HARDWOOD RECORD 



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District Meeting of HardWood Manufacturers' Ass^n. 



A district meeting of a considerable num- 

 ber of the members of the Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers ' Association of the United States 

 whose interests lie along the lower i[ississip[ii 

 valley was held at the Gayoso hotel, ilemjihis, 

 on Saturday afternoon, March 31. 



niciulatory to the methods of the association. 

 He stated that he was thoroughly familiar 

 with the workings of the Mississippi Valley 

 Lumbermen "s Association ou the principles 

 of which organization the Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers ' Association was built. He showed 

 conclusively that the great benefits derived 

 from the building woods association might 

 lie more than duplicated by members follow- 

 ing closely and cooperating in the work of 

 the TTnrdwood Manufacturers' Association. 



I . 11. Moore of Moore &• .McFerren cn- 

 diirscil ilir .statements made by both Mr. Car- 

 licr and Mr. Bacon, and pointed out the 

 special benefits which uniform grading would 

 liring to manufacturers of Cottonwood lum- 

 ber who have only recently joined the asso- 

 ciation. 



W. C. Dewey of the Chapman & Dewey 

 Lumber Company of Kansas City, Mo., a new 

 n)eniber of the association, expressed himself 

 as highly pleased with the work his inspec- 

 tors had been doing since they had had the 

 benefit of a personal visit and iiistrui-tion 



\VM. WILMS. I'liESIDENT. I'AErCKK-LEICUT 

 LUMBEU COMPANY, CHICAGO. 



William Wilms, president of the association, 

 presided, and Lewis Doster, secretary, made a 

 record of the proceedings. In a brief address 

 Mr. Wilms explained the aims and achieve- 

 ments of the association and the nature of 

 the work being done. Incident to bis ad- 

 dress he read a letter from Howard Rule, 

 secretary of the Himmelberger-Harrison 

 Lumber Company of Morehouse, Mo., in which 

 he joked the president about his failure to 

 attend a meeting of gum and cottonwood 

 manufacturers held in his office a few days 

 before, and stated that the only way in which 

 the president could square himself was by 

 inviting the visitors to the Memphis meeting 

 to dine at his expense. Mr. Wilms was equal 

 to the occasion, and stated that if he could 

 regain the approbation of his gum and cot- 

 tonwood friends in so easy a manner, he 

 would invite not only them, but all others 

 present to become his guests at dinner that 

 night. The invitation was promptly accepted. 



Secretary Doster read a number of letters 

 from absent members, expressing their regret 

 at their inability to attend, and for the 

 benefit of certain new members of the asso- 

 ciation, went into considerable detail in ex- 

 plaining the methods pursued by the organi- 

 zaiion in handling grading and other prob- 

 lems. 



E. M. Carrier of Sardis, Miss., then spoke 

 in approval of the work of the association and 

 the good results it had accomplished in con- 

 nection with his own business. He advo- 

 cated faithfulness to the tenets of the organi- 

 zation, upholding prices as recommended and 

 generally standing true. 



H. E. Bacon also made an address com- 



I.EWIS iMlSTEIi. SECUET.4.KV. CllliACU. 



from J. V. Hill, chief inspector, at his sev- 

 eral plants. He said he regarded his alliance 

 with the association a distinct advance move- 

 ment by his company in the conduct of its 

 business. 



Chas. L. Harrison of the Himmelberger- 

 Harrison Lumber Company, Morehouse, Mo., 

 then related his experience in keeping his in- 

 .spectors on a uniform grading system. He 

 stated that the inspectors employed by his 

 company held weekly meetings, where difScult 

 inspection problems that came up during the 

 previous week were thoroughly discussed and 

 lined up. 



Three New Committees Appointed. 



On motion of E. M. Carrier the president 

 was requested to appoint a committee on oak 

 and ash values for the purpose of making a 

 new price list which should fairly represent 

 values. The chair appointed as such com- 

 mittee, H. E. Bacon, S. M. Crowell, R. M. 



Carrier, W. C. Dewey and H. Taylor. 



On motion, the chair was authorized to ap- 

 point a committee on grading rules for red 

 gum. The chair appointed as such committee 

 Chas. L. Harrison, E. E. Gary and Geo. F. 

 Riel. 



A committee was also appointed to discuss 

 grading rules on cottonwood, and to supply 

 the executive committee with the results of 

 its deliberations. The chair appointed on 

 this committee S. B. Anderson, E. A. Lang, 

 R. E. Lee Wilson and C. H. Moore. 



Applications for membership were received 

 from the J. W. Dickson Lumber Company 

 of Memphis and the W. H. Hancock Lumber 

 Company (by W. E. Barksdale, president) 

 of Inverness, Miss., and Memphis, Tcnn. 

 Tupelo Grading Rules Adopted. 



Geo. E. Watson, secretary of the South- 

 ern Cypress Manufacturers' Association, then 

 addressed the meeting on the subject of the 

 grading rules for tupelo or bay poplar, re- 

 cently promulgated and adopted by his asso- 

 ciation. The rules were thoroughly discussed 

 by those present and on motion, the members 

 present recommended to the executive board 

 that the classification and inspection of tupelo 

 as adopted by the Southern Cypress Manufac- 

 turers' Association be adopted as the of&cial 

 rules of the Hardwood Manufacturers ' As- 

 sociation covering this wood, and that they be 

 published in the official grading rules book of 

 the association. The classification and in- 

 spection for bay poplar are as follows : 

 General Explaxatioxs. 



.\ll lumljer must be inspected on the poorer, 

 side. 



AH tapering boards shall be measured at the 

 narrow end and in lengths of even feet. 



Lumber shall be sawed of full and even thick- 

 ness. 



GEORGE E. WATSON. SECRETARY SOUTH- 

 ERN CYPRES.S MANUEACTURERS' AS- 

 SOCIATION, NEW ORLEANS. 



Scant sawed lumber shall be reduced to the 

 next standard thickness. 



The standard lengths are four to 16 feet. 



TTie standard thicknesses are % inch, % 

 inch, % inch. % inch, 1 inch, IVi inch, 1% 

 inch. 2 Inch, 2% inch, 3 and 4 inch, when dry. 



All lumber less than one inch in thickness 

 shall be measured face measure. 



