particijiation. The following is a riistei- of 

 those in attendance: 



Present at the Banquet. 

 .\. I'". Aiidersou. Ciidillac, Mich. 

 F. I'.". Andrews, Mei-cer & Ferdon I.umhcr Co., 



f;iaud Rapids. 

 !■: Iwai'd Buckley, Buckley & Douglas I.iiuiIhm' Cn., 



.Manistee. 

 .McCJciirKe Kundy, (Jiand Uapids. 

 1'. 1". L'lark, Osboi-ne & Clark, .Mlnnc:i|iulis. .Minn. 

 <'. K. Davis, Davis ..t Stone, Grand Itapids. 

 <'■. I".. Danii'ls, Acme Lumber Co.. Crand liapids. 

 .\. 11. David, Grand Kapids. 

 Geor^'c B. Daniels, Winchester & Daniels. i;ranil 



l^ipids. 

 11. 10. Davies. Davies Lumber Co., Graiul l£apids. 

 IMmnnd F. D'odyie. I'. G. Dodse Lumber Co., Clii 



ca^o. 

 II. .1. liudle.v, Undlcy Lumber Co.. Gnnul liapids. 

 George B. lUmlon. Thos. .Macllridi' Lumber Co., 



tlraud Uapids. 

 litis .V. Felger. llaiUlcy I'li.'lpsKouuell Co.. Grand 



Kapids. 

 .1. \V. Ferd.,n, .M.T.cr & Kc-rdou Lumlier Co., 



f Jraud Rapids. 

 <'h;irles Vt. Fish, Hackiey-Phelps-r.onrn'II Co.. 



Grand Rapids. 

 Frank F. I-'ish. secretary .National llanlw.i.id 



Lumber .Association, Indianapolis, Ind. 



J. IL Ford, Alaska Refrigerator Co., Muskegim. 



H. L. Foote, Dennis Bros., Grand Rapids. 



A. French, Phoenix Furniture Co., Grand liapids. 



Charles W. Garfield, Grand Rapids Savings Bank, 

 Grand Rapids. 



Henry H. Gibson. IJaudwood Record, Chicago. 



.\lmcmd Griffeu, Hardwood Record, Grand Rap- 

 ids. 



.L A. Haak. Haak Lumber Co.. Haakwood. 



Winthrop C. Hall,- Gibbs, Hall & Allen Co.. Grand 

 Rapids. 



G. H. Hopper. JlcKiilip ,V Hoitper .Manufacturing 

 Co.. Manistee. 



H. *.'. Humplirey. G. W. .Jones Lumber Co., Ap- 

 pleton. Wis. 



O. O. P. Hughart, W. ii. Hughart, .Tr.. Grand 

 Rapids. 



tJardner L .Jones. .Jones llaidwood Co., Boston, 

 llass. 



W. W. Knight. Loug-I-Cniglit Lumber Co.. Indian- 

 apolis, Ind. 



C. I''. Lloyd. .7r.. Cherry River Boom & I^umber 

 Co.. Philadelphia. Pa. 



S. G. McCleilan. Simmons Lumber (.'o.. Simmons. 

 Mich. 



1''. C. Miller. Receiver .1. !■". i.Kiigley Liuuber & 

 Land Co.. (xrand Rapids. 



.John II. Moore, Muskegon, Jlicli. 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



Cliarles .Mcljiu-wau, (Jrand Rapids. 



A. \V. Orr. .\. I!. I\uowls<ui Lumlier Co.. Grand 



Rapids. 

 Earl J'almcr, l-'ergnson tV I'aimer Co.. I'aducah, 



Ky. 

 G. W. I'erkins. .Jr.. Thompson LtiiLihcr Co.. 



Grand liapids. 

 I-;. K. I'ridiett, Macey Wcrnii-ke Co., Ltd.. Grand 



l!ai)ids. 

 11. ii. Reynolds. Manistee. 

 I. I'reston Rice, Rice Veneer & Lumber Co.. 



Grjin,i liapids. 

 \\'. II. Russe, kusse & lltirgess, Memphis. Tenn. 

 Carl II. ScbncidiT. Dudley Lumber Co.. liraud 



liapids. 

 'I'iieo. A. Schneider. Bruuswick-I'.alke-Cullender 



Co., Chicago. 

 K. W. Stiles, Stiles Bros. Lumber Co., Grand 



liapids. 

 L. L. Skillman. Skillnian Lumber t.'o.. Grand 



liapids. 

 Henry Schneider. Dudley Lumber I'u.. Grand 



liapids. 

 Walter Stone, Davis & Stone. Grand Rapids. 

 .1. v. Stimson, Huntingburg, Ind. 

 Carroll F. Sweet, Fuller & Rice I>umber & Mann 



lacturing Co., Grand Rapids, 

 lion. E. F. Sweet. Grand Rapids, 

 i'. M. Sprague, Sprague & Co., Grand liapids. 

 .1. W. Tliompson, J. W. Thompson Lumlier Co., 



Memphis, Tenn. 

 I',. R. Thompson, Thomi>son Lumln'r Co.. Grand 



Rapids. 

 1'. IL Travis. Nichuis *; Cox Lumlier Co.. (irand 



Rapids. 

 I'h. C. Fuller, Fuller & Rice Lumber i: .Mauufac 



tuiing Co., Grand liapids. 

 J. Wade Tucker, Tucker & Harjier Lumber Co.. 



Grand Rapids. 

 A. L. Utter, Grand Rapids. 

 .\. R. Vinnedge. A. R. Vinned.ge Lumber Co.. 



Chicago. 

 .\. Van Keuien, Van Keuieu & Wilkinson Lumber 



Co., Grand liapids. 

 N. J. G. Van Keuien, \'an Keuien & Wilkinson 



Lumber Co., Grand Rajjids. 

 C). H. L. Wernicke, Macey-Weruicke Co.. Ltd.. 



Grand Rapids. 

 L. O. Wilkinson. Van Keuien & Wilkinson Lum 



her Co., Grand Rapids. 

 D. Wolf, Acme Lumber Co., Grand Rapids. 

 O. A. W'ard. Grand Rapids. 

 George S. Wilkinson, Van Keuien & Wilkinson 



Lumber Co., Grand Rapids. 

 Arthur J. Zipp. Zipp Bros. Lumber Co.. Grand 



liajjids. 

 Homer L. Zipp. Zipp Bros. Lumber Co.. Grand 



liapids. 



National rfardwood Lumber Exporters' As- 

 sociation. 



Tlie Timber Trades Journal. Loudon, in its 

 issue of JIarch 10, pays its compliments to 

 .\merican lumber associations in general and the 

 National Hardwood Lumber Exporters" Associa- 

 ticu in particular in the following editorial : 



"At this time of the year the American trade 

 papers are fully charged with the reports of the 

 various meetings of the many organizations 

 which exist throughout various parts of the 

 States, giving accounts of their operations and 

 their raison d'etre, each organization looking 

 at the truth (or otherwise) according to their 

 standpoints, some concerning themselves with 

 'Uniform Grading Rules,' 'Profit Sharing,' whilst 

 in one case we came across the startling state- 

 ment 'that the millman who ships to a consumer 

 is a brigand ;' otiiers urging 'the necessity of 

 National Forestry,' some 'the necessity of 

 Mutual Insurance,' 'Advice from a Wise Novice,' 

 'Cost of Selling,' 'Fair Profits,' 'Knowledge of 

 Stocks,' 'Proper Publicity,' and quite a host of 

 other subjects, ail, no doubt, quite interesting to 

 those who, for a short holiday, take long jour- 

 neys into a far country. Perhaps the change Is 

 beneticiai, but the publicity is probably nectar to 

 the gods. 



"'I'he associatioti wliicli most closely affects us 



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on this side i.s tlie National Hardwood Exporters' 

 .Association, and they have held their annual 

 meeting in Wa.shinglon, practically behind closed 

 doors. The rejiort is circulated amongst its 

 members witli the embargo that nothing is to 

 be divulged cither to the press lu' Ibe iiublic. 



"This secrecy is altogelher contrary to the 

 American spirit of advertising it.self to the ut- 

 most. Why should such an organization as tlie 

 N. 11. L. I-;. A. hide its light under a bushel? Wc 

 have from time to lime felt it incumbent upon 

 us to criticise their methods as to grading and 

 contract forms, to which as yet there has not 

 been given any proper reply. If our contentions 

 were not justitiable, surely the N. H. L. E. A. 

 in conferi'ucc should have been able to shed 

 loilh the refulgence of its wisdom to benighted 

 iti'itishers sitting in great djirkness. 



"Some little ray of light has made itself mani- 

 fest from the presidential address of the presl 

 dent of the Timber Trades Federation last week, 

 which amongst other things stated : 



" 'We Itave had an interesting correspondence 

 with the N. II. L. E. A., some of which only ar 

 rived this morning, on (he subject of h.ardwood 

 coi,tract forms, &c. 



" 'That however admirable American methods 

 may he. we have tu .idapt ourselves to the cus- 



GEuliGF S. WILKINSON, GRAND liAl'IDS. 

 MICH. 



toms and usages of the trade in London and the 

 United Kingdom generally. It must also be re- 

 membered that in the adjustment of claims and 

 disputes both parties will insist upon having a 

 "say" in the matter.' 



"Words pregnant with truth aud equity, but 

 how far tliey will appeal to persons perched 

 upon the Statue of Liberty stargazing, is indeed 

 a moot point. 



"To I'Jngiish eyes, to read the exordium of 

 a chairman urging members to get a proper 

 value for their lumber, is almost sufficient to 

 make 'one rtib one's eyes,' especially if one con- 

 siders the prices which have to be paid to secure 

 anything which is wanted. 



"We think that most of the American hunber- 

 men are fully alive to the value of any lumber 

 they may have for sale, and if the present 

 prices are not remunerative, the fact does not 

 arise from not knowing what to ask for it, or 

 how to manipulate the grades. In the past what 

 splendid charity dispensers the American lum- 

 bermen have been to us. 



"Grading with some Americans has become a 

 flue art, and it not intended to mislead, it lau 

 only be thought to be intended to mystify rather 

 than to guide. 



"We had hoped that the N. H. L. E. A. would 

 have proved more amenable to the reasonable 

 considerations we urged, hut their action. Ii.v 

 sitting in camera,, proves that for some reason 

 they fear publicity." 



