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Mr. Davis : I believe that the committees 

 are ready to report, with the exception of one. 

 We will first hear the report of the Committee 

 on Chair and I'lirnitiire Stocli, of which Mr. 

 \\')'hs(Mr is clNurman. 



Report of Committee on Chair and Furniture 

 Stock. 



We. your cummittce appointed ou grading 

 rules and values for chair and furniture stocli, 

 lieg to report as follows : 



I'rires f. o. b. Ohio River points, tailing a 

 10 cent rate to Chicago and 10 cent rate to 

 New York. 



Inspection as follows: Stock to be of uni- 

 form thickness and width the entire dimension. 

 All stock to be clear one side, two edges, and 

 two ends. Bright sap no defect — except chair 

 back stock, which must be free from all de- 

 fects. Bright sap no defect. 



0.4K Squares. 



]"xl". 14" to 31" $30.00 



l"xl", 32" to 57" 35.00 



I"xl", 58" to 68" 40.00 



5/4X.5/4, 6/4x6/4, 14" to 31" 32.50 



5,4x.V4, 6/4x6/4. 32" to 57" 37.50 



.5/JX.V4, 6/4x6/4, 58" to 64" 47.50 



>V4xS/4, 14" to 31" 32.50 



8/4x8/4, 32" to .'.7" 37.60 



8/4x8/4, 58" to 64" 52.60 



l"x2", 36" to 44" 40.00 



Plain-Sawed Seat Stock. 



I"x3" to l"x5", 9" to 23" $32.50 



l"x3" to 1"X6". 24" to 30" 45.00 



5/4"x3" to 5/4"x5". 9" to 23" 40.00 



6/4"x3" to 6/4"x6" 24" to 30" 55.00 



Qcartek-Sawed Seat Stiock. 



I"x3" to 1"X5", 9" to 23" $50.00 



l"x3" to l"x6". 24" to 30" 60.00 



5/4"x3" to 5/4"x5". 9" to 23" 55.00 



5/4"x3" to 5/4"x5", 24" to 30" 65.00 



6/4x4" and wider, 21". white oak 65.00 



6/4x4" and wider, 21", red oak 55.00 



Table Top.s, Plain Sawed. 



I"x4" and up. random widths, 15" to 21" $30.00 



l"x4" and up. random widths, 23" to 27" 32.50 



l"x4" and up, random widths, 29" to 33" 35.00 



l"x4" and up, random widths, 35" to 39" 37.50 



J"x4" and up. random widths, 41" to 43" 40.00 



l"x4" and up. random widths. 45" to 47" 45.00 



l"x4" and up, random widths, 49" to 54" 50.00 



■I'^or these same dimensions in quartered stock, 

 add $20 per M feet for white oak, and ,$12.50 

 l>ei- M feet for led oak. 



Quartered White Oak Chair Backs. 



!>!i "x2"xl6" to 18" $40 



%"x3". I"x4", l"x5", 16" to 20" 50 



^"xe" to 10"xl6" to 24" .' 65 



Red oak, $."1 per M feet less than above. 

 Lengths and widths as grouped above to be 

 I)iled and sliipped together. 



Discussion Ou Maple and Beech. 

 Mr. Webster : Mr. Breece suggests that beech 

 and maple be added to this report at twenty 

 per cent less in price. As to these values, we 

 have arrived at them in two different ways. 

 We took the lower class of logs out of which 

 this dimension could be made, regardless of 

 any other lumber, and then we took the lowest 

 class of lumber that was manufactured out of 

 any other logs and added to this a fair per- 

 centage for doing the work. No user in this 

 country can buy lumber and produce the di- 

 mension at any less than we have put it on 

 that paper. 



Mr. Breece : In regard to- maple and beech, 

 if you will leave that open I will look it up. 

 .\s to birch it is worth as much as oak chair 

 stock in any market, and we have but little 

 in onr country, and I don't know as anyone 

 here is interested in its manufacture. 



Mr. Doster : I make a motion that this com- 

 mittee's report be adopted with the understand- 

 ing that the prices of beech and maple be sup- 

 plied by Mr. Breece before this meeting ad- 

 journs. 



Seconded and carried. 



Mr. Davis : Mr. Perrine, chairman of the 

 Committee on Wagon and Implement Stock, 

 will read the report of that committee: 

 Report of Committee on Wagon and 



Implement Stock. 

 Your committee beg to report as follows, 

 basing prices hereunder from actual sales, and 

 the waste in the manufacture of the material 



below, together with the cost of timber and 

 manufacture, and grade required for such mate- 

 rial ; prices based f. o. b. Ohio Kiver points 

 taking a 10 cent rate to Chicago and a 19 cent 

 rate to New York City. 



Wagon Stock. 



Oak reaches $60 



Hickory reaches 70 



Oak bolsters, 3"x4V/' and larger. 4' 6", 4' 60 



Oak bolsters, 3"x4" and smaller, 4' 40 



Oak and ash wagon rongut-s. clear 60 



Hickory axles, 3"x4" to 31ix4Vi"x6' 50 



Hickory axles. 3V4"x4V2" and larger x 6' 60 



Oak hounds to be figured on a basis of the 

 amount of lumber required in their manufacture. 



Drop tongues, or short $45 



Stiff tongues, or long 60 



Hind hounds and sway bars 50 



Felloes : 3' to 4' 6" Circle. 



Set. Set. 



2 "x2?i" $1.32 3%"x2Vt" $2.31 



2Vi"x2l4" 1.32 3',4"x2?i" 2.75 



2>4"x2%" 1.43 3^4"x3 " 3.02 



2Vi"x3 " 1.76 3i4"x3%" 3.46 



ZVi"xSVi" 1.92 4 "x2'i" 3.05 



2iA"x2%" 1.43 4 "x2%" 3.25 



2%"x2%" 1.76 4 "x3 " 3.60 



2>,4"x3 " 1.98 4 "X3V4" 4.00 



2M!"x3>/4" 2.09 4i4"x2V4" 3.60 



2%"x3V/' 1.76 4i4"x2»4". 4.05 



2%"x2%" 1.92 4»4"x3 " 4.50 



2%"x3 " 2.09 4y»"x3^4" 4.75 



25i".x3iA" 2.31 4H"x2%" 4.75 



3 "x2Vi" L9S ihi"x2%" 4.50 



3 "x2%" 2.09 4%"x3 " 4.75 



3 "x3 " 2.31 4%"x3i4" 5.10 



3 "X314" 2.75 4%"x314" 5.45 



3 "x3W 3.02 5 "x2%" 4.50 



3'/i"x2iA" 2.20 5 "x2%" 4.80 



3i4"x2%" 2.47 5 "x3 " 5.40 



3?4"x3 " 2.75 5 "x3W 5.70 



3»4"x3^" 3.02 5 "xSy." 6.00 



3y4"x3%" 3.30 6 "x3 " 6.65 



Plow Handle Strips. 



I%"x2" to l%"x244" by 3' 6" and 4' $41 



lV4"x2" to Hi"x2i4" by 4' 6" and 5' 43 



Il4"x2" to iy4"x2'4" by 5' 6" 45 



l%"x2%" and Ii4"x2%", 4' 6" iind 5' 45 



l%"x2%" and lWx2W. 5' 6" 48 



Above prices are for sizes when dry, per M 

 feet, broad measure. 



Inspection. 

 We also suggest the following inspection to 

 govern the sale of such wagon stock : 



REACHES to be clear, bright sap, no defect. 



POLES to be clear for a length of 11 feet. 



.\XLES to be free from rot, knots, shakes and 



splits, for a length of 5 feet, 6 inches, but to 



permit of bird-pecks and one-half inch of wane. 



BOLSTERS clear of knots, shakes and splits, 



but knots that will work out. in finishing should 



not be considered by the inspector. 



HOUNDS, clear from any defect hurting the 

 strength of the piece. 



FELLOES, clear all sides except the tread, 

 where slight defects allowed if not affecting 

 the strength of felloe. 



PLOW HANDLE STRIPS, clear. 



Van B. Perrine. 

 J. S. Garetson, 

 E. W. Pratt, Jr.' 

 Albert Kampf. 

 J. B. Galloway. 

 H. E. Bacon : I hope this report will be ac- 

 cepted, and put through without a dissenting 

 voice. I think this is the most refreshing meet- 

 ing that lumbermen have listened to for a great 

 many years. It represents the first dawn of 

 light on the dimension proposition, which will 

 prove from now on of the greatest importance. 

 I move its adoption. 



,\fter some discussion by Messrs. Robson, 

 Garetson, Perrine and Kampf the report was 

 adopted as printed above. 



Committee On Gum Continued. 

 Mr. Davis: We will next have the report of 

 the committee on gum grading and values. 



C. S. Bacon: I can say as' a member of 

 that committee, that none of us have had any 

 experience in making gum dimension, so for 

 the present thought best to pass the matter by 

 and continue the committee. I believe the same 

 prevails regarding poplar and basswood. 



Mr. Davis : Is there anything further to come 

 before the house? 



Mr. Webster : Pending the amalgamation of 

 this association with the Hardwood Manufac- 



turers somebody must look after its affairs. I 

 move you appoint a committee of seven, to be 

 known as the temporary executive committee, 

 to manage the affairs of this association until 

 liie amalgamation with the other association: 

 if this amalgamation is not effected, this com- 

 mittee to make such report back to this or- 

 ganization as it deems fit. 



Seconded and carried. 



It was suggested that considerable money 

 liad been expended by some one in the work to 

 date on the dimension association movement, 

 which should be repaid, Messrs. Davis and 

 Bacon expressed their willingness to stand the 

 expense they had incurred. 



Mr. Gibson : I thought in originating this 

 movement I might be serving the interests of 

 the hardwood industry. I have spent several 

 hundred dollars on postage stamps, clerical 

 work and printing, to carry on the work inci- 

 dent to it, but I will say that the Hardwood 

 Record is glad to contribute that as its share 

 toward producing such benefits as have arisen 

 out of these efforts. Nearly all the members 

 of the association are patrons of the Hard- 

 wood Record, and they have been very gener- 

 ous in their support of it, so I am glad to make 

 some such return. When I instituted this move- 

 ment I had no idea that you would afliliate with 

 any of the larger organizations, but in face of 

 the arguments presented here, it seems the logi- 

 cal thing to do. 



Temporary Executive Committee. 



Mr. Davis : I will appoint as the temporary 

 executive committee the following : B. L. Da- 

 vis, F. W. Webster, J. S. Garetson, H. E. Ba- 

 con, C. M. Clark, G. W. Breece, C. S. Bacon. 



On motion the meeting adjourned, to meet 

 again at '.S p. ra, 



WEDNESDAY EVENING SESSION. 



Discussion on Hickory Values. 



After calling the meeting to order, President 

 Davis requested a report from the hickory com- 

 mittee, which was made by the chairman. After 

 some discussion, in which it was shown that 

 the report was not entirely acceptable to all 

 members, it was referred back to the commit- 

 tee to be revised and presented at the Thurs- 

 day morning session. On motion the commit- 

 tee was enlarged by the addition of Mr. Breece 

 and Mr. Fee. 



Mr. Banuister addressed the convention, ex- 

 pressing the highest regard for association 

 work, but deploring the placing of hickory 

 values ou so high a plane as recommended by 

 the committee. 



In response H. E. Bacon made a few remarks 

 defending a radical increase in hickory values, 

 from the fact that the wood has not advanced 

 in price in proportion to other woods. 

 Report on Maple and Beech Dimension. 



.Mr. Webster: With regard to the maple and 

 beech dimension stock, we would recommend 

 that maple and beech chair dimension stock, 

 .seats, backs and rockers, be placed at $2 a 

 thousand less than the oak prices adopted by 

 this convention today, 



.-\. motion to this effect was carried. 



After some further discussion the meeting ad- 

 journed until Thursday morning. 



THURSDAY MOBNINO SESSION. 



The meeting was called to order at 11 a. m. 

 President Davis in the chair. 



Mr. Davis : Mr. Doster will now read the 

 report of the Committee on Hickory Vehicle 

 Stock. 



Report of Committee on Hickory Vehicle 

 Stock. 



We, your committee, beg to report as fol- 

 lows : 



Second growth hickory shall be ail white, 

 straight-grained, heavy, tough and clear. 



Black hickory shall be equal in grade 10 

 second growth, with the exception of color, ad- 

 mitting red and medium weight white. 



