April 25. ini!) 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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GOODMAN, CHAIRMAN BUREAU OP 

 LUMBER ECONOMICS 



J. W 



BLODGETT, CHAIRMAN TRADE 

 EXTENSION COMMITTEE 



C. S. KEITH. CHAIRMAN GOVERNMENT 

 RELATIOiS'S COMMITTEE 



{Continued from pane 22) 

 will give that insurance. But the lumber yard and the small saw- 

 mill seldom have facilities for treating timber. That is commonly 

 done by large plants which do that only. 



The speaker advocated some kind of arrangement whereby the 

 man who has a chance to sell lumber to road builders can get 

 treated stock. 



Small yards or small mills cannot stand the expense of erecting 

 treating plants large enough to take care of general business; but 

 plans might be worked out for large mills to treat lumber and sell 

 it to small yards in the kinds and of the dimensions needed. The 

 retail yard could then go after the road business, knowing that if 

 it could secure orders for treated stock, the orders eould be taken 

 care of. 



Appointment of Committees 



Chairman Kirby of the National Lumber Manufacturers ' As- 

 sociation, appointed the following resolutions committee: 



P. B. Hubbard, chairman, Centralia, Wash. ; R. B. Goodman. Goodman, 

 Wis. ; J. E. Graves, Hosford, Fla. ; W. A. Pinnegan, Bangor, Me. ; B. J. 

 Boorman, Great Falls, Mont. ; R. M. Hallowell, Elizabeth, La. ; Chas. Hill, 

 New York City ; II. P. Taylor, Buffalo. N. Y. ; P. J. Ward, Clinton, Iowa ; 

 J. E. Lloyd, Philadelphia, Pa. 



The committee on nomination of directors for the National As- 

 sociation consisted of F. B. Hubbard, J. W. Blodgett, C. S. Keitli, 

 R. B. Goodman, H. B. Hughes, D. O. Anderson and R. B. Allen. 



An Unexpended Fund 



A matter was brought up by Secretary C'ompton which occasioned 



some surprise. He stated that a fund of $52,000 remained in the 

 treasury of the National, with no apparent movement being made 

 toward expending it. . This was the major part of the Lumber- 

 men's Welfare Fund of $65,000 raised about a year ago to assist 

 lumbermen in the army and navy. It was thought that the money 

 could be very nicely spent now, as the boys are coming back and 

 doubtless some will need assistance for themselves and families. 

 The fund had been in charge of R. A. Long and he explained that 

 he had been so busy that he had not been able to give his personal 

 attention to the matter of spending the money in the way that 

 had been intended by those who donated it. He asked to be re- 

 lieved from further responsibility in the matter, and his request 

 was granted, and the fund was placed in charge of A. L. Osborn 

 of Oshkosh, Wis. E. T. Allen of the Western Forestry Association 

 was appointed as Mr. Osborn 's assistant in ascertaining who are 

 the needy soldiers and sailors who should share in the distribution. 



Election of Directors 



The closing session of the meeting was devoted to business affairs 



of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, and the first 



matter w^as the selection of a new board of directors. The new 

 board consists of thirty-two members instead of thirty, the two 

 additional being representatives of new membership associations 

 added to the National. The by-laws had been amended to arrange 

 for an additional member of the board whenever a new association 

 becomes affiliated with the National. Following are the names of 

 the board of directors for the present year: 



P. B. Hubbard, Centralia, Wash. ; R. H. Burnside, Raymond, Wash. ; 

 J. H. Bloedell, Bellingham, Wash. ; E. S. Shaw, Astoria, Ore. ; A. C. Dixon, 

 Eugene, Ore. ; Chas. S. Keith, Kansas City, Mo. ; John H. Kirby, Houston, 

 Tex. ; R. A. Long, Kansas City, Mo. ; W. C. Ribenack, Thornton, Ark. ; 

 P. G. Wisner, Laurel, Miss. ; John L. Kaul, Birmingham, Ala. ; A. L. 

 Clark, Dallas, Tex. ; D. C. Eccles, Ogden, Utah ; A. W. Laird, Potlatch. 

 Idaho ; T. A. MoCann, Bend, Ore. ; Willis J. Walker, San Francisco, 

 Cal. ; E. H. Cox, San Francisco, Cal. ; E. A. Selfrldge, Jr., San Francisco, 

 Cal. ; R. G. Chisholm. Minneapolis, Minn. ; Edward Hines, Chicago, 111. ; 

 Geo. N. Harder, Rib Lake, Wis. ; R. B. Goodman, Marinette, Wis. ; Chas. 

 A. Blgelow, Bay City, Mich. ; W. L. Saunders, Cadillac, Mich. ; D. 0. 

 Anderson. Marion, S. C. ; G. L. Hume, Suffolk, Va. ; J. E. Graves, Hosford, 

 Pla. ; Ray Arnold, Groveland, Fla. ; E. G. Swartz, Burton, La. ; R. H. 

 Downman, New Orleans, La. ; E. T. Allen, Portland, Ore. ; J. D. Blodgett, 

 Grand Rapids, Mich. 



President John H. Kirby of Houston, Texa.s, was unanimously 

 reelected to the office of president of the association and Dr. Wilson 

 Comptou continues to fill the office of secretary-manager under his 

 original contract. 



John W. Blodgett of Grand Rapids, Mich., was reelected first 

 vice-president; J. H. Bloedel of Seattle, Wash., second vice-presi- 

 dent; G. N. Harder of Bib Lake, Wis., treasurer; Charles S. Keith, 

 Kansas City, Mo., chairman of the government relations commit- 

 tee; R. B. Goodman, Goodman, Wis., chairman of the committee on 

 economies; Ralph H. Burnside, Raymond, Wash., chairman of the 

 trade extension committee; E. A. Self ridge, San Francisco, Cal., 

 chairman of the transportation committee; L. C. Boyle, Kansas 

 City, Mo., was hired as attorney for another year. 



Chairman Kirby was empowered to appoint a committee to con- 

 sider the subject of participation in, or organization of an American 

 Forest Products Institute to be modeled after the American Iron 

 and Steel Institute. The announcement of the committee was not 

 made. 



Secretary Comptou read a budget of funds needed to carry on the 

 work of the National during 1919. The total was $191,500. 



Mr. Keith presented a resolution regarding necessity for more 

 coordinate work with the committee on governmental relations, 

 and asking that state and retail organizations keep the National 

 committee in touch with any state, city or town legislation that 

 might be detrimental to the lumber industry. A resolution offered 



