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J. M. Stark of the Turner Mt. Fire 

 Lookout 15 miles to the southwest of 

 Mt. Lassen and his figures range up 

 as high as 25,000 feet for the most 

 violent eruptions. 



Many conflicting stories have been 

 circulated concerning this inountain, 

 espec'.ally by newspapers. No accounts 

 should be considered authentic unless 

 thev emanate from such sources as the 



United States Forest Service or the 

 Geological Survey. The tremendous 

 interest that this volcano has aroused 

 in all parts of the world will undoubtedly 

 make it a Mecca for tourists next 

 summer. Being in the heart of the 

 National Forest Region of California 

 it will be visited by thousands of camp- 

 ers next summer. 



FOREST PRODUCTS FEDERATION 



B\' E. A. Sterling 



A 



T a preliminary meeting called 

 by the National Lumber Maiui- 

 facturers' Association in Chi- 

 cago on December IT, a tenta- 

 tive organization was created which 

 combines under one head, as never 

 before, the manufacturing, wholesale 

 and retail lumber interests for the 

 mutual benefit of all concerned. 



The primary object is the better mer- 

 chandising of lumber and solution of 

 the related problems which this subject 

 involves. The organization as inaugu- 

 rated, opens the way for developments 

 of great importance to the lumber in- 

 dustry and forest interests in develop- 

 ing a policy which will insure the con- 

 tinued use of wood in all situations for 

 which it is best fitted. This in turn 

 should bring about closer utilization and 

 more rational use of forest products. 

 If the new organization fails to grasp 

 the larger opportunities, and to make 

 definite progress along the lines indi- 

 cated, it will demonstrate the inability 

 of the lumber interests to cooperate 

 broadly to their mutual advantage and 

 will produce wide economic evils in an 

 industry which is second only to agri- 

 culture in magnitude and importance. 



The specific accomplishment at this 

 preliminary meeting was the accept- 

 ance of a plan for the creation of a 

 Forest Products Federation and the ap- 

 pointment of a committee of five to 

 have general charge of arrangements 

 for a mass meeting to be held two 

 or three months later. The represen- 



tative character of the Federation is 

 indicated by the personnel of the com- 

 mittee of five, which is as follows : 

 R. H. Downman, New Orleans, La., 

 president. National Lumber Manufac- 

 turers' Association ; Gordon C. Ed- 

 wards, Ottawa, Ont., president. Na- 

 tional Wholesale Lumber Dealers' As- 

 sociation ; L. A\'. Crow, Chicago, 111., 

 president. Lumberman's Association of 

 Chicago; Julius Seidel, St. Louis, Mo., 

 wholesale and retail lumber dealer; J. 

 R. Moorehead, Kansas City, Mo., sec- 

 retary. Southwestern Lumberman's As- 

 sociation. 



While the program for the coming 

 meeting will not be definitely announced 

 until after a conference by the com- 

 mittee, the general character of the 

 work is indicated by the suggestions 

 of Chairman J. E. Rhodes, in his open- 

 ing address at the preliminarv meet- 

 ing. In this talk Mr. Rhodes suggested 

 the following topics for consideration, 

 some of which will no doubt be con- 

 sidered and reported upon by standing 

 committees at the first general meet- 

 ing of the Federation. The topics men- 

 tioned by Mr. Rhodes include : 



Building codes. 



The comparative price of lumber and 

 other materials. 



What is being done to advertise sub- 

 stitutes for wood. 



Definite information regarding the 

 fire prevention movement, and the part 

 which wood plays in creating a fire 

 menace to public life and propertv. 



