THE HARDWOOD RECORD, 



17 



Association. Matter. 



NORTHWESTERN HARDWOOD MEETING. 



Minneapolis^ Minn., Dec. 6, 1904.— The 

 Northwestern Hardwood Lumbermen's As- 

 ■ sociation met in this city today for its six- 

 teenth annual gathering. The meeting 

 -was held in the Commercial Club parlors, 

 "with the following members present: 



F. H. Lewis, Minneapolis: W. C. Bailey, 

 ^Minneapolis: C. F. Osborne, Minneapolis; 

 W. C. Stanton, St. Paul; I. P. Lennon, 

 Minneapolis: F. A. Nolan, St. Paul; P. W. 

 Strickland, Minneapolis; A. H. Barnard, 

 Minneapolis; E. Payson Smith, Minneap- 

 •olis; B. N. Thompson, Minneapolis; A. A. 

 Jlotzien. Minneapolis; A. E. Peterson, St. 

 Paul; D. F. Clark, Minneapolis; P. R. 

 Hamilton, Minneapolis; N. H. Sill, Minne- 

 apolis; N. C. Bennett, Minneapolis; J. F. 

 Hayden, secretary, Minneapolis. 



The meeting was called to order at 4 

 ■o'clock by the president, F. H. Lewis. 

 The minutes of the last annual meeting 

 were read and approved. 



The secretary, J. F. Hayden, presented 

 the following report: 



Mr. President and Members of the 

 Northwestern Hardwood Lumbermen's 

 Association: The work of this association 

 •during the past year has presented little 

 of importance to the hardwood lumber 

 trade of the Northwest. Including the 

 annual, eight meetings have been held, 

 but the variations in values during the 

 year have been so few that but one re- 

 vision of the list has been made. The 

 list has not always represented the mar- 

 ]\et, but market prices have not varied 

 much from the quotations of the official 

 list, and it is as true of the last year as 

 ■of the two preceding year-s that the in- 

 formation the members have gained from 

 the frequent meetings has been of value 

 and has prevented demoralization when 

 the demand for certain stocks has been 

 light. 



Taking the grades of firsts and seconds 

 as a basis, advances were made as fol- 

 lows: 



Hard maple, $2; red oak, $2; white oak, 

 ■$2. 



A change in the grading of birch made 

 a reduction in the quotation of unassorted 

 liirch of $7 per thousand, and the addition 

 of the grade of birch, mi.xed color, quoted 

 at $32. Basswood shows a reduction of 

 ■43 per thousand from the list of October, 

 1903. 



The two former grades of birch, unas- 

 •sorted and red birch, were split into three 

 grades, selected red birch, birch unas- 

 sorted for color, and birch mixed color. 



The membership of the association has 

 remained the same during the year, and 

 ■n'e still have the names of seventeen con- 

 cerns on the membership roll. 



At the last annual meeting the associa- 

 tion was called upon to take action on 

 the death of two old members during the 

 previous year, Somers C. Robinson and 

 J. A. Wilson, and suitable resolutions were 

 adopted. 



Since the meetings occur with con- 

 •siderable frequency during the year, and 

 at each meeting the condition of stocks in 

 the hands of members is discussed, it 

 may not be a necessary step, but it may 

 l)e of value to the members if each would 

 furnish the secretary from time to time 

 with a statement of the amount of stock 

 ■of different kinds he has on hand. Suit- 

 able blanks could be printed, on which 

 these reports could be given. It is fre- 



quently the case that members of the 

 association are in receipt of orders for 

 material they cannot furnish from their 

 own stocks, while other members might 

 have just what is wanted. If the secretary 

 had this information it could be furnished 

 to members and they would not then be 

 required to go outside and purchase the 

 needed material. Each member could fur- 

 nish monthly or bi-monthly stock sheets 

 which the secretary could compile and 

 keep on hand for the information of all 

 the members. 



It is impossible at this time to deter- 

 mine the comparative amount of lumber 

 that will be manufactured during the 

 winter, and available for distribution in 

 this market during the coming year, but 

 it is possible to make a rough guess that 

 the demand during the coming year ought 

 to be better than it has been during the 

 past year. Stocks during 1904 have not 

 been large enough to at any time be a 

 ir.enace to the market, but the new year 

 promises to furnish trade enough to take 

 about all that will be offered for sale. 

 The presidential campaign is over and 

 good crops and high prices for them have 

 put money into the pockets of consumers, 

 which they will undoubtedly be willing to 

 spend. 



The report of the treasurer was sub- 

 mitted by C. F. Osborne, showing total 

 receipts of $139.84 during the year, and 

 a balance on hand of $67.92. 



The report of the board of arbitration 

 showed receipts from inspection amount- 

 ing to $124.04, and expenses of $86.59, 

 leaving a profit of $37.45. There were ten 

 cars inspected for members and fourteen 

 for outside concerns. There was some 

 discussion as to inspection rules. Com- 

 plaint was made that the national inspec- 

 tors bear down altogether too hard on the 

 shippers. This was confirmed by D. F. 

 Clark, who is a member of the national as- 

 sociation board of arbitration. He said 

 there had been considerable dissatisfac- 

 tion, and an improvement was expected in 

 the future. There was discussion of the 

 rule re.garding wanes, all agreeing that 

 allowance for this should not be left 

 entirely to the judgment of inspectors. 



E. Payson Smith and A. A. Rotzien of 

 the Vernon Lumber Company, both of 

 Minneapolis, were admitted as new mem- 

 bers on recommendation of the member- 

 ship committee. 



President Lewis, who has served two 

 terms, announced that he would not ac- 

 cept a re-election. He appointed W. C. 

 Bailey, F. A. Nolan and A. H. Barnard as 

 the committee on nominations. 



The committee on nominations reported 

 the following names, and the report was 

 ratified by the action of the association: 



President, A. E. Peterson. 



Vice-president, W. H. Sill. 



Secretary. J. F. Hayden. 



Treasurer, C. F. Osborne. 



Arbitration committee: D. F. Clark, 

 P. W. Strickland, B. N. Thompson, F. H. 

 Lewis, W. C. Stanton. 



Membership committee: F. A. Nolan, 

 I. P. Lennon, A. H. Barnard. 



The committee recommended that the 



FOR SALE 



3 c»rs 4 4 1 and 2 Poplar. 30 cars 4-t No. 1 



Common Poplar. ^ 



2 cars 5-4 1 and 2 Poplar. 3 cars 5-4 No. 1 



Common Poplar. 

 2 cars 6-4 1 and 2 Poplar. 5 cars 6-*-No. 1 

 Common Poplar. 

 5 cars 8-4 1 and 2 Poplar. 3 cars 8-4 No. 1 

 Common Poplar. 



1 car 10-4 1 and 2 Poplar. 1 car 10-4 No. 1 



Common Poplar. 



2 cars 12-4 1 add 2 Poplar. 1 car 12-4 No. 1 



Common Poplar. 

 30 cars 4-4 Cull Poplar. 

 2 •• 5-4 •• 

 2 " 6-4 " 



2 '• 8-4 •■ 

 1 •• 10-4 •• 

 1 •' 12-4 ■• 



3 •• 4-4 1 and 2 Plain W. or R. Oak. 

 1 •■ 5-4 1 and 2 " 



1 " 6-4 1 and 2 ' " " 



2 '• 8-4 1 and2 " " " 



1 " 12-4 1 and 2 " White 



25 " 4-4 Common Plain R. or W. Oak. 



3 " 5-4 



2 •■ 6-4 

 2 •■ 8-4 



Any grade, quantity or thickness in Qt. Red 

 or While Oak. 



CHESTNUT 



10 cars 4-4 1 and 2. 



5 " 4-4 Common. 

 20 " 4-4 Sound Wormy. 



2 " 5-4, 6-4 and 8-4. 



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