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invest area, we are slightly led • by iron, food 

 jn'odncts and textiles. 



Let us consider also the position of hard- 

 wood as compared with the more widely dis- 

 tributed general building woods. The hard- 

 w-ood area of the United States, originally ex- 

 tending from the Atlantic coast to a short 

 distance west of the Mississippi river, has be- 

 «Gmc greatly circumscribed by exhaustion until 

 the circle that might be drawn around this 

 area of production is becoming smaller and 

 smaller ; and now we mu.st realize from a sim- 

 ple selfish commercial standpoint, if from no 

 other, the permanent importance of intelligent 

 methods in the production of hardwood lumber. 

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Nashville is geographically about the center 

 of hardwood production in the United States 

 and has for many years been recognized as a 

 very large hardwood lumber market. Nashville 

 is \vo modest to boast of her sources of hard- 

 wood supply, but with her more than fifty (50) 

 sawmills owned and operated by her citizens, 

 she has a daily capacity of 800,000 feet, but 

 all of her mills do not run every day in the 

 year. Consequently there is no danger of a 

 flood of plain oak being thrown on the market 

 i-ight away. Our friends tell us that we have 

 more band mills in operation than are to he 

 found in any other one hardwood center. We 

 also have a few planing mills, flooring factories, 

 interior finish and furniture factories and other 

 woodworking establishments and the only red 

 cedar brvcket factory on earth, and you might 

 have seen in the Forestry Building at St. Louis 

 the largest cedar bucket on earth manufactured 

 at that factory. We sell lumber all over the 

 world — don't get much for It — too modest to 

 ask the price — but we manage somehow to 

 handle about 150.000,000 feet annually and keep 

 5,000 workmen liusy. We are greatly favored 

 in the matter of climate, and as our natural re- 

 sources are so very great it is a matter of sur- 

 prise that more of our northern friends do not 

 ,ioin our citizenship. We invite you to come 

 and help make Nashville a great metropolis. 



In summing tip briefly let me remind you 

 that about 50 per cent of the poplar production 

 f^ subject to water deliveries and when tides 

 are not forthcoming the loss to the owner is 

 25 per cent the first year, another year adds 10 

 to 15 per cent, caused by sap decay, sun checks, 

 etc., besides interest on value, and when the 

 tide comes up, freouently booms and splash 

 ''ams are swept away, leaving the logs to the 

 mercy of the flood. I know something of this 

 from" personal experience, as a company in which 

 I was interested lost splash dams, booms and 

 forty thousand dollars worth of logs at one fell 

 swciop. It is needless to add that I curtailed 

 ray river operations and am now ver.v partial to 

 railroad mills. 



Hut last year Nashville stood almost alone 

 in the matter of tides. We had some water in 

 the Cumberland and got down a few logs. Oth- 

 er larsre producing centers did not get their 

 1' L^s. In the meantime logging has been checked 

 and there will not lie a double crop of logs 

 this year in the event of soring tides. 



The association records show that so far Knox- 

 vllle has received about a half million feet. 

 'DMor Cumberland and Chattanooga 1,500.000 

 feet each. Other places report "No logs re- 

 ceived." and )>resent T>rospects are not good for 

 t-ariv tides. The snow in the mountains is 

 melting without rains thus reducing chances 

 " I'ood early tides. The small country mills 

 of the Southern territory are hauling their 

 lumber' in some instances as far as 40 miles. 

 Of course, however, this is exceptional, but the 

 ■'verage haul is so long that with high priced 

 feed and labor such onerations are getting to be 

 '• expensive and the mill men are rapidly 

 awakening to the fact. 



In closing let me observe that it takes no 

 ■■■ihet or son of a prophet to read the signs 

 of the times as they relate to hardwood lum- 

 ber. Oreat pressure is being brought to bear 

 I'v the wholesalers and consumers to discount 

 the fact, but nevertheless the fact remains that 

 ■'c'-er before in the history of the lumber busi- 

 ■■•^ss in this country have conditions been so 

 favorable for a steadily increasiu«r consuming 

 demand, a rapidly decreasiu" source of supplv 

 a-^'i a conseouent eplianceraent of values of all 

 ki' ds of wood material. 



Then the president introiluced E. M. Car- 

 rier of Sanlis, Miss., who read an exhaus- 

 five and interesting paper on the "Devel- 

 opment of Hardwood Production in the 

 Southwest." Space precludes the publica- 

 tion of this paper in this number of The 

 H.\RDWOOD Record, b.t it will appear iu a 

 later issue. 



Frank F. Fee of Newark, Ohio, wa.s then 

 presented to the convention, and he delivered 

 an interesting review of the commercial his- 



tory of many lines of American industries 

 during 1904, and supplemented the report 

 with a very glowing analysis of the com- 

 mercial prospects of the year to come. This 

 paper will be reviewed at length in a sub- 

 sequent issue of The Hardwood Eecord. 



The president then announced his appoint. 

 uient of committees, agreeable to the resc 

 lution passed at the morning session. The 

 committees named were as follows: 



COMailTTE]': ox VAI/UES POPLAR AND IJASSWOOO. 



C. M. Crawford W. E. Wentz 



A. J. Gahagan W. H. Dawkins 



M. R Greene M. N. Offutt 



.7. W. Kitchen 



roMMi-rrEio <ix \'AH i:;s — oak, ash and cin:sTXUT. 



.1. B. Ransom W. L. Watson 



C. Crane J. W. Mayhew 



Claude Maley R. M. Carrier ^ 



F. F. Fee 



ro.MMITTEE OX VAI^UES AND GRADING RULES 



COTTONWOOD. 



E. A. Lang P. B. Little 



<i. E. W. Luehrraaun R. M. Carrier 



W. Morgan W. W. Dings 

 \V. Wilms 



COMMITTEE OX VALUES AND GRADING RULES 



GUM. 



.T. H. Himmelberger P. B. Little 

 T. W. Frye W. W. Dings 



COMMITTEE ON VALUES CHERRY, WALNUT. BUT- 

 TERNUT. SYCAMORE AND PECAN. 



,7. W, Love W. I. Barr 



W. H. Nigh 



COMJIITTEE ON .VALUES HICKORY. SOFT AND 



ROCK ELM. HARD AND SOFT M-APLE, 

 BEECH AND BIRCH. 



Hamilton Love O. E. W. Luehrmann 



H. V. Hartzell 



COMMITTEE ON GRADING RULES — OAK, ASH AND 

 CHESTNUT, 



,Jno. W. Love C. A. Schenck 



E. L. Davis I 'laude Maley 

 W. B. Burke II, E. Wentz 

 C. H. Barnaby 



COMMITTEE ON CHERKT, WALNUT, BUTTERNUT, 

 SYCAMORE AND PECAN. 



G. A. Rov W. H. Nigh 

 J. H. Baskette 



COMMITTEE UN GB.ADIXG RULES HICKORY, SOFT 



AND ROCK ELM, HARD AND SOFT 5IAPLE, 

 BEECH AND BIRCH. 



R. M. Carrier Hamilton Love 



Geo. W. Hartzell 



CO.MMITTEB ON GRADING RULES POPLAK AND 



BASSWOOD. 



C. M. Crawford .1. W. Kitchen 



F. Vk Blair S. Liebei-man 

 Floyd Day W. J. Cude 

 J. W. Mayhew 



COMMITTEE ON FINANCB. 



.7. B. Ransom W. V. Davidson 



C. Crane W. W. Wilms 



C. M. Crawford F. F. Fee 



.7. W. Mavhew <;. E. W. Luehrmann 



M. W. Thomas 



Subsequently, on motion the president was 

 requested to increase the Cottonwood grado 

 and price committee to seven in number, 

 whereupon he stated that he would com- 

 ])lete the committee at Wednesday morning's 

 session. 



A general discussion of lumber values then 

 prevailed, during which conservatism on 

 prices seemed to constitute the dominant 

 sentiment. 



Adjonrnment until 10:30 a. m... Jan. 25. 



The Banquet." 



The banquet on Tuesday evening given 

 by the Nashville Lumbermen 's Association 

 in honor of the Manufacturers' Association 

 was a very enjoyable affair. Covers were 

 laid for 160. The management of the Max- 

 well House outdid itself in decorations, 

 music and cuisine. James H. Beard acted 

 as toastmaster; ex-Governor McMilan was 

 guest of honor and chief speeehmaker. The 

 jolly good time kept the crowd together 

 until 2 a. m. 



■Wednesday, 10:30 A. M. 



The meeting on beiiiy called to order, the 



report of the committee on grading rules 

 reported a s follows : 



We, your committee on grading rules, recom- 

 mend that sections 2, 3 and 4 of the president's 

 recommendations, be approved, an'd 5 when prac- 

 ticable. 



There shall be no general change in inspec- 

 tion. 



We recommend to the hardwood trade uni- 

 versal inspection. 



We also approve the president's suggestion 

 that individual trade-marks be registered. 



The cott<uiwood rules we recommend should 

 be amended. 



We, the committee, on revision of price list, 

 beg leave to report as follows : We recommend 

 that the prices on poplar lumber be changed as 

 follows, said prices to be in effect at all Ohio 

 liver points: 



Poplar — I's and 2's. $4:i. 



Selects saps, $33 : No. 1 common, $29 : No. 2, 

 $20 ; No. 3. $16. 



White oak — I's and 2's, $42.50 ; common, 

 $30. 



Red oak — Same prices. 



Quartered white oak — I's and 2's, $70 : com- 

 mon, $45. 



Quartered red oak — I's and 2's, $62.50 : com- 

 mon. $40. 



Cottonwood — I's and 2's, $27 : common. $21 ; 

 box common, $14.50'. (These prices on cotton- 

 wood are for delivery at Cairo or Thebes, 111.) 



Chestnut — I's and 2's, $40 ; common, $28 : 

 sound wormv, $20. 



Red gum — I's and 2's. $20 : selects. $17 ; 

 common. $15. (Note: The above red gum 

 prices are f, o. b. Memphis.) $2 less on saps 

 t above note) $1 less on sap common. 



Membership dues were increased from 2 cents 

 ■a thousand to 5 cents a tliousand. 



The word "fas" was coined to represent I's 

 and 2's, and a composite symbol was originated 

 to indicate the grade. 



Election of Officers, 



The election of olficers resulted as follows : 

 President, Rufus II. Vau Saut. re-elected : vice 

 president. .7ohn B. Ransom, Nashville. These 

 officers witli the directors composed of W. M. 

 Ritter, Columbus: C. Crane, Cincinnati: R. M. 

 Carrier, Sardis, Miss., and William Wilms, Chi- 

 cago, constitute the executive board, which is 

 thus increased from five to seven members. 



A vole of thanks was tendered the Lumber- 

 men's Club and the citizens of Nashville for 

 their entertainment, and the meeting adjourned 

 amid enthusiasm unprecedented with three 

 cheers for Nashville. 



A Hoo-Hoo concatenation was held, the full 

 details of which lack of space and want of 

 time prevents us from giving in this issue. We 

 will give them later, however, and for the pres- 

 ent will content ouselves with saying th:U it 

 was a most successful affair and an enjoyable 

 evening was spent by all concerned. 



Secure Tract of Hardwoods. 



The Mc(".Mure Lumber Company of Detroit, 

 Mich., has purchased 5,000 acres of timber on 

 the Black Warrior river in Hale and Greea 

 counties, .\labama. The tract is made up of 

 about onehalf oak, the remainder in hickory, 

 gum, pine and cypress. A site for a mill also 

 has been secured at the junction of the Alabama 

 Great Southern railway and the Black Warrior 

 river. Contracts have been let for the build- 

 ings and installation of a band mill which will; 

 cut 30,000 feet of hardwood daily. 



The concern has also increased its capital' 

 stock from $40,000 to $150,000. The following 

 officers and directors were recently elected : 

 President. W. G. Vinton ; vice-president and gen- 

 eral manager. A. 'V. McClure ; treasurer. G. J. 

 Vinton : secretary, G. I. McClure : director, C. F. 

 McClure. C. F. McClure will leave shortly to 

 take charge of operations in Alabama, locating 

 in Eutaw. 



Is Rich In Forests. 

 New Zealand is rich in forests, containing 

 large quantities of excellent timber. It Is esti- 

 mated that the forest lands of the colony com- 

 prise 20,500,000 acres. The forests are usually 

 of a mixed character, with one or two kinds of 

 trees predominating to a greater or less extent. 

 All the forests are now controlled by the De- 

 paiHmeut of Lands and Surveys, and nurseries 

 have been e.^tablished. which are estimated to 

 produce annually over 1,500.000 young trees for- 

 reafforestation purposes 



