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without levying aD assessment to carry on our 

 work. Tliis, I tliinl!, we can do unless something 

 unforeseen develops. 



The above is resrecttully submitted. 



J. C. Knox, Secretary. 



The secretary then read the report of the 

 treasurer, F. J. Cobbs, and both reports 

 were accepted and adopted. 



President Digging made a brief address in- 

 troducing to the members Frank F. Fish, sec- 

 retary of the National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association, who spoke brieily on the inspec- 

 tion situation. He stated that there was 



comparative harmony in all parts of the coun- 

 try on inspection matters and that the 

 amended rules adopted at the Milwaukee 

 annual were being very generally employed 

 by all classes of trade. 



Theodore Fathauer of Chicago was then 

 introduced and made a brief and optimistic 

 address covering trade conditions, stating 

 that he was as much interested in good values 

 as any manufacturer of lumber; he sug- 

 gested that the policy of the last few months 

 of holding down output be continued until 

 such time as the demand is fully equal to 

 the supply. 



An Important Motion. 



On the suggestion of President Diggins, 

 D. H. Day made a motion, which was adopted, 

 pledging the Michigan association to the 

 adoption of the inspection rules of the Na- 

 tional Hardwood Lumber Association as 

 amended at the Milwaukee meeting. 



The secretary's report covering the amount 

 of each kind, thickness and grade of hard- 

 wood lumber on hand with members of the 

 association, together with amount of unfilled 

 orders and a comparative statement of stocks 

 on hand July 1, 1907, October 1, 1907, Jan- 

 uary 1, 1908, and July 1, 1908, was presented 

 and discussed at some length. The total 

 stocks of ail varieties on hand in Michigan 

 July 1, 1908, was 221,425,000 feet; unfilled 

 orders amounted to 126,894,000 feet, leaving 

 a remainder on hand unsold of only 94,531,000 



feet. The only item in any apparent sur- 

 plus was inch maple, and after the culls 

 were subtracted from this item and such 

 stock as goes direct to maple flooring plants 

 owned by members, it was shown that there 

 was less than 36,000,000 feet left on the 

 market. 



On the whole the stock situation was re- 

 garded as very favorable, and with the trade 

 conditions now prevailing it was thought the 

 members would go into the winter with less 

 lumber on hand than they had a year ago. 



Messrs. Ballon, Day and Batchelor each 

 spoke briefly on the subject of following the 

 suggestion of Mr. Fathauer and holding down 

 the cut to not exceed seventy per cent of 

 normal output. 



Two Committees Appointed. 



On motion of E. C. Groesbeek the chair 

 was instructed to appoint a committee to 

 cooperate with the Detroit committee for en- 

 tertainment of the next annual convention 

 of the National Hardwood Lumber Associa- 

 tion, which will be held in Detroit in June, 

 1909. The chair appointed as such commit- 

 tee Edward Buckley, D. H. Day, E. C. Groes- 

 beek, J. S. Wiedman, H. A. Batchelor, E. F. 

 Jenks, W. L. Martin. 



On motion of C. A. Bigelow the chair was 

 instructed to appoint a permanent railroad 

 committee, to take such action concerning 

 the proposed advance in freight rates and 

 other railroad matters as it might deem best. 

 President Diggins named the following to 

 serve as railroad committee: C. A. Bigelow, 

 E. Hanson, E. W. Smith, D. Jl. Kneeland, 

 Mr. Lobdell an.l J. C. Knox. 



W. W. MITCHELL, CADILLAC, DIRECTOR. 



The president then introduced C. F. Lusk, 

 of Owen, Wis., assistant secretary of the 

 Wisconsin Hardwood Manufacturers, who 

 spoke briefly concerning his association. He 

 stated that it had adopted the same system 

 of work covering stock reports as had the 

 Michigan people and was working in entire 

 conformity with it and with the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association on inspection 



matters. He stated that the only improve- 

 ment he could suggest for the Michigan asso- 

 ciation in its work would be the employment 

 of traveling inspectors to check up inspec- 

 tion at the plants of the various members. 

 He stated that this system was in vogue by 

 the Wisconsin Hardwood Manufacturers and 

 was meeting with great success. 



On motion of Henry Ballou the Market 

 Conditions Committee of the association was 

 requested to meet for consultation and the 

 making of a report every three months, the 



C. CADILLAC, SECRETARY. 



actual expenses incurred by its members in 

 attending such meetings to be paid by the 

 association. 



Mr. Ballou also moved that a nominating 

 committee consisting of C. A. Bigelow, D. H. 

 Day, W. L. Martin, W. C. Hull and E. Fitz- 

 gerald be appointed to place in nomination 

 officers and directors for the ensuing year. 



E. C. Groesbeek, on behalf of the Stearns 

 Salt & Lumber Company and the city of 

 Ludington, invited the association to hold 

 its next meeting at Ludington. On motion 

 of 0. A. Felger the invitation was accepted. 



The meeting then adjourned to give the 



various committees time for conference, and 



those not so engaged to attend the ball game. 



EVENING SESSION. 



The association reconvened at 7 p. m. and 

 listened to the Market Conditions Committee 

 report, made by Chairman Odell. The report 

 was optimistic and showed that the manufac- 

 turers of Michigan had their stocks and sales 

 well in hand and that prices being obtained 

 at this time were as low as conditions war- 

 ranted. There was no attempt at ' ' bulUng ' ' 

 values contained in the report. 



Following the report considerable discus- 

 sion was indulged in concerning various 

 woods involved, after which it was unan- 

 imously adopted. 



Election of Officers. 



The Nominating Committee recommended 

 the re-election of present officers and di- 

 recte-s for another year, and on motion the 



