TiHE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



23 



Hickory 2C0.OO0 



Maple '"" "" 



Plaia White Oak 



Quartered Oak. strips 



Plaiu Red Oak 



Quartered Red Oak 



Quartered Red Oak. strips. 



Quartered White Oak 



Poplar, rough 



Poplar, dressed 



Sycamore 



Walnut 



Totals 40,753,012 14,278,000 



Having canvassed tlie membership relative to 

 tlie success ot the bureau, we tind that it has 

 given satisfaction, and it has placed the members 

 in position to aeal with one another on a satis 

 factors" basis. 



Hardwood Statistics. 

 July 1, l'..iii4. our reports compiled showed 

 slocks -on hand amounting to .3o;i.322.000 feet; 

 -he comparative statomont of those who reported 

 iheir stocks January 1. 1904. and July 1. 1004, 

 are exhibited. This report shows a gain in pro- 

 duction of 211 per cent for the first six months of 

 the .Tear, which were naturally the best produc- 

 ing months. 



July 1, 1904. 



Ash 6,ElS5,<JOO 



Basswcod 24,292,00 1 



Beech 2,2 14,000 



Birch 13,832.000 



Butternut 238,000 



Cberrr 542,0110 



Chestnut 10,263.000 



Cottonwood 24.220,IKKi 



Cypress 10,126,000 



Rock Elm 3.394.000 



Soft Elm 7.258.0011 



Gum 34.984.000 



Hickory 1.263.00O 



Soft Maple 1, ,395,000 



Hard Maple 22.003, 0<Xl 



Plain White Oak 24,!115,oiiii 



Plain Red Oak 16,649,000 



Quartered White Oak 17.016.000 



Quartered Red Oak 3.220.000 



Poplar, rough 115,066,000 



Poplar, Worked 15,794,000 



Pecan 47.000 



Sycamore 899.00O 



Walnut 2.715,000 



We have covered since the Installation of this 

 plan the greater part of the consuming sections ; 

 the compiled reports in each case have been sent 

 to the membership represented at the time the 

 report was received. We are at all times gath- 

 ering other information. Members who have 

 lately joined and who have not received the 

 benefits of the past work, may upon request, ob- 

 tain copies of any reports which we have on file. 

 When it is thought information is not in line 

 with the conditions, tracers are sent to the 

 membership for the purpose of keeping reports 

 correct and right up to date. We make no ex- 

 tra charge for this service, and there is no limit 

 to the amount of inquiries each member may 

 make. 



Published Valuations. 



At our last annual meeting the price lists 

 were practically reaffirmed and published in line 

 with our old lists, and the members represent- 

 ing the different committees which were subdi- 

 vided according to the kinds of wood represent- 

 ed, were at times, when conditions justified, 

 communicated with from the secretary's office. 



fnder date of Aug. 20, X904. after a meeting 

 of the executive board, a general letter was sub- 



Bules of Inspection. 



Since the promulgation of our grading rules, 

 I have had this bureau under my direct super- 

 vision, and have given it a great deal of study 

 and thought. The condition of the hardwood 

 grading market is. to some extent, in a disor- 

 dered state, owing to the fact that there are 

 two rules in existence, which has a tendency to 

 confuse the buyers. 



Through the past year the report of the joint 

 conference committees of the two National As- 

 sociations did not become etCeative. after our 

 adoption of the rules, and recommended by dif- 

 ferent state organizations interested in this 

 movement, 



Nothing more successful could be accomplished 

 for the hardwood industry than the progressive 

 movement to the end that a universal grading 

 rule be the subject for every individual con- 

 nected in the hardwood industry. There is no 

 reason to feel that these conditions cannot be 

 brought aboiu through the efforts of broad-mind- 

 ed businessmen who are represented in the pro- 

 ducing and consuming markets, 



Vp til the first of January. 1904. this associa- 

 tion had published a total of 65,000 copies of 



HAHDWOOD STATISTICS, 



Totals 359.322.000 



January 1. 1905. we showed 436,261.000 feet : 

 the comparative statement of those who reported 

 July 1. 1904. against stocks on hand Jan. 1. 

 1 905. shows a decrease in the amount of stocks 

 on hand of 30..S66,000 feet or 12 per cent. 



All statistics we have compiled show ir, evei'y 

 department the increased demand in the last 

 six months over the first six montiis of the year, 

 amounting to about 35 1-3 per cent gain. 

 Poplar Bevel Siding Statistics, 



We have also endeavored to keep in touch with 

 the plnnin.g mill manufacturers who handle P'lp- 

 lar bevel siding, and find that during the year 

 ending December 31. 1904. there had been 

 shipped the following amounts of each grade and 

 thickness : 



n. 1, 1904. 



5.710,1X10 

 3,997,0:10 



971,01X1 



1.586.000 



73.0IX) 



392.000 



6.077.000 



23.938.000 



5.651,000 



3,607,000 



26.347.000 



608,000 



S.244,000 



6.487.000 



11.131,000 



1,346.000 



102.934,000 



64,000 

 1,562,000 

 2,199,000 



206,002:000 



-Comparative- 



July 1, 1904. 



6.7,SO,O0U 



4,919.000 



2,205,00 1 



2548,000 



92,000 



525,000 



7,833, OOJ 



22,684,000 



9,534,000 



3,445,000 



'32,is06,0o6 



641,000 



17,057,000 



17.244,00) 

 7,067,000 



15,103,000 



2,163,000 



101,992,000 



47,660 

 2.737.000 



2 534,000 



247,863,000 



Jan. 1, 1905. 



7.72S,1M10 



l;l.74N,Oi)o 



4,262,000 



lci,,s.s,i,000 



257.000 



1.663.0UO 



14.S71.000 



33.320.000 



7.682.000 



I.9.1O.OOO 



9.410.00O 



43.S33.O00 



1.619.000 



2.730.000 



34.029.000 



4,>i,315,00C 



l!l,59S,lX)f» 



37,148.000 



7.047.000 



115.5.-13.000 



6.156.000 



60.1X10 



3.984.000 



4.413.000 



July 1, 1904. 



,').3U1.0IIO 



I3.<I12,000 



1,941,1X10 



12,77B,0(Kl 



113.00(1 



52S,»0'i 



8,237_.iH«i 



15,6i;i0.tMNt 



4,4':0,0 10 



2, ,362, 000 



5,526,0:Mt 



26.815,000 



663,000 



946,000 



16,777,0IK) 



15,639,000 



12,44.3,000 



13.815.000 



4.152.0<X> 



86.409.000 



9,431,000 



2.735.000 

 2.213.000 



■Comparative. 



Jan. 1. 1905. 



3 598.000 



15.752,0 10 



i.i:;;!.!.""! 



S.140,.»»i 



134.00(1 



336.000 



5.977.000 



12.764.000 



6.075. 001 



1.789. IKK) 



3.854 000 



20.004. OlX) 



747.000 



631.000 



]7.]37,0<lO 



18,687.000 



10.54S.oOO 



17.883.000 



4.270.000 



52.738.000 



5,098.000 



436.261.000 



240.839,000 



633.000 

 2,009.000 



209,993.000 



mitted relative to the poplar condition. In this 

 letter it was recommended that a foundation for 

 the establi.shment of market values should be 

 placed into effect by us. the valuation commit- 

 tees being permanent for the year and appointed 

 in such a manner to cover the entire territory 

 of the different kinds of wood produced, and 

 through these standing committees. ' monthly 

 lists should be published in accordance with the 

 conditions of the consuming markets. In fact, 

 in the compilation of the information for these 

 committees, if any slight deviation in the 

 amount of production, or in the consuming 

 markets, would be noticed, it would be at once 

 made known on each monthly price-sheet. These 

 valuations also should be gauged from the man- 



Kind. 



No. 1 



Select 



No. 1 Com . . 

 No. 2 Com . 



6 inch. 

 7.785.323 ft. 

 9.239.719 " 

 7. 102. 722 " 

 1.129.4.S2 " 



5 incb. 



3.729.587 ft. 



5.405.513 " 



3.307.298 •' 



687.253 " 



4 inch. 

 1.755.554 ft. 

 1.771.477 " 

 1. 483.502 ■• 



293.931 ■' 



Totals. 

 13.270.464 ft. 



16.416 709 " 

 12.095.522 " 



2,110.666 " 



Totals 25,237,246 



13,329,651 



5,306,464 



43,893,361 



In our canvass among manufacturers of poplar 

 hevel siding, in view of establishing the manu- 

 facture of same on ;hc % inch finished basis, 

 fiftv-cne manufacturers were corresponded with, 

 and of this number tiiirtv-Ilve retiorted to us. 

 Sixteen firms, of the number reporting, were al- 

 ready making their stock on the % inch basis 

 and also produced over 65 per cent of the product 

 of bevel siding. Nine firms were not. hut sub- 

 mitted signed agreements that they would, mak- 

 ing the total twetny-five firms who will finish 

 their siding on this basis, and which represents 

 8-3 per cent of this product. 



The balance of the manufacturers, being ten 

 firms, are not vet decided, but most of them have 

 advised that the.v would decide later, and as we 

 have made this plan uniformly effective Feb. 

 1. we hope to have -it least 95 per cent of this 

 product manufactured correctly. 



Commercial Keports. 



This department was not developed into a 

 regular working system until the early part of 

 1903. during which period, in response to in- 

 nuiries from members, 360 reports relative to 

 the business methods of the members of the 

 buying fraternity were sent to all members. In 

 1904 we endeavored to still further perfect this 

 system, and have sent out 250 extra reports. In 

 addition to the above, we have sent out twenty- 

 eight special reports to members who have re- 

 ouested special information from whatever 

 source possible- 



ner in which the lumber is marketed by the pro- 

 ducers, and always be In exact line with such 

 conditions. 



Bureau of Grades. 



Reports to Jan. 1. show the amount of lumber 

 distributed bv the m-embers last year amounted 

 to T.'<4.n62.553 feet, which is subdivided monthly 

 as follows : ^^^^ 



l.„,,„rv 66.829.962 



Febuorv ■'.".■. 60,271.418 



Afarch 60.464.1.55 



\prM .... 62.834.519 



jlav . 60.8.57.425 



June 



63.998.844 



jnlv : : 63.153.875 



^"^ust ' ■ : 70.960.051 



Sentember 72.363.971. 



October 74.247.588 



Nmc^ber If.T^l^l 



DecembiT 70.706.699 



Total 784,062,533 



Owing to a number of members not reporting 

 with their monthlv assessment the division of 

 the kinds of lumber provided for on the blanks 

 submitted, we cannot separate the different 

 kinds of wood, but hope that the members will 

 realize how imnortant .such information is and 

 <'ive it as asked for. so that next year we may 

 be able to report these conditions more elaborate- 

 ly as they exist. 



the official grading rules. This year, m re- 

 sponse to requests, we have sent to the manu- 

 facturing and consuming trade nearly 10.000 

 more copies, making a total of 75.000 copies. 

 In addition to this, we have sent to the mills of 

 members our gi-ading rules printed on large 

 cards to be posted in the mills and offices in easy 

 view of inspectors and other employes. Canada 

 and European points are being supplied upon re- 

 ouest with copies of the rules, and the features 

 surrounding the conditions of this association 

 have been fully outlined to all those who are 

 writing for information from time to time, ac- 

 cordin"- to the conditions which confront them. 

 There have been suggestions that rules for 

 certain woods be taken up with a view of mak- 

 ing some slight changes, in order to have theni 

 perfectly clear and plain ; suggestions from the- 

 member's are in order. Suggestions have re- 

 peatedly been made that the association adopt 

 grading' rules for dressed stock on woods which 

 are not now covered : for instance, oak. gum 

 and other woods : this is also open for sugges- 

 tions from members. 



Mill Inspection. 

 The plan inaugurated at the beginning of this 

 association has been greatly appreciated by the 

 members. During the year we have installed the 

 svstem of our grading in a number of plants 

 which heretofore had not been officially using 

 our grading rules, and the amount of production 

 represented bv such installation increased the 

 amount of lumber produced per annum upon the 

 markets as graded by our system, and we have 

 during 1904 shown a wider scope of production 

 with more mills adhering strictly to the rules-, 

 and with better success than in 1903. How- 

 ever this production would have shown more 

 increase, as there were millions of feet of lum- 

 ber held bv members which were not placed 

 noon the market because they were held up by 

 lack of tides, climatic conditions and the strin- 

 gent effort to reduce ijroduction. 



We have had correspondence from members 

 of the association and others who are using our 

 rules that thev fear to shin lumber into markets 

 where the methods of grading American hard- 

 wood lumber is not thoroughly studied, covering 

 points west of the Rocky mountains and in Eu- 

 roo<> and accordingly your inspection depart- 

 ment has installed for the support of such mem- 

 bers .ind other shippers, a plan to overcome 

 such difficulties, bv a system of inspection at 

 noint of shipment. The necessity of this is 

 shown because the producers hesitate to shin 

 such distances without a guarantee of good faith 



