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My recent toiu- has convinced me of that. And 

 I may say that this coming term I hope for good 

 legislation from Congress regarding Alaska." 



During his talk Mr. Pinchot repeatedly paid 

 tribute to David R. I'rancis, whose work as a 

 conservationist has lieen of the highest value. 

 As secretary of the Interior, former i.iov. Tranrrs 

 especially assisted in the work of starting the 

 present forestry conservation ideas. 



Mr. Pinchot told of the work being done in 

 the Adirondacks for conservation and scored the 

 methods used by a cooperage company, which, 

 he declared, to be an agent of the sugar trust, 

 in obtaining lumber. He stated that forestry 

 had not only preserved the forests of New York 

 but had Increased to a large extent their value 

 in the state. 



"The state has a right to ask that private 

 owners of forest lands shall handle their timber 

 in such a manner that it does no damage to the 

 state," he said. "An owner has no more a moral 

 right to wantonly destroy timber on his lands 

 than he has to burn his own house in the center 

 of a town. Forestry is being practiced every- 

 where except in the woods. Wo have schools 

 which teach forestry and the theory of conserva- 

 tion of natural resources is popular, but in the 

 woods it is little practiced, except in the national 

 forests." 



Mr. Barns then called on Capt. J. B. White of 

 Kansas City, who said the time was coming when 

 everything connected with the tree — the branches 

 and sawdust — would be utilized and all the by- 

 products marketed. This would be a great step 

 toward true conservation, he declared, by stop- 

 ping all waste. 



"Every man," he said, "should try to arouse 

 sentiment to preserve the Ozark mountains as 

 the Adirondacks have been preserved. There are 

 some parts of the Ozarks where trees will not 

 grow rapidly, but a great m.ajority are well 

 suited to the purpose." 



Ex-Gov. Francis was the next speaker. He 

 complimented Mr. Pinchot on the work he has 

 done, and declared his endeavors at conservation 

 have been of great value to the nation. He 

 wished the former forester God-speed in his cam- 

 paign of conservation. He declared that much 

 more harm had been done in the past than is 

 generally conceded to be the case. 



Among the other speakers were J. Fred Baker, 

 professor of forestry at the Slichigan Agricul- 

 tural College, East Lansing, Mich., and J. A. 

 Ferguson of the State University, Columbia, Mo. 

 The latter said he would like to see the appoint- 

 ment of a state Are warden, to prevent forest 

 fires in Missouri, and the establishment of a state 

 forestry park to be the playground of the "Show 

 Me" state. He said the forests of the Ozarks 

 would preserve water like a sponge and keep 

 the streams of that section running throughout 

 the year. 



Meeting of CMcago Lumbermen's Asso- 

 ciation 



The red room of the La Salle hotel was the. 

 meeting place for the Lumliermeu's Association 

 of Chicago at its regular gathering on Wednes- 

 day, Dec. 20. An encouraging increase in at- 

 tendance was shown over previous meetings, 

 there being 127 present. The various divisions 

 were seated at individual tables, and the officers 

 and guests of honor seated at the head table. 



In the absence of President Boles. Vice-Presi- 

 dent F. L. Brown opened the meeting, after a 

 tasteful luncheon, introducing the discussion of 

 the value of close social relations between the 

 various members of the Chicago lumber fra- 

 ternity. He then called on E. L. Thornton of 

 the Thornton-Claney Lumber Company, who read 

 a paper on the question, going into detail as to 

 the specific advantages which have resulted 

 from the social gatherings in various clubs as 

 "xisted heretofore, and the possibility of great 

 benefits to members of the Chicago association in 

 getting together on a social basis. 



J. S. Trainer gave a talk outlining some sug- 

 gestions for the good of the a.ssociation. sup- 



porting his suggestions with specific instances 

 of direct benefits in the past from co-operation. 

 He named as an example tue lowering of the fire 

 'nsurance rates on hardwood yards, by one-third 

 over last .year's figure, and further pointed out 

 the advantages which would accrue from a 

 thorough discussion of credit and business 

 methods of the various customers of the Chi- 

 cago trade. • 



The chair then introduced the subject of quar- 

 ters, which has been a pertinent question in the 

 mind of every member of the association. The 

 various divisions have had individual meetings 

 on this question, and the resolutions adopted by 

 each were read by the respective chairmen. 



C. L. Crow of the pine .yard division, gave 

 as the desire of his division that a committee be 

 appointed to go into the question of the forma- 

 tion of a lumberman's club as a separate social 

 bod.y from the present association. 



Joseph Dion, chairman of the hardwood .yards 

 division, said tliat meuibers of his section would 

 recommend not going beyond the present dues 

 of •f40 a year, and that they did not see any 

 specific advantages in the club plan. 



F. B. McMullen, chairman of the hardwood 

 wholesalers division, read a resolution as ado[)ted 

 by his division, which was opposed to any 

 change of quarters not providing for a social 

 home for the members. 



E. A. Thornton, chairman of the pine whole- 

 salers division, read a resolution favoring the 

 club idea." if it can be accomplished without 

 extra assessments, and suggesting that the mat- 

 ter be left to the directors. 



E. A. Lang of the manufacturers said that his 

 division favored the club i)Ian and is against any 

 increase in dues. 



W. D. Ivimball. speaking for the commission 

 men, said that they would abide by any action 

 of the directors, providing no extra dues were 

 assessed. He also suggested the appointment of 

 a special committee to work out the club plan 

 on a separate basis. 



A resolution presented by E. A. Thornton was 

 then read by the secretary, in which the advan- 

 tages of having a social club among the lumber- 

 men were set forth, and in which the association 

 pledged itself to abide by the action of the board 

 of directors, w'hom it instructed to appoint a 

 committee, to be called a promotion committee, 

 to work out ways and means of providing a lum- 

 bermen's club. After considerable discussion of 

 this measure, in which the strongest feature 

 lirought out was the possibility of providing 

 quarters for non-resident members, and the prob- 

 able financial support of such a plan by such 

 members, the question was put to a vote and 

 passed unanimously. 



Chairman lirown then introduced a discussion 

 of the recently passed Workmen's Compensation 

 Act for the state of Illinois. He asked Elmer 

 H. Adams, a prominent attorney of Chicago, to 

 discuss the act and explain its meaning. Mr. 

 -Vdams said, among other things, that a concern 

 is not compelled to come in under the act, but 

 that if it wishes to stay out, it must give notice 

 to the State Board of Labor Statistics before 

 Jan. 1. The chief benefit derived from the act 

 will be the fixing of a definite rate of liability, 

 which will, however, be higher than the present 

 average rate. Furthermore those going in under 

 the act give in.iured employes the right of a first 

 lien on all property to the amount of compensa- 

 tion. On the other hand, by not coming in with 

 the act, the employer forfeits the risk of employe, 

 fellow servant, and contributory negligence fea- 

 tures which he has enjoyed as advantages before 

 a jury. 



A short discussion of the act followed Mr. 

 Adams' remarks, after which the meeting ad- 

 journed. 



Legal Battle for Open Shop for Mill-Work 

 Products in New York 



Supplementing previous reports regarding the 

 legal battle which is now in the courts in New 

 York City between the American Anti-Boycott 



Association, representing large door and trim 

 manufacturers throughout the country, against 

 the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join- 

 ers of that city, the following are the develop- 

 ments of the fortnight : 



As will be remembered from previous reports 

 in Hakdwood Recokd. this battle is being waged 

 in the interests of open trade in doors and mill- 

 work in the Metropolitan district, which the 

 labor unions are endeavoring to prevent through 

 strikes, boycott and other procedure. As noted 

 in previous reports, several cases have been 

 brought in the state and federal courts in New 

 York City by which door and mill-work manu- 

 facturers, both local and throughout the coun- 

 try, secured injunction against such practices 

 by the labor unions against the non-union prod- 

 ucts of their mills. 



Referring to the cases brought in the local 

 courts as above mentioned, the case of Louis 

 Kossert & Son, the large Brooklyn lumber and 

 mill-work house, again.st the Carpenters' Union 

 came up for hearing before the court as to 

 whether the temporary injunction issued in that 

 case should be sustained, and, after due consider- 

 ation, the court sustained the injunction, thereby 

 preventing any interference in the purchase, sale" 

 or installation of material handled or made by 

 the firm within the jurisdiction of the court. 



The case of the Albro J. Newtcm Company, 

 lumber dealer and mill-worker in Brooklyn, 

 against the same Carpenters' Union was post- 

 poned for final hearing until the January term 

 of the court. In this case the court previously 

 issued a temporary Injunction against the Car- 

 penters' Union, and later continued the injunc- 

 tion. 



In the case of the Paine Lumber Company 

 against the Carpenters' Union, which is in gen- 

 eral a similar proceeding to that involved in the 

 New-ton and Bossert ca.ses above referred to, the 

 court has sustained the temporary injunction, and 

 actual trial of the merits of the case probably 

 will occur within the next few months. 



As will also be remembered, in the last reiwrt 

 on these cases it was noted that the Carpenters' 

 Union in retaliation of the activities of the 

 American Anti-Boycott Association had insti- 

 tuted a suit against the latter organization for 

 alleged violation of the Penal Code, alleging 

 the illegal practices. This case also came up 

 before the court, and answers were presented by 

 both sides, the court reserving decision. 



Concurrently the court also heard arguments 

 on the proceedings instituted by the American 

 Anti-Boycott A.ssociation against certain officials 

 and members of the Carpenters' Union for con- 

 tempt of court, growing out of alleged violations 

 of the court's injunction in the Paine Lumber 

 Company case. This was a very interesting chap- 

 ter of the fortnight, inasmuch as it was fraught 

 with great importance to the e£fectivene.ss and 

 value of the court's injunction. 



Meeting Philadelphia Lumbermen's Ex- 

 change 



The regular monthly meeting of the Lumber- 

 men's Exchange of Philadelphia, preceded by a 

 luncheon, was held on Dec. 7, President William 

 C. MacBride presiding. I-'rederick S. Under- 

 bill, chairman, railroad and transportation com- 

 mittee, in an address on the difficulty experi- 

 enced by lumbermen in submitting their claims 

 to railroads (or demurrage overcharges, ex- 

 plained that on presentation of claims to the 

 carrying companies the first thing asked for is 

 a record of the data showing the days, etc., 

 overcharged. If this can l)e produced the 

 company will consider the claim, but if there 

 is no definite record to substantiate the claim 

 the railroad company will give the matter no 

 consideration whatever. To meet the difficulty 

 Mr. Underbill recommended a book, which has 

 recently been compiled by a Mr. Challenger, for- 

 merly of a railroad company, in which a complete 

 code of laws, rules, etc., pertaining to the demur- 

 rage question is given, together with a sys- 



