HARDWOOD RECORD 



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is one of his own in inspection or interpietiuion 

 of tlio rules or thai ni tlip sliipper. Hut tliat we 

 have been successful in obtainins these results 

 will be seen from the number of reinspeeticms we 

 have made that have been settled in aceortl- 

 ance with our inspectors" reports. 



We have n"t made as many reinspections this 

 year as in some years past, owing, we believe, 

 to the fact that our members are adhering more 

 strictly to our rules and their inspectors ship- 

 ping more even grades. Up to Jan. 1. 1 !)()(;. we 

 Itad a total of 2-11 requests for reinspections, and 

 of this number ;'..S were not reinspected. owing 

 to the disputes being settled before the arrival 

 of our insi)ector. or to the (act that the stocic 

 was not in c(mdition to be reinspected. being 

 mixed witli other stock. We have lately made 

 inquiry amnng those (or whom our inspectors 

 have made reinspections as to the basis o( settle- 

 ment and find ihal out o( the 2H3 reinspections 

 .-ictually made ])i4 have been settled in accord- 

 ance with inspectors' reports: 5 were not set- 

 tled in such manner. 10 were not .vet settled, 

 and the balance. 24. have not yet reported, ^"e 

 know o( none that were not settled in accord- 

 ance with the inspector's report when agreement 

 was made in advance tliat the shipment was 

 made subject to reinspection by one o( our of- 

 ficials. We would also state that 23 reinspec- 

 tions have been made (or manu(acturers wlio are 

 not members <»( our association but who ai'e 

 using our grading rules, and all o( these dis- 

 putes have been .settled on the basis o( our in- 

 spectoi's" reports except one. 



For the benefit o( new members it might be 

 well for us at this puint to state that when a 

 request is made for a reinspection of a car at 

 elestination we immediately advise the customer 

 of the request and ask him to hold the stock 

 intact for sucn reinspection. and that if It is 

 not in condition to permit Identilication b.v rea-. 

 son of being mixed with other stock to kindly 

 advise us: this is to avoid the expense of send- 

 ing an inspector on a futile errand. We use the 

 same methods in making reinspections for non- 

 members, except that we make a per diem charge 

 (or the inspector's services, which are free to 

 members. 



GnADE Symbols. 



President Vausant. in liis address at our last 

 annual meeting, recommended that a special and 

 universal mark be given to each grade of lumber 

 manufactured by members o( this association 

 and that this mark be placed upon lumber betore 

 being placed upon the market, etc. In pursu- 

 ance o( this recommendation the executive board 

 adopted a set o( grade symbols to be used bv 

 the members and the secretary has published 

 these symbols in all o( the lumber trade journals 

 and lias made arrangements with a stamp manu 

 (acturer (or rubber stamps o( convenient size 

 to be used in marking these symbols upon the 

 lumber : we have i-eceived orders (rom a num- 

 ber of the members for sets of these stamps. 

 We are able to furnish these sets to members 

 at a very slight ccisl and can do so promptiv 

 upon receipt of i-eiiuesi. 



We will also say that the secretaiy's office 

 sent ont to about s.odd consumers of hardwood 

 a copy of these symbols and invited them to 

 express their opinion as to the value to them 

 of having the lumber so marked, and without 

 exception they have pronounced themselves 

 heartily in favor nf such a system, nuiiiv s\ig- 



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gesting that they would stipulate on future 

 "iders that shipments to them be so marked. 

 Prick List BrREAr. 

 A plan was outlined last year bv which it was 

 provided that a price list reflecting the actual 



conditions of the market should be issued as 

 often as was deemed necessary, and in jjursu- 

 ance of this plan canvasses have been made 

 (rom time to time this year o( the valuation 

 committees, with the result that since the issue 

 of our price list on ,lan. 27 but one published 

 price list has been sent out during the year 

 and that was the list of May 2, 1905, known as 

 the pink list. 



IlAi!i5wooD Statistics. 



Stocks of hardwood on hand at the mills show 

 a decided decrease when compared with the 

 amotmts held last year. We have sent out in- 

 quiry blanks to all the manufacturers of hard- 

 wood, and, although we have not received as 

 many replies, the aggregate amount is several 

 million feet less than last .vear. and practicallv 

 one-half o( those reiiorting advise us that of the 

 amount shown mo;i. than one-half is sold ahead 

 and is out of the market. Kealizing that stalls 

 tics are of little value unless capable of compari- 

 son, we have taken the reports of all those who 

 sent in statements both last year and this .year 

 and find that bnt U4 reported this year who 'also 

 answered the inquiry last year, and these 04 

 firms show a total decrease this year of 21.402.- 

 liOO feet. ■ You will note from the tabulated state- 

 ment attached that there is reported on sticks 

 .Ian. 1. 1900, 4(]1,17.'<,000 feet, as against 4,'{.- 

 261,000 feet last year. 



Amount of hardwood lumber reported on sticks 

 .Jan. 1, lOOG : 



Feet. 



-^sh s.44."i,0;io 



Basswood ii.:{-il.tM»i 



licech 7..*i77.0:i0 



Pirch 11. :',.-i(!,(i(io 



,1. K. WII.LIA.MS. FAYETTKVII.I.I-:, TKNN. 



lUitteniiit . 

 Cherry .... 

 Chestnut . . 

 Cottouwootl 

 C.vpress 



198.000 



1.810.000 



O.1C4.00O 



51.26:).0fl0 



1>,4!1.J,IJOO 



Kock elm 1.4.-.t;.<Xlo 



'^o't elm Il.04.-J.00o 



' ■um 42.2I):!.000 



Hickory 1.747.00e 



Soft mople ■ 2.58S 000 



Hard maple 47.Sii3.000 



Plain white oak :«.633,000 



I'hmi red oak 21.572,000 



tinartered white oak 24.SS6.000 



ijuartered red oak 7 9a:{"ooO 



I'liplar (rough) S4>78,'000 



I'uplar (dressed) 5,710,000 



I'ecan .'.4,000 



Sycamore ,'!,135,O0O 



^^iilnut 2.072.000 



■fotal . 



.401.178,000 



The Xatioxai. Ltiinica Maxukactl'kers' Asso- 



CIATIO.X. 



>s y.iu are doubtless all aware, we are affili- 

 ated with the above association, which is com- 

 posed of a.ssociations of manufacturers of lumber, 

 and practically every manufacturers' association 

 in the lumber business is atBliated with us in 

 this parent association, of which George K. 

 Smith, known to you all. is secretary. Tills asso- 

 ciation, covering the entire United 'States, takes 

 lip for each of you questions that arise from 

 time to time and are referred to the individual 

 associations, but which prove too farreaching in 

 their scope to be dealt with properly bv one asso- 

 ciation such as ours, bnt which' can be well 

 Ixandled and satisfactory results obtained by the 

 larger body. We regret that Mr. Smith is not 

 able to be with us on this occasion, hut his 

 representative, W. F. Biederman, will be in 



attendance and will be given a place on the 

 program. 



ISriLDiNG Statistics. 

 We have reproduced each month (or our mem- 

 bers a report o( the building activity in the 



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inuicipal cities o( the country, and in looking 

 over the reports sent out from montli to month 

 we note that each separate month in iyo."> 

 showed a decided gain in building contracted 

 (or over the corresponding month in 1904. 



We append hereto a summary of the reports 

 we have issued showing the total for the year 

 and the gain per cent over 1904. which shows 

 results that are eminentl.v satisfactory : 



111115 liiol ■ 



('lain iier 

 Mniilb. Xu. Cost. Xo. Cast.. cent, 



.fan. . . r,,lS7 $ 24.004. 6.j1 4,317 ? 13,575,418 3 

 reb. .. 4.8112 22..-)M2..S(IU 4.203" 14.517.065 5.i 

 March . ]2.n!l5 55.160.744 11,917 32.S42.592 Of 

 -ipril . . 9.1H0 4ll.il9:l.sss S.i577 .S2.443.08S 27 

 May .. 12.1162 46. sol. 1112 1O.052 41.6.ili.6ue 12 

 luue .. 9.:H2 ::i.::s2.11o 7..S02 24..''i42..SS0 29 

 .Tuly ... 6.720 :[5,3i:.').<MHi 5.540 22.2.'JS.3S7 55 

 .\.ng. .. 11. .5411 .•i2.:J20,811 8,912 35,210,823 4S 

 Sept. . . 111,260 44.2S0..595 8,586 29,121,328 52 

 Oct. ... 12,346 41.646.765 11.492 36..362.165 14 

 Nov. . . 9.705 41.365.518 .8,627 35,547.140 23 



Total. 104.789 $436, 843.9110 SS.0.31 $310.031. 002 38 

 You will note that this is a gain o( 1G.75,S 

 buildings and in cost o( :iil20..S12..S3s over 1904, 

 or a total of 3S per cent. 



\i:w Fkati'rks. 

 There is at the present time in course of 

 preparation a classified list of consumers who use 

 large quantities o( your product. We are secur- 

 ing from consumers information as to the kinds 

 of wood used, thicknesses, grades, number of 

 cars per month and the nature of the |a-oduct 

 they manufacture. This information we are 

 classifying and compiling in the most convenient 

 form, and when the classification lias been com- 

 pleted we will have on hand for the use of mem- 

 bers a list of consumers o( good financial rating, 

 covering the entire consuming territorv of the 

 United States east of the Mississippi'. The.se 

 lists we will endeavor to keep corrected up-to- 

 date at all times (or the immediate use of anv 

 member requesting the same. 



.1. i'. HuRCHETTE, Secretary. 



The report of Treasurer Fischer, follow- 

 ing, showed that the organization ■was in 

 good financial condition : 



Report of Treasurer. 



^Ir. Presiihui : i (Icsire to submit von the 



fo'lcwing report : 



Cash on hand. .Tan. 1, 190.5,$ S4.40 



Cash receiveil fr(uii secre- 

 tary's office. .Ian. 1, 190."), 

 to Dec. 30. 190.5. and de- 

 posited in bank 19.034.21 



.819.71S.G7 



\ oucher checks paid out during the 

 year 190.5. from Xo. .A-230 old series 

 to Xo. B-133 new series lS.9.j3.07 



Cash on hand .Tan. I. 1900. verified 



by pass book .s 76.5.00 



Attached to this report I hand you an exhibit 

 made by the auditor appointed by vour presi- 

 dent, which states that the books' a'nd balance 

 sheet are absolutely true and correct, 

 liespectfuily submitted. 



F. c. Fischer, Treasurer. 



