HARDWOOD RECORD 



Eailroads vs. Shippers. 



A paper by J. H. Blocdel of Bellingham, 

 Wash., reviewed the trouble of Pacific Coast 

 lumbermen with the railroads, complaining of 

 their arbitrary raising of rates in times of 

 depression as well as prosperity, and encour- 

 aging lumbermen's support of the early com- 

 pletion of the Panama canal, the inland water- 

 ways, the widening and deepening of canals 

 and river channels, and the promotion of a 

 reasonable ship subsidy aet, together with 

 more liberal coasting regulations. The paper 

 recommended broadening the scope and 

 strengthening the hands of the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission and expressed the 

 opinion that "high freights and the preser- 

 vation of our forests do not travel the same 

 road," inasmuch as much stock is now left 

 iu the woods which can not be profitably mar- 

 keted on the prevailing basis. 



Committee Appointments. 

 The final business of the session was the 

 appointment of committees by the president, 

 as follows: 



Resolutions — E. C. Fosburgh, chairman, Nor- 

 folk, Va. ; Edward Hines. Chicago, 111. ; F. H. 

 Pardoe, Wausau, Wis. ; W. W. Cameron, Waco, 

 Tex. ; W. B. Stillwell, Savannah, Ga. ; R. M. Car- 

 rier, Sardis, Miss. ; W. C. Miies, Globe, Wash. ; 

 V. II. Beckman, Seattle, Wash. ; J. A. Bruce, 

 .strader. U\. ; 1>. B. Barber, Kalispell, Mont. ; B. 

 II. Lewis, Coeur d'Alene, Ida. 



Credit rating worli — J. B. White, chairman, 

 Kansas I ;i,\. Mil : N. M. McLeod, St. Louis, Mo.; 

 \'. li l;. kiiiin s -iiile, Wash.; George H. Chap- 

 man. Siiiii- , W I- : II. M. Graham, Brinson, Ga. 

 CrodijK la I- -N. il. Clapp, Jr., chairman, War- 

 ren, Arli. ; \ . il. Becliman, Seattle, Wash. ; 

 George E. Watson, New Orleans, La. 



Auditing — It. M. Carrier, chairman, Sardis, 

 Miss. ; R. A. Kellogg, Spokane, Wash. ; C. W. 

 Greer, Thornton, Ark. 



Board of Governors. 

 At a meeting of the board of governors, 

 immediately after adjournment, it was de- 

 cided after due consideration that, as the as- 

 sociation is a federation of which associations 

 are the only members, all questions must in 

 the beginning be acted upon by the respec- 

 tive associations and be introduced by the 

 associations before being acted upon by the 

 convention. 



SECOND SESSION. 

 After the report of the Committee on Cre- 

 dentials F. E. Weyerhaeuser of St. Paul, 

 chairman of the Committee on Yale Forest 

 •School Fund, presented a report as follows: 

 Record of receipts and disbursements during 

 ttie year is shown by Treasurer Carson's report 

 as follows : 



Dh. 



To subscription to date $66,396.20 



To interest and premium on 



bonds 3,750.00 



$70,146.20 



Cb. 

 By check for stationery. . .$ 1.85 



By check for Lufkin Land 



& Lumber Co. bonds.... 15,000.00 

 By check for expenses for 



Rhodes office 402.55 



By check for Weed Lumber 



Co. bonds 9,983.33 



By check for E. P. Burton 



Lumber Co. bonds 10,000.00 



By check for F. E. Weyer- 

 haeuser ( accrued interest 

 on Lufkin Land & Lum- 

 ber Cof bonds) 252.50 



By check for exchange .... 8.20 



By check for Prof. Graves, 



New Haven 3,300.00 



By check for Gulf Lumber 

 Co. bonds and accrued in- 

 terest 10,166.66 



Bv check for St. Croix 



Lumber Co. bonds 10,000.00 



By check for interest on 



same and exchange 4.58 



By check for St. Croix 



Lumber Co. bonds 5,000.00 



Bv check for express on 



bonds to Yale University. 50.00 



By check for exchange.... 2.57 



Bv check for Finkbine Lum- 

 ber Co. bonds 5,025.00 



$ 948.96 

 The following bonds were forwarded to Presi- 

 dent Hadley, Yale University, October 16, 1907 : 



Weed Lumber Company bonds $10,000.00 



E. P. Burton Lumber Company bonds . . 10,000.00 



St. Croix Lumber Company bonds 15,000.00 



Long-Bell Lumber Company bonds.... 15,000.00 

 The following bonds are on hand : 



Gulf Lumber Company bonds $10,000.00 



Finkbine Lumber Company bonds 5,000.00 



We have done very little work in the last year 

 in soliciting subscriptions, because the time was 

 not opportune. Wo hope a little later to begin 

 again and trust we will receive a more liberal 

 response on the next canvass. We would like 

 instructions as to these $15,000 bonds, and, if 

 agreeable, the acceptance of this report. 



On motion of J. B. White the report was 

 accepted and ordered placed on file, after 

 which E. C. Fosburgh offered a motion that 

 the committee be authorized to turn over 

 the bonds on hand to the Yale Forest School. 

 This motion carried unanimously. 



President Irvine called upon Mr. Chap- 

 man, one of the Yale faculty, who reviewed 

 the work of the school very interestingly. 



After the report of the Auditing Commit- 

 tee, and the Credit Rating Department, both 

 of which were accepted, K. S. Kellogg of the 

 United States Forest Service, addressed the 

 meeting, urging particularly the necessity of 

 lumbermen cooperating in securing timber 

 statistics by giving inquiries for figures 

 prompt attention. 



Eight of Injunction. 

 Edward Hines of Chicago offered a resolu- 

 tion: 



Resolved, Tbat this association learns with 

 profound surprise that the Resolutions Committee 

 of the national Republican convention are con- 

 sidering the adoption of the anti-injunction plank 

 iu its platform. Therefore be it 



Resolved. That this association unanimously 

 protests against such action as an insult to the 

 intelligence of the American people and the in- 

 tegrity of our courts and if adopted would re- 

 move the last prop to the protection of life and 

 property in this country. 



Note tbat tbis association represents lumber 

 manufacturers from the Atlantic to the Pacific 

 ocean, from Canada to the Gulf. 



Upon being put to a rising vote the resolu- 

 tion carried unanimously, and the secretary 

 was instructed to prepare and send to the 

 proper committee of the convention a tele- 

 gram containing the resolution just passed. 

 Resolutions. 

 The Committee on Eesolutions next pre- 

 sented its report, as follows: 



Your Committee on Resolutions beg leave to 

 submit the following report: 



Referring to communication under date of June 

 11 from Mr. R. S. Kellogg, chief of the forestry 

 department of the United States: Would rec- 

 ommend that associations affiliated with this 

 body be requested to furnish such samples of the 

 various woods as they are able to, and to encour- 

 age the advertisement of our American woods 

 abroad. 



Your committee most heartily indorse the able 

 paper read by Capt. J. B. White at our meeting 

 yesterday, and further recommend that our sec- 

 retary be instructed to have Captain White's 

 paper printed and copy of same furnished to the 

 forestry department and distributed generally 

 among our different associations. 



Your committee further recommend that a 

 standing committee, composed of one member 

 from each of our affiliated associations, be ap- 

 pointed, to be known as the Committee for the 

 Conservation of Our Forests, said committee to 

 act in conjunction with the forestry department. 



We further recommend that the sessions of 

 this committee be held in Washington city, at 

 such times as the committee may deem necessary. 

 Any expense which may be deemed necessary in 

 connection with their work we recommend shall 

 be paid out of the funds of the association. 



Your committee further recommend that the 

 paper to be read by Air. Kellogg of the forestry 

 department be printed and circulated among our 

 different affiliated associations, and that the 

 thanks of this association be extended to Mr. 

 Kellogg and his department for the valuable serv- 

 ice rendered to the lumber industry. 



Your committee further recommend that Capt. 

 J. B. White is requested to prepare suitable reso- 

 lutions expressing the appreciation of the na- 

 tional association to the citizens of Minneapolis 

 for the many courtesies so gracefully extended to 

 our members during their sojourn in Minneapolis. 



All the above resolutions were adopted. 

 Election of Officers. 



President Irvine appointed as Xominating 

 Committee Edward Hines, E. C. Fosburgh 

 and W. C. Miles, to present nominations for 

 president, vice president and treasurer. Their 

 report was adopted unafnimously, after which 

 the association proceeded to the election of 

 members of the board of governors, one 

 being elected for each association represent- 

 ed. The result of the election of officers and 

 members of the board was as follows: 



R. A. Long, president, Kansas City, Mo. 



E. G. Griggs, vice-president, Tacoma, Wash. 



J. A. Freeman, treasurer, St. Louis, Mo. 

 BoABD OF Governors. 



George H. Chapman, Stanley, Wis. 



H. M. Graham, Brinson, Ga. 



E. C. Fosburgh, Norfolk, Va. 



J. B. White, Kansas City, Mo. 

 Edward Hines, Chicago, 111. 

 John B. Ransom, Nashville, Tenn. 

 J. II. Bioedel, Bellingham, Wash. 

 W. C. Miles, Globe, Wash. 



F. H. Pardoe, Wausau, Wis. 



R. II. Downman, New Orleans, La. 



William Deary, Potiatch, Idaho. 



William Irvine (ex officio), Chippewa Falls, 



Further Eesolutions. 



The Committee on Resolutions offered a 

 supplementary report in line with previous 

 suggestions, as follows: 



Resolved, That the National Lumber Manufac- 

 turers' Association do hereby urge Congress to 

 enact an amendment to the interstate commerce 

 act whereby the Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 sion may, at its discretion, upon proper com- 

 plaint, suspend and investigate advances in 

 freight rates as to their reasonableness, before 

 they become effective. 



E. C. Fosburgh, 

 William B. Stillwell, 

 John A. Bruce. 



R. M. Carrier, 



F. H. Pardoe, 



V. H. BECKMA.V, 



W. C. Miles, 



B. R. Lewis. 

 .T. B. White oft'ered an appropriate resolu- 

 tion of thanks to Minneapolis lumbermen for 

 their royal entertainment of vi.sitors, which 

 was unanimously adopted. The meeting the 

 adjourned and the board of governors n 

 reelecting George K. Smith of St. Louis S' 

 retary, ordering a copy of the anti-injunctiu.i 

 resolution sent to the Democratic National 

 Convention, and fixing Seattle as the next 

 meeting place. 



