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mittec of the Natioual Lumber ilanufact urers ' Association, elab- 

 orated very fully the various facts that have been presented con- 

 cerning -nood substitution that have appeared in Hardwood 

 Record during the last six months. The necessity of a campaign 

 of education to the general public on the frailities of wood sub- 

 stitutes as compared with the true merits of wood were fully 

 brought out. This is another address which is reproduced in full 

 in connection with the accompanying report. 



E. C. Atkins & Co., Inc., the silver-steel saw people of India- 

 napolis, Ind., fairly outdid themselves at this meeting of the Hard- 

 wood Manufacturers' Association in the beauty and elaborate 

 character of the badge they presented to all members. The pins 

 of the badges were numbered in sequence, which number cor- 

 responded with the registration number of each member, and was 

 in the form of a shield. A russet leather strap with a gilded 

 bucl'.lc supported an oblong bronze tag, worked out with the as 

 •ociation's trade-mark, the conventionized tree, with an outline 



nia]i if the United States below, bearing the name of the asso- 

 ciation. At the bottom of this tag was inserted a tiny compass. 

 It is "irobably the most expensive souvenir badge that has ever 

 been given away by a manufacturing house in the history of the 

 lumber trade, and reflects credit, not only on the good taste but 

 on the generosity of this foremost saw manufacturing house. 



An executive board meeting was held immediately after the 

 convention, at which were present W. E. DeLaney, president and 

 chairman; W. B. Townsend, W. A. Gilchrist, J. H. Himmelberger, 

 W.-B. Burke, F. F. Fee, B. B. Burns, C. M. Crawford. R. M. Carrier, 

 R. H. Vansant, E. A. Lang and Lewis Doster. 



Various subjects were discussed, outlining policies for the year 

 1912, and Lewis Doster was re-elected secretary. 



The president was authorized to appoint an assistant secretary, 

 and the members of the board were to send in the names of appli- 

 cants whom they knew of for this position. The next board 

 meeting will be called within sixty days. 



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ISlorthern Manufacturers Convene 



The third annual convention of the Northern Hemloclc & Hard- 

 wood Manufacturers' Association was held in the club room of 

 Hotel Pfister, Milwaukee, Wis., on January 31. The attendance 

 was the largest yet recorded at any gathering of the organization, 

 no less than eighty per cent of the total membership being 

 present. 



The meeting was presided over by President W. C. Laudon. 

 After the roll call and the reading of the minutes of the previous 

 meeting the president delivered the following address: 



President's Address 



It gives me great pleasure to look into your faces and to have the 

 privilege ol presiding at this meeting. First, because it affords an 

 opportunity of meeting a large number of friends ; second, that we may 

 review the past and plan for the accomplishment of larger and better 

 things for the future. 



It is not necessary for me to go into details regarding the work of the 

 association during the past year, as this will be brought out in the 

 reports of the secretary and various committees. A year ago at our 

 meeting — which was held in this room — there was a large and enthusiastic 

 attendance and as we then reviewed the conditions of the business world. 

 we had reason to believe that the year 1911 would be considerable of an 

 improvement over the year 1910. In this we have not been altogether 

 disappointed, while it may not have measured up to our full expecta- 

 tions. I believe we will all agree that there has been an improvement 

 In the lumber business, not alone in price, which is always Important, 

 but to the imprnvcd conditions of stocks, not only in the Ipiritoiy cov 



ered by this association, but throughout the whole country. When you 

 take into consideration the improvement which has developed within the 

 last sixty days and the fact that nearly everything has been liquidated 

 to a very great extent, coupled with the fact that the total business of 

 the entire country for the year 1911 was as' great as that of 1906, we 

 oertainly have every reason to feel hopeful for 1912. While I do not 

 look for a boom for the year 1912, I do look for a considerable expansion 

 of business in ail lines, in A'hicb I believe lumber will share in fair 

 demand and somewhat better prices. 



mtil recently I never have realized to the full extent the importance 

 of a lot of association work that this association can and should be doing. 

 We are too much engrossed in our own affairs to give the time and 

 attention to many of the problems that come to us and they are let go 

 by default until we come up to a solid wall where we are forced to act, 

 many of us individually, and many times fail to accomplish what we 

 might have done as an association in a very much more satisfactory way 

 and at veiy much less expense. 



We have before us now some important railroad matters, particularly 

 that of inequality of rates, some of which are manifestly un.iust and I 

 believe could be remedied very easily at a small expense by engaging a 

 lariff man for a short time to check over the rates and put the matter 

 in sliape for the railroad committee to present to the various railroad 

 companies. Then there is the equipment of cars for logs and lumber. In 

 some states there is a law to the effect that the railroad companies must 

 not only allow 500 pounds for tbo stakes, but must either turiiish you 

 with the desired equipment or pay .$1 per car tor staking cars. 



We also have before us the rules for safeguards as applied by the 

 Hureau of Labor of Wisconsin. These rules can be improved upon and I 

 am sure rb;it the coniniissiim would biive wcicoineil any reasonable 



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