THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



17 



From Nea^r 8Lnd Fa^r 



THE FORESTRY MEETING. 



The American Forestry Association has 

 issued the oiHcial call for the meeting of 

 the American Forest Congress, mentioned 

 editorially in this issue, as follows: 



An American Forest Congress, under 

 the auspices of the American Forestry As- 

 sociation, will meet in Washington, D. C, 

 January 2 to C, 1905. 



The purpose of this congress is to estab- 

 lish a broader understanding of the forest 

 In its relation to the great industries de- 

 pending upon it; to advance the conserva- 

 tive use of forest resources for both the 

 present and the future need of these in- 

 dustries; to stimulate and unite all efforts 

 to perpetuate the forest as a permanent 

 resource of the nation. 



All who are interested in securing these 

 ends are urged to attend this congress. 



The fact that the president of the United 

 States will address the congress and re- 

 ceive its members is significant of its na- 

 tional importance, while the promised at- 

 tendance of many of the foremost men 

 of our industrial life assures definite and 

 far-reaching results from its deliberations. 



The congress will include: Members of 

 the United States Senate and House of 

 Representatives; ambassadors, ministers 

 and other representatives of foreign na- 

 tions; governors of states and territories; 

 members of the Society of American For- 

 esters; faculties of forest schools; state 

 forest officials; professional foresters in 

 private work; 100 delegates from the 

 American Forestry Association; editors of 

 lumber and other trade journals of indus- 

 tries dependent upon the forest; 25 dele- 

 gates from the Bureau of Forestry of the 

 United States. Department of Agriculture; 

 25 delegates from the United States Geo- 

 logical Survey; 50 delegates from the 

 United States General Land Office and 

 Forest Reserve Service; 75 delegates from 

 the National Irrigation Association; 75 

 delegates from the National Irrigation 

 Congress; 5 delegates from each forestry 

 association, state or local; 10 delegates 

 from the Canadian Forestry Association; 

 5 delegates from the Canadian Forest 

 Service; 5 delegates appointed by the gov- 

 ernor of each state and territory; 5 dele- 

 gates from each lumberman's association; 

 5 delegates from each woodworking asso- 

 ciation; 5 delegates from each mining as- 

 sociation; 5 delegates from each stock- 

 men's association; 5 delegates from each 

 turpentine association; 2 delegates from 

 each railroad, telegraph or telephone com- 

 pany; 15 delegates from the American So- 

 ciety of Civil Engineers; 15 delegates 

 from the American Institute of Mining 

 Engineers; chiefs of bureaus and divisions 

 of the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture; 2 delegates from each Chamber of 

 Commerce and Board of Trade; delegates- 

 at-large appointed by the president of the 

 congress from forest landowners and those 

 who have rendered distinguished service 

 to the cause of American forestry. 



On Monday at 12 o'clock noon, January 

 2, the delegates will be received in a body 

 at the president's New Year's reception at 

 the White House. 



Morning and afternoon sessions will be 

 held on January 3, 4, 5 and G. A subject 

 of wide industrial importance will be dis- 

 cussed at each session by men whose ex- 

 perience and standing qualify them to 

 speak authoritatively upon it. 



The subjects, each of which will receive 

 attention at a separate session, are; 



1. Relation of the Public Forest Lands 

 to Irrigation. 



2. Relation of the Public Forest Lands 

 to Grazing. 



.3. The Lumber Industry and the Forest. 



4. Importance of the Public Forest 

 Lands to Mining. 



5. Forestry in Relation to Railroad 

 Supplies. 



G. National Forest Policy. 



7. State Forest Policy. 



The sessions of the congress will be 

 held in the National Rifles Armory. 920 

 G street, northwest, which has a seating 

 capacity of SOO. All meetings at this hall 

 will be open to the public. On the after- 

 noon of January 5 a special meeting will 

 be held in the Lafayette Theater, which 

 will be addressed by the president of the 

 United States and other men prominent 

 in our industrial and national life. Admis- 

 sion to this meeting will be by ticket. 



A rate of one and one-third fare for the 

 round trip, on the certificate plan, has 

 been granted by nearly all railroads in the 

 United States and Canada in case 100 per- 

 sons attend the congress. In order to se- 

 cure this rate delegates must procure cer- 

 tificates at starting points. 



The headquarters of the congress will 

 be maintained at the National Rifles Ar- 

 mory for the registration of the delegates, 

 the issuance of membership certificates 

 and the .general information and conveni- 

 ence of those in attendance. 



The co-operation of all newspapers and 

 other publications is requested in giving 

 wide publicity to this official call and in 

 directing attention to the national impor- 

 tance of this congress. 

 THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSO- 

 CIATION, 

 James Wilson, President. 



CHICAGO COMMENT. 

 Mr. Young, of the American Hardwood 

 Lumber Company, Madison, Wis., was in 

 Chicago this week and paid the Record 

 office an appreciated call. 



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E. K. Pritchett, formerly the lumber 

 buyer with the Globe Wernicke Company 

 at Cincinnati, now occupying the same 

 berth with the Macey-Wernicke Company 

 of Grand Rapids, Mich., was in Chicago 



this week. 



* * * 



Max Sondheimer, of the E. Sondheimer 

 Company, is spending two weeks at the 

 mill of the Ranger Hardwood Export Com- 

 pany, Ranger, Texas, in which company 



he is interested. 



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Herman Buck, formerly national in- 

 spector on this market, is now manager of 

 the Morton Grove Lumber Company at 

 Morton Grove, 111. 



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Lou Lesh, of the Lesh & Matthews Lum- 

 ber Company, is in Memphis looking after 

 their southern interests this week. 



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Wm. H. White, of Wm. H. White & Co., 

 Boyne City, Mich., and Mrs. White, were 

 in Chicago to-day, on their way to take 

 a look at the World's Fair at St. Louis. 



PIERCE LUMBER CO. 



Manufacturers and 

 Wholesale Dealers in 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



^^ We will saw Eed and White Oak 



exclusively for the next year 



OFFICE and MILLS, OLYPHANT, aRK. 



THE 



OrittiiDilei Lnier Co. 



MANUFACTURERS 



Oak, Ash, 

 Cypress 

 and Gum 



MILLS: 

 BARLE. ARK. 



OFFICE : 

 336-337 Scimitar BuildinK. 



MEMPHIS, TENN. 





MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 

 LUMBER CO., 



MAIN OFFICES, 



LINCOLN TRUST BLDO., SAINT LOUIS. 



URANCHES: 



Cairo. III.. Caruthersvllle. Mo. 

 and Memphis, Tenn.* 



Cash buyers of Cypress. Cottonwood, Qum and 

 Oak and solicit inquiries from the con- 

 suming trade for the. following: 



CYPRESS: 



750,000 feet 1 inch Ists and 2nds 

 200,000 " IH inch Ists and 2nd8. 

 25,000 " 1 "/J and 2 inch Ists and 2nds. 

 850,000 '• 1 and !!•.( incb select. 

 175,000 " ly, inch select. 

 90,000 " 2 inch select. 

 1,610,000 " 1, iH, IH and 2 Inchshop. 



COTTONWOOD: 



2,000,000 feet 1-inch, log run or on grade. 



QUM: 



2,500,000 feet 1-inch No, 2 and shipping cull. 

 500,000 '* 1 and li< ingh furniture common. 

 390,000 " 1, IJi and 14 inch sap clear. 



OAK: 



650.000 feet 1, i;4 and]2 inch Red and White 

 plain and quarter sawed Ists and 2nd3, No. 1 

 and No. 2 common. 



