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HARDWOOD RECORD 



I desire to return my sineore thanks to them 

 lor fair treatment diirins the time 1 have been 

 jour chief officf-r. and urge every member of this 

 association to recognize the important-e of the 

 newspaper public, and the fact iliat they are 



J. <;. BUUCHETTE. ASSISTANT SECRETARY, 

 COLl'MHT'S, <>. 



entitled to our support and consideration, as 

 theso men have, in no iuconsiderable measure, 

 contr;I,uted to <_ ur success. 



1 thinit that evtry member of this organiza- 

 tion can logically congratulate himself upon the 

 success that has attended the Uardwood Mnnu 

 facturers* Association. When 1 consider the 

 methods of man-jfacture. grading and receipt 

 of lumber that i)revails today, as compared 

 with tht chaotic conditions that obtained in 

 every branch of tbi business when this associa- 

 tion <'ame into being, I assure you that. i)er- 

 snnally. I am extremely proud of it. and Itnow 

 that as time and the organization go on, I will 

 be still prouder of it. 



In reiiiing a^- your president. I want to thank 

 nnl rnly the executve board and other officers 

 who iijive so faithfully worked with me. sparing 

 neither time nor expense to contribute to the 

 welfare of the association, but each and every 

 individual, for his loyalty and support. 



As you must know, the detail of the work, 

 ever increasiuf-; since j « u tirst made me your 

 president, has taken much of my time and 

 tneruy. However, I assure you that both have 

 been cheerfully given, not solely as a Ial>or of 

 love, but largely for the privilege of assisting 

 In working out the principle involved in the 

 inception of this assormtion — "t'air play and a 

 square deal," and as I see this principle tirmly 

 estalilished today in the hardwood manufactur- 

 ing Industry ol this country. I shall always 

 have a pardonable pri<ic tbati have contributed 

 even in a slight degree; to the betterment of my 

 chosen calling, and to the well-being of my fei 

 low:< in the trade. 



Gentlemen, I thank yon. 



R. II. Va.xsaxt, President. 



The report of the secretary followed, wliieh 

 was read by the acting and assistant secre- 

 tary, .1. C- Burchette, owin^j to tho absence of 

 Secretary Doster: 



Beport of Secretary. 



Mr. I'resident and <it'iit\f\i\fU : In presenting 

 to you a report of the work of the secretary's 

 office for the year lini.". It Ik prcjper lo state that 

 Lewis DosifT. who was the active secretary, 

 was- delayed In Europe «.wing fi .serious Illness, 

 and thU report was prepared in his ab-^ence ; 

 any omissions that may occur Hhould be attrib- 

 uted to this cause. 



We lm\e endeavored to cover as fullv as po.s- 

 BlbJe the details of the work carried on by the 

 Meretary's office, as well as to outline some new 

 fenturcH that have been suggested for adoption. 



MkMKKKSIIJI* and OlTfUT. 



In the laMt report of the secretary there was 

 uet out (n tabulated form the number of mem- 

 bers that the books of the n.ssoclathm showed 

 enrnlhMi at each annual nieellng. and In the 

 same table tin; estlmate<l annual otitput of the 

 DietPbershlp. arranged by states. We have used 

 the bes* eflr()rts at our command this year lo 

 Rhow actual flgures in a tabulation of this kind, 

 and at this time we have received enough replies 

 from our members for ns to cMtlmnte with con- 



siderable accuracy the output of the association 

 to be 1.250.000,000 feet. Not all members have 

 reported, owing to inability in many cases for 

 them to gauge their output for 1906, caused by 

 climatic conditions. 



During the past year a tow of the memhei'. 

 have withdrawn from the association for vari 

 ous reasons, and a few have been dropped foi- 

 non-pa.tment nf ducc-. but at the same time we 

 imve enroilei more new members than have re 

 signed, and all the new members have taken a 

 very active interest in the association work, and 

 show promise of giving nuist active and loyal 

 support to our etturts for the benefit ot uiaiui 

 fjicturers. 



Monthly Stock Sheets. 



One of the tirst features adopted by this asso- 

 (in t ion was the issuance of monthly stock sheets, 

 showing surplus stocks on hand and items of 

 stock in short supply. This system has been 

 in constant use al all times and lias been highly 

 spoken of by every member who has used it. 

 Wc have endeavored to increase the etliciency 

 nf this department l)y issuing these twice a 

 monili. beginning the latter part of the year. 

 This enables the members to get quicker returns 

 on their memorandums submitted, and enables 

 the secretary's office to have on hnnd at all 

 limes an up to date list of stock wanted and 

 stock for sale by oui- membership. We are al- 

 ways open for suggestions for improvement in 

 this system, and believe that if every member of 

 the association would i»i"omptIy return the memo- 

 randums sent out on the 1st and ITitli of each 

 month, the value of these stock sheets would 

 be doubled to the users tliereof. 



We append hereto a tabulated statement show- 



J. V. HILL. CHIKI' INSPKCToR. 

 <H)LT'MRrs. (I. 



ing tiie total amount of each of the ditferent 

 kinds of wot.d that have been shown on these 

 stock sheets during tlie year. 



Stock Aovkutisku i.n the Want and I-'uh Sale 

 Dki'aktment for ino,"(. vv TO and Inchp- 



INO ISSL'K or XoVEMBEIC. 15. 



For Snle. Wanteil. 



I'Vet. Feet. 



Ash 51C.000 i,ur>s.ooo 



BusRWoo<i 2,095.000 -J7S.<KiO 



Bircb 2.r.28,O00 .'{IlJ.Ooo 



Cherry 280,000 :*oii,0(h> 



Chestnut 3,382,400 l.ofUJ.ofio 



I'oltonwodd 722,000 ;iriO,(MHt 



CyjircMs 107,000 l.or>o.ofH) 



Klni 2.733.500 :J72.(WKJ 



Gum 5.205.7OO l,3H;t.4H>0 



Hickory 3:H>,00i> -lio.ofm 



Maple 1.04C.0m) :tl'J.<Kiii 



Pliiln Onk 7.648,400 7.'J.'[o.oOO 



tjiitirtereil onk (wliltej J).«M)5.400 2.;!:!!.<Mio 



Omirtrred Oiik (red) 2.CS0.O00 -iSl.OfKj 



Quiirtered (Hik Strlpn (white)... 246.000 



yniirlereil Oiik Strips (reili 2U.00;> 



Poplnr (rough I 20.S07.OCO il.fiflfi.O'iO 



Toplar ((IrcKHeil) x;t'i.(MHi -l2o.(MHt 



Sycnmore 17tl,<HKi ;hui.n*H( 



Wuiiiut i;o2.5oii i.ri;i([.oii() 



Totnl. . . . . .07.006.S6i» 20.700.000 



Jii iu:.\[ or <;rades. 



In the report made last year, it was suggested 

 that an effort would be made In the year l!Mi."( 

 lo show the shlpTnents nf encb kind * of wood, 

 but as one half of the nienibers bnvi' shown on 

 their aHsessnietit blankN no distribution nf the 

 total Hhlnments. we were unable to submit this 

 Information, but would again refpiest that the 



amount of each kind of wood be inserted on the 

 blank submitted for that purpose, realizing that 

 this infmwnation is extremely valuable lo the 

 secretary's iithce. in making compilations, and is 

 held .in absolute condtience. no individual in- 

 formaticn al any time being given out. 



The totnl shipments rei>orled dt» not show any 

 larger Hum U\y last year, which w;is owing partly 

 to the fnci thnt tlie early pari of the year saw ii 

 rather slow demand, and also in great part to 

 the inability of railroads to provide sufficient 

 equipment to move the stock, The latter part 

 nf the year the demand became very strong and 

 tar exceeded that of the same periiul last vear. 

 members i-cnorting that nrders for the last two 

 months of \'M)7t exceeded those of the same 

 period in \'M\A by tifty two per cent; other re- 

 ports show that <n-ders were at least ont* hun- 

 dred per cent greater tlie last two months of 

 1 905 than in 1 004 : the same kind of rejiorts 

 come fr<irn all sections, varying <inly in amount. 

 A careful report of the eiiiire shipments of our 

 niembersliip is l)eing compiled, and will be sub- 

 divided into states an{l also show amounts re- 

 ceived each month: this compihition is not yet 

 in sb!ip<> for publication, but will appear In detail 

 in our full published report to all manufac- 

 turers. The total shipments, however, were 775.- 

 000. OtM) feet. 



lltrLES OE Inspection. 



During the past year we have received more 

 requests for the grading rules adopted by Ibis 

 association than in any previous year, with the 

 possible exception of VMVJ,. The rules now pub- 

 lished are the same as those which were adopted 

 in 1902. except tluit in later editions typo- 

 graphical errors made by the printers have been 

 corrected and that the 'slight changes made in 

 gum and cottonwood rules at our last annual 

 meeting have bt en incorjiorated in tlie editions 

 distributed in T.t(i5. 



The requests for these grading rules continue 

 to come from all sections of the country.- as well 

 as abroad, and represent all dejjartmeuts of 

 the hardwood industry, from mill inspector to 

 linal consumer, and judging from tiie correspcmd- 

 ence received at the secretary's office tlie.v are 

 becoming moi-e popular witli tlie consuming pub- 

 lic as they become better undersiiiod. 



We have received a number of suggestions 

 along the line of setting (Uit imder the heading 

 of each wood the defects that are peculiar to 

 that wood, etc.. which would make the rules 

 even more explicit and obviate any possiijie 

 misinlerpretatiiin. These suggestions have lieen 

 submitted to the grading rules ctmimittee and 

 will nu doubt be given attention. 



UeINSI^ECTION I)KrAl!TMKNT. 



There is no department of our association 

 work that receives more careful attention in our 

 office than this. Appreciating that in the work- 

 ing of this department the principles of the 

 association are brought more cb'arly before a 

 class of jieople whose interest in the hardwood 

 industry is next to your own. towit. the con- 

 sumers, we have used our best etl'()rts. and be- 

 lieve we have been successful, to employ a corps 

 of inspectors whose integrity, competence and 

 ahilitv to interpi-et our grading rules are above 

 question. it reipiires no litlb' amount of skill 



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Mild dlplonmcy lor .-in Inspector who Is an nbso- 

 lule stranger to ap]U'r):icb n nuin who has made 

 a claim for Inferbu* sii.ck or short count, make 

 Hie relnspection of the shipment and leave him 

 In an amiable frnnie of ndnd. whether the i>rror 



