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SECOND VICE rUESIDEXT 



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IHAUiMAX IXSI'ECTIUX COMMITTEE 



May ], liilS. showing tin- qunntUy inspci-tod in each mai-kct, wiih thi- 

 amount ••arnod and exact expense o£ maintenance, follows: 



Feet inspected. Earnings. Expenses. 



St. Louis. Mo , . . . ]0.:;l'ii.'.i:5(; .$."i.:i7^.is .$."1. 147. 41 



<'hicag(i. Ill '.i.:i-_'7. 1 Tii ."i..">!l().0:! ."p.."):il:.i.!(! 



Memphis. Tenn ii.iMii;.171 H.HH7.(i7 :!.";i>>.."iii 



Xew Orleans. La (),8."i3..j28 3.875.3S ;!.447 I'.n 



•Cincinnati. Ohio 5.773.130 3.708.82 4.!)7i;.ii4 



I'hilartelptiia. I'a r..314.ri2-J 2,088.0.". 2. .->.-..-.. us 



Hoston. .Mass 4.42s.7il'.i 2.31!l.n.'> l.;)iis.'.l:; 



Detroit. .Mich 4. ::_'.'.. 27ii 2.4S7.01) 2.17s.,s7 



Jlinneapolis. .Minn 4.IiiK.l;;4 2,2(iS.3r> 2.3."i:4.."ii'. 



-Xew York City. X. Y 3.i184.254 2,330.8."! 2.2L'."..:'.2 



Huffalo. X. Y 3,410.eS0 1,901.18 2.1(11.38 



Hunlinffton, \V. Va 3.529.204 1,834.20 1.9.".2.17 



Chattanooga. Tenn 3.407.988 1,709.29 1.30(1.02 



Lonisyille, Ivy 3.312.817 1.773.3.". 1.0.-.7.3O 



<'airo. Ill 3.303.710 1.902.82 l..">0ii.2:! 



-Milwaukee. Wis 3.127.700 1.820.40 1.82.s..i() 



Xashviile. Tenn 2.330.19", 1.241.3ll 1.0.".3.00 



Haltim..re, .Mrt 2.208,031 1.3.".4.9K 1.. ■1(14. 92 



Toronto. Ontario 2.oiiO.S."i.") 1.117..'i9 1.42711s 



I'ittsliurL-h. I'a 1.SS."..309 1.182.82 1 .0'.i9.7(i 



Bristol. Tenn l.S7."i,102 907.07 1.2(ii]ii(i 



Arkansas 1,232,401 683.3."> 02.".. 7.". 



Indiana 819,181 717.59 1. (100.20 



Michigan .Mills 352.050 ■ 176.83 1 59.25 



Chief Inspi-clor 1.520.975 1.958.33 0,705.75 



Miehiijan and Wisconsin .Mills ( fi'ei . 74.589.208 3.729.33 



<;rand liapids. Mich ( feel 8.773.939 438.09 



llohile. Ala (fee 1 718.404 35.03 



As shown aboye. the work of thi- salaried inspectors shows a total of 

 ■00,851,090 feet, which is a gain for them of 17,882,171 feet over last 

 year, while the work of the fee inspectors at mill points totals 84.- 

 ■081,701 feet, a gain of 20.206,964 feet over the year previous. The 

 total net gain over 1912 is 47.089.135 feet, and a comparison of this 

 amount with that of the year which closed May 1, 1911, shows an 

 increase of 07.898,215 feet. 



In April. 1912. an inspector was stationed at Huntington. W. Va.. and 

 the demand for the service necessitated placing a second inspector in 

 that district, which was done in January of this year. In September 

 last a ma.iority of the leading hardwood manufacturers and wholesale 

 dealers of Toronto joined the association, and a salaried inspector was 

 located there. We have recently placed Sault Ste. Marie on the list 

 and increasing demand has resulted in the appointment of assistant in- 

 spectors in Philadelphia and Xew York City. 



The fl,i;ures covering otli.ial reinspection indicate that substantial and 

 permanent progress have been made toward getting a more uniform ap- 

 plication of the rules by the inspectors and that national inspei-tion is 

 finally and firmly established in all markets. There is no doubt that 

 the recent disastrous floods in many sections materially reduced the 

 volume of inspection work, hut notwithstanding these disasters, our in- 

 spection department shows a net Increase of 25 per cent over last 

 year. 



Additional evidence of our progress is afforded by the increase in 

 the membership. Since the meeting held here in Chicago ,1ust one year 

 ago (.lune and 7, 1912) 170 new applications for membership have 

 been received, of which ten were rejected either on account of beiug 

 undesirable or ineligible. Failures and withdrawals from business num- 

 ber 81 ; 10 have been dropped on account of being delinquent in the 

 payment of dues, and 10 have resigned. The total number of new 

 members admitted during the year is 160, being a net gain for the 

 year of 59 members, bringing the present membership to 859. When 

 the fact is considered that we started the year with 800. it is believed 

 that this gain will compare favorably with that of all other lumber 

 and trade organizations. A brief analysis of this membership by states 

 is as follows : 



Michigan 92 Arkansas 34 



I'enn.sylvania 89 Indiana 32 



Illinois 81 West Virginia 31 



Xew Y'ork 79 Kentucky 28 



Tennessee 68 Massachusetts 25 



Wisconsin 61 'Canada 21 



Ohio •. . 46 Minnesota 18 



I ouisiana 42 Virginia 15 



Mi.ssouri 38 



Above we account for ,800. The remaining 59 are located as follows : 

 Mississippi, 12 : Maryland, 9 : Alabama, 7 : Xorth Carolina. 7 : Texas, 6 : 

 Oeorgla. 4: New .lerse.v, 3: Connecticut, 2; Florida, 2: Rhode Island, 2; 

 I»wa, 2; South Carolina, 2 ; California, 1. 



During the year five meetings of the executive committee and board of 

 managers have been held, as follows : 



Hoard of Isirectors. .lune 7. 1912. 



Executive Committee. October 24. 1912. 



Board of Directors. .Tanuary 15. 1913. 



Executive Committee. ilav'O. 1913. 



Board of Directors. .lune 4. 1913. 



-All of these meetings excepting one were held at the executive offices 

 in Chicago, the exception being the meeting of Jlay 0, 1013. which was 

 held in Louisville; Ky..- on which occasion the committee was the guest 

 of the Louisville Hardwood Club. All the meetings have been well at- 

 tended. Every suggestion and complaint has been carefully reviewed and 

 if thi're is a just claim outstanding at this time it is due to the fact 

 that it has not been presented in proper form to the association through the 

 office of the secretary. 



In previous annual reports the attention of members has been called 

 to the fact that failure to inform themselves was responsible for a 

 majority of the complaints registered and this same statement applies 

 to the year just closing. In your own interests as well as those of the 

 association. I wish to impress upon you the importance of a thorough 

 understanding of the rules which govern the inspection department. 

 These rules are printed on pages 0, 7 and 8 of the official book of 

 inspection rules. 



Jly report submitted last year contained the recommendation that the 

 association add a department for securing information from consumers 

 and acting under the orders of the committee on officer's reports, this work 

 w.ns started in Xovember, 1912. Blank forms providing space for state- 

 ment of resources and liabilities, and also for listing their annual re- 

 ijuirements in hardwood lumber, were sent out to a number of consumers in 

 all sections of the United States and Canada. Nearly 50 per cent of 

 the consumers receiving these blanks responded almost by return mail 

 and by following up those who had not been heard from, we were suc- 

 cessful in getting the desired information from a majority of them. 

 Our experience to date proves conclusivelj- that the co-operation of 

 fully 75 per cent of the important buyers of hardwoods in car lots can be 

 secured. In order to acquaint the membership with the plan, the first lot 

 of reports (about 225) showing annual hardwood requirements, were 

 printed in pamphlet form and sent out under the title of "Consumers' 

 Uegisl^r'' in March last. Tickets of inquiry have been sent ever.v 

 member and as now operated we undertake to secure a signed financial 

 statement and register of requirements on any consumer in the T'nited 

 States or Canada members inquire upon. Although these inquiry tickets 

 did not reach the membership until about .\pril 1. our records show that 

 we have answered over five hundred inquiries since that date, and it 

 affords me pleasure to be able to report numerous letters commending the 

 reports furnished. Some objection was entered against the plan of pub- 

 lishing and sending out this information in the form of a pamphlet, and 

 your Secretar.v suggests that the plan 1» adopted of a printed bulletin 

 each month to include the names and addresses of consumers who have 

 filed statements during the previous month, so that members finding 

 names of interest can secure the complete report on application at the 



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