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'"We recommend that our secretary continue publishing in weelsly 

 circulars information of stocks wanted and for sale. 



"We recommend that the secretary obtain information regarding in- 

 surance premiums and losses of our members in the same manner as 

 compiled by the Northwestern Cedarmen's Association, and publish the 

 results in weekly circulars. 



"We recommend that the matter of our affiliation with the National 

 Lumber .Manufacturers' Association be brouglit up for general discussion 

 at this meeting." « 



Ou motion the committee's report was adopted. 



Discussion 



The association decided to continue its affiliation with the 

 National Lumber Manufacturers' Association. 



National Advertising Campaign 



Secretary Kellogg then spoke at some length ou the proposed 

 advertising campaign of the National association, and read a letter 

 from G. E. Ehodes, a member of the advertising committee of that 

 organization. In this letter Mr. Rhodes said the proposition had 

 not appealed to him at first, but that ou investigation he believed 

 something could be done to help lumber as lumber. A good many 

 unwarranted and untrue claims had been made by those who were 

 advertising so-called substitutes, and he believed it to be the duty 

 of every lumberman to combat these statements in every way 

 possible. On motion the chair was authorized to appoint a com- 

 mittee to investigate the advertising proposition of the National 

 organization and report at a later meeting. 



Resolution of Respect to Hon. J. A. Wright 



Mr. Osborn presented a resolution of respect to the memory of 

 the late .T. A. "Wright of Merrill, which was adopted. 

 Election of Officers 



J. T. Phillips, chairman of the nominating committee, then 

 presented the names of the following officers for the ensuing year: 



President — Ed. A. Hamar. Chassell. Mich. 



Vice-President — R. B. Goodman, Goodman, Wis. 



Treascbeb — George E. Foster, Mellen, Wis. 



Directors — E^igene Shaw, Eau Claire : W. C. Landon. Wausau ; A. C. 

 Wells, Menominee ; Geo. H. Atwood, Park Falls. 



On motion of Mr. Osborn the secretary was instructed to cast 

 the ballot for the nominees and they were declared elected. 



The convention then selected a committee on grades and infor- 

 mation: M. P. McCulIough, M. J. Quinlan, J. T. Phillips, Joseph J. 

 Ott, M. J. Fox, C. A. Goodman, T. A. Green. 



President Hamar was then escorted to the chair, and made a 

 happy speech of acceptance. On mcJtion a resolution of thanks 

 was tendered to the retiring president and other officers for their 

 services during the year. 



New Business 



Mr. Landon called attention to the pamphlet which had been 

 distributed by the secretary, regarding safeguarding mills, and 

 suggested that the members would do well to keep track of this 

 matter and what the Industrial Commission of Wisconsin was 

 doing regarding the recommendations of safety appliances. 



M. J. Fox suggested that a committee be appointed to discuss 

 hardwood inspection matters and confer with the National Hard- 

 wood Lumber Association in the effort to secure rules more agree- 

 able to Wisconsin producers. On motion the chair was authorized 

 to appoint such a committee, with instructions to prepare sugges- 

 tions and present them to the National organization. 



On motion the president was authorized to appoint a legislative 

 committee. 



A letter telling of the resolution introduced in congress, pro- 

 viding for the investigation of the business of foreign and domestic 

 fire insurance corporations, was read from Manager Leonard Bron- 

 son of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association. 



An invitation was read from the National Wholesale Lumber 

 Dealers' Association to be present at its annual convention at 

 Louisville, Ky., on March 6 and 7. 



DIRECTORS' MEETING 



Immediately following the adjournment of the convention the 

 directors met and transacted routine business, including the re- 

 election of Secretary R. S. Kellogg. 



The Wood Substitute Game 



EXPERT EXPLOITATION OF STEEL CARS 

 U.^KuwooD Record's special clipping bureau reveals that during 

 the last week of January the article quoted on this page was 

 published verbatim in hundreds of American newspapers as straight 

 editorial matter. The reading of this by every lumberman is 

 worth while, as it distinctly reveals the oft-repeated fact that the 

 editors or publishers of many American newspapers are perfectly 

 willing to let someone whose interests are served express their 

 editorial sentiments, especially if accompanied by a recompense 

 of so much per line. This character of particularly effective 

 exploitation is also called to the attention of the advertising 

 committee of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association 

 as an object lesson in the one way to influence public opinion, as 

 any one of these hundreds of newspapers which published this 

 paid-for and pernicious editorial will publish a second article 

 absolutely reversing their views for a comparatively slight 

 recompense. 



You don't see the steel car people employing any full-page 

 advertisements in the magazine press to exploit steel cars. They 

 know a better way to advertise, and the sooner the lumber trade 

 wakes up to the real way to spend its money in the prciinotion of 

 lumber against its substitutes, the cheaper they will come out 

 and the more effective will be the work. 

 The editorial referred to is as follows: 



STEEL CARS 



The death of J. T. Ilarahan and Ihree other big men of the railroad 

 world on the Illinois Central occurred while the four were In a private car 

 of wood construction. One may guess that a steel car would hove saved 

 some or all of them. 



The American railroad man Is supposed to be engaged In one of llw arts 



of peace. But actually he and his passengers seem to need armor proof 

 protection quite as much as our jackies that live the ordinarily peaceful 

 lite of the battleship. Until our railroads get over the habit of trying 

 to pass each other on the same track, our cars need to be thoroughly 

 fortified and placed on a war basis. 



Kallroad accidents can be enormously reduced by the use of steel cars. 

 Even the more massive construction of a well built vestibule car does much 

 to promote safety. At the railroad wreck at Colton, Cal., a few years ago, 

 the baggage and smoking cars were reduced to kindling wood, but the 

 vestibule <'ar behind escaped without breaking any windows. The train 

 was running fifty miles an hour, and the force of the impact was such 

 as to lift the scats from the vestibule car and pile them up in the front 

 of the coach. But the frame remained intact. 



A prolific source of Injury is the insecure method of attaching seats to ^ 

 the car floor. Screws are commonly used instead of bolls, and cast iron 

 instead of steel. 



It the seats remain In place in a wreck, and if there is no telescoping, 

 the passengers rarely suffer more than bruises or at the worst broken 

 limbs. 



The objection has sometimes been raised to steel cars, that they do nut 

 lend themselves to decoration and look ugly. Kallroad managers should 

 learn, however, that the public is surfeited with ornate painting and 

 draperies and woodwork. A dead man gets little satisfaction out of the 

 plusli lining of the casket. And a live man is little pleased by elegance 

 that soon becomes frowsy under the decay of dust and soft coal. Steel 

 has a neat and cleanly quality that Is very refreshing amid the grime of 

 t ravel. 



SOME EDITORS ARE NOT IN THE GAME 



Noting the observations on the foregoing paragraph might lead 

 tp the belief that the editorial opinions of all American news- 

 papers are purchasable. This is far from the truth. Through the 

 efforts of Hardwood Record's campaign in simply telling the truth 

 about wood vs. steel cars, there are a vast number of newspaper 



