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riculture, then delivered an able address on tbe 

 subject ijf practical forestry. It Is regretted 

 that -Mr. I'inchot's address is not yet out of the 

 hands of the sleiiosrapher. su that it cannot be 

 (irinted in couneclion with tliis report, but it 

 will be published in a siibseiiiient number of the 

 llARKWiilU) Recoed. 



Mr. I'inchot was followed by -Vlfred Gaskell, 

 chief inspector of the Forest Service, with an 

 address on the subject of "How Shall the For- 

 est be Taxed?'" Mr. Gaskell is an advocate of 

 forest tn.xation as personal property rather than 

 as pan of real estate. His arguments were very 

 ably presented. 



l)n niiition of It. l'. Lippincott, Messrs. Craig, 

 rincliot and Gaskell were tendered a vote of 

 thanks for the able manner in which they 

 presented forestry topics to the association. 



president Dill then called to the chair ISichard 

 S. White, president of the Kastern States Itetail 

 Lumber Healers' Association. Mr. White made 

 a very happy speech, in which he congratulated 

 both the National association and the numerous 

 retail as.sociations of which he is at the head 

 for the harmonious relations existing between 

 them. 



A resolution was offered by N. 1'.. Gaskell, 

 vice president of the Eastern States Retail Lum- 

 ber Dealers' Association, recommending close 

 and friendly business relations between whole- 

 saler and retailer and continued amity between 

 their respective associaliotis. 



Kred S. Morse, chairman of the Committee 

 on Trade Relations, made a reimrt covering the 

 amicable .situation existing between wholesalers 

 and retailers throughout the ICast, which report 

 was received and filed. 



.Tames Sherlock Davis, president of the Xen 

 ^ork Lumber Trade Association, then read an 

 able paper on the subject of "Trade Relations." 

 which was followed by an address from Louis 

 A. .Mansfield, secretary of the Eastern States 

 Retail Lumber Llealers' .-\ssoclalion, on the same 

 sul>jccr. 



Ry resolution the re<'omuiendations offered 

 t)y both the committee on trade relations of the 

 National association and those of the retail 

 ass<iciations were approved, and contintied co- 

 operatlfin i)romised. 



Thereupon President pro tern While, after of 

 fei'ini: the benedlcltlon of "IVace on earth, gootl 

 will to men," retired from the chair. 



I'resUlent Dill resumed the chair and the com 

 ndttee on resolutions presented a report that 

 there be presented to congress a protest against 

 the Little and Gilbert bills, wlilch was referred 

 to the I'ommiltee on Legislation. It also pre- 

 sented a resolution protesting against the bill 

 pending in congress recommending the changing . 

 of the .system of weights and measures to the 

 inetrh- system, which was alsf) referred to the 

 Comtnitt'-'e on Legislation. A resolution was further 

 presenierl ajiproving pending legislation looking to- 

 waril f>'(lcMal control of insurance companies. 

 In advocacy of this resolution Edward 1". Ilen- 

 «on made an address recommending the support 

 of the Dryden bill, or the Ames bill, if it were 

 justly amended. This resoltition was also re- 

 ferred to the committee on legislation. 



On motion of C. M. Edwards the chair was 

 nutliorl/.ed to appoint a committee of three to 

 confer on the subject of the larllT on lumber ol' 

 less than one inch in thickness, now assessed as 

 inih lumber on entering the Initcd States. 



Ailjoiiriiment was then taken for lunch and 

 for the purpose of attending a reception ten- 

 ilered by I'resldenl Roosevelt in the East Room 

 ..f Ihe White House at 2:30 p. m. 



BECEPTTOH BY THE PRESIDEITT. 



ill'- ^i^iliriK dcle;;;itcs, [iian\' of whom were 

 accompanied by their wives and other lady mem- 

 bers of their families, were most cordially re 

 celved by the Tresldent at the hour named. He 

 made a very graceful speech on the subject of 

 the great work being carried on by lumbernieii 

 and especially advocnllng forest economies and 



ttif U'enel-jii IireserVMt Irtli of ,\ niel'i ijl I| forCMts 



The visitors to the number of about 300 then 

 fell in line and were duly presented to the Presi- 

 dent, one by one. He cordially grasped each by 

 the hand and bade him welcome. His usual 

 salutation was, "I am glad to see you." 



After the visitors departed from the White 

 House they were grouped on the steps of the 

 Treasury liuikling opposite mul photographed. 

 AFTERNOON SESSION. 



At the opening of the ancniuon session at 

 3 :30, II. H. Tift of Tiftou, Ga., was called to 

 liresidc, as president of the Georgia Interstate 

 Sawmill Association. The matter first in hand 

 was the report of V. R. Babcock, chairman of 

 the Railroad and Transportation Committee, and 

 of R. W. Higbie of the Committee on l^eglslalion. 

 This was :t .joint t-cimuI and lo'icwith follows: 



Joint Report of Coiintiittee on Railroads and 



Transportation and Coniinittee on 



Legislation. 



Till' commitlecs on railroads and transporta 

 fion and legislation beg leave to submit the fol- 

 lowing joint report : 



The cliairmen of these two committees have 

 Ihouglit it best that their annual reports should 

 this year be combinerl. because the work of the 

 two committees fur the pnst year have been so 



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largely along the .same lines that they have 

 practically worked as one. As a matter of fact 

 the work of the conuiiittee on legislation is 

 necessarily at ail times to a large extent the 

 result of suggestions from or consultations with 

 the chairmen of the other standing committees. 



Five years ago at the liaitimore convent ion 

 tills association lirst endorsed some proposeil 

 aniendmeiils to the act to regulate commerce, 

 and authorized the eominittee on legislation to 

 use the influence of (lie association to help in 

 Ihe securing of such legislation as would make 

 the interstate commerce law more effective. Dur- 

 ing these five years tlie association has in con- 

 junction with many other coinnierclal bodies con- 

 sisleiilly lent its aid. lioth moral and financial, 

 to the movement to secure such amendnieiils to 

 (lie Inlerstafe commerce law as would more fully 

 protect the interests of slii|)pers against unfaiV 

 competition and unjust discriminations. V]) to 

 tile present time the net resulls of these efforts 

 Itave been one aiiiendment to the inlerestate com- 

 merce law known as tli Elklns act. passed in 

 Ifiii:!, wliicli prohibits all rehiitiis and discrimi- 

 naiions. ami fiirtlier a very promising prospect 

 tliiit lieffire 1 he present session of congress ends 

 have been one aineiidiiient to the interstate coni- 

 iiierci' law will lii> passeil, which iimendmenfs will 

 secure to all shliipers ei|ual I realiiient with all 

 other shippers under similar ennillllons, while 

 111 the same iinie proleetliig eoniiiion curriers hi 

 ilielr rights. Thcfe results are mosl gratifying. 

 and amply rejuiy us for all Ihe money ami ilme' 

 I'Xpeiided in helping fi> firing tlicni about. 



It Is not deemed necessary by your coniinlliee 

 lo ask you at this fiine again to atlopt a resolii 

 fi^in formally pledging your reneweil liellef in 

 and siippori nf ibis h'glslallon now pending In 

 I ongreHs. Should il, however, seem to your com 

 nilttee ilial any further action is desirable, such 

 action will be taken as In the opinion of the 

 committee will best serve the Inlerests of tills 



li.«oil:llion. 



(In invitat'on of the chairman of the commit- 

 tee on forestry the cliairman of the committee 

 on legislation met in joint conference with .Mr. 

 Pii.chot and others, for tile purpose of discuss- 

 ing wliat legislation, if any. is necessary to en- 

 ceiiiage and protect the holding of lauds" for flic 

 piirpcses of reforestation. This matter W'ili be 

 found in the report of the committee on forestry 

 and is simply mentioiieii iieie to make complete 

 Ihe record ui the year's work done bv the com- 

 mittee on legislation. 



.\l the annual meeting of this association held 

 111 Washington in .March, H)04, the railroad 

 and transportation committee recommended that 

 the executive comniitiee of tlie board of trus- 

 tees he authorized to establish a transportation 

 bureau along certain lines as laid down in the 

 c-oinmittee's report. Carrying out Ihe provisions 

 of that resolution such a bureau was establisiieil 

 Ml the fail of ihiit year, it was the sense of tlic 

 eonvemiiin helil in Philadelphia last year, the 

 liiircaii liaving been in operation at that time 

 alioiii six months, ilnii this transportation bu- 

 reau should be continued, but if possible that 

 Ihe ex|ieiise of maintaining the same could be 

 decreased without materially affecting its i-fli- 

 lieiicy. The committee on .jiine I engaged E. .1. 

 i:ddy of SI. Louis, Mo., as tratlic manager for 

 one yeiir. The result of this cliange has been 

 that the expenses of the bureau liave been nia- 

 lerially decreased, and inasmuch as Mr. Eddy 

 lias to (piite a largi> extent given ids attention 

 to liie collection of claims, the results show a 

 material improvement in tliat part of tlie work 

 of this bureau. The details of this work will 

 appear in Mr. Eddy's report, which is annexed 

 hereto and made a part of tliis report, and 

 which will be presented to you by him for vour 

 cniisider.ation. 



In this connection it is but fair to say that 

 U never was the expectation of either your eom- 

 inittee or the oflicers of this association who are 

 aciively in charge of its work that this bureau 

 should be able to become actually self-supporting 

 when considered purely from the receipts of the 

 liureaii based upon the commissions derived from 

 the collection of claims. The work of this bu- 

 lean, iiowever, is not confined to the collection 

 ol ilaims and while this particular part of the 

 work shows a very gratifying improvement dur- 

 iiig Ihe past year, we wish especially to call the 

 Mlleiition of our members to the other facilities 

 "I this bureau. It was intended and it is ex- 

 |. cited that the members shall use this bureau 

 lis a source of general information and furtlier 

 I hat they shall use it to aid them in securing 

 lietter service from the transportation companies, 

 lor which services there is no charge. There Is 

 no di.ubt thai, in the larger work of the associa- 

 tion in connection with tlie transportation com- 

 panies, the fact tliat we have a bureau which 

 IS alive and in good working order has been of 

 very material benefit to us in securing the at- 

 lention of the proper ofHcials of the various 

 transportation companies. This matter will be 

 referred to later in fills report in connection 

 Willi the "car stake and ciiuipment" matter, 

 which lias engaged the attention not only of this 

 loiiiiniltee but al.so of nearly forty otlier asso- 

 ciations, tlie work of whicli joint committee of 

 file various lumber associations is not yet com- 

 plete but is making very favorable progress. 

 Those of you who were jiresent at our annual 

 meeting held in Philadelphia one year ago, and 

 also at the midsummer inceting held in Ottawa, 

 will recall thai our association took the Initial 

 step in tlie movement to secure from frans- 

 Iiorlalion ioiii|ianles generally a more perfect 

 ciiuipment of flat and gondola cars by asking 

 llieni not only to provide the necessary slakes 

 lor the carrying of lumber hut also to treat these 

 slakes as a part of the car. and as such to in- 

 clude file weight of the same In the gross weight 

 of the car so that they would not be subject to 

 freight charges as part of tlie load. 



I'or the purpose of carrying forward this work 

 two committees were aufliorized a I the inldsum- 

 iiicr meeting held in Ottawa in .\ugust of last 

 year, one commillce known as the executive com- 

 mittee in file cur stake and ei|iiipinent anil the 

 oflier known as the ways and means coinniittce 

 of the car stake matter. These two comniitlces 

 have worked side by side and feel that the Im- 

 liorfancc of tips work is sumcicntlv great to 

 .lustify a very full detailed report of wliat has 

 been doiu' and what Is acliiallv being accom 

 plished in fills matter. 



It was realized in the beginning that in order 

 111 secure proper attention on behalf of the rail- 

 roads I hat tills movement should have the back- 

 ing .mil as far as possible ihe luiaiilinnus su|iport 

 of all Ihe lumlier associations wllliin Ihe Icrrl- 

 tiiry eiiibrnccd In what Is known as the "Olllclal 

 classlHcalloii Territory" and the "Southern Class- 

 lllcallon 'I'errilory." With thai end In view an 

 Icvltatlon to cooperate was exlendeil lo all lum- 

 lier associations, iiianul'aclurliig, wholesale and 

 relall, wllliln the ferrllory named. The most 

 ^railfylng resiionse was made to this invitation. 

 Tile iiillowlng associations pledged Ilielr aid and 

 siipiiiM't In this movcnient, and we are pleased 

 lo say that these nssoclalions are redeeming 

 Ilielr pledges and giving their support In the 

 most loyal wav : 



