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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Meeting Wisconsin HardWood Lumbermen's Ass'n. 



The Wisconsin HarchvooU Lumbtinieu's 

 Assofiation held a special spring meeting at 

 the Elks Club Booms at Marshfield, Wis., on 

 the afternoon of Tuesday, March 27. A 

 large proportion of the members of the asso- 

 ciation were present, with President E. P. 

 Arpin of the Arpin Hardwood Lumber t'om- 

 pany, Grartd Rapids, Wis., in the chair. The 

 minutes of the annual meeting held at Mil- 

 waukee in September were read by Secretary 

 A. E. Beebee, and were approved. Applica- 

 tions were received for membership to the 

 association, and on motion the following were 

 elected : 



Buswell Lumber & Manufiu tming Co.. Minne- 

 apolis. Minn. 



Barker & Stewiiit Luiuln'i- I'o.. Wnusan. 



Hncklpy-I'helps-Bonuell Co.. Ilarkle.v. 



E. 1'. AUl'I.N. 1 liKSIDK.NT. .Utri.V ll.VltD 

 Wnoi) LUMBER CO., GUAMi KAI'IDS. 



Viillmar & lieli.w, Marshfleld. 



iJirard Lumber L'n., Ininbar. 



Wheeler, lldlme.s & TiDilln Co.. Wausau. 



VV. U. Mackenzie & Co.. Madisun. 



A. IL Barnard, Minneapolis, Minn. 



I)ells LutnbeL & Shlni'le Co.. Kau Claire. 



Abstract of President's Address. 



The pivsiflt-nt, ra.'idt- a lirb-f adilr**^.s In which 

 h«* Maid that the secreiat-.v had done a good deal 

 of work along spcflal lines sine*; the laat meet- 

 ing, and bad rendered very elHdent service. lie 

 HaWI that the Kugge.stlon that had bt>en passed 

 upon at the annual meeting relative to the em 

 ployinent of a .salaried Inspector to travel about 

 thn state and visit the sevi-ral plants of the 

 memherH fin the purpose of i>ostlng local In- 

 spectors on grades had been siibniUtcd to a 

 votf of tlif fTM-iid>ers antl that there was a gen- 

 «'ral feeling that this expense was imnecessary. 

 and tbcref.H'f he had not employed an Inspector. 

 <»f the forty six responses reielved by the sec- 

 retary from letters which he had written to 

 various members, twenty-live were lu favor of 

 the system anil the others were not. 

 • The r#ie«ldent further snirl that the associa- 

 tion was to be congratulated over the way In 

 which the price list had been sustained. At' the 

 time a good many thought It was a little high. 

 hut the result had iieen up to the highest ex 

 peeiailons. lie said that the Inirease In the 

 price of lumber was due to numi'rous conditions. 

 The cost of logging hail been high : last year's 

 farm crops were good: the demand for Itiinber 

 large, and the siipidy lnadei|uale. He slated 

 that the hardwofid nit had Increased since I'.tul. 

 while the nnuiiinl of slock on band showe.l a 

 flecrease of fully oiie-tblid since llMil. Stalls, 

 ties that he had received Ironi the Forest Ser- 

 vice covering the total amount of Wisconsin 



stumpage. he sahl. were startling, and showed 

 that the available timber supply of the stale 

 was fast disappearing. Mr. .\rpln expressed the 

 opinion that few of those who were timber own- 

 ei's realized the future value of 11, and under 

 these conditions he tliougbl the Increase in 

 lumber prices was entirely jtistllied. 



The president referred to the committee, con- 

 sisting of Mr. Humphrey and himself, who had 

 been appointed to attend the car stake and 

 ci]ulpment convention at Chicago lu October 

 last. He stated that the convention was held 

 under the auspices of the .National Wholesale 

 Lumber Dealers' .\ssoclation, and it was decided 

 to raise the sum of ,$10,000 In order to tight the 

 car etiuipmeni proposition through tiu' Interstate 

 Ci'mmerce Commission aiul the coui-ts if neces- 

 sary. On behait of the ^A'isconsiu association 

 Ihls committee pledged .$l(iu to tile fund, sub- 

 ject to the approval of the association. 



Incidentally he referred to the rate couven- 

 tlcui held In Chicago, and stated that as the 

 Wisconsin association had expresseti Itself as 

 being against federal rate regulation, he did 

 not feel like going into that <'onvention as a 

 representative of the Wisconsin association, but 

 his personal interest had led him to attend as 

 an Individual: but he took no part in the con- 

 ference. 



li. W. DAVIS. VICH I'KKSIDKNT. .lOlIN K. 

 DAVIS LUMBElt CO.Ml'AXV, I'll 11.1. H'S. 



He stated that the matter of terms of sale 

 had been ijresented and passed upon by the 

 asso<'!atlon, as well as the new grading "books, 

 and that they spoke for Iheriisi'lves. President 

 Arjjln concluded by saying that the most Im- 

 portant mailer t^i coine before the meeting was 

 the report of the pilie list committee, for which 

 be asked coiisideralion. 



CJianges in Price List. 



.\. It. Owen, chairman of the price list I'om- 

 ir.lttee. reported that the (iimmltlee bad very 

 carefully reviewed llie condition of stocks, tak 

 lag Into account both ilry and green lumber 

 and logs <in hand. com]iariiig the totals with 

 ccu-resiioiiding stocks since llioi. and recom- 

 inemled i-hanges In the price list as not<'d below : 



.\sb — One Inch log run i .\o. It commcui inil). 

 $2 advance: 1st and :!nd. all thicknesses, $,'i 

 advance: Noh. 1. 2 and :{ common, all thick- 

 nesses. .1:2 advance. 



Birch — One-Inch (red out). No. 2 common, $2 

 advance: I'l anil I 'i Inch. No. li common. Sfl 

 advance: 1-Inch (red outi. 1 '/i , 1 V4 and 2 Inch. 

 No. .'t common. .$2 advance. 



r.utternut — I'llces remain unchanged. 



Ilasswood — Oni'-lncli log run i No. :i common 

 outi. ."lO cents ailvance 1 Inch. .".Inch to 11 

 Inch, s feet to Iti feel. No. I comnion. .fl : No. 2 

 I'oiiimiui $2 anil No. :i common. .51. ."id advance 

 lespectlvely. 12-Inch and wider. .*4 advance. 

 1 ", and 1 '/j Inch. No. 1 common, .fl reduction : 

 .\o. 2 common, .52 advance : No. ;i common, $l..'>o 

 advance. l-lticli box common tNos. 2 and 'A 

 comnion mixed). .51. .">0 advance. 



Soft elm Prices on .No. :\ eumtnon. all thick- 

 nesses, tidvanced $1. 



Itock elm — I, 1',,. 1 i/j and 2 Inch, loe run 

 I .No. :{ common out i. *2 advance : \. \ >/i. IVi, 1st 

 anil 2nil anil No. 1 common, J|12 advance. IMiccs 

 on 2 Inch, 1st and 2nd, $;tli : No. I common, $27; 



Xo. 2 coiiunon. SI'.i: .No. :! common. §10. 2% 

 incii and thicker. .52 advance on 1st and 2nd 

 and .Nos. 1 and 2 common. 



Bed oak— 1. I'j, l^i. 2, 2 1.'2 Inch advanced 

 $5 on 1st and 2nd and Nos. 1 and 2 common. 



While oak — 1. IV,. 1 Vl>. -, - Vi inch advanced 

 $5 on 1st and 2nd and Nos. 1 and 2 common. 



Hard maple — All thicknesses advanced $1 on 

 No. 2 common : $2 on No. '.i common. 



Soft maple — Price on 1 to 2 Inch, No. 3 com- 

 mon. .511. added to old list. 



The list as amended will he found complete 

 elsewhere in connection with this report. 



Mr. Owen stated further that reports on the 

 dry and green lumber and logs In sight, which 

 covereil about eighty per cent of the total cut 

 of members of the association, showed available 

 stock of ash to the amount of .'i.ooii.iiiiii feet: 

 birch. (lo.ooii.iHio feet; butternut, 2,230.000 feet; 

 basswond. .so.Odo.iiiio feet: soft elm. .'ie.SOO.UOO : 

 rock elm. 1 1. .-.0(1. 1100 : red oak. 9.,')00,000 ; white 

 oak. 2..".0(i. 0(1(1 : bard and soft maple. 32.500.000. 

 He regarded this coiepacat Ive paucity of stock 

 as a gooil argument In favor of the general ad- 

 vance in prices recommended. 



The clialrman stated further that the cost of 

 logging as reported by various members had 

 been from five to fifty per cent greater than last 

 year. Three only reported that their cost was 



A. E. IIKKHKIO. SKCUKTAltV. B. F. Mc.MU.l.AN 



& liKOTHKn, .McMillan. 



apiu'oxiuuitely the same as last year, and one 

 member reported a slightly lower cost. Twenty- 

 six nieinbers reported that the demand for lum- 

 ber was bcMci tlian a year ago. and eight that 

 the deniaud was abonl the same. 



On luoiion of Oeorge II. Chapman the prices 

 lecoiiiuieniled were adopted as the oihclal carload 

 liilce list. f. o. li. Wausau freight rale, to be- 

 come elTeillvi' .March 27. 



H. 1'. .M.MiUan slated that he thought the 

 members bad failed lo appreciate both the value 

 and scarcity of rock elm. and never had received 

 a jusl price for the wiiod. He contended that it 

 was worlh .5:10 for No. 2 and better as a substi- 

 tute for miii'li (liglier priceil wooils of no greater 

 iutriusic merit, lie Ilioughl that Instead of an 

 ailvance of .52 II sl.oultl have been nuu'li miue. 



(Jeorge II. clia|>man then addressed the con- 

 vention on Ihe sub.jeci of luiving more respect 

 lor the price list established by the ussodatloii 

 than had been lUHUlfested In the past. He 

 said : 



"I want to strengthen the work of the price 

 list committee. Our price lists for years have 

 not meant much a good deal of the "time. We 

 have followed the practice of adopting two price 

 lists a year, but other times the list took care 

 of Itself or each fellow look lare of It to suit 

 bimseli. I believe 111 putting the work of the 

 Iirlce list comiiilllee oil a better basis, and while 

 t bece are some Ileitis In which I don't agree with 

 Ihem I am not going to object, but I am going 

 (o aci-cpi ilie price ilsl cointiilt lee's rccoinmenda- 

 lloiis and siaiid by llieiii at all limes. 1 have 

 heard of some criilcism on the llsi adopted a 

 couple of inouihs ago. based on the staleinent 

 that tlii'y had no atilhorlty to adopt a list when 

 there Is no nieeilng of the assni-lntlon. That 



ceriiiliily Is iio( 111 ai rihince with Ihe action 



at the last iiH>i-tlng. which Instructed that com- 

 inlltee to bold their meetings, not only to ad- 

 vance but lo reduce prices. If necessary, when- 



