120 ASSOCIATIONS FORMED UNDER THE EXPORT TRADE ACT, APRIL 1918 TO DECEMBER 1939, REPRESENTING 2,074 MEMBER COMPANIES-Continued

120 ASSOCIATIONS FORMED UNDER THE EXPORT TRADE ACT, APRIL 1918, TO DECEMBER 1939, REPRESENTING 2,074 MEMBER COMPANIES-Continued

18 1919-26

United States Maize Products Export Association,
Inc., New York City and Wilkes-Barre, Pa...---
Organized in 1919 as the American Maize
Products Export Association, an unincor-
porated group, the association was incorpo-
rated in 1920, and the name was changed to
United States Maize. Its purpose was to
export "products of degerminated Indian
corn or maize" as agent for the member
mills. Some shipments were made, but the
association was unable to develop a foreign
market, reporting in 1924 that "there has
been no demand for corn products, and we
are merely holding the corporation intact in
hopes there may be a favorable change and a
chance to transact business."
finally dissolved in 1926.

Members (stockholders)

Adams, W. N., Arkadelphia, Ark..
American Hominy Co., Indianapolis..

It

was

1922-25

1919-22

Arkadelphia Mill Co., Arkadelphia, Ark.

1921-22

1926

120 ASSOCIATIONS FORMED UNDER THE EXPORT TRADE ACT, APRIL 1918 TO DECEMBER 1939, REPRESENTING 2,074 MEMBER COMPANIES-Continued

Standard Cereal Co., Chillicothe, Ohio..
Wathen Mill Co., Louisville, Ky..

United States Office Equipment Export Association,
New York..

Organized for the purpose of exporting office
desks, filing cabinets, bookcases, and other
office equipment the association reported that
"the fact that one concern is able to supply
everything necessary for the equipment of a
modern office is an advantage in the handling
of foreign sales." The New York office of
the association was said to be of great con-
venience to factories located inland. In
1923, however, the members voted to sell
separately, and the association was dis-
solved.

Members

1926 1919-22 1919-22

3 1918-23

Burkhardt, Henry, Packing Co., Dayton, Ohio. 1919-22

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Rath Packing Co., Waterloo, Iowa..

1919-22

1919

1919-22

Ruddy, Thos., Co., Kansas City, Kans..
Sucher, Chas., Packing Co., Dayton, Ohio-
Theurer Norton Provision Co., Cleveland, Ohio
Wilson Provision Co., Peoria, Ill_ _
Wolff, Chas., Packing Co., Topeka, Kans...
Walnut Export Sales Co., Inc., Kansas City, Kans.
(formerly in Chicago, Ill.).

Formed in 1919 to export walnut and walnut
products (also Indiana white oak logs), the
association has operated successfully to date,
reporting that "by combining the resources
of stocks, experience, etc., of several mills,
we at one time reduce the costs of exporting
as compared to individual operation, increase
the ability to supply practically all items in
our line, enjoy the effects of greater prestige
in the foreign markets, and control in a
greater measure the standards of measure-
ment and quality.'

Members (stockholders)

1919-22
1919-22

1919

19 1919-39

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Pickrel Walnut Co., St. Louis, Mo..
Pierson Hollowell Lumber Co., Indianapolis
Purcell, Frank, Walnut Lumber Co., Kansas
City, Kans

1919-28

1928-39

1919-39

1919-22

1923-28

1 1920-39

Ransom, John B., & Co., Nashville, Tenn.. Wood-Mosaic Co., Inc., Louisville, Ky. Walworth International Co., New York (formerly in Boston, Mass.)

Formed in 1920 to act as selling agent for the Walworth (Manufacturing) Co. and several other producers of pipe fittings and valves, the association has operated successfully to date, reporting that "the success of the Walworth International Co. as a Webb-Pomerene organization, we believe, is due chiefly (if not wholly) to the fact that we have gone into the business of foreign trade in what we feel is an intelligent manner and have followed a consistent policy year in and year out, in good times and in poor times, of maintaining a foreign field organization. Through such organization we have been enabled to build up and maintain a recognition of the quality of our brand. This quality reputation, together with goodwill created by the maintenance of a continued foreign sales force, has enabled us to continue to secure business even in the face of European and Japanese price competition of a very serious type."

The company is a member of the Pipe Fittings and Valve Export Association, also filing papers under the act.

All stock has been held by the Walworth Manufacturing Co., now called the Walworth Co., of Boston and New York.

Western Plywood Export Co., Tacoma, Wash Formed in 1927 to export veneers, plywood, and plywood products to foreign countries, the association reported better service to buyers, lower selling cost to the individual mills, and the opportunity to distribute specifications to individual member mills which best fit their operation. The association undertook exploitation work at a low cost, which was not possible for the individual mills. In 1935 another plywood export association was formed, and members of the western plywood group decided to dissolve the first and join the second. (See Pacific Forest Industries.)

27 1926-36