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HARDWOOD RECORD 



On motion, Assistant Secretary Young was instructed to revise and 

 bring up the credit rating book to date and to have a uniform blank 

 printed for the convenience of members in reporting. 



At noon, December 12, a buffet luncheon was served in the con- 

 vention room, and the meeting was continued during the afternoon. 

 At 6:30 o'clock on that evening an elaborate banquet, accompanied 

 by a vaudeville entertainment, was served for members and their 

 guests in faultless style by the Auditorium hotel management in one 

 of its sumptuous dining rooms. Both the dinner and vaudeville 

 entertainment were highly appreciated, especially so as Secretary 

 Defebaugh succeeded in figuring out a bunch of musical talent 

 among the veneer manufacturers, and even succeeded in organizing 

 a singing quartette, consisting of Burdis Anderson, C. T. Jarrell, 

 H. B. Sale and George E. Ford. 



On the report of the committee on resolutions, the following reso- 

 lution was adopted: 



The Re.solution 



Whereas, Almighty God has summoned our friend Wm. S. Walker and 

 taken from us a respected and esteemed associate, and 



Whereas, we feel that in his death we have lost a zealous worker for 

 the advancement of the interests of our association, 



Therefore, we, the members of the National Veneer and Panel Manu- 

 facturers' Association, do hereby resolve that by the death of Mr. Walker 

 we have lost a friend whose genial good fellowship and wise counsels 

 were always helpful and highly appreciated, and further that a copy of 

 this resolution be .spread upon the minutes of this meeting and a copy 

 of same be sent to Mrs. Walker with expressions of our profound 

 sympathy in her bereavement. 



This committee further offered a resolution of thanks, which was 

 concurred in, to those who presented the interesting and instructive 

 papers, to the retiring officers of the association, and to tlie manage- 

 ment of the Auditorium hotel for its hospitality. 



In the report of the nominating committee, the following were 

 placed in nomination for officers and directors for the coming year, 

 and were unanimously and enthusiastically elected : 



President, C. T. Jarrell, B. C. Jarrell & Co., Humboldt. Tenn. 



First vice-president, B. W. Lord, Chicago Veneer Co.. Burnside, Ky. 



Second vice-president, A. E. Gorham, Gorham Bros. Co., Mt. Pleasant, 

 Mich. 



Third vice-president, Chas. H. Bainaby, Greencastle, Ind. 



Secretary-treasurer, E. H. Defebaugh, Chicago, 111. 



Assistant Secretary, Howard S. Young, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Directors: F. E. Crandall, J. C. Hill. 11. .1. Barnard, S. (i. Boyd, H. E. 

 Kline. C. M. Lemke, M. W. Perry. 



B. W. Lord broached the question of freight classification, and 

 said that instead of manufacturing finished veneer that corresponded 

 with the exact gauge specified, there was a material variation in 

 thickness of manufacture as practiced by various producers. He 

 stated that he had investigated this matter to some extent and 

 thought it was a good opportunity at the present time to bring this 

 matter before the classification- committee, and perhaps have the 

 matter of thickness eliminated, which would render it easier to make 

 terms with the railroad, allowing all veneers to be classified so as to 

 take lumber rates. This matter was referred to the railroad classifi- 

 cation committee with instructions to report at the next meeting. 



G. D. Crain, Jr., of Louisville, addressed the association on behalf 

 of the Louisville veneer contingent and the }Iardwood Club of Louis- 

 ville, inviting the organization to meet in that city in its semi- 

 annual convention. The association on vote accepted the invitation, 

 and hence will hold its next meeting in that city. 



M. B. Hilly of Chicago requested the privilege of presenting to the 

 association the possibilities of increasing the consumption of veneor 

 by a campaign of general publicity, and stated that if the associa- 

 tion wished to take this matter up, he would be glad to outline a 

 plan for a campaign. On motion the president was asked to aiii)oint 

 a committee to confer on the subject of general publicity, and rei)ort 

 at the next semi-annual meeting. The president named as this com- 

 mittee V. W. Eggers, Wm. Thompson and E. H. Defebaugh. 



The register of attendants was as follows: 



Burdis Anderson, Great Lakes Veneer Co.. Miinlslng, Mich. 



H, F. Arnemann, .Medford Veneer Co., Chicago. 



S. B. Anderson, .Voderson-Tully Co. Memphis, Tenn. 



W. U. Anderson. Packages. Milwaukee, Wl«. 



Charles II. Barnahy, Greencastle, Ind. 



11. .1. Barnard, Central Vepeer Co., Indlnnfipolls, Ind. 



Philip 8. Barnes, The Barrel and Box, cblcaco. 



i:. W. P.enjamiu, Cadillac Veneer Co., Cadillat, Mioh. 



W. E. Bonesteel, Worden Tool Co., Cleveland. Ohio. 



S. G. Boyd. C. C. Boyd i; Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. 



G. D. Crain, Jr., Hahuwood Kecord, Louisville, Ky. 



J. E. Crandall, Crandall Panel Co., Brocton, N. Y. 



K. C. Dayton, Wisconsin Veneer Co., Rhinelander, Wis. 



E. H. Defebaugh. American Lumberman. Chicago, 111. 

 H. L. Doty, Moose Iliver Lumber Co., McKeever, N. Y. 

 J. T. Edwards, Medford Veneer Co., Medford, Wis. 

 Haines Egbert, Sanders & Egbert Co., Goshen, Ind. 



F. W. Eggers, F, Eggers Veneer & Seating Co., Two Rivers, Wis. 

 George It. Ford. The Barrel and Box. Chicago. 



H. H. Gibson, Hardwood Record, Chicago. 



L. Reeves Goodwin. Miller. Franklin & Stevenson, Chicago. 



Chas E. Gorham, Goshen, Ind. 



A. E. Gorham, Gorham Bros. Co., Mt. Pleasant, Mich. 

 Thomas James. W. H. Gillen Veneer Co., Jackson, Ala. 

 C. T. Jarrell, B. C. Jarrell & Co., Humboldt, Tenn. 



H, E. Kline, Louisville Veneer Mills, Louisville. Ky. 

 Henry Kreienbaum. Interstate Veneer Co.. Emporia. Va. 

 C. M. Lemko, llndornood Veneer Co., Wausau, Wis. 



B. W. Lord, Chicago Veneer Co., Burnside, Ky. 



J. H. Mather, L. & I. J. White Co., Buffalo, N. Y. 

 Frank Morrison, Warren, Pa. 



W. J. Munyan, Thomasville Veneer & Panel Co., Thomasvllle, N. C. 

 H. W. Nordyke, Adams & Raymond Veneer Co., Indianapolis, Ind. 

 H. A. Ostrander, Salamanca, N. Y'. 



M. W. Perry, .\huapee Veneer & Seating Co.. .\lgoma. Wis. 

 F. C. Rice, Gerry Veneer & Lumber Co., Sinclairvillc, N. Y. 

 \ F. A. Rlchard.son. Michigan Veneer Co.. Alpena, Mich. 

 H. B. Sale, Hoffman Bros. Co., Fort Wayne, Ind. 

 Wm. Schoenlau. .Schoenlau-Steiner T. T. & V. Co., .St. Louis. Mo. 

 II. E. Snyder, Louisville Veneer Mills, Louisville, Ky. 

 J. I. Staples. Northwestern Cooperage & Lumber Co., Gladstone, Mich. 

 Chas. Thompson, Cadillac Veneer Co., Cadillac, Mich. 

 W. T. Thompson, Diamond Veneer Co., Edinburgh, Ind. 

 R, W. Tuck, The Coe Manufacturing Co., Painesville, Ohio. 

 A. R. Vinnedgc. Chicago. 



Nathan M. Wilson. Pearl City Veneer Co.. Jamestown. N. Y. 

 H. H. C. Weed, St. Louis Box & Basket Co., St. Louis, Mo. 

 H. S. Y'oung, assistant secretary, Indianapolis, Ind. 

 F. L. Zaug. Wisconsin Ven<'er & Lumber Co.. Port Washington, Wis. 

 A. F. Zimmerman, Kiel Woodenware Co., Mellen, Wis. 



Warps and Twists Spell Neglect 



There are really only two things that cause warps and twists in 

 lumber and timber. One is a cross or twisting grain in timber and 

 the other is careless piling or failure to properly pile. 



In squares and the heavier timbers sometimes it is impossible, even 

 by ordinary precautions in piling, to prevent a certain amount of 

 warping and twisting, but with lumber careful piling will prevent 

 practically all natural tendencies to warp and twist and it will do it 

 so thoroughly that where one sees ordinary lumber that is warped and 

 twisted it may be taken as a sign of neglect rather than a natural 

 fault of the wood. 



There are two kinds of neglect in connection with warps and twists 

 in lumber. One is the leaving of it lying around exposed to the 

 weather, and the other is neglect to use proper care when the lumber 

 is piled. Almost any kind of a lumber ])ile with cross sticks in it is 

 better than no piling, but it is not enough. The right kind of lumber 

 piling involves keeping it straight and flat with good foundations un- 

 der it, plenty of cross strips carefully placed directly over each other 

 and no extending exposed ends. When lumber is piled with due 

 regard to these points, there is seldom any complaint of warping and 

 twisting. 



Warps and twists not only spell neglect, but they mean waste. 

 Much good lumber is ruined and any lumber that is warped and 

 twisted is reduced in grade. More care in the piling of lumber at only 

 a nominal cost will ofl'cct quite a saving and should be given more at- 

 tention in the lumber world. T. 



The Forest Service has issued a new bulletin on oak woods, showing 

 a list of thirty-five different names, and telling how to identify them. 

 As might have been expected, there arc a lot of qucr cuses in tlu"- 



family. 



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Business in slack staves seems to have been a little slack in lillli. 

 The census report shows about two hundred fewer jihints operat- 

 ing than in 1909 and quite a falling off in jiroduction. 



