burrows, chief of
and Greenings. 100 per cent.; Baldwins, 25 per cent.
getting the bottom price before making the purchase.
a buyers' market all along the line. IDEAL PACKAGE FOR FANCY APPLES Maine 85 87 674,000
the Markets Extension Division, Department of Agri-
Clinton, Goderich District— There are very few blossoms
In other words, it is
New Hampshire ,. . . 95 75 188,000 showing on winter varieties with the exception of
Monthly There has been a good demand for cooperage
fairly a unit of pack, the barrel, the first container to
As culture, Canada
PiibliBhed Vermont 89 87 127.000 Russets, which indicate a full crop. Eastern Ontario—
Home Office, 820 Wltherspoon Buildlnc.
Philadelphia
throughout this section during the past month. Very be standardized by federal enactment, has long been the 92 85 462,000 somewhat backward, the
Editor-Manager
Massaclnisetts Comparison of the 1923 Crop with the Estimated .Although the season is
M. E. Doane, little complaint could be made about the
volume, but most satisfactory package for apples. It offers the
MacDoniild, Associate Editor Rhode Island 97 85 22.000 Crop of 1924 orchards are in a healthy condition and cultivation and
J. E.
it is doubtful if anyone could go
far beyond that with- most practical solution to the packing problems of fruit Connectictit 93 81 122.000 spraying have been more generally carried on than
growers and has for years played an important part in
New Brunswick, barrels 69,292 69.195
out doing some complaining, because, while the liusiness New York 77 85 5.754.000 usual. So far very little scab can be noticed. Coburg
with Nova Scotia, barrels 1.821.064 1.638.957
Entered according to act of Congress, April 26, 1885.at tne done represents only the actual necessities of the trade, the development of the apple industry in the United
Librarian of Congress and as second-class matter New Jersey 85 78 468.(X)0
Quebec, barrels 65.094 97.641 and Colborne— There is a good set of practically all
the
Post-Offlce in Philadelphia, Pa, still, that business has been enough to create a fair States.
Pennsvlvania 89 84 1.356.000 varieties, with the possible exception of Spies and Bald-
Ontario, barrels 1.304.400 1,108.740
"i"Hi.n""" volume. the buyers of cooperage been in a frame
Had Millions of barrels are used yearly in the domestic 64
„„„,„„„„... ..••i..nnH. nnni mm. nn nm """<""'
Delaware 85 225.0(X)
British Columbia, barrels \.233J33 801.666 wins. Weather conditions have been very satisfactory
of mind to make them believe that they could see a distribution of our apple crop, and large quantities are 65 346.000 Trenton and
PHILADELPHIA, JULY. 1924 No. 3 Marvland 82 during the past two or three weeks.
40lh Year annually exported to foreign countries. Experience and
•imiiinnininmni niii.nmi.mmiinnn ii.ni.in.inni.iinn.niiini..HHn.....i. i""""'" profit in the barrels and in turn had then been willing Virginia 80 48 1.793.000 Conditions in British Columbia —
Brighton Apples are sizing up well and the crop should
to pay a price for the stock that would have let the usage have clearly proven the superiority of the barrel 73 54 926.000 Bellcz ille— The apple crop is
SUBSCRIPTION West Virginia Weather conditions in British Columl)ia during the equal that of last year,
of see a profit, the tone of our letter in protecting its contents from outside contamination, o ^
12.00 per year. In advance, postage free,
in United States sellers it little
North CaroHna 84 50 178.000 pastmonth have been somewhat changeable. The drouth estimated at 80 per cent, to 90 per cent, of that of
month would have been entirely different. When in insuring safety in transit, in providing protection in
and Canada, Single copies. 25 cents.
to foreign countries^
this
Sotith Carolina 70 55 - ^ has continued on Vancouver Island. Init throughout the 1923. Leeds County— \[os,t varieties. 125 per cent.;
$2 BO per year. In advance, postage free, and in economy it also retains a
in handling;
the paper after subscription is evidence the buyer is in a position where he can set the price storage,
Georgia 78 60 *^ ^ 67.000 remainder of the province there have been several Mcintosh. 125 per cent.; Fameuse. 115 per cent.; late
The receipt of first
No other receipt
that order has been received at this office. for what the other fellow has to sell, profitable business re-sale and re-use value after performing its initial serv- ^- 815.000 —
Ohio 80 74 showers followed by cooler weather. Vancouver Island varieties. 115 per cent. Kemptz'ille Rain is badly
will be sent unless requested. Growers and dealers who ship apples to foreign
is out of the question, no matter whether that business ice.
Indiana 64 77 | .= 201.000 —
and Gulf Islands The apple crop, which was severely needed in this district. Early apples such as Duchess
ADVERTISING cooperage stock or anything else. The markets concede that the barrel is unquestionably the
*»"' is in barrels, Illinois 60 79 -= S) 784,000 affected by the frost in April, will be very light, prob- and Wealthy will be a heavy crop. Mcintosh very good
Advertising of a suitable character will be »«'">"*'*will
"i^,
best package for export.
columns reasonable rates. A card giving rates be prospect of considerable cooperage moving for barrels
7i 85 "j^ 1.832.000 of one year ago, and Fameuse fair to medium. Prescott, Iroquois and
at Michigan ably not over 85 per cent, of that
sent on application.
REMITTANCES
to be used for promiscuous purposes is promising in Realizing the toward the marketing of
tendency Wisconsin 82 91 £ ^ 123.000 Loz>.er Mainland — Rains during the middle of June —
Morrisburg Mcintosh. Fatneuse. Wealthy and Duchess
Remittance may be made by draft, postal order Coopers'
money this locality, from the vegetable districts indi-
reports apples in smaller packages, and the need of growers for Minnesota 80 91 ^ 'Z 47.000
were of considerable benefit to the crops on the Lower promise a good crop. Other varieties fair to medium.
o.5er or check to the order of "The
National cate that the potato crop is going to be good and con- a container of less capacity than that of a standard
Iowa 75 83 =^ 97.000 Mainland. The apple crop of both fall and winter varie- Spraying has been well done and no scab has been
Journal," moving for Some of the whole barrel, the cooperage industry through its national
CORRESPONDENCE
siderable material is that.
Missouri 66 77 ^ r 607.000 ties shows a decrease of approximately 50 per cent, reported.
are open for apple sections report a splendid crop, while from other organization. The Associated Cooperage Industries of 82 84 B 3.000 from that of 1923, Salmon Arm Conditions remain —
The columns of The National Cooper.V Journalthe South Dakota jj Quebec Prospects
cooperage
the discussion of all topics of general Interest
to sections reports not quite as favorable are being re- America, has made a careful investigation of the re- Nebraska 75 74 ^ -^ 54.000 favorable and there is now every indication of an apple
and contributions are solicited from our readers. The general crop i)rospects as reported last month
Industry,
,„„„„ II iMiiiiiiiiiiiniiniMiiii mill iiiimnimnmiimiii.m mii.mnm • ceived. Many of the apple-barrel people have covered quirements along these lines and now presents a half- Kansas 72 63 _ ^ 268,000 crop 110 to 115 per cent, of 1923, Okanacjan Valley — have been maintained with, perhaps, a slight improve-
a large part of their requirements for the year, but barrel. known as the "Barrelette." which fully supplies 82 57 ^ 99,000
Our readers will oblige us, when writing to parties ndver- Kentuckv -B Heavy rains which have fallen throughout this district ment in some Warm, sunny
days have proved
localities.
they saw It In of them will want inore, and if they knew that Designed primarily for the marketing of
Ualns In our paper. If they will state that Journal. This
many that need.
Tennessee 78 45 ^ | 54,000 during the past month have been of considerable value
•dTertlsement In "The National Coopers' very beneficiary and a good set is expected with the
the
li little trouble, and costs nothing, but It helps us and Is prices would not be lower than they are now. a whole fancy grades of apples which are largely distributed in
Alabama 75 53 ^ <«
13.0(X)
to the croi)S. The apple crop will be approximately W probability of a crop of 50 per cent, in excess of that
Information wanted by advertisers. lot of them wotdd be buying their material now. but the retail trade, ample display surface which is — a
Mississippi 63 50 r; ? per cent, of that of last year, Vernon — Up to the pres-
varieties are generally rei)orted as
Mnimniiiiiiii imiiiiiimiiHimiim i iniimnmiiiimimnii i """"" "'
the promiscuous quotations which lead them to believe prime requisite in a small container — is provided by the
Louisiana 70 55 q| ent no outbreak of apple scab has been noticed and
of last year. F.arly
being exceptionally heavy, especially Duchess. Wealthy,
that a little later they will be able to buy at lower use of 15j^-inch heading. -' b
THE PRESIDENTIAL YEAR HOAX Texas 65 65 18.000 orchardists are taking every precaution to prevent its
Alexander and Wolf River. Mcintosh will be a good
from time to time make prices is prompting many to hold back placing their It also makes the barrelette adaptable to economical Oklahoma 80 70 b 5 38,000 spread should it appear. Kehncna — It is estimated that
Fameuse only fair. Orchards as a rule have
Of all the l)Ugal)Oos which
orders. and proper packing. In other words, the barrelette Arkansas 68 70
^^ 7^Sm the apple crop will be about 70 per cent, of that of
crop, but

their appearance on the horizon of the business world been well sprayed and cultivated and no report has so
mind of the To sum up the month's business it is only necessary possesses all of the superior qualities of the whole Montana 90 91 167.(XK)
1923. Peacliland— The apple crop will be about 80 per far been received of insect pests or fungus diseases.
to breed uneasiness and worry in the
to say that there has been a good business which has barrel, viz, : Strength, stability, ease of handling, and Wvoming 95 90 cent, of that of last year. Mcintosh will be heavy.
merchant or manufacturer, the "Presidential
average
been handled on a small margin of profit and that this above all. is standard. 88 88 846.(X)0
.Summerland — The crop in this district will be about 75 New Brunswick Conditions
and it Colorado
year" scare is perhaps the most powerful in effect,
applies alike to the barrel man, the man who deals in In considering the matter of a smaller container, New Mexico 65 90 26.,0(X3
per cent, of that of last year. There was a very heavy The general condition in the apple orchards has al-
at the same time the most futile in
fact, of the many it

cooperage and the manufacturer of cooperage. a package holding Arizona '" June drop, particularly in Jonathans. From present tered but little one month ago.
since the report of
operate to retard the normal is quite natural to suppose that if t>"
psychological factors that
less than a barrel to be used for apples, the unit t.'tah 70 9* 188.000 indications, the crop compared with last year will be Nearly all varieties of apples show a good bloom, Mc-
progress of the industrial activity of the country.
is

which would commend growers would be a Nevada 60 75 about as follows Cox Orange, very heavy, 120 per intosh being particularly heavy. There was, however,
If there ever was a time when the
election of a JAMES INNES, PRESIDENT SUTHERLAND-INNES itself to :

half-barrel, because of the advantage that one and one- 56 96 U07.000 Spy and Newtown. 85 per cent. early apples. 75 much cold weather and it was (piite windy during the
president of any particular political persuasion was COMPANY, DESCRIBES CONDITIONS Idaho
7.997.000
cent. ; :

88 Mcintosh. W) per cent. The growth of the blooming season. It is quite dmibtful therefore, if the set.
bound have a distinctly adverse, or an extraordinarily
to IN CANADA half bushels holds over one bushel as the unit of sale. Washington 55 per cent. ;

The cubical capacity of the barrelette is one-half that Oregon 70 90 1.619.000

trees is excellent and the fruit is sizing well. Kootenay particularly on Mcintosh, will be in accordance with
of
favorable effect upon the general and even tenor There has been a fair movement of slack barrel stock l^OOO
of a standard apple barrel and has been approved by it California 75 76_ and Boundary — The present indications are that the the bloom. The trees were just out of bloom during the
business, it was in the very early and experimental during June, not as heavy as in May. but much better
the Bureau of Standards. United States Department of apple crop in the Arrow Lakes district will show an week of June 16th. and it is yet too early to estimate
period of our government, when fundamental policies than during the corresponding period in 1923. Number 32,284.000
Agriculture, as a legal container for apples. United States "t^^ 75.5 increase of 15 per cent, over last year. Wageners are the set.
as to tariffs, taxes and other national issues were 2 staves and heading are in very good demand, while
in
heavy; \'ellow Newtown light. The ai)ple crop at Prospects in Nova Scotia
the formative stage, and when our legislators
were No. 1 stock, especially hoops, have been moving very The barrelette is not an experiment in the way of a
new kind of package, but merely the same standard Grand Forks will not exceed 75 per cent, of 1923, Koote- There was an unusually heavy bloom on nearly all
groping more or less in the darkness of inexperience slowly.
barrel so well established, made in such dimensions SASKATCHEWAN. CANADA, PRODUCES APPLES —
nay Lakes There is every indication at present that the varieties and the wo;ither so far has been favorable for
with governmental administration. Tb.at time has long Prices are fairly steady. No, 2 and
meal staves
The basic policies or principles of the very firm No, staves a shade off hoops, for immedi- as to have one-half the capacity of the whole barrel. FOR HOME CONSUMPTION ONLY total crop of apples will be 175 per cent, of that of
the set. Although it is yet too early to give any accurate
since passed.
Creston — The
: 1 ;

While the initial cost of two of these packages will THE PROVINCE (JF S.\SK.\ TCHEWAX, last year. apple crop in the Creston
estimate concerning the probable crop, the indications
two major political parties that dominate the country ate shiimient. are easy, with a firmer tone for futures; GovERNMKNT Ol-

be somewhat greater than that of a whole barrel, due Dei'.vrtmext of Agricvuire, \'alley is now estimated about 85 per cent, of that of
l)oint to a total crop not exceeding 90 per cent, of that
today and that elect our presidents are not so antagonis- while heading prices are more or less nominal, with a
1924, last year or 12(),(XX) boxes as compared with 140,0(X)
particularly
prone to upward tendency, from the low prices prevailing to the fact that the labor cost on the smaller package Recix-x, S.\sk.\tchew.\x. June 18. of last year. S*)me varieties are light,
tic as rabid partisans of either party are slight
and Wageners will be
is about the same as on the larger, nevertheless, used
boxes. Summer apples light.
Starks. Baldwins. Kings and Blenheims. Owing to
and there no sound basis and May. Editor The N.vtion.m. Coopers' Journ-M. — The
:

make themselves believe, is in .April

as a container for the marketing of fancy grades of we should Wealthy and Northern Spy heavy. Mirror Lake the continued dry weather, it was expected that the
for the generally accepted belief that a change in the Bad weather has held back stave jointing, so that Keplving to your favor of the 11th inst.. per cent, larger
total apple crop will probably be 2(K)
Spot wouhl not make
appearance to such
apples, carefully selected and honestly packed, the net you had apples lUack its
administration Washington, 1)C it from Republican
at stocks of staves ready for shipment are comparatively have been most happy to accommodate than the crop was very small. Graven-
last year, when
money return realized from the sale of two barrelettes commercial quantities. an extent as formerly, but it is now showing up. Bud
to Democratic or from Democratic to Republican, must light for this season of the year. been grown in this Province in stein, Spy and Spitzenburg are particularly heavy, but
Roth parties Covernmcnt reports on the apple crop are very en- of ajjples will materially exceed that realized on one unfortimately, although judging Moth is i)reva1ent again this year. The Green Bug has
exert a detrimental effect upon business. Such is not the case,
Baldwins will be light,
standard barrel of apples. of growing some made its appearance in fairly large numbers in isolated
are in accord in their desire to bring i)rosperity to the couraging, promising a GO per cent, to 75 per cent. crop, by experiments we may live in hopes
which better than a very large crop, as more apples It is confidently expected that the barrelette will be British Columbia Ontario Conditions districts.
country, and to foster and promote legitimate enterprise. is
ai)ples for home use at any rate.
However, for some reason which hard to fathom, suitable be produced, a very large
for barreling will received with enthusiasm in the retail market, do-
and Ontario are the apple-producing sections of
Canada. Summary of Conditions and Crop Estimate
it is A
careful survey of the apple orchards of the province
crop usually meaning a very inferior "pack." We look mestic and foreign, which in recent years has been 4 as of July 1924
the industrial world has formed the bad habit of I We pay more attention to wheat growing. of Ontario indicates, from the present conditions, that
1,

for a very heavy demand for apple-barrel stock, during boxed apple. Further-
largely supplied by the western
Yours faithfully. I'.stimated
expecting a depression or at least a material slackening
l".iiiilitinii
the crop will be about 90 per cent, -.f that of 1923. Early Inly Nt Cri.p. 1924
.August. September and October, if present promises more, it will stimulate and promote the exercise of W. W.\I,l»R0\,
in business for a year or so prior to every presidential varieties iiiflicate a good crop. Spies and P.aldwins will I'er cent n.nrrcl*
greater care on the part of eastern apple growers in Columbia 60
(.lection, and this very expectancy is both father and
are fulfilled.
Jctiiiu Co-operation oitd Markets Commissioner. be light and P>en Davis. Russets. Greenings. Starks and British 801.666

mother to the dull trade that inevitably follows. It Consumption of slack barrels for general purposes is the packing of their fancy grades of apples.
Mcintosh a fair crop. Apple scab is showing early Ontario W 1,108.740
fair to eood. with prospects of a verv irood fall trade, From the standpoint of economy in packing, ease Qtiebec 50 08.<XK)
conceivable that, howewr groundless their appre- which have not received proper spraying
.rcliards
1

NORTH DAKOTA DOES NOT GROW AFFLtS

is a-.nl
of handling, adaptability to storage, and capacity,
hension,when any considerable body of manufacturers as there are no stocks of barreled material accumulated. it
will have considerable. There has. however, been con- New Brunswick 100 70.()(X)
is unquestionably the ideal container for apples. Realiz- AS A COMMERCIAL CROP Nova Scotia 90 l.f. 38.957
and merchants look forward with more or less vague siderably more spraying done in Ontario this year than
ing its worth, numerous discerning apple growers and Agricui.tur.\e College,
conviction to a become
i)eriod of slow trading they WALTER C. HARTMAN, PRESIDENT OF NA- North D.\kot.\
for a number of years past. The rainfall has been suf-
shippers, operating in States east of the Mississippi
individually timid about placing orders for supplies and TIONAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY SAYS Agricultur.m, Experiment St.vtiox. and prospects at the present tiiue are very satis-
River, have already given uiuiualified enrlorsement to
ficient
MANITOBA, CANADA, DOES NOT GROW APPLES
stocks of raw and finished merchandise, and their THAT BUSINESS IS PICKING UP Agricultural College. June 24. 1924.
factory. Georpian Pay District— The total apple crop IN COMMERCIAL QUANTITIES
the barrelette as a popular and profitable container for
timidity is reflected with a like cautiousness down Wecan conscientiously say that the cooperage busi- Editor. The National Coopers' Journal: will be but 75 per cent, of 1923. Early varieties are a
fancy grades of apples. Department of .Agriculture and Immigration'
ihroiigb the various lines in which they buy until the ness is picking up. This docs not mean the advances The amount of apples grown in North Dakota is so full crop, at least 125 per cent, of last year, especially
Winnipeg. Manitoba. June 16. 1924.
whole business structure is affected. On the contrary, in price are extraordinarily large, but the tone of the small that I could safely say none of it ever goes Transparents and Duchess. Snows will be a heavy
any are raised for sale at all. they crop, but Mcintosh, Ribstons and Blenheims will be but F.ditor. The National Coopers' Journal:
the majority of the business inen of the country would, market is better and we do not think it will get any into barrels. If
if
W. R. MALONE BUYS STAVE PLANT AT have ycnir letter of June 11th.
instead of anticipating and resignedly accepting this worse between now and next fall. At that time we look will be disposed of on the local market in bulk. 85 per cent, of la.st year. Port Elgin— The apple crop I

for a marked improvement.

NEWPORT, ARK. So far as I know, the crop will be normal this year, will be approximately e(|ual to that of last year. Spies, Manitoba d<ies not grow apjiles in sutVicient (juanti-
quadrannual slump in trading, overcome what is un-
W. Grimes' Golden will be light compared with last year. ties to re(juire any barrels
f|iiestionably merely a state of mind, and exhibit a .As to the fruit crop, those who expect any extra- K. Malone. formerly of Jackson, Tenn.. has pur- though there is more winter injury than usual.
^'<nirs truly.
l)roper confidence and enthusiasm in their individual ordinary spurt of business at any particular period have cbasefl the plant of the Wolbert Stave Co.
Newport. at Yours very truly, A)r«'.?/— Spraying has been general and thorough, but
A. F. Yeager, the sea.son is ten days later than 1923. There is every George Bat ho.
enterprises, the ghost of the "Presidential year" would been fooled recently, as in late years the buying has -Ark., which has been closed down for the past few
indication of a good set and a crop almost equal to last Editor of Igriculhiral Publications.
been spasmodic, commencing in November and ending
.

be speedily laid, and business wnuld carry on uninter- months. Operations, under Mr. Maloiu-'s direction, will Horticulturist.

rupted. in September ; thus it is more or less with apple barrels be resumed in the near future.
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12

BRIEF REPORTS FROM WIDELY-SCATTERED R. F. Flesh MAN. Peterstown, Va., states that W.
APPLE CENTERS prospects in the Peterstown district are "poor," adding
that his barrel requirements will be "probably none."
WANTS IN.
Lewis N. Glover,
Virginia
Va., states that the
Bkrkyvii.ue,
C. P. Sons. Wellsburg, W. Va., make the
Waugh & COOPERAGE LINES
following statement regarding conditions in their local-
crop hi his section will be about 35 per cent, of a full
ity:
"No apples—too cold and wet." It is obvious
yield. 1,2(X) barrels will be required to pack the pro-
that they will not need any barrels this year. C. L. Melton, Front Royal. Va., is in the market for
duction of his orchard. He buys his containers from
local dealers. S. M. Fulton, Sleepy Creek, W. Va., describes crop l.O(X) apple barrels.
prospects in his section as "fair." Seven thousand Henry P. Corwith, Saluda, N. C, desires quotations
D. C. Acker. Broadway, \'a.. states that the crop
barrels, according to his communication, will be re- on a carload of apple barrels.
in his locality will average about 80 per cent, normal.
quired to pack Mr. Fulton's harvest. The container
will
Hickory Hill Orchards, Trez'lac, hid., are in the mar-
He will pack about 150 barrels. already
be made on the orchard, the stock being ket for 5,000 apple barrels.
H. L. Va., writes us that his
BoNHAM, Chiuhowie, provided. quotations on
H. B. Wayland, Heards, Va., desires
section of Virginia will produce about 50 per cent, of
a normal crop. He expects to use 1,000 or more barrels New York elm hoops for apple barrels.
for his 1924 packing. F. H. Ferguson & Son, ApplETon, N. Y., sent us the The Dcmock Orchard, East Corinth, Vt., is in the

J. P. Grasty, Coleman Falls, Va.. advises us that cheering news that the crop in their section of
New market for 1,000 apple barrels.

the crop in his section suffered severely from a hail York will probably be 90 per cent, of normal. Their Grand Isle Orchard Co., Burlington, Vt., are in the
storm which blew up on June 13th, damaging the trees harvest will call for 50,000 barrels, which they
will market for 2,000 apple barrels.
to such an extent that, in his opinion, the orchards buy from nearby cooperage manufacturers. Frederick Bartenstein, The Plains, Va., is in the
will do well to yield 10 per cent, of a normal crop. advises us that
R. F. BucKMAN, Herkimer, N. Y., market for 3,000 apple barrels.
Despite this, Mr. Grasty will need a few barrels, al-
in his county.
there are very few apples raised Arthur H. Hill, Isle La Motte, Vt., desires quotations
though he is unable to estimate the quantity at present.
L. Strickland, Lockport, N. Y., fruit inspector
F. on 10,000 standard apple barrels.
TheClarew'IN Company, Crozet, Va.. state in a in his dis-
of Niagara County, reports that conditions D. P. Bessie, Nashville. Ind.. Zi'ill be in the market
communication that in their judgment the apple yield the yield as: Greenings, 100 per cent.;
trict indicate in the near future for 1,000 apple barrels.
around Crozet will be about 70 per cent, of normal.
Baldwins, 25 per cent. P. Grasty, Coleman Falls, Va., is in the market for
They are barrel manufacturers and are in the market J.
Wayne County Agricultural Society. Lyons, N. Y.,
quotations on a small lot of apple barrels.
for crozed staves, heading and hoops for fruit barrels. county
in that
forward the information that indications

To Apple Barrel Coopers

Owen, Mor.. DoylES- Fennville Fruit Exchange. FennviVe, Mich., is in the
Rockland Orchards, D. B.
point to a largo crop. market for quotations on 10,000 apple barrels.
vn.LE, Va.. writes us that their crop will be "fair to cent, of
Clark Allis, Medina, N. Y., f^xes 70 per
good." They will harvest about 3.000 barrels, making his
Lilly Orchard Co., Lilly, III., tfiV/ be in the market
normal as his estimate of this year's apple crop in
the packages on the ground. They will be in the market in the near future for tzco carloads of apple barrels.
locality. The yield of his orchard will require 1.000
for stock later.
been provided. T. IV. Abbott, Rileysville, Va., is in the market for
barrels, which containers have already
McCuE & Son. Greenwood. Va.. advise us that con- quotations on apple barrels and apple barrel stock.
Chas. W. Watkins, Penn Yan, N. Y., made no
ditions in their locality lead them to look for a fairly

J\S everyone knows, we

B. Buxton, Middletoxi'n Springs,
C. Vt., will be in
large crop of good-quality fruit. They will use 2.000 statement covering crop prospects, other than
that he
the market for 4.000 apple barrels later in the season.
specialize
will use 400 barrels for his 1924 pack.
barrels
orchards.
or more in marketing the products of their
Fred CarlETOn, Wyoming, N. Y.. who manufactures
tions
P. H. Gold &
Co., Winchester, Va., desire quota-
on a car of "good chestnut staves" for fruit barrels.
/Sy in apple barrel stock. A letter
packers and orchardists in his
bring a prompt
for the
W'm. B. Allwoou. Greenwood.
crop in his locality will probably not be greater than
\'a.. >tates that the apple barrels
district, predicts a 70 per cent, crop for
this year. He Paoli
market for one or
Community Orchards, Paoli, Ind.,
cars of telescoped fruit barrels.
are in the 7 ^ V or a wire will
that it is a trifle difficult to make an accurate
tti.'o
50 per cent, of normal. Mr. Allwood estimates that states
estimate of the yield as the season is about three
weeks The Clarewin Company, Crozet, mar-
Va., are in the quotation from us. Or, if requested,
1(K).()(K) barrels will be rc(iuired to pack the fruit grown
However, he has made provision to manufacture ket for fruit-barrel stock — crozed staves, heading and
in the territory immediately surrounding Greenwood. late.

40.0(K) barrels for his local trade.

hoops. we will send a salesman from our
T.
section
W. Abbott. Rh.Eysvh.lE.
around Rileysville will produce only 20 per
cent, of a normal crop, mostly Pippins and Yorks.
Va., writes that the
B. Pratt. 50 Church Street. New York City,
G.
whose orchards are at Kcarneysville, West Virginia,
to
John S. Bowen, Alto pass, N. C,
1.500 barrels for this year's pack.
will need
He
from
is ready
1.200
to
Detroit office immediately one of the —
He is in the market for quotations on stock and barrels. reports that he will likely harvest about 35 per cent,
of a normal crop. His communication sets forth that
consider quotations.
W. E. Grove, York Springs, Pa., will consider quota-
men we keep there for that purpose.
C. L. Melton, Front Royal. \'a.. looks upon the
community as "not very good." prospects arc good in some varieties and poor in others. tions on 5,000 apple barrels, also on stock for that
apple situation in his
Notwithstanding this, he will need 1,000 barrels for the The 2,000 barrels, more or less, that he will probably
need, will be purchased from nearby dealers.
number of containers.
H. D. Padgett, Ruffin,
As the Trade requires, through the
coming crop, on which packages he is ready to receive market for
S. C, is in the

quotations. C. Owen Carman, Trumansburg, N. Y., reports machinery for manufacturing slack staves. Equipment season, we solicit your business by
the prospects in his section as being "very good," His for cutting fruit and nail keg staves is wanted.
M. M. Orndorfe. Strasblrg, Va.. descril)es prospects
as "very good." stating further that barrel requirements
communication carries no information relative to con- The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce have personal calls.
in his community will be about 75 per cent, of the
tainers. a request from Hamburg, Germany, for oak barrel

volume used last year. Local coopers are the source Lewis H. Robinson. Albion. N. Y.. secretary of the staves. Full information can be secured from bureau

of supply for containers. Albion Fair Association, predicts a "fair" crop in the at Washington or from district offices by request,
.Mbion section, with the exception of Baldwins, which making reference to Opportunity Number 10546.
P. H. Gold & Co.. Winchester, Va.. predict that the
locality produce a crop about
around Winchester will he says will yield very lightly. Containers are supplied The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce have
60 per cent, of normal. The packages used by Gold by local manufacturers. a request from London, England, for barrel shooks,

& Company are usually purchased fiom local coopers, E. F. BoYSox. Rome, N. Y., secretary of the Oneida new or second-hand, to hold about 375 pounds. Full
but they are now in the market for a car of chestnut County Agricultural Society, reports that the apple information can be secured from bureau at Washing-
crop prospects Oneida County are "good," although
in ton or from district offices by request with reference to
staves.
his statement continues "no one around here barrels Opportunity No. 10545.
H. B. Wayland, Heards, Va., sets 65 per cent, of a
normal crop as the probable yield in the country sur- their apples." Some barrel literature should be sent to

rounding his orchards. Approximately 20,000 barrels, this commimity. A. A. Halliday, Bellows Falls, Vt., areports
which will be made on the orchard, will be necessary E. P. Bratzman. Binghamton. N. Y.. forwards the "very good" crop for his section. His fruit will be
to care for Mr. Wayland's fruit. Stock for these information that the prospects around Binghamton are marketed in baskets and boxes.
packages, with the exception of elm hoops, has been not promising. "Not good—dropping bad" is the way Grand Isle Orchard Co., Burlington, Vt., report
provided for. Quotations on the hoops will be con- he puts it. Mr. Bratzman states that he will use crates
prospects in their vicinity as "fine." They will need
sidered. this year. about 2,000 barrels, for which they are in the market
H. L. Price. BLACKSBiRf., Va., reports that the yield W. H. Hart, Arlington, N. Y., expects to gather at at present.
in the region around Blacksburg will average about least 8.0(X) barrels of fruit from his which
orchards,
The Dimock Orchard. East Corinth, Vt., states
50 per cent, normal. Mr. Price will need approximately will represent a crop in the neighborhood of 90 per
that the crop in their vicinity will be good. They will
2,500 barrels which, he states, will l)e purchased locally. cent, of the 1923 yield. He states that he will use
likely use about 1.000 barrels, upon which they are
The small containers.
Frederick Bartenstein. Plains. Va., charac-
terizes the outlook for the coming crop as "fair." He Frank E. Rupert, Geneva, N. Y., uses "fair" as his
ready to receive quotations.
Arthur H. i
NATIONAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Detroit
Hill. Isle La Motte, Vt., says that he
-> loocf nOrt KorroK- for fhic tpqcnrt'e nprlf Hf>crrir>tM/*> form for fli/» 10?4 rrnn He will imp 1 200 • »»
,,.;il ..(-r. '^

which bought
looks tor a yield that will total around 60 per cent, of " The Leading Cooperage House of America
Quotations on the containers mentioned will be con- barrels, will be locally.
normal. His 1924 pack will require 10.000 barrels, upon
sidered now.
Vermont which packages he is now ready to consider quotations.
West Virginia Ferguson, Burlington, Vt.. says that prospects
C. J.
B. C. Buxton. Middletown Springs, Vt., says that
W. Va.. advises warrant the belief that his community will yield a good he produce a "fair" crop.
will He will need 4,000
W. H. SomErs. Berkeley Springs,
He personally hopes for 5,000 barrels barrels, for which he will place orders later.
us that his territory will yield a crop about 35 per cent, substantial crop.

normal. He further states that 200.000 barrels will from his orchards. Mr. Ferguson has some barrels H. Foster, North Calais, Vt., makes the obser-
S.

be needed to complete the 1924 pack. Local coopers on hand, but will be forced to buy some more if his vation that apple crop prospects are "apparently quite

will supply the larger portion of these containers. erpectations as to the crop are realized. good." He set forth no information as to what his
W. Luther Putnam, Cambridge, needs in the line of barrels might be.
H. L. and W. F. Alexander. CharlEstown, Va., Vt., says that pros-

give as their opinion that conditions in the growing pects in the locality around Cambridge are "good." A. W.
Aldrich, Springfield, Vt., tells us that the
country around Charlestown are "poor." They estimate Mr. Putnam expects to sell his fruit in small packages apple trees in his locality have blossomed heavily and

that 150,000 barrels will lie needed to cover the require- on the highway and will therefore need but few barrels, that he expects a good crop. His crop will be marketed

ments of their particular county. These containers are a small number of which he has on hand carried over locally, for which reason he feels that he will not need

usually purchased locally. from 1923. any barrels this year. WHEN WRITING TO ADVEBTISERS. TEI.L THEM THAT YOC SAW IT IN "THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL.'
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mm Indiana are using mostly ready-to-set-up stock, as the union

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i
O. Baker, Brazil, Ind., expects only one-quarter
J.
of a normal crop from his orchard this year. His
COLLETON MERCANTILE AND MANUFAC
TURING COMPANY ARE CONVINCED
barrel have killed their job."
coojx^rs According to
Mr. Sabin. about 10(MK)0 barrels are required to pack
the normal crop in the county in which he lives.

MURRAY I
fruit will be put on the market in baskets.

his
Albert M. Kitchen, Greenfield,
section
normal crop.
at present.
will yield
He is
approximately 25 per
not in the
Ind., reports that

market
cent,
for
of a
barrels
Some months ago
Manufacturing Company, Ravenel,

The Journal.
the Colleton Mercantile

to take a little "flier" in the advertising

They were a trifle

cerning the efficiency of trade-paper publicity and

S. C, decided
pages of
skeptical con-
and

in

"not
H. B.\RNUM. Bailey, Mich., describes crop prospects
his
in
section as "not very good," adding that he
the apple deal this year."
information as to whether or not he will use any barrels
this season.
He volunteers no
is

Decherd Tennessee Abraham's Orchards and Nursery, Martinsville,

Their communi-
their program called for a display of exceedingly
modest proportions, which was to be published Frost's Fruit Far.m, Lowell. Mich., informs us that
Ind., report 40 pe- cent, of a full crop. this year's crop will not exceed 20 per cent, of the 1923
but a short time. Acting on advice from the
cation sets forth that they do not use barrels, as they
office of they altered the program
The Journal yield. Mr. Frost states that his pack will require 1,000
have local sales that absorb their output.

IVIAN UKACTURKR Burton Fruit Company, Mitchell,

55 per cent, crop for their section of Indiana. They
Ind., report a
and expanded the size of the intended advertising
in their initial appearance. That the advice was
sound and the results entirely satisfactory evi-
barrels, which are bought from nearby dealers.

Miscellaneous

WARRIOR
is

HEADS
ALABAMA will use at least 3.000 barrels this year. They advance
no

the
D. B.
information as to
themselves with containers.

crop
whether or not they have provided

Johnson & Sox. Mooresvu.lE,

in their section to be about
Ind..
65 per
estimate
cent,
denced by the following communication

The
Gentlemen :
Ravenel, S. C, June
National Coopers' Journal.

Please continue our advertisement as we are

6, 1924.
Door County Fruit Growers Union, Sturgeon Bay,
Wis., are cheerful over the prospects of the 1924 crop
which they are convinced will be "good." 20,000 barrels
will be needed to carry their fruit this year. Their
communication states that they purchase their con-
tainers in Milwaukee.
normal. Their fruit marketed in baskets. convinced that this particular publicity has

PINE HEAPING
is

brought us business that we would not have Bayfield Peninsular Fruit Association. Bayfield,
I Paoli Community Orchards. Paoli. Ind.. report
otherwise gotten.
prospects as "medium to fair." They are in the market Wis., are expecting a normal yield this year. They
means PINE HEADING i for one or two cars of telescoped barrels.
We are enclosing our check in settlement of
your invoice of the 1st instant.
will require about 2,000
which stock they have already purchased.
barrels for the 1924 pack,

properly made from Hickory Hill Orchards. Trevlac. Ind gave us no ,

Thanking you. we are
John
Barrels & Shooks
data as to conditions and prospects of the crop in their
Yours very truly, S. Bowen, Altopass, N. C, writes that his
Southern Pine by men section of Indiana, but they did state that they would Colleton Mercantile and Manuf.\cturing Co. orchard will only produce about Z^i per cent, of a full
A. Campbell Sanders, Vice-president. crop this year. The fruit will be packed in both boxes
who know how need 5,000 barrels upon which they would entertain
and barrels. He will need from 1,2{X) to 1.500 barrels,
quotations. Such concrete evidence of the fact :.hat intel-
ligent and aggressive publicity is a profitable ac- on which item he is ready to consider quotations.
D. P. Bessie, Nashville, Ind.. informs us that his
tivity for the advertiser constitutes proof, beyond Brown, HendersonvillE. N. C. sets a 75 per
S.
BUY and SELL locality will yield a "fairly good" crop. His orchard.
questioiL that "it pays to advertise."
J.
cent, yield as his estimate of the coming crop. Mr.
Powell Cooperage Co. The Nashville Orchard. produce about
Inc.,

1,000 barrels, the packages for which he usually buys

will likely
Brown markets his fruit in boxes.

Cooperage Stock HOOPS and STAVES set up.

later date.
He will be in the market for his supply at a

Ind.. fixes "not over 40

W.
that
A. Irvin. Springfield, Mo., asserts as his belief
the yield in the territory adjacent to Springfield
in
Jav M.
the
S.age. Chardon, Ohio, says that the yield
country surrounding his orchards will average
about 40 per cent, of normal. Mr. Sage's crop is mar-
Arthur M. Davis. Clayton. willbe about 50 per cent, of normal. Ordinarily, he

MEMPHIS :: TENNESSEE per cent, normal" as the probable yield of the orchards would use from 400 to 500 barrels for the production
keted in small containers in his immediate locality,

Stock Guaranteed in his community. He furnishes no information as to of his orchards this year, but. so his communication
T. Yaple. CHn.LicoTHE, Ohio, states that the
B.
territory surrounding Chillicothe will produce about
the package he will use this year. states, unless he can get a better price on barrels than
he will ship in bulk. 50 per cent, of the average crop. Mr. Yaple's orchards
he paid last year,
Any Heading from 12 inches to 2 4 inches IllinoU

PRICES ALWAYS RIGHT

^Ay size will yield approximately 2,000 barrels of fruit, the
|
W. CusHMAN, Webb City, Mo., states in his com-
I ! William Brimble-Combe, Carmi. III., takes a som-
L.
munication that hail storms have damaged the trees to
containers for which he already has on hand.
mm mi miiiiim iitimiiiimmimmiii niiimin iiiiimimi im miiiiiniiiiiiiMS
ber view of the 1924 apple crop prospects as they reveal Rainey
liiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin
such an extent that the yield is almost certain to be Bros., Columbia, Tenn., state that condi-
i themselves in his community. He says they are "poor
^////A 'wmmmmmmmmmm^ about 25 per cent, of a crop." Under present conditions
"very poor." He will have no need for barrels unless tions in their particular locality are unusually
that They are not in the
they expect a large crop.
good and
he purchases apples from other orchardists.
he fears that he will not need any barrels this year. market for barrels as they use baskets almost exclusively.
C. C. Bell Fruit Farm, Boonville, Mo., report the
Norman W. Casper, New Burnside. III., figures the
crop as promising to be "very light" around Boonville. Henry P. Corwith, Saluda, N. C, looks upon the
crop in his section as "early varieties, 50 per cent.; late
The fruit from the Bell orchards will be marketed in situation around Saluda as indicating that a "fair"
varieties. 20 per cent." He states that the early apples present intention of the proprietors is crop of apples will be gathered. He states that he is
boxes if the

C. M. VAN AKEN Hudson & Dugger

generally move in baskets, while the late varieties are
packcfl in barrels. He places his barrel requirements
at 10.000 packages, adding the statement that he
at pre.-cnt in the market for cooperage.
is not
carried into effect.

CoNNETT Estate, FaucETT, Mo.,

munication that the apple harvest from
be only fair. Barrels, of
state

which they
in their
their orchards
will
com-

use
desirous of receiving quotations on a carload of barrels.

G, W. Armstrong.
Lisbon, Ohio, gives us an unin-
spiring picture of prospects in his community where,
according to the information he furnishes, the yield

COOPERAGE
will

Co. Company L. R.
the crop around
cent,
Bryant & Co, Princeton,
Princeton will average about 60 per
of that produced last year. While it is a bit
III., advise us that
about 2,000, have been provided.

Pennsylvania
will average not over 30 per cent.
strong's fruit is sold to local dealers and. as a conse-
quence, he will use no barrels this season.
All of Mr. Arm-

early to estimate how many barrels they will use in

A. RussEL Paul, Bangor, Pa., stated that in his
BUYERS AND SELLERS OF J. W.
Stroud, Rogers, Ark., answers our inquiry as
this year's pack, they intimate that they will be in
around Bangor were "quite good."
MEMPHIS TENNESSEE the market for containers at a later date.
opinion prospects
His supply of barrels has already been bought.
to conditions and
prospects of the coming crop with
the statement that they are "good" in his locality. He
Lilly Orchard Company, Lilly. III., express the MiNNiCK. Chambersburg, Pa., informs us that
W. L. is not in the market for packages at present.

Staves, Hoops opinion that the country surrounding Lilly will produce
a "good" crop. They will need about two carloads of
barrels which, they state, will !« bought later.

B. L. Brayton. Mt. Morris. III., expects a "fair"

the community about Chambersburg will produce not
over 50 per cent, of a normal crop. His individual
requirements in the package line will be approximately
30,000 barrels.
late
E. D. Curtis, Bantam, Conn.,
that the crop in his vicinity will be about average
on
and above the average on early fruit.
varieties
Marketing his apples in his immediate neighborhood
subscribes to the view

Mills Mills crop in his section of the country. He states that he Sprincwood Farms, York, Pa., look for a crop about to the retail trade, he uses only small packages.

Heading They will need about 2.000

will "probably not" need any barrels, as he usually 75 per cent, of normal.
A. I. Hall, Rochester, N. H., writes that he looks for
Pine Bluff, sends his fruit to market in baskets. barrels which will be purchased from local dealers.
Hope, this produce the largest crop of apples that his
fall to
F. L. EsTABRooK. Athens, Pa., says that the territory
Arkansas Arkansas Missouri community has yielded in years. He will use boxes
in the neighborhood of Athens will in all probability
for his 1924 pack, which, he explains, is the result of
and A. H. Mo.. States that his sec-
DoERMANN, HoFFLiN, produce a full crop in the majority of varieties. He
the extraordinary high price of cooperage.
tion of the country will produce about 40 per cent, of mentions the exceptions as being Baldwins and Spys,
Memphis, Little Rock, a normal crop. Mr. Doermann has a sufficient number S. Anderson, BentonvillE. Ark., expresses the
which he states will be "mostly blank." He will mar- J.

Arkansas of barrels carried over from last season to cover his opinion that his locality will produce a crop that will

COOPERAGE SUPPLIES Tenn.

needs in this line.

RivF.RviEw Orchards, McBain, Mo., look upon the

ket his fruit in baskets.
W. E.
coming crop in his
York
Springs, Pa., estimates the
Grove,
locality as being about 50 per cent,
be about 50 per cent, of normal.
ing to his statement, 2,500 barrels, which he buys
He will use. accord-
from
local coopers.
situation as it pertains to the coming crop in the vicinity
normal. His package needs will probably reach 5.000
of McBain as promising an average yield. They will
He will entertain quotations on 5.000 barrels Wesley Webb, Dover, Del., estimates that the crop
Promptness is our Motto barrels.
in his Slatt will total around ifj per cent, of normal.
need 4,000 barrels, which they ordinarily i)uy in St.
or on stock for that number ot contamers.
They now" the He states that he is undecided as to whether he will

MANUFACTURERS they are "not

Louis. state that in

GOOD STOCK ;t :rr i: :: 'z

OF market for packages.
William E. Sanger. Cordova, Md.. writes that his
Sheldon W. Funk. Boyertown.
crop in his locality will likely be 90 per cent, normal.
He also adds that most of the apples from the orchards
Pa., advises that the
market
J,
his fruit in barrels or in baskets.

M. Bechtel, Hamburg, Iowa, advises us that his

and around Cordova places crop will probably run about 60 per cent, normal. He
estimate of the 1924 yield in near Boyertown will be shipped in small containers.
He does not state states that it is too early to determine what his needs
production at 80 per cent, normal.
ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS Tight Barrel whether or not he will use any barrels this year.
S. Walter Stouffer, Sharpsburg, Md., is pessimistic
Michigan

Fennville Fruit Exchange. Fennville, Mich., write

us that the crop in the Fennville section will average
in the

F.
way of barrels will be.

W. Dixon, Holton, Kans.,

thusiastic over crop prospects this year.
is anything but en-
His prediction
over the outlook in his section, which he characterizes

141 Broadway,New York Circled Heading about 60 per cent, of normal. The Exchange will re- as to the yield places it as low as 5 per cent, of a
as "poor." He will, however, need 500 barrels, which
quire 10,000 barrels, upon which item they will be glad normal crop.
he has already bought, to carry his 1924 yield.
to receive quotations. H. M. Risk. Dundas, Ontario. Canada, tells us that
G. Garrison, TabervillE. Mo., says in his com-
W.
Washington Life Building R. C. Sabin, Ludington, Mich., reports that the his territory will yield a bumper crop this year. 10.000
munication: "Jonathans all killed by blight; Grimes'
prospects of the apple crop in his locality are "fair." barrels will be required for Mr. Risk's pack. The con-
Golden will produce about 30 per cent. We will need
He further states "I sell in crates to packers, who
: tainers will, in all likelihood, be purchased in Canada.
IN "THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL.'
no barrels."
WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS, TELL THEM THAT YOU SAW IT
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19
18 THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL July, 1924
July. 1924 THE N.\T10NAL COOPERS' JOURNAL

American Railway Association Circular Should BORDEAUX STAVE MARKET ACTIVE

New Orleans Reports the Cooperage Business Quiet Be Studied Cooperage Trade in Louisville Continues to Evidence American Consul Lucien Memminger, writing from
The American Railway Association and the Ameri- Bordeaux, France, describes the stave market at that
at Present, but Expectant. Louisiana can Railway Express Company have issued a circular
Slight Improvement. Cold, Wet Weather Season center as follows
cooperage man should procure, study and The stave market Bordeaux was almost stagnant
Manufacturing and Cooperage
which every
adopt as a part of his creed, for it is a plea for better
Has Delayed Normal Advance in Business at the
in

end of 1923, a reflex of the exceedingly dull state

packages, and when men talk about better packages of the trade in wines. In January, 1924, the wine
Flour barrel business is slowing down, as the flour
Company Changes Hands. they naturally think of barrels. The
have been
circular shows
Numerous excuses
ment of business in
arc being given for slow develop-
the cooperage trade, weather or mills are nearing the close of the crop year and will not
market suddenly became active because of the large
orders received from Germany.
how claims for damage of goods in transit
crop conditions are blamed oftenest. with comments place much new business on barrels until about Jul\
reduced 65 per cent, because of better packing, and Waiting Attitude Adopted
Mr. Charles F. Beck, of the firm of Beck & Jones, Sugar and Salt Interests Defer Purchase of Barrels heard concerning a "Presidential year," taxes, labor 15th. Mour barrels are quoted at 80a85c ;
half-barrels,
the use of scientific containers. We all know that if
60a65c sugar. 90ca$l.(X); one-head produce. 60c; two- The reaction on the market was local stave very
has acquired a controlling interest in the Louisiana In certain lines, however, business is exceedingly dull. conditions However, a
and a little of everything. ;

commodity worth shipping is worth a good con-

decided and dealers in cooperage stock who had
it
a is
70a80c No. 2 stock sugar-sized been
Manufacturing and Cooperage Co.. and will unite his
of sugar cane uncommonly small, for backward agricultural season has been the chief draw- head, 65c: poultry. ;

The acreage is
tainer, but few of us are able to state the matter as with
i)roduce, 70a75c, holding very large stocks soon were flooded
old business with that of the larger concern. sugar prices are reduced their
so low that planters back, while pessimistic talk has also had its effect in
convincingly as does this circular. orders. These they sold at excellent prices, and were
This not a matter of one business rival eliminating production, and this lessens the prospect of an early one that every the lumlier, cooperage and general markets. Fundamcn- j^^ Slack Stock Market
is
The lesson contained in this circular is
obliged to place orders in the countries of supply, es-
another, but of an old-established barrel factory
receiv- return of the sugar barrel. The big refiners who shipper should take to heart, and if he does it will tal conditions are sound, monev is fairly plentiful, the
r . •
^ii
Slack cooperage *i-
stock is
i..
somewhat i„-ooo
weaker as a
pecially from the United States. Thus the trade in
banks are m good
, , ,
. , ,

together usually operate between grinding seasons on imported shape, clearuigs are fair, labor is c
ing an addition of new energy, push and capital,
The * u c i\ ^ i,^.-,i
result of the sottening in price on gum and other hard-
•
ft
lead him to the use of barrels. cooper, also, should /
i
.
American staves became very active at once and con-
'•'.. ...,,
, 1 ,

with another list of customers, and continuing business raws, are and, instead of buying barrels or stock well employed at good wages, and with the present •»! -u .„ ^t *u^
idle, mind, and remember that the .i * •
*
bear this same lesson in , ,
woods, together with pine.
i
However, most ot tlie
siderable new shipments have been reaching this port.
are worried by the supplies of stock they have on hand regulations it is to see how the
on immigration hard
in the old way but on a larger scale. barrel not the best package unless it is a good barrel.
is
*^ ^ , weakness
,
is
• •

in
i >•
shading, *u
there ihaving been
•
i _
verv r*ti^
little
This condition continued to about the middle of March,
though they admit that they may be in the market country can do other than continue prosperous for a -u ^,*„^,i
The Louisiana Manufacturing and Cooperage Co. will
. ..^- c • •*. •

Eighteen dry-rotten, shaky, cross-grained little boards, . .' '

i
actual cutting of i)rices. However, it is understood
i

but since then the market has again become quiet. Im-
The people the same story, that long time to come, as money is available for all the
make no changes in its name or its policy, but will con- buy
to later on. salt tell
barely able to hold up a hoop, and carry a split and ^,^^^ ^.^ j ^^^^^ ^^^^.^.^ ^^^ ^^ ,,^ ,^^^, ^^ ^^^^^„,^i ^j^^^j^
porters are especially inclined to adopt a waiting atti-
new ones they are supplied with packages for the present, but needs of legitimate business.
tinue its efforts to retain old friends and find doty head may which some of them quote,
suit the price ^ thousand; and No. 2 at $10a$12; with mill run, $lla tude because of the tendency of the French franc to
on the same pursued heretofore. Mr. Beck will
lines will buy later on.
but it is not a good package within the meaning of the Cooperage Trade Quiet, But Steady $1-^. •" t->ther sugar or flour length. No. 1 flour heading increase in value. It is anticipated that purchases of
be president and general manager; Mr. Philip
H^rsch,
of the Sugar
Big Export Business in Asphalt in Prospect
Railway Association. When railway and express men T
In
T
Louisville
• •,, .,
the cooperage fill
trade has l)ecn going
• is around $14a$16; sugar-sized, $16a$18; mill run,
^ „ ^,» -vt *, .
imported materials can possibly be made at a lower
a veteran cooper and prominent meml)er
n, . , , , , ,
urge the use of better packages they are working for „ , .1 • 1 $15a$l/; and No. 2 is about $3 a thousand less than rate than at present.
along about as usual, there not 1having lieen manv reallv
, , .
11 4.

of asphalt are busy supplying the do-

'

Exchange, retires from the presidency of the concern, The producers the good of the cooper, and the cooper should appreciate
, , ^^-. ,.^.
No. 1. Six-foot em hoops are $22a!?24
.

a thousand,
. , , ,

good orders ^1
.1 " 1 •
n
taken over the past fi
, , .
days, and in-
1
i. i
thirty
mestic market at present, and wooden barrels are seldom
•*
of Nice-
but remains connected with in in the capacity this, and make packages that will meet their ideas.
the office of used for this trade, but they are figuring on large export quiries are a little slow in coming in. Some business Large Plantings of Cane Should Result in Heavy TIME ALLOWED FOR FILING OVERCHARGE
president, while Mr. A. P. Maleig retains
with the orders,and when these materialize they will require was taken about sixty days ago for future delivery. Demand for Syrup Barrels CLAIMS EXTENDED
secretary. Mr. E. B. Peyronnin. long identified
years immense quantities of barrels. In fact, it would appear A BOOST FOR THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT OF but most consumer are waiting and show no anxietv i m,
There should be a brisk demand ^i this c^u t^^ ^,....,« • •
A Cooperage In-
issued by Tiie Associated
cooperage business in this city, and associated for fall for syrup Inilletin
i i i i i i i i
'

board of that with general prosperity about us the only lines THE ASSOCIATED COOPERAGE INDUS- or worry over their future needs.
/^r
Of course, crop
,

, .„ -
more dustries of America under date of June 20th, carries
with Beck & Jones, is a member of the
,-,.,.^
all * '
or sorghum barrels, as cfarmers are planting
i .; i
cane i i

of business that are depressed are the very ones on TRIES OF AMERICA conditionshave been backward, and manv consumers j ^t »i n .i
•
^u ...i i;* •
the following items
this year than is normally the case,
.

directors. . • seed iheir inability

which the cooper lives, and he is the worst sufferer. Mr. John G. Brueckmann. president of the Brueck- haven't a very clear idea of what they will need and
In 1921 the old shop of Beck & Jones was entirely ^^^ j,,^,^^ "^^^j^, ^^^^^^^ ^,, ^^^^^^^^ ^j ^^,^j ^^.^,^j,^^.^ .^„,, Time Extension for Filing Overcharge Claims
with such a favorable outlook for the future it mann Cooperage Company, of St. Louis, in the com- won't have until more specific information is obtainable ^here
This occurred in the night, and the
Still ^,^.^^ j^^^ j^^^^^, j.^^.,^ ^^ j^,^,^ ^^ ^,,^ ^.^^^ ^„^^ Pursuant to a decision of the Supreme Court of
destroyed by fire. llie
would certainly be a mistake to say that the cooperage munication which we reprint below pays a deserved as regards crops of vegetables, pickles, fruit, cotton-
abnormally heavy demand on seedsmen
firm rented a new shop, moved and began opera- in ,^.^^ ,^^.^,^ ^,^ L'nited States, claims against carriers for overcharge
business dead, though is certainly very <iuiet at tribute to the work being done by Mr. C. A. Brucker seed oil and other items. Bad weather has unquestion-
tions the next morning as if nothing had
occurred. As is it
^^j^ ^.^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^.^j ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^,^^. ,,^^„^ ^^^-^^^^
in freight were barred after the expiration of a two-
present. in the traffic department of the association. ably retarded the paint and varnish industries somewhat.
became too small, ^^^^ ^,j ^„j p^j^^.^ ^^^,^.^,
j^^^^^.,, ^^ j^^^, j,,^^^^,,^, ^^^^,^ year period from date of delivery or tender of delivery
their business grew their quarters
Mr. Brueckmann is by no means alone in his appre- as well as other industries which are large consumers.
and the big shop of the Louisiana Manufacturing
and Green Com Business Disappointing
ciation of Manager Brucker's efficient and able adminis- while the oil industry hasn't been as active as it might
^^ ^.^^^ ,^j^,^ ,^^.^^j^ j^^^ ^^ a consequent shortage, of shipment.
Cooperage Co. offered them the best possible oppor- Weather conditions, while against some crops, have In accordance with a recent bill enacted by Congress
After the regular vegetable shipping season is over tration of the duties of his office, which is one of the " favored cabbage and potatoes, which promise big yields
tunity for expansion. and signed by the President June 7th. amending i)ara-
the trade lure is usually enlivened by a green corn most important and valuable activities of the organiza- Indications Point to Better Business from a fairly large acreage, according to local produce graph 3, section 16 of the Interstate Commerce Act, the
Cooperage Line Sixty-two Yean season, which normally calls for a good number of tion, and it is a pleasure to The Jourxai, to publish the
Beck FamUy in However, with the turn of the six months' period. handlers and men close to the truck farmers. Apples, time wherein to file claim for overcharges has been
cars of barrels. This, however, being an off year commendation set forth below.
The name of Beck is closely connected with the his- when everything goes wrong, the crop was delayed,
it though there should be a change for the
apix?ars as too, promise a large crop. extended one year, so that shippers now have a period
in Loui- Brueckmann Cooperage Co. better, and are for very good business over
tory and traditions of the cooperage business indications < i v
New «
of three years wherein to file their claims for over-
then a few cars went out. and finally, when shipments Railroad Arrangement
., • •
a Help to Kentucky
St. Louis, June 1924. ti „
of »uthe year. \f
9. ,. r •

siana. Sixty-two years ago T. A. Beck was operating the last six months
1 i.
Much ofc 4.U
the present
i i.
charges, instead of two years as heretofore.
should have been at their best, the trade slumped com- t
was taken The National Coopers' Journal *^* *"" ac u e
a shop in this city. On his death the business Editor. pessimism has been engendered by the fact that 1924 In addition to extending the time for filing claims for
:

pletely, so the barrels used for green corn were hardly

We are writing to inform you that the traffic 0"^ of the interesting announcements of the month
over by his son. Charles F. Beck. This gentleman business has not been quite as good as that oi 1923;
is overcharges, the provides that
bill further all claims
worth mentioning. department of the Associated Cooperage Indus- came from Washington on June 12th stating that the
trade, who
well remembered by the veterans of the barrel but checking back to dull years, such as 1921 and 1922. for overcharges accruing on and after March 1. 1920,
tries, of which Mr. C. .\. Brucker has charge, is Interstate Commerce Commission had granted jointly
also remember his son, Charles F.. Jr., who grew up in
Many Lines Find Barrel the Ideal Package functioning almost l(K) per cent, perfect.
business shouldn't have much complaint over 1924. A may be filed within six months after the date this law
to the Atlantic Coast Line R. R. and its subsidiary, the
It is this son. the third generation
in of business men get a liad attack of the "heebie became effective, namely, June 7, 1924. Therefore, any
the business. It would please us greatly to see some mention lot

who now. scarcely middle-aged, is the presi- The candy makers are using a good many barrels made of in your i)ul)lication. jeebies" whenever
volume slumps as com- their sales Louisville & Nashville R. R.. privilege of completing claims which have been declined by the carriers account
the business, it

Manufacturing and Cooperage

Louisiana
now. though they seem to prefer a second-hand sugar I might say further that if some of the members
pared with that of the previous vear. instead of making 't^ '^^^se deal for the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio R. R. statute of limitations having expired will become active
dent of the
toward the barrel, and use new barrels only when the cheaper of the association will give the traffic department subsidiaries on its for a period of 999 years,
Co. Mr. Beck's family traditions incline him their comparisons with the bad years, or a period of '"«• if filed within the si.\ months period as mentioned above.
not to be had. a trial. I am c|uite sure they will be well pleased
article is request filed last July and fought by the Seaboard Air
cooperage business, yet his reasons for following that
—
with the results both in getting their claims paid five or ten vears Lower Rates on Slack Barrel Shooks with Metal Hoops
that The makers of macaroni are good buyers, though in Line and some other railroads. However, there are
trade are not wholly sentimental, for he believes pr<imi)tly and in tracing cars.
In accordance with an order issued by the Inter.state
future before it. This must a small way. and find the barrels to be the best container We have had wonderful success with this traffic Stock Production Continues in Fair Volume some restrictions to the lease which, under the Inter-
it is a live business, with a Commerce Commission, carriers have been instructed
for their products. Banana shippers also find the barrel
department. Commerce decision, can only be made subject to
be the case, for if the barrel business were half as bad Production of staves and heading and raw cooperage state
Very truly yours. to amend their tariffs, effective not later than June 30,
being operated as a separate organiza-
as some people think it is. the Beck family would
cer- an ideal package. material has been fair as a whole, although there has the Clinchfield
Brueckmann CfM)PER.\r,E Company, 1924. to provide for rates on slack barrel shooks with
or have been forced out few barrels have also been used for new potatoes, and open to use of connecting carriers on through
tainly have escaped from it, in
A John G. Brueckmann. Iwen a good deal of water in the far South, especially tion.
metal hoops, carloads, not to exceed 110 per cent, of
but this small business has been a disadvantage to the the Delta district, which has retarded operations to or competitive business on same basis as to the the
the course of sixty-two years. in
the rate applicable on lumber, or. in other words. 10
trade, for certain coopers happened to have a little APPLE GROWERS OF VIRGINIA ORGANIZING a great extent, although most of the lumber mills in A. C. L. and L. & N. interests. However, with this
Louisiana Manufacturing per cent, higher than the lumber rate.
Heretofore, rates
No Change* Contemplated in stock of the size and grade needed for potatoes, and that .section appear to be running on a very fair basis. road, the L. & N. will be able to cut connections from
In an effort to i)romote the interests of orchardists in on this commodity were carried on a much higher basis.
Cooperage Company Plant
wishing to liquidate it and get it out of the way, cut Virginia, anrl with the support of the State horticul-
its Eastern Kentucky Division and CumlK'rland \'"alley
Tight Stave and Heading Market .section from the McRoberts and Harlan sections, which Tight Barrels for Peaches
The Louisiana Manufacturing and Cooperage Co. the price on potato barrels to less than cost, in some tural group of the largest apple growers of
society, a
On St. cases as low as forty cents each. This fixes the price Tight staves and heading appear to be a trifle firmer will give connection over the Clinchfield to the Atlantic In a recent issue of a fruit grower magazine, was
plant one of the institutions of this city.
is the State have launched a movement to have the apple it

on potato barrels forever, for when a shipper has once than they were a month ago. Quotations at some of Coast Line subsidiaries, thus giving a short haul to worth of Georgia peaches go to
stated that $5.{K)0.000
Louis and Dorgenois Streets it occupies almost the whole counties of the State organized into .sectional groups
bought a barrel for forty cents he will remember as long the southern mill points show red oak circled heading at the .Atlantic Seaboard and Carolinas from eastern Ken- waste every year because of no market. These could
of a large city block and has roomy upper
floors. It to standardize the grading and packing of Virginia
for the manufacture as he lives that forty cents and lawful price is the right 39a40c per and white oak at 41a42c; red oak oil
set, tucky timber and coal sections. The L. & N., with be shredded, packed in barrels, and shipped to ice cream
is fully c(|uipped with machinery apples in accordance with federal and State inspection
for a potato and the cooper who asks him to staves. $45a$50 a thousand, and white oak. $60a$70 a connections to the Monon R. R. at Louisville, will be manufacturers and pie makers throughout the country,
of both tight and slack barrels and kegs of all standard
barrel, laws under the supervision of official inspectors, so that
pay more than that for a barrel will seem to him a thousand; spirit staves, $90a$100; bourbon staves. $135a able to make a short haul from the lakes to the Caro- according to those interested in the matter.
sizes, has dry kilns ample for drying all the tight
and it buyers will know exactly what they are buying when
yegg and highwayman. $150 a thousand; gum staves. $40 a thousand, and gum linas. which should develop a big through business.
stock used, and all the better grades of slack staves. they purchase X'irginia trade-marked apples packed
under official >eal. .Xn informal meeting was held at circled heading, 35c a set. l-Or many years eastern Kentucky stave and timber THE PORT ANGELES COOPERAGE COMPANY
No radical change in the mechanical c(|uipment is Hennen Legendre Says Foreign Trade Will Boom people have been at a disadvantage in that shipments EXPRESSES ITS OPINION CONCERN-
though renewals and additions will be Harrisonburg early in June to consider organization
contemplated, Tight Keg and Barrel Market move west over
Mr. Heimen Legendre, of the Lucas E. Moore Stave plans, about 50 of the largest growers of the commercial moving to the Atlantic ports had to ING "THE JOURNAL"
made as needed to keep the plant up to the highest As far as can be ascertained, the hxal coofx^rage railroads, as there were no connections out
Co., returned recently from a six months* business trip orchard sections of the State attending. ..j^^^j^. jj^g Port Ancei.ES Cooper.xge Co.. Inc.
standard of efficiency.
trade hasn't reduc<'d general quotations for some time
to Europe, and .strange to say, he found the outlook H. F. Byrd. who acted as chairman of the meeting, t,, ^i^^. ^.g^^ ^^vcr the Cumberlands, which would give a Port Angeles, Wash., May 28, 1924.
There has long been some doubts here as to which of past, although there continues to be a little shading
there encouraging, and that Europe is making rapid explained the purposes of the movement and the objects through routing, I-'iiiToR, Thk National C<m»pers' Joikxal
our local coopers led the procession in adopting the done where any esjKcially attractive big business is „
:

strides towards economic recovery, and is now in much sought to be accomi)lishe(l, and fixed 2 cents per barrel
„,
For some reason or other we have not received our
motor truck as the proper vehicle for transporting stf-ck
better condition that a year ago. He says, "Much of the under discussion. Local houses are quoting the pack-
was Philip as the probable expense incident to the functioning of Coopers' Joirx.vl for the past four or five issues. Will
and delivering barrels. Some say that it
age market about as follows: J-
•'^'-
'^^'•''tc "f t'l^' Louisville Cooperage Co., reporti?d
old post-war confusion in Europe has disappeared, and the plan. This when compared with the
is a small item, you please check up and advise why it has not been mailed
Hirsch. some that it was Beck & Jones, while still others that business continued (piiet. and that there hadn't been
fUQ ^cf^ti'c "cncrallv s^eakt!'!"', rirc '^n.ck nt work. The advantage LHjo>cd vshcre Ibe containers of inspected u>. In c\cJil llial uiir sUi>3cripllon has expired please
declare that the Louisiana Manufacturing and Cooper-
We have alwpys re-establishing economic normalcy in Europe will
of apples that meet requirements can be stenciled "Stand-
,,
(ial.s.
, Z^*";'
Oak ^^''i'*"
Oak „ ,
."Spirit
,. *""u."i.
Splfit
'.•','
much improvement
^

company has
»
inpackage demand over the month.
been producing fairly well in its
... take note that we wish to have same renewed. Mail
age Co. is entitled to the credit. be a great boon to the United States. Europe needs 1 $ 65 $ 70 $1 (X) $115 '^^^^

honor where ard No. 1, U. S. Standard Barrel, Virginia State us a copy of the last issue also.
intended to look up the records and give 2 7S .80 1.15 1«^^ lastern Kentucky mills, but has not made much head-
practically everything, and will buy great (luantities Inspected." It is rather difficult to get along without this publica-
honor was <h\Q, but now it is not worth while to investi- 3 85 .90 1..^0 1.45 way against high v.attr and shortage of labor in the
of goods in this country at the first chance." 2.10 2.35
'
tion .and seems as though we have lost our closest
gate the matter, as all these concerns are working 5 1.25 1.35 ^ ^i,
it

together. The Louisiana Manufacturing and Cooper-

To some of us this seems unduly optimistic, but Mr. FIRE DESTROYS COOPERAGE PLANT 10
1-
1.60
17-
1.70
JO-
2.35
2 60
2M)
2 85
'uTr.ii
H. L. Rollwage. off ^i
the r-i
Chess ^ w
v Wymond
& n
Co., . i .i
reported
friend. very good and has been
Business with us is

Legendre is a frequent visitor to Europe, and his opin-

Fire of unknown origin brf)ke out in the barrel '.' ever since we started operating. have not lost any We
age Co. now has six motor trucks in use. fac- 20 l.9{) 2.00 2.95 3.20 dull business, holding that wasn't a question of price. it
ion is entitled to high consideration. More than that,
tory of the William Welch Company,
Winter Street, 115 25 2.05 2.15 3.20 3.4.5 |n,t ^1,^^ liuyers were waiting and wouldn't i)lace orders
time at the mill due to declining markets, etc. We
New Orlean* Enjoying Building Boom he is ready with facts to sustain his opinions. He says
East Cambridge, Mass., on June 11th, and before it 2.20 2.30 .i..i() 3. /.I
luamifacture all sizes and kinds of tight and slack
•'t' j,„f jj ^1^ ,^. ^^.p,.g nearer to actual need of packages.
"France has practically doubled her purchases of 45-50 2.70 2.85 5.(H) .\M) Douglas fir and hard fir staves and heading. We also
New Orleans is showing many outward signs of pros- was gotten under control it had consumed the entire
Gum barrels 2.35
stavesfrom the United States in 1924, as compared with Three alarms were sounded when it was evident manufacture fir and cedar ice cream tub staves and
perity. Savings banks deposits have greatly increased, plant.
of 1923.This has been due to huge purchases of wine by that heroic work would be necessary to save the sur- The Slack Barrel Market SNEADSVILLE, ALA.. HAS NEW HEADING PLANT salmon tierce '>tock. Thanking you very kindly for
and homestead societies are exceeding the records
the Germans. The Germans bought the wine hoping rounding structures, and it was only by the most des- The new luading plant of H. Z. I'.lackwood. at your attention, we are
all previous years. In fact, this city leads the South, if Slack cooperage prices continue very steady, and a
of the franc wouldand when Mr. Morgan stepped
collapse, Sneadsville. Ala., which has been erected and equipped
Yours very truly.
not the whole country, in the number and value perate kind of battling that the firemen prevented a slightimprovement has been shown in demand over
and prevented the collapse they were sorely disap- at a cost of approximately $30.0(X). was ccmipleted during
Port .\xr.ELEs Cooperage Co..
buildings being constructed, buildings ranging in size in conflagration. The loss to the cooperage company is the month as a result of the produce trade becoming
Tiii-onoHK G. Sii"'".i-Rn'.i), Tirasurcr.
to small cottages. pointed." estimated at approximately $60,000. more now stock being shipped. the past month. It will be put into operation immediately.
from large skyscrapers active llial gretii is
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July, 1924
July. 1924 THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL 21
20 THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL
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UNIVERSAL BARREL COMPANY NEW CONCERN

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IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

The Universal Barrel Company, Savannah. Georgia,

incorporated by G. H. Bierbaum, E. W. Robinson, c\ al,
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MEMPHIS COOPERAGE MARKET
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imhmimi.? COLWELL COOPERAGE CO. E. HENNING, Inc.
have ready for operation their new plant at Savannah, Cooperage trade both slack and tight lines is
120 BROADWAY : : NEW YORK CITY We offer you the facilities of the
BUFFALO COOPERAGE MARKET in
"Henning" Service in the purchase of
Ga. The Joirx.m.'s correspondent advises that the new showing a little life and Memphis operators
at present,
The slack barrel trade in Buffalo is on a little more factory is well designed and equipped with the most feel confident that better things
arc ahead for them.
TIGHT COOPERAGE STOCK
active basis than
is not at all brisk.
it was a few weeks ago, although
Doubtless some of the increase
due to the enlargement of the flour production of this
it

is
modern machinery.

ANOTHER BARREL FACTORY FOR DETROIT

The spring trade dropped from fairly brisk in the early
part of the season to very dull in
is now beginning to pick up
again.
the later part, but
Many mills have
m FRUIT BARREL STAVES
SLACK COOPERAGE
HEADING
STOCK
city, as the result of the completion of the new plant STAVES HOOPS HEADING
of the Pillsbury Flour Mills Co., adding several thou-
sand barrels daily capacity to flour output here. The
unexpected strength of the w'heat market lately has been
Information is forwarded to The Jourx.m. that the
Central Barrel and Cooperage Company has been or-
ganized and granted a Michigan charter to engage in the
been rebuilt and quite a few that
getting into
actions in timber are reported.
were closed down are
operation

The hoop trade in the tri-States— Mississippi. Arkan-

again, while numerous trans- 1
8
STOCK ICE CREAM TUB STOCK
STAVES BOTTOMS
causing a raise in flour prices, and those who have flour
bought at cheaper figures have been ordering it out more
manufacture and distribution of cooperage products.
The capital stock of the new concern is placed at sas and Tennessee—has been relatively more brisk than
SUPPLIES • • TOOLS COOPERAGE
TIGHT NEW
MACHINERY OR USED SLACK
freely.
$15.(X)0.
will be carried
According to the advice received the business
on in Detroit, Mich. Our correspondent
that in

Trade
staves.

is fairly good in slack heading. Several of

7 ^==^=^^=^ = Write us at ^^^=^i^=^====
Slack Stock Prices Easing a Trifle
mention whether the new company would Memphis concerns are featuring mixed car ship- Straight or mixed cars direct from the mill.
Prices on slack material have been easy of late,
failed to
manufacture slack or tight barrels, or both.
the
ments and a number of large warehouses are main-
6 L. C. L. deliveries from our local warehouse. 431 Dearborn St., CHICAGO, ILL.
though they are now down to a point where further tained by them for this character of business. The
decline is highly problematical. Coopers have not begun
CONGAREE COOPERAGE COMPANY LAUNCHED yellow pine heading trade handled by one large Mem-
to lay in much stock as yet. In the country the pros-
IN COLUMBIA, S. C. phis firm also shows improvement.
pects and an official estimate for
for apples are good,
Tight staves and heading are much curtailed in man-
this State is 11 per cent. The weather has been quite Local capital is backing the Congaree Cooperage Com-
ufacture, and a great many of the mills are still idle
ESTABLISHED
pany, of Columbia, S. C, the organization and charter-
favorable through the winter and spring, so the yield of
apples should be much better than that of last year. ing of which has just been announced. The plans of
due to incessant rains and other causes. The inquiry
has not been extensive until within the last few days,
Chris Heidt. 2d
Chas. E. Heidt
1860
Phones IJSJf Bergen
STEPHEN JERRY & CO., Inc.
the new concern, according to the information available Manufacturing Cooperage
Farmers are finding it easier to obtain labor than for
several years past, owing to the industrial lull in the
cities and towns.
at the time of going to press, include a
equipped plant to be erected in Columbia.
modern, fully- but for both oak and gum cut-offs there .seems to be
an increasing demand.
handsome keg displays of the highly-polished
C. HEIDT & SON, Inc.
FACTORY AND WARKHOISE:
COOPERAGE STOCK
OFFICE: 272 HURON STREET
Keen Competition for What Little Tight Business
Several JERSEY, CITY, N. J. PROVOST STREET
variety are Memphis, and business in
maintained in
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
THE GRISMORE-HYMAN COMPANY AMENDS FROM INDIA TO HURON STREETS

Very strong competition

There Is

reported among coopers

CHARTER this line is good. Small cooperage, tub stocks and pails New Slack Barrels
B Second-hand Barrels
Kinds Slack and Tight
in the tight-barrel industry,
is

with orders exceedingly The Grismore-Hyman Company, Memphis, which has

and second-hand barrels are moving freely.
A All

New Barrels
hard to land. Prices on 55-gallon barrels are about as for years occupied a place in the forefront of the coop- The Chickasaw Cooperage Company Expands lU
for all dry materials, R We specialize preparing
follows : Gum, $2.65 ; red oak, $2.85 : white oak, $3. erage concerns of the country, has recently made petition
for the reduction of its capital stock from $500,000 to
Line and Changes Its Name chemicals, sugar, etc.
R tight barrels for all Heading Hoops
Second-hand Slack Barrels Cheap
$100,000. The signers of the petition were F. Grismorc, The Chickasaw Cooperage Co. has changed its cor- E purposes
Staves
The market on second-hand barrels is quiet and small
H. W. Grismore. J. Grismore, M. E. Hyman, and J. H. porate name to the Chickasaw Wood Products Co., and
Tongue and Grooved L Liners
lots are selling at 25 cents to30 cents each. Some of engage in the manufacture of dimension stock,
Parnell. The the capital stock of this
curtailment in will 'A Used Barrel is Better
the junk dealers are said to be picking up discarded
well-established concern in no wise indicates any reduc- chair stock, etc., as well as cooperage. The company Barrels a Specialty S Than a New One" Shooks for Export
lime barrels at lower figures. owns much timber Arkansas and Louisiana, and has
in alao
tion of their activity in the cooperage trade.
Many Storage Apples Sold at a Loss branches at Gretna, La., and other points. QUALITY and SERVICE Our Motto!
The election of Walker Wellford as president of the
Cooperage Supplies
AnOrleans County cider and vinegar manufacturer WM. F. TAYLOR RESUMES ACTIVITY IN OFFICE, 64 Fairmount Ave. PLANT, 12-88 Fairmount Ave.
Cooperage Industries brings this honor again to Mem-
recently bought from a farmer a large quantity of COOPERAGE phis and falls on the ample shoulders of one of the
barreled apples, of 2-inch to 2f4-i"ch size, for 25 cents
After an absence of seven years, William F. Taylor, most competent and exi)erienced men in the trade.
a barrel for the fruit. The farmer delivertd the apples
good illustration of the fact that Sr., has returned to reassume management of the Wil-
at the mill. This is a
liam F. Taylor Barrel Company, of Newark. While New Memphis Will Give Adequate
Hotels in
to hold apples a long time in storage for higher prices

HOOPS
is a risky thing to do. It has not resulted favorably Mr. Taylor was not connected with the concern ac- Accommodations for Conventions
for the growers in many cases this spring. The apples tively it was managed by his son. William F. Taylor, Jr.
The business was originally established by Mr. Taylor Memphis will complete fournew skyscraping hotels "6enuine" Hill Steam Dogs
have had to be sold at what they would bring, which
has been considerably less than the storage charges
amounted to. Where the growers have l)elonged to a
in 1888,
started
concern
and he says he
trading with
still

him 30 years
caters to customers
ago.
the oldest-established barrel firm in the city.
who
The Taylor
by the spring of
the Claridge.
1925.
was formally opened in June the Park-
view, a ten-story hotel near Overton Park, in the spring
One new fifteen-story
;
hotel,
WIRE Used
Saw
for holding logs while being cut with
or Other cut-off machine.
Drag
co-operative association, they have had as a rule had
is

established the present plant at Adams and

T'llZTCT'irr^ CDT ir^T? ^»^ fof slack cooperage BARRELS sugar, — flour, apple.

to suffer losses, but obtained a fair price.

When first and the Adler. on Linden Avenue, six stories, opens IWlbil^U brlvll^r. potato, veneer truck, fish. salt. lime. KEOS and BASKETS Belt-Driven Dogs can be supplied if steam is not
Thomas Streets was in a swamp. August 15th. In addition to these, the Hotel Peabody. available.
Cooperage Business Changes Ownership The concern still employees who
retains several twelve stories. 650 guest rooms and forty-five stores ELECTRIC WELDED il^J [r.Tndy'ST^Et
butter, lard
cans, etc.
and
"Genuine" Hill Steam Dogs and Drag Saws are
The cooperage and i)roduce business of Paul Bovan- started to work for the concern when it was organized opening on three streets, will be completed by January
Made to measure ready for use. Strong, economical, easily applied. standard equipment in every modern American
Sons & Co., Holley, X. V., has been sold to the
zier's 36 years ago. 1, 1925.
Made of specially adapted steel in plain, bright or other finishes. Cutting-Up plant.
Holley Produce Co., composed of John R. Ryan, Robert The new Auditorium was opened in June on the
G. Hogan and B. Frank Boots, of that village, and EXPORTS OF COOPERAGE ON INCREASE occasion of the 34th Annual Confederate Reunion. It
SEND FOR FREE SAMPLES AND CATALOGUE Write for Bulletin
William G. Dailey, of Albion. The sale included all the seats 15,000, and is a wonder of architecture, accoustics
Government reports of exports of cooperage stock and
Bovanzier buildings near the Holley Cold Storage, Fruit
and Produce Co. Mr. Bovanzier is now manager of the
Flower City Cold Storage, of Rochester.
barrels reveal that the volume shipped during the month
of April was materially greater than that which went
abroad during March.
and
at
fine construction.
the front as a convention city.
In the future Memphis will be

American Steel &Company

Wire iLL'Cunnsca
SAW t^ILL AND WOOD CUTTING MACHINERY
OF EVERY TYPE AND SIZE
Trade Notes and Personals The exports of each month are set forth Ik-Iow for Trade Notes and Personals
The Niagara Cooperage Co.. Lockport, finds about comparison
CHICAGO— NEW YORK
Willard M. Davis, of the W. M. Davis Stave Co.,
a seasonable demand for barrels in that section, though March April reports his plant as running on satisfactory schedule
business is expected to be considerably better a little Tight staves 1,359,965 3,336,017 getting out Cottonwood and mixed stave shipments, as
later. Slack staves 3.231,715 3,116.373 well as matched cars of slack staves, hoops and heading.
The Quaker City Cooperage Co. reports some in- Heading 239,716 353,032
Geo. Markham, veteran head of the Memphis Stave
creased demand in flour barrels. Domestic trade in flour Tight .shooks (sets) 96,039 71,209
Co., North Memphis, reports some activity in cotton-
is said to lie fair, but export business is quiet. Slack shooks (sets) 5,726 55.305
The Washburn-Crosby Milling Co. has
the erection of a new $25,000 addition to
filed

its
plans for
flour stor-
Barrels, casks, etc 16,397 23,131
wood staves, plenty of water in
Wolf Rivers and timber supplies
the
adequate,
Mississippi and
Qoodspeed Machine Co. CLEVELAND SPRAYING MACHINES
age houses in South Michigan Avenue. The structure
S. L. Nelson, 744
Memphis, has Randolph Bldg.. ESTABLISHED 1851
For lining the interior of barrels,
recently returned from a tour of mills in the Ozark
will be of steel and two stories high. tubs, etc., with any hot or cold
Edward B. Holmes, president of the E. & B. Holmes A. L. POESSEL & COMPANY mountain section of Arkansas. He reports stock woe- liquid coating. These Outfits can
Machitierv C«i., is onp nf the hoard nf directors of a and after a dull period inquiries for tight
fully scarce, be operated by HAND or POWER,
^^^-^^^ Tight and Slack
cooperage showing slight improvement. and will economize in labor, time
Buffalo company which is co-operating with a Canadian
L^^^^ Cooperage Stock OUILDERS OF MACHINES manu- and material.
company in plans for the erection of a bridge across
the Niagara River between this city and Fort Erie. An
agreement has been signed merging the two companies,
L^^^^L Staves-Hoops-Heading
The Columbia Package
running on
oyster pails.
full
Co., New
South Memphis, is
schedule manufacturing candy, lard and ^ facturer of Tubs, Pails, Slotted Clothespins,
for the
A package is laid over spray nozile,
clutch thrown in and after pump
has made from 5 to 6 strokes,
and plans will be forwarded to the United States War
J^^ra HBvr'f Quotations Cheerfully Made
The Powell Cooperage Memphis, specialist in Co.,
Spools, Bobbins, Wood
Bailwoods and Heels, clutch is thrown out and package
Department to obtain approval for the structure. The ^^Sr^" 208 So. La Salle St. Chicago, III. yellow pine heading, report good activity now at their other Small Handles, and Small Novelty Turnings. is coated. Capacity as fast as the
men can handle the cooperage.
bridge will cost about $1,500,000. Georgia and Alabama mill connections.
Hand Type and Automatic Variety Lathes are We also build Superheaters and
special features. Branding Machines.
Established 1848
Always Reliable Stave, Veneer Quality and Service r r 2605 vega
and Planing D. LOVEJOY & SON
LOWELL, MASS. NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Every Kni fe G uaranteed
MADE IN WINCHENDON, MASSACHUSETTS
mi L*
I

tureka Machine to. avenue Cleveland, 0.

Machine Knives ANDERSON, IND. ST. LOUIS, MO. Prompt Shipments
uRiTiNtt TO .\dvi:rtim;ks. ti;i r. tiii:m that v-f saw it in "tui: NATinvAt. coopi-rs' joiRSAt..
\viri:s
?? THK XATIONAL COOPKRS' JOURNAL
July, 1924
July, 1924 THE NATIONAL COOPERS* JOURNAL 23

SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS WHICH DO GOOD WORK

SOUTHERN COOPERAGE COMPANY THE HARLAN-MORRIS MFG. CO.
Manufacturcra Kinds
^ \tu::.ls^1^

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES SECOND-HAND BARRELS FOR SALE Manufacturers of and

of all of
MACHINERY FOR SALE
pOR SALE— About l.(K)0 to 2,000 single-headed lead
Dealers In ail kinds of Cooperage Tight-Barrel Staves ^ Circled Heading
COMPLETE STAVE AND HEADING OUTFITS PLANT FOR SALE half-barrels. All hardwood and all one size. Would MATCHED STOCK A SPECIALTY
like to receive quotations f. o. b. Pittsburgh, Pa. We From WHITE OAK, RED OAK, ASH and 6UM
Completely equipped saw, stave, hoop and are also in the market to buy oil and lard barrels. Quote
Oifice and raciory. 3134-3160 Charfres street. New Orleans, La.
Used machinery rebuilt by experU, production SATISFACTION
guaranteed. heading mill, with all modern machinery. lowest prices f. o. b. Pittsburgh, Pa. Address XORTH MILLS. FORDOCHE.LA. GUARANTEED
Branch Mills
Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas
in

Plenty of timber available. Good market and SIDE COOPERAGE CO., 2238 Laplace Street, Pitts-
STAVES well established for product. burgh, Pa.
Drum taws, 24", 18" and IS" bUge, Gerlach, Situated on two railroads and water trans-
Whitney. portation.
FOR SALE— Small car of nice, cheap, sugar barrels,
Planers, Oram, Dreadnaught, Gerlach.
Jointers, Oram, Gerlach, foot power.
Cutters, Greenwood No. 3 and No. 4.
Suitable terms can be arranged.
Address "PLANT," care "The
Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia.
National with
Greenwich
heads.
Street,
Address J. R.
Belmont, N. Y.
HARRINGTON,88 REINSCHMIDT STAVE CO. ECKHARDT & LENNON CO., Inc.
.MANUFACTURERS OF.
Manufacturers
Crozers, Oram, Gerlach, Holmes. of
Presses, Wayne, Hoosier.
HEADING SECOND-HAND BARRELS WANTED Tight and Slack Barrel Staves /111 KinHc TIGHT BARREL HEADING
Saws, Noble, Greenwood, Trevor, 48" to
60". TIGHT COOPERAGE PLANT FOR SALE AIR-DRIED AND LISTED Ail RinUb :: AND STAVES ::
— Pine
Planers, Trevor, Rochester,

Rochester.
Jointers,
Rochester.
Greenwood,
20'" and

Trevor,
24".
Turners, Greenwood, Trevor, Gerlach, Oram,
Oram,
COMPLETE plant for manufacturing all kinds
of tight barrels and half barrels, in absolutely
first-class
of lease.
condition. Must sell quick
Suhable terms. Address B.
account
WEISS-
Wanted —One-Time
Second-hand
Steel
Oil Barrels
Drums
and
Red, Water and White Oak Staves. Also Slack Barrels
PLANTS— Quitman. Ga.. and Loughrldge. Fla.
Address all Correspondence and Orders to QUITMAN, GEORGIA
Staves

MAIN OFFICE .....

Mills at Monroe, Wlnnsboro and Gallion, La.
Monroe, La.

Presses, Noble, Greenwood. MAX COOPERAGE, Braddock, Pa. We are in the market for No. Lubri- I

cating and Refined Oil Barrels, also

MISCELLANEOUS
18-Gauge One-Time Shipper Drums
Knife Grinders, Noble, Defiance.
Cooper tools, hoops and
truss
barrel building machinery.
NOBLE MACHINE COMPANY,
all kinds of
FOR SALE TO CLOSE A CORPORATION
pOR SALE— Old-established and running coop-
16 Gauge
14 Gauge
1

J
Black
or
Galv. Drums
55 Gal.
and
110 Gal.
Ir
J
Used
Steel D. K. BROWN, Ruston, La. HICKSON-ROGERS MANUFACTURING CO.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Fort Wayne, Ind. erage business in the heart of the industrial
and manufacturing district of Newark. N^ J.
GLUCK STEEL BARREL CO., Perth Amboy, N. J. Kiln-Dried and all Lengths Dowel Pins, Club Turned Oak and
Five buildings on valuable plot, 200 x 120. Two and Jointed Tigut Bariei Slaies of Cutoffs Tight Barrel Staves Hickory Spokes
convenient railroad freight yards. Good will of
WANTED-To buy second-hand sugar barrels. Ad- WE ARE READY TO HANDLE YOUR ORDERS IN ANY
FOR SALE over tliirtv vears land, buildings, stock, trucks
;
WINES, WHITE OAK, RED OAK AND GUM OIL STAVES. \
I QUANTITIES. STOCK AND SERVICE A-l. WRITE US
]
J
will be disposed of at dress ALOIS ROSTAS, 122 Old Rose Street,
REBUILT STAVE and HEADING MACHINERY
and all other" appurtenances
a reasonable price. For further particulars ad- Trenton, N. J.
No. 2 OILS IN OAK AND GUM AND COPPER STAVES. PARAQOULD ARKAINSAS
Two Greenwood Heading Turners. dress FRED. L. PIERSOX, 160 Bloomfield
One Heading Sawing Machine. Avenue, I>b)omfield, X. J.
One No. 4 Stave Cutter. POSITION WANTED
ROCHESTER BARREL MACHINE WORKS,
Manufacturers of "Greenwood" SUve OUR SPECIALTY W. W. WILSON STAVE COMPANY
and Heading Machinery,
Rochester, N. Y.
pOR SALE— Complete
PLANT FOR SALE
heading mill; including
\J^AXTED— By man, age 35, experienced in
facture of slack cooperage stock and slack barrels,
manu-
23?r SLACK BARREL HEADING MANUFACTURERS OF
engines, boilers, blower system, dry kilns, log
haul cut-off saw, bolter, rosser, slashers, dry-kiln
pf.sition as foreman or superintendent of mill or shop.
References if required. Address "COMPETEXT." care
PIINE OR aUM — ANY QRADE OR SIZB All Classes Kiln-Dried and Jointed Tight Barrel Staves
trucks, turners, jointers, planers, bahng press, of The X.ationai. Coopers' Journal, Philadelphia, Pa.
Let us know your requirements
pOR SALE: shafting, pullevs. hangers.
for cash. RISLEY
Will be sold cheap
LUMBER COMPAXV, CAREY COOPERAGE & TIMBER CO., INC.
White Oak Red Oak Gum and Ash
E. B. Holmes Complete Barrel Outfit. manager or superintendent of
60" Gerlach Boxboard Mill. Walton, X. Y. "Y^/AXTED- Position as
CYPRESS. ALABAMA NORTH LITTLE ROCK :-: :-: ARKANSAS
factory manufacturing candy pails, and tubs for
54" Gerlach Champion Heading Saw.
60" Greenwood Heading Jointer. lard and ice cream. Am practical in every department,
pOR SALE— Excellent site for cooperage mill on good from logs to consumer. Would take active interest in
No. 4 Rochester Improved Turner. Address "ACTIVE," care of The
Greenwood Power Heading Bolter. harlior. Site is adjacent to big lumber mill, which going concern.
will buv all waste for fuel. Good log supply. Rail Xatiox.\l Coopers' Journal, Philadelphia, Pa.

FRUIT BARREL STAVES

All machines guaranteed. XATIONAL
andwater facilities. Address FIRST
WAYNE MACHINERY COMPANY BAXK. Port -Angeles. Washington.
HELP WANTED
R. C. JONES LUMBER & STAVE CO., INC.
Fort Wayne, Indiana IIIMimilllllllllll Illlllll Illllllllllllllll Illlllllllllllt II Illlllllllllllll IIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Illl Ill ""11 IIIIIIIIIHI"""!"'
Manufacturers of All Kinds of Oak, Ash, Cypress and Gum
FINISHING PLANT FOR SALE SAWN CHESTNUT, DRESSED OR ROUGH TIGHT BARREL STAVES AND HEADING
YOU WILL LIKE THEHt-WRITE US NOW
pOR SALE— Slack barrel heading machinery also, two A complete K. D. and J. tight stave finishing mill" mil miimiiiimmimimimmmmiii "imm " imimiiiiimimimiimmimiimmmni
From
;

plant, located in northeastern Arkansas. Equip- FINE OPENING FOR MAN iiiiiiiiiiiinniii "II iiiiiiiiiiiiiii
five-gallon to full barrel sizes.

TREXLER COOPERAGE
A-l
Chase turbine gang saws, one 2" and one 3"'. Also
one automatic heading or shingle saw, etc
Address ment in excellent condition, now operating.
Three railroads afford extraordinary shipping
V^ANTED — Hustling young man who can CO. CANTON
Bilge-sawn keg staves a specialty.
MISSISSIPPI
"SLACK." care
Philadelphia, Pa.
The National Coopers Journai,,
facilities. Will sell to responsible purchaser at
show profit
stock and basket material.
buying and selling cooperage
Write fully stating ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVANIA • - :: ::

reasonable price on good terms and would be age, qualifications, etc., in first letter. Address
interested in buying the production of the plant. "GOOD CHANCE," care "The National
AMKS McGROUTY, of Greenwich. X. Y., has for 'ju iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiHiiiMiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiniinMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiine

J heaters and a quantity of truss Address "ARKANSAS," care "The National Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Fa.
sale two (2)
hoops. Price and
1)arrel
description on request.

new; has never

Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Pa.
J. M. PEEL & BROTHER
MANUFACTURERS
PENSACOLA COOPERAGE CO. I

pOR SALE— One Noble hoop coiler,

^AXTED —First-class
been taken off the shipping skids.
BOYER. R. R. No. 7, Chambersburg,
Address
Pa.
W. E.
PORTABLE TIGHT STAVE MILL FOR SALE
care
and inspecting tight
The
man, experienced
Address "STAVES,"
staves.
Xational Coopers' Journal, Philadelphia, Pa.
in buying
COILED ELM HOOPS -
HoVS TIGHT and SLACK BARRELS I

Portable plant for manufacturing A. D. and L. We are prepared at times to make prompt shipment
all

FOR SALE—TIMBER LAND tight staves. At present in eastern Arkansas. in any quantity anywhere Also KiliTdriid and Jointed RED OAK STAVES and CIRCLED HEADING I
Everything in good condition and ready to op- ^AXTED — First-class tight-barrel salesman. Address
Write u« NOW! and Plant-
erate. Responsible buyer can secure this outfit
at good price and on very fair terms.
"BARRELS." care
nal. Philadelphia, Pa.
The National Coopers' Jour-
LAKE VILLAGE -:- ARKANSAS I
-Oflice
DE SOTO and TARRAGONA STS. PENSACOLA, FLA.
pOR SALE—SLACK BARREL STAVE TIMBER. Address "PORTABLE," care "The National
flllllllllllllllllllllllllDIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Illllllllllllllllllllll IIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIII lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllirilllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIll?

23,000 acres in solid body in Southeastern Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Pa. Y^AXTED — At once, a man competent to operate a
Arkansas for sale by owner to principals only; pendulous heading sawing machine. Address
partly cut over for large saw logs; abundance "HEADING," The
small timber remaining, oak, gum, elm, ash,
pecan, hackberry, sycamore. Enough timber MACHINERY WANTED
care
Philadelphia, Pa.
National Coopers' Journal,
W. A. TSCHLMY & COMPANY MONTEZUMA COOPERS' FLAG
to assure operation
Ry. runs through
for
tract.
many years.
Address
Mo. Pac.
"OWNER," ^AXTED— I the market to buy good, second-
am in ^^ ANTED — Good man who understands the manu- Manufacturers and Dealer* in A Forty years in the business

care "The National Coopers' Journal," Philadel- hand heading turner; also, second-hand power or
hand-ltolting machine or short-log mill. M. R. HAR-
facture of oak kegs
chinery. Address "MACHINERY." care
; one who can take care of ma-
The Na- Slack Cooperage Stock SOFT VARIETY have made us Flag experts ALL LENGTHS
phia, Pa.
DEXBURGH, Beaver Dam. Virginia. tional Coopers' Journal, Philadelphia, Pa. OUR SPECIALTIES ^ Try our Service
GUM APPLE BARREL STOCK PINE TRUCK BARREL STOCK
^T/^or-oi ic - - VIRGINIA 92 West Bayard
P.
Sireel
T.
%:
CASEY
u v. Seseca falU, N. Y.

1
.WE ARE BUYERS OF
Our Special lUR LITTLE "Special Advertisements" are Wonder Workers. Our Special FIELDS-LATTA STAVE CO.
Ad. They are bright nuggets in a big streak of pay dirt. Those who have used them know this is so.
They will sell anything that you have to sell. Don't delay. Make your offerings at once through Department
Ad.
M anufacturers of HIGH GRADE $TAVES,HOOPS&HEADING
Department
Slack Barrel StavesGOT "WE'VE IT
For Tight and Slack Cooperage
DooK Board Bldg.. PUr Haad
QUALITY If and SERVICE are what you want, •

JAMES WEBSTER & BRO., Ltd. LIVERPOOL, ENO.

TENNESSEE LONDON OFFICE— Dashwood Hoose. 9 New Broad St., E. C.
DYERSBURG office and Plant

TlIKM THAT VOf SVW IN 'THK NATIONAt. COOPF.RS' JOIRNAL.

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS, TEI.I. THEM THAT YOU SAW IT IN THE NATIONAI. COOPERS JOURNAL. WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISKRS, TKl.I. IT
24 THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL July, 1924 July. 1924 THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL 25

Tight and Slack Barrels CALIFORNIA BARREL CO.

We carry new Ccx)perage from 5 to 50-gallon on hand at all times for COOPERAGE STOCK, COOPERAGE and
Manufacturers of
Pckin Cooperage Company The Chickasaw Wood Products Co.
local or carload shipments. Ready to fill barrels for all requirements
WOODEN WARE— TIGHT and SLACK— OF ALL SIZES 659 CUNARD BLDG., 25 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
Plants at "Seville Island, Pa., and "Pittsburgh, Pa,
ADDRESS CORRESPONDENCE TO MILL: Areata, Humboldt County, California

MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY: 1101 Illinois Street, San Francisco,

Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Company FOREIGN DEPARTMENT: 433 California St., San Francisco, Cal.
Cal.

Peoria, Illinois Ambridge, Penna.

Barrels - Kegs - Shooks
13SS-31 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, Pa.
Port Arthur, Texas Mobile, Alabama
Alexandria, La. West Helena, Ark. Staves - Heading
H. ARENSON & COMPANY Washington Cooperage and Packing Co. A JcQ dimension lumber for
Barrels, Kegs and J\ianafacturers of Barrels, Shooks, Kegs, ===^^ furniture and automobiles
Cooperage Stock
plant with warehouse enables us to serve all demands
DOUGLAS FIR STAVES
Staves and Heading
Our large facilities
in second-hand and neiv barrels, used and new steel drums in any quantities. HEADING and BARRELS
We represent one of the largest steel drum manufacturers.
WASHINGTON
DOMESTIC AND EXPORT NENPHiS, TENN. NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Vojir inquiries are respectfully solicited. RiCHIVIOND BEACH
238 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH. PA.

READY
FOUNDED I8S0 (NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA) INCORPORATED 1900

Cooperage Stock & Barrel Shooks We

are large buyers of Slack Cooperage

Qoopera^e Machinery
Stock of all kinds, and we want your prices
Lajrton Cooperage Co. with good quality
N. & H. O'DONNELL COOPERAGE CO. Incorporated
standard Slack Barrel
BARREL MANUFACTURERS
B. C. SHEAHAN COMPANY Moore St., Water to Swanson St. PHILADELPHIA, PA, MANUFACTURERS OF STAVES, HOOPS
166 West Jackson Blvd. n CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
it

FIR STAVES AND HEADING AND HEADING

of uniform dependability
TIGHT AND SLACK
•

BRUCE T. WARRING THE MICHEL COOPERAGE CO. Straight or Mixed Cars

3256 K STREET, N. W.
Dealer In
WASHINGTON, D. C. Manufacturers
Also Tanks, Barrels and Kegs Write, 'phone or wire us
if you want quick service

All Kinds of Second Hand Empty Barrels WINE, PICKLE on^ OIL COOPERAGE
30 YEARS' EXPERIENCE ALWAYS IN THE MARKET FOR SQUARE HEADING
AND STAVES OF ALL KINDS. QUOTE PRICES
Heading and Stave Mill, Linnton, Oregon
The Gideon -Anderson Co.
Can Furnish You Barrels for All Purposes OFFICE: 301, 303 WATER ST., PORTLAND, ORE. Second and Angelica Sts., ST. LOUISi MO.
West 1 277
Write Me When In Need
Res. West 2224 SANDUSKY OHIO
I

ESTABLISHED 1884
PROPERLY QUALITY BUM HOOPS Dublin Hardwood Stave Co. nt
GEORGE W. STONE, Jr., & SONS MADE Tight Barrel STOCK FREIGHT RATES TO
INCORPORATED
Manufacturers of
DEALER IN
SECOND-HAND BARRELS and HOGSHEADS
ALL KINDS OF-
STAVES AND HEADING
St. IvOiiIb,
L^uisTllle, 20.5c
Chiragro, IGc
Milwaukee, 23.5c
13c New Orleans. 84c
niiflTalo.SlJic
PittHburgrh, S1.5c
Norfolk, 40.5c
Air Dried and Listed Tight Barrel
COOPERAGE
Red Oak, White Oak, Ash
Vail Cooperage Co.
Kanaaa City, 24.5c New York. 43.6c PORK STAVES Since 1888
All orders receive prompt and efHcient attention. Let ui serve you. CAN YOU BEAT 'EM? All kinds of Cut-Offs and kinds of Hand-
all Manufacturers of
OZARK TIMBER AND STAVE COMPANY made Staves, Slavonian made.
WAREHOUSE AND YARDS
1234*1240 SEVENTH STREET, S. W. Washington, D. C. lO N. Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois
O. L. Bartlett, Manufacturer
P. 0. Box 171 Dublin, Ga. STAVES
BOX 238 -:- MOUND CITY, ILL.
QUALITY HOOPS
YOU
NATIONAL COOPERAGE & WOODENWARE CO.
BUNGS
WE MAKE THEM!
VENT PLUGS FAUCETS
A. M. WELTI & BRO.
ManufACturcn of can possibly get along without
advertising in THE NATIONAL
STOCK HEADING
1
TIGHT COOPERAGE CASK or BARREL PLUGS and WORM-HOLE PEGS Tight Cooperage COOPERS' JOURNAL,
will
but you
get along much better and
OUR NORTHERN ELM HOOPS
"BEST BY TEST" VENEERS
Manufacturers and Exporter s
Write for price* on Bung-borers, Cooper'* hoop-driver*, hanrimer*,
adze*, flagging and flagging iron*, chalk, chine* and chine maul*
Milk, Oil and Lard Tierces much faster IF YOU DO USE
THE ONLY PAPER THAT
1
and Kegs SPECIALIZES YOUR CLASS rORT WAYNE :t IND.
PEORIA ILLINOIS REDLICH MFG. CO. 647 W. Oak St. CHICAGO 7832 Kinsman Road CLEVELAND, 0. OF BUYERS.
Known to the trade for over 60 year*

Western New York

WEIMAR ENGINEERING WORKS
COOPERS* Butt or Heading

Flag
Hoop Nails
Bright, Blued,
Hoop Staples Hoop Fasteners
Coppered or Galvanized BUILDERS
Hoop Driving, Barrel Washing
FLAG The Finest
Grades Grown
A large tupply
cnnmtamtiv ir% mtftfb THF fiEO.
Write for prices and samples

W. STANLEY CO. Belleville. III.

OF

Buncr Hah Boring Machines

id
L
Special Machines Built to Order
Manufacturer of
and Dealer in SKUSE'S COOPERAGE
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
In building our machines we seek to gain the highest
users of our make will
Slack Are you in touch with buyers of your efficiency in every way, and
always holds good.
Orders solicited for straight or mixed products? find this our guarantee, which
Staves line of
cars. Local coopers supplied.
Write us Let u$ know your requirements
Heading whether you want to buy or sell as we
For a live wire connection
Hoops WESTMORELAND and JASPER STREETS
know we can deal to your satisfaction. TRY THIS SPACE PHILADELPHIA, PA. J^^^ BARREL WASHINQ MACHINE
Flour and Address, SKUSE'S COOPERAGE
Fruit Barrels Cor. Finnrjr and Davln 8ts., ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
THEM THAt TOO SAW IT IM "TH« NATIONAL COOPEIS' JOU.MAt.'
WHEN WHITING TO ADVE.TISWS. TEUt
WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS, TEI.I, THEM THAT VOU SAW IT IN "THE NATIONAI. COOPERS* JOURNAt.'
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Parties wanting anything that comes under any of the following heads, will do well to

BUYERS* DIRECTORY remember that these are the most reliable and trustworthy manufacturers and dealers in
their respective lines. Always mention this paper when writing. I. F. C. means Inside

BARREL ELKVATORS AND CONVEYORS

Front Cover.
PAIL AND TUB MACHINERY
I. B. C. means Inside Back Cover.

Page
STAVE AND HEADING MACHINERY
Page
GREir BROS.
Oram C<>., TJh-
*

John C. Cleveland, Ohio

Page
H-15 Gerlach Co.. The Peter. Cleveland, Ohio 4 Gerlach Co.. The Peter. Cleveland. Ohio
Holmes Machin. ry Co.. E. & B., Buffalo, N. Y
4
TIGHT
GoodBpeed Machine Co., Wlnohendon, Ma.sM

COOPERAGE
-- 5

BARREL HEATERS Oram Co., The John C, Cleveland, Ohio 14-15

Colw.U CoopersiKe
Hynson Compan.v. 'IMu
^'e^v Y<iik,
('"
Si.
.

I.oul.s,
.

Hi
X.
Mo
Y
Bro;icUvay, N<\v York.
-.
4 Arenson &
H. Son. C,
Co.,
SECOND-HAND BARRELS
H.. Pitt.shurgh. Pa
Jersey City. N. J
24
22
Rochester Barrel Machine Wks., Rochester, N. Y .Back Cover
Trevor Manufacturing Co., I.ockport, N. Y
.

.5

SLACK
Van .\ken Coopeia>;c fi>. <' M.. It; i<lt .Vc

STEEL AND WIRE HOOPS -%

COMPANY
I'ltlsluirKh Barrel and Coopei-age Co.. I'ittsbuinh, I'a 24
Stone. Jr., *i Sons, George W., 12:t4 7th St., Wash., D. C...24
BARREL aiACHINERY
Grotnes Maehine Works. Chas.. ChlcaKo. Ill ^
Warring, Bruce T., Washington, D. C 24 American
Hanlon-Gregory
Henning, Inc.,
Steel Co., Chicago and New York
and Wire
Co., Pittsburgh,
E., Chicago, 111
Pa I.
22
B. C.
22
Cooperage Stock Thirty years of
Holmes Machinery Co.. E. & B.. Buffalo, N. Y SLACK BAIiREL MAKERS AND BARREL STOCK Quality pro-
W—
•'

& San Krsincisco, Cal

Marten. Gralin Antlresen,

N E
._«

Oram Co.. The John C

Cleveland. Ohio 14-1;. Colwell Cooperage Co., New York. N. Y
Grcif Bros. Coopeiage Co.. Cleveland. Ohio
22
STOCK BUYERS duction is the
Rochester Barrel Machine Wk.s.. Rochester, N. Y. .Back Cover .
I. B. C.

Heldt it Son. C. Jersey City. N. J 22 Henning, Inc., E.. Chicago. 111..

Weimar EnRlneering Works, l'hila<lelphia. I'a
STAVES
2.'.

Casey, P. T.. Seneca Falls, N. Y

COOPERS' FLAG

Colwell CooperaKe Co., New York, N. Y

.2:1

**2
Jacohs Cooperage Co.. K. W.. Mllvvuukt e. Wis
o'Diinnell Cooperage Co., N. and H.. Philadelphia, Pa.... 24
Pensacola Cooperage Co., Pensacola. Fla
.^kuse's Cooperage. Rochester. N. Y
Walsh Sons, Morris, Pittsburgh, Pa
*

2:!
24
I. B. C.
Sheahan
Webster &
Co.. B. C, Chicago, 111.
Bro., Ltd..

TIGHT BARREL MAKERS AND BARREL STOCK

Liverpool. England.
,24
.2.1

USED— HOOPS
foundation up-
on which our
leadership in
Hennlng, Inc., E., Chicago, 111 California Barrel Co., San Franci-co, Calif 24
Traver, R. E., Mont«zuma. N. Y .2i
SLACK BARREL STOCK
Henning, Inc., E., Chicago, 111
(Manufaeturers or Dealers)
22
Chickasaw Wood Products Co.. Memphis. Tenn
Frazier Company. G. I.. Nashville, Tenn 3
25
•

Cooperage Machinery HEADING the trade is bas-

COOPERS' TOOLS. TRUSS HOOPS. ETC. Pennover Co.. J. C. Chicago, 111 B. C.
Hudson & D'uggar Co.. Inc.. Memphis. Tenn 16
ed. Our equip-
MILL-
I.
Lay ton Cooperage Co., Portland, Ore 25
Colwell Cooperage Co.. New York. N. Y Southern Cooperage Co., New Orleans. La
-- 2:'.
Michel Cooperage Co.. Sandusky, Ohio 24
Hvnson Company. The. St. I.ouis, Mo 4 .stiuthers-Zicgler Cooperage Co.. Detroit, Mich 3
Moore Stave Co.. Lucas E.. New Orleans and N. Y. .Front Cover ment, technical
Redlich Mfg. Co.. 647 W. Oak St.. Chicago. Ill -4 Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New York. 16
National Cooperage and Woodenware. Peoria. Ill 24
.

Broadway. New York.lt; knowledge and

SHOP—
Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Pekin Cooperage Co.. 25 Broadway. New York, N. Y 25
SLACK COOPERAGE STOCK (Manufacturerd and Dealert«) Pensacola Cooperage Co.. Pensacola. Fla .23
DOWEL PINS Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Co.. Pittsburgh, Pa 24 experience is

SLACK
Bartlett, O. L., Mound City, 111
2.-|
Sutherland-Innes Co.. Ltd.. Chatham, Ont 2
Hickson-Rogers Mfg. Para.nould. Ark 23 Colleton Mercantile Co., Raven* 1, S. C 6
Wal-h Sons, Morris, Pittsburgh, Pa
Hvnson Company, The. St. Uouis. Mo
Co..
4 Carey Cooperage and Timber Co., Cypress, Ala 2:!
I. B. C.

Washington Coop, and Pkg. Co., Richmond Beach, Wash .. 24 placed at your
R.-dlich Mfg. Co.. 647 W. Oak St.. Chicago, HI. 24 Colwell Cooperage Co., New York, N. Y 22

DRAG SAWS. ETC.

Dublin Hardwood Stave <^o., Dublin, Ga
Fields-Latta Stave Co., Dyersburg, Tenn
25
2.1
Welti & Bro., A. M., Cleveland, Ohio 25
Cooperage Supplies disposal. *^ «^
Gideon- Aiiil'M-son Co., St. Louis. Mo 25 TIGHT COOPERAGE STOCK (Manufacturers or Dealer*) lltlllMlillllMllttilHIIlWIllUHlill llUlllilllMlllllllllimllllllllllllllllllllllllMIIMIMIIIIIII

Hill-Curtis Co.. Kalamazoo. .Mich 22 Greif Bms. Cooperage Co.. Cleveland. Ohio I. B. C.

Henning, Inc., E., Chicago, 111 22 Brown, D. K., Ruston. La 23

Co.. J. C. Ch.ciKo. HI B. C.
^
BARRELS
I.
Pennover Colwell Cooperage Co.. New York. N. V 22
Rochester Barrel Maclilne Wks.. Rochester, N. Y. .Back Cover Hlnimelberger-Harrlson Lumber Co., Cape Girardeau. .Mo.. :;

Jerry Co., Stephen. Brooklyn, N. Y 22 Dublin Hardwood Stave Co.. Dublin. Ga 25

Mill Shoals Cooperage Co., St. Louis, Mo ICckhardt »t Lent'on. Monroe, La 23
EXPORTERS 3
Harlan-Morris Mfg. Co.. Jackson. Tenn 23
Peel & Bro., J. M.. I.ake Village, Ark 23
22

PENNOYER CO
Henning. Inc.. E.. Chicago. HI
Henning. Inc.. E.. Chicago, III --
--
Pennover Co.. J. C.. Chicago. Ill
Poessel & Co., A. L.. Chicago, III
1. B. C.
20 Jones Lumber and Stave Co.. Inc.. R. C.. Canton, Miss.... 23
Enormous Factory Capacity \>f%'^imt^
Jerrv Co.. Ste|)hen, Brooklyn, N. "i
Moor.' Stave Co., Lucas E., New Orleans and N. Y
Pekin Cooperage Co., 25 Broadway. New York, N. Y
.Front Cover
2,->
. . Powell Cooperage Co., Memphis, Tenn
Queen City Hoop Co.. Greenville. Miss Front Cover
16 Moore Stave Co.. Lucas E., New Orleans and N. Y. .Front Cover
Mt. Olive Stave Co.. Batesville. Ark
Ozark Timber and Stave Co.. Chicago. Ill
26
24
.

J. C. Huge Timber Holdings KEOS

Relnschmidt Stave Co.. Quitman. Ga 23
Sheahan Co.. B. C., Chicago. Ill 24 Pennoyer Co.. J. C. Chicago. Ill I. B. C.
HOOP MACHINES ,'<kU8e's Cooperage. Rochester. N. Y 24 Sheahan Co.. B. C., Chicago, 111 24 8 So. Dearborn Street Central Warehouse Stocks
Hvnson Company, The. St. Loui.s. Mo 4 Smith Lumlier Co.. W. T.. Chapman. Ala 6 Sutherland-Innes Co., Ltd.. Chatham. Ont 2
Washington Coop, and Pkg. Co.. Richmond Beach. Wash
Rochester Barrel Machine Wks.. Rochester. N. Y. .Back Cover

MACHINE KNIVES AND SAWS

Struthers-Ziegler Coopei-age Co.. Detroit. Mich
Sutherland-Inne< Co.. Ltd., Chatham. Ont
Trexler Cooperage Co.. Allentown. Pa 23
3
2 Wilson Stave Co., W. W.. North Little Rock. Ark
24
23 CHICAGO, ILL.
Tschumy & Co.. W. A.. Norfolk, Va 23 TIGHT STAVE MANUFACTURERS Cars Straight. Nfatched or Mixed
Gerlach Co.. The Peter. Cleveland. Ohio 4 Van Aken (~'ooperage Co.. C. M., 141 Broadway, New York . 16
Branches
Lovejoy & Son, D.. Lowell. Mass 20 Vail Cooperage Co.. Fort Wayne. Ind 25 Dublin Hardwood Stave Co.. Dublin, Ga 25
Vall-Donaldson Co.. St. I^ouls, Mo 2 Eckhardt & Lennon. Monroe, La 23
Vail Stave Co., The, Fort Wayne, Ind Frazier Company, G. I., Nashville, Tenn 3 NEW YORK. N. Y. HUNTINGTON, W. VA.
NAILS, STAPLES, TACKS, CLKAT8. ETC.
CLEVELAND, OHIO
2
Walsh Sons, Morris. Pittsburgh, Pa B. C. Henning, Inc.. E.. Chicago. Ill 22
Colwell CooperaKC i"o.. New York. N. Y 22 Wylie & Wilson, Inc., Saginaw, Mich
I.
6 Moore Stave Co., Lucas E., New Orleans and N. Y. .Front Cover . MEMPHIS, TENN. MACON, GEORGIA
Hvnson Company. The. St. Louis. Mo 4 Reinschmldt Stave Co.. Quitman. Ga 23
Redlich Mfg. Co.. 647 W. Oak St.. Chiiago, III 24 SPRAYING MACHINES Sutherland-Innes Co.. Ltd.. Chatham, Ont 2
Stanley Co.. The t^eo. W.. Belleville. Ill 24 Washington Coop, and Pkg. Co.. Richmond Beach. Wash 24
Van Aken Cooiierage Co., C. M.. 141 Broadway. New York. 16 Eureka Machine Co.. 2605 Vega Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 22 Wilson Stave Co.. W. W.. North Little Rock, Ark 23

the kind of advertising that tells in the end. Every reader of a trade paper examines the adver-
Your advertisement placed
Is tising pages about as closely as he does the reading pages. in

one issue and then withdrawn, or inserted only for a few issues, does not begin to make the

every reader
impression on a reader that a permanent advertisement does.
is ready to buy the minute he sees your advertisement.
It would not be wise
It may be
to expect
three months, Kegs and Barrels Hoops, Staves, Heading
six months, or a year, before he is in the market for your particular line. If you run your adver-
tisement for only a short time, and then withdraw it, you will miss the inquiry of the reader who will

Slack and Tight Cooper Tacks, Truss Hoops

Advertising be in the

The
market a
firm
little later.

who advertises continuously is the

You and your advertisement may be
firm remembered by
forgotten.
the reader when ready to buy.
Therefore, don't make the mistake of thinking
remember him by placing your goods before him
the buyer
in
is likely to remember you unless you
each issue of the paper he makes a practice of Cooperage Candy Pails
reading. The one sure way to win business, and to hold it, is to go after it and keep after it.

THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL uill take your messages straight to

the buyers no matter where he is. It's our business to know where he is, and we do.

Place your 1924 advertising contract now

cTWORRIS WALSH
Office— S13 Sarah Street
( South 8th to South 9th on Sarah Street,
K. W. JACOBS COOPERAGE CO. Phone—Hemlock 0163 ^^^'^^^^
(South Side - - PITTSBURGH, PA.
MT. OLIVE STAVE CO MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN
BATESVILLE, ARK.
"MANUFACTURERS OF*
SLACK BARREL
-
MANUFACTURERS
Tight Barrel Staves and Heading
:-: ALL KINDS • < HANLON-GREGORY GALVANIZING COMPANY
XJO matter what kind of a slack barrel
IN —— > 1 you use or want we can supply your and Cut Lengths
need. Quality, manufacture and service Hot Process Galvanizmg of Hoop Steel
HMMumwrnmnHMitiiiiimmDiiiiu
in Coils
I— UW M IWW
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WHITE OAK, RED OAK, GUM and ASH guaranteed.

Write us now for
I 24th Strwt and A. V. R. R., PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
1 PROMPT SHIPMENT CLOSE INSPECTION QUALITY I
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APPLE BARRELS PROMPT DELIVERIES

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WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS, TEl.t. THEM THAT YOU SAW IT IN THE NATIONAL COOPERS JOURNAL.
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.^ Parties wanting anything that comes under any of the following heads, will do well to
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BAKKEL KLKVATOHS AND CONVEVOIJS PAIL. AND TIB
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-AIACHINEHY STAVE AND HEADING MACIIINKKV

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COOPERAGE
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COMPANY
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leadership in
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the trade is bas-
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COOPEKS' TOOLS. TKCSS HOOPS. ETC. Il.-iiiitpy. In... K.. Ill
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M., Ill Hroa.Uvay. .New

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\;in .\k.n C..op.iaK.- C.. ,
,..^^ r...,pera«e Co., -:. Hroa.lway, .V.w York, N. Y •-.-.

SL.ACK COOPEK.\GE STOCK (Maniifiu-tiirerfi and Dealer*) Pensacola C.ioperau.. Co.. I'enaacola, Tla L':!

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SLACK
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placed at your
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c.,llet..ii WaNli S..ns. Morris. l'ittshuru;h. I'a T. H. C.

H\n<.iii C..ni|)any. The. St. I.oiiis, .M.. ' Cany Co..pera«e ami TiniherCo.. Cyj.ress, Ala -•.
AYashiiiKton Cop. ami i'ku. '''<-. Ki- liiii..ml M.iieli, ^Vash l' . . I

c.lwell c.,..pera;;e C.... .New York. N. Y --

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Cooperage Supplies disposal. *^ t^

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PENNOYER CO Enormous Factory Capacity CASKS

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HOOP MACHINES
MACH1>^S H. .-.. Chi.aKo, HI M P'nnoy.r C.... .1. C,. Chi.:i ;.'... HI '".'';
Dearborn Street
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MACHINE KNIVES .AND S.VWS C.... W. A.. Xorf..lk, Va
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TIGHT STAVE .MANUFACTUKEKS Cars Straight, Matched or Mixed

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c,i rla.li >'<< Th- P.-l'-r. Cl.-velan.l. Ohio 1 \-.,,| .\ken ..•opera«e Co.. •'. M.. 141 nroailwa.v. .N.w York.P'. Branches
I,.)\..i..\ .V Son, 1>.. 1.0U..II, Mas« -" \ail ......p.-raKe Co., Fort Wayne, Tnd lir, HuMin Har.lw 1 Sl:.ve Co.. DuMiii. C.a 2.'.

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Vail Stav.- c,,.. Th.-, I'.. it Wayn-

CLEVELAND, OHIO
NAILS. STAPLES. TACKS, CLSATS
STAPIES TACKS tI.ltA1». ETC.
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,.. Fr.mt Cover MEMPHIS, TENN. MACON, GEORGIA
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the kind of advertising that tells in the end. Every reader of a trade paper examines the adver-
pages about as closely as he does the Your advertisement placed
Is ti.sing reading pages. in

one issue and then withdrawn, or inserted only for a few is.sues, does not begin to make the

every reader
impression on a reader that a permanent advertisement does.
is ready to buy the minute he sees your advertisement.
It would not be wise
It may be three months,
to expect

Kegs and Barrels Hoops, Staves, Heading

six months, or a year, before he is in the market for your particular line. If you run your adver-
tisement for only a short time, and then withdraw it, you will miss the inquiry of the reader who will

Slack and Tight Cooper Tacks, Truss Hoops

Advertising be in the

The
market a
firm
little later.

who advertises continuously is the

You and your advertisement may be
firm remembered by when ready to buy.
forgotten.
the reader
Therefore, don't make the mistake of thinking
remember him by placing your goods before him
the
in
buyer is likely to remember you unless you
each issue of the paper he makes a practice of Cooperage Candy Pails
reading. The one sure way to win business, and to hold it, it to go after it and keep after it.

THE NATIO\AL COOPERS' JOURNAL uill take your messagrs straight to

the buyer, no matter ivhere he is. It's our business to know uhere he is, and tie do. is-V"

Place your 1924 advertising contract now

c^MORRIS WALSH SONS

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Office— ^li Sarah Street
( South 8th to South 9th on Sarah Street,
K. W. JACOBS COOPERAGE CO. Phone— Hemlock 0163 FACTORY N
g^^^j^ g.^g PITTSBURGH, PA.
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MT. OLIVE STAVE CO. I MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN
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I BATESVILLE, ARK. |
»— MANUFACTURERS OF—————
SLACK BARREL
MANUFACTURERS
Tight Barrel Staves and Heading
= ;.; ALL KINDS .-; HANLON-GREGORY GALVANIZING COMPANY
XJO matter what kind of a slack barrel
IN '•* i you use or want we can supply your and Cut Lengths
^ of Hoop Steel
in Coils
need. Quality, manufacture and service w* Process
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WHITE OAK, RED OAK, GUM and ASH guaranteed.

Write us now for
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
24th Street and A. V. R. R.,
i PROMPT SHIPMENT CLOSE INSPECTION QUALITY i
I
APPLE BARRELS PROMPT DELIVERIES
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WHEN VVRITIN.; To AI)Vi:»Tl!-KRS, Tll.l. TIIKM THAT V' .t >\U IT IS "Till-; .NATIONAL COfUTR^' imRNAI.

INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE

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M C HEADING TURNER
llU. O showing new belt
feed arrangement, dispensing
with worm, worm wheel and
bevel gears.
This Turner is designed for
Circling Slack Keg Heading,
Barrel Heading and Square HEADING, HOOP MANUFACTURERS AND COOPERS
A PAPER OF GREAT VALUE TO ALL STAVE,
Edge Covers.
Published the First of Each Month.
1924
Entered as Second-Class Matter at No. 4
We manufacture a full line of VOL. 40 Subscription Price 12.00 Per Year.
Foreign Subscription f2.60 Per Year.
Philadelphia, August, the PoBt-Offlce In Philadelphia, Pa.

Slack Stave and Heading ^^

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Machinery.

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MURRAY
Decherd Tennessee

! MAN U KACTUR ER
ALABAMA
I PINE HEADING
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Slack Barrels & Shocks

Barrel
Staves BUY and SELL
Hoops
Heading HOOPS and STAVES
No. 4 Special Stave Cutter Stock Guaranteed
A new design machine of extremely strong and rigid construction especially adapted for W.M. DAVIS STAVE COMPANY
cutting hardwood staves and also crozed and chamfered staves. Write for particulars. Memphis, Tennessee i PRICES ALWAYS RIGHT
We manufacture a full line of Slack Stave and Heading Machinery ^Aim

Catalog upon request

"Who serves best, profits most" LOOK FOR OUR

QUEEN CITY TRADEMARK
ROCHESTER BARREL MACHINE WORKS HOOP CO.
With a good log supply, perfect, kiln-
dxying system and fine railroad facili-
ties, we are equipped to render
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QUEEN CITY
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Successor to JOHN GREENWOOD '»uiuiiHU|||pi|||UII"u»"*'""

ROCHESTER NEW YORK GREENVILLE - MISS.

Quality Service
requirements
HOOP
in filling your hoop
ORDER DIBECT OB FROM YOUB JOBBEB
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Gerlach Modern Machinery

•THE CHAMPION"
"^ HYNSON CO MPANY Produces
CHEAPER AND BETTER
Our unexcelled Tight and Slack Cooperage Stock BarreU, Keji and
Barrel Heater Tubs, ready to Bet up Into non-leaklns packagea of

Largest Exclusive Qoopers' Tool

Over 30,000 Now 5 to 120 gnlions llqiiid capacity, or for Mmi-Iiquid
in Use and dry inaterlaU up to 800 pounds welglit.
We manufacture machinery for sawing. Jointing, plan-
Supply House in the World ing and crozing, stave*; fur sawing. Jointing, dowel-
ling, planing and circlInK heading.

MODERNIZE YOUR PLANT

WHEN it comes
**Hynson" stands second to none.
to coopers' tools and supplies
We manu- Scrap Machinery invented before the Civil War and
install a Gerlach Outfit that will make Tight bar-
rein tiiat are tight, from any strong, non-porous
facture our products and are always stocked to timber.

handle orders promptly and satisfactorily. There BUILD

l)arrelB with perfect Joints tiiat will not leak; a
is nothing the barrel maker needs that
we can not product that Is Infinitely superior to the tin and
Iron near barrels now being experimented with.
supply. Place your orders with us now.
Wood Is tasteless, stainless and rustless and being
a poor conductor of heat or moisture, keeps Its
contents In their original condition.

CYLINDER SAWS RESTEELED Speed-Durability-Efficiency

MODERN BOXBOARD MACHINERY are the three outstanding features of our

HEADING -UP MACHINE

THE PETER GERLACH CO. FOR TIGHT BARRELS
Operates with
Columbus Road and Winter Street
MINIMUM OF POWER and MAXIMUM OF EFFICIENCY
CLEVELAND - - OHIO
IIsin«ile8 i)afk!)B:es from 5 to 53 i;allon8 rapacity. Mariiine deIiT«
pre<l with one head — eize optional with purchaser. Additional slzea
Hynton's O. K. Croxe. all metal Hyn«on'» Chamfer Howel or (Go-DeTQ) furnUhed at nominal cont. Il<>nd chanKea made in 10 minute*.

Capacity, 700 to 1000 barrels daily

If It Comes from "Hynson" You Know It*s Right We will be glad to send you descriptive literature

'The Champion" Heats More Barrels

CHAS. GROTNES MACHINE WORKS
CHICAGO ILLINOIS
and Does it Better Than Any
Other Heater Made
ST. LOUIS • • MISSOURI I

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Nanufacfuring Company

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The Latest Improved Macliinery

Why send your saws fot

Drives the hoops on oil, vinegar a thousand miles to Barrels Kegs

Staves Pails
and similar barrels. be resteeled when Heading Drums
Hoops Cheese Boxes
we can do it in the
Does twice the work of a screw South at a large Complete Plants
from the log to the barrel
saving ?
machine. irc»«>r I'atfnt

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and supplies
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supply. Place your orders with us now. Wood Is tasteless, stainless and rustless and being
a poor conductor of heat or moisture, keeps Its
content* in their original condition.

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Of Quality in Volume
MERCANTILE and
MANUFACTURING MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
Our plants at
and Greenville consume each work-
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timber manufacturing:
Manufacturers of

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Hope,
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Mills

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Yellow Pine Lumber and Timber
Hardwood Lumber
and Gum
Heading means PINE HEADING
18" Champered and properly made from Memphis, Little Rock,
Pine Heading Southern Pine by men Tenn. Arkansas
Oak Staves
Crozed Keg Staves who know how
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Box Shooks OUR STOCK Conforms to the Highest
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COOPERAGE Co. SLACK
^ Slack Cooperage Stock
COMPANY Thirty years of
BUYERS AND SELLERS OF Cooperage Stock
Quality pro-
duction is the
Staves, Hoops may
NEW
STAVES foundation up-
on which our
Be your requirements what
apple, lime, salt, flour orsugar barrels,
they for
USED
HOOPS leadership in
it would pay you to ask us for prices,

for sooner or later we will guar- Cooperage Machinery

HEADING the trade
ed.
is

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bas-
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and
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what we aim to sell
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ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS
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Cars Straight, Matched or Mixed
SAGINAW, MICHIGAN
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The National Coopers' Journal

The firm of FORTIETH Philadelphia, August, 1924
«i.00 I'KK
vol.. M.. No. 4
VKAK
VEAK

HENRY WINEMaN, Jr. New Orleans Reports That the Usual Midsummer
Dullness Has Settled On the Cooperage
A GRATUITOUS SLAP AT THE APPLE BARREL
The Fibopak Company. 400 Xorth Michigan Boule-
vard. manufactures and markets a patented
Chicago,

takes pleasure in announcing to slack cooperage fibre container. .\s part of its marketing machinery it

Trade That City. Small Orders publishes a monthly house organ, in the July issue of
consumers and the trade in general that it is now
i
In
which appeared an article deserving of the attention
needs in Keep Plants Running and close scrutiny of the entire slack branch of the
straight fully prepared and ready to supply their cooperage industry. How wide the circulation of the
make a strong hid for such husiness above-mentioned house organ is we are in no position
Matched or Mixed Midsummer upon the South and
dulliKSs has
There
>cttlc(l stock on hand, will
as the Ozark Couperagc and Lumber Co. enjoyed, to state, hence we can make no estimate as to the field
rests most htavilv upon the cooperage industry.
which has been covered by the propaganda which it

Slack Cooperage Stock.

The shop leaves vacant one ot the
closing of
Cars are no vegetable's being shipped, the export trade is

practically closed l)est shop buildings and most desirable manufacturing

this
carries. We
are reprinting the article in question with-
quiet, the cottonseed oil mills arc
locations in this city, and throws on the market a full out recommendation or coinment. other than the obser-
down' waiting for the new crop, the present production
set of the latest and best barrel making machinery. vation that we can admire the merchant who attacks
of asphalt is mainly for domestic use and is not going
Complete stocks of material, ample financial into barrels, the people who will use sugar barrels a Cooper. Working Despite Listless Trade
competition by an honest and
the merits or advantages of his goods, but
fearless presentation
we are at
of

little later on have deferred Inning until they can tell

Slack Staves strength, and capable and experienced person- just what they will need, so most of the work now It is interesting to member of
note that every the a loss to understand the ethics of the merchant who
resorts to wilful, deliberate and studied disparagement
persomiel of the Ozark Cooperage and Lumber Co.
nel, both sales and executive, combine to give
being done on the miscellaneous small lines that are
is
shop, whether machine or hand cooper, has tound of his competitors' products in the fatuous delusion that
barely sufficient to keep the shops open. There is. of
Slack Heading the company immediate rank with the leading course, an occasional order for salt barrels to be shipped employment in other shops.
dull, but can not be quite dead when all the men
We all admit that business by so doing he can i)romote profitable interest in his
own. The effusion, which was published under the
in car lots, telescoped, but these arc not numerous is it

cooperage houses of the country, and to enough to create much diversion. »>'"" ^ '-''"sed shop can at once place themselves m cai)tion. "The Obsolescent Barrel." follows

Elm Hoops The candv people and the numerous small macaroni
'ithcr shops. On .April 1st. according to the Department of -Agri-
guarantee that high quality of service which it
,
«. ,
culture, there were bushels of apples cold
r J.
• '
used ,.,„^^
_ f _ ,. „i sugar
lactones are using a tfew barrels, butt prefer
1 1 1 A
-* working
" ^ cooikt this citv
in was recently offered a 12.000,(K)0 in

11 *i 4.U ^ ^ .,,1 „.,

barrels as long as they can get them sound and clean.
1 „i „., job in a shop
.

in
, ^
another State,
' ,

and was recpiestcd to

" ,
storage in this country. Of these, almost one-half

Wire Hoops
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pledges to patrons. '

,,.,.. Probably that means

,
i-
its ^, send someone else if he could not take the job lumsclt.
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•
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(47.5 per cent.) were in barrels.
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The shops here are still pretty well stocked up, and 1 1 1
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among .11 ,,
He .,
could sec no reason for leaving this citv to hud than about one-half of all apples sold are packed in

APPLE BARREL STOCK

,
while thev are doing a little trading themselves, , - • '
barrels.
our quotations on employment, nor could he find a working cooper who
, , , , i

The trade will find "

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r
from outside . -1

Headliners very interesting.

thev
sources.
are buying little, if any, material , ,' ,
thought the outlook bad enough to make him leave
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In 1923. nearly half (48.8 per cent.") of the
crop was produced west of the Mississippi River,
commercial
home to get a job.
i * i
ai)ple

Slack Stock Market The working cooper is often a man of iKtmadic ten- where the apple box is the standard container. If

^^li mi,^— w^^ima w^w—- .« -^^CR — |iB-^-«li -^MW—Bi^—•« Lincoln Bond and Mortgage Building DETROIT, MICHIGAN dencies, but the outlook here is good enough to make these western apples were, in fact, all packed in boxes
9
Purchases of fresh materials by New Orleans coopers ,^i,^^ ^^.jj,j,^g ^^, ^^j^,j^, j^ ^^,^^ ^,^.^,,^ ^j^^^^,^,^ ^^ ^^.^, ^^j^, and if the ratio of barrels to boxes and baskets in
have been so small lately that the prices paid may be ,,^,,.^,^^. ^j^j^ j^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^ g^^^, ^^^j.^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ stj>rage on April 1st is the ratio obtained for the entire
considered arbitrary, but the quotations received by the crop, it follows that 93 per cent, of the apples produced
Small Consumers Keeping Business Alive
1 shops would indicate a market list about as follows:

Xo. 2 30" G. M. Staves (ft $1(U1<) At times business here is kept alive by the small
for sale east of the Mississippi were packed in barrels
and only seven per cent, in boxes and baskets of all

No. 1 28':." Pine Staves (d 800 consumers, the lines that call for fifty or one hundred kinds.
^'"• ^^*^'^^'' Whether or not these figures are correct, it is certain
\ ^^X-\^ ^;,^'o J^! ^olJ! barrels per month. Then there is the occasional stranger
No. 2 24 G. M. Staves in o.lKJ
r .
that in the northwest, where apple growing a modern,
^^"'^ drops in. buys a wagon load of barrels, and may
i i i i i is

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\() 1 30" G Staves M ((f 14 00
highly specialized business, practically all apples are
Xo! 1 30" Elm vStavcs <jn] 12.00 not need any more for a year, if ever. These little

STAVES
one bushel capacity, while in
bo-xes of about

SLACK BARREL
orders are good to fill in odd times, and the multitude i)ut up in
Heading them often make up the day's work, but they are the East, where apples are still too largely regarded as

!lf 17i/«"
19'/^" m'.
M R Pine
R. Pine
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rather troublesome. a by-product of farming and where the traditions of

former generations still have a strong infiueiice. most
I9I4" Xo. 1 Gum @ .14'/^ How the Big Consumers Keep Prices Dovm of the apples are packed in barrels.
The barrel has become obsolete, or nearly so, for
We ship staves of our own manufacture only WA" Xo
16" Xo. T
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Gum
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Everyone wants the big orders, something that looks
lil«^' real business, and yet the big buyer often has a many of the dry commodities formerly shipped in it.
Gum Crackers and Portland cement are two good examples.
Their quality and manufacture 17^^" Xo. ^^y2 talent for making himself a nuisance. When the buyer
2 <""

some giant corporation broadcasts his inquiry for

for From the standpoint of the retailer the barrel is a

prices on ten thousand barrels, and it is known that he nuisance, awkward heavy when full, its
to handle, too
guaranteed to please 5' 6" (? $17.50 often places orders of that size, all the shops know that contents hard to reach when nearly empty, and a poor
display package. He wants a container that one man
5'
^^ ^ |-;!J'
he is a good man to stand in with, so they all make
can handle easily, that he can stock (jii shelves or stack
^
him very The buver smiles derisively at

TURNER-FARBER-LOVE COMPANY
'. ,' *
," Vt y-v close prices.
above
111., a
All the
.-111 ,yj ^ prices are made f. o. b. Xcw Orleans.
1

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one on another ceiling high, that has the name of con-
X
^1^^.competing coopers, and sarcastically advises *i,them , ., t

His patronage is tents printed on the outside, that makes an attractive

^*^ VwV. up his concern in Bradstreet.
SI k Barr I Market
worth fighting for, as the business within his gift would disi)lay when opened, and of a size that some, at least,

more of his customers will buy full. The barrel fulfills none
Leland, Mississippi Harrels, when sold f. o. b. shop, never bring keep a shop busy the year round,
of these conditions. The northwest box and the bushel
than 75 cents for the best, unless some special trimming, This sounds reasonable, and every cooper, in the hope
—
basket are better than the barrel "Fi-Bo-Pak" is better
like tongue and grooved staves, or special hoops, brings of getting the permanent business, offers to fill the
A high-class barrel can be order at less than the cost of production. The than either, for storage, for shipping, for display. It
the price up to 80 cents. trial

barrels, sugar-size, sell for given to the lowest bidder. fulfills all of the above conditions.
bought for 70 cents ; No, 2 order is

while the half -barrel, Xo. 2, brings about When the big buyer is in the market again the same One reason why the eastern apple grower ought to
75 cents,
stop using the barrel is that by using it he is cheating
50 cents. proceeding is followed. The man who filled the first

order lost so heavily on unable to compete, himself in cjuantity. The following figures are taken
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gives but a general idea of prices, for it
The above it that he is
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r some other cooper, who from Farmers Bulletin 1196, of the Department of
often happens that a cooper, to get in on some trade and so the second order goes to

I '"We consiilrr the ronfnlence that Slack Cooperage Stock that he fancies, or to stick a knife in the back of some is willing to get stung once in the hope of an ultimate Agriculture
=

— HOOPS
lower on future business. By the time the big buyer Standard barrel contains 7056 cu, in, 3.281 bu.
the trade reposes in us as our grcat- rival, will make prices from five to ten cents profit
Xorthwestern apple box contains 2173 cu, in, = 1.011 bu.
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1 est asset —
it is the direct result of than those we have mentioned. has made the round and has given an order, at prices
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our constant effort to pnxhice and
sell
ahlc
nulhiiig
fjoocls.
hul honest, depend STAVES HEADING Ozark Cooperage and Lumber Company'. Plant Cloted
less than cost of production, to every shop in the town,
the
to
man who
make another
filled the
trial
first

at
order has recuperated enough
working for nothing in the
Bushel contains 2150.42 cu. in.
The following
l.()(K) bu.

same bulletin
is from "The
standard apple and vegetable barrel, which is ordinarily
the

contain three bushels, actually holds nine

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Mr. O. J. Hill, receiver for the Ozark Cooperage and j^opc for big results. sui)i)osed to
Staves from 24 inches to 48 inches Lumber Co., in lifjuidating the affairs of that concern. wi^at the remedy? «|uarts in excess of that amount."
"We take a wholesome pri«le in the is
I
has closed the Ozark shop here and disposed of the Xow that's the trouble. It is supposed to contain
I 'Quality' cooperage stock that goes
three bushels, and the price paid for it is set on that
I into the market under our direc-
Hoops all Lengths Heading all Diameters in the South, IMPERVIOUS PACKAGE COMPANY SUFFERS assumi)tion. The northwestern apple box is practically
''This"shop"was one of the best equipped
1 tion." rii\E. l.\^o^ The eastern fanner will not be on a fair
It was opened in the worst year in the history of the a bushel.
trade, but secured a fair share of such business as One of the most spectacular fires that has ever oc- competitive basis with the northwest until he uses a
"They made their way existed, and was opening some entirely new markets for curred in Keene, X. H.. was witnessed on June 18th, box which contains a bushel or a definite fraction of a

MILL SHOALS COOPERAGE COMPANY

I

the way they're made" the barrel. The permanent closing of the plant was when the plant of the Impervious Package Company bushel like one-half or one-fourth.
manage- was destroyed. The entire plant and its equipment as .Are theabove derogatory statements, which together
Syndicate Trust BIdg. ST. LOUIS, MO. not due to any defect in the shop, fault in its
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ment. f)r to the general business outlook here, but was well as a large stock of staves and other lumber were with constituting a tactless and wholly inexcusable
wholly an incident to the dissolution of the central totally destroyed, Edwin A. Ellis, the treasurer of the breach of business ethics cast an unwarranted asper-
oomi)any. of which it was a branch. The Louisiana company states that plans for the immediate resumption sion on the intelligence and progressivencss of the

Manufacturing and Cooperage Co., having bought the of business are being formulated. eastern apple grower, to go unchallenged ?
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BRISK BUSINESS IN SLACK LINE REPORTED SLACK COOPERAGE FREIGHT RATE REVISED A NOTABLE ADDITION TO THE LIST OF SLACK
OPTIMISTIC AND CHEERFUL EVEN THOUGH
FROM CANADA DOWNWARD COOPERAGE CONCERNS
Brief Reports from Various Parts of the Country BUSINESS IS DULL AT PRESENT
Business John Paxton & Montreal. Canada.— We beg Organized under the corporate name of Henry Wine-
vSoiTH Jersey Barrel Co.. Trenton, N. J.— Co., Secretary C. G. Hirt, of The Associated Cooi)erage
Reveal Improving Conditions and at present is rather dull as July
and August usually are.
to much
to report that business in the barrel line has been quite
brisk with us, and we
expect a further good trade
Industries of America, has recently issued a bulletin man, Jr., a new concern that has every aspect of being
a worthy addition to the long list of substantial organi-
but we are looking forward with confidence
in setting forth the information that, in accordance with
Brightening Prospects improved conditions in September. apple barrels when the fruit is harvested. an order issued by the Interstate Commerce Commis- zations now engaged in the slack cooperage line, has
estal)lished offices in Detroit and announces that it is
sion, carriers have been instructed to amend their
A
compilation of opinions and reports on the present NEW HAMPSHIRE'S CITIZENS STAND BY "CAL" TENNESSEE MILLS JUST "MARKING TIME" not later than June 30th. to provide for ready to receive inquires and to execute orders for
HIGHER PRICES AND STRONGER DEMAND WILL
tariffs, effective
slack barrel material.
conditions and immediate prospects of business in coop- Proctor Brothers & Co., .Xashua. X. H.— Trade FOLLOW THE PRESENT OPTIMISTIC E. L. Morgan. Huntington, Tenn. — Business condi- rates on slack barrel shooks, with metal hoops, carloads,
The executive personnel of the new organization is
erage gathered from widely scattered sections of not to exceed 110 per cent, of the rate applicable on
lines,
has been rotten for one year. The men we have elected ATTITUDE OF CONSUMERS tions in this section are very (piiet. However, things
the country, discloses a distinctly heartening chronicle lumber, or, in other words, ten per cent, higher than headed by Henry Wineman, Jr., as president, and
to make our laws have ruined business by making are moving along slowly, with much better prospects
of trade messages bearing the cheering news that the laws hoping to get voters for their election. Old Powell Cooperage Co.. Memphis. Tenn.— We look for the future. Very small percentage of stave mills the lumber rate. This is a coticession of considerable h'rank M. Scherer as general manager. Mr. Wineman
toward a period of for better volume at higher prices than have been pre- importance. has had a notably successful career in the lumber and
general trend of industry is satis-
Lodge pledged himself for the bonus to get his last in this territory are running. We
producing just
arc all
factory activity and reasonal)ly profitable operation this vailing. Our beginning to move more freely
stock is vessel and the real estate business, all of which he
and tinal election. The president and candidate are all as little stock as possible, without entirely going out
coming fall. There are some isolated instances of right, but what can they do?
and we find a more optimistic sentiment among buyers. of business. Crop conditions fair.
SOUTHERN HARDWOOD TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION pursued in long stretch of years and
Detroit over a

pessimistic reports and depressing outlooks scattered FIGHTS FREIGHT RATE INCREASE his re-entry into the cooperage line is supported by a

about here and there, but by far the greater part of broad experience gained in dealing in stock in the years
THE RE-COOPERED BARREL TRADE IN PHILA- BARREL DEMAND IS SLUGGISH AT PRESENT. SEPTEMBER SHOULD WITNESS IMPROVEMENT Application has been filed with the Interstate C(M1i-
the territory covered returns word to the effect that the when Michigan was one of the leading cooperage ma-
DELPHIA PROMISES BETTER THINGS IN APPLE HARVEST SHOULD HELP IN BUSINESS merce Commission by the Southern Hardwood Traffic
terial-producing States in the Union.
recent month has developed a decided increment in
THE NEXT FEW MONTHS C. O. Thorn, Milton, X. Y.— Barrels are moving
C. E. Murray Cooperage Xashville, Tenn.
Co., — Association asking susi)ension of a new tariff, effective
Mr. Scherer. who recently severed his coiuiection
inquiries and orders for cooperage products and that
Business is dull with us and we can discern no pros- July 20th, which would change freight rates on lumber Company, of
there every warrant for the belief that the next few
is Stew.\rt & Son., Philadelphia. Pa.— Business at slowly at present. There is a fair apple crop through with the National Manufacturing Detroit,
pects of better conditions before September, as demand moving from points in the southeast, principally Georgia, Mr. Wineman in the manage-
months will produce a volume of business that should the present time is very quiet, but we think we can fore- this section, but the pear crop is light. to associate himself with
is weak in practically all the lines of barrels that we Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, part of Louisiana. Ken-
ment of the new concern, one of the younger genera-
is
prove more than fairly satisfactory. see better prospects within the next few months.
manufacture. tucky and a few points in the Carolinas and Virginia,
.
tion of business men who are making an indelible im-
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS HAMPERED OPERA- PRICES ARE BELOW COST OF PRODUCTION BUT to the East, including the Buffalo-Pittsburgh territory.
l)ression upon the trade. His experience of sixteen
BRISK FALL BUSINESS IN ELM HOOPS EXPECTED OVERPRODUCTION ASCRIBED AS THE REASON TIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA SIGHT
The new tariffs are now being checked for increases, as
years, during which he served the Xational Manufac-
RELIEF IS IN
Ark.— Just FOR DULL TRADING IN USED BARRELS they figure some increa.ses and some reducti»)ns, and
J. M. Peel & Bro.. Lake \'ii.lage, at Wilmington Wood Prodicts Co.. Wilmington, N. C.
Turner-Farber-Love Co.. Leland, Miss. — Business would also increase minimum weights from 34,000 to
turing Company in a wide range of capacities, which
present business is a little quiet, but better with us than F. ScHWALBs' Cooperage. Brooklyn. X. Y. It is — —Business here is at a standstill in practically all lumber
has been very dull with us for the past ten weeks. culminated in the vice-presidency of that organization,
36.000 pounds per car and cancel the present rule allow-
usual this time of the year, and as there is not a very apparent that all second-hand coopers in and about this lines,due to excessive rainfall. More rain fell in June, prices have been hammered down together with his intimate personal acquaintance with
Slack barrel stave
ing 500 pounds for duiuiage used in loading open-top
large stock of hoops at the mills at present we are city are putting some red figures into their books. 1924, than during the year of 1917. So far this month to a point below cost.
both the consuming and the manufacturing trades, ad-
car equipment. planned to such increases as
expecting an exceptionally good business this fall. Business is quiet and uncertain for the immediate we have had about nine inches. it dries up we may H However, we are very optimistic of the near future
It is fight
mirably fit him to discharge the duties of his new office.
are considered unreasonable, but not attack the entire
future. We
do get an occasional order, but there is get some logs, as will also the lumber mills. We are and are marking time until conditions right themselves. Temporary have been oi)cned on the eleventh
offices
The association will also fight the increase in
tarifl^.
floor of the Lincoln Bond and Mortgage Building,
MAINE APPLE BARREL DEMAND SLOW, BUT overproduction in the industry, and prices are not profit- receiving many inquiries, but the prices offered are
We believe by early fall that business will show marked minimum cars and also to prevent taking away the pending the fitting up of the company's permanent head-
PROMISING able for that reason. below cost of production. The apple crop being late, improvement. dunnage allowance. quarters, which, when completed, will occupy one-half
hurts also. We hope for l)Ctter prices and must get
Farmers' Machine Barrel Co, Readfield. Me. — BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT MAY BE EXPECTED of the tenth floor of that building. A general line of
them to break even.
Prospects for fall trade in apple barrels look better than NO COMPLAINT ABOUT BUSINESS IN THIS IN THE FALL slack barrel material will be handled, with apple-barrel
for a long time. The apple crop here promises good, QUARTER —We make
TIGHT BARRELS FIND A NEW, FAST-DEVELOPING
R. L. Muse Lumber Co., Jonesboro. Ark. stock as a particular specialty.
hut many growers are undecided as to how they will — DEMAND IS HOLDING UP FAIRLY WELL FIELD IN THE NORTHWESTERN BERRY
E. A. Nichols, 778 Potter's Ave.. Providence. R. L coiled elm hoops Are operating at about 50 per
onlj-.
INDUSTRY
dispose of their crop, therefore few barrel orders are I have no fault to find with business. Am looking for- A. A. Sparks. Crozet. Xa. Business in the lumber — cent, capacity. Business not good at present and we
J. J. O'CONNOR COMPANY, INC., MOVE OFFICES
placed much ahead of picking. ward to a good fruit reason. Am taking it a little easy and stave trade is very quiet here. There will be about don't expect any material improvement for at least A new field that will yield substantial patronage to
this summer, which I am pleased to do. a f)0 per cent, crop of apples in this section. While three months. tight manufacturers is rapidly developing to
barrel The J. J. Jersey City, X. J., for
O'Connor Co.. Inc..

business is not as heavy as it was a year ago, it is hold- sizable proportion in the Puget Sound l)erry districts. years one of the leading houses of the Jersey metropolis
PLANT RUNNING DAY AND NIGHT
ing up fairly well in prices. Mill run poplar staves are The use of barrels for the packing and transportation handling new and re-coopered barrels, have moved their
Texas Barrel Co.. Hol'ston, Tex. — In reply to your CONSUMERS' STOCKS ARE DIMINISHING, CONSE- COOPERAGE FLAG TRADE BRISK from 17th and Erie Streets to a suite in the
being quoted at $11 to $13 per thousand. of soft berries is a comparative innovation, but at the offices
inquiry, we beg to state that business in our various QUENTLY REPLENISHMENT WILL FURNISH -

Ray a. Russell, S.wannah, N. Y.— In the coopers' Bank building, where they will
rate at which it is expanding in various sections of the new First Xational
lines has been very good.manufacture ice cream We BUSINESS TO THE MANUFACTURERS with me, has been good. There carry on business with the same enterprise and energy
flag business trade, country it bids fair to become one of the major sources
tubs, barrels, kegs and slack barrels and have iK'en The \'ail-Do\aldson Co., St. Louis. Mo. — Cooper- EXPECT FALL BUSINESS TO BE ABOVE THE seems to be a good market for Al stock at a fair profit. of business in the tight line. Mr. Daiu'el C. Pettibone, which has characterized their activities in the past.
forced to run nights in order to keep up with the age as well as other business in general has been better AVERAGE We work six days a week and stock is running low. manager of express traffic on the Xorthern Pacific Mr. J. A. Warnock and Mr. Robert Xorton. who have
demand. The future outlook appears very bright. than at this particular time. However, conditions for
Xebraska City Cooperage Xebraska City. X'eb.
Co..
We expect to be busy for the next five months har- Railway, in recent comment on the northwestern berry been identified with the company since its organization,
good business during the balance of the year look quite — "N'our kind inquiry at hand and will say that we handle
vesting a new supply. We have no complaint. industry, said the following will continue as directing heads of business, and their

THE REPUBLICANS ARE BLAMED FOR POOR favorable to us. Prices, we are sure, will stiffen quite "Barreled berries are the result of an experiment numerous friends throughout the trade are assured of
apple barrels for fruit only. The crop prospect is
BUSINESS IN ARKANSAS shortly. Mill production has been curtailed, we Iwlieve,
about one-half of a normal yield in this vicinity for INQUIRIES ARE ABROAD FOR COOPERS' FLAG attempted which proved so successful that
in 1917. the cordial reception of orders or visitors at the com-
more than consum])tion. and consequently stocks in the IN LARGE QUANTITIES western Washington and Oreg(jn now compete with pany's new official home.
Thomas-Bowman C(m»i'Erage Co.. Searcy, Ark. — In consumer^' hand> are growing very small. On
this year, but we think the quality will be gootl. While
reply to the questions, will say that the conditions for
the
the packers will probably use more baskets than barrels, R. E. Traver Estate, Monte/.ima, X. V.— Mr. R. E. berry producers in all parts and in every section of the
whole the outlook appears to us quite favorable.
bn>iness of all kinds are anything but good in this there will be. nevertheless, quite a substantial volume Traver passed away and owing to the fact
recently, country."
NEW TUB AND PAIL FACTORY AT WABENO, WIS.
of barrels consumed. General crop conditions arc very that I have just taken over his business and as yet "In 1919 alKiut 3,500 barrels were packed; in 1920
locality. All kinds of bu>iness have l)een suspended for Wooden ware Co.. with capital stock of
about 10,000. and in 1921 about the same number. Last The Reliance
some time. Farmers have fair prospects, about 60 per SCARCITY OF TIGHT STOCK WILL STIFFEN good, and with fair prices such as are indicated at this have not made any study of the prospects for the com-
$125,000, has been organized in Wabeno. Wisconsin.
PRICES IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE time, we anticipate that business ing months I do not feel that I can express an opinion year a total numl)er of barrels was reported at Ix'tween
cent, of a general crop Inring in sight, but rain is badly conditions will he M. Rusch. vice
as to the outlook. I can say, however, that in the past 21.000 and 22.000.This year the district between Port- W. W. Muroa is president, F\ president,
above the average.
needed. All the sawmills, stave mills and other wood- S. X. Xelson. Me.mphis. Tenn. — Replying to your
month have had a number of inquiries for coopers' land, Oregon, and Bellingham, Washington, will put up and J. J. Hoenke. secretary and treasurer.
working businesses have been shut down. Xo logging letter of an expression of opinion
I
company has purchased the former plant of
July 16th. re<juesting
have had more inquiries about 35,000 barrels of lierries. The
is being done and th.e prices offered are very Uiw. Xo flag in large quantities. I
of prosi)ects for business for the near future, it is my PRESENT PRICES BELOW COST OF PRODUCTION, "This is the process: The berries are hulled, or A. E. Rusch Co. and will remodel it for the new
orders for lumln'r are being received. Labor has left than Mr. R. E. Traver had in any one month for over
oi»inion that business in tight cooperage will imj)rove BUT THEY SHOULD ADVANCE UPON stemmed, and packed fresh, without cooking, in barrels industry.
the country for the harvest fields, and the present a year.
materially within the next thirty to sixty days. RESUMPTION OF BUYING holding 450 pounds net, or weighing 500 pounds gross. It expected that operations will begin about Sep-
is
indications are that business will not I>e any better until Production of stocks has been unusually light, stave
Two parts of berries to one part of sugar the pro- teml)er 1st. Tubs and pails will be the chief products.
after Davis is elected president.
\'<M.i. CoopER.xGE Co.. St. Louis, Mo.— The rather ma- is
men having pursued the policy of meeting only imme- HOPES THE EXPECTED TURN OF THE TIDE WILL Employment will be given to about 80 persons.
terial increase in inquiries recently indicates the prob- portion.
diate re(|uirements for material and. therefore, have no ability of an early increase in buying. The stock of
NOT SEND PRICES TOO HIGH "The packer puts in about twenty pounds of berries
BUSY AT PRESENT AND THE OUTLOOK GOOD Ind. — We
large accumulations to draw upon in the event of an material on hand at mills and at plants of consumers Paragon C(k)perage Co.. Fort Wayne. are at a time and ten pounds of sugar; the barrel is placed FIRE DESTROYS BARREL PLANT AT MAKEMIE
increased demand for stock. .\s coopers have not pur-
Xavasota Cooi'EKACK Co., Xavasota, Tex. —July has
chased very much stock in several months i)ast. they
is of such extent that even a
moderated resumption in enjoying a fair volume of business and are very opti- on a rocker and each lf)ad of l)erries and sugar is rocked PARK, VIRGINIA
l>een rather quiet, but this is not unusual and prices buying will undoubtedly
.stinmlate prices, which are mistic for the balance of the year. Prevailing prices back and forth with sugar.
until the berries are coated
will undoubtedly come into the market this fall and we The Makemie Park (Virginia) plant of the Hall wood
are not altogether satisfactory. However, taking every- at the present time less than the cost of
production. are abnormally low. but in our judgment this is but When filled, the barrels are sealed and placed in cold
look for a scarcity of material and Barrel and Crate Company was almost totally destroyed
a consequent temporary and we are hoping that the anticipated in-
thing into consideratioiL the outlook for the balance of storage within 24 hours. They are kept at a tempera-
strengthening of prices. last month by a which broke out in the storage
fire
the year is very good as we anticipate better prices crease in business will not result in prices as abnor- ture of from 20 to 28 degrees.
.soon. We are quite bu>y on current orders and have
VOLUME OF BUSINESS SATISFACTORY BUT mally high as they are now abnormally low. "The barrels are later shijjped under refrigeration to
room of the factory and gained headway so rapidly
PRICES TOO LOW that it was impossible to control it. Although the
numerous inquiries for future delivery. USUAL SUMMER QUIETUDE PREVAILS, BUT eastern and by the new transcontinental time
points,
insurance coverage carried by the company was light,
SATISFACTORY FALL TRADE PREDICTED .\IiNNEAK)Lis Barrel and B.ng Co., Minneapolis. COOPERAGE DEMAND FROM THE SHRIMP schedule the Northern Pacific Railway is able to deliver
The Hall-
the plant will be rebuilt at an early date.
POTATO BARRELS MOVING BRISKLY Morris Wai.sh Sons, Pittsblrgh. Pa.— .Answering
Minn.— Business at the present time is not had with TRADE DULL AT PRESENT BUT RUSH berries in Chicago seventy hours from the time of
wood Company operates two barrel plants at Makemie
your inquiry of the
us. except there is very little profit in wliHt we are IS EXPECTED SHORTLY shipment from North Coast points.
Revier C(m)PErace Co.. Baltimore. Md. Conditions — the year, business
16th.
very
as is usual this time of
at
and we do not look for
doing, but we expect this with large crops coming
fall, Peninsular Barrel Company, Jacksonville, F^la. — "Before the barreling scheme was devised, l)erry
Park and two at Hallwood. Virginia, and they advise

were very poor u]) until the first of the moiuh. but we is (juiet that the loss of the burned factory will not greatly
very much imiT'-. vn't-t^t i-ni! about the f^rst of
in. that there will be quite an adv.ince in roofwrage Beg to advise that bnsine'^s in the fish and shrimp trade, growers in Washington and Oregon had to rely on the
now have all we can handle, owing to the rush of August. liaiiipcr tiicir uusincss.
prices. fresh market or canneries for a sale of their fruit. If
We are exiK-cting a nice fall business, but no rush. whom we supply with barrels, has been almost at a
potatoes in this section. The future has a very good
We operate shops along the coast from St. either, or both, of these outlets were weak, the berry
look at this time.
standstill.
FAIR PRICES RULE IN SPLIT STAVES AS PRO-
HEAVY FRUIT CROP WILL RESULT Savannah, Georgia, and Port culturist suffered heavy loss and he was never sure of
BAD WEATHER, POOR LABOR SUPPLY, AND IN RUSH OF Augustine. Florida, to
DUCTION AND DEMAND ARE
COOPERAGE ORDERS Royal, S. C, and the fish and shrimp being caught now profit or of breaking even.
ABOUT BALANCED
BUSY AGAIN AFTER A PERIOD OF DULLNESS DEPLETION OF STANDING TIMBER are at a minimum, barely paying for the expense of "Consequently, the production of berries was an
ADD TO DIFFICULTIES OF PRO- Western Second-Hand Barrel Co.. Kansas City. is now considered one of the The demand for split staves for export is limited,
WiELFiNC. Cooi'ERACE Co.. BoL ND Brook, X. J. — After DUCTION IN ARKANSAS M(..-Business with us is, of course, not
catching. However, this is not unusual for this season unstable industry. It
but so is the production, principally on account of the
a short interval of slack business, everything is going
cxceptionallv of the year, and we expect things to start with a rush State resources of l)oth Oregon and Washijigton, where
good, but It is nothing to complain
W. about. However, in climatic and soil conditions are ideal for berry raising. lack of skilled labor and scarcity of timber, hence prices
fair again. We expect a rushing trade this fall, which R. Wrape Stave
Little Rock. Ark.— De- Co..
the next few months we can see
about the first of September.
mand for staves has Iktu to date fair with us prices a decided change for the municipal cold storage plants offer lower are fair. Stocks are low, many shipments going for-
may be partly due to new enterprises in our locality. — better. There will be a great rush on new
NORTHWESTERN COOPERAGE COMPANY LOSES
"Seattle's
which ward greeiL Production of sawed staves is somewhat
fair. Roads to date have been bad, due to excessive cooperage, rates than the average elsewhere in the country,
as the fru.t crop in our territory owing
rain>. but with hot weather are drying out. Labor is
is heavv this .season. WAREHOUSE BY FIRE enables western berry producer to compete with
the curtailed hereabout, to unsatisfactory prices for
TURPENTINE BARRELS ARE MOVING SLOWLY The lull in sawed staves has lasted long
AT PRESENT
—
poor good woodsmen are hard to find and drifting As the result of a recent which totally destroyed
fire middle country growers in the barreled berry market. higher grades.
enough make room for increased demand and better
to
labor will not work in the timber. Have less dry NEXT YEAR WILL BE BETTER its basket storage warehouse, the Northwestern Coop- "Preserving companies, pie companies and ice cream
Quitman Cooperage Co., Qlitman, Ga. —The barrel stock than at this time last year. From now on the B. Weissman. Braddock. PA.-Business slow erage Company, Gladstone, Michigan, suffered a loss companies all over the United States buy and use the prices, which we expect will prevail during the latter

business for spirits and turpentine. Slack season at pres- wonderful barreled berries of the North Pacific Coast." part of the year.
is fliill I)roductir.n of staves in .Arkansas will, we believe, show ent, with small dematid. of approximately $25,000.
is over, so we are not doing much at present. a decrease, due to depletion of timber standing.
Do not expect any sen.sational
development this year.
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PENDULUM r
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MEMPHIS COOPERAGE MARKET
1 ntiiiu mm mnu IS ON THE BUYER'S SIDE AT THE MOMENT.
potato growers, as
BUFFALO COOPERAGE MARKET | least 20,(XK) barrels of apples. i
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Personal and Trade Notes
TO THE SELLER'S SIDE themselves confronted with a Memphis cooperage folks are staying at home this
the Hast have not been of potatoes, have found The demand for slack barrels has not been very Christopher Deise, an employee of the .\ttica (.\. \.)
conditions in
Devoted Exclusively to the Cooperage Industry Cooperage
severe shortage of barrels,
and their woes were added summer and catching a few orders on the wing. That
alt..getlier satisfactory this month. A decidedly pessi-
procure containers in active in the past month, although the increased flour Package Co.. was painfully scalded on July 8th when for there has been not a great
bv their inabilitv to quickly is speaking advi.sedly.
tendencv has prevailed throughout the trade, to
approximately their production here, because of the erection of new mills, he fell into a vat of hot water. He was moving a
hot month of
mistic
any quantitv that would even
fill amount of business during the July.
tendencv applies to most lines of business at the has given some stimulus to the trade. The flour output log away trim the edge of the vat when the cant hook
which Expecting only a normal crop, no pro- However, conditions in the woods are improving and,
requirements.
The volume of business done has been here will be still further increased this fall, so that
l.e was using slipped, causing him to lose his footing.
present time.
visions were made to meet
the unexpected demand for while logs are very high, the mill> are operating on a
less stock, but, as a rule, there a fair outlook for the coopers supplying this line.
The vat was only three feet deep, so his head and
fair, people are using more
or heavy harvest brought
is
httle etter scale than they were thirty days ago. Stocks
shipping packages which the
I

it before buying,
and .Many reports are received of a dropping of apples
thev wait until thev actually need danger that a goodly portion body escaped injury. He was taken to the hospital, are comi)aratively much smaller than they were at this
about, and there is grave New York
they expect to have the from the trees in western districts during
then when thev are ready to Iniy
„f the tulKTs will never reach the market
because of the where it was found that his legs u\) to the knees, were time last year.
their purchase. All June, and the estimate of this year's crop has l)een
PublUhed Monthly privilege of setting the price upon ship them. scalded, but not seriously.
lack of barrels in which to
Witlierspoon Bulldlug, Phlhulelplila profitable business and we reduced. It is generally agreed that not many Baldwin All Crops in Good Condition
Home Oftioe, 610 of this is not conducive to a Charles News, reviewing the potato situa- K. Jackson, of Jackson & Tindle, is on a two
W.
M. E. Uoane, Editor-Manager spurt in the fruit trade
The Cape apples will be grown this year, and this variety is the
are all looking for a sufficient the following: Before many weeks the cotton crop will be sharing
MacDonald. Associate Editor tion in a recent issue, published A report from weeks' trip to points on Lake Ontario and the Thousand
J. E. seller will be expected chief one with growers of this section.
to shift conditions so that the "With more than 600 carloads moving out daily,
the attention with wood-working i)roducts and. as a result.
about the price that the district says "Orchard owners Monroe and of Islands on his yacht. ;,

to have a little something to say How- :

this week. to be scarce. the fruits, as well as

peak of the potato season was reached
lai)or is likely .\11
"5. with other lake-shore counties are expecting fruit little more The Quaker City Cooperage Co. finds some improve-
Entered according: to act of CongresB. April matter
2«.
should apply upon what he is selling. the crop every variety promise a large yield in
of produce,
ever, at the prevailing price of $2.50
J at tne f. o. b.,
the Librarian of ConpreBs and as second-class to the than half as heavy as the yield of last year, according ment in the flour barrel demand over several weeks ago.
Post-Offlce In Philadelphia, Pa. The pendulum always swings from one side is netting the growers but little money. The empty Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas and other States of

mnm.miimiinmiim. iiiniiiinmuimii"" mniiimmimiiimiH'""""' other. We have been having these more or less unfor- barrel shortage has grown to an acute stage, and -the
to information gathered from growers. In practically President H. T. Pennypacker has been on a vacation trip the South, and this is an influential factor in the slack
wiiiMniiiniiiniiiinii
several months and it is quite all cases the orchardists qualified their prophecies, upper Canada, where he has bought a fishing lodge.
tunate conditions for giving to cooperage demand. The yield of grains at this time
No. 4 we continuous rains have been holding back digging,
40th Year PHIL\DELPHIA. AUGUST, 1924
likely when the pendulum swings the other way, pointing out that there has been an unexpected heavy The second mill of the Pillsbury Flour Mills Co. at is still problematical, but crops are looking good. The
iinmii Hiinumi '
we grass a free hand to grow.
drojjping of the immature fruit."
ii
.iiiimnnmimnniiiinnnininiiiiiiiini
Then, too. as up some time between
nmnirmminiMii
have good business for a time. showing much activity,
iiiii
BufYalo will be ready to start sections of .Arkansas are
"Including Thursday night's shipments, the Eastern
will rice
from inflated conditions that
SUBSCRIPTION get farther away the September 1st and 15th. giving the company a daily and around Stuttgart and Wheatley the mills are
Shore has forwarded 7.213 carloads of potatoes to the Buffalo Cooperage Trade Appreciate "Journal's"
during the war. we will more and more
States get
ft. 00 per year, In advance, postage free. In United making material enlargements. The flour mill interests
northern and western markets this season, and if esti-
applied Apple Crop Report capacity of lO.(XX) barrels.
and Canada. Single copies, 25 cents. .„..„.,i,- kinds will
11 50 per year. In advance, postage free,
to foreign countries^ down to a solid basis where material of all
of Memphis and Nashville are also
subscription Is evidence upon a mates of the various selling agencies are correct, there
The receipt of the first paper after office. No other receipt be sold upon the basis of cost rather than
than 60 per cent, of the
Coopers were pleased to note the making some worthwhile improve-
that order has been received at this still remains in the fields more
will be sent unless reauested. speculative basis. completeness of the thorough survey ments, and the latter place becom-
crop. This is whole of last year's yield
as many as the is

ADVERTISING of the apple situation made by TiiK ing (juite a flour-producing city.
to our
and when the remainder of the crop is dug, which CoorKKs' JoiRNAL its
Advertising of a suitable character will be admittedwill De N.VTION.M. ill

columns at reasonable rates. A card giving rates WALTER C. HARTMAN SAYS THAT DEMAND promi.scs to be well in August, the 1924 season will
July issue. "It was a very thorough Tight Cooperage Trade Conditions
sent on application.
FOR SLACK STOCK IS IMPROVING. PRO- probably produce the biggest potato crop in the history Improving
REMITTANCES and interesting summary of the out-
Remittance may be made by draft, postal order
money DUCERS LOATHE TO MANUFAC of the Shore.
look," said one long-time member of cooperage the situation was
In tight
order or check to the order of "The National Coopers TURE STOCK AT PREVAILING "Excepting the lowlands and hills, which were dam- man said he thought
the trade. This during June and July, but op-
aged by the rainy seastin. the yield in Northampton and
(|uiet
Journal."
CORRESPONDENCB
LOW PRICES 40 to 50 per cent, would cover the much confidence in a
erators e-xpress
that Accomack counties is far beyond expectations, with
The columnsof The National Coopers' Journal are open
for
Kor our regular monthly report we will say size of this year's crop in western
stronger market in the next four or
the discussion of all topics of general Interest to
the cooperage of the fields digging from 80 to 110 barrels an acre and some
business is indeed improving and practically
all
and contributions are solicited from our readers. New York. five weeks. Production in both staves
scattering prize fields going as high as 140. The growers
Industry,
general
iiiiiiimiii cooperage people seem to be of the same and heading very moderate. Con-
tminHiiimniiimimniiiiiniiiminminiiiiiim iiiiiiii iiinii i Hiiiiiiiiiiiiimmmii
only provided empty barrels for a normal crop, resulting Local Trade Favorable to the is

Oar reftders will oblige us. when writing to parties adver- (il)inion.
"Barrelette" sumers' stocks will soon become de-
in a barrel shortage which threatens the loss of corn
Buying on the part of large purchasing agents
saw It in is
Ualng In our paper. tliey will state that they
If
Thl» potato rows that can not be worked l)leted. an<l when they do and replen-
tbe adTertlsement In "The National Coopers' Jonmal. not the season of the year when their planted between The effort to popularize the barrel-
la little trouble, and costs nothing,
but it helps us and Is light, but this is
i>^hing time comes they will find good
until the potatoes are dug, l)esides not being able to has the best wishes
Information wanted by advertisers. business would be expected. The fruit crop in nearly ette for apples
oak and gum stock scarcer in the
IIIIIMH some of market the crop until empty barrels can be secured. members of the local cooperage
every section is developing satisfactorily, but of
IIIIIIIIIIIIIMMIItll IIIHIIIlim Mil Illlllllllll
, ,„H I
I

South than has been the rule in

There are a number of growers in Northampton who although they are somewhat
them realize that early buying of apple barrel stock
is trade,
are entirely out of barrels and are unable to secure
former years. A few of the mills
PROSPECTS and the summer rush with the accompanying skeptical of success in this section.
its
the rule,
The local liarrcl at time are increasing their ma-
this
any except a few here and there. They think the cost of half-barrels is
Generally speakinji, business in the cooperage line, advancing prices is a thing of the past. chinery e(|uipment and are exerting
factories have only a small capacity and their supply so great that their use will not
be
both tight and slack, has been more or less sluggish for Prices of cooperage stock in general have n()t changed every efl'ort to j^et a good supply of
is insufticient. The factories in Accomack can not keep But with an organiza-
the past few months. To say that it has been stagnant much considering the last 30 days, and production con- widespread.
logs in the mill dams.
their own trade supplied and the second-hand barrels tion back of this sort of packing there
would be something of an exaggeration, while to declare tinues to be on about as low a level as consumption. In one of the
Memphis, which is
manu- from the cities, which have been the main source of would be a good chance of success,
that it has been anything approaching brisk would
be Mill men do not fmd much encouragement in Ruins of Kilburne Manufacturing Co.'s Cooperage Plant destroyed by tornado. most important cooperage-producing
Speaking in a broad sense, facturing stock at present.
supply for the past ten days, are about played out. it would seem. A co-operative
downright untruthful.
"The heaviest single day's shipment was July -barrels would SPECIAL REPORT TO "THE JOURNAL" DESCRIBES centers in the Mississippi \'alley. mills are rumiing
general terms, conditions have not been satis- The discount on wire hoops has recently been in-
10th.
scheme of packing choice apples in half Nashville the two cooperage mills
and in
when 703 carloads moved out from the Shore. The no doubt have a good deal better chance
of winning THE HAVOC WROUGHT AT SANDUSKY, about half time. .\t

factory, but neither have they been so bad as to be dis- creased, lowering the prices for the first time in a long in the city, one tight and one slack, are operating on
heavy movement is taxing the railroad company individual growers OHIO, BY RECENT TORNADO
"Dull" seems to be the word which best period. There has been but little variation in the price
to its
out than where unorganized and
heartening. about the same schedule. However, in the adjacent
higher than fullest capacity in taking out loaded cars and supplying should attempt it.
characterizes the trade of the early summer; however, of elm hoops. They are still quite a little
By a Staff Corn-spomlcnt States of .Mabama. Mississippi and Kentucky the
empty cars. This means that during the night an
there arc distant signs that this characterization will in the wire, but the elm hoops are u.sed on the ends of a Stock Movement Slow majority of the mills arc at this season in operation
necessarily have
average of more than hundred loaded cars are
six
The terrible tornado of June 28th. which caused the
the course of the coming two months barrel exclusively and particularly in the apple barrel of hoops and on full time.
moved out to the markets and a like number of empty decline has taken place in the price
A
to be changed to "brisk." trade. A great many makers of these packages prefer
.staves remam
loss of seven lives and property valued at $1,000.0(X) in
cars placed for the next day's loading." heading during the past month, while General Business is Excellent
This statement amply supported by a concensus
is the elm hoop and do not use the wire hoops even on of stock ni the this city, demolished one cooperage plant and did con-
It would seem that, if the conditions described above about the same as before. The buying excellent
of opinion drawn from the members of the cooperage bilge. shops shows siderable damage to another. The old-established plant General business throughout this section is
are accurately reported, there should be considerable apple districts is small. A canvass of the
industry located in all parts of the country—opinions Comparatively few elm hoop mills are nf)W in opera- going on and the of the Kilbourne Manufacturing Co. was wipe«l out. as a matter of fact, it is very much better than is usual
slack barrel business to be had, even now. in the terri- that there is not much activity
which are almost unanimous in predicting a satisfactory tion, or even in existence, and the demand for their suft^cieiit stock together with much of its stock. It is reported that for the summer months, and vastly letter than is usual
The tory referred to. coopers as a rule report that they have
increase in business in the immediate future. production seems sufficient to keep them fairly busy, the force of the tornado carried one of the company's in a presidential year.
for present needs, but will want mixed
cars later.
are
cases in which "the wish is father of the thought" although the general consumption has decreased year kegs from Sandusky to Meadville. Pa. The plant was Numerous timber transactions are reported from the
FOREST RESEARCH MEN GIVE ATTENTION May Be CurtaUed
conspicuous by their absence from the mass of reports by year. This due to the fact that the
is principally New York Vinegar Production Market Street, near the Baltimore & Ohio bottoms of .Arkansas and Louisiana and in the moun-
gathered from authentic and reliable sources during the larger shippers have adopted the steel hoop barrel.
TO LIGHTNING STORMS on East
According to a published statement, western New Railroad, and it was in that section of the city that the tainous sections of Tennessee, but stumpage is hard to
Lightning the only cause of forest fires that man
past month, the vast majority of predictions being A real demand for cooperage stock would indicate is
York is the big vinegar section of the country,
with
storm loss was most severe. Several manufacturing get and the acreage of the tran<actions reported grows
entirely unable to
based on sensible and logical interpretations of pre- and the
is control, caused by
returning prosperity, as manufacturers look ahead to fires and
from which the lightning are usually the most difTicult to suppress, for numerous plants in Rochester. Holley. Brockport plants and many houses were either demolished or smaller year by year.
vailing conditions in the quarters their containers when they can see a coming demand A large
other towns in counties along the lake shore. badly damaged.
opinions eminated. Aside from the usual and ordinary for their manufactured articles. We hope that such a they are apt to occur at places in the mountains exceed- Trade Notes
ingly difficult to reach with men and supplies. .V proportion of this vinegar made directly from apples. is
At the Michel Cooperage Co.'s plant the 85-foot brick
increase activity that every fall season develops, situation will arise in the near future, as the coojjcrage For
in Coo])erage Co. are doing quite a business
The production is large enough to maintain many The Powell
large
warrant for expecting a greater and these reasons the United States Forest Service chimney was blown over, the stave sheds were blown
there is every industry as well as business in general has had a rather is this
supply matched cars from Memiibis warehouse. They
and small tight-cooperage plants. The vinegar in their
more sustained rush of business this autumn than is year undertaking an intensive study of lightning storms down, a hole torn in the heading department and some
monotonous period of depression. be but a monthly publicity card of
throughout the entire West, in co-operation with the mav be curtailed this year because there will damage done to machinery. Lack of stave storage ro(mi are distributing a uiii(|ue
txpcrienced in the usual fall trade.
small surplus of apples, and those who have
them will 'Ham Bone's Meditations." with a few words about
the country, taken as a whole, is slowly Weather Bureau. A{ hundreds of isolated lookout is being experienced, but repairs are being made
now
Industry in
THE MAJORITY OF FRUIT ASSOCIATIONS BUY IK-aks. where men are on duty throughout all the day- want good prices. to the plant, which continues in operation. yellow pine heading and other slack cooperage products
but surely gaining the momentum which
spells satisfac-
CONTAINERS COLLECTIVELY is estimated that 25 local factories and business on the reverse side. Mr. V.. \. Powell .said the market
tory conditions to cooperage manufacturers.
The fall light hours of the summer watching for the slightest Niagara Falls Has a Fatal Fascination for the It

Department of Agriculture declared evidence of a forest fire, the observers of the forest Foolhardy places were demolished by the tornado and the city is on yellow pine heading showed an inclination \o improve,
harvests, following a season of wonderful
productivity. The United States
volumes of that reports from 75^ associations service watch and report on the movement of
will this week starting a local campaign for funds for although present production in heading is badly off. the
I)romises to yield extraordinarily large in a recent bulletin
The latest from "Bobby" Leach, who went
bulletin
will be over dangerous storms, their character, the intensifv of the relief. Other organizations have already l)een looking volume Uing materially less than in former years.
{^mW.;. vpcptablps and erains. which assuredly bandlinif fruits and vetretables indicate that .=i.S

over Niagara raU.-> »n a war.Ci w. ^...,, -.. . . i r,

marketed and in numerous commodities, high of the associations buy containers for their
cent, lightning, and the amount of rain. Such information, after the sufferers. The Chickasaw Wo(»d Products Co.. on Phillips Street,
desires to repeat the performance in a rubber
at fair, l)er ball, is

The "presidential year" scare which has in members. Under these conditions the obvious thing when compared with statistics of fires lighted and 15th or Au- in North Memphis, are operating on a fair schedule
that he will make the trip on either August
prices.
for cooperage manufacturers to do is to attack this damage done, will give a basis for conclusions regard- producing tight barrels, kegs, staves and heading.
the past numbed and paralyzed business on
practically
gust 19th. He says that he has made arrangements
to out- FALL ACTIVITY ALREADY APPARENT IN
ing the type of storm doing the most damage, which in
every occasion when the country was in the throes of particular market through the purchasing agents of the
wit the authorities by being dropped from an
airplane in
CANADA The Memphis Stave C<i. are temporarily closed down
apparently no great turn will assist in perfecting a system of forecasting
a national political campaign, has various associations.
the upper river. There is method in his madness, for after a summer of fair activity.
effect upon the country this year. Tn a word, basic the course of lightning storms and thus make the forest
will be $50,000 Mr. James Innes. president of The Sutherland-Innes The Dixie Cooperage Co.. makers of slack barrels,
it is claimed bis reward, if successful,
money plentiful, and the out- service better prei)ared to handle forest fires originating Company. Chatham. Ontario, made the following trade
conditions are sound, motion picture rights. The last man who attempted are running along in a moderate way at their old-
is

the general HOW MANY STAVES WOULD THIS MEAN? from this troublesome cause.
in
comment in a recent letter to The Journ.m.
for business, siwaking of it in Stephens, an
:

Memphis.
look a barrel trip over the falls was Charles
fall
established sho]) in the southern jiart of
exceedingly bright. John S. Demiee, agricultural statistician, L'nited State> "At the present time this is justbetween seasons in
sense, is
b'.nglishman. He went over on August 15. 1920. but The Tennessee Hoop Co.. in North Memi)his. arc
Granting cheai) money, large crops, and fair activity Department of Agriculture, has declared that if the on the this country and business is always cpiiet. We are
140.(KK» carloads of ai)ples which were shipped in the
LARGE VOLUME OF APPLES IN STORAGE both he and his barrel were dashed to pieces running on both hoops and heading. They have a
industries, general business can be regarded
major doing about the usual volume of business for July, but
in the on the Wolf River and warehouse
as being in a fairly comfortable
state at present, and United States during the past year were made up into The June
report of tbe Department of Agricul-
1st rocks.
things are already opening up for fall business a little — splendicl plant a fine

a single train the engine would be in New York while ture shows the volume of apples in storage on that date New Apple-Packing Plant at LeRoy, N. Y. system. It is one of the oldest plants here and has been
fall season can nor- earlier than usual. The apple crop is still an uncertain
the natural development of the
demand for con- the caboose was still in St. I.ouis, Now let some of as 424.000 barrels. 944.(MK) boxes, and 67.000 bushel
about {|uantity. but it looks as if we would have about a 60 f)perated by the present management for about ten
mally be expected to produce sufficient
The LcRoy (N. Y.) Co-operative .Association is

of the our "figger filberts" tell us the number of staves, heads, baskets. The five-year average volume of storage goods per cent, apple crop, with a very fair grade of apples." vears. and before that by veterans in the hoop trade.
tainers to satisfy all the reasonable desires
to start construction of a otie-story packing plant of
hooj)s, nails, etc.. such a shipment would represent. is 105,0fKI barrels and .=509.000 boxes.
cooperage industry.
 u

August, 1924 THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL 13

p THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL August, 1924

steadily and that the outlook was for good business BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY

Louisville Reports a Distinct Improvement in Business throughout the fall.

Paul Dysart. Jr., J. of the D. Hollingshead Co., is
DO
o
Z
During July. Demand Strengthening and back from a trip over western Kentucky and into PI

Take No Chance
Indiana as far as Vincennes. He reported that the
Prices Showing Tendency to Advance apple crop would be small as a whole, some
having done well, but others are quite poor,
varieties
and the
Z
s
total barrel consumption will not be great.
Mr. Dysart RcoiaTCRco
Slack Trade Outlook Promi.ing
It is truly rcnarkal.Ie what a difference a month can
reported that the Virginia crop was reported as very
REOIATCRCO
The old reliable and well-known "BONE-DRY" brand Gum Mixed
make in the business situation, when conditions turn r^^^^
^i^^]^ barrel outlook is fairly proniisiiiM; as the
good, but that freight rates were against the company are as ready We
from indigo blue to rosy red. A month ago the cooper- produce trade is beginning to buy more freely. There
Timber Slack Barrel Heading still holds its own. i
making much of the Virginia business. s
age trade was complaining, but living in hopes, and j^ ^ tremendous first crop of potatoes in
Kentucky, but
in
now as ever before to serve you and assure you of full value for your PI

reporting that business was a shade better than it had ^^^^^^,^ sections of the country also have large
crops, and money. The cheapest is never the best, remember.
been. Today most houses have fairly good business m prices are so low that the local growers are not willing TURNER-FARBER-LOVE COMPANY EXPANDS
hand and anticipate a lot more. Many cooperage plants j„ ji,g shippers, and the latter can't ship into
OPERATIONS
are running on schedule producing packages, and full
^^^ ^^,|i

^^^j^^.j. sections and compete at prices which have to be The Turner-Farber-Love Co., of Memphis. Tenn.. and SERVICE . QUALITY
00
others, which have tremendous capacity, are
fairly
jj^ked in paying the growers' demands. The result has Leland, have recently acquired the slack stave
Miss., O
much 2
HIMMELBERGER- HARRISON LUMBER
active, with the result that there is a
better ^j^^^^ potato movement so far has been light, and plant of the Charleston Cooperage Co., Charleston,
general feeling in the trade.
,j^.^.,j

the stock rs becoming hardened, and more will be Miss., the output of which mill was formerly marketed CO. P)

u
The improvement
age. but at the same
is most noticeable
time the slack trade
in

is
tight cooper-
beginning to
shipped bulk than in either barrels or sacks.
in

flour-barrel demand has been light, as the wildly

The
excited
through the Ozark Cooperage and Lumber Co., of St.
Louis. Mo. The newly-purchased mill is a two-knife
NEOISTCRES
Sales Office: —Cape Girardeau, Mo. Plant: —Morehoiue, Mo. TRAOe
HKOiSTCRCD 5
BQ
entering into the active period of the ^yhcat market has prevented early movement of wheat added to the production equipment already
get busy
new crop
and
year.
is

to the mills, and in this section of the country the

plant, which,
operated by the company, gives them an annual capacity BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY — BONE DRY
.... A » J
Firm with Advances Anticipated
..• • wheat
"^
crop is onlv about 3.75().U0() bushels, as against of approximately 36.000,000 staves. Their log supply is
Tiffht
*'* Price* *"
-
tu.
'
The ,-,.., drawn from a tract of 18.000 acres of timber which
a normal crop of over twice that amount. result
on tight cooperage have not changed over
Prices j^^g j,^.^,,^ ^hat the flour mills are very late in getting furnishes material to both their lumber and stave mills.
several months, but, with Inisiness active, there has on new wheat this year, but will probably Ijc With their adequate log supply and splendid manufac-
been a cessation of free shading, and indications are
started
1^^,^,^. ^vi,en they do start, as the flour trade generally turing equipment, the Turner-Farber-Love Company Our business policy demands, among other things-
that they will be advanced from present levels probably i^^j^.^ q,^ ^ strong market. The apple crop is very promis- are in a position to maintain a steady output of staves TIGHT BARREL
by mid-August, if not earlier, as the barrel manufac- V'irginias, where is said the largest crop seasons of the year.
QUALITY
j,^g j,^ jj^g it at all
turers are not at all satisfied with quotations of $2.70 ^j years will be harvested. However, reports indicate a in manufacture
on standard red oak
barrels.
oil barrels, or $2.85 for white oak p^^^^^ j,rop in western Kentucky and southern Indiana,

and also a poor peach crop.

FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY ANNOUNCES
TWO SHORT COURSES OF INTEREST TO PROMPT SERVICE in shipments
STAVES
Quantity Stocks in Strong Hands fh^ Slack Stock and Barrel Market COOPERAGE MANUFACTURERS

Of
Cooperage stock as
by the large operators
course, there are
a
who
a
rule being fairly well held

few sales ]m\\g

is

have good stocks in hand.

made where
8()a85c
produce,
I.ocal
;
slack package quotations
half-barrels,
60c: two-head. 65c;
60a65c ; sugar.
show

poultry,
90ca$l
flour barrels at

70a80c;
; one-head
No. 2
The Forest Products Laboratory. Madison, Wisconsin,
announces among other short industrial courses that it
will give this fall two courses that should be of special
COURTESY in all dealings AND
producers need money l)adly. and where there has lieen interest to manufacturers of cooperage stock and pro-
stock, sugar-sized produce, 70a75c.
some price cutting on small lots, but quotations are very j^^ ^^^^^ cooperage elm hoops have stock, six-foot
ducts.
8th to 19th, a course in kiln-drying
Field Representative:
Eastern Sales

Frank R. Wright,
Office:

HEADING
FRAZIER COMPANY
firm on (juantity purchases, as the large operators who From September
^^^rked off to $16a$18 a thousand, while staves and C. T.Tompkins Mgr
can fill big orders arc refusing to sacrifice material.
Oak lumber has been firm and is advancing, and gum,
\^^.s^d\^^g continue firm. No. 1 gum staves are quoted will be held, and from September 8th to 13th, one in
wood properties and uses will be given. charge of A ii63 James St. G. I. 1340 Whitehall Bldg.
Sales

.^^ $i4a$16 a thousand; No. 2. $10a$12; mill run. $lla$13. Memphis, Tenn.
$150 for the kiln-drying and $100 for the wood prop- 17 Battery Place
long period of dull and slow movement, has
after a
stopped declining and is holding its own. With the
j^^ f^^^^^ ^^ g^^^^ lengths.

5;i4a$16 a thousand;
No. 1 flour-size heading is
sugar-size, $16a$18; mill run, erties and u.ses course will be made. Those of the NASHVILLE. TENN. New York
industry who have taken any of the previous courses
lumber markets firm and showing a tendency toward <;i5a$i7, and No. 2 about $3 a thousand less than No. 1.
higher prices as a result of better inquiry and larger given at the laboratory can attest to their practical value
orders, indications are that forest products generally Louisville Barrel Factories Busy and are a unit in recommending them to progressively

are entering upon an active market. inclined manufacturers.

^
White, of the Louisville Cooperage Co.. reported
j
that the company was running almost full capacity on
Prices Were Unsteady During July
barrels and kegs, with keg demand especially active, OPELIKA HEADING MILL TO BE REBUILT
Quotations have been advanced on circled heading to ^^^^, movement scattered over a fairlv large radius and
The plant of the Opelika Heading Company, which
40a41c per set on red oak. with white oak standmg ^^ packages for various uses, principally in
,^^^^,^ ^^^ was recently destroyed l)y fire, will, according to an
steady at 41a42c. Red oak oil staves last month were summer Indications are for
connection with the crops. ofiicial of the company, from its ashes a bigger
arise
quoted
not many staves
$45a$50 a thousand, but there are
selling
at the mills at
as low as $45. nor above $48.
^^-^
^^.^.^^^^
production of
,^j^^, ^^^j,^^
vinegar,
products requiring tight packages,
pickles, kraut, cotton oil,
and better mill than it was originally. According to
present plans of the company, work on the new struc-
Kegs and Barrels Hoops, Staves, Heading
although quantity sellers are now holding at $50. White '
,p,^^ ^ Wvmond Co.. according to H. L. Roll-
^^,^^5^ ture will l>e started in the immediate future and com-
oak staves, oil quality, (luoted at $6()a$70 a month ag.),
Cooper Tacks, Truss Hoops
^^.^^^ j^ ,,^,^5^^ ^^"^.^ -^ j^^^ ,,pp„ ^^^ ^,j,^,^. jj,^^ ^^^^ for the early
Slack and Tight
pletion of the project is set fall.
have been offered as low as $55 to $60 in small lots. However, this company in the days of free operation of
but in quantities, the market is around $60 and up ,ii,tilleries developed production to around 3.500 barrels
Spirit staves are not as strong as they were, and quota-
^^^^ ^^^^ ^ j^^^^ capacitv that without the
^,^^. ^^^j ,^^^
W. R. MALONE BUYS STAVE MILL
ti..ns

during the previous month.

of $80a$85 are being heard, as against $8:)a$lOO
There is practically no
.ij.tJUery orders it has to do a tremendous business to
^^^^ ^^.^.,^ ^^^^^ capacity production, in
W. R. Malone. who operates a string of stave mills
Arkansas, has purchased the Walbert Stave Co. at Cooperage Candy Pails
demand for bourbon stock, and it is hard to get a line Newport, Arkansas. The plant, which has been shut
on prices, as there is no movement reported and prac- Weather Conditions Hamper Stock Production down for some time, will l)e placed in operation as
tically no production. Last quotations reported were in Kentucky soon as can be overhauled and restored to first-class

. ....
at $135a$l50 a thousand, and this price is probably about
, . ,
Gum
/-.
-u-
Kentuckv
^ t
of staves and heading has been
j^-
production ^ ^ jiriu shape.
it

in line,

staves have been off

as it is
_,-._,
not easy to locate such stocks.
about $5 thousand, quoted a
, ,
as low
,
, . r
slow on account of heavv rains, washed-out roads, and
' ^

u
j 1 1 1 1

steadv trouble on account of the weather. However, m NEW STAVE MILL AT BECKVILLE, TEXAS

WALSH SONS
. . 1 T r .1 .1 • 1
^-_ . . . , ,• >- ,
as $35, \vith circled
,
gum ,
heading at 3^ cents a set. It j .u

cTWORRIS
, .'. o .u -^ t a dry
a
. . . , , 7 . • , ,
Louisiana and the South it has wen hot and *
and 1 i 1
The American Stave Manufacturing Company, Beck-
claimed that in fair quantities red oak staves arc
IS
^.^
costing around $30 a thousand
, , ,
at
,

the mill,
•,,•,,
with white ^
-n
southern mills are making progress.
^
t

^ i-
ti
^l
r
The Louisville
o
-n
^u ,
1
•

, 1
•
'•

ville. Texas, has in the course of constructiou a large

, /,_ _. ,, , ,
Cooperage Lo. reported good production in the South, modern stave plant which will 1)e put into operation
oak at around $.-)8. Sellers argue that these quotations
.,, r ,
are too low, and that demand will force prices higher
, , , , .... 1 .

„ ,,.
•. r- ^

,-
^-
but Its Kentuckv production has been off. a- ti
The /^m Chess
1 1 1 1
about August 1st. providing the present plans of the Office—S13 Sarah Street
& Wymond Co. has cut out on some of its eastern 1- r •. . ',
. . ^
., , ,. , , , , ,
Ken- company are carried out. The new mill, which will be
as the small producers sell stock on hand or awake to
.
,

the fact that it is worth more.

T ...
It is also claimed that
, • 1 . • . .
. .• 1 •. .• ^1 ,^
tucky timber and quit operating in that section, due to
.•

111
. 1 • 1

equipped with the most improved stave-cutting machin- ( South 8th to South 9th on Sarah Street,
j
Phone-Hemlock 0163 FACTORY
....
^
the many drawbacks encountered,
,

production of
,
.

,
gum
,
, ,.
heading has been light and that
,
, ,• , , ,

it ^ .

Inquiry on tight cooperage stock has been improving,

.
,
ery, will be among the largest in the southwest.
( South Side - - PITTSBURGH, PA.
IS scarce and high. ,
'
, , . .
,, , .
i)ut have not been especially heavy, as buyers are
sales
listening too much to quotations on small lots, which
MARLAND REFINING COMPANY TO BUILD
The Tight Barrel and Keg Market
tlo not reflect the real markets or prices that have to
LARGE BARRELING PLANT
,. r .,
r,
Belief in the package *trade
I
• 1 • * ti
the effect *i
that»
«• 4
an .,.,,.
advance ofr ,
due on .• i
tight packages
1
at least ten per cent,
* .^ .1 is

is
to
I i^ 1 '>t paid m picking
*^
. ,
up quantities,
**.,.,.
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A
barreling plant with a capacity of 2,500 barrels per
day is projected for Texas City. Texas, by the Marland
111.. sumption of material picking up steadily, it wi be

HANLON-GREGORY GALVANIZING COMPANY

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very shortly, as concerns which are l)u.sy and able to '
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Refining Company, which operates a huge
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city. barreling station will handle a
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on break-even prices. Present quotations in the trade , *
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portion of the foreign business that
. on material. is at present being
Generally speaking, the outlook cooperage for the
exported through the port of New York.

Gallons Oak Tiak*" Spirit ^Sp'ru' f^de ^^ very bright at the present time, both in tight

$L15 »"'l packages as well as stock, and it is up to

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15 1 75 1 85 2.60 2.85 a charter to manufacture and market wood products.
20
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Notes
Cook. At the time of going to press Thk Journal had
1
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jj^ If^ 5;50 WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS, TF.T.T, TIIEM THAT VOU SAW IT IN "THE NATIONAI, COOPERS' JOURNAt.'
package producers, reported that business was improving duced will be slack or tight.
Glim barrels !!!.! 2J5
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August, 1924 August, 1924 THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL
16 THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL
Oregon
The Department of Agriculture Releases Its Official Commercial apples in Oregon on the basis of July
or 5.300 cars,
Estimate of the 1924 Commercial Apple Crop 1st condition will be 1,382,000 barrels,
compared with 1,732,000 barrels, or 6,700 cars, last year.
In well cultivated orchards the fruit generally is of
1924 com- Vmirginia • •

However, the
The lonii-dcferred oflRcial estimate of the large size for this time of the year. soil

mercial apple yield, which, owing to the unusually cold The commercial apple crop in Virginia will be between is getting very dry where not irrigated and growth will
and wet spring and early summer season, was impossi- 2,500,000 and 3,000.000 barrels, compared with 1.850.0(X) probably be checked. A very significant fact in the
ble of accurate compilation on the customary date of barrels last year. Weather conditions have hot been Oregon situation is that there is between 2,500 and 3,(X)0

June 1st, has at last been released for the information favorable sinceand there has been a heavy
July 1st acres less than last year in production. Some of this has
of the various industries interested in the marketing or Winchester district, which been dug up and the rest neglected.
drop. The North Valley,
of the crop. It reveals a slight decrease in production last year shipped nearly 6.400 cars, has a much smaller
with the larger California
in comparison with the 1923 figures,
crop, as the Yorks and Ben Davis, the two most im-
proportion of the decrease attributed to the north- portant varieties, set poorly. Other districts will have The situation in California is very uncertain on
western, or box area. The report is as follows more apples than last year. The production of W^ine- account of the severe drought which has prevailed for
On July 1st the commercial apple crop was forecast saps and Pippin will be more than twice as much as the past year. The present condition would indicate a
at 32.293.000 barrels, compared with the final estimate last year's Other commercial varieties, such as
crop. production equal to last year, providing the fruit will
for 1923 of 34.403.000 barrels. This is a decrease of Stayman. Black Twig, Delicious. Grimes Golden and size up sufficiently to permit packing and the usual
more than 2.000.000, or approximately six per cent. Bonum, promise heavier crops than last year. The percentage. It is quite probable that more fruit will go
Since the July 1st report was made weather condi- season during June was characterized by heavy storms to the driers and evaporators than usual, especially if

tions in the eastern and north central States have been in many localities with considerable hail damage. The the fruit is undersized, and the amount packed will

unfavorable, and many States report a heavy drop, quality of the fruit is not expected to be as good as then be less than last year.
which, owing to the unusually late season this year, usual and this fact will tend to reduce the number of
was Arkansas
occurred after the July report was made. It
barrels and boxes packed, as growers seem determined
extremely difficult for reporters to set a satisfactory to grade their fruit very closely this season. The Arkansas commercial apple crop on July 1st

condition figure for the apple crop even by July, because was estimated to be 708,000 barrels, as against 656.000
of the unusually late season this year. West Virginia last year.

"^fe National Manufacturing Because of many rainy days, which favored infection
and made control difiicult, apple scab is unusually bad
It appears
be less than last year
now that the commercial production
in the Martinsburg section, which
may Tabular Summary of Preliminary Forecast 1924 Com-
mercial Apple Crop, Estimated in Barrels
throughout the eastern States. produces a large part of the State total and had a
Company of Detroit has manu- Production in New England. New York. New Jersey
and Virginia promise to be much larger than last year,
heavy crop last year. There is a light set on Yorks and
Ben Davis. Owing to unfavorable weather conditions
New England
July 1st
Condition
States. .85.2 .
July, 1924
Forecast
2,(K)1,0(K)
December
1923
Est.

Protluction
1.344,(M)0
while Ohio. Michigan, Illinois and Missouri report and the continuing heavy drop, the production will New
factured and handled **The Jersey 80 609,000 470.000
smaller crops. In the Pacific States the production in probably be less than the July estimate. Outside of the Delaware 78 369.(KX) 340.000
Washington will be only 65 per cent, of last year and eastern pan handle, the crop is very much better than
Oregon 80 per cent., while California expects the (Early Apple States).. 978.(K)0 810.000

Best Stock'' for 27 years.

in last year, particularly along the Ohio River.
same as last year, although the severe drought may New York 71 5.752,000 3,9(K).000
Pennsvlvania 64 1,256,000 1.266,(J00
cause undersized fruit, which will both reduce the crop Ohio
Marvland 60 382.000 4()0.000

They ship from the manufac- as a whole and the proportion of the crop available
for marketing as fresh fruit. last
The commercial apple production
year owing to unfavorable weather conditions at
will be less than Virginia
West X'irginia
70
60
2,988.000
1.426,000
1,850.0(X)
1,350.000

blossom time. The July estimate was 806,000 barrels,

New England (Eastern area) 11.804,000 8.826.000
turing district nearest their The expected crop England exceeds
of apples in New
compared with 1.033.000 barrels produced last year.
Ohio 60 806.000 1.034.(M)0
2.118,000
Michigan 63 1.676.(XK)
last year's final estimate by 650.000 barrels. Maine and Illinois

customer. They are always

Illinois 55 732,(HK) 1,351,<KX)
Vermont last year had very small apple crops. The The apple croj) in Illinois is not as promising as a Mis.souri 58 592,000 850,000
set of fruit indicated a fair to a good crop over New month ago, owing to blight and unfavorable weather. Arkansas 64 708,000 656,000
England. Gravenstein and Wealthy carry good crops. The July estimate was 732.0(X) barrels, compared with
prepared to furnish straight Baldwin and Mcintosh lighter, with the latter tending 1.351.(KX) barrels last year. Calhoun County, which
(Central
Colorado
area)
85
4,514.000
8Wj,000
6.009.000
803.000
to scab badly. Tent caterpillars have been bad, other normally produces one-third of the commercial apple New Mexico 60 169,000 315,(M)0

or matched cars of any kind insects bothersome, and with dry, hot weather, a heavy
drop is possible, all of which will have an influence on
crop, is reported to have only 35 per cent, of a full
crop this year. The bloom was generally quite good,
Oregon
Washington
70
56
1,382.000
6,147,0(K)
l,750.(K)O
9.198.(H)0
Idaho 50 888.000 1.600.000
prospects. but weather conditions and blight were unfavorable
California 64 1.779.000 1,732.000
of stock. New York for a good
is
set. especially in
reported of good quality and promises to be of
some late varieties. Fruit
fine (Western area) 1 1.231,000 15.398.(XX)
Judging from present condition, the may be crop size. Total U. S. com'l crop. 65.3 30.528.000 32.387.000
expected to be a half greater than that of last year Michigan
and somewhat less than in 1922. Eall varieties prom-
The Michigan commercial crop on July 1st was T. J. NASH, PRESTON AND H. L. NELSON
L. M.
ise unusually well, the l)est since 1920; Greenings and
estimated to be 1,676.000 barrels, against 2,118,000 bar- ORGANIZE THE OZARK COMPANY
Mcintosh are better than usual ; Northern Spy about
average, Baldwins, by far
but the most important
rels last year. A heavy drop is expected this month, The announcement from St. Louis of the or-
recent
variety in the State, promise only slightly more than
so the July estimate may be lowered somewhat by ganization of the Ozark Company comes as an item
August. Baldwins and Spies are the leading winter of more than ordinary interest to the trade. The new
half as large a crop as I'lSt year. Due to growing
varieties and both are reported as teing generally quite
industrial unemployment, growers do not expect any concern while it is not a re-organization of the Ozark
light in set, and leading growers do not believe the
great difficulty in securing sufficient harvest hands. Cooperage and Lumber Company, the liquidation and
winter apple crop will exceed 50 per cent, of last year's the final dissolution of which is about completed, is,
Pennsylvania production. Weather conditions have been cool and wet, nevertheless, a direct development of the winding up of
which have interfered with spraying operations, made that company's affairs, inasmuch as the personnel of
The crop forecast is for a slightly lesser production
the sprays less eflFective in controlling the scab, and the new company is composed of men who gained
than in 1923. In general, conditions have been such
promoted the development of this and other fungus their experience and training in the cooperage line
that it is scarcely possible to make a reliable estimate
diseases. through their long association with the Ozark Cooper-
to cover the entire situation. Unusual conditions reveal
Missouri age and Lumber Company and its predecessors.
orchards side by side, one with a good crop and the
The commercial apple crop is expected to be less than The executive personnel of the Ozark Company, which
other with an insignificant prospect bordering on failure.
last year's, due to unfavorable weather conditions in the will manufacture and distribute slack-barrel material,
A considerable reduction from the July 1st prospect is
L. M. Preston, vice-
spring. The July estimate was 592.000 barrels, against consists of T. J. Nash, president ;

now indicated. The State's chief commercial apple

656,000 last year. president, and H. Nelson, secretary-treasurer, all
l*".

belt, at the head of the Cuml^rland-Shenandf)ah apple

three of whom were identified with the Ozark Coop-
district, reports prospects of a crop only half as large Rocky Mountain Region
erage and Lumber Co. from its organization until its
as in 1923. Early varieties, including Wealthy, fared The production of commercial apples in Idaho and liquidation, and have been closely associated in the coop-
the best ; York Imperials and Ben Davis, the worst, New Mexico will be nearly 50 per cent, less than last erage business for more than a score of years. Each
with Baldwins and Northern Spies very little better year. Frost and freezes damaged the crop in
severely one of them has had a life-time's experience in the line
Jonathan, Grimes and Rome slightly lower than last both States. Colorado is expecting a slight increase and all three are thoroughly competent and capable
year; Gano.> and Greenings were reported better than over last year. The estimated production for ilicac cooperage men. The new concern, hacked by ample
the same date last year. three States on July 1st was 1,723,000 barrels, compared capital, has taken Augusta. Arkansas,
over mills at
with 2,718,000 barrels last year. and Truman. Arkansas, together with an immense stock
Maryland of staves, hoops and heading, and is splendidly equipped
Washington
Pro>pects are for an average crop, with some late to manufacture and distribute slack stock of the same
varieties reported short. In some Maryland orchards The July outlook in Washington was for a crop of high quality maintained by the Ozark Cooperage and
24,500 cars, which is 65 per cent, of the 38,000 cars Lumber Comi)any. which in the heyday of its activities
apples are very spotted ; the trees were full of bloom
shipped last year. The 1923 crop was extraordinarily was generally regarded as one of the leading slack
but did not set fruit becau.se of wet weather interfering
heavy in most districts and it was naturally expected cooperage concerns of the country.
with pollination. Storm and insect damage, scab and
that a somewhat lighter crop would be produced in Permanent headquarters for the new concern have
heavy June drop, which here also has contimied over
1924. Severe freezes in the spring cut the expected been established at 3820 Washington Boulevard.
into July as in many other eastern States, have served
crop quite materially, the Delicious variety suffering Messrs. Nash. Preston and Nell^on are assuredly
to reduce crop prospects. In the eastern part of Mary- the heaviest loss. The crop is sizing well, but frost entering upon their new enterprise with the best
land and Delaware the prospect much better than in
is injury on Jonathan and worm damage, which may be wishes of their host of acquaintances, and the success
western Maryland and a commercial production larger quite heavy, will result lowering the
in quality and of their company is virtually guaranteed by their ex-
than last year is expected. reducing the pack.
WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS, TELL THEM THAT YOU SAW IT IN "THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAI,.' perience and their personal pojjularity.
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THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL 19

August, 1924 August. 1924
18
THK XATIOXAL COOPKRS' JOUKXAI.
All
headliners and head^ must not exceed 10 inche..

Freight Container Bureau, American Railway Asso-

excei)t when driven
nails used must be cement coated
through and securely clinched. ^miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiHiHiiiiniiiniiiiiiniiniiniiiiiiiiiHiuiMiHiMinuiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinniiiiHiMiiiiiiiniiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiniMiiuiiiiiiiiiiH^

ciation, Advances Tentative Specifications Material for and Manufacture of Outside Container
Grouping of W'ood^. The principal woods used
for Pottery Barrels and Casks
11.

Comme Co.
for the construction of shipping containers are classed

package rr- another way. a barrel containing twice the weight

of for the purpose of this specification into four groups Struthers-Ziegler
Tlie Anu-rican Railway Association's as follows
another similar barrel would stand but half the
drop
scarch department, the Freight Container Bnrcau,
alter
lighter barrel would or if it were to stand the Group 1
that the
exhaustive experiments, has drawn up a set of
specifi-
pot- same drop would have to be made approximately twice Alpine Fir Lodgepole Pine
cations covering the manufacturing and packing of

tery harrels and ca>,ks which it is submitting to

the cooperage and ceramic industries for
both
constructive
as strong.
Those items of the proposed specifications which
Aspen
Balsam Fir
Magnolia
N'<'l>'<-' I'''i"
SLACK BARREL MATERIAL
at pres- cover the material and manufacture of pottery
barrels Bass wood Norway Pine inininniniiniiniiniiinniniinoniniinininininnniMnuiniiiiiiiim^ nnnnnninnniniiinuuininin

criticism and comment. The specifications are

and casks, and upon which criticism and suggestion Buckeye Redwood
ent merely tentative iiroposals. based
on the results of
from cooperage manufacturers is invited, are as fol- Butternut Spruce
practical experimental work, and are
handed to the in-
Sugar Pine
dustries interested, for study and such
as they desire to make prior to the
recommendations
final drafting in the
lows :

Specification
Cedar
Chestnut Western Yellow Pine 1314 LAFAYETTE BLDG. DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Cottonwood White l-ir
form which will be designated as standard. This specification applies to wooden barrels and
1. W'l'tc Pine
Container Bureau, Cucumber '.tiiiiiniiiiiiinii I iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiii iiiiiii I iiiiiii iiiiiiiiii I iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiniiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.-

B. W. Dunn. Chief luigineer of the casks, including inside packing and

cushioning for
to the Cypress Willow
presenting the proposed specifications
says, in shipment of pottery articles.
Jack Pine Yellow Poplar
trades interested :

work done to date, the specifica- Classification Group 2

"As a result of the
a finished material must be finished so that the outside
The For Class A containers, if desired, two "patent" wood so arranged that containers will be of the proper con-
tions in this bulletin are presented, not as
Slack barrels and casks are divided into classes Douglas Fir Southern Yellow Pine 16.

or constructive
2.
surface of head will be sufficiently smooth to permit of hoops and two steel hoops (beaded) may be used. tour and will have approximately the same bilge at
product, but tentatively for the appn.val limited both as to size and weight as
follows :
Hemlock North Carolina Pine
marking. 21. The hoops must be not smaller in size than speci- every point in the circumference.
It is hoped, from criticism legible
criticism of all concerned. Maxiiiiuin Larch
practical suggestions Muxiniuin .Slzi>
17. The heads must be properly circled; a variation fied hereinafter and must conform to the following After the staves have been set up and the tem-
23.
of these specifications as well as Class Head Lenutli "f Alh'walih UlKss Group 3
standards W.iKlU of not more than 1 per cent. I)etvveen the largest and requirements porary hoops applied, the container must be heated or
from all the interests involved, that a set of Diamett'i- tixavc
Black Ash Sap Gum They must be finished Gauge referred to hereinafter is Birmingham Wire "fired" for a sufficient length of time to relieve stresses
earnest co-opera- 24" 100 smallest diameter is allowable.
can be built up which will enli>t the
lbs.
A \1V%
Black Gum Sycamore Gauge unless otherwise specified. the material. If a charcoal heater or similar type is
B 19%' 3(1" 2(K)lbs. with a 90' bevel ]4" wide on the face side of head, in
tion of everyone.
serve as a C 24" MV 4{X) lbs. Maple (soft or silver) Tupelo
except as provided herein for containers with outer Wooden Hoops. Thickness one edge
("Patent") used, the container should be left over the fire until the
"These recommendations are intended to 30" 34" ()(K)ll)s.
White Elm
who desire D Pumpkin Ash and inner headliners. The beveled faces forming the other edge jfe", width \j4i" when finished and prop-
:•;'..", inside of staves are slightly scorched
signboard showing the best road to those E 35" 40" Sm lbs.
good condition, Re<l Gum 90° bevel must form a triangle with a line perpendicular erly seasoned in accordance with modern manufactur- 24. The ends of the staves must then be notched
to deliver tlieir product to destination in
avoid Definitions Group 4 ing methods. These dimensions apply for classes A, or crozed as specified in Par. 13. During this opera-
goods, to face of head.
and thus enhance tlie reputation of their
their cu>tomers and Barrels are round. l)ulgiiig containers, gen- Hickory 18. The heads must he not less than the following B. C, D and E. tion they must be held rigidly and accurately in position.
delay to and dissatisfaction of 3. (a) Beech
incident to the erally of greater length than breadth, made
of staves thicknesses The ends of "Patent" wooden hoops must be fastened
Upon completion of the crozing operation
eliminate the expense and ann-.yance (a)
<^''1<
Birch 25.
heads, hor Elm Minimum Th oktiPss together with at least three nails, staples or tacks and temporarily
filing and collecting of loss and
damage claims." i(.und with hoops and having flat ends or Hackberry l<<>i-'<
cia-ss Groups I .S: 11 (Iroups III ^- I\ the hoops must be applied, driven tight
the experiments White Ash clinched at least ]4" on the inside.
General conclusions drawn from purposes of this specification they are limited to sizes Maple (hard) A K^" A" fastened.

which were made are commented

upon as follows: having heads not greater than 24" diameter and staves B $4" ^V Steel Hoops (b) The bottom head must be accurately inserted and
Material for Staves y"
casks have C 54"
This survev has shown that many large
staves broken', heads pushed in
and staves flattened or
not greater than 34" long.
(b) Casks arc similar but with heads over 24" in 12. Staves. The material
sea-
for staves used in these D
E
W
H"
u:
e/" Class A Head Hoops l-%"x23 ga.
held
(c)
in place.

h'or Class D containers an outside headliner

Any one of containers must be good, sound lumber thoroughly Bilge " l>^"x23 ga. must be used in all cases.
telescoped in the course of transportation. diameter.
Material for Hoops
sufficient to appreciably weaken
the (c) By croze is meant the "\" shaped groove near soned so that does not contain more than 12 per cent,
it Class B Head Hoops lH"x22 ga.
d) For Class E containers an outside and also an
these failures
is
oven-
Generally, sawed staves are green when
the ends of staves for receiving the beveled edge of the moisture based on the weight of the wood after Material for hoops must conform to the following:
19.
"
Bilge\%"x23 ga.
inner headliner must be used; Provided, That the in-
container.
drying to a constant weight, free from
defects that C Head
c.ntainer is made they dry out. cause
:
shrinkage and a head. Wooden C'Patent") Hoops. Hooi»s must he made of Class Hoops lH"x2l ga. side headliner may be omitted if the staves are properly
interfere with
reason that nail- By cant is meant one of the boards or parts materially lessen the strength of part, or elm or other timber of similar eflficiency. The material Bilge " lK"x22 ga. crozed and the heads are properly beveled and cleated
weak container. It is perhaps for this (d)

ing of everv stave to both bilge

hoops has been recom- used to make the head of a cask or barrel. proper nailing or construction, or expose
contents to
must be made from good, sound timber, free from all Class D Head Hoops \H"x2] ga. in this case two additional nails must be driven through

States Potters' Association. By (e) By a headliner is meant a long strip of wood damage. Decayed wood, slanting shakes. cross-graine<l defects that lessen strength of part or interfere with Bilge " m"x21 ga. the head hoops and staves and extend at least one inch
mended bv'the United than two-
much of this expense similar to a hoop, attached to the inside surface of the material, the grain of which runs out in less proper construction. Knots, decayed wood and cross- Class E Head Hoops 2" x22 ga. into each end of the cleat.
using properly seasoned material
assist in holding thirds the length of stave, unsound
knots or knots grained material, the grain of which runs out in less Bilge " 2" x22 ga.
of nailing could be eliminated. staves, under or on top of the head, to (e) For cleated heads, the cleat must extend across
ureater than one-sixth the width of stave are
considered The ends of hoops must overlap than
containers, usually by the head of a barrel or cask in place. than three feet, must he eliminated. steel iu)t less the center of the head from chime to chime at right
In the manufacture of these
coopers in their haste to produce a maximum (f) By "patent" hoop is meant the ordinary flat as bad defects ami must be eliminated. Steel Hoops. Hoops must Ik; made of cooperage 2j-:t" and must be fastened together with not less than angles tf) the cants, must be of thickness equal to the
hand,
amount of time do nf)t properly wooden hoop in distinction to the oval bark hoop. The 13. The staves must be manufactured according to grade steel and conform to the following: two A" rivets spaced approximately 1" apart. heads, not less than 6 inches wide and nailed to the
number in a limited
patent hoop is generally 1)^" wide. -.1'/' thick at one the following requirements Ultimate tensile strength, lbs. per sq. in.— If the beaded steel hoop is u.sed the rolled edge is to head with at least two nails to each cant.
one cause for heads of casks
:

croze each stave. This is

edge and A" thick at the other edge. Not more than 75.(M)0. be included in measuring the width of hoop. (f) Headliners. when used, must extend completely
l)eing pushed in. Mhiimuni Thirkne.s!*

barrels and smaller casks upon <'ln.«<s C.r.'Ups I .V- III Croups III Ac IV inige Not less than 50.000. Oval Bark Hoops. The flat shaved part of oval bark around the chime and must be fastened in place by nails
The condition of
Preparation of Containers for Shipment
than that A ()to2" 6 to 2" •'4"
Elongation in 8° hoops (so-called "shaved" hoops) must l)e not less in sufficiently long to penetrate through the liner and
arrival at destination was noted to 1)e l;etter
4. (a) Just before packing all hoops must be driven B 5 to 2" 5 torn" H" Not more than 25 i)er cent. width than l%". The locks of such hoops must Ik* staves.
of larger and heavier casks. C l".." 5 to 17/8"
from many carriers' tight. Wooden hoops must be held in place by nailing Not less than 15 per cent. made in accordance with Iiest cooperage practice and in (g) The heading must be inserted accurately into
Sugge>tion> have been received D y^" 5 to 1 7/8"
packers and receivers of earthenware
coopers,
through hoops and staves and clinching at %" .steel ;
E i"«"
y^" Oval Bark Hoops. The oval hark hoops must lie addition the locks must be secured by not less than the croze, the head hoops applied and all fastened in
agents,
and weight hoop^ must be nailed as for wood hoops or held in place made from oak or hickory saplings, jjreferably those cut three nails driven through hof)p and staves and clinchetl place by nails driven through the head hoops and staves
that indicate a tendency to decrease both size The maximum, minimum and approximate average
by the use of hoop fasteners; wire hoops must be stapled down during the winter months. must The saplings not less than %" on the inside. and extend one inch into the heading material.
at least
of these containers. width of staves mu^t be as follows:
con- or held in place by the use of hoop fasteners. Each not be so large that the resultant hoops cut therefrom Steel Wire Hoops. The steel wire hoops must be (h) The spacing of nails used to fasten hoops, head-
It a misconception that a large heavily loaded
is

The Forest Prod- type hcx>p must l)e fastened as above at intervals of Approximate will be too large or difficult to apply to container. The placed between head and bilge hoops and must be not liners and heads must not exceed 10 inches. .\ll nails
tainer is the most economical one. .\v<-ra>re Mnxiniuin Miniiiiutn
*^la8B less than No. 10 gauge for Classes A, B and C. and
a container not more than 10" around the circumference of the hof)ps. at time of applying, must not be rotten or full used must be cement coated except when driven through
ucts Laboratory has advised that in general 4j6" 2/3"
and economical. The container. A 3//'
2V," of worm holes. not less than No. 8 gauge for Classes D and E. (Ameri- and securely clinched.
of moderate size is more efficient
B 4" 5/3"
i)roportionately as much (b) If packed containers are allowed to l>ecomc 4" 2^," Steel Wire Hoops. Hoops must be made of cooper- can Steel and Wire Co. gauge.) The hoop spacing must be such that, after being
larger container, to obtain C 26.
deteriorated through imi)roi)er storage, they must not D 4" 5/3" 2^3" age grade steel wire and conform to the following: The ends of these hoops must l)e fastened by twisting them
strength and security for its weight as a smaller one. redriven. the bilge hoops will have space between
4y" 6" 3"
must be made much heavier and is consequently more be shipped until the hoops have been again driven tight E Ultimate tensile strength, lbs. per sq. in. together; not less than three complete revolutions of the
of not less than 3314 per cent, of length of stave and
many shippers be- and fastened securely in place as specified above.
The must be manufactured evenly and cir- Not more than 75,000. tool must be made to complete the joint.
the quarter hoops will equalize the space between head
expensive. The reason, then, for 14. staves
Barrels and casks that have previously been used cular, uniformly ecjualized throughout and proiwrly Not less than .SO.OOO.
lieving that the large heavy type is the most economical hoops and bilge hoops.
5.
Manufacture
must be thoroughly re-coopered before 8"
is because that type is not being
made strong enough. for sliii)ment jointed. In the ends of staves there must be cut a Elongation in

Most shippers and carriers are equipped to handle large using again poor heading and broken hoops or staves
;
'"Y" shaped notch or croze that is unif(jrm and not less Not more than 25 per cent. 22. The containers must be made in such a manner
many receivers are not. This must l)c replaced with new material and the container than '/k" (kH;p. the center of which must lie not more Not less than 15 per cent. as to produce a uniform product. The staves must be
heavy cf)ntainers. but NEPSA COOPERAGE COMPANY, DENVER, COL.,
should also receive consideration in the develop- must be in substantially new condition before re-using. than 1" nor less than H" from ends of staves, except 20. The hoops must be not less in number than the
point SUFFERS FIRE LOSS
ment of any type. 6. (a) Barrels or ca>ks without a croze or with an as i)rovided herein for containers with outer and inner following
for a container inefficient croze must not be used unless fitted with "P.Ttent" Steol Oval wife .iiifl As the result of a two-hour blaze of undetermined
The number of hoops necessary
and is in proportion to its size and weight.
is

inside and outside headliners.

headliners.
The ends of staves must be beveled not less than %"
rias- Wood
Hoops
Honps
(Hearted)
n-iik
Hoops
"Patent"
HoopB A. L. POESSEL & COMPANY origin, the Xepsa CoojKjrage Company's warehouse at
imi)ortant
It is unreasonable to expect a container
carrying 8()0
;<- "•" rurrviuL'
(h) For
niu<f br used in all
Class D containers
For Class
an outside
E
headliner
containers an
free from bevel. 4 4.. 2 Wire and
2 "Patent"
Tight and Slack 1625 West Twelfth Avenue, Denver, Colorado, was
damaged to the extent of approximately $3,000. The
iM/ar.d.s with six hoops to be a? efficient
ca«:e<!.

only two hundred pounds with six hoops. The Inter- outside ancl also an inside headliner must be used Material for Heading B 6 4 . 2 \\ ire and
4 "Patent"
Cooperage Stock fire, which occurred on the night of July 11th, had
Provided. That the inside headliner may be omitted The material for heading niu>t be of good, gained considerable headway before it was discovered,
state Commerce Commission Regulations for barrels if 15. (a) C 8 4 6 4 Wire and Staves-Hoops-Heading and only after the most stubborn resistance was it-
for certain solid chemicals and other similar articles the staves arc properly crozed and the heads are prop- sound lumber thoroughly sea.soned so that it does not 4 "Patent"
Quotations Cheerfully Made
authorize a maximum weight of one hundred and fifty erly beveled and cleated. In this case two additional contain more than 12 per cent, moisture content based D 8 6 6 4 Wire and gotten uiuler control and thesurrounding property
4 "Patent" '
208 So. La Salle St. Chicago, III. saved. The loss sustained consisted of the warehouse
pounds for a barrel with six wood hoops, but for a nails must be driven through the head hoops and staves on the weight of the wood after oven-drying to a con-
E 10 6 8 4 Wire and
and extend at least one inch into each end of the cleat. building and its contents.
barrel containing six hundred to .seven hundred and stant weight, free from defects that materially lessen 6 "Patent" J
fifty pounds, twelve f)f the same type hoojjs are re- (c) Headliners. when used, must extend completely the strength of part or interfere with proper nailing or
(|uired. Those regulations were drawn up and approved around the chime and must be fastened in place by nails construction, or expose contents to damage. Unsound
Established 1848
after considerable study and testing of barrels loaded suflficiently long to penetrate through the liner and knots or knots greater than one-third the width of cant,
Always Reliable Stave, Veneer Quality and Service
with dummy contents.
About the same time the Forest Products Laboratory
made tests on tight barrels and one of their findings
staves.

fd)
the croze, the head
The heading must be inserted
hoops applied and all fastened in
accurately into
decayed wood and cross-grained luml^r, the grain of
which runs out in less than half the length of piece, are
considerefl as bad defects and must be eliminated.
and Planing
Machine Knives
D.LOVEJOY&SON LOWELL, MASS. NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Every Knife Guaranteed

was: "The height of drop re(|uired to produce given place by nails driven through the head hoops and staves (b) The number of cants per head must be not more
ANDERSON, IND. ST. LOUIS, NO.
Prompt Shipments
stresses approximately inverse proportion to the
is in and extending at least (»ne inch into the heading material. than S for Class F. and 4 for all other classes', no cant
combined weight of barrels and contents." Stated in (e) The spacing of nails used to fasten lioofts. less than 3" wide must be ii^cd.
 August, 1924 21
20 THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL August, 1924 THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL
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promise.
tight
The spirit of optimism
and even though the present conditions
circles
is prevalent in local that
secretary,
section. Iiuiuiry
Kentucky Horticultural Society.
given by Mr. Benjamin Niles,

SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS WHICH DO GOOD WORK

WITH THE PHILADELPHIA COOPERS I= must be characterized as extremely dull, the prepond- Rev. E. McCollum, Route 1, Henderson, Ky., apple
I
s
iiiiiiiin^ erance of opinion is to the effect that a decided change barrels.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES SECOND-HAND BARRELS FOR SALE
fiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiini iiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiHiiiMiniiiniiniiMi

Produce Farms, Mitchell, Ind.. apple MACHINERY FOR SALE

for the better is due to ensue in the course of the coming H. G. Hall
The cooperage business in and about Philadelphia month. barrels.
H. Plass Son. Decker, Ind., apple barrels.
& pOR SALE— About 1,000 to 2,000 single-headed lead
oflfers, at present, two aspects to the casual observer or
The Slack Situation half -barrels. All hardwood and all one size. Would
the keen inquisitor. Investigation of the conditions F. R. Landenberger, 921 E. Main St., Olney, 111.,
COMPLETE STAVE AND HEADING OUTFITS PLANT FOR SALE We
like to receive quotations f. o. b. Pittsburgh, Pa.
prevailing in the slack trade brings to light the fact Here we have a brighter picture. The fruit and vege- apple barrels. Completely equipped saw, stave, hoop and are also in the market to buy oil and lard barrels. Quote
apple Used machinery rebuilt by experts, production NORTH
that, all things considered, the situation might, without season being in full stride, the demand for the Wilmer H. Poff, 921 N. Elliott St.. Olney, 111.,
heading mill, with all modem machinery. lowest prices f. o. b. Pittsburgh. Pa. Address
table guaranteed.
Plenty of timber available. Good market and SIDE COOPERAGE CO., 2238 Laplace Street. Pitts-
stretching veracity or credulity too far, be termed various slack containers used in marketing the early barrels.
Bateman, Newton, apple barrels. STAVES well established for product. burgh, Pa.
fairly satisfactory. Examination of the i)resent state crops keeping the slack dealers very busy. George S. 111.,
is
Drum saws, 24", 18" and 15" bUge, Gerlach, Situated on two railroads and water trans-
of the tight trade reveals it as suffering acutely from Aside from the and vegetable-barrel trade, which
fruit portation.
Whitney.
"summer comi)laint." The impression one gathers con- is highly satisfactory, there is a
brisk demand from the Planers, Oram, Dreadnaught, Gerlach. Suitable terms can be arranged. SECOND-HAND BARRELS WANTED
cerning business in Philadelphia in the good old sum- chemical plants, glass factories, sugar refineries, and
COOPERAGE COMPANY DISSOLVES Jointers, Oram, Gerlach, foot power. Address "PLANT," care "The National

mer time of the year 1924, is dependent entirely upon industrial lines that are active in this
ORGANIZATION Cutters, Greenwood No. 3 and No. 4. Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia.
numerous other Crozers, Oram, Gerlach, Holmes.
whether you interview the slack or the tight fraternity.
From the slack branch you glean the glad news that
locality at present. Slack shops are running at or near
capacity and there is no apparent reason for anticipat-
The following notice,

Democrat, under date of July 18. 1924, discloses the

publi.shcd in The Jl'atcrhiiry
Presses, Wayne, Hoosier. Wanted —Second-hand
Steel Drums
Oil Barrels and
HEADING One-Time
trade is while the tight contingent gives
fairly brisk, ing any material slackening in business in the near imminent dissolution of The Brass City Barrel Company, 48"" to 60'". We are in the market for No. Lubri-
you the doleful tidings that for the past month or so
Saws, Noble, Greenwood, Trevor, TIGHT COOPERAGE PLANT FOR SALE I

future, general conditions being such as to warrant the Inc., of Waterbury, Connecticut: Planers, Trevor, Rochester, 20 and 24". " cating and Refined Oil Barrels, also
the purchasers in this territory seemed to have been belief that the normal lessening in demand occasioned by the undersigned, a majority of the direc-
We, Turners, Greenwood, Trevor, Gerlach, Oram,
|
rOMPLETE plant for manufacturing all kinds
18-Gauge One-Time Shipper Drums
gentleman's agreement to absolutely and vegetable season Rochester. of tight barrels and half barrels, in absolutely
working under tors of The Brass City Barrel Company. Inc.,
a the close of the fruit will lie
'

Jointers, Greenwood, Trevor, Oram, first-class condition. Must sell quick account 16 Gauge 1 Black 1 55 Gal. ] Used
business from
ignore them. largely counterbalanced by increasing a corporation organized under the statute laws Rochester. of lease. Suitable terms. Address B. WEISS- y or ( and r Steel
industrial lines. of the State of Connecticut and located in the Presses, Noble, Greenwood.
|

MAN COOPERAGE, Braddock, Pa. 14 Gauge J Galv. J 110 Gal. J Drums

The Tight Situation
town of Waterbury, county of New Haven, in
i
MISCELLANEOUS GLUCK STEEL BARREL CO., Perth Amboy, N. J.
The real reason for the dullness in the tight branch
said State,
Knife Grinders, Noble, Defiance.
of the business based on the fact that the oil refineries
is ASSOCIATION BULLETIN Hereby certify, that every stockholder of said Cooper tools, truss hoops and all kinds of
have been doing little or no buying. The local situa- company has signed and acknowledged an agree- barrel building machinery. PLANT FOR SALE POSITION WANTED
The following bulletin was published from the office
tion can always be gauged by the activities of the sev-
of The Associated Cooperage Industries of
America, ment that the corporate existence of such cor- NOBLE MACHINE COMPANY, pOR SALIC— Complete heading mill; including
eral large oil companies, which have their headquarters Fort Wayne, Ind,
any considerable under date of June II, 1924: poration shall be terminated, which instrument engines, boilers, blower system, dry kilns, log RANTED— By man. age 35, experienced in manu-
here. When they are exporting oil in
haul cut-off saw, bolter, rosser, slashers, dry-kiln facture of slack cooperage stock and slack barrels,
The American Pomological Society is arranging to is dated the 15th day of July. 1924.
(luantity their absorption of tight barrels is sufficient to may be trucks, turners, jointers, planers, baling press, ])osition as foreman or superintendent of mill or shop.
put on a nation-wide "Eat More Fruit" campaign
in an All claims against said corporation
keep the local trade busy, and, consecpiently, in a more shafting, pullevs. hangers. Will be sold cheap References if required. Address "COMPETENT." care
attempt to put the fruit industry on a permanently sound sent William P. Wcrtheimer. Esq., P. O.
to FOR SALE for cash. RISLEY LUMBER COMPANY, of The N.\ti()x.\l Coopers' Journal, Philadelphia, Pa.
or less happy frame of mind but on the other hand, and HEADING MACHINERY
;

basis. Along with other equipment industries, an invi- address No. 36 North Main St., Waterbury, REBUILT STAVE Walton, N. Y.
when foreign shipments are light, the reaction upon
and slackness tation was extended us to co-operate with this
move- Conn., within four months from date thereof. Two Greenwood Heading Turners. ^ANTICD — Position as foreman in a slack cooperage
the barrel dealers is direct and positive,
Dated at W^aterbury this 15th day of July,
One Heading Sawing Machine. Have long experience and can furnish
immediate and in- ment which was accepted and our field representative One No. 4 Stave Cutter.
plant.
the yards and cooper shops is
cooperage mill on good highest references. Address "RELI.^BLE." care The
in
con- will participate in same as far as practicable in the 1924.
ROCHESTER BARREL MACHINE WORKS, pOR SALE— Excellent site for
Philadelphia, Pa.
evitable, and due to the fact that the oil business M.\x Sh.\kv. Site is adjacent to big lumber mill, which
N.Mio.NAL Coopers' Jolr.vai..
interest ofour industry. He has been in attendance at Manufacturers of "Greenwood" Stave
harbor.
stitutes fully 75 per cent, of the local trade, the
dullness
will buy all waste for fuel. Good log supply. Rail
persists just so long as exports are in small volume. Like some of the meetings and tours held recently and reports Joseph Abki.. and Heading Machinery,
and water -Address FIRST
facilities. NATIONAL WANTED— Three experienced hands desire positions
as follows GussiE AbEi,. Rochester, N. Y. BANK, Port Angeles, Washington. as apple-barrel coopers for the .season, either in
every other large center of population. Philadelphia
"For the purpose of staging nation-wide "Eat
a ^iMiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii I H • <<<>• ">"< '" iiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiniiini \'irginia or West Virginia. Write P. O. BOX 151.
has its multitude of general industries, representing a Cashtown, Pa.
More I'ruit" campaign. The American Pomological
wide range of manufacturing lines, that consume a
Society, which is the parent national society of fruit I A LETTER TO THE "JOURNAL" FROM I
pOR SALE: FINISHING PLANT FOR SALE WANTED— By and experienced man,
certain amount of cooperage in their various seasons, a competent
growers, and seventeen State horticultural societies, are I MEXICO Holmes Complete Barrel Outfit. position as superintendent or foreman of a slack
but this consumption represents but a small portion of
I E. B. A complete K. D. and J. tight stave finishing
co-operating in a summer orchard tour that will cover Mr. E. Bahle. of Minatallin, Mexico, ordered 60" Gerlach Boxboard Mill.
plant, located in northeastern Arkansas. Equip- barrel plant. Thoroughly understands the manufacture
the total average cooperage business transacted in this 1 J. |
54'" Gerlach Champion Heading Saw.
a large portion of the central west and eastern sections The Journal sent to his address for one year, ment in excellent condition, now operating. of all kinds of slack barrels and the maintenance and
city when the oil trade is active, and it is not of suffi- i | 60"" Greenwood Heading Jointer.
Three railroads afford extraordinary shipping operation of all slack barrel machinery. .\ddress
cient volume to keep all the local yards and dealers even
of the country. paid in advance. That was about four years ago.
I | No. 4 Rochester Improved Turner. facilities. Will sell to responsible purchaser at "PRODUCTION." care The Natio.nal Coopers'
"The of tour has 1)een arranged so that there
line Before the expiration of his subscription he Greenwood Power Heading Bolter.
fairly busy. I |
reasonable price on good terms and would be JoiRXAi.. Philadelphia. Pa.
will be the shortest jumps possible from State to State. moved to another part of that revolution-torn AH machines guaranteed. interested in buying the production of the plant.
Just at the present practically all lines of tight con- I |

tainers are listless. Normally vinegar barrels should be The details of program are under supervision of the I country, however, to notify us of his
failing, |
WAYNE MACHINERY COMPANY Address "ARKANSAS," care "The National
WANTED — Position as manager or superintendent of
Fruit growers of factory manufacturing candy pails, and tubs for
mt.ving briskly just at this time. That they are not different State horticultural societies. I change of abode. Three years later he returned | Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Pa.
vinegar, the nationand those equii)ment industries, whose mar- to his former home and found that the paper had
Fort Wayne, Indiana lard and ice cream. Am practical in every department,
is probably due to the exceedingly low price of I |
consumer. Would take active interest in
from logs to
which has reached a level which shows scarcely enough kets are with fruit growers and horticulturists, are I Ix-en delivered as regularly as Mexican postal | going concern. Address "ACTIVE," care of The
helping to i)ut over this first organized effort to increase service would permit. He reacted to the situation National Coopers' Journal, Philadelphia, Pa.
profit to manufacturers to pay for the containers. I |

Paint, varnish, pickle, syrup, glucose, road oil and the consumption of fruit by having representatives take in the maimer set forth in his letter, which is FOR SALE CHEAP
part in the tour and by donating substantial assistance.
I
reprinted Ix'low.
|
One 16 X 42 Allis-Corliss engine with rope
PORTABLE TIGHT STAVE MILL FOR SALE
are included in the
the numerous other lines that list
day and night
I |
wheel. Portable plant for manufacturing A. D. and L.
HELP WANTED
of summer which are obscure to
"actives," for reasons "Programs have been arranged for
MixAT.M,UN, Mexico, July 1924.
I 8, \
One 10 X 16 Lansing automatic engme. tight staves. At present in eastern Arkansas.
speakers nationally known on
address F. W. STOCK
include
the local dealers, have not produced the amount of meetings that
I The Natioxai. Coopers' Journal,
| For particulars & Everything in good condition and ready to op-
business that their schedules warrant. Kegs are moving subjects of food value facts and the need of increased Philadelphia. Pa. SONS. Hillsdale, Michigan. erate. Responsible buyer can secure this outfit
sluggishly, but here there the distinct promise of a consumption of fruit.
I
U.
|
at good price and on very fair terms. FINE OPENING FOR A-l MAN
is
Gentlemen :— Enclosed please find $6 S.
There a considerable volume "The orchard tour started at Henderson. Ky.. on
I
currency for subscription to The Journal.
|
X. ).. has for Address "PORTABLE," care "The National VVANTED — Hustling young man who can
rush in the near future. is
I I | AMKS McGROLTV. of ('.rccnwich.
show buying and selling cooperage
of "left-over" stock still in the hands of distributors, July 14th. Large groups of orchardists and citizens J sale two (2) barrel heaters and a quantity
of truss Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Pa. profit
I ordered The Journal for one year and paid in
| stock and basket material. Write fully stating
but this is being rapidly depleted and as the peak of the attend the meetings, which offered a splendid opportunity place and did not hoops. Price and description on request. Address
I advance, and later I left this I age, qualifications, etc., in first letter.
to extol the merits of sanitary packing and barrel usage
beverage season is still before us, prospects for volume- I know you were sending the paper, but The |
"GOOD CHANCE," care "The National
business in small containers are very bright. Very few Ik- fore fruit growers, consumers, food experts, physi- STOCK FOR SALE Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Pa.
Journal is worth every cent of the money and I
cians and other authorities who are co-operating.
I |
TIMBER FOR SALE
of the tight shops in the city are operating on a schedule I wish you to continue to send same, but when |
"The tour made mostly by automobiles sup- Large body of soft, old-growth Douglas fir
that is pleasing to the proprietors. An average of three is being
subscription expires please notify me so I can
timber on railroad. So cheaply logged can meet
i i

days* ojieration per week being maintained

is in most of plied by fruit growers.
keep paid in advance. I
FOR SALE Ideal for large, permanent
I it
takes two any competition.
the plants, although in a few cases it is even less. How- ".Attached is a list of inquiries for apple barrels."
Yours respectfully, Best offer f.o.b. cars Jersey City operation. Coast rates. ., ., -«.
HELP WANTED
ever, the summer is waning and as the fall usually Richard Stites, Henderson, Ky., apple barrels.
Mr. Stites represents the Henderson Fruit Packers,
I
I J. E. BahlB.
|
I
cars 28»,2 M- R- P'"«
"

Address C. HEIDT
»taves.
&
SON, Box 34, Jersey
Address "TIMBER," Box 486, Medford, Ore.
.

yY ANTED — First - classsetter - up for slack

work
develops a brisk sea.son of export business from the barrels atour Brooklyn factory, to
refineries, the situation is not altogether destitute of Inc.. and buys equipment for all the fruit growers in
f„|,„„„ IIIIIIIIII MIIIIIIIIMIM IIIIIU IIIMII IIIIIIMIIIilllllllllHIIIIIIMIIIIIIIMII S
City, N. J.
piece-work. Address STEPHEN JERRY & CO.,
272 Huron Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
MACHINERY WANTED
FOR SALE
5" to 2 one WANTED— At once, a man competent to operate a
M. WELTI A DRO. YOU Eight cars 28 H" staves cut ;

WANTED— market to buy good, second-

A.
M«nuUcturcrt of can possibly get along without
Hand-Made White Oak Kegs car M. R. basswood \k" M
heading;
6" elm hoops; 10,000 apple barrels.
two^«"
Write or
Coldwater, Ont.
^ I am in the
hand heading turner; also second-hand Po^ver
hand-bolting machine or short -log mill.
M. K.
or
MAK-
pendulous
"HEADING." care
Philadelphia, Pa.
heading
The
sawing machine. Address
National Coopers' Journal,
advertising THE NATIONAL wire DAVID S. MILLIGAN,
in
Bought from the Navy. DENBURGH. Beaver Dam. Virgmia.
COOPERS' JOURNAL, but you
Tight Cooperage will get along much better and Are the finest to be
much faster IF YOU DO USE had. Brand new and
Mflk. Oil and Lard Tierces
THE ONLY PAPER THAT
and Kegs SPECIALIZES YOUR CLASS in perfect condition.

7832 Kinsman Roid CLEVELAND. 0.

OF BUYERS. Repainted battleship
gray. Wine-grade
staves and heads, brass
faucets, non-corrodible Advertisements" are Wonder Workers. Our Special

BUM HOOPS Dublin

rNCORPORATEO
Hardwood Stave Co. metal bungs, unparaf*
fined. In big demand
Our
Ad.
Special lUR LITTLE
They
••Special
are bright nuggets in a big streak
of pay dirt. Those
to sell. Don't delay.
who have used them know this is so
Make your offerings at once through
Department
Ad.

8t. \Mn\%, 13c

FReiGHT RATES TO
New Orleann. 24c
Manufacturers oj
Air Dried and Listed Tight Barrel
— fast sellers — order Department They wm sell any thTng that you have

lyoiilaville, 20.5c niifraln. 31. Rr

COOPERAGE now.
rhlrnro, 16c rittnhurrh. 31. Sc
Mllivaiikcr. 23.Rc Norfolk, 40.5c Red Oak, White Oak, Ash
Kanaaii City, 24.Sc New York. 43.5c PORK STAVES 3 gal. size 8 gal. cize
CAN YOU BEAT 'EM? All kinds of Cut-Offs and kinds of Hand-
all Crate of 4 «P«).Zj Crate of 4 <PU.Z<) Crate of 4 $7.25
made Staves, Slavonian made.
O. L. Bartlett, Mf,nufactut*f P. 0. Box 171 Dublin, Ga.
THE SPOTLESS COMPANY Richmond, Va.
BOX 238 -:- MOUND CITY, ILL. ADVF.RTISKR^. TKI.l. TMEM THAT YOU SAW IT IS "THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOIRNAL.
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SOUTHERN COOPERAGE COMPANY THE HARLAN-MORRIS MFG. CO. ^ ^^N^^N'^Js^e Tight and Slack Barrels CALIFORNIA BARREL CO.
Manufacturers of all Kinds of
We carry new Cooperage from 5 to 50-gallon on hand at all times for COOPERAGE STOCK, COOPERAGE and
Manufacturers of
Manufacturers of and
Cooperage local or carload shipments. Ready to fill barrels for all
requirements
WOODEN WARE— TIGHT and SLACK- OF ALL SIZES
Dealers In all kinds of

MATCHED STOCK A SPECIALTY

Tight-Barrel Staves ^ Circled Heading Plants at J{eville Island, Pa.,
ADDRESS CORRESPONDENCE TO
and Pittsburgh, Pa.
MILL: Areata, Humboldt County, California

GUM MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY: 1101 Illinois Street, San Francisco, Cal.
oiiice and Factory. 3134-3160 Charfrcs Slrcef. New Orleans, La.
SATISFACTION
From WHITE OAK, RED OAK, ASH and
Branch Mills in
Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Company FOREIGN DEPARTMENT: 433 California St., San Francisco, Cal.
MILLS. FORDOCHE.LA. GUARANTEED •;.
Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas isas.31 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, Pa.

REINSCHMIDT STAVE CO. ECKHARDT & LENNON CO., Inc. H. ARENSON & COMPANY Washington Cooperage and Packing Co.
..MANUFACTURERS OF... Manufacturers of
Kegs and
Barrels, Manufacturers of

Tight and Slack Barrel Staves K^SnWc TIGHT BARREL HEADING

/III
Cooperage Stock DOUGLAS FIR STAVES
AIR-DRIED AND LISTED All IVinaS J. AND STAVES Our largeplant with warehouse facilities enables us to serve
in second-hand and new barrels, used and new steel drums in
all demands
any quantittes. HEADING and BARRELS
Red, Water and White Oak Staves. Also Slack Barrels — Pine Staves Mills at Monroe, Wlnnsboro and Gallion, La. We represent one of the largest steel drum manufacturers. RICHiVIOND BEACH WASHINGTON
PLANTS-Qultman. Ga.. and Loughrldge. Fla. Your inquiries are respectfully solicited.
MAIN OFFICE Monroe, La.
238 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH. PA.
Address all Correspondence and Orders to QUlTHf AN. GEORGIA

FOUNDED I8S0 {NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA) INCORPORATED 1900

HICKSON-ROGERS MANUFACTURING GO. Cooperage Stock & Barrel Shooks We are large buyers of Slack Cooperage

D. K. BROWN, Ruston, La. MANUFACTURERS OF

Machinery
Stock of all kinds, and we want your prices

Kiln-Dried and all Lengths Dowel Pins, Club Turned Oak and Goopera^e N. & H. O'DONNELL COOPERAGE CO.
Banel Slanes Tight Barrel Staves Hickory Spokes BARREL MANUFACTVRERS
Tlglit of Cutoffs
and Jointed
\ WE ARE READY TO HANDLE YOUR ORDERS IN ANY B. C, SHEAHAN COMPANY Moore St., Water to Swanson St. PHILADELPHIA^ PA.
WINES, WHITE OAK. RED OAK AND GUM OIL STAVES. I QUANTITIES. STOCK AND SERVICE A-1. WRITE US 1
166 West Jackson Blvd. ti CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
No. 2 OILS IN OAK AND GUM AND COPPER STAVES. PARAOOUUO a.rk:a.insa.s

BRUCE T. WARRING THE MICHEL COOPERAGE CO.

OUR SPECIALTY W. W. WILSON STAVE COMPANY 3256 K STREET, N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C.
Manufacturers

2M" SLACK BARREL HEADING [MANUFACTURERS OF Dealer In

Kinds of Second Hand Empty Barrels WINE, PICKLE om OIL COOPERAGE
OR SIZE
PirNE OR aUM— ANY QRADE All Classes Kiln-Dried and Jointed Tight Barrel Staves
All
ALWAYS IN THE MARKET FOR SQUARE HEADING
Let us know your requirements
30 YEARS' EXPERIENCE AND STAVES OF ALL KINDS. QUOTE PRICES
White Oak Red Oak Gum and Ash Can Furnish You Barrels for All Purposes OHIO
Me When SANDUSKY
CAREY COOPERAGE & TIMBER CO., INC.
NORTH LITTLE ROCK :-: :-: ARKANSAS ^Ve»t 1277
>Vrite In Need
Res. ^Vest 2224
CYPRESS, ALABAMA

ESTABLISHED 1884
PROPERLY QUALITY
GEORGE W. STONE, & SONS MADE Tight Barrel STOCK
FRUIT BARREL STAVES R. C. JONES LUMBER & STAVE CO., INC.
Jr.,
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Manufacturers of All Kinds of Oak, Ash, Cypress and Gum
-DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF-
SECOND-HAND BARRELS and HOGSHEADS STAVES AND H EAPING
YOU WILL LIKE THEM-WRITE US NOW TIGHT BARREL STAVES AND HEADING prompt and efficient attention. Let us serve you.
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From five-gallon to full barrel sizes.
All orders receive

D C. OZARK TIMBER AND STAVE COMPANY

TREXLER COOPERAGE CO.
PENNSYLVANIA CANTON
Bilge-sawn

t:
keg
ts
staves

St
a specialty.

MISSISSIPPI
WAREHOUSE AND YARDS
1234-1240 SEVENTH STREET. S. W.
l^A«llf nfltnn U.
WaSninQlOn, C
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to N. Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois

ALLEIMTOWN • -

M. PEEL
J. & BROTHER
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NATIONAL COOPERAGE & WOODENWARE CO.
BUNGS
WE MAKE THEM!
VENT PLUGS FAUCETS
—
MANUFACTURERS
COILED ELM HOOPS — HoVS TIGHT and SLACK BARREI^ TIGHT COOPERAGE CASK or BARREL PLUGS and WORVI-HOLE PEGS
Write for prices on Bung-borer«, Cooper's hoop-drivers, hanniners,
| adzes, flagcing and flagging irons, chalk, chines and chine mauls
We are prepared at times to make prompt shipment
all Manufacturers and Exporters
in any quantity anywhere Abo Kiln-dried and Jointed RED OAK STAVES and CIRCLED HEADING I REDLICH MFG. CO. 647 W. Oak St. CHICAGO
Write u« NOWl and Plant- PEORIA ILLINOIS Knoion to the trade for over 60 year*

LAKE VILLAGE -:- ARKANSAS

-Office
DE SOTO and TARRAGONA STS. PENSACOLA, FLA.
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Western New York

TSCHLMY & COMPANY MONTEZUMA COOPERS' FLAG Butt or Heading Hoop Nails Hoop Staples Hoop Fasteners
W. A.

Slack Cooperage Stock

Manufacturers and Dealers in
•

Forty years in the business 11

•
COOPERS* Flag Bright, Blued, Coppered or Galvanized

GUM
OVR SPECIALTIES
APPLE BARREL STOCK PINE TRUCK BARREL STOCK
SOFT VARIETY
•

P.
have made us Flag experts
Try our Service

T. CAS EY
ALL LENGTHS
V FLAG
P F TPAVFR MftntP7iima. N. Y.
The Finest
Grade* Grown
A large aupply
constantly in atock THE GEO. W. STANLEY
Write for prices and samples

CO. Belleville, HI.

NORFOLK - - VIRGINIA 92 West Bayard Street t: » » Seneca Falls, N. Y.

.WE ARE BUYERS OF

Manufacturer of
SKUSE'S COOPERAGE
FIELDS-LATTA STAVE CO. and Dealer in
Slack
Orders
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
solicited rnixed
for straight or
Are you in touch with buyers of
products?
line of
your

J^ anufacturers of HIGH GRADE STAVES,HOOPS&HEADINe Staves cars. Local coopers supplied. Write us For a live wire connection
Heading whether you want to buy or sell as we
Slack
QUALITY
Barrel Staves
"WEVE GOT SERVICE what you want, IT "
For Tight and Slack Cooperage
Dook Board BIdg., Pier Head
Hoops
Flour and
know we can deal to your satisfaction.
Address. SKUSE'S COOPERAGE
TRY THIS SPACE
If and are
JAMES WEBSTER & BRO., Ltd. LIVERPOOL, ENG. Fruit Barrels Cor. Flnnev i.iul Davix SIh.. KCKIIKSTKK. NEW YORK
DYERSBURG office and Plant TENNESSEE LONDON OFFICE— Dasbwood Honse, 9 New Broad St., E. C.

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K. W. JACOBS COOPERAGE CO. Layton Cooperage Co. MT. OLIVE STAVE GO. I
MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN Vail Cooperage Co. Incorporated
BATESVILLE, ARK.
Since 1888
|
SLACK BARREL Manufacturers of MANUFACTURERS 0F|
1 J. -———-MANUFACTURERS OF-
MANUFACTURERS STAVES 1 FIR STAVES AND HEADING
:-: ALL KINDS :-: QUALITY HOOPS 1 TIGHT AND SLACK Tight Barrel Staves and Heading
XJO matter what kind of a slack barrel
—
'*^ you use or want we can supply your
need. Quality, manufacture and service
STOCK HEADING 1 Also Tanks, Barrels and Kegs
WHITE OAK, RED OAK, GOM and ASH
IN > 1

guaranteed.
Write U8 now for
OUR NORTHERN ELM HOOPS
"BEST BY TEST" VENEERS 1 Heading and Stave Mill, Linnton, Oregon

APPLE BARRELS FORT WAYNE i: IND. OFFICE: 301, 303 WATER ST., PORTLAND, ORE. I
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PROMPT SHIPMENT
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with good quality
standard Slack Barrel
COLWELL COOPERAGE
120 BROADWAY NEW YORK
CO.
CITY
Pckin Cooperage Company
659 CUNARD BLDG., 25 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
CHICKASAW WOOD PRODUCTS
CHICKASAW COOPERAGE CO.
CO.

STAVES, HOOPS Barrels, Staves

AND HEADING FRUIT BARREL Peoria, Illinois
Port Arthur, Texas
Ambridge, Penna.
Mobile, Alabama Heading, Shocks
of uniform dependability

Straight or Mixed Cars STOCK Alexandria, La. West Helena, Ark.

Kiln-Dried Dimension Lumber

Write, 'phone or wire us
if you want quick service SUPPLIES • • TOOLS Barrels, Shooks, Kegs,
GENERAL OFFICE: GULF DISTRICT:

The Gideon -Anderson Co. Straight or mixed cars direct from the mill. Staves and Heading Box 143, Binghamton Br. 1036 Whitney Central Bldg.
New Orleans, La.
Second and Angelica Sis.y ST. LOUIS, MO. L. C. L. deliveries from our local warehouse. DOMESTIC AND EXPORT Memphis, Tenn.
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Chris Heidt. 2d ESTABLISHED I860 155)

Phones \llis* Bergen FOR SALE—Fresh Emptied
STEPHEN JERRY &
OFFICE: HI ROA STREET. BR<U)KLYN.
CO., Inc. E. HENNING, Inc. Chas. E. Heidt

HEIDT & SON, Inc.

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WHISKEY
272 N. Y.
C.
FACTORY AND WAKKHOISE:
PROVOST STREET FROM INDIA TO HIRON STREETS

STOCK
We offer you
"Henning" Service
the facilities
in the
of
purchase of
1 he
JERSEY, CITY, N. J. BARRELS
TIGHT COOPERAGE HEADING
New Slack Barrels B Second-hand Barrels AND
We're STAVES
SLACK COOPERAGE
HOOPS
STOCK
HEADING
for all dry materials,
A
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All

We
Kindj Slack »nd Tight

ALCOHOL
Fine and Dandy
Thank Yon!
STAVES
ICE CR
STAVES
EAM TUB STOCK
BOTTOMS
chemicals, sugar, etc. R
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specialize preparing

tight barrels for all

purposes
BARRELS
MACHINERY! L
Why Shouldn't
COOPERAGE
TIGHT NEW USED OR SLACK 1
Tongue and Grooved
Barrels a Specialty S
"A Used Barrel is Better
Than a New One" MARYLAND COOPERAGE COMPANY
Dealers in all kinds of Empty Barrels

We Be? QUALITY and SERVICE Our Motto! BALTIMORE, MD.

CHICAGO, Collington Ave. and Penna. R. R.
431 Dearborn St., ILL.
OFFICE, 64 Fairmount Ave. PLANT. 12-88 Fairmount Ave.

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AMERICAN

WIRE
TWI^TFD
1 vvioii^i^
HOOPS
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ori^lV^r.
^°' slack cooperage BARRELS— jugar, flour, apple,
CLEVELAND SPRAYING MACHINES
For lining the interior of barrels,
tubs, etc., with any hot or cold
liquid coating.
be operated by
These Outfits can
or HAND POWER,
"Genuine" Hill Steam Dogs
Used
Saw
for holding logs while being cut with
or other cut-off machine.
Belt-Driven Dogs can be supplied if steam
Drag

is not
ESTABLISH ED
V9
1851

p^tjjto y^neer truck, fish. salt. lime. KEGS and BASKETS

O^ MACHINES manu-
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HFTY ^„j, ^°^ »mooth woodenware.
^^^bs. candy pails, jacket
butter, lard
cans. etc.
and and material.
A package is laid over spray nozile,
availaoie
Genuine" Hill Steam Dogs and Drag Saws are
standard equipment in every modern
American
B TTii r»i7D<5

facturer of Tubs, Pails, Slotted Clothespins,

for the

Made
Made
to measure ready for
of specially adapted
use.
steel in
Strong, economical, easily applied.
plain, bright or other finishes.
clutch thrown in and after pump Spools, Bobbins, Wood Heels, Bailwoods and
has made from 5 to 6 strokes, Cutting-Up plant.
clutch is thrown out and package other Small Handles, and Small Novelty Turnings.
SEND FOR FREE SAMPLES AND CATALOGUE Capacity as fast as the Write for Bulletin
is coated.
men can handle the cooperage. Hand Type and Automatic Variety Lathes are
We special features.

American Steel &Company

Wire
also build
Superheaters
Branding Machines.
and
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LIMITED
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STOCK FOR We make a specialty

The Ozark Company Sugar, Flour, Salt,
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for both Domestic
Cement, Lime, Fruit |
and as such will continue in the business of manu- and Export Trade.
facturing and dealing in slack cooperage stock.
We Tcly^ on your good will
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and on our part pledge a con-
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principally Black Ash,
August 1st, 1924 thoroughly seasoned,
a new and better service.
Syrup, Fish, Olives,
and all kinds of
Liners ready for immediate ship-
ment, and will be pleased
T. J. NASH L. M. PRESTON 3820 Washington Blvd. to receive inquiries for
Casks or Barrels for same. This is all choice
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Liquids. Canadian stock.
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priced fairly, delivered promptly

Your inquiry will receive immediate attention

LUCAS E. MOORE STAVE CO.

The Vail-Donaldson Company NEW ORLEANS
United Home Building - ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
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LIMITED
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to the
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STOCK FOR We make a specialty

The Ozark Company Sugar, Flour, Salt,
Staves of High Grade Stock
for both Domestic
Cement, Lime, Fruit
and as such will continue in the business of manu- and Export Trade.
facturing and dealing in slack cooperage stock.
We rely" on your good will
and all kinds of
Packing Barrels
Hoops We have a number of cars
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Since 1850
STAV E S
HOOPS this Company and its subsidiaries have been
HEADING producing Tight Staves and Heading
Cut properly, dried thoroughly,
priced fairly, delivered promptly

Your inquiry will receive immediate attention

LUCAS E. MOORE STAVE CO.

The Vail-Donaldson Company NEW ORLEANS
United Home Building - ST. LOUIS, iVIISSOURI

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INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE

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M I- HEADING TURNER
no. %J showing new belt
feed arrangement, dispensing
with worm, worm wheel and
bevel gears.
This Turner is designed for
A PAPER OF GREAT VALUE TO ALL STAVE, HEADING, HOOP MANUFACTURERS AND COOPERS
Circling Slack Keg Heading,
Barrel Heading and Square VOL. 40
Published the First of Each Month.
Subscription Price $2.00 Per Year. Philadelphia, September, 1924
Entered as Second-Class Matter »t
the Post-Offlce in Philadelphia. Pa.
No. 5
For<>l8m Subscription 92.50 Per Year.

Edge Covers.
We manufacture a full line of
Slack Stave and Heading
Machinery. The Best Life Insurance For
SLACK BARRELS IS

Tongued and Grooved Staves

Buy the It Gives

Holmes Best
Machine Results

No. 126 PATENTED TONGUE AND GROOVE MACHINE

No. 4 Special Stave Cutter E. and B. HOLMES MACHINERY COMPANY

45 CHICAGO STREET BUFFALO, NEW YORK, U. S. A.
A new design machine of extremely strong and rigid construction especially adapted for
cutting hardwood staves. Write for particulars.

We manufacture a full line of Slack Stave and Heading Machinery

Catalog upon request HANLON-GREGORY GALVANIZING COMPANY

ROCHESTER BARREL MACHINE WORKS Hot Process Galvanizing
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Succe*«or to JOHN GREENWOOD 24th Street and A. V. R. R., PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

PROMPT DELIVERIES
ROCHESTER NEW YORK J
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Satisfaction
Guaranteed
MURRAY I
COLLETON Alabama Pine Heading
Decherd Tennessee MERCANTILE and Of Quality in Volume

A C T U R K R
MANUFACTURING
M A N U F
Matched COMPANY, Incorporated Our plants at Chapman, Ruthven

ALABAMA Manufacturers of
and Greenville consume each work-
ing day well over 350,000 feet of
timber manufacturing:
Kiln-Dried Pine
PINE HEAPING !
and Gum Heading
Yellow Pine Lumber and Timber
Hardwood Lumber

We manufacture
I 18 Champeredand Pine Heading

Crozed Keg Staves

Slack
Cottonwood
are our Specialty, but
Staves
Barrels &Shooks I
Oak
Gum
Staves

Veneers
Barrel we can supply all
kinds of slack coop- OUR STOCK Confort7is to the Highest Box Shooks
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| We manufacture mnchinery for aawlnv, Jolntlnc, plan-
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THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL

The National Coopers' Journal

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;.0« I'KK YEAR
vol.. -M., No. 5
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GRATIFYING CO-OPERATION BY A TRADE
PUBLICATION
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1^ An article that should strike a responsive chord in

the Character of the New Orleans Cooperage

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dealer in cooperage
the breast of every manufacturer and
o •v is published in a recent issue of The
fruit Products

JL Industry. Modern Trade Conditions Journal and American Vinegar Industry. It is

unusual
of
to find such candid and uiuiualified acknowledgment

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Forcing New Alignments the merits of our products voluntarily made in
industry,
the
for
columns of a paper devoted to another
a large vacant likely to come any time, and when it does come the
at which reason we are reprinting it for the benefit of
Out on Tchoupitoulas Street there is
among the young hall players of orders will be for barrels in lots of a hundred thousand. our readers. The article, which was published under
lot that is very popular
who have constructed a grandstand Business with Cuba at present is confined chiefly to the caption "The Wooden Barrel," follows
the neighhorhood,
and bleachers out of the remains of the
fence. This bottle barrels and tobacco barrels, all. of cour.^e.
in
"Our indu«^try (fruit products) has a large number of
one of the busiest the form of shooks. The Cubans have not yet been which are of great importance and which natur-
baseball park was for many years factors
shattered ruin in the educated up to the making of sugar of the grades that receive attention accordingly. However, one of
stave yards in the city, and the ally
/I enormous export call for barrels, though Cuban sugar coming
through these factors has received less attention than it
actually
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corner was the business office, where an
this port is creating some demand for sugar barrels deserves, and that is the wooden ban el. Barrels are
I trade in heavy staves was carried on.
This demand bound mostly looked upon as the last item in the order of
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among our refineries. is to increase

On Washington surrounded by a rank growth
Street,
where large piles as the season advances. business routine. This may be due to the idea that an
of weeds, there is another stave yard,
article manufactured in a careful way can be put
into
^\ for years, Trade with Mexico is growing, and shipments of both
of once valuable stock has taken the weather
tight and slack cooperage stock to .Mexican ports
are a wooden container without further delay and shipped
work trimming off the rotten out-
and men are now at
to salvage some- large and numerous. out as soon as filled. When complaints come in about
sides of the blackened stock and trying
leakage or that the contents have changed in color or
thing from the neglected ruins. Sugar Refineries Furnish a Few Inquiries flavor, the barrel manufacturer.-, will naturally be blamed
business in Louisiana in liad shape, and while, as a matter of fact, the barrels are most
Export Business Extremely Slow The sugar is for it,

are still showing for months the smaller refineries would not
have ac- frequently ruined at the user's plant while empty.
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il There arc- other stave yards that
cepted a barrel as a gift. Now. however, a few
inquiries worth while to store
stave business is "\'ery few users are finding it
some signs of activity, but the export
are beginning to come in. just enough to show
that the fewer ever examine them
has been. Reports from their barrels properly and
only a thin ghost of what it

RIGHT ON
held in vats and sugar planters are still in the business, and that they before tilling and shipping. The condition of a barrel
Europe tell of vast stores of wine
shipped on account of the know there is such a package as a barrel. The present inside and outside should be carefully examined l)efore
tanks, and which can not be though there no
containers. New Orleans sugar crop will call for some barrels, is
using, which would prevent cases of contamination or
lack of American staves for the this year. much.
Europe is anxious prospect of any large business in that line
leakage, about which we have recently heard so
II is to furnish the staves and
ready
ore-the-war scale is impossible Various places along the Gulf coast are using small "The wo<Klen an absolute necessity for the
barrel is
to buy. but trade on a be f
though the oyster
lots of barrels for shrimp and fish, products of our industry and must be treated with more

THE JOB!
abroad.
on account of monetary conditions
barrel will not be used until the weather is cooler. The coopering of barrels is an important and
say that conditions in Europe are
respect.
Well-informed men
due soon. There is some mi-venunt in new Irish potatoes, enough careful operation and deserves surely more consideration
improving and that a wave of prosperity
is
in fact to be interesting to some of the smaller shops, from use or handle them. As our industries
all who
reached
This mav be true, but that wave has
not yet
II giving them a chance to licpiidate some of their low-
are constantly growing, so will the use of the wooden
the stave' men here, and some of
them arc getting tired
grade stock. barrel be growing, and in spite of all the experiments
of waiting for it. France, Spain and Italy, formerly

4. — 4. our best buyers, are now in eclipse, and

the only Euro-
England, Scotland
Louisiana Produce Growers Exhibit Courage
most
with containers of o'lur material, nothing has been
found to be as satisfactory as the wooden barrel properly
pean shipments of late have been to Louisiana produce growers are the bravest and constructed and properly handled.
and Ireland. optimistic men in the world. Every one of them is
barrel manufacturers are constantly seeking new
ANY KIND 0/ STOCK- Domestic Tight Trade Improving
entitled to a hero medal. Last season they suffered a
loss that would have forever discouraged any
ordinary
"The
and up-to-date methods to perfect their product in every
trade in tight cooperage is looking
up
on a larger way and it is our endeavor to get some of the practical
The domestic lot of men. but now they arc going ahead
grinding season is now on. and information on this important subject to put before our
a bit, for the cottonseed scale than ever before, and hope by increasing
their

STRAIGHT, MATCHED there' is a brisk demand

products.
for containers for cotton oil
There is also some business being done
m acreage and improving their methods of cultivation

raise crops that will more than make up for their

to readers in tlie near future, which will tend to solve the
problem in question."
distillers the wooden
OR MIXED CARS / molasses barrels, and among the
barrel for non-beverage alcohol
is following the steel
losses of last winter. They are not buying containers yet.
but are on the lookout and making iiupiiry. Such a
drum as a close second. calamity as that which overwhelmed them last winter VIRGINIA POTATO SHIPMENTS HEAVY
^^B ! now pretty
may not occur again in a generation, and without such
4. Ml—- — I »t-
The demand for wooden tight barrels is
farmers are about ready to back the old
Virginia
products, such an unforseen calamity the volume of their shipments
good among the shippers of petroleum statement that "a big crop is worse than
no crop." It
and the man who says that this
is gf)ing to break all records. This is the opinion of
was estimated that Virginia's acreage would be a
as lubricating oils, little

a bad way the fellow who let his com- the gardeners themselves, and of all who arc interested spring there
larger than last year, but because of the wet
trade is in is

National Manufacturing Co. petitor get the orders. in and informed about the truck business. Makers of
crates, hampers and produce barrels all anticipate a large
was considerable doubt as to the final outcome.
Some
low-land sections from seed
showed considerable loss
"T^tf Leading Cooperage Many Changes in the Local Trade Some of the large coopers here carry crates
House of America"
Detroit Cooperage
business.
rotting, and cold weather delayed carlot
movement from
The big shop once occupied by the Ozark and hampers as side lines. This is not at all a bad
all sections. Notwithstanding these drawbacks, one of
and Lumber Co. is now vacant and
seeking a tenant. thing for the barrel, for when a man who has hampers grown Virginia being har-
«K made slack faith can not
the largest crops ever in is

The shop where the Crescent Cooperage Co. to sell recommends the barrel, his gf)od
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^ barrels and shooks last year looks like a deserted
ruin, be questioned.
vested.
been shipped, com-
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for years, and July 1st only 2.604 cars had
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and the shop which Philip Hirsch used
=il
r.^'^OO in 1921.
"For Rent" sign. Mancuso Expects Brisk Business pared with .3.448 in 192.3, .S.450 in 1922. and
then leased to Beck & Jones, bears a exceptionally heavy.
Mr. Mancuso. of the Mancuso Cooperage Co., at Daily movement during July was
the slack barrel
This, however, does not indicate that
Interests Kenner. right in the heart of the gardening district, There were many days on which various sections of
business is dead, but only that it has changed. and Maryland sui.plied over 65 per cent, of the
X'irginia
times is rxpects not only to operate his big shop to capacity, but
have shifted around, for the tendency of the
total for the United States. On Thursday. July
10th. the
also to make barrels in at least half a dozen smaller
toward centralization, and it is found that one
large,
heaviest single day. Eastern Shore of Virginia shipped
that shops at points where produce barrels are in demand
well-e(|uipped machine shor- can handle the business
Some of the coopers in this city also plan to operate 759 cars. Norfolk 200. and h'.astern Shore of Maryland
once kept three or four smaller shoi)S busy. The
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smaller
86. or a total of 1.045 cars, out of 1.469 cars for the
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would branch shops ''n the country. Another plan, which they
indeiK-ndent shops certainly have their uses, and it
Including July 22d. the total the for
expect to help business along, is to make the barrels whole country.
be a mi^furtunc to have them eliminated.
<:n it U a
season was 12.3(i8 cars, compared with 9.827 t<i ihe >anie
ir their city shops and deliver them telescoped, or
in
pleasure to note that some of them are still in business date in 192.?: 11,8.54 cars in 1922. and 12.106 cars in 1921,
The Best nested form, for when barrels are in this form a truck
I and doing well now, with every prospect of doing better the biggest season cluring the past five years. However,
can carry at least five times as many as it could if they
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soon, but the large shops, ready at all times to fill big comi)etent authc^rities stated that X'irginia and the Mary-
Stock orders, are the only means of keeping the substitute
were already headed up.
land Peninsula had marketed less than 65 per cent, of
packages from getting a strangle-hold on certain large Reports from the country stock mills are all alike, a
its crop by early August.
lines of business. It takes energy, capital and etpiipment good year for work but still a small production, on
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account of large stocks and weak demand. Another feature of the season has been that the yield
..11. "^W^ to hold a place in this field.
was larger than grower- themselves were prepared to
Boom in Asphalt Trade Is Overdue market. During the third week of July many growers
with a capacity of 500 f(»und themselves short of barrels and it became neces-
The asphalt business has been expecting a big revival A new slack barrel plant,
material- barrels per day. has been put in operation at Lyons. Ga.. sary to purchase sacks, and even to ship some potatoes
in the export trade, but that revival has not yet
immediate demand for asphalt by W. E. Duncan. Potato barrels will be the principal ill bulk to markets which would handle stock in this
ized, so there is still no
indications are that this demand is product for the present. manner.
barrels, but the

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ONE OF THE "OLD-TIMERS" IN THE SECOND- advised that such an act has yet been passed. Three
FLORIDA COOPERAGE CONCERN VOICES DIS- BRISK BUSINESS AND FAIR PROFIT IN ALABAMA years ago I was fortunate enough to secure from a
HAND BUSINESS DENOUNCES PRACTICES
Trade Reports From Various Sections of the Country SATISFACTION WITH GENERAL
CONDITIONS IN TRADE
Alabama Cooperage Co., Calera, Ala.— At present
trade with showing considerable improvement.
us is
OF SOME UNSCRUPULOUS DEALERS manufacturer of vinegar an order for ten carloads of
suitable barrels, to be delivered at his location in the

Continue to Depict Improvement in Business Mr. Henry A. Thorndike, who since 1882 has dealt
Clearwater Cooperage Co., Clearwater, Fla.—As We expect to have a very good business the remainder cooperage, and who has witnessed many changes State of New York. Without delay I began to buy
of this year at prices that will leave some
for the next few profit. in u.scd
to our opinion for business prospects them, placing some of the business with the dealers
in the trade, has taken occasion, in the communication
GUM HEADING AND ORDERS
PRICES GOING UP months, will say that the outlook is not too encouraging referred to above.
widely-scattered trade centers represented in the
The demand. set forth below, to disclose a few of the factors that
BECOMING NUMEROUS of too much production for the
Immediately complaints came allowed my cus-
SHORT APPLE CROP CUTS DEMAND FOR
^ case in. I
reports set forth below continue to evince the spirit of are militating against the popularity of the reconditioned
Cypress, Ai.a.— Coopers are selling their barrels on too close a margin tomer cretlit for every unfit barrel until, with only
optimism that has been growing throughout the indus- Carey Cooperage and Timber Co.,
and establishing BARRELS barrel in the territory which he covers. Granting the
of profit and instead of co-operating about half of the order filled, over KM) barrels were
better, inquiries very plentiful
try during the past few months. While the coolness Business is getting much knifing each other, W. M. Barron Cooper.\ge Co., Aurora, Mo.— Apple accuracy of Mr. Thorndike's statements, the practices
make We a living price on their products, are rejected, and it was then mutually agreed to cancel the
of the autumn season has not as yet set in, it is
quite and orders at l)ettcr prices are coming in. crop for Ozarks in Missouri about 70
per cent, of 1923. which he describes are thoroughly reprehensible and can
large and letting the buyer fix the selling price; the result is trade. No amount of inspection, short of removing
apparent that the usual fall rush of business is just in almost nothing but gum heading and especially Their
Logs are high in price that few manufacturers are making any money. A big part of early apples will go in baskets and bulk, not be too severely criticized nor condemned.
the heads, would have disclosed the unfitness of many
the offing, and if current conditions can be depended sizes and No. 1 in \9% inches.
leaving about 50 per cent, to be barreled.
Practically no effect upon the trade, both second-hand and new, can
will be Another bad feature about the barrel business is of the barrels because of their previous contents. Poi-
upon as an indication of what the next few months and feed stuff still going up means that there other barrel business with us. not be other than extremely detrimental, and the per-
we gone that the junk dealers go around and pick up second- son was disguised in several instances. One barrel
will develop in the way of cooperage business, are no cheap logs this season. Labor with us has not petrators are deserving of the most drastic censure.
improvement more efficient; still hand barrels from any source from which they can which had been returned with the cider in it, because
safe in the assumption that the hoped-for down any, but we think that it is
Mr. Thorndike's letter follows:
secure them, no matter whether they are clean empty ACTIVE DEMAND FOR TIGHT KEGS AND of the queer taste thereof, was shown to me. Some
in trade will appear in conformity with our
predictions. very scarce. Cotton crops through here arc excellent, Newport, R. L
what sugar barrels, or have been used as garbage and refuse BARRELS ANTICIPATED dealer had replaced its broken head with one taken
and if prices hold it will make little difference and they will offer these barrels Editor, The National Coopers' Journal
some alley, :

Curry-O'Reilly Co., New York, N. Y.-The

receptacles in coop- from a tar barrel, and some of the North Carolina tar
heading does.
to the trade at half the price of new, clean, sanitary
slight extent dur-
Looking through your valuable journal, one finds adhered to the head.
erage business has improved to some
still
HEADING PRICES VERY LOW BUT ORDERS containers. to the fact that both
that many of your correspondents, writing from differ-
Just outside of Boston a certain barrel concern gets
ing the past two weeks, owing ent cities throughout the land, from time to time com-
BEGINNING TO APPEAR IN NUMBERS ELM HOOP DEMAND STRONG BUT PRICES STILL Coopers should get together and co-operate to the carrying very light thousands of those little litharge barrels each and
wholesalers and retail buyers are drums, to
Barnwell Cooperage Co.. Barnwell. S. C— The TOO LOW FOR THE MANUFACTURER fullest extent in getting a law passed to prevent the
Welook for a pretty active demand
for both plain that "the trade" is shifting to steel
every year. In the autumn they silicate or parafine
shipping of food in dirty, unsanitary barrels. We have
stocks. boxes, and in short to every conceivable
cartons, to
heading market is down and we are looking for a Duc.vTUR Decatur, Indiana.— Al-
CoopER.\GE Co., kegs and barrels during the next
six to eight weeks. them inside and sell them for domestic wine, or home-
low that the mills pure food laws, but we have no law to prevent food container other than barrels. Do these writers ever
reaction in prices as they are so
though prices of hoops are very low at this time, brew. Whilst I am not very familiar with litharge, I

they do not advance. being shipped in dirty, unsanitary containers. The junk refer to the causes of the various "trades" shifting as
forced to shut down if we are moving our hoops about as fast as we can manu- should hardly choose as a substitute for butter upon
will be
Heading last year this date was bringing 10 cents per set, dealers care nothing about health or sanitation —they PLENTY OF ORDERS BUT LITTLE PROFIT above? Are attempts ever made to supply good
it

facture them. We are looking for a good business my any beverage.

this bread, nor as an addition to All
are interested only in the dollar. wooden barrels at might tempt some
prices which
and this year we are selling for five cents per set and
fall and winter in cooperage, and other
manufacturers Gluck Brothers, Inc.. Perth Amboy. X. J.— Business through New York State it is exceedingly difficult, and
as shippers to try them before shifting? There is a cause
have had a hard struggle to get orders at this price. W'e
is
fair; as a matter of fact, it
second-hand barrels
to whom we have talked hold the same opinion. is a little better than in many instances impossible, to sell
bvis.ness for everything that In this instance, why not
is done.
have had the chance to sell quite a number of cars good as can be expected. There is
plenty of
for wine or cider today.
LOW COOPERAGE of profit is small. We are find out the cause and remove it? It can and should
during the last few days and this makes conditions look LIGHT APPLE CROP AND to be had but the margin A number of large New England concerns have for
like as though they will be better during the
next three PRICES COMBINE TO CREATE UNSATIS-
in the market for
all kinds of 55-gallon
barrels and he done.
years used second-hand glucose barrels for their
INDIANAPOLIS MARKET GOOD AT PRESENT,
FACTORY CONDITIONS of new mixed The same applies to the second-hand trade. In the many
months. hardwood half-barrels, also for a carload respective products, such as syrup, sizing, pie-stock, etc.
WITH MARKED IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED — eighties, when the writer hereof began to gather second-
A. G. Bailey Cooperage Co., Washington. D. C. kegs. One concern western Connecticut found it unsafe to
in
Jack Cohen Cooperage Works. Indianapous. Ind.— hand barrels, there were flour barrels a-plenty. There
Trade is only fair, owing to the light apple crop in LIGHT IN use them without having each one examined by a
SLACK LINE EXHIBITING MORE LIFE AT PRESENT Business is pretty good present— expect great im-
at DEMAND FOR APPLE BARRELS IS
were more of them than one could sell. Presently they
Don't look for much better condition this chemist, and as a result they are using no second-hand
THAN IT DID DURING PAST FEW MONTHS provement in the next few months.
this section. CONNECTICUT began to diminish. A flour drummer whom I met in
year. Prices on slack cooperage are very unsatisfac- cooperage today. A molasses company in Boston will
MeridEn, CoNN.-Coop- a bakery about that time told mc that there had been
Gideon- Anderson Company, St. Louis. Mo.— Busi- tory, being too low to return any profit. The Dodd CfK)PERAGE Co.,
buy only of a "chosen few" of the dealers. The largest
for is very quiet.
There are among the coopers who made the flour barrels
ness is showing more life than it has manifested erage business in our section a strike
molasses company in the United States, which formerly
demand barrels, which we do The for a long time,
some time. All during the past two months the
INQUIRIES BRISK AND PRICES ADVANCING ON some demands for second-hand from
in the northwest. strike lasted
used great numbers of re-conditioned barrels, now uses
was We
expect a fair amount of business during which the millers tried various other containers
for apple-l)arrel stock seemed to be lighter than ELM HOOPS not handle.
MACHINERY MANUFACTURERS DECLARE THAT to this date orders are
few. Finally they found one which
but a few furnished from time to time by one reputable
expected, but the late buyers now seem to be ready for the apple growers, but up for their export of flour.
The Ferriday Hoop Co.. Ferriday. La.— We have had PROSPECTS HAVE NEVER LOOKED As a result, what are those coopers, or their
dealer. The Crosby Molasses Company recently wrote
action. We look for a good fall season, and, in fact,
ANY BETTER
suited.
me that they "were no longer interested in any second-
market conditions seem better than a few a very dry and hot summer and no rain in sight yet. successors, doing for a living today? Just as that
PLANT
CLEVELAND COOPERAGE COMPANY'S
at present, Now. whom have the unscrupulous
It has been an excellent season for logging in the low
hand cooperage."
weeks ago. Hill Curtis Company, Kalamazck), Mich— Pros- coopers' drove the flour interests from barrels,
strike
swamps, of which Louisiana is well supplied. Prices pects to us never looked any better. OPERATING AT CAPACITY ON TIGHT so are various causes, mostly preventable, driving other
dealers to have referred helped, and whom have
whom I

on hoops have declined until they cannot go lower and We make this statement in its broad sense, and, of BARRELS AND KEGS trades from the use of wooden barrels to the use of they injured? Where will this all end? Where will
NEW CONCERN SELLING KEGS AS FAST AS THEY the manufacturer continue making them. At this writ- Co.. Cleveland Oh lo.-The the second-hand barrel trade be in a few years more?
course, do not wish any of our friends to read into it Cleveland Cooperage metal and other containers, and forcing good business
THEY CAN MAKE THEM ing we believe the outlook for better prices is showing a prediction of boom times, because none of us want demand for our well-known
our ful
line is taking
concerns, who for long years were well satisfied with
Yours truly,

up. We are getting inquiries quite freely now, and are expect this to continue and
are counting Henry A. Thorndike.
Houston Cooperage and Tub Co., Houston. Texas. boom times. All we want and all we need is normal canacity We well-coopered, well-cleaned second-hand barrels, to the
loading out a good many We believe prices will general business improves
—Our company was chartered May 1. 1924. We have
hoops. business conditions. upon a stronger market as use of substitute containers, regardless of their cost.
be (juite a good deal better sixty days hence. and winter. Time was when the second-hand barrel man was
much of our machinery installed and have been rumiing While things have been somewhat sub-normal recently through the fall

as fast as we many channels of trade, there have, as every some old cooper who. with the assistance of his sons LUCAS E. MOORE STAVE COMPANY ESTAB-
for weeks making kegs which we sell in a great
PARIS
barrels this one of us knows, been no real basic reasons for other or others, gathered the various old barrels from stores LISHES BRANCH OFFICE IN
can make them. The outlook for poultry CROP EXPECTED TO HELP
LARGE APPLE Moore Stave Company, New York and
coming season is good, and from the inquiries we are BRIGHTER OUTLOOK IN KENTUCKY. PRODUC- than confidence as to what the near future holds.
NEW HAMPSHIRE and mills, repaired them carefully, and sold them to The Lucas E.
business gen- BUSINESS IN New Orleans, announces the establishment of a branch
receiving the outlook for the cooperage TION WAITS ON DEMAND In our best judgment, the cooperage manufacturer,
Portsmouth, N H.- consumers. When
he told a customer that a barrel
this year. who, even though sales in late months have been less Armstrong Cooperage Co.,
was fit for cider, syrup, fish, pork, or any other food sales office at 18 Rue Vignon. Paris. France. The new
erally is good for the coming months of
W. J. Fell Co.mpanv, Ashland, Ky.— Conditions in than his production, will continue as normal
nearly Business in general is
are looking
very quiet, but we
product, it 7ivs safe, and no man's stomach suffered office is another link in the chain of foreign sales
cooper's have
line l)een rather dull for the last apple barrels, for there
the
operations as possible, will find in a few months that forward for a good business in from the danger of contamination or sometimes poison, branches with which this progressive company is cover-
couple of months, l)ut we really believe there is a apples expected.
having done so has been a profitable venture. is a large crop of as true in some instances today. ing the markets abroad. Immediately following the late
OPERATING AT ONE-QUARTER CAPACITY BUT
is
brighter outlook now than for some time past. The
America always has been and always will be a country When or store-room for
he went to the yard, cellar world war the demand for .\merican staves in the for-
SEES DECIDED IMPROVEMENT IN market seems to be on a firmer basis and it is our
you can bet on to continue prosperous. have a clerk go with eign markets shrank to almost the irreducible minimum
NEAR FUTURE candid opinion that any change must necessarily be for DRY SEASON AND HOOF AND
MOUTH DISEASE the barrels it was not necessary to
BUSINESS him to see that he took no more barrels than he paid and many of the cooperage concerns in this country that
Gibus Brothers St.we Co., Hot Springs, Ark.— the better. Prices, in some instances, are below cost HAS HINDERED CALIFORNIA for, nor an occasional ham or bag of flour, nor did were active in the export trade when the demand was
We are manufacturing a very few Francisco, ^'alik-
Business with us for the past few months has been of production.
FALL PROSPECTS FOR SLACK COOPERAGE BUSI- Carl Cooperage Company, San the agent of a cotton mill have to station a man at a brisk,severed their foreign connections and withdrew
and continue to curtail production until summer months but
Trade has been quiet during the from the line. The Lucas E. Moore Company has for
staves will
very quiet. But we see a slight improvement in the NESS VERY BRIGHT IN MAINE second-story window to see how many double-head oil
demand picks up. and we expect the balance
last two weeks. The indications point to better con- has now picked up somewhat barrels were being taken and reported as single-heads, years been recognized as one of the outstanding firms
ditions, and we expect a decided improvement the J. H. Fickett Co., Portland, Me. — We must say that
of the yearto be fairly good, although
we have had a
as is iK'ing done in Fall River today. Of late years in the cooperage export business and the
inference to
business has been very good with us the past two or among cattle as
dry year and hoof and mouth
disease
We have been operating at about one- be drawn from the expansion of their foreign
sales
coming year. POTTERIES ON CURTAILED SCHEDULE FURNISH three months, and while it is a little early to say much
there has crept into the second-hand business, tempted
an additional drawback on organization must be obvious to every one interested
business.
fourth of our capacity. SMALL DEMAND FOR COOPERAGE by tales of great profits made during and since the
about the apple crop, everything looks bright for a
war, a percentage of unscrupulous dealers, whose stand- in the trade —
they are convinced that the come-back of
Fast Cooper.xge Co., East Liverpool. good business their usual
the European market is about due. and with
Liveri-ool this fall.

—
Ohio. Cooperage demand has been light for the past A COMPLETE LIBRARY OF WORKS ON ard of business ethics makes a sorry showing when
foresight and progressiveness are preparing to take ad-
COILED ELM HOOPS IN FAIR DEMAND, WITH —
two months does not look promising for the next three FORESTRY contrasted with that maintained by the trade before
vantage of the business opportunity which it will present.
BETTER PRICES EXPECTED "FAIR" IS THE WORD IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. forestry, in English, their advent.
or four months. Practically the only industries here are
A list of 177 titles of works on
O. L. Bartlett. Mound City. Illinois.— Coiled elm ixitteries, most of which are shut down. Grand Rapids Barrel Co.. Gr.wd Rapids. Mich. — has just iH^en prepared by Miss
Helen E. Stockbridge Today we see the result. I will relate a few in-

Massachusetts an oilcloth factory empties

hoops have of late months only l)een in
fair demand, In reference to business conditions — second-hand barrels librarian of the Forest Service,
which should be of stances. In
J. W. DIVEN GOES TO MENOSHA WOODENWARE
our forest products. The a large number of what were originally sugar barrels,
though at this time, with light stocks of
hoops at all are slow, kegs fair, apple barrels fair, and it is
value to evcrvone interested in
I can relate
COMPANY
apple packers. opinion that "fair" describes prospects for the next few by addressing the Forest but which later contained oxide of zinc.
mills and with increased demand from which can Ik secured
IMPROVEMENT APPARENT IN COOPERAGE list
where these barrels were sold for the packing of fresh W. Diven. for many years a cooperage buyer for
we are anticipating a Ijetter run of prices over the balance months. Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture. Washington. J.
DEMAND THROUGHOUT PITTSBURGH forestry, forest fish which were sent to New York, where they were Armour and Company, the Chicago packers, has sev-
of the season. In our barrel department
we are putting TERRITORY D C covers the subjects of general and accepted the
with that firm
seized by the Board of Health. Later came lawsuits for ered his connection
though research, forest meas-
nice line of barrels for the apple trade, botany, care of shade trees, forest management of the Tacoma (Washington) plant of the
out a
so far been light.
H. Arenson & Co., Pittsburgh. Pa. —The coop- VERY SATISFACTORY CONDITIONS PREVAILING
urements the growth, development
and management of damages. In the same State and in Rhode Island are
the demand has IN BUTTER TUB LINE
;
,., 1 Is., .1, ,-,.,„„ ^,,,1 r'.-o V.o,.cr>t; Pirrolc frorn th'^^** T^fenosha WooHenware Companv. of Menosha. Wiscon-
erage luisnie.ss ui lius iciiuuiv uttM ucwii iuitii:i «.iUu protection from fire, insects
forests; forest planting; Besides directing the operation of the Tacoma
since the 1st of June, but we have reason to hope that Flgix Butter Tub Company, Flgin, 111. Business — and disease; valuation and finance
of forestry; general which have contained chemicals of all sorts, imperfectly sin.
Mr. Diven will also act as supervisor of the
it improve considerably by October
will ; in fact, we has held on longer this season than usual, owing to the policies; the utilizationand of forests cleaned, when they should never be used at all, are factory.
administration Menosha
REPORTS OF LARGE BARRELING PLANT AT immense Pacific Coast timber holdings of the
already notice considerable improvement. and continually offered to the packing concerns
fresh fish
splendid condition of pastures, and the outlook for of timber wood technology, and wood preservation
TEXAS CITY GROSSLY EXAGGERATED
;

situated on the nearby islands and along Cape Cod. company,

fall business is good, as there is an abundance of feed.
seasoning.
concerning These offerings interfere with the sale of good, clean
Reports emanating from Texas City, Texas, Conditions therefore have been verv satisfactory.
WINEMAN TO REBUILD PLANT
the alleged expansion of the Marland
Refining Com-
DEMAND MORE SATISFACTORY THAN PRICES AMERICAN FIBRE COMPANY SECURES CONTROL second-hand sugar barrels to the extent that many
barreling plant OF FIBRE BARREL PATENT timid packers and fishermen, fearing that they could .According to a recent announcement of Mr. Charles
pany's cooperage activities to include a IN STOCK LINE
barrels per day. are of not distinguish between the clean and the unsanitary, now Wineman, his stave and heading mill at Holly Ridge,
in that city with a capacity of 2,500 INCREASE IN BUSINESS NOTICEABLE IN The American Fibre Cooperage Company, Inc..
information, Cote T.a Nieve Comp.nnv. Memphis. Tenn.— In reply refuse to pack their goods in second-hand containers. which was destroyed by fire a short time ago. will
Dover. Delaware, have become the holders, by
assign- La.,
apparently, in the face of recent authentic BROOKLYN
the Marland to your card of August 8th. we have noticed an increase which was At Portland, Maine, last November, things had be rebuiltsoon as the necessary materials can be
as
grossly exaggerated. While it is true that ment, of the patent rights to a fibre barrel
company are adding some additional machinery to
their in the number of inquiries, but there is nothing in price American CoopEr.\ge Co.. Brooklyn. N. Y. Business — invented and filed for patent by Mcrril
Watson (de- reached such a point that I was told that it was con- placed on the ground. Mr. Wineman hopes to have the
warrant for situation to justify any undue optimism. There will has l)een quiet for the past 60 days, but is now begimiing templated to pass an act of legislature forbidding the new plant completed and a substantial stock of log<; in
present equipment, there seems to be no ceased), of East Orange, N. J., and H. J.
Smith, of
probably l)c a fair demand, but we think production to pick up and we expect that the fall season will develop I am not the vard before the holiday season.
their cooper shop use of all second-hand barrels for fish.
the belief that the present capacity of New Haven, Conn.
should be watched very closely. a rush of profitable business.
will be very greatly enlarged.
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11
September, 1924 September. 1924 THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL
10
THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL hoops will be approximately
The standard wootleii

JAMES INNES REPORTS CANADIAN CONDITIONS COOPERAGE EXPORTS TOTALLED $8,531,667 IN

Freight Container Bureau of the American Railway :i\i" X :i'." x Ijs". The hoops will be made of elm.
VALUE FOR YEAR ENDING JUNE 20, 1924
1 nimM (omy wiiu
Devoted Exclusively to the Cooperage Industry
AS UNUSUALLY GOOD. EXPORT TRADE
SHOWING MARKED IMPROVEMENT
While there is not the heavy demand for apple-barrel
A E. Broadle. acting chief of the Lumber Division,
Bureau of I'oreign and Domestic
Commerce,
forest products, made the
in a recent
Association Preparing to Make Tests on
Various Types of Hoops
1'.."
The shaved wooden hoop

section.
wide and

The beaded
•J4"

steel
wide

hoops
at

will
will be of
flat part
two
of
sizes,

be of six sizes, namely,

namely,
the half-oval

stock that was expected, this may be explained to

some review of our foreign trade in
of the apple following statement ly^" X 23 ga.
extci't by the lateness of the season, as all
products and export
"One of our important forest Bureau of the American Rail- which is set up in the hoop. The princii)al stress to U/s" x 23 ga.
growers claim their apples are from two to three weeks Tl.e I'Veight Container
exports of this commodity which a hoop is subjected, then, is tension. Any test \H" X 21 ga.
Repeat orders, however, are industries is cooperage, the way Associati(jn was organized about three years ago
later than usual this year.
being itemized under tight and
slack staves, heading and that will determine relative strength in tension and will
m" X 22 ga.
beginning to come in, and it now looks as if all the for the purpo.se of making studies of shipping containers l.v^" X 23 ga.
shooks. as well as empty barrels.
A view of the entire and to prepare reconinieiidatioiis for their design and apply that tension approximately as in actual practice 2" X 22 ga.
apple-barrel stock in the country will be required before
value of cooperage will show the relative efficiency and strength of hoops.
the end of the season.
export trade is given by the total construction. Colonel Dunn, of the Bureau of Ex- The center-groove steel ho<.)ps will be of one size.

very good indeed for exports, amounting to $8,531,667, compared with $9,198,- plosives, was selected to guide and carry on the work. The machine that has been designed will stress the
namely, '
k" x 23 ga.
As for the general trade, it is
695 for the previous year. One of the investigations that has been started re- boons inmanner and a component of that stress
this hoops will be of four sizes, namely.
Monthly
rublifthed this season of the year, which is usually a dull one on Tlu' flat steel
Philadelphia "Figures showing the foreign destinations of stave
pertains to the formulation of suitable specifica- can be measured. By varying the kind, size and method
Home Offloe, 61C Wltherspoon Building, account of the holidays. Manufacturers are all opti- cently I.V4"x 17 ga.
and slack ends of hoops together, a comparison
M. E. Doane, Editor-Manager
mistic, and those who have gotten back from their holi-
exports arc compiled only as to both tight tions for pottery and glassware l)arrels and casks. In of fastening tlie
Wy X 18 ga.
J. E. Macl>onald, Associate Editor staves combined. In the past year
Cuba and the British study a amount of information was
coiisideral)le can be made of stresses required to break various sam- 1!1" X 19 ga.
days are beginning to send in orders for cooperage stock this
1" X 20 ga.
ples, and consequently some idea can be obtained of
to quite a gratifying extent.
West Indies were our best customers, taking 23.635,067 obtained on various types of hoops, and it was learned
displacing Canada, how the hoops will stand up in practice. The round-wire hoops will be of three sizes, namely.
are comparatively light, and if staves, an increase of 38 per cent., that many and cooperage manufacturers had
coopers
Stocks at the mills
Entered according to act of CongreM, April 26. J^'^-at''*^*' A
which was the best customer in the previous year and made for metal 10 and
me straight tension test will also be 9, 11 gauge.
the Librarian of Congress and as second-class
matter
business increases in proportion to what it has done different opinions regarding the number of hoops that
Post-Offlce In Philadelphia. Pa. which took 16,415.156 staves, a slight decrease from the were required for various sized containers. A search
hoops and the data obtained in this manner can be com-
Method Hoops
during the past month stocks will soon be all cleaned of Fastening Joints of
These countries take about two-thirds pared to that obtained in the hoop tension test.
fiscal year 1923. for information on this subject disclosed that there was
MimnnnMiiHiNiiniii iiiiiinnmiiimiin iiiMiiniiiiimiinniii i""""" iiiiiiMiimimin""""'"
up and prices will advance. standard wooden hoops shall have a lap at the
The
of our stave exports, while western Europe takes about nothing definite available and opinions of individuals in Program Has Been Prepared
PHILADELPHIA. SEPT., 1924 No. 5 Tne export trade, especially for tight barrel stock, is (or Tests joint of not more than eight nor less than six inches.
40th Year The United Kingdom, Spain and the
also improving and all manufacturers and consumers
one-fourth. the cooperage Inisiness varied, especially with respect to
•mniiitinnimini mnimniimiiiiiniiiimmniinmiimiiii iii ii.miiHimi iiiiMimn
A program for the proposed tests has been prepared Tests shall be made with joints held together by two,
Netherlands increased their takings, but the exports to
iiiii

look forward to a heavy fall trade in all lines of the coiiii)arative efficiency and strength of patent wooden mean
and distributed to the co-operating interests for dis- three and four fasteners; the word •'fasteners"' to
SUBSCRIPTION France fell off about one-fourth and to Portugal nearly hoops and shaved i>r oval bark hoops.
United States
cooperage stock. cns-ioii and approval. Samples of various tyiK' hoops '/»" and staples with vi\-\h\ length legs.
coopers' nails
per year. In advance, postage free. In 60 per cent."
and
ir.OO
Canada. Single copies, 25 cents. ^___ have been forwarded to the laboratory for testing and Tests will first be made on hoops witii j«)ints held by
It SO per year. In advance, postage free, to
foreign countries. The Problem
subscription Is evidence AUGUST BUSINESS NOT BRISK, BUT SEPTEMBER is expected that the tests will be made very soon. means of coopers' nails and second by means of staples.
GERMAN COOPERAGE MARKET DEPRESSED
it
The receipt of the first paper after
of any type of hoops
No other receipt It was thought that the niinil)er
that order has been received at this
office.
SHOULD SHOW CONSIDERABLE IMPROVE- As there arc only a few suitable tensiem testing machines 1 f failure of hoops at joint is typical, further tests will
win be sent unless requested. The present condition of the cooperage trade in Ger- on a barrel or cask should vary according to the size
MENT—C. M. VAN AKEN that arc large enough and available for this purpose, it lie made to devise means of correcting it.
ADVERTISING many is described by U. S. Consul L. E.
Reed in the and gross weight. The Interstate Commerce Commis- liasbeen decided to make the tests at the testing labora- The oval-bark hoops shall have a lap at the joint of
Advertising of a suitable character will be admitted
to our The cooperage market in this vicinity during the past sion regulations for dangerous articles was the only
A card giving rates will be following terms tory of the Carnegie Steel Co. in Pittsburgh. The pro- not more than twelve inches. The joint must be effi-
columns at reasonable rates. month has been very quiet. The farmers are taking Germany has been greatly where an attempt had been made to correlate
"The cooperage industry in place
sent on application. gram for the tests is given lielow : ciently made and it is suggested that the services of an
in fruit barrels very slowly, the cooper shops are filled
REMITTANCES affected by the high prices for billets, and many sales maximum gross weight with the number of hoops. experienced cask cooper be obtained for this purpose.
Remittance may be made by draft, postal order, money with stock and barrels and while there must Ix; a demand Purpose
have been made at a loss. Prices for barrels are about These regulations also contained some information rela-
oMer or check to the order of "The National Coopers for barrels probably be more or less of a
and will compare the
The joint, in addition to being held together by notching,
Journal." equal to those before the war, whereas raw material tive to the number of hoops of one type that should be The purpose of these tests shall be to
shall be secured by means of two nails driven through
CORRESPONWBNCB demand for cooperage stock a little later, still with so
prices are two and three times as high. Freight rates, u.se<l when replacing another type. For example, in the strength of standard wooden hoops, shaved wooden
The columns of The National Coopers' Journal are open for —
much material both barrels and stock in the hands of — which are also about three times the pre-war tariff, have Inter.state Commerce Commission Specification No. 11 h«)ops, steel hoops of beaded type, channel type and flat
the ends of hoop and clinched not less than ?4 "•

the discussion of all topics of general Interest to the cooperage The ends of the riveted-joint steel hoops shall be
the coopers, the situation to them does not look encour-
Indoatry. and contributions are solicited from our readera had an equally bad effect on the industry. One of the a barrel weighing 150 pounds is required to have six tyi>e, and wire hoops; to assist in the preparation of
with two flat-head rivets. The
aging.
joined together i'.:"
iiiiiiiuiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ii > was and its
the Ruhr, patent wooden hoops, while one weighing 600-750 pounds st.indard specifications for wooden barrels.
HMimnimni iiiiiiiiiitiiimniiiiiiiiii "i >>i<m iiiiiniiii
largest of the consuming districts length of lap at joint shall l>e sufticient to provide for
Material for barrels to be used for promiscuous pur-
Our readers when writing to parties adver-
will oblige un. occupation has been sorely felt by the barrel manufac- must have 12 of the same type hoops. Further, in re- rivets that are required. Rivets shall be spaced one inch.
poses has been keeping up to normal, but at this season Type Tests
Using in our paper. If they will Mate that they saw It In placing these hoops with shaved or oval bark hoops,
the advertisement In "The National Coopers' Jonmal." ThU of the year we busy in fruit-barrel-stock
exi)cct to be
turers."
Two type tests will be made on metal hoops and one If failure of 1%" x 21 ga.. 2" x 22 ga. beaded hoops or
it helps us and is three circumferences of the latter are required for one
Is little trouble, and costs nothing, but 1^4" x hoops occurs
deliveries so the lack of orders in that line can not on wood hoops.
X 17 ga., and l]//' 18 ga. flat steel
Information wanted by advertisers.
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT STARTS CAMPAIGN circumference of patent wooden hoops. The experience at joint, further tests will be made to determine a more
help being felt One of these shall be a straight tension test and the
u"
TO REDUCE ENORMOUS LOSSES DUE of i)ottery barrel and cask manufacturers is just oppo-
iiiiiMiiii mill nil iiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiinni
i,„„iii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiii

The past month has shown us considerable activity in efficient joint.

other shall be a test in which the hoops will Ik- tested
TO POOR PACKING site to this and they contend that one circumference of
the potato barrel business. This has helped out to some by applying radial pressure from the inside. The appara-
The ends of spot-welded joint steel hoops will be
THE SUMMER IS OVER extent, but even this, together with the demand for An attack on the high cost of domestic shipping by a shaved hoopequal to two or three of the patent
is
fastened together by means of spot welding.
tus for the second type test shall be arranged to apply ap-
wooden hoops, although they do not have any data to The round-wire hoops have joints known as
With the passing of Labor Day the summer season material for various kinds of barrels, has not been way of scientific studies destined to reduce the present l)roximately equal radial pressure to every point around
shall
substantiate such opinions. The regulations referred to The twisted-
isuniversally regarded as having been officially closed. enough to bring the month's business up to normal. enormous losses due to poor packing has been launched the circumference of the specimen. The apparatus must
"twisted splice" and "electric butt-welded."
above were pre])ared after considerable invotigating
The thermometer might be flirting with altitude records We are expecting that the month of September will by the recently-organized Domestic Commerce Division
l)e such that it any one
will not cause failure of hoop at
splice joint shall be made by twisting a tool placed at
and perhaps not complete, they are
testing and, while the center of joint and not more than three complete
and humanity in general might be resorting to psy- show considerable improvement in the cooperage busi- of the Department of Commerce. ])oint of the apparatus or create greater stress in one
based upon more information and data than the former.
in its eff"orts to avoid heat prostration, neverthe- ness throughout this section. The public and all factors of industry as well as trans- revolutions of tool shall be made to complete the joint.
cology part r-f the specimen than in any other j)art.
the first Monday of September marks the end of portation agencies should benefit from the investigations
less,
Various Interests Consulted for Advice Selection of Samples Data to be Recorded
the generally accepted vacation season and the inau- which are being undertaken at the request of manufac-
In discussing this dilemma with a progressive hoop The standard wooden hoops be obtained from The following data will be recorde<l for each test:
gural of the preliminary activities of the autumn busi- turers, shippers and carriers. The new domestic studies shall
SAFETY CONGRESS AT LOUISVILLE manufacturer, it was apparent that he saw the necessity
ness period. This pluiioniena is also apparent in vari- are a direct result of the investigations into export at two manufacturers or jobbers and samples shall
least 1. Yield point of si)ecimen.
The thirteenth annual convene
safety congress will of making some concrete investigations. AUhough the be selected at random from coils of hoops as obtained Ultimate strength of specimen.
ous countries <>f the Old World. While "vacationing" packing conducted some months ago at the suggestion 2.
in Louisville. Ky.. on September 29th. and hold daily data obtained would not be absolutely final, it would
is an institution that has attained vastly
greater popu- of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and from hoop mills. 3. Ultimate strength of specimen, pounds per square inch.
sessions up to and including October 3d. The work lead to something further, and later the problem of the
larity in the United States than it has in any other Fisheries. The oval-bark hoops shall Ih; obtained from at least 4. Elongation in eight inches for straight tension test
of this body is recognized as one of the most valuable proper barrel and proper specification might be solved.
comitry in while the recognized vaca-
the world, and According to Dr. Julius Klein, director of the Bureau two cooperage manufacturers, preferably one in Pitts- and hoop tension test.
activities pursued by any of the quasi-public associa- After talking with the president of the Associated
tion season ends with Labor Day. this .American holiday of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, losses to railroads burgh and one in h'ast Liverpool, Ohio. They shall 1)e 5. Description of each specimen to include kind and size
tions or societies of the country. Covering every phase Cooperage Industries of America and several other
ha^ its counterpart in France's Asnimption Day and alone during 1922 because of improper packing are selected at random except that judgment should be of hoop, length of splice. numl»er and kind of
of accido.it prevention in the plants and factories of interested parties, the hoop manufacturers agreed to
l-.ngland's Bank Holiday, both of which events are cele- estimated at $11,8(M).0(K). It cost carriers last year exercised in obtaining hoops that are uniformly IJ'S" fasteners jkt joint.
the industrial world, the hospitals, schools, churches build at their expense a machine that was thought
brated on approximately the same date as the Ameri- $5,000,000 ju.st for repairs to damaged containers. More and H" wide. 6. Notes on how specimen failed and any peculiarities
and other institutions of a semi-public character and on would be suitable for testing hoops.
can holiday and both of which serve the same purpose than 5,000,(KX),(K)0 containers are used in domestic ship- The hoops
steel shall be obtained from at least two of failure.
the highways and byways of our public thoroughfares,
— that of providing an occasion upon which the rank
it is performing a service the value of which can scarcely
ping every year. Preliminary Te»t» Made manufacturers and shall be selected at random. It from the above comprehensive program
will be seen

and file of the commercial and industrial world, both With the help of the Forest
Products Laboratories, The round-wire lioops shall be obtained from at least that exhaustive and thorough tests will be made in the
be estimated. Members of the cooperage industry will When machine was completed. Presitleiit Walsh,
this
employed and employers, can have one last day which be interested in the sessions of the woodworking section, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Post Office
of
two manufacturers and shall be scU-cted at ramloin. effort to set a standard specification that will be based
of the Associated Cooperage Industries, Mr. Bonnell,
may be devoted to the indulgence of pleasure before Department, and such organizations as the Chamber of on data of scientific and practical worth. The .search
which will be held at the Brown Hotel, on Tuesday the Freight Container Bureau, and others, witnessed Types of Hoops for Testing
buckling down to the serious issues of fall business. Commerce of the United States, the American Railway being conducted in this instance is typical of all the
afternoon, September 30th, and on \\'ednesday morn- preliminary tests of wooden and steel hoops. It was
The change in general business conditions that ensues Association, the American Society for Testing Materials, Six types of hoops shall be tested as follows: investigations of package problems that the Freight
ing. October 1st. Exhibits, discussions, and addresses apparent thereafter that the machine would not be suit- 1. Standard wooden hoops of elm.
immediately after Labor Day is truly remarkable. The on various safety problems will comprise the program. the National .Association of Box Manufacturers, the Container lUireau sponsors, and is illustrative of the
able, as the failures of hoops could be made to occur 2. Oval-bark hoops of oak, hickory and
birch.
summer lassitude and indifference gives way to interest Associated Cooperage Industries of America, the Wire- high economic value of the work that this body is
each time at the same relative place in the hoop. These hoops with one beaded edge; so-called
and enthusiasm, summer schedules arc displaced by cool Bound Box Association and the American Railway Ex-
3. Steel carrving nn in tlu' industrial field.
tests disclosed some very interesting information about "Beaded Steel Hoops;" two types, namely,
weather hours, executives and employees arc back at press, the studies have been inaugurated along two
their desks and duties— as a matter of fact it seems
THE BUILDING SITUATION basic lines
the wood hoops. riveted joint and spot-welded joint.
In view of .statements current in some portions of After another conference it was decided to build a Steel hoops with center groove.
that "Business" itself, refreshed and rejuvenated by its the
need for stronger and better containers so
First, the 4.
HEADING MILL BURNS AT EAST PEMBROKE, N. Y.
vacation, back in harness eager to tackle the job of press that a depressed condition exists in the construc- new testing machine and try it out This machine was 5. Flat steel hoops as u.sed for tight barrels.
is as to reduce loss and damage in transit and second, the ;

more complicated than the former anrl cost considerable Two types, namely, "twisted The beading owned and operated by (k-orgc B.
mill
carrying on until the following summer. tion industry, Department of Commerce recently
the need for cutting down the constantly growing costs of 6. Round-wire hoops.
to build. Blue prints were made and the machine con- and "electric welded."' Price, at F.ast Pembroke. N. Y.. was completely de-
With the autumn but a few weeks away the coop- issued a statement calling attention to the immediate si)lice"
distrilnition in which packing plays an important part.
A preliminary scries of tests was arranged stroyed by fire on August 16th. Stock and machinery,
erate industry is on the tlireshold of the seasonal rush situation as compared with conditions a year ago. The structed.
Representatives of the different organizations named Number of Hoops for Each Type Test valued at approximately $10,000, was lost in the blaze.
of business that the fall invariably produces. Already value of contracts let in thirty-six States inAugust. ;.re now a««i\t;n{r jn
and conducted to determine if the new machine was
drawing up plans with the Depart- siaiuiani v^uoucn lujop.s x x i,6 »^" The <»rigiii <ii the fire innaUi nnrii;u «t.s il w.i> ui5-
V\ hen these tests ha(f been ma«le it was decided I'or ^..(j .;.; > i.">

indications are distinctly apparent that a satisfactory 1924. shows an increase of 10 per cent, over that a year suital)le.
ment of Commerce. siiecimens shall be tested for each type test. The joint covered by passing mf)torists only after lia<l gained
be available throughout the ago. and the to*al contracts let from January 1st to the that the machine would be suitable and that before pro- it
volume of bu.siness will
ceeding further the co-operation of various interests for five of these specimens must be secure<l by use of such headway as to make control impossible.
country for those in the trade who are willing to make end of July, 1924, also gained 10 per cent, over the
There absolutely no question or un- same period of 1923. Practically all classes of construc- MURPHY CLAIMS THE CHAMPIONSHIP should be obtained. The matter was taken up with the H" coopers" nails, and for the remaining five by use of
a bid for it. is

contributed to the increase, although varying Wm. Murphy, Boston cooper, lays claim to the title .Associated Cooperage Industries and at their last annual staples driven through both ends and clinched.
certaint>' on this score. While it is true that in various tion in J.

degree, just as there has been relatively greater activity of champion slack cooper of the world. He bases his meeting $200 was appropriated to assist in defraying l"or shaved or oval-bark hoops ten speoinnns shall be CLEVELAND COOPERAGE COMPANY OPENS
container-using industries seasonal changes are gradu-
ally affecting buying periods, retarding them in some in some cities and districts than in others. claim upon his record of making an average of 120 the expense of a series of tests. Other interests, such tested for each type test. BRANCH IN BUFFALO, N. Y,
barrels a day over a stretch of 44 consecutive working as the steel hoop niamifacturcrs and wire hoop manu- b'or each type of steel hoop five specimens of each
cases and advancing tlum in others, it is also true that Residential contracts for July this year show an in- The Cleveland Cooperate C"onii);iny. Cleveland. Ohio,
and manufacturing lines the produc- crease of 3 per cent, over those of last July; industrial days, and he stands ready to defend his crown in com- facturers, were consulted and most of them indicated width and gauge shall be tested.
in both agricultural has opened a branch warelK-nse and sales office at 1579
and commercial building combined show 3 per cent, petition with any cooper in the country who cares to their approval to proceed with the Freight Container For each type wire hoop five specimens of each gauge
tion volume of 1924 will measure favorably with that of Niagara .Street, l'.uffalo. X. Y. Tight barrels and kegs
any previous normal year, and cooperage consumption increase; public works and utility construction 10 per match speed and endurance with him. Tex Rickard Bureau. shall be tested.
from twc to fifty-gallon capacity will be
of all sizes
increase; educational buildings, 26 per cent, in- should be notified about Mr. Murphy's claim as he doubt-
will be in like proportion, so there is no sound or cent,
Size of Hoops for Testing carried in stock. The new distributing plant which is

and miscellaneous, including ho.spitals and insti- less would jump at the chance to arrange a grand cham-
How the Hoops Will Be Tested
logical reason why we should regard the coming fall crease,
made on hoops that are suitable un<ler the charge of John Carey, df Buffalo, will serve
pionship coopering tournament in Madison Square When a hoop driven in place on a barrel it holds The tests shall be
and winter with anything other than a spirit of supreme tutions, religious and memorial buildings, and public is
for the bead of a standard 13' s" diameter barrel. the citv an<l nearbv territory.
buildings. 42 per cent, increase. Garden. the slaves together by means of the tensional stress
confidence in our business.
 13
September, 1924 THIC NATIONAL C00P1:RS' JOURNAL
September, 1924
j2
THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL
BORDEAUX STAVE MARKET LISTLESS
During
Louisville Reports Slight Slackening of Activity
August. Usual Fall Demand Expected
Reporting from
Lucian Memminger has the following to say
the
Bordeaux,
concerning

present condition of the stave trade of that

The market
country
I'lance,

for oak claret staves has been very quiet

U. S. Consul

GREIF BROS. C. M. VAN AKEN

September
Louisville cooperage report that while business men
in
ori^inatin,^ on the lines of the '[^^;^^^;^'^^ "^'^ Com
I"tersta e ^"^^^i
in Bordeaux for the past three trionths. After the rush
of orders in the early i)art of 1924, resulting
from the
sudden stimulation of the wine trade due to large Ger- COOPERAGE Cooperage Co.
started off well in July and indicated a very
active The trafhc organization has asked tl\<;^

am
man purchases, the market subsided to a dullness which
^ BUYERS AND SELLERS OF
COMPANY
Commission to sus,>end the ^-^ff "ot pc^rm^t Purchases of
nu-rce present amounts almost to stagnation.
summer and fall ahead, things have not been so good Norman. Quirk &
at
the cancellation to become effective. tine Bordeaux wines on German
account ceased about Thirty years of
during August, which developed a slight slump in de-
Graham will represent the shippers. the middle of March and most of the shipments in ful-
maud, accompanied bv considerable price cutting in the Quality pro-
July 20th new tariffs became operative
ICffective
m i'llment of the contracts have now been made. There is
and East, which has tended to demoralize the
North
market
in
to some e.Ktent.

placing orders for quantity require.uents. despite the

fact that right now the tight cooperage industry should
Buyers seem more than cautious which readjustments of rates were made on l"'"'^er and
forest products
and southeastern territory, ml
f.
moving from
including f ,.
^--•^'•'P
Kentuck> J^"
very export of wine to other countries at present.
little

This inactivity is partly seasonal, but it is also due to a

generally unsettled condition affecting trade with foreign STAVES
duction is the
foundation up-
on which our
Staves, Hoops
be with activity supplying containers for kraut.
humming
pickles, vinegar and various other seasonal food pro-
Tennessee to eastern territory, inchiding the Bntfa o-
Pittsburgh district, the readjustmen callmg for some
reductions and M.me advances m rates. The bouthem
countries.
The effect on the local demand for claret staves, a
"i
HOOPS leadership in
ducts. Locallv. tight cooperage stock has been a shade
firmer than it was. but movement at the present time is
not especiallv
'

to-mouth
heavv. as consumers are buying in hand-
, , :
Hardwood Traffic Association endeavored to have he
time extended, to allow for c<.mp lete checking of the
ch'-.ti.res and hearing on anv rates that were not deemed
large proportion of

stave importers here.

which
the United States, is the withholding of orders by the
Resumption in the import trade,
is

which ordinarily begins in June, has not yet materialized.

normally obtained from
HEADING
illlliiiiiltiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin.iiiiiiiiiltllllllllliiiiiiiiiillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliliiilllllli
the trade
ed.
is

Our equip-
ment, technical
bas-
Heading
lots. .7 , , i '

Commerce Commission„
,- (^
sati>f:ictory, but the Interstate
knowledge and and
Tight Stock Market refused the request and the new tariffs became effective. Strike in Cooperage Factories
However, the railroads restored a 34.0(X)-pound minimum cooperage fac- experience is

SLACK
heading is quoted as high as 44 cents. There has been a partial strike in the
Red oak circled
car basis, whereas they had endeavored to increase this tories of the Gironde since early in April, reducing wine
but with probably few sales at over 41a42c and white
oak is quoted as high as 46 cents, with sales probably
Red oak oil staves are quoted at
to 36,000 pounds, and a 500-pound allowance for dunnage
used in loading open-top cars was also permitted to
barrel production about two-thirds. In settlement of the
strike the workmen obtained advantages the probable
placed at your
disposal. ^ ^ COOPERAGE SUPPLIES
closer to 42a43c.
$45a$48 at mill and white oak at $55a$60, with a few stay, whereas an effort had i)een made to cut out any result of which will be to increase the .sales price of lllllllllllll IIMIIIIIIII lllllllllMIIIIIIIMIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIII \§]
—^^—^—^—~~^^^~^~ ^y
quotations as high as $65. Spirit staves are said to be allowance for dunnage. casks.

worth $80a$85 and bourhon

means special prices following
is in such small sale that
iiupiiry. Gum staves
Henry B. Parrott Buys Control of Campbellavaie
Lumber Company
Importers of staves from the United States are com-
plaining of the increased prices which American dealers
BARRELS Promptness is our Motto

CASKS
it

are probably worth around $35 a thousand and gum are quoting as compared with the offers of two months
^^^^^^ ^ p^^^^^^^ ^^ ^,^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^.^,^. ^^ p^^^^^^
heading, circled, 3^ cents a set.
buyers and producers of cooper-
ago. The augmentation, it is said, amounts to 25 per Enormous Factory Capacity good stock I :t :rr i "z
Tisht Barrel Market
Ill .•.„.-,
^^ Campl.ellsville. Ky..
'i^e. ties, lumber, etc..

purchased control of the

is at the head of a syndicate that
Campbellsville
cent,
further
and mention is made
increases. This increase,
of the probability of
in conjunction
even
with
Huge Timber Holdings KEGS
„.
The cooperage trade has been trying to get a ciJ.rVitK-
slightiv
has recentlv
-
the unstable and high exchange and the dull state of Central Warehouse Stocks
Lumber Company \
'
m.
Mr. from .i a»-
Woods i
•
*
... .1 . •
a .
higher price than that in effect
1 • .-
^
tor ,..„.. months,
some .v.,^Mt»i.. hut
l,.,t
•,,
.
mterests.
n , .•
the
, i
the wine market, makes business exceedingly difficult ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS
r r »j,„^,. i,Mc K^,.n Qnv Parrott will be general manager, but will continue as a
other than to ease up on shading
, 1
there has .i«f
not been an> at present.
/- » d ** ti hi ; •

partner in Gowdv & 1 here will be no hnancial

,
,

Cars Straight, Matched or Mixed

i
Parrott.
* f ^
change in the general market for
1 I 1 ,.„
some
-
months, th^
^,-..,tiic
>
the if^rnl
local
m
...
141 Broadway,New York
'
'

J If f connection
•

between the two houses.

,

However,
,
, ,,
Mr. Trade in Staves with Russia
market being reported as follows: ,- .
,
Ciowdy has arranged a deal
i
wiiereby Gowdy cve r»
r>
Parrott i i i i i t
Austria, ^'ugo-Slavia and Russia are actively seeking

(•.3l,„„,

2
i
Red Oak
$0.65
75
White Oak
$0.70
.80
Spirit
$1.(K)
1.15
^Spirh
$1.15
1.3(j
Co. will turn over its tobacco hogshead manufacturing
business to the Campbellsville Lumber Company.
Parrott is
Mr.
Eerguson Lumber Co.,
also an officer of the
to ext<?nd their .sales here.
with F'rance in staves before the war and important
consignments from Odessa and Reval arc expected to
Russia had a large trade

CLEVELAND, OHIO Washington Life Building

^ •^*! , ,j ^,,\ Vi': Louisville, a hardwood concern which handles almost arrive at Bordeaux soon. One of the principal stave
5 1.25 1.3d 2.10 c.i^ ,• ,•
, , , ,
•

.p WjQ 170 2 35 2.60 everything but cooix'rage, and which recently increased importers here reports having recently received an offer
j3 ""!!!!!!'..!!!! l!75 iks 2!60 2.85 its capital from $10,(X)0 to $30,000. The latter concern from a Dutch firm of from Russia
4,0{K),(M)0 staves at
!'.!'.".'.'.".'.....!!
20 1.90 2.(K_) 2.95 3.20 is headed by C. C. Ferguson, a former Xational Hard- prices lower than those quoted by American firms.
2.(b 2.L1 D
25 3.^0 ^ wood .Association lumber inspector, who entered business
other things—
.

30
^- ;
2.20
2 70
2.30
2 85
3.50
5 00
3./.-»
550
,
^^^^^ about^
, ^t
tliree years ago.
/- t
C. L. Crone, of
r^ ^ r-
Crone & Casks for Storing High Grade Wines
Out business policy demands, among
Gum Itarrels . . . . . 2.35
Griffin,
handlers,
Louisville lumber, timber and forest products The barrels manufactured from ituported staves
this region are used especially for the storage of high-
in
TIGHT BARREL
_ ci is also an official of the Eerguson Lumber Co.
.
m
. 1 .
Lmei
.

Demand About Normal Slack grade wines. When

market for these wines is
the
QUALITY in manufacture
In the slack trade business has been al)out normal
the season, there being steady operation in flour
and about normal consumption of wooden
tor
mills
packages.
H. L. Rollwagc. of Chess
that August business had not been as good as July
business, but that the company had succeeded in opcrat-
Trade Notes
& VVymcmd Co., reported
active and i)rofitable wine makers utilize a larger pro-
l)ortion of each season's crop for storage, consequently
requiring a greater number of barrels ; otherwise the
PROMPT SERVICE in shipments
STAVES
while there has been a demand for .salt barrels
little amount reserved for storing in good quality casks and
aiid also
developing just
when
for produce packages.
a
buvers start bringing apples into Louisville
local
little
The apple crop is
business, but will help luore
'"K its plant on a fairly satisfactory schedule, which they
expected to expand in the fall.
J- ^'- White, of the Louisville Cooperage Co., reported
^'I'^t August business was nothing like as good as it
for aging
in the
is reduced.
Bordeaux region require
The

preferably not less than three or four years old.

i)rincipal
well
cooperage factories
.seasoned staves,
COURTESY in all dealings AND
fn.m the East and the V^irginias in bulk and to barrel
Crop Damaged by Hail Storms
them here
winter and
to go into cold
The