THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



15 



NEW YORK LOCKOUT. 



IiKliaiwpolis. Iiul.. May 21, 1903. 

 To the National Hardwood Lumber Asso- 



ciatiou. 



Gentlemen: — The Inmlx'r trade of New 

 York City is in the throes of a lockout 



C. D. STRODE. SECItETARY, 

 Chicago. 111. 



declared against tlie striking teamsters 

 and business is entirely at a standstill in 

 the metropolitan district, particularly in 

 the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. 

 The lumbermen declare that they will fight 

 it out on this line to a finish. 



Xow. you do not all sell lumber in New 

 York, btit this is of interest to you all. 

 The gentlemen of the New York lumber 

 trade are not going to lose this tight, 

 either. But, if they should, this may be 

 the beginning of a movement that will ex- 

 tend throughout the trade and affect you 

 all, either directly or indirectly, espe- 

 cially in the large cities. If the strikers 

 should win in their efforts to unionize the 

 drivers, they would stand to win a posi- 

 tion where they could virtually put out 

 of business any man in the trade any- 

 where who did not submit to their de- 

 mands. Again, there are many of those 

 in the National Hardwood Lumber Asso 

 elation who ship lumber to the New York 

 City market, and they are directly inter- 

 ested. And there are also those here who 

 probably feel and Know that a resolution 

 of s.vmpathy and support in favor of the 

 New York lumber trade will render worthy 

 moral backing at this important juncture, 

 in their affairs, which will be fully appre- 

 ciated and duly reciprocated by the New 

 York trade. 



\Vo are advised that such telegrams and 

 letters of co-operation have already been 

 received by a united New Y'ork trade in 

 this matter from the Georgia Saw Mill 

 .Vssociation. the .North Carolina pine trade, 

 the Buft"alo and Tonawanda markets anil 

 others. The general tenor of these com- 

 munications has been the pledge of hearty 

 co-operation. 



It has been suggested that we here con- 

 firm what has been done by the Georgia 

 Saw Mill Association, the North Carolina 

 pine trade, the Buffalo and Tonawanda 

 markets and others along this line, and 

 individually agree to ship no lumber to 

 New York City during this trouble with- 

 out first advising with the lalior commit- 

 tee of the N<'w York Lumber Trade As- 

 sociation. 



Therefore, in view of the fight being 

 made by the New York trade, and believ- 

 ing the stand they are taking and the fight 

 they are making are for the best interests 

 of all concerned, including the members ot 

 this association, we pledge our hearty co- 

 operation in line with the above and hold 

 back lumber from New Y'ork City during 

 tlie troulile and agree to make no ship- 

 ments without first advising with the la- 

 bor committee of the New York Lumber 

 Trade Association. 



Mr. Sondheimer moved the adoption of 

 the report and that a copy be sent to all 

 the lumber papers. 



Motion carried. 



The revision committee, to which had 

 been referred the recommendation relative 

 to the conference with the Hardwood 



WM, H. WHITE, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT, 

 Boyne City, Miss. 



Manufacturers' Association, reported as 

 follows: 



REPORT COMMITTEE ON REVISION 

 INSPECTION RULES. 



May 22 1903. 

 To the Members of the National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association. 

 Gentlemen: "U'e. the committee on re- 

 vision of inspection rules, to whom the 

 matter was referred, whether or not it was 

 advis.-ible for the committee on revision 

 of inspection rules to meet with a com- 

 mittee appointed by the Mannfacttu'ers' 

 Association, beg to report that we are in 

 favor of said plan and would be glad to 

 confer with any committee that the Manu- 

 facturers' Association may appoint. In- 

 formation of that nature, however, must 

 be presented to our association in writing 

 by the Manufacturers' Association. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



THEO. F.VTHAl'ER. 

 J. WATT-GRAHAM, 

 G. vox; PLATEN. 

 .7. M. PRITCIIARD, 

 W. S. DARNELL. 



Report adopted without debate. 



The committee appointed to consider the 

 proposition of Dr. Tarleton H. Bean of the 

 Forestry Bureau of the Louisiana Pur- 

 chase E.vposition reportetl as follows: 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HARD- 

 WOOD EXHIBITS UNIVERSAL 

 EXPOSITION. 

 The President National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Sir: — Y'our committee appointed to con- 

 sider the subject of hardwood exhibits at 

 the Universal Exposition at St. Louis in 

 1904 respectfully offers the following re- 

 port : 



We believe that the importance of the 

 hardwood Industries and the nature of the 

 competition among the great nations of the 

 world at the exposition dem.nnd a full and 

 dignified display of our methods and prod- 

 ucts in order to hold and increase our in- 

 fluence in the markets. The foreign people 

 who compete with us for commercial su- 

 premacy are awake to the value of the ad- 

 vertisement which the display at St. Louis 

 will furnish, and they will spare no effort 

 to titilize the occasion and thereby foster 

 their own wood industries in counti'ies 

 reached by our products. Our present 

 prosperity furnishes the best opportunity 

 for gaining new business and securing new 

 outlets for the inevitable surplus which 

 will confront our mills and factories, per- 

 haps in the near future. 



There are two ways in which the asso- 

 ciation can accomplish its desire to insure 

 proper illustration of its industries at the 

 exposition; one is by means of a collective 

 display covering a large space and involv- 

 ing considerable expense, which would 

 have to be prorated among the members or 

 met by subscription; another, and, we 

 think, a better plan for the association to 

 pursue, Is to co-operate with the various 

 state world's fair commissions by furnish- 

 ing materials for a suitable exhibit, or 

 series of exhibits, covering the whole range 

 of the industries with which we are Iden- 

 tified. This is a practical and an econom- 

 ical method of accomplishing our purpose, 

 and the details of preparation and pro- 

 cedure can readily be settled by the asso- 

 ciation or by a committee appointed with 

 power to act. Every member of the asso- 

 ciation who produces a staple or unique 

 article or articles representing the varied 

 and important industries with which we 



W. S. DARNELL, TREASURER, 

 Memphis, Tenn. 



have to deal, can furnish to his state com- 

 mission the materials necessary to show 

 his own lines of manufacture. The states 

 already have aiiproprialions to defray the 

 expenses of such exhibits, and if the mem- 

 bership will furnish their specialties it is 

 practically certain that the display thus col- 

 lected from manufacturers best qualified to 



