HARDWOOD RECORD 



Veneer and Panel Manufacturers' Association. 



The Xatiuual Veneer iSc I'uiiel ilauulae- 

 turers' Association met iu Chicago on Dec. 

 19, at the Auditorium Hotel, President D. E. 

 Kline of Louisville, Ky., presiding. Repre- 

 sentatives from twenty states responded to 

 the roll call read by Secretary E. H. Defe- 

 baugh of Ijouisville. 



Chairman Kliue, in his address to the asso- 

 ciation, said: "I represent, with Mr. Defe- 

 baugh, a committee of five members who 

 called this meeting in an endeavor to get 

 enough veneer men together to bring about a 

 good, live organization. There seems to bo 

 in some quarters a feeling that the veueer 

 and panel men should be antagonistic to each 

 other, owing to the fact that the panel men 

 purchase a share of their material from the 

 veneer men, but it is my opinion that this 

 need not be an obstacle." 



D. E. KI.INR. LOUISVILLE, KY., PRESI- 

 DENT. 



Letters were read from forty manufactur- 

 ers expressing enthusiasm in a movement to- 

 ward bettering the condition of the veneer 

 business, and authorizing the officers to ap- 

 pend their names to the membership roll. 



Constitution and By-Laws. 

 The committee on organization, composed 

 of D. E. Kline, W. S. Walker, H. M. Mc- 

 Cracken, L. P. Groffman and the secretarj', 

 presented a draft for constitution and by- 

 laws, which were adopted, and which em- 

 braced the following resolutions: 



The name of the organization shall be the 

 National Veneer & Panel Manufacturers' Associ- 

 ation. 



Us object .thall be to establish and maintain 

 mutual lonlldcncc. reciprocity anri good will 

 among manufacturers; to promotf? uniform cus- 

 toms and ueages ; to collate and dlssemlnali^ in- 

 formation of value to Its mcmliershlp. 



Individuals, Orms and corporations engaged 

 In the raanufacture and sale of veneers and 

 panels shall be eligible to active membership. 

 Those engaged In the production of machlner.v 

 and Bupplles used In the manufacture ot veneers 

 and panels may become associate members. 



The dues of the association shall be ?10 per 

 year, the executive committee having power to 



assess th<' iiicmbers an additional. $2."*. a maximum 

 of $35 per annum. 



Resular meetings of ilie association shall be 

 held twice a year, the picsldcnt having power to 

 call special meetings. 



In the discussion following the motion for 

 adoption of the constitution and by-laws, the 

 question was asked: "How can the interest 

 of the veneer and panel manufacturers be 

 harmonized?" It was generally conceded 

 that their interests were identical in so far 

 as the majority of veneer men were panel 

 men, and the majority of panel men, veneer 

 manufacturers. On motion of C. Fred Yegge 

 it was decided that a nomination committee 

 be appointed to select officers and report at 

 Wednesday's session. 



S. P. Anderson said: "It seems to me the 

 iiuportant work of this meeting today is the 

 adoption of grades to form a basis of better 

 values in the veneer and panel business, and 

 therefore I make a motion that a committee 

 of five be appointed to report Wednesday on 

 grades and specifications. ' ' 



This motion was adopted. 

 Committees. 



On motion of W. S. Walker a committee 

 of three was appointed to prepare slips on 

 which manufacturers could, without signing 

 their names, report what they were getting 

 for panel stock, the accurate information 

 gained thereby, showing the inconsistency of 

 present prices, to be read and discussed at a 

 subsequent session. 



President Kline then appointed committees 

 as follows; 



Nomination — C. F. Yegge, M. C. Dow, E. 

 H. Eayburn. 



Grading Veneers — S. B. Anderson, H. M. 

 MeCracken, K. W. Benjamin, M. W. Perry, 

 E. C. Dayton. 



Grading Panels— W. S. Walker, F. D. 

 Hatch, L. P. Groffman. 



The meeting then adjourned until 10 a. m., 

 Wednesday. 



Wednesday's Session. 



The association was called to order Wednes- 

 day, at 10 a. m. 



S. B. Anderson submitted the report of the 

 committee on grading veneers, herewith pre- 

 sented. The report w:is adopted as read. 

 Report ok Committkk on Grading Veneers. 



In the description of veneer, width across the 

 grain shall be known as Orsts, and length with 

 the gralu as seconds. 



RoTAiiY Cut. 



Oak shall be graded as faces and backs. 



Faces: .Shall he clear and of even thick- 

 ness : straight checks or splits not to exceed one 

 Inch per foot in length of piece, permissible. 



Hacks: Shall be sound; sound knots, discol- 

 oration, straight eloseil splits and checks open 

 not to exceed onc-slxtcentb inch allowed ; pin 

 worm holes shall not be considered a defect. 



Hasc Price : Shall be on fourteen inches and 

 under In width, tour feet and under in length, 

 one-eighth stock ; un addition of $1 per thou- 

 sand feet for each two Inches additional width ; 

 a charge of $1 for the first additional foot and 

 ?a for each further adillilonal foot In li'ngth 

 shall be made. Stock under one-eighth Inch In 

 thickness (based on twelve Inch widthai shall be 



pniportionatel.v advanced iu widths of six 

 inches. These grades and rules shall apply to 

 beech, and such other rotary cut veneers as may 

 be used for faces and backs. 



Birch, basswood. cottonwood, poplar, gum aud 

 other woods shall be graded as follows ; 



Clear : No. 1 or drawer bottoms and glass 

 backs : No. 2 or filler stock. This grade shall 

 be perfect, allowing only agreed detects, and 

 will be considered as special stock. 



No. 1 : This grade shall consist of stock 

 I losely and evenly cut ; slight defects such as 

 sound knots, discoloration, short closed splits 

 perinissiMe. 



No. 2 : Will allow knots, knot holes ot not 

 to exceed one Inch in diameter, slight shakes, 

 cheeks and worm holes ; enough 2-piece and 

 .'J-piece stock shall be taken to work up waste 

 while cutting regular widths. 



liase price ; For No. 1, shall be on ten to 

 titt-'on inches in width, and five feet and under 

 in length, on guarter inch stock ; ?! additional 

 shall be charged r)n tifteen to twenty inches wide. 



S. B. .VNDEKSON, MEMPHIS. TENN.. 

 CHAIRMAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 



and an additional ?! on twenty to twenty-live 

 inih"s wide ; still another ?1 on stock tweuty- 

 tive to thirty inches wide; stock wider than 

 thirty inches or longer than live feet shall be 

 consldeivd a special grade. 



Election of Oeficers. 



The nomination committee then reported 

 tlio following names for officers, and on mo- 

 tion, R. H. Eayburn cast the vote of the asso- 

 ciation unanimously electing them to hold 

 office for the ensuing year : 



President, 1). E. Kline, Louisville, Ky. 



First vice president, .T. A. Underwood, Wau- 

 sau, Wis. 



Second vice president, W. S. Walker, Ports- 

 mouth, O. 



Third vice jircsident, M. C. Dow, Goshen, 

 Ind. 



Secretary-treasurer, E. H. Defebaugh, Lou- 

 isville, Ky. 



Board of directors — Chairman, S. B. Ander- 

 son, Memphis, Tcnn. ; E. W. Benjamin, Cadil- 

 lac, Mich.; F. D. Hatch, .laiuostown, N. Y, ; 

 L. V. (iroll'man, SI, Lotiis, Mo.; M. W. Perry, 

 .\linapee. Wis.; J. J. Kincaid, Salisbury, 

 X. C. ; C. Fred Yegge, Chicago. 



On motion, the meeting adjourned until 2 

 |.. m. 



