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brought this matter nearer to the minds of a 

 large number of lumbermen than any other move- 

 ment, and as a result of it Gitford I'inchot, chief 

 forester of the Forest Service of the United 

 States, in response to an invitation issued by 

 tht National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, 

 addressed the annual meeting of this organiza- 

 tion at Chicago In May, 19U5, and in the course 

 ol his discussion pointed out that the forester 

 needs to be educated in lumbering and that the 

 lumberman needs to know all he can about the 

 forest, and that in his opinion some provision 

 should be made for proper instruction in prac- 

 tical lumbering in the forestry schools. Mr. 

 Pincliot's suggestion appealed very forcibly to 

 the convention, and acting upon it President Mc- 

 Leod appointed u committee composed of J. T. 

 Harber, K. E. Weyerhaeuser and 1. C. Enochs to 

 confer with Mr. Plnchot and submit a recom- 

 nieudution based on his suggestions. This con- 

 ference resulted in the recommendation to raise 

 a fund to endow a chair of lumbering in the Yale 

 Forest School. Yale University. Xew Haven. 

 Conn. The recommendation was seconded by 

 Captain J. B. White of Kansas City, Mo., and 

 heartilv endoi^ed by the entire convention. 



President McLeod later appointed an executive 

 committee to take charge of raising this fund, 

 and this executive committee, at a meeting held 

 in Chicago. July 26. 1905, decided to raise $150,- 



000 for the endowment of a chair to be known 

 as the chair of Applied Forestry and Practical 

 Lumbering at Yale Forest School, Yale Uni- 

 versity, New Haven, Conn. 



F. E. We.verhaeuser. chairman of this commit 

 tee. requested the different organizations affili- 

 ated with the National Lumber Manufacturers' 

 Association to appoint sub-committees to assist 

 in this work. In addressing you today I urge 

 upon you the endorsement of this movement. 

 and as chairman of the special committee of 

 your association I take advantage of this oppor- 

 tunity to recommend the worthy object of the 

 movement to your consideration, and take the 

 liberty of inviting your subscriptions to the 

 fund, requesting you to insert on the cards which 

 have l>een distributed the amounts which you de- 

 sire to contribute, either individually or in the 

 name of the firms which you represent. 



In conclusion I wish to add that it is th*- 

 aim of the committee having this matter in band 

 to make the movement a national one in the true 

 sense of the word, and it is therefore hardly 

 necessary for me to state that the support and 

 endorsement of each member of the associa- 

 tion is earnestl.v requested. 



The prosperity which we have been enjoying 

 in the lumber business during the past year 

 gives us an opportunity of demonstrating our 

 liberality in a channel that will revert its flow 

 of benefits to its source, and with this in view 



1 have all reasons to believe that every member 

 of this association will contribute his share 

 towards making the endowment of a chair of 

 Applied Forestry and Practical Lumbering at 

 the Yale Forest School a success. 



Duty of Association Members. 



Following came a paper from A. J. Gaha- 



gan of the Loomis & Hart Manufacturing 



Company, Chattanooga, Tenn., which was of 



more than ordinary interest, on the subject 



The Hardwood Manufacturers' Association 

 should expect of its members active and hearty 

 cooperation in all the legitimate work of the 

 association. There are many ways in which 

 hardwood lumber manufacturers can be of 

 mutual benefit to each other in an individual 

 way, but their usefulness to the association can 

 be largely increased by cooperation. 



The association cannot be of material benefit 

 to its members unless the members themselves 

 will take an active and hearty interest in its 

 work. One of the greatest benefits that mem- 

 bers derive from association work is through 

 the Want and For Sale departments that 

 are so thoroughly looked after by the secretary 

 of the association and his assistant. Through 

 this means association members are placed in 

 communication with those who have stock for 

 sale, and those who have stock for sale are 

 likewise placed in touch with those who are 

 in the market to buy. 



Then again, of great value are the statistics 

 which the association is able to furnish its mem- 

 bers. The department of statistics cannot be 

 made complete or accurate unless the members 

 will carefully and systematically furnish the 

 secretary's office with reports of stock on hand. 

 If the individual members of the association 

 expect to obtain benefits from the organization 

 they must be willing to return to the associa- 

 tion such information as they may possess that 

 when compiled will be of material benefit not 

 only to the association as a whole but to each 

 member of it. 



The association should likewise expect of its 

 members attendance, at least at the annual 

 meetings. There is more of a cooperative spirit 



than their market value he does it of his own 

 volition, and he is the loser. 



Another thing that the members of the 

 association should do is when they load 

 and ship lumber to give good honest gr.ide. 



S. LIEBERMAX, NASHVILLE. TENN. 



"What Should the Association Expect of Its 

 Members. ' ' 



JOHN W. LOVE, NASHVILLE. TENX. 



now prevalent, in all prominent business lines, 

 than has ever existed at any time in the past. 

 Business men are learning to have more con- 

 fidence in each other. I believe a promise or a 

 statement made by the business people of the 

 country today can be more thoroughly relied 

 upon than at any time in the past history of 

 our country. This condition grows out of a de- 

 velopment of the principles of integrity, as well 

 as intelligent methods of conducting business. 



The man who expects to succeed in this en- 

 lightened age must do business in harmony with 

 the principles of the Golden Rule. Disreputable 

 or dishonest methods will never bring about 

 success in business, and it is very gratifying to 

 note In connection with the lumber interests of 

 the country that there are not so many lumber 

 sharks now drawing upon the resources of the 

 sawmills and lumbermen as there were a few 

 years back. They are being weeded out. Their 

 methods are being condemned by every honest 

 man associated with the lumber business. 



Through the coiiperative methods of the asso- 

 ciation every member who makes an effort to 

 post himself can keep pretty thoroughly in touch 

 with the supply and demand for his products. 

 In this way holders of lumber can nearly al- 

 ways tell what they ought to get for it. 



I think one of the most commendable features 

 in connection with the Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers" Association is that through Its executive 

 officers it informs its members what their lum- 

 ber is worth. With this information before 

 the individual if he sells his products for less 



FItANK F. FEE. NEWARK 



That will save the necessity of the buyer at 

 the other end of the line finding fault with the 

 lumber or rejecting it. But where a member 

 ships lumber graded according to the rules of 

 the association, and it is refused at the other 

 end of the line, he ought not to compromise 

 until an association Inspector has gone and 

 regraded it and found that there has been a 

 mistake made in the methods of grading at the 

 shipping point. It is a very easy thing for a 

 sharp buyer and one who is not very scrupulous 

 as to his" methods to say that a carload of lum- 

 ber is not up to grade, and if he can get a 

 cut of SI a thousand and make SIO or -$15 

 he thinks he is ahead that much. This method 

 of making money off lumber shippers ought not 

 to be tolerated except when it is foimd by re- 

 inspection that the shipper is in the wrong. 



Whatever is worth having is worth paying 

 for. If the individual members of the associa- 

 tion derive benefits by reason of membership 

 they should report promptly each month to the 

 secretary the amount of their shipments the 

 former month, and accompany same with their 

 check for the as.-:ociation dues. Ihere is not a 

 single member of the association who will not 

 get full benefit for every dollar he pays into the 

 treasury provided he will put himself in a posi- 

 tion to take advantage of the benefits his mem- 

 bership offers him. 



There is not one of us that does not appreciate 

 the growing scarcity of timber. The standing 

 timber problem is one that does not present very 

 encouraging prospects to the lumberman. I can 

 think of no industry that is so prominent as the 

 lumber business that demands at this time more 

 careful management and the application of 

 twentieth century business methods in its con- 

 duct. 



The association has been of great service to 

 its members since its organization, and there has 

 been no time in its history when its members 

 were in position to derive greater benefits from 

 its operation than at this time. The organiza- 

 tion has been fortunate in having at its head 

 and on its executive board the best lumber 

 talent in the country. They have faithfully 

 filled their offices and their unselfish work has. 

 I am sure, been highly appreciated by every 

 one taking a real interest in the work of the 

 association. 



If in the future we are so forttmate as to 

 have the two principal offices filled by as capable 

 men as Mr. Bitter. Mr. Vansant and Secretary 

 Doster we may count ourselves following the 

 leadership of men who will give us the best 

 service possible to obtain. 



■W. 'W. Dings' Paper. 



Owing to the enforced absence of W. W. 

 Dings of the Garetson-Greason Ltimber Com- 

 pany of St. Louis, his paper on "Value of 

 Statistics to the Producer" was read by his 

 friend, Thomas TV. Fry. Mr. Dings' paper 

 follows : 



It would .Tppear no nif>re than reasonalde to 



