HARDWOOD RECORD 



E. J. Wellmuth, American Liimbci-man, Chi- 

 <}ago. 



H. H. Stolle, Stolle-Barndt Lbr. Co., Tripoli. 



A. D. Bird, inspector, Owen. 



Art. A. Curtis. Broolis-Ross Lbr. Co., Scliofleld 



J. F. Hayden, Mississippi Valley Lumberman, 

 ilinneapolis. 



Henry H. Gibson, Hardwood Recobd. Cbicago. 



Chas. E. Martin, Dells Lumber & Shingle Co. 

 Eaii Claire. 



J. E. Gillett, Dells Lumber & Shingle Co., Eau 

 •Claire. 



C. J. Winton. Thief River Falls Lumber Co.. 

 Thief River Falls. 



\V. A. Holt, Holt Lumber Co., Oconto. 



Chas. A. Goodman. Sawyer-Goodman Lumber 

 ■Co., Marinette. 



J. H. Johannes. .Jacob Mortinson Lumber Co.. 

 ■Wausau. 



E. M. Morrill, Bundy Lumber Co., Bundy. 



J. S. Alexander, Alexander-Stewart Lumber 

 Co., Wausau. 



F. D. Timlin, Wheeler-Timlin Lumber Co.. 

 Wausau. 



G. W. Sexsmith, L. Sexsmitb, Wausau. 



C. C. Yawkey, Yawkey-Bissell Lumber Co. 

 Arbor Vitae. 



W. W. Gamble, Wausau Lumber Co., Rib FalLs 

 G. B. Heinemann, B. Hcinemann Lumber Co 



Arpin Hardwood Lumber Co.. 



W.' 



D. J. Arpi 

 Grand Uaplds. 



A. E. Beebe, B. F. McMillan & Bros. Co.. 

 McMillan. 



B. W. Davis, John R. Davis Lbr. Co., Phillips. 

 J. C. Knox, secretary Michigan Hardwood 



-Manufacturers' Association, Cadillac, Mich. 

 B. F. Wilson, Star Lake Lbr. Co., Star Lake. 

 Andrew Oelhafen, John Oelhaten, Tomahawk 



E. C. Dawley, Wheeler-Timlin Lumber Co.. 



E. A. Gooding, Gooding-Mylrea Lumber Co. 

 ■ittenberg. 

 W. G. Norton. Norton Lumber Co., Ritchie 



Frank Fountain, Fountain-Campbell Lumber 

 0., Donald. 



John R. Davis, John R. Davis Lumber Co.. 

 hillips. 



M. Pa' 



W. Jo 



Lumber Co., Ap- 



F. Iv. Bissell, Rib Falls Lumber Co., Rib Falls. 

 W. J. Campbell, Fountain-Campbell Lumber 

 o., Donald. 

 F. H. Pardoe, Fenwood I^umber Co., Wausau. 

 A. R. Owen. Owen Lumber Co.. Owen. 



Semi=jinnual Meeting Arkansas HardWood 

 JSIanufacturers. 



Tlie association idea among Arkansas hard- 

 wood men was given considerable stimulus, 

 as the result of the semi-annual meeting of 

 the Arkansas Hardwood Manufacturers" As- 

 sociation, which convened for an all-day ses- 

 sion at the Hotel Marion in this city, Wednes- 

 day, September 2. 



The meeting was the result of a call issued 

 by the veteran hardwood manufacturer. Judge 

 L. Lippman of Jvewport, who has been presi- 

 dent of the association since its first attempt 

 at organization a year ago. A call had been 

 issued for a meeting in the early part of 

 August, but for some reason the proposed 

 ■convention failed to materialize, and in his 

 opening remarks before the convention 

 Wednesday, Judge Lippman frankly admit- 

 ted that he had issued the second call with 

 much misgiving, fearing a repetition of 

 the result in August. 



But he as frankly admitted that he was 

 gratified at the response which followed the 

 second call; for, although the attendance was 

 not, perhaps, what it should have been out 

 ■of a possible 500 members, still it is known 

 that most associations in states where the 

 manufacturers are now thoroughly organized, 

 have had a hard pull for the first few years, 

 .and this fact was not overlooked by the chair- 

 man in his address. 



"I feel that we are now well on the way 

 to a thorough organization," said President 

 Lippman, "and as a member and officer of 

 the association I desire to emphasize the fact 

 that we manufacturers of Arkansas are go- 

 ing to become a compact working body, 

 who.se efforts at solving some of the pres- 

 ent day problems in the hardwood industry 

 in Arkansas will be effectively felt. I am 

 willing to go anywhere, do anything, or give 

 sanction to any movement that will hasten 

 and perfect our organization. 



"The need of organization impresses itself 

 more emphatically every day, in almost every 

 channel of the industry we are developing. 

 We can achieve together that which we will 

 never be able to accomplish working in a 

 haphazard, disintegrated fashion." 



The morning session was taken up chiefly 

 with an able address by Lewis Doster, of 



Nashville, Tenn., secretary of tlie Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association of the U. S. 

 Mr. Doster is dean of the dispensers of in- 

 formation on ' ' association work, ' ' and the ad- 

 dress he delivered to the Arkansas hardwood 

 men on this subject was an evident stimulus. 

 He deals with facts in a very telling way, and 

 believes in "system" above all else. He 

 knows the hardwood industry like a book, 

 and his running story of how the manufac- 

 turers' association is working out some of 

 the really big problems in association work 

 ■n-as both timely and refreshing: 



Secretary Doster's Address. 



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Industry. 



In the United States government report for 

 the year 1907, Arkansas ranks sixth in the pro- 

 duction of all woods, which are shown in detail 

 as follows ; 



1907. 1906. 



Poplar 2,700,000 5,234,000 



Red Gum 238,921,000 148,019,000 



Basswood 60,000 550,000 



Elm 11,925,000 11,532,000 



Hickory 30,446,000 23,364,000 



Oak ..■ 304,911,000 218,896,000 



Sycamore 5,570,000 



Cypress 38,086,000 38,780,000 



Beech 10,000 500,000 



Cottonwood 76,972,000 92,610,000 



Ash 23,801,000 20,671,000 



Tupelo 3,042,000 3,306,000 



Maple 1,632,000 2,067,000 



Walnut 58,000 4,905,000 



Arkansas ranks in production in 1907 by dif- 

 ferent woods as follows : It leads in red gum : 

 it ranks second in Cottonwood and ash : it ranks 

 first in hickory, fifth in oak. Therefore you can 

 see that Arkansas ranks high in well-known de- 

 pendable woods. 



My attitude in discussing organization work 

 and the methods to pursue in the same, may be 

 broader than is necessary, but fearing to leave 

 out some points which may assist you I will 

 cover in detail all of the features and the con- 

 ditions which we have worked out up to the 

 present time. 



Association Hardwood Grading. 



Beginning with the association work, I will 

 take up the most important subject first, and 

 that is the grading of lumtwr. 



Was there ever a time in the history of the 

 hardwood business when the manufacturer of 

 lumber needed protection more than at present? 

 This association has made a great study of 

 grades, and has at last formulated a set of 

 grading rules which can be thoroughly and cor- 

 rectly interpreted for the benefit of the con- 

 sumer as well as the manufacturer, whereby the 

 question of disputes has been reduced to a mini- 

 mum. At no time can this question of disputes 

 be absolutely eliminated, but we have never been 

 in better shape to keep down complaints than 

 at present. There will always be differences of 

 opinion between two lumber graders, but we find 

 that this is being reduced more and more owing 

 to the inspectors, who are studying in a more 

 systematic manner this Important subject. 



I might state that all complaints pass through 

 my oflice, and we find the largest majority of 

 these complaints are caused by the mixing of 

 grades. Time and time again we have found 

 where manufacturers will ship on an order for 

 part of a car of 1 and 2 and the balance of 

 No. 1 Common, or No. 1 Common with a per- 

 centage of No. 2 r,>ininon "thoroughly mixed." 

 This is all ^r,},] :,t ti,, tiitrbest grade on such 

 shipment. A- " ■ -■i,,! i,.fore. the inspection 



of lumber i^ t ,■ ,,f a study and the 



consumer i- m ciuestion carefully. 



Trouble is .;,,i...i ,^l,,,, iii.se mixed grades ar- 

 rive at a higlier valumiuii iliau should be placed 

 upon them. 



This association takes a vigorous stand against 

 such policy for two reasons: (1) It is a very 

 pronounced cause for complaints ; results in de- 

 lay in shipment settlement, and causes a lot of 

 ill-feeling between the customer and the shipper. 

 (2) It is not fair and square to the consumer to 

 be put to ?uch annoyance. The grades of lumber 

 should stand as they are in the hook. One and 

 2 should be all 1 aud 2. No. 1 Common should 

 be all No. 1 Common, and so on down, and when 

 the manufacturers insist on placing their ship- 

 ments on that basis they reduce the opportunity 

 of ililay ill sctlh'nient for a car, and create a 

 Ijlci-:! Ill r..]iiiL i.iw.-en themselves and the con- 

 su[M' ! ■ i I I « liat we are all looking for to 



niair liiisiness relations with the 



rr:iil ■ i ill is of value to the producer 

 wlii II -II ;, I III liiaintained. 



Mill Inspection. 



To illustrate how our association handles cars 



in dispute and the grading subject, we have an 



inspection cnrps k.-|.i iin.l.M- salary at all times, 



paid out or III' liii. .1 111.- members. The first 



question ari~. manufacturer can 



ship in acr.il ii i ii,. -rades and how the 



inspectors .iin , ,^hi liieir lesson in inter- 



pretnti..!. in ; ,,i inspectors is placed at 



the .li-iM, , members at any time they 



de^i" II II the mills and to explain the 



met hi ' iiu : we watch the manufac- 



tur.i .-I . Ill ilie trimming and edging of 

 lumli. 1 . .'.I naich the manner in which it is 

 stacked, cineil aud then loaded out into cars 

 properly graded. All of this instruction is free 

 to those who subscribe to our membership dues, 

 and at various times visits are made and reports 

 issued regarding the condition of the members' 

 mills, and at all times when our visiting in- 

 spectors are at their plants they are under the 

 call of the management. 



Re-Inspection. 



Afte 



the 



niber is shipped, if a question of 

 dispute arises, we have inspectors located at 

 various points all over the consuming markets 

 for the puipose of repiesenting the interests of 

 the manufactuiei but the inspector is only 

 placed theie when the request comes In from the 

 membei, and it the lumbei is shipped in accord- 

 ance with our oflicial lules and any disputes are 

 to be hnillv settled according to such inspection. 

 I can (|n t \ i, n le tullv fiom a clause which 

 I'' us I II I llni-r ot haidftood lumber which 



mak It ri I tion a Itgai and commercial 



SUI. I I I I 1. is follo«s 



" ' HI P itid according to the 



lui M I Ar iitiiturers Associa- 



'""I md all quotations 



ai 1 the rules will be 



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be 



