February 10. 1917 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Eastern SouUiern 



Territory Territory 



Dry oak 4000 4400 



Green oak 5500 6000 



Timbers 5500 6000 



Ties 5000 6000 



Crossing plank 5500 6000 



Tlie plan is designed tor only those who are lumber manufacturers. 

 Meetings are to be held once a month at Cincinnati or at points to be 

 agreed upon by the members. The plan requires the selection of a man to 

 take charge of the gathering and dissemination of data, with the necessary 

 assistants. 



It is recommended to the members that they let their office clerks make 

 the reports direct without holding them for a personal attention of the 

 members. This to save time. 



The secretary is instructed to telegraph at the expense of members for 

 any reports which are over due. The secretary will keep a list of all the 

 members, with the time each report is due, based upon the mail service 

 from the members" office. All reports of members are subject to complete 

 audit. .Ajiy member who fails to report is not to get the reports from 

 the secretary. In other words, members will get only such reports as they 

 are contributors to at the time. Failure to report for twelve days in six 

 months will cause the member failing to be dropped from membership. It 

 is necessary that reports be made promptly and completely if the plan is 

 to work successfully. It is intended that the regular meetings afford full 

 opportunity for the discussion of all subjects of interest to the members. 

 Part of the plan is a market report letter to be gotten out monthly. 

 This win give the committee's idea of the market, will point out changes 

 in conditions both in the producing and consuming sections, the comparison 

 of production and sales, and in general an analysis of the market condi- 

 tions. This market report letter is to go to all members of the association. 

 Other information goes only to contributing members. 



Report of Resolutions Committee 



The committee on resolutions then reported, offering the follow- 

 ing, which -were adopted : 



BE IT RESOLVED, That the cordial and sincere thanks of the organiza- 

 tion be hereby extended to its official staff. Including the board of gover- 

 nors and committees, which have served the organization with such splen- 

 did and unselfish ability during the past year ; that the association recog- 

 nizes the value of the untiring efforts of these men, directed to the accom- 

 plishment of its purposes an3 the execution of its depai'tmental functions ; 

 that the association also expresses to its officers a cordial appreciation of 

 the splendid and diverting hospitality extended at the smoker held last 

 evening. 



BE IT FDRTHER RESOLVED, That the association is sensible of the 

 interest in its work and purposes shown by the specially invited speakers 

 upon its program at this meeting, and that our very earnest thanks are 

 hereby extended to Judge L. C. Boyle of Kansas City, Mo., Mr. Robert E. 

 Belt, Washington, D. C, Professor W. H. Parker of Cincinnati, O., Mr. 

 F. X. Wendling, Cincinnati. O., and Dr. Stanley L. Krebs of Philadelphia. 

 Pa., for the splendidly enlightening and pleasing addresses delivered by 

 these gentlemen before the meeting. 



BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the thanks of the association are 

 hereby extended to the lumber trade papers, which have faithfully sup- 

 ported and given publicity to its work during the past year and at this 

 annual meeting. 



BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the gratitude of the association 

 be hereby expressed to the management of the Sinton hotel for the courte- 

 ous treatment accorded the organization as a body, and its attending mem- 

 bers, at this annual meeting. 



BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the appreciation and thanks of the 

 association be hereby expressed to E. C. Atkins & Co., Inc., of Indianapolis, 

 for the very handsome, official badges presented the association at this 

 annual meeting. 



BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the association learns with pro- 

 found regret of the serious illness of one of its most active, valued and best 

 beloved members, C. C. Crane of Cincinnati ; that his absence from the 

 councils of this association and the cordial warmth of his personalty have 

 been sadly missed at this meeting, that the association expresses a sincere 

 hope for Mr. Crane's early recovery and return to his field of usefulness 

 and that a profound expression of sympathy for himself and family be 

 conveyed through a copy of this resolution, to be furnished by the secretary. 



Election of Officers 



The committee on nominations then recommended the reelection of 



President B. B. Burns, of Huntington, W. Va., and the following offi- 

 cers, all of whom were unamimously elected : 



Peesident — B. B. Bums. Huntington, W. Va. 



First Vice-president — F. R. Gadd, Chicago, 111. 



Second Vice-peesident — E. O. Robinson, Cincinnati, O. 



Treasdher — M. W. Stark, St. Albans, W. Va. 

 Board of Governors 

 One Year 



Vi. M. Hitter, W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, Columbus, O. 



E. M. Vestal, Vestal Lumber & Manufacturing Company. Knoxville, 

 Tenn. 



W. B. Townsend, Little River Lumber Company, Townsend, Tenn. 



J. H. Himmelberger, Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company, Cape 

 Girardeau, Mo. 



J. F. Mclntyre, J. F. Mclntyre & Sons, Pine Bluff, Ark. 

 Two Years 



J. W. Oakford, Cherry River Boom & Lumber Company, Philadelphia, Pa. 



R. H. Vansant. Vansant, Kitchen & Co., Ashland, Ky. 



W. B. Burke, Lamb-Fish Lumber Company, Charleston, Miss. 



E. A. Lang, Paepcke Leicht Lumber Corapan.v, Chicago, 111. 



R. L. Hutchinson. Hutchinson Lumber Company, Huntington, W. Va. 

 Three Years 



\V. H. Dawkins, W. H. Dawkins Lumber Company, Ashland, Ky. 



AV. E. DeLaney, Kentucky Lumber Company, Lexington, Ky. 



Leon Isaacsen, Yellow Poplar Lumber Company, Coal Grove, O. 



R. M. Carrier. Carrier Lumber & Manufacturing Company, Sardis, Miss. 



Ralph May, May Brothers, Memphis, Tenn. 



Mr. Clinton Crane was elected honorary life member of the board. 

 1917 State Vice-Presidents and Directors 



.\LABAJiA : J. M. Cheely, Sulligent, Ala. Arkansas : R. E. Lee Wilson, 

 Wilson, Ark. ; W. C, Bonner, Heth, Ark. ; C. L. Wheeler, Memphis, Tenn. 

 Illinois : P. E. Gilbert, Chicago; H. L. McGhee, Kewanee, 111.; R. L. Mc- 

 Clellan, Chicago. Kentucky : Geo. H. Gearhart, Clearfield, Ky. ; W. T. 

 Schnauffer, Lexington, Ky. ; Malcolm Miller, Lenox, Ky. Louisiana : 

 W. J. Stebbins, Garyville, La. ; C. A. "VVeis, Alexandria, La. ; E. B. Schwing, 

 Plaquemine, La. Mississippi : Fred K. Conn, Yazoo City, Miss. ; B. F. 

 Dulweber, Moorhead, Miss. ; A. V. Wineman, Greenville, Miss. ; Missouri : 

 Max Pease, Poplar Bluff, Mo. ; W. P. Anderson. St. Louis, Mo. ; T. W. 

 Fry, St. Louis, Mo. North Carolina : Louis Carr. Pisgah Forest, N. C. ; 

 G. N. Hutton, Hickory, N. C. Ohio : W. G. Ward, Ironton, O. ; W. I. Barr, 

 Greenfield, O. ; W. H. Nigh, Ironton, O. Pennsylvania: F. N. Pearce, 

 Philadelphia. South Carolina : Andrew Gennett, Franklin, N. C. Ten- 

 nessee ; J. K. Williams, Fayetteville, Tenn. ; M. B. Cooper, Memphis ; S. M. 

 Nickey, Memphis. Texas : Albert Deutsch, San Antonio, Tex. ; Philip A. 

 Ryan, Lufkin. Tex.; Rex H. Browne, Big Creek, Texas. Virginia: N. W. 

 Easterly, Lebanon, Va. ; J. D. 'White, Shawsville, Va. West Virginia : 

 D. E. Hewitt, Huntington, W. Va. ; Peter Carroll, Middlefork, W. Va. ; 

 M. N. Offutt, Huntington, W. Va. 



The convention then adjourned. 



BOARD OF GOVERNORS' MEETING 

 After the meeting of the board of governors Wednesday afternoon, 

 January 31, President B. B. Burns issued a statement saying that 

 the Hard'n'ood Manufacturers' Association of the United States 

 finds itself at the close of its fifteenth annual convention, in the 

 strongest position in its history. The most important and far-reaching 

 among the many positive constructive steps taken at this meeting "was 

 the adoption of the open price plan of competition, which, after thor- 

 ough consideration, received the unanimous approval of the convention. 

 The association now has a definite plan worked out in full detail, 

 backed by ample funds, to answer all needs for the current year. In 

 addition, the excutive functions of the organization have been pro'vided 

 for on a much more comprehensive basis than ever before attempted. 

 Upon the resignation of Secretary Weller, F. E. Gadd, an active mem- 

 ber of the association, and its vice-president for 1916, has been 

 appointed to the newly-created office of assistant to the president and 

 win have complete charge of the association's activities, to which he 

 will devote his entire time. His experience as a lumberman, his expe- 

 rience in association work, his exceptional executive ability and his con- 

 structive genius are a guarantee of success in the enlarged work of the 

 organization. 



The board of governors has decided to make the open price plan 

 effective March 1. It should be understood that this plan covers all 

 hardwoods and •will be put into effect in respect to oak first. This plan 

 is in entire harmony with the plans of the American Oak Manufac- 

 turers' Association, with which this association will cooperate. 



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Earnest and skillful attention to the improvement of hand 

 crosscut saws for use in logging has in a way been a handicap to 

 the introduction of power logging saws because the hand cross- 

 cut has been made so easy running and rapid cutting that when 

 kept in proper order power appliances have a poor chance to 

 make profits in competition with it, except in the matter of drag 



saws at the mills. 







Wagon and implement stock looks like a good item for this win- 

 ter and in the hickory required for this work there are indications 

 that values may advance considerably because the demand for 

 hiekorv is of unusual volume all the way along. 



