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HARDWOOD RECORD 



FoUowicg a luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce, Frank L. Moore, 

 president of the Empire States Forest Products Association, tallied on 

 "Forestry and the Lumberman." Other talks on branch associations, 

 farmers interested in forestry, and the progress of forestry in New 

 York were delivered nt the afternoon session. 



Meeting North Carolina Forestry Association 



The Nonh Carolina Forestry Association held its third annual conven- 

 tion at lialeigh. N. C. on Jan. 16. The meeting was well attended by 

 prominent and interested people from all over the state, and many fea- 

 tures having great bearing on the future forestry policy of the state were 

 presented. Those in attendance represented the lumber trade, woodland 

 owners, manufacturers of furniture and other lines of woodworking. 



The program included addresses of welcome from the governor, the 

 chairman of the County Board of Commissioners, the mayor of Raleigh 

 and the president of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. 



President E. B. Wright delivered the first address. His talk was fol- 

 lowed by the appointment of committees, after which the reports of the 

 secretary and treasurer were submitted. Reports from the executive 

 and legislative committee were next in order, after which the Hon. Mark 

 Porter, president of the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad and 

 B. E. Rice, land and industrial agent of the Norfolk & Southern Rail- 

 road, talked on the "Railroads' Interest in Fire Prevention." lion. R. R. 

 Williams of Asheville, N. C, told about the proposed Mt. Mitchell state 

 forest reserve. 



Colonel S. H. Cohen, manager of the Greater Western North Carolina 

 Association, spoke of "Forest Protection and the Development of Natural 

 Resources." 



The afternoon talks covered such subjects as "Observations on Forest 

 Protection" ; "The Lumberman and Forest Protection" : "Forestry Educa- 

 tion" : "Furniture Manufacture and the Timber Supply" : "The County 

 Fire Warden System" ; "Chestnut Blight Investigation," and similar topics 

 of special interest. 



The evening session was taken up in an address by Henry Solon Graves 

 on "Federal Aid in Fire Protection," and also reports of the various 

 ■committees. 



Meeting of the Memphis Lumbermen's Club 



Tlip principal features of the semi-niiuithly mei'ting i<f the Lumbermen's 

 Club of Memphis, held at Hotel Gayoso January 18, were the decision to 

 raise the dues of active members from $10 to Sl.'j, lo adopt resolutions 

 strongly favoring the appropriation of S60,000,00() for the improvement 

 of the Mississippi river in order that a recurrence of the disastrous flood 

 damage of last year may be prevented, and the adoption also of resolu- 

 tions asking the management of the Chisca Hotel to use red gum for tlie 

 interior finish of the structure now being built here. The meeting was 

 well attended. About fifty members were present. 



The executive committee and the board of directors, at a meeting held 

 a few days ago, recommended that certain changes be made in the consti- 

 tution and by-laws with respect to the election of officers and also with 

 respect to the holding of the annual bamiui't. This report was accepted 

 and a committee consisting of George C. Ehemann, chairman, E. E. 

 Taenzer, F. B. Robertson, J. W. McClure and V. K. Stonebraker, was ap- 

 pointed to investigate the proposed changes and report at a later meeting. 

 The recommendation in regard to the banquet was that it might be held 

 at any time, provided the necessary vote was recorded in favor of these 

 and that it was made self sustaining. Each member is to be charged for 

 himself and guest the exact cost of each plate. 



The management of the Chisca Hotel has suggested that birch will be 

 used for the interior, but the committee, of which W. B. Morgan is chair- 

 man, will use every endeavor to get the gentlemen who own this hotel lo 

 use red gum. This is due to the fact that it is felt that tne use of gum 

 in this structure will be a splendid advertisement for this wood. It is 

 pointed out that the hotel owners of Memphis have profited largely by 

 the patronage of the lumbermen and that they are under some obligations 

 to them. Tlie campaign in behalf of red gum has resulted in a wide 

 expansion of the use to which this wood is put and the lumbermen here 

 are anxious that this good work shall be continued. 



The following new members were I'lected : Associate — J. N. Penrod and 

 A. L. Jurdou of the Penrod-Abbott Lumlwr Company. Kansas City ; Joseph 

 Thompson of the Liudiey Lumber Ccunpany, Memphis : R. E. Dickinson, 

 general manager of the Anchor Saw -Mill Compauj', Memphis, and Palmer 

 Kellogg, southern manager of the Christiansen Lumber Company, Chicago. 



One application for membership was received and approved. This ai>pli- 

 cation will be voted on at the next meeting. 



Chicago Gets Next National Meeting 



The board of directors of the National Hardwood Lumber Association 

 met in Chicago. Jan. 1.5. There were sixteen members in attendance. 



The secretary reported thirty-eight applications for membership re- 

 ceived since the meeting of Oct. 24. 1012. This makes a total of eighty- 

 eight new applications since the last convention. On motion these eighty- 

 eight were admitted to membership. It was decided to hold the next 

 annual mci'ting of the association in Chicago on Jtme 5 and 6, it being 

 the unanimous consent of the board that the Hotel Sherman should be 

 s<'iected as headquarters, owing to the excellent service given on the 

 ■occasion of tin* 11)12 convention. 



J. W. Dickinson of Memphis was appointed to fill the vacancy in the 

 board of directors created through the death of the late E. E. Good- 

 lander of Memphis. 



The report was received from the chairman of the inspection rules 

 committee, which stated that the final report was not read.-s' for dis- 

 tribution, but that the inspection rules committee of the National Hard- 

 wood Lumber Association had been in conference for three days with 

 tile grading rules committee representing the Northern Hemlock and 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association and tlie Michigan Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers' Association. Chairman Pritchard reported a very harmonious 

 meeting and stated that as soon as final recommendations of his com- 

 mittee could be drawn up, they would be given out to the membership 

 through the office of the secretary. 



The secretary submitted a report of the cfHcial inspections for the 

 month of December, 1912. The total amount inspected under the bonded 

 certificate during 1912 was 171,823,339 feet, an Increase of 44,462,891 

 feet over 1911. 



Hearing of the Proposed Increase of Bates to Canadian Points 



TlK- Interstate Commerce Commission will hold a hearing on the pro- 

 Ijosed increase of rates from southern to Canadian points, at the Federal 

 building, Cincinnati, Jan. 24. This is a continuation of the meeting held 

 recently at St. Louis, at which time the railroad side of the question was 

 heard. This meeting was held for the purpose of hearing the lumbermen 

 interested in preventing the increases. The Lumbermen's Club has re- 

 tained G. M. Freer, traffic manager of the Chamber of Commerce, to 

 represent Cincinnati interests at the hearing and man.v lumbermen will 

 likely attend and testify if necessarj'. It is understood that^ lumbermen 

 from St. Louis, Nashville, Memphis and other parts of the South affected 

 by the increases will be on hand to protest against the new order going 

 into effect. 



National AVholesalers to Meet at Atlantic City 



At the last meeting of the board of trustees of the National Whole- 

 sale Lumber Dealers' .■Association, the sentiment was very strongly in 

 favor of an eastern city, with Atlantic City as first choice, for this year's 

 meeting place of the association. As a result L?wis Dill of Baltimore. 

 Md., and E. F. Perry, secretary of the association, were instructed to 

 visit Atlantic City and make the best jjossible arrangements for the 

 coming meeting. March being one of the pleasantest months in the year 

 at Atlantic City, the committee considers itself very fortunate in being 

 able to secure accommodations for Thursday and Friday, March 6 and 7. 

 The headquarters of the meeting place will be at the Hotel Chelsea. 

 Pleasant and satisfactory arrangements have been made iu every respect. 



Details as to the program, banquet, entertainment, invitations, etc., are 

 left iu the hands of a special banquet committee consisting of F. E. 

 Parker, president, N. H. Walcott, G. C. Edwards, W. W. Knight, F. R. 

 Babcock and Lewis Dill. 



It is believed that the arrangements when completed will so largely 

 meet with general approval that the association will have a larger attend- 

 ance of members and guests than ever before. 



News of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association 



President \\ , K lieLaiM-y <il' the llardwiiod M.tuulacturers' Association 

 of the L'nited States states that the effort that is being put forth by the 

 association to attract many consumers of lumber to the annual conven- 

 tion to be held here at the Hotel Sinton, Feb. 4 and 5, is meeting with 

 much success. A great many of the members of the association are 

 sending special invitations to their customers, urging them to attend this 

 big gathering of lumber manufacturers, and, judging from the many 

 acceptances, a huge number of consumers will be present. It is not the 

 object of the association to get these users of lumber here for the purpose 

 of selling them stock, but for the purpose of having them participate in 

 the discussions that will follow the reading of a number of valuable and 

 interesting trade papers. Tlie question of inspection of lumber, so im- 

 portant to the consumer as well as the manufacturer, is one of the main 

 topics in which the consumer will be requested to take an active part, 

 and the knowledge to be gained by attendance at these conferences makes 

 the trip worth while. The entertainment feature of course will not be 

 overlooked and the delegates who attend are assured of not only plenty 

 of interesting and valuable business discussions but plenty of fun during 

 the interim. 



The official convention badge to be used at the meeting of the Hard- 

 wood Manufacturers' Association of the United States, which will take 

 place in Cincinnati, O., on Feb. 4 and 5. has been issued by that asso- 

 ciation. The simplicity and beauty of design of the badge is particu- 

 larly striking. The association has made it a rule that its crest shall 

 always be used prominently on badges, letter iieads. literature, etc., and 

 this has been found a desirabh; rule, as it firmly establishes in the minds 

 of the trade the crest and the institution which it represents. 



The badges are the compliments of Henry Disston & Sons, saw manu- 

 facturers of Philadelphia. Instead of being numbered in the tisual wa.v, 

 each person receiving a badge is provided with a slip of paper upon which 

 the delegate's name will be jn-inted with pen and ink. 



Knox-vllle Lumbermen Form Organization 



At a get-together banquet of the manufacturers and wholesalers of 

 hardwood lumber held at the Hotel Imperial, Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 22. 

 plans were made for a permanent organization tc promote a closer 



