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APPLE BARREL STOCK
Do not wait until the opening of the apple season
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do so may result in delayed shipments when the
stock is most needed and higher prices.
It will be to your advantage to let us contract

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now. W. T. Smith Lumber Co., Inc.
Wineman heading, hoops and liners are
staves,
a guarantee of sturdy apple barrels that satisfy
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PARAGOULD ARKANSAS IMPORTANT ARTICLES IN
Barrels, Staves THIS ISSUE
Heading, Shooks Sugar Refineries of Louisiana Working
Kiln-Dried Dimension Lumber Cooperage Stock & Barrel Shooks Raw Sugar
to Capacity on Imported
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Silicate Soda for Interior Coating and Testing of Tight

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M. L. SIGMAN New Cooperage Apple Hamper 17

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HIGHEST QUALITY
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Heading Machinery vol.. XtV, No. 1

STAVES BARRELS
SAWS AND SAW TOOLS HOOPS CASKS evidence, many
HEADING KEGS Sugar Refineries of Louisiana Working to Capacity on of the largest shippers
using it as their standard container. This
season has shown a wonderful increase in
Drag Saws
Bolt Equalizers
Stave Crozers
Heading Saws Fifty years Quality production
of
Imported Raw Sugar the bulk of produce shipped, but although
the produce barrel trade is good it has not
Stave Saws Heading Jointers is the foundation upon ^vhich our Thousands of Barrels Use by Refiners But There is Plenty of Chance
in
Stave Jointers Heading Turners leadership in the trade is based. for Increase —
Domestic Cane Crop Expected to Produce 250,000
increased with the increase in the bulk of

Our equipment, technical knowledge

and experience are placed at your
—
Tons of Sugar The Cooperage Trade Should Get Busy
vegetables grown and shipped. The in-
crease in the vegetable package business
has gone to the substitute container. The
Specializing in Complete disposal.
crate and basket business has doubled in
Plants for Barrels & Kegs
Enormous Factory Capacity
The big sugar refiners here are busy, all syrup produced, that should call for a great
volume, but the produce barrel business has
working on imported raw sugars, and are number of tight barrels.
done well to hold its own. The older
Huge Timber Holdings 1 operating along their usual lines, one week shippers, having tested the barrel, know by
Outside of the "Sugar Bowl" proper there
Address: Central Warehouse Stocks years of experience that it is the best
using thousands of barrels and the next are great fields of cane planted solely for
Cars Straight, Matched or Mixed week none at all, according to the require- package made, but the new shippers, some
the making of syrup, and in the northern
The Gerlach Co. ments of their trade. Of course, there is parts of the State there will be a large
of them doing business on a large scale,
1708 COLUMBUS ROAD no Louisiana sugar to refine at this time of production of sorghum.
have taken to crates and baskets.

CLEVELAND, OHIO Greif Bros. Coop the year, and the mills that do not operate
on imported sugars are closed down, and
Louisiana is a potential market for vast
amounts of cooperage for sugar and
The size and shape of the hamper and
basket meet the requirements of certain
will remain so until the beginning of winter, market men who have never been shown the
Company when cane grinding starts. Six months
may seem a long time in the future, but
syrup during the coming season, but if this
business is to materialize it is now high
time to look after it. This is a business
merits of the tub, made of standard staves
of No. 2 grade, used with suitable heads to
CLEVELAND, OHIO where business is done on a large scale it opening large enough to merit the best at- make it hold certain quantities, but the
is necessary to plan as far in advance as success of the crate for vegetables seems to
tention of the whole cooperage industry.
possible, so it is now high time to decide be due to a misunderstanding.
what kind of packages will be used for the
The Entire Cooperage Trade Should
coming sugar crop. Work for the Wooden Barrel Substitute Container Manufacturers Have
This not meant as an invitation to
is Taken Advantage of Every Opportunity
Coming Cane Crop Should Produce men of other States to rush in and take the to Displace Wooden Barrel
250,000 Tons of Sugar business of Louisiana coopers away from The Department of Agriculture, the
them. Louisiana mills and coopers deserve Association of Commerce
TREVOR It is impossible to tell
pearance of a growing crop just what the
from the ap-
all the trade they can get, and they are
entitled to the full co-operation of the entire
bodies have been doing a
ing the produce grower
and various civic
good work show-
that his success
Manufacturing Company
LOCKPORT, N. Y.
ALL harvest will be, but the best authority
available on Louisiana's sugar crop. Dr.
Arthur H. Rosenfeld, Technologist of the
trade in going after it. Any help given to
the trade in one section helps the whole
depends on the proper grading and packing
of his products. This is perfectly correct.
trade. New Orleans men are doing the best The potato shipper puts his small potatoes
American Sugar Cane League, estimates
they can, but they simply cannot do their in one package and his large potatoes in
The Latest Improved Machinery that 225,000 acres of cane have been
territory justice, and need and deserve the another, for some buyers prefer the large
planted this year in Louisiana. As nearly

Barrels
lor
Kegs 8 "to 24" all of this is of the best improved variety
of cane, he estimates that it should produce
aid of the mills in other States in showing
the producers of sugars and syrups that
the wooden barrel is the best possible
and some the small, and when the sizes are
mixed it creates a bad impression. Whether
Staves Pails there is any good reason for it or not, it
m^^^^^^^^^^M «_^^B^B''^^^^L__^B^ 250,000 tons of sugar. This means a very
package for their products. Every producer is a fact that the customers in a market
Heading Drums high degree of prosperity throughout the
^£9VI¥JI Hoops Cheese Boxes
"Sugar Bowl;" that the plantei ./ill need
of sugar and syrup in the State should be
appealed to by personal visit, by direct
will throw aside a bunch of beets that is
made up of two large beets and three small
containers for a vast amount of sugar, and
vjlVh'I^ letters and by printed matter, and should

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from the log to the barrel
QUALITY HEADS Mf
that they will have money to pay for any
kind of containers they may see fit to buy.
For years their crops were so bad that they
be shown that it is to his own best interest
to use wooden barrels, halves and kegs, and
that if he is located in easy shipping
beets, and will buy a bunch that is made up
of beets that are all large or all small, and
so the bunch of mixed sizes will be left
unsold. These may seem trivial matters,
Trevor Patent
Jumbo Heading
Sawing Machine
ARE BEST were not interested in packages, and for
their small requirements used any kind of
substitutes that came to hand. Last year
distance of New Orleans he should give his
patronage to New Orleans men, for every
order filled by a New Orleans shop or mill
but it is desirable that shippers
know about them, and also that they should
know the most approved methods of
should

they raised a large crop, and while many

is that much
help to the trade in general. handling products and protecting
their
NEW SCIENTinCALLY
MADE FROM SOUTHERN PINE
of them used barrels, there were others who
were so far out of touch with the cooperage
It is high time to be booking orders for them from injury and deterioration. To
fall delivery, and if the sugar mills are not
"TREVOR" industry that they used substitutes. This
willing to order their supplies this far in
this extent the Department of Agriculture
is doing good, but right here is where the
year, with their sugar cane increased by
Sixty-Inch
Steel Wheel
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HEADS HOOPS - STAVES 55,000 additional acres, the question of con-
advance, they should be helped to decide
what they will buy when they are ready to
crate men have been getting in some fine
work by making it appear that the un-
Heading tainers is a very important one.
Jointer place their orders. satisfactory prices that Louisiana shippers

Send for
Catalogue
and 1'
C. E. MURRAY A Great Opportunity for the Sugar,
Molasses and Syrup Barrel
Cooperage Trade Has Not Profited
Proportion to Increase in
Produce Shipments
in
have been obtaining for their vegetables
were due to their use of barrels, and for
some reason past finding out certain De-
Prices DECHERD - TENNESSEE This not a question of .sugar barrels
is
alone, for such a great sugar crop means Produce shipments are large and nu-
partment workers have actually been ad-
vocating the use of that wretchedly inferior
that there will also be a vast amount of merous, and the barrel is still very much in package, the crate.
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Successful Produce Shippers Use the which they need, or think they need. A C. E. Murray Elected President of Conference on Standardization of Tight Barrels and Kegs 1 5-Gallon Size
Wooden Barrel Correctly container made of some standard length of Sandusky Cooperage and Length of staves—24" Thickness %"
There are produce shippers here who No. 2 staves cut in two, and fitted with a Lumber Company General Meeting of Manufacturers, Distributors, and Users, to be
have always been successful, because they No. 2 head of candy bucket size, so that it
Held in Conjunction With Cooperage Convention in St. Louis,
—
Diameter, circled heads 13%" " %"
will hold about twelve quarts, will exactly C. E.Murray, of Decherd, Tenn., has Bilge circumference 54"
know their business, and because they have
had sufficient discernment to always use the meet allthe requirements of the grape been elected president of The Sandusky
Cooperage and Lumber Company, by its
May 1 6th — Division of Simplified Practice Co-operating Distance from croze to finished end of

best package made, the barrel, and among growers, except those in California, who stave ^»
already have in their redwood or fir kegs, Board of Directors, to succeed the late
these shippers the coopers have an estab-
a perfect package. president, Howard R. Huntington. 30-Gallon Size
lished trade. There are other shippers who A general conference of manufacturers, 10-Gallon Size
have not graded and packed their vege- Mr. Murray, who is a heading manufac-
distributors and users of tight wooden Length of staves— 30" Thickness iM*"
turer of many years' experience, has been Length of staves— 21 V^" %"
tables properly, and so have not been so
successful in marketing their produce, and
a director of the company since 1924, dur-
barrels and kegs will be held in St. Louis,
Diameter, circled heads 12"
Thickness
" %"
—
Diameter, circled heads 16%" " %"
Howard Rowland Huntington ing which time he has been active in the Missouri, on May 16, 1929, in conjunction Bilge circumference .... 65"
these menare being misled into believing Distance from croze to finished end of
conduct of its affairs and operations. with the 14th Annual Convention of The
that their failure is due to their use of the It is with
Mr. Huntington has been succeeded on Associated Cooperage Industries of America. stave ^w
barrel. When a cooper approaches any of profound sor-
the Board of Directors by his brother, This conference will consider the program The Tight Cooperage Trade
these men he is met with the protest, "We row that the
Warner D. Huntington, vice-president of submitted by the Standardization Committee on the Right Track A5-Gallon Size
have not been getting right prices for our Journal re- is

products, and the Department of Agri- cords the pass- the Davison Chemical Company; the re- of The Associated Cooperage Industries of Washington, D. C, April Length of staves—-34" Thickness %"
1929 17,
culture says that we will never succeed ing of one of maining being C. E. Murray,
directors
America, in the following order: To: All Manufacturers, Distributors Diameter, circled heads " %*
l^'^A"
until we use crates." the most active president of Trafford Heading Company, and Users of Tight Cooperage and Bilge circumference ....75*/^"
and progres- Garland, Alabama; Marianna Cooperage 1. Outline of procedure for establishing Tight Cooperage Stock. Distance from croze to finished end of
Cooperage Trade Must Make Concerted members Company, Marianna, Florida, as well as his
sive Simplified Practice Recommendation. Gentlemen stave ^
Effort Combat Misrepresentation
to individual business at Decherd, Tennessee;
of the coop- 2. Presentation of the recommendation. We cordially invite you to attend
To an outsider all this would seem too erage industry, E. A. Powell, president of Powell Cooperage
Discussion of the proposed schedule. a general conference on the simplifica-
3. 50-Gallon Size
utterly silly for belief, but it is the con- Howard Row- Company, Memphis; Mr. H. L. LaNieve, of tion of sizes of tight barrels and kegs,
4. Vote of approval. Length of staves—34" %"
dition that actually prevails here, and due land Hunting- the Cate-LaNieve Company, Memphis, including the length and thickness of Thickness
to constant misunderstanding of the
this ton, whose Tennessee, and Mr. Frank L. Mulholland,
5. Establishment of effective date for the
recommendation.
staves, diameter and thickness of —
Diameter, circled heads 20 *^" " ^4"
facts, and to steady misrepresentation, the death occurred in New York, April of Mulholland & Hartmann, Attorneys, heads, bilge circumference, etc. Bilge circumference 80%"
Southern coopers really are in danger of 5th, while he was on a business trip Toledo, Ohio. 6. Appointment of a Standing Committee. The Associated Cooperage Indus- Distance from croze to finished end of
losing out entirely on the vegetable barrel to that city. Mr. Paul C. Gaylord, vice-president of tries of America have submitted a ten- stave ^
trade. The Journal's representative has Mr. Huntington was born in San- the Virginia Barrel Company, will continue A Progressive Step in the Right Direction
tative recommendation with the re-
been keeping in close touch with the vege- dusky, Ohio, August 15, 1875, and re- in that capacity, and has also been elected For some time past, quite a number of quest that this Division arrange for a 57-58-Gallon Size
the
table markets, and has been demonstrating ceived his education in the public vice-president of The Sandusky Cooperage general conference of all interests to
manufacturers of tight cooperage and tight Length of staves— 36" Thickness %"
barrels at opportunity, but this
every schools of Sandusky, Oberlin and Lumber Company in charge of oper- consider the details and to adopt a
desultory work is of little avail. There is Academy, Oberlin College, and Har- ations. and directors
All of these officers
cooperage stock have been trying to stimu-
definite Simplified Practice Recom-
Diameter, circled heads 21" — " %"
vard University. late interest in the simplification of cooper- Bilge circumference 83*/^"
immediate need of earnest and systematic have been actively connected with The mendation. Attached is the agenda
work by cooperage men among the produce His life was very active and event- Sandusky Cooperage and Lumber Company age, with the object of eliminating waste Distance from croze to finished end of
for discussion at the meeting.
shippers. ful. In the gold rush of 1898 he went for several years. and the necessity of manufacturing a va- Your participation as manufacturer, stave \"
to Alaska where he served as corre- riety of sizes of cooperage stock, parlicu- distributor or representative user is
Fruit Dealers Say, "Ship Our Grapes in
spondent of the New York Evening larly the class of material used in the manu- necessary to the success of this
Kegs"
Post. Subsequently he was engaged facture of tight barrels and kegs. It was project, and we should appreciate your
Several large dealers in fruits when in the building of beet sugar plants in
thought having a representative in attendance
asked their views regarding the kind of Colorado, Utah and Idaho.
this could be accomplished by J. O. Bailey Now With
packages suitable for grapes, all made the
5 75,000 Hogsheads Used in selecting a number of different sizes of at this conference. As you know, the
In 1906 he returned to Ohio and Henry Wineman, Jr.,
Tobacco Exports of 1928 barrels and kegs generally used by con- effectiveness of a program of this
same report. California grapes, in season,
took charge of The Sandusky Coop- of Detroit
sumers and having same adopted as character is dependent upon the whole-
reach the markets in ideally perfect erage and Lumber Company, which Washington, April 9, 1929. hearted voluntary co-operation of all Henry Wineman, Jr., slack cooperage
packages, kegs made of redwood or Douglas enterprise had been operated by his Editor, the Journal: standards.
concerned. stock and lumber, Detroit, Mich., has ap-
fir, holding something like ten gallons of At
the annual convention of the associa-
father at Galion, Ohio, since 1894. Apropos of the 1928 tobacco crop and the The meeting will be held in St.
grapes packed in sawdust. These grapes pointed J. 0. Bailey, Luray, Va., as repre-
Subsequently he moved the business to use of hogsheads, I am informed by Mr. tion held in May of last year a committee
Louis, at The Jefferson Hotel, at 9.30 sentative for the Shenandoah, Va., district
always reach the consumer without loss or Toledo, and in 1922 moved it to St. B. D. Hill, Tobacco Specialist, Foodstuffs was appointed to obtain data covering the A. M., Thursday, May 16th, in con- to succeed J. F. Wilson. Mr. Bailey has
deterioration, but grapes from other Louis, where the company now main- Division, as follows: different sizes of staves, heads, etc., used in
junction with the Convention of The been connected with the cooperage industry
sections, where crates and baskets are used the manufacture of certain kinds of tight
tains one of its chief offices. "The 1928 crop of tobacco, like all pre- Associated Cooperage Industries of
instead of kegs, suffer in transit. There for many years, manufacturing pine and
In 1904 Mr. Huntington married vious crops, was shipped in hogsheads, half- barrels and kegs. Based on the results of
America. chestnut staves, and his experience guar-
was one style of basket, though, that all Miss Kathryn Heise, who survives hogsheads and tierces. Half-hogsheads and this survey the following tentative recom-
Inasmuch as seating facilities will antees real service to Henry Wineman's
these dealers approved on account of its him together with their three chil- tierces are only short mendation was developed by the committee
hogsheads or parts of be an important detail of our prepara-
size, and that was a certain basket holding customers, both new and old, in the
dren, Helen, now a student at Wash- hogsheads. A
small proportion of our ex- for the consideration of the industry.
tions, we trust that you will favor us Shenandoah section.
about twelve quarts of grapes. These ington University, Kathryn, now a ports, especially the cigar tobaccos and a It is the opinion of this committee, of
with an early acknowledgment of this
packages suited the trade, they said, and student at RadclifTe, and Howard W., portion of Black Fats, is shipped in cases. which Mr. R. W. Rush, of the Allied Barrel
invitation. However, should you find
for this reason many large shippers were a student at the Country Day School "A very small amount of tobacco is ex- Company, Oil City, Pa., is chairman, that
it impossible to attend, we shall be
adopting baskets of this size. They ad- at St. Louis. ported in burlap, hogsheads being stripped the following recommendation representa-
is
pleased to refer any written comments
mitted, however, that grapes in these Mr. Huntington was a Knight and split into a number of 'cakes,' this in tive of the best thought and practice of the Timber Land Sale in Louisiana
or suggestions you might wish to offer
packages did not keep as well as did those Templar, a member of the Harvard some cases in order to save the customs duty industry and that its approval will do much
regarding the attached program to the The P. W. Holliday Sons Co. (Ltd.),
in kegs, and the packages themselves were Club and the Missouri Athletic where levied on container and contents, and to better conditions in the industry:
conference for consideration. Shreveport, La., has sold the merchantable
rather flimsy, and subject to damage in Association. in other cases for interior delivery by pack
Cordially yours, timber on 3,800 acres of timber land in
handling and in storage. The Journal and its staff extend train. It is a safe proposition to estimate Simplified Practice Recommendation
"How would a candy bucket suit the W. E. Braithwaite, Iberville Parish, to the Brewer-Nienstedt
their sincerest sympathy to The the weight of a hogshead of tobacco at 1,000 for Tight Cooperage Lumber Co., of Saginaw, Mich., according
Division of Simplified Practice,
grape shippers?" they were asked. "It Sandusky Cooperage and Lumber pounds, and this would show the use of
5-Gallon Size Department of Commierce. to advices from Plaquemine, La. The price
would be exactly right, but might be rather Company, in the loss of such a loyal about 575.000 hogsheads in exporting the was $7.50 per thousand feet for oak, syca-
expensive," they replied. and efficient an officer, and to the im- 1928 crop." Length of staves— 16 ^^" ...Thickness %" more and elm; $9.50 for gum; $14 for
Demonstrate This Package to
mediate family of Mr. Huntington in Very truly yours, Diameter, circled heads — 10" " %" cypress; $11.50 for cottonwood; $10 for ash
the bereavement that has come to Bilge circumference ....38" Bilge circumference . .47"
Grape Growers A. E. BOADLE,
. .
and $5 for tupelo and other cooperage
them. Distance from croze to finished end of Distance from croze to finished end of timber. The company was given seven
It .seems to be up to the coopers to supply Lumber Products Specialist,
the grape shippers with the exact package Lumber Division, Department of Commerce.
stave %q" stave %• years to remove the timber.
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As A New Year Begins superior advantages of the wooden barrel, and the business success of these pro- Wants in Cooperage Lines
WITH this issue The JourxVAl bcginti its forty-fifth year as the only paper gressives is proof of the statement that if the entire industry will become active
Burton Ginning &
Mfg. Co., Clarksville,
devoted exclusively and wholly to the interests of the cooperage
that is in going after business the dull trade periods will grow fewer and fewer. Va., ivants prices on new and used wa-
indiistrv, and with a contiiuiance of the same thorough co-operation from In a recent conversation with a visiting stock manufacturer The Journal chinery for manufacturing sawn pine keg
cooperage and cooperage stoi'k nianufacturei-s which The Journal has enjoyed put query to its caller. "What is most important to the cooperage trade
this staves.

for almost a half century, it looks forward to traveling along the same road of at the present time?" Our stock manufacturing friend's reply was sincere and Indiana Quartered Oak Co., East Ave.
ESTABLISHED 188S
unswerving loyalty and senice to the wooden barrel trade that it has trod for immediate. He said: "We must all make more money and there's only one and 12th Street, Long Island City, N. Y., is
in the market for a second-hand Automatic
so many years. way for us to do it and that is by getting out and selling the wooden barrel to
Plug Machine, similar to S. A. Wood's No.
Reviewing the years that have passed, we find many reasons for gratification shipping container users." This particular cooperage stock manufacturer be-
215, with a capacity for making ^A" to 2V2"
— the contacts, fine and lasting, tliat have been made; the bond of good-will lieves that themajority in the trade are fast asleep, while their competitors plugs. Address Mr. P. S. Emerson.
and devotion that was created between tiie cooperage industry and The Journal are wide-awake and going after business in an intelligent and intensive way.
A firm in Cape Toum, South Africa, is
PUBLISHED MONTHLY and Avhich bond lias grown and strengthened as time moved on, and the personal For years The Journal has acted as an alarm dock, as it were, not an in- looking for an agency for oak ban-el staves
1321 WALNUT STREET
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
and business friendships that have developed and tlirived these many years termittent one but a steady "ringer" —
hope of arousing the whole of its
in the and heading. Address No. 37216 Bureau of
all these things have made Tin: Journal's life memorable and its steady efforts sleei)ing trade to concerted action on behalf of the wooden barrel and we are — Foreign and Domestic Commerce, 20 South
15th Street, Philadelphia, or Washington,
M. E. DOANE on behalf of its diosen industry a i)lcasure rather than a task. confident we Avill yet succeed. There is neither sense nor profit in closing our
EDITOR
D. C.
Looking ahead into the future we see a realization of many of the things for eyes to our shortcomings. Neither is there any reason why, even if we have

MURPHY —
which The Journal has been working the development of a closer co-operation been asleep so long and so soundly, we should not finally enter the fight for our
J. A.
BUSINESS MANAGER between manufacturers of cooi)erage and cooperage stock increased and con- — i
individual business and the future of our industry at top speed. Wooden Barrel Publicity Campaign
Entered according to act of Congress, April 26,
structive work for the advancement of the wooden barrel a bigger, better, — As an illustration of what i)rompt action will do in the race for business, we Proving Successful in North
1SS5, with tlie Librarian of Congress and greater and more prcsi)erous coo|)erage industry with the adoption of the plans refer again to the potato container situation in North Carolina.
as second-class matter at the Post-
In the April Carolina Potato Districts
Office in Philadelphia, Pa. that have been and will be submitted to our trade for the good of all. Journal there appeared an article setting forth the wooden barrel publicity
Elizabeth City, N. C, April 26, 1929.
The Journal ])roinises to the wooden barrel and the cooperage trade for the effort of two wooden barrel manufacturers in that State to combat the activities Editor, The Journal:
SUBSCRIPTION PRICES coming years the same wholehearted sui)port and service that has characterized of the bag. The result of this publicity, as will be noted in a letter from Apropos of our Wooden Barrel Publicity-
of
$2.00 per year, in advance, to all parts
the United States and its possessions
and to Canada, Cuba and Panama.
its activities in the past, —
that same unselfish desire that has for its goal not A. B. Houtz, which appears on this same page, is that with the shipping Campaign among potato growers, with the
shipping season only 30 days off we see no
$2.50 per year, in advance, to all otJier the storing up of self-gain, but rather the jirofits that come from a stabilized, season only 30 days away there is not one instance of the sack supplanting the
countries. signs yet of any purchase of sacks in this
foi'eiffii
Single copies, 25 cents. l)rogressive industry in which all concerned are sharing in the benefits accrued wooden barrel in that district, despite the extensive propaganda of the bag man. field.
REMITTANCES from work well done. And so wef begin our forty-fifth year! As we said above, the confci-ence in St. Louis is the beginning of a develop- We you that the barrel men must
feel like
Remittances may be made by post-offlce
ment in the cooperage trade that has possibilities of far-reaching value, and it fight to retaina fair share of their business
money bank check or draft, express
order,
money or registered letter.
order, Foreign is The Journal's earnest wish that not only will the slack branch of our in- and while perhaps each type of barrel may
remittance should be made by international
money order or exchange on the United require a special advertising campaign for
equal the amount in United
dustry follow the lead of tlie tight cooperage manufacturers, so far as Simpli-
Slates to
States money.
When 8ubscribei"s desire their address
A Steady Pull- A Hard Pull— A Pull Altogether— WiU Mean fication and Standardization are concerned, but that the cooperage trade as a
their particular needs and field, yet there
should also be a national campaign for
changed they should give the old address
as well as the new address.
Much for the Wooden Barrel unit will take hold of the "get together" idea with its consuming public, so general publicity as well.

ADVERTISING RATES AV/HEN this issue of Tue Journal reaches its readers The Associated that the wooden barrel will be assured of a strong co-ordinated effort to the We would be glad to contribute our share
will be furnished on application. Copy end of increasing and extending its use. The "Get Together" plan has worked on a national advertising campaign if we
* '^ Cooperage Industries of America will be in Annual Convention, in
for advcrti^omonts shoidd reach us not could be assured that the man lining it up
later than the 15th of the month to insure
and admirably in many other indu.stries, especially in the naval stores field, and
insertion in the following issue. Clianges St. Louis, the benefits wiiich should accrue to the cooperage trade from this could really spend the money wisely.
in advertisements should reach us not there is every reason to believe that it will prove equally as effective and suc-
later than the 20th of each month.
particular convention slumld be many and lasting. I believe we could make no wiser expendi-
cessful in the cooperage trade. All that is needed is concerted action. Let's ture than to have a man spend several
"While the 1020Annual fleeting will be of great importance to the tight
CORRESPONDENCE
The columns of The National Coopers' cooperage trade, jiarticularly, inasmuch as a conference will be held between
have it —and then watch results. months on the big receiving warehouse docks
JouiiNAL are open for the discussion of all of the railroads collecting specific evidence
topics of general interest to the cooi)erage tight cooperage manufacturers and consumers in con.junction with the Division of shipments arriving in bad conditions in
industry, and contributions are solicited
from our readers. of Simplified Practice to adopt standardized tight barrels and kegs, the meeting sacks, boxes or crates that might have come
will, however, be of special significance, not only to the tight barrel and keg through if they had been packed in barrels.
In talking with claim agents I learn of
branch but to all groups of the cooperage trade, as the Conference on Simplified Though Weather Conditions May Retard Apple Season Some
these things but they seem reticent to cite
Practice and Standardization will be an actual demonstration of the value of —It's None Too Early To Go After Barrel and Stock Orders. specific cases that might be worked up into
THE APPLE SEASON IS co-ordinated acti<m between the cooperage trade and its customers. really good "ads".
*
I 'HE reports that are reaching The Journal from the apple-growing districts
APPROACHING That the outcome of the conference will l)e of value to all concerned there is
• are
We should also have someone reviewing
r that the demand for apple barrels and barrel stock will be later than in the various tariffs and classifications as
no question or doubt, and that it will be a forerunner of other conferences be- 11

previous years. Weather conditions are causing growers and consumers to take affecting movements of commodities in
tween the cooperage trade and consumer industries for the advancement of the
a somewhat "watchful waiting" attitude until they have some assurance of barrels. Rule 5 of the Consolidated Classi-
wooden barrel, either through the offices of the Association or through in- fication provided that when articles, dry or
what the crop will be.
dividual groui)s, almost a foregone conclusion.
is solid, are offered in bags when there is no
Nevertheless, not too early to begin wooden barrel and stock selling activ-
it is
As The Journal has continuously held, it is only necessary for the cooperage particular classification of that article in
industry to gain the attention of the consumer industries to revive old and
ities in the apple-growing fields. The competition between the wooden barrel bags, the rate shall be three classes higher
and the wooden box, basket, hamper and carton is growing keener with each than the same article in barrels or boxes.
aw\aken new interest in the wooden barrel as a shipping container.
passing season, and it behooves the cooperage trade to exert every effort to This is a sound sensible rule but when we
By keeping touch with shipping containei- users, tlie cooperage trade
in close
turn over to pages 449-451 we find the same
corral the apple growei-s' business for the wooden barrel, if the already heavy
can offset to a very great extent the effoi-ts of the manufacturei-s of substitutes rate classification applying on almost all
inroads which the substitute containei-s have made are to be checked.
to win them over to their particular type of package. It is because the cooper- kinds of vegetables "in hags, barrels, boxes
In many sections the trees have already bloomed, and while there has been or crates". Someone was asleep when this
age industry has been backward in this particular that the substitute has made
some severe weather, it is very likely that there will be more than an average classification was made putting bag ship-
BOOST THE inroads into the wooden barrel's fields. We have been content to and wait
sit
ments on the same basis as barrels, boxes
crop of apples this season with a very satisfactory demand for shipping containers.
WOODEN BARREL for the container user to come forward with his orders for wooden barrels,
The wooden barrel is the logical package for apples, and if the manufacturers
or crates.
rather than going out after them. The Journal fully appreciates that there Very truly yours,
of cooperage stock and barrels will put forth the necessary effort, there is no
arc many in the cooperage trade who are on their toes all the time, selling the A. B. HouTZ & Sons,
doubt but that the wooden barrel will secure the lion's share of the business. A. B. Houtz, Manager.
 12 May, 1929 May, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 13
The National Coopers' Journal

Silicate of Soda for the Interior Coating and Testing of Tight SLACK BARREL A good barrel cannot be made without good hoops
\i/ w
^^ ^^^P J 75,000.000 1
Barrels and Kegs MATERIAL 1 Seventy-five MiUion |
^^' ^^^^
to the best trade making the best barrels.
Characteristics —
and Qualities Method of Production Proper Mixtures for Testing — Coiled Elm Hoops QUALITY HOOPS
—
and Lining Cooperage How to Obtain Best Results and Guarantee
Staves Vicksburg Cooperage Co. Vicksburg, Miss.
Adequate Coating of Barrels and Kegs , J. M. Peel & Brother Lake Village, Ark.
MILLS: •< O. L. Bartlett Mound City,
Heading Ferriday Hoop Company Ferriday, La.
ill.

Decatur Cooperage Company Decatur, Ind.

Numerous and manufacturers make Headliners
arts How Silicate of Soda is Produced oil contains about three and a quarter times Distributed Exclusively by
use of films applied to surfaces to add to
their appearance, their durability, or their
Certain advantages of silicate of soda to as much silica grade with
as soda. A Wire Hoops STRUTHERS-ZIEGLER COOPERAGE CO.
the cooper are inherent in its nature. The four times as much is less soluble in water HAMILTON AND WEST GRAND BLVD.,
412 CURTIS BLDG., COR. DETROIT, MICH.
resistance to some sort of exposure which
various grades are made by melting but harder to apply because it thickens
the underlying material will not stand. Of
together a good quality of glassmaker's greatly on evaporation. The most alkaline
late years the materials available to make
sand and a suitable form of soda in a
these films have increased in number and liquid grade contains about one and a half
furnace from which it flows white hot with
made times as much silica as soda, much
results.
possible the accomplishment of
Likewise, new needs have
created
new all the appearance of glass. It is trans-
parent; it can be formed by blowing into
more and sets too slowly for this
soluble,
it is

r" 'Hi
new markets for the well-known materials,
and our knowledge of how to manipulate
the liquids from which films can be formed
has substantially advanced.
various shapes; thin strands of it are
flexible like glass; like glass it caa be
shattered by a blow. The great point of
use. Between the extremes any inter-
mediate can be produced making it possible
to meet a variety of working conditions.
'f

C. M.VAN Aken
are
For decorative work
now
cellulose lacquers
successful where, but a few years
since, only paint and varnish were available.
contrast with glass is that with suitable
equipment it can be made to dissolve in
water. The concentrated water solutions
For many years "N" Brand has stood for
the specification which meets the cooper's
needs. It has a syrupy consistency, con-
Cooperage Co.
are syrupy. They dry more or less rapidly tains about 38 per cent of the dry glass :BUYERS AND SELLERS OF:
Films of metals which the plater formerly
according to the proportion of sand and
did not know how to handle give untarnish- which, expressed on the Baume scale,
soda they contain, and have a glue-like
ing surfaces to our auto trimmings and in-
creased wear to dies and printing plates.
Non-corrosive surfaces for industrial use
are also to be had in a variety of new ways.
characteristic which is rare among ma-
terials of strictly mineral origin and un-
known outside the animal and vegetable
ordinarily used in the trade,
41°.
Silicate
for sizing
is

new
useful both
barrels,
for
means about

and
testing
tubs or other wooden
Staves, Hoops
kingdoms among materials of moderate cost.
In thinking of the new, however we
sometimes lose sight of the old, and its
possibility of better service through better
,
The glass-like appearance of silicate
coupled with its solubility in water account
for the name waterglass which was applied
containers,
second-hand packages.
There
as well as

no invariable rule for the

is
for reconditioning
Heading
manipulation or improvement in manu-
by the first commercial manufacturer a
and
strength of a silicate solution for testing.
facture. Many of the old products have little more than one hundred years ago.
Much will depend on the porosity of the
advantages which have not been surpassed.
Silicate of soda is such a product.
Its mineral origin and its method of
manufacture account for silicate coming on
wood, but ordinary concentrations between
13° Baume which is obtained by three
COOPERAGE SUPPLIES The highest point in machine efficiency is the
the market in a perfectly sterile condition. measures of water and one of silicate and
Silicate of Soda Widely Used in Coating Promptness is our Motto it
and Testing Wooden Barrels It is non-porous and not subject to the 24° Baumeobtained from a half-and-half
Perfection" Heading-up Machine
invasion of molds or deterioration by any mixture are satisfactory. The silicate
Films made from silicate of soda are f>f\g^r\ CT'g'\J^V '• ^*'** ^* want to buy for heading-up and hooping off all classes of slack
fermentation process.
widely used in industry. The cooperage solution should be heated near to its boil- KxKJKjiJ O A VJ\i^Nb Is what we aim to sell cooperage. Repeat orders and the successful
ing point which is only a little above the operation of every machine sold in various parts
industry, particularly, has found silicate of Characteristics of Silicate of Soda Film
of the country, is our history to date.
soda best for certain uses. When silicate is spread out as a film it
boiling point of water. For a fifty-gallon ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS:
loses water and tends to revert to its
barrel it iswell to put in between two and Are You Using a ''Perfection?»
Silicate

Silicate
Films Resist Penetration
films are made from a water
original glass-like condition, but at ordinary
five
close
gallons of the hot silicate solution,
the bung hole and agitate till the 141 Broadway, New York
solution which quickly and offers
dries
temperatures the water cannot be entirely
driven off and that which remains imparts
liquid comes contact with the entire
in
4 |
MARTEN, GRAHN & ANDRESEN
perfect resistance to the penetration of oil. interior surface of the barrel. con- A WASHINGTON LIFE BUILDING Twenty-second and Illinois Streets SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
a certain degree of resilience to the film. :

They are insoluble in all ordinary oils of siderable pressure is developed from heat-
This can best be retained by covering the
animal, vegetable or mineral origin. Silicate ing the air in the barrel, and imperfections
film soon after it has sufficiently dried by
films can be formed at, or very close to, the or leaks are quickly detected by silicate
immersing it in oil and thus stopping
surface of wooden barrels, because of the further evaporation. Under ordinary con- exuding from the defective part. These t
peculiar resistance of liquid silicate to ditions of drying the film will contain about
can be plugged up and the plugs are
penetrate into wood. Frequent suggestions
have been made saturate wood with
to
straight silicate solution to render it fire-
20 per cent of water, whereas the com-
mercial liquids may contain about 60 per
cent, more or less, according to which of
cemented into place by the adhesive action
of the silicate. The excess liquid is then
drained off and returned to the heater to
WEIMAR ENGINEERING WORKS
proof, but experience has shown that even
with high pressure something much less
the numerous soluble silicates is used as a
starting point. The cooper must face the
which from time to time water is added to
replace that lost by evaporation. This
Builders Hoop Driving, Barrel Washing
than complete penetration is secured. This
is of advantage to the cooper who is thus
fact that it is possible to dry silicate films
to a point where they will have a tendency
treatment requires about a half pound of
"N" Brand per barrel and may be followed
of
and Bung Hole Boring IMachines
enabled to produce the resistant film he to crack if subjected to severe shock and
either by glue lining where that is necessary SPECIAL MACHINES BUILT TO ORDER
requires at small expense of material, and or by a silicate lining which costs much less In building our machines we seek to gain the highest
therefore his technic is a matter of some
when the additional fact that silicate of importance. and dries more quickly. efficiency in every way, and users of our make will
soda is and always will be a material of find this our guarantee, which always holds good.
low unit cost is considered, results are Silicate of Soda as Used by Cooperage Silicate of Soda Solution for Coating or
Trade Sizing Barrels
LET us KNOW YOUR REQUIREMENTS
obtained at a very economical cost.
The grade of silicate best suited for The sizing treatment in contrast with the Westmoreland and Jasper Sts., PhOadelphia, Pa. BARREL WASHING MACHINE
[Contributed to the Journal's pa^ea by the Philadel-
phia Quartz Co.] wooden barrels to contain cottonseed
lining testing is ordinarily carried out shortly

Mention Thb NATiONAb Coopkbs' Jodsnai. when writing to advertiserai

14 The National Coopers' Journal May, 1929 May, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 15

LATEST BARREL CROZER HOOP RIVETING MACHINE

WITH BALL BEARING ARBORS
AND POWER FEED ATTACHMENT
For 5 to 65 gallon packages

IF IT IS
ORAM'S IT IS RIGHT

THE BEST MACHINERY FOR MAKING THE BEST CONTAINERS

AND FOR MAKING PROFIT FOR THE USERS

THE OLD RELIABLE WOODEN BARRELS

STEEL TRUSS HOOPS
1 ELECTRIC WELDED— "Made Right"
Outside painted any color, if wanted Front View

STAVE EQUAUZER
HEADING ROUNDER
Now made with Ball Bearing Arbor

BARREL LATHE
STEEL TRUSS HOOPS
ROUND EDGE— Special Carbon Steel
Sizes stamped inside, if wanted

NEW "ORAM" RAPID

BILGE-HOOP REMOVING
HEADING JOINTER AND MACHINE
DOWELLING MACHINE
STAVE JOINTER

ROSIN BARREL STAVE CROZER

WHh Automatic Hopper Feed

"ORAM" STANDARD HOOP DRIVING

MACHrME
SIMPLE— PO WERFlA— DURABLE
P^ -'•*

—
Capacity As fast as operator ^n faaniUe. 600 to 1,000 r»';'*A-<
<^:;
NEW "ECONOMY" (patented) packa£es per day of 10 hours, and all properly driven
HEADING-UP MACHINE

FIFTY-SIX

"Knowi; How"
YEARS

THE JOHN S. ORAM CO. Your Copy

No.
of

27 Catalog
Our New

ESTABLISHED
1872
STAVE, HEADING and BARREL MACHINERY Now Ready for Mailing
INCORPORATED 1914 on Request
CLEVELAND, OHIO, U. S. A,

Mention Tin National Coopers' Journal when writing to advertisera

Mention Thb National Coopers' Journal when writing to advertisers.
16 The National Coopers' Journal May, 1929 17
May, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal
before the barrel is filled. A
stronger
solution of silicate of soda is used. One

Strength and Economy testing about

32° Baume
35° Baume cold or about
hot will be right for oak and
California Barrel Co.,Inc. gum barrels. Like the testing solution,
in binding barrels with ESTABLISHED 1883
the temperature should be kept near the
boiling point in a jacketed vessel, and
the loss of water from the silicate as it
433 CALIFORNIA ST., SAN FRANCISCO drains from the barrel and is returned
to the tank must be made up by periodic
CABLE ADDRESS "KOSTER" additions of water. The original solution
is made up with eight measures of "N"
Brand and one measure of water. It is
Cooperage Stock desirable that temperature and draining
conditions should be such that the final
film does not lie thick on the surface of the
wood, but rather is driven by pressure
Manufacturers among the fibers near the surface, as thus
it is least likely to crack and allow pene-
tration of contents into the wood with con-
TIGHT STAVES and HEADING sequent wastage.

SLACK STAVES and HEADING Method of Silicating Second-Hand Barrels The Cooperage Apple Hamper
WOODENWARE STAVES It is highly desirable that oils which are In view of the tendency toward the packing and distribution of food
saponifiable should be free from water products in smaller packages and considering the need therefore of apple
AND when put into silicated barrels, and that growers and packers for a container of less capacity than that of a standard
barrel, the cooperage industiy, through its national organization The Asso-
HEADING the film should be well dried; otherwise a
ciated Cooperage Industries of America, has evolved a new wooden package
quantity of soap may be formed
American Steel &l Wire of one bushel capacity known as the Cooperage Apple Hamper.
trifling
which tends to cloud the oil. The silicating That the apple trade will have a sturdy and dependable container to meet
EXPORTERS OF of second-hand barrels differs from new their needs so far as a bushel container for the retail trade is concerned, is
Company^s work only in the necessity of thorough
assured in the new Cooperage Hamper.
The style of this package is somewhat along the lines of a butter tub and
DOUGLAS FIR BARREL SHOCKS cleansing from original contents. This is
is constructed of staves 15 inches in length, with heads 16 inches and 13 inches

WIRE HOOPS best accomplished with a 2 per cent hot

solution of caustic soda together with some
means of mechanically loosening any
matter which may
be sticking to the insides
in diameter; which are placed the same as in a barrel, i.€., set in a croze,
thereby giving it the greatest strength.
hoop bind it securely.
Two wooden hoops and one wire
Regular No. 2, 30-inch slack barrel staves are utilized by cutting them in
half and making two short staves 15 inches in length, and we understand
of the staves. After the barrels have been stave manufacturers are perfecting a machine for properly crozing the staves
WIRE HOOPS mean greater strength for
cleansed and dried silicate has the ad- and shipping them in 15-inch lengths ready for use.
barrels and better protection (or shipments.
Owing to its great strength this hamper can also be used for packing and
At the same time, the low price of Wire vantage of the shortest drying time of any shipping of various other commodities. Very favorable storage charges have
Hoops reduces the cost of the completed material available for sizing. been made on this container by cold storage companies and we have been

<^
package. Though it is best to do the sizing within informed that the steamship companies will accept this package for export
transportation.
Packers find that barrels bound with Amer< a few days of the time the barrels are to
This container is authorized under the provisions of the Standard Con-
ican Wire
ing requirements
Hoops measure up
of
Bind your barrels with American Wire Hoops
modem
to the most exact-
transportation. r 1
be filled, the limit is not closely defined and
a week or two often intervenes between
sizing and filling. If, however, the sized
tainer Act of 1928 as embodied in Service and Regulatory Announcement
No. 116, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics,
and we are quoting below their suggested specifications for the one bushel
barrel has been standing empty for a couple barrel type hamper which it is felt should be issued as the recommended
and assure your customers of added satisfaction. specifications to be followed in the manufacture of the hamper, so as to insure
We invite your inquiry for detailed informa- of months the sizing operation should be the correct cubical capacity:
tion, and will gladly send you, without charge, repeated. The amount of silicate used in
samples in sufficient quantity to make a sizing will ordinarily run between one and 2150.42 cubic inches
Cubical capacity
thorough test. a half and three pounds per barrel. 14 91 inches
Outside length of staves .

Average diameter of top head over all 16.11 "

H^^^^^IV That's the story of the race for Silicate Films Making Giant Strides in Average diameter of bottom head over all 13 16 " ,

Inside average depth between heads 12 54 "

^^^^^^^^ many a big barrel order. Edible Oils .

Secure hilge hoops with Outside circumference midway between heads .... 48.89 "
Silicate works satisfactorily for all Thickness of staves 11/32 "
Staples or Fasteners Good heads are as equally es-
edible as it does not interfere with
oils
as illustrated* sential to themaking of wooden their color or flavor, or in any way de- In order that the manufacturers of this container may take advantage of
barrels as staves and hoops. preciate their value as food products. For the provisions of the Standard Container Act, which includes official recognition
mineral oils silicate testing followed by and approval of the specifications and which would permit such containers to
SALES OFFICES: H&cD heads good heads and
are
the more flexible and more expensive glue
be so marked or stamped, it will be necessary for such manufacturer to file
with the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics,
CHICAGO La MEMPHIS, will win the business. With H&D lining gives the best results for the thin
208 S. Salle St. Washington, D. C, the specifications therefor and to submit samples for bulk-
CLEVELAND Rockefeller Bldg. Union and Planters Bank Bldg.
Viscous lubricating oils are Such of these samples as are of satisfactory capacity and
DETROIT Foot of First St. NEW YORK 30 Church St. heads you have a guarantee of fluid grades. for-bulk test.
CINCINNATI Union Trust Bldg. BOSTON Statler Bldg.
"Quality-Service- Workmanship." satisfactorily held with silicate for both which conform to the specifications would be officially approved individually
MINNEAPOLIS—ST. PAUL, PITTSBURGH Frick Bldg.
for each manufacturer.
Merchants Nat. Bk. Bldg., St Paul PHILADELPHIA Widener Bldg. testing and lining.
ST. LOUIS 506 Olive St. ATLANTA 101 Marietta St.
KANSAS CITY 417 Grand Ave. WORCESTER 94 Grove St. Let us you more about them.
tell Open wooden packages such as tubs for
OKLAHOMA CITY,
FirstNafl Bank Bldg.
BALTIMORE
BUFFALO
32 S. Charles St.
670 Ellicott St There are no better heads made. lard, are given a single treatment by fill- J
BIRMINGHAM Brown-Marx Bldg. WILKES-BARRE,. .Miners Bank Bldg. ing them with hot silicate, allowing them Chemical Society has recently sponsored their applications in various industries are
DALIJVS Praetorian Bldg.
DENVER to stand a short time and then draining.
SALT LAKE CITY
• First Nat Bank
Walker Bank
Bldg.
Bldg. HUDSON & DUGGER COMPANY the publication of a monograph of four
hundred and forty-three pages entitled
extensively treated. It is noteworthy that
numerous of the scientific men who have
UNITED STATES STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY Silicate Films Making Great Strides in Industry" and pub- reviewed this book for chemical and trade
Memphis, Tennessee "Soluble Silicates in
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The National Coopers' Journal
the place, while three baskets
feature with a good demand and an in- ;ii
of apples,
Predicted Better Business and Prices for Cooperage which comprise one barrel, would give the creased consumption. Stocks of Scandi-
navian and Archangel fir
Trade Rapidly Developing
store a variety of apples with a reduction
of space, and the consumer seems willing to thing, below normal and
staves are, if any-
almost cleared up. Market Conditions in Barrel Using
pay the difference in price arising from Given a fairly decent summer, we look
Conditions in Tight Cooperage Trade Continue to Improve
small purchases. Therefore, it does not for a good season in the cooperage trade. Industries
Indications in Slack Branch are for a More Than Average J. C. Tinkler,
make any how much cooperage
Apple Crop —New Cooperage Apple Hamper Will Enable
difference
and stock manufacturers object to this mode Tinkler and Webster, Ltd., Liverpool, Eng.
Coopers to Meet Competition of Substitute Containers of shipping apples, the demand for apples in No Let-up in Demand for Industrial Cottonseed Oil Market Nervous and
these small packages is certainly going to
continue. Curtailment of Production in Canada
—
Chemicals Prospects for Coming —
Jumpy Considerable Fluctua-
However, there is the business from the
Months Satisfactory to Producers tion in Price
If Present Good Apple Prospects Con- from present indication that good business May Result in a Shortage of Stock
will prevail for several months yet, at least. vv^holesalers and exporters that the basket The month of April has been looked upon, The cottonseed oil industry has been ex-
tinue TTiere Should be a Good if the Apple Crop is an

Demand We notice from last week's report of the and box cannot very well handle, so more or less, by producers of industrial periencing considerable price fluctuation
for Barrels and
American Railway Association that the car far as it applies to Eastern apples. No Average One chemicals as a month in which could be ex- during the past month. There were re-
Barrel Stock This Season loadings this year are ahead of 1928 and for substitute container has given as good re- The cooperage business in Canada dur- pected a lowered demand. April, 1929, how- actions which enabled the market to recu-
Wehave just received a letter from our several periods ahead of 1927. This in it- sults ^n the wholesale end of the business ing the last three months has been ex- ever, has upset the dope by holding up the perate somewhat, but all losses were not
Shenandoah Valley representative, Mr. J. self shows that general business is good. as the barrel, so it is that branch of the tremely quiet, with a minimum amount of volume of business done. There is a ques- regained. This condition is due to a large
O. Bailey of Luray, Va., which explains the G. I, Frazier, President, business which the barrel makers are flour and sugar barrel stock being used, tion whether any other corresponding month extent to the pressure caused by weakness
situation in that district regarding the G. I. Frazier Company, Memphis. counting on and upon which they are basing owing to the more or less off-season in has experienced such heavy shipments as in lard, grains and cotton. A hesitancy on
apple crop and the feelings of the trade in their probable requirements, but as you see both these industries. went forward last month. the part of consumers due, no doubt, to the
regard to buying material. they cannot arrive at as definite a con- The fruit growers throughout the Prov- Moreover, the future looks decidedly uncertain situation, has also had its effect
"I was over to Winchester recently to the
Eastern Coopers Awaiting Demand clusion now as they could before the advent ince of Ontario reporting that the
are favorable, and there every reason to
is on this product.
wonderful 'Apple Blossom Festival.' The From Apple Growers —Month of of the basket and box.
We
winter of 1928-29 being moderate, was most believe that the movement of chemical com- Estimates of the cotton acreage for this
day was pretty chilly and the weather is May Should Bring Better Business are looking for further apple barrel favorable to orchard conditions, and from modities will continue actively even through year run from 46,000,000 to 50,000,000
still cool, nevertheless there was a big
orders shortly after the first of May, for I all accounts there is an exceptionally the summer. acres. The sentiment in oil circles is de-
There has never been a time in the do not believe any freeze we may have will
crowd and the event was very successful. I small amount of damage suffered from mice Good conditions in consuming industries cidedly on the bearish side, and indications
history of the cooperage business when there
talked to a lot of barrel folks but none of entirely kill the crop and we know that and rabbits. The trees have come through have kept the market firm, and no great appear to point to a continuation of the
was less excitement in it than during the baskets and boxes will not answer for many
them seemed to be ready to buy. They are the winter in splendid shape, with every easing off in prices is expected. In fact, the present unsatisfactory situation until cer-
past month. This statement, of course,
still afraid they will get a freeze.
of the apples grown. promise of a heavy crop of blossoms. undertone to the market would indicate no tain elements which are annoying the trade
I also
applies to Eastern conditions only. As far
found out that one or two companies were As regards the manufacturing end of the As considerable apple barrel stock was easing off at all except in one or two have been cleaned up. The tariff discussion
as the barrel makers are concerned, they
offering gum fruit barrel staves as low as cooperage business, the month of April carried over from 1928, the mills in isolated instances. is one of these.
have been buying some stock and the ship- has been exceptionally true to form as re-
$11.00 delivered. It looks like they are Ontario have taken out the smallest cut of Soda ash shipments are kept up satis-
ments covering these purchases have been gards weather, so much so that when we
getting nervous but even at this price I do logs that have been landed during the last factorily, while Glauber's-salts is having a
coming forward as required. The people look out at the rain, we do not say that it is
not find any buying. ten years, so if we have even an average good demand at steady prices.
making barrels for promiscuous purposes raining again, but that it is raining yet. Vegetable Oil Markets Lack Color
"I never saw the growers as slow to buy apple crop, there will not be sufficient Caustic soda is going forward actively,
have been running somewhat below normal, This weather has curtailed the output of
their packages as they are this year, but if
but not far enough below to cause any un-
cooperage stock in Canada to take care of with stocks not heavy. Prices Are Weak With Con-
cooperage stock of all kinds. In the Eastern the requirements. Orders for bichromate of soda against
the fruit hangs on there will be some busi- easiness. The apple barrel manufacturers sumer Interest Tardy
States this curtailment has meant merely a The curtailment of operation and pro- existing contracts are of good sized quanti-
ness in this section during the next thirty who have for the last few years been a reduction in output, but in some parts of duction, which is very apparent, will un- ties with prices holding to a steady level. There has been no change to boast of in
days. My prediction is, if there is a good large factor in slack cooperage consumption vegetable
the West has meant an entire abandoning
it doubtedly sooner or later result in an acute oil circles since last month's
crop there will be a scramble for cooperage have placed but very few orders during the of manufacture. If there had been what we report. Various oils showed a reflection
stock and it should bring good prices " month of April. The shipments which have shortage of cooperage stock, which, in
might call a good demand for cooperage dur- of the low conditions in cottonseed oil,
Last month we gave some information of been going to them are to fill orders placed
Canada where lumbering operations can
ing the month of April, this part of the tallows and grease trades. Consumers have
conditions in western New York and with only be carried on economically during the Have Hit a Low
early in the season, but as far as new busi- Paint Materials withdrawn interest and this has resulted in
country would have seen a decided scarcity winter months, will mean a shortage that
this report on the Shenandoah Valley leaves ness is concerned their attitude has been
of stock, but with the reduced demand the will necessitate heavy importations should
Demand Period in the Way price declines. Cocoanut oil has a ten-
only the Hudson River district to be de- one of "watchful waiting" and they cer-
scribed, and we might say we have a letter
business has been entirely devoid of any 1929 produce a heavy crop of apples. of New Business dency to ease off in price, with only small
tainly have waited while they watched. orders being placed by consumers.
excitement because the mills that were The writer understands that unsatis-
from our representative there advising that The apple bloom this year is between two New
business in paint materials recently
Crude corn oil is much lower, while olive
operating have easily taken care of the factory conditions have prevailed in the
there has been some very cold weather that and three weeks ahead of last year. There has not been very active. There is a steady
shipments that were required. What we oil foots are dull and inactive. The demand
has retarded the trees, but everything seems is always a possibility of a frost during the
cooperage business in the United States, as and continuous flow of orders coming in to
would like to see during the month of May is limited.
to be in good shape. However, there will month of April and the farther advanced well as in this country, mills being unable producers against contracts, but new volume
is better conditions at the mills, so they can Palm oil seems to be the only bright spot
be very little purchasing of cooperage stock blossoms are when a frost strikes them the to obtain prices in a good many cases that is not so plentiful. This has resulted in a
make more material; and better conditions among vegetable oils. The demand con-
in the Hudson River district or New greater the damage, so it is not surprising are sufficient to offset the cost of production, market that is not showing much life.
at the consuming end, so that the extra tinues nominal, and the market is fairly
England States until after the June drop. that the barrel makers, as well as the and it is our opinion that something will Construction activities, however, continue
material will be needed. As far as we can steady, due no doubt to scanty offerings.
Summing up conditions in the East, the orchard owners, should be uneasy when they soon have to be done on both sides of the to increase, with heavy contracts for all
see now it is quite probable that this con-
buyers of apple barrel material are still see the blossoms coming on the trees ahead line, if the few remaining mills are to types of building being awarded.
dition will apply.
uncertain and will not get into the market of schedule. After the first of May the continue in business. The consumption of lithopone for the
until the crops are pretty much assured. probability of frost will be almost entirely
C. M. Van Aken, President, W. A. Eraser, first quarter of 1929 compares favorably
Frank M. Scherer, General C. M. Van Aken Cooperage Co., Trenton Cooperage Mills, Trenton, Ont. with the total of 1928. Movements of ma^
Mgr., passed and the apple barrel makers can then Animal Appear to Advantage
Oils
Henry Wineman, Jr., Detroit form an idea as to the additional material
New York City. terials against contracts are good, and in
Compared With Other Oils
that they will need. Even this is not as this particular product users are showing
Improved Demand Cooper-
for Tight
a somewhat better interest in spot pur- Animal oils can be said to be suffering
Demand Cooperage Stock
for Tight
eaj5y now as it was a few years ago, be-
cause after the barrel maker is out of the
age in Great Britain Slack Branch— Naval Stores Exports Show Gain
Over Last Year chases. from the same ills as other oils and greases
—
Showing Strength Continued woods as far as frost is concerned, he must
consider the amount of damage that will be
of Trade in Healthy Condition
Exports of naval stores, gums and resins
The demand
as in former
for pigments is not as strong
months. Still quotations are
yet there seems to be a little better feeling
in these commodities.
Good Business Expected Since Easter there has been quite an during March were valued at $2,534,460, Buyers are taking only small quantities of
done to his business by the use of boxes and improved demand for unchanged and remain very steady.
all classes of tight
The present situation in tight cooperage baskets. against $1,471,247 in the same month last There are large quantity orders being degras, but the demand is active enough to
cooperage. Buying
American cooperage
in
stock shows no change in production con- Certain apple trade is using boxes and year, according to figures just made public sent in for Barytes, but most of these are hold the market fairly steady.
has been quite restricted, however, owing
ditions on account of continued heavy rains. baskets successfully and there is no doubt to the advance in prices, but the demand is
by the Department of Commerce. Ship- applied against former contracts. Zinc Lard oil is having a fair call but only
The demand, however, has shown perceptible but what this use will continue. Small chain ments of these products during the first oxide is also having a fair demand, and a for spot delivery. Prices are holding up
still fair. There is more inquiry for
strength during the past two weeks, and stores are springing up all over the country. quarter of 1929 totaled $6,533,452, com- little greater activity is noted in this line so at present, but there is need for a great
Memels and more stock has been going into
while we do not believe there will be any In many cases the stores are so small that pared with $4,957,937 in the same period a far as new business is concerned than in volume of orders to hold quotations firm.
consumption. The outlook is brighter.
so-called runaway market, yet we do expect a few barrels of apples would almost fill year ago. other lines. Trade in neatsfoot oil, oleo oils and red
Slack cooperage has been a healthy
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May, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 21
oils may
be termed as very quiet. Stearic Naugatuck Chemical Co., Naugatuck, ing as yet to prevent a good set of fruit,
apple growers throughout the territory are
acid, on the other hand, is enjoying fair
sized oiders against contracts. There could
be a material improvement in the interest
Conn., is erecting an addition to its plant.

General Color Products Co., 2110 Natchez

looking forward to a record harvest. The
time for freezing weath«r is believed past,
Freight Container Bureau Proposes New Specifications
Ave., Chicago, 111., has awarded a contract
displayed by customers in new business. conditions for poUenizing were generally
for erection of a paint factory.
favorable, and if the season is normal, there for Potato Barrels
Franklin Pottery Co., Lansdale, Pa., will v/ill be a big crop harvested this fall.

Tallow and Grease Trade Still in erect a two-story factory.

Survey of Potato Field by Bureau Results in Additions to Agent Dulaney's Tariff
the Slough of Low Demand F. W. Fitch 15th St., Des
Co., 304 to Cover New Types of Potato Barrels That Are Proving Satisfactory as
Tight Staves Other Than Oak
There has been no improvement whatever
in tallow. In fact any change noted has
Moines, Iowa., will erect a $50,000 soap
manufacturing plant. for Algeria
Shipping Containers —Constructive Criticism of New Specifications

been a greater weakness in both demand Consul Otcar S. Ileizer, Algiers, February 21, 1929 Will be Welcomed by Freight Container Bureau
Galassi Mosaic & Tile Co., 11 Bennett St.,
and price. Until quite recently chestnut has been the
Boston, Mass., is erecting a plant at Brig-
There has been a decline in quotations
ton, Mass. only material besides oak employed in
and while buyers placed some business at Algeria in the manufacture of cooperage The Freight Container Bureau of the battens of dimensions not less than % inch Proposed Specifications for Veneer Barrel
the lower prices, the full
nevertheless Jacob E. Decker & Sons, Mason City, for the shipment of liquids. Prior to 1914, American Railway Association, after a thick and 6 inches in combined width.
volume of orders seems to be holding back Dimensions.
Iowa, will erect additions to their meat when the value of Algerian wine was ex- thorough and complete study of the various Headliners. Headliners for crozed barrels
awaiting further reductions. The market packing plant to cost approximately types of potato barrels, has prepared and Effective diameter of head, 16% inches.
tremely low and the loss of the contents of must be approximately -"Ko inch thick and
is very much in favor of the buyers at this $350,000.
'
is distributing specifications covering the Total height, 28 ^^ inches.
a hogshead of small importance, chestnut ^ inch wide and not less than 12 inches Circumference of bilge, 64 inches outside
writing.
staves were often employed for cooperage types of barrels now used in the Atlantic
Greases, too, are showing very little to Plans for the erection of the plant of the long. Headliners for barrels not crozed measurement.
instead of the more costly and substantial Coast States for the shipment of potatoes
make the trade feel optimistic, while the newly formed Metzger Packing Company, must be not less than ^o inch thick and
oak. Now that the value of Algerian wine and vegetables.
demand for oleo stearine is featureless. Red Bluff, Cal., in the packing district of
Potato and vegetable barrels are already
% inch wide and must completely encircle Capacity.
South San Francisco, are under con- has appreciated considerably, the use of
the barrel head. 7,056 cubic inches.
oak barrels is economically advantageous described in Agent Dulaney's Container
sideration. Cloth Cover. The cover must be
cloth
and no other wood is used for large con- Specification I. Certain types of
C. C. 26.
not less than 24 inches square. Dimensions of Parts.
Linseed Oil is Having Satisfactory A meat and packing plant will be
fish tainers. The use of chestnut staves im- satisfactory barrels, however, which are
erected at Eureka, Cal., by the Humboldt the result of recent developments in manu- Shell. The veneer forming the shell or
Seasonal Volume ported from Yugoslavia, United States, Wood.
Packing Company. facture, are not included in the present body of the barrel must be not less than
France and Italy is therefore limited to
Linseed oil has come up to the mark for
small barrels containing 60 gallons or less specifications, therefore it is with the in- The staves and heads must be made of M inch thick.
this season of the year. Consumers are tention of correcting this condition that the seasoned pine, gum, or wood of equal Hoops. All outside hoops must be of
which are used in the retail trade. Chest-
taking considerable quantities against cur- Freight Container Bureau made another strength, free from defects that seriously elm, except the second bottom hoop which
nut staves on the average cost about half
rent contracts. New business, however, is Missouri River Apple Growers Look study of the container situation in the affect their strength, such as knots, cross may be of wire not finer than No. 11 gaug^e.
as much as those made of oak, but are so
being held to prompt deliveries, with not for Record Apple Crop potato and vegetable field, and the new grain, or decay. The must be not less than
inside bilge hoops
inferior that it is not probable any attempts
veiy much interest being shown in futures. proposed specifications which appear below Vi2 inch thick and m. inches wide. The
According to report, the sixth annual will be made to employ them for large casks
The market is holding firm, with the
so long as the price of the wine remains are the results of the survey. The Bureau Construction. inside top hoop must be not less than %
apple blossom festival of the Missouri
demand from jobbers displaying quite an invites criticisms and suggestions so that The barrel must be made with approx- inch thick and 2*^ inches wide and may be
River Apple Groweis' Association, held in above 6 cents a gallon. The present price
improvement.
is about 23 cents a gallon. the work may be as correct as possible. imately sixteen staves, six hoops, a wooden of one or two thicknesses of veneer. The
Doniphan and Atchison counties, Kansas, inside bottom hoop or headliner must be
Attention has been directed to the forests bottom head, and a wooden top head or
and Buchanan county, Missouri, April 26th, not less than ^o inch thick and % inch
Dairy Exposition to be Held in
brought together a great crowd of people in the French West African colonies in the Proposed Specifications for Stave Barrel cloth cover.
St. Louis hope of discovering a wood suitable for Each bilge hoop must be driven tightly wide and may be of one or two thicknesses
interested in all phases of the apple in- Dimensions. and evenly towards the bilge and secured of veneer.
The National Dairy Exposition will be dustry, perhaps the largest crowd yet cooperage. At present a variety called
locally "paletuvier" (mangrove) is being
Length of stave, 28^2 inches. in position with six nails, staples, or hoop Head. The bottom head must be made
held in St. Louis, Mo., October 12th to 19th. present at this event.
Effective diameter of head, 16% inches. fasteners; elm hoops must be held with of not more than four pieces of wood not
The apple district covered by membership tried out. As the name is loosely employed,
The exposition presents an opportunity to Distance between heads, 26 inches. less than % inch thick and reinforced with
the tree can not be identified with certainty. 1-inch nails or 1-inch staples of wire not
exhibit and demonstrate the advantages of in the association, which is not a marketing
Circumference of bilge, 64 inches outside finer than No. 17 gauge; and wire hoops one or two battens of dimensions not less
organization, but an association of growers Apparently it belongs to the genus Rhizo-
the wooden barrel as a shipping container measurement. than %
inch thick and 6 inches in com-
phora as it has some similar characteristics. with hoop fasteners or %-inch hoop staples.
for dairy products. designed to improve the industry, produces bined width.
The wood can be used for large casks, but is Thickness of staves, not greater than When barrels are manufactured so that
from 3,000 to 4,000 cars of apples annually. Cloth Cover. The cloth cover must be not
reported to be heavy and hard on tools. 4/10 inch. bilge hoops cannot be driven tight at time
The district covers northeast Kansas, These dimensions have been established less than 24 inches square.
So far, about 350 large casks have been of use, each hoop must be fastened with not
Among Barrel Users
southeast (Nebraska and northwest by the United States Government for the
manufactured from staves imported from lessthan thirty-two 1-inch nails or thirty-
Missouri, centering at St. Joseph. The Wood.
France. Their behavior in ordinary use is Standard Barrel for fruits and vegetables, two 1-inch staples of wire not finer than
The Florida Turpentine Co., Live Oak, territory is known as a Jonathan apple
being carefully noted by the trade. which has "provided also, that any barrel No. 17 gauge. The and heads must be made of
shell
Fla., has been organized with a capital of district, although all commercial varieties
of diflFerent form having a capacity of 7,056 The wooden top head when used and the seasoned pine, gum, or wood of equal
$75,000. J. W. Gibson, Snead, Fla., is presi- are grown. Jonathans, however, predom-
cubic inches shall be considered a Standard wooden bottom head must be held in place strength, free from defects that seriously
dent and M. M. Foxworth, Live Oak, Fla., inate. There are thousands upon thousands
Barrel." (a) by being inserted in a croze not less affect their strength, such as knots, cross
is vice-president. The new corporation has of young trees in the area, and this year Timber Land Deals in Kentucky
than "Ho inch deep, by two 12-inch head- grain, or decay.
leased 35,000 acres of land for development. many of the young orchards will bear for The Pinson Fork Lumber Co., through its Capacity.
liners, and nailed with not less than eight
Douglas Tobacco Company, Douglas, Ga., the first time. The new plantings will in representative, closed a deal recently at One United States Standard Barrel of Construction.
5d nails driven through hoop and stave and
a few years boost production to 5,000 or Pikeville, Ky., on 600 acres of
timber land
has let contract for a new stemmery and 7,056 cubic inches. into the head, or (b) by a complete head- The must be made with a veneer
barrel
drying plant. 6,000 cars annually, according to orchard along the Pinson Fork of Pond Creek and
liner and four 7d or eight 5d nails driven outside hoops, four inside hoops,
shell, six
owners who are familiar with the situation will start developing. Two saw mills will Dimensions of Parts. through hoop and stave and into the head. a wooden bottom head, and a cloth cover.
Falls City Tabocco Company, Louisville, in all parts of the district. The area is be installed. In the same section R. C. May
Staves. Each stave must conform with The 12-inch headliners must be placed The outside and inside bilge hoops must
Ky., has been chartered with a capital of contiguous to the Missouri River, and the and others closed a deal on about 400 acres
the above dimension specifications and also across the ends of the head boards and be fastened with not less than thirty-two
$75,000. Hyman Friedberg, 2000 Kenil- country is hilly, almost like the Ozark —
of timber land the old W. J. May tract.
be not less than % inch thick. nailed with four 1-inch nails. The complete %-inch nails or thirty-two staples of wire
worth St., Louisville, is among the in- regions. The soil is loess, particularly This will be developed, or the work started,
corporators.
The top and bottom chime hoops
Hoops. headliner must be nailed with not less than not finer than No. 17 gauge, driven through
adapted to the growing of fruit. within the present year. Stave mills will be
must be standard elm hoops. The other eight 1-inch nails or eight staples of wire outside hoop, shell, and inside hoop and
It looks now as if the record apple crop installed on Big Creek where the Big Creek
Talbot Packing and Preserving Co., hoops may be either standard elm hoops or not finer than No. 17 gauge, the nails or securely clinched. The second outside top
of all time is in sight this year. The bloom Lumber Co. has purchased about 1,000
Easton, Md., has been incorporated by Chas, No. 11 gauge wire hoops. staples to be driven through hoop, stave, hoop and the inside top hoop, and the
has been heavy on all varieties, virtually acres. Wright & Jones, of Betsey Lane,
O. Hall and Edwin G. Cover. Heads. Heads must be made of not more and headliner and clinched. bottom outside and inside hoops must be
every tree in all orchards carrying a full bought several hundred acres along the left
than four pieces of wood. They must be The cloth cover when used must be held fastened with not less than twelve nails
Vancouver Cement Vancouver, B. C,
Co., bloom. The eight- and nine-year-old fork of Shelby Creek in Pike County. It is
is planning the erection of a new plant at orchards, and those even younger, also said that development will be deferred until
not less than V^ inch thick when not re- in place by having the top chime hoop % inch long or staples of wire not finer
inforced with battens or not less than % placed over it, driven down tightly, and than No. 17 gauge driven through both
Popelum, B. C. carry a remarkable bloom, and with noth- next year.
inch thick when reinforced with one or two nailed with eight 1-inch nails. hoops and staves and securely clinched.
 22 The National Coopers' Journal May, 1929 May, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal
The wooden bottom head must be held Comparison of Proposed Specifications With Those
in
Now in Agent Dulaney*s Veneer Barrel Basket Barrel
place by not less than four 7d nails or
eight 5d nails driven through hoop and
Container Tariff Hoops. Hoops. agent dulaney's container tariff
stave and into the head. agent dulaney's container tariff proposed specifications
Outside hoops— six standard Western —
Outside hoops ^six elm or five elm and Hoops.
The cover must be held in place
cloth Hoops. one wire.
by having the top outside hoop placed over Stave Barrel Inside hoops — atone 3-inch-wide
top, —
Inside hoops at top, one veneer hoop,
Outside hoops— five standard Western
veneer hoop; at bottom, one standard Hoops.
Vc, inch X 2^ inches, one or two thicknesses;
it, driven down tightly, and nailed with not Hoops. Hoops. Western Hoop; and at bilge, two veneer Inside hoops —of veneer but no sizes
at bottom, ^u inch x % inch, one or two
less than eight 1-inch nails. Four combinations of hoops are spec- Top and bottom hoops must be of elm. given.
hoops, %6 inch x 1% inches, in one or two
ified: Other hoops of wire or elm.
thicknesses; and at bilge, Yu inch x IM Inside bottom hoop — to be a "sub-
Note the thicknesses. inches.
Proposed Specifications for Basket Barrel a. Six standard Western Hoops. omission of flat metal hoops which are not stantial hoop."
b. Four standard Western Hoops and two used for vegetable barrels. Heads. Heads.
Dimensions. Cloth Cover.
wire hoops, these being the second hoops at Wooden head % inch thick and reinforced Same as at present, except of not more
Effective diameter of head, 16% inches. the top and bottom. with batten. Same as for Stave Barrel.
than four pieces.
Total height, 28 1/2 inches. c. Four flat metal hoops.
Nailing of Hoops. proposed specifications
Circumference of bilge, 64 inches outside d. Two wooden hoops and four wire Nailing of Hoops.
measurement. hoops, the wooden hoops being at top and Each hoop fastened to each "stave" with a. Top and bottom hoops —
twelve %-inch
Hoops.
bottom. one 1-inch nail or one 18-gauge staple. nails or twelve 17-gauge staples. —
Outside hoops five elm or three elm
Capacity. b. Bilge hoops —
thirty-two Ts-inch nails hoops and two veneer hoops, % inch x 1%
Heads. Heads. or thirty-two 17-gauge staples. inches.
7,056 cubic inches.
Only one type of head is specified, that Two
types of heads are specified,— one Nailing of Bottom. Nailing of Bottom.
Inside hoops — of veneer Yio inch x l^A
being \<t inch thick (minimum) and bevel- inches.
Dimensions of Parts. ^2 inch thick and the other inch thick %
sawed to fit a croze. when reinforced with a batten or battens.
Bottom to be nailed with eight 7d nails. Bottom to be nailed with four 7d nails or
eight 5d nails.
Inside bottom hoop —
of veneer Yo inch
Stares. The staves must be made of X % inch of one or two layers.
Heads must consist of not more than four
veneer not less than Vs inch thick. pieces. Cloth Cover. Cloth Cover. Cloth Cover.
Hoops. All outside hoops must be Same as for Stave Barrel. Same as for Stave Barrel.
Croze. Same as for Stave Barrel.
standard elm hoops except that the bilge Croze.
All barrels to be crozed for wooden heads The barrel may be either crozed or not
hoops may be of veneer not less than %
when used. crozed. When double wooden heads are
inch and 1% inches wide.
thick Inside
used, crozing will probably be used. With
bilge and top hoops must be not less than
Vio inch thick and IM inches wide. Inside
cloth covers the bottom head may be crozed
SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS WHICH DO GOOD WORK
or not crozed.
bottom hoop or headliner must be not less
than Ye, inch thick and % inch wide and of Headliners. Headliners.
Two
MACHINERY FOR SALE MACHINERY FOR SALE POSITION WANTED
one or two thicknesses. headlinei's 8 inches long are specified For crozed barrels there is specified two
Head. The bottom head must be made for each head. headliners with minimum dimensions of
of not more than four pieces of wood not inch X V2 inch x 12 inches. For barrels
•Xio
^SED and rebuilt machinery for sale. Two ^^ANTED—Position as stave jointer and
SAVE WITH SAFETY Liberty Heading Turners, complete and
less than % inch thick and reinforced with not crozed there is specified a complete head- guaranteed, capacity 12- to 20-inch heads, heading foreman. Understand the up-
THIRTY-THREE YEARS SERVING
one or two battens of dimensions not less liner, which is in effect an inside end hoop, $75 each. One Whitney 20-inch stave saw, keep of machinery and grinding of knives;
minimum dimensions
COOPERAGE TRADE heavy arbor type, drum in excellent con-
than % inch thick and 6 inches in combined lii inch x % inch.
dition, but needs new steel, will sell as b for also inspection of staves and heading. Ad-
width. Staves.
FOR SALE $75, or will have it resteeled at factory at dress "Stave," care of "The National
Cloth Coiner. The cloth cover must be No mention made of stave dimensions A minimum
—20" B. D. Whitney drum saw cost. One flat heading or shingle saw with
not less than 24 inches square.
is
thickness of % inch is — Ditto with self-feed attachment new 38-inch Simmonds saw. This machine Coopers' Journal, Philadelphia, Pa.
except for limiting the size of the standard specified. — Perfection heading-up machines
>
is in first-class condition, priced for quick
barrel. —Gerlach double wheel Jointer sale, $175.
Wood. —24"
Gerlach single wheel Jointer
— B. D. Whitney drum saw UBERTY MACHINE CO. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
The staves and heads must be made of Nailitif/ of Hoops. Nailing of Hoops. —24" Gerlach drum saw Liberty, Maine
— —32" Widdowson foot power stave Jointer
seasoned pine, gum, or wood of equal a. Wooden bilge hoops eight 4d cc nails. a. Wooden bilge hoops —six 1-inch nails —46" Greenwood foot power stave Jointer
p*OR SALE —
strength, free from defects that seriously b. —
Metal bilge hoops securely fastened. — Trevor stave bolt equalizer FOR SALE Slack barrel cooperage busi-
affect their strength, such as knots, cross c. Wire bilge hoops —
20-gauge wire
or six 1-inch staples. Note the re- A— Rebuilt Steam Engines, 55-60-75-85 HP
— Greenwood 36" stave cutter QNE "Perfection" Heading-up Machine in ness.Four shops: two Holmes machine
duction in number of nails and in size of
grain, or decay. staples. nails, also the inclusion of staples as an
— Steam Log unloading outfit
—Greenwood No. 50" Pendulous heading saw
perfect condition. $350.00 for quick shops complete, two hand shops. Well lo-
alternative.
— Rochester 60" late type heading
3,
sale.
One Holmes No. 38}^ Crozer in cated — nearest competition 200 miles. Over
Jointer A-1
Construction. b. Wire bilge hoops — six hoop fasteners —Greenwood
Greenwood 60" heading Jointer shape. Price $175.00.
The barrel must be made of veneer staves, * or six %-inch hoop staples.
— drive
heading baling press, power
A. B. HOUTZ & SONS
10,000 acres of apple orchards in territory

five outside hoops, four inside hoops, a c. Wooden bilge hoops, when staves are
—Trevor
power
heading bating press, hand Elizabeth City, N. C.
besides other business. Business under same

wooden bottom head, and a cloth cover. —

not tight thirty-two 1-inch nails or staples. —Greenwood 24"18" heading
— Rochester
heading planer
planer FOR SALE
management past 30 years. Address "Busi-
The shell of the barrel must be made Note that this type of barrel is not men- —
—
Trevor 24" heading planer
Gerlach chain feed single stave planer 1 —Oram Hoop Punching, and Flaring
ness," care of "The National Coopers'
of two layers of staves so arranged that tioned in the present specifications. — Holmes No. 2 double stave planer
—Trevor Shearing Machine.
Journal," PhiUdelphia, Pa.
the staves in one layer cross the staves
Nailing Heads. —
Rochester No. 4 heading turner
heading turner
1 —
— No. 24 Holmes Dish Stave Jointer.
in the other layer at an angle. Nailing Heads. — New NobleWitt No. barrel heaters 1 Oram Large Hooper.
Size
The outside hoops except the top hoop Each head is to be fastened securely with Eight 5d cc nails are specified, which is
;

—Clough &
—Clough & Witt trusser
1
slack barrel crozer 1
2—
— Large Gerlach Saw.
Bolt STOCK FOR SALE
eight 4d cc nails. the same number of nails, but of larger size — 70 Bung and Bush Machines.
No.
and the inside hoops, must be fastened to
the staves with not less than thirty-two than in the present specifications.
Set Holmes Slack Barrel Machines
— Bailey 40" right36"hand exhaust fan
— Rogers- Buffalo sizesknife grinder
1
1
—
—No. 15 Holmes Crozer.
Glader (Heavy Duty) Double Punch Ma- pOR SALE —
40,000 53 94 "x 10 ga. Twisted
1-inch nails or 1-inch staples of wire not Truss Hoops— all — Prices on appli- chine. Splice Wire Hoops, % cent each.
finer than No. 17 gauge, driven through
Nailing Headliners.
Each headliner is to be nailed securely.
Nailing Headliners.
Twelve-inch headliners are to be nailed
cation.

All kinds tight barrel, tight stave, tight

1 —No. 18 Holmes 24" Heading
2 —No. 19 Holmes Heading Rounders.
Planer.
A. B. HOUTZ & SONS
both hoops and staves and clinched.
The wooden bottom head must be held in with four 1-inch nails; complete headliners
heading, rosin barrel machines. If you
don't see what you want, write us
1 —No.
— 55 Holmes Stave Bender.
No. 17^^ Holmes Heading
Elizabeth City, N. C.
with eight 1-inch nails or staples. anyway. 1 and Jointer
place by not less than four 7d nails or Doweler.
eight 5d nails driven through hoop and NOBLE MACHINE COMPANY 2— Portland Bush Machines.
Pflueger MACHINERY WANTED
3 — Oram
Cloth Cover. Cloth Cover.
902 Hayden Fort Wayne, Indiana and Bush Machines.
Post Borers
stave and into the head.
The cloth cover must be held in place by
No size is specified. One wooden hoop
must be placed over the cover and it is
A cover 24 inches square is specified. A St.
1 — 110^No. Holmes Double Bor- Spindle
wire second hoop is permitted. The cover and Bush Machine.
ing \yANTED—One Morgan
2 —No. 47^^ Holmes Hoopers, 10" Rack.
barrel nailer.
pOR SALE—Two
having the top outside hoop placed over it, recommended that two wooden hoops be hoop is to be nailed with eight 1-inch nails, Whitney drums, 20x39 Two 32"-knife power stave
driven down tightly and nailed with not less used when cloth covers are used.
jointers.
Each a reduction in size of nails from present inches, with new blades. STOLPER STEEL PRODUCTS CORP.
than eight 1-inch nails. hoop to be secured with eight TREXLER COOPERAGE CO. Fond du Lac Ave. at 33rd Address A. B. C, care of "The National
is 4d cc nails. specifications. St.
AUentown, Pa. Milwaukee, Wis. Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Pa.
Mention Tin National Coopkiu' Journal when writing tn sdvertisen.
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IVooden Barrel Manufacturers* and Dealers* Directory New Hampshire Stave & Heading Mill Harlan-Morris Mfg. Co. JACKSON
TENNESSEE
Manufacturers and Wholesalers Manufacturers of All Kinds of

CANTON BARREL WOLVERINE BARREL AND BAG Slack Barrel Kiln Dried Hardwood Heading TIGHT-BARREL STAVES, ADL and KDJ,
COMPANY, AMERICAN COOPERAGE CO., and CIRCLED HEADING
Canton, Ohio. —
Dealers and INC., Maurer, N. J. Manufac- — CO., 624 Watson St., Grand Manufactured from beech, birch and maple
brokers in Wooden Barrels of all turer of New Tight Barrels made —
Rapids, Mich. Recoopered Tight Also Hardwood Lumber
FROM WHITE OAK, RED OAK, ASH AND GUM
descriptions, Tight and Slack. of oak, fir and gum stock. Barrels for all uses. New Slack SATISFACTION Branch Mills in
NORTH STRATFORD NEW HAMPSHIRE GUARANTEED Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama
Barrels for Apples, Liettuce, etc.

The Sutherland-Innes An Opportunity to Quote on Your

Co., Limited
H. METZGER'S SONS, 11-15
Eighteenth St., Richmond, Va.
Manufacturers and Dealers in COOPERAGE STOCK
New and Second-Hand
Kegs and Hogsheads
Barrels,
of all kinds.
REGISTER NOW JOHN
Cosgrain
PAXTON &, CO.,
St., Montreal, Canada.
5435 STAVES, HOOPS, HEADING
TIGHT AND SLACK
AND SHOOKS
Krafft Cooperage
Requirements is considered a privilege by

Company
EMPIRE BARREL Manufacturers of and dealers in Chatham
CO., 1925 Ontario, Canada Federal Commerce Trust Building Mo.
Clinton St., Detroit, Mich. AND Flour, Sugar and Apple Barrels.
Fir Pork Barrels, 100 lbs. and
St. Louis,

Second-Hand Barrels of all de-

200 lbs.
scriptions. Lard Tubs and Nail
Kegs. LET THE CONSUMERS KNOW
TURN
Have you anything
IT INTO MONEY
want to buy or exchange anything T
PROPERLY
MADE Tight Barrel QUALITY
STOCK
WHERE TO GET THEIR to sell, or
TRY OUR SPECIAL "AD" DEPARTMENT
STAVES AND HEADING
It isour business to get buyers and sellers together and we can do it.
It isyour business to turn unused or idle machinery and tools, etc into
HOUSTON COOPERAGE AND TUB
CO., Box 546, Houston, Texas.
WOODEN BARREL SUPPLIES money and you can do It. Cost is small. Returns are large.
OZARK STAVE COMPANY
PERTH AMBOY BARREL THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL, Philadelphia 134 North La Salle Street, Chicago, lUinoM
New Tight Barrels from 5 gal. to CO.,
55 gal. New Slack Barrels of 1049-63 State St., Maurer, N. J.—
all kinds. Second-Hand Barrels. Dealer in New and Used Tight
Ice cream Tubs all sizes.
and Slack Barrels of all descrip-
tions.
MOEHN COOPERAGE CO., 310
Southeast Ninth St., Des Moines, AMERICAN COOPERAGE CO., JACK COHEN COOPERAGE
THE VAIL COOPERAGE CO. WE ARE BUYERS OF
—
Iowa. New and used Tight and
Slack Barrels for Apples, Poultry,
INC., Maurer, N.
Second-Hand
J.
and
—Dealers
Recoopered
In WORKS, Box
Deah>r in
82, Robinson,
Second-Hand Barrels
III.
Since 1888 Manufacturers of

Quality Stock
STAVES
HOOPS
STAVES, HOOPS & HEADING
Sugar. Alcohol Kegs, etc. Tight Barrels. of all kinds. For Tight and Slack Cooperage
Our Northern Elm Hoops
"Best by Te»t" HEADING JAMES WEBSTER & BRO., LTD. ""'u'vSte S^""'
FORT WAYNE, IND. VENEERS LONDON OFRCE— Bevis Marks House, Goring Street, L C, 3

Hoop Na3s Hoop Staples Hoop Fasteners FINGER LAKES COOPERAGE FLAG
Bright, Blued, Coppered or Galvanized
MONTEZUMA COOPERS' FLAG H. PADUART, Sartrouville, France
Write for prices and samples LONG—TOP—BUTT—CHAIR Forty years in the business have made us Flag experts
Steel Hoops and Wires
Satisfaction Assured ALL LENGTHS Try our Service SOFT VARIETY
THE GEO. W. STANLEY CO. - Bdlevine, of all kinds
III.
RAY A. RUSSELL SAVANNAH, N. Y. P. T. CASEY WE INVITE YOUR INQUIRY FOR C. I. F. PRICES
92 West Bayard Street Seneca Falls, N. Y. EXPORT TO ALL COUNTRIES

K. W. JACOBS COOPERAGE CO. W. W. WILSON STAVE COMPANY Air When mar\et for YOU A. M. Welti & Bro.«
MANUFACTURERS OF in the Wheel can possibly get along without
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN Dried 30x5/8 "
Ash Pork Staves Listed advertising in THE NATIONAL Manufacturers of
AH Classes Kiln-Dried and Jointed Tight Barrel Stavei COOPERS' JOURNAL, but you Tight Cooperage
SLACK BARREL MANUFACTURERS—ALL KINDS 34x%'' Red Oak Oil Staves; 36x3^' Gum Staves willget along much better and
White Oak Red Oak Gum and Ash Writ* to much faster IF YOU DO USE Milk, Oil and Lard
Tongued and Grooved Barrels Our Specialty
NORTH LITTLE ROCK THE HENNEN COOPERAGE CO.. Inc.
THE ONLY PAPER THAT Tierces and Kegs
n ARKANSAS SPECIALIZES YOUR CLASS OF
Manufacturers of Tight Cooperage LAKE PROVIDENCE, LA. BUYERS. 1M06 KiMMB Hi. ChnUmi, 0.

IF IT

HYNSON n COMES FROM

Why?
Why send your saws a thousand
Founded 18S0
We
(NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA)
are large buyers of Slack Cooperage
Stock of all kinds and we want your prices
N.&H.O'DONNELL COOPERAGE CO.
Incorporated 1900
BUNGS
CASK
WE MAKE THEM
or
VENT PLUGS FAUCETS
BARREL PLUGS and WORM-HOLE PEGS
Write for price* on Bun«-borers, CoopcF** hoop-driTer«, hammers,
YOU KNOW ITS RIGHT BARREL MANUFACTURERS
adzes, flagging and flagging iron*, chalk, chimes and chime mauk

When comes to coopers' tools and

it
miles to be resteeled when we can REDLICH MFG. CO., 647 W. Oak St., CHICAGO
supplies "Hynson" stands second to Moore St., Water to Swanson St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Known to the trade for over 60 years
none. We manufacture our products do it in the South at a large saving?
and are always stocked to handle
orders promptly and satisfactorily. We make new drums and rest eel old drums
There Is nothing the barrel maker fitting any machine
needs that we can not supply. Place
your orders with us now. •
'

THIRTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE === Tight and Slack Barrels

Manufacturer of
and Dealer in SKUSE'S COOPERAGE
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
Largest Exclusive Coopers' Tool
Slack Orders solicited for straight or
We carry new Cooperage from 5 to 50gallon on hand at all times for
Supply House in the World local or carload shii)nients. Ready to fill barrels for all requirements Staves mixed cars. Write us whether you
Southern Stave Saw and Machine Company and Pitteburgh, Pa.
Planta at Neville Island, Pa., Heading want to buy or Satisfaction
THE HYNSON COMPANY ?? 112 South 19th Street, Birmingham, Ala. ADDRESS CORRESPONDENCE TO Hoops Guaranteed.
sell.

All Work Guaranteed Write Us for Prices Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Company Flour and
Fruit Barrels
SKUSE*S COOPERAGE
New York
Cor. Finney and Daris Sts., Rochester,
2723 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mention The National Cooperb' Journal when writing to advertiser!. Mention The Nation »i. Coopers' Journal when writing to advertisers.

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Parties wanting anything that comes under any of the following heads will do well to
remember that these are the most reliable and trustworthy manufacturers and dealers
BUYERS' DIRECTORY in their respective lines. Always mention this paper when writing. I. F. C. means
Inside Front Cover. I. B. C. means Inside Back Cover.

BARREL ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS SECOND-HAND BARRELS

B.
Oram
& B.
Co.,
Holmes Machinery Co., Buffalo, N. T
The John S.,

Cohvell Cooperage Co., New York. N. Y

Cleveland. Ohio

BARREL HEATERS
E. & B. Holmes Machinery Co., Buffalo, N. Y
I.

T.
Pace
F. C.
14-15

•
F. C.
Heidt & Son. C, Jersey City. N. J
Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Co., Pittsburgh, Pa

Cohvell
SLACK BARREL MAKERS AND BARREL STOCK
Cooperage Co., New York, N. Y
Greif Bros. Cooperage Co., Cleveland, Ohio
Page
25
4

•
6
B^^^i^VVBR
24 Heidt & Son., C. Jersey City. N. J 4
Hynson Company, The, Lebanon, 111
Jacobs Cooperage, K. W., Milwaukee, Wis 24
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport, N. Y 6
.lerry & Co., Stephen, Brooklyn, N. Y as sufficient horse
Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New York, N. Y 13
O'Donnell Cooperage Co., N. and H., Philadelphia, Pa 25
4 Ju.st power
necessary to the operation of your
is

Skuse's Cooperage, Rochester, N. Y 25 plant, so is the complete coverage of the cooperage industry essential
BARREL MACHINERY to the success of your selling plan.
Holmes Machinery Co., E. & B.. Buffalo. N. Y I. F. C. SLACK BARREL STOCK (Manufacturers or Dealers)
Oram Co., The John S., Cleveland, Ohio ^^'l;' Henning, Inc., E., Chicago, 111 4 \ ou can reach the Buying Power of the cooperage industry better and
Rochester Barrel Machine Works. Rochester. N. Y B.C. Murray, C. E., Decherd, Tenn 6
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport, N. Y <<
Pennoyer Co., J. C, Chicago, 111 • more profitably through the advertising pages of The Journal than
Weimar Engineering Works, Philadelphia, Pa 13
Struthers-Ziegler Cooperage Co., Detroit, Mich
Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New York, N. Y
Wineman, Jr., Henry, Detroit, Mich
13
13
3
through any other medium —
Because The Journal is "the publica-
BUNG MANUFACTURERS
tion for the cooperage trade," and the Buying Power of the industry
Redlich Manufacturing Co., 647 W. Oak St.. Chicago, 111 25 is what it offers to every user of its advertising space.
SLACK COOPERAGE STOCK (Manufacturers and Dealers)
COOPERS' FLAG Cohvell Cooperage Co., Now York, N. Y • From the viewpoint of reader interest, The JOURNAL surpasses all
Greif Bros. Cooperage Co., Cleveland, Ohio
Cohvell Cooperage Co., New York, N. Y • Henning, Inc., E., Chicago, 111
6
4
others. When you pick up The JOURNAL you are reading about the
Henning, Inc.. E., Chicago, 111 4 Jerry & Co., Stephen, Brooklyn, N. Y
Murray, C. E., Decherd, Tenn
Pennoyer Co., J. C, Chicago, III
4
6
•
—
cooperage industry your industry. Every advertising page carries
a message to the cooper or stock manufacturer. The reading text is
Powell Cooperage Co., Memphis, Tenn
COOPERS' TOOLS, TRUSS HOOPS, ETC. Sheahan Co., B. C, Chicago, 111
3
4 8WERS:l01IRN4L cooperage. The articles are either defending the wooden barrel or
Cohvell Cooperage Co., New York. N. Y • .Skuse's Cooperage, Rochester, N. Y 2'»

E. & B. Holmes Machinery Co., Buffalo, N. T . . I. F. C. Smith Lumber Co., W. T.. Chapman, Ala 3 iA p«p»r of or««r t4.nim tu ill 9t«v« hoop
h»«<imf And iiaar viAtiUi^clurvri ta #}l
, urging the cooperage trade to greater business efforts. The reports
Hynson Company, The, Lebanon, 111 24 Struthers-Ziegler Cooperage Co., Detroit, Mich 13
J. C. Pennoyer Co., Chicago, 111 * Sutherland, Innes Co., Ltd., Chatham, Ont 25 from cooperage manufacturers tell the trade how business is, and
Redlich Manufacturing Co., 647 W. Oak St., Chicago, 111 2.">
Vail Cooperage Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind 25
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport, N. Y r. Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New York, N. Y 13 what the future looks like. Information is given as to conditions in
Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway. New York, N. Y 13 Wineman, Jr., Henry, Detroit, Mich 3
barrel using industries. The editorials are cooperage editorials, and
DOWEL PINS
ore a guide to the cooperage man in the operation of his business.
STAVE AND HEADING MACHINERY From every angle The JOURNAL the cooperage man's paper.
Hlckson-Rogers Mfg. Co., Pa-ragould, Ark 4 is It has
Hynson Company, The, Lebanon. Ill 24 Gerlach Co., The, Cleveland, Ohio 6
Redlich Manufacturing Co., 647 W. Oak St., Chicago, 111 25 Holmes Machinery Co., E. & B., Buffalo, N. Y I. F. C. that intimate touch that ties it closely to the business of the cooperage
Oram Co., The John S.. Cleveland, Ohio 14-r»
J. C. Pennoyer Co., Chicago. Ill • and cooperage stock manufacturer.
Rochester Barrel Machine Works, Rochester, N. Y B.C.
DRAG SAWS, ETC. Trevor Manufacturing Co., Ix)ckport, N. Y 6
Logically, and actually, The JOURNAL is the advertising medium for
Pennoyer C. Chicago. Ill
Co., J.
Rochester Barrel Machine Works, Rochester, N. Y B. C. reaching the cooperage trade. No matter what your product is
Trevor Manufacturing Co. , Lockport, N. Y 6
STEEL AND WIRE HOOPS whether it be cooperage stock, cooperage, machinery, equipment,
fifV"*i.-*-' :?/_:' UA '•»'?__ za
American Steel and Wire Co., Chicago and New York 16 V(A U *!• I

Henning, Inc., E., Chicago, 111 belting, tools, or supplies, it will take your message direct to the
EXPORTERS H. Paduart, Sartrouville, France 25
4

Henning, Inc., E., Chicago, 111 4 buying power in the cooperage industry with paying results.
Jerry & Co., Stephen, Brooklyn, N. Y 4
Southport Corporation, New Orleans Bank BIdg., New Orleans, La 4
According to all indications, there is a period of prosperous business
TIGHT BARREL MAKERS AND BARREL STOCK
California Barrel Co., San Francisco, Calif 16
ahead of the cooperage trade. The volume of sales, both for cooper-
HOOP MACHINES Chickasaw Wood Products Co., Memphis, Tenn 4
age and cooperage stock, is grow^ing. Better prices are being ob-
Hynson Company, The, Lebanon, III 24
Hudson & Dugger Co., Inc., Memphis, Tenn 16
National Cooperage and Woodenware Co., Peoria, III
Rochester Barrel Machine Works. Rochester, N. Y B. C Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Co., Pittsburgh, Pa
4 tained, and the prospects are the brightest in some years.
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport, N. Y (»
Southport Corporation, New Orleans Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La
25
4
Sutherland, Innes Co., Ltd., Chatham, Ont
Welti & Bro., A. M., Cleveland, Ohio
25 Undoubtedly, there is going to be a decided increase in the purchases
25
IMPORTERS (Cooperage and Cooperage Stock) made by and for the cooperage trade. You can get your full share of
Webster & Bro., James. Liverpool, England 2.')
this additional buying power by taking advertising representation in
Tinkler & Webster, Liverpool, England 3
TIGHT COOPERAGE STOCK (Manufacturers or Dealers)
Coleman Co., Wm. H., Jackson, Tenn F. C.
The Journal's pages.
MACHINE KNIVES AND SAWS
Cohvell Cooperage Co., New
York, N. Y •
Harlan-Morris Mfg. Co., Jackson. Tenn 25 Let us tell you more about what JOURNAL advertising will do for the
Gerlach Co., The, Cleveland, Ohio H Hennen Cooperage Co., The. Lake Providence, La 25
Henning, Inc., E., Chicago, III 4 good of your business.
J. C. Pennoyer Co., Chicago, 111 *
Kraflf t Cooperage Co.. St. Louis, Mo
Southern Stave, Saw & Machine Co. 112 S. 19th St., Birmingham, Ala. .24
Ozark Stave Co., Chicago, 111 ."
.' 25
2'>

Pennoyer Co.. J. C, Chicago, HI •

Sheahan Co., B, C, Chicago, 111 25
NAILS, STAPLES, TACKS, CLEATS, ETC. Sigman, M. L., Monticello, Ark
Southport Corporation, New Orlean.s Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La
4
4
THERE'S NO OTHER LIKE IT
Colwell Cooperage Co., New York. N. Y • Sutherland. Innes Co., Ltd.. Chatham, Ont 25
Hynson Company, The, Lebanon. Ill 24 Wilson Stave Co., W. W., North Little Rock, Ark 24
Redlich Manufacturing Co., 647 W. Oak St., Chicago, III 25
Stanley Co.. The Geo. W., Belleville, III 24
Van Aken Cooperate Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New York, N. Y 13
TIGHT STAVE MANUFACTURERS
Henning, Inc., E.. Chicago, 111 4
The National Coopers^ Journal
PAIL AND TUB MACHINERY Sigman. M. L., Monticello, Ark 4
PHILADELPHIA
Southport Corporation, New Orleans Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La 4
Gerlach Co., The, Cleveland, Ohio (5 Sutherland. Innes Co., Ltd.. Chatham, Ont 25
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Ix)ckport. N. Y 6 Wilson Stave Co.. W. W.. North Little T?nek. Ark 24

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COOPERAGE INDUSTRY
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No. 157 1. Sets Up 3. Trusses

2. Windlasses 4. Crozes
Five"in-One
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Barrel Machine 5.
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A good barrel cannot be made without good hoops

SLACK BARREL w 75,000,000
We u-
ship J \
Million | ^^'
^^^^
MATERIAL I seventy-five

me Heading Coiled Elm Hoops

to the best trade making the best barrels.

QUALITY HOOPS
Vicksburg Cooperage Co. Vicksburg, Miss.
Staves
J.M. Peel & Brother Lake Village, Ark.
MILLS: < O. L. Bartlett Mound City, ill.
Heading Ferriday Hoop Company Ferriday, La.
APPLE BARREL STOCK Headliners
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BARREL ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS SECOND-HAND BARRELS FORTY-FIFTH
Paee Page TEAR Philadelphia, June, 1929 $2.00 PER YEAR
Holmes Machinery Co., Buffalo, N. T Heidt & Son. C, Jersey City. N. J .... 4 VOL. XL,V, No. 2
E. & B. F. C.
Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. ....26
Oram Co., The John S., Cleveland, Ohio 14-15

BARREL HEATERS SLACK BARREL MAKERS AND BARREL STOCK Outlook for Cooperage Trade in Louisiana Very quantity, is convenient to handle, has the
Colwell Cooperage Co., New Yorlc. N. Y ...* Colwell Cooperage Co., New York. N. Y • right shape for displaying fruit or produce
E. & B. Holmes Machinery Co., Buffalo, N. Y Greif Bros. Cooperage Co., Cleveland, Ohio
F. C. 16
in market stalls, and is so strong that
Hynson Company, The, Lebanon.
Trevor Manufacturing Co.. Locltport, N. Y
Ill

v/ v,
•
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4 Heidt & Son.. C, Jersey City. N. J
Jacobs Cooperage, K. W., Milwaukee, Wis 25
4
Encouraging nothing short of a shipwreck or railroad
Jerry & Co.. Stephen, Brooklyn, N. Y
:

Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New Yorlt. N. Y o B. C.

O'Donneil Cooperage Co., N. and H., Philadelphia. Pa 26 Activities in Barrel-Consuming Industries Augur Well collision is likely to damage it.
for Cooperage
BARREL MACHINERY
Skuse's Cooperage, Rochester, N, Y 26
Business — Sugar Refiners Find Tariff Revisions to Their Liking
Dealers who
hampers for moving
now use baskets
their stock about in
and

Holmes Machinery Co.. E. & B.. Buffalo. N. Y F. C. Many Opportunities to Increase Use of Wooden Barrel their places of
SLACK BARREL STOCK (Manufacturers or Dealers) business, and have these
Oram Co.. The John S.. Cleveland. Ohio 14-1.''>

Trevor Manufacturing Co.. Lockport. N. Y 1 Henning. Inc., E., Chicago, 111 4 <i
flimsy containers go to pieces on them when
Weimar Engineering Works. Philadelphia. Pa ?> Murray, C. E., Decherd. Tenn 13
they
Pennoyer Co., J. C. Chicago, 111 16 need them most, will find in the
Struthers-Ziegler Cooperage Co.. Detroit. Mich 3
Anyone who cares to look into the state products. In fact the products which they "Cooperage Apple Hamper" a vessel that
Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New York, N. Y 3 of the business in the New
cooperage ship in wooden barrels would alone make
BUNG MANUFACTURERS Wineman, Jr., Henry. Detroit, Mich ...T. P. C. will stand the wear and last indefinitely.
Orleans section will find a visit to Gretna, a considerable business, but their steel drum
Redllch Manufacturing Co., 647 W. OaK St.. Chicago, 111 20
just across the river, interesting. On such business is larger still. It would be a good Sugar Planters Pleased With
a trip the first thing the visitor will notice thing all around if they could be induced to New
COOPERS' FLAG SLACK COOPERAGE STOCK (Manufacturers and Dealers) Tariff Provision
that neither the makers nor the users
i.'' reverse the ratio of packages used.
Colwell Cooperage Co., New York. N. Y • Colwell Cooperage Co.. New York, N. Y • It seems to be
impossible to devise a
Hennlng. Inc.. E.. Chicago, 111 4 Greif Bros. Cooperage Co., Cleveland, Ohio 16 of cooperage seem to be playing any
tariff that will please
everybody the country
Henning, Inc., E., Chicago, III 4
Jerry & Co., Stephen. Brooklyn, N. Y B. C. favorites. As he crosses to the west bank The Wooden Barrel Still Very Visible over, for what helps one industry seems to
Murray, C. E., Decherd, Tenn 13 he is likely to find on the ferryboat the at Cottonseed Oil Plants
COOPERS' TOOLS, TRUSS HOOPS, ETC. Pennoyer Co.. J. C, Chicago. III. 16 hurt another, but the new sugar tariff
Powell Cooperage Co.. Memphis. Tenn 3 truck of some New Orleans cooper deliver-
Colwell Cooperage Co.. New York. N. Y • The various cotton and around
oil mills in seems to please everybody in this State.
Y Sheahan Co.. B. C, Chicago, 111 25 ing finished barrels to some customer in
E. & B. Holmes Machinery Co., Buffalo, N. F. C.
Skuse's Cooperage, Rochester, N. Y 26 Gretna use The sugar planters here are elated. Every-
Hynson Company. The, Lebanon. Ill 4 kinds of packages, and in
all
Smith Lumber Co.. W. T., Chapman, Ala L F. C. Gretna, and as he comes back to the east
J. Pennoyer Co., Chicago, 111
C. lt>
Struthers-Ziegler Cooperage Co., Detroit, Mich 3 some of them the wooden barrels are thing was coming their way anyhow, and
Redlich Manufacturing Co.. 647 W. Oak St.. Chicago, 111 26
Sutherland, Innes Co.. Ltd.. Chatham, Ont 26 shore he is pretty sure to be accompanied
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport. N. Y P; greatly outnumbered by other containers, the new tariff will add to their profits and
Vail Cooperage Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind 26 by the truck of a Gretna cooper delivering
Van Aken Cooperage Co., C, M., 141 Broadway, New York, N. Y 3
•• •

Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New York, N. Y prosperity. They will now be able to buy
Wineman, Jr., Henry, Detroit, Mich — •• F. C.
•
i
his products to some customer in New
but still if you wish to see wooden barrels
filled, handled, stored and shipped in the best packages made, and the cooperage
Orleans, the river being no obstacle to the
DOWEL PINS the best modern style you should visit the industry should keep the merits of the
conduct of business.
Hickson-Rogers Mfg. Co., Paragould, Ark plant of the Southern Cotton Oil Co. wooden barrel before them.
Hynson Company. The. I^ebanon. Ill
25 STAVE AND HEADING MACHINERY The big shop of our friends, the Chick-
4
Theirs is a model plant, and a description Men who have studied the situation
Redlich Manufacturing Co., 647 W. Oak St., Chicago. Ill 26 Gerlach Co.. The, Cleveland, Ohio V,' A* asaw Wood Products Corp., of course takes
Holmes Machinery Co.. E. & B.. Buffalo, N. Y , ;Vc of their operations would make the best carefully declare that Louisiana's sugar
Oram Co.. The John S.. Cleveland, Ohio ^^''^ the lead among
the barrel makers on the crop in the coming season will reach the
J. C.Pennoyer Co., Chicago, 111 1^ possible selling talk for the tight cooper.
DRAG SAWS, ETC. Trevor Manufacturing Co., l/ockport, N. Y 16 west side, and the merits of their products
200,000 ton mark, an increase of almost
are sufficient to give them steady business.
Pennoyer Co., J. C, Chicago, 111 16
Lard Tubs at Swifts fifty per cent over last year, and almost
Trevor Manufacturing Co. Lockport, N. , Y 16
three times as great as the 1927 crop. The
STEEL AND WIRE HOOPS Union Stave Company Not Hampered The best package smaller than the barrel
use of sugar and syrup barrels should in-
American Steel and Wire Co., Chicago and New York B. C. by High Waters that you can find anywhere is the tub which
EXPORTERS Henning. Inc.. E., Chicago. Ill 4
crease in proportion.
"6 The visitor may have
read in the papers the Swift people use to contain 60 pounds
Henning. Chicago. Ill
Inc., E.. 4 H. Paduart, Sartrouville, France Our old friends, the Godchaux Sugars,
Jerry & Brooklvn, N. Y
Co., Stephen. I!. C. that the timberlands up stream are under of their Snowdrift Lard. That is an ideal
Inc., declare that the excellent crop pros-
Southport Corporation. New Orleans Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La 4
package, and if it were duplicated in No.
water, and that all logging operations have pects and the benefits derived from the new
TIGHT BARREL MAKERS AND BARREL STOCK ceased, but the Union Stave Co., with its 2 slack stock the market people would
sugar tariff will enable them to pay regular
HOOP MACHINES San Francisco, Calif
California Barrel Co., 13
plant just above Gretna, has apparently not certainly be glad to use it.
Chickasaw Wood Products Co., Memphis, Tenn 4 dividends, not only on their preferred but
Hynson Company, The, Lebanon, 111 4 Hudson & Dugger Co., Inc., Memphis, Tenn 13 heard of this deplorable state of affairs, for on all classes of their stock. This concern
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport, N. Y 16 National Cooperage and Woodenware Co., Peoria. Ill 4
its big stave and heading plant is in full How About the New Cooperage Hamper
Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Co., Pittsburgh, Pa 26 has a big refinery at Reserve, and some-
Southport Corporation. New Orleans Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La 4 operation, with endless cables constantly forThose Smaller Shipments?
Sutherland. Innes Co., Ltd., Chatham, Ont 26 times buys large quantities of stock for use
IMPORTERS (Cooperage and Cooperage Stock) Welti & Bro., A. M., Cleveland. Ohio 26 drawing logs from the river. This is the There are a great many barrels being in its own shop, sometimes buys its
•

Webster & Bro., James, Liverpool, England 26 plant where they make the willow and used by the produce shippers in New packages from New Orleans coopers, and
Tinkler & Webster, Liverpool, England 26 Cottonwood staves and heading that coopers Orleans, and also at the country shipping sometimes uses no barrels at all.
TIGHT COOPERAGE STOCK (Manufacturers or Dealers) It is
are glad to get, because they are made of centres, but the barrel can never be their composed of high class men, desirable
Coleman Co., Wm. H., Jackson, Tenn I. F. C.
timber that is light in weight, light in color
MACHINE KNIVES AND SAWS Colwell Cooperage Co., New
York, N. Y • universal container. For various products customers and offers a good field for
Harlan-Morris Mfg. Co., Jackson. Tenn 26 and is bright and clean.
Gerlach Co., The. Cleveland. Ohio 16 Hennen Cooperage Co., The. Lake Providence, La 26
and for various classes of their trade they missionary work.
J. C. Pennoyer Co., Chicago. Ill 16 Henning. Inc., E., Chicago, 111 4 find that the barrel is too large, and has not
Southern Stave, Saw & Machine Co, 112 S. 19th St., Birmingham, Ala. 4 Kraff t Cooperage Co., St. Louis, Mo 26
. .

Ozark Stave Co., Chicago, 111 26

Gulf Refining Company Use Wooden Barrels the shape desired. Most of these produce 1,300 Cars of Produce Over the
Pennoyer Co.. J. C, Chicago, 111 16 for Their Highest Quality Products dealers have found the box and crate un- Southern Pacific Lines
Sheahan Co.. B. C, Chicago, 111 25
NAILS, STAPLES, TACKS, CLEATS, ETC. .Sigman. M. L., Monticello, Ark 4 One of the big industries in Gretna that satisfactory, and while many of them use Mr. Joseph Lallande, general freight
Southport Corporation. New Orleans Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La 4
Colwell Cooperage Co., New York. N, Y • Sutherland. Innes Co.. Ltd.. Chatham. Ont 26
uses barrels is the Gulf Refining Co. On these substitute containers a still larger agent of the Southern Pacific lines, says
Hynson Company. The, Lebanon. Ill 4 Wilson Stave Co.. W. W.. North Little Rock, Ark 25 their vast yards and in their great ware-
Redlich Manufacturing Co., 647 W. Oak St.. Chicago, 111 26 number of them prefer baskets and that his line has handled 1,300 cars of
Stanley Co.. The Geo. W., Belleville, III 25 houses you will see great mountains of steel hampers, so the baskets and hampers are Louisiana produce this season. He can give
Van Aken Cooperagie Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New York, N. Y 3
TIGHT STAVE MANUFACTURERS drums and some small foothills of wooden gaining ground, in spite of their flimsiness no figures as to the proportion of this
Henning, Inc., E., Chicago, 111 4
barrels. The discrepancy in the numbers and the constant danger of injury in produce that was shipped in barrels, but it
PAIL AND TUB MACHINERY Sigman, M. L., Monticello, Ark
Southport Corporation. New Orleans Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La
4 of these two styles of packages is so great transit, in storage and in handling. may be taken for granted that the coopers
4
Gerlach Co., The, Cleveland. Ohio 16 Sutherland. Innes Co.. Ltd.. Chatham, Ont 26 that at first sight you might think that they The package that these men need is the along his line have not been doing as well
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport. N. Y 16 Wilson Stave Co.. W. W.. North Llttla Rnek. Ark 25 were about to abandon the wooden barrel one that is described on page 17 of the May as they should have done. They should
entirely, but if you go back into their filling i.ssue of the Journal That is a package of turn to making the "Cooperage Apple
and shipping rooms you will find that they the exact size that the market men and Hamper," and push the sale of these most
still use the wooden barrel for their choicest produce shippers need. It holds a known desirable packages.
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to look for a heavy yield. While apples
Beverage Company Increases
Buffalo Flour Barrel Dennand have blossomed well and presumably have Cold and Rainy Weather Has Held
Production Facilities
Growing not been damaged by the frosts, except for Up Cooperage
the best of constructed plants.
The com-
pany has an eight-acre property, with
Tho Union Products Co., maker of various all

popular soft drinks, has

increased its
a few early varieties, there is considerable
evidence of scab, and injury has occurred
Demand in Louisville Trade modern brick buildings, three large
kilns,
dry
etc. It was originally the plant of
e(iuipnient by the installation of $100,000 The flour barrel demand has been some- from the rosy aphis. He believes the crop Schwartzwalder & Sons, which in its day
worth of new eijuipment. It is to be hoped what larger during the past two or three may not be much different than those for Volume of Orders. However, on Par With Last Year— was a large manufacturer of beer barrels
that this concern, which has been using a weeks, and the shops have a fair amount of Outlook for
the past few seasons, which have teen low and kegs. Later the plant was
good many barrels, will increase its barrel Food Products Industry Very Good— This Should remodeled
business on hand, though they say they in quantity. Cherries may have been into a standard barrel plant.
consumption in proportion to its increased could do quite a little more than they are somewhat damaged by the frost and will Mean Better Business for Coopers J.N. White, of the Louisville Cooperage
business. doing. Still it is encouraging to find im- suffer from the leaf borer, which has been Co., remarked that business had been quiet
New Orleans preparinj*- to build new
is
provement taking place and the cooperage a pest for several years. Rainy, cold and mean weather is charged in barrels, kegs and cooperage stock.
head(iuarters for Y. M. C. A., and the
its
industry getting its share of the prosperity The Quaker City Cooperage Co. reports with having held back buying of barrels
affect cooperage. Rumors are to the effect
Coca-Cola Company has come down with a prevailing. p]xport demand for flour may some recent improvement in the flour barrel that there will be a more active demand
and kegs just a trifle this spring, but taken
donation of $25,000. This concern has, for soon be benefited by a lower freight rate for oak. It is understood that the
trade and expects that this month's business as a whole volume has probably been automo- Stephen Jerry & Co. Exhibit at
sanitary reasons, had its immense tanks which is expected to go into eflFect soon, as than the preced- fairly bile body building interests
are considering
will be considerably better
lined with silver. The Coca-Cola Co. has close to being on a parity with that
of last plans for using more oak. They have Chemical Exposition
the result of a petition made by milling ing month. year for the same period. A number of been
always been a large user of cooperage, and using magnolia, maple and elm, along Stephen Jerry & Co., Inc., manufacturers
As a measure of farm relief a
interests. The Allied Barrel Sales Co. states that lines that use packages are busy, with of barrels,
there is no better way to show our ap- and show- sound wormy oak principally. More oak shooks and cooperage at 495
lower rail rate was established on wheat the keg demand is starting up in fairly \> ing increases, especially the paint, varnish is
preciation of their generosity, enterprise now being used in store fixtures and Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., made
from Buffalo to the seaboard, thus promot- active manner and that quite a number of and lacquer industries, but unfortunately most interesting display at the
a
and love of i)urity and cleanliness than to
ing the movement of this grain abroad. interior trim than formerly, and the recent
barrels are also being sold. much of these products are packed in metal Chemical Exposition, held in the
them more and better barrels, thus in- furniture trade is taking more oak. Grand
sell Millers pointed out to lower the rate on The
creasing their prosperity.
containers. The food products packing Central Palace, New York.
wheat and not on flour would be to dis- season has not reached the packing stage
criminate against the latter, and they have A. E. Boadle, Lumber Division,
Louisiana's Production of Barrel-Using as yet, with the possible exception of straw-
been successful in their appeal for re- Department of Commerce, Trans- berries, but most of the latter are
Commodities going
duction in the flour rate. ferred to Mobile. Ala. into vats for the time being.
According to the figures comi)iled by one There has been a good deal of speculation
of our leading banks, Louisiana now A. E. Boadle, who for some time past has
over the probable effect on Buff"alo flour and Bright Prospects for Food Products Industry
produces the following commodities, which, been assistant chief of the Lumber Division,
grain business of the opening of the en-
as everybody knows, should be handled only Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com- Prospects are for good food products
larged Welland Canal, which takes place
in wooden barrels: merce, has been transferred to Mobile, Ala., demand a little later on. The Kentucky
in 1930, after years of effort and expense
—
Turpentine 2,lo6,G4G gallons per annum. to make this a great through w^aterway. No
where he will assume charge of the local Vegetable Growers' Association, of Louis-
This would seem to call for some 40,000 office of the Bureau. Mr. Boadle is widely ville, reports the largest shipments
of early
doubt a large amount of grain will go
barrels, for, although the one-, two- and known throughout the cooperage and vegetables to the Northern consumers that
through the Welland Canal and be handled have been made in several years, but greens,
five-gallon tins have made sad inroads into lumber industries. Mr. Boadle, for a num-
at the new 5,000,000-bushel elevator which
the turpentine barrel trade in some sections, ber of years, was engaged in the export bunch goods, cabbage, etc., have been mov-
is being built at Prescott, on the St.
their effect-^ have scarcely been felt here. lumber business in New Orleans, and his ing either in hampers, baskets or crates.
Lawrence River. Canada proposes to get
Kosin— 4(),(>(i2,4 10 pounds. many friends in that section will be glad Prospects are for a very good first crop of
all the export flour trade possible, and it
So this trade be said to use some
may to welcome him back to his old stamping potatoes, from a somewhat reduced acreage
not only has the grain, but it has some big
S0,000 barrels per annum, for if tin barrels ground. Besides his long service in the as compared with last year, but of late
flour mills, which depend chiefly on export
are used for rosin in this State they have Lumber Division, Mr. Boadle spent a couple years only a relatively small percentage of
business for their prosperity. But Buffalo
not made their appearance on the harbor of years in Europe as lumber trade com- potatoes has been shipped in slack
millers believe that this city is not going to
docks, the wooden barrel being almost the missioner, and his intimate knowledge of barrels. Indications are for a good cabbage
lose its high station as a center of the mill-
the workings of the Bureau at headquarters crop, which will probably result in
only rosin i)ackage in evidence here. ing industry. They expect a steady in- fair
—
Alcohol 70,4():).720 gallons per annum.
crease in local flour output.
and abroad, together with his familiarity activity among the kraut packers. It is
too
early to tell anything about the pickle crop.
This trade should be one of the best pos- with the Gulf Coast section, indicates that
the people of the Mobile territory are to be It has been too cold and wet for
sible customers for the cooper, but, un- Paint and Varnish Furnishing Quota of planting
fortunately, it has taken largely to the steel Orders for Wooden Barrels congratulated on having his services avail- over most of the season.
drum. It would certainly be worth while able to them. L. W. James, whom Mr. The western Kentucky strawberry crop
In the tight barrel business quite a num-
to put the merits of the wooden barrel Boadle succeeds, goes to Washington to was considerably reduced by cold, rainy
ber of orders are being placed for paint and
strongly before the alcohol distillers, and take up duties to which he has been as- weather, the larger shipping centers failing
varnish barrels, mostly of white oak. This
signed there. to get out normal shipments.
a good place to begin would be with the promises to be a good year for the sale of However,
General Industrial Alcohol Co., of New there was a considerable quantity of reason-
paint in this locality, owing to the campaign
Orleans, a six million dollar concern that
Stave Company Acquires Timber ably priced berries available. cooperage Exhibit of Stephen Jerry & Co., Brooklyn. N. Y.. at Chemical
which is to be conducted here for several Show
has been allotted by the government per- months in the interest of home modern- The H. S. Mabry Stave & Timber Co., oak flooring trades are also finding
business "Clean Wooden Barrels Assure Clean-
mits to manufacture 5,000,000 gallons per ization. A large fund has been raised by Mountain View, Ark., has purchased 3,000,- Production of Cooperage Stock Held more active after a long period of dullness
annum. There is surely some tight cooper, 000 feet of white, red and black oak timber Within Pounds over the winter. Very little ash has
liness of Food and Chemicals" was the
lumbermen and various other lines inter- been
or tight stock man, who is competent to talk in Stone and Baxter Counties, Ark. used in automotive construction for message impressed upon the thousands of
ested in building, and liberal vspace will be Production of cooperage stock has been some
business to a concern of that size. time, on account of its high price. visitors to the Chemical Exposition.
taken in the newspapers to boost the im- relatively light on account of Southern The
hardwood swamp country being full of display aroused much and inspired
interest
provement of dwellings by their owners. No
Stave Company Incorporates
backwater. While the levees have held, and
Decision as Yet on Atlantic Tank and
many inquiries from manufacturers and
Too Early Predict Size of Apple Crop Barrel Corp. Merger With Hoboken Plant
Allen Cooperage Co. Takes Over
to The Northeast Stave Company has filed there is not much if any apprehension felt others.
Reports that a bumper fruit crop is likely articles of incorporation at Mount Olive, with regards to floods, at the same time it is Rumors have been heard of late in the "We all know," said Stephen Jerry to
Plant at Leachville hardwood lumber and cooperage industries
to be seen this year in western New York N. C, the capital stock being $100,000. "Jhe felt that there will not be much production the Journal's representative in commenting
The Allen Cooperage Company has suc-
are a little premature, if not ill-founded. concern will operate one of the largest stave to the effect that the Atlantic
Tank and on exhibits of wooden barrels at industrial
for some time, as it is impossible to get
ceeded to the the Gideon-
business of Barrel Corp. might consolidate its tank
Growers do not look for such a situation to plants in the Carolina territory. timber out, and with the streams as high as expositions, "that the wooden barrel,
Anderson Company at Leachville, Ark. develop, though they say that the weather and barrel production at the Hoboken, properly made, is the best and in the long
they now are, the water can't get out of the
The purchasers are making extensive im- has been favorable thus far. The outlook N. J., plant, and dispose of the local plant. run, the cheapest container. What we must
low country.
provements to manufacturing facilities.
is still uncertain and some damage has been
To Erect Stave Plant at Pickens, Miss. Inquiries at the company office here brought do, however, is to convince our prospective
The Alvin Wunderlich Stave Co. has the response that such a plan had been con-
done to apples by scab. With regard to the Increased Use of Oak by Lumber Industry customers, the buyers of containers, that
prospects in Orleans County, R. C. Palmer, leased 10 acres of land at Pickens, Miss., on sidered, but nothing definite had been
May Affect Cooperage Prices done this is the case. We must have more ad-
Erect New Stave Mill the Farm Bureau agent, says that in the which to erect a modern stave and cooper-
According to reports in the lumber trade
regarding it. It was indicated that if the vertising and more aggressive salesmanship.
immediate territory where he is most age plant. Operation will begin as soon as company could dispose of its local property
Ham Lumber Hazelhurst, Ga., will
Co., oak may become somewhat stronger and Our display at the Chemical Exposition was
to advantage, it probably would consolidate
erect a lumber, shingle and stave mill. familiar with conditions he sees no reason the machinery can be installed.
the price of oak lumber and timber thus a step in this direction, and we were well
at Hoboken. The Louisville plant is one of pleased with the results."
 June, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 11
, T , June, 1929
10 The National Coopers Journal
New One-Bushel Cooperage Apple Hamper Is Fine Container
Tight Branch of Cooperage Industry
Takes Progressive Step In and Should Be a Big Business Winner
Matter of Standardization T^HE new cooperage apple hamper of one bushel capacity, as announced in
fully ronfidciit that any question
or doubt as to the value of the May
THE JouRN.^L is

to an industry that might have been held

by members of the
issue of the Journal, is now a reality. After more than
development, experiment, and test by The Associated Cooperage
a year of
"Hoops," care of the JOURNAL, desires to
an Association Industries of
the 14th Annual Con- America, the new apple container is offered to the cooperage trade purchase wooden ttmss hoops for tight
cooperage trade was dissipated by the accomplishments of as a package barrels.
vention of The Associated Cooperage Industries of America during its
three days' that will enable coopers and barrel makers to meet the
ESTABLISHED 188S
competition of substitute James Webster & Bro., Ltd., Dock Board
sessions in St. Louis, May 14th, 15th, 16th. containers in the apple growing fields. Bldg., PierHead, Liverpool, England, are in
That the Association justified its existence was fully demonstrated at St. Louis. Not only has the new cooperage container an attractive appearance, but it
the market for 28yi" and 30" No. 1 and No.
also possesses the 2 tongued and grooved slack barrel gum-
The work done during the Convention cannot help but have a very beneficial same sturdiness that characterizes the wooden barrel, as a u'ood staves.
prove to those shipping container for apples.
effect upon the industry as a whole, for aims achieved will clearly A firm in Winnipeg, Canada, is in the
The idea of the new cooperage apple hamper, which began market to purchase barrel-closing machines.
outside the fold that the future welfare of their individual businesses can only as an effort to
PUBLISHED MONTHLY open up a wider market for No. 2 staves, and to reduce Address No. 37221 Bureau of Foreign and
be protected and advanced by the effort^ of all working in a unified body. waste in the manu-
1321 WALNUT STREET facture of heading and hoops, has resulted in the development Domestic Commerce, 20 South 15th Street,
of a cooperage
PHILADELPHIA. PA. The one Convention which stands out from all others w^as the
feature of the Philadelphia, or Washington, D. C.
package, which, if given sufficient sales force and publicity among
apple growers, A firm in Buenos Aires, Argentina, desires
General Conference of tight cooperage manufacturers and consumers to consider
f^i
DOANE bids fair to bring back to the cooperage trade much of the
M. E. apple growers' shipping to act as agent for American manufacturers
EDITOR and adopt a set of specifications for tight barrels and kegs that could be pro- container business which is now held by the wooden box,
basket and other forms of wine ban-el shooks. Address No. 3785A,
nounced standard for the entire country. of packages. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce,
A. MURPHY
This Simplification or Standardization program which was brought about in
J.
BUSINESS MANAGER As pointed out by E. P. Voll, in his talk before the recent cooperage convention 20 South 15th Street, Philadelphia, or
co-operation with the Division of Simplified Practice, Department of Commerce, m St. Louis, what the apple grower is most interested in for his small shipments Washington, D. C.
Entered aeeording to act of Congress, April 26,
Congrext and business and profits of every a package that is physically strong and economical in price.
A concern in Berlin, Germany, is looking
is one that will have a far reaching effect upon the
J885, with the Librarian of IS
as second-class matter at the Post-
In the new for an agency as representative of American
Office in Philadelphia, Pa.
producer of tight stock and cooperage, for it will not only enable the barrel and cooperage apple hamper the apple grower is offered a package that will not only manufacturers of barrel and drum cleaning
withstand rough handling and usage, but a package that will prove and filling equip^nent. Address No. 37830,
keg manufacturer to go into the market with his product, knowing that it is a more eco-
SUBSCRIPTION PRICES nomical in the long run than any other bushel container on the market Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce,
standard for the trade at large, but it will make possible a more steady operation today.
20 South 15th Street, Philadelphia, or
$2.00 per rear, in advance, to all parts Moreover, the new cooperage apple hamper is acceptable to cold storage
of the United States and its
possessions
of his plant as well as the plants of the stock men. Heretofore both coopers operators Washington, D. C.
and to Canada, Cuba and Panama. at rates under those charged for otiier types of containers,
$2.50 per year, in advance, to all other and stock producers have been faced with the prt)position of a number of different and is also acceptable
foreign countries. for export shipments.
Single copies, 25 cents.
sized packages which made it almost impossible to manufacture ahead of the
REMITTANCES Every member of the slack cooperage trade who in any way has catered to
Uemittancea may be made by post-offlce immediate demand without running the danger of large inventories and tied-up the apple shipping trade is fully cognizant of the loss of business suffered Improvement in British Cooperage
money order, bank check or draft, express by
money order, or registered letter. Foreign capital in the slow moving varieties of stock. the cooperage industry due to the reduction from quantity buying Trade Being Maintained
remittance should be made by international
of apples to
money order or exchange on the Unjted
UmteO
What the new arrangement will mean to the tight cooperage trade in the bushel shipments. The use of the wooden box and basket in the apple
field has
The improvement noted in our last report
States to equal the amount in
States money. . . ,
address
way of lesser operating costs, and what it will mean to the user of wooden barrels developed to such an extent that today the protection of the cooperage man's has been fully maintained.
When subscribers desire their Although several large shipments of
changed they should give the old address
in the way of actual knowledge of the type, size and capacity of
the cooperage he business in that field is a serious matter.
as well as the new address. Memel staves have come on the market from
purchases, is easy of conception. And again the standardization of tight
barrels The cooperage trade, without a well organized and sufficiently financed Trade Russia, they have been taken up by im-
ADVERTISING RATES
Copy and kegs will be a boon to consumers of mtiterials shipped in cooperage, for
here- Extension and Promotion Campaign, cannot successfully combat the propaganda porters. This shows the confidence of the
will be furnished on application.
for advorti-^ements should reach us not
capacity of the wooden barrel as a container was an unknown
quantity of substitute containers, especially in such fields as the apple market. Consumption is good, and now
later than the 15th of the month to insure tofore the growing industry,
insertion in the following issue. Oianges prices are steady and importers and coopers
but the industry can go out and meet that competition for the growers' business
in advertisements should reach us not
to the ultimate consumer of the material until the goods arrived at his plant, are looking forward to a busy season.
later than the 20th of each month. when it possesses a container that both superior to the substitutes and is of the
condition caused many arguments and misunderstandings between
is
and that this Although several
lines of American
CORRESPONDENCE same capacity, and in the apple hamper our trade possesses just that kind of
The columns of The National Coopers' buyers and sellers will be attested to by the large majority of industrial products staves are quiet, the demand is opening,
Journal are open for the discussion of all a container. and more inquiries for tight stock are com-
topics of general interest to the cooperage manufacturers.
industry, and contributions are solicited The new cooperage apple hamper, therefore, presents to the cooperage industr>' ing forward. Cooperages are fairly busy
from our readers. Although the new Simplifictition program must receive the approval of 80 per with no complaints about a shortness of
a splendid and unfailing opportunity volume not only in
to increase its sales
cent of the cooperage trade by volume, before acceptable as standard practice,
it is orders, except possibly in the whiskey
the apple growing industry, but in other fields as well. There is no reason why
direction, since it is a foregone trade. Even this line, however, shows signs
there is very little likelihood of a setback in this this new package cannot be used for the shipment of produce and
other farm of improvement.
of the industry will
conclusion that each and every member of the tight branch products, which today are going forward to the ultimate consumer in boxes, The slack cooperage trade is quite steady,
THE APPLE SEASON IS
be quick to realize the vast advantages that can
be gained by the adoption of crates, and hampers of less sturdiness than the new cooperage container. with a good demand. Forward buying is on
APPROACHING standardized specifications and will immediately place
their stamp of approval The apple season rapidly approaching, and while present prospects do not
is
a larger scale than for some years past.
Owing to the cheapness of wheat, the flour
on the new code. indicate a crop for 1929 as large as the abundant yield of last year, nevertheless
new standards July 1930. lins barrel trade is likely to be good. On the
set for the effectiveness of the
is 1, there will be an average apple crop, and if weather conditions continue to im-
The date other hand, the already high prices look
kegs sufficient time
forward date not only gives the manufacturers of barrels and prove, an excellent crop with a consequent heavy call on shipping container likefurther advancing, owing to the floods
plants, but also enables stock manufac-
to care for the necessary details in their manufacturers. Therefore, right away is none too early to begin pushing the new in the Southern States in the U. S. A.
and adapt their operating force and equipment to the
turers to clear old stocks cooperage apple hamper, additional details concerning which will be found in putting several stave mills under water. A
action, as no hard- further reason for an expected advance is
new specifications. The committee showed its wisdom by this the Association Convention report in this issue of the Journal. The ground the rumored purchase of large shipments
or keg manufacturers or stock
ships will then be placed upon either barrel work new container has already been laid by the Journal
of publicity for the
of flour by Russia. Undoubtedly part of
producers in the adoption of the Simplification program. through special circularizing of its extensive list of apple growers throughout the this flour will be shipped in barrels, and
in industrial
The JouRN.\L felicitates the Association on this vital achievement United States and Canada and we urge upon ever\^ member of the cooperage this extra demand, coupled with a shortened

progress and extends its hearty congratulations to Chairman R. W. Rush trade, both tight and slack, to talk up the new package, so that the heartening supply, is bound to have an effect on the

and his Standardization Committee, as well as to W. E. Braithwaite, o work of E. P. Voll, J. W. and other
Shirrell, inspector for the Association, indi-
market.
BOOST THE Simplified Practice, who acted as chairman of the
General vidual members
GoEFFREY Webster,
the Division of in the introduction of the new cooperage apple hamper, may Tinkler & Webster, Ltd.
WOODEN BARREL Conference, for the success of a i^rojcct which will do so much for the
full
wooden be productive of the fullest profit to the cooperage industr>^ Liverpool, England.
barrel's interest in the future. Let the good
work continue.
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The National Coopers' Journal 13

The Associated Cooperage Industries of America

May
SLACK
*f>
In Fourteenth Annual Convention, St. Louis, 14-15-16
STAVES BARRELS *^araS.wtlK

HOOPS CASKS
ciation, this too isan achievement that will
have a far reaching effect. All who are in
any wa.y connected with the slack end of the
HEADING KEGS N
trade know of the inroads that have been Fifty years Quality
of production
made upon the barrel man's business in the is the foundation upon which our
apple field by substitute containers. With That's the story of the race for
leadership in the trade is based.
the introduction of the new cooperage apple
hamper, which is constructed of slack Our equipment, technical knowledge many a big barrel order.
staves, heading and hoops, the barrel manu- and experience are placed at your
facturer has a splendid opportunity to disposal.
Good heads are as equally es-
compete successfully with the substitute <i sential to the making of wooden
containers for the small shipment trade of
the apple grower. The new cooperage apple barrels as staves and hoops.
Enormous Factory Capacity
container has so many qualities not Huge Timber Holdings
possessed by other bushel packages, that
Central Warehouse Stocks
H&D heads are good heads and
there is every reason to believe that with
the right kind of salesmanship, it will sweep Cars Straight, Matched or Mixed
will win the business. With H&D
the apple field. Not only is the new con- heads you have a guarantee of
tainer a strong, sturdy package that can "Quality-Service— Workmanship.
be employed for export shipments, as well
as domestic, but it is more economical as a
container for cold storage purposes. Greif Bros. Cooperage Let us you more about them.
tell

The adoption of a Simplification program, There are no better heads made.

and the introduction of the new cooperage
apple hamper, set apart the Fourteenth Company
Annual from all previous gatherings as the
outstanding Convention of the cooperage CLEVELAND, OHIO
HUDSON & DUGGER COMPANY
trade.
New President Retiring President
Memphis, Tennessee
E. A. Powell, Memphis Executive Committee Meets M. L. SiGMAN, Monticello, Ark.
The Executive Committee held its annual
session Tuesday, May 14th, at 2.30 P. M.,
and elected E. A. Powell, Powell Cooperage 30-Gallon Size
The Fourteenth Annual Convention of Company, Memphis, Tenn., President; and
The Associated Cooperage Industries of Length of staves—30" Thickness "/io"
America in St. Louis, May 14th, 15th and
L. F. Horn, Union Cooperage Company, St. Diameter, circled heads— 16%" " "/ie"
Louis, Mo., Secretary and Treasurer to Bilge circumference .65"
16th, was unquestionably one of the most . . .

succeed C. G. Hirt, who retires from the Distance from croze to finished end of
successful in the history of the organization.
The two outstanding features of the Con-
oflfice. stave %"
Full report of the Convention follows:
vention were the adoption of a Sim-
and Standardization program by
plification
the Tight Branch of the industry, and the
introduction for practical use of tHe new
TIGHT COOPERS' GROUP
200-Pound Ash Pork Size
Length of staves— 30" Thickness
Diameter, circled heads. .171/2" "
%"
%"
ALL California Barrel Co., Inc
Bilge circumference ....68"
cooperage apple hamper by the Slack ESTABLISHED 1883
Distance from croze to finished end of
Group. The Tight Coopers' Group was called to
It is very important that every Journal order by Chairman R. W. Rush, at 10.00
stave %"
433 CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO
reader studies carefully the result of the
General Conference between manufacturers
o'clock, Tuesday morning, May 14th.
Mr. Rush announced that the only sub-
45-Gallon Size
Length of staves— 34" Thickness %" 8 "to 24" ST.,

CABLE ADDRESS "KOSTER"

of tight barrels and kegs, and users of tight ject scheduled for consideration at this Diameter, circled heads— 19 Vg" " %"
cooperage, under the chairmanship of W. particular meeting was the approval of the Bilge circumference .75"
. . .

E. Braithwaite of the Division of Simplified Simplification Program covering the stand- Distance from croze to finished end of
Practice, which conference was held on He
ardization of tight barrels and kegs. %
May 16th in conjunction with the Con-
vention. It was at this conference that
suggested that each item be considered and
acted upon separately. This was done, and
stave

50-Gallon Size Cooperage Stock

standard sizes of tight barrels and kegs
were approved and adopted. These stand-
ards include tight cooperage from 5-gallon
kegs up to 57-58-gallon barrels, and also
the following specifications approved for
submission to the General Conference be-
tween manufacturers and users of tight
barrels and kegs on Thursday, May 16th:
Length of staves— 34" Thickness
Diameter, circled heads— 20 Vi" "
Bilge circumference .. .8OV2"
.
%"
%" QUALITY HEADS Manufacturers
200-pound ash pork containers. With the
approval of these standards, the tight coop-
erage trade, through the Association, has
taken its place among the progressives in
5-Gallon Size
Length of staves— 17"
Diameter, circled heads 10" —"
Thickness %"
%"
Distance from croze to finished end of
stave

57-58-Gallon Size
Length of staves— 36" Thickness
%"

%"
ARE BEST TIGHT STAVES and HEADING
industry. That the results of the Sim- Bilge circumference .38"
.
Diameter, circled heads— 21" " \"
SLACK STAVES and HEADING
. .

plification and Standardization program, Distance from croze to finished end of Bilge circumference ... .83 1/^" SCIENTIFICALLY
when accepted by the trade as a whole, will stave %o" Distance from croze to finished end of MADE FROM SOUTHERN PINE
be most profitable to tight cooperage stock JO-Gallon Size stave %" WOODENWARE STAVES
manufacturers are a certainty for the ad-
Length of staves— 21 Vz " Thickness %" AND
vantages to be gained from such a program
are many.
Diameter, circled heads 12" — " %"
The meeting adjourned on motion.
HEADS HOOPS - STAVES
Too much commendation can not be ex-
Bilge circumference . .47"
. .

Distance from croze to finished end of SLACK BRANCH— ALL GROUPS

HEADING
tended to Chairman R. W. Rush and his
stave %
Standardization Committee for the fine
work they accomplished, and to W. E.
Braithwaite of the Division of Simplified
Practice, for his whole-hearted co-operation
1 5-Gallon Size
Length of staves— 24"
Diameter, circled heads 13%" " —
Thickness %"
%"
The meeting of the Slack Branch— All
Groups was called to order on Wednesday
C. E. MURRAY EXPORTERS OF
as chairman of the General Conference.
As to the new cooperage apple hamper,
Bilge circumference 54"
Distance from croze to finished end of
morning, May 15th, at 10.00 o'clock, by Vice-
President George Wunderlich.
DECHERD - TENNESSEE DOUGLAS FIR BARREL SHOCKS
The first order of business was the report
developed under the direction of the Asso- stave %" of the Grade Rules and Specification Corn-

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protect the weight on those staves up to 868 come in conflict with reference to No. 1

SA WYERS LIKE THIS ONE

J. C. PENNOYER COMPANY pounds, which is in order, and in accord
with the scale here, of 840 on 5 to 1%.
moldy and B grade, as well as No. 2 staves,
and the committee expressed its judgment
The 868 is not published, but that is our that No. 1 moldy and No, IB grade are one
basis of weight; anything over that we will and the same thing. However, if the slack
The operator does not have absorb. That is just exactly what ought to cooperage trade felt that a definition is
to pull the staves be done by every stave man. If you raise desirable, the committee submitted the
out; they glide from the machine on a Good- the estimated weight to 875 pounds you will following suggestion: "No. IB grade
have more trouble with wet staves, and staves shall be of uniform thickness, well
year endless rubber belt. The Hyatt roller bear- more rejects than you have ever had. I
ings make it easier to push the carriage and the
A
G Tight Cooperage C
o think that every stave man ought to protect
the weight. I see absolutely no reason why
equalized and jointed, free from slanting
shakes, knot holes and worm holes, and
shall consist of good sound workable staves,
sawryer gets more and better staves with
E M he should not protect you or me or anybody moderate roughness, stain, mildew or dis-
less
work. The personal profit and satisfaction of
N
T Stock r
L
else on the weight, if you are handling
staves on a commission basis. They ought
to do it. We would not advocate a changer
coloration no defect."
In answer to a query from Mr. Powell
asking if the suggestion applied to the B
the sawyer governs to a large extent the success S E
I would be opposed, and the committee is grade, Mr. Davis replied that it did, and the
T opposed, to the raising of the weights for
of the mill. committee thought the proposed ruling
L E that reason. They feel that considerably would cover both No. 1 moldy and B grade,
O more trouble will result from overweight if adopted.

V
E
Slack Cooperage S
T
staves and wet staves, if you raise your
basis."
H. L. LaNieve expressed the opinion that
such a stave as covered by the proposed
E. P. Voll agreed with Mr. Davis as to ruling would be practically a No. 1 stave,
O the shipping of wet staves. "However, on
J
O
Y
Stock C
K H. F. Nelson, Memphis
the other hand," he said, "there appears to
be a growing demand for staves cut 5 to
and that he would object to that as people
buying moldy staves now know what they
are getting.
V^ii due more or less to the entrance of Mr. Davis replied that as a matter of fact
Vice-President, Slack Branch — All Groups the committee would much prefer that
26" X 53" SPECIAL STAVE SAWING MACHINE K M no additional Grade Rule be incorporated
SAWS STAVES ON 26"" CIRCLE N E
W. M. Davis, chairman of this
with reference to these staves. Manu-
FROM 20'" TO 42" LONG
V
I
Cooperage M
P
mittee.
committee, reported that but three matters
had been submitted for consideration.
facturers know what troubles they have
now with such staves, and any new rule
would have a tendency to encroach one way
E H or another on the grades already covered.
THE GERLACH COMPANY Machinery I Report of Grade Rules and Specification
Committee
He believed that to make any more ad-
ditions to the rule book along this line would
1708 Columbus Road result in a very unsatisfactory situation.
Mr. Davis read a communication from
the secretary pertaining to the estimated
Mr. Voll Makes a Plea for Specific Rules
CLEVELAND OHIO weight on slack staves. He informed the
meeting that this matter had been brought Mr. Voll called attention to the fact that
before the committee and had been studied there is a growing demand on the part of
very thoroughly. He called the attention
-CHICAGO NEW YORK MEMPHIS- of the members to the fact that the basis
users for off-grade staves; that is, moldy
No. 1 staves, or the No. IB grade stave.
of average weights had been compiled over In Mr. Voll's opinion these two classes of
two periods, and then consolidated. The staves are entirely diff^erent. He explained
Grade Rules and Specification Committee that he did not make either grade of staves
after a careful consideration of the subject and was not discussing the subject from a
recommended that as the present published personal viewpoint. Nevertheless, there are
TREVOR estimated weights are as near correct as
possible, that no change be made therein.
many consumers of staves who will buy a
moldy No. 1 stave, but would not accept in
E. A. Powell asked if the above was the the purchase of such staves a classification
Manufacturing Company completed report of the committee. such as is proposed as a No. IB grade stave.
LOCKPORT, N. Y. Mr. Davis replied that the committee
recommended no changes in the published C. E. Murray, St. Louis
Inasmuch as there are still some stave mills
without dry kilns there is always a pos-
estimated weights on staves. He said the Executive Committee, Tight and Slack sibility of these mills producing some moldy
The Latest Improved Machinery committee felt that the weights had been Coopers' Group staves. "If my recollection serves me cor-
worked out very closely, and that the results rectly," continued Mr. Voll, "in the old days
for of the recent survey did not justify any these staves practically all went in the 2's.
Barrels Kegs change. tongued and grooved staves." Mr. Voll could Now, the barrel maker and the stave maker
Burleigh Jacobs, as a member of the com- not see why there should be any objection co-operate, and put these staves on a dif-
Staves Pails mittee, took the floor and stated that the to showing the two thicknesses in the es-
committee had taken the standard staves; timated weights, it merely being a question
Heading Drums that is, they compared staves of a general of adding another line to the book on Grade
Hoops run, standard practice. He acknowledged Rules and Specifications.
Cheese Boxes Mr. Davis replied that the committee had
that there may be cases of especially thick
staves or staves cut special; nevertheless, no objection to such action whatever, and
Complete plants the committee felt that such cases should not that these matters are submitted to the
from the log to the barrel be given consideration. In only one instance Group for approval.
was there a weight of 14 pounds in excess After a little further discussion E. P.

Trevor Patent of the published estimated weight. Where Voll madethe motion that the report of the
Jumbo Heading the variation did not exceed 10 or 11 committee on estimated weights be accepted
Sawing Machine pounds, the committee felt that it was not with the addition to the Grade Rules that
worth while to make a change, and that the staves cut 5 to V/iq will weigh 860 pounds.
The highest point in machine published estimated weights are as near On second by T. J. Nash, the motion was
NEW "Perfection" Heading-up Machine
efficiency is the
correct as possible.
Mr. Davis pointed out that in the con-
carried.

"TREVOR' for heading-up and hooping off all

sideration of the estimated weights there
were about 33,000,000 staves involved, and
Discussion of No. I Moldy and B Grade
Sixty Inch classes of slack Staves
cooperage. Repeat orders and the successful it was on these staves that the estimated
Steel Wheel
operation of every machine sold in
various parts weights were based. He said that these The next matter brought forward by the
Heading of the country, is our history to date staves weighed an average of 851 pounds. Grade Rules and Specification Committee
Jointer
Mr. Jacobs added that this average was on was that of No. 1 gum moldy staves. Mr.
Are You Using a "Perfection?»» I'^io inches. Davis said that this matter was discussed
Send for Addressing E. A. Powell, Chairman Davis at length by the committee. All the rules
Catalogue explained the stand that the committee had and specifications were thoroughly gone
and
Price*
MARTEN, GRAHN & ANDRESEN taken with reference to the estimated
weights: "For instance, take a mill in
over, and it was the opinion of the com-
mittee that any further interpretation of a
Twenty-second and Geo. Wunderlich, St. Louis
Illinois Streets : SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. Louisiana," he said, "where we cut staves new rule to cover this particular stave will
Executive Committee, Slack Branch
5 to li'Jir.. We state to everybody that the cause confliction, especially with reference
staves are cut that way, and that we will to meal staves. Such action would also All Groups
Mention Tub Nationai, Coopeks' Journal when writine to advertisers.
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June, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal
line. It was his opinion that if the term
No. 1 moldy staves would fill the bill it There being no further business before
should be sufficient for B grade staves also. the Slack Branch the meeting adjourned
In other words, anything that will not pass with a rising vote of thanks to the retiring
as a No. 1 moldy had better go in as No. 2, Vice-President, George Wunderlich.
where it really belongs. Mr. Gaylord could
see no reason for having a No. 1 moldy
and a B grade.

E. A. Powell Claims Difference Between Vice-President Travis Smith called the

Moldy No. and B Grade Staves
I
meeting of the Tight Stave and Heading
Group to order at 10.30 A. M., Wednesday,
Mr. Powell said that as he understood May 15th.
the situation, a moldy stave has to be a The first order of business before this
strictly No. 1 stave, except that mold is no Group was the election of officers.
defect. On the other hand a B grade stave On motion by James B. Hall, which was
is a stave that is rough; not poor enough seconded, John P. Colliver, W. J. Fell
for a No. 2 stave and yet not good enough Company, Ashland, Kentucky, was elected
for a No. 1 stave. In addition, it is slightly vice-president of the Tight Stave and Head-
stained and is inferior to a real No. 1 stave. ing Group for the coming year.
That difference, in his opinion, makes a rule On motion by James B. Hall, the retiring
necessary for those who buy or sell a No. 1 vice-president, Travis Smith, was elected
stave willingly, but who do not want B executive committeeman for the year
Grade staves and won't take them. They 1929-1930.
want a strictly No. 1 stave with the ex- Mr. Smith thanked the Group for the
W. E. Braithwaite, ception that mold is no defect, even if the Stephen Jerry, Brooklyn, N. Y. honor, and also for the hearty co-operation
Division of Simplified Practice who acted as stave be black with mold. Executive Committee, Tight and Slack John P. Colliver, Ashland, Ky. which the members had extended to him
Answering Mr. Powell, Mr. Gaylord Coopers' Group during his term as vice-president. Sec-
Chairman of General Conference stated that if such was the case that the Vice-President, Tight Stave and Heading expressed the thought
retary C. G. Hirt
confusion ought to be cleared up. He called Group that the Group owed a rising vote of thanks
ferent plane, where they bring a better
Ozark Company, Memphis, Tenne.ssee. The
attention to the fact that for the past year L. F. Horn, Louis
St.
nomination was quickly seconded by E. A. baskets, forty cents per basket, or $1.20
return. They have established a demand or two there has been absolutely no dif-
Elected Secretary-Treasurer
for that character of barrel. There are ferential between the price of No. 1 moldy
Powell, and as the nominations were im- per barrel per year; tub baskets, 30 cents
coopers here that I could call on to verify and B grade staves.
mediately closed, Mr. Nelson was unan- per basket, or 90 cents per barrel per year.
my statement. They want in that package imously elected vice-president of the Slack For the new cooperage apple hamper the
insofar as solidity is concerned and tight-
Mr. Powell agreed with the speaker but
pointed out that at present there is not
—
Branch All Groups. charges quoted are 25 cents, or 75 cents
:

TIGHT AND SLACK COOPERS' GROUP

ness, infact, everything but appearance, only a difl'erence in the price but a dif-
The next office for election was that of per year, per barrel, with a possibility of
a No. 1 barrel, which you cannot make out ference in the facility with which you can
executive committeman. T. J. Nash nom- reducing that storage charge later. That
of a stave classified as you have expressed sell the two grades of staves.
inated the retiring vice-president, George makes a saving over baskets of 45 cents The joint meeting of the Tight and Slack
it— a No. IB Grade stave. I think that in
Wunderlich, and on being seconded by E. P. per year. Dividing that by three, you have Coopers' Group was called to order at 1.30
justice both to the producer and the con-
Voll, Mr. Wunderlich was unanimously 15 cents per package. I only tell you this P. M. Wednesday, May 15th, with Vice-
Matter of No. Moldy and B Grade Staves
as one item in favor of the new container.
I
elected to the office. President Stephen Jerry in the chair.
sumer, there should be a classification in
our grade rules for moldy No. 1 staves, and
Left to Arrangement Between The idea in getting up this package was The first order of business was the
a separate one for a No. IB grade stave." Buyer and Seller E. P. Voll Talks on New Cooperage that the pine heading man could use small election of officers.
Following Mr. Voll, T. J. Nash asked if Mr. Jacobs felt that there is no such Apple Hamper timber in making heading; the hoop man On motion by Burleigh Jacobs, seconded
there is not already a classification cover- thing as B grade No. 1 stave recognized Vice-President Wunderlich called for a
could use a .shorter hoop than he is able to by R. W. Rush, the election of Harry A.
ing No. I moldy staves. sell at the present time the stave man will
;
Wellford as vice-president of the Tight and
in the present Grade Rules. It was taken discussion on Trade Promotion. surplus of No. 2
Mr. Davis replied that there is except out in accordance with his recollection so find a market for the Slack Coopers' Group was unanimously
E. P. Voll brought forward the subject The consumer will find
for the mold, and a No. 1 stave will cover thirty-inch staves. CSITIGQ
that any one selling a B grade stave today of the new cooperage apple hamper. The
Mr. Davis further stated that if there a package that is strong, and makes a good As Executive Committeeman for 1929-
it. is selling something that is not in the chairman advised the gathering that his
is a manufacturer today who does not Grade Rules. showing, stores cheaply in cold storage, and 1930, Stephen Jerry, retiring vice-president,
company had received an order for 500 of is acceptable to steamship companies
for was unanimously elected.
know when he has a moldy stave and a "Now a moldy No. 1," said Mr. Jacobs, these new cooperage apple hampers, and
bright one, and cannot separate the moldy transportation, where baskets are not. Addressing the gathering, Vice-President
"is a moldy No. 1 or a good stave. We that there apparently seems to be no trouble
That is the tale in a nut .shell." Jerry asked for expressions as to business
from the bright and sell the moldy staves decided in the committee to definitely take whatever in selling the new package.
where there is a demand for that material, Mr. Powell stated that his company is conditions at present and what the future
it would be impossible to make any rule that
out the clause about solid knots inch % E. A. Powell also stated that his company
taking a practical step in the way of having has in store for the cooperage trade.
allowable, which was in the old B grade had secured orders and agreed with Mr.
would help him. 500 cooperage apple hampers made up, and
No. 1 specification a number of years ago, Wunderlich that the new apple container Jacobs Does Some Real Trade
Mr. Voll disagreed with Mr. Davis as to because we felt that if you were going to put to practical work. By this method it E. J. Kahn, Peoria, 111.
Burleigh
was very salable. will be possible to ascertain just what the Research and Promotion Work
this statement. maintain the quality of your meal grade Paul Gaylord said he understood that Mr.
H. L. LaNieve felt that the suggestion of staves that is where those staves belonged Voll is all ready to furnish the necessary
new container will do, and what the cost to Mr. Smith for the work he had done. Rising in response to Vice-President
the committee eliminates the moldy stave, and not in B grade staves. B grade moldy staves for the new cooperage apple hamper.
will be. Mr. Hirt further stated that he had never Jerry's reque.st, Burleigh Jacobs said: "Mr.
as it refers to a stave that is slightly staves should be No. 1 moldy or slightly Mr. Voll explained that they have devised New Cooperage Apple Hamper Will Prove had a more willing co-operator than Mr. Chairman, I feel that any improvement in
stained. rough." a machine and that if there is any stave Waste Smith. ,^ „ .
^
.
f business rests a good deal on individual
Again entering the discussion, Mr. Voll Mr. Powell felt that Mr. Jacobs was also a Great Aid in Reducing On motion by Mr. Hall, a rising vote of effort, as we have no trade representative
manufacturer who wishes to investigate the
quoted an instance where a customer asked confused; that the way they ship staves is plant he is welcome to go down to the plant in Production thanks was given to Travis Smith, retiring showing at the different large conventions
for a quotation on No. IB grade or mofldy No. 1 jnoldy which is a No. 1 .stave with and see just how the machines are working. Morningstar of Ehrhardt, South vice-president of the Tight Stave and Head- which would bring us before the public as
Mrs.
stave.s, and the action which was taken by mold on it, no matter how much, and that "My understanding obtained from con- opinion on the
her ing Group. an Association, like the Dairy Show, the
Carolina, expressed ^, , ,

Purchasing Agents' Show, the Chemical

..

the manufacturer. He said this Particular it is not a B grade stave. Moreover, if the sumers of apple containers," said Mr. Voll, advantages of the new apple package in the Mr Hall, referring to the monthly meet-
manufacturer shipped out staves on con- customer demands B grade staves as bright "is that they want an economical package words: "I am extremely anxious ing of the Tight Stave and Heading man- Show, where we formerly exhibited as an
following
tract and when the purchaser took ex- ufacturers, asked that consideration be As.sociation. With that out of the picture,
staves and advises them to that effect, he that is strong, physically speaking, and for this apple package to go over, to make
given to the subject of monthly meetings.
effort.
ception to them the manufacturer moved I think a lot depends on individual
will be shipped bright staves. Mr. Powell weak, financially speaking. The new apple something smaller to contain the apple crop where perse-
the staves away. said that there are quite a number of users hamper is made, you know, of thirty-inch of the South. The barrel is too large. If He felt that such meetings would create ofa I will give you an instance
brought us a
lively interest and would be
Mr. Voll said that he was not criticising prolific verance and stick-to-itiveness
who want B grade .staves, but want them staves cut in two. In other words, we we can get this smaller package, say with about
either the buyer or the seller for rejecting much good. Travis Smith considered such bit of business that is amounting to
or taking the staves away, because they
bright. make a barrel with a sixteen-inch head on a head of thirteen inches, it will take care great help not only to the two thousand dollars a month now. One
meetings a
were not a No. 1 stave in any way, shape,
After considerable discussion in which the top, and a thirteen-inch head on the of our waste timber that we are now selling to the individual man- of the large brass rolling mills had the
but also
for stove wood. When we buy timber, we
the majority of the members present took bottom, and cut it in half, and then have Association
or form. He explained that through the part, a motion was made by Al Wunderlich ufacturer's business. He said he would problem of trying to reduce the cost of
this new container just as it is. I had some buy it in bulk; say we cut the log some- Some of these rolls
subterfuge of the B grade there had been entertain a motion concerning a monthly shipping sheet rolls.
to the effect that the Grade Rules covering of these packages made up, and submitted times eight feet, or nine and a half, and or six inches in
included in the shipment quantities of No. these staves remain as at present, and that them to cold storage people. I have in my then we cut seventeen-inch lengths; we get
meeting of the Group at Memphis or any would be about five
and from an inch and a half or
2 staves. other point convenient to the manufacturers. diameter,
the kiln full of seventeen-inch lengths, and
the matter of moldy staves No. 1 and B office, on file, a letter signed by the cold
He called upon Paul Gaylord of the grade staves be left for settlement between Mr Norton felt that the meetings need two inches to three inches in width. You
storage houses, quoting storage prices. The then in the meantime we get an order for can appreciate that if you take a quantity
Sandusky Cooperage & Lumber Company buyer and .^teller. This motion was seconded reason that I did that was because some fifteen-inch lengths, and there is that waste
not be monthly, but that periodical gather-
and the Virginia Cooperage Company for by T. J. Nash, and carried. ings of the Group could be had with
much of that stuff it runs up considerably in
his opinion, inasmuch as these companies
people said. 'Well, you have to get thirty of timber; whereas if we had the logs cut to the industry. weight. For almost a year I worked on a
benefit resulting
cents for that package, and a basket can up in sixteen-foot lengths, which is neces- proposition of trying to develop a barrel
use moldy No. 1 or No. IB grade staves. H. F. Nelson Elected Vice-President of be bought for fifteen; you can buy the tub sary for handling economically under Mr. Katz said it was very important that
Mr. Gaylord said that in the last two or ways and means be adopted to increase the that would carry such material so as to
Slack Branch basket for eighteen or twenty cents.' That present conditions, we could make use of get away from the expensive box in which
interest, both in the Association and
three years it has been their experience, the
may be true, but here is what the cold the timber with less waste in producing they were packing. We finally developed a
that B grade staves are becoming more and The next order of business was the apple industry, and he had the idea that the
elec- storage man quoted me. or cooperage
more of a term which could cover a mul- tion ofa vice-president and a member of the
I will give the appls containers
monthly meeting proposition might be the tongue and groove barrel with a %-inch
season rates. On barrels, sixty cents; am extremely anxious to see
titude of sins. He felt that there had been Executive Committee for 1929-1930. hampers. I thick head, and then with a combination of
boxes, twenty cents per box, or sixty cents the market smaller right road to travel.
a considerable letting down all along the E. P. Voll nominated H. F. Nelson of the something placed on
No final action was taken on this matter, wood and wire hoops we developed some-
per barrel; in the ordinary everyday than the apple barrel so that we can use thing that gave them even a half barrel.
up our waste timber." and the meeting adjourned on motion.
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The National Coopers* Journal June, 1929 June, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal
a full barrel cut in half, in which they in-
serted a circular straight edged head to
would be no question or doubt as to its Simplified Practice Committee had made a good job of how the committee arrived at the dimen- up a 15-gallon keg from the lobby of the
Has Been Applied to tion
hotel where it is on exhibit, and let the
nail after it was finished.
meaning.
the work of drawing up specifications, but sions proposed. He asked Mr. Rush if it
At present the Again speaking, Mr. Hall said that Note More Than One Hundred Industries was not true that the majority of the manu- members give it an examination.
rolling mill is packing as high as four that all opinions were welcome, and if there
7 mentioned regularly sawn staves, and the Speaking briefly on the subject before facturers of 10-gallon kegs were using the Mr. Braithwaite considered it very im-
hundred and fifty to five hundred pounds in bourbon stave is a regularly sawn stave. the were any changes or constructive criticism portant that containers
the hold the
Conference, Mr. Braithwaite said specifications noted in the standards.
the special barrel. It took a lot of indi- He "This in the minds of the members present, it therefore agreed
and
vidual eifort, and it took a lot of stick-to-
felt that no other explanation was movement of simplification and standardi- was in order to express such opinions. Replying to Mr. Braithwaite, Mr. Rush amounts specified,
necessary, that there already is a rule zation has been applied to more said: "Yes, that is true. There have been with the speaker that the package should
itiveness to accomplish the work. than a
I gave which serves the purpose if it is followed hundred different industries. Manufacturers Not Prevented from Making ten-gallon sizes mado from a lot of different be brought up for inspection. In the mean-
It up three different times, thinking
it was correctly. He opposed any tinkering with delighted
We are
dimensions, but we felt that this dimension time he called for the specifications of
gone, and we might just as well forget that the cooperage industry Special Sized Barrels or Kegs
the rules. happens to be one of those on this list, would give us the best proportioned pack- 30-gallon containers, so that no time would
about it, but eventually we got the powers not
that be in the company to see that we had
Secretary Hirt agreed with Mr. Hall, and yet as one of those industries E. J. Kahn advised the chair that a group age, and would make a better display for be lost.
that has The propo.sed specifications for the 30-
something worth while. They finally de-
told the meeting that was just the stand he already adopted the simplification had been discussing the question of whether any of the consumers using the ten-gallon
cided on it. The barrel was subjected to
had taken, and that most of the members but one of those whose product program or not the above specifications are to apply size. It does not preclude any consumer gallon size as approved by the committee
is up for
agreed with him, but that one person felt simplification and is being to every 10-gallon package that is made, wanting a special package from getting it. for oak are: Length of staves 30 inches,
the dropping test. A six steel hoop barrel considered At
that the proposed action was necessary the request of the Association, irrespective of whether it is used for a food It will, however, increase his cost if he 1^10 inch thick; diameter of circled head
with seven hundred and fifty pounds of in the Depart^
order to clarify the situation. In answer ment arranged this meeting today container or other purposes. The chair- wants a package made from heavier stock
rolled sheet brass was dropped from to
a to a query, Mr. Hirt explained cuss and consider standards which dis-
than standard specifications, or with a
height of six feet, five feet, and then four that some
specifications show the notes under them been set up, proposed standards, have little different chime, or a little different
feet, each time using the same barrel. or a tenta-
Of but that Note 7 is not shown under bourbon tive list of standards which shape. It is going to cost more to have
course, I stood by and prayed, that was all have been set
1 could do. Thank goodness it stood up.
staves, and therefore the member
in favor up by your Standardization such a package put through the manu-
ot the proposed ruling thought it The chairman of that committee, CoiWttee facturer's plant than it will to produce a
We had constructed it so that the head would be a^ you
did not give, and even without a head liner
well to have the note apply specifically
to know IS a magician. He had to standard package. The reason for having
bourbon staves so that it would not leave be to wo?k
the head did not come out. out this list of standards.
We know some- R. W. RUSH the length of stave and size of circled heads E. P. VOLL.
This business any chance for argument.
developed into a nice volume that helps kill ^"^lifi^^tions as chairman Oil City, Pa.
as specified is that at the present time there
Mr. Hall replied that Note 7 applies ot tL"?r«
of' the °H ^if- is ju.st about a sixteenth of an inch differ-
St. Louis, Mo.
Old Man Overhead. Now,
think if more
I to Standardization Committee. Chairman, .Stand-
individual effort is expended in trying to
regularly sawn tight barrel staves,
and 1 want to congratulate you irdization Committee
ence in the sizes of circled heading used by
as bourbon staves are regularly on
having- a Under the standards
devise barrels for use by companies em- sawn cominittee and a committee the manufacturers.
staves. It certainly applies to chairman
Mr Rush and the other members whi
ploying other types of containers, but which bourbon staves like adopted, if heading manufacturers are a
and that the note was undoubtedly put on the committee. I think "erved little bit slack, they can go ahead and
snould be using the barrel, it would go a lono- there they have doni a
with that intention. It has always been circle up heading for future use. In other
way toward increasing the volume of the tfiere and heretofore has never been ""^""yJ^^Pi^^e of work. I am gotng to call
cooperage trade. It is a slow, hard process, on Mr. Rush at this time Words, if you can give them a definite size,
questioned. to ^prefent the
but every once in a while, you will hit tentative report with the so that they can go ahead and circle their
the recommendations material and store it, they can keep a more
target, and then when the business "P ^^'^ 16% inches, "/k inch thick; bilge circum-
begins cution'^'w'" «i^« ^or Ts- even production during the year. That is ference 65 inches, distance from the croze
to come home, you feel good about it." -^.f^"-
the whole list man replied that the specifications sub-
Mr. Jacobs received a round of applause Date on Which New Standards generlllv ^^f"^'" ^'^9,^^l^ot
'^'" "^'^"^"^^ °"e size at mitted are a list of standards for the going to reduce their cost, and thereby the to the finished end of the stave % inch.
for his work in the interests of the slack for Tight Barrels
ftime." industry covering packages for as many manufacturers are going to benefit by it. On motion, the above specifications were
barrel. and Kegs uses as possible. However, the adoption and the consumers as well, because the approved.
On motion, the meeting adjourned. Become Effective R. W. Rush Gives an Idea of the of the standards does not prevent manu- manufacturers will be able to produce a The 15-gallon keg having been brought to
Work Done larger quantity of materials at a little the meeting. Mr. Braithwaite asked that
by Standardization facturers from making other sizes if they
The new standard specifications Committee
obtain a good order for such sizes. On the better figure, and that will benefit the those present look it over and give their
for other hand, all packages made of a entire industry, especially in combatting opinion as to the bilge. Mr. Wellford asked
tight barrels and kegs as ^fllL^T''^}^^ ^^^ recommendations of the in other words,
TIGHT COOPERAGE BRANCH- adopted at the General Conference Standardization Committee R.
told how the work had Rush W different size than those in the standards the substitute container." if the keg had been gauged ;

there was a po.ssibility that it might hold

ALL GROUPS will become effective on July started and how thp will be considered as "special sizes" and not
1 ' '"°^"^ *^^ sirnplm'catrn'ol as conforming to the standard specifica- Accepted Standards Not to be Effective a little over 15 gallons, and in such an
1930. ^
strXrds^'r"'
standaids or sizes. First of all, a event it could stand straightening of the
question- tions. Immediately
This same date was adopted as naire ^yas sent out to
each manufacturer bilge somewhat without lessening the
The Tight Branch— All Groups came asking information as to More capacity to below 15 gallons. Mr. Horn
order at
to the one by which all manufacturers the sizes of staves Simplification Program Will Permit of Mr. Braithwaite advised the conference
2..30 P. M.,
15th. May heading, bilge circumference,
that the standards under discussion if ap- replied that the capacity of the keg as it
Chairman Travis Smith, as the first order of tight cooperage stock shall sizes of barrels and
etc and the Regular Operation of Stock Plants
dis- kegs thly pioduced proved would not be effective immediately, stood was about 15 gallons.
of business, called for the report of the pose of their old stock. From answers received to thfs Mr. Kahn continuing the discussion, said On motion, the specifications recommended
a"d Specifications Committee. ^ques"bn: but that a transitional period of time would
«?•?,. ^"^^^ naire, the committee
worked out standards that his understanding of the entire propo- be provided during which manufacturers by the committee were approved for the
Wilham Tyler reporting for the com- that have been approved sition was that the big advantage is that
mittee, expressed the opinion that if by the TiS't ^ could dispose of old stocks of material that 15-gallon keg.
the Vice-President Smith suggested that Coopers' Group of the
A.ssociation producers of staves and headings can do not comply with the new specifications.
present rules were followed there would not the
motion be withdrawn, and that the proceed to cut red oak or white oak or any He said that in eliminating waste it is not 200-Pound Ash Pork Container
be much necessity for Grade Rules matter
Com- be allowed to remain as at present. Discussion and Adoption of other class of staves 17 inches long, and the intention of either the Department of Also Standardized
mittee, and that the cooperage industiy He did Simplification
that this is the size that is going to
not see how there could be any Program know Simplified Practice or the Standardization
would be a much better industry.
pretation of the present ruling,
misinter-
be required by the industry, irrespective of Committee of the Association to create other The next package up for discussion was
"With regard to the splitting % inasmuch the 200-pound ash pork container. The
of an as bourbon staves are regularly
sawn th^'k ^"^f^
considered that with regard
to where the plant may be located. waste.
inch on a bourbon stave," he said, the 5-gallon said Mr. Kahn. will .„ ,. J
proposed specifications for this package
"the
committee did not feel that it had authoritv
staves. size, the length of
stave at "The same thing," On motion, the specifications proposed recommended by the committee are: Length
Vice-President Smith
17 inches % ,nch thick; heading diameter apply to the circling of heading. A nianu-
for 10-gallon packages were adopted.
to act, although it did think that
a half- plea itfli'
nlir that the
made a
members come forward with '^^''^' '^^ Package to facturer can continue to operate his head- The 15-gallon package was the next size of staves 30 inches, % inch thick diameter ;

inch would be sufficient for a bourbon have a "4 tnU\V^'^ circumference

and the ing plant knowing that the size and submitted for discussion. The committee of head 17 '/2 inches, % inch thick; bilge
stave.
Tight Branch— All Groups, but also
dfstanrp f'rnn.^.^'^^
diameter of his heading will be standard recommended for this sized package the circumference 68 inches; distance from
Secretary Hirt suggested that the matter for the of the stave at »' 'T^ ^^ V^" «"'«^^d ^nd inch. %
in any plant where a keg croze to finished end of the stave,
good of the industry. He felt that of an mch. would be the and can be used following specifications: Length of stave
be presented to the meeting so that
definite was no use having a Group Meeting there correct standi vl'^
standard for that size container or barrel of that size is manufactured. We 24 inches, %
inch thick diameter of circled
;
Mr. Braithwaite called attention to the
action could be taken. He said that the if live particular package does not
subjects were not brought up for ^r. Braith- find a lot of users of kegs around the
head 13% inches, % inch thick; finished
fact that this
question was brought before the committee discussion,
un motion, the meeting adjourned. waUe'^MrRi^h^
wdiie, Mr. Rush .said
^"Z?. t^°"^
country, who want a different length of inches; distance appear on the printed list; that is, the list
that a small rhano-o bilge circumference 54
by a letter from a member regarding
the chime or a different shape of chime, and we the finished end of the stave in possession of some of the members
allowance of % inch for splitting on bour- irom a ibi/^-inch stave to from croze to
However, the Standardization
a 17-inch stavp won't get very far unless we try to % inch. -
pre.sent.
bon staves. Under the present rules this The chairman called attention .

Committee thought, after receiving a letter

standardize the keg and the barrel along
, . ,

Mr Kahn asked, inasmuch as most ot

% inch allowance is authorized under Note GENERAL CONFERENCE ON SIMPLI- m specification, and asked if there
to thfs change
the lines indicated by the report of the are from the Meat Institute, that it would be a
was an the sizes mentioned in this specification
7 of the Grade Rules, but said note is not FICATION PROGRAM FOR '' '° *'' P^°P°^^^ «*^"dTrd "fo? Standardization Committee. I think that from the sizes his ^company good idea to include the 200-pound ash
different
included under bourbon staves. The mem-
TIGHT BRANCH
5 Sons" the membersshould make an effort to
produce, if any kegs had been made of that
pork container in the standard sizes; that
ber writing the letter felt that a sufficient number of these containers were
should also be included under bourbon
Note 7
ac?eDtTthp' ^'S'"*' P^'^l^'
^^^ Conference adhere to those sizes if adopted." particular size, and if such kegs were found warrant standard specifi-
Mr. Braithwaite was in entire agreement manufactured to
m practical in every way.
staves order to clarify the rule, or make The General Conference between with Mr. Kahn. stating that there is no use cations. On motion, the standard specifica-
it more specific. manu- Mr Rush replied that the specifications tions were adopted.
R. W. Rush considered the % inch
facturers of tight cooperage and
cooperage adopting a Simplification Program unless proposed would produce a package as
the industry will make an effort to live up
Mr. Rush submitted the following sizes
specified in other words, the dimensions
on stock and consumers of barrels of
bourbon staves as logical. He said there and kegs on di^'^eter circled head^Jg!
;

15- for 45-gallon containers: Length of staves

simplification and standardization 12 'm^h^s to the standards adopted. the staves and headings will produce a
would not be a great many staves over six of tight bnti'^f
«tavf and headings to be % tS- President Sigman here pointed out that He al.so said that the 34 inches. % inch thick diameter of circled
;

inches wide, and on those he felt that Ai^J^ 11^"^ H^^^' ^»s called to order 9 30 ?l?l
*^^\fi"'«Jed bilge circumference
inch gallon container.
heads. 19^/k inches; bilge circumference,
inch would be a fair allowance. He
?4
there-
^J ^ May 16th with W. E. Braithwaite
^
of the
^^ ^'^ '"^hesj and the d?stancl
of two 5-gallon kegs of different construc-
tion one is better than the other, and the
size recommended
standards in his
did not conform with the
company's plant. As to 75 inches; distance from croze to the
fore made a motion that % inch for iLit^^^PV'^T °^ Simplified Practice, f^^^^^^t fini.shed end of the stave, inch. He ad-
%
ting be adopted.
split- United States Department of Commerce, object of the committee was to select the actual tests being made, he understood that
specifications
iri vised the conference that these
the chair. better package of the two and declare that coopers had produced
'

some of the St. Louis

Harry A. Wellford seconded the motion,
"That is what the com- proposed are standard as approved by the Kraut
and on question, James B. Hall asked why
In opening the conference, Mr.
Braith- size as standard. kegs along the lines of the Packers Association. In answer to a query
waite expressed his pleasure of W. E. Braithwaite Urges Member, mittee has done," said Mr. Sigman. but i specifications.
It is that Note 7 does not apply being with to , , ^,. ^, . 4.v„i.
from Mr. Braithwaite as to the use of this
to bourbon the manufacturers of cooperage
and cooper- Enter Discussion Freely wanted to draw special attention to it. L F Horn advised the gathering that
staves that are over six inches, as well
as had made up .some of the sized barrel for pickles, Mr. Rush replied
any other «^^d ^h^t the friend- his 'company
stave. fu f ^u"'
?hfn«f that he r^^f
Mr. Braithwaite asked if there
Ten-gallon Keg Standards Adopted Are that pickles are shipped in packages of this
Secretary Hirt replied that the member's
ships had made at the last was any kegs and in making 5-, 10-, and 15-ffallon size, but they are principally used for kraut.
^^^'^ specifications, pofnt^ 15-
Idea was to make the rule more specific
convention had been cherished by him.
and tJT,'1l
ing out thatf'J^
this was the time to make Those Having Greatest Use in Industry kegs he believed that the bilge on the On motion, the standards as recommended
that this year he felt very
much sug- gallon container is a little high.
He sug-
and have that note included so that there in the cooperage trade.
at home gestions or criticisms of
the proposed Mr. Braithwaite then called upon Mr. gested that it would be a good idea to bring by the committee were approved.
standards. He felt that the
StandaS Rush to give the conference an idea as to
 22 June, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 23
The National Coopers' Journal June, 1929

The proposed specifications for 50-ffallon the entire industry would be manufactur- the Institute of the American Meat Packers
very remiss if they did not take the oppor- death of his wife. On motion, the secretary Executive Committee 1929, W. W. Roberts,
barrels asrecommended by the Standardiza- ing tight barrels and kegs under the new be appointed on the Standing Committee to
tunity at this time to express their great was instructed to send a letter of sympathy W. W. Wilson Stave Co., Little Rock.
tion Committee are: Length of staves, 34 standards. Of course, if it is possible for appreciation for the assistance rendered to to Mr. Meyer. Executive Committee 1929-30, Travis
represent the users of tight barrels and
inches, %
inch thick; diameter of circled any manufacturer to produce the new sizes kegs.
the cooperage industry by Mr. Braithwaite Smith, Nashville, Tenn.
head, 28 V2 inches; bilge circumference, sooner, well and good, but a year's time and the Department of Commerce. Honorary Membership Bestowed on
80 V^ inches; distance from the croze to will give the trade sufficient opportunity to In part, Mr. Kahn said, "Those of us who "Uncle Newt" Calcutt Tight and Slack Coopers' Group.
the finished end of the stave, % inch. On Association and Department of Commerce have traced the history of cooperage from
get rid of old stocks. Mr. Rush later put Vice-President,Harry A. Wellford, Chick-
motion, the specifications were approved. Authorized to Increase Standing the days when they made barrels by hand, At this President Sigman asked
point,
this suggestion in the form of a motion,
T. J. Nash he would occupy the Chair
if
asaw Wood Products Corp., Memphis.
For barrels containing 57 to 58 gallons, and on being seconded, was approved Committee When Advisable each one of us in our hand shop made a Executive Committee 1929, C. E. Murray,
the following specifications were recom- different sized package, and in the transition for a minute or two, while he read a very
unanimously. On motion by Mr. Sandusky Cooperage & Lumber Co.,
mended; Length of staves, 36 inches; Tyler, seconded by Mr. from hand work to machine work we had important document. Mr. Sigman then St.
It was
also the sense of the conference Louis.
diameter of head, 21 inches; bilge circum- Wellford, the Department of Commerce and the machines fitted to the size that we read a notation concerning "Uncle Newt"
that July 1, 1930, stand as the date by Executive Committee 1929-30, Stephen
ference, 831/^ inches; distance from the the president of the Association were given were making by hand those of us who have Calcutt, one of the founders of the coop-
which all old stocks are to be cleared. ;
Jerry, Stephen Jerry & Co., Brooklyn,
croze to the finished end of the stave, authority to increase the Standing Com- seen that transition realize that this is a erage Association, and a man who has given
mittee whenever advisable. many years of active service on behalf of N. Y.
% inch.
Standing Committee Appointed to Act in
It was also very forward step and a great step in the While awaiting the arrival of the new
As to barrels ranging from 55 to 57 suggested by Mr. Braithwaite that a progress of our industry, for which we have the cooperage industry. Mr. Calcutt is leav-
Advisory Manner member from the railroads be placed on the President E. A. Powell, President Sigman
gallons, Mr. Braithwaite pointed out that a great affection. It is a great pleasure for ing the organization, and the industry will
committee to represent the transportation called upon Stephen Jerry of Brooklyn,
the proposed specifications are so close to me to voice my personal thanks, and I am feel the loss very much. Therefore, Mr. Sig-
those sizes that it was decided to omit any
The next subject for action was the ap- field. sure that you join me as an Association in man made the motion that in appreciation of New York, for a few remarks. Replying,
pointing of a Standing Committee to act On motion, the Standing Committee ap- the good work that "Newt" Calcutt has done
Mr. Jerry said that he did not have much
additional specifications. That does not thanking Mr. Braithwaite and his depart- to tell the members pre.sent, but he did
in an advisory manner to consider any new pointed was authorized to sponsor the
mean, however, that manufacturers are ment for what they have done for us. We for the welfare of the wooden barrel and the
prohibited from making barrels covering
recommendations or alterations in the Simplification and Standardization Pro- should include in that appreciation our cooperage industry that he be made an stress the importance of making quality
adopted specifications. gram; this committee to consist of the Honorary Life Member of The Associated stock and cooperage if the business of barrel
capacities from 55 to 57 gallons if the order president, Mr. Sigman, and Mr. Rush and
Mr. Braithwaite advised that such a cooperage manufacturers named above, and I wish I knew the names Cooperage Industries of America. stock manufacturers and barrel makers is
obtainable is of a suflficient quantity to his committee.
standing committee is usually composed of such others as may adequately represent to grow.
warrant the special size. of all of them. Mr. Walter Johnson and This motion was seconded by E. P. Voll,
On motion, the recommended specifica- two or three representatives from the three the users of barrels. and was approved and carried, with a round
Mr. Nancarrow, Mr. Rush says. I would
groups interested; the manufacturers, the Mr. Braithwaite then asked that the cards The secretary was then in- E. P. Voll Tells General Session About
tions for barrels containing 57-58 gallons like at this time to give them all, with your of applause.
distributors, and the users of the commodity. which had been distributed to those attend- Qualities of the New Cooperage
were adopted. permission, a rising vote of thanks." structed to write a letter advising Mr.
In discussing the purposes of the Standing ing the conference be filled out with the
This completed the discussion of the The entire attendance arose with hearty Calcutt of the action taken by the Asso- Apple Hamper
standard s'pecifications for tight barrels Committee, Mr. Braithwaite said: "This individual's name, address, and business acclaim to .show their appreciation of the ciation.
and kegs. Standing Committee is to sponsor the connection, as it is important that the Taking the floor, E. P. Voll made a talk
efforts of Mr. Braithwaite, the Department
program of simplification and standardiza- Division of Simplified Practice have these of Commerce, Mr. Sigman, president of the W. E. Made an
Braithwaite Also on behalf of the new cooperage apple
tion and to entertain any suggestions or names. hamper. An illustrated circular describing
Cooperage Industry Urged to Live Up to Association, and Mr. Rush and his Stand- Honorary Member
comments for further modification. I might this new container has been distributed to
Standards Adopted at Conference ardization Committee.
stop here long enough to explain the
Representative from Steel Hoop Industry to On motion, the meeting adjourned. On motion by Mr. Voll, which was the entire slack industry, and Mr. Voll felt
Mr. Braithwaite congratulated the con- difference between standardization and seconded by Mr. Rush, the Association also that the innovation will prove not only
be Placed on Simplification Committee
ference upon the rapidity with which they simplification. This is a Simplification bestowed an Honorary Membership upon practical but profitable. Mr. Voll asked
acted upon the new specifications. Further, Program. Standardization would indicate, Inasmuch as steel hoops play an im- W. E. Braithwaite for the work he has done that those membei-s of the Tight Coopers'
he made an earnest plea that everyone in offhand, that it is a fixed, immovable thing, portant part in the manufacture of tight on behalf of the Simplification and Stand- Groups who have connections or acquaint-
the cooperage industry manufacturing both standardization, but standards are flexible, barrels and kegs, it was the opinion of those
GENERAL SESSION ardization Program. ances in the fruit growing industries should
tight staves and heading, and tight barrels and they are changed, just the same as any- present that steel hoops be included in the President Sigman then called attention to bear in mind the new package developed by
and kegs will live up to the adopted stand- thing else. But, simplification, as the word Simplification and Standardization Pro- the splendid service that has always been the Association and make every effort to
ards. He said that here and there you applied here, is the name that is given to gram. In order that this might be done The General Session of the Fourteenth rendered to the Association by the Jefferson have apple growers adopt the use of the
will find some manufacturers who will lean the movement for simplification, or the effectively, it was the sense of the meeting Annual Convention was called to order the Hotel, and its management. On motion by cooperage apple hamper in place of the
over backward and fail to live up to the reduction of variety. The Standing Com- that a representative from a steel hoop morning of May 16th by President M. L. E. P. Voll, seconded by W. M. Davis, a vote bushel box, basket or other types of
standards, but if the industry as a whole mittee will meet once a year to entertain company be added to the Standing Com- Sigman. of thanks was tendered by the Association hampers or tubs on the market. The use
will get back of and support the new any recommendations for changes or mittee. Mr. Sigman stated that inasmuch as time to Mr. Hay, manager of the Jefferson Hotel. of the new cooperage apple hamper will
standards, manufacturers will discover that revisions, so that these recommendations There being was limited, the session would get down to On motion by R. W. Rush, seconded by enable manufacturers to dispose of their
no objection to such
it will make business more profitable. might be kept strictly up to date, and based procedure, it was approved. work at once. The first order of business Mr. Scott, a vote of thanks was given to surplus No. 2 stock.
on the best thought and practice of the was the reading of his annual report. the St. Louis cooperage fraternity for the
Simplification Program Approved industry. If it develops in the course of a Copies of all officers' reports were dis- royal manner in which the visiting members Well Deserved Credit Given
in its
year, say, that a twenty-gallon package has
Report of Conference Will be Compiled and to J. W. Shirrell,
Entirety tributed to the members present. to the Convention were entertained. Association Inspector
come into popularity, enough of them pro- Distributed to Entire Industry
President Sigman then presented to the
Mr. Braithwaite then called for a motion duced and used and made to be considered a Mr. Braithwaite then advised the con- Convention assembled Mr. C. D. Morris, Telegram Sympathy Sent
of to "While on the subject," said Mr. Voll,
to approve the list of standard specifica- standard, the Standing Committee can "I want to say that we have an official
ference that upon his return to Washington Assistant to Chairman, Western Railways Andrew C. Hughes
tions as a whole. Before the motion could recommend it, if they think that is the the complete report of the conference will Committee on Public Relations, who ad- inspector of the Association who I believe
be made, Mr. Horn asked the chairman of action to take. If you find that business is be compiled including the standard specifi- dressed the session on the subject of President Sigman informed the gathering is very competent in that particular line,
the Standardization Committee if any speci- going away from the fifteen-gallon size, or cations adopted; further, a copy of this "Transportation." (Mr. Morris' address that the Executive Committee had for- but let's give him credit for knowing some-
fications for 20-gallon sizes had been another size, towards other sizes that have complete report will be sent out to every- will appear in the July number of the warded a telegram to Mr. Andrew C. thing else, too, for he did a great deal of
considered.
Mr. Rush replied that the committee had
been set up as standards, and the committee
feels that it might be advisable to eliminate
one interested for acceptance and approval.
He pointed out that while the standard
—
Journal. Ed.) Hughes who is dangerously ill, expressing
the sympathy of the Association and the
work in getting up this container, the coop-
erage apple hamper. I have said something
Mr. Morris' talk was greeted by a round
decided to drop the 20- and 25-gallon sizes, one of these sizes, they can also make that specifications had been adopted at the con- of hearty applause, and on motion by E. hope for his speedy recovery. On motion, to you about it being of benefit to the stave
the thought being that two packages could suggestion. But any change in this Stand- ference that does not mean that the industry by Al Wunderlich, seconded by T. J. Nash, man, and I might add that it is also of
be used in place of a 20- or 25-gallon size, P. Voll, a rising vote of thanks was tendered
ardization Program will be sent out to the as a whole has adopted the program. the Association assembled ratified the interest to the heading people, because they
thereby reducing the number of sizes as to him for the value which members present
entire industry, just the same as this Lighty per cent acceptance by volume of the action of the Executive Committee. (It is can use material that otherwise would be
much as possible. The committee found that secured from his address.
program is going to be sent out for your business done is required for the adoption with sincere regret that we record that Mr. wasted. The same thing applies to the elm
manufacturers in submitting their esti-
mates of the number of packages to be used
acceptance. A report of this meeting and by an industry of any Simplification
President Sigman reported to the Con-
vention that Henry Krallman, one of the Hughes passed away on May 23.) Ed. — hoop people, who are members of our
the standards which have been approved Program. In other words, the division re- Association. Now we are getting to the
"old guard" of the cooperage industry, had
very seldom mentioned 20-gallon sizes. will be sent out to the large listmanu-
of quires an 80 per cent acceptance before the The New President is E. A. Powell point where we ought to be the most inter-
The chairman then called attention to the suffered an accident while in Texas the
facturers, distributors and users which we program is finally printed and distributed
fact that there is no prohibition against have compiled at Washington, for accept- week before the Convention, and asked that The election of officers for the coming ested in having propaganda spread concern-
as having the endorsement and
support of a letter of sympathy be sent to him with year was then announced as follows: ing this new container, and it would do all
making 20- or 25-gallon sizes, but if such ance, and that acceptance form is just the Department of Commerce.
containers are to be eliminated it would the hope for his speedy recovery. On President, E. A. Powell, Powell Cooperage parties a great deal of good. I might say
simply a moral obligation for you to live up However, the report as compiled by Mr. with regard to this container, by way of
reduce the cost and permit of a longer run motion, which was immediately seconded, Company, Memphis.
on other sizes.
to those recommendations. We hope in Braithwaite upon his return to Washington the secretary of the Association was in- Secretary-Treasurer, L. F. Horn, Union comparison in cost, the consumer is always
that way to get a large list of users to will go out to the entire industry looking for something that is economical.
On motion by William Tyler, seconded by accept this program and I am satisfied for ac- structed to send such a letter to Mr. Cooperage Co., St. Louis.
ceptance with an acceptance blank which Krallman. Executive Committee, 1929, M. L. Sigman, Mr. Shirrell and a couple of us have
S. M. Shane, the standard specifications that that is the result we will .secure." will read approximately as figured that this container can be sold for
for tight barrels and kegs as submitted by The Standing Committee on Simplification follows: "We During the past year the Association Monticello, Ark.
hereby accept the recommendations adopted around 30 cents. In carload lots they buy
the Standardization Committee were adopted and Standardization as appointed follows: has suffered severe loss through th.? pass-
by the conference on such and .such Executive Committee the commonest kind of baskets for about 15
as a whole. a date, ing of four of its very active and pro-
Chnirman, R. W. Rush, Allied Barrel Co.,
and will use our best efforts to comply
with them." ^ ^ gressive members. Therefore, on motion,
the Convention arose for a minute of silence
—
Slack Branch All Groups.
cents, and the so-called fancy export strong
baskets are 18, 19, or 20 cents. So at first
Effective Date of New Standards is Oil City, Pa. Mr. Braithwaite again expressed the Vice-President, H. F. Nelson, The Ozark glance you would think this container is
E. J.Kahn, National Cooperage and Wood- as a token of respect for the following
July I, 1930 pleasure it had given him to work with Co., Memphis. more expensive. The final figures prove
enware Co., Peoria, 111. departed members: John A. McKay, St.
In order that manufacturers of both manufacturers and users of cooperage, and Louis Cooperage Co., St. Louis, Mo.; Max Executive Committee 1929, N. F. McGowin, otherwise. We took up with the cold storage
M. L. Sigman, Monticello, Ark. "oped that it would be possible for him W. T. Smith Lumber Co., Chapman, Ala.
staves and headings, as well as barrels and Lowy, The Kern Company, Ltd., New people the matter of storage charges, which
Fred T. Smith, Wm. H. Coleman, Jackson, J6
to attend many more cooperage Executive Committee 1929-30, George Wun-
kegs could dispose of stocks on hand, Mr. conventions Orleans, La.; H. Schaperkotter,
Louis of course enters into the cost primarily,
Braithwaite asked that an effective date
Tenn. m the future.
Schaperkotter Cooperage Co., St. Louis, derlich, Chas. Wunderlich Cooperage, because all fruits, apples and so on, are
be adopted on which the new .specifications St. Louis. stored. I found that they charge for a
This committee represents the cooperage Mo.; H. R. Huntington, Sandu.sky Coop-
would be in force. industry. In addition it was suggested that Rising Vote of Thanks Given to erage & Lumber Co.. St. Louis, Mo. common, every-day basket 40 cents per
Mr. Rush suggested that the new stand- Tight Stave and Heading Group. bushel, or $1.20 per barrel; fancy export
a representative of the Procter & Gamble W. E. Braithwaite Mr. Voll then reported to the chair that
ards be effective as of .July 1, 1930; that Company, of the Coca-Cola Company, of sorrow had come to one of the Association's Vice-President, John P. Colliver, W. J. Fell strong baskets, 90 cents per barrel. The
July 1, 1930, would be the date on which the alcohol industry, and also a member of
E. J. Kahn arose to remark that the former presidents, Carl F. Meyer, in the Co., Ashland, Ky. new cooperage apple hamper can be stored
Association and the conference would be
24 The National Coopers' Journal June, 1929 June, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 25
for 75 cents per barrel. In addition to This is the Spirit That Should Permeate this Association is like, or could be likened
that, container is acceptable to the
this the Entire Cooperage Trade to a dynamo or power plant. There are pos-
steamship agents for export packages. Let's
boost it all we can." Addressing the new president, Mr. Voll
sibilities in the Association, and if we do
not use the power, that is our own fault.
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Mr. Davis spoke on the value of Stand- turer of New Tight Barrels made
Powell a most successful one. Mr. Voll just as much yours as they are the officers'
ardization and Simplified Practice in re- then called for a rising vote of support of the Association, but I am doing a lot of
of oak, fir and gum stock.
lation to more profits. He said that with from all members present, which was given. talking. If you give me your support, if
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profit by following the example of the tight Barrels for Apples, Lettuce, eto.
manufacturers. Replying to
this demonstration. Pres- Retiring President Sigman
Powell said: "I thank you.
ident-elect
Now, you do tempt me into saying a word
On motion by W. M. Davis, seconded by
The New President Escorted to the Chair T. J. Nash, a rising vote of thanks was
or two more. It is easy to come into the
tendered to Retiring President M. L. Sig-
E. A. Powell having arrived on the scene meeting and talk. This is not criticism,
Mr. Voll, believe me, nor do I mean to
man for the very efficient and valuable
he was escorted to the platform and in H. METZGER'S SONS. 11-15
service he had rendered the Association.
introducing the new president to the mem- question the sincerity of any man who gets Eighteenth St., Richmond. Va.
On motion the 14th Annual Convention
bers assembled, President Sigman said:
"I am happy two ways right now. One is
that this completes a year of work and
up. But when it comes to actually de-
livering the goods, we are most of us prone
to let the other fellow do it. You have
adjourned. '
New and Second-Hand Barrels,
Kegs and Hogsheads of all kinds.
EMPIRE BARREL
REGISTER NOW JOHN
Cosgrain
PAXTON A CO.. 5435
Montreal. Canada.
St..
Manufacturers of and dealers In
effort to help build up the industry. I fiituations brought up in this Association CO., 1925
— you have — The Banquet
cannot help but feel
complished something.
that we have ac-
It was a reflection
witnessed them when some-
all
body has to do something. The usual pro- The banquet, held on the evening of
Clinton Detroit,
St., Mich.
Second-Hand Barrels of all de-
AND Flour, Sugar and Apple Barrels.
Fir Pork Barrels. 100 lbs. and
of loyalty and confidence on the part of cedure is, if I say to you, 'Will you do May 15th, in the Jefferson Hotel, was a well scriptions. Liard Tubs and Nail 200 lbs.
the membership in having elected me for
the year. One of the greatest happinesses,
so and so' or 'Can you do so and so' if it
is an unpleasant matter, it is passed on or
attended and highly successful affair. The
entertainment, which was furnished by the
Kegs.
LET THE CONSUMERS KNOW
though, right now to me, is to present to pushed aside. I do not have any doubt but St. Louis cooperage fraternity, was of the
you your new president, Tom Powell. In that the same situations will arise in the order of high class vaudeville, and most
Mr. Powell I believe you are going to have future. If I have your support and you — stimulating. WHERE TO GET THEIR
the best president this Association has ever —
now pledge it to me I am going to insist The viands were of the best, and the air
had. If you will give him the support that upon having help, because it is your As- of good fellowship which prevailed made HOUSTON COOPERAGE AND TUB
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MACHINERY FOR SALE MACHINERY FOR SALE MACHINERY FOR SALE Slack Barrels for Apples. Poultry, Dealer in Second-Hand Barrels
.Sugar. Aicohol Kegs, etc. of all kinds.
FOR SALE ^SED and machinery (or sale. Two
rebuilt
SAVE WITH SAFETY Liberty Heading Turners, complete and AMERICAN COOPERAGE CO.,
QNE "Perfection" Hea<fing-up Machine in INC., Maurer, N. J. —Dealers In
THIRTY-THREE YEARS SERVING perfect condition. $350.00 for quick
guaranteed, capacity 12- to 20-inch heads, Second-Hand and Recoopered
COOPERAGE TRADE sale.
$75 each. One Whitney 20-inch stave saw, Tight Barrels.
heavy arbor type, drum in excellent con-
FOR SALE One Holmes No. 38^^ Crozer in A-1
dition, but needs new steel, will sell as is for
shape. Price $175.00.
1—20" B. D. Whitney drum saw $75, or will have it resteeled at factory at
1— Ditto with self-feed attachment One
2 — Perfection heading-up machines A. B. HOUTZ & SONS cost. heading or shingle saw with
flat
1—Gerlach doublewheel
wheel Jointer new 38-inch Simmonds saw. This machine Cooperage Stock & Barrel Shooks HICKSON-ROGERS MANUFACTURING CO.
1—24"
Gerlach single jointer Elizabeth City, N. C.
MANUFACTURERS OF
1— B. D. Whitney saw drum saw is in first-class condition, priced for quick
1—24" Gerlach arum sale, $175. Dowel Pitu Club Turned Oak and
1—32" Widdowson foot power stave Jointer
1^6" Greenwood foot power stave Jointer UBERTY MACHINE CO. Cooperage Machinery Tight Barret Staves Hickory Spokes
1—Trevor stave bolt equalizer FOR SALE WE ARE READY TO HANDLE YOUR ORDERS IN ANYT
—
1 Rebuilt Steam Engines, 55-60-75-85 HP Liberty, Maine [ QUANTITIES. STOCK AND SERVICE A-1. WRITE UsJ
1— Greenwood 36" stave cutter
1—Greenwood
Steam Log unloading outfit
1—No. 24 Holmes Dish Stave Jointer. B. C. Sheahan Company Blvd.
'??H^cA'^o'.''iLi!nNOIS PARAGOULD ARKANSAS
1
1
— 50" Pendulous heading saw
— Rochester No. 60" type heading
3, late
1—Oram Large Hooper. Size pOR SALE—Two Whitney drums, 20x39
1
Jointer
—Greenwood heading
60" heading Jointer
1—Large Gerlach Saw. Bolt inches, with ne%v blades.
1—Greenwood baling press, power 2 — No. 70 Bung and Bush Machines. TREXLER COOPERAGE CO.
drive
1 —Trevor
power
heading baling press, hand 1— No. 15 Holmes Crozer. AUentown, Pa.
Hoop Hoop FINGER LAKES COOPERAGE FLAG
1 —Greenwood 18" heading planer 1—Glader (Heavy Duty) Double Punch Ma- Nails Staples Hoop Fasteners
1— Rochester 24" heading planer
1 —Trevor 24" heading planer chine. STOCK FOR SALE Bright, Blued, Coppered or Galvanized LONG—TOP—BUTT—CHAIR
—Gerlach chain feed single stave planer
1
1 — Holmes
—Trevor
No. 2 double stave planer
Rochester No. 4 heading turner
1 —No. 18 Holmes 24" Heading Planer. Write for prices and samples
Satisfaction Assured
1
1 — heading turner
3 — New Noble No. barrel heaters
2 — No. 19 Holmes Heading Rounders. FOR SALE —40,000 5334" x 10 ga. Twisted
THE GEO. W. STANLEY CO. Bellevine, Dl. RAY A. RUSSELL SAVANNAH, N. Y.
1 —Clough
1— Clough & Witt trusser
1
& Witt slack barrel crozer 1 —No. 55 Holmes Stave Bender. Splice Wire Hoops, ^4 cent each.
1
1
—
—Set
Holmes Slack Barrel Machines
Bailey 40" right hand exhaust fan
1 —No. 17}^ Holmes Heading and Jointer A. B. HOUTZ & SONS
1 — Rogers- Buffalo 36" knife grinder Doweler. Elizabeth CHy, N. C.
Truss Hoops—
2—
sizes— Prices on appli-
all
cation. Portland Bush Machines.
Pflueger
kinds tight barrel, tight stave, tight
All 3 — Oram and Bush Machines.
Post Borers MACHINERY WANTED K. W. JACOBS COOPERAGE CO. W. W. WILSON STAVE COMPANY
2 —No. 47^^ Holmes Hoopers, 10" Rack. MANUFACTURERS OF
heading, rosin barrel machines. If you
don't see what you want, write us MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
anyway.
STOLPER STEEL PRODUCTS CORP.
y^ANTED —One Morgan barrel nailer.
All Classes Kiln-Dried and Jointed Tight Barrel Stavci

NOBLE MACHINE COMPANY Two 32"-knife power stave jointers. SLACK BARREL MANUFACTURERS—ALL KINDS White Oak Red Oak Gum and Ash
902 Hayden St. Fort Wayne, Indiana Fond du Lac Ave. at 33rd St. Address A. B. C, care of "The National Tongued and Grooved Barrel* Oar Specialty NORTH LITTLE ROCK t: ARKANSAS
Milwaukee, Wis. Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Pa.
Mention Tiiz National Coopers' Journal when writing tn advertisers. Mention Thb National Coopkk8' Journal when writing to advertisem
26 The National Coopers' Journal June, 1929

JACKSON
TINKLER & WEBSTER, LTD. Harlan-Morris Mfg. Co. TENNESSEE
Manufacturers of All Kinds of
National Bank Building LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND
BUYERS OF ALL KINDS OF TIGHT-BARREL STAVES, ADL and KDJ,
STAVES AND HEADING and CIRCLED HEADING
FROM WHITE OAK, RED OAK. ASH AND GUM
Offer us that stock on your yard

The Sutherland-Innes
Cable Address: "Stavewood Liverpool"

Co., Limited An
SATISFACTION
GUARANTEED

Opportunity to Quote on Your

Branch Mills In
Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama

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Manufacturers and Dealers in COOPERAGE STOCK
Requirements is considered a privilege by
STAVES, HOOPS, HEADING AND SHOOKS Just as sufficient horse power is necessary to the operation of your
TIGHT AND SLACK Krafft Cooperage Company I plant, so is the complete coverage of the cooperage industry essential
Chatham Ontario, Canada Federal Commerce Trust Building St. Louis, Mo. to the success of your selling plan.

You can reach the Buying Power

of the cooperage industry better and
more profitably through the advertising pages of The JOURNAL than
TURN IT INTO MONEY PROPERLY
MADE Tight Barrel QUALITY
STOCK through any other medium —
Because The JOURNAL is "the publica-

It
Have you anything

is
to sell, or want
TRY OUR SPECIAL "AD" DEPARTMENT
to buy or exchang'e anything?

our business to get buyers and sellers together and we can do it.
STAVES AND HEADING tion for the cooperage trade,"
is what it offers to every user of
and the Buying Power of the industry
its advertising space.
It is your business to turn unused or idle machinery and tools, etc., into
money and you can do it. Cost is small. Returns are large. OZARK STAVE COMPANY From
THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL, Philadelphia 134 North La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois
the viewpoint of reader interest, The JOURNAL surpasses all
.
f
others. When you pick up The JOURNAL you are reading about the
(I ^ ^/i<
i//io W-. \/fio/u// —
cooperage industry your industry. Every advertising page carries
mvms' mmkL a message to the cooper or stock manufacturer. The reading text is
THE VAIL COOPERAGE CO. WE ARE BUYERS OF ^Otv.'itu ', i>'£
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•A paper cf Qr««i tfAiu* ttj dll 9tav« booc.
K«aoing 4tkI lioar nanujftcfurvn Ic all
tMXSTfiY
cooperage. The articles are either defending the wooden barrel or
Since 1888 Manufacturers of

Quality Stock
STAVES STAVES, HOOPS & HEADING 'lib* ^±i» m«chtr)>^y An*l mill supplies urging the cooperage trade to greater business efforts. The reports
from cooperage manufacturers tell the trade how business is, and
Our Northern Elm Hoops
HOOPS For Tight and Slack Ceoperaga
what the future looks like.
"Best by Test"
HEADING JAMES WEBSTER & BRO., LTD. '^iPfAfSSc. &i."~'
Information is given as to conditions in
VENEERS barrel using industries. The editorials are cooperage editorials, and
FORT WAYNE, IND. T LONDON OFFICE— Bevis Marks House, Goring Street, L C, 3
are a guide to the cooperage man in the operation of his business.
From every angle The Journal is the cooperage man's paper.
has It
that intimate touch that ties it closely to the business of the cooperage

MONTEZUMA COOPERS' FLAG H. PADUART, Sartrouville, France and cooperage stock manufacturer.
Forty years in the business have made us Flag experts Steel Hoops and Wires Logically, and actually. The JOURNAL is the advertising medium for
ALL LENGTHS Try our Service SOFT VARIETY reaching the cooperage trade. No matter what your product is
of all kinds
P. T. CASEY WE INVITE YOUR INQUIRY FOR C. 1. F. PRICES
r^v ->L>-..'.>'-X,.
whether it be cooperage stock, cooperage, machinery, equipment,
92 West Bayard Street tt Seneca Falls, N. Y. EXPORT TO ALL, COUNTRIES belting, tools, or supplies, it will take your message direct to the
buying power in the cooperage industry with paying results.

According to all indications, there is a period of prosperous business

Air When in the mar\et for Wheel
YOU A. M. Welti & Bro.< ahead of the cooperage trade. The volume of sales, both for cooper-
can possibly get along without
Manufacturers of
Dried 30x5/8 "
Ash Pork Staves Listed advertising in THE NATIONAL age and cooperage stock, is growing. Better prices are being ob-
34x%" Red Oak Oil Staves; 36x3^ Gum
COOPERS' JOURNAL, but you Tight Cooperage
'
Staves will get along much better and tained, and the prospects are the brightest in some years.
Writ* to much faster IF YOU DO USE Milk, Oil and Lard
THE HENNEN COOPERAGE CO.,
Inc.
THE ONLY PAPER THAT Tierces and Kegs Undoubtedly, there is going to be a decided increase in the purchases
SPECIALIZES YOUR CLASS OF
BUYERS. 10406 Kiuman Rd. CicTcbad. 0.
Manufacturers of Tight Cooperage LAKE PROVIDENCE, LA. made by and for the cooperage trade. You can get your full share of
this additional buying power by taking advertising representation in
The Journal's pages.
Founded 1850
We
(NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA)
are large buyers of Slack Cooperage
Incorporated 1900
BUNGS
WE MAKE THEM VENT PLUGS FAUCETS
Let us you more about what JOURNAL advertising
tell will do for the
Stock of alt kinds and we want your prices CASK or BARREL PLUGS and WORM-HOLE PEGS good of your business.
Write for prices on Buns-borert. Coopev's hoop-drivers, hammers.
N.&H.O DONNELL COOPERAGE CO. adzes, llaggmK and flagKing irons, chalk, chimes and chime mauls

BARREL MANUFACTURERS REDLICH MFG. CO., 647 W. Oak CHICAGO

Moore St., Water to Swanson St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Known to the tradm for over
St.,
60 years
THERE'S NO OTHER LIKE IT

Tight and Slack Barrels

Manufacturer of
and Dealer in
Slack
SKUSE'S COOPERAGE
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
The National Coopers' Journal
We new Cooperage from Orders solicited for straight or
carry
local or carload
5 to 50-gallon on hand at all times for
Ready to fill barrels for all requirements
sliipments. Staves mixed cars. Write us whether you PHILADELPHIA
Pianta at Neville laland. Pa. , and Pittaburgh, Pa. Heading want to buy or sell. Satisfaction
ADDRKSS CORRKSPONDENCE TO Hoops Guaranteed.
Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Company Flour and
Fruit Barrels
SKUSE*S COOPERAGE
Cor. Finney and DaTis St»., Rochester,
New York
2723 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.

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STEPHEN JERRY& CO., Inc.
Strength and Economy
495 Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. in binding barrels with
MANUFACTURERS

Barrels and Sliooks

Cooperage Slock %:^ DEVOTED TO THE
c/I paper of great value to all stave, hoop,
heading and liner manufaclurers to all ;

makers and users of barrels, kegs caslcs, ,

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especially made from No. I material At the same time, the low price of Wire
Hoops reduces the cost of the completed
throughout, so as to provide the utmost protec-
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tion of contents, whether of dry or liquid Packers find that barrels bound with Amer-
commodities. They are especially recommended ican Wire
ing
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icals. These barrels are also thoroughly sanitary and assure your customers of added satisfaction.
containers for the protection of food products.
We inviteyour inquiry for detailed informa-
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samples in sufficient quantity to make a
Located near the seaboard, our factory is pecul- thorough test.
iarly adapted for the production of shooks for

export.
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Wide experience in cooperage makes it possible Staples or Fasteners
as illustrated.
for us to offer a properly selected supply of the

various sizes and grades of staves, heading,

« n
hoops, liners and coopers* supplies. SALES OFFICES:
CHICAGO 208 S. La Salle St. M KM PUIS,
CLKVELAND Rockefeller Uldff. Union and Planters Bank Bldjf.
CORRl.Sl'OXDLNCi: DKTROIT Foot of First St. NEW YORK 30 Church St.
CINCINNATI Union Trust Bldff. BOSTON Stitler Bldg.
SOLICITED MINNKAPOLIS—ST. PAUI^ PnTS'BURGII Frick Bldg.
Merchants Nat. Bk. Bldjr..St. Paul PniLAT>KLPHIA Widener Bldi?.
ST.LOUIS 506 Olive St ATLANTA 101 Marietta St.
KANSAS CITY 417 Grand Ave. \VORC ESTER 94 Grove St.
OKLAHOMA CITY, BALTIMORE 32 S. Charles St.
First Nafl Bank Bid;?. BUFFAI/) 070 Elliwtt St.
BIRMINGHAM Brown-Marx Bldjr. WILKESBARRE,.. Miners Bank Bldg.
DALIES Praetorian Bldff.
DKNVER .First Nat. Bank Bldfj.
SALT LAKE CITY Walker Bank Bldjf.

UNITED STATES STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY

San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Seattle

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SA WYERS LIKE THIS ONE

The operator does not have to pull the staves
C. M.Van Aken Strength and Economy
out; they glide
year endless rubber belt.
from the machine on a Good-
The Hyatt roller bear-
Cooperage Co. California Barrel Co.,Inc.
ESTABLISHED 1883 in binding barrels with
ings make it easier to push the carriage and the :3UYERS AND SELLERS OF:

sawyer gets more and better staves with less

433 CALIFORNIA ST., SAN FRANCISCO
work. The personal profit and
the saw^yer governs to a large extent the success
satisfaction of
Staves, Hoops CABLE ADDRESS "KOSTER"

of the mill.
Heading Cooperage Stock
and
Manufacturers
COOPERAGE SUPPLIES
TIGHT STAVES and HEADING
26" X 53" SPECIAL STAVE SAWING MACHINE Promptness is our Motto
SAWS STAVES ON 26" CIRCLE SLACK STAVES and HEADING
FROM 20" TO 42" LONG
X %^\J\JU O 1 1^^^^ is what we aim to sell WOODENWARE STAVES
AND
THE GERLACH COMPANY ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS;
HEADING
1708 Columbus Road
141 Broadway, New York .
American Steel &. Wire
CLEVELAND OHIO EXPORTERS OF
WASHINGTON LIFE BUILDING
Company's
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|
DOUGLAS FIR BARREL SHOCKS
WIRE HOOPS
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'117IRE HOOPS mean greater strength for

TREVOR * * barrels and better protection for shipments.
At the same time, the low price of Wire
Manufacturing Company Hoops reduces the cost of the completed

LOCKPORT, N. Y. package.
Packers find that barrels bound with Amer*

The Latest Improved Machinery

Barrels
Staves
Heading
Hoops
for
Kegs
Pails
Drums
Cheese Boxes
*f>
N
ican Wire Hoops measure up to the most exact-
ingr requirements of modern transportation.
Bind your barrels with American Wire Hoops
and assure your customers of added satisfaction.
We invite your inquiry for detailed informa-
tion, and will gladly send you, without charge,
samples in sufficient quantity to make a
thorough test.

That's the story of the race for

Complete plants
from the log to the barrel many a big barrel order.
Secure bilge hoops ivith

Trevor Patent
Good heads are as equally es- Staples or Fasteners
Jumbo Heading sential to the making of wooden as illustrated.
Sawing Machine barrels as staves and hoops.
The highest point in machine efficiency is the
NEW "Perfection'* Heading-up Machine
H&D heads are good heads and
H&D
SALES OFFICES:
will win the business. With CHICAGO 208 La St MEMPHIS,
"TREVOR" for heading-up and hooping off all classes of slack heads you have a guarantee of
CLEVELAND
DETROIT
S. Salle
Rockefeller Bldg.
Foot of First St. NEW YORK
Union and Planters Bank Bldg.
30 Church St
Sixty-Inch cooperage. Repeat orders and the successful CINCINNATI Union Trust Bldg. BOSTON Statler Bldg.
Steel Wheel **Quality--Service-- Workmanship." MINNEAPOLIS—ST. PAUL. PITTSBURGH Frick Bldg.
operation of every machine sold in various parts Merchants Nat. Bk. Bldg.. St. Paul PHILADELPHIA Widener Bldg.
Heading of the country, is our history to date. ST. LOUIS 506 Olive St ATLANTA 101 MarietU St
Jointer Let us you more about them.
tell KANSAS CITY 417 Grand Ave. WORCESTER 94 Grove St
Are You Using a "Perfection?" u OKLAHOMA CITY, BALTIMORE 32 S. Charles St
There are no better heads made. First Nat'l Bank Bldg. BUFFAI/) 670 Ellieott St
Send tor BIRMINGHAM Brown-Marx Bldg. WILKES BARRE... Miners Bank Bldg.
Catalogue
DALLAS Praetorian
Bldg.
DENVER .First Nat Bank
Bldg.
and
Prices
MARTEN, GRAHN & ANDRESEN HUDSON & DUGGER COMPANY SALT LAKE CITY ....Walker Bank Bldg.

Twenty-second and Illinois Streets : SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. UNITED STATES STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY
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TIGHT COOPERAGE
Barrels and
SELECTED
Kegs L HENNING, Inc.
KILN DRIED TIMBER

Clean Cooperate StocK

Economical

Manhattan Building Chicago, ni.

NATIONAlfOOPERAGE&WOODENWARE (0.
EST. 1884^
PEORIA, ILL.

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Chris Heidt, 2d Phones {iiH} Bergen

ESTABLISHED 1860
SOUTHPORT CORPORATION,Inc. Chas. E. Heidt

MANUFACTURERS C. HEIDT & SON, Inc.

JERSEY CITY, N. J.

BARRELS SHOOKS New Slack

B Second-hand
Barrels

STAVES HEADS Barrels A All Kinds Slack

and Tight
for all dry ma-
terials, chem- R We Specialize
ALL SIZES AND SPECIFICATIONS icals, sugar, etc. R preparing tight

HARDWOOD LUMBER Tongued and E barrels for all

pu rpos es

NEW ORLEANS BANK BUILDING

819
Grooved Barrels
a Specialty L "A Used Barrel
Is Better Than
a New One"
S
NEW ORLEANS QUALITY and SERVICE Our Motto ! Receiving Room, Co-operative Apple Packing House
CABLE ADDRESS "ATLAS" OFFICE, 64 Fairmount Ave. PLANT, 12-88 Fairmount Ave.
:d^ =»& =^ =H:

HICKSON-ROGERS MANUFACTURING CO.

The National Coopers* Journal
MANUFACTURERS OF
CHICKASAW WOOD PRODUCTS CO. Dowel Pina
Tight Barrel Staves
Club Turned Oak and V(^45 July, 1929 No. 3
CHICKASAW COOPERAGE CO. Hickory Spokes
rWE ARE READY TO HANDLE YOUR ORDERS IN ANY!
LQUANTITIES. STOCK AND SERVICE WRITE UsJ
PARAGOULD
A-1.
ARKANSAS
IMPORTANT ARTICLES IN
Barrels, Staves THIS ISSUE
Heading, Shooks New Cooperage Hamper
Kiln-Dried Dimension Lumber Cooperage Stock & Barrel Shooks Louisiana a Fertile Field for

Buffalo Flour Barrel Trade on Active Basis

7

8
Assocwm
GENERAL OFFICE: Cooperage Machinery Improvement Readily Noticeable in Louisville Cooperage
Box 143, Binghamton Br. GULF DISTRICT:
Circles 9
Memphis, Tenn. Gretna, La.
Be . K^. oneanan
Shf^nflAti rAmnanv
l.x>mpany ^^^ ^«st Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, Illinois Editorials 10

Wants in Cooperage Lines 11

Cooperage Association Warns Tight Trade of Small Container

Competition in "Cold Pack" Fruit Industry
M. L. SIGMAN Barrels and Shools^
Apple Prospects for 1929 are for a Crop That Will Compare
11

Manufacturer ^era^eStock. Favorably With Abundant Yield of Last Year 12

HIGHEST QUALITY Canadian Apple Crop Should Provide Excellent Volume for

TIGHT BARREL STAVES Cooperage Trade 22

Tight Sap White Oak Oils, Cooperage Exports Show Decrease for 1928 Compared with
Red
Wines,
—
Oak
etc.,
Oils,
K. D. J.
Also Cut-Offs
Regular
& B.
itU«*
fd^ s^^ 1927
Decision Rendered on Docket 36, Subject 45, Effecting Rates
23

on Slack Barrels 24
4Pi
At*»«^
MONTICELLO ARKANSAS
iT£PHEN JERRY£.Caiiic mm
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Parties wanting anything that conies under any of the following heads will do well to
remember that these are the most reliable and trustworthy manufacturers and dealers FORTY-FIFTH PER TEAR
BUYERS' DIRECTORY
92.00
Always mention this paper when writing. I. F. C. means YEAR Philadelphia, July, 1929 VOL. XLV, No. 3
in their respective lines.
Inside Front Cover. I. B. C. means Inside Back Cover.

for their products good. A good many

BARREL ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS
Pape
SECOND-HAND BARRELS
Page
Louisiana a Fertile Field for Volume Sales of New is
molasses and syrup barrels are also being
B. & B. Holmes Machinery Co., BufTalo. N. Y B. C. Heidt & Son. C, Jersey City. N. J 4 used, but perhaps the best tight business
Oram Co., The John S., Cleveland, Ohio 14-15 Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Co., Pittsburgh, Pa 26
Cooperage Hamper being done at this time is for syrups and
flavoring extracts for the soft drink makers.
With Proper Development the Cooperage Trade Can Build a Profitable
BARREL HEATERS SLACK BARREL MAKERS AND BARREL STOCK The demand for used tight barrels for
Colwell Cooperage Co., New York. N. Y • Colwell Cooperage Co., New York. N. Y * Business Among Farmers and Produce Growers for New^ Con- roofing paint and other tarry products ex-
E. &Holmes Machinery Co.. Buffalo, N. Y
B.
Hynson Company, The, Lebanon, 111
Trevor Manufacturing Co., I^ockport, N. Y
B. C
-^>
Greif Bros. Cooperage Co., Cleveland, Ohio
Heidt & Son., C, Jersey City, N. J
Jacobs Cooperage, K. W., Milwaukee, Wis
1. F. C.

25
4
tainer —
Good Demand for Tight Cooperage in New^ Orleans ceeds the supply.
1. F. C. At this writing none of the sugar
Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New York. N. Y I. F. C. Jerry & Co., Stephen, Brooklyn, N. Y 4
ODonnell Cooperage Co., N. and H., Philadelphia, Pa 26 refineries are using barrels, but that is a
Skuse's Cooperage, Rochester, N. Y 26
The busy season for the shipping of Rush Business Among Green Corn condition that is likely to change at any
BARREL MACHINERY miscellaneous vegetables has come and gone, Growers Continues time, for the refinery that uses no barrels
Holmes Machinery Co., E. & B.. Buffalo. N. Y B. C. the coopers getting much good business, one week may use thousands of them the
Oram Co., The John S., Cleveland, Ohio 14-1") SLACK BARREL STOCK (Manufacturers or Dealers) The green corn season opened with a rush
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport. N. Y 1. F. C. Henning, Inc., E., Chicago, III 4 but by no means as much as they should that still continues, and in this business the next.
Weimar Engineering Works. Philadelphia, Pa 16 Murray, C. E., Decherd. Tenn 16
have obtained. The rush of early vegetables
Pennoyer Co., J. C. Chicago, 111 * same condition prevails. Some retailers Fish Industry Has Had Good Season
Siruthers-Ziegler Cooperage Co., Detroit, Mich 16 was followed by the harvesting of the bean
\'an Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New York, N. Y .1. F. C want their purchases to come in barrels, The fishermen are having a good season,
BUNG MANUFACTURERS Wineman, Jr., Henry. Detroit, Mich
. .

13 crop, which lasted three or four weeks and

but most of them prefer to receive green and require a good many barrels for their
Redlich Manufacturing Co.. 647 W. OoK St.. Chicago. Ill 2C was remarkable for its volume. The full corn in smaller packages, and for this reason catches, though the box has made some
amount of this crop is not yet definitely there are more baskets and hampers than inroads into this trade.
COOPERS' FLAG SLACK COOPERAGE STOCK (Manufacturers and Dealers) known, but half a dozen of the small barrels used, so the coopers are losing The box and crate people in this section
Colwell Cooperage Co.. New York. N. Y •
Colwell Cooperage Co.. Now York. N. Y • shipping stations across the lake from this much good business in this line by neglecting are playing in hard luck, in spite of their
Henning, Inc.. E., Chicago, 111 4 Grelf Bros. Cooperage Co., Cleveland, Ohio I. F'. C.
city report .shipments of green beans total-
Henning, Inc., E., Chicago, III 4 the smaller package. success in competing with the barrel. One
Jerry & Co., Stephen, Brooklyn. N. Y 4 ing sixty-one carloads. This would probably
Murray, C. E., Decheid, Tenn 16 of the larger box-making plants in this city
COOPERS' TOOLS, TRUSS HOOPS, ETC. Pennoyer Co., J. C, Chicago. Ill * amount to 12,000 barrels from a limited Wooden Barrel the Only Satisfactory suffered a disastrous fire, and then the big
Cooperage Co., New York, N. Y I'owell Cooperage Co.. Memphis. Tenn 13 area, but, unfortunately, the beans were
Colwell •
Sheahan Co.. B. C. Chicago, 111 4
Package for "Goose Neck" Squash box plant at Crystal Springs was razed by
E. & B. Holmes Machinery Co., Buffalo, N. Y B. C.
Hynson Company, The, Lebanon, 111 25
Skuse's Cooperage, Rochester, N. Y 26 not shipped in barrels, for the reason,
pleasant to record, however, that the fire,with a loss of half a million dollars.
It is
J. C. Peniioyer Co.. Chicago, 111 • Smith Lumber Co.. W. T., Chapman. Ala 16
satisfactory to the shippers, that their cus-
Redlich Manufacturing Co.. 647 W. Oak St.. Chicago. Ill 2C .Struthers-Ziegler Cooperage Co., Detroit, Mich 16 barrel has a monopoly of one particular In addition to the loss of property destroyed
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport, N. Y Sutherland, Innes Co., Ltd., Chatham, Ont 26 tomers prefer packages that are smaller
Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New York, N. Y.
I. F. t'.
Vail Cooperage Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind ••• 26 branch of the produce industry. The "goose- by the fire this firm suffered a very serious
.1. F. C. than a barrel, and also because green beans
Van Aken Cooperage Co.. C. M., 141 Broadway, New York. N. Y
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I- F. The fire occurred at the

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neck squash" is a numerous and popular loss of business.

Wineman, Jr., Henry. Detroit. Mich 13
stand shipment best in smaller packages.
member of the squash or pumpkin family beginning of the tomato shipping season,
DOWEL PINS For these reasons hampers and baskets are and five hundred thousand empty tomato
that is too long to go into a hamper and too
Hickson-Rogers Mfg. Paragould, Ark
Co., used, in spite of their flimsiness and the boxes that had been made up and stored to
Hynson Company, The, Lebanon. Ill
4
STAVE AND HEADING MACHINERY crooked to be packed in a crate, so it is
25 danger of injury in transit.
meet the coming rush of business were
Redlich Manufacturing Co., 647 W. Oak St.. Chicago. Ill 2ti Gerlach Co.. The, Cleveland. Ohio I. F. C. shipped only in barrels. These remarkable
Holmes Machinery Co.. E. & B.. Buffalo. N. Y B. C,
vegetables are so crooked that they would destroyed by fire. A great many orange
Oram Co.. The John S.. Cleveland, Ohio 14-15 The New Cooperage Apple Hamper Adapt-
J. C.Pennoyer Co., Chicago, 111 *
able for Many Farm Products crawl off if they were not packed in good boxes were also destroyed.
DRAG SAWS, ETC. Trevor Manufacturing Co., liockport, N. Y I. F. C.
containers, and the darkies on the loading Why Not the Cooperage Hamper
Pennoycr Co., J. C. Chicago, III * The safe and solid package that would
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport. N. Y I. F. C. platforms show remarkable skill in pack- for Tomatoes?
have exactly met the requirements of these
STEEL AND WIRE HOOPS ing them in barrels, fitting them together The people of Crystal Springs call their
bean shippers is the "cooperage apple
American Steel and Wire Co., Chicago and New York in such a way that they get a remarkable town the "Tomatopolis of the world," the
EXPORTERS Henning, Inc.. E., Chicago, 111
3
hamper," but there is no evidence that any
4 number in each container. tomato being the chief crop in that section,
Henning, Chicago, III
Inc., E., 4 H. Paduart, Sartrouville, France 26 effort was made to bring the merits of this
Jerry & Co., Stephen, Brooklvn, N. Y 4 and the loss of so many containers is a
Southport Corporation, New Orleans Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La 4
package the notice of the shippers of
to
All the Wooden Barrel Needs ia Organized
beans. Here was a possible market for calamity to the whole community. It is but
TIGHT BARREL MAKERS AND BARREL STOCK Publicity and Selling
rarely that tomatoes are shipped in any
some twenty-four thousand of these small
HOOP MACHINES California Barrel Co., San Francisco, Calif 3
packages, with many other similar markets
The shippers of produce say that they cooperage package, but now, when nothing
Chickasaw Wood Products Co., Memphis, Tenn 4
Hynson Company, The, Lebanon, Hudson & Dugger Co., Inc., Memphis, Tenn wish to use the kind of containers that else can be obtained, why should they not
Trevor Manufacturing Co.,
111
Lockport, N. Y
25
National Cooperage and Woodenware Co., Peoria. Ill
3 near at hand, all entirely overlooked by the
i. F. C. 4 are most satisfactory to their customers; give the cooperage hamper a trial? If the
Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Co., Pittsburgh, Pa 26 coopers.
Southport Corporation, New Orleans Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La 4
Journal tells of then why not try to set some of the large one-bushel barrel-tub is ever to be used for
Sutherland. Innes Co., Ltd., Chatham, Ont 26 The June issue of the
produce buyers right on the subject of con- tomatoes now is the time to begin, for the
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IMPORTERS (Cooperage and Cooperage Stock) Welti & Bro., A. M., Cleveland, Ohio 26 plans that are being made to introduce the
& Bro., James, verpool, England tainers? The manager of the Great At- total lack of packages during the season
Webster I..i 26 cooperage hamper to the apple trade, but
Tinkler & Webster, Liverpool, England 26 lantic & Pacific Tea Company in this city would be ruinous to the whole community.
how about the Southern peach trade? If
TIGHT COOPERAGE STOCK (Manufacturers or Dealers) says that his concern here buys $300,000 More hard luck for the makers of wooden
this package is good for apples it is cer-
Coleman Co., Wm. H., Jackson, Tenn B. C. worth of produce each year. When men boxes is seen in the opening here of a new
MACHINE KNIVES AND SAWS Colwell Cooperage Co., New York. N. Y • tainly better for peaches, which are more
Cerlach Co., The. Cleveland. Ohio F. C.
Harlan-Morris Mfg. Co., Jackson. Tenn 26
likely to suffer in transit if not properly
buy on such a large scale it certainly ought $1.50,000 fiber box plant. This plant will
J. C. Pennoyer Co., Chicago. Ill
1.
Hennen Cooperage Co., The. Lake Providence, La 26
to be easy to interest them in good manufacture solid fiber corrugated and
Southern Stave, Saw & Machine Co. 112 S. 19th St., Birmingham, Ala... 25
Henning, Inc., E., Chicago, III 4 packed, but which nevertheless are shipped
Kraflft Cooperage Co., St. Louis, Mo 26 packages. folding boxes at the rate of possibly a
Ozark Stave Co., Chicago, 111 26 in baskets. The basket people are well
Pennoyer Co., J. C, Chicago, 111 aware that their products are not giving A visitor in one of our city shops found million dollars worth per year. If the
Sheahan Co., B. C, Chicago, 111 4 the crew at work on paste barrels. He had cooper finds it hard to meet the competition
NAILS, STAPLES, TACKS, CLEATS, ETC. Sigman, M. L., Monticello, Ark 4 satisfaction to the peach trade, and nre mak-
Colwell Cooperage Co., New York. N. Y
Southport Corporation. New Orleans Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La 4 thought that paste came in little bottles or of the wooden box people, let him think of
•
Sutherland. Innes Co., lAd., Chatham. Ont 26 ing strenuous efforts to improve the quality
Hynson Company, The, Lebanon. Ill 25 Wilson Stave Co.. W. W., North Little Rock, Ark 25 Their baskets are now jars, and was surprised to learn that the the fate of the wooden box people having to
Redlich Manufacturing Co., 647 W. Oak St., Chicago, 111 26 of their output.
Stanley Co., The Geo. W., Belleville, III quality, some of them paste makers use a considerable number meet the competition of a concern like that,
25 greatly improved in
Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New York, N. Y r. f. C. of barrels, and that business in that line which can undersell them and furnish pack-
TIGHT STAVE MANUFACTURERS being so good that they certainly can not
is good. ages quite as satisfactory as their own. The
Henning, Inc.. E., Chicago, 111 be .''old for less than twenty-five cents each,
AND TUB MACHINERY
4 wooden box makers, however, are an ener-
PAIL Sigman, M. L.. Monticello, Ark 4 but still they are not in the same class with Good Demand for New and Used
Southport Corporation, New Orleans Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La 4 getic lot, and when they find it impossible
Gerlach Co., The. Cleveland. Ohio I. p. c. Sutherland. Innes Co., Ltd.. Chatham. Ont 26 the cooperage package. A little missionary Tight Barrel*
Trevor Manufacturing Co.. Lockport. N. Y i. \.\ c. Wilson Stave Co.. W. W.. North LUtla Rock. Ark
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26 would win the la.sting to meet the competition of the fiber box they
work in this line
the consignees in the city The cotton oil mills are all busy, and the may try harder than ever to win the trade
gratitude of
demand for tight barrels, buckets and tubs that by Hght belongs to the cooper.
markets.
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Apple Barrel Demand Showing using second-hand barrels here, including
Itself —
Outlook Very Good Buffalo Barrel Trade on
Active Basis
the meat packers. Old whiskey barrels are
bringing a high price.
Improvement Readily Noticeable in Louisville
years. The Chess & Wymond Co. quit
making barrels more than two years ago.
Just now too hot around this part
it is The Gambrinus Cooperage Co., operated by
of the country to get excited about anything,
Fifteen individuals and firms in Buffalo Cooperage Circles Philip Sengel & Son, which was a fairly
have been indicted as alleged members of
including the cooperage business. The active organization back in the days when
flour barrel trade
is on an active
a nation-wide liquor conspiracy. They are Full Force Demand From Food Products Concerns Not Present as Yet
Mint juleps are out of order so we are scale, with some of the shops now running
brewers and distillers were operating, today
dividing our time between business and a
charged with participation in the distribu- But Outlook for a Good Run of Business is Especially Bright isonly making a few slack packages, being
on full time. This indicates that a good
cool spot under a shady tree. In spite of
tion of bogus whiskey equipment. A raid out of the tight game.
amount of flour is now going abroad in was made here last March, at which time
this divided attention we find that the
wooden packages, which is a situation 3,000 whiskey-soaked barrels and much
cooperage business could be a lot worse
bound to be productive of satisfaction to
There is a little improvement being shown one. A
big cotton crop will mean lots of
other equipment was captured. The barrels
than it is. When the weather was cool we in the demand for packages, although the cotton seed and considerable activity for Jas. W. Donaldson Co. Purchases
the cooperage industry. The local mills are were used as temporary containers of moon-
were doing considerable worrying about season for active movement of packages the seed crushers and oil refineries.
now operating at about 75 per cent of shine liquor or reclaimed alcohol, which White Oak Timber to Manufacture
substitute packages, wondering whether into the food packing industry still has a
capacity. They have been confronted for was later to be put into bottles and sold as Crop Conditions Generally Bourbon Staves
these substitutes would leave us enough little way go before it will become really
to Fruit
some time by an unsettled state of affairs imported liquor.
business to pay expenses and considering active. Business is as good or a trifle better Are Favorable A white oak virgin timber
tract of
in the wheat market, but now that the farm
how long we would be able to fight against than it was at .this time last year, it is said, Prospects point to a good apple crop, which, opinion of old-time timber
in the
relief bill has been signed by President Notes of the Trade
these odds, but the past month has assured while prospects look just as good or better. which should create some demand for slack men, is the finest in the entire Ozark
Hoover there is more confidence among Leslie LaNieve, of
us conclusively that we did more worrying the
Cate-LaNieve Favorable weather enabled farmers to plant barrels even in this territory, which is not mountain section was recently purchased
millers as well as their customers, who feel Cooperage Co., Memphis, Tenn., was a
tlianwas necessary, because the orders that normal or better crops, and May and June a large packer. A good cabbage crop has by the Jas. W. Donaldson Company of St.
that a demoralized wheat market is no visitor to Buffalo a few days ago.
have been coming in have proven that weather was favorable to growth and de- been experienced, and considerable stock has Louis, Mo. The timber is located in
longer likely. Willis K. Jackson, president of Jackson
people are still using barrels and as we velopment of many lines, with the result been moving from the Louisville territory Shannon County, Missouri, and until a few
have always known, these barrels can not New Apple Container Favorably
& Tindle, has returned from a few days' that it now looks as if there will be a to the North, but principally in standard months ago was not accessible because of
Commented business trip to New York.
be made without staves, heading and hoops. considerable amount of stuff in mid-summer crates. The berry crop was large, and there being no railroad through this sec-
Upon by Coopers
It is this good demand during the past The Quaker City Cooperage Co. reports and later, requiring tight packages. prices low, which enabled the preserving tion. The Missouri Pacific is now laying a
month that has emphasized in our minds The new apple container is being favor- improvement in the demand for flour and syrup people to handle a good pack. branch line that is opening up the last tract
ably commented upon by coopers, who feel barrels, with a good outlook for the near Slack Cooperage Remains Somewhat Quiet
th.e fact that there is still barrel business. of consequence left in the Ozark Mountains.
that it will fill a long-felt want for a future. Notes of Interest from the Louisville Trade
Considerable of the present cooperage Movement of slack packages continues a Due to unusual excellence of the
the
smaller, yet substantial, package The Niagara Cooperage Co., Lockport, is
demand is for apple barrels. Weather con- for
trifle quiet, although movement of first J. S. Thompson, manager of the Louisville white oak, the Donaldson Company will
ditions at the mills during the early part
apples and other fruit, which will not only turning out some flour barrels for the
crop potatoes is now starting, and is taking division of the Southern Hardwood Traffic convert it into bourbon staves and are in-
of the year coupled with the psychological be attractive, but economical. It is of milling industiy but reports that
there,
a few slack barrels for use in less than car Association, reports that the carriers in stalling several saws in Shannon County
effect of the uncertainty above referred to,
course difficult to display apples temptingly there doing now in apple barrels.
is little
lot shipping, at a time when the stock is publishing new rates to Canadian points where the staves will be manufactured, air-
have put many of the mills in a position in a grocery store window in a large-sized H. Feldman, a second-hand barrel dealer
new, green, and tender. In fact since the from the southwestern territory, including dried and listed.
barrel, but the new package will make an of 2 Watson Street, finds that trade on a
where the statement, "Sorry, but we haven't middle of June the potato crop has been Texas and Louisiana, failed to provide
the material to offer you," is not an unusual attractive display of this kind. It will fairly good basis, with various lines of
creating some demand for slack barrels, routings with milling in transit privileges
reply to an inquiry. meet the needs of housewives who either industry looking for both slack and tight
Such a condition as whereas heavy car lot movement was not through Ohio River crossings. When it
this always tends toward higher prices and cannot afford ro buy a big barrel of barrels. Supplies of slack barrels are not was
Gideon-Anderson Co. to Handle Sales
expected to get started until about July 5th called to their attention the carriers
while many of the mills are unable to apples, or do not have the storage place large. for Vail-Donaldson Co.
to 10th. readily agreed to a petition being filed with
furnish everything, they can, most of them, for it. There should be no better place to The International Milling Co. has about the Interstate Commerce Commission to The Gideon-Anderson Company, St.
furnish something and the stimulating price popularize the new container than in completed work on an addition to its mill-
western New Labor Scarcity Holding Down Cooperage restore such routings on lumber, cooperage Louis, Mo., announces that it has taken over
which has affected everything particularly York, which is such a great ing capacity, bringing it up to 6,000 barrels
Stock Production material and general forest products, with the sales of the Vail-Donaldson Company,
in the stave and heading line is beneficial center of the fruit industry. daily. the result that the old situation will in no which operates three stave mills and two
to the mill when The hot weather of the past month Production of staves and heading in the
furnishes something.
it is way be interfered with, and stock can be band mills. The Gideon-Anderson Company
Unfortunately there seems to be more of thought to have done some damage to apples South is reported to be a trifle quiet just
moved through Louisville, Evansville and is one of the most extensive manufacturers
an uncertainty in the hoop situation than and to have promoted the spread of insects, now, on account of the strong demand for
others points for drying, finishing, etc., of hardwood lumber and cooperage stock.
anything else. including the rosy aphis and the green Andrew C. Hughes labor, especially from the cotton planters,
in The hoop end of the without any interference. The addition of the Vail-Donaldson Com-
business has been affected by barrel sub- aphis. The prediction is made by apple men who over the active planting and cultivating
P. M. Dormeyer, of Chicago, who came to pany's output gives it an additional source
stitutes just the same as staves and head- that no bumper crop will be seen this There was something season, as well as picking season, need labor
particularly de- Louisville just a few months ago as sales of supply which places it among the leading
ing, but in addition to that so season, but that late varieties may not be pressing in the passing of that staunch de- and lots of it. Many stave and heading men
many con-
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manager of the Atlantic Tank & Barrel producers of the country.
cerns are now using steel hoops and wire seriously harmed by unfavorable conditions. fender of the wooden barrel, Andrew C. are rather inclined to reduce operations and
Corporation, has recently resigned his con-
hoops that good stave and heading business Hughes, which occurred May 23d, after make no real effort to run when cotton
International Apple Shippers' Association nection with the company and returned to
does not necessarily mean good hoop busi- but a little more than a month's illness. requires labor, as it would merely force up
Chicago. Dormeyer has had considerable
ness. While hoops are moving right along
to Meet in August
"Andy," familiarly known by that name wages, and the cotton people would win out Cooperage Conditions Continue
experience in the package business and is
More than 200 delegates from western in the long run, as they have to have labor Excellent in Great Britain
they are not moving as well as staves and to his countless friends throughout
the well known to the industry.
heading and prices seem a great deal more New York are expected to attend the 34th cooperage industry, was but young in years, at a given time, whereas the stave and head-
Arthur Herb, general manager of the There is no complaint to make in the
uncertain. Just now there is such a wide annual convention of the as years are counted in this day, ing man can operate at other seasons. To
International and his Louisville division of the Atlantic Tank & trade, both sides, tight and slack, being
range between the asking price and the Apple Shippers' Association, fund of vitality and energy appeared such fight the cotton planter for labor would
to be held on Barrel Corporation, recently returned from steadily busy.
selling price that it is difficult for the buyer August 13th to
16th at the Royal York as should have carried him well to the merely result in the cotton man's crop cost-
a trip to the East, where he saw his wife The demand for memel staves is good, and
of hoops to determine whether he is paying Hotel, Toronto, Ont. The estimated attend- century mark. That he could not have re- ing him more money, and this would work
and daughter off on a summer trip to fairly large parcels ex stock have been
ance at this to the disadvantage of the cooperage man
too much or too little. The scarcity of convention will be 16,000, mained longer with us will be long re- Europe. sold to consumers. Cooperages are well
elm timber will probably right this situa- representing many different as well. The result is that when the cotton
countries. gretted. The Atlantic Tank & Barrel Corporation employed.
tion before long, because uncertainty of Among the subjects to be discussed are Andy Hughes belonged man needs labor, the cooperage people ease
specifically to the is winding up its Louisville operations, and The demand for American staves is good,
price usually results from producing more important impending legislative measures their operations.
cooperage industry since he was born, bred, is now working up such material as it has and seasoned stock is selling freely. There
than is needed and in spite of the curtail- on farm relief, foreign trade and licensing raised and labored as a wooden
barrel man on hand; and gradually selling such is a fair inquiry for dressed oak matched
There are so many matters of inter- Cotton Will Have a Fair Crop This Year
ing of the needs it will not be long before bills.
—and fixed as he eternally was in his in- machinery as becomes idle, with plans for stock, but none at all for gum at present.
the elm hoop supply will be behind these est to the growers,and so many men compe- tegrity and Indications are for a very fair cotton
honesty—he undoubtedly died dismantling the plant, and later selling the The slack cooperage demand continues
tent to discuss them at the convention, that with crop this year, running between 14,000,000
needs. On the whole we have been well his full loyalty still vested in the property. It had been planned to finish up good, with consumption, if anything, above
it will undoubtedly be well worth
satisfied with the volume of business in while to package of his choice. and 15,000,000 bales according to some about July 1st, but it will take a little the normal. Stocks in importers' yards are
attend.
this locality during the past month and the In memory Andrew C. Hughes will be predictions, although the Federal reports longer than that date to clean up or finish gradually being reduced, though supplies
The demand for second-hand barrels is held by all who knew him as one "who gave are not out yet. A fair cotton crop would
outlook for the near future is pleasing. material on hand. are ample for the present.
fairly active, particularly for slack
barrels, his best" at all times and under all help the South a lot. The usual boll weevil Passing of the Atlantic Tank & Barrel Fir staves from Archangel are expected
C. M. Van A ken, President in which the supply is not
large. One of
cir-
talk is being heard, but it is claimed that if
cumstances. No finer memory or epitaph Corporation's Louisville division will mark to arrive soon.
C. M. Van Aken Cooperaerc Co., the dealers says that used flour
barrels are could be desired by any man. dry, hot weather is experienced in July,
New York City. quite scarce. Various lines of industry are
We'll miss the passing of the second large tight barrel J. C. Tinkler, Tinkler & Webster, Ltd..
you, "Andy," because we liked you.
the weevil problem will not be a serious plant from Louisville within about three Liverpool, England.
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cooperage trade an increased volume of business, the profits from which will Wants Cooperage Lines
Apple Outlook Is For Good Average Crop— Cooperage Trade in
more than warrant the efforts put forth.
Must Push New Cooperage Apple Hamper For Bushel Ship- A. T. Clark, Vergennes, Vt., is in the
The Journal makes an urgent call upon its trade to support this new market for 600 apple barrels.
ments to Combat Competition'From Box and Basket, package wholeheartedly, and in so doing not only aid our industry but each Arthur H. Hill, Isle La Motte, Vt., is in
'T'HE story of the 1929 apple crop as told in tliis issue of the Journal indicates individual member of it as well. the market for 500 apple barrels.
• an apple production this season not ver\' far behind the bumper yield of 1928. Let us demonstrate to competing industries that the cooperage trade is a wide- J. Frank Jones, Washington, Va., is in
ESTABLISHED 1885
It is a trifle early to make any predictions as to the ultimate harvest, yet the awake industry and fully alive to its opportunities. the market for 15,000 apple barrel hoops.
JouRN.\L has no hesitancy whatever in stating that when the final totals are J. W. Nethers, Nethers, Va., is in the
market for sufficient Iwops and heading
taken the yield this year will be almost as great as during last season. Business Has Made Considerable Progress Along the Road to to
manufacture 1,500 apple barrels,
Our confidence in this statement is based on the fact that general weather —
Prosperity During Past Six Months Cooperage Industry Will
A. I. Hall, Rochester, New Hampshire, is
conditions have been more favorable, except in a few sections, and the cold Ultimately Benefit From Better Conditions Generally. in the market for about two cars of apple
PUBLISHED MONTHLY snaps and frosts came early enough not to do untoward harm to the trees. The barrels.
1321 WALNUT STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
total production from commercial orchards last year was in the neighborhood of NO doubt every reader of the Journal has been asked the question, ''How's
business?" many times during the past six months. In fact this query has S. EverettHarwood, Bennington, Vt., is
33,000,000 barrels of apples, and it would not surprise us to see the total for in the market for one small car of apple
been so continuous that it has almost become monotonous. Yet it has been the
M. E. DOANE 1929 come within easy striking distance of the 1928 total. barrels.
EDITOR method taken by many to build or rebuild their own confidence in present
But how much of the 1929 yield will be shipped in barrels? That is the query
conditions and their hope in the future.
J. A. MURPHY
that interests the Journal, and shoukl interest each and every manufacturer of
f,
There isno denying the fact that the past six months had had its "ups" and Cooperage Association Warns Tight
BUSINESS MANAGER slack barrels and barrel stock. How many apple barrels will be used in 1929? **downs"; to do so would be to reveal a lack of business knowledge and trade Barrel and Keg Manufacturers of
Entered according to act of Congress, April £6, Frankly, we do not know, nor is it possible to obtain an accurate idea of such insight, yet taking conditions as a whole there has been a steady onward push Small Container Competition
18S5, with the Librarian of Congress and
03 second-class matter at the Post-
Office in Philadelphia, Pa.
consumption, because the substitutes for the wooden barrel —the box, the basket, that has resulted in considerable progress in the way of more and better business. in Cold Pack Fruit Industry
and the tub hamper, continue on their way supplanting the barrel here and
or The Journal had the pleasure of sitting in on a round table discussion during The following information has been sent
there. There is no doubt whatever but that there will be a plentiful demand for the past month at which the question of "How's Business" was the leading topic. to all tight cooperage members of The As-
SUBSCRIPTION PRICES
$2.00 per year, in advance, to all parts apple barrels, but such demand will be limited and held down because of the There was no play to the gallery at this meeting. The opinions given were stripped sociated Cooperage Industries of America.
of the United States and its poasessions "Experimental results with the frozen
and to Canada, Cuba and Panama. number of growers who are turning to baskets. of all undue pessimism and optimism, and the "ifs," ''ands" and '*buts" that are
$2.50 per year, in advance, to all other pack method of storing berries promise to
foreign countries. Making all due allowances for economic conditions, and the change from invariably present at a business meeting were conspicuous by their absence.
Single copies, 25 cents. furnish 'fresh' strawberries, raspberries,
quantity buying to small purchasing units, as we stated in the Journal's Annual It was the general thought at this conference that business has weathered the
and other soft fruits to the housewife the
REMITTANCES Apple Number of 1928, the loss for a great portion of the apple growers' business
Remittances may be made by post-oflflce heaviest part of the storms of unsettled conditions, farm problems, politics, and year round, says the United States De-
money order, bank check or draft, express
money or registered letter.
order, Foreign
is the fault of the cooperage trade itself. Either manufacturers of apple barrels stock market speculation, and that with the coming of the fall months, there partment of Agriculture.
remittance sliould be made by international and barrel stock do not care to handle a larger volume of orders for the apple would be a very healthy tone both as to demand and prices. "Department investigators have found it
money order or exchange on the United
feasible to pack these fruits in small con-
States to equal the amount in
States money.
United barrel type of container, or else such manufacturers are content to sit by idly The manufacturers and merchandisers assembled felt that the Farm Relief
Wlien subscribers address
tainers suitable for domestic use which may
desire their and watch competition take their legitimate business away. For it is easily legislation while not pleasing to all, would have a ver>' beneficial effect on the
changed they should give the old address be handled by groceries and markets with
as well as the new address. discernible to any one studying the situation as a whole that substitute container purchasing power of the farmer, and that the uncertainty which has permeated improved refrigeration facilities.
ADVERTISING RATES manufacturers, especially the box men, have made extensive efforts to convince the agricultural districts would eventually disappear. "The preserving of berries by freezing
will be furnished on application. Copy
for aflvertisemonts should reach us not the apple grower of the profitableness of bushel shipments. All opinions of experts to the contrary, the manufacturers and merchantmen them in barrels, kegs, or cans, commonly
later than the 15th of the month to insure called the frozen-pack or cold-pack method,
insertion in the following issue. Changes The cooperage trade must awaken to the danger that confronts it if the apple in conference felt that stock market speculations had been a deterrent to busi-
in advertisements should reach us not is already an industry of considerable im-
later than the 20th of each month. container business is to be held by the co(){)erage industrv. We realize that ness. However, the reactions of the past few months have been such as to
portance in the Pacific Coast region, where
CORRESPONDENCE the Journal's constant reiteration of this fact may sound like an old story, oft demonstrate to the majority the fallacy of "big killings" in the market, and approximately 100,000 barrels of berries
The columns of The National Coopers' repeated, but it is a story that is ever new. Loss of volume, loss of sales, loss business men have learned again the lesson of putting their capital to work in are put up by this method yearly. When
JouiiNAi. are open for the discussion of all
topics of general interest to the cooperage of profits has been the lot of the cooperage trade for years, due to the activities their own plants, stores and factories for a sure and lasting profit. good fruit is put into cold storage within
industry, and contributions are solicited
a few hours after it is packed in the barrels
from our readers. of substitutes and the backwardness of cooperage and stock manufacturers to We came away from that round table discussion in a more cheerful mood,
and is cooled quickly to freezing tem-
]>rotect their trade outlets, and these losses can only be stopped when our for the opinions expressed therein not only confirmed the Journal's own belief
perature it has a quality which compares
industr\' recognizes the devastating policy of sitting down and waiting for business in the ultimate good business of the future, but it also gave us a new lease on tlie favorably with fresh fruit.
» . . .

to come, while its competitors are hard after the orders. optimism which is and always has been an inherent quality of the Journal. "Although the 50-gallon container is com-
THE APPLE SEASON Business once lost is difficult to regain, it is true, but the cooperage trade is As to the cooperage industry, while the improvement has not been as extensive monly used at present, there is a tendency
IS HERE presented with a splendid opportunity to regain the business of the apple grower, as is necessary to bring the trade back to a prosperous basis, nevertheless there has toward the small package which can be sold
direct for domestic use. Experiments in-
through the development of the new cooperage apple hamper described in the been considerable betterment all along the line and the outlook is sufficiently
dicate the practicability of packing straw-
May and June Journals. This new cooperage container entibles the cooper bright to warrant a good feeling jimong cooperage and cooperage stock manu- berries and raspberries in the smaller
to meet the substitute packages' claim of small (luantity containers, as its capacity facturers generally. The demand for barrels and barrel stock is heavier than package and storing under refrigeration,
is one bushel. Moreover, it gives the cooper the added advantage of lesser cost for some time, stocks in luind have been reduced, and prices, especially for stock, so they will retain much of their freshness
plus a more substantial package. It is to be hoped that the slack cooperage trade are firmer, due to conditions that militated against large scale operations at the long after picking. (The Packer, June 22,
1929.)
will take full advantage of the new cooperage apple hamper, and that not a single plants, as well as to the better volume of business obtained.
"It would seem from the above article
apple grower will be allowed to remain in ignorance of its existence. True, the cooperage industry has suffered severely from the inroads made by that tight coopers both on the Pacific Coast
The Journal has done its part in bringing this new cooperage container before substitute containers, but even in this respect there is the ever-living hope that and in other parts of the United States
the apple growing, packing and shipping industries, and will continue to do its our industry will eventually adopt a plan of action to combat this encroachment. who furnish barrels and kegs for this trade,
full share in giving publicity to the new container. The Associated Cooperage The Journal faces the future with absolute confidence believing firmly that need to keep in close touch with develop-
Industries ofAmerica has also done its part in the development of the cooperage now on the threshold of that good business and ments so as to protect their own interest.
the cooperage industry is
The Canning Industry appropriates large
BOOST THE apple hamper, .and now it is up to the trade, as a whole, to do its part in putting prosperity for which we have been working and striving, and that each and every
sums yearly for research work to promote
WOODEN BARREL over the new cooperage package to the individual apple grower, shipper, packer member of our industry will experience the return of a steady and profitable run
the use of cans wherever it is possible to
and exporter. With the right kind of selling effort back of it, the new cooperage of trade that will more than compensate for the lean years that now we feel sure do so, and evidently their research is bring-
apple hamper will sweep the boards clean of substitutes and regain for the can be said to belong to the past. ing results."
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Apple Prospects For 929 Are For a Crop That Will Compare
1
The Apple Barrels Are
Best Looking
Made From Good, White (Tupelo)
Favorably With the Abundant Yield of Last Year
Apple Growing With But Few Exceptions, Report Good Outlook for Apple Production
Districts, Apple Barrel Staves
This Season —
New Cooperage Apple Hamper Should be Given Wide Publicity and Properly made, we believe there are no better
Sales Effort to Counteract Extended Use of Bushel Boxes and Baskets staves manufactured, and our operators know
how to make them. We are also prepared to
furnish all other kinds of Slack Barrel Stock in
Reports from apple growers as to crop a plentiful harvest but a quality one as In recent years growers have been using
all grades and sizes and on short notice, as all
prospects and conditions for 1929 so far
received by the Journal indicate almost
well.
The following and reports from
letters
the bushel basket for packing a small per-
centage of the crop, but the greater part
APPLE BARREL STOCK our mills are equipped with the latest and most
generally that the apple yield this year will the various apple growing districts will give of the apple crop is still packed in barrels.
Do not wait until the opening of the apple season approved drying systems.
to place your orders for Apple Barrel Stock. To
be a good average one. Usually the year Journal readers an idea as to the volume It isprobable that from 2,500,000 to 2,800,-
following a bumper harvest such as we 000 barrels will be needed for the 1929 crop.
do so may result in delayed shipments when the Having assembling facilities at St. Louis, we
of the 1929 apple harvest, as well as the
stock is most needed and higher prices.
had year suffers a material decrease in
last possible consumption of apple barrels and can also execute orders quickly and advantage-
It will be to your advantage to let us contract
production, but there is every reason to be- barrel stock. Apropos of this cooperage ously for
Between 200.000 and 300.000 Barrels your 1929 apple barrel stock requirements right
lieve that 1929 will prove an exception in demand, the Journal calls particular at-
Will be Used by Penna. Growers now.
this respect.
The United States Department of Agri-
tention to the
turning to
number of growers who are
baskets and boxes as shipping Harrisburg, Pa., June 20, 1929.
r Wineman staves, heading, hoops and liners are
MIXED AND MATCHED CARS
culture apple crop conditions on
reports containers, and the opportunitythat is Editor, the Journal: a guarantee of sturdy apple barrels that satisfy
June 1st as 66.6 per cent of a full crop, com- presented to hold this business for the coop- In reply to your letter I would advise that the most exacting customer. Write or wire to Exclusive Agfents for
pared with 72.2 per cent for 1928 and a ten- erage trade by demonstrating to these the June 1st crop estimate places the con- our nearest representative for quotations. You
year average of 68 per cent. These figures growers the advantages of the new coop- dition of the Pennsylvania apple crop for will get real service. DISHER COILED ELM HOOPS
of course are subject to change, but it is erage apple hamper. 1929 as 57 per cent of normal. It so Our Established Responsibility is Your Protection
not thought that the June drop will lower happens that Stayman, Delicious, Mcintosh,
them to any great extent. and certain other varieties which are most HENRY WINEMAN, JR. LET US KNOW YOUR REQUIREMENTS
In the New England districts everything 2,500.000 to 2,800,000 Barrels to 5 Larned West, Detroit
is favorable to a good average crop with Market Virginia Apple Crop
often packed in bushels, are very light in
the State, while Yorks, Ben Davis, Gano and Sales Representatives: THE GIDEON-ANDERSON CO.
Lewis Metcalf, Middleport, N. Y., J. F. Wilson, Martinsburg, W. Va.,
high yields in Maine and Vermont. New similar varieties are generally much (). A. K()ci<efeller, Gennantown, N. Y., Fred T. Mears, Onancock, Va.,
Second and Angelica Streets St. Louis, Mo.
Richmond, Va., June 20, 1929. M. D. Brown, 221 Board of Trade Bldg. Norfolk, Va.
Hampshire and Massachusetts are expect- heavier, these being principally varieties ,

Editor, the Journal:

ing harvests somewhat better than usual which are barreled.
In accordance with your request I am
following such an abundant season as 1928
sending you herewith a statement concern-
An estimate of the number of barrels
proved to be. which will be used in Pennsylvania during
ing the Virginia apple crop. This statement
From New York State comes the in- 1929 would be merely a very rough guess.
is largely based upon conditions about June
formation that the crop will average about However, I should think there would be used
1st, but there has been no unusual develop-
75 per cent or approximately 3,500,000 somewhere between 200,000 and 300,000. iiiiiiiuHiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinimiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiininiinininiiiinnniiniHinm

ment since that time.

barrels. Pennsylvania conditions point to a Yours very truly,
57 per cent harvest, but the fact that Yorks
and Ben Davis are heavy this year in com-
parison with last season is good news to
Very truly yours,
Henry M. Taylor,
Agricultural Statistician,
State Department of Agriculture.
D. M. James, In Charge,
Fruit and Vegetable Marketing,
Department of Agriculture.
SLACK
the cooper, as these varieties are barreled
more largely than others.
STAVES BARRELS
Demand
Conditions in Illinois are disappointing,
The Virginia commercial apple crop is not
expected to be as large as the 1928 produc-
for3.500.000 Barrels Can be
Looked for from New York
HOOPS CASKS
indications in those districts being anything
but favorable. The summer apple area has
tion. Trees bloomed about ten days or two
weeks earlier than usual, and while there
Apple Growers HEADING KEGS
a fair crop outlook but fall and winter
was no frost damage the apples did not set Le Roy, N. Y., June 18, 1929.
varieties will produce but lightly. How- well because the cold, wet weather during
Fifty years of Quality production
Editor, the Journal:
ever, this section is counterbalanced by the is the foundation upon which our
the blooming period proved unfavorable for Today mailed questionnaires on the
reports which come from Missouri. W. R.
Martin, Jr., acting secretary of the Missouri
pollenation. The total crop is expected to
be about 15,000 cars, compared with more
I
fruit condition to our members but
not be ready to give complete report before
it will
leadership in the trade is based.
Our equipment, technical knowledge WARRIOR
State Horticultural Society, Columbia, Mo.,
advises that the crop this year will total
about 660,000 barrels compared with
than 20,000 cars in 1928, which was the
largest shipment on i-ecord.
July 6th to 8th. As this would not reach
you in time for your Annual Apple Number
and experience are placed at your
dispoEal. HEADS
474,000 barrels in 1928.
Apple prospects are poorer than last year will try to give you a brief report. means PINE HEADING
in all districts except in the South Valley The bloom was about normal time in the Enormous Factory Capacity |

Down in Virginia the outlook is for a Huge Timber Holdings

properly made from |
or Staunton section. In the North Valley western part of the State, i. e., around May
crop in excess of 2,500,000 barrels, while
the York Imperials did not set as heavy as 20th. Pollenation weather was not uni- Central Warehouse Stocks Southern Pine by men i

West Virginia expects an output the same in 1928, and in the Piedmont districts the formly good so that many of the varieties Cars Straight, Matched or Mixed who know how |
size as 1928, when the production figures Winesap crop reported to be much
is lighter that bloomed heavily seem to be setting very
reached a total of 800,000 barrels. than last year. lightly. The present indications as far as
Crop prospects in Canada are for at least Powell Cooperage Co.
a 50 per cent increase over the production
of 1928. While the season has been back-
The York Imperials and Winesaps are
the two most important varieties grown, but
I can learn are about as follows: Duchess

and Wealthy about 80 per cent of a full Greif Bros. Coop Cooperage Stock
|

|
neither of these are expected to yield as crop. Twenty-ounce and Kings bloomed
ward, nevertheless there has been an
abundance of good weather in the last
well as last year. Ben Davis is also not
as heavy as last year, and Stayman pros-
lightly and have set very poorly, indicating
not over 50 per cent of a crop. Greenings
Company MEMPHIS :: TENNESSEE
month or two. Moreover the commercial ylny Heading from 12 inches to 24 inches
pects indicate a considerably lighter crop bloomed fairly and are setting only fairly. CLEVELAND, OHIO 1
size |
5
orchards, especially in Ontario, have been than last year. In some districts Pippins Mcintosh bloomed heavily but is settinip 3
I
I
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IIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIUIIIIIIIHlff
thoroughly sprayed and cared for, which are reported to be better than last year, lightly. Not over 40 per cent of a crop.
MIIIHMIHIHIIIHIIIiniHIHIIHIHHIIHHHIHIIHIHIIUIIIIIinilllMUHIIHI M IIHIHIINIIIHHIHIHIIIIIHIIIMHIIMIII

will have the effect of not only guaranteeing while in others the crop is not as good. Baldwins had a heavy bloom and are setting
Mention Thb National Coopsrs' Journal when writing to advextiserii
14 The National Coopers' Journal July, 1929 July, 1929
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16 The National Coopers' Journal July, 1929
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heavily. Northern Spy bloomed only medium
A good barrel cannot be made without good hoops and is setting lightly. Not over 60 per cent
SLACK BARREL / 75,000,000 1
expected. Baldwins about 80 per cent of
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THE COOPERAGE APPLE HAMPER
MATERIAL 1 Seventy-five Million | Taking all varieties we
expect about 75
to the best trade making the best barrels. per cent of a full crop, or around three and

Coiled Elm Hoops QUALITY HOOPS Vicksburg, Miss.

one-half million barrels for the State.
The Hudson Valley crop,
I understand, is
The Superior Container
Bushel Shipments
for

Vicksburg Cooperage Co. very spotted and will be much lighter than
Staves
J. M. Peel & Brother Lake Village, Ark. the 1928 crop.
MILLS: O. L. Bartlett Mound City, ill.
Heading Ferriday Hoop Company Ferriday, La. Very sincerely yours,
Decatur Cooperage Company Decatur, Ind. Roy p. McPherson, Secretary,
Headliners Distributed Exclusively by New York State Horticultural Society.
Wire Hoops STRUTHERS-ZIEGLER COOPERAGE CO.
GRAND BLVD., DETROIT, MICH.
412 CURTIS BLDG., COR. HAMILTON AND WEST
Apple Crop Conditions as Reported
by U. S. Department of Agriculture
The following table shows the condition
of the apple crop in each State on June
1st, the condition on the same date in
1928,
and the ten-year average condition on

ALL June 1st.

Statb
10- Year
Average
-.n.,!.
„ 1»28
,„ .„
19^
Per Cent Per Cent
PerCkmt

ine Heading Maine

New Hampshire
83
... 83
79
92
91
77 Stronger, more durable and more economical than any

8 "to 24" Vermont

Massachusetts
Rhode Island
86
83
81
93
95
91
90
74
container.
export shipments.
other type of bushel
Accepted by storage houses at lower rates. A safe
container for
83 The cooperage apple hamper is constructed of No. 2 15-inch
Connecticut 82 89 74 staves, with
heads 16 inches and 13 inches in diameter; which are
New York 78 78 79 placed the same as in a
barrel, i. e., set in a croze, thereby giving it the
New Jersey 73 75 67
greatest strength. Two wooden
hoops and one wire hoop bind it securely.
Specialty Pennsylvania 70

QUALITY HEADS
72 57
This container is authorized under the provisions of the Standard
Ohio 65 61 44 Container
Act of 1928 as embodied in Service and Regulatory Announcement No.
Indiana 60 65 64 116, U. S.
Illinois
Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Below are the
63 58 60

ARE BEST W. T. Smith Lumber Co., Inc.

Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
74
82
79
65
85
86
78
82
81
Department's suggested specifications for the one-bushel barrel type hamper, so
as to insure the correct cubical capacity:

Iowa 72 71 79 Cubical capacity 2150.42 cubic inches

SCIENTIFICALLY CHAPMAN, ALA. Missouri 58 45 65 Outside length of staves 14 91 inches
.

MADE FROM SOUTHERN PINE South Dakota 77 82 70 Average diameter of top head over all 16. 11
MANUFACTURERS OF Nebraska 62 36 80 Average diameter of bottom head over all 13.16
HEADS - HOOPS STAVES Kansas
Delaware
58
63
38
67
75
64
Inside average depth between heads
Outside circumference midway between heads
12.54
48.89
Yellow Pine Ltunber and Timber, Maryland 60 63 61 Thickness of staves 11/32
Virginia

C. E. MURRAY Hardwood Lumber, Pine Heading,

Veneer, Crates, Lath, Etc.
West Virginia
North Carolina
51
50
56
61
64
70
57
48
51
South Carolina
DECHERD - TENNESSEE Georgia
63 62 44
Larger Percentage of Illinois Apples smaller packages. Personally, we like to
63 65 43 handle in barrels rather than in baskets, but
Kentucky 54 72 50
Destined for Baskets and Tubs
the market conditions have to determine
Tennessee 53 68 50 Flora, III., June 24, 1929. our course in this matter.
Alabama 60 62 42 Editor, the Journal:
Yours very truly,
Mississippi 61 61 53 We haven't nearly as many apples in F. H. Simpson,
Arkansas 57 54 53 Illinois as we had last year. The summer

WEIMAR ENGINEERING WORKS Louisiana

Oklahoma
Texas
61
60
60
53
35
40
50
58
65
apples are
winter and
relatively
fall apples.
heavier than

There will be some barrels used, as there

the
F. H. Simpson Company.

West Virginia Apple Crop Will Re-

BttiMers Hoop Driving, Barrel Wasliing Montana
Idaho
81
76
90
80
85
87
always will be, but by far the larger per-
centage of the Illinois crop will go into
quire Approximately 500,000 Barrels
Martinsburg, W. Va., June 24, 1929.
"^i" and Bung Hole Boring Machines Wyoming 8G 89 90 baskets and tubs. All of the earlier Editor, the Journal:
Colorado 80 81 79 varieties will go into baskets and tubs. Prospects for an apple crop through this
SPECIAL MACHINES BUILT TO ORDER New Mexico 65 40 63 Possibly a few cars of Jonathans and section are for approximately the same
In building our machines we seek to gain the highest Arizona 64 60 65 Grimes will be put into barrels. production as a year ago. The bloom was
efficiency in every way, and users of our make will Utah 86 86 75 I would think that Ben Davis, at least heavy on all varieties and indicated a
find this our guarantee, which always holds good. Nevada 71 75 80 the larger percentage of them, would go bumper crop, but due to cold and rainy
LET us KNOW YOUR REQUIREMENTS Washington 81 85 76 out in bulk or barrels. Willow Twigs will weather during the blooming period, the
Oregon 80 80 79 be mainly in barrels. We do not expect to fruit did not set good and we have ex-
Westmoreland and Jasper Sts., Phfladelphia, Pa. BARREL WASHING MACHINE
California 72 89 59 use more than half the amount of barrels perienced a very heavy June drop.
we used York Imperials show best and will con-
MpnMon The National Coopers' Journai, when writing to advertisers.
i United States 68.0 72.2 66.6
last year.
There seems to be a demand for the stitute at least 50 per cent of our production
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18 The National Coopers' Journal The National Coopers' Journal 19

Grimes Golden and Ben Davis show fair most thorough orchardists have been able 220,000 Barrels Will be Used for 35 Per Cent of NewHampshire's Com- On the whole, apple prospects appear at this 650.000 Barrels is the Estimated
prospects with Delicious, Staymen, Black to overcome adverse conditions in most Missouri Apple Crop mercial Apple Crop Will be date to be somewhat better in northern New
Requirements for Maine Apple Crop
Twigs and Winesaps light. cases; while the careless orchardists have
Shipped in Barrels England than in southern New England.
Last season there was produced through suffered severely. Owing to late frosts and Columbia, Mo., June 21, 1929.
The reports received to date indicate a Augusta, Maine, June 19, 1929.
the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia scab development on the foliage and twigs, Editor, the Journal: Concord, N. H., June 18, 1929.
very light bloom of Baldwin together with
Editor, the Journal:
in theneighborhood of 800,000 barrels. We there was an unusually heavy June drop. Our apple crop now about 40 per cent
is Editor, theJournal: Your letter addressed to Mr. Yeaton was
better than at this time last year and we a heavy bloom of Mcintosh in all the New
have no check on the quantity moved in Taking the State as a whole, the condi- We have your letter dated June 15th, received today. As I have recently taken
baskets and barrels. Our estimate would tions are variable. Generally speaking, expect our commercial crop to be 660,000 making inquiry concerning the apple crop in England States. It should be remembered his place I cannot give the best report
be at least 60 per cent moved in barrels early apples have suffti-ed more than some barrels, requiring 220,000 barrels as about our State. that Mcintosh is always a good bloomer covering the conditions and prospects of the
and on this basis there will be used through late varieties. In the southern portion of one-third of the crop is put in barrels, the We are enclosing for you a copy of the while Baldwin trees do not blossom so heavily. 1929 apple crop but I am enclosing a report
this territory the coming season approxi- the State, the standard Rome Beauty balance being shipped in bulk or bushel report of the New England Crop Reporting However, it appears that Mcintosh pros- such as I am able to prepare.
mately 500,000 barrels. variety has come through as a rule in better containers. Service. This service represents the New pects on June 1st of this year are better It is almost impossible to estimate the
Yours very truly, shape than other varieties. On the other During May scattered hail storms England States and is a co-operative enter- than a year ago and that Baldwin prospects number of barrels likely to be used for
R. W. HOLLIS, hand, Stayman and Delicious have suffered seriously injured a good many orchards; prise. I should anticipate that approxi- are not so good. The average condition of packing the 1929 crop but I would say that
Rothwell-Gatrell Fruit Co. much more seriously in thesame territory. and while the crop was not all knocked off, mately 35 per cent of our commercial crop the apple crop as reported on June 1st for the figure would be something over 650,000
In the north, the standard Baldwin variety the apples will be unfit for market. Apples will go into barrels. New England was 81 per cent compared barrels.
Ohio Apple Crop in Barrel Sections bloomed excessively heavy, but the drop are quite well distributed throughout the If we can be of further service, do not with 89 per cent last year and 83 per cent Very truly yours,
is Late has been unusually heavy also. It was State, having had a heavy bloom, but did hesitate to call upon us. for the average of the ten previous years. Robert F. Chandler, Jr.,
natural to expect a large crop of Baldwins not set as well as expected, and the heavy Yours very truly, The number of trees being planted are re- State Horticulturist,
Columbus, Ohio, June 19, 1929.
this year following last year's light crop, June drop was in progress at the first of Laurence A. Carlisle, ported as 61 per cent of normal in Maine, Department of Agriculture.
Editor, the Journal:
but weather conditions have cut the crop the month. Our prospect is for better farm Agent in Marketing, 90 per cent in New Hampshire, 66 per cant
Answering your inquiry about barrels for
short. In some orchards in northern Ohio production than last year, and probably Department of Agriculture. in Vermont, 54 per cent in Massachusetts a little early in the season to predict
It is
apples, will say that the tendency is more
there will be a good crop of Baldwins. In most of the commercial orchards will have and 40 per cent in Connecticut. This indi- a great deal about the apple production for
and more toward the use of baskets rather
others the crop will be light to very light. somewhat near the number they should cates a decrease in plantings from last year this season in the State of Maine but con-
than barrels. There no doubt, be a
will,
The July report will probably show a reduc- carry for best development. Apple Crop Conditions in in all the New England States except New ditions point towards a high yield.
limited number of barrels used in southern
tion below the June 1st report. It is evi- Very truly yours, New England States Hampshire. The leading variety being The conditions at blossoming time were
Ohio.
dent from this report that the conditions in E. A. Logan, planted is Mcintosh. Baldwin comes second practically ideal in all sections of the State.
I can not give you a very accurate esti- It isalways unsafe this early in the year
Ohio are not as favorable as we would like A gricultn ml Statistician, with about one-third as many trees being The weather was warm and clear skies
mate, but I am satisfied there will not be to make a definite prediction for the apple
to be able to report. U. S. Department of Agri<"-r--'-e. planted as Mcintosh. Delicious comes third predominated.The result was a very good
nearly as many used as there were last year. crop. It was only a few days ago that the
with other varieties being reported only set of fruit.
One reason is that the crop is proving Rhode Island Apple Crop Slightly blossoms dropped off the Baldwin trees in
rather late in the section where barrels are Need Cooperage Apple Hamper
for northern Maine and it is impossible for any
occasionally. It does appear that there will be com-
Below Last Year paratively few Baldwins as they did not
used. This is about as near as I can come Among Missouri Growers one to make a very accurate guess con-
Providence, R. I., June 24, 1929. blossom well on many of the farms that I
to giving you an estimate. cerning the set of fruit. However, reports Delaware Crop of Late Apples Will
Yours very truly, Editor, the Journal: Columbia, Mo., June 20, 1929 have visited. This seems to be due to the
with regard to the amount of bloom and be Somewhat Short TTiis Year
C. W. Waid, Chief, Up to the present time, we do not have Editor, the Journal:
weather conditions during the blossom
fact that they produced a heavy crop the

Bureau of Markets, complete information as to just how the The June prospects for the commercial
period indicate that the apple crop in New Dover, Del., June 18, 1929. previous year. The Mcintosh, Wealthy,
Department of Agriculture. apple crop will be in Rhode Island this crop of apples in Missouri indicate 660,000 Editor, the Journal: Northern Spy and Stark seem to be well
England is likely to be about average or
coming season however, the early estimates
; barrels as compared with 474,000 for June, Replying to your letter of June 15th, I covered with fruit.
slightly less than average. The bloom as
are that the crop will probably be slightly 1928. I am sure the July prospects will The quality of the fruit ought to be quite
According to estimates sent out by the reported is less than a year ago but the presume you are not interested in early
under last year's crop which was a short decrease the June pi'ospects somewhat be- high as there .seems to be very little apple
Ohio State Horticultural Society on June weather conditions during the blossom apples becau.se of the fact that none of our
year. cause of heavy scab infection. It would be scab present. Weather conditions have been
6th, apple prospects for summer apples in period are reported as being considerably early apples are packed in barrels.
Many of the earlier varieties have set hard to say just how many barrels will be Our crop such that control of scab has been relatively
Ohio were 41 per cent of a normal full crop better. Last year the blossom period in of late apples will be consider-
The prospects for winter quite well in many orchards. Mclntoshes needed to pack the Missouri crop for 1929. ably short of last year. The Stayman easy.
on that date. most fruit sections was characterized by a
apples were 50 per cent of a normal full
appear to have set very poorly, much lower From general observations, I would guess variety will be approximately 50 per cent In conclusion, it appears that the apple
large number of cloudy, cold days, during
than normal. Using this as a basis, I do that one-third of the commercial crop of crop in the State of Maine will be quite
crop. This report also indicated that pros- which the bees did not work satisfactorily. of last year. Romes will be possibly 10
pects for both early and late apples in
not believe that there will be more than Missouri will be packed in barrels. The per cent to 25 per cent decline. large, providing that theweather is not too
This year in general the weather conditions Neros,
six or eight thousand barrels packed in use of bushel baskets has been increasing dry during the remainder of the summer
northern Ohio were better than in any other were fairly good. The average temperature Yorks, and Ben Davis will probably be about
this State. This area is gradually swinging rapidly the last few years and only the and other conditions prove favorable.
part of the State. The northwestern and in Boston for the month of May was about the same as last year.
from a barrel to a basket and box market. tetter grades of fruit packed for cold
central part while not as good as the four degrees above normal while rainfall It is only possible for me to guess at the
northeastern section were better than the Baskets predominate in most sections. storage purposes are being packed in
was .36 inch below normal. While it is number of barrels that will probably be
Apple Crop Outlook in Vermont
southeastern or southwestern portion. Hoping that this information will be of barrels.
too early to predict the set of apples, it is used; however, I would say somewhere be- is Very Good

According to the report issued on June value to you, I remain Yours very truly,
tween 20,000 and 40,000.
likely that on the average for New England, Burlington, Vt., June 19, 1929.
1st, by Mr. Glen S. Ray, the Federal Statis-
Yours very truly, W. R. Martin, Jr.,
the set will be better than a year ago. Yours very truly, Editor, the Journal:
M. H. Brightean, Chief, Acting Secretary,
tician for Ohio, the condition of the apple The earliest date of blossom reported to W. T. Derickson, Director, I amenclosing a story of the apple out-
crop both early and late was 44 per cent.
Bureau of Markets, Missouri State Horticultural Society.
Bureau of Markets,
this office was May 2d for Mcintosh in look in Vermont. I believe that the New
Last year on June 1st, it was 61 per cent Department of Agriculture. State Board of Agriculture.
Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The England Crop Reporting Service reports a
and the five-year average was 65 per cent. Apple Crop Illinois Will Have Light Apple Crop average blossom date for Mcintosh was re- little smaller crop than last year for all
Only 50 Per Cent of This
It has been an unusual season because of ported for Connecticut as May 13th, New England but Vermont about the same.
amount of rainfall and cold Will Go in Barrels Springfield, III., June 29, 1929. Kentucky Getting Away From the
the excessive Massachusetts, May 16th; New Hampshire, Very truly yours,
Editor, the Journal: Apple Barrel Man
weather during and following the blooming AsHFiELD, Mass., June 18, 1929. May 22d; Vermont, May 25th, and Maine, M. B. CUMMINGS,
period. As a result of the unfavorable Editor, the Journal: The 1929 apple crop prospect in Illinois May 28th. The blossom period for Baldwin Henderson, Ky., June 22, 1929. Professor of Horticulture,
weather conditions, bees could not work to Our own apple crop very heavy, but the
is is for a light crop. The summer apple area was reported as about three days later than Editor, the Journal: University of Vermont.
advantage much of the time and spraying average crop is slightly under normal, in southern Illinois has a fair crop but our Mcintosh. During this period of blossom, The apple crop for this .section will
operations were difficult to carry on in a particularly Baldwins. Good quality is the fall and winter varieties vary from a near Maine and Vermont apple growers report The apple outlook
be very light this year, especially on in Vermont at the
satisfactory manner. Then too, the same rule. Barrels are being used less and less failure to fair in the
various orchards. high temperatures, plenty of sunshine and our winter varieties. We are rapidly get- present time is very good. There was an
conditions which hindered satisfactory in this section. Probably half the crop will The June drop has been unusually heavy. low rainfall, although in both of these ting away from the use of barrels in abundance of bloom on most of the leading
pollenization and spraying were favorable go into barrels. Approximately 10,000 Calhoun County, the heavy commercial States the number of bees is reported varieties, and fruit growers are expecting a
as handling our fruit, and last year in this
to scab development. As a result, there is barrels will be used in this immediate section of the State, which usually produces
below normal. New Hampshire appears to immediate .section very few, if any, were large crop. It is too early yet to tell
an unusual amount of scab showing up in section. The weather has been very favor- one-third of the State's commercial apple have had about average weather conditions u.sed. My idea is that five thousand barrels definitely how many of the blossoms have
many orchards over the State. In some able so far. crop has the smallest crop in years. with regard to temperature, sunshine and would take care of the local requirements. become permanently set, for the June drop
sections, apple aphis has done considerable Sincerely yours, Yours very truly, rainfall while Massachusetts and Connecti- Very truly yours, is two or three weeks away in northern
damage. Donald F. Howes, A. J. Surratt, cut apple growers report rather low BenE. Niles, Secretary. New England. The warm weather of late
It has been a season so far in which the Abbott L. Howes & Son. Agricultural Statistician. temperatures and sunshine below normal. Kentucky State Horticultural Societv. May was ideal for orchard pollenation and
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gave perfect weather for the cross pollina- report will not be available until July 10th were sent in. I am under the impression crop and says that prospects in his locality for his own needs, which he has already Lewis N. Glover, Berryville, Va., does
tion by bees. which is too late for your Annual Apple that we won't have much to succeed 65 per are poor. He is now in need of two cars of purchased. not us of the condition and prospects of
tell
With respect to the different varieties, it Number. cent by picking time.
apple barrels. Strasburg Orchard Strasburg, Va.,
Co., the apple crop in his section. However, he
has been reported thus far, that there was a Very truly yours, The Iowa Fruit Growers' Association last
J. Frank Jones, Washington, Va., esti- place the estimate of the apple crop in their will use about 3,000 apple barrels, which are
magnificent bloom of Mcintosh which is the V. H. Church, year sold 3,319 apple barrels. The most of
mates prospects in his particular section at territory at 40 per cent. They will use procured locally.
leading variety in the State. Nearly every Sr. Agr'l Statistician, these were used in Polk County of which
from one-third to one-fourth of a crop, and 10,000 apple barrels, which are purchased W. S. Ballard, Crozet, Va., gives 60
commercial grower has a large proportion Michigan Co-operative Crop Reporting this town is the county seat. I have no way
states that between 2,000 and 3,000 apple in their own locality. per cent of normal as an estimate of pros-
of his orchard set to Mcintosh which is the Service. of telling the number of barrels that were
barrels will be used. He Fred W. Tanner, Albion, New York, pects of the apple crop. He does not say
most profitable variety grown. The bloom used in the State but I imagine it would is in the market
for 15,000 hoops. does not give any estimate for the apple how many barrels he will use but does
on Northern Spy was less profuse than on Columbia County, N. Y., Will Have not exceed 10,000.
crop, but states that he will use 1,000 apple state that he has
Lewis Pidgeon, Wadesville, most of them in place al-
the Mcintosh; the Rhode Island Greening is Very truly yours, Va., tells us
60 Per Cent Early Apples that prospects in his section are only toler-
barrels. He is not in the market for this ready.
rather light; Tolman Sweet, very good; R. S. Herrick,
Late Apples 50 Per Cent material. Julian A. Dimock, East Corinth, Vt.,
Wealthy, fair, and Delicious very heavy. Secretary-Treasurer, able. He further states that he has prob-
J. K. Ramsey, Bryant, Va., considers that describes the condition and prospects of the
It would appear from the general situa- Stuyvesant Faixs, N. Y., June 21, 1929 Iowa State Horticultural Society. ably enough barrels on hand for his needs.
the apple crop in his locality will amount apple crop in his territory as the best ever.
tion at this time that one of the problems Editor, the Journal: J. Homer
Capp, Strasburg, Va., looks for
to 50 per cent of the 1928 crop. He will Mr. Dimock will use 1,500 barrels this
the New England fruit grower is facing A bad freeze April 9th and 10th cut the 40 per cent of an apple crop this year. He
u.se approximately 2,500 barrels for his own season, which he will purchase from various
is that of adopting a good practice of thin- fruit crop of Columbia County very The condition reports on summer, fall and will use 3,500 barrels, which he procures
crop, which he buys locally. firms.
ning the fruit. severely. Scab is showing up quite gener- winter apples by districts in the State of locally.
Iowa are as follows: Mt. Caleb Orchards, The Plains, Va., Henry P. Corwith, Saluda, N. C, re-
Some of the benefits claimed for thinning ally and curculio is worse than for several A. L. Snavely, Crockett, Va., expects
feel that
prospects of the apple crop in ports prospects for his locality at 50 per
are: An
increase in size, color, quality, and years back. Summer F.nll Winter
50 per cent of an apple crop in his section.
cent of a normal crop. Mr. Corwith is not
i their territory are only fair, amounting to
uniformity of the fruit; the preventing of Assuming that good normal crop is
a Per Cent Per t'ent Per Cent He states that there are no early and very
Northwest about 50 per cent, but that the condition of purchasing any barrels this year as he has
breaking of limbs as a result of over-load- 100 per cent; the crop this year will pick 78 77 78 few summer apples, and that the apples are
North Central the crop is good. They will use from 3,000 enough left over from last year to cover
ing; reducing disease and insect injury to about as follows: Early apples 60 per cent, 81 86 90 light through his section. He will use from
to 8,000 apple barrels, depending on the his needs.
the fruit; to secure more regular bearing, late apples 50 per cent. Spy and Rome Northeast 81 84 81 1,200 to 1,500 barrels, of which most of
West Central demand for basket apples. They have Joseph C. Turner, 39 North St., Pitts-
and finally to decrease the labor of handling 75 per cent. 74 73 75 them have been purchased. He may decide
already placed their entire order for barrels, field, Mass., states that the apple crop in
the crop at harvest time. The total apple crop fit to pack and ship Central 72 75 77 to truck his apples and will not need more
baskets, etc. his section is practically a failure and that
While many of the foregoing are to be is about 40-50 per cent of normal and con- East Central 80 81 79 barrels until later.
Southwest 84 82 Hunt Bros. Fruit Co., St. Joseph, Mo., there will not be 5 per cent of a crop, due to
generally accepted, some of them will
as siderably less than last year. The use of 83 Fred Carlton, Wyoming, New York,
report 50 per cent of an apple crop for frost.
obtain most anywhere and most any year, local markets, baskets and crates is reduc- South Central 70 71 81 estimates the apple crop in his locality at
their section, about the same amount as H. Barnum, Bailey, Michigan, considers
not all of the recommendations of the advo- ing the use of barrels every year. Many Southeast 83 83 78 40 per cent. He will use from 20,000 to
1928. They will use 10,000 apple barrels the condition and prospects of the apple
cates forthinning are as yet fully sub- barrels were carried over from 1928. I
The above report shows the conditions on 25,000 barrels, for which he has purchased crop in his locality as fair.
That for their own particular needs for which He does not
stantiated by experimental work. estimate this year's demand for barrels at the stock. Mr. Carlton manufactures his
June 1st which was before the heavy June supply they have already contracted. state whether or not he will use barrels this
means that the grower must use his judg- about 35 per cent of normal.
drop own barrels and sells to the trade.
took place. Connett Estate, Faucett, season, but does say that he is not in the
ment until more of the fine points and Very truly yours, Mo., place
Dr. M. Horsley, Carrington, Va.,
F. market for any barrels or barrel stock
the estimate of apple
the crop in their this
precise rules have been worked out. That E. W. Mitchell, reports 60 per cent of a normal crop. He
locality at 75 per cent of normal. year.
thinning is a good thing can hardly be dis- Orchard Hill Farm. Apple Crop Briefly Reported will use 700 barrels this season, which he
They
will use 1,500 barrels. They do not state
puted, but just how much to do, just how purchases from a local cooper.
C. D. Wysong, Shepherdstown, W. Va., whether or not they are in the market for
far apart the apples on the tree should be, 450,000 Barrels of Apples Expected F. H. Ferguson, Appleton, New York, These Growers Especially Should be
reports 50 per cent of an apple crop for his these barrels.
and just what effect that thinning has on states his section will produce 50 per cent Told About New Cooperage
Crop for Massachusetts section. Hegives no information as to the W. M. Dick, Crozet, Va., tells us that
regular bearing, or on color, is a matter yet of a normal crop. He will use 1,000 apple
Amherst, Mass., June 20, 1929. number of barrels his firm will use, but the prospects for Winesaps are for 40 per Apple Hamper
to be determined. barrels but does not say whether these
the Journal: states that from 40 to 50 carloads will be cent of 1928, while Pippins will be about the
In general, for northern New England, Editor,
barrels have been purchased.
Burton Fruit Co., R. A. Troth, Orleans,
The apple crop Massachusetts this year
in shipped from Shepherdstown this season. same as last year. He will use about 800 Indiana, reports the apple crop pro.spects
one should thin immediately after the com- Lynden E. Reynolds, Marys,
will be slightly less than in 1928. The crop Wm. J. Anderson & Son, Shoreham, St.
barrels, which he has purchased locally. as 20 per cent of a normal crop.
pletion of the so-called June di'op which is W. Va., tells us that prospects in his terri- The
a natural shedding which occurs late in harvested last fall was about 558,000 Vt., state that the prospects for the apple Badlam Orchards, Frewsburg, Vt., de- Burton Fruit Company will use from
crop in their section are very favorable. tory are for 20 per cent of a crop. He will
barrels, and according to present estimates scribe prospects for the apple crop in their 30,000 to 60,000 baskets this season.
June, following a heavy set of blossoms. use 500 barrels, but
not in the market for
is
this year's crop will be perhaps 20 per cent They will use 2,500 barrels, but will section as splendid. They will use 600 apple McCuE & Son, Greenwood, Va., give 50
Most apples should probably be spaced from them as he has carried some over from
less. purchase these from local coopers. barrels, which they procure from local per cent of normal as the estimate of the
four to six inches apart in the thinning last year.
The Mcintosh crop will be very spotty in Sherwood Orchards, Linden, Va., place sources. apple crop in their section this year and
process. One should, of course, discrimi- D. Maurice Wertz, Waynesboro, Pa.,
spite of heavy bloom. The Baldwin variety the estimate of the apple crop in their P. H. Gold & Co., Winchester, Va., ex- report the crop in good condition.
nate in the thinning process to the extent of says that the crop in his section will not They
bloomed lightly, but a large proportion of section at 80 per cent of the 1928 yield. pect an apple crop of good quality and will use 3,000 barrels and 10,000 E. Z.
being sure that all imperfect fruits are be as good as last year and that he expects
the blossoms set fruit. The Gravenstein They advise that they will u.se 3,500 barrels predict 60 per cent of an apple crop for ba.skets this season.
first removed leaving onlv the apparently the crop to be 20 per cent less than 1928.
this year, which they buy from local cooper- their locality. They will use 6,000 apple The
perfect ones for harvest time. crop will be light. There is good evidence J. L. Sehon Company, Huntington,
of considerable damage from spring frosts, age concerns. He has made arrangements for this season's barrels this season and their requirements W. Va., consider prospects for the apple
A. T. Clark, Vergennes, Vt., says the barrel supply. have already been
Late Apple Varieties Will Have although the crop in northern and western filled. crop as just fair, and expect from 25 per
apple crop in his .section is good and ex- D. C. Acker, Broadway, Va., reports D. B. Owen, Mgr., Rockland Orchards,
Massachusetts looks more promising than cent to 30 per cent of a normal crop. The
Good Production in Michigan pects 65 per cent of a crop. He will use 600 while his own crop will be 50 per cent of Doylesville, Va., states that apple crop
in the rest of the State. J. L.Sehon Company are sales agents and
Lansing, Mich., June 24, 1929. apple barrels this season, for which he is normal, the estimate for his section is prospects in his territory are only fair and
Very truly yours, purchase their containers from manu-
Editor, the Journal: now in the market. 80 per cent of last year's crop. He is not that the crop will be from 30 per cent to
W. H.
Thies, facturers. They report that fewer barrels
Your letter to Mr. Day has been turned Extension Specialist, Pomology, Arthur H. Hill, Isle La Motte, Vt., in themarket for any barrels this year. 50 per cent of a normal one. He will use will be used this year; that tub bushels will
over to me as he is no longer with this looks for a fair crop in his locality, and will C. W. Keyser, Linden, Va., reports the
State of Massachusetts. 3,000 apple barrels this season. He be heaviest.
Our June 1st report indicates a pros- use 2,500 barrels this sea.son. He is now crop as looking good, and estimates 75 per purchases his stock from local mills and
office.
Wm. S. Stites, Henderson, Kentucky,
pective apple crop about 20 per cent larger in the market for 500 barrels. cent of a crop for his locality. He will use then makes up his own barrels.
Iowa Apple Crop Will Average estimates the prospects for the apple crop
than last year's. However, it is anticipated J. F. Brown, Winchester, Va., states 3,000 apple barrels. Mr. Keyser makes his Wm. B. Alwood, Greenwood, Va., looks
About 65 Per Cent
in his locality at 50 per cent. He will use
that our production will be considerably that the apple crop in his territory will be barrels. for a crop in his section about 30 per cent no barrels this year. He further states that
less than indicated by the earlier reports. Des Moines, Iowa, June 20, 1929. about one-half last year's crop. He gives J. W. Stroud, Rogers, Arkansas, gives of normal. Mr. Alwood use about 3,000
will the price of barrels has soared too high to
The weather was cold at blooming time and Editor, the Journal: no information as to the number of barrels 40 per cent as an estimate for the apple apple barrels this year, which he purchase make their use desirable.
the fruit was not properly pollenized and Your June 15th asking for a
letter of which he will use. crop in his territory, but states that possibly locally. C. C. Bell Fruit Farm, Mr. C. C. Bell,
we expect a heavy drop; on the other hand fruit condition report has been received. I J. W. Nethers, Nethers, Va., looks for 10 per cent of the crop will be packed in Union Apple Company, Waynesboro, BooNViLLE, Mo., reports the apple crop
I am under the impression that the late am enclosing our June 1st Crop Condition 60 per cent of a crop in his section and will barrels. He is not in the market for any Va., estimate the apple crop in their terri- prospects as very poor as a result of too
varieties are in much better condition than Report. Will state, however, that the per- use 1,500 barrels for his yield. He is in cooperage. tory at 75 per cent of normal. They will much rain and some late frost. Mr. Bell
the early varieties. This will tend to make centage as given on apples we believe to be the market for hoops and heading, W. P. Rogers, Williamson, N. Y., does upe approximately 20,000 apple barrels this states that he has not used barrels for the
a demand for more barrels than the too high because there has been a heavy A. I. Hall, Rochester, New Hampshire, not give any estimate of the apple crop in year, for which contract has already been last two years and that they mostly ship
respective figures would indicate. Our next June drop since the data for this report does not look for more than a half average his section, but will use 2,000 apple barrels placed. now in white pine boxes, also in bulk.
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H. M. DuNLAP, Savoy, Illinois, says that 1929 Canadian Apple Crop Outlook Orchards are being well cared for and with 1,969,000 sets in 1927 and 1,190,000
the apple crop in his locality this season More Encouraging Than For 1928 spraying effectively carried out. Cooperage Exports 1928 Show Decrease of in 1926.
will be about 30 per cent below that of last
year. Mr, Dunlap reports that there will
It is too early to estimate the apple crop
75 Per Cent of Crop for British Columbia Compared with 1927 Shipments Tight Barrel Exports on Par With
prospects as trees in most districts are only
be less barrels used this year owing to the Six-year Average
passing through the critical blossoming Conditions in the Okanagan Valley indi- Statistics Department of Commerce Indicate $2,000,000
of
greater use of baskets and the small crop
in sight.
period. The bloom, however, has been ex-
ceptionally heavy in the eastern provinces,
cate a crop about 75 per cent of last year's
tonnage. Although trees have generally
Reduction in Value of Exports for Last Year Slack — Tight Barrels: Exports of tight barrels
in 1928 were 356,500 in round numbers,
N. H. Moody, Waterbury, Vt., reports Stave Shipments to Canada Increasing
especially in Nova Scotia where it is stated wintered satisfactorily, there are signs of which is nearer the average during the
crop conditions as about average this year.
to be the heaviest in many years. The some root injury, but not sufficient to cause past six years than the 399,000 exported in
Mr. Moody has not used barrels and prob-
season has been generally backward, but material damage. Considerable anxiety is 1927. Exports to Canada were 127,600,
ably will not this year. His crop will
ideal weather prevailed during the blossom- being felt, however, over the prospects of gaining on prior years back to 1924. The
amount to approximately 3,000 bushels. United States exports of cooperage in ing market for several years, and purchases
ing period in all provinces. In British water shortage for irrigation purposes. This Dutch East Indies took the second largest
Lilly Orchard Fruit Co., Normal, III., 1928 suffered a $2,000,000 decline in value increased to over 2,500,000 staves in 1928.
Columbia, conditions from a blossoming shortage is attributed to the light snowfall number in 1928, about 57,700 empties, or
consider the apple crop in their section of as compared with 1927 exports, the decline As regards value, this stood as the first rank
standpoint are very promi^sing. Some last winter and considerable drought and approximately double the 1927 quantity.
good quality, and expect a 50 per cent crop leing nearly all accounted for by decreased market for tight staves last year, displac-
varieties are patchy, but a fair estimate winds this spring. Generally speaking. Exports to Mexico and to Cuba decreased
this year. They will not use any barrels purchases of tight stock by the River Plate ing Canada. French purchases of United
appears to be about 75 per cent of last Wealthy and Duchess are a full crop, Mc- about 20 per cent and to Argentina 85 per
this year. They have barrels on hand, but market and of both slack and tight by States cooperage are always mostly in tight
year. Irrigation water is reported to be intosh and Jonathan medium. In the cent. The trade in empty barrels to various
use mostly bushel baskets. Mexico, although there were all consider- staves. Since 1925 these have fallen from
low, which might have the effect of reduc- Kootenay and Boundary districts trees are markets is varying and unsteady, but has
E. O. Worth, Mondamin, Iowa, expects upward and downward differences in an average of about 4,000,000 annually to
ing crop prospects. in a healthy condition with prospects for a able amounted on the average to about $850,000
30 per cent of a normal crop for his locality. /
purchases made by several of the smaller 1,385,000 in 1928, due to European compe-
good crop. The lower mainland and Van- in total value during the past six years.
He will u.se 700 apple barrels this season, Nova Scotia Anticipates Over 1.500,000 markets. Chief importers are shown for Exports to Argentina were only
couver Island districts report heavy bloom tition.
but says that he needs one car of bushel Barrels of Apples both years in the following table: about one-half those in 1927 on account of
in winter varieties, medium in fall varieties Shipments of Slack Staves to Canada
baskets.
and light in early kinds. heavy stave stocks there in importers' on the Increase
C. P. Waugh &
Sons, Wellsburg, W. Va., This province reports the heaviest bloom Exports Cooperage
United Statea of to hands and low prices for wine. The 1928
describe prospects for the apple crop in their in many years, with all varieties promising Principal Conntriea, 1927 and 1928 Slack Staves: The important markets
total was about 2,300,000. However, Argen-
section as not 50 per cent. They will use well. Trees are healthy and with favorable are Canada, Trinidad, Cuba, Mexico, and
1927 19-28 tina purchases comparatively few staves,
no barrels this year, using bushel baskets, weather conditions, together with normal the United Kingdom. Exports to Canada
Argentina $2,701,646 $1,765,753 buying mostly tight shooks. Exports to
crates and paper bags. control of insects and diseases, growers increased about 13 per cent to 27,700,000
anticipate a 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 barrel
Apple Crop inCanada Should Provide Canada 1,726,619 1,708,918 Portugal have declined steadily from about
H. W. Hathaway, Portsmouth, R. I., Algeria and Tunisia. 498,315 825,640 855,000 in 1925 to about 300,000 in 1928. staves. Exports to Trinidad and Tobago
feels that there will be a light crop of apples crop. There have been four light crops in Excellent Volume for Cooperage were about 15 per cent less than in 1927,
United Kingdom 613,151
. . 687,043 The French West Indies are credited with
in his section. He uses no barrels, but does succession in Nova Scotia and the estimate Trade but not below average. Exports to Cuba
Spain 469,609 621,192 buying about 1,000,000 United States tight
use boxes and baskets. for a heavy crop should not be impossible. slightly increased in 1928 to 4,294,000 but
Reporting to you for the month of June, British West Indies. 499,370 481,873 staves in 1928, which is a great increase
A. W. Aldrich, R. 3, Springfield, Vt., All correspondents state spraying to be were about half as much as in 1923, 1924,
would say that the immediate situation of Mexico 1,232,105 431,103 over any recent year and about 11 times the
describes conditions as fair, and expects a better this year. Weather has been mostly and 1925, i. c, exports to Cuba have been
the cooperage industry in Canada is as France 548,534 387,238 1927 figure. Exports to Germany were
crop a little bigger than average. He will wet and cool this spring. low in each of the last three years. Ex-
follows Cuba 395,587 325,201 1,100,000 tight staves, increasing by over
not use any barrels this year. Throughout Ontario, Quebec and Nova French West Indies. 459,262 257,360 one-third above 1927. Exports of tight ports to Mexico, 3,060,000 in 1928, were
Heavy Bloom in Ncmt Brunswick
T. H. King, Jr., Trumansburg, N. Y., Scotia the apple crop has developed most Dutch East Indies.. 129,470 228,044 staves to Australia were 707,000 in number, one-third less than in 1927. The United
reports conditions of the apple crop in his Warm weather during the last week in satisfactorily up to the present time, and Australia 502,107 221,603 which was little over one-third of 1927 ex- Kingdom nearly doubled 1927 receipts
its
section as very poor and expects about 15 May brought the blossom along rapidly. the 1929 crop should see an increase of at British West Africa 259,417 170,727 ports, but an increase over exports for any from the United States, however, both in
per cent of a crop. He will use no apple Indications are for a heavy bloom and, with least fifty per cent of the apple crop last Portugal 204,427 160,816 of the five preceding years. 1927 and 1926 United Kingdom purchases
barrels this year. favorable weather, prospects are bright for year Weather con- were small, and the 1928 purchases of about
in all three Provinces. Uruguay 212,532 119,085
Palmyra Union Agricultural Society, an increased crop. Trees have wintered ditions have been ideal, the danger of frost Other countries 772,382 656,822 1,000,000 were not yet up to those of 1925
Argentina Purchases 50 Per Cent of
Palmyra, N. Y., state that the prospects well and are in a good healthy condition. being past, and ample assuring
rainfall, and several prior years. Total exports were
Tight Shook Exports
of the apple crop in their locality are Spraying has been intensive. most satisfactory growth. The commercial $9,048,418 48,800,000 slack staves compared with
Total $11,224,533
normal. They further state that they do orchards in Ontario have been thoroughly Tight Shooks: Argentina takes over half 49,400,000 in 1927.
not use any barrels. Apple Conditions Favorable in Quebec Slack Heading: Canada took over half
cultivated and sprayed, and if no un- Exports in 1928 were the smallest in the tight shooks. Exports in 1928 to this
R. J. FisKE, Lunenburg, Mass., places All districts report apple trees in healthy foreseen catastrophe arises, the crop should annual value for the past six years, while market (412,500 shooks) were about 270,000 the total exports in 1928, but the 1,370,000
the apple crop prospects at 40 per cent of a condition and in heavy bloom. In the not only be large, but of good quality. 1927 exports were largest, and the average less than the average for six years past. fets last year were 450,000 less than in
normal crop. Mr. Fiske uses boxes onlv. Abbotsford District, Mclnto.sh blossom is Apple barrel coopers are .starting their for the six-year period was $10,000,000. About thirty other purchasers take smaller 1927 to that market. Trinidad and Tobago
L. R. Bryant & Co., Princeton, III., heavy; Rougemont, Mcintosh heavy, Fame- shops throughout the apple producing dis- Tight cooperage (staves, shooks, heading, quantities. Mexico, which in 1927 took .stood second with 502,276 sets, a large per
describe conditions and prospects of the use light; Hemmingford and Chateauguay tricts, and an active demand is beginning and empty barrels) comprises about 85 per about 211,800 sets, in 1928 took only 53,100 cent increase over 1927. Cuba and
apple crop in their section as very poor. and Woodlands, Mclntcsh and Fameuse for apple barrel stock. The visible supply cent of the whole cooperage export by value, sets. The West Indies and Cuba took usual Mexico, the next markets in rank, took con-
Thev advise that the local demand will heavy. Duchess and Wealthy light. Weather of apple barrel cooperage in the hands of comparative quantities being shown in the quantities. Total exports were approxi- siderably less in 1928 than in the year
probably absorb the crop and any surplus was ideal during blossom period, but has the mills is by no means sufficient to take discussion following. Much of our exported mately 780,000 sets compared with 1,221,000 before. Exports to all countries were 2,350,-
will be early fruit, for which baskets will been followed by a cool spell. The season is care of the estimated requirements for the tight cooperage is oak. In southern Europe, in 1927, annual average exports being 000 sets, compared with 2,860,000 in 1927.
probably Ye used. generally backward. Spraying has been year, which in our opinion will necessitate besides oak, a considerable quantity of tight around 1,125,000.
E. L. Beal, Republic, Mo., advises that well carried out so far this season. the importing of considerable material chestnut cooperage is produced and used in Tight Heading: Canada is generally the Mexico Best Customer for Slack Shooks
his personal crop is good, but the crop in from the United States. the domestic wine trade, also exported to largest purchaser of tight heading, and it
his section is rather light. He will use Outlook for Ontario Apple Crop Slack Shooks: Slack shook exports are
General business in Canada continues in North Africa. retained the lead in 1928 with 783,600 sets,
approximately 5,000 barrels, but will use always mainly to Mexico, which in 1928
Ideal weather prevailed in western On- a most healthy state, and the demand for Tight Staves: Exports of tight staves which was nearly 100,000 less than were
heavily of baskets. took 304,000 sets as compared with 1,183,000
tario and bloom is reported to be heavy in flour and sugar barrel stock is at least totaled approximately 32,000,000 or about taken in 1927. The second largest market
in 1927 and an average of 690,000 annually
H. S. Foster, North Calais, Vt., re- practically all In the Georgian
districts. normal for this season of the year. the same as in 1927 (quantities given here was the United Kingdom, which also took
ports that the apple crop in his section is during 1924-5-6. Total exports were about
Bay District many young orchards
are com- To sum up, while the mills manufacturing and subsequently are in round numbers). a decreased amount in 1928, 282,400 sets.
good. He further advises that he will not 441,500 sets compared with 1,365,000 in
ing into bearing for the first time. Slight cooperage stock in Canada have decreased Canada took 11,026,000 staves in 1928, 13 Argentina took only 109,800 sets in 1928
use any barrels this year. 1927 and an average of about 845,000 an-
fro.st damage to Snows and Russets is stated very materially during the last few years, per cent more than in 1927, continuing a c:>mpared with 360,400 sets in 1927, but on
nually in the three years prior to 1927.
A. H. DoERMANN, HoFFLiN, Mo., places to have occurred in Norfolk County. All those still remaining in the business should rising trend. The United Kingdom took the other hand, 1927 exports to Argentina
the apple crop estimate for his locality at districts report no winter injury to trees. experience a very satisfactory season during 5,862,000, approximately its average annual were 2^ times those for 1926, and much
30 per cent. He will use no barrels this Spraying is being carried out better than 1929, and the mill owners are more opti- purchase during the last five or six years. above earlier years. Quantities to the
year. in past years. mistic than they have been for some time in Shipments to the Irish Free State have French West Indies were about 60,000 .sets.
R. G. QuAiNTANCE, WooDViLLE, Va., states In eastern Ontario all varieties show the past. fluctuated widely during the same period, There were no other markets taking as Wm. E. Sanger, Cordova, Md., states
that his section will produce 65 per cent of heavy blossom with the possible exception W. A. Fraser, decreasing considerably on the average, much as 25,000 sets in 1928 except Mexico that the apple crop in his vicinity will be
an apple crop. He will use 1,500 of Baldwin and Stark, and Spy in some Trenton Cooperage Mills, Ltd., dropping to only 142,000 in 1928. Algeria (33,670 sets) and Cuba (25,035 sets). Total short this year, and that he will not need
barrels this year, which he buys locally. localities. Mclnto.sh is exceptionally heavy. Trenton, Ontario. and Tunisia have furnished a steadily grow- exports were 1,377,000 sets as compared any barrels.
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24 The National Coopers' Journal July, 1929 July, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 25
The John S.Oram Company Perfect "The Truss Hoop Driver is similar in Decision Rendered on Docket 36,
New Machines for Small Keg action, operation, etc., and while light
Manufacture very strong and powerful.
is Subject 45, Covering Increased
Rates for Slack Barrels
Wooden Barrel Manufacturers* and Dealers* Directory
To care for the growing demand for "The Keg Lathe can be fitted up with A decision has been rendered on Docket
machinery suitable to produce the popular small circled lathe plane, rod, holder and 36, Subject 45 of the Consolidated Classi- CANTON BARREL COMPANY, AMERICAN WOLVERINE BARREL AND BAG
— COOPERAGE CO.,
small kegs from % -gallon to 5-gallon rest, etc. fication Committee, which
proposed in- Canton, Ohio. Dealers and INC., Maurer, N. J.—Manufac- CO., 624 Watson St., Grand
capacity, which are now in general use and "The Small Keg Stave Jointer is suitable creases in the classification rating on ship-
brokers in Wooden Barrels of all
descriptions, Tight and Slack.
turer of New Tight Barrels made —
Rapids, Mich. Recoopered Tight
increasing in sales, the John S. Oram Com- for jointing staves from 8 inches long and of oak, fir and gum stock. Barrels for all uses. New Slack
ments of empty slack barrels, half barrels,
Barrels for Apples, Lettuce, eto.
pany, cooperage machinery manufacturers up to about 18 inches long, and is faced to etc., in official southern, and western class-
of Cleveland, Ohio, have placed on the give desired bilge and bevel. ification territories from 3d class to 2d class,
market new machines adapted to the man- "These new items are not shown in our as well as transfer of L. C. L. shipments
ufacture of these small containers, illus- latest No. 27 catalogue, and a copy of from 1st class to double 1st class for the
trations of which will be noted on pages circular giving full description will be same territories. H. METZGER'S SONS, 11-15
Eighteenth St., Richmond, Va.
14 and 15 of this issue of the Journal. gladly mailed on request. These new ma- The Associated
The new equipment includes a hoop
driver, with head hoop driving plate, truss
chines together with our Little Giant Crozer
as shown on page No. 67 in catalogue No.
It will be recalled that
Cooperage Industries of America and in-
dividual cooperage manufacturers protested
New and Second-Hand Barrels,
Kegs and Hogsheads of all kinds.
EMPIRE
REGISTER NOW JOHN
Cosgrain
PAXTON & CO., 5435
Montreal, Canada.
St..

hoop driver, keg lathe, and small keg stave 27 will give keg makers the latest up-to-date
BARREL CO., 1925 Manufacturers of and dealers in
against these increases at a hearing held
jointer. machines and prove to be money makers in in Chicago on January 24th.
Clinton
Second-Hand
St., Detroit, Mich,
Barrels of all de-
AND Flour,
Fir
Sugar and Apple Barrels.
Pork Barrels, 100 lbs. and
Concerning these machines, the Oram any cooperage plant and we solicit inquiries The Journal is advised that the protest scriptions. Lard Tubs and Nail 200 lbs.
Company says: for further particulars. All orders will be was successful in preventing increases in
Kegs. LET THE CONSUMERS KNOW
"The Hoop Driving Machine with head filled promptly. carload rates on slack barrels, half barrels,
hoop driving plate attached to the driver "All machines are of the usual well- etc., but the industry lost out in their op-
head, guarantees a rapid, easily operated known 'Oram' standard for full value and position to the transfer of L. C. L. ship-
WHERE TO GET THEIR
machine. The arms can be moved in or satisfaction to the users. ments from First Class to Double First.
out on the driver head, to take care of the
various sized kegs. These arms are thrown
"We make steel truss hoops from
also HOUSTON COOPERAGE AND TUB
CO., Box 546, Houston, Texas.
WOODEN BARREL SUPPLIES
5^/4 diameter and up to 40-inch di-
-inch S. Everett Harwood, Bennington, Vt., PERTH AMBOY BARREL CO.,
into work with a quick spring action, hold- ameter in all sizes of round edge steel. New Tight Barrels from 5 gal. to
reports that the apple crop in his section
55 gal. New Slack Barrels of 1049-63 State St., Maurer, N. J.—
ing the arms in tight and close, engaging Knives, bits, reamers and augers carried will average 50 per cent this season. Dealer in New and Used Tight
He all kinds. Second-Hand Barrels.
and Slack Barrels of all descrip-
the hoops without slipping or any injury in stock are best made and best for our will use one small car of apple barrels, for Ice cream Tubs all sizes.
tions.
to the hoops or package. Machines." which he is in the market. IOWA COOPERAGE CO., 310
Southeast Ninth Des Moines,
St., AMERICAN COOPERAGE CO., JACK COHEN COOPERAGE
—
Iowa. New and used Tight and INC.,
Second-Hand
Maurer, N. J.—Dealers In WORKS, Box Robinson, III.—
82,
Slack Barrels for Apples, Poultry, and Recoopered Dealer in Second-Hand Barrels
SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS WHICH DO GOOD WORK •Sugar. Alcohol Kegs. etc. Tight Barrels. of all kinds.

MACHINERY FOR SALE MACHINERY FOR SAL£ MACHINERY FOR SALE

^SED COMES FROM
SAVE WITH SAFETY
FOR SALE and rebuilt machinery for sale. Two
Why? IF IT
1
THIRTY-THREE YEARS SERVING
COOPERAGE TRADE
QNE
sale.
"Perfection" Heading-up Machine in
perfect condition. $350.00 for quick
Liberty Heading Turners, complete and
guaranteed, capacity 12- to 20-inch heads,
$75 each. One Whitney 20-inch stave saw,
*»«*vy arbor type, drum in excellent con-
Why send your saws a thousand
HYNSON
YOU KNOW right rrs
FOR SALE One Holmes dition, but needs new steel, will sell as is for miles to be resteeled when we can
No. 38}^ Crozer in A-1 $75, or will have it resteeled at factory at
When It comes to coopers' tools and
—20" B. D. Whitney drum saw shape. Price $175.00. cost. One flat heading or shingle saw with do it in the South at a large saving? supplies "Hynson" stands second to
none. We manufacture our products
— Ditto with self-feed attachment
2— Perfection heading-up machines
new 38-inch Simmonds saw. This machine We make new drums and retleel old drama and are always stocked to handle
orders promptly and satisfactorily.
A. B. HOUTZ & SONS is in first-class condition, priced for quick
—Gerlach double wheel Jointer •ale, $175.
fitting any machine There Is nothing the barrel maker
needs that we can not supply. Place
—24"
Gerlach single wheel Jointer Elizabeth City, N. C.
— B. D. Whitney drum saw UBERTY MACHINE CO. THIRTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE your orders with us now.
—24" Gerlach drum saw Largest Exclusive Coopers' Tool
— 32" Widdowson foot power stave Jointer
—46" Greenwood foot power stave Jointer
Liberty, Maine
Southern Stave Saw and Machine Company Supply House in the World
—Trevor stave bolt equalizer FOR SALE THE HYNSON COMPANY
—
4 Rebuilt Steam Engines. 55-60-75-85 HP
—Greenwood 36" stave cutter STOCK FOR SALE 112 South 19th Street, BirminKham, Ala. x
—Steam Log 50"
—Greenwood unloading outfit —No. 24 Holmes Dish Stave
1 Jointer. All Work Guaranteed Write Us for Prices Lebanon Illinou 1

— Rochester
Pendulous heading saw
No. 3, 60" late type heading —Oram Large Hooper.
1 Size POR SALE—40,000 53 34" x 10 ga. Twisted
jointer
—Greenwood
Greenwood 60" heading Jointer
— drive
—Large Gerlach
1 Saw. Bolt
Splice Wire Hoops, % cent each.
HOUTZ & SONS
2 — No. 70 Bung and Bush Machines.
heading baling press, power A. B.
—Trevor
power
heading baling press, hand
—No. 15 Holmes
1 Crozer.
Elizabeth City, N. C.

—Greenwood 24"
— Rochester
18" heading planer
heading planer —Glader (Heavy Duty) Double Punch Ma-
1
MACHINERY WANTED Hoop Nails Hoop Staples Hoop Fasteners FINGER LAKES COOPERAGE FLAG
—Trevor 24" heading planer chine.
— Gerlach chain feecT single stave planer Bright, Blued, Coppered or Galvanized LONG—TOP—BUTT—CHAIR
—
— Holmes No. 2 double stave planer
Rochester No. 4 heading turner
1 —No. 18 Holmes 24" Heading Planer. RANTED—One Morgan barrel nailer.
Write for prices and samples
2 —No. 19 Holmes Heading Rounders.
— Trevor heading turner Two 32"-knife power stave jointers. Satisfaction Assured
3— New Noble No. barrel heaters Address A. B. C, care of "The National
—
—Clough
1
Clough & Witt slack barrel crozer
& Witt trusser
1 —No. 55 Holmes SUve Bender. Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Pa. THE GEO. W. STANLEY CO. BeUcTille, III. RAY A. RUSSELL SAVANNAH, N. Y.
— Set Holmes Slack Barrel Machines
— Bailey 40" right36"hand exhaust fan 1 —No. 17J4 Holmes Heading and Jointer
— Rogers- Buffalo knife grinder
Truss Hoops—
Doweler. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
sizes — Prices on appli-
2—
all
cation. Pflueger
Portland Bush Machines.
STAVE AND HEADING OPPORTUNITY
3— Oram Post
kinds tight barrel, tight stave, tight
All and Bush Machines.
Borers EIGHTEEN thousand acres, partially logged
W, JACOBS COOPERAGE CO. W. W. WILSON STAVE COMPANY
2 —No. 47 K.
heading, rosin barrel machines. If you
Holmes Hoopers, 10" Rack. over, Mississippi Delta land, favorably lo-
don't see what you want, write us J^ MANUFACTURERS OF
anyway. cated, very accessible, mill site on good MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
rail-
road. Gum, elm and oak predominating. All Classes Kiln-Dried and Jointed Tight Barrel Stayet
NOBLE MACHINE COMPANY STOLPER STEEL PRODUCTS CORP. A portion of this land was logged over more
SLACK BARREL MANUFACTURERS—ALL KINDS
902 Hayden St. Fort Wayne, Indiana Fond du Lac Ave. at 33rd St.
than ten years ago. For further particulars White Oak Red Oak Gum and Ash
address "OPPORTUNITY," care of "The Tongued and Grooved Barrels Our Specialty
Milwaukee, Wi*. National Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Pa.
NORTH LITTLE ROCK tt ARKANSAS
Msotion Tub Nationai. Coopws' Joormal when writing ta advsrtistra.
Ifentlon The National Coopirs' Journal when writing to advertUerfc
26 The National Coopers' Journal July, 1929

TINKLER & WEBSTER, LTD. Harlan-Morris Mfg. Co. JACKSON

TENNESSEE
National Bank Building UVERPOOL, ENGLAND Manufacturers of All Kinds of
BUYERS OF ALL KINDS OF TIGHT-BARREL STAVES, ADL and KDJ,
STAVES AND HEADING and CIRCLED HEADING
FROM WHITE OAK, RED OAK. ASH AND GUM
Offer us that stock on your yard

B^^^^AJVER
SATISFACTION Branch Mills In
Cable Address: "Stavewood Liverpool" GUARANTEED Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama
'•

The Sutherland-Innes Co., Limited An Opportunity to Quote on Your

Manufacturers and Dealers in COOPERAGE STOCK

Requirements is considered a privilege by
STAVES, HOOPS, HEADING AND SHOOKS Just as sufficient horse power is necessary to the operation
of your

Chatham
TIGHT AND SLACK Krafft Cooperag e C o m pa ny plant, SO is the complete coverage of the cooperage
industry essential
Ontario, Canada Federal Commerce Trust Building :: St. Louis, Mo. to the success of your selling plan.

You can reach the Buying Power

of the cooperage industry better and
more profitably through the advertising pages of The Journal than
TURN Have you anything
IT INTO MONEY
want to buy or exchange anything?
PROPERLY
MADE Tight Barrel QUALITY
stock:
through any other medium —
Because The Journal is "the publica-

STAVE S AND H EADING

to sell, or
tion for the cooperage trade," and the Buying Power
TRY OUR SPECIAL "AD" DEPARTMENT of the industry
It our business to get buyers and sellers together and we can do it.
ia is what it offers to every user of its advertising space.
It is your business to turn unused or idle machinery and tools, etc., into
money and you can do it. Cost Is small. Returns are large. OZARK STAVE COMPANY From the viewpoint of reader interest, The Journal surpasses all
THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL, Philadtlpbia 134 North La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois
When you
others. pick up The Journal you are reading about the
a/nc WZSpdotuil —
cooperage industry your industry. Every advertising page carries
|0«FERS:kKIRM4L a message to the cooper or stock manufacturer. The reading text is
THE VAIL COOPERAGE CO. WE ARE BUYERS OF t^ pep*)* of 4r>**r vaio* to 4II mavo. hoop
heading mnd Mvmr nAnu|*ctur«rs to «ti
.

r.aJc«rs and us^trs of b«rr»U h»^i c%\¥%

cooperage. The articles are either defending the wooden barrel or
urging the cooperage trade to greater business efforts.
STAVES, HOOPS & HEADING The reports
tub* pails m4ch)i>44'jr and mtU suDpii«tt
Since 1888 Manufacturers of
STAVES from cooperage manufacturers tell the trade how business is, and
Quality Stock HOOPS For Tight and Slack Cooperage
what the future looks like.
Our Northern Elm Hoops Information given as to conditions in
"Best by Tert" HEADING JAMES WEBSTER & BRO., LTD. "-'lVrp^'l: e^.-"' barrel using industries. The editorials are
is

cooperage
VENEERS editorials, and
FORT WAYNE, IND. 'I' LONDON OFFICE— Bevis Marks House, Goring Street, E. C, 3 are a guide to the cooperage man in the operation of his business.
From every angle The Journal is the cooperage man's paper. It has
that intimate touch that ties it closely to the business of the cooperage
and cooperage stock manufacturer.
MONTEZUMA COOPERS^ FLAG H. PADUART, SartrouviUe, France
Forty years in the business have made us Flag experts Logically,and actually. The Journal is the advertising medium for
Steel Hoops and Wires
ALL LENGTHS Try our Service SOFT VARIETY reaching the cooperage trade. No matter what your product is
kinds of all V' -,:
whether it be cooperage stock, cooperage, machinery, equipment,
P. T. CASEY WE INVITE YOUR INQUIRY FOR C. I. F. PRICES
92 West Bayard Street EXPORT TO ALL COUNTRIES belting, tools, or supplies, it your message direct to the
will take
Seneca FalU, N. Y.
buying power in the cooperage industry with paying results.

According to all indications, there is a period of prosperous business

Air When in the mar\et for Wheel
YOU A. M. Welti & Bro.< ahead of the cooperage trade. The volume of sales, both for cooper-
can possibly get along without
Dried |
Manufacturers of age and cooperage stock, is growing.
30x5/8 "
Ash Pork Staves Listed advertising n 1 THE NATIONAL 1 Better prices are being ob-
34x%'' Red Oak Oil Staves; 36x3^ '
Gum Stoves
COOPERS' JOURNAL but you , Tight Cooperage tained, and the prospects are the brightest in some years.
willget along much better and
WriU to much faster IF YOU DO USE Milk, Oil and Lard
THE HENNEN COOPERAGE CO.. Inc.
THE ONLY PAPER
T H AT Tierces and Kegs Undoubtedly, there is going to be a decided increase in the purchases
SPECIALIZES YOUR CLASS OF
Manufacturers of Tight Cooperage LAKE PROVIDENCE, LA. BUYERS. 10406 Kintman Rd. CIcTeland, 0. made by and for the cooperage trade. You can get your full share of
this additional buying power by taking advertising representation in
The Journal's pages.
Founded 1850
We
(NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA)
are large buyers of Slack Cooperage
Incorporated 1900
BUNGS
WE MAKE THEM VENT PLUGS FAUCETS
Let us tell

good of your
you more about what Journal advertising
business.
will do for the

Stock of all kinds and we want your prices CASK or BARREL PLUGS and WORM-HOLE PEGS
Write for price* on Bung-borer*. Cooper'* hoop-driver*, hammers.
N.&H.O'DONNELL COOPERAGE CO. adze*, flaggmg and flagging iron*, chalk, chime* and chime maula

BARREL MANUFACTURERS REDLICH MFG. CO., 647 W. Oak St., CHICAGO THERE'S NO OTHER LIKE IT
Moore St., Water to Swanson St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Known to the trade for over 60 years

Tight and Slack Barrels Manufacturer of

and Dealer in SKUSE'S COOPERAGE The National Coopers^ Journal
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
We carry new Cooperage from 5 to 50 gallon on hand at all times for
local or carload shipments. Ready to fill barrels for all requirements
Slack
Staves
Orders solicited for straight or PHILADELPHIA
Plants at NmviUm Island, Pa., and Pittsburgh, Pa. mixed cars. Write us whether you
ADDRESS CORRESPONDENCE TO Heading want to buy or sell. Satisfaction
Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Company Hoops Guaranteed.
2723 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. Flour and
Fruit Barrels
SKUSE*S COOPERAGE
New York
Cor. Finoey and Daris Sts., Rochester.

Mention The Nation »i. Coopers' Journal when writing to advertisers.

 26 The National Coopers' Journal Julv, 1929

TINKLER & WEBSTER, LTD. Harlan-Morris Mfg. Co. TErfNEssEE

National Bank Building LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND Manufacturers of All Kinds of
BUYERS OF ALL KINDS OF TIGHT-BARREL STAVES, ADL and KDJ,
STAVES AND HEADING and CIRCLED HEADING

B^J^OWER
Offer us that stock on your yard
FROM WHITE OAK, RED OAK. ASH AND GUM
Cable Address: "Stavewood Liverpool"
SATISFACTION Branch Mills in
GUARANTEED Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama
'•

The Sutherland-Innes Co., Limited An Opportunity to Quote on Your

Manufacturers and Dealers in COOPERAGE STOCK

Requirements is considered a privilege by
STAVES, HOOPS, HEADING AND SHOOKS Just as sufficient horse power is necessary to
the operation of your

Chatham
TIGHT AND SLACK Krafft Cooperag e C o m pa ny plant, so is the complete coverage of the
cooperage industry essential
Ontario, Canada Federal Commerce Trust Building :: St. Louis, Mo. to the success of your selling plan.

You can reach the Buying Power of the cooperage industry better and
more profitably through the advertising pages of The Journal than
TURN Have you anything
IT
to sell, or
INTO MONEY
want buy or exchange anything?
PROPERLY
MADE Tight Barrel QUALITY
STOCK
through any other medium —
Because The Journal is "the publica-

STAVE S AND H EADING

to
tion for the cooperage trade," and the Buying Power of the industry
TRY OUR SPECIAL "AD" DEPARTMENT
It our business to get buyers and sellers together and we can do it.
is
t IS what it offers to every user of its advertising space.
It your business to turn unused or idle machinery and tools, etc., into
is
money and you can do it. Cost is small. Returns are large. OZARK STAVE COMPANY From the viewpoint of reader interest. The Journal surpasses all
THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL, Philadelphia 134 North La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois
When you
others. pick up The Journal you
are reading about the
—
cooperage industry your industry. Every advertising page carries
lOOPEBSJOIMiL a message to the cooper or stock manufacturer. The reading text is
THE VAIL COOPERAGE CO. WE ARE BUYERS OF heading
ir.Ak«rs
4ind liner r
And u'-4>rt
cooperage. The articles are either
urging the cooperage trade to greater business efforts.
defending the wooden barrel or
Since 1888

Quality Stock
Manufacturers of
STAVES
HOOPS
STAVES, HOOPS & HEADING The reports
from cooperage manufacturers tell the trade how business is, and
For Tight and Slack Cooperage
Our Northern Elm Hoops what the future looks like. Information is given as to conditions in
"Best by Te»t" HEADING JAMES WEBSTER & BRO., LTD. '"'\%-ii?^i:ti,i''"' barrel using industries. The editorials are cooperage editorials, and
FORT WAYNE, IND. VENEERS LONDON OFFICE -Bevis Marks House, Goring Street, E. C, 3 ere a guide to the cooperage man in the operation of his business.
From every angle The Journal is the cooperage man's paper. It has
that intimate touch that ties it closely to the business of the cooperage

MONTEZUMA COOPERS^ FLAG H. PADUART, Sartrouville, France

and cooperage stock manufacturer.

Forty years in the business have made us Flag experts

Steel Hoops and Wires Logically, and actually, The Journal is the advertising medium for
ALL LENGTHS Try our Service SOFT VARIETY I

reaching the cooperage trade. No matter what your product is

kindsof all 4j whether be cooperage stock,
P. T. CASEY WE INVITE YOUR INQUIRY FOR C. I. F. PRICES
it cooperage, machinery, equipment,
KXl'OllT TO MA. COUNTRIES belting, tools, or supplies, it will take your message direct to the
92 West Bayard Street Seneca Falls, N. Y.
buying power in the cooperage industry with paying results.

According to all indications, there is a period of prosperous business

Air When in the mar\ct fur Wheel
YOU A. M. Welti & Bro.' ahead of the cooperage trade. The volume of sales, both for cooper-
can possibly get along without
Dried 30x% Ash Pork Staves
"
Listed advertising ir THE NATIONAL
|

1
.Mariufactiiri IS of
age and cooperage stock, is growing. Better prices are being ob-
Red Oak Oil Staves; 36x34' COOPERS' JOURNAL but you Tight Cooperage
34x3^ "
Gum Steves willget alon g much better
,

and
tained, and the prospects are the brightest in some years.
Write to much faster IF YOU DO USE Milk, Oil and Lard
THE HENNEN COOPERAGE THE ONLY PA P E R T H A T Tierces and Kegs Undoubtedly, there is going to be a decided increase in the purchases
CO..
Inc. SPECIALIZES YOUR CLASS OF
Manufacturers of Tisfht Cooperage LAKE PROVIDENCE, LA. BUYERS. 10406 Kinsman Rd. Cleveland, 0. made by and for the cooperage trade. You can get your full share of
this additional buying power by taking advertising representation in
The Journal's pages.
Founded 1850
We
(NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA)
are large buyers of Slack Cooperage
Incorporated 1900
BUNGS
WE MAKE THEM VENT PLUGS FAUCETS
Let us you more about what JOURNAL advertising
tell

good of your business.

will do for the
Stock of all kinds and we want your prices CASK or BARREL PLUGS and WORM-HOLE PEGS
Write for price* on BunK-borers, Cooper's hoop-drivers, hammers,
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Kiln-Dried Dimension Lumber Cooperage Stock & Barrel Shooks
GENERAL OFFICE: Demonstrate the Worth of the Wooden Barrel to Organizers of Louisiana
Box 143, Binghamton Br. GULF DISTRICT:
Cooperage Machinery Vegetable Growers 7
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Memphis, Tenn. Gretna, La.
Buffalo Coopers Find That a Quality Flour Barrel Pays 8
B. C. Sheahan Company 166 West Jackson Blvd.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Proposed Production of Medicinal Whiskey an Interesting Development
for Louisville Coopers 9
Editorials 10

M. L. SIGMAN Wants
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II

Manufacturer Manufacturers 11

HIGHEST QUALITY Canadian Apple Production in Excess of Yield for 1928 12

TIGHT BARREL STAVES Bag Interests Very Active in Potato Growing Districts 17
Trade Reports From Here and Abroad 18
Tight Sap White Oak Oils,
Cooperage Conditions in Foreign Trade Centers 19
Red Oak Oils, Regular
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BARREL ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS SECOND-HAND BARRELS
Pasre Page
B. & B. Holmes Machinery Co., Buffalo, N. Y B. C. Heidt & Son, C, Jersey City, N. J 4
Oram Co., The John S., Cleveland. Ohio 14-15 Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Co., Pittsburgh, Pa 26
a box that will carry it without sifting is

BARREL HEATERS SLACK BARREL MAKERS AND BARREL STOCK

Demonstrate the Worth of the Wooden Barrel to too expensive, and when packed in bags it
i.s subject to damage and loss. It is some-
E. & B. Holmes Machinery Co., Buffalo, N. Y
Hynson Company, The, Lebanon, 111
B. C.
2."!
Greif Bros. Cooperage Co., Cleveland, Ohio
Heidt & Son., C, Jersey City, N. J
3
4
Organizers of Louisiana Vegetable Growers times shipped in barrels, and the barrel
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport, N. Y I. F. C. Jacobs Cooperage, K. W., Milwaukee, Wis 25 suitable for this purpose should be made
Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New York, N. Y I. F. C. Jerry & Co.. Stephen, Brooklyn, N. Y 4 Agricultural Interests of State Should be Shown the Reasons
O'Donnell Cooperage Co., N. and H., Philadelphia, Pa of good heads, preferably of pine, and
Skuse's Cooperage, Rochester, N. Y
26
26 Why the Wooden Barrel is the Logical Package for
tongued and grooved staves.
BARREL MACHINERY Their Products — New Orleans Cooper Shops The Choctaw Clay Corporation, R. J.
Holmes Machinery Co., E. & B.. Buffalo, N. Y B. C. Enjoying Period of Plentiful Business Wilkinson, president, occupies a suite of
Oram Co., The John S., Cleveland, Ohio 14-]r> SLACK BARREL STOCK (Manufacturers or Dealers)
Trevor Manufacturing Co., I.ockport, N. Y 3 offices in the Canal Bank Building, this
Henning, Inc., E., Chicago, 111 4
Weimar Engineering Works. Philadelphia, Pa 13 Murray, C. E., Decherd. Tenn 13 city, and operates extensive plants at vari-
Pennoyer Co., J. C. Chicago, 111 16
Struthers-Ziegler Cooperage Co., Detroit, Mich 13 ous places. The latest development of this
Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New York, N. Y Northern grown vegetables are now on Get After the Railroad Authorities on Be-
BUNG MANUFACTURERS Wineman, Jr., Henry, Detroit, Mich
3 immense concern has been the acquisition
...I. F. C. the market in the great centers of popula- half of the Barrel and Cooperage Hamper of 437 acres of land near Bogalusa, La.,
Redlich Manufacturing Co., 647 W. O^ St., Chicago, 111 26
tion and the busy season for shipping Mr. J. O. Tacket, of Jackson, Miss., agri- where a large new plant will be opened.
Southern produce is past. August and Sep- cultural agent of the Illinois Central Rail-
SLACK COOPERAGE STOCK (Manufacturers and Dealers) The barrel business of this concern would
COOPERS' FLAG tember are the only months in the year road, is being besieged by the crate makers be too large for any ordinary shop to
Henning, Inc., E., Chicago, 111 4 Greif Bros. Cooperage Co., Cleveland, Ohio 3 when there is no planting done in Louisiana, who are urging him to give his support to
Henning, Inc., E., Chicago, 111 4 handle. Let some of the stock mill men
Jerry & Co., Stephen, Brooklyn. N. Y 4 and the agricultural interests of the State the crate as a vegetable container, but the get in touch with them.
Murray, C. E., Decherd, Tenn 13 are now availing themselves of the oppor-
COOPERS' TOOLS, TRUSS HOOPS, ETC. Pennoyer Co., J. C, Chicago, 111 16
coopers do not seem to have placed their
Powell Cooperage Co.. Memphis, Tenn I. F. C. tunity which their dull season gives them side of the story before him. This is merely New Orleans Coopers Busily at Work
E. &Holmes Machinery Co., Buffalo, N.
B. Y B. C. Sheahan Co., B. C, Chicago, III 4
to organize and plan for their future com-
Hynson Company, The, Lebanon, 111 25 Skuse's Cooperage, Rochester, N. Y 26 an illustration of the work that is being With the passing of the vegetable season
J. C. Pennoyer Co., Chicago, 111 16 Smith Lumber Co.. W. T., Chapman, Ala •.
13 paigns.
Redlich Manufacturing Co.. 647 W. Oak St., Chicago. Ill done for the substitute package but which dull times settled upon the cooperage in-
26 .Struthers-Ziegler Cooperage Co., Detroit. Mich 13
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport, N. Y 3 Sutherland, Innes Co.. Ltd., Chatham, Ont 26 is not being done for the barrel. dustry here, but you would not notice this
Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New York, N. Y 3 Vail Cooperage Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind 26 Organizers of Vegetable Growers Should
Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New York, N. Y 3 in the city shops, for they are all at work.
Wineman, Henry, Detroit, Mich F. C. be Shown the Advantage of A Good Example Cooperage Trade
Jr., I. for The chief falling off in the business has
DOWEL PINS Cooperage Packages Follow
to been in the closing of the branch shops in
HIckson-Rogers Mfg. Co., Paragould, Ark Hon. Arthur G. EUender, the member of Coopers often say that there is no use the produce shipping centers in the country,
Hynson Company, The, Lebanon.
4
STAVE AND HEADING MACHINERY
Redlich Manufacturing Co., 647
Ill
W. Oak St., Chicago,
25 our State legislature from Houma, La., in advertising the barrel, for everybody and the city shops are all at work as usual.
III 26 Gerlach Co., The, Cleveland, Ohio 3
Holmes Machinery Co., E. & B., Buffalo, N. Y B. C. who is the author of the law governing the knows what a barrel is. It is also true that The demand for containers for cottonseed
Oram Co., The John S.. Cleveland, Ohio 14-15 grading and inspection of vegetables, is everybody knows what an apple is, still products is unusually good, used tight bar-
DRAG SAWS. J. Pennoyer Co., Chicago, 111
C. •. 16
ETC. Trevor Manufacturing Co., Ix)ckport, N. Y 3 exceedingly active in organizing the vege- the apple growers are planning to tax them- rels find ready sale for petroleum products,
Pennoyer Co., J. C. Chicago, 111 Ifi table growers. He is being aided in this selves one cent a bushel on all apples sold and the soft drink people are using a great
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport, N. Y [ 3
work by A. H. Henderson, of Ruston, La., many new, high grade tight barrels for
by producers, and to spend a million dollars
STEEL AND WIRE HOOPS who is president of the State Chamber of a year in advertising apples. A similar flavoring extracts, and now and then a
EXPORTERS American Steel and Wire Co., Chicago and New York 16 Commerce, by Harry D. Wilson, Commis- campaign to advertise the apple barrel, or, few slack barrels for bottles. The making
Henning, Inc., E., Chicago. Ill 4
Henning, Inc., E.. Chicago, III 4 H. Paduart, Sartrouville, France 26 sioner of Agriculture, of Baton Rouge, La., better the cooperage apple hamper,
still, of barrels for soap stock is now an estab-
Jerry & Co.. Stej)lu'n, Brooklyn. N. Y '.'..'"
4
and Dean C. T. Dowell, of the Agricultural li.ched business, with the usual squabbles
.Southport Corporation, New Orlean.s JSank Bldg., New Orlenn.s, Ijti.... 4
would bring the shops all the work they
College at the State University. All of could handle. about prices and specifications.
TIGHT BARREL MAKERS AND BARREL STOCK these gentlemen are public spirited, en- Georgia has long taken the lead as a Our exporters are sending a good many
HOOP MACHINES San Francisco, Calif
California Barrel Co., T. F. C. lightened men, who have wide influence peach growing State, but Mississippi is lets of tight and slack stock to the oil fields
Chickasaw Wood Products Co., Memphis, Tenn 4
Hyn.son Company. The. Lebanon, 111 or,
Hudson & Dugger Co., Inc., Memphis, Tenn 16
among the vegetable shippers. Would it now coming to the front. Most of the in Mexico. Cuba is taking some slack
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport, N. Y National Cooperage and Wooden ware Co., Peoria. Ill
.'\i
4 not be a good idea to get in touch with them peaches seen on this market now are from stock, and some good shipments of stock
Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Co., Pittsburgh, Pa 26
Southport Corporation, New Orleans Uank Bldg., New Orleans, La 4 and show them that the best service that iJrookhaven, Miss., but there are vast peach and barrels have been made to Argentine
Sutherland, Innes Co., Ltd., Chatham, Ont 26 and Uruguay for syrup, meat and alcohol,
IMPORTERS (Cooperage and Cooperage Stock) Welti & Bro., A. M., Cleveland, Ohio they could rend-er the produce industry orchards near Picayune, Miss., and the
, 26
would be to recommend the barrel and the orchards are steadily extending towards but the stave yards where heavy oak stock
Webster & Bro., James, Liverpool, England 26
Tinkler & Webster, Liverpool, England 26 cooperage hamper as the best possible con- Jack.son, and that should be the finest field i.^ carried for shipment to European mar-
TIGHT COOPERAGE STOCK (Manufacturers or Dealers) tainers for Louisiana produce? If the in the world for the introduction of the kets are very quiet.
Coleman Co., Wm. H., Jackson, Tenn produce growers and shippers can organize one-bushel tub for peaches as well as for
MACHINE KNIVES AND SAWS Harlan-Morris Mfg. Co., Jackson. Tenn
B. C.
26 No Timber Shortage in Louisiana
this far in advance and plan a great victory vegetables.
Gerlach Co., The, Cleveland, Ohio Hennen Cooperage Co., The. Lake Providence, La 26
."j
Henning, Inc., E., Chicago, 111 4 for the next season, why can not the cooper- Commissioner Harry D. Wilson has been The shortage of timber that is such a
J. C.Pennoyer Co., Chicago. Ill 16
!
Krafft Cooperage Co., St. Louis, Mo
Southern Stave, Saw & Machine Co. 112 S. 19th St., Birmingham, Ala.!. 25 Ozark Stave Co., Chicago, 111
26
age industry set to work and help the good telling the farmers of this State of the
menace in other States is scarcely felt here.
26
Pennoyer Co., J. C, Chicago, III ..16 cause along by offering a solution of the wonderful expansion of the chain stores, Stock mills have plenty of stumpage in
Sheahan Co., B. C, Chicago, 111 4
sight, and if they would follow the business
Sigman, M. L., Monticello, Ark 4 difficult question of packages? and recommends the sale of produce direct
NAILS, STAPLES, TACKS, CLEATS, ETC. Southport Corporation. New Orleans Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La 4 methods in vogue among other branches of
Sutherland. Innes Co., Ltd., Chatham, Ont 26 to them. It might also be a good idea to
Hynson Company, The, Lebanon. Ill 25 Wilson Stave Co., W. W., North Little Rock, Ark 25 Louisiana Fruit and Vegetable Volume show the chain .stores how it would be to the timber industry there would be no
Redlich Manufacturing Co., 647 W. Oak St., Chicago, 111 2B
Stanley Co., The Geo. W., Belleville, 111 Totals $30,000,000 Annually
their interest to buy danger of their running out of raw ma-
2I their supplies in
Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New York, N. Y .....'.' 3 E. L. Tiebout, horticulturist of the State terials. The hope for the future of the
barrels.
TIGHT STAVE MANUFACTURERS business in reforestation.
University, says that the fruit and vege- lies

PAIL AND TUB MACHINERY Henning, Inc., E., Chicago, 111 4 table industry of this State amounts to the Tongued and Grooved Barrels for The Brown Paper Mills Company, of
Sigman, M. L., Monticello, Ark 4
Southport Corporation. New Orleans Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La 4 colossal sum of $30,000,000 per annum. Ls Fuller's Earth Monroe, La., is spending five million dollars
Gerlach Co.. The, Cleveland. Ohio o
Sutherland. Innes Co., Ltd.. Chatham, Ont 26 to double the size of its plant, and raise
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport, N. Y 3 Wilson Stave Co.. W. W., North IJttU Rock. Ark 26 this trade worth going after, or are we to Fuller's earth, used in the bleaching of its

sit still and see the crate and hamper cane juice, mineral oils and edible oils, is output to 400 tons a day. It now has 60,000
people get a monopoly of it? perfectly dry, and is so finely ground that acres of timber land holdings, which under
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will be chairman of the board of directors
modern reforestation methods
the plant to reproduce its
willenable
supply perpetu- Buffalo Coopers Find That a of the new company. The individual con- Propose(J Production of New Supply of Medicinal
that it will have to be kiln
hurried, resulting in a lower grade package.
dried, and
cerns last year did a business of $25,000,000.
Quality Flour Barrel Pays
ally.
The State now has a new nursery that Slack Cooperage Stock Prices
Whiskey an Interesting Development Conditions in Cooperage Trade

will supply young trees for planting at the

More Promising
Theslack cooperage demand is a little Holding Steady
rate of five million per annum. The Great
for Louisville Coopers Generally speaking, the cooperage busi-
less active than a month ago though local
Southern Lumber Company, at Bogalusa,
has nurseries producing young trees at the
shops are getting a fair amount of business.
Slack cooperage stock does not show much
change in price from a month ago. There
Cooperage Trade Keeping Close Touch With Situation
in Distilleries — in ness has been looking more promising, but
the period of actual heavy consumption is
The fact that a fine quality of flour barrel is some variation in the quotations from
Louisville District Practically Certain of Receiving
rate of ten million per annum, which cer-
tainly ought to insure a good supply of
is being produced helps the business to a

large extent, for it brings trade from barrel

different mills, but this is quite apt to be Contracts —
General Business Good
still some weeks away. In the South as
well as in Louisville, and other points where
the case most of the time. Where un- tight packages are used in packing cotton-
pine for the future. These trees are pine, users elsewhere. Coopers declare that it
usually low prices are made by any pro-
which are of relatively slow growth. pays to produce a quality barrel. Some of It has been many
a long year since our at least a part of the production contracts. seed oil products, interest is shown in the
ducer, it is sometimes found difficult to get
Timber suitable for the making of staves them at least go on the principle that if old friend John Barleycorn has been re- R. E. Wathen has pointed out that there outcome of the cotton crop. Some statis-
the sort of material expected, or to get as ticians figure that it will be a 13- to 14-
and heading will attain a merchantable size one makes a better mouse-trap than any- sponsible for any business in tight barrels. are five distilleries in Kentucky, which have
much as has been contracted for. million-bale and others believe that
crop,
while the pine is just getting started to body else does, an old and well-
to use True there has been some widely scattered been held intact, and anyone of which is
grow. known quotation, the world will find it out Look for Heavy Sauerkraut Production movement of kegs of various sizes,
from large enough to produce 60,000 barrels of it willrun between 14 and 15 millions. The
State Forester W. R. Hines says that ten gallons down, whose actual use was no whiskey annually, running only day shifts. first Government report showing prospec-
and make a path to his doorway. Indications point to a heavy cabbage crop
Louisiana has between four and five million tive bales will be out about August 8th. The
While there are not as many flour barrels this year in New York State and production
concern of the producer, but there was no These are the R. E. Wathen plant in Louis-
acres of land available for forest planting. made nowadays as in years gone by, this demand for fifty-gallon packages, or other ville; Sunnybrook and Stitzel plants in July report only showed acreage and con-
of sauerkraut will be large. number of A dition, which was indicative of a larger
Most of this land is not now needed for or is no reason, the coopers say, to lower the large ones, at least not from the American Louisville; O. F. C. plant at Frankfort;
new plants are being erected in this part crop than last year.
suitable for any crop but timber, and much quality; in fact, some are priding them- bourbon or rye whiskey distilling industry. and Glenmore plant at Owensboro. They
of the State by sauerkraut manufacturers.
of it is best suited to the growing of stave selves on making better barrels than ever, The Canadian industry developed a little are about the only large plants left, and
L. A. Colton is building one at Stanley, Kentucky Potatoes Were Shipped in Bags
and heading timber. even if they have to take a smaller margin demand for staves and heading, and prob- even these would need some improvements
N. Y., with the main building 160 by 144 The about Louisville has
potato crop
of profit to do so. It is doubtful, however, ably a little shook business, but shipping to be ready to operate, as they have long
feet in size, a cabbage house 42 by 26 feet proven to be a good one, and has brought
ifthe conscientious cooper sacrifices profits distances were too great to move complete been idle.
and a storage building 45 by 18 feet. excellent prices, up to $4 and better per
by turning out as good work as he knows packages.
Where Will the Bourbon Stock Come From? 150 pounds, having hit a high of $4.50, but
An Opportunity for the how, for he established an excellent repu- New Plant of Empire State Pickling Company
Medicinal Whiskey Again to the Fore Cooperage interests figure that it will relatively few slack barrels were used in
Oyster Barrel Man tation that draws a lot of business to his Nearing Completion
shop.
Now the first real barrel business for require some time to produce the necessary packing, as shipping has been principally
The first planting of oyster shells in
Work proceeding rapidly on the new
is
several years close at hand. bourbon staves and heading even for 40,000 bags.
is Prohibition ill
The niilling-in-bond privilege, which has plant of the Empire State Pickling Co., at
Louisiana's history to establish oyster reefs
for some time been enjoyed by Buifalo mill-
Commissioner Doran, at Washington, has packages, as such material is not available. A large peach crop is being handled in
Phelps, N. Y., which, it is said, will be the Oil stock is % inch thick, while bourbon
has been completed, according to James N. agreed that stocks of medicinal whiskey, the State, but the apple crop is below
ers, has been threatened by the millers of largest and most modern and sanitary kraut
McConnell, Director of the Oyster Division sold on physicians' prescriptions through is of inch thickness. It will take about normal, and apple men have shown no in-
the Southwest, who have been regarding pickling plant in the world. It will cover
of the Department of Con.servation. The the drug stores, plus loss by evaporation, 400,000 staves, after culling, and some terest in barrels so far.
Buffalo's large flour export trade with a about five acres of ground and be fireproof.
oyster shells were planted along the Louisi- leakage, has resulted in stocks in this
etc., 20,000 sets of material for heading. Mills
jealous eye. The milling-in-bond privilege The building material is a light brown- Hogshead Manufacturers Look Forward
ana coast from Turkey Bayou to Petit Pass. country getting down to a point where it will not be interested in cutting such ma-
gives the local millers the right to import glazed tile. The new plant will be ready to Good Demand
All packers in the vicinity have pledged to is essential that production start shortly, terial until actual orders are in hand, as
Canadian hard wheat without paying duty, for operation by September 1st. About The hogshead manufacturers are antici-
return a certain proportion of their oyster in order that newly made whiskey can be it is too big a gamble, and such stuff may
provided the flour produced is sold in the 100 men are being employed on the build- pating normal or better business from the
shells each year to keep up the planting aged a minimum of four years in bond, to remain in their possession a long time
export market. This Canadian wheat is of ings, and the payroll will be still larger tobacco industry this year. Acreage is
program. supply the drug trade. otherwise. Many houses had their troubles
superior quality and is mixed in with do- when operations begin. The same company, larger and production may be larger,
Within the next two years about 150,000 Drug interests as well as the distillers in disposing of bourbon stock when the
mestic wheat, thus producing the kind of of which B. E. Babcock is president, has although there are some plant diseases re-
barrels of oysters will be taken from the have been arguing the point. Some of the market went flat a few years ago.
flour that is desired in foreign countries. plants at Shortsville, Gorham and Junius ported, which may materially reduce yield.
mud banks where the first shells were dry leaders, as could be expected, are ob- Such material is expensive, and the fin-
The House of Representatives has passed and an additional one at Phelps.
placed. Plans are also under way to plant jecting to production of whiskey even for ished package will cost considerably more
a which would prevent the Buffalo
bill Country Flour Mills Will be More Active
20,000 barrels of the shells in Sister Lake medicinal use, and have long argued that than it formerly did. Back before the war
millers from bringing in this Canadian This Year
in Terrebone Parish on an oyster reserva- whiskey could not be considered as a medi- the best quality ten hoop, white oak, 50-
wheat under a milling-in-bond privilege. Notes of the Trade The wheat crop in Kentucky and south-
tion used for the cultivation of young cine, and had no medicinal value. How- gallon charred whiskey barrel cost around
The Senate has lately been holding hearings The Quaker City Cooperage Co. shop re- ern Indi-^na this year is considerably larger
oysters. ever, that is merely water under the mill. $3.40 to $3,50, and will probably cost close
on the subject at which leading millers than was last year, especially in Indiana.
it
ceived a visit from a number of Canadian From the way things are now going in to twice that amount today.
representing Buffalo have been on the stand In Kentucky the 1928 crop was a flat fail-
millers the other day,who expressed them- Washington it is indicated that permits Of course, 40,000 barrels is not such a
and have testified that if the milling-in- ure, and made only about a million bushels,
Revised Kiln Drying Handbook selves pleased with the equipment and will be issued this fall or winter to a great number of barrels, but it is a kind
bond privilege is lost by Buffalo the result whereas it is reported at around 4,000.000
product of the shop. President H. T. limited few distilleries for production and of business that has not been in the market
Issued will be that foreign countries will be buying bushels this year, which will mean more
Pennypacker reports the barrel demand aging of whiskey in bond. in a long time, and therefore of particular
The Department of Agriculture has is- Canadian flour, instead of that from this country milling, and a little better demand
country.
holding up fairly well. A total of 2,000,000 gallons appears to interest at the present moment.
for slack barrels, or knockdown slack
sued a revised edition of its Bulletin No. The Niagara Cooperage Co., Lockport, be the figure that Commissioner Doran has Back in the old days when there were
1136, entitled "Kiln Drying Handbook," by packages.
Merger ofGrape Products Companies
finds the flour barrel demand light, but decided will be needed, and of that about many big tight barrel plants, and plants
Rolf Thelen, of the Forest Products Labora- looks for a fair amount of apple barrel 70 per cent will be bourbon whiskey. This of 3,500- to 5,000-package capacity daily A Normal or Better Consumption of
May Help Industry
tory, originally issued May 12, 1923, revised trade this year. is the equivalent of 40,000 barrels of 50 there would have been plenty of competi- Cooperage by Pickle Packers
May, 1929. While the treatment of the A move which is likely to help the grape Edward B. Holmes, president tion for the business. Today there are not
industry in New York State is
of the gallons each. A
rather favorable season is reported so
subject is along much the same lines as in the forma- E. & Holmes Machinery Company, is on
B. many of the old plants left in competition. far on cucumbers and indications are that
the original publication, the text has been tion of Fruit Industries, Inc., a merger of a six weeks' vacation in upper Canada, Louisville Should Benefit From Distilling The Louisville Cooperage Co., at Louisville; the pickle crop will create a normal or bet-
fully revised and amplified, embodying eight of the oldest and best known manu- where he will do some hunting and fishing. of Medicinal Whiskey Paducah Cooperage Co., at Paducah; and ter demand for barrels and kegs. Not much
much new matter which reflects the prog- facturers of grape products in the United R. E. Wathen, of the American Medicinal some of the St. Louis and Tennessee con- kraut is packed in Louisville or adjacent
ress made in drying methods since 1923. States. This new concern will control more Spirits Co., Louisville, a merger of New cerns will be interested in revival of dis- vicinity, although some is produced at New
The size of the book has been increased than 85 per cent of the country's grape York, Cincinnati, Chicago and other dis- tilling. The large plants that were
Cement for Venezuela Albany, Ind.
from 64 to 96 pages, and
an up-to-date
it is products business. The following concerns tilling interests, controlling all of the large formerly about Cincinnati, when that city
publication, well calculated to serve, under are taken into the merger California Grape Shipped in Barrels
: remaining plants in Kentucky virtually was also a distilling center, are few and
present conditions, declared purpose,
its Products Co., California Wine Association, According to Vice-Consul Geo. R. Phelan, and a few in other locations, including far between today.
Operating New Stave Mill
which is to present to the dry-kiln operator, Colonial Grape Products Co., Community Puerto Cabello, cement is imported into Maryland rye territory, has been a leader If the permits are issued material will The Haynes Stave Company has
J. T.
in condensed and convenient form, the fun- Grape Corporation, Italian Vineyard Co., Venezuela in wooden barrels. The most in the movement to start production again, come from somewhere when orders are placed a stave mill in operation at Moun-
damental facts about the drying of wood National Fruit Products Co., and Garrett usual weight per barrel is 180 kilos (396.8 and is said to have been responsible for placed. However, there probably will not tain Home, Ark. The new plant opens a
that he must know in order to get the most & Co.The last mentioned company is lo- pounds), but a few barrels of 46 kilos action finally being taken. be time to give material the careful air market for all the stave timber in that sec-
satisfactory results with his kiln. cated at Penn Yan, N. Y., and Paul Garrett (101.4 pounds) also are used. The Wathen interests expect to capture drying of the old days, which will mean tion of Baxter County.
 August, 1929
10 The National Coopers' Journal
August, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 11

President Powell Writes An Editorial on the Value of Association

of America I say sincerely and honestly to every present member and to the
Membership and Participation in its Activities
entire industry,your organization today is functioning in a manner comparable
sliould not be necessary but it seems advisable for the officers responsible
IT with the support you give it and its activities will increase as you become more
for the conduct of The Associated Cooperage Industries of America to make active in your participation in its affairs.
some move toward selling the association to those who should be most interested
ESTABLISHED 1888 in its welfare and in its success. E. O, Worth, Mondamin, Iowa, desires
Our association is the only agency we have which brings the manufacturer Quick Action Urged Upon Tight Cooperage Trade in Signing sample and prices of new cooperage apple
and consumer of cooperage and cooperage stock to common ground and which hamper.
Simplified Practice Acceptance Wm. B. Alwood, General Manager, Old
gives them a mutual ownership. It is the only medium through which necessary
changes in grade rules may be effected and through which information peculiar nPHE proposed simplified practice recommendations for Tight Cooperage and Dominion Orchard Company, Inc., Green-
• Cooperage Stock, as developed at the recent General Conference in connection wood, Virginia, would like sample and prices
to the industry may be disseminated. It provides for us a forum for the dis-
of new cooperage apple hamper.
PUBLISHED MONTHLY cussion of questions in which its membership is interested and furnishes the with the Annual Convention of The Associated Cooperage Industries of America,
WALNUT STREET
machinery by which trade disputes and misunderstandings miiy be arbitrated
1321 have been placed in the hands of cooperage and cooperage stock manufacturers
PHILADELPHIA. PA. I. C. C. Decision in Eastern Freight-
and settled without the expense and ill feeling of court action. Many things are by the Division of Simplified Practice for acceptance.
Class Rates Will be of Importance
M. E. DOANE done within the association concerning which its members are not advised and Quick action on the part of the tight branch of the cooperage industry in signing
EDITOR to All Manufacturers
with which they are not familiar and because they are not well informed as to the acceptance form sent with the recommendtitions is very' important, for the
According to an article which appeared
J. A. MURPHY the activities of their association they are often inclined to criticise the work it reason that until the Division is in possession of at least
80 per cent acceptances
in a recent issue of the Philadelphia Public
BUSINESS MANAGER does without knowing how their association functions or without having any by volume of annual production, no authoritiitive action can be taken in the Ledger, by Clinton W. Gilbert, the Eastern
Entered according to act of Congress, April t6, adequate conception of its value to them. way of distributing the specifications or simplification program to manufacturers freight-class rate case which is now being
ISSo, with the Librarian of Congress and heard by the Interstate Commerce Commis-
as second-class matter at the Post-
The usefulness and value of any trade association is so obvious that it does not and consumers of tight barrels and kegs.
in Philadelphia, Pa. The Journal W. sion will probably result in changes that
Office
require discussion, and in our particular case the value of our association is is advised by E. Braithwaite of the Division of Simplified
will be epochal in their social, political and
increased greatly by the fact that the units of the cooperage industry are widely Practice that acceptances are coming in slowly. Since promptness and dispatch
industrial eflFects. The revision of the
SUBSCRIPTION PRICES scattered. Our association scrutinizes carefully every business activity that and returning these acceptance
are so vitally important in the matter of signing
freight-rate structure in this most impor-
$2.00 per rear, in advance, to all parts
of the United States and its possessions mav in anv wav touch the industrv to its detriment and when it fails to act forms the Journal urges each and every manufacturer of tight barrels and kegs, tant territory, east of the Mississippi River
and to Canada, Cuba and Panama,
$2.50 per year, in advance, to all other effectively to prevent injurious results, it is either because of apathy on the part as well as producers of tight stock who have not so far mailed their acceptance, and north of the Ohio River, will, it is ex-
foreign countries. pected, be along the line of the changes
Single copies, 25 cents. of association members or because the task is impossible of perfonnance. For that they sign immediately and forward it to the Division of Simplified Practice
that have resulted from the similar con-
RKMITTANCES instance, it is difficult to tell just how valuable association action is in traffic without delay. The program recommended for tight cooperage
simplification
Keniittances may be made by post-offlce
sideration of class rates in Southern
the
nionev order, bank check or draft, express matters, but certainly reasonable to suppose that the weight of association
it is and cooperage stock being, as it is, one of the most progressive and important
territory. In general, the tendency of the
money order, or registered letter. Foreigrn
remittance should be made by international influence with its tonnage behind it counts a good deal more with carriers and developments that has come before the fooperage industr>' for some time, should commission in the revisions which it is
money order or exchange on the United
Slates to equal the amount in United with the Interstate Commerce Commission than the disorganized efforts of indi- find all on their toes —
so far as quick signing and returning of the acceptance making is to put most of the freight rates
States money. forms are concerned. on a straight mileage basis.
When subscribers desire their address vidual concerns.
ch.anged they should give the old address As the rates stand now in the East, the
as well as the new address. The basic activities of trade associations remain the same, although from time The proposed .^specifications for tight barrels and kegs covered by the simplifi-
great industrial centers enjoy generally
ADVERTISING RATES to time the methwls by which associations pursue their purposes are changed to cation program have been given widespread pnblicity throughout shipping con-
more favorable freight rates than the
Copy
will be furnished on application.
for advertisements should reach us not meet changing business conditions. In tiie life of modern competition, asso- tainer using industries, both by the Journal and by the trade publications of the smaller cities in the same territory. And
later than the 15th of the month to insure must produce efficiently and do so at a cost in various industries, and there no question but that manufacturers of industrial this is true, though the smaller places may
insertion in the following issue. Changes ciations, like individual concerns, is

in advertisements should reach us not

keeping with their probable revenue. products and f(M)dstuffs, as well as all other manufacturers whose products are be nearer the common shipping point than
later than the 20th of each month.
department. This did or could be shipped in wooden barrels and kegs are interested in having the the bigger ones. For example, the first-
CORRESPONDENCE Some time ago our association discontinued its traffic
class freight rate from Detroit to Balti-
The columns of The National Coopers' not mean that the association is not keenly alert in traffic matters; it simply simplification program accepted, as such action will be a guarantee to them that
Journal are open for the discussion of all more is $1.08 a hundred pounds. Smaller
topics of general interest to the cooperage meant the discontinuance which had practically fallen into disuse
of a service they will at all times receive well made barrels and kegs. industrial cities in Ohio much nearer Balti-
industry, and contributions are solicited
from our readers. because so many concerns through their own traffic men were doing the required The new program is to become effective on July 1, 1930, provided the requisite more pay $1,135 a hundred pounds. These
work which had in years past fallen, to some extent, to the association traffic number of acceptances is received, but there is no reason for delaying the rates were based on the theory of whole-
sale prices, large shipping points having
department, and it did mean that the association could and would take advantage acceptances, since the sooner the Division of Simplified Practice is assured of
always had an advantage over smaller ones.
of using organizations already in existence in which are found highly skilled the support of the entire cooperage trade in it*5 willingness to live up to the
Present shipping advantages enjoyed by
traffic men and trained legal talent to increase its wat<'h fulness in traffic matters, specifications proposed, the sooner will the Division be able to extend co-operation
places which originate a great deal of
improve its service to its members, lessen its expense and add to the weight of its in the matter of printing and distributing a bulletin to the various consuming freight have tended to concentrate indus-
own influence that of other shippers employing the same agencies. industries covering the program in detail. tries at such centers. The more logical
Our association cannot possibly make business good when it is bad; it cannot Another angle that should not be lost sight of in this particular is the and fairer basing of freight rates on dis-
tances shipped will in all probability tend
possibly increase the use of barrels if the manufacturer himself does not manifest publicity which the dissemination of information on cooperage by a Governmental
to diffuse industry. In Tennessee, for ex-
his interest by seeing that his material is fully up to required specifications; it
Department will give to the wooden barrel. With detailed information in the ample, the new Southern class rates based
cannot possibly convince a dissatisfied customer that the barrel is a mar\'elous hands of container using industries as to "standard cooperage," there is bound to on mileage have already resulted in the
package when the customer has just received a shipment of staves, heading or awaken a new interest on the part of such manufacturers as to "packing methods" establishment of textile mills in small towns
barrels which were imiiroperly made, or which were below the grade required and villages. Except for the new mileage
and "economical and safe containers," and with a well made barrel practically rates, these mills, moving South for cheap
for the purpose for which they were intended; but if The Associated Cooperage
guaranteed by the adopted specifications, the cooperage trade cannot help but labor and to be near the cotton supply,
Industries of America is properly snpported by the trade it was organized to
benefit and benefit greatly by the full acceptance of the simplification program. would probably have located in Memphis
represent, it can make its actions express the real constructive and protective or Nashville, which formerly enjoyed an
impossible for those guilty of improper
An exceptional opportunity for tight cooperage and stock manufacturers to not
intention of the industr\' and thus make it advantage in freight rates over the smaller
only benefit their trade, but themselves individually as well, is right at hand and places. Manufacturing costs will probably
trade practices and of manufacturing poor material to survive.
the Journal each and ever>' member of the tight branch of
feels positive that be cheaper in the smaller places. And po-
Our association is steadily gaining strength and if we have defects in it they
A. POWELL. President
E. our industry will immediately, if they have not already done so, take advantage litically the diffusion of industry will re-

The Associated Cooperage Industries are minor faults since they are but reflections of the faults of its members. New duce the number of so-called farm States
of this opportunity by signing the acceptance form in their possession and mailing
of America members are coming in, and as President of The Associated Cooperage Industries and, consequently, the influence of the
it off at once to the Division of Simplified Practice. agrarian element in Congress.
 August, 1929 August, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 13
12 The National Coopers' Journal
estimate for 1928, (figures in parentheses
1929 Canadian Apple Production in Excess of Yield as follows: Abbots-
representing 1928), is
A good barrel cannot be made without good hoops
for 928 ford, 20,000 (29,270) ; Rougemont, 20,000 SLACK BARREL ,. r 75,000,000
1
1
(24,600) ; St. Hilaire, 40,000 (21,600)
MATERIAL We «^*P Seventy-five Million ^^' ^^^^
Crop inOntario Will be 37 Per Cent Greater Than Last Year's Chateauguay-Woodlands, 4,000 (4,000) i |
to the best trade making the best barrels.
—
Nova Scotia Will Produce More Than 1.000,000 Oka-LeTrappe-St. Joseph, 9,000 (6,400)
Harvest
QUALITY HOOPS
;

Barrels of Apples —
Weather Conditions Very Favorable
Island of Montreal, 3,500 (4,500) Heming-
ford, 7,000 (6,460) Chateau Richer, 7,500
;
;
Coiled Elm Hoops
Vicksburg Cooperage Co. Vicksburg, Miss.

Reports from the fruit producing prov- Kingston and Kentville, 498,000 (297,220),
all varieties; Hants County Port Williams —
(1,500) ;

Charlesbourg,
Island of Orleans, 10,000 (4,000)

Gregoire, 1,800 (1,660).

6,000 (1,000) ; Mont St.
;
Staves
Heading MILLS: -(
J. M. Peel & Brother
O. L. Bartlett
Ferriday Hoop Company
.... Lake Village, Ark.
Mound City,
Ferriday, La.
111.

inces indicate good average crops of all

Decatur Cooperage Company Decatur, Ind.
and heavy yields
fruits in British Columbia, to Windsor, 380,000 (198,890) King, Bald- ;
Headliners Distributed Exclu»ively by
win, Russet, Ben Davis, Gravenstein, Spy; Ontario Apple Production Will be
of all fruits in eastern Canada with the
exception of plums and prunes, and cherries
Queen's-Lunenburg, 9,500 (7,100) Graven- ; 37 Per Cent Above 1928 Wire Hoops STRUTHERS-ZIEGLER COOPERAGE CO.
AND WEST GRAND BLVD., DETROIT, MICH
HAMILTON
stein, King, Russet, Baldwin and Stark. 412 CURTIS BLDG., COR.
in Ontario. All other fruits are equal to The commercial apple crop in Ontario is
or above last year's production. The com- New Brunswick Crop Not So Plentiful now estimated at 771,050 barrels, as com-
mercial apple crop is expected to amount The season in New Brunswick is very pared with 561,300 barrels in 1928 or 688,-
to 3,609,417 barrels, an increase of 11 per backward, and at time of writing this re- 670 barrels for a 5-year average. This es-
cent over 1928 when 3,235,970 barrels were port the June drop was not yet complete. timate shows an increase of 37 per cent
reported, or 21 per cent over the 5-year
average of 2,985,310 barrels. While British
Columbia reports a decrease of 25 per cent
Indications are, however, for a below-aver-
age crop, equal to last year, when 22,000
barrels were reported. The 5-year average
over last year. Western Ontario shows in-
creases in the various districts ranging
from 10 per cent to 100 per cent, while
QUALITY
HEADS
from their record crop of 1928, Ontario for New Brunswick is 30,250 barrels.
reports an increase of 37 per cent and eastern Ontario shows but slight increase,
Nova Scotia an increase of 38 per cent.
Summer varieties, such as Duchess and
Wealthy, will be generally light, while fall
and winter varieties will be heavy.
Wealthy, Dudley, Mcintosh and Blenheim
Pippin are the most promising varieties.
Spraying has been more general, and
fungus and insect pests have been more
about 5 per cent, with the exception of the
St. Lawrence Valley where an increase of
100 per cent is expected. Many districts
report abnormally dry weather during the
^^Av$s^ me Heading
effectively kept under control than usual.
The following table is a summary of the
commercial apple crop for Canada, and by Quebec Ahead of 1928 Production
greater part of June, causing the heavy
drop. Moisture conditions have improved
wonderfully during the last two weeks.
ALL
provinces, from 1924 to 1928 with 1929 Most apple districts in the Province of
estimated, together with a 5-year average: Quebec enjoyed warm, sunny weather dur- Spraying has been thoroughly carried out
SIZES
B. O.
(Bbls.)
Ont.
(Bbls.)
Que.
(Hbls.)
!f.
(Bbls.)
B. N. S.
(Bbls.)
Canada
(Bbls.
on a wide scale, with the result orchards
show clean, or with minor infestations of
8"
Specialty
1924 892,030 684,810 71,175 31,250 1,276,225 2,955,492 insects or fungus.
1925 953,020 950,140 70,900 40,000 956,060 2,970,120 Western Ontario: The western Ontario
1926 1,311,800 573,600 111,600 30,000 927,370 2,954,370 commercial apple districts expect a yield TO
1927 1,079,500 673,500 104,600 28,000 925,500 of 519,770 barrels, as compared with a final
1928 1,457,720 561,300 105,950 22,000 1,089,000
2,810,600
3,235,970 estimate of 366,580 barrels in 1928, which 24" W. T. Smith Lumber Co., Inc.
1929 (estimated) . . 1,179,367 771,050 128,000 22,000 1,509,000 3,609,417 is an increase of 42 per cent. The com-
5-year average mercial estimate by districts is as follows, CHAPMAN, ALA.
1924-1928 1,126,254 688,670 92,845 30,250 1,034,730 2,985,310 (1928 figures in parentheses) followed in Scientifically Made from
each case by the leading varieties in the Southern Pine MANUFACTURERS OF
Nova Scotia Will Have in Excess of ing the blossoming period, and a good set
district: Burlington, 120,000 (84,420)
1,000.000 Barrels of Apples of fruit has resulted.
tricts report
Although some dis-
extremely dry conditions and
Mcintosh, Snow, Spy, Greening, Russet, HEADS—HOOPS—^STAVES Yellow Pine Lumber and Timber,
Although the drop is not yet completed, King; Niagara district, 135,000 (71,470);
intense heat during the greater part of
the commercial apple crop in Nova Scotia Wealthy, Snow, Mcintosh, Spy, Greening, Hardwood Lumber, Pine Heading,
is now estimated
compared with 1,089,000
at 1,509,000

5-year average of 1,034,730 barrels. The

in
barrels, as
1928 or the
June, yet generally suitable growing
weather has prevailed, with sufficient rain-
fall. The commercial crop is estimated at
Russet; Norfolk County, 62,000 (40,000)
Wealthy, Snow, Mcintosh, Spy, Baldwin;
Elgin and Oxford Counties, 32,760 (23,-
;

C. E. MURRAY Veneer, Crates, Lath, Etc.

estimate indicates an increase of 38 per 128,800 barrels as compared with 105,950 400); Wealthy, Mcintosh, Baldwin; Essex DECHERD - - TENNESSEE
cent over last year. In most districts the barrels in 1927, or 92,845 barrels, the 5-year and Kent Counties, 18,993 (13,570);
weather during the blooming period, and average. Early varieties are very much Wealthy, Mcintosh, Baldwin; Huron
since, has been favorable to the develop- lighter than last year while in the later County, 15,000 (8,000) all varieties; Lamb-
;

ment of fruit. Spraying has been generally varieties Mcintosh are very heavy and ton County, 24,216, (9,260) Spy, Greening, ;

carried out, with fungus and insect Fameuse are patchy to heavy.

WEIMAR ENGINEERING WORKS

well St. Hilaire Baldwin, Russet, King, Canada Red; Mid-
pests under control, except in orchards and Hemmingford and Covey Hill report dlesex County, 15,800 (12,830); Duchess,
which have been neglected. In these, pests 100 per cent increase, while Abbotsford, Baldwin; Georgian Bay, 96,000 (94,100);
are very prevalent, particularly in Queen's- Rougemont, St. Joseph du Lac and Chateau- Snow, Mcintosh, Spy, Greening. Through-
Lunenburg, and Annapolis County West. guay-Woodlands show increases of 50 per out western Ontario early varieties are Builders Hoop Driving, Barrei Wasliing
The commercial estimate by districts is as
follows (1928 figures in parentheses), fol-
cent to 60 per cent. Most growers have
followed the most approved practices in
generally light, while late fall and winter
kinds are very heavy. In Huron County
-oi" and Bung Hole Boring iViacliines
lowed in each case by the leading varieties spraying, and in their orchards despite ad- aphids and leaf rollers are numerous and
verse weather conditions in some sections,
SPECIAL MACHINES BUILT TO ORDER
in the district: Annapolis County East, causing injury. Spr.^yed orchards generally
King, Ribston, Golden the foliage and fruit are mostly quite clean. show but light infestations of fungus or In building our machines we seek to gain the highest
90,000 (63,920) ;

Those orchards which have not had the efficiency in every way, and users of our make will
Russet, Baldwin, Gano, Nonpareil, Graven- insects, while unsprayed orchards are show-
stein, Spy; Annapolis County West, 140,000 benefit of proper spraying are showing con- ing heavy damage, notably in Niagara, find this our guarantee, which always holds good.
(71,340) Gravenstein, King, Ribston, Wag-
;
siderable scab development and insect in- Burlington and Elgin and Oxford districts. LET us KNOW YOUR REQUIREMENTS
ner, Baldwin, Ben Davis, Russet, Non- festation. In the Chateauguay-Woodlands Eastei-n Ontario: The estimate for the
pareil King's County North and Kingsport,
;
section, fire blightprevalent in some
is commercial crop in eastern Ontario is es-
Westmoreland and Jasper Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. BARREL WASHING MACHINE
391,519 (261,010) King, Baldwin, Golden
; orchards. The commercial estimate in bar- timated at 203,700 barrels, as compared
Russet, Wagner; King's County South, rels by districts, as compared with the final with 204,250 for 1928, and which is less Mpnt.ion TiiB NATIONAL CoopERS' JouBNAi. when writing to advertisers.
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than 1per cent short of last year's crop.
The estimate in barrels by districts is as Bag Interests Very Active in Potato Growing Districts
J. C. PENNOYER COMPANY follows, (1928 figures in parentheses), fol-
Textile Bag Association's Trade Extension Campaign Making Much
Strength and Economy lowed by leading varieties: Whitby,
Oshawa, Bowmanville, Newcastle, Brighton, Headway in Certain Sections — Potato Barrel Manufacturers
Must Meet This Competition by Effective Publicity of
107,288 (74,700) Duchess,
; Wealthy,

in binding barrels with Mcintosh, Fallawater, Greening;

Hope, Cobourg, Colborne, 45,000, (58,670)
Port Wooden Barrel's Characteristic Qualities

e
A
G Tight Cooperage o
Kings; Trenton and Belleville, 42,000 (39,-
090); Mcintosh, Spy, Stark; Prince Ed-
E M ward County, 27,000 (20,790) Snow,;
That the textile bag manufacturers are advantages of the retail package were
P
N
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K
Mcintosh, Spies, Stark; St. Lawrence
Ottawa Valley, 15,000 (11,000) Duchess, ;
and extending every effort to corral the ship-
ping container business of the potato in-
stressed. It read:

" 'Each potato is especially selected! You get

Early va- dustry is evidenced by the information them exactly as packed by the growers. No
Wealthy, Mcintosh, Fameuse.
T are light while winter varieties are contained in the following article which culls. No leftovers from the pickings of other
rieties
L K appeared in the July 4th issue of Printers' shoppers. All clean, uniform, choice potatoes-
fairly heavy, with the exception of Baldwin,
Ink: each a big, plump, well-formed fellow. You
O
V Slack Cooperage T
which is reported to be very light. Weather
conditions during most of June were un-
"A successful experiment in packaging,
labeling and advertising potatoes in fifteen-
can get Chief Petoskeys In clean, attractive cot-
ton sacks, each containing 15 pounds 1 peck. —
E i favorable, very hot with practically no And you'll find a hundred handy uses about the
O pound retail cotton bags, made recently house for the empty sacks.
J
O Stock e
K
rainfall, as a result of which the June
drop was abnormally heavy. Prince Ed- by the Textile Bag Manufacturers Asso-
ciation of Chicago in co-operation with the
" 'The Chief Petoskey trade-mark on
clean cotton sack is your guarantee of quality
the

Y ward County reports that a hail storm —

your surety that today tomorrow next week —
through the northern section on June 25th Michigan Potato Growers Exchange, indi- you will always get the same high-grade se-
K cates the practicability of retail packaging lected potatoes. Go this week to the stores
pecked about 35 per cent of the fruit.
N many of the so-called bulky farm products, whose names appear below.'
While spraying has been generally well
I

V
Cooperage P carried on, scab and insect injury are
prevalent in some districts. In the Oshawa,
including white potatoes, sweet potatoes,
string beans, asparagus and celery.
"The fifteen-pound sacks sold for 10 cents
to 12 cents more than the market price on
C H "The association made a preliminary sur-
Bowmanville, Whitby, Newcastle and potatoes of similar quality. They sold
Machinery
& 8 I
Brighton districts some orchards show a vey of Chicago produce dealers, grocers readily in the better class neighborhoods,

American Steel Wire severe infestation of leaf roller, with scab

prevalent on leaves.
and housewives to learn
ward the proposed marketing
their attitude to-
of potatoes
but lagged in the poorer neighborhoods.
Total costs to the potato exchange were 18
in sealed retail bags. Forty per cent of the
Company's produce dealers interviewed favored a re-
cents per peck and the selling price to F. P.
Coward & Son was 21*/^ cents. The whole-
tail sack of either fifteen or twenty-five

WIRE HOOPS
saler sold the potatoes for 23 H cents to
Canadian Potato Acreage Will be pounds; 50 per cent were indifferent, and retailers who in turn received from 27 to
-CHICAGO NEW YORK M EMPH IS-
Slightly Under Last Year's Harvest 10 per cent were opposed to the plan. Sixty- 35 cents per peck, while New York potatoes
five per cent of 700 grocers liked the idea;
indicates a of equivalent quality were selling at neigh-
The Canadian potato acreage 12 per cent were doubtful but were willing borhood stores for 11 ^^ cents a peck."
WIRE HOOPS mean greater strength for 6 per cent decrease from 1928 figures, with
to try the package, and 23 per cent declared
With such an intensive campaign being
barrels and better protection for shipments. 568,000 acres as compared with 599,063 they could not sell packaged potatoes in
At the same time, the low price of Wire acres last year. British Columbia and the
waged by the bag manufacturers, the ab-

<^
their 'poor' neighborhoods.
Hoops reduces the cost of the completed solute need for counteractive action gener-
Prairie Provinces report practically the "It was learned that the average retail
ally by cooperage manufacturers is very
package. same acreage while Ontario, Quebec and sale of potatoes in Chicago is a fraction
Packers find that barrels bound with Amer* apparent.
the Maritime Provinces all report slight to over seven pounds. The association argued
ican Wire Hoops measure up to the most exact- fairly heavy decreases. Weather condi- that by putting up potatoes in fifteen-
ing requirements of modem transportation. tions in British Columbia improved during pound sacks the unit retail sale would be
Bind your barrels with American Wire Hoops the last two weeks of June and a good crop Walker L. Wellford Elected a Di-
increased. The grocers were quick to sense
and assure your customers of added satisfaction. In the Prairie Provinces
We invite your inquiry for detailed informa-
tion, and will gladly send you, without charge,
samples in sufficient quantity to make a
N is anticipated.
dry weather conditions are creating a fear
that the potato crop will be light this year.
Throughout eastern Canada reports indi-
this possibility. They considered also that
the package would eliminate waste, save
labor and provide attractive store and win-
dow displays.
rector of National Association
of Furniture Manufacturers
Walker L. Wellford, president of the
thorough test.
cate that although plantings were later Chickasaw Furniture Manufacturing Com-
"Field workers of the association inter-
than usual, the stand is very uniform, there pany of Memphis, as well as the Chickasaw
That's the story of the race for viewed 650 housewives in Chicago, among
are few misses, and moisture and other Wood Products Company, was elected a di-
many a big barrel order. whom the chief appeal of packaged potatoes
weather considerations are suitable to a rector of the National Association of Furni-
Secure hilge hoops with was uniform quality packed under brand
Good heads are as equally es- good yield of potatoes. Spraying opera- ture Manufacturers, which oranization was
Staples or Fasteners with a shipper's guarantee. They declared
tions are holding pests under good control. launched last week at a meeting in Chicago.
as illustrated. sential to the making of wooden that many grocers for convenience during
The estimated potato acreage by provinces Mr. Wellford was one of two Southern men
barrels as staves and hoops. rush hours prepare five-, ten- and fifteen-
for 1929 as compared with 1928 is as named on the directorate, the other being
pound paper bags of potatoes in advance,
J. A. Ward of the J. A, Ward Furniture
SALES OFFICES: H&D heads are good heads and follows but that it would be preferable to have the
Company at Fort Smith, Ark.
CfllOAGO 208 S. La Salle St MEMPHIS, willwin the business. With H&D Per Cent package filled, sealed and labeled by the
1928 of 1929
CLP:VELAND Rockefeller Bldg. Uni' I and Planters Bank Bldg. shipper. The cotton bags could be used
DKTROIT Foot of First St. NEW vol 1 30 Church St heads you have a guarantee of Prince Edward Acres 1928 Acres
CINCINNATI Union Trust Bldg. BOSTON Statler Bldg. later for lettuce, dust cloths, polishing
MINNEAPOLIS—ST. PAUL, PITTSBURGH Frick Bldg. "Quality-Service- Workmanship. Island 51,890 90 47,000
and the like.
cloths
Merchants Nat. Bk. Bldt;., ?t. Paul PHILADELPHIA Widener Bldg. Purchases Stave Plant of
ST. LOUIS 606 Olive St ATLANTA 101 Marietta St Nova Scotia 30,685 93 29,000 "A test shipment of 2,400 fifteen-pound
KANSAS CITY 417 Grand Ave. WORCESTER 94 Grove St Let us you more about them.
tell Perry Stave Co.
OKLAHOMA CITY, BALTIMORE 32 S. Charles St New Brunswick 52,239 88 46,000 sacks of 'Chief Petoskey' potatoes, top
First Nafl Bank Bldg. BUFFALO 670 Ellicott St There are no better heads made. 98 161,000 brand of the Michigan Potato Growers Ex- T. F. Williams of Trenton, Fla., has pur-
BIRMINGHAM Brown-Marx Bldg. WILKES BARRE,.. Miners Bank Bldg. Quebec 164,000
DALLAS Praetorian Bldg. change, was made to Buffalo, N. Y. The chased the stave plant and properties of
DENVER .First Nat Bank Bldg. Ontario 181,241 92 167,000
SALT LAKE CITY ....Walker Bank Bldg.
HUDSON & DUGGER COMPANY Manitoba 31,054 100 31,000
potatoes were shipped to F. P. Coward &
Son, commission house, which redistributed
the Perry Stave Company at Perry, Fla.,
and plans to manufacture finished barrels
UNITED STATES STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY Memphis, Tennessee Saskatchewan 42,800 99 42,000
the stock among local dealers. The potato from cypress and oak staves. He will also
San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Seattle 101 29,000 by ten-inch advertise- erect a plant that will manufacture barrels
Alberta 28,366 exchange ran a six

British Columbia ... 16,788 98 16,000 ment; in the Buffalo papers in which the exclusively for the turpentine trade.

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The National Coopers' Journal August, 1929

K= National Foreign Trade Council Issues

TRADE REPORTS FROM HERE AND ABROAD

Annual Hand Book on American Cooperage Conditions in Foreign Trade Centers
Foreign Trade for 1929
m. American exports will be close to $5,400,-
000,000 this year for the fiscal year 1928-29, Bordeaux Stave Market Inactive Country of
'Ueueral mangrove wood for wine casks, but they are
Ooiniiier(x> "Special Commerce
Extreme Dry Weather in Fruit Districts for commercial orchards have every pros- the highest record since 1920, according to Cuiiaul Lueien Memiiiiiiger, Bordeaux Origin Metric toiia Metric toius Francs not meetingwith great success. (See
a Disadvantage to Cooperage Trade pect of yielding a fair crop of clean fruit. the estimate of the National Foreign Trade Russia 4,965 2,687 3,408,000 Special Circular No. 1284).
Owing to unusually dry and cold climatic
The demand for apple barrel stock is Council. This means that at the dollar Poland 80 80 172,000
Slack cooperage has been moving in this conditions in southwest France during the
better than last year, without any particu- United States. 54 Prices Stationary
value of 1913 we are shipping more than first three and a half months of 1929, 79 106,000
locality fairly well during the past month. lar change in the sugar and flour barrel 40 per cent more goods abroad than before Algeria 17 17 29,000 During 1928 prices remained stationary
It takes about a month, usually, to get
viticulturists express uncertainty as to the
trade. the war. The export balance will be close prospects for this year's crop of wine
England 6 6 10,000 at Marseille and Sete. The following table
orders through and stock delivered, so the General business conditions in Canada to a billion dollars or about one-third larger grapes. shows the prices prevailing in recent years:
business of one month reflects the orders continue to run considerably ahead of 1928, than for the average of the past five years. Total 5,122 2,869 3,725,000
of the previous month. While there has The present season is dull as regards Franc Per 100 pieces. 42 in.
and the small wheat crop in the western "American Foreign Trade in 1929," the Value White Oak Red Oak
been a fairly good business during July v^^e trade in imported staves. Wine growers *Cicneral Commerceincludes all merchandise arriving Date Cents Francs Francs
provinces is the only discouraging factor record of the Sixteenth National Foreign whether declared inuuediate consumption or for
for
are somewhat inclined to be skeptical con- are giving no orders for barrels until the storage ; Si)ecial Commerce includes all merchandise December, 1924 .... 5.0 1,100 950
on the business horizon. Trade Convention at Baltimore this spring,
cerning the business of August, because season is further advanced and a more sijut into consumption, that is, entered upon payment
December, 1925 3.7 1,250 1,025
of duty.
A. Fraser, W. explains many of the reasons for this con- definite idea of prospects can be formed. May, 1926
July has been as dry as the Sahara Desert. 3.1 1,400 1,100
Trenton Cooperage Mills, Trenton, Ont. tinued spurt in American foreign trade Local merchants state that the market During the same period of 1928 the total
Many human beings think that they can December, 1926 3.9 1,350 1,200
growth. Chief among them is the American ?
shows little or no interest in the purchase imports of staves in special commerce were December, 1927 3.9 1,300 1,000
develop very well without water, as long
habit of scientific merchandising which has of American staves at present prices, which 1,902 metric tons, valued at 2,413,000
as they have other liquid refreshments, but December, 1928 3.9 1,300 1,000
retained practically all the customers are approximately $200 to $220 per francs, of which 1,655 tons came from
nothing has been found to take the place Autumn Prospects for Tight Cooperage secured when Americans first began vigor-
Franc Per Barrel of fi25 liters

of water when it comes to developing fruits

thousand c. i. f. Bordeaux for 36-inch white Russia and 246 tons from the United Vahie White Oak Re<l Oak
Trade Are Favorable ously campaigning for foreign trade after oak staves and $400 to $440 for 42-inch States.
Date C'ents Francs Francs
and vegetables. A large proportion of the December, 1924 5.0 650 575
We
have been noting an improvement in the war and has annually added many white oak. The latter are sold principally
slack barrel cooperage consumption is for
inquiries during the past two weeks for more. The current issue of the foreign
Exports From Nantes December, 1925 3.7 • • • • • •
in Sete. Estimates of the quantities on
fruit barrels and when the people think, Consul Hai-old M. Collins, Nantes, April 24th May, 1926 3.1 700 600
tight barrel staves and heading, not only trade hand book instances many cases of hand are about 200,000 American and
for any reason, that the fruit crop will be December, 1926 3.9 800 700
for prompt shipment but for shipment dur- this policy. It makes a special feature of 1,500,000 Russian staves. These stocks are ^''"
curtailed, the effect upon the cooperage in- Wine barrels:
^'*'i^9""**''' ^"^ife' December, 1927 3.9 665 575
ing the next sixty to ninety days. There- installment sales abroad which was dis- not considered abnormal despite the fact
dustry is decidedly apparent. With the dry French North Africa . . . 6,350 1,625 December, 1928 3.9 600 500
fore, we feel that there will be at least a cussed with considerable thoroughness by that the demand has been very light for
July has come a dearth of fruit stock orders Portugal 110
fairvolume of tight cooperage stock moving* E. G. Simons, vice-president, American some time.
which, as has been said, is not conducive Spain 1,748
during the fall months and that the situa- Foreign Credit Corporation, New York. It
to a good August business. A good soaking Origin and Distribution of Russian Imports Cooperage in Great Britain
tion will that period, somewhat
be, for also contains discussions widely participated
rain coming soon would greatly relieve the Total 6,460 3,373
firmer than conditions which have existed in by the delegates at the convention of the With reference to the large importations Trade Commissioner E. A. Selfridge,
situation and that is the one thing that we
during the last sixty days. advantages of credit insurance, modern of Russian staves at Bordeaux it is to be London, England, in a recent report to the
want in this locality just now. R. S. Clark, Vice-President, methods in export advertising, and a com- noted that about half of the quantities re- Department of Commerce on the lumber
There is a fairly good demand for prehensive discussion of the service tech- ceived do not remain at Bordeaux for con-
G. I. Frazier Co., Memphis. trade of Great Britain, included the follow-
cooperage along various other lines, where nique that accompanies American sales- sumption but are reshipped by steamers
The Stave Market of Southern France
ing information concerning conditions in
the trade is not affected by the weather, but manship. either to Algiers, Oran, etc., or by canal in Consul General John A. Gamon. Marseille the cooperage trade for the forepart of
it is feared that if this dry weather con-
The Council includes in its final declara- barges to ports in the Midi region of The stave market in Southern France 1929 from January 1st to June 30th:
Look Forward to Brisk Autumn Busi-
tinues so that the apple crop is more or less
of a failure, thus resulting in the cutting ness in British Cooperage Trade
tion, printed in a prominent place in the France, Sete, Montpelier, etc. Entire ship- throughout 1928 was not considered strong "Demand. — Brewing: The demand has
volume, the following statement: loads are received, the staves being divided been quite steady, and the coopers have
by the trade even though preliminary
of fruit stock prices, that the price-cutting "International balancing of trade should into about 180 different dimensions. Of
Trade remains good, and reviewing the figures, subject to revision, show a consider- been kept fairly busy.
will be reflected in all lines of the trade. not be prejudiced nor the continued ex-
first six months of 1929 we find no cause these about 40 or 45 dimensions are special able increase in imports. Comparatively "Palm oil: There has been more demand
Therefore, it would be a decidedly big thing pansion of our merchant marine, conse- for use in different Mediterranean regions.
to complain. Consumption has been well heavy stocks were on hand at the beginning since the first of the year, but palm oil
if the Coopers' Journal could bring some quent upon the increased exports and im- Most of the Russian staves received at
in excess of the previous year and the de- of the year. According to figures compiled casks are being steadily discarded, owing
influence to bear upon the weather man to ports, both of which are essential to the Bordeaux are from Leningrad and are
mand remains very steady. from the monthly customs estimate prepared to palm oil being imported in tank steamers.
give us rain. If the paper could do that, maintenance of prosperity and employment, manufactured in the Volga region. Staves
The hot summer is helping to keep up for the Marseille Chamber of Commerce, "Kerosene: There has been practically
then everyone, without exception, would by any procedure which might invite serious manufactured in the Caucasus and Volynia
the consumption of Memel staves and most 7,552 metric tons of oak staves and stave no business, and steel containers are used
vote the CooPERs' Journal a cooper's retaliatory action. We must not retard regions differ from those obtained in the
cooperages are fully employed. There are wood were imported into Marseille during almost exclusively.
helper. the natural inward flow of goods by which Volga both as to quality and dimensions.
quite a number of orders about. 1928 of which 516 metric tons came from "Fish: Last season was very good, and
C. M. Van Aken, President, our foreign customers can pay in their own The latter are usually landed at Sete or practically every herring barrel stave in
Cooperages operating on American staves the United The corresponding
States.
C. M. Van Aken Cooperage Co., products for obligations incurred and for other Mediterranean ports. Occasionally the country was used up by the end of the
are quite busy, with a good demand. The figures for 1927 were 3,956 metric tons and
New York City. import, however, is quite up to the con-
purchase of goods. We
should continue the a certain proportion of these importations 441 metric tons from the United States. year.
policy of fair and considerate encourage- is reshipped by canal from Sete or Bor- Imports of other staves and stave wood "Cement: There has been quite a good
sumption.
ment of the consumption here of foreign deaux, depending upon the needs of the .show that 3,217 metric tons were imported demand. Prices are already on the firm side,
There is very good demand all round,
Demand forApple Barrels and Stock products required in the normal expansion market. and some European contracts for 1930 im-
for slack stock, with business fifty per cent in 1928 and 2,061 metric tons in 1927.
in Canada Better TTian Last Year of our own industries and for the benefit port have already been placed.
better than the first half of last year. As No Change in Market for American Staves
of our people." Mangrove Wood for Cooperage "Glucose: There is a steady demand, but
Since my July letter, there has not been a rule, there is generally a period of quiet
The Baltimore convention was the largest Anticipated
any material change in the cooperage situa- Not Great Success the recent rise in prices of staves has in-
in this line during August and September. As American oak staves are used at
the Council has held since 1920 and the
tion in Canada. This is purely seasonal, however, and in The principal sources of staves and stave creased the use of second-hand casks wher-
largest it has ever held on the Atlantic Bordeaux principally as containers for fine
The apple barrel coopers are now pretty the autumn business expected to be wood to this district are Russia, Yugoslavia, ever possible.
is
seaboard. The number of delegates attend- grade wines intended for export no material
well under way making containers for the brisk. the United States, and Italy in the order "Flour: The demand has been normal, but
ing the convention was 1,615, including 65 change in the local situation affecting them
present apple crop, which, we estimate, will Tinkler, named. The Russian staves coming to this cheap flour will likely cause larger quanti-
J. C. delegates from abroad, and American is anticipated. The export movement of
market are of oak and are shipped un- ties to be used.
be considerably better throughout the Tinkler & Webster Ltd., Liverpool, England. foreign traders from 34 States and 125 Bordeaux wines has shown little variation
Province of Ontario than last year. In a.ssorted, whereas the American staves are "Small cooperage has been steady.
cities. in the recent past.
eastern Ontario the crop should run sorted as to dimension. Those from Italy "Distilling is quietand consumption of
The book is available at $2.50 per copy about
twenty-five per cent greater than last year, Imports of Oak Staves are practically all chestnut staves, and the cooperage stock 30 per cent less.
and in western Ontario from ten to fifteen Cooperage Company Incorporates and contains a carefully prepared cross
index of all topics and markets discussed The following figures show the quantities i)iiports from that country in 1928 are re- —
"Stocks. Tight staves: European oak,
per cent. of staves imported into the customs dis- ported as but one-eighth of the imports 1,200,000; American oak, 500,000; Swedish
B. F. Borden &
Front Royal, Va.,
Co., from the platform and from the floor as
Up to the time of writing weather con- manufacturers of barrels, staves and trict of Bordeaux during the first three for 1927. During the past two years ex- spruce, practically nil; American gum,
well as an alphabetical of delegates,
list
ditions have been generally favorable for lumber, has become a corporation with a months of 1929: periments have been made in the use of about 5,000 sets, 30 to 36 inches.
and the Final Declaration of policy and
the growth of apples, and the well-cared- capital of $50,000. principles adopted at the meeting.
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"Slack staves: Spruce and pine, practi- Naval Stores Advisory Board Formed in an effort to get their co-operation:
Dr.
cally nil; American gum, four to five car-
With Ten Members R. Ross, Valdosta, Ga.; J. D. Sellers,
P.
loads.
"Heading: None. Anaval stores advisory committee has
Panama City, Fla.; S. A. Leonard, Blounts-
town, Fla.; H. E. Wickersham, DeFuniak
Present Conditions and Future Outlook in Barrel Using
"As compared with last year, stocks of been organized to confer with the Bureau Springs, Fla.; and E. A. McCloskey, Lake
staves of European oak are approximately of Chemistry and Soils, in connection with City, Fla. Industries
its work on turpentine and rosin, accord-
20 per cent larger. Those of American oak A by L. M. Autrey, of Orlando,
resolution
and gum and of Swedish spruce and pine ing to a recent announcement of the United unfolding his plans for strengthening the
are normal. States Department of Agriculture. organization, received a majority vote and
"Consumption should be as large in 1929 Those who have expressed their willing- There Are No Dull Times in the at $211,669 for 1929 as against 574,055 Estimates of oil consumed during July
a committee headed by Mr. Autrey was ap-
as in the past year and will probably be ness to serve, are: J. B. Davis, of J. B. Chemical Industry This Year gallons valued at $294,842 for 1928. range from 275,000 to 300,000 barrels.
pointed to take action on the resolution.
larger. Davis & Company, Albany, Ga., producers Approval was expressed of the program
In the rosin market better interest is
of gum turpentine and gum rosin; Frank There is no unusual slackening to be being displayed by domestic consumers,
"The dry chemicals and china clay in- suggested by Carl F. Speh, manager of the
L. Fogarty, of the Wood Chemical Products noted in the demand for industrial chem- while export shipments continue going for-
dustries are both flourishing, and the pot- Pine Institute of America, Jacksonville, Prices Advance Linseed Oil
in
Company, Jacksonville, producers of
Fla.,
icals. The summer months so far have ward good volume. Soap manufacturers
in
tery industry is improving." for an advertising campaign at a cost of Market, But Interest in Future
destructively distilled wood turpentine and
kept up the record of previous months and and paper makers are making additional
$80,000 annually for the next three years. there is no indication of any let-down in Deliveries Quiet
co-products; H. L. Kayton, of the Carson inquiries and future prospects for rosin are
However, it was deemed inadvisable to business.
Naval Stores Company, Savannah, Ga., bright. Advances
Russian Staves Preferred in Marseille bring this further burden on the financially- in seed prices as well as damage
naval stores factors; J. E. Lockwood, of Chemical consuming industries are active. Both gum and wood rosin export move-
pressed operators at this time and the mat- done to crops in the Northwest by lack of
E. A. Selfridjfe, Lumber Trade Commissioner, London Especially is this true of the rayon industry. ments for the first half of this year are
the Hercules Powder Company, Wilming- ter was held for further consideration at rain has developed a much strengthened
The situation in Marseille is identical
ton, Del., producers of steam distilled wood
This particular trade has expanded very ahead of 1928. Gum rosin shipments market in linseed oil. Prices have advanced
with that in Bordeaux and Russian staves the next meeting. fast and the volume of business coming to
turpentine and wood rosin; C. L. Morrison, totaled 588,520 barrels valued at $8,523,799 both for prompt and nearby deliveries. The
dominate the market. Stave for stave, chemical concernsfrom this source con- in comparison with 477,304 barrels valued
of the Morrison Company, Olustee, Fla., feeling among producers is that prices will
those from Russia are preferred on account tinues to increase. The solvent production at $7,262,615 for 1928. Wood rosin ship-
producers of gum turpentine and gum Southern Cotton Oil Company experience another increase very shortly.
of their better quality and the fact that too is heavy because of the constant call for ments amounted to 90,351 barrels valued at
rosin; J. C. Nash, of the Columbia Naval to Erect Stave Plant Nevertheless the interest displayed by
they are wider and thicker, thus permitting lacquers from automobile manufacturers. $1,244,929 as against 66,235 barrels valued
Stores Company, Savannah, Ga., exporters consumers, when considering the advances
a more diversified manipulation. Appar- C. T. Smith, general manager charge Withdrawals of chemicals against con- at $872,073 for the same period last year.
of naval stores; Robt. M. Newton, of the in and damage done to crops, cannot be said
ently the chief attraction of the American of the cooperage department for the tracts are steady and stocks in hand are There has been very little change in the
Newton Naval Stores Company, Wiggins, to be active. Withdrawals against con-
staves is that they can be secured in specified Southern Cotton Oil Company, of Savan- being kept at low levels. rosin market, but tar and pitch are en-
oil
Miss., producers of gum turpentine and tracts are and have been heavy, but very
lengths whereas the Russian staves are only nah, Ga., recently stated that this company Orders and inquiries for calcium arsenate joying a fairly active volume against con-
gum rosin; C. F. Speh, secretary-manager. few inquiries are coming to hand for
sold on the basis of all lengths manufac- had acquired a site in Albany, Ga., and are enlarging and the market has a decided tracts. These products also show increases
Pine Institute of America, Inc.; Thos. J. future deliveries.
tured, with no guarantee of any percentage would shortly start the construction of a tendency toward higher prices. in exports for the first six months of 1929.
Taylor, Taylor, Lowenstein & Company, Less than carlot movements in the jobbing
of desired lengths, and while a French new plant for the manufacture of staves There is considerable activity in soda The exports for this year aggregated 14,500
Mobile, Ala., naval stores factors; and H. trade have been active at higher prices.
buyer may require only the 42-inch and 36- and headings, the mill to purchase its tim- ash. Shipments are going forward freely barrels valued at $158,830 compared with
inch —
lengths those in most demand ^he — M. Wilson, of Baldwin-Lewis-Pace Com-
pany, Jacksonville, Fla., naval stores ber requirements from small sawmill opera- and new business is holding up to the mark. 10,298 barrels valued at $105,767 for
may not receive over 10 per cent of these tors in this An
investment of
vicinity. Conditions in this particular line may be 1928.
lengths in a consignment from Russia, the
factors.
called very favorable.
Improved Conditions in Tallow,
about $20,000 is contemplated in the new
remaining 90 per cent being of wholly un- mill, and plans call for its completion in The demand for caustic soda is such as to Grease and Oleo Stearine
desirable or little-used shorter lengths. Yet, Turpentine Operators to Curtail
time to start active production about Oc- keep the output moving speedily. Labor Usual Summer Slackness Very Notice-
The tallow, grease and oleo stearine
notwithstanding this objection, the prices Production tober 1st. conditions in the Southern textile field per- able in Paint Material Field markets have taken a decided turn for the
at which Russian staves are quoted and mitted producers to catch up with contracts better.
Turpentine producers, comprising two The usual summer dullness on in the
is
allowing for the undesired lengths are, ac- to a certain extent. Bichromate of soda Under a good steady
associations of Florida, Georgia and Ala- paint material field. New business is very call, tallow condi-
cording to the trade, about 25 per cent
bama, met at the Mason Hotel, Jacksonville,
Rubber Cement in Wooden Barrels continues steady, although the present
slow, yet prices are holding up satis- tions have improved materially. Leading
lower than American staves, and the only movement of this product may be termed as Tenderers claim much enlarged sales at
Fla., July 18th, and decided upon a 25 Col. B. W. Dunn, of the American Rail- factorily. The volume of deliveries against
reason that American staves are bought at of a routine character. better prices and there is a very healthy
per cent reduction in production and have way Association, 30 Vesey St., New York contracts is fairly good, and this no doubt
all is that there are some dealers who still There is scarcely a commodity in the
taken steps toward perfecting a stronger City, has issued Supplement 15 to his has been a factor in the steadiness of feeling noticeable throughout the trade.
decline to purchase random lengths under chemical field that is not enjoying a good The steadiness in tallow has had its
and better functioning organization with a Freight Tariff No. 1, effective August 15, quotations.
the Russian practice. call, and the outlook for the future gives effect on greases. A firmness is readily ap-
view to bettering their industry and con- 1929, containing the following: Producers are not alarmed over present
every indication of the present activity con- conditions as it is to be expected each year parent in this community with both sales
serving the natural resources of the States "Adds paragraph 420, page 45 of tariff
tinuing in all lines with an increase in the and prices showing strengthening ten-
in which they live. Upwards of one hun- 420. Rubber Cement, in addition to con- that a slowing-up will be experienced dur-
Conditions Stave Market of
in volume of business placed for many dencies.
dred members of the Suwanee River Tur- tainers as prescribed in paragraph 430, may ing the summer.
Argentina products. Consumers of oleo stearine are making a
pentine Association and the Alabama- be shipped when packed in metal barrels Interest in Barytes exists only with re-
gard to withdrawals against contracts, and fair demand for shipments, although the
Reporting from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Florida Turpentine Producers' Association or drums, specification 5B, or in wooden
on conditions in the stave market of that took active part in the discussions. the same can be said of other materials such upward trend of prices has made them a
barrels or kegs, specification 10."
country, Trade Commissioner James G.
Turpentine Market a Little Easy, But as lithopone and lead pigments. Zinc oxide, hesitant about placing orders, feeling
little
The meeting was presided over by T. A.
Burke writes: Rosin, Tar and Pitch Are in however, no doubt that prices will recede a little.
Graham, Atmore, Ala., president of the is dull.

"In spite of an unprofitable year in the Alabama-Florida Association, and under Change in Cuban Consular Regulations Good Demand
wine-grape districts, the stave market has his spirited leadership those in attendance
Now in Effect Business in turpentine circles could be Tendency Cottonseed Oil Market is
in Animal Oil Market and Demand
held up better than anticipated. This can
be accounted for somewhat by the govern-
voted for a 25 per cent cut in their produc-
tion during the coming year, contingent on According to information received from
better. There is a slowness to be noted in
the volume of new business placed. How-
on the "Bear" Side Consumption— Varying
ment's emergency action in fixing the mini- 90 per cent of all of the producers agreeing the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com- ever, deliveries against contracts are moving
Volume Continues Fairly Good The animal oil market is somewhat spotty
mum price of wine. While the vineyardists to co-operation in the plan, which calls for, merce, Department of Commerce, a com- along fairly well. The tone of the market, Unsettled conditions in cotton due to the in demand. Degras is slow with inactive
and 'bodegueros' or merchants undoubtedly immediate discontinuance of pulling
fir.st, plete revision in the Cuban consular reg- interest. Lard oil is only having a demand
nevertheless, is not steady and there has weather, is reflected in the cottonseed oil
lost money, these losses were limited to all high faces; that is, stoppage of taking ulations became effective July 1, 1929. for small for immediate delivery.
been an easing-off in the prices quoted re- market. Traders in this commodity are lots
such an extent that they were able to buy the gum from trees that have been worked These changes will require Cuban shippers Neatsfoot dull with only a routine
cently. Exports of spirits of turpentine are centering their attention on cotton, and oil is
cooperage. Stave merchants in Buenos for three years or more; second, discontin- to be duly registered at the local or nearest demand.
ahead of last year for the first six months. apparently disregard lard and other com-
Aires report that there are practically no uance of all chipping and pulling of all Cuban Consulate. Special forms On other hand red oil continues
of in- From January 1, 1929, to June 30, 1929, peting fats and oils. Rains that were bene- the
stocks either there or in the provinces and faces on October 1st, for the season 1929, voices, declarations and certificates will steady due to firmness in basic materials.
the shipments totaled 6,143,834 gallons ficial to cotton as well as other generally
that orders for June and July delivery are and third, install no cups this winter on be required. Signed declarations will also Oleo oil is having an increased consumer
valued at $3,341,698, compared with 4,479,- favorable weather for growing has pro-
entirely satisfactory. It is yet too early trees eight inches and smaller, four feet be necessary on both commercial and con- inquiry with prices advanced. There is a
406 gallons valued at $2,487,746 for the duced a bearish outlook in the cottonseed
to estimate the size of the crop so as to six inches above the ground. The follow- .sular invoices. All details, forms, etc., can better tiian fair demand for stearic acid
1928 period. Wood turpentine exports, how- oil market.
determine the approximate demand for next ing committee was appointed to interview be secured from the Cuban Consulate or the and the price market for this product is
ever, were slightly under 1928, the records Consuming demand has let down although
season's staves." the factors in Jacksonville and Savannah U. Department of Commerce. marked by a strong tone.
S. showing exports of 433,101 gallons, valued consumption is progressing in good volume.
 22 The National Coopers' Journal August, 1929
August, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 23
Department of Agriculture Estimates Condi- Kstimated Condi- Kstimated

Place 1929 Apple Crop at

tioii
.July 1
Production
1929
Pro<lufti()n
1928
tion
.July 1
Production
]!t29
Production
1928
Apple Crop Conditions in New York especially are freer from disease
much 1926. was an increase of 17,583 cars
It
Per Cent blemishes than the crop of last year. over the same week in 1928 and an increase
29.886,000 Barrels
Bushels Bushels Per Cent Busliels Bushels and New Hampshire as Reported
W. Virginia. . 32 46,000 63,000 Arizona . 90 130,000 142,000 Most fruit growers in the State have of 15,792 cars compared with the corre-
to "The Packer"
.

While an increased apple crop is expected N. Carolina. . 41 162,000 234,000 California . 80 1,012,000 1,152,000 taken better care of their trees this year, sponding week two years ago.
in some States, the majority will have fewer S. Carolina. . 46 84,000 133,000 Prospects appear favorable for a good and this factor, together with the favorable Miscellaneous freight loading for the
apples than last year and for the United Georgia 43 144,000 245,000 U. S. . 79.4 77,127,000 77,661,000 yield of apples in the New York counties weather conditions for the control of apple week totaled 425,039 cars, 16,329 cars above
States as a whole the crop will show a Florida 61 49,000 52,000 west of Rochester which border on Lake scab, brought the crop through in good con- the same week last year and 24,244 cars
reduction, says the July 1st report of the Ohio 25 150,000 395,000 Ontario. This is the region of heaviest dition. Men who neglected to apply their over the corresponding week two years ago.
Indiana Potato Crop of 1929 Will be About
United States Department of Agriculture. 55 248,000 288,000 production in the western New York fruit sprays thoroughly or at the right time, Livestock loading totaled 24,116 cars,
That agency estimates the commercial crop Illinois 58 657,000 540,000 1.000,000 Bushels Lower Than 1928 belt. however, have scabby fruit. 2,079 cars above the same week last year
at 29,886,000 barrels, compared with 35,- Michigan ... 36 485,000 819,000 Quite a reduction is estimated in the po- A survey of the fruit situation in those Various in.sect pests in general have not but a decrease of 2,318 cars under the cor-
308,000 barrels in 1928. Iowa 45 40,000 47,000 tato crop by the United States Department counties reveals that Baldwins are likely been controlled as well as the diseases. responding week in 1927. In the Western
CoikU- Kstimated Missouri 50 342,000 171,000 of Agriculture in its July 1st report. This to produce a good crop, after two years Plum curculio has caused the usual amount districts alone, livestock loading amounted
tio'n I'loflurtioii Production Nebraska 60
July 1 1929 1!»28
... 29,000 12,000 year's production is placed at 379,290,000 of light yields. The Baldwin is the most of damage, and in sections where it has to 18,400 cars, an increase of 1,882, com-
Per ( eiit IJarrols Barrels Kansas 61 210,000 51,000 bushels, compared with 462,943,000 bushels important variety grown in that district. been serious, growers are considering a pared with the same week in 1928.
N. England.. 66.4 1,671,000 1,479,000 Kentucky ... 55 106,000 Most potato States have reduced
116,000 in 1928. Prospects for other varieties are nearly as special poison spray in future seasons ten Loading of merchandise less than car-
New York . . 51 3,980,000 4,230,000 Tennessee 52 215,000 255,000 their acreages and expect a lighter output. days after calyx, and the removal of the load-lot freight amounted to 257,782 cars,
. . .

good. Apples are generally clean, but some

New Jersey. . 50 510,000 746,000 Alabama ... 50 157,000 234,000 Maine, however, is an exception. That peach, plum and cherry trees nearby that an increase of 2,486 cars above the same
orchards are showing scab.
Pennsylvania 39 847,000 1,043,000 Mississippi 51 week in 1928 and 1,037 cars over the same
Delaware 57
. . 133,000 194,000 State expects more potatoes this year. The A checkup of the fruit situation in On- are harboring the insects.
... 372,000 430,000 Louisiana ... 56 54,000 69,000 condition of the United States crop, July week two years ago.
tario County shows that weather conditions Aphis, for the most part, have bothered
Maryland ... 52 448,000 442,000 Texas 70 491,000 390,000 1st, was 83.3 per cent. Forest products loading totaled 67,737
this spring were unfavorable for a heavy only the tips of the younger trees, and na-
Virginia 51 2,652,000 3,700,000 Oklahoma 62 The following table shows condition, es-
. . 161,000 72,000 yield. Prospects there are only fair, com- tural parasites have kept them fairly well cars, 2,264 cars above the same week in
W. Virginia. 40 980,000 1,470,000 Arkansas ... 59 102,000 102,000 timated production and production last year 1928 but 1,067 cars under the correspond-
pared with a good outlook in the western checked. Although many growers used an
N. Carolina. 44 150,000 250,000 Colorado 80 by States:
.
518,000 185,000 counties. oil spray this year many orchards are in- ing week in 1927.
Condi- Kstiniiited
Georgia 38 63,000 117,000 New Mexico. 65 58,000 27,000 All districts reported increases in the
.
tion Pro<luctiou Prcxluction The apple from frost
crop, although free fested with European red mites.
Ohio 26 311,000 549,000 Arizona 70 •lulv 1 1929 1928
15,000 15,000 Per Cent Busliels damage, received its greatest blow during The next stumbling block for the season, total loading of all commodities, compared
Bu-iliels
Indiana 47 135,000 176,000 Utah 63 69,000 87,000 N. England 91 1 49,594,000 46,552,000 the bloom. Cold, rainy weather hindered advises Mr. Rollins, is the apple maggot, with the same week in 1928 and also 1927,
Illinois 48 998,000 1,240,000 Nevada 37 3,000 6,000 Maine 92
.... 41,142,000 37,840,000 the activities of bees. As a result, the which, in the past, has damaged seriously except the Southern, which reported a de-
Michigan ... 54 1,128,000 929,000 Idaho 60 53,000 72,000 New York. 83 30,814,000 32,376,000 Mcintosh and Greening crops have been re- Mcintosh, Baldwin and Northern Spy. crease compared with the corresponding
Wisconsin 70 129,000 159,000 Washington.. 58
. .
2,842,000 3,500,000 New Jersey 82 7,257,000 9,120,000 duced. The best orchards show approxi- Keeping the early drops picked up safe- weeks in the two preceding years.
Minnesota . . 71 37,000 38,000 Oregon 57 1,944,000 2,700,000 Penna. 82 ... 28,655,000 31,980,000 mately 50 per cent of a full crop of guards next year's crop to a large extent,
Iowa 61 93,000 110,000 California 58 7,173,000
. .
9,126,000 Delaware 78 . 548,000 658,000 Mcintosh and the worst orchards about 25 he says. The Packer.
Missouri 53 563,000 474,000
Maryland. 81 . 3,953,000 5,405,000 per cent of a full crop. About the same
Nebraska 64 ... 88,000 30,000 U. S. 52.8 19,781,000 23,783,000 Virginia 85 . .
15,938,000 21,593,000 figures apply to the crop of Rhode Island
Kansas 62 327,000 180,000 5,972 "Cooperage" Bulletins Distrib-
W. Virginia 78 5,113,000 7,500,000 Greenings.
Kentucky ... 40 66,000 152,000 Carloadings Set Record for
N. Carolina 86 7,103,000 10,545,000 The outlook for Baldwins and Spies is uted by Department of Commerce
Tennesf^ee 45 54,000 88,000
. .

Sweet Potato Crop Will be Slightly S. Carolina 82 2,364,000 4,068,000 more promising and in some orchards the Summer Season A report from the Superintendent of
Oklahoma ... 57 25,000 11,000 Georgia 85 1,450,000 1,682,000 fruit may have to be thinned out if good Loading of revenue freight for the week
.

Arkansas ... 46 469,000 414,000 Smaller This Season

.
Documents, Government Printing Office,
Florida 2,714,000 3,875,000
Montana 83 110,000 157,000
sized, well colored apples are to be picked. ended July 27th totaled 1,101,061 cars, ac- shows the sale on the Domestic Commerce
According to the July 1st report of the Ohio 79 11,471,000
Colorado 71 795,000 900,000
12,054,000 In many
orchards apples are .showing a cording to reports made public recently Series Bulletins, "Packing for Domestic
United States Department of Agriculture, Indiana ... 80 4,840,000 6,649,000
New Mexico. 64 234,000 169,000 large amount of scab and aphis injury. by the car service division of the American Shipment," as of July 1, 1929, as follows
the sweet potato crop will be slightly Illinois ... 78 4,914,000 7,700,000 This has been caused chiefly by inability Railway Association. This is the first time
Arizona 70 10,000 8,000 smaller than last year's. Sold On Hand
Production for Michigan . 84 30,358,000 35,802,000 of growers to get out to spray early, due
No.
Utah 66 154,000 190,000 that loadings have exceeded the 1,100,000 10—"Fibre
this year is estimated at 77,127,000 bushels Wisconsin 88 24,478,000 Containers" 7,942 2,058
Idaho
.
31,970,000 to the wet condition in the orchards. Clean car mark at this season of the year, being
84 1,384,000 1,500,000 compared with 77,661,000 bushels ll_"Cleated Plywood Boxes," 7,147 2,853
in 1928. Minnesota 79 28,059,000 38,940,000 fruit will probably be more scarce in this an increase of 5,064 cars over the corre-
.

Washington . 70 8,260,000 10,000,000 12— "Wire-Bound Boxes" 10,964 4,385

Iowa
Oregon 68 1,387,000 1,600,000
Conili-
tion
Kstimated
Pnxluotion Production Missouri .
85
69
6,676,000
5,506,000
10,935,000
10,285,000
section than in the counties bordering on sponding week in 1926, which marked the 13 —"Cooperage and Steel
previous high loading for this period of the
.

California 56 1,456,000 2,327,000 •lulv 1 i;t29 1928 the lake.

. .
Per (
"ent Buslicla Bushel!) N. Dakota. 77 11,157,000
Barrels" 5,972 4,028
14,805,000 The pear crop Ontario County will be
in year. It also was an increase of 66,735
New Jersey. 85 1,999,000 2,175,000 S. Dakota. 79 4,645,000 6,030,000
14_" Wooden Boxes" 11,533 2,755
U. S. .53.7 29,886,000 35,308,000 Delaware
unusually light, due partly to the early cars, compared with the same week last 15_"Nailed Wooden Crates". .10,907 3,142
... 86 1,115,000 980,000 Nebraska. 87 8,014,000 10,080,000 year and an increase of 56,364 cars over
.
freezes but mainly to bad weather condi- 16— "Baling"
Maryland ... 78 1,349,000 1,500,000 Kansas ... 77 4,905,000
5,256 5,750
7,560,000 tions during the bloom. Bartletts are ex- the same period in 1927.
Virginia 82 5,771,000 6,336,000 Kentucky. 84 4,410,000
Reduced Estimates for 1929 .
5,985,000 ceptionally light and the outlook is for only Compared with the preceding week this
W. Virginia. . 81 219,000 204,000 Tennessee 84 3,170,000 4,085,000 year, the total for the week of July 27th
.

Pear Crop about 25 per cent of a full crop. Seckels

N. Carolina. . 79 7,308,000 7,840,000 Alabama 81 2,185,000
.
2,812,000
was an increase of 22,366 cars, with in-
.

S. Carolina..
and Keifers are slightly better than Bart-
The pear crop is now estimated by the 78 4,376,000 4,214,000 Mississippi. 80 1,131,000 1,330,000
Georgia letts, while the yield of Clapp's Favorites creases being reported in the total loading Tight and Slack Barrels to be Ejc-
United States Department of Agriculture 83 9,877,000 10,234,000 Louisiana. 70 1,939,000 2,870,000
at 19,781,000 bushels compared with 23,- Florida 83
.
may be nearly normal. Ontario County is of all commodities. hibited at National Dairy Exposition
2,888,000 2,464,000 Texas .... 78 2,516,000 2,691,000
Ohio one of the leading pear shipping counties Grain and grain products loading for
783,000 bushels last season. The govern- 84 365,000 360,000 Oklahoma 76 3,569,000 5,040,000 Annual National Dairy Ex-
.

in the State. the week totaled 70,076 cars, the highest The 23d
ment's latest report as of July 1st reduces Indiana 82 230,000 232,000 Arkansas. 82 2,651,000
.
2,700,000
It is a little early to make an estimate ever reported for this commodity since the position will be held this year in St. Louis,
somewhat estimate made June 1st. The
its Illinois 79 1,027,000 980,000 Montana 83 3,330,000 4,255,000 October 12th to 19th. For the first time
week of October 27, 1924, when the loading
. .

Iowa on the grape crop, but the outlook is prom-

first of last month the crop was placed at 85 286,000 369,000 Wyoming 82
. . 1,919,000 2,352,000
ising. No extensive injury has been noted of grain and grain products reached the since the exposition was started in 1906, it
20,663,000 bushels. Missouri 78 1,188,000 1,155,000 Colorado 82 13,202,000 13,420,000 will be held in buildings designed especially
peak of 72,516 cars. Compared with the
. .

Kansas in the vineyards of Ontario County.

Coiirli- Kstimated 80 219,000 260,000 N. Mexico. 81 122,000 132,000 for as St. Louis has been selected as
tioil ProduoHon Production Kentucky ... 83 corresponding week last year, it was an its use,
.Tulv 1 1fi2» l!t28
1,427,000 1,246,000 Arizona . . 85 209,000 222,000 the permanent site for the exposition. The
Per Cent Pushcls Tennessee increase of 14,771 cars, as well as 11,275
nu^liels ... 79 3,851,000 3,895,000 Utah 82 2,370,000 3,312,000
cars over the same period of 1927. In the
cooperage industry has been represented at
N. England. 62.8 152,000 161,000 Alabama 78
.
... 6,756,000 6,510,000 Nevada ... 82 676,000 840,000 Good Quality Apple Crop in Prospect the exposition on a number of occasions,
New York 31 1,228,000 1,800,000 Mississippi 80
for Western district alone grain and grain
. .
. .
5,869,000 6,050,000 Idaho .... 84 17,392,000 19,720,000 and it is anticipated that both slack and
New Jersey. 32 429,000 502,000 Louisiana ...
New Hampshire This Year products loading totaled 50,884 cars, an in-
.
77 6,736,000 6,660,000 Washington 84 tight cooperage will be exhibited October
Pennsylvania 32 307,000 620,000 Texas 75 8,112,000 8,284,000 Oregon ... 95
7,938,000
5,135,000
9,045,000
6,240,000
Durham, N. H., July 26th — Early indica- crease of 9,280 cars over the same week
12th to 19th, as a splendid opportunity is
Delaware 68 313,000 108,000 Oklahoma tions point to a crop of high quality apples in 1928.
. . .
78 1,778,000 1,780,000 California 80 4,900,000 thus presented for close contact and the
. .
.
7,728,000
Maryland . . . 58 274,000 193,000 Arkansas ... 76 in New Hampshire this year, according to Ore loading for the week of July 27th
3,110,000 2,520,000 promotion of good-will between the coop-
Virginia . . . . 54 338,000 230,000 New Mexico.. 90 H. A. Rollins, extension specialist in horti- amounted to 80,234 cars, the highest week's
129,000 119,000 U. S. ...83.1 379,290,000 462,943,000 erage and dairy industries.
culture at the State University. Mcintosh loading since the week ended August 25,
 24
The National Coopers' Journal August, 1929
August, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 25
New Canadian Freight Rates Effective Briefs From Barrel Using Industries has increased its capital from $250,000 to
$400,000.
Thesuspension application by South- The Seymour Cotton
eastern shippers and carriers against the
Oil
Texas, has been incorporated with a capital
Co., Seymour, Catohoula Syrup Co., Monroe, La., has IVooden Barrel Manufacturers* and Dealers* Directory
been incorporated with a capital of $25,000
new Canadian freight rates on cooperage of Lamar Fleming,
$150,000 by Jr., and by W. S. Peck and W. A. Spuyres.
stock, which were to be effective as of June EMPIRE BARREL CO., 1925
W. D. Anderson, of Houston, Texas. Con. Ferro. Paint and Varnish Co., 118 S. Clinton St., Detroit, Mich. AMERICAN COOPERAGE CO., WOLVERINE BARREL AND BAG
15th, has been denied by the Interstate CO., 624 Watson St., Grand
The new plant of the Dixie Packing Com- Main Second-Hand Barrels of all de- INC., Maurer, N. J.—Manufac-
Street, St. Louis, Mo., has building
Commerce Commission. The rates, there-
pany, Waycross, Ga., has started operations. permit to erect a new plant and warehouse
scriptions. Lard Tubs and Nail turer of New Tight Barrels made —
Rapids, Mich. Recoopered Tight
fore, become effective as of June 15th from of oak, flr and gum stock. Barrels for all uses. New Slack
Kess.
S. P. Durrance and M. Steenberg have at 3228 W. Broadway. Barrels for Apples, Lettuce, etc.
Southern producing territory to Canadian
charge of operations. Northeast Naval Stores, Wilmington,
points.
The Rath Packing Company, Waterloo, N. C, a new turpentine producer, will soon
The adjustment
of these rates was agreed
Iowa, will erect a $348,000 addition to its start operations.
to at
a conference in Chicago several
plant. Texas Milk Products Co., D. B. Short,
months ago, as noted in the Journal. But H. METZGER'S SONS, 11-15
The Paramount Portland Cement Com- manager, Mt. Pleasant, Texas, has acquired Eighteenth St., Richmond, Va.
when the rates were published, Southeastern
shippers objected and filed suspension ap-
plication with the Interstate Commerce
pany, 2030 Wiltshire Blvd., Los Angeles,
Calif., have awarded contract for the erec-
tion of a new plant at Torrence, Calif.
a site for a powdered milk plant.
Swift & Co., Chicago, 111., have completed
a $500,000 poultry packing, milk products
New and Second-Hand Barrels,
Kegs and Hogsheads of all kinds. REGISTER NOW JOHN
Cosgrain
PAXTON A CO.. 5435
Montreal, Canada.
St.,
Manufacturers of and dealers in
Commission which, as stated above, was re-
fused by the Commission.
Dewey and Almy, 231 Harvey St., Cam-
bridge, Mass., will erect an addition to its
and produce plant at West Point, Miss.
Southern Cotton Oil
AND Flour, Sugar and Apple Barrels.
Fir Pork Barrels, 100 lbs. and
Co.,erecting an
is
200 lbs.
present chemical plant. addition to its mill at Sheffield, Ala.
Farmers' Gin Sayre, Okla., is con-
Co., Southern Shrimp Co., Brunswick, Ga., LET THE CONSUMERS KNOW
Purchases Stave Mill sidering plans for the erection of cotton has been incorporated by J. T. Lopez, Jr.,

Ben Cook has purchased the stave mill

mills at Sayre, Jet, and Gollebo, Okla.
Golden
Standard Paint Co. Ltd., St.
and Paul B. Carso.
McKenzie Milk Products Co., Trezevant,
WHERE TO GET THEIR
at Kelso, Ark., operated for a number of
Boniface, Manitoba, Canada, will erect a Tenn., is erecting a $100,000 addition to its
years by the Barker Bros. Company. new paint factory. plant. HOUSTON COOPERAGE AND TUB
CO., Box Houston, Texas.
546,
WOODEN BARREL SUPPLIES
C. Pardee Works, Perth Amboy, N. J., New Tight Barrels from 5 gal. to PERTH AMBOY BARREL CO.,
will shortly erect an addition to his tile
Stave Company Takes Out Charter 55 gal. New Slack Barrels of
1049-63 State St., Maurer. N. J.—
Dealer in New and Used Tight
plant on Herbert St., Perth Amboy. The kinds. Second-Hand Barrels.
Barrel Company Granted Charter Stave Company, Leesville,
Leesville all
Ice cream Tubs all sizes.
and Slack Barrels of all descrip-
Planters' Cotton Oil Co., Dallas, Texas, La., has been granted a charter and has tions.
Northern Barrel & Fence Co., Rice Lake, incorporated with a capital of $400,000. started work of erecting a plant for the IOWA COOPERAGE CO., 310
Wis., has been incorporated with a capital G. T. Davenport, 510 Cordova St., Dallas, manufacture of staves. The capital stock Southeast Ninth St., Des Moines, AMERICAN COOPERAGE CO., JACK COHEN COOPERAGE
of 200 shares, no par value, to manufacture i.'^ interested. is $20,000 and William L. Brown and
—
Iowa. New and used Tight and INC., Maurer, N. J. —Dealers In WORKS, Box 82, Robinson, 111.^
Slack Barrels for Apples, Poultry, Second-Hand and Recoopered Dealer in Second-Hand Barrels
boxes, barrels and fencing. Lockney Cotton Oil Co., Lockney, Texas, Warren O. Ferris are the principal owners. .Sugar. Alcohol Kegs, etc. Tight Barrels. of all kinds.

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POSITION WANTED MACHINERY WANTED MACHINERY FOR SALE miles to be resteeled when we can When it comes to coopers' tools and
\yANTED —PosiUon as stave jointer. Ad- \yANTED —One Morgan
barrel nailer. ^SED and rebuilt machinery for sale. Two
do it in the South at a large saving? supplies "Hynson" stands second to
none. We manufacture our products
and are always stocked to handle
dress ELGY ROWELL, 501 Gregg St., Two 32"-knife power
stave jointers. Liberty Heading Turners, complete and We make new druma and reateel olddruma orders promptly and satisfactorily.
Houston, Texas. Address A. B. C, care of "The National fitting any machine There is nothing the barrel maker
guaranteed, capacity 12- to 20-inch heads,
Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Pa. needs that we can not supply. Place
$75 each. One Whitney 20-inch stave saw, your orders with us now.
heavy arbor type, drum in excellent con- THIRTY YEARS* EXPERIENCE
HELP WANTED
dition, but needs new steel, will sell as is for Largest Exclusive Coopers' Tool
STOCK FOR SALE Supply House in the World
y^ANTED —^Machine Cooper to make
$75, or will have it resteeled at factory at Southern Stave Saw and Machine Company
bar- cost. One flat heading or shingle saw with
rels on contract on Holmes' Five-in-one- FOR SALE—40,000 5334" x 10 ga. Twisted new 38-inch Simmonds saw. This machine 112 South 19th Street, BirminKhain, Ala. THE HYNSON COMPANY X
(No. Machine.
157) Address STEPHEN Splice Wire Hoops, % cent each. is in first-class condition,
priced for quick All Work Guaranteed Write Us for Prices Lebanon Illinois 1

JERRY &
CO., INC., 495 Manhattan Ave.,
A. B. HOUTZ & SONS sale, $175.
Brooklyn, New York.
Elizabeth City, N. C. LIBERTY MACHINE CO.
SECOND-HAND BARRELS FOR SALE Liberty, Maine
pOR SALE —
4,000 sets ISi^-inch KD MR
POR SALE—^Drum Plugs, new.
Alabama Pine Heading. Very high grade
FINGER LAKES COOPERAGE FLAG
for sale cheap.
All sizes
— can be bought at right figure.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
Hoop NaOs Hoop Staples Hoop Fasteners
MARYLAND COOPERAGE & MUEHLHAUSEN COOPERAGE
STEEL DRUM CO. Matawan, New Jersey
STAVE AND HEADING OPPORTUNITY
EIGHTEEN thousand acres, partially logged
Bright, Blued, Coppered or Galvanized LONG—TOP—BUTT—CHAIR
4416 O'Donnell St., Baltimore, Maryland Write for prices and samples Satisfaction Assured
over, Mississippi Delta land, favorably lo-

SECOND-HAND BARRELS WANTED

MACHINERY FOR SALE cated, very accessible, mill site on good rail-
road. Gum, elm and oak predominating.
THE GEO. W. STANLEY CO. BeUeviDe, III. RAY A. RUSSELL SAVANNAH, N. Y.
FOR SALE A portion of this land was logged over more

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than ten years ago. For further particulars
address "OPPORTUNITY," care of "The
good shape and not rusted inside or out- National Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Pa.
Must have tap in head and bung in perfect condition. $350.00 for quick
side.
shell. Also can use a few cars of Galvan- sale.
K. W. JACOBS COOPERAGE CO. W. W. WILSON STAVE COMPANY
ized Hoop 200-Ib. pork barrels. Quote best One Holmes No. 38 J^ Crozer !n A-l pOR SALE— In the best apple section of the
MANUFACTURERS OF
prices f. o, b. Paschall Station (P. R. R.) shape. Price $175.00. State Established cooperage and box
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN and Jointed Tight Barrel Staves
All Classes Kiln-Dried
Philadelphia, in first letter. business. Owner to retire. Wonderful op-
McLOUGHUN BROTHERS A. B. HOUTZ & SONS portunity for a live man. Address "A-L.C," SLACK BARREL MANUFACTURERS— ALL KINDS White Oak Red Oak Gum and Ash
82nd and Ea«twick Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. ."^*** National Coopers' Journal,"
Tongued and Grooved Barrels Our Specialty
Elizabeth City, N. C. n?*!? ,°{
Philadelphia, Pa. NORTH LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS
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 August, 1929
26 The National Coopers' Journal

JACKSON
TINKLER & WEBSTER, LTD. Harlan-Morris Mfg. Co. TENNESSEE
Manufacturers of All Kinds of
National Bank Building LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND
BUYERS OF ALL KINDS OF TIGHT-BARREL STAVES, ADL and KDJ,
and CIRCLED HEADING
STAVES AND HEADING
Offer us that stock on your yard
Cable Address: "Stavewood Liverpool"
FROM WHITE OAK, RED OAK. ASH AND GUM
SATISFACTION
GUARANTEED
Branch Mills in
Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama
B^^VVNG ^ER J
An Opportunity to Quote on Your
The Sutherland-Innes Co., Limited
Manufacturers and Dealers in COOPERAGE STOCK
Requirements is considered a privilege by
Just as sufficient horse power
STAVES, HOOPS, HEADING AND SHOOKS necessary to the operation of your
is

TIGHT AND SLACK Krafft Cooperagee Company plant, so is the complete coverage of the cooperage industry essential

Chatham Ontario, Canada Federal Commerce Trust Buildingr St. Louis, Mo. to the success of your selling plan.

You can reach the Buying Power of the cooperage industry better and
more profitably through the advertising pages of The Journal than
TURN IT INTO MONEY PROPERLY
MADE Tight Barrel QUALITY
STOCK
through any other medium —
Because The Journal is "the publica-

It
Have you anything to sell, or
TRY OUR SPECIAL "AD" DEPARTMENT
want to buy or exchange anything?

our business to get buyers and sellers together and we can do it.
ia
STAVES AND HEADING tion for the
is what it
cooperage trade," and the Buying Power of the industry
offers to every user of its advertising space.
it is your business to turn unused or idle machinery and tools, etc., into
money and you can do it. Cost is small. Returns are large. OZARK STAVE COMPANY From the viewpoint of reader interest. The Journal surpasses all
THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL, Philadelphia 134 North La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois
When you
r others. pick up The Journal you are reading about the
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cooperage industry your industry. Every advertising page carries
OOPERSjomtNAL a message to the cooper or stock manufacturer. The reading text is
The
THE VAIL COOPERAGE CO. WE ARE BUYERS OF xA p.p.r v%»% mIu. to ^11 jtaw hi^op
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cooperage. articles are either defending the wooden barrel or
urging the cooperage trade to greater business efforts. The reports
Since 1888 Manufacturers of STAVES STAVES, HOOPS & HEADING tub..p«iia n«ch)ntf^> .nd mitj supplies

from cooperage manufacturers tell the trade how business is, and
Quality Stock HOOPS For Tight and Slack Cooperage
what the future looks like. Information is given as to conditions in
Our Northern Elm Hoop* HEADING ""'
JAMES WEBSTER & BRO., LTD. '"^!!iriU'&: S? barrel using industries. The editorials are cooperage editorials, and
FORT WAYNE, IND. T VENEERS LONDON OFHCE-Bevis Marks House, Goring Street, E. C, 3 are a guide to the cooperage man in the operation of his business.
From every angle The Journal is the cooperage man's paper.
has It

that intimate touch that ties it closely to the business of the cooperage
and cooperage stock manufacturer.
MONTEZUMA COOPERS' FLAG H. PADUART, Sartrouville, France
Forty years in the business have made us Flag experts
Logically, and actually. The JOURNAL is the advertising medium for
Steel Hoops and Wires
ALL LENGTHS Try our Service SOFT VARIETY reaching the cooperage trade. No matter what your product is
of all kinds J^^_2_ r-,y^„.. r:i
whether it be cooperage stock, cooperage, machinery, equipment,
P. T. CASEY WE INVITE YOUR INQUIRY FOR C. I. F. PRICES
belting, tools, or supplies, it will take your message direct to the
92 West Bayard Street Seneca Falls, N. Y. EXPORT TO ALL, COUNTRIES
buying power in the cooperage industry with paying results.

According to all indications, there is a period of prosperous business

Air When in the mar\et for Wheel
YOU A. M. Welti & Bro.* ahead of the cooperage trade. The volume of sales, both for cooper-
can possibly get along without
Dried
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Manufacturers of age and cooperage stock, is growing. Better prices are being ob-
30x%'' Ash Pork Staves Listed advertisingTHE NATIONAL
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34x%'' Red Oak Oil Staves; 36x3^ '

Gum Staves
COOPERS' JOURNAL but you , Tight Cooperage tained, and the prospects are the brightest in some years.
willget alor g much better and
Write to much faster IF YOU DO USE Milk, Oil and Lard
THE HENNEN COOPERAGE CO.,
Inc.
THE ONLY T H AT PAPER Tierces and Kegs Undoubtedly, there going to be a decided increase in the purchases
is
SPECIALIZES YOUR CLASS OF
Manufacturers of Tight Cooperage LAKE PROVIDENCE, LA. BUYERS. 10406 Kintman Rd. Clc?elaad. 0. made by and for the cooperage trade. You can get your full share of
this additional buying power by taking advertising representation in
The Journal's pages.
Founded 1850
We
(NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA)
are large buyers of Slack Cooperage
Incorporated 1900 WE MAKE THEM VENT PLUGS FAUCETS
Let us
good
tell you more about what JOURNAL advertising
of your business.
will do for the

Stock of all hinds and we want your prices CASK or „BARREL PLUGS and WORM-HOLE PEGS
^'^'^^^o.,
Write for prices on Bung-borer*. CoopeF's hoop-driver*, hammer*,
N.&H.O DONNELL COOPERAGE CO. adzes, tlaggmg and flaKgrng irons, chalk, chimes and chime mauls

BARREL MANUFACTURERS REDLICH MFG. CO., 647 W. Oak St., CHICAGO THERE'S NO OTHER LIKE IT
Moore St., Water to Swanson St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Known to the trade for over 60 years

Tight and Slack Barrels Manufacturer of

and Dealer in SKUSE'S COOPERAGE The National Coopers^ Journal
ROCHESTER, YORK NEW
We carry new Cooperage from 5 to 50-gallon on hand at all times for
local or carload shipments. Kcady to fill barrels for all requirements
Slack
Orders solicited for straight or PHILADELPHIA
and Pittsburgh, Pa.
PiantM at Neville Uland. Pa.,
Staves mixed cars. Write us whether you
ADDRKSS CORKKSPONDRNCK TO Heading want to buy or sell. Satisfaction
Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Company Hoops Guaranteed.
2723 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Flour and
Fruit Barrels
SKUSE'S COOPERAGE
New York
Cor. Finney and Daris Sts., Rochester,

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FIFTY years ofcontinuous service to the
cooperage industry has not been without its
effect. Evidence that our products meet v^ith the
present day demands found in the fact that
is DEVOTED TO THE COOPERAGE INDUSTRY
many of our customers buy from us exclusively,
Red Oak and White Oak
year after year.
from 9" to 23" in diameter
o4 paper of great value to all stave, hoop,
We know that you'll be satisfied with our mer- of the best quality
heading and liner manufacturers to a.11 j

chandise as well as our service. I

makers and users of barrels, kegs cask.s, ,

tubs, pails, machinery and mill supplies.

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Jackson Tennessee Q^OOOO.O, M«l>

OVER FIFTY YEARS IN THE BUSINESS

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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

Harvesting the Apple Crop in a Virginia Orchard

E. & B. HOLMES MACHINERY COMPANY

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A good barrel cannot be made without good hoops
SLACK BARREL 75,000.000 1

MATERIAL
We ship
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I seventy-five Million |
^^' ^^^^ J. C. PENNOYER COMPANY^
to the best trade making the best barrels.
Strength and Economy
Coiled Elm Hoops QUALITY HOOPS
Staves
Vicksburg Cooperage Co. Vicksburg, Miss.
Lake Village, Ark.
in binding barrels with
J. M. Peel & Brother
Mound c
Heading
MILLS: O. L. Bartlett
Ferriday Hoop Company
Decatur Cooperage Company
City,
Ferriday, La.
Decatur, Ind.
111.
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Wire Hoops STRUTHERS-ZIEGLER COOPERAGE CO.

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barrels
HOOPS mean greater strength
and better protection (or shipments.
for

CHAPMAN, ALA. At the same time, the low price of Wire

Scientifically Made from Hoops reduces the cost of the completed

MANUFACTURERS OF package.
Southern Pine Packers find that barrels bound with Amer*

HEADS—HOOPS—STAVES Yellow Pine Lumber and Timber,

ican Wire
ing
Hoops measure up
requirements of modem
to the most exact-
transportation.
Bind your barrels with American Wire Hoops
Hardwood Lumber, Pine Heading,
C. E. MURRAY Veneer, Crates, Lath, Etc.
and assure your customers of added satisfaction.
We invite your inquiry for detailed informa-
tion, and will gladly send you, without charge,

DECHERD . - TENNESSEE samples in sufficient quantity to make a

thorough test.

That's the story of the race for

many a big barrel order.
Secure bilge hoops with
Good heads
WEIMAR ENGINEERING WORKS
are as equally es- Staples or Fasteners
sential to themaking of wooden as illustrated*
barrels as staves and hoops.
Builders Hoop Driving, Barrel Washing H&D heads are good heads and
SALES OFFICES:
of
and Bung Hole Boring iVIachines will win the business. With H&D CTirCAOO 208 S. Ka Sallo St. MEMPHIS,
heads you have a guarantee of CLEVELAND Rockefeller Bldg. Union and Planters Bank Bldg.
DETROIT Foot of First St. NEW YORK .^0 Churrh St.

SPECIAL MACHINES BUILT TO ORDER CINCINNATI Union Trust Bldg. BOSTON Statler Bldg.
"Quality--Service--Worknianship." MINNEAPOLIS—ST. PAUL, PITTf?BURGII Frick Bldg.
In building our machines we seek to gain the highest Merchants Nat. Bl<. Bldg., St. Paul PHILADELPHIA Widener Bldg.
ST. LOUIS 500 Olive St. ATLANTA 101 Marietta St.
efficiency in every way, and users of our make will Let us you more about them.
tell FC ANSAS CITY 417 Grand Ave. WORCESTER 94 Grove St,
OKLAIIOJLV. CITY, BALTIMORE 32 S. Charles St.
find this our guarantee, which always holds good. There are no better heads made. FirstNafl Bank Bldg. BUFFALO 670 Ellicott St.
LET us KNOW YOUR REQUIREMENTS BIRMINGHAM Brown-Marx Bldjf. WILKES-BARRE... Miners Bank Bldg.
DALLAS Praetorian Bldg.

Westmoreland and Jasper Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. BARREL WASHING MACHINE

HUDSON & DUGGER COMPANY DENVER
SALT LAKE CITY
First Nat. Bank Bldg.
....Walker Bank Bldg.

Memphis, Tennessee UNITED STATES STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY

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WILLIAM A. WORBOYS
COMPANY, INC.
COOPERAGE STOCK
TIGHT AND SLACK
SLACK BARRELS AND KEGS
15 Park Row New York City

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SOUTHPORT CORPORATION,Inc. Chas! E.^Hlid? 1860

MANUFACTURERS C. HEIDT & SON, Inc.

JERSEY CITY, N. J.

BARRELS SHOOKS New Slack

B Second-hand
Barrels

STAVES HEADS Barrels A All Kinds Slack

and Tight
for all dry
terials, chem-
ma- R We Specialize
ALL SIZES AND SPECIFICATIONS icals, sugar, etc. R preparing tight

HARDIVOOD LUMBER Tongued and E barrels for all

pu rpos es

819 NEW ORLEANS BANK BUILDING

Grooved Barrels
a Specialty L ''A
is
Used Barrel
Better Than
8 a New One"
NEW ORLEANS QUALITY and SERVICE Our Motto!
CABLE ADDRESS "ATLAS" OFFICE, 64 Fairmount Ave. PLANT, 12-88 Fairmount Ave. Shop and Yard Views of British Kerosene Barrel Plant
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CHICKASAW COOPERAGE CO.
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Barrels, Staves IMPORTANT ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE

Heading, Shooks Cooperate StocK
Kiln-Dried Dimension Lumber Louisiana Farmers Preparing for Greatest Truck Crop of State 7

New Joint Rates Effective September 1 st 8

GENERAL OFFICE: Flour Barrel Business of Buffalo Will Increase With Fall Activities 8
Box 143, Binghamton Br. GULF DISTRICT: Manhattan Building Chicago, 111.

Memphis, Tenn. Gretna, La. Wants in Cooperage Lines 8

Cooperage Situation in Louisville Materially Improved 9
Editorials 10
August Freight Traffic Heaviest of Year II

Business Conditions and Crop Yields Favorable to Quebec Cooperage

M. L. SIGMAN Trade
Cooperage Association Activities and News Notes
12
17
Manufacturer
Trade Reports From Here and Abroad 18
HIGHEST QUALITY Trade Briefs and Conditions in Barrel Using Industries 19
TIGHT BARREL STAVES New Jersey Cranberry Crop Estimated at 1 34,000 Barrels 20
Tight Sap White Oak Oils, United States Potatoes, 349.1 12,000 Bushels 21
Red Oak Oils, Regular Commercial Apple Crop Will Total 29,473,000 Barrels 21
Wines, etc., K.. D. J. & B. Shipping Palm Oil From British Malaya 22
—Also Cut-Offs
Cooperage Outlook in France 23
MONTICELLO ARKANSAS
TEPHEN JERRY£.Ca.Iiic m
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Why I am Member of a
The National Coopers* Journal
FORTY-FIFTH
1929 »2.00 PER YEAR
YEAR Philadelphia, September, VOL. XLV, No.
The Associated 5

the planters will have more money, for cane

Cooperage Industries Louisiana Farmers Preparing for Greatest Truck Crop is money
tions are that
here, than they can use.
New
Orleans coopers will go
Indica-

of State after the barrel business of the country

L. F. Horn, Secretary-Treasurer,
mills, and will get as much of it as they
The Associated Cooperage Industries of America, Coopers Should Take Immediate Steps to Secure Container Business of
can handle, perhaps more of it than they can
2008 Railway Exchange Building,
St. Louis, Missouri. Growers — ^All Orders Will Be Placed Long Before Winter handle advantageously, but how about the
sugar mills that are not in easy reach of
Dear Mr. Horn: Vegetables Are Ready for Shipment
Why am I a Associated Cooperage Industries of America?
member of The the city? Will they, as they used to do,
First of all, let me state that
I have always been a strong Association advocate, as buy stock and make barrels, or will they
you know. The value of Associational working was no doubt born and bred in me, as take substitute packages? That is a ques-
my father was one of the organizers of the National Cooperage Association, from All thegreat produce markets of the numberLjofLbarrels used in this business is
tion for the cooperage stock men to decide.
which eventually sprung the present Associated Cooperage Industries of America. country are overstocked with Northern not great, but it is good to have these small
It is up to them.
As to the benefits that can be derived from Associational or co-operative efforts, grown vegetables, therefore very little orders coming in steadily during the dull
will say that in my opinion the cooperage industry would not be the industry it is
today, if it had not had the different Associations in past years. Furthermore, had truck is being shipped from this sec- season. Where are the Cement Barrels in the
our present Association received greater financial support and co-operation from the tion, and the demand for produce barrels ursTA^r
C. F. MEYER. President members of the trade generally, in the years past, the Cooperage Industry would be a is at its lowest ebb. Farmers, however, >^Barrel8 are the Containers for From the illustration in the August
much larger one than it is today. are making preparations for the greatest Louisiana Fish
Saint Louis Cooperage Co. One of the best examples of the benefits of co-operative efforts was very clearly issue of the Journal, showing a truckload
demonstrated a good many years ago when the future of the wooden barrel was very truck crop in the history of the State. Fish are abundant, and often come to our of British cement in barrels, it would seem
doubtful, due to the efforts of certain organizations to have it barred as a shipping Crate and basket people are busy looking local markets in barrels, any old barrel be- that the British makers of cement are far '''^- "

container for certain commodities in interstate tran.sportation. If it had not been

after this trade and if the coopers expect ing used for this purpose. After the local in advance of their American competitors,
for the Associations existing at that time, getting together and proving through tests v>v--> -K
to do anything in that line next winter now markets are supplied there is now a good for it has been a long time since that many
the strength and holding qualities of wooden barrels, the efforts of the outsiders would
have been successful, whereas because of our having trade Associations our industry is the time to look up the business and pre- supply for shipment to other centers. cement barrels have been seen here. The
was successful in having the wooden barrel retained. pare to handle it. If they wait until the It is said that along the Atlantic sea- only barrels in evidence where construction
Eveiyone knows, of course, that without co-operative effort on the part of our winter vegetables are actually ready for board fish are often shipped in bulk carlots, work is being done are lime containers, the
Association and its members, freight rates would have been raised many more times than
they have. It was through the activities of the Association's Traffic Department that shipment they will find that the package without other containers than the car itself, cement coming in bags, to the loss of the
unjust increases in freight rates were prevented, and in this manner the cooperage orders have all been placed, and that no but that method is not in vogue along the producers and the inconvenience of the
industry was enabled to hold down the cost of manufacture, thereby avoiding increased barrels are required. It is simply a case Gulf. With us fish are usually barreled for users.
prices to the consumer, and in a great many cases successfully combatting the inroads of hustle now or lose out. shipment, and should always be so packed,
of substitute containers. Cooper Must be on His Toes to Hold Busi-
Furthermore, without our Association we would have had a gi'eat deal more for the barrel is the only container suitable
ness of Cottonseed Oil Industry
friction between manufacturers of finished products and the producers of stock, as we Shrimp Season Opens With Much Activity for fish, but the box salesmen are always
would not have had the grade rules which fi'om time to time have been revised, nor on the job, and so the box is now competing Work among the cotton oil mills in this
would we have had the Arbitration Committees to settle differences between buyers The closed season for shrimp has passed,
with the barrel for this trade. section has been slack lately, some of them
and sellers. and now the harvests of the shallow bays
to think of what our industiy would be today had we not had
having been closed down for repairs and
The writer hates and inlets along the Gulf coast are being
the opportunity of getting together at Association meetings and discussing the
gathered. A thousand power boats are C ommercial Oyst er Season Will Open Soon overhauling in preparation for the great
various matters of great importance that have come up during the past years, and he flood of cotton seed that comes in after each
trawling, the catch is abundant and every- Along the Gulf coast oysters are eaten
cannot conceive of any manufacturer of cooperage or cooperage material being other- picking season, and so have called for but
wise than 100 pei- cent in favor of The Associated Cooperage Industries of America body in the Gulf parishes is happy and all the year round, regardless of the letter
if he is in favor of staying in the cooperage business for any length of time. "r," but the commercial oyster fisheries are few barrels lately. That condition will
prosperous. The shrimp canneries, of
not really started yet, and it will be another soon be changed, for new seed is coming in.
Very truly yours, course, are busy, and take a large portion
month before there In a short time the business will be at its
of the catch, but the drying platforms are is much demand for
C. F. MEYER, PrcHident, No. 2 barrels for the shipment of oysters most active stage, and the long drawn out
also busy handling the surplus.
St. Louis Cooperage Company. in the shell.
struggle between various kinds of packages
Shrimp are boiled in salt water by the
for supremacy in the cottonseed products
boatload, and are then spread out upon
By becoming a member of The A»»ociated Cooperage Induatriet of America, you will Sugar Refineries are Using More trade will be resumed with new vigor, with
not only aid the cause —
of your industry and of your trade package the Wooden Barrel — the great platforms where they are soon
dried by the wind and sun, the meat is ""AVooden Barrel s
the barrel a little ahead, and the tin can
but you will aho guarantee the future well-being and success ofyour own individual business. following as a close second. The barrel is
Send for membership application NOW. Help build a greater and more profitable cleared from the shells by simple machines The big refineries have been using a good
Cooperage Industry. The coupon below is for your convenience. and the goods are ready for shipment. The
demand for shrimp is always greater
many sugar
in
barrels lately, and the dealers
used barrels are well supplied with
expected to win, but not if the cooper re
laxes his vigilance for a moment. ^
than the supply. The world eats all the
shrimp it can get, then passes its plate
emptied sugar barrels, which they are hold-
ing for the demand which is expected to
The Cooperage Hamper —A Better
The Associated Cooperage Industries of America, Protection for Peaches
2008 Railway Exchange Building, for more. Shrimp from Louisiana waters come very soon.
Peaches are coming to this market in
St. Louis, Missouri. are shipped to every country on the
baskets that hold a bushel, more or less,
globe, including China and Japan, and Mills Preparing for a Record-breaking
Gentlemen: We want Meyer and The Associated Cooperage Industries of America in their co-
to join with C. F. and which are really masterpieces. They
these shipments usually go in the best Sugar Crop
certainly cost more than the cooperage
operative efforts to build a greater Cooperage Industry, and to increase the use of the wooden barrel. Send membership tongued and grooved slack barrels obtain- All the cane grinding mills in the State
apple hamper, and the only trouble with
application and full particulars at once. able. The carton, however, is coming into are now the scenes of great activity in
them that they lack the solid strength of
is
Name use for the domestic retail trade. preparation for a record sugar crop. It the cooperage package, and often suffer in
A great many domestic consumers of seemed that these mills would never be able transit where the tub would be perfectly
Address „ shrimp have the good taste to prefer fresh to handle the vast amount of cane grown
safe.
We manufacture shrimp canned or dried variety, and
to the this season, but the simple remedy has been
so a great many freshly caught shrimp are found of opening the grinding season a Louisiana's Achievements in Reforestation
packed in^jjirnp No. ?. Jinrrrls, well iced little earlier than usual and continuing it Louisiana proud of her achievements
is
and shipped in their natural state. The a little longer, so that it is not likely that in reforestation, and her lumbermen had
 8 The National Coopers' Journal September, 1929
September, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 9
been counting on a perpetual supply of Ryckman wine cellars Brocton, N. Y.
at
timber but discovered that there was a flaw Flour Barrel Business of Buffalo Will The building will be used for the manufac- The Kentucky Color & Chemical Co. a
in their calculations. The work of reforest-
Cooperage Situation in Louisville Materially Improved year or more ago purchased property at
Increase With Fall Activities ture of grape juice. The plant is one of
ation had been begun too late, and the last the oldest in the grape belt and has valu- All Indications Point to a Very Active Period During Next Two Kearny, N. J., with plans for eventually

of our present stand of timber would be

used before the first of the new crop had
/ The flour barrel trade is
on a little less
able facilities for manufacturing.
cludes boilers, engines, presses and
This
pumps
in- Months — Kraut Packers Look for Busy Season
putting in a branch plant there. However,
Robert Bonnie reported that it may be two
/ active scale than a month ago, but the sum-
attained a merchantable size. This was a and other equipment. or three years before anything will be done
situation not to be tolerated, and arrange-
mer business has been pretty good at the there, if then.
cooperage shops and is generally reported Business is much better in Louisville and The distilleries be unable to start
will
ments were at once made for a supply of Vinegar Plant Destroyed by Fire
the outlook has shown material improve- producing whiskey for several months. If The
to have been laiger than last year. The Louisville Cotton Oil Mills, at Louis-
timber from another source to eke out the A vinegar plant at Gates, N. Y., owned ment over last month. There is a heavier they get permits in September, orders will
fall season is expected to bring an improve- ville, division of the National Cottonseed
present holdings until the new crop was by J. J. Fishbaugh, and a dwelling adjoin- d emand noticeable, more numerous inquiries be placed at once for the necessary bourbon
ment in the trade, though if wheat and Products Corporation, of Memphis, Tenn.,
ready for the saw. ing were burned on August 11th, with loss and larger pfo3uction of both kegs and bar- cooperage stock, which will mean a scouring
flour prices go to a very high level, as some and Dixie Cotton Oil Mill Co., at Memphis,
The Finkbine Company, of D'Lo, Miss., of $7,000. Nearly 200 barrels of finished rels. Present conditions warrant the belief of the markets for such white oak stave and
feel is warranted by the shortage of Can- Tenn.. have been sold to the Buckeye Cotton
tried the experiment of bringing California vinegar, a quantity of sweet grape juice
.

adian wheat this year, it may curtail the that the next sixty days will be active. heading stock. A total of 2,000,000 gallons Oil Mill Co., a subsidiary of the Cincinnati
redwood timber to this State through the and 500 empty barrels were burned. means 40,000 barrels. Figuring 20 staves,
use of bread and flour and thus hurt the house of Procter & Gamble, the deal be-
Panama Canal, found that it was both prac- Cucumber Crop is Short 4*/^ inches wide, an inch thick and full
coopers. coming effective on August 22. The Louis-
tical and profitable, and was bought out claimed that the pickle or small
It is length to each barrel, it means 800,000 first villeplant was erected in 1908, and is a two-
by the Great Southern Lumber Co., of Dry Weather Has Hurt New York cucumber crop is almost a failure this year, class, or net staves, after all culling. This story brick and concrete building on a five-
Bogalusa, La. This vast concern owns a Apple Crop
Canada Will Consume More Apples being only 20 to 25 per cent normal in means the production of about AVz million acre tract. It was known as the Cottonseed
billion feet of redwood stumpage, and pro- The per capita consumption of apples in some of the large producing sections.
The apple crop has turned out a light staves to get the necessary quantity, and Products Co. until 1924.
poses to supply its Louisiana mills with Canada is low, according to Fruit Commis- Of course that means reduced demand for
one so far this year, owing to the dry the rejected stuff will then have to be cut
from fifty to one hundred million feet of sioner C. E. Mcintosh, of the Department tight cooperage from that source. The down for oil or other use. It also means
weather and the development of the aphis
this California timber per annum. of Trade and Commerce, Ottawa. He at- apple crop is small, and there will not be
during the sunmier following a wet spring, 40,000 sets, or 80,000 complete, perfect, Forest Service's Handy Reference
The first shipment brought in by the which made it difficult to spray the trees. tributes this state of affairs partly to the much cheap stuff crushed for cider or circled heads.
Great Southern consisted of about three- importation of grapefruit and bananas, but
Tables Show Strength of
The June drop was heavy and it extended vinegar. Grain vinegar will be used in-
quarters of a million feet of redwood cants,
into much of July. he says there is a general tendency through- stead, and, of course, the cooper will not
North American Woods
Early Duchess apples Cottonseed Oil Refiners Will Soon
or flitches, and there is now a fleet of five out the Dominion toward the return of the
from Virginia were quoted at $1.75 per suffer a total loss of business. Need Barrels Handy reference tables showing the
vessels in operation, with a cargo arriving apple as a food. Of the apples produced
bushel, against 50 cents a year ago. This strength of 129 different species of woods
every two weeks. Kraut Packers Should Have Busy Season Cotton harvesting is well under way in
variety now quoted at $7 commercially in Canada approximately 30 growing in the United States have just been
is to $8 a barrel the Far South, and considerable cotton has
The working on a large scale of Cali- per cent are exported. Cabbage, which for a time was scarce irsued by the Forest Service, United States
in the Bufi'alo market, which is too high a been ginned, and seed crushed. Eventually
fornia timber in Louisiana mills is one of There certainly ought to be more apples and a trifle high, has slumped fast to levels Department of Agriculture.
price to .stimulate any general apple crushers or refiners will be needing barrels.
the miracles of modern industry that is consumed in Canada from now on, as the where the kraut packers should be fairly
demand. The term "strength" as applied to wood
highly appreciated. All the wood used in It has not been felt in Louisville territory
result of the holding of the International busy for some time, reports indicating large may have a variety of meanings, depending
the construction new yet. There is one crushing plant and one
of the theatre in New York Apple Growers Tour Apple Shippers' Convention in Toronto last crops of cabbage in New York State. on the use to which the wood is to be put,
Bogalusa is redwood, and in New Orleans refining plant in Louisville.
Shenandoah Valley Districts month and the move started to revive Na- says the Forest Service. In these tables,
a house built of redwood is something to be "Home Brew" Order Prohibition Com-
proud of, a claim to distinction.
The three-day trip of
apple growers to the Shenandoah-Cumber-
western New York tional Apple Week. The Ontario Fruit
Growers' Association, assisted by the Pro-
i missioner May
of
Increase Barrel Drought Affects Tobacco Crop
the mechanical properties include strength
in bending, strength in compression parallel
This new development in the lumber busi- vincial Goveinment, is putting on a cam- and Keg Demand The tobacco crop is the poorest prospect to grain and perpendicular to grain, stiff-
land region on August 6th to 9th was par-
ness is a help to the cooperage industries, paign to boost apples in the British Recent announcement of Prohibition Com- in years, due to drought, despite a 20 per ness, hardness, shock-resisting ability, and
ticipated in by a large number who had a market.
for the more redwood timber that is used missioner Doran to the effect that he didn't cent increase in acreage. Production of shearing strength parallel to grain.
very interesting and profitable visit. The The
for building, the more of other woods will wish prohibition agents to meddle with citi- tobacco hogsheads will be correspondingly weight per cubic foot, specific gravity (oven
Virginia State Horticultural Society, the
will be left for staves, hoops and headings. light this fall. dry), and shrinkage from green to oven-dry
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Governor zens In the matter of home production of
None of this California timber has been Harry F. Byrd and the Berkeley County- fruit juices, such as cider, grape juice, etc., condition also are given. All the com-
made into cooperage stock here, but Dougla.s West Virginia Fruit Growers' Association, for private consumption "where not in- News Notes From Louisville mercially important hardwoods and conifers
and redwood staves are on the New Or- as well as other agencies, co-operated to toxicating," and giving orders that buyers J. N. White, Louisville Cooperage Co., are included.
leans markets, and there is no reason why The tables, compiled by H. S. Betts,
make the trip a success. Many points of of grapes, etc., were not to be followed, reports that business much better and
i,-^

they should not be made in this State. At raided, etc., has been taken to mean that that the plant at Louisville is fairly busy Senior Engineer, are based on approxi-
scenic and historic interest were visited in
the same time inquiries are being received
addition to the apple orchards.
A
fimi in Marseilles, France, desires to there will be material increase in consump- on kegs and barrels. In Louisiana, where mately 130,000 tests conducted by the
The great
here from the Pacific coast for native obtain agency for American oak staves. tion of grapes, etc., and, of course, in kegs the company has been operating stave and Forest Products Laboratory of the Forest
apple-growing region, known as the chief
Louisiana woods. Address No. 40105, Bureau of Foreign and and barrels. Many people who have been heading mills at capacity, there has been a Service, Madison, Wisconsin, over a period
home of the barreled apple, was alone well
worth Domestic Commerce, 20 S. 15th Street, afraid to crush grapes, will probably feel let-up, due to cotton planters needing labor, of some 15 years. They can be used to
visiting. The inspection party num-
Philadelphia, or Wa.shington, D. C. leaving the company short handed until compare the properties of the different
New Joint Rates Effective bered 450. safe in doing so under Commissioner
A
firm in Johannesbiirg, South Africa, Doran's ruling. cotton out of the The plants woods, to select woods for particular uses,
Septenmber Three conclusions were reached as the is fields. in
I st and to establish approximate working
result of the trip, according to L. B. Skef- is the market to purchase paint kegs.
in the Sunbright, Tenn., district have been
Announcement is made by the Southern Distillers Awaiting Orders for stresses.
fington, a newspaperman accompanying the Address No. 39999, Bureau of Foreign and operating on a good schedule, favored by
Hardwood Traffic Association, Memphis, Medicinal Whiskey The tables have been published in booklet
party. These points are: Domestic Commerce, 20 15th Street,
S. good weather.
that the new joint net rates on lough ma- Although distilleis expect that permits form as Miscellaneous Publication 46-M,
First, that this region is going to be an Philadelphia, or Washington, D. C.
terial from points on the Gulf, Mobile & for production of the 2,000,000 gallon sup- The Cooperage Company has
Louisville "The Strength of North American Woods."
increasingly important competitor in the A
firm in Port of Spain, Trinidad, is in the
Northern Railroad to Memphis and reship- ply of medicinal whiskey to be produced employed the services of E. K. Lyder as Copies may be procured free, while the
barreled apple industry. market to obtain agency for American-made
ment on the Frisco Railroad became efl'ective this winter will be issued in mid-Septem- sales manager. Mr, Lyder was formerly supply lasts, from the Office of Information,
Second, that Virginia and adjoining i-um casks and puncheons. Address No.
on September 1, The new rates will apply ber, it may be later. Distillers contend connected with the Chelsea Cooperage Co., U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washing-
States do nothing that cannot be done in Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Jf079(),
on rough lumber, rough handle blanks or that it will take them about ninety days Chelsea, Mass. ton, D. C.
western New York, if there is the will to Commerce, 120 S. 15th St., Philadelphia, or
squares, staves, heading, flitches, wooden after receiving permits to get plants in
do it. Washington, D. C.
billets, wooden bolts and logs, carloads, ac- order, malt, grain, cooperage, and other The Jones Dabney Co., varnish and lac-
Third, that the apple crop of this region McLonghlin Brothers, 82nd and Eastwick Sauer Cooperage Company, Wyan-
cording to the announcement. supplies in hand, and be ready to run. quer manufacturers of Louisville, have just
is marketed in volume that puts New York Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa., is in the market dotte, Mich., Occupies New
It isunderstood that there may be 25,000 completed a new lacquer plant, and moved
growers with their small individual packs for light alcohol drums, 55-gallon, good Office Headquarters
to 30,000 barrels of the necessary 40,000 the lacquer division of the business from
at a decided disadvantage in selling apples. shape and not rusted inside or outside.
Cooperage Company Incorporated barrels produced in Kentucky; and most of its general production building to the new The Sauer Cooperage Company, Wyan-
Must have tap in head and bung in shell.
The Scoley Cooperage Company has filed Purchase Plant to Manufacture Grape Juice this production will probably be in Louis- quarters, which are close by. This gives manufacturers of slack barrels
dotte, Mich.,
Also can use a feiv cars of galvanized hoop,
articles of
incorporation at Chicago and The sales committee of the Chautauqua & ville. The Brown Foreman Co., and Amer- the company triple its old lacquer capacity and kegs, whose plant was recently
200-lb. pork barrels. Quote best prices f.o.b.
will do a general cooperage manufacturing Erie Grape Growers' Co-operative Associa- ican Medicinal Spirits Corporation, or and much more space for varnish and destroyed by fire have moved their office
Paschall Station, (P.R.R.) Phila., in
and distributing business. tion has
first
Wathen interests, as the latter is better enamel. A branch lacquer plant is operated headquarters to 2124 Dime Savings Bank
announced the purchase of the old letter.
known, have asked for permits. in Detroit. Building, Detroit.
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10 The National Coopers' Journal September, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 11

Undivided in Support and Active in Trade Extension the two outstanding organizations that have, and are, giving their all to the American Railway Association Reports
the Cooperage Industry Would be Undefeatahle —
cause of the wooden barrel support of the Journal in the one way it can be Freight Traffic Heaviest of the Year
given, advertising, a support that guarantees profit returning results to every traffic is now the heaviest ever
Freight
a recent talk before the Interstate Merchants' Association in Chicago, on the
IN cooperage and cooperage stock manufacturer; support to the Association by mem- reported for this season of the year, accord-
Chain Store vs. the Independent Merchants, Dr. JuHus Klein,
subject of the
bership enrollment, by financial aid in all its undertakings and by earnest active ing to reports made public recently by the
Assistant Secretary of Commerce, said: '*It seems to be more or less indoor sport
participation in every endeavor the Association puts forth to better your trade and car service division of the American Rail-
ESTABLISHED 1886 these days to jeer contemptuously at the small storekeepers and say, 'Lo, the way Association.
your business.
poor retailer, the lowest form of commercial life'."
Loading of revenue freight for the week
These are the only two organizations that can bring back to the cooperage
fffl
AsSOCUTtD RV And manner, might Dr. Klein or any one else conversant with the
so, in like ended August 24 totaled 1,129,533 cars,
industry permanent prosperity, since these are the only two organizations that
existing attitude, falsely taken, speak regarding the wooden barrel, since this
CooraRACc
•Or iHOUSTWn "d which was not only the highest for any week
.yiij of. have no other allegiance save to the wooden barrel and its welfare, and these so far this year but the highest for any
erroneous and business-destroying attitude is to be found not only outside of
are the only two mediums through which the cooperage trade collectively and corresponding week on record.
the cooperage industry but within our very ranks. Paraphrasing Dr. Klein: "Lo,
PUBLISHED MONTHLY
1321 WALNUT STREET
the poor wooden barrel, it's rapidly going out of existence" —may be diverting
individually can work to defend, protect and further the cause upon which their
—
business success depends the cause of the Wooden Barrel.
Compared with the same week last year,
this total was an increase of 48,835 cars,
PHILADELPHIA, PA. ''indoor sport" but it's absolutely untrue as to fact or substance. To use the while it also was an increase of 20,192 cars
vernacular of the day it's plain "hooey." (The wooden
not going out of
barrel is over the same week in 1927.
M. E. DOANE existence, nor will it ever become non-existent so long as shipping containers are The total for the week of August 24 this
EDITOR year also was an increase of 29,266 cars
used.^ Of course, it has lost prestige and business in many container-using in-
over the preceding week this year, increases
J. A. MURPHY dustries, and there's no doubt but that it stands to lose more unless its producers Present General Business Conditions Forecast Fulfillment of
being reported in the loading of all com-
BUSINESS MANAGER awaken from their trade lethargy and take steps to prevent such loss; b»t(there Earlier Predictions of Better Business modities.
Entered according to act of Congress, April 26, are still millions of barrels used in American industry and these millions can be Grain and grain products loading for the
1883, with the Librarian of Congresi and
as second-class matter at the Post- increased many times over just as soon as the cooperage industry decides to take BUSINESS generally throughout the United States is good, and with vacations
week totaled 61,740 cars, an increase of
Offlee in Philadelphia, Pa, over and workers and executives back on the job, there is no reason to believe 5,560 cars over the corresponding week last
a hand in protecting their business and trade interests by demonstrating to manu-
otherwise than that the and winter months will more than fulfill the early
fall year and 898 cars over the same period in
SUBSCRIPTION PRICES facturers that they have the really great shipping package.^
forecasts of better business and more profits. 1927. In the western districts alone, grain
of
$2.00 per year, in advance, to all parts
the United STtates and its possessions
Of a certainty first-class barrels are essential, but the best made barrel possible
and grain products loading amounted to
and to Canada, Cuba and Panama. According to reliable statisticians the industrial output for 1929 should be at
$2.50 per year, in advance, to all other
will not get the order of itself alone. This is proved by the fact that inferior 45,934 cars, an increase of 5,434 cars over
least 8 per cent greater than 1928, and the records so far attained make this esti-
foreign countries.
Single copies, 25 cents.
shipping containers are taking the business away from first-class wooden barrels thesame week in 1928.
mate very conservative. Ore loading amounted to 75,736 cars, an
REMITTANCES in industries that were in past years thought to be wedded to the use of cooperage.
Commenting on this rapid recovery of business, the Business Bulletin of the increase of 9,725 cars over the same week
money
Remittances may be made by post-offlce
bank check or draft, express
And why? Because these manufacturers of substitute containers have gotten
in 1928 and an increase of 11,905 cars com-
order,
La Salle Extension University says:
money order,or registered letter. Foreign right out after the business of the package shipping and container trades. They pared with the corresponding week two
remittance should be made by international
"As a whole, 1928 was a good year because the latter two-thirds of the year
money order or exchange on the United have used every legitimate means of convincing the consumer of the advantages years ago.
equal the amount in United
States to
was outstandingly good. Yet, May, June, and July of this year averaged one-
States money. to be gained by the use of their product. They have built efficient sales forces. Miscellaneous freight loading for the
When subscribers desire their address
eighth better in volume of production than the same months of last year.
changed they should give the old address They have Advertised Their Product. They have joined in the efforts of their week totaled 444,889 cars, 20,155 cars above
as well as the new address.
''Stop and think what an increase of one-eighth means. The factories that the same week last year and 28,091 cars
trade associations to put across trade extension and publicity campaigns to
ADVERTISING RATES were making 8,000 units are now making 9,000 units and with little increase in over the corresponding week two years ago,
will be furnished on application. Copy further the interest of their business. a decided increase over the good business
for advertisements should reach us not overhead expense. The average rate of increase in production for several years
later than the 15th of the month to insure And meantime, what of the wooden barrel? There have been and there
in the year of 1926.
insertion in the following issue. Changes past has been 3 per cent a year. At present we are working out an output 12i/^ Coal loading amounted to 177,456 cars, an
in advertisements should reach us not are now just two outstanding champions of the wooden barrel: The Journal, and
later than the 20th of each month. per cent ahead of last year. increase of 4,340 cars over the same week
The Associated Cooperage Industries of America. The Journal has for over
"Industry is not alone in proving that business is good. You have seen last in 1928 but 17,512 cars below the same
"WHO'S WHO" IN THE forty-four years fought the battles of the wooden barrel, both as it concerns its
month that agricultural prospects are at least good, though the farmers' prosperity period in 1927.
COOPERAGE INDUSTRY defense against substitutes, and its battle to bring to its own trade the realization Livestock loading totaled 26,172 cars, 781
is not yet what it is hoped it may become. Compared with any past period,
of the absolute need for aggressive tactics in obtaining the container business of cars below the same week last year and
however, except the years of the war inflation, the farmers' situation is good; 4,018 cars under the corresponding week in
manufacturing industries.
especially is that true when it is compared with the depression period from which 1927. In the western districts alone live-
The Journal has never subscribed to the belief tliat the wooden barrel can play
agriculture is now emerging. The farmers' buying power for 1929 promises to stock loading amounted to 19,662 cars, a de-
alongside substitutes, even those made of wood, and retain its full trade integrity
be greater than it was in 1928." crease of 352 cars compared with the same
and business life, nor do we think such a belief is honestly subscribed to by any- week in 1928.
Carloadings have always been a good basis on which to found business esti-
one either inside or outside of the cooperage industry. The wooden barrel is a Loading of merchandise less than carload
mates, and the records of the American Railway Association show that in the amounted 262,038 cars, an
container that is individual in charjicter and construction, and any other package lot freight to
last two months alone carloadings have made records, not only for this year increase of 4,749 cars above the same week
that is endeavoring to sell itself to consumers who are users of wooden barrels or
but for the same periods in any preceding year. in 1928 but 606 cars below the same week
have used wooden barrels is a competitor of the wooden barrel, and the amount two years ago.
Wholesaling and jobbing volume is being maintained and retailing has made
of sales volume such containers obtain from wooden barrel using industries is Forest products loading totaled 69,661
some gains. The mercantile agencies find the autumn prospects most encouraging,
just so much business lost to the cooperage trade and just so much lost profit cars, 2,587 cars above the same week in
not only so far as manufacturing is concerned, but also with regard to every 1928 but 329 cars below the corresponding
to tlie individual barrel and stock manufacturer.
branch of American business. week in 1927.
The Associated Cooperage Industries of America, since its establishment, has
The general betterment that has come to business cannot help but have a Coke loading amounted to 11,841 cars, an
also fought the battles of the wooden barrel and extended every possible increase of 2,500 cars above the correspond-
much desired effect upon the demand for cooperage and cooperage stock, and
effort not only to advance the interests of the trade it represents, as well as its ing week last year and 1,763 cars over the
that this effect is noticeable is evidenced from reports received by the Journal.
members, but also of those who are not members, and with the limited financial same week two years ago.
R. S. Clark, vice-president of G. I. Frazier Company, Memphis, feels that if the All districts except the central western
support which the cooperage trade, as a whole, has accorded the Association, it
present demand can be accepted as a forerunner, the tight cooperage trade is in reported increases in the total loading of all
has done truly wonderful work on behalf of the wooden barrel and the cooperage
E. J. KAHN, President for a steady run of profitable business during the fall and winter months. commodities compared with the same week
trade as an industry. in 1928, while all except the Pocahontas and
iNational Cooperage & Woodenware The same conditions prevail in the slack end of the industry with few
Co., Peoria, 111. The cooperage industry must take on new life; it must awaken to the needs southern districts showed increases over the
exceptions, and with the right kind of effort behind the sales of the wooden
Former President, The Associated of the present day it must reorganize to meet and dominate the competition that
;
same week in 1927. Business is gradually
Cooperage Industries of America barrel with stock manufacturers and coopers co-operating, there is no question returning to the high mark of two years
is eating into its sales volume; it must give increased and continued support to
but that the latter part of 1929 will bring profits up to a satisfactory figure. ago.
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12 The National Coopers' Journal September, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 13

Railroads Propose Change in

Business Conditions and Crop Yields Favorable to Transit Rules

Quebec Cooperage Trade Revision of all rules and regulations of

the railroads covering the stopping in
Optimistic Feeling Throughout Industry the Result of Favorable Outlook transit of cars containing carloads of freight
California Barrel Co.,Inc.
for General Trade —
Flour Mills Are Active Money for — either to complete loading or partly to un-
load is being proposed by the Central 433 California St., San Francisco
Legitimate Purposes Plentiful
Freight Association effective to and from all
points in territory.
Among the changes are the following:
Conditions in the cooperage industry in Briefs From the Quebec Cooperage Trade (1) To increase the present charge of
the Province of Quebec are fairly satis- The local delegates to the International $6.30 a car to $10.00 per car per stop.
factory and little complaint is heard in Apple Shippers' Convention recently held (2) To forbid the substitution of any QUALITY
general throughout the trade. Business
operations compare very favorably with the
in the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, report
that the gathering was entirely successful.
freight for freight in the car when stopped
for partial unloading.
APPLE BARREL STOCK
corresponding period of last year and are Notice of incorporation of the Paxton (3) To forbid a stop-off if delivery is to Do not wait until the opening of the apple season SLACK HEADING
about on a level with the past two months. be made to a person or persons other than to place your orders for Apple Barrel Stock. To
The outlook is considered good by the ma-
Cooperage Company, Limited, was contained
those named in the bill-of-lading, except do so may result in delayed shipments when the FOR
in a recent issue of the Quebec Official
jority of the industry. Business conditions Gazette. Authorized capital is $100,000 and under the provisions of the re-consignment stock is most needed and higher prices.
in general throughout the province are ex- the head office and plant will be located in tariff. If stop-off is made charges will be It will be to your advantage to let us contract SLACK COOPERAGE
ceptionally good and most manufacturing the city of Montreal. based on the rates to and from stop-off your 1929 apple barrel stock requirements right
establishments are operating at a high rate. The A. Arshinoff & Son Cooperage Com- point. now. OF
Money is fairly plentiful for legitimate pany was also incorporated, notice being In the case where the shipper desires
(4) "I
Wineman staves, heading, hoops and liners are
business purposes at an average of 6 to 6V2 contained in the current issue of the Quebec to intercept a car or cars to load or unload,
per cent while in some cases a slight shading Official Gazette. Capital is authorized at charges for reconsignment will be assessed
a guarantee of sturdy apple barrels that satisfy
the most exacting customer. Write or wire to
QUALITY
of this rate has been reported. $15,000. The plant is to be located in in addition to the extra stop-off charge. our nearest representative for quotations. You
Montreal. This reconsignment charge is $2.70 per car. will get real service.
Crop Conditions in Quebec Favorable to
A. Bowen, manager for Esplin & Com- (5) The points at which the cars are to
Cooperage Demand Our Established Responsibility is Your Protection
pany, Limited, has just returned from an be stopped must be directly intermediate to MANUFACTURERS OF
Crops are reported as generally good, it
being slightly early for the apple crop to
extended vacation. final destination or else the through rate
with stop-off privilege will not apply. Ship-
HENRY WINEMAN, JR.
Arthur Paxton, Paxton Cooperage Com- 5 Larned West, Detroit
have an effect on the cooperage industry, pany, spent a short vacation in the New pers must curtail routing of shipments by
Sales Representatives:
SLACK AND TIGHT
but the others which are in the course of England States. circuitous routes in order that a stop-off licwis Metcalf, Middlcport, N. Y., J. F. Wilson, Martinsburg, W. Va.,
being harvested have had a considerable
Cooperage Exports and Imports of Canada
might be accomplished. O. A. Rockefeller, Germantown, N. Y., Fred T. Mears, Onancock, Va.,
M. U. Brown, 221 Board of Trade Bldg. , Norfolk, Va.
STAVES AND HEADING
influence on the demand for slack cooperage Lumbermen and other shippers have been
trade. Exports of cooperage from the Dominion notified that a hearing on these proposed
of Canada for the fiscal year ended March changes will be held at Chicago.
Flour Milling Industry Very Active 31, 1929, were valued at $282,171 as com-
Flour mills in the province are operating pared with $206,889 in the previous year
at capacity but this has little effect on the and $153,418 in the corresponding twelve
situation as the majority of the companies months of 1927. Exports to the United I. C. C. Suspend New Demurrage MiiiMMitHiiiiiitiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiMiiiirMiniiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitniiiniiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiniH

manufacture barrels in their own plants States had a value of $58,422 as compared Rules Until April 1930
and only a veiy small volume of this class
of business reaches the trade. The
to the warehou.se of the Western
damage
Canada
with $76,443 in the previous year.
Exports of shooks were valued at $610,-
580 for the period under review as against
The Interstate
1,

Commerce Commission has

.suspended until April 1, next, pending in-
SLACK
vestigation, the operation of schedules pub-
Flour Mills, Limited, by their recent fire
has been completely repaired and the de-
$671,069 in 1928 ard $729,413 in 1927. The
United States received $14,508 as against
lished in Supplement No. Agent B. T.
1 to
STAVES BARRELS
stroyed cooperage has been replaced. $20,813 in the previous year and the United
Jones' tariff, I. C. C.
proposed changes in
2192, having to do with
national car demurrage
HOOPS CASKS
Stock Quotations on Par With
Kingdom $41,570 as compared with $53,-
563 in 1928.
rules. For example, it is proposed to change HEADING KEGS
Last Year's Prices the rules governing notification by carriers
Imports of empty barrels during the
of carload freight held at destination by
Cooperage stock supplies are coming for- period under review amounted to 193,150 Fifty years Quality production
of
eliminating the exception which provides
ward in a liberal manner and prices are valued at $486,835 as compared with 189,305 is the foundation upon which our
that notice shall not be sent to consignor or
about on a level with those of the same
period of last year and are unchanged from
barrels worth $400,936 and 221,736 barrels
valued at $404,522 in 1928 and 1927 re-
owner when such notice
is
is not desired.
also proposed to eliminate the exceptions
It
leadership in the trade is based.
Our equipment, technical knowledge WARRIOR
the past month's quotations.

Cut Price Situation Unsatisfactory to

spectively. Staves to the value of $848,578
were also imported. This compares with
$886,338 in 1928 and $395,998 in 1927. Other
that provide under certain conditions that
freight held at destination will not be con-
and experience are placed at your
dispopal. HEADS
sidered unclaimed.
Coopers cooperage had a value of $330,405, $269,102
Enormous Factory Capacity means PINE HEADING
A reduction by one manufacturer in the and $237,015 in 1929, 1928 and 1927 re- Huge Timber Holdings properly made from
price of apple barrels has caused consider- spectively.
Central Warehouse Stocks Southern Pine by men
able comment among the trade, as it may Of the barrel imports 178,828 valued at To Erect Addition to Stave Plant
result in a general reduction in order to $372,808 came from the United States, this
Cars Straight, Matched or Mixed who know how
Louisville Cooperage Co., Louisville, Ky.,
compete. This angle of the business is total being practically the same as in the
will erect an addition to its plant at Monroe,
proving unsatisfactory as it makes the previous year while 9,614 worth $10,552
Louisiana. Powell Cooperage Co.
margin of profit too low. Flour and sugar
barrels are unchanged in price. Coopers
came from the United Kingdom.
represents a gain of over 50 per cent over
The latter Greif Bros. Cooperage Cooperage Stock
generally are dissatisfied with the prevail-
ing prices, taking the stand that they are
the figures for the previous year.
The entire imports of staves in both 1929
Cooperage Company Building
New Plant
Company MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
too low to allow a reasonable profit. This and 1928 came from the United States while
is due to the excessive competition which the other cooperage imports were almost 99 Inland Cooperage, Inc., Spokane, Wash.,
CLEVELAND, OHIO ^3fei Jlny size Heading from 12 inches to 24 inches
s
is prevalent in the trade at the present per cent American products, imports from is completing plans for the erection of a s
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time. other countries having a value of only $184. new plant to cost $15,000.

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SA WYERS LIKE THIS ONE Cooperage Association Activities and News Notes
The operator does not have to pull the staves
C. M. Van Aken I
out; they glide
year endless rubber
from the machine on a Good-
belt. The Hyatt roller bear-
Cooperage Co. |
The Associated Cooperage Industries
of America Moves Office
Headquarters
The Cooperage Industry introduced to the
fruit growers a new package which it has
developed, namely, the cooperage hamper
of one-bushel capacity, and authorized un-
the effect of lessening competition, is an
unfair trade practice; (2) that the granting
of secret rebates constitutes an unfair trade
practice; and (3) that defamation of a
ings make it easier to push the carriage and the :BUYERS AND SELLERS OF: Announcement has been made that the As-
der the provisions of the Standard Con- competitor or false disparagement of the
sawyer gets more and better staves with less sociation office has been moved from B-20
tainer Act of 1928. Mr. Shirrell was grade or quality of his goods is an unfair
to 2008 Railway Exchange Building just —
work. The personal profit and satisfaction of
the sawyer governs to a large extent the success
of the mill.
Staves, Hoops around the comer from the old offices,
on same floor. suggested that
It is

the out-of-town members use the office as

equipped at the booth to set up these
hampers so as to demonstrate the sim-
plicity of the process —
skilled labor not
trade practice." (Domestic Commerce).
The attention of Association members to
the above service of the Federal Trade
necessary. Commission is directed which is available

Heading their headquarters while in the city. Asso-

ciation officers will be glad to see them and
render every service possible. New Members
Cooperage
for the Associated
Industries of America
should the Cooperage Industry feel and
realize that any unethical practices exist,
and wish to eliminate them.
and
Tight Cooperage SimpHfied Practice Membership applications have been re- Grape Juice Ruling by Prohibition
Standing Committee ceived from the following:
COOPERAGE SUPPLIES Manufacturers of Cooperage and
American Steel & Wire Co., Chicago,
L. D. Johnson & Son, Nashville, Tenn.
111.
Commissioner
A tremendous increase in the demand for
26" X 53" SPECIAL STAVE SAWING MACHINE Cooperage Stock California juice grapes has been predicted,
'

Promptness is our Motto Shelley-Heins Cooperage Corp., New

SAWS STAVES ON 26" CIRCLE following the statement issued recently,
R. W. Rush (Chairman of Committee), York City.
FROM 20" TO 42" LONG the National Prohibition Commissioner,
what we want to buy Allied Barrel Company, Oil City, Pa.
^^^^1^
KsKJKJlJ
Q*T^f\J^I^
tj I dV^lV
'*
is what we aim to sell E. J. Kahn, National Cooperage & W. W. National Dairy Exposition
James M. Doran, which he outlined the
in
rights of cider and fruit juice consumers
Co., Peoria,
THE GERLACH COMPANY ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS:
111.

M. L. Sigman, Monticello, Ark.

The 23rd Annual National Dairy Exposi-
tion will be held this year in St. Louis, Mo.,
under the Volstead Act. Mr. Doran has
instructed dry agents not to interfere with
Fred T. Smith, Wm. H. Coleman Co.,
October 12th to 19th. As this is a splendid
1708 Columbus Road fruit juices in the home unless there is

CLEVELAND OHIO
141 Broadway, New York Jackson, Tenn.
Disti'ibutors
opportunity for contact and promotion work
by the cooperage people and the dairy in-
definite evidence of illegal sale.
years the California Vineyardists' Associa-
For two

W. H. Heins, Shelley-Heins Cooperage

WASHINGTON LIFE BUILDING

J Corp., New York

represent the Distributors.
City, has be^n invited to

Users
dustry, it is anticipated that several cooper-
age firms will have exhibits of both tight
and slack cooperage. The headquarters of
the exposition in St. Louis are at 511
Locust Street.
tion has been endeavoring to determine
the exact status of grapes and grape prod-
ucts in relation to the National Prohibition
Act, and with the statement of Commis-
sioner Doran, consumers everywhere will
William P. Mathews, Asst. Manager, feel entirely free to purchase grapes for
General Buying Dept., Procter & Gamble Dairy Statistics proper use home.
TREVOR .Company, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Albert Pritchard, Purchasing Agent,
The U. S. Department of Agriculture,
Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Wash-
in the

Farm Relief Fund

Manufacturing Company Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, Ga.
ington, D. C, has issued Statistical Bulle- It is note that the half
interesting to
V. M. O'Shaughnessy, Pres., Industrial
LOCKPORT, N. Y.
Alcohol Inst., care of Rossville Commercial
tin No. 25 (Price 35 cents) which is a million dollar fund appropriated in the new
compilation of dairy statistics for the year Farm Relief Bill passed by Congress a
Alcohol Corp., Lawrenceburg, Ind.
The Latest Improved Machinery ending December 31, 1926, with compara- short time ago is available only to co-
C. F. Schobel, Institute of American Meat operative farm associations and members
tive data for earlier years. This bulle-
for Packers, Chicago, 111.
tin is interesting to all those in any way thereof. Individual farmers have no chance
Barrels Kegs The American Paint and Varnish Manu- connected with the Dairy Industry as show- to get any of the fund. The whole trend
Staves facturers' Association has been invited to of the act is to encourage organization.
Pails ing its extent, and incidentally showing op-
name a representative to serve on com-
portunity for expansion of cooperage trade.
Heading Drums mittee.
The industry is increasing every year and Commerce Yearbook of U. S., 1 929
Hoops Cheese Boxes Tra nspo rta t ion Companies
along with it is the need for a greater The Commerce Yearbook of the U. S.,
Edward Dahill, Chief Engineer, Freight number of containers for packing its prod- Volume I, has been issued as of August 5,
Complete plants Container Bureau, American Railway As- ucts, such as barrels and tubs for con- 1929, and can be obtained for one dollar per
from the log to the barrel sociation, New York City. densed and powdered milk, butter, etc. copy from the Superintendent of Docu-
ments, Washington, D. C, or from any of
Trevor Patent Manufacttirers of Steel Hoops
Jumbo Heading Federal Trade Commission Approves the branch offices of the Bureau of Foreign
Sawing Machine A. S. Booth, Sharon Steel Hoop Co.,
Trade Practice Rules of and Domestic Commerce.
Sharon, Pa. Fertilizer Industry The Yearbook gives an official survey of
The highest point machine
NEW in

"Perfection" Heading-up Machine

efficiency is the

Cooperage Exhibit at International

In recent years various industries of the developments in all branches of industry
and trade in the United States and its out-
United States have been co-operating with
"TREVOR" Apple Shippers' Meeting the Federal Trade Commission to eliminate lying territories and possessions for 1928.
for heading-up and hooping off all classes of slack
Sixty- Inch The week of August 15th, at the Royal unethical practices which have been detri-
cooperage. Repeat orders and the successful
Steel Wheel
operation of every machine sold in various parts York Hotel, Toronto, Canada, the Inter- mental to their business. It is interesting Palm Oil Imports of the United States
Heading
Jointer
of the country, is our history to date. national Apple Shippers' Association held to note three rules which have been adopted During the first quarter of 1929 there
Are You Using a "Perfection?" its convention, and the Association had an by the Fertilizer Industry and approved by was exported to the United States 8,945,961
Send for exhibit of tight and slack cooperage, the the Commission pounds of palm oil from North Sumatra
Catalogue former catering to the allied trades of the "The rules apply to potential violations as compared with 6,934,282 pounds for the
and
Prices MARTEN, GRAHN & ANDRESEN fruit industry, such as cider, vinegar, etc., of law and declare: That the sale of
(1) same period of 1928. (Report of Consul
Twenty-second and the latter to the packing of apples and other goods below cost for the purpose and with Foote at Medan, Sumatra). Cooperage
Illinois Streets : SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
fruits. Mr. J. W. Shirrell was in charge. the intent of injuring a competitor and with casks, we understand, carry this oil.

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S3=
=£S two months, and even in the best cultivated
orchards the fruit is much under size.
TRADE REPORTS FROM HERE AND ABROAD There is no change to report in the de- Trade Reports and Activities in Barrel Using Industries
mand for sugar and flour barrel stock,
^: .m which is about normal for this season of
the year.
The "Dog Days" of August Were possibility of a few odd cars of cooperage Owing very light stock that was
to the
Chemical Trade Will Have
Industrial barrels,which equals the demand during the Vegetable Oil Trade Still in the
being peddled on the market during Novem- Busy Time During Balance of Year previous month and there is every reason to
Hard on Cooperage Consumption taken out by the Canadian mills last win- Doldrums
look for a still greater consumption during
ber and December at prices below cost of ter, the stocks at the mills will be ma-
The cooperage business throughout this The chemical industry has come through September. The vegetable trade has not as yet
oil
production. No mill wants to do this and terially reduced by the end of the year, the summer months in fine shape, and the gotten over the summer vacations and Labor
locality for the month of August has been
it certainly has a demoralizing effect upon and we estimate not more than fifty per
on a par with the textile business. A man increased demand which the fall season Day holidays. Trading has been poor, and
the trade. cent of last year's carry-over. Fall Outlook for Paint Material Trade
in that line recently explained that a few is expected to produce is merely a matter the market still has the look of the summer
While the above expressions are more or W. A. Fraser, of time. It is a question if there was ever
years ago the women used to consume five
less
is Very Bright apathy to do anything.
general, there however, one point
is, Trenton Cooperage
or six yards of material in making a dress
Mills, Ltd., a period when chemical consuming indus- In cocoanut oil there is a decided lack
that should be emphasized; that is, volume Trenton, Ont.
The passing of summer marked much
and today half a yard of material is too tries, that is, the major consuming of buying interest and the market has
is an essential factor to profit. increased interest on the part of paint ma-
much, so the mills equipped to supply the
five or six yards are finding the half yard
Small profit
with large volume often means satisfactory V
Both Tight and Slack Cooperage Have
industries, were more active than right now.
Concerns holding contracts are being asked
terial buyers. Orders for lead pigments
for September delivery are in good volume,
fallen off under offerings of the producers
and importers.
business, while fair profit with a small for renewals much in advance of the date
business is not altogether lucrative. In the Crude oil, however, shows some activity
volume may mean an actual loss. During Excellent Outlook in Great Britain and there is a decidedly optimistic tone
cooperage business, consumption has been of expiration of old contracts, and every and manufacturers are asking higher prices
the month of August the people
the in A slackness in trade is noticeable
apparent in the paint material trade. The
little other angle of the trade point to a very for prompt deliveries. Palm oil is dull
curtailed in about the same way, only for prospects for painting are very favorable,
cooperage business have, to a very large this month, but this is quite normal, August busy time ahead for chemical producers. with very little demand from buyers. Olive
the month of August the demand has been and the number of orders placed for paints
extent, experienced a small volume with a usually being a quiet month for orders. The only restraining influence that might oil foots are being held firmly by a fair
on about a quarter of a yard basis. have convinced the material producers that
fair profit, so whether their books for the Tight cooperages are working quite stead- affect present favorable prospects is tariff volume of orders and prices are unchanged
The users of No. 1 and No, 2 standard month the coming months will be prolific of much
will be closed, "to balance" or "by ily, though the holiday feeling is about, as tinkering. Of course, what will be done from last reporting.
stock have been running their plants fairly
well. Business for August placed by these
balance" is quite debatable. It looks as can be seen by earlier closing and longer —
with the tariff is all guesswork and the in-
heavier order placing.
Lithopone and zinc oxide are receiving
though the coming months
profit for the week-ends. The outlook is healthy. Ship- dustry is going along preparing for heavy
people has created a bright spot in the considerable attention for fall and winter
will be satisfactory and we are hoping for ments are if anything in excess of the business calls during the balance of the
horizon of the cooperage manufacturer and delivery. There is also an improvement to Animal Oils Have Not Shown Any
a sufficiently increased volume to make the demand. This is usual at this time of the year.
dealer, but a large proportion of the August be noted in the call for dry colors.
business a paying one. year. Material Improvement as Yet
slack cooperage business should come from
C. M. Van Aken, President, Trade
From January 1, 1929, to August 1, 1929,
in slack cooperage
on the quiet is
fruit barrel orders and it is in that line the value of construction work contracted in Among animal oils, Degras is having
C. M. Van Aken Cooperage Co., side,but a good number of orders are in Turpentine Recovering Both as to
where the shrinkage to the quarter of a the metropolitan district of New York alone slightlymore inquiries, but actual orders
New York City. hand. Importers will be busy for the next Demand and Price and shipments continue on a summer season
yard basis has occurred. Some of the fruit reached a total of $825,467,500, therefore
five or six weeks handling arrivals of
districts have a fair crop and where a fair Turpentine demand made considerable it is not difficult to realize the painting basis.
Archangel staves. These are wanted, as
crop exists the proportion of barrels used Fall Season Will Bring Improvement progress over last month. Moreover prices work which is in prospect, and the resultant Lard continues steady under restricted
oil
stocks are very much depleted.
is normal. However, the cooperage stock are much firmer, with no prospect of going demand upon manufacturers for paints and buying, while neatsfoot oil is experiencing
to Tight Cooperage Trade The improvement in general trade is
a demand that can not be described as good.
man has known for months that this normal
crop was probable, and the barrel maker
During the past two weeks, judging from being
There
reflected in the cooperage trade. y back to the fluctuating and weak condition
of a short time ago.
paint materials during the months to come.
The volume is small but prices are holding
the considerable increase in inquiries and an increased demand for casks
is
who could withstand until August the in- firm.
for potteries and hardware. Activities in the rosin field are favorable
vitations to buy material to provide for this
sales made, we cannot help but feel that
Movements are going Tallow and Grease Market Oleo has increased in demand and the
oil
to good business.
fall business going to show a marked J. C. Tinkler, Director,
normal crop would be almost super-human.
is
forward in good volume, and while prices Continues Uneventful market for this product has strengthened
improvement. Tinkler & Webster Ltd., Liverpool, England.
In other fruit sections the crop is decidedly were a trifle shaky, nevertheless the latest materially. Stearic acid, too, is holding
Where
We find no distress stock in the country,
quotations show an increase.
Trading in extra tallow is nothing to up well, but red oil is decidedly inactive.
light. a light crop exists the farmer
and if the demand continues to keep up as boast of, as the demand has been limited
is experimenting with boxes,
constantly R. L. Muse Lumber and Hoop Co. Rosin oil, however, is very quiet. There
it is now
the tight cooperage market will and confined to small lots. Buyers were
baskets, cartons, etc., with the hope that is only a light demand for immediate needs
be satisfactory for the next several months. Purchases Hardwood Plant practically out of the market during recent
these out-of-the-ordinary packages would noticeable with prices unchanged. The same
For the next sixty to ninety days there will Clarendon, Arkansas, September weeks, and sellers were willing to sit back 1929 Potato Crop of Eastern Shore
give him a return upon his reduced crop 3, 1929. situation prevails in ithe tar and pitch
be a let-up in production, due to the gather- and await further developments as the fall Brought $13,000,000 to Farmers
that would net him more than he could get Editor, the Journal: branch of the naval stores trade.
ing of the cotton crop, and, too, in the South season advances.
by using standard barrels. Whether or It willno doubt be of interest to the trade Prices ranging from $3.00 to $5.00 per
there is a tremendous amount of road work The grease trade also seems to be mark-
not this result has been accomplished is to know that we have recently bought the barrel, for the entire crop of white potatoes
and pipe line work going on, which is keep- ing time. There has been an increase in
debatable, but the small crop does give the large hardwood mill of the Kennedy Mfg. on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and
ing labor very scarce in a great many Cottonseed Oil is Gaining in offerings but buyers have shown very little
farmer the time necessary for this special Company at Clarendon, Ark., and that we Virginia were maintained during the 1929
sections. Demand and Price interest in placing orders.
packing and many farmers consider their are now making some changes, as well as season, recently closed, according to R. E.
This will have its marked effect on a Oleo stearine contines dull with a trend
own time of little value. It is the time of adding a complete set of hoop machinery The tendency of the cotton market to Keller, of the Federal-State News Service
situation which a great many have con- toward easier buying at favorable prices.
the fellow they hire and pay real money for the manufacture of coiled elm hoops. assume a "bullish" attitude, together with of Pocomoke City, Md. It is estimated that
sidered would be one of over-production.
to which means money them. This ex-
to R. S. Clarke, Vice-President,
We are also increasing the capacity of the reports of lower cottonseed oil output the returns to farmers for the crop
plains why a small crop in a locality often the lumber and dimension stock output. has been reflected in the market for the Linseed Oil Consumers Showing amounted to more than $13,000,000. Total
G. I. Frazier Co., Memphis.
reduces the barrel consumption much below For the present, however, at least, we will latter product. carloads from the Eastern Shore of Vir-
Interest in Future Requirements
its normal proportion. retain our main office at Jonesboro, Ark. Trading in this commodity has increased, ginia to the end of July were 17,115 cars
Cooperage mills throughout the country Yours very truly, and prices have been advanced. This ad- While a quiet demand for linseed oil was as compared with 18,323 cars to the same
Dry Weather Has Reduced Canadian R. L. Muse Lumber & Hoop vance has the refiners' support, and they noticeable during the early days of the date in 1928, while the movement from the
have been keeping in close touch with the Co.
fruit situation. They have been regulating Apple Crop Yield By F. M. Kennedy. have accepted good quantities of September month, buyers are showing a lively interest Eastern Shore of Maryland was 2,180 cars
their production, as far as possible, to meet The continued dry weather throughout oil. in future requirements, and prices have compared with 1,669 cars to the same date
the probable needs; hence, at the present the Province of Ontario has greatly re- There a belief in the trade that cotton-
is been holding firm. of 1928.
time, there is no particular surplus of fruit duced the quantity of apples that will be Sauer Cooperage Company, Wyan- seed oil is due for an upward trend in The recent decline in the Argentine seed The first Eastern Shore shipments opened
barrel material on hand anywhere. This is barreled this season, and it is the writer's dotte. Mich., Suffers Fire Loss price. The consumer demand for refined market has had little or no effect upon on June 3d at $4.25 per barrel; because of
proven by the fact that while the demand opinion, taking into oil is more than fair and recent buying domestic seed, and fluctuations have been overlapping with the North Carolina crop
consideration the Two million gallons of water were used
is light, prices are firm. During September amount of apples being purchased by the aggregated a fairly heavy volume of sales. scarcely visible. prices steadily declined until $3.00 was
in fighting the fire that recently destroyed
canning companies, that in the final wind- The call for lard compound has also in- It is certain that there will be a much reached June 30th. However, from June
and October some fruit barrel orders will the plant of the Sauer Cooperage Company,
be placed and, without a doubt, these will up the packed apples will not exceed the creased and producers are sending out an increased demand for oil during September 30th to July 16th, with only Virginia ship-
Wyandotte, Mich. This is equal to the
turnout of 1928. Orchards that have not advance in price. and producers are willing to await the ping the situation was reversed and prices
be sufficient to consume any odd cars that total amount of water used in the city in
may be on hand at any of the mills. If that had the best of care have practically dried The oil consumption for August is ex- growing demand rather than endeavor to steadily advanced until the market reached
24 hours. The company is already working
up, as we have had no rainfall for nearly pected to total from 275,000 to 300,000 rush the buyers by price concessions. its peak at $5.25 per barrel.
proves to be true, then there will be no on plans for rebuilding the plant.
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gether, have 71,788,000 bushels compared the crop being forecast at 78,854 tons, com- parts of the State. The some-
New Jersey Cranberry Crop Estimated however, are not favorable to a high per- situation is Commercial Apples
V at 134,000 Barrels
centage of the acreage passing for certifi-
cation but not severe enough to appreciably
with 107,712,000 bushels; seven other north
central States from Ohio westward to
pared with 85,470 tons last year. Penn-
sylvania, Ohio and Michigan together have
what better in central New York
Steuben and some other western New York
including Condition and Forecast September 1st

New Jersey's cranberry crop is estimated Nebraska and the Dakotas have 44,621,000 99,176 tons compared with 124,180 tons counties. In Pennsylvania conditions are Conilitioii SfpU-mber Lst
cut yield. Last year only 635 acres passed 10-Year
at 134,000 barrels or 97 per cent of last bushels in prospect, compared with 68,253,- last season. California's grape crop of reported as the worst since 1911. Many S'tatks 1929 Average
for certification out of 1,185 acres entered 1928

year's shipment of 138,000 barrels, accord- for that purpose. 000 bushels a year ago. The potato crop of 1,770,000 tons compares with 2,366,000 tons vines are dying which, under normal condi- Maine 65 42 56
ing- to a survey just completed by the State Acreage changes in New York have been the entire States estimated at 349,112,000
is
last season. tions, would have stayed green for three or N. H 57 eo 60
Department of Agriculture. small. Decreases in the acreage of Cob- bushels compared with 464,483,000 last year, four weeks longer, consequently there will be Vermont . 72 68 57
/' Reports from 90 growers, who have blers and Green Mountains have been and 382,756,000, the 5-year average. many small potatoes. The Lehigh Valley Mass 51 56 64
approximately one-half the total acreage of largely offset by increases in the acreage of The dry bean crop, in spite of an increase •L. United States Potato Crop Will Total still expects a veiy light crop. In some 11. Island . 60 60 59
the State, expect a crop of 89,877 barrels Smooth Rurals and Russets. In 1928, 1,781 in acreage, has been cut by dry weather. / 349.112.000 Bushels instances growers are reporting almost an Conn 42 65 61
compared with 92,473 harvested from the acres passed for certification out of a total Early planted beans are already being entire failure. In Michigan drouth since the
Conditions to September 1st indicated a
bogs last year. These growers reported the of 2,414 acres entered. harvested. Late plantings need considerable middle of July has seriously damaged the TolalN. E.. 57.0 54.0 60.0
United States potato crop totaling 349,- New York
condition this year on the average at 60 For New Brunswick planting was late. time to still mature. The forecast of pro- potato crop. Early potatoes have returned . 39 47 57
112,000 bushels compared with 372,812,000 Penna
per cent of normal, which would indicate The stand, however, was good and the crop duction in New York is 1,207,000 bushels, a rather poor yield. There is still some 33 47 54
^ a crop of 134,000 barrels. bushels the outlook a month ago, 464,483,000
The shortage this is looking well. To August 1, the weather compared with 1,160,000 bushels last season chance of considerable recovery for most Illinois . . , . 40 49 51
bushels the record crop harvested last year Michigan
year is principally on the native Jerseys. was warm and dry. Out of 3,540 acres and the 5-year average of 1,464,000 bushels. of the crop if ample moisture becomes avail- . . 44 41 58
and 382,756,000 bushels the average produc- Missouri 41
Howes are somewhat better than a year ago, entered for certification last year 2,276 Michigan has 5,523,000 bushels in sight com- able early in September. . 45 46
tion. This prospect is about 6 per cent less Virginia 50
while other varieties are practically the acres passed final inspection. pared with 5,918,000 in 1928, and the aver- . 60 48
than expected a month ago and 9 per cent West Va. 50
same. New Jersey cranberries are har- As reported from Nova Scotia, planting age of 6,631,000 bushels. California, Colo-
than an average crop.
. . 60 48
less The decline Idaho 78 78 71
vested between October 1st and Januai*y 1st. was delayed by heavy rains which caused rado and Idaho have more than last year,
during August was general except in the Wash
Cranberries are only grown extensively cut seed to be held too long and resulted in and the national total of 17,254,000 bushels New England States and a few western \ United States Commercial Apples, 70 84 76
in three States, New Jersey, Massachusetts, many misses. Seed used was probably a compares with 16,621,000 last season and Oregon . . . . 65 78 74
States. The present forecast indicates
a
'
29.473,000 Barrels
and Wisconsin, although Washington is in- Calif 58 92 73
little better than usual. Later a protracted the 5-year average of 17,058,000 bushels. crop about equal to that of 1926 and the The commercial apple crop for the United
creasing its crop yearly. Massachusetts is period of dry weather checked growth and A further decline took place in the pros- smallest in the past ten years except for States as of September 1st shows only a
the only State which grows more cranberries the outlook now is for a light yield unless pects for apples, with a forecast of 17,936,-
U. S. Total 47.7 60.1 57.3
the 1925 crop which amounted to only 323.- slight decline in prospects during August
than New Jersey, and reports received from copious rains occur soon. In 1928, 405 000 bushels, compared with 21,900,000 465,000 bushels. Drouth caused New York, and is now expected to total 29,473,000 PrtKhiction tn naritOs
that Commonwealth state that the 1929 acres passed inspection out of 639 acres bushels last year and a 5-year average of 5-Vear
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minne- barrels compared with 35,268,000 barrels
crop will be approximately 375,000 barrels FoTct-ast Final Average
entered in Nova Scotia. 26,695,000 bushels. While there may be a sota and North Dakota prospects to show S'TATKS Sept. 1, 192!) 1928 192:M927
harvested last year and 32,468,000 barrels
or 50,000 barrels more than last year. De- Prince Edward Island with 22,565 acres possibility of some improvement in the late Maine 675,000
decreases during August ranging from one the average production of the five years . . . 287,000 538,000
layed spring frosts have reduced Wisconsin's of potatoes entered for certification this apples, early ones are already being picked. N. H
to five million bushels per State. 1923-1927. This prospect is 16 per cent 197,000 205,000 233,000
prospects to 70 per cent of last year or year continues to lead the Northeastern Compared with last year, Baldwins and Mc- Vermont
In New England the potato crop is now less than harvested last year and about
. 176,000 110,000 153,000
about 35,000 barrels. States and Provinces. As compared with intosh make relatively the best showing, Mass
expected to total 52,234,000 bushels com- 9 per cent below the 5-year average produc- 546,000 578,000 668,000
1928 the acreage of Cobblers entered for while Greenings are very light and Northern pared with 49,348,000 bushels expected on R. Island.. 54,000 48,000 66,000
tion. Washington, the leading apple State
certification is about one-third less. The Spy are about the same as last year. The August 1st, 48,092,000 bushels harvested Conn 152,000 251,000 263,000
this year, has only about an average crop.
acreage of Mountains shows a smaller Champlain Valley has the best apple pros- last year and 47,253,000 bushels the 5-year
CertifiedSeed Potato Acreage Nearly New York second in importance has a com-
change in the same direction. Last year pects, while both western New York and average 1923-1927. Moderate rainfall dur- Total N. E.. 1,800,000 1,479,000 1,921,000
mercial crop 16 per cent less than in 1928
30 Per Cent Less Than in 1928 32,083 acres were entered for certification the Hudson Valley are poor. Although their ing Augu.st enabled potatoes to continue to New York 3,483,000 4,230,000 4,582,000
with a much larger proportion of the Bald- .

of which 25,886 acres passed final inspection. apple crops are below average, northern Penna
Reports from inspection officials in the make a satisfactory growth. The present win and Mcintosh varieties. The Virginia 770,000 1,043,000 1,141,000
States and Provinces to the New England
New England, Michigan and Missouri have prospect in New England is for the largest crop improved during August and is sizing Illinois 850,000
. . 1,240,000 1,151,000
crops better than last year. Virginia and crop since 1914 excepting the crop of 1924. Michigan 1,052,000 929,000 1,413,000
Crop Reporting Service shown below indi- Fruit and Vegetable Crops of up better than usual. . .

West Virginia together have about three- Growers should remember, however, that The commercial apple crop in New Eng- Missouri . . 484,000 474,000 599,000
cate that 44,785 acres of potatoes were
New York State Hit Hard fourths as many as last year, though more market prices during the winter are deter- land improved materially during August and Virginia . 3,000,000 3,700,000 2,252,000
entered for certification this year compared
with 63,367 acres entered last year and
by Dry Weather than the average of earlier years. Idaho, mined largely by the total production in all is now estimated at 1,800,000 barrels com-
West Va. . 1,400,000 1,470,000 1,200,000
Washington, Oregon and California all have the late crop States rather than by local pared with 1,479,000 barrels the light crop Idaho 1,310,000 1,500,000 1,340,000
48,299 acres in 1927. All of the States and Reports on the potato crop indicated
Provinces have shared this decline in the rather light yields, due principally to dry
crops below last year. The United States production. of a year ago and 1,921,000 barrels the 5- Wash 8,225,000 10,000,000 8,126,000
acreage of potatoes being grown, particu- weather during July and August, according
total of 145,523,000 bushels compares with The eight major late crop States (Maine, year average production. This improvement Oregon .... 1,401,000 1,600,000 1,454,000
larly for seed purposes. The acreage in to the Stale-Federal crop report for Sep-
185,743,000 last season and the 5-year New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Mich- over the prospects a month ago is mostly in Calif 1,508,000 2,287,000 1,657,000
average of 183,452,000 bushels. igan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Da-
Maine was reduced 34 per cent. New Hamp- tember, issued from the New York State De- Maine and Vermont although slightly larger
Peaches of which the early varieties are kota) expect a crop 25 per cent less than crops are expected in New Hampshire, U.S. Total. 29,473,000 35,268,000 32,468,000
shire 59 per cent, Vermont 16 per cent, New partment of Agriculture and Markets.
York 1 per cent. New Brunswick 23 per cent,
now being harvested in New York also the unusually large crop harvested last year Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The out-
Long Island suffered especially, the crop
suffered from continued dry weather, with and 14 per cent less than the 5-year average
Nova Scotia 18 per cent and Prince Edward for that area now being estimated at 3,696,- look in Connecticut did not change during
a total crop of 1,530,000 bushels in pros- crop in these States. Prospects in this August and is nearly 40 per cent less than
Island 30 per cent. 000 bushels, compared with 7,132,000 Vermont Crop Prospects Point
pect, compared with 2,400,000 last year to
The variety totals for all of the sections bushels last year. The crop in the rest of group of States were reduced 9 per cent by harvested last year.
and 1,848,000 the average of the preced- unfavorable August weather. The crop in Baldwins are a light crop in most parts
Large Production
represented show that the acreage of the State is estimated at 21,825,000 bushels
ing five years. New Jersey had a consider- the minor late surplus States (South Da- of New England but materially heavier than
Cobblers has been reduced 38 per cent from compared with 25,244,000 last season, mak- In Vermont the outlook for all crops ex-
ably better crop than last year while that kota, Nebraska,Kansas, Montana, Wyo- the very light crop of a year ago in Maine. cept hay for larger production totals than
last year; Green Mountains 20 per cent and ing the State totals 25,121,000 this year is
of Pennsylvania was less than two-thirds ming, Colorado, Idaho, Washington, Oregon,
Spaulding Rose 41 per cent. The acreage and 32,376,000 last year. Should September Mcintosh prospects are much better than a those harvested last year.
as much. California, Utah, Nevada) shows a reduc- year ago in nearly all parts of New Eng- Vermont commercial apples are rated at
of Smooth Rurals was increased 41 per cent weather be especially favorable, with free-
and Russets 6 per cent. These varieties are dom from frost, there would be a possibility The pear crop is again light in the East. tion of 3 per cent during August. The crop land. Weather conditions during August 72 per cent of a full crop or 176,000 barrels
important only in New York State. To date, of considerable improvement in up-State
New York has prospects of only 1,044,000 in these States is 21 per cent less than were quite favorable to the satisfactory de- as compared with 110,000 barrels harvested
bushels, of which all varieties are light, harvested in 1928 and 6 per cent below the velopment of the apple crop. year and 153,000 barrels the average
weather conditions have been reasonably sections in central and western New York; last
with Bartlett and Seckel especially so. Last average 1923-1927. In the twenty late sur- Present conditions in the principal barrel crop. All varieties except Baldwins,
favorable to a good yield of certified seed on the other hand, early frosts, severe blight
year the crop was 1,800,000 bushels, while plus States the outlook is for a crop about apple States outside New England (New Duchess, Gravenstein and Delicious indicate
potatoes in most of the States and Provinces. attacks or other unfavorable conditions
the previous five years averaged 2,021,000 7 per cent less than expected a month ago, York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Vir- larger production than a year ago and all
In Maine the outlook at this time is for would be detrimental. The potato crop in
good yields on the certified acreage. Last Maine is estimated at 42,983,000 bushels bushels. The Pacific Coast States have 24 per cent less than harvested last year ginia, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Missouri) except Baldwins, Northern Spy and De-
smaller pear crops than last season, though and about 11 per cent below average. Pros- forecast a crop 18 per cent less than a year licious are larger than two years ago. There
year, of 23,383 acres entered for certifica- compared with 39,380,000 last season.
tion, 16,847 acres passed final inspection. Other New England about average, giving a national production pects in the late deficient States show ago and 14 per cent below average. The is expected a very good crop of Mcintosh in
States have somewhat
The decrease in acreage entered this year in excess of last year. New Jersey, with of 20,056,000 bushels, compared with 24,- changes similar to those in the surplus principal box apple States (Idaho, Washing- Vermont. Total apples are estimated at
of Cobblers and Spaulding Rose is particu- 6,078,000 bushels, compares with 9,120,000 012,000 bushels last year and an average States. ton, Oregon and California) estimate their 914,000 bushels or considerably more than
larly noticeable. last year; Pennsylvania, 23,228,000 and of 20,211,000 bushels. In New Yorkdry weather cut the potato crop this year at 12,440,000, 19 per cent last year or the average.
In Vermont growth is ahead of acreage 31,980,000 last year; the three States of Grape production did not suffer so crop very severely on Long Island and less than last year and slightly below aver- Potatoes in Vermont are now forecast at
most Virus disease conditions, Michigan, throughout the eastern and extreme western age. 3,168,000 bushels compared with 2,982,000
in sections. Wisconsin and Minnesota to- severely from dry weather in New York,
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bushels harvested last year and 3,346,000 with 2,210,000 bushels harvested last year Tobacco in Massachusetts is growing The Cooperage Outlook in France from Russia but it is asserted that they Higher prices can be obtained for these
bushels the recent 5-year average. Weather and 2,260,000 bushels the average 1923-1927. under quite favorable conditions. Produc- Consul Damon C. Wood, Paris are shipped 80 per cent prime against 100 woods, however, from other industries and
conditions have been favorable to the crop In some instances the prolonged dry spell tion is placed at 9,590,000 pounds compared per cent prime for the Soviet products. The the larger part of the slack barrel material
/ The French import stave trade has de-
in most instances although a little too wet in has cut yields somewhat but generally the with 9,462,000 pounds last year and 10,707,- latter come in all lengths while those from is imported, mainly from Russia and Nor-
clined by 40 per cent during the past three
the Chaniplain Valley. yield is good. For New England
the potato 000 pounds the 1923-1927 average. This
the United States are confined to 36- and way. Poplar from Russia has been found
years, mainly as a result of decreased
crop is placed at 52,234,000 bushels com- year Havana Seed is expected to total very satisfactory and its low price gives it
French wine exports and the short crop of 42-inch lengths.
pared with 49,348,000 bushels expected a 7,826,000 pounds, Broadleaf 434,000 pounds a market advantage. Norwegian pine staves
1927. With a record vintage in 1928 and The third important furnisher of wine
month ago, 48,092,000 bushels harvested last and Shade 1,330,000 pounds. In Connecti- are offered at a slightly higher figure.
Maine Crop Prospects Better Than cut further allowance has been made for
lower prices for ordinary qualities, the bar- barrel staves for France is Yugoslavia.
year and 47,253,000 bushels the 1923-1927
Last Year reled wine trade is more active in 1929 and Imports from this source declined, however,
average. Improvement in conditions in hail damage and the crop is estimated at
the demand for tight barrels is increasing. by over 50 per cent to 1,404 metric tons in
August weather conditions were favorable Maine caused the major portion of the in- 26,208,000 pounds. This consists of 9,044,- V Imports of oak staves from the United 1928. The trade is dull at present in view Stave Trade of Argentina
to many Maine crops although in northern crease in the forecast this month. 000 pounds of Havana Seed, 10,324,000
States declined from 20,056 metric tons in of the fact that the prices quoted are 25 Writing from Buenos Aires, Argentina,
sections local showers have caused uneven Commercial apples in Connecticut have a pounds of Broadleaf, 6,512,000 pounds of
1924 to 8,093 in 1926 and 6,306 metric tons per cent above those for Russian staves. on the stave trade of that country. Assistant
crop growth, according to a joint report condition of 42 per cent which forecasts a Shade and 328,000 pounds of Havana
in 1928. The loss of trade by the United Only about 10 per cent of the total wine Trade Commissioner James G. Burke says:
issued by the United States and Maine production of 152,000 barrels compared with Primed.
States has been due, aside from the lessened cask staves used in France is of French In spite of the unfavorable condition of
Departments of Agriculture. 251,000 barrels last year and 263,000 barrels
demand, to the competition of Soviet Russia. origin. French oak is not adapted to stave the wine-growing industry in the Provinces
The Maine potato crop is now forecast at the recent 5-year average. Prospects indi- Shipping Palm Oil From Receipts of oak staves from this source making and there exists a full demand for of Mendoza and San Juan, stave imports
42,983,000 bushels compared with 40,403,- cate lighter crops than in 1928 of all
British Malaya reached 16,795 metric tons in 1926 and were it from the lumber firms. French attempts have been heavier than were expected. Al-
000 bushels indicated last month— 39,380,000 varieties except Wealthy, Mcintosh, Ben
W. W. Hutterwortli, maintained at 16,794 metric tons in 1928. to introduce staves made from African though the imports have been smaller than
bushels harvested last year and 36,994,000 Davis and Delicious. As compared with Vife-Consul Siiigiipore

In the first quarter of 1929 the imports v/oods were unsuccessful. during the first quarter, the situation caused
bushels the 1923-1927 average. While there last year's crop peaches are less, but pears Previous to the year 1920 all the palm oil ^ Slack barrels are used in France for by over production of wine may soon be
has been an abundance of moisture through- and grapes are more. from Soviet Russia were 3,817 metric tons
shipped from British Malaya was exported
as compared with 1,365 tons from the packing cement, metal castings and filings, solved by the intervention of the govern-
out the growing season, to September 1st in casks usually made from Douglas fir from
United States. hardware, and chemical products. They ment in supporting the formation of an
this year late blight had not become very \
the west coast of the United States. These
Sweet Potato Crop Estimated at Current quotations for American white are also used as shipping containers for association which will include 80 per cent of
general; aphis, however, are causing some y barrels were shipped as staves to Singa-
oak clai-et staves, 42x5 inches, are $440 per crockery, glassware, and merchandise of the growers.
damage to vines. Production for New Eng- 75.198,000 Bushels pore and assembled with the aid of cheap
^

land as a whole is placed at 52,234,000 1,000, c.i.f. French port. Prices for Russian many kinds. Foodstuffs, however, includ-
Sweet potato prospects declined during labor. The staves were 33 U inches long by
bushels compared with 48,092,000 bushels staves now coming from Batoum and Cau- ing flour and sugar, are packed in sacks or
August as a result of dry weather in a three-fourths inch thick, with bottoms and Enlarging Heading Plant
last year and 47,253,000 bushels the average casia are about 10 per cent under the fig- boxes, and fruits are handled in crates and
number of the most important States. The covers 20viu inches in diameter and fifteen-
for the recent five years. In most instances ures given. It is said that no heading is baskets. The Kiel Woodenware Co., Mellen, Wis.,
September forecast of 75,198,000 bushels is sixteenths inch in thickness, and with eight
^ The domestic woods employed for slack enlarging and improving veneer and
the drouth is proving to be a boon to New black steel hoops to be fitted on each barrel. now being received from the United States. is its
4 per cent less than the 1928 crop, the Sep- barrels are pine, poplar, and chestnut. heading plant.
England potato yields. The staves, bottoms, covers, and accessories American staves are harder than those
tember report of the United States Depart-
Commercial apples in Maine are forecast for 1,000 barrels, packed for export, weighed
ment of Agriculture shows. The outlook is
at 675,000 barrels, a decided increase over about 50 tons, and the iron hoops weighed
unfavorable in the important shipping
the indications of last month. It compares
States of Virginia, New Jersey and Ten- about 5 tons. When assembled it was found
with 287,000 barrels last year and 538,000 necessaiy to paint the barrels on the inside
nessee and prospects have declined sharply
barrels the 5-year average production.
with hot glue in order to prevent leakage
in the large producing States of Texas, Ar-
Total production this year at 3,250,000
bushels is more than twice the size of the
kansas, Alabama and Mississippi, but in
the Carolinas, Georgia and Louisiana the
and to minimize the absorption of the oil
into the wood. The finished barrel weighed
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INC., Maurer, N. J. Manufac-
—
Rapids, Mich. Recoopered Tight Offer us that stock on your yard FROM WHITE OAK, RED OAK. ASH AND GUM
turer of New Tight Barrels made SATISFACTION Branch
I^rd Tubs and Nail
scriptions. Barrels for all uses. New Slack Cable Address: "Stave wood Liverpool" Mills in
Kegs. of oak, fir and gum stock. GUARANTEED Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama
Barrels for Apples, Lettuce, etc.

H. METZGER'S SONS, 11-15 JOHN PAXTON & CO., 5435

Eighteenth St., Richmond.
New and Second-Hand
and Hogsheads of
Va.—
Barrels, REGISTER NOW Cosgrain Montreal, Canada.
St.,
Manufacturers of and dealers in The Sutherland-Innes Co., Limited An Opportunity to Quote on Your
Keg.s

HOUSTON COOPERAGE AND TUB

all kinds.
AND Flour, Sugar and Apple Barrels.
Fir Pork Barrels, 100 lbs. and
Manufacturera and Dealera in
COOPERAGE STOCK
CO., Box 546, Houston, Texas.— LET THE CONSUMERS KNOW 200 lbs.
STAVES, HOOPS, HEADING AND SHOOKS Requirementa ia conaidered a privilege by
New
55 gal.
Tit'ht IJurrils
New Slack
from 5 gal. to
Barrels of
WHERE TO GET THEIR PERTH AMBOY BARREL
1049-63 State St., Maurer, N.
CO.,
J.—
TIGHT AND SLACK Krafft Cooperagie Co mpany
Chatham
all
Ice
kinds. Second-Hand
cream Tubs all sizes.
Barrels. WOODEN BARREL SUPPLIES Dealer in New and Used Tight
and Slack Barrels of all descrip-
Ontario, Canada Federal Commerce Trust Building St. Louis, Mo.

tions.
IOWA COOPERAGE CO., 310
AMERICAN COOPERAGE JACK
Southeast Ninth
—
St.,
Iowa. New and used Tight and
Des Moines,

Slack Barrels for Apples, Poultry,

INC., Maurer, N.
Second-Hand and
J. —Dealers
CO.,

Recoopered
In WORKS, Box
Dealer in
COHEN COOPERAGE
Robinson, III.—
82,
Second-Hand Barrels
TURN Have you anything
IT
to sell, or
INTO MONEY
want to buy or exchange anything f
PROPERLY
MADE Tight Barrel QUALITY
STOCit
.Sugar, Alcohol Kegs. etc. Tight Barrels. of all kinds.
It
TRY OUR SPECIAL "AD" DEPARTMENT
our business to get buyers and sellers together and we can do it.
ia
It is your business to turn unused or idle machinery and tools, etc., into
STAVE S AND H EAPING
money and you can do it. Cost is small. Returns are large. OZARK STAVE COMPANY
THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL, Philadelphia 134 North La Salle Street, Chicago, lUinou

Why? IF IT COMES FROM I

Why send your saws a thousand

HYNSON
YOU KNOW RIGHT ITS
^
THE VAIL COOPERAGE CO. WE ARE BUYERS OF
miles to be resteeled when we can
do it in the South at a large saving?
When comes to coopers' tools and
it
supplies "Hynson" stands second to
Since 1888 Manufacturers of

Quality Stock
STAVES
HOOPS
STAVES, HOOPS & HEADING
none. We manufacture our products For Tight and Slack Cooparaga
Our Northern Elm Hoops
We make new drums and reateet olddruma and are always stocked to handle
orders promptly and satisfactorily. "Best by Test"
HEADING JAMES WEBSTER & BRO., LTD. '^!f!Af^5r..''-^
fitting any machine There Is nothing the barrel maker
needs that we can not supply. Place FORT WAYNE, IND. VENEERS LONDON OFFICE— Deri, Mark, Nmm, Gorint StTMt. L C^ 3
THIRTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE your orders with us now.

Largeat Excluaive Coopera' Tool

Southern Stave Saw and Machine Company Supply Houae in the World
X
112 South 19th Street, Birmingham, Ala.
All Work Guaranteed
THE HYNSON COMPANY
Lebanon
?? MONTEZUMA COOPERS' FLAG H. PADUART, Sartrouville, France
Write Ua for Pricea
i Un^l
Illinois
Forty years in the business have made us Flag experts
Steel Hoops and Wires
ALL LENGTHS Try our Service SOFT VARIETY
kinds of all
P. T. CASEY WE INVITE YOUR INQUIRY FOR C. I. F. PRICES
92 West Bayard Street Seneca Falls, N. Y. EXPORT TO ALL COUNTRIES
Hoop Nails Hoop Staples Hoop Fasteners FINGER LAKES COOPERAGE FLAG
Bright, Blued, Coppered or Galvanized
LONG—TOP—BUTT—CHAIR Air When in the mar\et for Wheel
YOU 1 A. M. Welti & Bro.<
Write for prices and samples can possibly get alo ng without
Dried j Manufacturers of
Satisfaction Assured 30x5/8 "
Ash Pork Staves Listed advertising i n THE NATIONAL 1

THE GEO. W. STANLEY CO. Belleville, Ul. 34x%" Red Oak Gum COOPERS' JOURNAL but
. you Tight Cooperage
RAY
,

Oil Staves; 36x3^'' Stoves

A. RUSSELL SAVANNAH, N. Y. Writ9 to
willget along much better
much faster IF YOU DO
and
USE Milk, Oil and Lard
THE HENNEN COOPERAGE CO.,
Inc.
THE ONLY PAPER THATl Tierces and Kegs
SPECIALIZES YOUR CLASS OF
1040C Kiimu Rd.
Manufacturers of Tight Cooperage LAKE PROVIDENCE, LA. BUYERS. Cltralssa. 0.

K. W. JACOBS COOPERAGE CO. W. W. WILSON STAVE COMPANY

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
SLACK BARREL MANUFACTURERS—ALL KINDS
MANUFACTURERS OF
Ail Classes Kiln-Dried and Jointed Tight Barrel Stavei
Founded 1850
We
(NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA)
are large buyera of Slack Cooperage
Incorporated 1900
BUNGS
CASK
WE MAKE THEM VENT PLUGS FAUCETS
Stock of all kinda and we want your pricea or BARREL PLUGS and WORM-HOLE PEGS
White Oak Red Oak Gum and Ash Write for prices on Bung-borers, Cooper's hoop-drivers, hammers,
Tongaed and Grooved Barrela Our Specialty
NORTH LITTLE ROCK u ARKANSAS N.duH.O DONNELL COOPERAGE CO. adzes, flagging and flagging irons, chalk, chimes and chime mauls

BARREL MANUFACTURERS REDLICH MFG. CO., 647 W. Oak St., CHICAGO

Moore St., Water to Swanaon St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Known to the tradm for over 60 yara

Cooperage Stock & Barrel Shooks HICKSON-ROGERS MANUFACTURING CO. SKUSE'S COOPERAGE
ASSOCUTD
MANUFACTURERS OF Tight and Slack Barrels Manufacturer of
and Dealer in
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
powelPina Club Turned Oak and We carry new Cooperage from5 to 50gallon on hand at all times for Slack
Cooperage Machinery Tight Barrel Staves Hickory Spokea local or carload shipments. Ready to fill barrels for all requirements
Stoves
Orders solicited for straight or
Planta at Ntville laland. Pa., and Pitttburgh, Pa. mixed cars. Write us whether you
"^^ HANDLE YOUR ORDERS IN ANY!
l^,f^t^K^^^°^
LQUANTITIES. STOCK AND SERVICE A-1. WRITE ADDRKSS CORRKSI'OXDENCK TO Heading want to buy or sell. Satisfaction
Bf^ . L*.
CU^ttkoM
oneanan #^A>*«««tt««»
\.X>inpany
l^eWest Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, Illinois PARAGOULD
UsJ
ARKANSAS Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Company Hoops
riour and
Guaranteed.
SKUSE*S COOPERAGE
2723 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. Fruit Barrels New York
Cor. Finney and Daris Su., Rocheater,

Mention Th« Nitioxal Coopers' Journal when writing to advertisers.

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26 The National Coopers' Journal

Parties wanting anything that comes under any of the following heads will do well to
remember that these are the most reliable and trustworthy manufacturers and dealers
BUYERS' DIRECTORY in their respective lines. Always mention this paper when writing. I. F. C. means
Inside Front Cover. I. B. C. means inside Back Cover.
r

BARREL ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS SECOND-HAND BARRELS OWERSJODRNAL

Page Page iA ptp»r cff qr^ar wlutr to all .tt«v» hoop,
B. & B. Holmes Machinery Co., Buffalo. N. Y B. C. Heidt & Son. C. Jersey City. N. J 4 heading and liner manufactuT^rs , to all
u:»)f^rA and ut«r-i of l>arr#ls kaga ra'iks,
Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Co.. Pittsburgh, Pa 25
.

Oram Co.. The John S., Cleveland, Ohio 14-15 tiib». pails machindf-y and tnill supplies

BARREL HEATERS SLACK BARREL MAKERS AND BARREL STOCK

E.& B. Holmes Machinery Co., Buffalo, N. Y B. C. Greif Bros. Cooperage Co.. Cleveland, Ohio 13
Hynson Company, The, Lebanon, HI 24 Heidt & Son.. C. Jersey City. N. J 4
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport, N. Y !•> J icobs Cooperage, K. W., Milwaukee, Wis 24
Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M.. 141 Broadway, New York. N. Y 16 Jerry & Co.. Stephen, Brooklyn, N. Y 4
O'Donnell Cooperage Co.. N. and H., Philadelphia. Pa 25
Skuse's Cooperage, Rochester. N. Y 25

BARREL MACHINERY
Holmes Machinery Co., E. & B., Buffalo, N. Y B. C.
Oram Co.. The John S.. Cleveland, Ohio 14-1 r. SLACK BARREL STOCK (Manufacturers or Dealers)
Trevor Manufacturing Co.. Lockport, N. Y 16 Henning. Inc.. E., Chicago. Ill 4
Weimar Engineering Works, Philadelphia, Pa I. F. C. Murray, C. E., Decherd. Tenn L F. C.
Pennoyer Co., J. C. Chicago. Ill 3
Struthers-Ziegler Cooperage Co., Detroit. Mich ...I. F. C.
BUNG MANUFACTURERS Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway. New York, N. Y ifi
V^«4)ta*

Wineman, Jr., Henry, Detroit. Mich 13

Redlich Manufacturing Co.. 647 W. O^ St.. Chicago. Ill 25

Henning. Inc.. E.. Chicago,

COOPERS' FLAG
111 4
Henning.
SLACK COOPERAGE STOCK

Inc., E.. Chicago, III

Jerry & Co.. Stephen. Brooklyn, N. Y
Murray, C. E., Decherd. Tenn
(Manufacturers and Dealers)
Greif Bros. Cooperage Co., Cleveland, Ohio

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13

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4
4
There Is No Other
E. &
COOPERS' TOOLS, TRUSS HOOPS, ETC.
Holmes Machinery Co., Buffalo, N.
B.
Hynson Company. The, Lebanon, HI
J.C. Pennoyer Co., Chicago, III
Y
.1.
B. C.
21
F. C.
Pennoyer Co.. J. C, Chicago, HI
Powell Cooperage Co., Memphis, Tenn
Sheahan Co., B. C, Chicago, 111
Skuse's Cooperage, Rochester. N. Y
Smith Lumber Co.. W. T., Chapman, Ala
'"i"t^'^
13
2^ Like It!
Redlich Manufacturing Co.. 647 W. Oak St.. Chicago. Ill tI."5^"
...l.b.y..
25 Struthers-Ziegler Cooperage Co., Detroit, Mich
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport, N. Y 16 Sutherland, Innes Co.. Ltd.. Chatham, Ont 2|> The Wooden Barrel stands alone in its superior- Specialized Service is what the JOURNAL gives
Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New Yoik, N. Y 16 Vail Cooperage Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind -=>

Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New York. N. Y 16 ity as a shipping package. It is in a class by itself its trade and that is why it is of inestimable value

DOWEL PINS
Wineman. Jr.. Henry, Detroit. Mich 13
as —There is no other like it. to every cooperage and cooperage stock manufac-
turer. Its reading pages are cooperage from cover
Hickson-Rogers Mfg. Co., Paragould, Ark 24 STAVE AND HEADING MACHINERY The Wooden Barrel being and ex-
individual
Hynson Company, The, Lebanon. Ill -^4 to cover and are the source of all information per-
Redlich Manufacturing Co., 647 W. Oak St., Chicago, 111 .25 Gerlach Co.. The. Cleveland. Ohio 16 clusive in its characteristics, so of necessity must
tinent, not only to all those directly engaged in
Holmes Macliinery Co.. E. & B.. Buffalo. N. Y B. C. the promotion channel for its interests be indi-
Oram Co.. The John S.. Cleveland, Ohio 14-15 who
DRAG SAWS, ETC.
J. Pennoyer Co., Chicago, HI
C.
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Ix)ckport, N. Y
3
16
vidual and exclusive —
a channel that at all times
the cooperage industry, but to
in wooden barrels and wooden
all are interested
barrel stock for any
Pennoyer Co.. J. C. Chicago. Ill and under all circumstances holds to a steady, con-
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport. N. Y
?,
purpose or in any quantity.
it;
sistent and progressive campaign for the wooden
STEEL AND WIRE HOOPS barrel and wooden barrel alone. The Journal's Advertising Pages are the recog-
EXPORTERS American Steel and Wire Co., Chicago and New York 3
nized buying guide for cooperage and cooperage
Henning, Inc., E.. Chicago, III 4
Henning. Chicago, III
Inc.. E.. 4 H. Paduart, Sartrouville, France 25 The Journal, for nearly forty-five years, has
Jerry & Co.. Stephen, Brooklyn. N. Y 4
stock, cooperage machinery, tools, equipment and
Southport Corporation, New Orlean.s Bank Bldg., New been the wooden barrel's exclusive promotion chan-
Orleans, La..,. 4

TIGHT BARREL MAKERS AND BARREL STOCK nel. It is in a class by itself as— ^There is no other
supplies.

HOOP MACHINES California Barrel Co., San Francisco, Calif 13 like it. You, undoubtedly, want your full share of the
Chickasaw Wood Products Co., Memphis, Tenn 4
better business and more profits which the future
Hyn.son Company, The. Lebanon, HI 21 Hud.son & Duggcr Co.. Inc.. Memphis. Tenn I. F. C.
Founded with and only aim of serving
the one
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lotkport, N. Y .16 National Cooperage and Woodenware Co.. I'eoria. Ill 4 promises to the cooperage trade. JOURNAL Adver-
Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Co., Pittsburgh. Pa 25 the cooperage industry exclusively, the JOURNAL
Southport Corporation, New Orleans Bank P>l(lg., New Orleans, La 4 tising will accomplish this very thing for you. It
Sutherland. Junes Co.. I>td.. Chatham, Ont 25 has devoted all its energy and efforts, year in and
IMPORTERS (Cooperage and Cooperage Stock) Welti & Bro., A. M., Cleveland. Ohio 25 will take your sales talk directly to your buying
& Bro., James, Liverpool, England year out, to furthering the best interests of the
Webster 2.'>
public and in such a way as to win immediate at-
Tinkler & Webster, Liverpool, England 25 w^ooden barrel; to broadcasting its merits and de-
TIGHT COOPERAGE STOCK (Manufacturers or Dealers) tention with profitable results.
pendability as a shipping package and to increasing
Coleman Co., Wm. H.. Jackson, Tenn B. C.
MACHINE KNIVES AND SAWS Harlan-Morris Mfg. Co., Jackson. Tenn 25 and extending its use and sale throughout all the Increase your sales volume and profits by the
Hennen Cooperage Co.. The. Lake Providence, La 25
Gerlach Co., The, Cleveland, Ohio
Pennoyer Co.. Chicago, III
16 Henning. Inc.. E.. Chicago. Ill 4 shipping container using industries. use of Journal advertising.
J. C. 3 Kraff t Cooperage Co.. St. Louis, Mo 25
Southern Stave, Saw & Machine Co. 112 S. 19th St., Birmingham, Ala... 24 Ozark Stave Co., Chicago. Ill 25
Pennoyer Co.. J. C, Chicago, 111
Sheahan Co.. B. C, Chicago, HI
Sigman, M. L., Monticello, Ark
3
24
4
THERE IS NO OTHER LIKE IT!
NAILS, STAPLES, TACKS, CLEATS, ETC. Southport Corporation. New Orleans Bank Bklg., New Orleans, La 4
.Sutherland, Innes Co., T..td., Chatham, Ont 25
Hynson Company, The, Tjcbanon. Wilson Slave Co.. W. W., North Little Rock. Ark
Stanley Co.. The Geo. W,, Belleville, III
Ill
Redlich Manufacturing Co., 647 W. Oak St.. Chicago. Ill

Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New York. N. Y

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The National Coopers^ Journal
TIGHT STAVE MANUFACTURERS
Henning, Inc., E.. Chicago, 111 4
PHILADELPHIA
PAIL AND TUB MACHINERY .SIgman. M. L.. Monticello. Ark 4
Southport Corporation, New Orleans Bank Bldg.. New Orleans, La A
Gerlach Co., The, Cleveland, Ohio 16 Sutherland. Innes Co.. Ltd.. Chatham. Ont 25
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport, N. Y 16 Wilson Stave Co.. W. W.. North Little Rock. Ark 24
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FIFTY
effect.
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cooperage industry has not been without its
Evidence that our products meet with the
present day demands is found in the fact that
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OVMM.
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many of our customers buy from us exclusively,

year after year. Red Oak and White Oak o4 paper of great value to all stave, hoop,
We know
from 9" to 23" in diameter heading and liner manufacturers to all' ; i
that you'll be satisfied with our mer-
of the best quality makers and users of barrels, kegs caslcs, ,

chandise as well as our service. tubs, pails machinery and mill supplies,'
,

Wm. H. Coleman Co.

Jackson Tennessee

OVER FIFTY YEARS IN THE BUSINESS

I
No. 157 Five-in-One
Barrel Machine
1. Sets Up, 3. Trusses.

2* Windlasses. 4. Crozes.

5. Drives the Hoops

on Slack Barrels.
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Company
45 CHICAGO ST.
Manufacturing Barrels for Belgium Cement
BUFFALO, N. Y.
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IT'
GERLACH MODERN
Stave and
C. M.Van Aken SLACK BARREL
A good barrel cannot be made without good hoops
w/
We ship
L- / 75.000,000 \
P^^ ^^^^
MATERIAL
Heading Machinery
Cooperage Co. Coiled Elm Hoops
I seventy-five
to the best trade

QUALITY HOOPS
Million |
making the best barrels.

SAWS AND SAW TOOLS :BUYERS AND SELLERS OF:

Vicksburg Cooperage Co. Vicksburg, Miss.
Staves
J. M. Peel & Brother Lake Village, Ark.

Drag Saws
Bolt Equalizers
Stave Saws
Stave Crozers
Heading Saws
Heading Jointers
Staves, Hoops Heading
Headliners
MILLS
j O. L. Bartlett
Ferriday Hoop Company
Decatur Cooperage Company
Distributed Exclusively by
Mound City,
Ferriday, La.
Decatur, Ind.
111.

Stave Jointers Heading Turners

Heading Wire Hoops STRUTHERS-ZIEGLER COOPERAGE
GRAND BLVD.,
CO.
412 CURTIS BLDG., COR. HAMILTON AND WEST DETROIT, MICH.
Specializing in Complete
and
Plants for Barrels &, Kegs

COOPERAGE SUPPLIES
The Gerlach Co.
Address:
Promptness is our Motto
X

1
QUALITY
1708 COLUMBUS ROAD
CLEVELAND, OHIO
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ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS:

what we aim to sell
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141 Broadway, New York ||
ALL
WASHINGTON LIFE BUILDING

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ff Specialty
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W. T. Smith Lumber Co.^ Inc.
Manufacturing Company
CHAPMAN, ALA.
in LOCKPORT,
The Latest Improved Machinery
N. Y.
Scientifically
Southern Pine
Made from
MANUFACTURERS OF
l\i \ HEADS—HOOPS—STAVES
^^B^m^^ » flH B Barrels Kegs Yellow Pine Lumber and Timber,

S^m"
lly^y|^'|M
Staves
Heading
Hoops
Pails

Drums
Cheese Boxes
C. E, MURRAY Hardwood Lumber, Pine Heading,
Veneer, Crates, Lath, Etc.

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DECHERD - . TENNESSEE
j:;:^? Complete plants
from the log to the barrel

Trevor Patent
Jumbo Heading
Sawing Machine

NEW
^^^^
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The highest point in

"Perfection" Heading-up Machine

machine efficiency is the
WEIMAR ENGINEERING WORKS
"TREVOR" ^IH^^^^^ for heading-up and hooping off all classes of slack
B^i'^grs Hoop Driving, Barrel Washing
Sixty-Inch
Steel Wheel
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B * ' ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H^
cooperage. Repeat orders and the successful
operation of every machine sold in various parts
of the country, is our history to date.
zjlA^ and Bung i-ioie Boring IViaciiines
Heading
Jointer SPECIAL MACHINES BUILT TO ORDER
Are You Using a "Perfection?"

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In building our machines we seek to gain the highest
Send for efficiency in every way, and users of our make will
Catalogue
and MARTEN, GRAHN & ANDRESEN find this
LET us
our guarantee, which always holds good.
KNOW YOUR REQUIREMENTS
Prices Twenty-second and Illinois Streets : SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
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TIGHT AND SLACK
BARRELS—KEGS
WILLIAM A. WORBOYS
COMPANY, INC.
15 Park Row New York City

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SOUTHPORT CORPORATION,Inc. Chas". E^nl'il? 1860

MANUFACTURERS C. HEIDT & SON, Inc.

JERSEY CITY, N. J.

BARRELS SHOCKS New Slack

B Second-hand
Barrels
STAVES HEADS Barrels A All Kinds Slack
and Tight
AND SPECIFICATIONS
dry ma-
for all
chem-
terials,
R We Specialize
ALL SIZES
R
icals, sugar, etc. preparing tight

HARDIVOOD LUMBER Tongued and

Grooved
E barrels for all
pu rpos es

819 NEW ORLEANS BANK BUILDING L

Barrels
a Specialty
"'A
is
Used Barrel
Better Than
S a New One"
NEIV ORLEANS QUALITY and SERVICE Our Motto!
CABLE ADDRESS "ATLAS" OFFICE, 64 Fairmount Ave. PLANT, 12-88 Fairmount Ave. Further Views of British Kerosene Barrel Plant
^^ ;dC= —Courtf'M/i, Uiirrnn nj F»nii/ii aii'l l><imr.itir Commerce.

CHICKASAW WOOD PRODUCTS CO.

The National Coopers' Journal
CHICKASAW COOPERAGE CO.
E. HENNING, Ine Vol. 45 October, 1929 No. 6

Barrels, Staves
Heading, Shooks IMPORTANT ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE
Cooperate StocK
Kiln-Dried Dimension Lumber New Orleans Cooperage Trade Feeling the Effects of General Fall
Activities 7
GENERAL OFFICE:
Box 143, Binghamton Br. GULF DISTRICT: Manhattan Building Chicago., ni. Buffalo Coopers Look to Future to Improve Barrel Demand 8
Memphis, Tenn. Gretna, La.
Wants in Cooperage Lines 8
Both Tight and Slack Cooperage Enjoying Better Demand in Louisville 9

Editorials 10

M. L. SIGMAN Barrels and Shool^

»era$(e Stock.
Reports and Forecasts That
Blowing
Show the Way Cooperage Trade Winds Are
12
Manufacturer
Recent Trends in United States Flour Trade 18
HIGHEST QUALITY Coopers of Quebec Province Operating Under Improved Conditions. . . 20
TIGHT BARREL STAVES Cooperage Association Activities and News Notes 21
Tight Sap White Oak Oils,
Trade Reports and Activities in Barrel Using Industries 22
Red Oak Oils, Regular SSSf^^
Wines, etc., K. D. & B. m^
—Also Cut-Offs
J.

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MONTICELLO ARKANSAS
STEPHEN JERRY^^Cainc
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VOL. XI.V. No. a

Cooperage Industries New Orleans Cooperage Trade Feeling the Effects of to have been pui chased by the association
for the shippers.
Some potato barrels
are being used in
L. F. Horn, Secretary-Treasurer, General Fall Activities New Orleans nov/, and the real harvest will
The Associated Cooperage Industries of America, begin soon, and it is believed that the
2008 Railway Exchange Building,
St. Louis, Missouri.
Demand for Barrels —
Has Improved Farmers Preparing Land for coopers here will find their potato barrel
Winter Truck Crops The Cooperage Hamper for Potato business quite as good as it has been in
Florida.
Dear Mr. Horn: Growers Outlook for Trade Excellent
Increased Demand for Tight Cooperage
We
have your letter which reriuests us to point out some direct benefits which our
company has received through belonging to The Associated Cooperage Industries of With the approach of fall the cooperage He found The cottonseed oil mills are busy, and
plaints. that the barrel was the
industry seems to be improving a little, safest and most convenient package for
have greatly increased the demand for tight
America.
and barrels at various shipping centers are cooperage. There is a small but very sat-
use in collecting the produce, but for ship-
more in evidence than they were during isfactory trade in vinegar barrels and there
Immediately there comes to my mind the benefit we have received, as well as other ment to his customers he used the crate,
DANIEL BURKHARTSMEIER the summer months. As this is the off sea- because
is already some demand for molasses
customers called for produce
his
Daniel Burkhartsmeier Cooperage Co.
members, from the retention of favorable freight rates on tight and slack cooperage barrels.
son with vegetable shippers there is but in less than barrel lots, and so he used the
in Western Trunk Line Territory, and I wonder how many of our members know that little packing being done along Poydras crate to meet the views of his trade. This
the Association is now being represented by a special counsel at the hearing on these Stieet, and hampers and baskets are the is the best po.ssible excuse for using a sub-
Crops for Winter Harvest Will be
rates. Lower freight rates make lower destination costs, which result in an increase packages in most general use. The finest stitute container, but how about the cooper- Larger and Much Improved

in the consumption of barrels. cooperage packages seen along this street age hamper? The farmers are now busy getting their
are the big, fine buttertubs of the Southern Among the multitude of baskets around fields in order, and are beginning to plant
We attribute the retention of these favored rates in Cotton Oil Co. the market there were a few very good their crops for the winter harvest. The
Western Trunk Line Territory
barrel tubs that were doing good service, area being planted is much larger than
for a period of ten to twelve years, to the constant efforts and influence of The Asso- Show Us Basket or Box That Can
but they were not new packages. They had usual and the crop will be larger still, ow-
ciated Cooperage Industries of America, supported and aided, of course, by the indi- Equal This Record
been made of emptied lime barrels sawed in ing to better drainage and to improved
vidual members whose interests were affected. At onepoint the walk is covered with
two, each tub being fitted with a new beaded methods of cultivation. Some coopers are
barrels that are being filled with various accumulating No. 2 slack stock to meet
flat steel hoop, and being sound enough to
There are many indirect benefit:-* which every member receives through the fact products, and the curious thing about them the winter's demand, but others are so much
be used indefinitely. It would appear that
that there a national organization representing his business, and there are is that they are branded, "Made in Eng- afraid of the substitute container that they
is many the market people need the cooperage ham-
land." They also bear a later stencil,
per, and if the coopers will not, or can not hestitate to stock up in advance, and are
other direct benefits that accrue to members and to the industry, but the illustration
"Filled with the Products of Jamaica." taking a chance and waiting until their
given a sufficient reason for maintaining our Association, and becoming a furnish it they will resort to substitutes.
is member These barrels were made in England of
Where emptied lime barrels can he had they orders come in for immediate delivery be-
of The Associated Cooperage Industries of America. No. 2 gum mixed staves from the Missis-
are cheap, easily cleaned, and every one of fore giving any orders themselves. They
sippi Valley, filled with some English prod- are also preparing for the sugar barrel
them will make two good substitute
Yours very truly, uct and shipped to Jamaica, there when
packages. trade that is to come in a very few weeks,
emptied they had been loaded with some though they are uncertain of what the de-
DANIEL BURKHARTSMEIER, native product and sent back to their old Improved Baskets More Expensive Than
mand is likely to be.
Daniel Burkhartsmeier Cooperage Co., home in the United States, to be emptied Cooperage Hamper
The soft drink establishments are putting
Chicago, Illinois.
and used again. These much traveled pack- As the cooperage hamper for peaches large numbers of high class emptied syrup
ages are still in good order, and are likely has not yet made its appearance here the barrels market.
on the These would be
to continue doing good service through basket people have corralled the trade by suitable for molasses trade, but the
the
By becoming a member
of The Associated Cooperage Industries of America, you will
many future journeys. Where is the basket improving the quality of their output and
—
not only aid the cause of your industry and of your trade package the Wooden Barrel — or box that can equal this record? making a basket that certainly must be
dealers are unable to accumulate any large
but you will also guarantee the future welt-being and success ofyour own individual business. stock of them on account of the demand of
more expensive than the cooperage hamper, the tar and roofing people for cheap used
Send for membership application NOW. Help build a greater and more profitable More Arguments in Favor of the which is quite as good, except that it is
tight packages.
Cooperage Industry. The coupon below is for your convenience. Cooperage Hamper not so firm, will not bear carload shipping
About the French Market there is little so well, and is not so easily or effectively
2,234 Cailoads of Staves and Cooperage
activity of any kind, though some vege- closed.
Received in New Orleans in First
The Associated Cooperage Industries of America, tables, mostly turnips and collards, are be-
Eight Months of 1929
Advertise the Apple Hamper for Use by
2008 Railway Exchange Building, ing shipped, some in baskets and some in
Potato Growers An examination of the records in the
St. Louis, Missouri. barrels. At one establishment a number
The newspapers carry a story to the ef- railroad ofliices here shows that during the
of men were engaged in the rather peculiar
Gentlemen: Wew^ant to join with Daniel Burkhartsmeier and The Associated Cooperage Industries of America in employment of taking produce out of bar- fect that in the business year ending June first eight months of 1929 this city received
their co-operative efforts to build a greater Cooperage Industry, and to increase the use of the wooden barrel. 30, 1929, the Hastings Potato Growers' As- 2,234 carloads of staves and cooperage,
Send rels and packing them in crates for i^e-
membership application and full particulars at once. shipment. The proprietor said that he sent sociation, of Hastings, Fla., shipped pota- which, although it is only thirteen carloads
his trucks out every day filled with empty toes to the of 250,649 barrels,
extent more than were received in a like period
Name barrels. They distributed these empties 2,933,800 pounds in sacks, and 3,451 ham- in 1928, is some improvement. Some of
pers, weighing 55 pounds each. This would this stock consisted of .staves for export,
Address among the farmers and came back with
other barrels filled with produce to be trans- indicate that the potato barrel is holding and but very little of the remainder was
We manufacture
ferred to crates at the market. Farmers, its own with the sack in Florida, but that reshipped by rail, most of it being made up
3,451 cooperage potato hampers would have here and delivered by ti'uck. Most of the
he said, are inclined to be careless about
been used in that section if the merits of carload shipments from this locality were
the packing of their crops, so he had the
packing done by his own men undei- his these packages had been known to the grow- from the Union Stave Co., and were not
The barrels u.'sed for potatoes are said counted in the city shipments.
own supervision, in order to avoid com- ers.
 8 The National Coopers' Journal October, 1929 October, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 9

Coopers Should Go After the Sugar Trade Kraut Packers Hold Meeting in Buffalo

Owing unusually large crop of cane

to the
Buffalo Coopers Look to Future The September meeting of the National Both Tight and Slack Cooperage Enjoying Notes of the Trade
The old plant of the Atlantic Tank &
grown this season grinding will begin much Improve Barrel Demand Kraut Packers' Association of the United
earlier than usual, and will continue longer,
to
States was held at the office of the Empire
Better Demand in Louisville Barrel Co., in has been dis-
Louisville,
mantled of all except the steam and genera-
so sugar interests are now busy preparing State Pickling Co., Phelps, N. Y., with 58 Food Products Are Now Active With Pickle, Vinegar and Kraut Packers
The slack cooperage demand has not been tor equipment and is sitting idle, with
for the great rush of business.
should be interested.
Coopers
as active during the past month as prior to
that time, but the coopei's are working at
members of the association present. The
entire party was taken to Geneva, where
Calling for Cooperage —
More Orders for Slack Barrels Noticeable merely day and night caretakers looking
after it. The plant is one of the best laid
Lafourche Parish now aspires to the they were guests of B. E. Babcock, presi-
a fairly active rate and are anticipating out or designed cooperage plants in the
championship among the sugar producing dent of the company, at a luncheon in the
improvement in the near future, such as September has provided very good run- entire South, and could be easily revamped
parishes. A trip through Lafourche is an Hotel Seneca. Later they visited a number about 40,000 barrels. If that amount were
usually takes place in the fall season. The ning time in the tight barrel and keg plants for woodworking use. Arthur Herb is
interesting experience, and it is wonderful of plants of the Seneca Kraut & Pickling divided into five parts it would mean but
local shops have not had any call for apple of the Southland, while there has also been back in the East again after spending about
to see how completely prosperity has been Co. and the Empire State Pickling Co., in- 5,000 barrels per plant, which is too small
barrels this yeai, and on account of the a somewhat better demand for slack bar- twenty years in Louisville.
restored to that community. The producers cluding the new plant of the latter company an amount to justify the expense of several
lateness of the season they do not expect J. Nick White, of the Louisville Cooper-
rels, what with the movement of produce thousands of dollars in putting machinery,
in that one parish estimate that their crop at Phelps. The visitors declared it to be age Co., remarked that every department
any from now on. The country coopers and other items. mash tubs, etc., fermenters,
for this season will amount to 67,000,000 the largest, most complete and most sani- and what not
seem to be well able to supply the demand other than slack cooperage had been busy,
tary kraut plant in the world. in condition for operation.
pounds, which should, after deducting for a and that indications were for good business
for all that are required. Active Movement in Food Products
reasonable number of substitute packages, No Difficulty in well into November or December.
Right now there is active movement of Supplying Stock for At the
call for at least 85 carloads of matched Notes of the Trade
Evaporators Taking Care of Fall Fruit food products, with the pickle, vinegar, and Bourbon Barrels company mills in Louisiana it has been
cooperage stock, with probably a good many Edward B. Holmes, president of the E. & producing some stock, but cotton planters
The apple crop in some sections of western kraut packers in their active season, while Whereas cooperage men had argued that
truckloads of finished barrels from New B. Holmes Machinery Co., has returned have needed all the available labor, and the
Orleans shops.
New York was recently estimated at from from several weeks' vacation in Canada. cottonseed oil crushing in the South is pick- they didn't know where they could obtain
33 'n per cent to 40 per cent of a full yield. ing up steadily, as the crop moves through the necessary bourbon staves and heading company has done little more there than
H. S. Pennypacker, son of H. T. Penny-
Many apples were blown from the trees needed in producing bourbon barrels, it is operate its finishing plants. The Tennessee
Old Cooperage Customers in Business Again packer, president of the Quaker City the gin plants. The paint, varnish and
by high winds and the quality of much of surprising to find how much stock there stave and heading mills have resumed
Cooperage Co., will return this week to lacquer plants have been busier than for
In years when Lafourche produced far really operations in a limited way, after being
the fruit is said to be poor. This situa- some time past. The season in which both is in the country. Lately, numerous
less sugar than at present the makers of Princeton University, where he is a mem-
tion has been satisfactory to the evapora- California and Concord juice grapes are offers have been made by concerns which down a few weeks.
cooperage stock had thirteen good customers ber of the senior class. He has been con- Frank R. Wright, New York representa-
tors and they have been actively at work available is now at hand, and is also hav- held such stock, and it is now believed that
in that parish, six in Thibodaux, two at nected with the plant during the past
with stock available to start on, and new tive of the G. I. Frazier Co., of Memphis,
lately, taking care of the early fall fruit. summer. ing its effect.
Lockport, two at the town of Lafourche, Tenn., was a recent visitor in Louisville,
The output of the evaporators is mostly stock produced after orders are received,
one each at Gheens and Mathews, and then Aninvoluntary petition in bankruptcy
and remarked that business was good in
hauled by trucks to Rochester and Webster Demand for Grapes Should Be there will be no difficulty in supplying the
the great Godchaux refinery at Raceland. was on August 13th against Ernest H.
filed
packing houses. Prices on early apples Much Better Now demand. It is also possible that some of the East and that the industry was running
These same old customers, or their suc- Erzkus, long in the second-hand barrel busi-
the small stave and heading interests, real- well.
were strong, the growers getting $1.00 to ness here and recently a retail coal dealer. Under the eased-up restrictions concern-
cessors, are in business again, stronger R. C. White, of the Monroe, Louisiana,
$1.50 for their Duchess apples. Lauren Kellogg Warnick, assistant treas- ing home use of cider, fruit juices, etc., and izing that there would probably be a de-
than ever, but are the cooperage men going operations of the Louisville Cooperage Co.,
urer of Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc., a orders from Washington to quit persecuting mand for such stock this fall and winter,
to lose out with them? was recently in town for a few days, spend-
Milling-in-Bond Question to Come Up people for alleged offenses, merely because have been cutting some bourbon. At any
If Lafourche takes first place in sugar leading manufacturer of linseed oil, died
they buy grapes, demand should be much rate the offerings are much larger than had ing a vacation with relatives in Louisville.
Befoie United States Senate suddenly on September 17th, aged 59 years.
production, Terrebonne will follow her as
The milling-in-bond question, which better. For a time, and a long time, pro- been anticipated, and it is held that if
a close second. The Southdown mill, at af- He was a nephew of Spencer Kellogg, Sr.,
fects the Bufi"alo flour mills, is soon to be hibition agents trailed large buyers of orders are placed for bourbon barrels, de-
Hounia, Terrebonne Parish, expects a and was born in Amsterdam, N. Y. After
grapes, and even the resident was afraid liveries can be made within a reasonable Federal Trade Commission Publishes
record output. The managers of that plant argued before the United States Senate. attending Yale University he came to
It is by no means assured that this Buffalo and had been connected with this to make up a little juice for his own use. length of time. Trade Practice Codes
estimate this season's output for the State
valuable be retained here, So long as there is no illegal sale there Even after distillers receive their orders The Federal Trade Commission has
at 213,000 short tons of sugar, which privilege will company for twenty years. He was a mem-
and if it is lost flour exports would no ber of St. John's Episcopal Church, the will not be much prosecution. Of course it will take them some weeks, or even printed a pamphlet containing the trade
will certainly call for .some barrels, if the
doubt be diverted from the United States the resident is not supposed to produce and months, to get their plants ready to start, practice rules adopted at conferences of 56
producers wish tc .ship their goods right. Park Club, Buff'alo Athletic Club, Univer-
to Canada. The chief representative of the keep intoxicating beverages, but if they and of course they would place their barrel industries. The pamphlet can be secured
sity Club and Yale Alumni Association of
ferment and get into that condition he is orders just as soon as they knew what they
Southwestern millers opposing the milling- western New York. His widow survives from the Superintendent of Documents,
in-bond privilege is Senator Arthur Capper, him. not likely to be prosecuted unless it is shown needed. Therefore, supplying the demand Government Printing Office, Washington,
Hill-Curtis Company Changes that he is making* a business of selling the will be relatively easy.
while a chief advocate on the other side is T. Nelson Shattuck, who was in the lum- D. C, at 25 cents a copy.
Firm Name Senator Robert F. Wagner. product. should make rather interesting reading,
ber, cooperage and coal business at Piffard, General Market Conditions Unchanged It

Hammond Machinery Builders, Inc., Under the pre.sent law Canadian wheat N. Y., for over fifty years, died at his home Tight Trade Picking Up as well as a guide for what the Cooperage
is The general markets show no change in
Kalamazoo, Michigan, is the new style of may be brought into this country and mixed there on September 10th, aged 83. He had
been much
Industry can accomplish for its business in
Business in Louisville has bet- either barrels, kegs, or stock. Staves have
an old firm which has been building sawing with American wheat for export without been ill for a long time and four years ago co-operation with the Federal Trade Com-
ter, both on new and used packages. Re- been a trifle weaker, due to larger produc-
machinery since 188L The new name is payment of an export duty, and it is al- retired from business. Surviving are his mission.
sellers of empty tight barrels have had no tion over the summer months. Demand,
the new style of the Hill-Curtis Company, lowed to enter Cuba as all-American flour widow and a daughter, Mrs. Gilbert trouble in disposing of good, clean packages. however, has been picking up as package
which has long been a prominent factor in under the 20 per cent preferential duty re- Shattuck, also a brother and a sister. Kegs have been especially good, that is plants have become busy in supplying the Heading Mill Destroyed by Fire
the sawmill and woodworking machinery sulting from the Cuban-American reciproc-
clean kegs that have held syrups, and demand for food packages. It is claimed
field. W. C. Hammond,
president of the ity treaty. Should the milling-in-bond The heading Horace Kellam, Char-
mill of
empty whiskey barrels command a rather that if the frosts are late this year the de-
company, in announcing the change, says: privilege be eliminated, American millers lottesville, Ont., was recently destroyed by
good market. mand for packages will continue good later
"It has seemed desirable for a long period would have to pay 35 cents duty on every Wants in Cooperage Lines fire. The plant was wiped out entirely but
than usual. Last year there were killing
that we adopt a new name which would barrel. Buffalo ships annually 700,000 Just When? > ? a considerable portion of the stock was
bushels of this flour to Cuba. The Cubans
A firm in MarHeilles, France, desires to frosts in early September. This year
saved.
have more meaning to the manv new friends Perhaps the largest question mark today October 1st is at hand with no killing
obtain agency for American oak staves.
we are constantly making, and because prefer the hard winter wheat of Canada to is as to just when the Government will issue
Address No. 40105, Bureau of Foreign and frosts experienced south of the Ohio River.
there has been no one named either Hill or the wheat of the Southwest. the whiskey making permits, which it had
Domestic Commerce, 20 S. 15th Street, Severe drought in July and August held Starts New Stave Plant
Curtis connected with this business for a been understood would be issued about the
No Tariff on Bananas Disappoints Philadelphia, or Washington, D. C. down production of vegetables, etc., but C. Biggs has placed a stave mill in
P.
good many years (it is now owned by the middle of September. It is known that some good rains in early September and favor-
writer), we naturally chose the name Ham- Apple Growers McLaughlin Brothers, 82nd and Eastwick operation at Clarksville, Arkansas. The
three or four distilling concerns have asked able weather materially improved late pro-
mond. Then, wanting to have our firm The a
agitation foron bananas,
tariff Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa., is in the market plant has a capacity of 400,000 staves a
for permits. The Government originally duction of many crops.
name indicate that we build machinery, and which was started by apple growers, seems for light alcohol druma, 55-gallon, good
month and is modernly equipped.
planned to issue permits to five or six com-
preferring an unusual rather than a com- likely to be unproductive of that end. The shape and not I'^isted inside or outside. panies. However, a number of companies Tobacco Crop Prospects Larger
monplace termination (we actually are apple menfigured that if fewer bananas Must have tap in head and bung in shell. have declared that they would not be in- The tobacco crop came a second time,
builders rather than either job shop pro- were eaten the sale of apples would be Also can use a few cars of galvanized hoop, terested in putting their plants in operating and prospects are for a yield considerably Stave Factory Burns Down
ducers or large quantity production manu- larger. The present tariff, according to 200-lb. pork barrels. Quote best prices f.o.b. condition unless they received permits for larger than had been predicted, which will The stave factory of Knight Brothers,
facturers), we decided on Hammond Ma- reports from Washington, overlooks a Paschall Station, (P.R.R.) Phila., in first production of half or more of the quantity mean a larger consumption of tobacco located in North Athens, Alabama, has been
chinery Builders." banana tariff. letter. to be produced, which is figured at hogsheads. damaged by fire.
 Oi'tober, 1929
October, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 11
10 The National Coopers' Journal

Let's Go! The November Semi- Annual Is Our Big Opportunity. Stabilization of the Cooperage Industry is Now at Hand— Concerted Move Launched in South
Group' Thinking a Big Factor in the Achievement Alabama to Interest Public in
THE Fourteenth 8emi-Aniiiial Convention of The A.^j^oeiated Cooperage
'THE symposium Fire Suppression
Indut^tries of America in Menipliis next month is something more tlian a of pre.<eiit business in the trade with forecasts as to the
mere "get •* future, which appears Journal does more than merely FromMobile, Alabama, comes the news
togetlier" of cooperage and cooperage stock mimufacturers to trans- in this issue of the
that the sum of $8,500 is to be spent in le-
act tlie routine business of a Semi-Annual. Rather is it an opportunity for tlie outline conditions as they exist today in tlie industry with a look into the months
forestation work in south Alabama within
ESTABLISHED 1885 cooperage trade to buckle down to hard work in sujjport of tlie plans which the to come. The views and reviews contained therein give concrete evidence of the the next few months in an effort to con-
Association officers have made for the future good of the industry. finalaccomplishment of a task to which many manufacturers of cooperage and serve the timber supply on the thousands
cooperage stock have applied themselves for a considerable period of time; namely, of acres of cut-over lands in this section.
As Secretary and Treasurer Louis F. Horn states in his announcement of the
the stabilization of the trade. Money for the work is to be pi'ovided by
Memphis Convention, the real purpose t)f the Semi-Annual is to enable Associa- the Federal Government, the State and
tion members and others to discuss fully the business problems that confront the The attaining of this much to be desired end of trade stabilization has Mobile county. The Mobile county school
trade, and to decide upon a concerted plan of action that will gain for the
been a long uphill battle. Not alone has the cooperage industry been faced board will spend $1,000 in making a survey
PUBLISHED MONTHLY with untoward conditions beyond its control such as the disastrous floods of of approximately 23,000 acres of school land
1321 WALNUT STREET industry the fullest benefits that can be derived from Associational working.
1927, and the depressions in business of recent years, but also a disinclination on in the county with the view of carrying on
PHILADELPHIA, PA. There is a tendency on the part of all industries to look upon Semi-Annual
an active program of reforestation as a
Conventions as a mere matter of form, or as an occasion to renew friendships antl the part of many in the trade to submerge their individual interest for the benefit
M. E. DOANE means of future revenue for the schools.
EDITOR social contacts; whereas, Semi-Annual< arc even more valuable to an industry of the whole. To those of the trade who, in spite of all obstacles, have held Plans for the reforestation work in this
than annual meetings. The officers have had six months in which to get their steadfastly to their task in bringing about a better balanced industry is due the section were adopted at a conference held
J. A. MURPHY "roots in," as it were, and have been able to tic up all loose ends left over from an achievement that can have but one
credit for effect, the general all around in Mobile several days ago and attended by
BUSINESS MANAGER Page S. Bunker, head of the State Depart-
the previous administration —
they have been able to get the hang of their duties, improvement of the cooperage trade.
ment of Forestry, members of the county
lUnlcrtd uccordlng to act of Congress, April S6,
and are in position to advance plans and purposes that will ultimately rebound tJ The hit and miss plan of operation, so long the business method of so many
ISSo, icitlt the Librarian of Congress and board of revenue, school commissioners and
as srcond-class matter at the fust-
to the advantage of their Association and its meml)ership. Thereftn-e, with the members of the trade, is gradually being abandoned. Manufacturers have come to interested citizens.
Office in Philadelphia, Pa.

absence of the business of electing officers, and the natural hustle and bustle of an recognize that overproduction and other practices which have caused depressed Mr. Bunker said Federal officials handling
SLIISCKII'TION PRICES Annual Convention, it is possible at a Semi-Annual Convention to give to these business conditions can be controlled if not completely eliminated. Also, that by the fund, appropriated some time ago for
$'2.00 por \ear, in advance, to all parrs
kee])ing a closewatch on every phase of supply and demand, as well as on existing reforestation work, have agreed to give
of United S'tates and its pos^e;isions
the plans and purposes the attention they deserve and should have.
and to Canada, Cuba and Panama. $2,500 for work in south Alabama if the
$2.r>0 per yeiir, in advance, to all other President Powell, especially, has done considerable constructive work so far conditions in consuming trades, it is possible to obtain a price for cooperage stock
foreign countries. State and the county would allot similar
Single ccpie.«, 25 cents. during his tenure of office. He has given much of his time and effort to ujibuilding and barrels that will permit of a profit margin instead of selling at cost or below sums. The amount was appropriated by
UKMITTANCES the membership of the Association, as is evidenced by the number of new members cost. Of course, there is yet much of the road to be traveled before it can be said the board of revenue.
lieniittances may be made by post-office
money order, bank check or diaft, express enrolled, and the reinstatement of others who had allowed their memberships to that mtmufacturers are securing a return from their efforts commensurate with the School board officials announced that this
money order, or registered letter. Foreign body has already voted an appropriation of
remittance should be niadc by international lapse. President Powell's activities have been far-reaching, and the good result capital invested and the labor expended. Nevertheless, the measure of progress
money order or exchange on the United $1,000 to make a survey of school lands
States to equal tiie amount in United of the work done can only be fully capitalized by the following up of his that has so far been made along this line is gratifying, and with a continuation
States money.
with the view of producing timber on these
When subscribei-s desire their address endeavors in a whole-hearted manner by the membership at large. of the present attitude of the trade the cooperage industr>' should very shortly be tracts. The school lands in Mobile county,
changed they should give the old address
as well as the new address. The Journal draws .special attention to President Powell's announcement on in a satisfactory position to operate on a profitable basis. consisting of more than 23,000 acres, will
AnVKKTISIXr. R.\TES page 19 of this issue of the Journal. Subjects of vital importance to the The factor that has played the biggest part in bringing about this much desired be used to grow pine trees, under the pro-
will be furnished on application. Copy stabilization is that of group-thinking. In past years the cooperage trade has gone gram as outlined, and the survey is to de-
for should
ailvei ti>einents reach us not ctiopcrage industry will l)e found in tiiat announcement. "Is intelligent co-
later than the 15th of the month to insure
iii.-ertion in the following issue. Changes operation or caj)ital merger preferable in overi)hmted industries?" "Are we loyal — along with its members placing
dependence upon individual thought as a guide
full
termine what tracts will require planting,
the cost and other features. Some of this
aflvertisements should not
Ml reach
later than the 20th of each month.
us
to the barrel as a container and are we consistently doing our level best to in mapping out its course over the rough seas it has traveled. To this independ- land already has second-growth timber on
increase its use?" —
"Has the decline in the use of the wooden barrel been in any ence of thought and action can be attributed many of the ills which have befallen it and the program calls for protection of
"WHO'S WHO IN THE "

way influenced by careless manufacturing methods and poor trade practice?" the industry. In recent years, however, the individual has come to realize that this this and development of a regular timber-
COOPERAGE INDUSTRY independence of thought and action must be sacrificed and that the views and growing business. Seeds needed for plant-
these are only a few of the questions that will be discussed at the Mcmi)his
ing will be supplied free by the State
Convention, and upon the thoroughness with which these subjects are gone into, opinions of his fellow manufacturers must be considered, if the problems of every-
nursery.
and the rapidity with which the plans as adopted are put into operation, depends day business are to be solved and the cooperage industry replaced on a solid

the future well being of each individual mcmlier of the cooperage trade, the foundation.
Association, and "ven the cooperage trade itself.
In other words, no manufacturer of cooperage or cooperage stock today can hope PUBLISHER'S STATEMENT
Co-openition and co-ordination shoultl be the thought permeating the coming to prosper apart by himself — no manufacturer can act in the operation of his Statement of the ownership and maiiajfement
individual business as though he were the only unit in the trade. He must give of Tub Nationai, Coopehs' JoURNAt,, published
Convention, and the best way to extend this co-operation and co-ordination is montlily at Philadelphia, Pa., required by the
thought to what is being done by other manufacturers and improved methods Act of Auffust 24, 1912, of the new postal regu-
by a "working" attendance at the Semi-Annual in Memphis on November 5th, lations, which went into effect Oct. 1, 1912.

6th and 7th. Cooperage and cooperage stock manufacturers should pool their put into force by them, both as they touch production and administration. Note. —This statement is to be made In
duplicate, both copies to be delivered by the
efforts and throw all their energies into the proceedings of the coining Convention. Furthermore, he must make his own plans on the basis of the industry as a whole, publisher to the iK)8tma.ster, who will send
one copy to the Third Assistant Postmaster
They should desert the lobby of the Peabody for the meeting rooms. They fitting them in with the plans of others, and not merely as an individual. General (Division of Classification), Wash-
ington, D. C, and retain the other in the
should take the floor and talk on the subjects under discussion. Croup-thinking has been the salvation of many indu.«<tries during the unsettled
Whether you files of the post office.

arc for or against a movement, business periods of recent years, and group-thinking will achieve for the cooperage
why. Do your
plan, or suggestion, say so, and tell Editor and Manager, M. E. Doane, Philadelphia,
Pa.
l)art in purging tiie Association Conventions of that lethargy and indifTerent trade the same beneficial results, as its development takes a firmer and wider Business Manager, J. A. Murphy, Philadelphia.
Publishers, The Kstate of John A. HcCann,
attitude that heretofore have been such factors in retarding the growth of the hold upon the industry. Philadelphia, Pa.
Owners, The Estate of John A. McCann, Phila-
Association and the Cooperage Industry. The cooperage industry has ever been over-cautious in taking up new ideas,
Forget all about hiding your light delphia, Pa.
Known bondholders, mortgagees, and other
under a bushel, and jump into the spotlight of activity. but its history shows that once the die has always made the full jump
is cast it security holders, holding 1 i>er cent, or more of
the total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other
With kind of a spirit pervading the Convention, your officers will be given putting forth earnest efforts to secure all the good obtainable from such new ideas.
STEPHEN JERRY this securities: None.
There is no reason to doubt that the development of **group-thinking'' will prove (Signed) J. A. MURPHY,
Stephen Jerry & Company a potent incentive to carry on and give of their best to accomplish even more Business Manager.
Brooklyn, N. Y. than might otherwise be thought possible. They are human, just as you arc, and any exception to this rule of action. Already it has made much headway and as
Sworn to ami subsf-riheil before niP this 11th
Member Executive Committee, have need of encouragement to keep going at full speed. Likewise, you will the practice of group-thinking and acting gains in strength and extent the greater ila.v of ()ptol)er, 1!»2!».

The Associcited Cooperage (Seal) JAY R. GRIER. Notary Public.

discover through this new attitude that your As.^ociation membership is worth advance will the cooperage trade make towards complete stabilization and a (My commission expires January 1, 1031.)
Industries of America
something to you, and that it has cverv characteristic necessarv to success. resumption of prosperous business.
 12 October, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 13
The National Coopers' Journal October, 1929

J. C. PENNOYER COMPANY-.
REPORTS AND FORECASTS THAT SHOW THE WAY Strength and Economy
COOPERAGE TRADE WINDS ARE BLOWING in binding barrels with
e
A
Q Tight Cooperage o
bring forth; however, the writer has had C M
Prosperity in Cooperage Industry Cooperage Situation More Stabilized
Depends on Continuous Co-
operative Action Among
opportunity during the past two months
to converse with quite a number of business
Now Than for Several Years
N
T Stock r
L
executives in a variety of industries, and Detroit, Mich., October 7, 1929.
B
Members of the Trade T
it seems to be the general opinion that 1930 Editor, the Journal:
Brooklyn, N. Y., October 4, 1929. The cooperage situation in general seems L E
is to be a good, sound business year, and a
Editor, the Journal: O
A survey of business here for the first
great many say that in their opinions, and
they are speaking conservatively, the
quite settled, certainly far more stabilized
than it has been for several years. Produc- V Slack Cooperage T
six months of this year shows an apprecia- New Year one than 1929.
will be a better tion is more
keeping with consumption.
in E
ble improvement as compared with the same
O
period last year. Beginning in the latter
part of August a decline in the demand for
So altogether we cannot help but feel that
the industry has good things to look for-
It is to be hoped that the industry has at
last been able to stabilize itself. Ap-
;
J
O
Y
Stock c
K
ward to. parently no one profits in the long run,
general cooperage began to be evident and Yours truly, either manufacturer or consumer, by the
continued during the month of September. frequent and violent price fluctuations ^ K M
G. I. Frazier Company,
A gradually increasing betterment of con- N E
which have been experienced from time to
ditions is looked forw-ard to along the lines
of general, year-round business as con-
G. I. Frazier, President.
time,and a healthier condition for all con-
cerned is one that results from stabilization.
I

V
Cooperage M
P
Predicts Good Conditions for Cooper- H
sidered aside from seasonal demands. Although the demand from the apple E
age Trade During Next Six Months
Machinery
&
I
Continued prosperity in general cooper- tiade this year was disappointing, general
age, however, is still decidedly dependent on
unceasing vigilance and uninterrupted co- Editor, the
Memphis, Tenn., October 8, 1929.
Journal:
lines held up very well, and from present
indications it would appear that the con-
American Steel Wire
operative action within our industry to the The demand for almost every kind of
end that the inroads of substitute containers heading has been good so far this year and
sumption during the next six months will
be at least normal if not beyond. We are
Company^s
may be met and effectively combatted. Our we believe it will continue for some time.

WIRE HOOPS
looking forward to a good volume of fall
association is well organized and is under The producing season is now about over, and winter business.
the direction of thoroughly wide-awake men, and while it looked as if there would be Yours truly,
-CHICAGO NEW YORK MEMPHIS-
splendidly equipped by experience and in- considerable heading produced this sum- Struthers-Ziegler Cooperage Co.,
tellect to handle this situation, and, with mer and fall, it did not materialize. For G. A. Ziegler, President.
the proper backing of the association mem- only a period of a few weeks did production WIRE HOOPS mean greater strength for
and better protection for shipments.
barrels
bership, good results must develop. reach a peak, then the cotton picking came
Organized Effort, Standardization, At the same time, the low price of Wire
Membership in the association, then, pre- along taking most of the labor into the
and Well Made Barrels Should Hoops reduces the cost of the completed
supposes a responsibility to use every ef- fields and almost stopping the heading pro-
Advance Our package.
fort and every opportunity to further the duction. This condition now prevails with Industry to Fore-
Packers find that barrels bound with Amer*
best interests of the industry, co-operating an unusual shortage of labor. No doubt front of Container World mm>^' ican Wire Hoops measure up to the most exact-
continually with the officers of the associa- the cotton picking will take the labor until Monticello, Ark., October 7, 1929. ing requirements of modern transportation.
tion and with one another for the ultimate the rainy weather sets in, which will stop ~S?SKKi>.^<S''
Editor, the Journal: Bind your barrels with American Wire Hoops
good of the whole.
Stephen Jerry and

Lower Stock Production Will Bring

Marked Improvement in Tight
Co., Inc.
production entirely until next summer.
We doubt seriously if the heading on
hand is sufficient to handle the orders now
booked, and if the demand is even near
normal there will be a shortage in the
I feel that we may
look for a more stable
condition in the cooperage business, due to
a better organized effort on the part of the
material producers to produce better staves
and heads, of more uniform standards as to
-^t^*apa^*
*fv^' and assure your customers of added satisfaction.
We invite your inquiry for detailed informa-
tion, and will gladly send you, without charge,
samples in sufficient quantity to make a
thorough test.
Stock Demand winter and spring. With general business quality and sizes, also to the fact that the
as good as it is there isn't any reason why That's the story of the race for
Memphis, Tenn., October 7, 1929.
we should not have good business for at
coopers are taking this material and are ^
Editor, the Journal: actually making better grades of barrels, many a big barrel order.
During the past two weeks there has been least the next six months. for purposes intended, than ever before.
Secure hilge hoops with
a marked improvement in the demand for Yours very truly, This attitude on the part of those who Good heads are as equally es- Staples or Fasteners
tight barrel staves and heading, and since Hudson & Dugger Company, produce wooden barrels, together with our sential to themaking of wooden as illustrated*
this demand is coming from all sections we Galvin Hudson, President. standardization program that is being put barrels as staves and hoops.
take that this is a good indication of im-
it into practice, will in my mind make the
proved conditions for the remainder of this Looks forModerate Volume of wooden barrel so popular that in spite of H&D heads are good heads and SALES OFFICES:
year at
We
least.
have just finished a survey of the
Business This Winter Tight — other conditions it will advance to the fore-
front of the container world.
will win the business. With H&D CHICAGO
CLEVELAND
208 S. La Salle St.
Rockefeller Bldg.
MEMPHIS,
Union and Planters Bank Bldg.
Cooperage Trade Fair heads you have a guarantee of DP:TR0IT Foot of First St. NEW YORK 30 Church St.
producing field, and we find considerably There may not be as much volume as at CINCINNATI Union Trust Bldg. BOSTON Statler Bldg.

Waterloo, Ont., October 5, 1929.

"Quality-Service-Workmanship." MINNEAPOLIS—ST. PAUL, PirrSBURGH Frick Bldg.
less stock on hand today than is normal one time in the history of the wooden bar- Merchants Nat. Bk. Bldg., St. Paul PHILAr>RLPHIA Widener Bldg.
at this time of the year, so the mills are Editor, the Journal: rel. In fact it would be impossible to sup-
ST.LOUIS 506 Olive St ATLANTA 101 Marietta St.
Let us you more about them.
tell KANSAS CITY 417 Grand Ave. WORCESTER 94 Grove St.
entering into the fall and winter months Business conditions during the summer ply a demand that once existed, due to OKLAHOMA CITY, BALTIMORE 32 S. Charles St.

with no distress stock. Then too there will and fall months in Canada, so far as the There are no better heads made. First Nafl Bank Bldg. BUFFAIvO 670 Ellicott St.
timber shortage, but if we handle
the situa- BIRMINGHAM Brown-Marx Bldg. WILKES BARRE... Miners Bank Bldg.
be no chance of over production for the mills tight cooperage industry is concerned, tion in the right
DALLAS Praetorian Bldg.
manner, with the business DENVER First Nat.Bank Bldg.
have already been slowed down materially
because of gathering the cotton crop, and
have been only fair, and we look for only
a moderate volume of business during the
we now have and that which we will gain,
by all the laws of reasoning and good busi-
HUDSON & DUGGER COMPANY SALT LAKE CITY Walker Bank Bldg.

UNITED STATES STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY

on completion of that work it will be time winter months. ness principles our business will grow more Memphis, Tennessee
San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Seattle
for the usual fall rains to set in. Yours very truly, involume and more stable in value.
Now as to 1930. It is, of course, purely Canada Barrels & Kegs Limited, The best results can be obtained by a
any man's guess as to what that year will Leo Henhoeffer. more complete co-operation on the part of
Mention TiiK National Coopers' Jouuxal when writing to advertisers.
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16 The National Coopers' Journal October, 1929 October, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 17

all those engaged in this business in our Closing Months of 1929 Should Bring crop of staves for the first six months of
Association. Those of us who are already
members of the Association should exert
Good Business to Cooperage 1930.
We look for a very steady market with
California Barrel COmIkc.
433 California St., San Francisco
SLACK every influence towards getting every manu-
facturer of barrels and barrel materials into
active membership. This would insure more
prosperous times in the trade.
Editor, the Journal:
Industry
Winchester, Ky., October 5, 1929.

This will acknowledge your letter of the

every prospect of an increase in values,
and we are hoping that the supply will
equal the demand, although we are positive
there will be no surplus.

Barrel With very kind regards, I am.

Yours very truly,
M. L. SiGMAN.
1st requesting our views of the cooperage
business and we are very glad to state that
business with us has been very satisfactory
We
Yours very truly,
VoLL Cooperage
E. P. Voll, President.
Co.,

this year. feel that we have had

our
QUALITY
HEADING
STOCK Ontario Apple Barrel Cooper Shops
Working to Capacity Will —
share of the business and orders are com-
ing in right along.
As far as we are able to judge, the next
couple of months of this year should bring
Steady Consumption of Practically
All Grades of Cooperage
Material During Year
Clean Up Practically All
Elm, Wire and Steel Hoops good business, as well as 1930. We have Saint Louis, Mo., October 7, 1929.
FOR Stock This Season made a pretty complete survey of the pro- Editor, the Journal:
Gum, Tupelo and Cottonwood Staves duction over the country and production is It our impression that there will be
is
Trenton, Ont., October 8, 1929.
Pine, Gum and Hardw^ood Heading generally light compared with some we very little change in the Cooperage Industry
COOPERAGE Patented Curved Liners
Editor, the Journal:
The main feature that we have to report have had in the past. In fact, we believe for the next few months at least, unless
operating conditions get bad, in which case
OF S TRA IGH T-MIXED-MA TCHED CA RS for your October number is the fact that there material in the country today
is less

than was produced and on hand this time of course there would be a very light pro-
the crop in Canada is turning out consider-
OR LOCAL LOTS last year. We
had something like six weeks duction. Consumption has held up remark-
ably more than was originally anticipated,
QUALITY Our Established Responsibility of course resulting in a much heavier de- or two months during the summer in which ably well for the entire year on practically

mand the majority of the mill men were out of all grades of material, except fruit barrel
is Your Protection for apple barrel cooperage.
water, while for the past three weeks we stock, which we believe moved in smaller
At the present time apple barrel cooper

MANUFACTURERS OF
HENRY WINEMAN, Jr. shops over Ontario are working to ca-
all
pacity with a shortage of help. Practically
have had considerable rain and the roads
are in very bad condition. If this continues
quantities than usual on account of the ex-
tremely light crop, especially in the central
5 LARNED WEST, DETROIT all the apple barrel staves and hoops in there will be very little material delivered section, but this condition was more than
Canada will be cleaned up this season, and to the railroad until late spring, next year, offsetby the demand for other material in
SALES REPRESENTATIVES:
SLACK AND TIGHT LKWIS METCAKF
Midtlleport, X. Y.
O. A. HOCKEFKLT.ER
Gfiinantowii, N. Y.
while the mills will have a certain quantity and if we should have a good demand for
barrels prices will no doubt increase to
other sections of the country.
Prices are still too low to permit the
J. F. Wir.SOX FHKI) MFAUS of 17% -inch basswood apple barrel heading
STAVES AND HEADING MartinshiirK.
M. I).
W.
HliOVVX.
Vsi.
221 Hoard of Trade Hldff..
T.
Oiiant'ock, Va.
Xorfolk, Va.
on hand, the volume will not be large. some extent. However, we do not look for
any runaway prices but they will move on
manufacturer to make a substantial profit,
and this is particularly true of the lower
The above conditions of course will leave
a profltable basis. grades of stock.
the Canadian cooperage manufacturers
once again, after a period of a number of Very truly yours, We do not recall a time when the markets

years, in a position so that they can start Dennis & Gray, have changed so little as they have during
Robert Gray. the past few months, due, we presume, to
reasonable production without fear of being
the steady demand and the fact that there
overloaded with stock in 1930.
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One of the big factors depressing the was no large accumulation of stock at any
Will Be Big Month for Coopers' Tools time during the summer months.
apple barrel stock market in Canada has

SLACK been the production of cheap drum sawed

staves, which of course are produced with a
small capital invested, and manufactured
and Barrel Heater Line
Lebanon, III., October 8, 1929.
Yours very truly.
The Gideon Anderson Company,
C. F. Buchele.
Editor, the Journal:
STAVES BARRELS under conditions which force them to be We are well pleased with this month's Fair Demand for Slack Cooperage
HOOPS CASKS offered on the market at cost or less than
cost of production. This condition will no
business so far, and feel that this will be a
big month for us in the tool line, as well as
During Past Month
HEADING KEGS doubt be continued, but at the same time
the carry-over will be less than former
in the Champion Barrel Heater line. The
Editor, the
New York
Journal:
City, October 15, 1929.
heaters seem to be in great demand just
years. For this Special number of the Journal,
now.
Fifty years of Quality production Flour barrel business has been more or Yours very truly, it would be decidedly gratifying to me were
is the foundation upon which our less depressed during the last month, and
The Hynson Company. I able to write a report something similar

WARRIOR leadership in the trade is based.

Our equipment, technical knowledge
the demand for No. 1 stock is about equal
to the supply.
to those that were written during the war
period, when hoops were selling for $40.00

HEADS and experience are placed at your

dispoeal.
Yours very truly,
Trenton Cooperage Miixs,
W. A. Fraser.
Ltd.,
Unsettled Weather Conditions Will
Result in Curtailed Produc-
or more per 1,000, staves $25.00 or more
per 1,000 and heading 20 cents or more
per set. I do not mean that I would like
means PINE HEADING Enormous Factory Capacity
tion of Staves
to see prices as high as this, but a condi-
properly made from Huge Timber Holdings St. Louis, Mo., October 5, 1929. tion which enables such prices means that
Southern Pine by men Central Warehouse Stocks Cooperage Flag Industry Shows Editor, the Journal: there is more of a demand for material
who know how Cars Straight, Matched or Mixed
Upward Trend for Past Owing to weather conditions during the than the mills can supply and to have con-
early part of the year very few staves were ditions something like that would be a de-
Three Months produced and a normal amount consumed, lightful change. has been a long time
It
Powell Cooperage Co. so that beginning in July the production of since cooperage requirements have been

Cooperage Stock
Greif Bros. Coop Editor,
Savannah, N.
the Journal:
Y., October 7, 1929.
staves improved, but the stocks in the hands ahead of the ordinary run of the mills or
The prospects the cooperage flag in-
in of consumers was extremely small. On ac- been that way for any extended period.
MEMPHIS TENNESSEE Company dustry have been on the gain for the past
three months. The supply on hand is very
count of the unsettled or irregular weather
conditions the farmers were not able to
There have been times when for a few
weeks there would be a shortage in certain
Jlny size Heading from 12 inches to 24 inches CLEVELAND, OHIO low. There is a fair crop to be harvested cultivate their crops at the usual time, and branches of the business, but these periods
this fall but not more than enough to take this means that there was very timber
little have not lasted long and they have been
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care of the demand. brought in to the stave mills. Consequently widely separted.
Yours very truly, the production of staves will be very limited During the past month the demand for
Ray a. Russell. this fall, and will eventually create a short cooperage has been fair. This does not
M<>nt.{on Thb National Coopers' Journal when writinsr to adv«>rt.is«>rB.
 18 The National Coopers' Journal October, 1929
October, 1929 The NatioxNal Coopers' Journal 19
mean that has been what would be called
it
British Slack Cooperage Trade Im- that total imports of flour declined from
good and there has been enough of it so
that it could not be termed really bad.
proving — Tight Trade Quiet 6,092,043 barrels in 1926 to 5,101,109 bar-
rels in 1928, and at the same time its ex-
The apple crop has turned out to be de- Trade continues on the quiet
side, a lack ports increased from 2,306,870 barrels to
cidedly spotty. In some sections frost and of fresh orders being particularly notice- 2,501,151 barrels.
dry weather so reduced the quantity and able. This can be accounted for by the The only important countries in Europe
size of the apples as to make some of the principal buyers being on holiday. where we have held our own are the Nether-
coopers think of turning their shops into Work is on the quiet side, and is likely lands, Denmark and Finland.
automobile garages. To them that seems to continue so until further orders come
about the only prosperous line in their lo- along. North American Markets
A small crop with inferior fruit Trade is normal. If anything it is a little In North America, including the West
cality.
means a larger percentage of baskets, so
in these dry and frosted sections, fiom
better
months.
than for the past two or three
Importers are busy taking de-
Indies, we have fairly held our own in all
countries except Mexico, to which in 1924
Questions to be Discussed
every standpoint, the business for the livery of fir staves which are arriving exports totaled 388,000 barrels of flour, de- AT THE
cooper and the cooperage man has been de- from the White Sea and the Baltic. creasing in 1928 to 84,000 barrels. The
cidedly poor. Fortunately, there are sec-
tions whei-e the ciop was not injured
Yours truly,
J. C. Tinkler,
Mexican import duty is 9 centavos per kilo,
equivalent to about $4 per barrel, or 65 per
Fourteenth Semi*-Annual Convention
materially by frost and for some unknown Tinkler & Webster, Ltd., cent ad valorem at the present price of OF
reason those sections were better supplied Liverpool, England. flour. This rate went into effect in 1924.
with rain than the other sections referred
to. In these latter sections the barrel busi-
Cuba is probably our best flour market,
in that its purchases vary less than any
The Associated Cooperage Industries
ness is brisk and the coopers optimistic; It
is those places that have been furnishing
Recent Trends in United States
other country, averaging about 100,000 bar-
rels per month year in and year out.
of America
Flour Trade
the outlet for the apple barrel material
made this year. I emphasize apple barrels F'flix T. Poi.f,Foodstuffs Division,
Central America is also a steady and de-
pendable customer, and shows a fairly
PEABODY HOTEL, MEMPHIS
DfpaittiHiit of ComnnTc*-
in this report because this is the time of
the year when our attention is ordinarily
Some very remarkable and changes
shifts
steady increase, accounting for about 6 per
cent of our total export trade.
November 5, 6, 7
have taken place in our exports of wheat
centered upon that commodity.
There is a normal demand for slack ma-
flour during the past five years. Europe, South America —Asia— Africa
Do we owe our Association anything?
which ha.s been the principal market for South America has also shown steady Have we any obligation to the organization which makes possible the
terial for promiscuous purposes. Flour
American flour for generations, is gradu- and reliable increases, Brazil being by far orderly conduct of our business?
barrels, of course, are a thing of the past
ally being i-eplaced by other parts of the our best customer. South America's share Dees our motto "Buy From
with us in this locality, but packing bar- Members of the Association" mean any-
world. In 1924 ittock 48.7 per cent of all of our world trade in flour increased from
rels of various kinds and various sizes are thing to us?
flour exported by the United States, but 6.9 per cent in 1924 to 13.1 per cent in 1928.
used continuously. Orders for that ma- Are we using the available Association facilities for procuring and dis-
this percentage has steadily declined until The American miller, being faced with
terial come in quite regularly and if, added
for the first seven months of 1929 Europe heavy declines in his European and Mexi- tributing statistics which will help us produce and sell intelligently?
to that, we were having what we might
received only 27.8 per cent. can business, has found new markets in the Is intelligent co-operation or capital merger preferable in overplanted
call a legitimate fruit barrel business, we
could report this month's business as being- Orient and in Africa. China (including industries?
European Markets
very good. Hong Kong and Kwantung) was by far our Do we realize the value of the proposed simplification
Yours very truly, Various European countiies in recent program and
largest customer in 1928 and for the first
C. M. Van Aken Cooperage Co., years have made efl'orts to build up their are we giving it the support it deserves?
seven months of 1929. Gratifying increases
C. M. Van Aken, Pre^ixdent. own milling industry by placing very high Do we regard the Association as a necessary evil and the conventions
are also .^hown in the Philippines, Japan,
import duties on flour and relatively low as meeting places for trading purposes, or do we realize that the Association
Palestine, and Syria. Our trade with Asia
"Off" Season for Coopers Due to duties on wheat. Germany, for instance, increased from 22.5 per cent of the total IS our instrument to prevent chaos in the industry and that the conventions
Short Potato Plantings took nearly 1,900,000 barrels of American
in 1924 to 32.2 per cent for the first seven
flour in 1924, but only 341,000 barrels in offer real opportunities for service to the barrel and to the industries which
Elizabeth City, N. C, October 5, 1929. months of 1929, and at pi-esent is our
Editor, the Journal: 1928. The reason for this enormous de- produce it?
largest market.
This is our "off" season as the only bar- cline is that in 1926 Germany placed an
The Chinese market is not a very de- Are we loyal to the barrel as a container and are we consistently doing
rels used in this section are for early Iiish impoit duty of 10 gold marks per 100 kilos our level best to increase
pendable one, however, in that it buys low- its use?
potatoes in June and a few "sweets" in on flour. In 1927 this was increased to
grade flours, and only in large quantities Has the decline in the use of the wooden
barrel been in any way in-
August and September. 11.50 marks, and effective July 10, 1929,
when flour is very cheap. fluenced by careless manufacturing methods and by poor trade practice?
Plantings the past season weie much cur- was again increased to 14.50 marks. Thi^
Various important markets have also been
tailed, and as a whole prices realized for is equivalent to about $3.06 per barrel, and
—
developed in Africa notably in Egypt,
What is the relation between duplication of sales effort and market
the crop were just about enough to break at the present average price of flour is prices and what is the remedy?
British West Africa, and various other
even. Farmers are discouraged and proba- about 50 per cent ad valorem. Though countries. In 1924 Africa accounted for
bilities are that the coming season will see the duty on wheat is only 6.50 marks per
only 2.4 per cent of our total flour trade,
These are some of the questions ivhich will be discussed
another short planting. 100 kilos, the result has been that Ger- at the convention, and we shall have the privilege of hearing
as contrasted with 5.3 per cent in 1928.
many's total imports of flour decreased
Prospects for the cooperage business are American exports of wheat flour in 1924 Mr. Hugh P. Baker on "CHARTING THE COURSE FOR
not bright. from 394,000 metric tons in 1925 to 59,000
Very truly yours,
tons in 1927, and tho.se of wheat increased
totaled 16,584,000 barrels, decreasing to TRADE ASSOCIATIONS."
A. B. HouTZ & Sons, Inc., 11,704,000 barrels in 1925, advancing to
from 1,678,040 tons in 1925 to 2,612,147
A. B. Houtz, Mgr. 12,447,000 barrels in 1926 and 13,427,000 Reservations for the Memphis meeting indicate that all of the members
tons in 1927.
barrels in 1927, and decreasing to 12,458,000 realize that this is one of the most important meetings we have had, and every
Various other European countries have
Decided Improvement in Cooperage barrels in 1928. For the first seven months
member and
Market Future Prospects Promising
—
taken very similar action notably Greece
of 1929 the total was 8,335,000 barrels.
every potential member is cordially invited to come to Memphis
and Hungary. Greece took 451,000 barrels and join with those who are working for the good of the entire cooperage
Chapman, Ala., October 8, 1929. of American flour in 1924, but the amount industry.
Editor, the Journal: taken has declined year by year until for
Will Improve Barrel Plant E. A. POWELL, President,
This acknowledge your letter of
will the first seven months of 1929 the amount
The Associated Cooperage Industries of America
the 1st. We have recently noted a decided purchased had declined to 30,000 barrels. The Boaz Barrel Company, Palatka,
improvement in the cooperage market and Great Britain is another country where our Florida, has started the erection of a kiln
feel that the future prospect is promising. trade has decreased sharply. While that building in connection with its barrel plant.
Yours very truly, country has no import duty on flour, British A heading mill is also to be established
W. T. Smith Lumber Company, Inc., millers have been making an intensive drive in connection with the operation. The
N. F. McGowin. to build up their industry, with the result stave mill is also being improved.
 20 The National Coopers' Journal October, 1929 October, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 21

Horseradish Crop Short Producers —

Coopers of Quebec Province Operating Under to Advertise Its Use

Improved Conditions The horseradish crop in the three coun- Cooperage Association Activities and News Notes
ties surrounding St. Louis, namely St. Louis

Heavier Apple Production Throughout Dominion Increases county, Mo., and St. Claire and Madison
Demand for Barrels General Business — countie;?, 111., which district it is estimated
produces approximately 65 to 75 per cent
Association Exhibits at International The Cooperage Industry has its part to
play in the distribution problems of the
Tight and slack barrels, half barrels and
Conditions Continue Favorable of the horseradish grown in this country, Apple Shippers' Convention kegs, move on Class "B" basis. The re-
country through the container it manu- vision of this class means increases
is estimated to be slightly below normal The association was represented and had in the
factures. rates on cooperage.
this year. Total production was placed at an exhibit of tight and slack cooperage at
General improvement in the demand for The association, through its
representa-
Milling conditions are good and have not between 6,000,000 and 7,000,000 pounds with the International Apple Shippers' Conven-
tive, is exceptions to the report of
filing
slack and tight cooperage provided the shown any material change during the past an average yield of 4,500 pounds to the tion held in Toronto, Canada, August 13th
the examiners, and will also attend hearings
feature of the cooperage industry in the month. The partial failure of the western acre although some growers report a yield to 16th. Semi-Annual Convention Sched-
before the Interstate Commerce Commis-
Province of Quebec during the past month. wheat crop is reported to have been defi- as high as 6,000 to 6,500 pounds, according Particular interest was manifested in the uled for Peabody Hotel, Mem- sion, Wa.shington, D. C, beginning October
This betterment became evident early in nitely off'set by the higher grade of cereals to the St. Louis County Farm Agent. new cooperage apple hamper, the shippers
the period under review and was well main-
phis, Tennessee, November 21st, presenting oral arguments in support
yielded, and it is felt that milling operation Considerable interest developed in the and growers of apples expressing the
tained throughout the month, and judging in the province will not be curtailed to horseradish industry here this yer.r due 5, 6, 7, 1929 of the association's position and contentions.
opinion that the package if properly priced
from present indications it looks as if the any extent. primarily to the fact that a movement is should make an ideal container for storage To the Trade:
betterment will extend throughout the on foot to have a tariff duty placed on the of apples, for export, and for display pur-
Sap-Stain Damage Reducible by
Improved Demand for Tight Barrels Several inquiries have been re-
present month at least. commodity and to this end a meeting of poses in chain stores, etc. Simple Preventives
Attributed to Increased growers, farm agents and horticultural The association is indebted to Canada
ceived as to the "When and Where"
It is stated that lumber losses aggregat-
Excessive Competition Brings Low Wine Production specialists was held recently at the Ameri- of our Semi-Annual Convention. The
Prices Barrels & Kegs, Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, ing $85,000,000 annually result from sap-
for Cooperage There was also considerable improvement can Central Fruit Auction House. for furnishing a complete line of tight bar- interest displayed left a feeling of stain damage, caused not only by improper
The trade in general is optimistic re- in the demand for tight containers during A petition has been drawn which will be rels and kegs; to Greif Bros. Cooperage satisfaction that the members are handling and storing of logs, but by faulty
garding the coming months and little com- the period under review. This was attrib- filed with the various leaders of Congress Co., Cleveland, for slack barrels; and to kx)king forward to the Fall Conven- methods of air seasoning, storing and trans-
plaint is heard in general from any quarter, uted in part to the increase in wine produc- requesting that horseradish be removed the Voll Cooperage Co., St. Louis, for the portation. The loss to cooperage stock adds
with the exception of that over the low tion and also to the fact that stocks in the from the free list and a duty of 5 cents per
tion as an occasion when they hope
sample apple hampers. to this total.
prices prevailing, due to excessive competi- hands of certain industries were allowed pound be placed on the raw product and Lists of members were available and sup-
to secure some benefit of value to
The National Committee on Wood Utili-
tion. One prominent cooper of Montreal to drop below normal levels and this was 50 per cent ad valorem on manufactured. plied to those who made inquiries at our themselves. On November 5-6-7, at zation has issued a bulletin "Sap Stains and
pointed out, however, that this condition compensated by fresh orders. This petition contained stati.stics which booth. J. W. Shirrell, association inspector, the Peahody Hotel, the entire Cooper- their Prevention" which is available from
could not last very long and that prices The demand for oil barrels seems to be showed that 60 per cent of the horseradish was in charge of the exhibit. age Industry will he in conference the Government Printing 30 cents
Office at
would undoubtedly be firm in the near gradually dropping off', it being reported growers in this country reside in this dis- a copy. describes the practices to be
It
future. Most of the firms engaged in the that steel drums are replacing this con- will exchange information, and coun-
tiict; that there are approximately 1,500 followed to prevent the development of
industry regard the present level as un- tainer. Orders from local paint and oil growers in the United States and that over Cooperage Companies Have Wooden sel with one another as to a more in-
molds that cause sap stain.
satisfactory because it allows a very slim manufacturers were few and of little im- 7,000 persons are directly affected in the Barrel Display at Dairy Exposition telligent conduct of their business.
margin of profit, if any, at times, and it is portance last month. The demand for old production end of the infant industry. should
understood that a small minority have oil barrels was reported slack with holders
Tight and cooperage will be ex-
slack Profitable results accrue to New Members for The Associated
Figures on horseradish importation from everyone in attendance.
hibited at the National Dairy Exposition Cooperage Industries of America
forced down the prices in an attempt to asking $1.50 each. Germany, the principal competitor of the
in St. Louis, Mo., October 12th to 19th. The choice of Memphis as our
secure more business. Meat barrels are about steady with the St. Louis growers in the Eastern markets, The following new member and reinstate-
The Pioneer Cooperage Co., St. Louis meeting place gives a splendid oppor-
Prices are unchanged from last month's early part of the year but are not so much were given to show a wide variation due ment have been added to the association's
Cooperage Co., and the Union Cooperage
level of 65 cents to 75 cents for apple bar- in demand as in the corresponding period principally to price influences. The figures tunity for the cooperage people of Roll since last month:
rels and 95 cents to $1.05 for flour barrels.
Company, St. Louis, have contracted for
of last year. covered a period from 1923 to 1928 and the Southland to confer with cooper- Houston Cooperage & Tub Co., Houston,
space and will exhibit barrels and kegs.
Firms are reported working near capac- ranged from approximately 28,000 pounds Texas.
Nova Scotia's Apple Crop Will Require This cooperage promotion work will help age interests from other parts of the
ity at present. One company which has in 1923-24 to 2,250,000 pounds in 1924-25. Fields-Latta Stave Co., Dyersburg, Tenn.
an output of 500 slack and 200 tight bar- 2.000.000 Barrels Imports to June Ist of this year were
expand the use of tight and slack barrels country. A large number of stock

rels per day, stated that they were working The big apple crop of the Maritime Prov- and kegs in the dairy industry of the South producers will undoubtedly be on
1,066,200 pounds. Comparative freight Cooperage Exports for First
at capacity and were finding their facilities inces has created a fairly general demand
and Central West.
rates were also given which show that the hand.
It understood also that several asso- Six Months of 1929
strained to keep up with the demand. for slack cooperage according to those well
versed in the industry. Nova Scotia's crop
rate from St. Louis to New York in carlots
is

ciation members will exhibit cooperage at

Keep the dates before you No- — Mr. J. C. Nellis, Chief, Lumber Division,
is 89 cents and on local .shipments $1.28
the Dairy Industries Exposition which will vember 5-6-7, Peabcxly Hotel, Mem-
alone will be in the neighborhood of about while the rate from Hamburg, Germany, is Department of Commerce, reports that ex-
Increased Business Due to Large Gain in
be held at Toronto, Canada, the week of phis; mark your calendar; don't let
2,000,000 barrels, an increase of some ports of lumber and wood manufacturers
Apple Crop 54 cents per cwt. The figures gave a de-
quarter of a million barrels. The industry October 21st, following the St. Louis ex- anything interfere with your attend- during January to June, inclusive, 1929,
The increased business is largely attrib- tailed cost production statement which
will have to supply sufficient barrels to
position. This will cover the dairy inter- ance at the meeting. were approximately $4,000,000 greater in
uted to the large gain in the apple crop, showed that it costs the local grower
contain this increase and it is anticipated ests, machinery and supplies, in the north- value than in the same period of 1928, a
which is reported at 3,731,000 barrels, es- slightly over 7 cents per pound to produce Louis F. Horn,
that coopers will be kept busy for some time
ern and eastern sections of the United majority of the items export sched-
in the
his product. Secretary and Treasurer,
tablishing a record for some years past, States, as well as Canada.
to come. ule showing increases. Cooperage exports
and 500,000 barrels in excess of last year's Plans for a nation-wide advertising cam-
The Associated Cooperage made a net increase of about $750,000 in
production. Of course, this demand will be paign to stimulate the use of horseradish
General Business Maintained at High Level Industries of America. value.
spread throughout the Dominion, but the were also discussed and referred to a tem- Annual Distribution Waste Estimated
Conditions in Nova Scotia generally are porary committee for further consideration.
coopers of Quebec are receiving a fair
fairly satisfactory. The volume of business
at Eight to Ten Billion Dollars
share. Acquires Site for Barrel Warehouse
and manufacturing is being maintained at The Assistant Director in charge of Do-
mestic Commerce, Washington, in a recent
Western Trunk Line Class Rates
a high level and this is being reflected in the The Corbett Package Co. has acquired a
Good Industrial Conditions Reflected in Starts Rebuilding Operations article, estimates that from eight to ten Docket 7000, Part 2 1
cooperage industry to some extent. site at Wilmington, N. C, for a large barrel
Cooperage Trade
The Massachusetts Box & Cooperage billion dollars represents the price which As a result of the investigation carried warehouse and tenant houses.
Industi'ial conditions in the province are Increased Volume Expected for Flour American business pays for inefficient dis- on by the Interstate Commerce Commission
and Sugar Barrels Company, of Gloucester, Mass., which re-
bright and this is also reflected in the in- tribution, annually. for the past couple of years, of the freight
cently lost plant by fire, has started
its
dustry to some extent. The potato crop is The potato crop is practically over and It is pointed out that wastes in the rate structure in effect throughout the
rebuilding operations. The new plant will
good and other factors bearing on the in- little business being done in barrels for
is physical movements of merchandise in pack- United States, a report has been issued by
be modern in every way and of larger Suffers Fire Loss
dustry generally are reported fairly satis- this commodity. A little business in flour capacity.
ing, handling and transportation might be Examiners Koebel and Paulson, covering
factory. and sugar barrels is reported but the largely obviated through s^tandardization Western Trunk Line Class Rates. The The Iowa Cooperage Company, formerly
The demand for flour barrels is .some- volume is said to be rather small. An in- and interchangeability. A
saving of $200,- report constitutes a proposed revision of known as the Moehn Cooperage Co., of Des
what slack at present but many firms an- crea.se in volume of this kind of orders is Gottlieb Cooperage Co. of Cleveland, Ohio, 000,000 to $500,000,000 a year is suggested the various classes under which freight Moines, Iowa, recently suffered a fire loss
ticipate an increase in the next few weeks. expected, however, in the future. has been incorporated; capital $20,000, as possible from simplified handling alone. moves. which amounted to approximately $20,000.
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The National Coopers' Journal October, 1929 23

Report of National Manufacturers' excellent; per cent good; 34 per cent

41 tically eliminated,the percentage of com-
fair; 6 per cent poor. Prospects for the
Association Shows Gain for panies reporting no strikes being 99.74 and

Trade Reports and Activities in Barrel Using Industries Industry as a Whole

winter are regarded as excellent by 12 per
cent; good by 54 per cent; fair by 30 per
of those reporting strikes .26 less than —
one-fourth of one per cent.
Industry throughout the country at the cent; poor by 4 per cient; while last year Going into the individual industries, some
present time is just a shade more favorably 14 per cent reported excellent; 43 per cent unfavorable reflections appear. Twenty-
having a fair watch on the seed market. situated than it was a year ago; but nu- good; 36 per cent fair and 6 per cent poor.
Further Gains by Chemical Industry Olive oil foots is call al- Recent seed three classifications of the basic industries
though the demand for commercial oils was shipments from the Argentine to the United
merous individual industries show distinct Comparing the business done up to this are covered in the survey. Of these, twelve
as End of Year Approaches recessions from their position last year and fall with the same period last year, 53 per
spotty. States totaled 874,000 bushels. report gains that in some instances are
heavy move-
The predicted continuation of Buyers' inquiries for palm oil have not One development of interest present a somewhat disturbing tone to the cent repoi't better returns; 17 per cent less slight and in other instances
is the dif- might be con-
ments of industiial chemicals has become been plentiful but prices have held up. fidence of buyers with regard to linseed
general picture, according to the annual and 30 per cent find n;* change. A year ago sidered excellent advances. These twelve
an established fact. The demand is de- Conditions in the prin.ary palm oil centers substitutes. This has had an effect upon trade survey of the National Association the report was 50 per cent better; 25 per are clothing; electrical; farm products and
veloping- along much broader lines with have wielded the greater influence in keep- substitute of Manufacturers, presented at the annual cent less; 25 per cent no change.
prices especially China wood
oil foodstuffs; glass, crockery and porcelain;
buyers' interest showing considerable gain ing prices firm. oil. There is also a lower demand for mix- meeting of that Association in New York Production as compared with last fall is
hai'dware and tools; iron foundries and ma-
in forward shipments. It is the opinion of many in the vege- tures of soya and linseed oils, although City, October 14th, by J. Lewis Benton, reported increased by 74 per cent of the
chine shops; jewelry; leather, machinery,
There is a feeling of complete confidence table oil trade that there will be no im- good sized quantities were purchased early general secretary of the organization. companies as against 65 per cent last year;
paper and pulp; stationery and printing;
in the trade that the last (luarter of this mediate change in present conditions, and in the month. A questionnaire, covering present trade, decreased by 26 per cent; increased sales
year will compare favorably with the first prospects for winter, comparison with last quantities are reported by 73 per cent as miscellaneous. Three industries seem to
that the fluctuations in demand and price
six months. No doubt there will be a fall, production, sales quantities and values, against 65 per cent last year; increased have just about held their own, building
will continue for a longer period.
strengthening of prices due to the improve- Naval Stores Industry Seems employment, wages and labor conditions, sales values by 64 per cent as against 52 supplies, textiles and metals. Eight in-
to
ment in buying interest. There is no in- was sent to three thousand members of the per cent last year. Depleted stocks are dustries show a shading off. These are
Have Improved
dication, however, of a change in prevail- association the first of this month, with re- reported by 14 per cent this year as against automobile accessories; chemicals; furni-
Slowing Down Noted in Thei-e a fair demand for turpentine
ing price with regard to contracts as quo- is quest that the report be made as. of October 16 per cent last year; normal by 78 per ture; iron and steel; lumber; paints, oils
tations have been attractive to producers Cotton Oil Trade at this writing, but it is principally for 4th. The tabulation was closed October cent this year as against 74 per cent last and varnishes; rubber; ceramics. Lumber
and satisfactory to consumers. Business in cottonseed oil circles indi- immediate shipment. This produced an ad- 7th, at which time nearly 1,000 replies had year; and over by 8 per cent this year as and ceramics take a rather gloomy view
There have been some sharp advances in cates a gradual slowing down, with prices
vance in price. A gain of 2 cents a gallon been received. The survey covers a com- against 10 per cent last year. not one company of either industry reports
the price of acetate of soda, but this has declining to a small degree.
was noted over preceding quotations. pilation of something more than 9,000 de- Increased employment is reported by 69
present business as excellent, nor does a
been due to the uncertain production of this Consumer demand recently showed an Conditions in the rosin field are better tailed answers. per cent of the companies, decrea.sed by 31
than recently and the market holds firm. single one consider prospects for the win-
particular commodity. Barium products improvement with the reduction of a Taking the industries as a whole, of the per cent; increased wages are reported by
with a fair consuming inquiry, At present the call is for immediate ter in the excellent category. Furniture
are firm ([uarter of a cent per pound for refined. companies reporting, 19 per cent class their 91 per cent, decreased by 9 per cent, while
but heavy contract deliveries have featured needs, although trading at southern points 23 per cent of the companies report a
and rubber reports show not one company
The sentiment in the market
bearish and is present business as excellent; 45 per cent
the markets for caustic soda and soda ash. further declines will not surprise producers for export took on an active aspect. good; 31 per cent fair and 5 per cent poor. shortage in skilled workers. One healthful classing prospects for the winter as ex-
An active incpiiry for bicarbonate of soda or buyers. The interest in futures is fair with con- Last year they were classified, 17 per cent thing is that labor troubles have been prac- cellent.
is noticeable with actual orders placed siz- The weather so far are favor-
reports
sumers looking to their requirements for
ing up to normal dimensions. able to the cotton belt as a whole. the balance of the year.
Satis-
In fact it can be said that the entire factory and picking conditions off'set the Rosin oil holds steady with a moderate
chemical industry is in healthy condition demand, while consumers are ordering out
with prospects for one of the best consum-
losses
eastern
caused
belt.
by excessive rains in the
Estimates from private
good sized quantities as well as showing an SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS WHICH DO GOOD WORK
ing year.s on record. sources place this year's cotton crop at
interest in quotations for nearby require-

14,505,000 bales to 14,830,000 bales. ments.

MACHINERY FOR SALE SECOND-HAND BARRELS FOR SALE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
After the Government has issued its re-
Alcohol Trade in Good Shape port as to the possible crop total there will
no doubt be a change in market conditions,
Tallow and Grease Markets Are FOR SALE pOR SALE — Several carloads fresh empty STAVE AND HEADING OPPORTUNITY
as Winter Comes Into View
but little improvement, if any, is looked Weaker in Tone QNE "Perfection" Heading-up Machine in oleo and malt barrels. Also several car- [EIGHTEEN thousand acres, partially logged
There has been very increase in
little perfect condition. $350.00 for quick loads reconditioned drums, washed. Ad- over, Mississippi Delta land, favorably lo-
for before that report is issued. Tallow has developed a weaker tone since cated, very accessible, mill site on good rail-
new business placed with denatured alcohol sale. dress JOHN M. REISER AND SONS,
Gum, elm and oak predominating.
last reporting. Prices in some instances One Holmes No. 38^2 Crozer in A-1 road.
producers, yet there is quite a call for ship- shape. Price $175.00. 620 Portland St., Baltimore, Md. A portion of this land was logged over more
have declined a quaiter cent per pound.
ments against contracts and deliveries have than ten years ago. For further particulars
Paint Materials Show Improvement There is a greater tendency on the part A. B. HOUTZ & SONS WANTED address "OPPORTUNITY," care of "The
gained considerable momentum. POSITION
of producers to increase their offerings Elizabeth City, N. C. National Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Pa.
There is more activity present in the Paint materials are showing an im-
and with a lessened demand the market has
New England States than in other sections proved condition even though the demand
somewhat restricted. changed from a sellers' to a buyers' market. pOR SALE —F. Trevor 60-inch stave cutter. —
^V'ANTED Position as stave jointer. Ad-
pOR SALE— In the best apple section of the
because of the advent of winter, which be-
gins earlier down east than elsewhere.
is

Lead pigments are going forward good in

The demandfor greases has shown a re- Has not had much use— is in good con- dress ELGY ROWELL, 501 Gregg St.,
Houston, Texas.
State —
Established cooperage and box
flection of conditions in tallow. Offerings dition. Address W. A. Sikes, Portville, N. Y. business. Owner to retire. Wonderful op-
However, the market generally is in a quantities against contracts and buyers ai'e
are more liberal with consumers evincing portunity for a live man. Address "A.L.C.,"
strong position and there is no likelihood
of a letdown for the balance of the year.
making inquiries for additional supplies.
Lithopone is in active demand, and even very little intere.^t in the maiket. MACHINERY WANTED \\^ANTED — Position as slack barrel cooper care of "The National Coopers' Journal,"
Philadelphia, Pa.
Oleo stearine is also having a light de- shop working foreman. Prefer northern
the varnish gum market is steadier.
Seasonable quantities of Barytes are mand and prices quoted ary merely nominal. —
\\^ANTED One Morgan barrel nailer. or northeastern part of Ohio. Address pOR SALE —^Kingston, N. Y., tight barrel
Two 32"-knife power stave jointers. "SLACK," care of "The National Coopers'
manufacturing plant. Located 90 miles
moving to consumers and the market still
Spasmodic Trading in Vegetable Oils Address A. B. C, care of "The National Journal," Philadelphia, Pa.
from New York City on the West Shore Rail-
continues in a firm condition.
Activities in the vegetable oil field may Zinc oxide, too, is experiencing an in- Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Pa. road, with private siding. Price $60,000,
be termed as spasmodic. Prices have broken creased demand with orders against con-
Animal Oils Holding Steady ^^ANTED — Position as superintendent or including all land, buildings, machinery and
somewhat but the reduction has had no ap- tracts continuing in good volume. Among animal oils degras is experienc- STOCK FOR SALE foreman of cooperage plant by a
tight equipment, together with present good will.
preciable influence on the demand. practical man. Address "POSITION," care Capacity one thousand barrels daily. Now
Castor one product among the vege-
oil is
ing a fair demand with prices generally
steady. Buyers are taking fair-sized quan-
pOR SALE —40.000 53 94" x 10 ga. Twisted of "The National Coopers' Journal," Phila- operating partial capacity. For further par-
table oils that has evidenced an improve- tities for immediate need even though order
Splice WireHoops, M cent each.
delphia, Pa. ticulars write PROCTOR BROS. AND COM-
Linseed Oil Trade Watching Seed
HOUTZ & SONS
ment. Larger shipments are going forward
against current contracts and the price
Market — Prices Are Strengthened
placing is irregular.
The improved demand for lard oil has
A. B.
Elizabeth City, N. C. HELP WANTED
PANY, Kingston, N. Y.

market is steady. Prices for linseed oil fluctuated consider- resulted in an advance in price. Neatsfoot
pOR SALE — 4,000 sets 13^^ -inch MR KD
pOR SALE— Complete equipment for the
The weaker tone to the cottonseed oil ably during the first week of October, but oil showing a gain over la.st month.
is
Alabama Pine Heading. Very high grade —
RANTED Machine Cooper to make bar- manufacture of slack heading and staves
market is reflected in crude corn oil. There
has been a better demand for refined oils
at the close a gain of one cent per pound
had been made.
Oleo oils and red oils are fairly active while — can be bought at right figure. rels on contract on Holmes' Five-in-one-
(No. 157) Machine. Address STEPHEN
All machines in running order. Priced low-
stearic acid has been having an active call
MUEHLHAUSEN COOPERAGE JERRY & CO.. INC.. 495 Manhattan Ave., Address BERRY LUMBER CO., Doylesville,
but the price has not been able to hold to Sellers are not rushing offerings
and to- against contracts with consumers showing Matawan, New Jersey Brooklyn, N. Y. Va.
its former basis. gether with the buyers are keeping close good inquiry for nearby requirements.
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IVooden Barrel Manufacturers* and Dealers* Directory TINKLER & WEBSTER, LTD. Harlan-Morris Mfg. Co. ^^^^^^^
TENNESSEE
National Bank Building LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND Manufacturers of All Kinds of
EMPIRE BARREL CO., 1925 BUYERS OF ALL KINDS OF TIGHT-BARREL STAVES, ADL and KDJ,
WOLVERINE BARREL AND BAG
Clinton St., Detroit, Mich.
Second-Hand Barrels of all de-
AMERICAN COOPERAGE CO.,
—
INC., Maurer, N. J. Manufac- CO., 624 Watson St., Grand STAVES AND HEADING and CIRCLED HEADING
scriptions. Lard Tubs and Nail turer of New Tight Barrels made —
Rapids, Mich. Recoopered Tight Offer us that stock on your yard FROM WHITE OAK, RED OAK. ASH AND CUM
of oak, fir and gum stock. Barrels for all uses. New Slack Cable Address:
Kegs. 'Stavewood Liverpool"
Barrels for Apples, Lettuce, eto. GUARANTEED Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama
H. METZGER'S SONS, 11-18
JOHN PAXTON& CO., 5435
Eighteenth St., Richmond, Va.
New and Second-Hand
Kegrs and Hogsheads of
Barrels,
all kinds.
REGISTER NOW Cosgrain Montreal, Canada.
St.,
Manufacturers of and dealers In The Sutherland-Innes Co., Limited An Opportunity to Quote on Your

HOUSTON COOPERAGE AND TUB

AND Flour, Sugar and Apple Barrels.
Fir Pork Barrels, 100 lbs. and Manufacturers and Dealers in
COOPERAGE STOCK
CO., Box 546, Houston, Texas.— LET THE CONSUMERS KNOW 200 lbs.
Requirements considered a privilege by
New Tight Barrels from 5 gal. to
WHERE TO GET THEIR PERTH AMBOY BARREL
STAVES, HOOPS, HEADING AND SHOOKS is

55 ga!.
all
New Slack Barrels of
kinds. Second-Hand Barrels. WOODEN BARREL SUPPLIES
1049-63 State St., Maurer, N.
Dealer in New and Used Tight
CO.,
J.—
Chatham
TIGHT AND SLACK
Ontario, Canada
Krafft Cooperage Company
Ice cream Tubs all sizes. Federal Commerce Trust Buildinff tt St. Louis, Mo.
and Slack Barrels of all descrip-
tions.
IOWA COOPERAGE CO., 310
Southeast Ninth St., Des Moines, AMERICAN COOPERAGE CO.,i
JACK COHEN COOPERAGE
—
Iowa. New and used Tight and
Slack Barrels for Apples, Poultry,
.Sugar. Alcohol Kegs, etc.
INC.,
Second-Hand
Maurer, N.

Tight Barrels.
and
J.— Dealers in
Recooperedi
WORKS, Box
Dealer in
Robinson, III.—
82,
Second-Hand Barrels
TURN Have you anything
IT
to sell, or
INTO MONEY
want to buy or exchange anything
PROPERLY
MADE Tight Barrel QUALITY
STOCK
of all kinds.
It
It
is
TRY OUR SPECIAL "AD" DEPARTMENT
our business to get buyers and sellers together and we can do it.
your business to turn unused or idle machinery and tools, etc
is
into
STAVES AND HEADING
money and you can do It. Cost Is small. Returns are large.
OZARK STAVE COMPANY
THE NATIONAL COOPERS* JOURNAL, Philadelphia 134 North U Salle Chicago, Street. Illinois

Why} IF IT COMES FROM

Wliy send your saws a thousand HYNSON

YOU KNOW RIGHT IT'S
THE VAIL COOPERAGE CO. WE ARE BUYERS OF
miles to be resteeled when we can Since 1888 Manufacturers of
do it in the South at a large saving?
When it comes to coopers' tools and
supplies "Hynson" stands second to
none. We manufacture our products Quality Stock
STAVES
HOOPS
STAVES, HOOPS
For Tight and Slack Cooparaga
& HEADING
We make new drums and rest eel old drums and are always stocked to handle Our Northern Elm Hoops
fitting any machine
orders promptly and satisfactorily.
There is nothing the barrel maker
"Best by Te»t" HEADING JAMES WEBSTER & BRO., LTD. '^SfAf^c IH'^
THIRTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE
needs that we can not supply. Place
your orders with us now.
FORT WAYNE, IND. VENEERS LONDON OFFICE-Btvis Marks House, Goring Strott, L C. 3

Largest Exclusive Coopers' Tool

Southern Stave Saw and Machine Company Supply House in the World
112 South 19th Street, Birmingham, Ala. THE HYNSON COMPANY X MONTEZUMA COOPERS^ FLAG
All Work Guaranteed Write Us For Prices Lebanon lUinoia 1
H. PADUART, Sartrouville, France
Forty years in the business have made us Flag experts
ALL LENGTHS Try our Service SOFT VARIETY
Steel Hoops and Wires
kindi of all
P. T. CASEY WE INVITE YOUR INQUIRY FOR C. I. F. PRICES
92 West Bayard Street Seneca Falls, N. Y. KXPORT TO ALL COUNTRIES
Hoop Nails Hoop Hoop Fasteners FINGER LAKES
Staples COOPERAGE FLAG
Bright, Blued. Coppered or Galvanized
Write for prices and samples LONG—TOP—BUTT—CHAIR Air When in the mar\et for Wheel YOU A. M. Welti & Bro.«
can posslbl> get along without
THE GEO. W. STANLEY CO. Satisfaction Assured Dried 30x5/8 '
Ash Pork Slaves Listed advertising in THE NATIONAL MatiurHcluriTH of
Belleville, III.
RAY A. RUSSELL SAVANNAH, N. Y. 34x3^ "
Red Oak Oil Slaves; 36x3^" Gum Slaves
COOPERS'
will
JOURNAL, but you
get along much better and
Tight Cooperage
Writm to much faster IF YOU DO USE Milk, Oil and Lard
THE HENNEN COOPERAGE CO.,Inc.
THE ONLY PAPER THAT Tierces and Kegs
SPECIALIZES YOUR CLASS OF
Manufacturers of Tight Cooperage LAKE PROVIDENCE, LA. BUYERS, IMM KisMMB Hi. CUttUmi, 0.

K. W. JACOBS COOPERAGE CO. W. W. WILSON STAVE COMPANY

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN MANUFACTURERS OF
SLACK BARREL MANUFACTURERS—ALL KINDS
All Classes Kiln-Dried and Jointed Tight Barrel
Staves
Fouoded 1850
We
(NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA)
are large buyers of Slack Cooperage
incorporated 1900
BUNGS
WE MAKE THEM VENT PLU08 FAUCKTa
Tongued and Grooved Barrels Our Specialty White Oak
Red Oak Gum and Ash Stock of alt kinds and we want your prices CASK or BARREL PLU08 and WORM-HOLE PllOi
Writ, for price* on Bung-borm, CoopM't hoop-drlvm,
NORTH LITTLE ROCK „ ARKANSAS N.&H.O'DONNELL COOPERAGE CO. hammors.
adset. nagging and flagging irons, chalk, chimat and ehima
mauls
BARREL MANUFACTURERS REDLICH MFG. W. Oak
Moore St., Water to Swanson St. PHILADELPHIA, PA.
CO., 647 St., CHICAGO
Known to Ihm tradm for ovar 90 yoars

Cooperage Stock & Barrel Shooks HICKSON-ROGERS MANUFACTURING CO.

MANITFACTURERS OF Tight and Slack Barrels Manufacturer
and Dealer In
of
SKUSE'S COOPERAGE
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
Cooperage Machinery TiaS^R'^ ^"*
Tight Barrel Staves
Club Turned Oak and We carry new Cooperage from .5 to 50-galloii on hand at all times for Slack
Hickory Spokes local or carload shipments. Heady to fill bairels for all requirements Orders solicited tor straight or
HANDLE YOUR ORDERS In'aNY Planta at Navillt Island, Pa. . and PittMburgh, Pa. Staves mixed cars. Write us whether you
[mfA5?fTr//°o^-.I?
LQUANTITIES. STOCK AND RPRWIz-c a.i WRITE US
B.
*^. C.
v^. •^icoiian Cnmnanv
Sheahan v,^inpany ^^®West Jackson Blvd. ADDRESS COIIRKSPOXDKNCK TO Heading want to buy or sell. Satisfaction
Chicago. Illinois PARAGOULD ARKANSAS Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Company Hoops Guaranteed.
2723 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. Flour and
Fruit Barrels Cur.
SKUSE'S
Unary and UavU
COOPERAGE
Mocbmirr, Nin Ynrk
St*.,
Mention Thb Natio.nal Coopeks' Journal when writing to advertisers.
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 n Octoher. \\m Tm; National Coopers' Journal 23
Till \\tinNM <;oiH»I.M»»* JoiMNM. <»r|nlN>|. \U2\^

Report of National Manufacturers* excellent; 41 per cent good; 34 per cent tically eliminated,the percentage of com-
Association Shows Gain for fair; per cent poor.
(5 Prospects for the panies reporting no strikes being 99.74 and

Tra(l(* Hrporls and Arlivitics in Hariri Usinj: liuliislric^ Industry as a Whole

winter are regarded as excellent by 12 per
cent; good by 54 per cent; fair by 30 per
of those reporting strikes .26 less than —
one-fourth of one per cent.
Industry throughout the country nt the cent; poor by 4 per cent; while last year Going into the individual indu.stries, some
present time is just a shade more favorably 14 per cent reported excellent; 43 per cent unfavorable reflections appear. Twenty-
situated than it was a year ago; but nu- good; 3fi per cent fair and 6 per cent poor. three classifications of the basic industries
Kurlhrr Cjamn Wy Chrmi< «l inHuntry Olive
oil having a fair
fiMit^ in call al- watch on the ««ei'd matkrt. Recent see.
merous individual industries show distinct Comparing the busine.ss done up to this are covered in the survey. Of these, twelve
Year ApproacheB though the den)nnd for rommrrrial <»ils was shipments froin fh" Arm'ntin«' t,, the I'nited
nn Knd of recessions from their position last year and fall with the same period last year, 53 per report gains that in some instances are
-potty. States totaled S74.0O() bushel>.
Thf piTjIicti'd mntitmatinn of h«'avy mnvt present a somewhat disturbing tone to the cent report better returns; 17 per cent less slight and other in.stances might be con-
Huyers' inquiries f' r palm oil have not One developnu'nt of interest is the dif- in
nicntx of induct chrMiicalf hu?" iMTcinu* general picture, according to the annual and 30 per cent find n change. A year ago
•
sidered excellent advances. These twelve
I itil hei-n plentiful but piices have held u|). fi<lence buyers with regard to linseed
of
nn rsf;iblihlu«l fuct. Tin- (U-imind ih <U'- trade survey of the National Association the report was 50 per cent better; 25 per are clothing; electrical; farm products and
Conditions in tin* prin.ary palm oil centers substitutes. This has had an effect upon
vclopinu alctnn inuch hioadrr liiu-s with of Manufacturers, pre.sented at the annual cent less; 25 per cent no change.
have wield«'<| the gicater influt'nce in keep- substitute oil piices epi<*i;dly China wood foodstuffs; glass, crockery and porcelain;
buyris' intrrt'xt showing consi«li'rabl«' nuin meeting of that As.sociation in New York Pioduction as compared with last fall is
ing prices firm. oil. There is also a lower dem:ind foi- mix- hardware and and ma-
tools; iron foundries
f<»rwar«l shipirt-nth. City, October 14th, by J. Lewis Benton, reported increa.sed by 74 per cent of the
in It is the opinion of many in the vege- tures of soya and linseed oils, although chine .shops; jewelry; leather, machinery,
Thoii' in a of compU'ti' confUlfncf
ft'i'liriK table oil trade tha» there will be no im- good sized (|uantities were purchased early
general .secretary of the organization. companies as against 65 per cent last year;
paper and pulp; stationery and printing;
in thf tra«h' that thf hist (|uaittr of this mediate change in present conditions, and in the month.
A questionnaire, covering present trade, decreased by 2G per cent; increased sales
prospects for winter, comparison with last quantities are reported by 73 per cent as miscellaneous. Three industries seem to
yi'ar will oonipMit' fav<iral)ly with the tii>t that the fluctuation.-, in demand and price
be a fall, production, sales quantities and values, against 65 per cent last year; increased have just about held their own, building
six iiiontiis. N(» doubt tht-rt' will will continue for a longer period.
improve- employment, wages and labor conditions, sales values by 64 per cent as against 52 supplies, textiles and metals. Eight in-
stifn^rthcniiiK of prices due to the Naval Stores Industry Seems to
nient in buying interest. There is no in- was sent to three thousand members of the per cent last year. Depleted stocks are dustries show a shading off. These are
Have Improved
dication, howevci, of a chanjje in prevail- association the first of this month, with re- reported by 14 per cent this year as against automobile accessories; chemicals; furni-
Slowing Down Noted in There is a fair demand for turpentine quest that the report be made as. of October 16 per cent last year; normal by 78 per
in^j price with regard to contracts as (|UO- ture; iron andlumber; paints, oils
steel;
tations have bei-n attractive to producers
Cotton Oil Trade at this writing, but for
it is principally 4th. The tabulation was closed October cent this year as against 74 per cent last and varnishes; rubber; ceramics. Lumber
and satisfactory to consumers. Business in cottonseed oil circles indi-
immediate shipment. This produced an ad- 7th, at which time nearly 1,000 replies had year; and over by 8 per cent this year as and ceramics take a rather gloomy view
There have been some sharp advances in cates a gradual slowing down, with prices
vance in price. A gain of 2 cents a gallon been received. The survey covers a com- against 10 per cent last year. not one company of either industry reports
the i)rice of aci'tate of soda, hut this has declining to a small degree.
was noted over i)receding (|Uotations. pilation of something more than 9,000 de- Increased employment is reported by 69 present business as excellent, nor does a
been <lue to the uncertain production of this Consumer demand recently Conditions in the losin field are better tailed answers. per cent of the companies, decreased by 31
showed an single one consider prospects for the win-
particular commodity. Barium products than recently and the market holds firm. Taking the industries as a whole, of the per cent; increased wages are reported by
improvement with
the reduction of a ter in the excellent category. Furniture
are firm with a fair consuming inquiry, quarter of a cent per pound for refined.
At present the call is for immediate companies reporting, 19 per cent class their 91 per cent, decreased by 9 per cent, while
needs, although trading at southern points and rubber reports show not one company
but heavy contract deliveries have featured The sentiment in the market is bearish and present business as excellent; 45 per cent 23 per cent of the companies report a
for export took on an active aspect. shortage in skilled workers. One healthful classing prospects for the winter as ex-
the markets for cau.-^tic soda and soda ash. further decline.*-' will not surprise producers good; 31 per cent fair and 5 per cent poor.
An active incjuiry for bicarbonate of soda or buyers.
The interest in futures is fair with con- Last year they were classified, 17 per cent thing is that labor troubles have been prac- cellent.

is noticeable with actual orders placed siz- The weather reports so far are favor- sumers looking to their requirements for
ing up to normal dimensions. the balance of the year.
able to the cotton belt as a whole. Satis-
In fact it can be said that the entire factory and picking conditions offset the Rosin holds steady with a moderate
oil

demand, while consumers are ordering out

chemical industry is in healthy condition
with prospects for one of the best consum-
losses caused by excessive rains in the
eastern belt. Estimates from private
good sized (juantities as well as showing an SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS WHICH DO GOOD WORK
interest in quotations for nearby require-
ing year.s on record. sources place this year's cotton crop at
ments.
14,505,000 bales to 14,830,000 bales.
MACHINERY FOR SALE SECOND-HAND BARRELS FOR SALE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
After the Government has issued its re-
Alcohol Trade in Good Shape port as to the possible crop total there will
Tallow and Grease Markets Are FOR SALE pOR SALE—Several carloads fresh empty STAVE AND HEADING OPPORTUNITY
as Winter Comes Into View no doubt be a change in market conditions,
but little improvement, if any, is looked Weaker in Tone QNE "Perfection" Heading-up Machine in oleo and malt barrels. Also several car- £^IGHTEEN thousand acres, partially logged
increase in perfect condition. $350.00 for quick loads reconditioned drums, w^ashed. Ad- over, Mississippi Delta land, favorably lo-
There has been very little
for before that report is issued. Tallow has developed a weaker tone since cated, very accessible, mill site on good rail-
new business placed with denatured alcohol
sale. dress JOHN M. REISER AND SONS,
Gum, elm and oak predominating.
last reporting. Prices in some instances One Holmes No. 38^2 Crozer in A-1 road.
producers, yet there is quite a call for ship- shape. Price $175.00.
620 Portland St., Baltimore, Md. A portion of this land was logged over more
have declined a qua iter cent per pound.
ments against contracts and deliveries have than ten years ago. For further particulars
Paint Materials Show Improvement There is a greater tendency on the part A. B. HOUTZ & SONS POSITION WANTED address "OPPORTUNITY," care of "The
gained considerable momentum.
of producers to increase their offerings i Elizabeth City, N. C. National Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Pa.
There is more activity present in the Paint materials are showing an im-
New England States than in other sections proved condition even though the demand
and with a lessened demand the market has
changed from a sellers' to a buyers' market. pOR SALE—F. Trevor 60-inch stave cutter. —
^\^ANTED Position as stave jointer. Ad-
pOR SALE—In the best apple section of the
becausj' of the advent of winter, which be-
gins earlier down east than elsewhere.
is somewhat restricted.
Lead pigments are going forward in good
The demand for greases has shown a re- —
Has not had much use is in good con- dress ELGY ROWELL, 501 Gregg St.,
Houston, Texas.
State —OvmerEstablished cooperage and box
flection of conditions Offerings
in tallow. dition. Address W. A. Sikes, Portville, N. Y. business. to retire. Wonderful op-
However, the market generally is in a (juantities against contracts and buyers are portunity for a live man. Address "A.L.C.,"
are more liberal with consumers evincing
strong position and there is no likelihood making inquiries for additional supplies.
very little interest in the maiket. MACHINERY WANTED \^ANTED—Position as slack barrel cooper care of "The National Coopers' Journal,"
of a letdown for the balance of the year. Lithopone is in active demand, and even Philadelphia, Pa.
Oleo stearine is also having a light de- shop working foreman.Prefer northern
the varnish gum market is steadier.
Seasonable quantities of Barytes are
mand and prices quoted are merely nominal. \]l^ANTED —One Morgan barrel nailer. or northeastern part of Ohio. Address pOR SALE—^Kingston, N. Y., tight barrel
Two 32"-knife power stave jointers. "SLACK," care of "The National Coopers' manufacturing plant. Located 90 miles
moving to consumers and the market still
Spasmodic Trading in Vegetable Oils Address A. B. C, care of "The National Journal," Philadelphia, Pa.
from New York City on the West Shore Rail-
continues in a firm condition.
may Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Pa. road, with private siding. Price $60,000,
Activities in the vegetable
be termed as spasmodic. Prices have broken
oil field Zinc oxide, too, is experiencing an in-
creased demand with orders against con-
Animal Oils Holding Steady \]L^ANTED — Position as superintendent or including all land, buildings, machinery and
Among animal
STOCK FOR SALE foreman of cooperage plant by a
tight equipment, together with present good will.
somewhat but the reduction has had no ap- tracts continuing in good volume. degras is experienc-
oils
practical man. Address "POSITION," care Capacity one thousand barrels daily. Now
preciable influence on the demand.
Castor oil is one product among the vege-
ing a fair demand with prices generally
steady. Buyers are taking fair-sized quan-
pOR SALE — 40,000 53^4" x 10 ga. Twisted of "The National Coopers' Journal," Phila- operating partial capacity. For further par-
tities for immediate need even though order
Splice Wire Hoops, % cent each. delphia, Pa. ticulars write PROCTOR BROS. AND COM-
table oils thathas evidenced an improve- Linseed Oil Trade Watching Seed HOUTZ & SONS
ment. Larimer shipments are going forward
against current contracts and the price
Market — Prices Are Strengthened
placing is irregular.
The improved demand has
for lard oil
A. B.
Elizabeth City, N. C. HELP WANTED
PANY, Kingston, N. Y.

market is steady. Prices for lin.seed

oil fluctuated consider- resulted in an advance in price. Neatsfoot
pOR SALE — 4,000 sets 13i^-inch MR KD pOR SALE—Complete equipment for the
The weaker tone to cottonseed oil
the ably during the first week of October, but oil is showing a gain over last month. Alabama Pine Heading. Very high grade "Yy^ ANTED —
^Machine Cooper to make bar- manufacture of slack heading and staves.
crufle corn oil. There at the close a gain of one cent per pound Oleo oils and red oils are fairly active while rels on contract on Holmes' Five-in-one-
market is reflected in ^-can be bought at right figure. All machines in running order. Priced low-
had been made. (No. 157) Machine. Address STEPHEN
has been a better demand for refined oils stearic acid has been having an active call
MUEHLHAUSEN COOPERAGE JERRY &
CO.. INC., 495 Manhattan Ave., Address BERRY LUMBER CO., DoylesviUe,
but the price has not been able to hold to Sellers are not rushing offerings and to- against contracts with consumers showing Matawan, New Jersey Brooklyn, N. Y. Va.
its foimer basis. gether with the buyers are keeping close good inquiry for nearby requirements.
24 The National Coopers' Journal October, 1929 October, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 25

TINKLER & WEBSTER, LTD. Harlan-Morris Mfg. Co. JACKSON

TENNESSEE
National Bank Building LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND Manufacturers of All Kinds of
BUYERS OF ALL KINDS OF TIGHT-BARREL STAVES, ADL and KDJ,
EMPIRE
Clinton St.,
BARREL CO.,
Detroit,
1925
Mich.
AMERICAN COOPERAGE
INC., Maurer, N. J. Manufac- —
CO.,
WOLVERINE BARREL AND BAG
CO., 624 Watson St., Grand
STAVES AND HEADING and CIRCLED HEADING
FROM WHITE OAK. RED OAK. ASH AND GUM
Second-Hand Barrels of all de-
turer of New Tight Barrels made —
Rapids, Mich. Recoopered Tight Offer us that stock on your yard
SATISFACTION Branch Mills
scriptions. L.ard Tubs and Nail Barrels for all uses. New Slack Cable Address: "Stavewood Liverpool" in

Kegs.
of oak, fir and gum stock. GUARANTEED Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama
Barrels for Apples, Liettuce, eto.

H. METZGER'S SONS, 11-15 JOHN PAXTON &. CO., 5435

Eighteenth St., Richmond. Va.
New and Second-Hand Barrels, REGISTER NOW Cosgrain Montreal, Canada.
St.,
Manufacturers of and dealers in The Sutherland-limes Co., Limited An Opportunity to Quote on Your
Kegs and Hogsheads of all kinds.

HOUSTON COOPERAGE AND TUB

AND Flour, Sugar and Apple Barrels.
Fir Pork Barrels, 100 lbs. and
Manufacturers and Dealers in COOPERAGE STOCK
CO., Box 546, Houston, Texas. LET THE CONSUMERS KNOW 200 lbs.
STAVES, HOOPS, HEADING AND SHOOKS
Requirements is considered a privilege by
New Tight Barrels from 5 gal. to
55 gal. New Slack Barrels of WHERE TO GET THEIR PERTH AMBOY BARREL
1049-63 State St., Maurer, N.
CO.,
J.—
TIGHT AND SLACK Krafft Cooperag e Co mpany |

all
Ice
kinds. Second-Hand Barrels.
cream Tubs all sizes.
WOODEN BARREL SUPPLIES Dealer in New and Used Tight
Chatham Ontario. Canada Federal Commerce Trust Building St. Louis, Mo.
and Slack Barrels of all descrip-
tions.
IOWA COOPERAGE CO., 310
AMERICAN COOPERAGE CO., JACK COHEN COOPERAGE
Southeast Ninth St.,
—
Des Moines,
Iowa. New and used Tight and
Slack Barrels for Apples, Poultry,
INC., Maurer,
Second-Hand
N.
and
J. —Dealers
Recoopered
in WORKS, Box
Dealer in
Robinson, III.—
82,
Second-Hand Barrels
TURN
Have you anything
IT
to sell, or
INTO MONEY
want to buy or excliaiige anytliing?
PROPERLY
MADE Tight Barrel QUALITY
STOCK
.Sugar. Alcohol Kegs, etc. Tight Barrels. of all kinds.
It is
It is
TRY OUR SPECIAL "AD" DEPARTMENT
our business to get buyers and sellers together and we can do it.
your business to turn unused or idle machinery and tools, etc., into
STAVE S AND H EADING
money and you can do it. Cost is small. Returns are large. OZARK STAVE COMPANY
THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL,

n :>tK Philadelphia 134 North La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois

Why? IF IT COMES FROM

Why send your saws a thousand

HYNSON
YOU KNOW IT'S RIGHT THE VAIL COOPERAGE CO. WE ARE BUYERS OF
miles to be resteeled when we can When it comes to coopers' tools and
Since 1888 Manufacturers of

Quality Stock
STAVES STAVES, HOOPS & HEADING
do it in the South at a large saving? supplies "Hynson" stands second to
none. We manufacture our products Our Northern Elm Hoops
HOOPS For Tight and Slack Cooparage
We make new drums and reateel old druma and are always stocked to handle
orders promptly and satisfactorily. "Best by Test"
HEADING JAMES WEBSTER & BRO., LTD. "^'fi^Af^c Jfi.""'
fitting any machine There Is nothing the barrel maker
needs that we can not supply. Place FORT WAYNE, IND. VENEERS lONOON OFnCE-ll«ns Marks House, Goring Street, L C, 3
THIRTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE your orders with us now.

Largest Exclusive Coopers' Tool

Southern Stave Saw and Machine Company Supply House in the World

All
112 South 19th
Work Guaranteed
Street, BirminKham, Ala.
Write Us for Prices
THE HYNSON COMPANY
Lebanon Illinois
|j
1
MONTEZUMA COOPERS' FLAG H. PADUART, Sartrouville, France
Forty years ir the business have made us Flag experts Steel Hoops and Wires
ALL LENGTHS Try our Service SOFT VARIETY
of all kinds
P. T. CASEY WE INVITE YOUR INQUIRY FOR C. I. F. PRICES
92 West Bayard Street :: Seneca Falls, N. Y. EXPORT TO ALL COUNTRIES
Hoop NaOs Hoop Staples Hoop Fasteners FINGER LAKES COOPERAGE FLAG
Bright, Blued, Coppered or Galvanized
Write for prices and samples LONG—TOP—BUTT—CHAIR Air When in the mar\et for I Wheel
YOU A. M. Welti & Bro.«
can possibly get along without |
Manufacturers of
Satisfaction Assured Dried 30x5/8 "
Ash Pork Staves I
Listed advertising n i THE NATIONAL 1

THE GEO. W. STANLEY CO. COOPERS' JOURNAL but you Tight Cooperage
BeUeville, III.
RAY A. RUSSELL SAVANNAH, N. Y. 34x% Red Oak
'
Oil Staves; 36x3^'' Gum SUves will
.

get along much better

,

and
Writ* to much faster IF YOU DO USE Milk, Oil and Lard
THE HENNEN COOPERAGE CO., Inc.
THE ONLY PAPER
T H AT Tierces and Kegs
SPECIALIZES YOUR CLASS OF
Manufacturers of Tight Cooperage LAKE PROVIDENCE. LA. BUYERS. lOMt Kiuau Rd. Clcvtiud. 0.

K. W. JACOBS COOPERAGE CO. W. W. WILSON STAVE COMPANY

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
SLACK BARREL MANUFACTURERS—ALL KINDS
IVIANUFACTURERS OF
All Classes Kiln-Dried and Jointed Tight Barrel Staves
Founded 1850
We
(NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA)
are large buyers of Slack Cooperage
Incorporated 1900
BUNGS
WE MAKE THEM VENT PLUGS FAUCETS
Stock of all kinds and we want your prices CASK or BARREL PLUGS and WORM-HOLE PEGS
White Oak Red Oak Gum and Ash Write for pricea on Bung-borer*. Cooper's hoop-drivert, hammers,
Tongued and Grooved Barrels Our Specialty
NORTH LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS N.&H.O'DONNELL COOPERAGE CO. adzes, flagging and flagging irons, chalk, chimes and chime mauls

BARREL MANUFACTURERS REDLICH MFG. CO., 647 W. Oak St., CHICAGO

Moore St., Water to Swanson St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Known to the trade for ovrr 60 years

Cooperage Stock & Barrel Shooks HICKSON-ROGERS MANUFACTURING CO.

MANUFACTURERS OF Tight and Slack Barrels Manufacturer
and Dealer in
of
SKUSE'S COOPERAGE
Dowel Pins ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
Club Turned Oak and We carry new Cooperage from 5 to 50-gallon on hand at all times for Slack
Cooperage Machinery Ttght Barrel Staves Hickory Spokes local or carload Rhipments. Kcady to nil bairels for all requirement* Orders solicited for straight or
rWE ARE READY TO HANDLE YOUR ORDERS IN ANY! and Pittsburgh, Pa.
Plants at Neville hland. Pa. ,
Staves mixed cars. Write us whether you

Be . Vx. ShMthnn PnmnAnv

oneanan «^x>nipany ^^^West Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, Illinois
LQUANTITIES.
PARAGOULD
stock AND
QUANTITIES. STOCK «pp\/irc
ANr> SERVICE
a.i xa/di-tc A-1. WRITE
ARKANSAS
hcjJ
US. ADDRESS CORRESPONDENCE TO
Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Company
Heading
Hoops
Flour and
want to buy or sell. Satisfaction
Guaranteed.
SKUSE*S COOPERAGE
2723 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. Fruit Barrels New York
Cor. Finney and Daris Sts., Rochester,

Mention The Natio.val CuorEKs' Journal when writing to advertisers.

Mention Tub Nation*!. Cooi-eus' Joliisal when writing to adveitisera.
 26
The National Coopers' Journal October, 1929

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 Front Cover. 1. B. C. means Inside Back Cover.

BARREL ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS

B. & B. Holmes Machinery Co., Buffalo. Pape
SECOND-HAND BARRELS
There*5 Only One ff^ooden Barrel Paper
Oram Co.. The John N Y •*;;;;•••' .B, C. Heidt & Son. C. Jersey City. N. J ^^^4
S.. Cleveland Ohio .;.;;; .14-15 Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Co., Pittsburgh. Pa

—THE JOURNAL
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BARREL HEATERS SLACK BARREL MAKERS AND BARREL STOCK

IS IT I—
E. & 13. Holmes Mnchinery Co., Buffalo, N Y ...B. C.
Hynson Company. The,
Lebanon, HI ...
.

^'°^;.,5^°??^''?^^ Co.. Cleveland, Ohio le

24 Hetm
T®'"J^ &
bon.. C. Jersey City, N. J
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport, N. Y. '.'.,;
Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M.. 141 Broadway. New York
N
. .1. F. r. .Jacobs Cooperage. K. W., Milwaukee, Wis
24
4
WOODEN BOXES are Competitive with the WOODEN
Y* . . I . F. < Jerry & Co.. Stephen. Brooklyn, N. Y 2
ODonnell Cooperage Co.. N. and H., Philadelphia. Pa. .'.'.'.'.'.'.
2?
BARREL.
Skuse's Cooperage. Rochester, N. Y '.'.'. '.'.'.
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BARREL MACHINERY The Journal STANDS for the WOODEN BARREL!
Holmes Machinery Co., E. & B.. Buffalo,
Oram Co The John S., Cleveland. Ohio N. Y. . n C
Trevor Manufacturing Co., I.ockport. N. Y T4 i SLACK BARREL STOCK (Manufacturers or Dealers)
Weimar Engrineering: Works, Philadelphia. Pa.';:;;;::":::;:;::; ...".
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3
Henning. Inc.. E.. Chicago, III 4
WOODEN BASKETS. CASESAND FIBER CONTAINERS
are all Competitive with the WOODEN BARREL.
Murray. C. E.. Decherd. Tenn i'v^'n
Pennoyer Co.. J. C. Chicago. Ill I'l
Siruthers-Ziegler Cooperage Co.. Detroit, Mich. ...'.'.'.'.'. 'v r
BUNG MANUFACTURERS T
Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M.. 141 Broadway, New York. N. Y
Wmeman. Jr.. Henry, Detroit. Mich !
1 p n The Journal STANDS for the WOODEN BARREL!
Redlich Manufacturing Co.. 647 W. Oak
'
! 16
St., Chicago. Ill 25

BAGS AND SACKS are Competitive with the WOODEN

COOPERS' FLAG SLACK COOPERAGE STOCK
Hennlng. Inc.. E.. Chicago, 111
(Manufacturers and Dealers) BARREL.
^ Greif Bros. Cooperage Co., Cleveland, Ohio 16
Henning. Inc.. E., Chicago, III
Jerry & Co., Stephen, Brooklyn. N. Y
4
4
The Journal STANDS for the WOODEN BARREL!
COOPERS' TOOLS. TRUSS HOOPS, ETC. Murray, C. E., Decherd, Tenn ..'.'.'.*.*.'
3
Pennoyer Co., J. C, Chicago. Ill 13
E. & B. Holmes Machinery
Hyiihon Company, The, Lebanon. Ill
Co., Buffalo, N. Y u C
Powell Cooperage Co.. Memphis, Tenn
Sheahan Co.. B. C. Chicago.
16 STEEL DRUMS are Competitive with WOODEN BARRELS.
oi Ill 24
J C. Ptnnoyer Co.. Chicago, III Skuse's Cooperage, Rochester, N. Y
Redlich Manufacturing Co., 647 W. Oak
Trevor Manulacturing Co., Lockpoit, N. St.,"ChicagoV ill
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p.
Smith Lumber Co., W. T., Chapman. Ala
Struthers-Ziegler Cooperage Co.. Detroit. Mich
25
3 The Journal STANDS for the WOODEN BARREL!
Y
Van Aken Cooperage Co.. C. M.. 141 Broadway, Ik 7 Sutherland, Innes Co., Ltd.. Chatham. Ont
3
New York,' n! Y. "
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Vail Cooperage Co.. Ft. Wayne. Ind
25
25
Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M.. 141 Broadway, New York, N. Y I. F. C.
Wineman, Jr.. Henry. Detroit. Mich 16
DOWEL PINS tjr^
Hickson -Rogers Mfg. Co.. Paragould. Ark. .. o.
Hynson Company, The, Lebanon. Ill :,, STAVE AND HEADING MACHINERY
Redlich Manufacturing Co., 647 W. Oak St.. Chicago." ".'.'.'.'.'.'.'..'.['.'.[
ill'.
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Gerlach Co.. The, Cleveland. Ohio
Holmes Macliinery Co.. E. & B.. Buffalo. N. Y
I. F. C.
B C For over 44 years The JOURNAL has Championed the Wooden
Oram Co.. The John S.. Cleveland. Ohio 14-15
DRAG SAWS, ETC. J. C. Pennoyer Co.. Chicago, III 13
Barrel!
Trevor Manufacturing Co., l/ockport, N. Y ...I.F.C.
Pennoyer Co.. J. C. Chicago, III ...
Trevor Manufact uring Co. Lockport, N. Y
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EXCLUSIVELY COOPERAGE!
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It is

STEEL AND WIRE HOOPS

EXPORTERS American Steel and Wire Co., Chicago and New York 13 Its Allegiance is NOT DIVIDED!
Henning Chicago, III
Inc.. E.. Henning. Inc., E., Chicago. Ill 4
Jerry & Co., Stephen, Brooklvn. N. Y H. Padiiart. Sartrouville, France 25
Southport Corporation, New Orlean.s Bank i{ld^^* ' N\'w *Orlc'in*«i '
VV The Journal will take your sales message direct to the buyer,
TIGHT BARREL MAKERS AND BARREL STOCK no matter where he is. It's The Journal's business to know
HOOP MACHINES San Francisco, Calif
California Barrel Co., where he is, and it does.
1»;
Hyn.xon Conii)any, Tlie. Leb.nion, 111 Chickasaw Wood Products Co., Memphis. Tenn 4
Trevor Manufacturing <'o., Lockport. X. Y. .
.24 Hudson & Dugger Co.. Inc.. Memphis. Tenn 3
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National Cooperage and Woodenwaie Co.. Peoria. Ill
. I .

Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Co., Pittsburgh, Pa

4
25
Keep this fact in the foreground when planning your advertising
Southpoit Corporation, New Orleans Bank Bldg.. New Orleans, La 4
IMPORTERS (Cooperage and Cooperage Stock) Sutherland. Innes Co., Ltd., Chatham. Ont 25
for 1930.
Welti & Bro.. A. M.. Cleveland, Ohio .'25
Webster & Bro.. James, Liverpool, Engl nd o-
WILL SAFEGUARD YOUR BUSINESS; PROTECT YOUR
. .
Tmkler & Webster. Liverpool, England ''.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.]
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TIGHT COOPERAGE STOCK (Manufacturers or Dealers) TRADE, AND PAY YOU A PROFIT!
MACHINE KNIVES AND SAWS Coleman Co.. Wm. H.. Jackson. Tenn B C
Harlan-Moriis Mfg. Co.. Jackson. Tenn 25
(lerlach Co.. The. Cleveland.
J. C. Pennoyer Co.. Chicago.
Ohio
Ill
IF' ',..
Hennen Cooperage Co.. The, Lake Providence. La
Henning, Inc.. E.. Chicago. Ill
25
4
Southern Stave. Saw & Machine Co. 112 S. 19th St., Birmingham, Ala. .'.24 Krafft Cooperage Co.. St. Louis. Mo 25

NAILS, STAPLES, TACKS, CLEATS, ETC.

Ozark Stave Co.. Chicago. Ill
Pennoyer Co.. J. C. Chicago. Ill
Sheahan Co.. B. C. Chicago. Ill
.SIgman. M. L.. Monticello. Ark
Southport Corporation. New Orleans Bank Bldg.. New Orleans. La
..!... !!25
13
24
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Hynson Company, The, I^ebaiion. Ill 01
•Siitherland. Innes Co.. Ltd., Chatham, Ont 25 - ESTABLISHED 1885 -
Redlich Manufacturing Co., 647 W. Oak St., Chicago" ill o-
Wilson Stave Co., W. W.. North Little Rock, Ark 24
Stanley Co The Geo. W., Belleville; III. ... .^'^f.' ^
Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M.. 141 Broadway. New York.N'.Y. '.
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Philadelphia
TIGHT STAVE MANUFACTURERS
PAIL AND TUB MACHINERY Henning. Inc., E.. Chicago, 111 4
.<sigman,M. L., Monticello, Ark !'.!!!'.!! 4
Oerlarh Co.. The. Cleveland. Ohio Southport Corporation. New Orleans Bank Bldg., New Orleans'La 4
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Ixn-kport. X.
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Sutherland, Innes Co.. Ltd.. Chatham. Ont
V ........I. Fc Wilson Stave Co.. W. W.. North Little Rock. Ark ."
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OVER FIFTY YEARS IN THE BUSINESS

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Vol. 45, No. 7 Philadelphia November, 1929

 November, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal
A good barrel cannot be made without good hoops
SLACK BARREL ,„, ,. r 75.000,000 \
W- «^^P ^^' ^^^^
MATERIAL I Seventy-five Million |
California BarrelGo.,Inc.
Coiled Elm Hoops
to the best trade

QUALITY HOOPS
Vicksburg Cooperage Co.
making the best barrels.

Vicksburg, Miss.
SLACK 433 California St., San Francisco
Staves
Heading
MILLS:
J. M. Peel & Brother
O. L. Bartlett
Ferriday Hoop
Decatur
Company
Cooperage Company
Lake Village, Ark.
Mound City,
Ferriday, La.
Decatur, Ind.
111.
Barrel
Headliners

Wire Hoops
412 CURTIS BLDG., COR.
Distributed Exclusively by

STRUTHERS-ZIEGLER COOPERAGE CO.

HAMILTON AND WEST GRAND BLVD., DETROIT, MICH.
STOCK SLACK HEADING
QUALITY

Elm, Wire and Steel Hoops

Gum, Tupelo and Cottonwood Staves
FOR
4
Pine, Gum
and Hardwood Heading

QUALITY Patented Curved Liners

STRA IGH T-MIXED-MA TCHED CA RS
OR LOCAL LOTS
SLACK COOPERAGE
OF

HEADS me Heading Our Established Responsibility

is Your Protection
QUAUTY

HENRY WINEMAN, Jr.

ALL 5 LARNED WEST, DETROIT
SALES REPRESENTATIVES:
MANUFACTURERS OF

SIZES LEWIS METCAI-,F

Middleport. N. Y.
O. A. ROCKEFEL.T>ETl
Germantown. N. Y. SLACK AND TIGHT
F. WILSON FRED T. MEARS
8" Specialty J.
Martin.sburg, W. Va.
M. D. BROWX. 221 RoarJ of Trade
Onancook, Va.
lildf?.. Norfolk. Va.
STAVES AND HEADING
TO
24' W. T. Smith Lumber Co., Inc.
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Scientifically Made from
Southern Pine MANUFACTURERS OF SLACK
HEADS—HOOPS—STAVES STAVES BARRELS
Yellow Pine Lumber and Timber,
HOOPS CASKS
C. E. MURRAY Hardwood Lumber, Pine Heading,
Veneer, Crates, Lath, Etc. HEADING KEGS
DECHERD TENNESSEE Fifty years of Quality production
is the foundation upon which our
leadership in the trade is based.
Our equipment, technical knowledge WARRIOR
and experience are placed
disposal.
at your
HEADS
WEIMAR ENGINEERING WORKS Enormous Factory Capacity means PINE HEADING
properly made from
Builders Hoop DHving, Barrel Washing Huge Timber Holdings

^ Southern Pine by men

Central Warehouse Stocks
Cars Straight, Matched or Mixed
of
and Bung Hole Boring IViachines I
who know how
:iAL MACHINES BUILT to
SPECIAL TO ORnrp
ORDER iSZTlfr— ^ jtrr"-!!w-!Twm-.l,</5LJ i

In building our machines we seek to gain the highest Greif Bros. Cooperage Powell Cooperage Co.
efficiency in every way, and users of our make will Cooperage Stock
find this our guarantee, which always holds good.
LET us KNOW VQUR REQUIREMENTS Company MEMPHIS :: TENNESSEE

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Parties wanting anything that comes under any of the following heads will do well to

BARRELS
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
Tight and KEGS Inside Front Cover. I. B. C. means Inside Back Cover.

We Have Them —Large or Small

For Every Purpose COOPERAGE STOCK E. & B.

BARREL ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS
Holmes Machinery Co., Buffalo, N. Y. . >••••••< .B, C.
SECOND-HAND BARRELS
Heidt & Son. C, Jersey City. N. J 4
TIGHT AND SLACK Oram Co., The John S., Cleveland, Ohio .14-15 Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Co., Pittsburgh, Pa 26
HIGH QUALITY PRICED RIGHT
BARRELS—KEGS BARREL HEATERS SLACK BARREL MAKERS AND BARREL STOCK
Let Us Serve You
WILLIAM A. WORBOYS E. & B. Holmes Machinery Co., Buffalo, N. Y
Hynson Company. The, Lebanon, 111
.B. C.
....24
Greif Bros. Cooperage Co., Cleveland, Ohio
Heidt & Son., C, Jersey City. N. J . 4

i
iSill
NAIIONAKDOPEIUGE&WODENWJUIE Ca
REOVtlA,, ILL,.
COMPANY, INC. Trevor Manufacturing Co., T>ockport, N. Y
Van Alten Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New York, N. Y. ....13
VA Jacobs Cooperage, K. W., Milwaukee, Wis
Jerry «& Co.. Stephen, Brooklyn. N. Y
O'Donnell Cooperage Co., N. and H., Philadelphia. Pa.
.24
. 4
:s-r. laet. .25

autDoaau u(j 15 Park Row New York City

Holmes Machinery Co.,

BARREL MACHINERY
E. & B.. Buffalo. N. Y. . ..B. C.
Sk use's Cooperage. Rochester. N. Y

SLACK BARREL STOCK (Manufacturers or Dealers)

.25

Oram Co.. The John S., Cleveland, Ohio ...14-15

Trevor Manufacturing Co.. I.ockport, N. Y. ... 13 Henning. Inc., E., Chicago, 111 4
Weimar Engineering Worlis, Philadelphia, Pa. .1. F. C. Murray, C. E., Decherd. Tenn. I. F. C.
^€= ^e =5€= ^€= =^ .

Pennoyer Co., J. C. Chicago, 111 16

Struthers-Ziegler Cooperage Co., Detroit, Mich I. F. C.
Van Aken Cooperage Co.. C. M., 141 Broadway. New York, N. Y
SOUTHPORT CORPORATION,Inc. Chas^. E.^Heid? ESTABLISHED 1860 Phones {];||} Bergen BUNG MANUFACTURERS Wineman. Jr.. Henry. Detroit. Mich
Worboys Co., Inc., William A.. 15 I'ark Row, New York City
,
13
3

C. HEIDT & SON, Inc.

Redlicli Manufacturing Co., 647 W. Q^ St.. Chicago. III. .25 4
MANUFACTURERS
JERSEY CITY, N. J.

BARRELS SHOCKS New Slack

B Second-hand
Barrels Henning, Inc.. E., Chicago, III
COOPERS' FLAG
4
SLACK COOPERAGE STOCK (Manufacturers and Dealers)
Greif Bros. Cooperage Co., Cleveland, Ohio 3
STAVES HEADS Barrels All Kinds Slaclt
an d Tig ht
Worboys Co., Inc., William A., 15 Park Row, New York CTity 4
Henning, Inc., E., Chicago, 111
Jerry & Co.. Stephen. Brooklyn. N. Y
4

ALL SIZES AND SPECIFICATIONS

for all dry ina-
tfrials, chem- B We Specialize
Murray, C. E., Decherd, Tenn **'•?-;
4

icals, sugar, etc.

R preparing tight
COOPERS' TOOLS, TRUSS HOOPS, ETC. Pennoyer Co., J. C, Chicago. Ill 16

HARDWOOD LUMBER Tongued and

Grooved Barrels
E barrels for all
pu rpos es
E. & Holmes Machinery Co., Buffalo, N.
B.
Hynson Company. The, Lebanon. HI
Y B. C.
24
Powell Cooperage Co., Memphis. Tenn
Sheahan Co.. B. C. Chicago,
Skust-s Coopfiage, Rdilu-ster.
111
N. Y
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26
Pennoyer Co., Chicago. Ill
NEW ORLEANS BANK
819 BUILDING a Specialty L "'A
is
Used Barrel
Than
Better
J. C.
Redlich Manufacturing Co.. 647 W. Oak St., Chicago, 111
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport, N. Y
16
25
Smith Lumber Co., W. T.. Chapman, Ala
Struthers-Ziegler Cooperage Co., Detroit, Mich
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NEW ORLEANS QUALITY and SERVICE Our

S a New One"

Motto !
Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway. New York, N. Y
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13
Sutherland, Innes Co.. Ltd.. Chatham, Ont
Vail Cooperage Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind v;- •^- •; Vr '-i^
Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New York. N. Y
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13
CABLE ADDRESS "ATLAS" Wineman. Jr., Henrv. Detroit, Mich
New \ork
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City
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OFFICE, 64 Fairmount Ave. PLANT, 12-88 Fairmount Ave. DOWEL PINS Worboyi* Co.. Inc..William A., 15 Park Row, 4
*f TT T' w >c a Hlckson-Rogers Mfg. Co.. Paragould, Ark 24
Hynson Company, The. J^ebanon. 24
Redlich Manufacturing Co.. 647
Ill
W. Oak St., Chicago, III 25 STAVE AND HEADING MACHINERY
Gerlach Co.. The, Cleveland. Ohio •••••• ••
B. }?
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Holmes Machinery Co., E. & B.. Buffalo, N, Y C..

DRAG SAWS. ETC. Oram Co.. The John S.. Cleveland, Ohio 14-16
J. C. Pennoyer Co., Chicago, 111. vv u •
J2
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Ix)ckport, N. Y
CHICKASAW WOOD PRODUCTS CO. Pennoyer Co., J. C. Chicago, 111
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport, N. Y.
.16
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CHICKASAW COOPERAGE CO.

L HENNING, Inc. Henning, Inc.. E.. Chicago, 111
EXPORTERS
4 American Steel and
STEEL AND WIRE HOOPS
Wire Co., Chicago and New York 16

Barrels, Staves Jerry & Co., Stephen, Brooklyn. N. Y

Southport Corporation, New Orleans Bank Bldg., New Orleans, Ija.....
4
4
Henning, Inc., E., Chicago. Ill
H. Paduart. Sartronville. France
Worboys Co., Inc.. William A.. 15 Park Row,
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New \ork •••.•'X,',!
City...
4

Heading, Shooks Cooperage StocK HOOP MACHINES

TIGHT BARREL MAKERS AND BARREL STOCK
Kiln-Dried Dimension Lumber Hynson Company. The, Lebanon,
Trevor Manufacturing
111
Co., Lockport, N. Y
24
13 California Barrel Co., San Francisco, Calif. 3
Chickasaw Wood Products Co.. Memphis. Tenn «
^^
GENERAL OFFICE: Hudson & Dugger Co., Inc., Memphis, Tenn. •••.••••
National Cooperage and Woodenware Co.. Peoria. Ill . 4

Box 143, Binghamton GULF DISTRICT: IMPORTERS (Cooperage and Cooperage Stock) Pltt.sburgh Barrel and Cooperage Co., Pittsburgh, Fa. .25
Br. Manhattan Building Qiicago, ni. Southport Corporation. New Orleans Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La. . 4
Memphis, Tenn. Gretna, La. Webster & Bro., James, Liverpool, England 25
Sutherland. Innes Co., Ltd., Chatham, Ont .25
Tinkler & Webster, Liverpool, England 25
Welti & Bro., A. M., Cleveland. Ohio .25

LINERS, CURVED ELM

TIGHT COOPERAGE STOCK (Manufacturers or Dealers)
Worboys Co., Inc., William A.. 15 Park Row, New York City
Coleman Co., Wm. H.. Jackson, Tenn ^*
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Harlan-Morris Mfg. Co., Jackson Tenn.
Hennen Cooperage Co., The. Lake Providence. La i6

M. L. SIGMAN Barrak and Shool^ MACHINE KNIVES AND SAWS

Gerlach Co.. The. Cleveland. Ohio
J. C.Pennoyer Co.. Chicago. Ill
13
16
Henning, Inc., E., Chicago, 111.
Krafft Cooperage Co.. St. Louts, Mo
Ozark Stave Co.. Chicago, 111
Pennoyer Co., J. C, Chicago, 111
4
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25
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Manufacturer Southern Stave, Saw & Machine Co. 112 S. 19th St., Birmingham, Ala... 24 Sheahan Co.. B. C, Chicago. Ill 24
Sigman. M. L.. Monticello, Ark. 4
Southport Corporation, New Orleans Bank Bldg., New Orleans. La 4
HIGHEST QUALITY NAILS, STAPLES, TACKS, CLEATS. ETC. Sutherland. Innes Co.. Ltd Chatham. Ont
, . 26
Wilson Stave Co., W. W.. North Little Rock. Ark. 24
TIGHT BARREL STAVES Hynson Company. The, Lebanon. Ill
Redlich Manufacturing Co., 647 W. Oak St., Chicago, 111
24
25
Worboys Co., Inc., William A., 15 I'ark Row, New York City 4

Stanley Co., The Geo. W., Belleville, III 24

Tight Sap White Oak Oils, Van Aken Coopera«;« Co.. C. M., 141 Broadway, New York, N. Y 13 TIGHT STAVE MANUFACTURERS

m^SSSf^
Red Oak Oils, Regular Henning, Inc., E., Chicago, 111. 4
PAIL AND TUB MACHINERY Rlgman, M. L., Monticello, Ark. ••••••• •• •••,!•,
Wines, etc., K. D. J. & B. Southport Corporation. New Orleans Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La
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—Also Cut-OflFs
4«)At*»<*^
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Gerlach Co.. The, Cleveland, Ohio
Trevor Manufacturing Co.. Lockport, N. V
13
13
Sutherland. Innes Co.. Ltd.. Chatham, Ont
Wilson Stave Co.. W. W.. North Little Rock. Ark
. 24
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MONTICELLO ARKANSAS
STEPHEN JERRY^Cainc
Mention Tub National Coopers' Journal when writinir to advertiser*.
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Why / am Member of a FORTY-FIFTH
TKAR Philadelphia, November, 1929
$2.00 PITB YEAR
VOL,. XL.V, No. 7

The Associated Reduced Louisiana Cooperage Demand No Cause for

mand for the fruit in less than barrel lots,
and the box was the only recourse, for the
Cooperage Industries Pessimism
baskets of those days were too flimsy to
trust. Recently the basket has been so im-
proved that it is now a popular package
Country Shops Preparing for Resumption of Produce Barrel Volume
among apple shippers, due to the fact that
L. F. Horn, Secretary-Treasurer, Greatest Cane Crop in Years Being Harvested the shippers are not familiar with the
The Associated Cooperage Industries of America, cooperage apple hamper. This one-bushel
2008 Railway Exchange Building, cooperage tub should have been the complete
St. Louis, Missouri. Hard times and a dull market are the given to vegetables in this State, and when answer to the demand for a small package,
t
chief subjects of conversation in cooperage these crops are ready for harvest the but it does not appear to have been pushed
I

circles here, but this is largely a matter of struggle between the barrel and the crate by its makers.
Dear Mr. Horn: habit, and must not be taken too literally, will be on in earnest.
4 for although business not what it should
is Best Cane Crop Years Now Being
in
The various detailed activities of The Associated Cooperage Industries of America be everybody seems to be making a living. Good Weather in Favorable
Results Harvested
are at the command of every member, and are designed to help him Timber Operations In spite of innumerable drawbacks gen-
T. J. NASH in the maintenance
No Grounds eral business is good in this section, for
The Ozark Company of pleasant and profitable trade relations with member and non-member customers,
for Pessimism Wehave had some hard rains in the past
few weeks, but taken all in all the weather the greatest cane crop in many years is
The Southport Corporation, Inc., has
and no thoughtful person ignores the incalculable benefit of the Association to the every reason to be proud of itself and of throughout the summer and autumn has now being harvested, every cane mill in
been unusually favorable for timber opera- the State is at work, and the prosperity of
industry and to its members, nor doubts its absolute necessity in preventing chaos in the business it is The Chickasaw
doing.
The mills have done well and the the planters is felt in every branch of
Wood Products Company is making pack- tions.
the industry. business.
ages that are a credit to the trade, and if tight stave men have been busy. There
you think that barrel making is a lost art has been some activity in the tight stave Most of the shops in the city are now busy
To enumerate the benefits I feel that we have received from the Association would you should visit some of the smaller shops, yards, and many good shipments have gone making sugar barrels, for a good many fair
sized orders are coming in. Some of the sugar
take more space than I have at my disposal, but we do not question the fact that our where they are plugging along in the old- out, both across the Atlantic and to Gulf
mills at a distance from town have bought
fashioned way, making high grade, hand- and South American ports.
returns from the Association are in keeping with the attention we give it and the stock and are making their own barrels,
some and durable barrels by hand. When
effort we put into it. you see the way N. J. Long, Inc., is pro- "Seatrain" Ferry Service From and if business in that line is not large the
fault is not with the sugar mills, but with
ducing slack barrels and shooks, how the New Orleans to Cuba
the producers of stock, for in most cases
Briefly and in general, we are members of The Associated Cooperage Industries of Southern Cooperage Company is stocking In some cooperage lines Cuba has been
the business was there for them.
up for the winter season, how the Burbank our best as well as our closest foreign
America because co-operative action of an industry is constructive in character and Some syrup and molasses barrels are
Company is turning out both slack and neighbor. One objection to shipping stock
being used, and a good many more are
acts for the mutual benefit and welfare of every member. tight barrels, how A. B. Peyronnin, Jr., is or cooperage to Cuba has been the expense
being made and held for future shipment.
handling every kind of package known to of transferring shipments from cars to
the cooperage trade, and how the Union
The largest shops, using machinery, of
Yours very truly, steamships, and the frequent damage of
course get the best of this business, but
Stave Company is still making stock as shipments through rough handling on
there are enough small orders to keep the
good as when timber cost less than one-third lighters in Cuban ports or on Cuban docks,
T. J. NASH, President, hand shops busy.
what it costs now, you would not see much but this trouble is now a thing of the past,
The Ozark Company, reason for pessimism. as we now have railroad ferry service from
Brooklyn Cooperage Company Plant
Memphis, Tennessee New Orleans to Cuba. The "Seatrain" is
Doing Good Business
Something Always Turns Up a giant ferryboat that carries 95 railroad
One of the great shops that caters to both
Whenever one line of trade is lost to the cars, with their loads intact, at one load
the slack and tight trade is the plant of the
By becoming a member of The Aasociated Cooperage Industries of America, you wilt coopers something else at once turns up to from this port to Havana, effecting a great
Brooklyn Cooperage Company. It just
not only aid the cause of your industry and of your trade package the Wooden Barrel — — take its place. While getting new business, saving of time and money, and doing away
outside of the city limits, but its
is
giant
but you will also guarantee the future well- being and success ofyour own individual business. however, we cannot help regretting that so with the damage incident to frequent re-
barrel trucks are conspicuous sights coming
Send for membership application NOW. Help build a greater and more profitable many of our old customers are taking to handling. To save time, freight and worry
Cooperage Industry. route your shipments via the "Seatrain," up some of the narrow downtown streets.
The coupon below is for your convenience. substitute packages.
and your stock will, without being disturbed, The Brooklyn people are no longer num-
Very few produce packages are being
reach Cuba in the same car and in the same bered among the great producers of stock
used in this section now, for the very good
in this section, having largely exhausted
reason that practically no produce is being order in which it leaves your siding.
their timber holdings here, but as they turn
The Associated Cooperage Industries of America, shipped to distant markets, only enough
Get Shippers Familiar With Cooperage out nearly three million slack barrels and
2008 Railway Exchange Building, vegetables being gathered to supply the
Apple Hamper half a million tight barrels a year they may
St. Louis, Missouri. local markets. A few barrels are being
be said to be still in the business. Their
used, but baskets and hampers are the This State does not produce apples in
Gentlemen: We want to join Nash and The Associated Cooperage Industries of America in
with T. J. dominant packages seen in the markets. commercial quantities, and of those that
main stock production now is on the Santee
their co-operative efforts to build a greater Cooperage Industry, and to increase the use of the wooden barrel. River, in South Carolina, where they have a
Send reach this city from other sections but few
membership application and full particulars at once. Meet 70,000-acre tract of timber, where they
Branch Shops Getting Ready to are in barrels. Some years ago apple
make both staves and heading.
Later Demands dealers put on the market a good many
Name emptied apple barrels, which were readily
The branch shops at the country shipping
the shippers of potatoes, or of
Fishermen Having Good Season
Address stations are still as they are mostly
idle, sold to
produce season, but they oysters in the shell. Then apple barrels The fishermen along the Gulf Coast are
dependent on the
We manufacture
are being put in readiness to meet the de- grew fewer and fewer, as their places were having a good season, and are using a
mands that will begin in December and taken by boxes. Nobody wanted to use good many slack barrels of various sizes.
continue until late in the spring. Farmers boxes, and nobody wanted to receive apples Dried shrimp are being shipped in high
are busy, planting the largest area ever in that style package, but there was a de- grade slack barrels, and green shrimp fill
8 The National Coopers' Journal November, 1929 November, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 9

a good many of the cheapest slack barrels canalization of the river length from
its full
that can be had. This oyster season Apple Crop Provided Canadian Coopers with Excellent Conditions Prevailing in Louisville Pittsburgh to Cairo, to give a nine-foot all-
promises to be the largest on record. The year boating stage, through systems of locks
percentage of oysters that are shipped in Satisfactory Business Volume Cooperage Trade and dams. At Louisville a great riverside
the shell in barrels is exceedingly small,
Slight Recession Noted in Present Demand for Flour Barrels But Cottonseed Crushers Calling for Barrels and Kegs Distillers — in
transfer station is now under construction
but still requires a good many barrels of
the same quality that are used for potatoes. Manufacturers Look Forward to Increase Very Soon Limited Operations on Medicinal Whiskey Outlook Good — by the American Barge Line Company, for
transfer of rail and river freights, from
Prices Are Firm barge to car, car to barge, or warehouse
as the case may be. Other similar stations
Government Decree Advantageous to
Conditions in the Louisville market are distillers operating in Louisville, but that are operated at Evansville and other points,
Wooden Barrel A slight recession has been evidence
in although a betterment looked for when
is
looking extremely good, and the outlook has the number of barrels each would need had and more will be installed, to handle goods
in the cooperage industry of the Province the lumber camps commence operations, for
not been so good in several seasons as it is not been detailed as yet. However, the mechanically at low cost, using conveyors
New Orleans has a large trade with of Quebec during the past fortnight or so a large quantity of pork is shipped to them right now. In the first place a killing frost company is making its plans for furnishing and other modern handling equipment. At
Honduras, and one of the trade regulations and business is reported to be slightly less in barrels.
had not been experienced up to November somewhere in the neighborhood of twenty- the much lower freight rates from the lower
of that country is interesting. Consul than during the corresponding period of 1st, which meant that packers of food five to thirtythousand standard white oak, Mississippi River Valley, even where twice
General Ulloa has advised all American last year. The apple barrel demand is Extensive Building Operations Result in products had a much longer fall running charred whiskey barrels of the bourbon handled by cars, it is believed that eventu-
firms exporting grain and other products practically over for the season, all early Increased Activity in Nail Keg Field season, and have been consuming better type. In the old days distillers used barrels ally much cooperage stock will come up from
to Honduras to take note that by govern- varieties being harvested and packed, and The demand for small barrels for contain- than normal quantities of both tight and of 45-gallon capacity and up to a maximum the Southland by river over the long hauls.
ment decree, beginning October 1st, it shall the only remaining business from this ing nails has been very active. This is, no slack barrels. of about 51 gallons. This development is worth watching. One
be prohibited to import into Honduras source will be for the late varieties. doubt, due to the extensive building activity As Mr. White remarked, "The business as barge can handle many carloads at one
sacks and bags that have been previously Tight Consumers Busy
which is prevalent in the Dominion at the a whole isn't a big thing, as compared with time, and it requires many barges to make
used, or that have served for the same pur- Commercial Apple Crop of 3,702,370 present time. In the city of Montreal build-
A The South
cotton.seed oil crushers of the pre-prohibition consumption of barrels over
pose in other countries. This is a wise up one tow.
Barrels ing operations are far in excess of those of have been busy and demand for packages is the winter period, but it is a start, and it
sanitary measure, and Honduras has found
The Canadian commercial apple crop had last year and the quantity of nails used will reported as somewhat better than it was. means that similar quantities of whiskey Notes of the Trade
it necessary in order to avoid the propa-
a total yield of 3,702,370 barrels as com- surpass previous records. The Canadian The paint, oil, varnish and lacquer plants will be made up annually, according to The plant in Louisville of the Atlantic
gation of diseases, either of man, beasts or
pared with 3,235,970 barrels in the previous Tubing Company, Limited, is reported to have been bu.sy, especially the latter, which medicinal consumption of the country." Tank & Barrel Corporation, which was
crops. It is a pity that the measure could
year and an average of 2,985,570 barrels be constructing a plant for the manufacture have shown considerable gains in volume Under the plan of the Government it will closed down and dismantled last summer,
not have been made more comprehensive,
for the past five years. Nova Scotia had of nails, which will have a daily capacity for 1929, in spite of the fact that the auto- be necessary to make up w^iiskey each has been leased to the W. R. Willett Lumber
so as to forbid the use of sacks and bags
the largest yield, a total of 1,846,760 of 500 barrels. mobile demand has been a little off the winter so that it may be aged four years Company by the Hoboken, N. J., owners,
of any kind as containers of food for either
barrels; Ontario harvested 674,260 barrels; past few weeks. or more, and quantities made up each season the Louisville lumber interests desiring use
man or beast. There is nothing equal to a
Quebec 139,800 barrels, and New Bruns- Prices Slightly Firmer will vary according to consumption. Indi- of the kilns principally in drying lumber,
sack as a collector and disseminator of Distillers Resuming Operations
wick 20,000 barrels. British Columbia, with cations are that the Government figured but also figuring on using a part of its
disease germs. The unsatisfactory competition which was
an indicated yield of 1,021,450 barrels, And best of all, the di.stillers are resum- on having a surplus over the requirements 44,000 feet of floor space for storage of
prevalent in the city of Montreal .seems to
records a reduction from last year's crop ing operations in a limited way. Of the two for the next four years, and therefore would
be on the decrea.se, and prices are slightly lumber.
which stood at 1,457,720 barrels. million gallons of medicinal whiskey to be make up less this year than will be the
firmer. The trade in general welcomes this Neville Bullitt, retired Louisville broker,
produced this fall and aged four years for case in succeeding years, as the old stocks who formerly handled many
firmness and is anticipating a much more cars of used
Flour Barrel Volume Slightly Below Level future needs of the drug trade, 70 per cent vani.sh. barrels from local and State distilling plant
Past Season a Busy One for stabilized market in the future.
will be bourbon whiskey, produced in three
There is some reduction
in the volume of bottling plants, reshipping them principally
Nova Scotia Coopers orders for fiour barrels, operations at the
plants, by four companies in Kentucky. Bourbon Business Comes at
to and cheap whiskey plants in
alcohol
Lack of Material Brings Canadian Coopers The American Medicinal Spirits Corpora- Opportune Time
With the Nova Scotia apple crop reported milling companies being reported on a Illinois and Indiana, recently died at his
Into U. S. Markets tion, Louisville, representing a $25,000,000 Bourbon business also comes at a season
at a new highrecord of 1,846,860 barrels by slightly lower level. The partial failure of home on First Street, of a broken hip,
The Canadian market for supplies seems merger of several big companies, including of the year when the food products manu-
the Federal Government, the cooperage in- the wheat crop in the Canadian west was suffered in a fall at his home. Mr. Bullitt
to have become depleted in the last month R. E. Wathen & Company, Sunnybrook, facturers are in a slump. Due to the
dustry has just closed one of the busiest not expected to have a greatly adverse effect was 90 years of age.
although prices have not changed materi- Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Com- necessity of cold weather for cooling ma.sh
seasons for many years. This year's apple on milling operations in the east, but un- Charles Boldt, 61 years of age, for years
ally. One Montreal cooper stated that he pany, besides Cincinnati and Eastern com- very few distilling plants ever ran over
yield was about 800,000 barrels in excess doubtedly it is having some, the extent of active in bottle, can and other container
had been unable to obtain a .supply of No. 1 panies, will make up the bulk of the con- the summer months, another reason being
of that of the crop last year and a similar which, however, cannot be estimated at the operations, at Cincinnati, Louisville, Muncie,
.staves in the Canadian trade and that he tracts at the old R. E. Wathen plant in the inability to keep flies out of such plants
figure over the average yield for the past present time. Ind., Huntington, and other points, recently
had placed an order for a carload with Louisville. The James Thompson & Com- in summer, where the warm sweet barley
five years. The figures are actually 1,089,- died at the Plaza Hotel, New York. A few
Montreal Cooperage Firms Expect Increased the Independent Cooperage Company of pany interests of Louisville, operating the and fermenting mashes drew flies like a
000 barrels and 1,084,730 barrels for last years ago when the bottle business was a
Orders From Flour Mills in Near Future Fort Wayne, Indiana, the fir.st purchase old Glenmore Owensboro, Ken-
plant, at sugar plant. In the old days the arrange-
year and the five-year average respectively. big thing, and distillers bought many, many
that he had made outside the Dominion this tucky, will have a part of the contract, and ment was ideal, with the barrel business
This meant that coopers in the Maritimes However, Montreal cooperage houses are carloads, Mr. BolJl had a branch distribu-
year. There is a scarcity of 30-inch hoops the Brown Foreman Company, and Frank- of the distiller over the winter months
were called upon to produce the majority looking forward to an increase in orders ting house in Louisville. The Boldt opera-
in Canada, particularly in the East, at fort Distilling Company, of Louisville, will keeping things going on a year-round basis.
from the flour mills in the near future. tions were merged in 1926 with those of the
of the barrels to house this large output, present and many orders are being placed make up whiskey under their permits in the Of course the needs this year are much
About this time each year there is a move- Owens Bottle Company. He was also active
and many had to work at capacity to do .so. in the United States. old Stitzel distillery in Louisville. smaller than in tho.se days, but on the other
ment of flour in barrels to the ports on in the Continental Can Company.
Flour milling operations will piobably The reason for this undoubtedly lies in hand there is but one plant here to make
the lower St. Lawrence. Here the stocks
be curtailed to some extent as a result of the fact that in the immediate past there Will Begin Work Before December ! st
up such packages.
for the winter are gathered before the river
the failure of a large portion of the cereal was a market for staves and the supply
dull There still some little red tape being
is
is closed to navigation during the winter.
crops in western Canada but this source
taken from the woods last year was much completed regarding rules and regulations Rye Whiskey Contracts to be Handled Standard Dry Kiln Co. in Merger
is The flour is transported in barrels because
reduced, it being stated that both the Tren- before the permits, now in the Federal in Pennsylvania or Maryland Plants
not the mainstay of the industry. the population there consists largely of The Standard Dry Kiln Co., of Indian-
ton Cooperage Company and the Wallace- Building, at Louisville, are finally placed Other than the 70 per cent bourbon
The potato crop of the Maritimes, Prince fishermen and the containers are used again which recently merged with the
apolis, Ind.,
burg Cooperage Company, the main sources in the hands of the individual distillers. whiskey tho balance of the 2,000,000 gallons
Edward Island particularly, is less than to ship the fish to the larger centers. This General Dry Kiln Co., the Welch Dry Kiln
of cooperage supplies, made a large reduc- However, that is mere routine and plans of probably made
will represent rye whi.skey,
that of a year ago. The indicated yield in movement has not yet materialized and the Co. of New Orleans, the North Coast Dry
tion in the cutting as a result of this the distillers call for starting up the plants in Pennsylvania or Maiyland plants. No
trade is anticipating it in the near future. Kiln Co. and the Northwest Blower Kiln
the three provinces will be under 11,500,000 dullness. early in November, although it may be close information is available now as to when Co., not only manufactures and services
hundredweight as compared with approxi- to December 1st, before some get started, those permits will be let.
Tight Cooperage Trade Looks for Standard natural draft kilns, Softex, but
mately 15,700,000 hundredweight. The crop figuring the time required in getting the
Nova
Improved Conditions Will Move Plant plants ready to run and materials in hand. Canalization of Ohio River Should
also Welch recirculating kilns, internal fan
in Scotia is estimated at 2,986,000 and external blower forced circulation kilns.
The tight cooperage industry is not as The McLenden who have been
Bros., Benefit Cooperage Trade
as against hundredweight; in
.'3,280,000
active as last month or the corresponding operating a stave plant near Glasgow, Ky., Louisville Cooperage Company to Supply
Prince Edward Island .'3,791,000 hundred- That the Ohio River is going to come into
period of last year. Paint factories are announce they will move the plant to Barrels for Distillers
weight as against 5,708,000, and in New much large use as a transportation lane
reported to be working at a lower rate than Tompkinsville, Kentucky, having purchased The Cooperage Company,
J. N. White, president of the Louisville was shown a few days ago, when President Greif Bros.
Brunswick at 4,808,000 as compared with last month. In addition, the movement in the site formerly used by the Wilkerson Cooperage Company, reported that he had Hoover came to Louisville for celebration.** Cleveland, O., has established a stave plant
6,776,000 hundredweight last year. pork barrels has slackened off considerably, Stave Company. arranged to supply barrels for the three in connection with the completion of the at Goodman, Miss.
 November, 1929
10 The National Coopers' Journal November, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 11

Semi- Annual Convention at Memphis One of the Most Successful He points out that reduced administrative expense, economy in production, and
Meetings Ever Held by Cooperage Association lowered sales costs, will add materially to the profits of cooperage manufacture.

and members of The Associated

He calls attention to the successes that capital mergers and consolidations have
CONGRATULATIONS are due tlie officers
achieved for other industries in comparison with the meager returns to the cooper-
Cooperage Industries of America on the successful Semi-Annual Convention
age trade from ''intelligent co-operation,"
held at the Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tenn., November 5th, 6th and 7th. By Wanted, a stave manufacturer who will
The idea advanced by Mr. Boone is of such proportion and can have such A"
ESTABLISHED 1S8S actual spirit of co-operation and work done the semi-annual at Memphis was one cut staves 28W long, 5" to 2" thick, 2
diversified and far-reaching effect upon the cooperage trade, as well as upon the wide when dry tinjointed, or narrow staves
of the most alive and progressive conventions that has been held by the cooperage
business existence of ever>' one comprising the industry as a whole, that one can that can be jointed to that width. Quote
association in many years.
but counsel the utmost care and deliberation in considering the suggestion as made, price when writing. Address "Manufac-
The enthusiasm which supreme during the three days' sessions could
reignetl
turer," care of "The National Coopers'
while at the same time caution warnings are posted to make haste slowly in the
not have been gi eater, while the outstanding feature of the entire convention was Journal," Philadelphia, Pa.
matter of decision.
the facility with 'vhich the officers were able to get the members into group meet- A firm in Glasgoiv, Scotland, desires to
PUBLISHED MONTHLY Just how much could be accomplished in the cooperage industr>' in the way of
1321 WALNUT STREET ings. The full lobby and empty meeting room, which has heretofore been the jmrchase staves, circle saivn and jointed, of
capital mergers is a wide-open question simply because of the extremely indi-
PHILADELPHIA. PA. handicap of previous conventions, was comj)letely reversed at Memphis, and it is ash, red oak, beech, or similar class of tim/-
vidualistic character and tendency of the c(K)perage trade, which very individu-
ber, and cask erids in beech or similar
gratifying to record that the membership-at-large has undoubtedly become
M. E. DOANE t alistic character and tendency has made it so difficult to bring about even the material. Address No. 42157 Bureau of
EDITOR cognizant of its obligation to extend to the association officers the co-operation so
general "intelligent co-operation" the trade now enjoys. Foreign and Domestic Commerce, 20 South
necessary to successful convention proceedings. 15th Street, Philadelphia, or Washington,
As Mr. Boone expresses any capital merger in the cooperage field would make
it,
A.
J. MURPHY The plan of the convention reflected very impressively the careful and thought-
BUSINESS MANAGER
ful efforts put foi-th by the officers of the association to make the Memphis semi-
for contraction instead of expansion. With this prediction or rather with this — D. C.

inevitable actuality, as a premise for deduction and consideration, the question

Entered according to act of Congress, April 26, annual of the greatest possible interest and value to ever>' one in attendance. The
18S5, uith the Librarian of Congress and instantly arises whether any merger or mergers that might be effected by any Cooperage Trade Extension
as second-class matter at the Post- Journal recalls past conventions at which papers on important subjects were read
Office %» Philadelphia. Pa. group or groups of manufacturers which might have for its sole purpose the Suggested for Canada
by meml)ers of the trade and by authoritative guest speakers, and in going back to
SUBSCRIPTION PRICES corralling of as much of the present avtiilable business as possible without any Toronto, Ont., November
old principles, as it were, for the recent semi-annual, we believe the association 16, 1929.
$2.00 per year, in advance, to alt parts progressive effort to extend the markets for cooperage could or would benefit the Editor, the Journal:
of the United States and its possessions made no mistake since the addresses of former president M. L. Sigman on .statistics
and to Canada, Cuba and Panama. industry as an industry.
$2.50 per year, in advance, to all other Boone on capital mergers were of merit and timely importance, while Although interested in cooperage only in
and L. D.
foreign countries. As stated above, the idea of capital mergers as applied to the cooperage industry a small way I have been a subscriber to the
Single copies, 25 cents. the talk by Dr. Hugh P. Baker of the United States Chamber of Commerce on
has .<o many ramifications and its resultant effects would involve so many that to Journal for some years, as prior to enter-
REMITTANCES the value of Associations and their place in industry will without doubt remain ing my present business I conducted a
Keniittances may be made by post-ofHce make snap judgment on the suggestion would be unwise. Therefore, the Journal
money order, bank check or draft, express j)ermanently in the memory of all who were privileged to hear it. small hand cooperage in this city. I have
money or registered letter.
order, Foreign opens its pages for a full discussion, pro and con, of capital mergers and its
remittance sliould be made by international One of the striking truths of which the semi-annual at Memphis gave positive continued to subscribe to your paper as it
money order or exchange on the United alternative, centralized selling, as applied to the cooperage industry, and we urge keeps me informed as to what is going on
Slates to equal the amount in United proof was one the Journal has so long anil earnestly advocated; namely, that with
States money. that every member of the trade send us their expressions, views and opinions. in the cooperage line..
Wlicii subscribers desire their address the membership a> a whole in full support of association officers, it would take but
changed they should give the old address Let us have an open forum through the Journal's pages, in order that all inter- Personally I think there is a good pros-
as well as tlte new address. a comparatively short time to demonstrate the worth and value of the association pect ahead for the tight barrel trade in
ested in the continued life and welfare of their industry and their business may
ADVERTISING RATES to the individual in the operation of his business. Canada in re-establishing a demand for
will be furnished on ajiplication. Copy not only set forth their ideas as to the possible advantages or di.<advtintages of
for advertisement"* should reach us not The work accomplished at Memphis cannot help but result in many benefits lines almost uncalled for at present, viz.:
later than the 15th of the month to insure the capital merger and centralized selling proposition as applied to the c(K)perage the wine trade which is now handled in
insertion in the following issue. Changes to the cooperage trade. The spirit of co-operation which appeared to take on new
in advertisements should reach us not industry but that such a consensus of opinion of the entire trade may thus be bottles and jugs. If modem busine.ss
later than the 20th of each month. life and purpose; the apparent willingness of the average member to jump in and
gained as will give every one a comprehensive grasp of the matter in hand. methods were adopted by the few large
"WHO'S WHO" IN THE
—
do his part; the decisions made especially the action which will make the chair- cooperage concerns in the Dominion, assisted
COOPERAGE INDUSTRY man of each committee a member of the Executive Committee all bid fair to — by the Associated Cooperage Industries of
and the industiT it represents. It is the
well the future of the a.^sociation America in an advertising campaign, results
.«;erve
"Business as Usual" Again the Slogan of the Industry might enhance trade for the future.
encouraged hope of the Journal that this new life and purpose, or better let us
which followed the recent stock market crash there were numerous
say this renewed life and purpose, that has come to our trade association and IN the hy.>^teria Very truly yours,
gloomy predictions made as to the effect which the debacle would have on busi- W. R. Westcott.
wiiich was evidenced at the Memphis semi-annual, will both continue and increase
ness. Fortunately, however, business merely listened to the pessimistic fore-
until the industry as a whole comes to look upon The Associated Cooperage
bodings and then kept right on doing its job.
Industries of America as a real bulwark for the protection and advancement of
There every reason to look forward to a continuation of good business for
is Tight and Slack Cooperage Trade of
the cooperage trad'' and their trade package, the wooden barrel.
the balance of 1929 and during 1930. Naturally, the losses suffered by individuals Great Britain Showing Healthy
In extending sincere congratulations to all concerned in planning and making
through marginal trading will cut down the sales volume of luxuries, but so far Outlook
the semi-annual convention the fine success it was, the Joi:rnal wishes to specially
as general industry is concerned it seems to be the opinion of business leaders, Trade shows an improvement over the
stress the credit due President E. A. Powell for his lion share of the work done
bankers and economists that there will be no let-up in the movement and demand and more inquiries are in
last thirty days,
aiul we believe that in so doing we are voicing the feeling of all his fellow officers. the market than for the last three months.
for industrial products.
In the tight cooperage field an increase in
Moreover, the quick response which was made to President Hoover's calls
inquiries and orders has taken place lately,
for "prosperity conferences" by the railroads, bankers and industrialists, was not and the outlook is healthier. This improve-
The Question of Capital Merger and Centralized Selling as merely a gesture, but the result of the belief of hard headed business men in the ment is very welcome, following a slack two
future of America. months.
Applied to The Cooperage Industry The slack cooperage trade continues good,
In Administration circles, an official summing up ()f business prospects for
THE possibilities of capital mergers and centralized .celling as the means of 1930 shows that there is much cause for a feeling of optimism. It is forecast that
although large quantities of stock arriving
are going into store. This is quite usual at
H. F. NELSON putting the cooperage influstry on a more profitable phme of operation, were business may
proceed with safety on a high plane of prmluction and distribution this time of the year, as importers must lay
Secretary and Treasurer, placed sfjuarely before cooperage and cooperage stock manufacturers by L. D. without any fear of a reaction from an inflated stock market. in supplies until next spring. The demand,
The Ozark Company, Memphis, Tenn. Boone, president of the Boone Cooperage Company, ^lemphis, in his paper read however, has been very much in excess of
The Journal lias no qualms as to the future, both with regard to business in
Vice-President, Slack Branch All — before the Semi-Annual cooperage convention in ^Memphis, November 6th. general and the cooperage trade in particular. The program of expanded con- what is customary at this time of the year.
Croups, The Associated Cooperage Yours truly,
Industries of America
Mr, Boone believes that capital mergers in the cooperage trade will bring in struction by railroads, public utilities and industrialists is bound to keep money
J. C. Tinkler,
their wake the same beneficial results that have been gained bv other industries. and materials in rapid circulation, decrease unemployment and guarantee the Tinkler & Webster, Ltd.,
future well being of the country. Liverpool, England.
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12 The National Coopers' Journal

(T"
The Associated Cooperage Industries of America C. M. Van Aken SA WYERS LIKE THIS ONE
TTie operator does not have to pull the staves
In Fourteenth Semi -Annual Convention, Memphis, Nov. 5-6-7
Cooperage Co. out; they glide
year endless rubber
from the machine on a Good-
belt. The Hyatt roller bear-
:BUYERS AND SELLERS OF: ings make it easier to push the carriage and the
The Associated Cooperage Industries of plosives have been offered in this work, sawyer gets more and better staves with less
America held its Fourteenth Semi-Annual
Convention at the Peaboby Hotel, Novem-
ber 5th, 6th, and 7th.
and have
appreciation.
been accepted with much

The next subject to come up for dis-

Staves, Hoops work. The personal
the sawyer governs to a large extent the success
profit and satisfaction of

Of the 200 or more in attendance at the cussion was the matter of specifications of of the mill.
meeting, there was not one who did not
pronounce the Convention not only the most
steel hoops for tight cooperage. After much
consideration of this topic. Chairman Well-
ford appointed the following committee to
Heading
successful Semi-Annual ever held by a
work out specifications of steel hoops for and
cooperage association, but also the most
satisfying and progressive in point of all tight barrels other than I. C. C. Barrels,

accomplishment.
From the sound of the first gavel tap to
5 gallons' to .50 gallons' capacity, these speci-
fications to be submitted by the committee
i COOPERAGE SUPPLIES
the end when President Powell announced at theAnnual Meeting in May, 1930: Carl
Promptness Is our Motto 26" X 53" SPECIAL STAVE SAWING MACHINE
the close of the proceedings, there was a F. Meyer, Henry P. Krallman, and Walter
SAWS STAVES ON 26" CIRCLE
series of activities looking forward to the O. Johnson.
FROM 20" TO 42" LONG
betterment of the cooperage trade, as an VIV^VJLI O I VA^N. what we aim
W. E. Braithwaite Talks on Simplification
is to sell k
industry, and each individual cooperage and
Vice-President Wellford then called on
cooperage stock manufacturer.
The papers read during the sessions were Mr. W. E. Braithwaite, of the Division of
ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS: THE GERLACH COMPANY
of utmost interest and importance, pointing Simplified Practice, for a short talk on
1708 Columbus Road
the way that will lead to complete trade
stabilization, increased volume and more
President
Simplification.
Mr. Braithwaite said: "I will make a
141 Broadway, New York ]

E. A. Powell, Memphis
CLEVELAND OHIO
profitable operation. very short report on progress made on the WASHINGTON UFE BUILDING
M. L. Sigman, a foniier
the Association, told the assemblage in a
president of
guarantee a successful Semi-Annual, so too
did the general business activities, and
status of the Simplified Practice Program.
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straightfoi-ward and forceful manner why in reports received so far from the tight
President Powell and his fellow-officers are cooperage manufacturers. We have re-
the statistical service of the Association
fully entitled to the glow of gratification ceived 25 acceptances from the coopers and
has not proved as valuable as it should.
which they undoubtedly experienced at the about twice that many from stave and head-
In a clear exposition of the facts he in-
formed the members present the reasons
close of the deliberations. ing men. Of course we have received a • TREVOR
That it is their intention to guard the large number of acceptances from other
for this failure, the hesitancy upon the part
future of the Association and give it sources, but I would like to receive the Manufacturing Company
of the manufacturers to work along with
permanency and stability is demonstrated acceptances of a greater number of the
the Association in compiling comprehensive
LOCKPORT,
statistics. He exhorted those in attendance
to shake off the lethargy that has obstructed
this vei*y endeavor, and called upon
vital
by the adoption of a reorganization plan
which includes the placing of the chairman
of each committee on the Executive Com-
coopers. One of our jobs and one of the
jobs of the Simplified Practice Committee is
to do a little educational work after this
In The Latest Improved Machinery
N. Y.

mittee of the Association. If the Four- goes through; quite a number of people
them to get behind their officers in sup- for
teenth Semi-Annual at Memphis can be don't attend the conferences; the results ^^MB("*'-r, Jj \
porting the statistical service. Barrels Kegs
accepted as a criterion of what may be have not been explained
L. D. Boone, President of the Boone to them, so it is
expected in the future, there is no question really a matter of education
Staves Pails
Cooperage Company, Memphis, made a from now on. i
splendid address on capital mergers and
about the continued progress of The Asso- I feel that we are making headway in the Heading Drums
what he believes could be accomplished by
this movement in the cooperage trade. This
question has been in the minds of many in
the industry for some time, and credit is due
ciated Cooperage Industries of America,
and the cooperage trade as a whole.
Report of the
follows
Memphis Convention
work, and that it is a matter perhaps which
the cooperage people lay aside without going
into thoroughly. I would like to see the
few large manufacturers who have not al-
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Mr. Boone for bringing the subject on the ready signed, get in line and co-operate in
floor so that a full discussion of the advan- this movement, as think it does give them
I
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tages or disadvantages of such an inno- ...V Jumbo Heading
vation in the cooperage industry could be and manufacture, greater profits from Sawing Machine
had. Whether or against capital
for Vice-President Harry A. Wellford called fewer sizes. Mr. Travis Smith was telling The highest point in machine efficiency is the
mergers, each individual in the trade will the meeting of the Tight Coopers' Group me how it has helped the stave man. As I
NEW
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find Mr. Boone's address both valuable and to order at 11.00 A. M., November 6th. see it, the only way to put this program Perfection" Heading-up Machine
enlightening. Mr. J. L. Schmich, Chairman of the Com- over is to get back of it and push it.
for heading-up and hooping off all classes of slack
"TREVOR"
The guest speaker of the Convention was mittee on I. C. C. Specifications for Tight "I ran across this little statement in
cooperage. Repeat orders and the successful Sixty-Inch ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^K *'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^M

Dr. Hugh P. Baker of the Trade Association Barrels, was asked to submit his report on Wood Connt ruction, titled 'Initiative': 'In- operation of every machine sold in various parts Steel Wheel
Bureau of The United States Chamber of the work of that committee with the Bureau itiative is that quality which leads a man to of the country, is our history to date. Heading
Jointer
Commerce, and the manner in which Dr. of Explosives with regard to Specifications. do things when they should be done with-

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Baker handled his subject of "The Value of After this subject was discussed thor- out being told. The men who exercise Send for
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Even as the talks and addresses illus- go into the subject of specifications for tight procession by following his competitors. All
trated the extensive efforts put forth to barrels. The services of the Bureau of Ex- the big things in life are accomplished by Mention Thb National Cooperb' Journal when writing to advertisers.
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16 The National Coopers' Journal November, 1929 November, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 17

your committee at its meeting November

bth:
J. C. PENNOYER COMPANY "Referring to Paragraph 10 of the Slack

Strength and Economy Grade Rules covering No. 2 staves and

reading as follows: 'No. 2 staves shall, un-
less otherwise specified, contain the meal

in binding barrels with barrel grade and be free from dead culls.
Mildew and stains no defect.'
c "Should not this include mold as no
A
G Tight Cooperage o defect in No. 2 staves? Mold is considered
E M a different defect than mildew and stains.
P
N
T Stock L
E
"Paragraph 8 covers meal barrel staves.
Should not moderate mold also be included
S as no defect in meal barrel grade?
T "We are attaching hereto specifications
I.
E suggested by the Department of Agricul-
O ture for the cooperage hamper. You may
V Slack Cooperage S
T
wish to give consideration to these and if
advisable have them adopted by the Slack
E
O Cooperage Group.
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Stock C
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"Recently we brought to the attention of
our I. C. C. Committee on Slack Barrels
John P. Colliver, Ashland, Ky.
Vice-President, Tight Stave and Heading
some items in the proposed revision of
Group
I. C. C. Specifications 11-A and 11-B, sug-
K
N E L. F. Horn, St.Louis gesting that they might wish to have a or by special agreement. Same will apply
I
Cooperage M Secretary-Treasurer joint conference with your committee at —
as well to bilge of such staves." Editor.)

V P Memphis. So that you may be informed Chairman Nelson, at this point called
E H striving to blaze new trails. When a man on the items which we thought conflicted upon L. D. Boone, Boone Cooperage Com-
Machinery with initiative cannot do a thing one day with the Grade Rules, we enclose herewith pany, Memphis, for his paper, titled: "Is

& Wire
I

he will do it another. He keeps trying; an outline of them for your attention. We Intelligent Co-operation or Capital Merger
American Steel when it's time to quit he begins; when he are also enclosing copy of the proposed re- Preferable in Over-planted Industries?"
is licked he begins fighting again. Initiative vision of I. C. C. Specifications 11-A and Mr. Boone's address will be found on page
Company's is the instrument which carries a man to 11-B, so that you may have them before 21 in this issue of the Journal.
success. As Elbert Hubbard once said: you in the event a joint conference is VoU Speaks on Cooperage Hamper

WIRE HOOPS
E. P.
"The world bestows its big prizes, both in arranged."
E. p. Voll, before giving his remarks on
-CHICAGO NEW YORK MEMPHIS * money and honors, but for one thing, and Following the reading of Secretary
the cooperage hamper, placed a sample of
that isINITIATIVE".' " Horn's letter, Mr. Davis said that from
"That is what you are doing here. You the hamper on the chairman's desk. He
time to time the Grade Rules and Specifica-
informed the members assembled that in
WIRE HOOPS mean greater strength for are blazing a new trail in the cooperage tions Committee had j^eceived just such
the apple season just past, samples of com-
and better protection (or shipments.
barrels industry. Some of you have taken the suggestions as covered by the communica-
At the same time, the low price of Wire To be a real success, every plete cooperage hampers had been distrib-
initiative. tion. However, after very careful study
Hoops reduces the cost of the completed cooperage manufacturer must get behind uted among approximately fifteen apple
the committee had always come to the deci-
packers. The cooperage hampers have been
package. the program, and we have every confidence sion that in their opinion the present Grade
Packers find that barrels bound with Amer- filled with apples and placed in cold storage
that you will. It will mean money in your Rules and Specifications are as nearly per-
ican Wire Hoops measure up most exact- for the winter. So far, the cooperage apple
to the own pockets as time goes on and you realize fect as it is possible to make them, and
ing requirements of modem transportation. hampers are being used by apple packers
the big advantage you pos.sess in standard- therefore the committee recommends that
Bind your barrels with American Wire Hoops for export shipment. Mr. Voll believes that
ization and simplification.The Department no modifications or changes be made in the
and assure your customers of added satisfaction. before the next year has gone by there will
of Commerce is at your service to co- rules.
We invite your inquiry for detailed informa- be a considerable number of uses found for
operate with you."
tion, and will gladly send you, without charge, the cooperage apple hamper, as the re-
Advocates Agreement Between Buyers
samples in sufficient quantity to make a P. H. Miller Wins Attendance Prize ception of this new container by the apple
and Sellers on Special Items He
thorough test. was industry has been very encouraging.
The drawing for the attendance prize
Daniel Burkhartsmeier, speaking on the again invited those members of the cooper-
That's the story of the race for next on the program, and a $10 gold piece
Grade Rules and Specifications, said that he age industry who are interested in the
was presented to Mr. P. H. Miller, of the
many a big barrel order.
Pekin Cooperage Company, Mobile, Ala-
has always been of the opinion that there cooperage apple hamper to make a trip to
Secure bilge hoops with should be an agreement between the buyer the Corinth plant of his company in order
Good heads are as equally es- bama.
Staples or Fasteners and the seller when the order calls for any to inspect the special machine designed for
as illustrated. sential to the making of wooden was adjourned. special grade of stock, or when the weight manufacturing cooperage hamper staves.
On motion, the meeting
barrels as staves and hoops. or thickness varies from the regular speci- In answer to an inquiry from President
fications. "In most of these instances," said Powell as to the cost of producing the
SALES OFFICES: H&D heads are good heads and SLACK BRANCH— ALL GROUPS Mr. Burkhartsmeier, "special thicknesses cooperage apple hamper, Mr. Voll said the
CHICAGO 208 S. Ia S.iIIp St. MEMPHIS, will win the business. With H&D are required when tongued and grooved cost is approximately 2 cents per hamper
CLEVELAND
DETROIT
Rockefeller Bldg.
Foot of First St,
Union and Planters Bank Blflg.
NEW YORK 30 Church St. heads you have a guarantee of The Slack Branch —All Groups, came to staves are wanted, and it is deemed better in large quantities.
CINCINNATI Union Trust Bldg. BOSTON Statler Bldg. order at 10.45 A. M., November 6th, at the to leave the rules as they are and let the During the discussion which followed,
MINNEAPOLIS—ST. PAUL, PITTSBURGH "Quality--Service--Workmanship."
Frick Bldg.
call of Vice-President H. F. Nelson. buyer and seller decide upon the special the information was again given to cooper-
Merchants Nat. Bk. Bldg., St Paul PHILADELPHIA Widener Bldg.
ST.LOUI3 606 Olive St ATLANTA 101 Marietta St
Let us you more about them.
tell The first subject scheduled for discussion thicknesses and lengths. If the committee age and cooperage stock manufacturers
KANSAS CITY 417 Grand Ave. WORCESTER 94 Grove St
OKLAHOMA CITY, BALTIMORE 32 S. Charles St was that of Grade Rules and Specifications. tried to make the rules cover every special that the purpose behind the cooperage apple
Nafl Bank Bldg. BUFFALO 670 Ellicott St There are no better heads made.
BIRMINGHAM
First
Brown-Marx Bldg. WILKES-BARRE,. .Miners Bank Bldg. Willard M. Davis, Chairman of the Slack item of stock, the rules would soon become hamper is not only to make possible a
DALLAS Praetorian Bldg.
Grade Rules Committee, was asked for his very complicated and cumbersome. There- greater volume of business from the apple
DENVER
SALT LAKE CITY
First Nat Bank Bldg.
Walker Bank Bldg. HUDSON & DUGGER COMPANY report. Mr. Davis read the following letter fore, I feel that
tion satisfactorily."
Rule 22 covers the situa- industry, but also to utilize all cooperage
material to advantage. Mr. Voll stated
UNITED STATES STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY from Louis F. Horn, secretary and treas-
Memphis, Tennessee urer of the Association (Rule 22 reads: "Cement barrel and all that at present it is possible to produce 212
San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Seattle other staves not specifically mentioned hampers a day, but that this amount will
"We are respectfully submitting the
following questions for consideration by should be sold according to the local custom soon be increased to 250 per day.

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18 The National Coopers' Journal November, 1929 November, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 19

John S. Fields Wins the Attendance Prize of a majority of the coopers in this matter, in Mr. Krafft and he gave me advice and Dr. Baker's talk, and it is very hard for you have a great future ahead of you if
A feature of the Memphis Convention and suggestions that enabled me to improve on me to follow such a man. It has been you will adopt and accept some of these
the ideas I had. Therefore, we were able to a great pleasure to work along with the things that are recommended. If you take
was an attendance prize. Each member Whereas, by all methods of reasoning
present was requested to write his name their branch of the industry is the most appoint the committees under which the Chamber of Commerce in connection with a interest enough to come here, it seems to me

on a slip of paper. These slips were placed vitally concerned; now therefore be Association will function and still retain the program of Standardization. Dr. Baker's that this is evidence that most of you are
it
chairman of each committee on the Execu- assistance along this line is very much the outstanding men of the industry. It
in a hat, and on the request of Chairman Resolved, That each member of the Tight
Nelson, Mr. Davis drew out the lucky name. tive Committee without any change in the
appreciated." seems to me that I also observe a tendency
Stave and Heading Group pledges himself
John S. Fields, of the Fields-Latta Stave by-laws so from now on we will operate the toward a better co-operation in your indus-
that when and after the tight coopers will ;

Association in that manner. That is all I There being no further business, it was try. Yesterday I said something about this
Company, Dyersburg, Tennessee, had all take the lead in securing and compiling
the luck, and won the attendance prize — statistical data covering tight cooperage have to say as to the conduct of the Asso- moved and carried that the session adjourn. Standardization Program and I don't think
you want to hear much more about it.
$10 gold piece. stock and the probable demand therefor, ciation.
There isn't the slightest use in half of you
that he, the tight stave and heading manu- "Since our last May
meeting we regret to TIGHT AND SLACK COOPERS' GROUP accepting this program and the other half
facturer, will meet the tight coopers half announce the and to
loss to the Association
After President Powell presented statis- not accepting it, because you will find the
orders and staves on hand,
way in this work and submit reports on his the cooperage industry of our good friend,
tics relative to Vice-President Harry A. Wellford called 50 per cent who do accept, will have to go
production and stocks on hand of tight Andrew C. Hughes, late editor and manager
the session was adjourned on motion. the Tight and Slack Coopers' Group to out and compete with others. I would like
barrel material. And, that until such of the Barrel and Box. A committee has order at 11.00 A. M., November 7th. to see you take hold of this. I think you
action is taken by the tight coopers, the been appointed to draw up a proper resolu-
The subject of Traffic Regulations was have food for thought from Dr. Baker's
tight stave and heading manufacturers see tion to be forwarded to Mr. Hughes' family.
TIGHT STAVE AND HEADING GROUP no reason for their continued efforts along
placed before the assembly, and this matter talk."
was discussed thoroughly. C. n Murray Also Lucky
this line and therefore will make no further
President Powell Introduces Following this discussion Vice-President The attendance prize for the Tight and
The Tight Stave and Heading Group attempt toward compiling such data." W.E. Braithwaite,
Wellford gave the following talk on "What Slack Coopers' Group was won by C. E.
came to order at 10.30 A. M., November There being no further business before Dr. Hugh P. Baker Division of Simplified Practice
Is The Relation Between Duplication of Murray of Decherd, Tennessee, who became
6th, with Vice-President John P. CoUiver the Tight Stave and Heading Group, ad- "Inow want to introduce to you Dr. Hugh Sales Effort and Market Prices, and What richer by a $10 gold piece.
in the chair. journment was made on motion. P. Baker who will address you on Trade your Association more of a business organi-
The Remedy?"
—
zation one that would make it possible for
Is

If • ^im ^
m^ m
. f
you to get a fair profit out of that business.
I hope that what I have to say may arouse

discussion, and if time allows I will be

very glad to have questions.
"It gives me great pleasure to bring
greetings from the United States Chamber
of Commerce, a national federated organi-
zation,made up of some 1,500 local
Harry A. Wellford Talks on Duplication
Sales Effort and Market Prices

"In considering the possibilities of loss

through duplication of sales effort and the
remedy therefor, we are faced with two
fundamentals
"First, the elimination of competition by
of
On motion, the meeting adjourned.

TIGHT COOPERAGE BRANCH

ALL GROUPS

Immediately following the meeting of the

Tight and Slack Coopers' Group, Vice-
Chambers of Commerce and National and agreement which is illegal and a direct President Colliver called the Entire Tight
State Trade Associations. violation of existing laws. —
Branch All Groups, to order.
"Your Association, in accomplishing the "Second, by merger which would be of Mr. Colliver asked W. E. Braithwaite to
littlebenefit to the cooperage industry in continue with the remarks he began during
program which you prepared, is not your
'% ^ President, your Vice-Presidents, the other
competition with the substitute package the meeting of the Tight and Slack Coopers'

^mM i^&lt^ 9
members of your staff, or the Association
officers, but rather is it you men who are
which has been and is the real menace to
the industry. As such a consolidation of
sales effort would not have a tendency to
Group. Mr. Braithwaite requested that if
in order he would like to have the balance
of the time allotted to him taken up by
investing in Association work with the
raise or lower prices of raw material and discussion.
idea that you are to get sound returns from

4 r

1 /RsM t A rep c oofifisaa

it. You are the Association. You deter-
mine its program and its policies, and the
officersand staflT carry out the principles
would only be beneficial to the organiza-
tions merging, and that benefit only within
their own organization, this would not
There followed a spirited discussion on
the subject of Standardization of Tight
Barrels and Kegs, in which the general
\
1 and the program which you have laid down affect the duplication of sales. membership of the Group participated.
for them.
"There is a question as to whether the On the request of the chair, Mr. Hender-
Fourteenth Semi-Annual Banquet, The AMOciated Cooperage Industries of America cooperage industry has lost out through son, of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
"You of course are operating your Asso-
internal competition and duplication of sales
The first order of business was an address Association Work. Dr. Baker is connected ciation with a definite program and accord-
effort, or from the lack of co-ordinated
by M. L. Sigman, past president of the with the United States Chamber of Com- ing to certain principles. The principles
Association, on the subject, "Are We Using
GENERAL SESSION effort in competition with the substitute.
which you have developed as being those
merce, and I know you are going to enjoy What we need is a saving through Stand-
The Available Association Facilities For which should guide you in your work are
his talk." ardization, which undoubtedly would bring
Securing Statistics That Will Help Us In calling the General Session to order not new principles organized eifort.
in
about a better barrel at the same price. Let
Trade Intelligently?" Mr. Sigman's paper on November 6th, President E. A. Powell There were trade associations operating
made the following remarks: Members on us spend more thought and energy on the
will be found on page 23 of this issue of Dr. Baker Addresses under the same principles which apply in
elimination of the unfit in our industry
the Journal. "I am not going to bore you with a long Trade Association Work your work almost as soon as business began.
rather than the duplication of sales effort."
After Mr. Sigman had finished, the sub- report. I want to call your attention to And who is to say when business began
ject covered was discussed thoroughly one or two things. Our membership has Dr. Baker prefaced his address with the among men?" [Full text of Dr. Baker's
from every angle. As a result of the dis- increased materially during the past six following short talk: "When President address will be printed in the December Following Wellford's paper, Mr.
Mr.
cussion and the consideration of Mr. months, and the members that are on the Powell asked me to come here and sit in issue.—Ed.] W. E. Braithwaite, of the Division of Sim-
Sigman's remarks, the following resolution books today are paying members. They are with you, and endeavor to discuss some of plified Practice, was called upon for an
was adopted: interested in the Association and what it our common business problems, I had the At the conclusion of Dr. Baker's address. expression on this subject. Mr. Braith-
"Whereas, past experience has demon- is doing. We have more money than we opportunity of talking to Mr. Horn. I told Mr. Kahn congratulating the speaker
in waite said, "I think Mr. Wellford's paper
strated that incomplete statistics covering had and our cash position is good. We both of these gentlemen that I did not expressed the desire to read his talk when presents matter in a very excellent
this
stocks on hand are of absolutely no value, have been able to do this without a paid know your business. However, because of at leisure. Therefore, on motion, the manner. I think he has touched upon a
and secretary. The thanks, of course, are due my experience in a line of business similar secretary was instructed to reprint Dr. very vital thing. I believe it is one of the
Whereas, the real ground work of the to Miss Rogers and Mr. Horn. Mr. Horn to yours, and because of some years of Baker's address and distribute a copy to ways your industry can put itself on its
whole matter of statistics rests with the and I have helped, but Miss Rogers has work with a national trade association and each Association member. feet again. I have been meeting with you
coopers, in that they are the one and only really done the work. in the trade association work of the Na- M. L. Sigman moved that a rising vote people for two or three years and, to my
channel through which stock must ulti- "When took over the Presidency of this
I tional Chamber, I might have something of thanks be given Dr. Baker. This was mind, this has been your best convention.
mately flow to the consumer, and Association I had certain ideas, but I soon that would be of interest to you and help done with much enthusiasm. There seems to be a new lease on life,
Whereas, in the past there has been an found I wasn't as smart as I thought I was you in making your trade association mean Mr. Braithwaite, when called on for a —
and if you will permit me to say this I will Daniel Burkhartsmeier
apparent lack of co-operation on the part I encountered some difficulties; so I called more to you as an industry and in making give you this for what it is worth. I think Daniel Burkhartsmeier Cooperage Co.
few words, said: "I know you appreciated
20 The National Coopers' Journal November, 1929 November, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 21

Commerce, gave a short talk, in which he at mill, will be the total expense of the
membership of the Association
invited the A Message to the Cooperage Trade inspector from Indianapolis, Indiana, and Is Intelligent Co-operation or Capital Merger Preferable in
to visit the bureau's office at the Chisca By L. F. Horn, Secretary-Treasurer, return to Indianapolis. There will be no
Hotel. additional fee, just the expense of inspector,

Report of Grade Rules and Specifications

The Associated Cooperage Industries
salary to be borne by the Association. Over -Planted Industries?*
Committee
V. W. Krafft submitted the report of
In looking back at our meeting in Mem- Capital Mergers Stressed as a Means of Solving Problems of Cooperage Trade — Control,
phis, November 5th-7th, to those who were Steel Hoops for Tight Barrels Authority, Discipline Advocated to Gain Full "Intelligent Co-operation"
the Grade Rules and Specifications Com- in attendance, more than 200 —
the addresses
mittee. He presented to the Group —
that were made at the various sessions the Out of discussions between steel hoop By L. D. BOONE.
Session a proposal that the rules be clari-
fied to provide for Paragraph 3, Note 9,
discussions that were carried on the — manufacturers, Mr. W. E. Braithwaite, and
tight coopers, during the Memphis Con-
President, Boone Cooperage Co., Memphis
hospitality which surpassed expectations,
which would read as follows: "On tight vention, as to simplification of steel hoops
what appeared most significant over and
staves, kiln dried and jointed, it will be for tight barrels, the following committee
above allother things, was the revival of a
permissible to leave wood want of not to real spirit of helpfulness, one member to
was appointed to work out specifications for For the past few years and at the present dustry would be a merger of contraction ages. If we can deliver material to the
exceed % inch on the outside, measuring another; helpfulness toward working out steel hoops for all tight barrels, 5 to 50 time newspaper columns have been full of rather than one of expansion. While this consumer at a price which allows him a
at the bilge." gallons* capacity, except I. C. C. barrels, statements relative to mergers of large and may be true, it ignores the possible benefit profit, you may be sure that we will con-
the difficulties that are before the industry;
On motion, the proposal was carried. and in the desire to render this help the committee to submit report at May, small business interests. from merger itself which could improve tinue to hold the good will of that consumer.
Mr. Krafft also brought before the Group through the vehicle of the Association. 1930, meeting: C. F. Meyer, chairman; The fact cannot be denied that in the manufacturing processes and sales policies,
a proposal that had originated some time W. O. Johnson, H. P. Krallman. Believes Capital Mergers Will Solve
This was the feeling or spirit that pervaded majority of cases, these mergers have re- so that .serious contraction would be un-
ago, which had for its aim a recommenda- Industry's Problems
the entire Convention. sulted in decrease of overhead, lower prices necessary and soon forgotten in the effort
tion with reference to the adoption of a We do not wish to express high antici- to the consumer and larger profits to the to improve service and develop new markets. I believe that capital merger is the solu-
34-inch whiskey stave against a 35-inch pations of miracles to be performed. But New Plan for Compiling 1930 manufacturer. These mergers have been tion of our problem, although there is an-
stave. The only action taken by the com- we do feel, and believe the membership is in Census of Manufacturers so successful, apparently, that they have other plan intelligent co-operation which —
mittee was the suggestion that a committee accord with this feeling, that progress is lost their malignancy in the minds of the competes but denies the right to existence
be appointed to confer with the alcohol dis- In 1930, for the first time, the Federal of murderous competition that destroys
being made, and that the situation will con- public and the old trust bugaboo is a thing
tilleries and the Bureau of Standards, with Census of Manufacturers will call for infor- of the past. The Government at Wa.shing- profit.
tinue showing improvement with the co-
the view of ascertaining just which would mation on the number of days that con- ton, instead of fighting mergers as it did At present there are, say, twenty
operation which members assumed during
be the more satisfactory. This committee stitutes the normal working week in the dealers in slack cooperage stock, each main-
the Convention in Memphis on committees, twenty years ago, is actually co-operating
could then report back to the Association, various plants, according to a recent an- taining a sales organization and office force
etc., and their expressed intention of carry- with the manufacturers to the end that
at which time the proper action could be nouncement by the advisory committee on much money is being saved in eliminating and each bidding against the other on a
ing out the programs planned. At the end
taken. of the next six months' period some worth-
the census. The aim is to find out the pro-
duplication of manufacturing supei*vision margin of profit already too small and —
P. H. Miller, expressing as his
while portion of manufacturers who operate on multiplying by twenty the effect of a million
while progress should be apparent. and sales effort.
opinion that the appointment of such a com- six-day, five-and-one-half-day,and five-day The merger merely recognition of the staves that are on the market. If these
One of the vitally important steps taken is
mittee would be useless, nevertheless was bases, and thus disseminate actual facts on twenty were reduced to four, or five, compe-
during the meeting was the reorganization fact that in order to survive in these
willing to move that the committee be ap- this subject which is the cause of so much tition would still exist, and at the same time
of the Association executive personnel on days of keen competition all dead wood
pointed. On second by Mr. Wellford, the conjecture. expense of selling and supervision would be
a committee basis. Various committees are mu.st be eliminated and a plant in order
chairman was instructed to appoint .such Migration of industry, from cities and reduced in the same proportion, without
being appointed to cany out the functions to justify its existence should be able to
a committee. Chairman CoUiver asked Mr. established centers to more rural locations, raising the price to the consumer. This
and activities of the Association, the chair- show satisfactory profits.
Krafft as to the personnel of the committee, or points closer the source of raw materials saving could be turned into profits for the
man of each committee being a member of One of the many advantages claimed for
and Mr. Krafft advised that it consisted of or closer to the market, is another phase mills.
the Executive Committee. These com- the merger over any co-operative manufac-
the Grade Rules Committee, Wm. G. Tyler, which will receive special consideration. It
turing or distributing plan, is its ability to Thus far the two parts of the question
mittees are not yet confirmed, and in a later
E. R. Norton, Mr. Wrape, F. T. Smith, is expected that this will show the effect consumer at the lowest possi- which is mysubject have traveled side by
bulletin we will give complete details and deliver to the
L. F. Horn, and V. W. Krafft. of the movement on the changed locations ble price, a product uniform in quality and side. Intelligent co-operation, one would
explanation.
The third matter presented to the Grade in the demand for skilled labor. a production service beyond question. think, should rush with winged feet to the
This Association has been in existence
Rules Committee was that of providing a Employment of women in industry will be accomplishment of results so obviously de-
since 1916, and we can safely say that of all
specificationfor the number of inches in studied carefully, also, and the committee Lack of Standardized Products Has Caused sirable. Unfortunately, from past per-
the addresses that have been delivered up
all kilndried and jointed staves. hopes to discover how this factor has been L. D. Boone, Memphis formance it must be regarded as one of
to the present time, none contained more Loss to Cooperage Industry
Mr. Krafft said that the committee felt influenced by mechanization, which has those unstable quantities based upon an
real tioiths, more constructive suggestions, If we attempt to emphasize in our in-
Manufacturing Costs Are Approximately
that 9-inch and 13-inch staves, kiln dried brought about changes in the character of ideal conception of what man ought to be,
nor a better program for actual accom- dustry the benefits to be derived from capi- Equal
and jointed, seldom purchased, and
are workers required. There has been no au- rather than a practical every-day working
plishment, than the talk which our members tal merger we realize instantly that fifty
while the committee recognizes that there is thoritative information on this since 1919. The cost of manufacturing our in-
in knowledge of what he is; although it pos-
were privileged to hear from Dr. Baker at manufacturers of cooperage will make fifty
no uniformity along this line, it might be Then it was found that of every 1,000 wage dustry is practically identical in each plant. sesses every good quality except the very
the General Session on November 6th. We different kinds of stock although there are
well to have a specification that could be anticipate that it will bear fruit in the
earners in factories 201 were women, as
only two or three grades. By a more cen-
Timber costs are nearly equal labor cost — important one that it fails to work. The
applied in the absence of anything to the against 206 per thousand in 1909. Those does not vary greatly. What is gained in flying machine for some years was in the
Cooperage Industry. To that end, we have tralized supervision becomes possible to
contrary. He suggested the following: sent the address to Dr. Baker for editing,
in clerical work, however, increased, for
it

manufacture a more uniform quality and

shipping to a market with a favorable same condition —until at last the controls
16-inch to 17-inch staves.. 39 inches to set
while there were only 242 women per freight rate, is lost in shipping to another were adjusted.
and upon its return we will mimeograph maintain a better satisfied consumer. The
21-inch to 22-inch staves.. 48 inches to set
thousand workers in 1909, there were 362 market where the rate is not so advanta-
and mail a copy to each member for con- shipping of unequal grades and the manu- Advocates Control and Authority Through
per thousand in 1919. In numbers the geous. There is a general feeling among
24-inch staves 56 inches to set sideration at his leisure. We do sincerely women clerks and other similar employes
facture of material not up to the standard
the manufacturers in our industry that Capital Merger
On motion by Carl F. Meyer, seconded by hope constructive action will result, and for which it is sold has, as we know, cost
increased from 140,000 to 374,000, or by each one can make his pioduct at a lower So it is with our problems. Control is
Sigman, the report of the Grade the industry many thousands of dollars in
M. L.
Rules and Specifications Committee was
that at least some of Dr. Baker's sugges-
tions will be carried out.
167 per cent, io the ten-year period.
the past and has rendered the industry the
cost than the other. Actually there is little —
necessary authority-discipline. And in
Information on the number of shifts per difference. Obviously it is better to make order to have authority in co-operation, a
adopted. greatest disservice it could have suffered.
day, and the number of hours of labor per one-half million staves at a profit than it certain amount of capital merger seems a
On motion by M. L. Sigman, a vote of —
necessity enough at least to secure obedi-
week, will be compiled in more detail, and is to make a million at a loss.
thanks was extended to W. E. Braithwaite Mergers in Cooperage Trade Would Be
Change more extensively, than at any census since The prevailing that consump-
attitude is ence to agreements made in co-operative
for his interest in behalf of the Association. in Association Inspection Mergers of Contraction
1919. In addition there will be the usual tion cannot be increased. Most of us think bargaining. There are as many dealers in
A vote of thanks was also extended to Service Fees
questions on the number of wage earners
While many mergers being made today
we know what customers there are to buy, slack barrel cooperage stock who do not
Guy Frazier, Will Foley, and W. M. Davis are arranged with an eye to expansion, it
Heretofore, the fees for inspections made and salaried persons, including monthly and approximately how many staves each manufacture as there are manufacturers.
for the courtesies extended to the Associa- is a fact that the majority of slack barrel
have not covered, on a six months' or yearly employment figures (the seasonal variations will require in a year; and feel that our These brokers are not concerned with mill
members during their stay in Memphis, stock manufacturers accept the idea that
tion period, the expenses of the inspector in of employment in the several lines of manu- only problem is to supply this demand at a costs. They are only interested in their
and also for the wonderful entertainment making such inspections. Effective, No- facturing can thus be measured) and on any merger of the slack barrel material in- reasonable pi-ofit to the mill. We can con- profits or commissions. They should have
;

accorded on the night of November 6th. vember 5, 1929, and thereafter, the charge the growing use of power and power trol our market, but we know that we can- sufficient money connection so that they
for inspections, both at de.stination and
[•Address made during Memphis Cooperage not control the market for substitute pack- will not sell staves until the mills are
On motion, the Convention adjourned. equipment. Convention].
 November, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 23
22 The National Coopers' Journal November, 1929

making a In order to secure full co-

profit.
operation, it is necessary to have a man's
money, or some control of his money. Money
Potato Crop Estimated at
353,977.000 Bushels
United States Commercial Apples,
28,519.000 Barrels
Are We Using the Available Association Facilities for Securing
Withthe many crops already dug The apple harvest turning out much
is ?*
talks.
For example, a second lieutenant may be
furnishing a basis of estimating actual as expected a month ago. The commercial Statistics
yields the United States potato crop is now
a very good second lieutenant in the army; apple crop for the United States is now
expected to total :^o3,977,000 bushels com- estimated at 28,519,000 barrels compared
Lack of Proper Support of Cooperage Trade Prime Reason for Incomplete Production
but put him out to handle men where he
lacks the authority of his uniform and he
pared with 345,177,000 bushels expected a
month ago, 464,483,000 the record crop
with 28,501,000 barrels expected a month
ago, 35,268,000 barrels harvested last year
Statistics —
Manufacturers Must Have Confidence in One Another
is usually unable to get results. The men
harvested a year ago and 382,756,000 By M. L. SIGMAN.
in the army know him for Second Lieuten- and 32,468,000 barrels the five-year average
bushels the five-year average production. 1923-1927. Production generally is quite Monticello, Ark.
ant Smith, and they know he is supported
Although the United States potato crop now light and quality far below average.
by sufficient authority to put them in the
appears to be somewhat larger than ex- Production is substantially heavier than in
guard house if they fail to obey him. In
capital merger the capital becomes the
pected a month ago, the crop is still com- either of the low years 1921 or 1927 but
I have been asked to prepare and read for US. We have failed our Association in What a Difference Co-operation Can Make
paratively small and can be expected to otherwise is the smallest crop since 1907.
before this Convention a short paper re- numerous ways, among which I might men- Allow me to illustrate: "Did you ever see
means of discipline by which promises are
market at prices favorable to New England garding whether or not we are "Using the tion, our failure to attend its conventions, a little old town where everybody was pull-
made realities and good intentions are lifted In New England the commercial apple
potato growers. The present crop is prac- crop is now expected to total 1,868,000
Available Association Facilities for Secur- and during attendance at the convention, ing in the opposite direction from that of
from that place the poet assigned them as
tically equal to the 1926 crop, totaling ing Statistics That Will Help Us Trade our failure to meet with our several groups his neighbor? Where, maybe, two or three
the paving stones of hell and made to be the barrels compared with 1,820,000 ba;rrels
354,328,000 bushels. expected a month ago, 1,479,000 barrels
Intelligently." and become a part of the real Association would try to get together as a unit to pro-
cornerstone of true accomplishment.
The New England potato crop is now This question can be answered in three work. Rather have some stayed out of mote some civic good for the place and fail
Considers Forced Co-operation or Mergers estimated at 55,355,000 bushels compared
harvested last year and 1,921,000 barrels
the five-year average. This prospect is 26
— —
words "We are not" as each individual such group meetings, remaining in the for lack of co-operation on the part of those
the Only Way Out with 55,175,000 bushels expected on Octo- per cent greater than last year's harvest but member present can testify. My remarks who should be in the lead due to their
ber 1, 1929, 48,092,000 bushels harvested will touch briefly on how, in my opinion, this financial ability and great influence, but
Co-operation, even when qualified by the about 3 per cent below average. Harvest-
last year and 47,253,000 bushels the average
ings somewhat better than expected in can be brought about. who would rather let George do it, and by
adjective intelligent,is not sufficient unto
production of the past five years. October Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts and Con- The matter of statistics is almost a their action see the little old town go down,
itself. Coercion of a sort is necessary to
weather conditions were quite favorable to necticut were only partly offset by lighter threadbare subject to bring up before you. down, down? On the other hand, did you
completion. With all his efforts to hide the
the digging of the New England potato crops in New Hampshire and Rhode Island. It has to my knowledge been tried repeat- ever see this same little old town, when
fact, man remains a selfish creature. Each
crop.
October weather conditions were generally edly for more than thirty years by this everything looked as though it had gone to
of us wants the other to make the sacrifices
In Maine the outlook at 46,440,000 bushels favorable to the harvesting of the crop. and former associations connected with the the dogs for keeps, that there was nothing
and leave ourselves to reap the benefit.
is unchanged from that of a month ago. Harvestings in the principal barrel apple production of staves and heading for tight good in it and no hopes for improvement;
That is human nature. Yet the situation
This prospect is nearly 18 per cent larger States outside New England (New York,
barrels to compile in condensed form figures when from somewhere there came a guiding
demands that we tie ourselves together so
than the crop harvested last year and Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, indicating stocks of such, on hand and hand which began mold and cement a
to
that we must conform to the general good.
about 25 per cent above the five-year aver- Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri) indicate being produced, monthly and otherwise. spirit of confidence and co-operation be-
Other industries have improved their
age production of potatoes in Maine. Pota- a crop about 17 per cent less than harvested
In my address to the Convention last No- tween every man, woman and child in the
methods. Production methods of cooperage
toes undug by the middle of October in vember in Chicago, I touched on this sub- place? At this point, don't you remember
stock are practically the same as they were last year and 13 per cent below average.
Aroostook County, Maine, were quite seri- The principal box apple States (Idaho, ject, setting out the fact that because of how things began to pick up, how new
twenty-five years ago. In fact our industry
ously damaged by a heavy freeze. Outside such a small percentage of those producing
has —
retrogressed hours are as long or
of the damage from freezing the quality of
Washington, Oregon and California) esti-
staves and heading being members of the
public buildings were promoted and built,

—
longer wages have not advanced to any
the Maine potato crop this year is excellent.
mate their crop at 11,644,000 barrels, about
Association, it would be folly for the Asso-
how parks were laid out and beautified,
streets paved, churches and schools im-
marked degree to conform with those paid 24 per cent less than last year and 7 per
The tubers are good size, free from rot, scab ciation to undertake to gather statistics of proved, banks and financial institutions
to workers in other industries. We are not cent below average.
and other blemishes. The pear crop for the United States available staves and heading on hand and strengthened, in other words a complete
paying ourselves adequate salaries for the
The eight major late crop States (Maine, turned out slightly better than expected a being produced through its membership, in revolution from the old order of things.
work we do, nor are we making a decent
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, month ago. Grapes are a light crop this a voluntary monthly reporting system. All brought about and paid for from
return on our capital investment.
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and North within, and all due to one fact alone, con-
Our industry should rest upon as firm a year in most of the important States.
Dakota) now expect a crop totaling 174,- Statistical Information Has Not Been M. L. SiGMAN, Monticello, Ark. fidence in each other and complete co-
foundation as others. It is not lack of in-
893,000 bushels. Thin outlook is about 25 Sufficiently Complete operation. Surely you have seen this? I
telligence. We have men in our industry per cent less than harvested last year and
Apples: Forecast November 1st lobbies of the hotels and by their action
who rank in intelligence with those of any So far we have not been able to get creating prejudice and really, if not inten-
have."
14 per cent below the five-year average. In Conuiioroial rrodiietion in Barrols
industiy. —
There is a way out the simple
the twelve minor western surplus States Stato
Forwast
Nov. 1, 1929
Fiii.il
1928
5-voar Av.
1923-1927
reports from more than 50 per cent of the
Association members producing barrel ma-
tional, influencing some other member to
Want of Confidence Another Detriment to
recognition of the fact that we must either stay out of the meetings, some even going so
(South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Montana, Maine 692,000 287,000 538,000 terial. This, coupled with the fact that not Cooperage Industry
co-operate or merge. My idea is that an Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Washington,
far as to criticize the officers and committees
intelligent combination of the two would be N. H 198,000 205,000 233,000 to exceed one-third of those producing, held
who were trying with all their ability to Second: Lack of confidence: Confidence
Oregon, California, Utah and Nebraska) membership the Association, left too
in
beneficial. Co-operation alone, as we have Vermont . . 198,000 110,000 153,000 serve the Association and the trade it in ourselves, confidence in our neighbor
potato prospects gained over 4 per cent small a percentage to be of value, in a sta-
apparently been able to co-operate, has Mass 567,000 578,000 668,000 represents. producer, and not being willing to meet him
during October and are now 21 per tistical way. At the Chicago meeting it was
failed. Add to that, capital merger, and Island.. Just try to visualize how successful and half way on matters pertaining only to our-
cent less than in 1928 and about 5 per cent R. 50,000 48,000 66,000 decided to compile the statistics by States
our problem is solved. how easy our Association work could be selves. Confidence in our direct customer,
below average. All twenty late surplus Conn 163,000 251,000 263,000 or certain bounded areas, each area being
made, and the great good that could be the cooper, believing that if we play the
States now expect a crop 24 per cent less in charge of a responsible local member,
accomplished by it for us as members and game square, furnish him with good staves
than that harvested last year and 12 per who undertook to gather the information in
Total N. E. 1,868,000 1,479,000 1,921,000 for the trade in general, if we could get, and heads, enabling him to make a better
Closes Several Arkansas Plants cent below the five-year average. Potato his territory and report to the secretary in
New York . 3,404,000 4,230,000 4,582,000 not 100 per cent but even 80 per cent co- barrel, always resulting in a more satisfied
prospects in Pennsylvania and Washington totals for his district. I am informed that
The Mays Manufacturing Company of St. operation in all its work. Why, half our consumer, automatically creating more de-
improved materially during October. Penna 762,000 1,043,000 1,141,000 only two very incomplete months were re-
Louis, Mo., have closed their tub and stave worries and troubles in the production and mand, resulting in a better price for us all,
The fourteen late deficient States (Dela- Illinois . . 840,000 1,240,000 1,151,000 ported under this plan. So another failure.
plants at Harriet, Leslie and Osage, marketing of our products would be which after all is the most appealing thing
ware, Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan 1,206,000 929,000 1,413,000
Arkp.Rsas. .
solved. Pages could be written on the and a natural result.
Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Iowa, Missouri,
Missouri . 401,000 474,000 599,000 Lack of Co-operation One Reason for value of complete co-operation in Associa- All this depends on confidence. When
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Virginia 3,100,000 3,700,000 2,252,000
Failure tion work. My time is too limited, besides we shall have attained this confidence in
Rhode Island, and Connecticut) show an .

Start Stave Mill There are two fundamental reasons why I would only be calling your atttention to ourselves and in our neighbor, I am sure
increase of 45 per cent over the outlook a West Va... 1,320,000 1,470,000 1,200,000
The Monroe Stave Company has been our various attempts to successfully gather facts you already know. There is not a we will have the full co-operation of the
month ago. While none of these States Idaho 1,280,000 1,500,000 1,340,000
organized at Tompkinsville, Ky., by Gid except Iowa show large increases nearly
statistics have always failed. member present but who knows the value cooper to the end that he will submit, for
Wash 7,762,000 10,000,000 8,126,000
Hollinsworth and N. G. Lee. In addition First: of co-operation: Our fail-
Lack and success always obtained by co-opera- statistical purposes, stocks on hand, both
all them indicate some improvement in
of
Oregon . . 1,200,000 1,600,000 1,454,000 ure to rally to the Association and make of tion. You are bound to admit that with all in materials and in barrels already made,
to the establishment of a modern stave mill prospects. The potato crop in these States
Calif 1,402,000 2,287,000 1,657,000 it that for which it stands and should do of us working together, to and for a common together with his estimate of probable
they have also installed a large yard for isestimated at 59,046,000 bushels or 22 per
end, success would be assured from the future demands for barrels necessary to
the storage of stave bolts from the sur- cent less than harvested in 1928 and about before Cooperage Convention at
[Paper read start. supply his trade for the season. We each
rounding farmers. 3 per cent below average. U. S. Total. 28,519,000 35,268,000 32,468,000 Memphis].
 The National Coopers* Journal November, 1929 November, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 25

know that information is absolutely

all this rect dividend, I repeat if we are willing to marketed at a profit, and in most cases at a
necessary in order to compile valuable data
complete enough on which to base our
plod along in the old rut, then, in this event
the only way we will ever be able to com-
severe loss. Money lost by not. being posted.
Then again we may have concluded that
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While the manufacturing of staves, heads mind whether or not the information ob- which we figured was ours for keeps, begins
H. METZGER'S SONS, 11-15 JOHN PAXTON & CO., 5435
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Information More Expensive timber which can never be replaced in our Cooperage Trade Must Pull Together DtK. ysK
On the other hand, if we are willing to time, going it blindly, piling up staves and Now, let's quit kidding ourselves, think-
IF IT OMES FROM
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figure we are fixed for a great volume, it be-
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must pull together, and our Association is
Why send your saws a thousand
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112 South 19th Street, Birmingham, Ala. THE HYNSON COMPANY

MACHINERY FOR SALE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES POSITION WANTED AH Work Guaranteed Write Ua for Price* Lebanon Illinois
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f^NE "Perfection" Heading-up Machine in £]IGHTE£N thousand acres, partially logged dress ELGY ROWELL, 501 Gregg St.,
over, Mississippi Delta land, favorably lo-
perfect condition. $350.00 for quick Houston, Texas.
cated, very accessible, mill site on g^ood rail-
•ale. road. Gum, elm and oak predominating.
One Holmes No. 38^^ Croxer in A-1 A portion oi this land was logged over more ^^ANTED—Position as slack barrel cooper Hoop Nails Hoop Staples Hoop Fasteners FINGER LAKES COOPERAGE FLAG
than ten years ago. For further particulars shop working foreman. Prefer northern
shape. Price $175.00. Bright, Blued, Coppered or Galvanized
address "OPPORTUNITY," care of "The
A. B. HOUTZ &. SONS National Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Pa.
or northeastern part of Ohio. Address
Write for prices and samples
LONG—TC»»—BUTT—CHAIR
"SLACK," care of "The National Coopers'
Elizabeth City, N. C. pOR SALE—In the best apple section of the
Satisfaction Assured
State
business.
—Established cooperage and box
Owner to retire. Wonderful op-
Journal," PhiUdelphia, Pa.
THE GEO. W. STANLEY CO. BelleviOe, III.
RAY A. RUSSELL SAVANNAH, N. Y.
pOR SALE—F. Trevor 60-inch stave cutter. portunity for a live man. Address "A.L.C.," ^^ANTED — Position as foreman or super-
Has not had much use is in good con-— care of "The National Coopers' Journal,"
Philadelphia, Pa.
intendent of tight cooperage plant by a
dition. Address W. A. Sikes, Portville, N. Y. practical man. Address "TIGHT," care of
pOR SALE—Kingston, N. Y., tight barrel
manufacturing plant. Located 90 miles
"The National Coopers' Journal," Philadel-
phia, Pa. K. W. JACOBS CCK)PERAGE CO. W. W. WILSON STAVE COMPANY
STOCK FOR SALE from New York City on the West Shore Rail-
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN MANUFACTURERS OF
road, with private siding. Price $60,000,
HELP WANTED All Classes Kiln-Dried and Jointed Tight Barrel Staves
including all land, buildings, machinery and
pOR SALE—40,000 53% x 10 ga. Twisted equipment, together with present good will. SLACK BARREL MANUFACTURERS—ALL KINDS
"
White OakRed Oak Gum and Ash
Splice Wire Hoops, H cent each.
Capacity one thousand barrels daily. Now
operating partial capacity. For further par-
\YANTED —Foreman for tight barrel ma- Tongued and Grooved Barrela Our Specialty
NORTH UTTLE ROCK ARKANSAS
ticulars %^ite PROCTOR BROS. AND COM- chine shop. Must understand machinery
A. B. HOUTZ & SONS and stock. Opportunity for good man. State
PANY, Kingston, N. Y.
Elisabeth City, N. C.
pOR SALE—Complete equipment for the
age, experience, and references.
"FOREMAN,"
Address
manufacture of slack hea<fing and staves. care of "The National

SECOND-HAND BARRELS FOR SALE All machines in running order. Priced low-
Address BERRY LUMBER CO., Doylesville,
Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Pa.
Cooperage Stock & Barrel Shooks HICKSON-ROGERS MANUFACTURING CO.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Va.
MACHINERY WANTED Dowel Pina Clab Turned Oak and
pOR SALE— Several carloads fresh empty ^^ANTED—Towns having an abundance of Cooperage Machinery Tight Barrel Stavea Hickory Spokma
oleo and malt barrels. Also several ear- suitable woodslow prices and healthy
at \yANTED—One Morgan barrel
rWE ARE READY TO HANDLE YOUR ORDERS IN ANYT
labor conditions can hear of sound business
nailer. LqUANTITIES. STOCK AND SERVICE A-1. WRITE UsJ
Ad- Two 32"-knife power 166 West Jackson Blvd.
load* reconditioned drums, washed.
proposition by addressing "SUCCESS," care stave jointers. B. C. Sheahan Company CHICAGO, ILLINOIS PARAGOULD ARKANSAS
dress JOHN M. REISER AND SONS, of "The National Coopers' Journal," Phila- Address A. B. C, care of "The National
620 Portland St., Baltimore, Md. delphia, Pa. Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Pa.
Mention Thd National Coopers' Journal when writing to advertisen.
26 The National Coopers' Journal November, 1929

TINKLER & WEBSTER, LTD. Harlan-Morris Mfg. Co. JACKSON

TENNESSEE
National Bank Building LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND Manufacturers of All Kinds of
BUYERS OF ALL KINDS OF TIGHT-BARREL STAVES, ADL and KDJ,
STAVES AND HEADING and CIRCLED HEADING
Offer us that stock on your yard
Cable Address: "Stavewood Liverpool"
FROM WHITE OAK, RED OAK. ASH AND GUM
SATISFACTION
GUARANTEED
Branch Mills in
Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama
I here's Only One ffooden Barrel Paper
The Sutherland-Innes Co., Limited An Opportunity to Quote on Your THE JOURNAL IS IT!
Manufacturers and Dealers in COOPERAGE STOCK
Requirements is considered a privilege by WOODEN BOXES are Competitive with the WOODEN
STAVES, HOOPS, HEADING AND SHOOKS
TIGHT AND SLACK Krafft Cooperag<e Company BARREL.
Chatham Ontario, Canada Federal Commerce Trust Building St. Louis, Mo. The Journal STANDS for the WOODEN BARREL!
WOODEN BASKETS. CASESAND FIBER CONTAINERS
are all Competitive with the WOODEN BARREL.
TURN IT INTO MONEY PROPERLY
MADE Tight Barrel QUALITY
STOCK
Have you anything want
The Journal STANDS for the WOODEN BARREL!
STAVES AND HEADING
to sell, or to buy or exchange anything 7
TRY OUR SPECIAL "AD" DEPARTMENT
It is our business to get buyers and sellers together and we can do it.
your business to turn unused or idle machinery and
It is
money and you can do it. Cost Is small.
tools,
Returns are large.
etc., into
OZARK STAVE COMPANY BAGS AND SACKS are Competitive with the WOODEN
THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL, Philadelphia 134 North La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois BARREL.
The Journal STANDS for the WOODEN BARREL!

THE VAIL COOPERAGE CO. WE ARE BUYERS OF STEEL DRUMS are Competitive with WOODEN BARRELS.
since 1888 Manufacturers of

Quality Stock
STAVES STAVES, HOOPS & HEADING The Journal STANDS for the WOODEN BARREL!
Our Northern Elm Hoops
HOOPS For Tight and Slack Cooperage

"Best by Test" HEADING JAMES WEBSTER & BRO., LTD. ''•"i.1-v*e1i!1S&: lUL'""
FORT WAYNE, IND. VENEERS LONDON OFFICE— Bevis Marks House, Goring Street, E. C, 3 (U^
For over 44 years The Journal has Championed the Wooden
MONTEZUMA COOPERS' FLAG H. PADUART, Sartrouville, France Barrel!
Forty years in the business have made us Flag experts Steel Hoops and Wires
ALL LENGTHS Try our Service SOFT VARIETY It is EXCLUSIVELY COOPERAGE!
of all kinds
P. T. CASEY WE INVITE YOUR INQUIRY FOR 0. I. F. PRICES
92 West Bayard Street :t Seneca Falls, N. Y. EXPORT TO ALL, COUNTRIES Its Allegiance is NOT DIVIDED!
The Journal will take your sales message direct to the buyer,
YOU no matter where he is. It's The Journal's business to know
Air I
When m the mar\et for Wheel can possibly get along without
A. M. Welti & Bro.«
where he is, and it does.
Manufacturers of
^ried \ 30x% Ash
Pork Stoves "
Listed advertising in THE NATIONAL
34x%'' Red Oak Oil Staves; 36x3^' Gum Stoves
COOPERS' JOURNAL, but you Tight Cooperage
willget along much better and
Write to much faster IF YOU DO USE Milk. Oil and Lard Keep this fact in the foreground when planning your advertising

THE HENNEN COOPERAGE CO.,

Inc.
THE ONLY PAPER THAT Tierces and Kegs for 1930.
SPECIALIZES YOUR CLASS OF
Manufacturers of Tight Cooperage LAKE PROVIDENCE, LA. BUYERS. 10406 Kiotman Rd. CIcTcland, 0.

ITWILL SAFEGUARD YOUR BUSINESS; PROTECT YOUR

TRADE. AND PAY YOU A PROFIT!
Founded 1850
We
(NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA)
are large buyers of Slack Cooperage
Incorporated 1900
BUNGS
WE MAKE THEM VENT PLUGS FAUCETS
Stock of all kinds and we want your prices CASK or BARREL PLUGS and WORM-HOLE PEGS
N.d,H.O'DONNELL COOPERAGE CO.
BARREL MANUFACTURERS
Write for price* on Bung-borer«. Cooper's hoop-driven, hammer*.
adzes, tlaggmg and flagging irons, chalk, chimes and chime mauls

REDLICH MFG. CO., 647 W. Oak St., CHICAGO

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Moore St., Water to Swanson St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Known to the trade for over 60 yeare - ESTABLISHED 1885 -

Philadelphia
Tight and Slack Barrels Manufacturer of
and Dealer in SKUSE'S COOPERAGE
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
We carry new Cooperage from 5 to 50gallon on hand at all times for Slack
local or carload shipments. Ready to fill barrels for all requirements Orders solicited for straight or
Plant M at Ntvill* laland. Pa. . and Pittaburgh, Pa.
Staves mixed cars. Write us whether you
ADDRESS CORRESPONDENCE TO Heading want to buy or sell. Satisfaction
Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Company Hoops Guaranteed.
2723 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburfirh, Pa.
Flour and
Fruit Barrels
SKUSE*S COOPERAGE
New York
Cor. Finney and Daris StB., Rochester,

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Tight Barrel Circled Heading ationaI \

FIFTY
effect.
years of continuous service to
cooperage industry has not been without its
Evidence that our products meet with the
present day demands is found in the fact that
the
OUIMI
COOPERAGE INDUSTRY
many of our customers buy from us exclusively,
year after year. Red Oak and White Oak paper great value to
from 9" 23"
of all stave, hoop,
We know that you'll be satisfied with our mer-
to in diameter heading and liner manufacturers to all' ;
of the best quality
makers and users of barrels, kegs casks
chandise as well as our service. ^ tubs, pails, machinery and mill supplies*
,

Wm. H. Coleman Co.

Jackson Tennessee OOOO^ 'OOO^O^QQi
OVER FIFTY YEARS IN THE BUSINESS

With the coming of another glad Yuletide Season

No. 157 Five-in-One —
When messages of great joy expected and
Barrel Machine —
Unexpected greet us on every hand:
When gifts of loving remembrance
And thoughts of peace and good-v^ill
1. Sets Up, 3. Trusses* Spread o'er the land:
2. Windlasses. 4. Crozes. The Journal pours forth its best wishes
For the increased health, v^ealth and happiness
5. Drives the Hoops
on Slack Barrels. Of every friend, not only for this
its

Q Christmas Day now awaiting our celebration,

A TIME SAVER—A MONEY MAKER But throughout the length and breadth of
All the days yet to come.
FULL PARTICULARS ON REQUEST
May Santa's Pack contain the heart's desire
Holmes Machinery Of each and all. That's the sincere wish that
Goes with our 929 Christmas Greetings.
Company I

45 CHICAGO ST.
BUFFALO, N. Y.
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A good barrel cannot be made without good hoops

SLACK BARREL \Y/ u- J 75.000,000 1 J. C. PENNOYER COMPANY
MATERIAL ^^ '^'^
\ Seventy-five Million |
^^^^ ^^'
GERLACH MODERN
Coiled

Staves
Elm Hoops
to the best trade making the best

QUALITY HOOPS
Vicksburg Cooperage Co.
J. M. Peel & Brother
barrels.

Vicksburg, Miss.
Lake Village. Ark. e
^^ Stave and
Heading Machinery

Heading
MILLS: ^ O. L. Bartlett
Ferriday Hoop Company
Mound City. 111.
A
G Tight Cooperage o SAWS AND SAW TOOLS
Decatur Cooperage Company
Ferriday, La.
Decatur, Ind. E M
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Headliners
STRUTHERS-ZIEGLER COOPERAGE
Distributed Exclusively by

CO.
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Wire Hoops 8 I Bolt Equalizers Heading Saws
412 CURTIS BLDG., COR. HAMILTON AND WEST GRAND BLVD., DETROIT, MICH. 7 Stave Saws Heading Jointers
L E Stave Jointers Heading Turners
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day that coiled elm hoops have not been made I

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Cooperage M
P 1708 COLUMBUS ROAD
at one or more of our mills.
E H CLEVELAND, OHIO

When you have

Machinery I

That's the story of the race for

many a big barrel order. NOBLE STAMPED
Good heads are as equally es- -CHICAGO N EW YORK MEMPHIS-
sential to themaking of wooden
coiled elm hoops and staves in your barrel,
barrels as staves and hoops.
you cannot help but have a good one. Send
H&D heads are good heads and
will win the business. With H&D us your inquiries for coiled elm hoops, staves, r' TREVOR
heads you have a guarantee of
"Quality--Service--Workmanship."
heading and basket material.

WM. K. NOBLE
C. M.VAN Aken Manufacturing Company
LOCKPORT,
Let us you more about them.
tell

There are no better heads made. Ft. Wayne, Ind. Cooperage Co. N. Y.

The Latest Improved Machinery

:BUYERS AND SELLERS OF:
HUDSON & DUGGER COMPANY Barrels
for
Kegs
HOOPS AND STAVES
Memphis, Tennessee
Staves, Hoops Staves
Heading
Hoops
Pails
Drums
Cheese Boxes

Heading Complete plants

from the log to the barrel

WEIMAR ENGINEERING WORKS and

. Trevor Patent

BuUders Hoop Driving, Barrel Wasliing COOPERAGE SUPPLIES Jumbo Heading

Sawing Machine

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and Bung Hole Boring Machines f Promptness is our Motto NEW
SPECIAL MACHINES BUILT TO ORDER ^^^^^1^ Q-r'i'\/'^l^ '^ ^*^^^ w« want to buy "TREVOR"
In building our machines we seek to gain the highest
IjUCILI O I IwlV^^ is what we aim to sell Sixty-Inch
SteelWheel
efficiency in every way, and users of our make will Heading
find this our guarantee, which always holds good.
ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS:
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MANUFACTURERS C. HEIDT & SON, Inc.

JERSEY CITY, N. J.

BARRELS SHOOKS New Slack

B Second-hancI
Barrels

STAVES HEADS Barrel* A All Kinds Slaclt

and Tight
for all dry
terials,
ma-
chem- R We Specialize
ALL SIZES AND SPECIFICATIONS icals, sugar, etc. R preparing tight

HARDIVOOD LUMBER Tongued and E barrels for all

pu rpos e*

819 NEW ORLEANS BANK BUILDING

Grooved Barrels
a Specialty L "A Used Barrel
Is Better Than
a New One"
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NEW ORLEANS QUALITY and SERVICE Our Motto!
CABLE ADDRESS "ATLAS" OFFICE, 64 Fairmount Ave. PLANT, 12-88 Fairmount Ave. Cooperage Exhibit by the Muehlhausen Cooperage, Trenton, New Jersey.

:3^ sK= s9& =K= During Trenton's 250th Anniversary Celebration

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CHICKASAW WOOD PRODUCTS CO.
CHICKASAW COOPERAGE CO.
E. HENNING, Inc Vol. 45 December, 1929 No. 8
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Barrels, Staves IMPORTANT ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE
Heading, Shooks Cooperate StocK. Produce and Sugar Will Bring Much Business to Louisiana Coopers. ... 7
Kiln-Dried Dimension Lumber
Early Potato Growers Report Increased Acreage for 1930 8
GENERAL OFFICE:
Box 143, Binghamton Br. GULF DISTRICT: Manhattan Building Chicago, ni. Stave Trade Conditions of Bordeaux, France 8
Memphis, Tenn. Gretna, La.
Normal Demand for Cooperage in Louisville Trade 9

Editorials JO

Business Structure of Country is Sound 11

M. L. SIGMAN i^rreh and Shool^^

era^e Stock.
Trade Associations as Factors
Simplified Practice Programs in Other Industries
in Stabilizing Industry

Have Increased Sales

12

Manufacturer '9
and Profits
HIGHEST QUALITY Activities in Barrel Using Industries 21
Trade Reports and
TIGHT BARREL STAVES Confident 1930 Will Be a Good Business
Canadian Cooperage Trade is
Tight Sap White Oak Oils.
Red
Wines,
Oak Oils,
K. D. J.
etc.,
Regular
& B.
s^^ Growth
Y ear
in American Foreign Trade Largest Since 1920
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BUYERS' DIRECTORY
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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
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BARREL ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS SECOND-HAND BARRELS
Papre Page
E. & B. Holmes Machinery Co., Buffalo. N. T .B. C. Heldt & Son, C, Jersey City. N. J 4
Oram Co., The John S., Cleveland, Ohio .14-15 Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Co.. Pittsburgh, Pa 20
the makers of vegetable lard and oil pack-
Produce and Sugar Will Bring Much Business to ages have plenty of work in that line to do.
BARREL HEATERS SLACK BARREL MAKERS AND BARREL STOCK This, with the large molasses trade makes
E. & B. Holmes M.nchinery Co.. Buffalo, N. Y B. C. Grelf Bros. Cooperage Co.. Cleveland, Ohio 16
Louisiana Coopers the tight barrel cooper prosperous, even
Hynson Company, The, Lebanon, Heidt & Son., C. Jersey City, N. J
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport, N. Y
Van Aken Cooperage Co.. C. M.. 141 Broadway.
111

New York, N. Y
25
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3
Jacobs Cooperage, K. W., Milwaukee, Wis
Jerry & Co., Stephen, Brooklyn, N. Y
4
25 Cane Harvest Season at Its Height — ^Sugar Barrels Now though he denies it.
O'Donnell Cooperage Co., N. and H., Philadelphia, Pa
Skuse's Cooperage, Rochester, N. Y |]26
4
2»;
Being Used —Pre-Season Activities in Produce
Louisiana does not rank as one of the
great tobacco shipping States, but from the
BARREL MACHINERY scenes on the docks here it would appear
Holmes Machinery Co., E. & B.. Buffalo, N. Y B. C. that somebody is doing a thriving business
Oram Co.. The John S.. Cleveland. Ohio 14-15
SLACK BARREL STOCK (Manufacturers or Dealers)
Trevor Manufacturing Co.. Lockport, N. Y 3 Henning, Inc.. E.. Chicago, 111 4
The greatest cane grinding season which in sacks, although acknowledged that
it is in tobacco hogsheads. Men handling these
Weimar Engineering Works. Philadelphia, Pa "
i F "c Murray. C. E.. Decherd, Tenn 13 this Statehas seen for many years is now new potatoes should always be shipped in huge packages say that so many hoops are
Noble, Wm. K.. P'ort Wayne, Indiana I. F. C.
at its height, and the large shops in this broken in transit that it would be a good
Pennoyer Co., J. C, Chicago, 111 3 barrels, to protect their tender skins from
BUNG MANUFACTURERS Slruthers-Ziegler Cooperage Co., Detroit, Mich L F. C. city which are working full time on sugar injury. idea for the makers to use flat, beaded steel
Van Aken Cooperage Co.. C. M., 141 Broadway, New York, N. Y.. 3
Redlich Manufacturing Co., 647 W. OjUc St.. Chicago. 111.
Wineman. Jr.. Henry, Detroit. Mich ig barrels say that there are a great many With the renewal of produce shipments head hoops on their hogsheads.
Worboys Co., Inc., William A., 15 Park Row, New York City 4
sugar barrels being used, while the shops some of the branch shops at the country
not catering to this business, or which failed Woods Operations Retarded by Weather
/
COOPERS' FLAG stations resumed operations, as was antici-
Henning, Inc.. E., Chicago. Ill 4
SLACK COOPERAGE STOCK (Manufacturers and Dealers) to getany orders, say that there is no de- pated, but others have not. Country roads Out in the timber section many lumber
Worboys Co., Inc., William A., 15 Park Row, New York City 4 Grelf Bros. Cooperage Co.. Cleveland, Ohio IG mand whatever for sugar barrels. It all have so improved in this section and the mills are closed down or are running only
Henning, Inc., E., Chicago, III 4
depends on the point of view. There can be
Jerry & Co., Stephen, Brooklyn, N. Y 4
use of trucks has become so general that part time. Wet weather has reduced log-
COOPERS' TOOLS, TRUSS HOOPS, ETC. Murray. C. E., Decherd, Tenn 13 no doubt, however, that there is a strong while the large shops are still booking ging operations almost to a standstill and
Noble, Wm. K.. Fort Wavni-, Indiana I. F. C.
demand for syrup and molasses barrels, for
E. & B. Holmes Machinery Co., Buffalo, N. Y B. C. Pennoyer Co., J. C, Chicago. Ill 3 country orders they prefer to reduce their cooperage stock mills are not doing much.
Hynson Company, The. Lebanon, 111 25 Powell Cooperage Co., Memphis. Tenn 16 all the tight .shops have all of this work overhead expense by making the barrels in
J.C. Pennoyer Co., Chicago, Hi Stocks at the mills are said to be small,
I Sheahan Co.. B. C. Chicago, 111 25
Redlich Manufacturing Co.. 647 W. Oak St., Chicago, 111 2t> Sku.s«>".s Cooperage, Rccliester, .X. Y 26 they can handle. They say that business is their city shops and delivering them direct but for all that the coopers are buying
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport, N. Y 3 Smith Lumber Co., W. T., Chapman, Ala 13
Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M.. 141 Broadway. New York. N. Y 3 Struthers-Ziegler Cooperage Co., Detroit. Mich
good, but it might be better. Still if it to their out-of-town customers in.stead of staves and heading only as they need them,
I. F. r.
Sutherland, Innes Co., Ltd.. Chatham, Ont 26 were much better they would have to en- maintaining branch shops. claiming that they have no trouble about
Vail Cooperage Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind 26
DOWEL PINS Van Aken Cooperage Co., C. M.. 141 Broadway, New York. N. Y 3 large their shops. receiving deliveries. They say that the
Wineman. Jr., Henrv, Detroit. Mich 16 Coopers' talk is pessimistic, and they say They Are Still Using Wooden Barrels
Hickson -Rogers Mfg. Worboys William Park Row. New York City prices of stock are entirely too high, though
Co.. Paragould. Ark .25 Co., Inc.. A.. 15 4
Hynson Company. The, Lebanon. HI .25 that the trade is in a very uncertain state, for Fish the makers of the stock might tell a differ-
Redlich Manufacturing Co., 647 W. Oak St., Chicago, 111, .26 but their work is much better than their The shops that once did a thriving busi- ent story.
STAVE AND HEADING MACHINERY
talk, for when shipping orders are .slow ness in fish, shrimp and oyster barrels com-
DRAG SAWS, ETC. Gerlach Co.. The, Cleveland, Ohio 3
Holmes Machinery Co.. E. & B.. Buffalo. N, Y B. C.
about coming in they keep right on at work, plain that they have lost out on this trade, Forest Fire Prevention Work
Pennoyer Co.. J. C. Chicago. Ill Oram Co.. The John S.. Cleveland, Ohio 14-15 piling up barrels for future shipment, cheer- and that fishermen do not use barrels any
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport. N. Y
3
3
J. C.Pennoyer Co.. Chicago, 111 3 Up Catahoula Pari.sh the 33,916-acre
in
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Ix)Ckport. N. Y 3 fully tying up their money, while they re- more, but the fact seems to be that several Federal Government Forest Reserve is now
fuse to admit that there is any hope of small shops have sprung up catering to the a reality. An intensive program for fire
EXPORTERS returns. Judged by the work they have seafood package trade, and being conven-
Henning. Inc.. E.. Chicago. Ill
STEEL AND WIRE HOOPS prevention is now in operation, with two
4 been doing there good reason for
Jerry & Co.. Stephen, Brooklyn, N. Y
is iently located are getting the business. It lookout towers. This Catahoula land is
4 American Steel and Wire Co.. Chicago and New York 13
Southport Corporation, New Orleans Bank Bldg.. New Orleans, La.... 4 Henning. Inc., E., Chicago. Ill 4 optimism. is simply the old story of one man's gain
H. Paduart. Sartrouville. France only the first of three units planned for
26
Worboys Co., Inc., William A., 15 Park Row. New York City 4 being another's loss. the forest to be acquired, putting this State
HOOP MACHINES The Shipping Container Question in the
in the first place in reforestation. When
Hynson Company, The, Lebanon, 111 25 TIGHT BARREL MAKERS AND BARREL STOCK Vegetable Field A Fast Growing Industry That is a
and if the timber resources of the rest of
Trevor Manufacturing Co., Lockport, N. Y 3 State and city department of commerce Barrel User
the country are exhausted Louisiana will
San Francisco, Calif
California Barrel Co.. 16
Chickasaw Wood Products Co., Memphis, Tenn 4 committees are holding meetings at the Ayear or two ago the use of kegs for reap her harvest. In the meantime a large
Hudson & Dugger Co., Inc.. Memphis. Tenn F. C.
IMPORTERS (Cooperage and Cooperage Stock) National Cooperage and Woodenware Co., Peoria III
I.
4 vegetable shipping centres, giving advice pecans became noticeable, and the keg was per cent of the gross income derived from
Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Co., Pittsburgh, Pa 26 and instructions as to the proper methods considered the best possible package for
Webster & Bro., James, Liverpool, England .20 Southport Corporation. New Orltans Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La 4
these forest reserves will be devoted to the
Tinkler & Webster, Liverpool. England .26 Sutherland. Innes Co., Ltd., Chatham, Ont 26 of shipping produce, and claim that they are that purpose. Vast groves of young pecan development of roads and schools, in lieu
Welti & Bro.. A. M.. Cleveland, Ohio 26
making great progress, yet to the lay ob- trees are now bearing full crops, and both of taxes that would have to be paid if the
LINERS. CURVED ELM server the good they are doing seems to be kegs and barrels are now used for the nuts. land had remained in private ownership.
Park Row. New York City
TIGHT COOPERAGE STOCK (Manufacturers or Dealers) rather questionable, A case to the point is From a small side line the pecan is becom- The timber mills of this State have had
Worboys Co., Inc., William A.. 15 4
Coleman Co., Wm. H., Jackson. Tenn B. C. in the shipping of carrots, which are now ing one of our major crops, and indications a distinguished visitor in the person of
Harlan-Morris Mfg. Co.. Jackson. Tenn 26
MACHINE KNIVES AND SAWS Hennen Cooperage Co., The. Lake Providence, La 26 often shipped in sacks. When these sacks are that the cooperage package will remain Prof. Nicolas JouliskoW, director of the
Henning, Inc., E., Chicago, III 4 the favored container, this business replac-
Krafft Cooperage Co.. St. Louis, Mo are piled up the slender carrots often break forest research department of Soviet Rus-
Gerlach Co.. The. Cievelaiul, Ohio 3 26
J. C.Pennoyer Co.. Chicago, 111 .'
3 Ozark Stave Co., Chicago, 111 26 in two, or are otherwise damaged by the ing some of the lines on which the cooper sia. He says that Russia must increase
Southern Stave. Saw «& Machine Co. 112 S. 19th St.. Birmingham. Ala. ..25 Pennoyer Co.. J. C. Chicago, '111 .'...' 3
Sheahan Co.. B. C. Chicago, III 25 weight upon them. If the commerce com- has lost out. Naturally, the pecan barrel her lumber production 170 per cent within
Sigman. M. L., Monticello, Ark ... 4 mittees wish to do some really .serviceable does not have to be very tight, but as it is
Southport Corporation, New Orleans Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La. 4
the next five years, and he makes his hear-
NAILS, STAPLES, TACKS, CLEATS, ETC. . . . .

Sutherland. Innes Co.. I..td.. Chatham. Ont 26 work let them go to the rescue of these used for displaying the goods it must be ers feel that his hopes will be realized. The
Wilson Stave Co.. W. W.. North Little Rock. Ark .'

25
Hynson Company. The. Lebanon. Ill 25 Worboys Co., Inc., William A., 15 Park Row, New York City 4 much abused carrots, and have them shipped made of clean, bright stock. purpose of his visit to this country is to
Redlich Manufacturing Co.. 647 W. Oak St.. Chicago. Ill 2H
Stanley Co., The Geo. W., Belleville, 111 25 in barrels. investigate American logging conditions,
Van Aken Cooperagie Co., C. M., 141 Broadway, New York, N. Y 3 General Cooperage Demand is Good V American methods of transporting timber,
TIGHT STAVE MANUFACTURERS
Pre-Season Activities in Produce The makers of flavoring extracts and and also to study the working of American
Henning, Inc., E., Chicago, 111 4
PAIL AND TUB MACHINERY Sigman, M. L., Monticello, Ark 4
. . .
Although the real vegetable .season has syrups are using a great many new barrels sawmill machinery.
Southport Corporation. New Orleans Bank Bldg., New"6rleans,"La. .... 4
Gerlach Co.. The, Cleveland, Ohio 3 Sutherland. Innes Co.. I.,td.. Chatham, Ont 25
not yet opened, there is considerable pro- and throwing many used barrels on the He says that Russia has no machinery,
Trevor Manufacturing Co., I^ockport, N. Y, 3 Wilson Stave Co.. W. W.. North Little Rock. Ark '.....'.'.'.'..26
duce being shipped, onions, coUards, spinach market, with a brisk demand for these used and must look to the United States for this.
and some turnips going into barrels, celery barrels for molasses, or for holding various He is studying American methods, and will
into crates and lettuce into baskets and petroleum products. adopt all that he finds will be practicable
hampers. Potatoes are now being shipped The cotton oil mills are all at work, and and beneficial in his country.
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8 The National Coopers' Journal
be larger or smaller than these early in-
According to statistics obtained from the tank farm on the Riverside, for breaking
Russia a Market for American
customhouse, the total arrivals of staves in
Business in Louisville Cooperage Trade Normal for car and barge shipments of raw materials,
Barrel Machinery tention reports indicate, due to weather con-
ditions, price changes, labor supply or limi- special commerce in the nine months ended for local delivery.
Regarding staves, he says that his coun-
September 30, 1929, amounted to 6,600
This Period of Year J. N. White, Louisville Cooperage Co.,
tations of credit, and the effect of this
try practically controls the stave supply
report upon producers' action. metric tons as compared with 5,882 tons Consumers of Barrels and Kegs Making an Average Demand Upon reported that present volume is very
of many centres in Europe, but that his
countrymen are sadly handicapped by the Anather report on intentions
potatoes will in Janu-
be made by growers
to plant during the same period in 1928.
tailed statistics for the
The de-
nine months ended
—
Coopers Distilling Operation Has Aided Volume
quiet both in the tight and slack divisions.
However, the whiskey barrel contracts are
lack of machinery. He is of the opinion September 30, 1929, are as follows:
Tobacco Hogshead Outlook Excellent helping somewhat, and are interesting in
ary and considered in the preparation of
that Russia affords a vast market for Amer- that it is a type of business that has not
the annual outlook report on potatoes which
ican barrel machineiy, and that firms hav- Imports of Oak Staves at Bordeaux, Janu- been on the books for ten years or more.
will be issued January 27, 1930, by
ing such to offer should at once get in touch ary-September, 1929 General lines are showing normal demand had fair stocks in hand, and has been Mr. White also stated that stave and
the Bureau Agricultural Economics.
of Co.,
with the Anitorg, the Soviet trading cor- Ucncial *Spec'ial Connnerce for this sea.son of the year, while the di.s- able to draw on its Southern yards, and heading production in the South was rela-
poration in this country.
The latter survey will include reports on Countiv of Conuncrie Metric
Metric Tons Tons Value Francs tilling business is responsible for a bit of other connections for supplies as needed. tively light, due to bad weather condi-
intentions to plant from growers in the origin
If Russian stave makers are competing 7,931,000 business that the cooperage industry has
northern main crop potato States. Russia 7,562 6,039 tions. However, there is plenty of stock
with American producers in the European 287 312 361,000 not been favored with for the past .several Tobacco Hogshead Volume Better Than available.
United States ...
markets, which is certainly the case, why 177 177 357,000 years, which makes the situation look just Normal
Reports of Early Potato Grotvers' Inten- ( Poland ^
not make the best of a bad bargain and 46 69,000 a brighter.
tions to Plant With Conip ansons, as of Algeria 46 trifle The tobaccohogshead manufacturing
supply them with American machinery? 26 26 43,000
November 1,1929 England plants throughout the State will have a
British Cooperage Market
Or, better still, why not establish stave Intended Operation of Has Helped
Distillers better than normal business this season,
mills in their country? 1H30
8,098 6,600 8,761,000 Cooperage Trade Continues Steady
Intended Aorea>?e due to the hurley tobacco crop being much
In the lifetime Journal stave
of this Afieajr*' IS per opnt
1ft2S •

of 11»29
In Louisville two distilleries are operating, larger than u.sual and the dark tobacco The market continues steady with a fair
makers have moved from Ohio into Arkan- state Acniijre AiTi'iiffe
(*(U-iieialconnnerc*' iicludcs all ineKliandise ariivinjf
Florida 30,350 22,200 30,200 136 whether dc<lan-d for iniincdiatc coiisumption or for the Stitzel Distilling Co., producing approxi- crop in western Kentucky of fair size. amount of work being done.
sas, then, when their timber holdings were .
ci-nnncrce ii:chide8 all nu'rchandi>*e
Texas 19,090 22,100 116 storage ; S.iecial mately 40 barrels daily; and the American The Kentucky crop this year is estimated The improvement noticed last month in
exhausted, have moved fi'om Arkansas to 25,400 sent into coi:.-uni;<tion, i. e., entered ii;>on payment of
127 duty.) Medicinal Spirits Corporation, which is at 350,000,000 pounds. Burley tobacco is tight cooperage has been maintained, and a
Oregon. Why can they not go even further? Alabama . 17,700 8,670 11,000
Louisiana 21,800 15,100 17,400 115 producing 165 barrels daily. The Stitzel packed about 900 pounds or more to the fair business is being done, though the
If timber is growing scarce and costly in .

Georgia 2,500 1,500 2,000 133 plant plans to operate for about seven to hogshead; and dark leaf, which is much spirit trade is quiet.
their present locations let them locate in .

S. Carolina 24,000 12,000 13,000 108 Potato Barrel Business a Bright Spot in nine months, for with its relatively small heavier, will average 1,200 pounds and up The slack cooperage trade is steady, with
Russia and show the Soviets some real up-
N. Carolina 46,400 27,000 29,400 109 Eastern Slack Cooperage Trade capacity it will require considerable time to per hogshead. It will require quite a good prospects. We look to this side of the
to-date stave making.
complete the number of gallons called for number of hogsheads for packing and business being fairly well employed right
Arkansas . 6,030 3,440 4,100 119 The month of November has been marked
by its permit. The American, which has a shipping the production from the loose leaf up to Christmas.
Oklahoma . 17,000 11,900 13,700 115 by constant falling off in the demands for
Virginia 90,900 77,900 79,500 102 As considerable large producing capacity in the R. E. warehouses to tobacco manufacturing and Yours truly,
.
slack barrel cooperage.
Early Potato Growers Report Maryland . 17,240 14,650 16,000 109 of the slack cooperage business of the East
Wathen running but half capacity,
plant, is cigarette plants. Tobacco comes in from the
Tinkler,
J. C.
and figures to complete its permit gallonage farm in loose form on trucks. It is then
Increased Acreage for 1930 is dependent upon fruit packages, the month Tinkler & Webster, Ltd., '

Total 299,320 213,450 238,400 111.7 of November is generally looked upon as a

in about ninety days or a little more. The placed in baskets, and sold at public auction
Liverpool, England.
Early potato growers in eleven Southern . .

making whi.skey for its own

Stitzel plant is on warehouse floors in many cities. The
rather light month. Usually, however, a
States report intentions to increase the brands, those of Brown & Foreman Co., warehousemen place the tobacco in hogs-
acreage of potatoes about 12 per cent over few rush orders will come in during the
early part of the month and some orders
W. L. Weller & Sons, and the Frankfort heads, take care of the shipping for the
that planted in 1929, according to reports
to the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of
Stave Trade Conditions of
placed for the winter months, but Novem-
Distilling Co. The American is distilling —
buyer the latter buying the hogsheads. The
Prospects for 1930 Are Encouraging
Bordeaux, France for the various subsidiaries merged into American Tobacco Co., P. Lorillard Co.,
the United States Department of Agricul- ber this year has .shown a dearth of such
that company, including Sunnybrook, Ken- Liggett & Myers, Southwestern Trading We are finding conditions in tight coop-
ture. If these intentions are carried out
('o;;snl l.ucicn Menuninifer, BoiMlfjiux, October 10, 1929 orders. Those fruit barrel manufacturers
tucky Di.stillery & Warehou.se Co., and Corporation, R. J. Reynolds & Co., E. J. erage fully as good as we were expecting
a total of about 238,400 acres of early In spite of the favorable outlook as re- who have run .short of any particular kind
others. On completion of bourbon contracts, O'Brien & Co., Louisville; and Axton for this period of the year, and in our
potatoes will be planted in 1930 as com- gai-ds crop, the market for imported staves of stock have been able to buy or borrow
the plants will close down for a year, until Fisher Tobacco Co., Louisville, are among opinion prospects for the first six months
pared with 213,450 acres in 1929 and for use in the manufacture of barrels for it from neighbors who, under present con-
new permits are i.ssued. According to the the larger buyers of leaf on the Kentucky of 1930 are very encouraging.
299,320 acres in 1928. wine storage shows only a moderate degree ditions, have been well pleased to accom-
plan adopted, the supply of whi.skey will be markets, while there are also many specu- For the past six weeks, on account of
Florida growers report intentions to in- of activity. The demand is dull for 36- modate. Quite a number of the Hudson
made up each year, based on previous lators or free lances, who buy loose leaf, continued bad weather, production has been
crease their acreage 36 per cent over that inch white oak staves, but firm for 42-inch River coopers were unable to work up the
annual consumption, and aged for four have it packed, and moved to warehouses almost at a standstill and what has been
planted in 1929, which is 10 per cent more white oak staves for the Midi region, the material this year that they carried over
years. The American also has a permit for later resale. produced has cost way above normal. There
than was intended on September 1st, as market center of which is at Cette. from the year before. ^ for 5,000 barrels of rye whiskey, which will is no distre.ss stock in the country, and with
stated in the Early Potato Outlook Report Firms handling staves report that the The potato barrel business with sawn News From
be made in one of its rye plants in Balti- Briefs the Louisville Trade a little improvement in the demand, which
for the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas market .situation at Cette at the present pine staves and air dried pine heading is at
more. A new 200-barrel flour mill development we look for at an early date, we believe
and Florida, released September This
13th. time is of considerable interest as regards present a bright spot in the horizon. Order.s
The only other permit in Kentucky went has been effected by the Vaughn Milling Co., the industry will be in a thoroughly healthy
brings the intended acreage to be planted 42-inch staves, particularly white oak, there during November for this class of material
to the Glenmore Distilling Co., with offices Louisville, representing con.solidation of two condition.
in 1930 by Florida growers to 30,200 acres, being less interest in red oak. Prices now have been coming in fairly well. Arrange-
at Louisville, and a plant at Owensboro, rural mills, one at Hustonville, Ky., and Yours truly,
or approximately that planted in 1928. being asked are $400-$440 per 1,000 c. i. f. ments are being made to plant about the
Ky., which will be in operation the closing the other at West Point, Miss., which were G. I. Frazier, President,
Texas growers intend to increase 16 per Cette, for 42-inch white oak staves, depend- normal crop and there is an optimistic feel-
coming year. days of December, producing 50 to 60 consolidated and moved to Louisville by the G. I. Frazier Co.,
cent. The reported increases for the re- ing on quality, and red oak staves about ing among the planters for the
barrels daily, for about two months. two Vaughn brothers, who have remodeled Memphis, Tenn.
maining States are as follows: Alabama $100 less. A good proportion of these staves There has been a fairly good demand for
cooperage to be used for barrels of pro-
The demand from the di.stilleries cannot the old corn grinding mill of the Elk Run
27 per cent, Louisiana 15 per cent, Georgia are sold through Bordeaux, shipment to
be called big business, but a daily movement distillery plant of the Kentucky Distiller-
33 per cent. South Carolina 8 per cent, Cette being made by way of the Midi Canal. miscuous kinds and clas.ses. This busine.ss
of more than 250 barrels to Kentucky dis- ies & Warehouse Co. That mill and dis-
North Carolina 9 per cent, Arkansas 19 As regards 36-inch white oak .staves the has been normal, but the fruit barrel bu.si- Investigation of Class B Cooperage
tilleries, during the off or winter season, tillery like many others of K. D. W., was
per cent, Oklahoma 15 per cent, Virginia prices on American staves are only nominal ness is such a large factor in the slack Rates
is worth-while business. Again it repre- dismantled, and the realty sold. The plant
2 per cent, and Maryland 9 per cent. on account of the small amount of business industry of the East that even though
sents a high priced, fine type of package, was the largest in the State, grinding 5,000 In the general investigation of rates being
This statement of farmers' intentions to passing, but the average price offered is other lines may be normal it requires a good
which carries a reasonable profit. Such bu.shels of grain daily when running. The made by the Interstate Commerce Commis-
plant is not a forecast of the acreage that .'•aid to be $225-$240 per 1,000 staves c. i. f. fruit demand bring up the volume to
to
packages must be made of choice white five-story brick building is well located for sion between points in the Western Trunk
will actually be planted. It is simply an Bordeaux. the point where it would be considered at-
cak, bourbon material, and charred. flour, corn and other grinding. The plant Line territory, the examiners have recom-
indication of what farmers had in mind to The situation as regards dominance of tractive, and the absence of this during
the market by Russian staves continues un- November is what has created more or less y^ is not yet in operation mended continuance of the Class B basis
plant at the time they made their reports, Whiskey Barrel Stock Plentiful Y
of a pessimistic feeling among the eastern
The Kuper Trading Corporation, Inc., on cooperage. They also recommended,
compared with the acreage planted by them changed and for some time past American
last year, and is issued by the Bureau of imports have been light. Stocks on hand cooperage people. We are looking for a Stock for producing whiskey barrels ha.s Louisville, recently formed by Wm. B. however, that the Class B rates be revised
been more plentiful than had been antici- Kuper and others, to handle oils, gums, and on a uniform basis that will result in ad-
Agriculture Economics at the request of of Russian and American .staves are stated better demand in December.
pated, and no trouble is anticipated in get- various materials used by varnish, paint, vances and reductions. It will be some
the growers for the purpose of aiding them to be sufficiently large to take care of C. M. Van Aken, President,
ting all the staves and heading needed for and lacquer manufacturers, has located in time before the commission finally decides
in formulating their plans for the coming present needs, together with the arrivals C. M. Van Aken Cooperage Co.,
the purpose. The Louisville Cooperage the Kenyon Building, and will install a the case, however.
season. The acreage actually planted may occurring in the normal course of business. New York City.
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10 The National Coopers' Journal December, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal

Volume of Cooperage Can Be Increased— Full- Fledged Action Tight Branch Has Everything to Gain and Nothing to Lose From Wants in Cooperage Lines
On Part of Industry Would Net Phenomenal Business Acceptance of Standardization and Simplification Program A firm in Breslau, Germany, is in the
market to purchase compressed bungs for
beer and wine kegs and barrels. Address
ANOTHER year has rolled by, and with the coming of the Christmas season Memphis by W.
cooperage trade
THE report made at the recent Cooperage Convention in E.
No. Jt2359, The Bureau of Foreign and
the Journal extends to each and every one interested in the Braithwaite of the Division of Simplified Practice that only a small per- Domestic Commerce, 20 South 15th Street,
ESTABLISHED 1886 sincere wishes for a Happy and Joyous Yuletide. centage of cooperage and stock manufacturers had sent in their acceptances of Philadelphia, or Washington, D. C.
As we look btick over the year that has passed, we find many reasons for the Standardization and Simplification program for the tight branch of the
gnitification because of the progress which our chosen trade has made, not only industry might, at first glance, appear disappointing. It is the Journal's belief,
Business Structure of Country is Sound
in the way of better business conditions that have come to
manufacturers of however, that this lack of prompt acceptance by the tight trade at large, is due No fundamentalthreat to the business
cooperage and cooperage stock after a long period of lean profits, but also rather more to a desire to give the matter thorough consideration before making structure of the Nation appears to be in
because of the progress that the cooperage industry has made in stabilizing the final decision, than for any other reason. Nevertheless, the advantages that prospect, according to the December out-
PUBLISHED MONTHLY by Chatham-
1321 WALNUT STREET its operations. are possible through the lull acceptance of this program are so obvious, and line of business, issued
development
and stock manufacturers for the Phenix National Bank and Trust Company,
PHILADELPHIA. PA. The plans and hopes' of barrel the benefits to be gained by placing the standardized sizes of barrels and kegs on
which finds "the production and distribu-
of the cooperage trade as a greater industry, which during past years have the market are so many, that the Journal urges a quick decision on the part tion of commodities going forward in
M. E. DOANE
EDITOR appeared in the offing from time to time only to disappear like a mirage when of those manufacturers who have not already signified their approval of the orderly fashion and substantial volume."
almost within our grasp, have taken on tangible form, and the outlook is bright program as outlined. "Approximately $166,000,000," continues
J.A. MURPHY for the complete achievement of our industry's aims and purposes. the Chatham-Phenix outline, "will be saved
BUSINESS MANAGER A reading of the article by Ray M. Hudson of the Bureau of Stand-
to the taxpayer of the United States if
with a realization of these plans and hopes there will come to the
And n ards, which appears in this issue of the Journal, on the value of Simplified
Entered according to act of Congress, April t6,
Congress adopts the proposal of Secretary
J8S5, with the Librarian of Congrest and
cooperage trade a new era of trade success and Imsiness prosperity equal in Practice programs to other industries, should convince both tight and slack of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon to
as second-class matter at the Post- years of plenty.
Office in Philadelphia, Pa. every respect to that enjoyed in the manufacturers of the good that can be accomplished in the cooperage trade by reduce income tax rates.
Therefore, with a great feeling of confidence that the Journal looks for-
it is the adoption of similar programs. Too many varieties of sizes and styles in "Corporation taxes will be lowered about
SUBSCRIPTION PRICES
$2.00 per year, in advance, to all parts
—
ward to the year to come a feeling of confidence that the cooperage trade will industries have proved to be the causes of loss, both in production and selling.
$100,000,000, it is officially estimated. In-
dividual taxpayers will save $66,000,000.
of the United S'tates and its possessions
and to Canada, Cuba and Panama. again take its place in the front rank of industry established on a more permanent There is no doubt but that too many sizes of barrels and kegs in the cooperage
$2.50 per year, in advance, to all other
"The iron and steel industry, according
foreign countries. business foundation than ever before supported by modern operative methods industry have been the source of lost motion and lost profits to cooperage manu- to Government records, is completing one
Single copies, 25 cents. meet the competition from
and administrative organization, fully etjuipped to facturers in the and inasmuch as the standards, recommended by the
past, of its best years. Production of pig iron
REMITTANCES substitute manufacturers for the business of the container using trades, and rose to 3,588,000 tons in October, United
Remittances may be made by poet-ofHce committee of The Associated Cooperage Industries of America appointed to
organized adequately to carry on the manufacture of cooperage and cooperage States Commerce Department data show.
survey the situation, appear adequate enough to cover almost ever>' demand
money order, bank check or draft, express
money order, or registered letter. Foreign
This is a record output for that month.
remittance should be made by international stock in a manner that will justify the existence of our age old industr>' and that can be made upon barrel and keg manufacturers by their customers, the
money order or exchange on the United
Slates to equal the amount in United
States money.
bring a greater return during the coming year and years — —
to every one inter-
Journal can sec nothing to detract from the efficacy of the program of Standardi-
"The automobile industry manufactured
more than 5,000,000 vehicles from January
When subscribers
changed
desire
they should give the old
their address
address
ested in the trade in any way for the efforts put forth, and the capital invested zation suggested by that committee. to October inclusive, breaking all previous
as well as the new address.
than ever before. program in no way deprives cooperage manufacturers from records. By most authorities a continua-
Moreover, this
ADVERTISING RATES For almost a half century, the Journal has been the sole publication champion- tion of this output is considered unlikely.
will be furnished on application. Copy making barrels and kegs of special sizes to meet any special requirements of the "Demand for electrical goods this year
for advertisements should reach us not ing the cause of the wooden barrel to the exclusion of all other shipping con-
later than the 15th of the month to insure consuming trades. There is sufficient leeway in the plan, we are assured, to has been heavy. The boot and shoe in-
insertion in the following is-sue. Changes tainers. It has gone through the lean years and the years of plenty with its out the individual instructions of such customers dustry has been unusually active. Retail
in advertisements should reach us not permit the tight trade to carr\'
later than the 20th of each month. industry. It has suffered with its industry from trade depressions, and has trade for the first ten months of the year
whose products require barrels and kegs of special capacity. In other words,
gained with its industry in years of prosperity, and now with its industry it was slightly over that of 1928, according to
"WHO'S WHO" IN THE the plan is flexible enough to prevent any loss of trade, and to guarantee the
records of the Federal Reserve Board.
COOPERAGE INDUSTRY rejoices in the bright outlook that the future presents.
satisfaction of the cooperage man's consuming public.
"Prices of farm products are higher than
There no shipping container manufactured today that can compare with
is
Some of the that are obtainable by Simplified Practice in other indus-
re.'^ults a year ago, according to the United State:?
the wooden barrel, whether for use in domestic or foreign service. There is no Agriculture Department, leading to the
tries, as outlined in Mr. Hudson's article, even though these industries are foreign
shipping container that will withstand the hard usage of mmlern industry and conclusion that, except where crop volume
to the profluction of barrels, and which should appeal to cooperage manufacturers
transportation like the wooden barrel, and there is no limit to the increase that is below normal, the position of the
are concentrated production at lower cost reduced selling prices that have made
;
Nation's farmers is stronger than that at
can be made in the use of the wooden barrel provided sufficient supjiort is given
it possible to meet competition without lowering the margin of profit;
increased this time in 1928.
it in the business marts of the world.
sales at reduced selling cost; and a general all around economy in manufacturing, "Satisfactory traffic records, reflecting
There is little need for the Journal to announce that it does not agree with the distribution of commodities by the rail-
selling, and advertising.
the viewpoint held by some that there is only so much volume possible for the roads, and a failure record which does not
As the Journal has said in previous issues, the adoption of a Simplification
cooperage industiy. Such thinking is reactionary and can have no place in the compare unfavorably with that of a year
mental make-up of the progressive, forcible and inventive business man of
program by the cooperage trade will be a big step forward in putting the industry ago, are further indications that no funda-

— on a more profitable basis. True it is that such a program may not be perfect, mental threat to the business structure of
today of which class of men, we are proud to say, the cooperage industr>' has
but as an initial step it has many advantages to recommend it, and we hope that the Nation appears to be in prospect.
its full quota. "That the drop in security prices on the
those manufacturers who have so far withheld their approval will sign and return
There are unlimited opportunities in numberless fields for the extended and exchanges of the country will react in some
— the acceptance blank to the Division of Simplified Practice without further delay,
increased use of the wooden barrel and it needs now only what it has always degree on business conditions during the
so that the preliminary work necessary for the dissemination of these standards
—
needed the concerted and full-fledged action and support on the pait of the
to the barrelconsuming industries may be done rapidly, and the program put into
weeks and months immediately ahead
reasonably be anticipated. The txtent to
may
entire trade to achieve phenomenal business increase. That we are finally to
active working force by July 1, 1930, the date set for its effectiveness. which this influence will slow down business
have this action and support the Journal firmly believes the "up and doing" activity is the question that seeks an answer.
spiritmanifest at the recent Semi-Annual Convention gave full promise. Because of the forward march that has undoubtedly been made by the "Renewed activity in the construction
The New Year, so fast approaching, has an outlook good to behold, and while cooperage industry during the past year, a forward march that cannot help but industry is one development which is looked
E. B. HOLMES, President,
again wishing every member of our industry a most Joyful Christmas, we ask bring wonderful results to our trade, don't let us lag in the matter of the Stand- to by President Hoover and other leaders
E. and B. Holmes Machinery Company,
ardization program since its full acceptance is one of the most progressive steps as an aid in maintaining the general
(Makers of Cooperage Machinery) that each and all of our host of friends prepare to meet, greet and receive the
equilibrium. Investment in new construc-
Buffalo, New York trade success and business prosperity which the Journal feels deeply certain the cooperage industry could possibly make. Any inaccuracies or imperfections
tion, while reaching a total of approxi-
1930 has in store for the entire wooden barrel manufacturing industry. that might be contained in the present program are of easy remedy and will mately $5,047,909,000 in the first ten
adjust themselves as the program is put into working operation the all important — months, has lagged somewhat behind last
and vital thing is to get the program working. year."
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Trade Associations as Factors in Stabilizing Industry

Constructive Activities of Trade Organizations Such as Standardization, Siinplification,
Strength and Economy
Cost Accounting, Have Placed Business on a Sounder Plane
in binding barrels with
By DR. HUGH P.

Manager, Trade Association Department, U.

BAKER
S. Chamber of Commerce
Pine Heading
Trade Associations have been functioning investments in association work can be as meeting the need of a clear meaning.
successfully for many years in this country. made to give definite returns in services of This is: "A is an organi-
trade association
For eight years it was my pleasure to man- a dollars and cents value. You are think- zation of business men
and serving an
in
age the association representing the pulp ing business men. What returns have you industry or a trade for mutually helpful
service, and for better business."
Specialty
and paper industry of the United States. received from your investment during the The
That organization celebrated its fiftieth an- past fourteen years in your association? phrase "and for better business" has been
niversary two years ago. It was fifty years Are you exercising vision as to what you added to the definition of a trade associa-
old and continuous in existence all that will receive or accomplish in the future, tion because it is very certain that you
time, and we had accomplished some very
worthwhile results. In going into what had
wouldn't be coming together here in these
conventions, with all of the expense in-
W. T. Smith Lumber Co., Inc.
really been done by that association in its volved, unless there were very clearly in
CHAPMAN, ALA.
fifty years for the paper industry and for your mind the fact that you are investing
its members, one would naturally expect in service from an organization that will
the greatest value and benefit from its bring you better business. And that is
MANUFACTURERS OF
definitely outlined activities. However, we what our trade associations are in existence
discovered that the greatest and lasting
benefits were the intangible ones.
tangible benefits which accrued to
The in-
the mem-
for today, to bring us better business and
profit on a sounder basis.
It should be of interest to bring up other
Yellow Pine Lumber and Timber,
Hardwood Limiber, Pine Heading, American Steel & Wire
bers in getting together at meetings, in
better understanding, in confidence built up
questions which, if effectively answered,
should help to emphasize the value of asso-
Veneer, Crates, Lath, Etc. Company's
and developed. Without doubt this would You might well ask your-

WIRE HOOPS
ciation work.
also be the case in other associations, per- selves: "What values are accruing to my
haps in yours. Conditions are such in in- industry from the work of the association?"
dustry today that if for any reason the
association serving your industry or any Results of Fifty Years of Associational Work
industry were disbanded and wiped off the
Reference was made to my having man-
WIRE HOOPS mean strength (or
greater
barrel* and better protection for shipment*.
map tomorrow, in six months you, gentle-
aged the American Pulp and Paper Associa- At the same time, the low price of Wire
men, would be coming together again for
organized effort to meet your common
problems.
tion for eight years and the fact that two
years ago we celebrated our fiftieth anni-
versary. It seemed to some of the leaders
QUALITY Hoops reduces the cost of the completed
package.
Packers find that barrels bound with Amer.

New Attitude of Bankers

Organizations
Toward Trade

That the association has come to stay in

American business is evidenced in several
Dr. Hugh P. Baker
in the paper industry that it would be very
interesting and perhaps helpful if we could
determine reasonably well the effect upon
the paper industry of fifty years of organ-
ized effort.
HEADS ican Wire Hoops measure up to the most exact-
ing requirements of modem
Bind your barrels with American Wire Hoops
transportation.

and assure your customers of added satisfaction.

We invite your inquiry for detailed informa-
ways. First and of prime importance, is It should be of interest and of value to tion, and %rill gladly send you, without charge,
the newer attitude of the bankers of this
country toward trade associations. Bankers say in the next five years? And what vision
you, at the end of five or ten years to
analyze the effect upon your industry of five
,i
ALL samples in sufficient
thorough test.
quantity to make a

are apparently deciding the credit to be have you as to the future of business as a or ten years of organized work through
extended in financing business activities
more and more by a man's ability to come
whole in this country? It would seem nec-
essary for us to take a look forward be-
your association.
After it was decided that it would be
SIZES
Secure bilge hoops with
together with his competitors in a trade
association; to stand shoulder to shoulder
cause we should map out a definite program
not only for our own business but for our
helpful to the paper industry to determine
the values that have accrued to the in-
8" Staples or Fasteners
with him in unified action that will bring association and our industry, as well as to dustry from years of association work, as illustrated.
better business business that will build the
; keep in close touch with the trends of other
fifty
we went back through the minutes of an-
TO
industry soundly for the future. The fact industries, especially those affecting our nual meetings of the American Paper and
that the American banker is recognizing
the trade association is in my opinion very
particular business. Pulp Association for fifty years, back to the
first call for a meeting sent out in 1878 by
24 SALES OFFICES:
MEMPHIS,
CTIICAOO 208 S. La Salle St.
CLEVELAND Rockefeller Bldg. Union and Planters Bank Bldg.
important. What is a Trade Association? a group of paper manufacturers in and Foot of First St NKW YORK 30 Cliuroh St.
DKTROIT
There is practically no industry of im- about Springfield, Mass. Scientifically Made from CINCINNATI Union Trust Bldg. BOSTON Statler Bldg.

portance in this country today that does

For the purpose of focusing thought, it MINNEAPOLIS —ST. PAUL, PITTSBURGH
PHILADELPHIA
Frick Bldg,
Wldener Bldg.
might be helpful to give a short definition Southern Pine MerchanU
LOUI8
Nat. Bk. Bldg.. St Paul
603 Olive St. ATLANTA 101 Marietta St.
not have its trade association. Today's Cooperage Problems Confronted ST.
WORCESTER
of a trade association. What is your or- KANSAS CITY 417 Grand Ave. 94 Grove St.

ganization? Where are you headed? What Paper Industry Fifty Years Ago HEADS—HOOPS—STAVES OKLAHOMA CTTY,
First Nat'l Bank Bldg.
BALTIMORE
BUFFALO
82 S. Charles St.
670 Ellicott St.
Vision an Important Factor in the Progress are you getting out of your organization? BIRMINGHAM Brovra-Marx Bldgr. WILKES-BARRE... Miners Bank Bldg.
You would be interested in that first call, DALLAS Praetorian Bldg.
of Our Industry

In the paying of dues into this associa-

tion, dues, not contributions as some mem-
bers call them, business men are investing
Are you sure of the future of your organi-
zation and its effect upon your business?
In answering the question as to "What is
your organization" it might be helpful to
because
much like
it

meeting today.
is a statement that sounds very
a program
That
for
indicated
first
that there was over-production in the paper
an association
call
C. E. MURRAY DENVER .First Nat. Bank Bldg.
SALT LAKE CITY...., ....Walker Bank Bldg.

UNITED STATES STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY

in industry wide corporations, and it is be- give a definition of a trade association in industry in 1877, that there was price-cut-
DECHERD • • TENNESSEE San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Seattle

coming clearer from day to day that these short form from which we are suggesting ting, that there was invasion of sales terri-
Mention TiiK NATio.viL Coopsm' Jovrvau when writing to advertisers.
14 The National Coopers' Journal
December, 1929 December, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 15

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INCORPORATED 1914
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 17
December, 1929 December, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal
16 The National Coopers' Journal
was serious foreign com- satisfactory experience in association work partment of Commerce, whose representa-
tory, that there
that we can meet these problems legally; tive, Mr. Braithwaite, is with you at this
petition, that there were practices that were
both harmful and wasteful. Therefore, it that after all the anti-trust legislation —
meeting this is one of the most important
which is so often objected to has certain and beneficial activities that an association
was suggested that it would be a good
California Barrel Go.,inc.
433 California St., San Francisco
SLACK thing for the paper manufacturers to get
together to discuss conditions and to see
if helpful results would not accrue from
organization.
values in regulating the relationship of
business men in this country,
not so restrictive but that we can operate
associations of business men in such a way
and that it is
can engage in and I am glad that your in-
dustry is carrying on this work.
Just a word as to trade extension and
trade promotion. We are spending a great

Barrel And that first call, as indicated, sounds

like the for a meeting of such an
program
organization as yours or any other trade
as to make
business.
for sound stabilization of deal of money in and through associations
on advertising and we are getting some
—
results some very effective results in some
industries. But we are learning gradually,
Supreme Court 1925 Should
Decisions of

QUALITY STOCK association in industry today, because the

problems with which you are confronted
today are very much the same that con-
fronted the paper industry in 1878 and these
Be a Guide for Determining
Association Work
There has been a good deal of question,
as a result of years of experience in asso-
ciation advertising, that advertising is but
one phase of a trade extension campaign.
There are other phases, possibly as impor-
SLACK HEADING are —over-production, price-cutting, invasion and still is, on the part of business men,
tant as advertising. We must be sure that
Elm, Wire and Steel Hoops of sales wasteful and harmful
territory, as to how far they can go legally in their
FOR association work. As a result of the Su- an industry is ready for an advertising
Gum, Tupelo and Cottonwood Staves practices making for unfair competition.
of 1925, we feel campaign. We must be sure that the in-
Much progress is being made through the preme Court Decisions
Pine, Gum
and Hardwood Heading
association work in placing business on a that a charter has been laid down for mod- dustry, when the campaign is put on, knows
SLACK COOPERAGE Patented Curved Liners better plane. This effort and the values ern trade association work, and that there what it is all about and is in position to
take full advantage of the campaign. There
is, therefore, little need of any trade asso-
OF STRAIGHT-MIXED-MATCHED CARS accruing from it are among the most worth-
is need for sound research, for sound edu-
from effective association ciation today not knowing fully just what
OR LOCAL LOTS while results
cational work that will make an industry in
work. Men are coming together in associa- they can and cannot do legally. We know
which an advertising campaign is to be car-
QUALITY Our Established Responsibility tions like yours, and after considerable dis- that we cannot get together in an associa-
ried on, ready for it and fully ready to take
is Your Protection cussion and with a great deal of enthusiasm tion or as groups in an organization and
I'*
agree as to the prices of our product or advantage of it. And after the campaign
are developing codes of ethics, or to use

MANUFACTURERS OF
HENRY WINEMAN,
DETROIT
Jr. what seems to be a more satisfactory term,
codes of business procedure. Unfortu-
the prices at which we propose to sell our
product. We cannot get together as an
is put on, there should be means whereby
the advertising can be followed through to
the ultimate consumer in the way of serv-
5 LARNED WEST, nately, some groups after such an effort association or as groups in an association,
or even two of us as long as we are acting ice, etc. Above all, is the quality of the
SALES REPRESENTATIVES: shake hands over the satisfactory comple-
LEWIS METCALF ROCKEFELT^R product you are trying to sell and promote
SLACK AND TIGHT MiddlepoJt. N. Y.
WILSON
O. A.
Germantown. N. Y.
FRED T. MEARS
tion of a code of business procedure and
then the minute they get outside the door,
in the name of an association,
to restrict production. We know
and agree
that we — the best quality that can be made and the
J. F.
membership of an association carrying on
STAVES AND HEADING Martinsburg, W. Va.
M. D. BROWN. 221 Board of
Onancock. Va.
Trade Bldg., Norfolk, Va.
forget the code and continue the same bad
practices making for unfair competition and
cannot get together and agree to divide ter-
ritory. We know that in credit bureau an advertising campaign should be edu-
cated and "sold" on delivery of a high qual-
unsound business as carried on before the work, for instance, we cannot set up and
We know thatwe ity product if results are to be obtained
development of the code. distribute a black list.

cannot agree on an average cost. We know from a trade promotion or advertising

If we can, through our trade association,
that in our statistical work there are cer-
campaign.
develop that confidence that will make pos-
sible voluntary adherence on the part of
tain things we cannot do legally, as for
interpreting statistics for mem- Federal Trade Commission Works With
instance,
iiiiHiiiiniiiiiiituiiiiiinHinniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
the members of the organization to the ac- Trade Associations
cepted code of business principles, we are bers; this is left for each individual's own

SLACK bound to get the kind of backing from other

industries for our association that will make
it possible for us to meet effectively these
judgment.
But these things we cannot do as associa-
tions and are known thoroughly by the men
Of course you know of the very effective
work being done by trade associations for
their industries co-operation with the
in

STAVES BARRELS difficult problems of over-production, price-

managing associations, or they should be
known. There is little cause for fear as to
Federal Trade Commission to eliminate un-
fair and unethical practices. Your indus-
cutting, and so forth, and that in a per-
HOOPS CASKS fectly legal way. danger lurking in the pathway that asso- try, of course, may not be troubled with
As
HEADING KEGS Meeting An Industry's Problems in a
ciations in this country must travel.
indicated in the beginning, if we will ob-
such practices. Such industries as are,
however, can handle the situation through
Fair and Legal Manner serve the rules of the road and be good what is known as a trade practice con-
Fifty years of Quality production sportsmen, we will find that we can go a ference held under the auspices of the
Reference has been made to the fact that It is a pro-
is the foundation upon which our long way in accomplishing in association Federal Trade Commission.
the question is being asked frequently and needed in bringing about bet-
leadership in the trade is based. work what is cedure whereby industry can take the initi-

WARRIOR Our equipment, technical knowledge

and experience are placed at your
constantly as to whether we can meet these
serious problems of over-production, price-
ter business and business on a sounder
basis.
ative in establishing self-government, and
the conference is held for the purpose of

HEADS disposal.
cutting, invasion of sales territory, and
wasteful and harmful practices that are
making for unfair competition and unsatis-
Statistics, Cost Accounting, Standardization
considering unfair practices in the industry
and collectively agreeing upon and provid-
means PINE HEADING Enormous Factory Capacity factory business, in a perfectly legal way.
and Simplification ing for their abandonment in co-operation
There are other constructive association with and with the support of the Commis-
properly made from Huge Timber Holdings Recently the executive of an important sion. The procedure deals with an industry
Central Warehouse Stocks activities that are exceedingly important to
Southern Pine by men trade association indicated the difficult con- as a unit; it is concerned solely with prac-
Cars Straight, Matched or Mixed us; accurate and complete statistics, which
who know how ditions existing in his industry, saying: tices and methods. Some of the unethical
undoubtedly you gather; cost accounting is
"We are being forced every day to meet practices which are a violation of the law
this new competition, this competition be-
most important, a uniform cost accounting
are: price discrimination, false branding,
system whereby business men can correctly
Powell Cooperage Co. Greif Bros. Coop tween industries rather than individuals in
an industry. We are being crowded to the
determine the cost of producing their
interference with contracts, patent infringe-
ment, selling below cost for purpose of in-
Cooperage Stock wall; being bled white by the competition
product and the cost of doing business;

MEMPHIS TENNESSEE Company of other industries.

difficult problems,
And because of these
can we get together in
business men can get together around a
table and discuss costs and out of such dis-
juring competitor and lessening competi-
tion; secret rebates, etc.

economies in production are ef- There one fine result of association

is
JJny size Heading from 12 inches to 24 inches CLEVELAND, OHIO an association and legally meet and solve cussions
work that should be referred to as it is
fected; standardization and simplification,
|

s 3 these problems of price-cutting, invasion evident that you are beginning to get this
of territory, etc."
which I understand you are successfully
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particular result in your industry. You
It is more than apparent after years of working on in co-operation with the De-

M^nHrwi Thi Natiohai. Coopms' Joowai. whsn writing to iiflv«rt.ji»r«.

 December, 1929 The National Coopers' Journal 1*
December, 1929
18 The National Coopers' Journal

come together here and discuss your com-

mon problems. You are meeting each
your industry, it is time that you give
consideration, particularly as the only way
it they have put their business on a higher
plane and are serving the public today more Simplified Practice Programs in Other Industries Have Increased
other. You are meeting your competitor. that you can develop an effective industry effectively than ever before.

You are seeing that after all the American program is through your trade association. The progress which you have already Sales and Profits*
business man is fundamentally honest; that Coming together here in this convention and made in your organized effort, the years
he wants to do business on a sound basis; developing sound ideas as to effective busi- ahead of your association should see de- Minimum Number Has Proved Most Successful
Concentration of Effort on a of Varieties
that he doesn't want to do business in ways ness co-operation should make it easy to velopments of such a character that will
that make for unfair practices, or prac- take the next step and evolve a program make it possible for you to pool your in- Teamwork Between Manufacturing and Sales Departments Necessary
uneconomic or unbusinesslike. that should let you direct, to a consider- telligence, your energy, and your money so
tices that are By RAY M. HUDSON
able extent, the future development of your more and more the goal of bet-
as to realize
Bureau of Standards. Department of Commerce
Trade Conventions Develop an business, and that on a perfectly legal basis. ter business and business on a sounder
"Industry Consciousness" profit. The National Chamber will be glad
And as you come together you are de- The Aims of the Trade Association to render you every possible assistance,
veloping gradually an industry conscious- Department of the United States and its various departments are at your Victory in today's battle for a larger This manufacturer decided to condense his trade. A drastic elimination enabled
ness; you are appreciatingthe fact that Chamber of Commerce service. You have a great opportunity be- slice of the consumer's dollar hinges on the his line to swimming-suits only. He offers him to cut his raw material inventory from
you belong to an important and honorable In closing let me describe briefly the new fore you in your association work. You teamwork of two men the sales manager — these in 17 styles, 11 color combinations, $500,000 to $176,000. His business rose
industry. There is a futurebefore you as Trade Association Department of the Na- can make your industry a more profitable and the factory manager. No matter how and 13 sizes, all fast-turning numbers. In from $1,600,000 a year to $4,000,000.
an industry, as a business,yet a greater tional Chamber and what we are hoping one. You can put your industry on a much these men have differed in the past 1926, his output averaged 2,715 garments A nationally known cigar company re-
develop out of
future is evident if you can to do with your help in furthering the sound
sounder basis of satisfactory business as as the one best way to attain their
to per operator, his share of the total swim- duced its brands from 152 to 5, or 97 per
this association work an industry con- up-building of trade association work in you make co-operation really effective common objective of maximum volume, they ming-suit output for the United States rose cent. Sales increased in five years 42 and
—
sciousness a feeling that the executives this country. There are three main objec- through organized effort. are today more closely allied or united to 12*/^ per cent, and his market included 53 per cent, respectively, on its two fore-
of your companies in whatever they do work of this new department: under the pressure of current conditions. all of the 48 States and 40 foreign countries. most brands. Sales and advertising costs
tives in the
within their own companies cannot confine First, through aggressive educational and Keen competition, price cutting, and ris- Simplification and a world-wide advertising dropped from 5.44 to 1.80 per cent of gross
the influences of these actions to themselves promotional work we want to the trade sell ing costs of doing business are pushing and selling campaign did the job. sales, a reduction of 67 per cent. Simpli-
Viennese Coopers Celebrate Consumer resistance fication and a nation-wide advertising and
or their companies or even their groups, association idea, (a) to members of trade profit margins down.
but that what they are doing from day to associations, working always through the
60th Anniversary to higher prices checks any effort to main- selling campaign did the job.
day the entire industry, in other
affects officers of the association. There is a real The Guild of Coopers of the city of tain former profits through price advances. A manufacturer of rubber goods cut his
words, that no business man in this group piece of work to be building up
done in Vienna, recently celebrated the six hun- Reduction of production costs through wage catalogue from 1,600 to 6 items and in
"In('rea:<ecl r^alef* a;* the road to
can live unto himself alone, can so carry sound associations in business, associations cuts reduces purchasing power and renders eight years increased his total sales 800
dredth anniversary of its foundation, by a
on his business that he will not affect others that will make for better business and special service at St. Stephen's Cathedral consumers less able to buy. How then can inerea^^ed profits begin with per cent.
from day to day in the larger industry to sounder profits; and (b) to the public. We and a street procession, in which members profits be assured? Another company started operations in
greater recognition of the inter- 1897 with one product, a facial cream. At
which he belongs. want to take to the public the constructive of all the ancient guilds took part, wearing
not only in meeting this new com-
It is work that you and many other associations their quaint costumes and displaying their Simplification is the Avenue to More Profits
dependence of the sales and the the end of 20 years its line ranged from
petition that we must get together, but it 2,500 to 5,000 items. Analysis of sales
are doing; to convince the public that the banners, arms and other insignia. The common answer seems to be, "Sell
in increasingly evident that we have got to
factory managers, each on tlie indicated a preference for a certain item.
well managed trade association is in exist- Old scrolls and documents show that the enough more units to oflFset the shrinkage in
speak as a unit, not only in legislation and ence to bring about better business and to trade of the cooper dates back beyond 1329, profits caused by the smaller margin per
The company simplified its line to six va-
other. Out of this recognition
in contact with the public, but in all those rieties or styles of that item. Today the
serve the public, and (c) we want to sell but it was only in that year that per- unit." In some instances, efforts toward
other tangible activities which have been comes common bond of .salesman takes the entire line under his
this end have resulted in adding more
the trade association to the government de- mission to establish a guild was granted. that
arm and displays it to 10 dealers in the
described. partments with which business has contact. During the succeeding six centuries this numbers to the line and more salesmen to mutual interest, teamwork, and
The second objective of the Trade Asso- corporation gained a great reputation for The effect has been not same time formerly required to show the
the field forces.
Program Your old line to one dealer in a hotel sample
Start to Build a for ciation Department is to extend into trade the high moral standards of its members, only to increase the cost of securing the co-operation that spells bigger
Industry's Future associations the constructive work of the and in the decree issued by the Empress room.
order but also of filling it. Inci'eased selling
and better results for botli." A men's clothing manu-
ready-to-wear
An important from aggressive
result service departments of the Chamber. Maria Theresa of 1748 they are given high and manufacturing costs have in some cases
facturer offering 1,000 varieties of suits to
tangible service carried on through the as- praise. Untruth, deceit and humbug are wiped out the profits anticipated from the
Trade Associations Should Make Greater his trade simplified his line to 24. By .so
sociation should be the development of a expressly condemned in their precepts and larger sales.
Use of U. S. Chamber of Commerce doing, his overhead per garment cut dropped
program not only for your business but for their practice. We find among the rules In contrast to these instances are these
50 per cent; his production period in-
your industry as a whole. Doubtless your Associations do not make full use of the that "No member of the Guild shall act dis- wherein sales managers and factory mana- A company specializing in fur goods sim-
creased from 36 to 52 weeks. His sales-
individual business is carefully pro- Chamber because they do not know the honorably to another . . No Master
.
gers have co-operated in cutting down their plified its line to one type of fur. Results:
men were on the road 12 months instead
grammed. You have set up a budget and Chamber. Since going with the Chamber it shall have anything to do with a crooked product lines, and in concentrating their Concentrated production, improved quality,
of 4; they increased their retail agencies
you know about what your business is going has been my pleasure to dig quite thoroughly character," etc. manufacturing and selling efforts on a con- and enhanced advertising possibilities. In
The guild was highly respected by all variety of line numbers.
from 150 to 1,000. Yearly sales increased
to be in the year ahead. But have you into the work of its Service Departments. sistent minimum four years, the output of this company's Selling cost
and the counsel of its masters was con- from 30,000 to 60,000 suits.
thought of a program for the industry as a You know of the work of some of these, Simplification, rather than diversification, dyeing works increased from 100,000 to
increased decreased 35 per cent, and manufacturing
whole? Where is your industry headed? such as manufacture, finance, foreign sidered of great weight in all city meetings. is the avenue they have chosen to 1,000,000 .skins annually, or 900 per cent.
Often a wide cost 25 per cent.
Have you as an industry anything to say trade, transportation, etc. We want to But it is probable that their greatest fame sales and better profits.
work of these departments into was achieved in Germany and Austria dur- variety is utterly useless as a sales stimu- Concentrated Production and Increased
Many other examples might be cited of
about new plants coming into the business? project the
At a time increased sales for individual concerns that
Are you as a-n association influencing in any the trade associations of the country. As ing the period of the plague. lus, as in the case of utilitarian articles Sales the Result
when others dared not venture into the open necessary, varia- have applied simplification, but space limits
way the trend of development in the in- a result of being on both sides of the fence, where diTig manufacturer back in 1916 had
diflFerentiation is
A forbid. However, examples like these have
dustry of which you are a part? formerly in association work and now in street for fear of contamination, the coopers tions can often be most successfully intro- 2,670 items in his catalogue. In 1924 his
influenced groups of manufacturers, entire
The paper industry, like other industries, the National Chamber, it is increasingly buried dead and
the other
carried out duced in the types left after simplifying the catalogue listed 144, an elimination of 95 industries in fact, to simplify their lines
perhaps your own industry, through the evident to me that there isn't a problem humanitarian duties. They were not line. per cent. Results: Business increased 400 as a means of increasing sales, decreasing
years has grown like "Topsy," without exer- coming up in trade association work where afraid of the pestilence because the tannin A western manufacturer of sweaters and per cent, the trade got lower prices, the costs, and meeting the "new" or interin-
cising conscious direction as to its own the U. S. Chamber of Commerce cannot be which they inhaled from the wood in which many other varieties of knit goods offered employes better pay and steadier work, the dustry competition.
future growth. Some industries stand help- of assistance. they worked helped to make them immune. his products to the trade in a wide assort- company handled four times the original
lessly by, letting development come from the Finally, for the third objective, we want ment of types, styles, models, and color volume of business in less space, tablet Value of Simplification as a Sales Builder
outside apparently as the result of pressure to assist unorganized industry in the forma- combinations, and each in the customaiy stamping machines operated continuously
co-operative services
for the investment of idle funds. Industry tion of sound trade associations. range of sizes. In 1922, his output aver- without change of dies, the cost of boxes
Through the
Suff ers rire .OSS
afforded American industry by the Division
generally seems to be suffering because it And out of all this organized effort in aged 1,503 garments per operator, his share for packing the tablets was cut 85 per
cent,
business there bound come a clearer The dry and drying sheds of the of the swimming-suit output of the United of Practice of the National
Simplified
has not exercised conscious direction as to is to kiln and the firm made larger profits.
its future growth. An industry can ex- understanding of our economic problems, Mark H. Brown Lumber Company, Lake States was one-fourth of 1 per cent. His A well-known manufacturer of men's hats Bureau of Standards, a total of 114 differ-
market consisted of 11 western States. simplifications have been effected.
ercise conscious direction as to its future an understanding that will make it easier Providence, La., manufacturers of lumber found 90 per cent of his business came from ent
growth in a perfectly normal and legal way. for American business to speak for itself, and cooperage stock, were recently de- seven styles in 10 colors, though he was
These range from the reduction of paving
If you are not building a program for the and in speaking for themselves, business stroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at courtesy of Commercial Standarth more than 3,700 varieties of hats to bricks from 66 to 5 varieties, to the reduc-
Repiiiiti'.l tliion;;!! offering
future development of your business and men are giving increasing evidence that $75,000. Monthly.
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20
That 40 per cent simpli-
in spite of a fifths of the variety which brings in only
tion of varieties of grinding wheels from result :

fication of the blanket and comfort depart- one-fifth of the year's business is the breed-
715,200 to 254,000.
ment we increased our sales approximately ing ground for all kinds of problems, from
Taking as one example the reduction of
7 per cent." too high a frequency of changes in machine
variety in files and rasps from 1,351 to
"set-ups" in the factory to increased selling
475, letters received by the Division of Application of Simplified Practice to
cost on the road.
Simplified Practice from firms participating Merchandising Often, sales managers in their eagerness Chemical Industry Expects Final 1929 factory one and the outlook is favorable. Cottonseed Oil Market
in this simplification demonstrate the values
Increasing recognition of simplification to supply what the public wants, or what it
Figures to Eclipse All Others
A recent report covering building permits Improves in Tone
of simplification as a sales builder.
as a means to greater sales is shown in its will buy, fear that any curtailment of issued from 600 principal cities and towns
"Since we have accepted the simplified Business in industrial chemical lines is The cottonseed market has improved
oil
adoption in merchandising. variety in their products will reduce sales. shows that building operations have varied There
practice recommendation of your depart- There has been no unusual ac- considerably since last reporting.
A well-known eastern wholesaler of hard- They fear a condition of "over-standardiza- normal. very from December 1st to May 1st
little
quotations, and
ment we have increased the volume of our have been slight gains in

business 33.3 per cent and reduced the

ware who carried more than 10,000 items —
tion" a line with no "sales appeal." tivity, but the trade is going ahead produc-
and delivering to meet
selling the
in the last four years. However, the "con-
with the absence of hedging pressure and
in his stocks cut them to 7,000. At the On the other hand, factory managers fear ing, tinued prosperity" program resulting from
volume of our inventory 25 per cent. This demands of consuming trades. the firmness of crude oil, there is every
same time he cut out 28 per cent of the "over-diversification." Too many varieties, President Hoover's conferences with busi-
necessarily means a quicker turnover, less A gratifying number of contract renew- reason to believe that the improved con-
territory and 56 per cent of the customers too many changes in color, style, or design ness leaders should have a decided effect
dead products, and quicker deliveries to our ditions will remain and even increase.
he had been trying to serve, for the reason interferewith low unit production cost. als have been received by manufacturers, upon the construction figures for the period
customers. With the smaller variety we Estimates of consumption during the
that these eliminations represented unprofit- Purchasing problems are complicated, with a fair amount of new business in of December, 1929, to May, 1930.
can anticipate their wants more accurately month November vary from 325,000 to
of
able business. A slight decrease in gross stocks multiply, inventories increase. addition.
and keep better control of our own produc- indications chemicals will have 350,000 barrels. The consumption during
sales occurred, but the volume of net profits Simplification offers an excellent basis of From all
We feel no hesitation in saying that November, 1928, was 302,000 barrels.
tion.
increased 35 per cent in three years, and compromise between the "factory" and the a very fine report to make on the year's
the of the slow-selling items
elimination business, and it is believed that in several Turpentine Showing Strength in
his percentage of "net" to "sales" increased "sales" viewpoints. It affords an oppor-
which we were generally correspondingly in.stances production will break all previous
68 per cent. tunity to reduce variety to the point where Naval Stores Field
slow in shipping and the consequent better records.
service we are rendering our customers
A chain of drug stores so large it buys it permits fair economy in production and In naval stores field turpentine is
the
Animal Oils in Quiet Period
entire factory outputs cut its average yet retain sufficient variety to satisfy the Of course, as the holiday season and the
have helped to increase our sales. The considerably stronger, both with regard to There is very little to be said concerning
store stock from 22,000 to 10,000 items, bulk of consumer demand. inventory period approach there will be a
reduction in total inventory in spite of the demand and price. Shipments to Europe animal oils. The market for degras is
increased its turnover 70 per cent, its slowing up, but this is only to be expected.
increase in sales has released capital which Not Earned by Any are going forward steadily against existing quiet with only small lot trading notice-
volume of business 43 per cent, and its wage
Profits Single Prices are steady, and there is no reason
we have been able to spend to advantage in contracts and orders. able. Deliveries against contracts are good,
rates 100 per cent. It decreased the aver-
Department Alone to look any revision downward.
forward to
improved equipment. Rosin, however, is somewhat quiet and but new business is conspicuous by its
age store investment 14 per cent, the in- It must be recognized that a profits of Heavy movements are noticeable in soda
"Since 1922 our sales on files have in- Arsenic .shipments the market is un.settled. Leading consumers almost complete absence.
ventory time 67 per cent, the cost of taking business are not earned by the sales depart- ash and caustic soda.
creased 100 per cent. Our profits have are showing only slight interest at the Lard oil is quiet and unchanged in price.
inventory 56 per cent, and the store per- ment alone on .sales, nor by any single de- are going forward to glass factories in
increased from 14 to 25 per cent, and our present time, what demand there is coming Neatsfoot oil is having only a routine busi-
Pay-roll cost dropped partment. They are saved. The purchas- satisfactory volume. Chlorate of soda is
sonnel 58 per cent. Of course, there ness but prices are holding up. Consuming
inventory ending December 31, 1927, as mostly from jobbers.
from 20 to 11 per cent of sales and rent ing department doesn't earn profits, but it holding a firm position with a good seasonal
compared to our volume of sales, has de- is expectation that this condition will pre- interest in oleo oil is very much restricted,
from 14 to 7 per cent of sales. may save them. So with the credit and demand.
creased 10 per cent over our inventory of vail longer than it has in former years. while red oil and stearic acid are showing
The president of a great chain of 5-and- all other .so-called nonproductive depart- In fact almost all classes of chemicals
December 31, 1922. During the year 1926 Rosin oil, tar and pitch are all quiet, with very little activity.
10-cent stores that likewise purcha.ses com- ments. The factory plans many savings in are having an excellent call, and the out-
orders and shipments for files and rasps prices nominal but .steady.
plete factory outputs says: "Any store that its efforts to get out the product, but un- look is exceedingly bright.
not included in the regular program
maintains a good rate of turnover can warranted insistence by the sales depart-
amounted to 1 per cent." ment on too much variety in the line may
always get a fair merchandising profit, re- Naval Stores Exports Lead
Testimonials to Worth
Programs
of Simplification gardless of price trend. One of the best absorb all the savings.
Therefore increa.sed sales as the road to
Winter Weather Increases Linseed Oil Up in Price —Much Showing a steady gain in value, the
ways to attain a high turnover is to elimi- Interest in Future Deliveries naval stores exported from the United
increased profits begin with greater recogni-
Alcohol Demand
A manufacturer of self-opening die heads nate unnecessary duplication." States lead all other classes of chemicals
tion of the interdependence of the .sales The extreme cold weather that was ex- Higher prices for both domestic and
says: "We have found that simplification Application of this theory reduced his according to a statement made recently by
and the factory managers, each on the perienced in early December has had its Argentine seed have re.sulted in advanced
has given to us a sales increase of 23.5 per brands of talcum powder from 32 to 6, his J. E. Lockwood, director of sales, Naval
other. Out of this recognition comes that effect upon the demand for denatured quotations for linseed oil.
cent and en inventory' reduction of 35 varieties of screw drivers from 26 to 6. Stores Division, Hercules Powder Company.
Similar eliminations were made in hundreds common bond of mutual interest, teamwork, alcohol. Consumers are showing more inquiry for
per cent. It ha-s reduced our investment in "Exports of naval stores (turpentine,
of other lines. Results: Annual turnover and co-operation that spells bigger and Previous to the cold snap new business deliveries early in 1930, and fair-sized sales
dies, etc. It gives us larger runs for each rosin, pine oil) amount to $30,000,000 an-
change of dies. With larger runs of stand- increased from 5.5 to 9.25, capital invested better results for both. was quiet, but with the wintry winds came have been closed for January-March re-
nually, contributing strongly to the favor-
ard items we find that even our detail cleri- in stocks was reduced 50 per cent. Stock a call for considerable volume. quirements.
against able trade balance of this country," said
cal work is reduced, because we have less company has current market value There is no weakening of prices and the During November shipments
in this a
Urges Continuance of Mr. Lockwood. Two-thirds of the world's
Julius Klein market is strong. Production costs are standing contracts were moving out freely,
stock records to maintain on both raw and around $200 a share. Simplification, skill- supply of naval stores are produced in the
ful merchandising, and courageous manage-
Advertising rising and this condition, along with a much but a gradual decline is noted for Decem-
finished material." United States, and about one-half of this
A manufacturer of concrete blocks says: ment spell profits and dividends in this case. Business men
should keep up their ad- improved demand, will make any change ber, which decline, of course, is to be ex-
production is exported to all parts of the
vertising to insure against curtailment of downward almost impossible. pected during the holiday and inventory
"By following the suggestions in regard to world.
—
concrete blocks reducing patterns I have — Standardization of Sizes Valuable to busine.ss. Dr. Julius Klein, Department of seasons.
Efforts are being made by producers to
been able to reduce the stock I have to Purchasers Commerce, said in a radio addre.ss recently: increase the world consumption of naval
more than 60 per and have Purchasers are also finding simplification "Advertising should go ahead with all Mr. Lockwood contends possi-
carry cent, Paint Materials in Midst of stores. it is
valuable to them. An eastern railroad cut of its characteristic force," he said. "This Tallow and Grease Much Below
actually increased my sales of the standard
Seasonal Dullness ble that a co-operative research program
pattern and size 15 per cent. By doing this its stores stock from 52,000 to 32,000 and is not to say that it should be extravagant Normal may be undertaken shortly by American,
my block business .shows a satisfactory its inventory from $3,320,000 to $805,000. — and there may be some scrutiny, at least, There is very little interest being shown
Tallow continues unsteady and there or even world producers to develop new
Another reduced its stocks from 140,000 to determine whether wasteful practices in paint material lines .so far as new busi-
profit, whereas before the excessive stock
have been further declines in prices. How- uses and outlets for naval stores.
i'.ems to 78,000, a 44 per cent elimination, have crept into that field. ness is concerned. The trade is, however,
ate up all the profit."
ever, it is thought that conditions will be- An International Naval Stores Confer-
Another says "The net result being, that and by »o doing released nearly $40,000,000 "But advertising, considered as a whole, absorbing fair quantities against contracts.
:
come better very soon as there is an active ence will be held at Jacksonville, Fla., in
we have reduced our selling price on our of idle capital. is one of the most potent of business ac- There is always a let-up in paint
interest in buying being shown on the part February, 1930, to secure international co-
units, still making a fair profit, thereby This steadily growing appreciation by celerations. It keeps goods moving. And materials at this period of the year, but the
of consumers. Of cour.se, these buyers are operation in developing the industry.
selling more units, and creating a larger merchants and other large purchasers of it inspires confidence. At this time any quietness was experienced somewhat earlier
year than is usual. looking to placing their orders on a down-
demand for our products. The simplified the u.sefulne.ss of simplification to them is appreciable letup in advertising would be this
unquestionably injurious. Lead pigments are moving out steadily ward price scale, but if the demand ma-
practice in our plant has reduced the sell- an effective antidote to some kinds of high-
terializes there is a chance of stabilizing the
ing price of our product 25 per cent." pressure selling efforts, especially those "Good will is worth millions. Pos.sessing against contracts, but very little new busi- Loss
Suffers Fire
may ne.ss is being placed. The same can be market .somewhat.
A bed blanket manufacturer says: "At which tend to overload the buyer. Studies it, busines.ses flourish; without it, they
Grease is in sympathy with the break in The Dallas Cooperage and Woodenware
But may said of lithopone and zinc oxide. Inter-
the beginning of this year, we cut down the have shown that 80 per cent of the business wilt. it is a fragile quality. It
the tallow market and good volume orders
Company's plant at Dallas, Texas, was re-
for a firm, corporation, or an industry is sway and droop under the veering winds of est in dry colors, however, is veiy light
sizes and styles carried in our blanket and Con- cently damaged by fire. The extent of the
Advertising can keep and spasmodic. are being placed at reduced prices.
comfort department about 40 per cent from usually done in 20 per cent of the varieties public opinion. it
loss amounted to approximately $150,000.
sturdy and upstanding." As a whole the year has been a satis- suming interest is spasmodic and restricted.
what we carried during the year 1926. The of its products or lines. The other four-
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station, possibly near
Columbia, will be South Faces Timber Problem,
Canadian Cooperage Trade is Confident 1930 Will determined soon, following a conference at Growth in American Foreign Trade Largest Since 920 1
Says Forest Service Report
which State F'orester Frederick Dunlap and Nine Months' Survey by National Foreign Trade Council Shows
Be a Good Business Year E. F. McCarthy, of the Central States
Exports 9 %
and Imports %
Ahead of Last Year
Though the South offers attractive oppor-

Forestry Experiment Station, at Columbus,

1
tunities for timber growing, much of the
Volume of Orders is Somewhat Light at Present, But Coopers Are Southern "piney woods" region is approach-
Ohio, will discuss the details.
Optimistic as to the Prospects for a Decided Improvement "Under proper management, trees are ing a period of non-productivity because of
With Opening of New Year recognized as a profitable farm crop, plac- Proof of sound business conditions in the goods than in recent years, though for the timber depletion, according to the annual
ing in use many acres that may not be used United States is given by the National most part those are articles not competitive report of the Forest Service, United States
otherwise. That is one of the important Foreign Trade Council in the form of a with American industry. About 21 per Department of Agriculture, made public
There has been change in the busi-
little States. Prices have shown little variation functions of a forestry department. The record year for both American exports and cent of our imports are of this character, December 4th.
ness of the cooperage trade in the Province during the month. task will be easier with the aid of the pro- imports up to October 1st, surpassing any compared with 49 per cent of crude ma- "With the virgin stands of timber nearly
of Quebec during the past month. Opera- posed Federal forestry experiment station, corresponding period since 1920. During terials and foodstuffs, 10 per cent of manu- gone," the Forest Sei-vice declares, "the
tions have slackened somewhat; nevertheless, Barrel and Stock Imports Into Canada wherever located in the State. But the the first nine months of the present year, factured foodstuffs for consumption and tendency is to return to the lands already
the majority of barrel makers have suffi- Imports of barrels into the Dominion dur- hands of the State forester should be untied. says the Council, American exports have 20 per cent of semi-manufactured goods for lumbered for whatever was left at the time
cient work on hand to keep them going. It ing the first' quarter of the fiscal year end- His department .should have funds. amounted to $3,849,000,000 or 292 million further processing in the United States. of the first cutting or has come up as second
makes a sharp contrast, however, with the ing June, show a sharp decline when com- "Such a station, together with a proper dollars greater than they were in 1927, the The major items among our imports for the growth. Thus it is possible to carry the
parison is made with figures for the corre- revival of the State forestry department, next highest total for this period. Imports first six months of 1929 indicate the pre- land until the last vestiges of the forest
busy times of a couple of months past when
capacity operations were in order to supply sponding period of last year. On the other should result in renewed interest in refor- for the same period at $3,361,000,000 are dominant nature of the trade showing vanish through the removal of all the trees
the demand for apple barrels. hand, imports of staves are well in excess estation in Missouri, particularly on waste likewise larger than for any year since greatest increases in raw silk, tin, cane that might, if left, mature and scatter seed,
of this period. farm lands or on farm lands now devoted 1920. The export gain of 9 per cent and sugar, refined copper, flaxseed, cocoanut and through unchecked ground fires that
Coopers Optimistic as to the Future Barrel imports during the period under to agricultuie and not paying its way in the 10 per cent gain in imports indicate oil and furs. The most notable shift in im- wipe out all the established reproduction.
review totaled 30,360 valued at $52,804 as crops produced. the largest growth of our foreign trade in ports was the large inbound shipments of "The financial requirements of the States
Few expect any radical change until after
compared with 47,281 worth $104,115 in the "At the present time, the State forestry any single year since the war. meat and meat products which increased and local communities make probably higher
the beginning of the new year, basing their
three-month period ended June, 1928. Of department is little more than a thing of 42 per cent in the half year though amount- rather than lower land taxes. Many
opinion on the fact that the present month
this total, 29,953 valued at $47,409 came paper and without funds necessaiy to do Many Causes for Increased Exports ing to the comparatively small total of millions of acres in the South have reached
will be broken by the holidays, but the
from the United States and compares with the important work it could do. Last year This showing that more business is being $22,000,000. This was accompanied by a a degree of denudation that virtually pre-
majority of the local cooperage houses are
43,887 barrels having a valuation of $85,289 State Forester Dunlap served without done by the United States in the field of 47 per cent increase in the importation of cludes any hope of their restoration to pro-
quite optimistic regarding the future.
received from this source last year. salary, doing what he could do to salvage international trade is due to a number of cattle, reaching 11 million dollars in value ductiveness as a private undertaking and
The demand for slack cooperage has not
Imports of staves amounted to 10,675 reforestation plans that had been outlined notable developments during the year. The in the half year. Rayon manufactures apparently insures their eventual abandon-
been as heavy as could be desired. There
thousand as against 10,387 thousand in the under happier conditions and under export business in automobiles and parts gained almost three million dollars or 35 ment to the public through tax forfeiture.
is little doing in flour barrels at present.
first quarter of last year. The valuation promi.se of funds appropriated but not this year is the large.st ever recorded and per cent, leather boots and shoe imports In much of the southern pine region, the
The milling companies have had to curtail
of the imports amounted to $283,558 and released. is greater than the entire domestic produc- reached 9 m^illion dollars, a growth of history of the Lake States pine region will
their operations slightly and stocks on hand
$295,327 in 1929 and 1928 respectively. In "The exceptional wood for
suitability of tion of the industry in 1914. The figures almost 100 per cent, and industrial chemi- be repeated. In many Lake States counties,
are said to be ade:iuate for immediate
requirements. each year, all imports of staves came from many purposes is so fixed that the demand for the first nine months, with exports cals, increa.sed by four millions or 35 the exhaustion of the timber has been
the United States. for it has become almost a natural law in valued at $455,400,000 show a gain of 22 per cent. followed by economic retrogression, disap-
Building Construction Program Pails and barrels were imported to the the life of the nation, for nothing can re- per cent over the next highest correspond- pearance of industries, and, in some cases,
Should Help Coopers value of $7,132 as compared with $7,132 last place wood in a thousand uses. Naturally, —
ing period last year. Machinery exports Europe Leads in Exports to United States county bankruptcy.
year. then, it is always preferred when it can be have also been the highest on record for The largest amount of our new imports "It is entirely true," continues the report,
Half barrels for nails and plaster have
obtained at prices consumers can afford to the past nine months, totaling $462,500,000 during the year have come from Europe, "that much of the South holds out a bright
had a good call, the demand for these
pay. or 25 per cent better than the correspond- which sent us 880 million dollars worth of prospect for extensive private timber grow-
products being in excess of that of a year
The "Need for Forestry Conscious- "The forestiy situation in this country, ing months of last year. Finished manu- goods during the first eight months of this ing. The States are making rapid progrress
ago, with new
construction in the city of
and particularly in Mis.souri, should be
ness" in Saving Our Timber Supply factured goods as a whole, therefore, ad- year, a gain of 8 per cent over the same in fire protection and in building up capable
Montreal promising to break all previous
viewed with the idea of increasing consump- vanced to a new high proportion among our months last year. More than one-third of forestry departments, and the interest of
records. In an article on the "Need for Forestry
tion up to the maximum economical produc- exports, being reckoned up to August 1st these increased imports were from Germany. landowners in the possibilities of reforesta-
The drastic break in stock market quota- Consciousness," which recently appeared in
tions in the past few weeks will evidently "Fagots," published by the St. Louis Hoo
tion on all available forest land. as 53 per cent of our entire exports, com- We received 43 million dollars worth more tion is becoming fairly widespread.
"More power to the United States Fores- pared with the average proportion of only of imports from South America, a gain of "Nevertheless, the fact needs to be faced
not have much effect on new construction Hoo Club, C. H. Call, secretaiy of the club, try Department and particularly to the con- 31 per cent which they bore to our export about 11 per cent, and 39 million dollars squarely that not nearly enough is being
and the present business depression is not made the following interesting statements: templated forestry experiment station in trade as averaged before the war for the worth more from North America, a gain of done, and that at the very best a gigantic
expected to last. "Missouri is now paying the piper or
Missouri." years 1911-13. about 7 per cent. Asia now leads all other task of forest reclamation is going to be
soon will be paying him as a consequence of
sources of supply, providing 30 per cent forced upon the public as the only alterna-
Tight Barrel Business Could Be Better having employed mining tactics in use of its
South America Our Most Active y of our total imports during the first half tive to permanent land unproductiveness on
There has been a slight movement in tight timber resources. Miners remove mineral "10.000 Dependable Freight Rates"
Export Market of this year, with Europe, formerly our a major scale. Whether even the public
cooperage of the kinds suitable for con- wealth without ability to replace. In What may be tenned the most concise and
The most active field for our export main reliance, in a diminishing second can afford to reforest all the southern forest
taining salt pork, but other lines are re- common with many other States once rich in inclusive freight rate booklet for lumber
growth is at present in South America, place. land that has been or will be denuded and
ported off in volume. Despite the fact that timber, Missouri sold much of her native and manufacturers of forest products ever
where our exports increased from $305,- The balance of exports over imports, that private ownership will not wish to
paint companies report a satisfactory year, forests and failed to replace the trees for issued has just been published by the
which last year was $1,038,000,000, stands carry is a question.
the demand for barrels from this source has the benefit of future generations, even 000,000 to $377,000,000 or more than 25
Southern Hardwood Traffic Association. "Whatever is done will, to a large extent,
per cent during the first eight months of at the end of the first eight months of the
been exceedingly light. Oil barrels are also though replacement was possible. Captioned "10,000 Dependable Freight
this year. In the same period our exports present year at only $487,000,000 and in have to be done locally, through State and
experiencing restricted business. "Now at this late date, Missourians learn Rates" the booklet may be easily carried in county action. While the Federal Govern-
to Asia reached $414,000,000, a gain of present prospect will be no more than half
from the Forestiy Almanac that the timber any pocket without discomfort. It shows
8 per cent, those to North America $953,- as great as in 1928. The net import of ment has inaugurated land purchases for
Prices for CooperageHave Been Stabilized resources of the State, at the present rate the lowest available rates "carefully com-
nine months of $245,000,000 the establishment of a number of small
Prices have assumed a more favorable of cutting, will last only eight years; in- 000,000, a gain of 10 per cent and to gold for the
piled from the published tariffs of the car- forests scattered through the southern pine
Europe $1,442,000,000, with a gain of 4 per has been greater than any year since 1924
trend and are now practically stabilized. deed, that we would use up all of our riers" from all local points in the Southern
and contrasts sharply with last year's net region, these are primarily for demonstra-
The drastic price cutting which has been merchantable timber in about two years at hardwood producing territory to all large cent. Europe now takes about half our
exports compared with two-thirds before gold exports at this time of close to half tion purposes. How much more than this,
in evidence for .some time has been practi- the present rate of annual consumption if consuming centers of North Carolina and if any more, the Federal authority should
cally eliminated and those in well informed we were not shipping in about three-fourths the war, the difference being absorbed a billion dollars.
Virginia. The booklet carries the revised undertake can be determined only after the
circles say that quotations by most firms of the timber we require. about equally by our new customers in Asia,
tariffs which are made effective October 8th. whole situation has been studied further,
will be in line again. "So, in view of this statement of condi- Canada and Latin America.
trends have been observed, the workings of
Supplies of cooperage stock are reported tions, residents of the State, both city and
Larger Imports of Finished Manufactured Cooperage Firm Incorporates other remedies have been taken account of,
available in sufficient quantities to meet all country, will watch with interest the plans Will Erect Stave Factory
Goods The Hauber Cooperage Company, Kansas and, above all, local realization of the needs
requirements of the trade, but it is under- of the United States Department of Agri- The Hyde-Hennen Cooperage Company
year show a slightly City, Missouri, was recently incorporated has been fully developed and local efforts to
stood that some of the cooperage houses are culture to establi.sh a forestry experiment has purchased a tract of land near Marks- Our imports this
larger amount of finished manufactured with a capital stock of $25,000. meet them have been made."
making heavy commitments in the United station in the State. Location of the ville. La., and will erect a stave plant.
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34 The National Coopers' Journal December, 1929 December, 1929' The National Coopers' Journal 25

increase of 1,417 cars above the same week total loading of all commodities compared
End of November Experienced
in 1928 and 22,343 cars above the same with the same week in 1928. All districts
Decrease in Carloadings
week in 1927. except the Pocahontas also reported reduc- IVooden Barrel Manufacturers* and Dealers* Directory
Loading of revenue freight for the week Forest products loading totaled 48,589 tions under the same week in 1927.
ended November 30th totaled 837,107 cars, cars, 9,859 cars below the same week in EMPIRE BARREL CO., 1925
AMERICAN COOPERAGE CO., WOLVERINE BARREL AND BAG
according to reports made public December 1928 and 12,529 cars under the correspond- Detroit, Mich.—
Thomas A. Carroll
Clinton
Second-Hand
St.,
Barrels of all de-
—
INC., Maurer, N. J. Manufac- CO., 624 Watson St., Grand
—
Rapids, Mich. Recoopered Tight
10th by the car service division of the ing week in 1927. turer of New Tight Barrels made
scriptions. Trfird Tubs and Nail Barrels for all uses. New Slack
American Railway Association. Owing to Ore loading amounted to 9,438 cars, a of oak, flr and gum stock.
Kegs. Barrels for Apples, L<ettuce, etc.
the obsei-vance of Thanksgiving Day, this decrease of 1,745 cars under the same week It was with a deep feeling of regret that
was a reduction of 113,173 cars under the in 1928 and 306 cars below the correspond- the Journal received news of the passing H. METZGER'S SONS, 11-19 PAXTON & CO., 5435
JOHN
preceding week.
November 30th
The
was
total for the
a reduction of
also
week of ing week two years ago.
Coke loading amounted to 11,258 cars, an
of Thomas A. Carroll, advertising manager
for E. C. Atkins & Company, Indianapolis,
Eighteenth St., Richmond, Va.
New and Second-Hand Barrels,
Kegs and Hogsheads of all kinds.
REGISTER NOW Cosgrain St., Montreal, Canada.
Manufacturers of and dealers In
Flour, Sugar and Apple Barrels.
63,449 cars under the corresponding week increase of 1,048 cars above the correspond- for the last sixteen years, who died sud- AND Fir Pork Barrels, 100 lbs. »nd
was a reduction of 81,380 ing week last year and 2,227 cars over the denly, November 18th. HOUSTONCOOPERAGE ANDTUB
in 1928.
cars under the
It also
corresponding week in 1927; same week two years ago. Mr. Carroll was born in Beaver Falls, e\n Bnv &46 Houston Texas. LET THE CONSUMERS KNOW 200 lbs.

but in making this comparison, considera- Grain and grain products loading for the Pa., fifty-one years ago, and lived there New
55 gal.
Tight Barrels from 5 gal. to
New Slack Barrels of
WHERE TO GET THEIR PERTH AMBOY BARREL
1049-63 State St.. Maurer, N.
CO.,
J.—
tion must be given to the fact that the
same week two years ago did not contain a
week totaled 38,698 cars, a reduction of
14,893 cars under the corresponding week
until 1913. His business
Beaver Falls was with Emerson, Smith &
association in
all
Ice
kinds. Second-Hand Barrels.
cream Tubs all sizes.
WOODEN BARREL SUPPLIRS Dealer in New and Used Tight
and Slack Barrels of all descrip-
holiday, Thanksgiving Day having fallen last year and 11,242 cars under the same Company, saw manufacturers. He came to tions.

in the previous week. period in 1927. In the Western districts Indianapolis in 1913 and became associated IOWA COOPERAGE CO., 310
Southeast Ninth Des Moines,
St.,
AMERICAN COOPERAGE CO., JACK COHEN COOPERAGE
Miscellaneous freight loading for the alone, grain and grain products loading with E. C. Atkins & Company. Iowa. New — and used Tight and INC., Maurer, N. J. —Dealers In WORKS, Box 82, Robinson, III.—
week of November 30th totaled 302,871 cars, amounted to 26,707 cars, a reduction of Mr. Carroll was a member of the Opti- Slack Barrels for Apples, Poultry,
Second-Hand and Recoopered Dealer in Second-Hand Barrels
mists Club, Chamber of Commerce, Knights Tight Barrels.
33,339 cars below the same week last year 9,052 cars under the same week in 1928. F;ugar. Alcohol Kegs. etc. of all kinds.

and 36,772 cars below the corresponding Livestock loading totaled 25,765 cars, of Columbus, Columbia Club, Advertising
week two years ago. 142 cars above the same week last year, Club of Indianapolis, and Saints Peter and
Loading of merchandise less than carload but 8,469 cars below the corresponding week Paul Cathedral. He was also an officer of
freight amounted to 219,949 cars, a reduc- in 1927. In the Western districts alone, the Association of National Advertisers.
Sui-viving Mr. Carroll are his mother,
tion of 6,220 cars under the same week in
1928 and 36,632 cars below the same week
two years ago.
livestock loadingsamounted to 19,799 cars,
an increase of 605 cars compared with the
same week in 1928.
widow, son, and three daughters, to whom
the Journal extends sincere sympathy in
Why? IF IT

HYNSON "1 COMES FROM

Coal loading amounted to 180,539 cars, an All districts reported reductions in the the loss they have sustained.
Why send your saws a thousand YOU KNOW ITS RIGHT
miles to be resteeled when we can When It comet to coopers' tools and
supplies "Hynson" stands second to
do it in the South at a large saving? none. We manufacture our products
and are always stocked to handle
We make new drama and reateel old drama orders promptly and satisfactorily.
fitting any machine There Is nothing the barrel maker
needs that we can not supply. Place
SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS WHICH DO GOOD WORK THIRTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE
your orders with us now.

Largeat Exclaaive Coopera' Tool

Supply Hoaae in the World
Southern Stave Saw and Machine Company
MACHINERY FOR SALE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES POSITION WANTED 112 South 19th Street, BirminKham, Ala. THE HYNSON COMPANY X
Lebanon Illinois
FOR SALE STAVE AND HEADING OPPORTUNITY \^ANTED — Position as stave jointer. Ad- All Work Gaaranteed Write Ua for Prieea
XK tf« ^ «^ v» * >» ^
1

^1
f^NE "Perfection" Heading-up Machine in £^IGHTEEN thousand acres, partially logged dress ELGY ROWELL, 501 Gregg St.,
over, Mississippi Delto land, favorably lo- Houston, Texas.
perfect condition. $350.00 for quick
cated, very accessible, mill site on good rail-
sale. road. Gum, elm and oak predominating.
One Holmes No. 38^2 Crozer in A-1 A portion of this land was logged over more ^^ANTED—Position as slack barrel cooper
shape. Price $175.00.
than ten years ago. For further particulars
address "OPPORTUNITY," care of "The
shop working foreman. Prefer northern Hoop Na3s Hoop Staples Hoop Fasteners FINGER LAKES COOPERAGE FLAG
or northeastern part of Ohio. Address
A. B. HOUTZ & SONS National Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Pa. Bright, Blued, Coppered or Galvanized
Elizabeth City, N. C. pOR SALE— In the best apple section of the
"SLACK," care of "The National Coopers'
Write for prices and samples
LONG—TOP—BUTT—CHAIR
Stote —Owner
^Estoblished cooperage and box
Journal," Philadelphia, Pa.
Satisfaction Asnired
Wonderful op- THE GEO. W. STANLEY CO.
pOR SALE—F.
business.
Trevor 60-inch stove cutter.
to retire.
portunity for a live man. Address "A.L.C.," ^^ANTED—Position as foreman or super-
BeUeville, Ul.
RAY A. RUSSELL SAVANNAH, N. Y.
—
Has not had much use is in good con- care of "The National Coopers' Journal,"
PhUadelphia, Pa.
intendent of tight cooperage plant by a
dition. Address W. A. Sikes, Portville, N. Y. practical man. Address "TIGHT," care of
pOR SALE—Kingston, N. Y., tight barrel "The National Coopers' Journal," Philadel-
manufacturing plant. Located 90 miles
STOCK FOR SALE from New York City on the West Shore Rail-
phia, Pa.
K. W. JACOBS COOPERAGE CO. W. W. WILSON STAVE COMPANY
road, with private siding. Price $60,000, MANUFACTURERS OF
including all land, buildings, machinery and HELP WANTED MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
pOR SALE —40,000 53 34" x 10 ga. Twisted equipment, together with present i;ood will.
Capacity one thousand barrels daily. Now RANTED—Foreman SLACK BARREL MANUFACTURERS—ALL KINDS
All Classes Kiln- Dried and Jointed Tight Barrel StaTCi

Splice Wire Hoops, }i cent each. operating partial capacity. For further par-
for tight barrel ma- White Oak Red Oak Gum and Ash
PROCTOR BROS. AND COM- Must understand machinery
chine shop. Tongaed and Grooved Barrela Oar Specialty
A. B. HOUTZ & SONS ticulars write
and stock. Opportunity for good man. State
NORTH LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS
PANY, Kingston, N. Y.
Elizabeth City, N. C.
pOR SALE—Complete equipment for the
age, experience, and references.
"FOREMAN,"
Address
manufacture of slack heading and stoves. care of "The National
All machines in running order. Priced low Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Pa.
SECOND-HAND BARRELS FOR SALE Address BERRY LUMBER CO., Doylesville,
Va. MACHINERY WANTED Cooperage Stock & Barrel Shocks HICKSON-ROGERS MANUFACTURING CO.
MANUFACTURERS OF
pOR SALE — Several carloads fresh empty ^^ ANTED —Towns having an abundance of Dowel Pina Club Tamed Oak and
oleo and malt barrels. Also several car- suitable woods at low prices and healthy RANTED—One Morgan barrel nailer. Cooperage Machinery Tight Barrel Stavea Hickory Spokea
loads reconditioned drums, washed. Ad- labor conditions ran hear of .nound business
Two 32"-knife power stove jointers.
rWE ARE READY TO HANDLE YOUR ORDERS IN ANY!
proposition by addressing "SUCCESS," care LqUANTITIES. stockAND SERVICE A-1. WRITE USJ
dress JOHN M. REISER AND SONS, Address A. B. C, care of "The National
PARAGOULD ARKANSAS
of "The National Coopers' Journal," Phila- B. C. Sheahan Company ch icAcof ^Illinois'
620 Portland St., Baltimore, Md. delphia, Pa. Coopers' Journal," Philadelphia, Pa.

Ifention Tub National Coopers' Journal when writing to advertisera.

26 The National Coopers' Journal December, 1929

TINKLER & WEBSTER, LTD. Harlan-Morris Mfg. Co. Tennessee

National Bank Building LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND Manufacturers of All Kinds of
BUYERS OF ALL KINDS OF TIGHT-BARREL STAVES, ADL and KDJ,
STAVES AND HEADING and CIRCLED HEADING
FROM WHITE OAK, RED OAK. ASH AND GUM
Offer us that stock on your yard
Cable Address: "Stavewood Liverpool"
SATISFACTION
GUARANTEED
Branch Mills in
Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama There's Only One Pf^ooden Barrel Paper
The Sutherland-Innes
Manufacturers and Dealers
Co.,
in
Limited An Opportunity to Quote on Your

COOPERAGE STOCK
—THE JOURNAL IS IT I—
Requirements considered a privilege by
STAVES, HOOPS, HEADING AND SHOOKS
is
WOODEN BOXES are Competitive with the WOODEN
TIGHT AND SLACK Krafft Cooperag e Co mpany BARREL.
Chatham Ontario, Canada Federal Commerce Trust Buildinsr St. Louis, Mo.
The Journal STANDS for the WOODEN BARREL!
WOODEN AND FIBER CONTAINERS
BASKETS. CASES
TURN IT INTO MONEY PROPERLY
MADE Tight Barrel QUALITY
STOCK are all Competitive with the WOODEN BARREL.

It
Have you anything

is
to sell, or
TRY OUR SPECIAL "AD" DEPARTMENT
want to buy or exchange anything?

our business to get buyers and sellers together and we can do It.
It is your business to turn unused or idle macninery and tools, etc., into
STAVE S AND H EAPING The Journal STANDS for the WOODEN BARREL!

money and you can do it. Cost Is small. Returns are large. OZARK STAVE COMPANY BAGS AND SACKS are Competitive with the WOODEN
THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL, Philadelphia 134 North La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois
BARREL.
The Journal STANDS for the WOODEN BARREL!
THE VAIL COOPERAGE CO. WE ARE BUYERS OF STEEL DRUMS are Competitive with WOODEN BARRELS.
since 1888 Manufacturers of

Quality Stock
STAVES STAVES, HOOPS & HEADING The Journal STANDS for the WOODEN BARREL!
HOOPS For Tight and Slack Cooperage
Our Northern Elm Hoops HEADING
"Best by Test" JAMES WEBSTER & BRO., LTD. ''•"i1vli,'8'o'L: fte"~'
FORT WAYNE, IND. VENEERS LONDON OFFICE-Bevis Marks House, Goring Street, E. C, 3
(L^^

For over 44 years The JOURNAL has Championed the Wooden

MONTEZUMA COOPERS^ FLAG H. PADUART, Sartrouville, France
Barrel!
Forty years in the business have made us Flag experts Steel Hoops and Wires
ALL LENGTHS Try our Service SOFT VARIETY
kinds
of all It is EXCLUSIVELY COOPERAGE!
pTt. CASEY WE INVITE YOUR INQUIRY FOR C. I. F. PRICES
92 West Bayard Street Seneca FaUs, N. Y. EXPORT TO AI.L COUNTRIES Its Allegiance is NOT DIVIDED!
The Journal will take your sales message direct to the buyer,
Air I When in the mar\et for Wheel
YOU 1 A. M. Welti & Bro.« no matter where he is. It's The Journal's business to know
can possibly get alo ng without Manufacturers of
Dr'e<> I Ash Pork Slaves
30x5/8" Listed advertising ir THE NATIONAL where he is, and it does.
34x% Red Oak Oil Staves; 36x3^ Gum COOPERS' JOURNAL but you
. Tight Cooperage
' '
Staves willget alon g much better and
Write to much faster IF YOU DO USE Milk. Oil and Lard Keep this fact in the foreground when planning your advertising
THE HENNEN COOPERAGE CO., Inc.
THE ONLY PAPER T H AT Tierces and Kegs
SPECIALIZES YOUR CLASS OF for 1930.
10406 Kintnan Ri. CIcTcUnd, 0.
Manufacturers of Tight Cooperage LAKE PROVIDENCE, LA. BUYERS.
ITWILL SAFEGUARD YOUR BUSINESS; PROTECT YOUR
TRADE, AND PAY YOU A PROFIT!
Founded 1850
We
(NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA)
are large buyers of Slack Cooperage
Incorporated 1900
BUNGS
WE MAKE THEM VENT PLUGS FAUCETS
Stock of all kinds and we want your prices CASK or BARREL PLUGS and WORM-HOLE PEGS
Write for price* on Bung-borers, Cooper'* hoop-driver*, hammer*.
N.&H.O'DONNELL COOPERAGE CO.
Moore St.,
BARREL MANUFACTURERS
Water to Swanson St. PHILADELPHIA, PA.
adze*. flagKing and flagging irons, chalk, chime* and chime maul*

REDLICH MFG.
Known
CO., 647 W. Oak
to the trade for over 60 year*
St., CHICAGO THE NATIONAL COOPERS' JOURNAL
- ESTABLISHED 1885 -

Philadelphia
Tight and Slack Barrels Manufacturer of
and Dealer in SKUSE'S COOPERAGE
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
We carry new Cooperage from 5 to 50-gallon on hand at all times for Slack Orders solicited for straight or
local or carload bhipnients. Ready to fill barrels for all requirementt
Plant » at NavilU laland. Pa., and Pitt abutth. Pa.
Staves mixed cars. Write us whether you
ADDRKSS CORRK.Sl'CNDENCK TO Heading want to buy or sell. Satisfaction
Hoops Guaranteed.
Pittsburgh Barrel and Cooperage Company
2723 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Flour and
Fruit Barrels
SKUSE*S COOPERAGE
New York
Cor. Finney and Daris Sts., Rochester,

Mention Tkb Nation4i, Coopehs' Journal when writing to advertisers.

 Tight Barrel Circled Heading
FIFTY years of continuous service to the
cooperage industry has not been without its
effect. Evidence that our products meet with the
present day demands is found in the fact that
many of our customers buy from us exclusively,
year after year. Red Oak and White Oak
from 9" to 23" in diameter
We know that you'll be satisfied with our mer- of the best quality
chandise as well as our service.

Wm. H. Coleman Co.

Jackson Tennessee

OVER FIFTY YEARS IN THE BUSINESS

The Best Life Insurance For

SLACK BARRELS
is Tongued and Grooved Staves

Buy the It Gives

Holmes Best
Machine Results

No. 126 PATENTEn TONGUE AND GROOVE MACHINE

E. & B. HOLMES MACHINERY COMPANY

45 CHICAGO STREET BUFFALO, NEW YORK, U. S. A.