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HARDWOOD RECORD 



general office. This monthly bulletin co\ild also inclniic tlie informal icm 

 now covered by the monthly letter to members and show the names of 

 Arms applying for memhi-rship. and also those of members dropped for 

 any cause, thus furnishing a list of members revised monthly, .\long 

 the same lines, the bulletin, as the official organ of the association, 

 would report all changes in the list of inspectors and each issue carry 

 an up-to-date list of names and addresses of the licensed inspectors. I 

 desire to recommend to the memliership a trial of the plan lo Issue a 

 monthly liuUetin to include the information above outlined. 



The finances of the association during the past year show some im- 

 provement and sufficient funds have been available to enable the association 

 to promptly meet bills and obligations of every nature. On June 1 there 

 was no indebti'dness of any nature. The following is a detailed statement 

 of receipts and disbursemi'nls. the correctness of which is ccrtitied to in the 

 attached report of Marwick. Mitchell. I'eat & Co.. ];ublic accountanls and 

 auditors : 



KKCKIPTS 



Balance reported at convention. .Tune l», litl2 _ .$ l.tj:i.S.24 



From membership dues .i;:i2.9."il.0(> 



From inspection fees .">n.G84.21 



From inspection rules 432.04 



na.oiio.i 1 



$04,707.3.". 



lUSBfllSKMKXTS 



Salaries and expenses — secretary-treasurer, assist- 

 ant secretary, chief inspector, inspectors and 



office heln ,<f7.-.,031.4H 



Postage and printing - 4,952.00 



.Convention, e.vecutive committee, standing com' 



mittees and mist ellaneous expense 3.120.41 



General offici' expen.ses. telephone, telegraph, light, 



exchange. siiiJitlies. etc 1 .0-i.'i.2."i 



Re-inspection settlem<'nts and claims 1.2B."i.40 



U,.nt 2,880.00 



Refunds 08.1 1 



Office furniture 743. lo 



90,044.7.". 



Leaving a balance on deposit at the Kort Dear- 

 born National Hank. .lune 2. 1013, of $ 2.01.-..42 



In the llilMTuian Hank. .Iiine 2. lOi:!, of 1.000.00 



And cash on h.ind. .lum^ 2, 1013 747.18 



Total in gineral fund .f :'..7i;2.0il 



In addition tlie books show outstanding accounts 

 for inspection fivs I'arned, $(;.ii(;o.i;2 : for mem- 

 bership dui's pavabb-. .$4.7."i.'i. and advances to 

 employes. $72."), a total of 11..".41) r,-J 



Bringing resources in cash :nid good railslanding 



accounts to ,?1 0.31 2.22 



CASH PKI'OSIT FI'M). 



Balance on hand as reported at convention on .7une 0. 1012. .«r,."ii.0ii. 



Today this memliership is an organized force of 8,")0 firms. To the 

 active and loyal interest of the officers and members the present condltiiui 

 of the association is due, and as secretary 1 di'slre to acknowb'dge tlu' 

 support given my i>ffice and to uxpress my apprecialiim. 



The standing of any associatiim depends upon the active intenst of its 

 membership. Your help, as individuals, to maintain the present standard 

 is necessary, and a continuation of your co-operation and support is ear- 

 nestly requested. 



The report of the forestry eoininittee was road liy .ioliii ^1. Woods 

 of Kast Cambridge, Mass., as follows: 



Report of rorestry Committee 



"Whom art thou likr in lliy gnalnessV Iteholil, the Assyrian was a 

 I'c'dar in l.clpanon with fair branclns anil with a shadowing shroud, and of 

 high stature, and his top was among the thick boughs. The watiM-s mado 

 him great, the deep set him tip on high with her rivers running round aUnit 

 his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the lield. 

 Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his 

 boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multi- 

 tude of waters, when be shot forth. -Ml' the fowls of hi'av<'n madi' their 

 nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field 

 bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. 



"Tims was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his liranches. for 

 his root was by the great waters. The cedars in the garden of God could 

 not hide him; the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut 

 trees were not like his branches: nor any tree in the garden of God was 

 like unto him in beauty. T have made him fair by the multitude of his 

 branches, so that all the trees of Kden that were in the Garden of God 

 envied him," 



Can human mind express in language the beauty, sublimity and value 

 of the forests better than these words of the old Hebrew prophet, written 

 more than twenty-five c<-nttiries ago? Verily, "the trees of the held is 

 man's life" and "the leaves of these are for the healing of nations." "I 

 wlU plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle and 

 the oil tree. I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box 

 tree together, that they may sec and know and consider and underslauil 

 together that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy Onc> of 

 Israel hath created it. " • • Instead of the thorn shall come up the 

 fir Iree, and instead of the briar shall come up the myrtle tree, and it 

 shall l>e to the Lcu-d for a name for an evi'riasting sign that shall not be 

 cut off. • • • The glory of I.i-Imuiou shall come upon thee, the fir tree. 



thr ijiue tree and the box togi-llier. to beautify tin- jilacf of ni^ sanctuary,, 

 and I will make the place of my feet glorious." 



Your committee tull.y realizes the Herculean task of properly jireseuting 

 this sub.iect for your consideration. With all that has been said and 

 written and all our experi< nee we have not and cannot master even the- 

 alphabet of forestry, its tremendous value to the human raci'. its necessity, 

 for the purity of the air. and lu-oti'ction of the water s\ippl,\-. not only for 

 donu'sti<- uses, navigation and motive power, but for a home for the fish to 

 sufiply food foi- mankind. The forest is the natural home for the bird 

 and animal. Figures are feeble to express th,' financhil value to the na- 

 ticm, capital employed, wages paid, value of ontput. the necessities and 

 luxuries of home, business, transportation, reading and communication, 

 hundreds of thousands of our people depending upon the forests to earn 

 their living. Is it not worth our while to do all we can. by precept and 

 • ■xampli'. to wisely use. carefully const-rve this invalualde luTitage so that 

 it nuiy serve the coming generatiims as it iuis tlu' past and presi'iit. leaving 

 oul every noble sentiment, all the pleas\u*e humanity enjoys, all its benefi- 

 cent influences in sh;iping and moulding charactei'V Financial consider- 

 ations alone are sufficient to justify legislature in state and nation in 

 making investigations, voting appropriations, formulating plans for the 

 c;ire and management of the natUnal forests and in every way possible en- 

 cinn-aging, assisting and educating the whole pc'oplc to a judiciovis use of 

 what we now have, and by afforestation lay the foundation foi- a permanent 

 fori'st supply. So far the history of the forests is the same as the history 

 of the Indian, buffalo, and deer, cimstantly receding before civilization, 

 without prompt :ind intelligent actiim on the part of the nation, state and 

 individuals. The prophecy put into the mouth of the ln<lian by the poet 

 Hr.\ani will be fullHbd. "But I behold a fearful sign to which the while- 

 man's eyi's are blinil. 



"Before these fields were*shorn and tilled 

 I-'vill to the brim our rivers flowed 

 The melody of waters filled the woods. 

 These pleasant sounds are heard no more 

 The streams are silent as thi' sun 

 The rivi-rs by the blackem-d sluu-es 

 With lessening curnnts run. 

 The realms (uir tribes were t-ruslii-d to get 

 .May be a barren di-sert yet." 



No criticism c-an be nnidi- against this association or its membi-i-s of 

 lack of zeal or interest in forestry. By ]>,'itii'nt conlintmni-e in wi-ll doing 

 we shall reap, if wi* faint not. Your i-hairman prepai-ed and h;ol inli-oduced 

 in till- Massachusetts legislature a resolvi" protesting against turning over 

 the natifuuil forests to the states in which they are located. This resolve 

 passed tinanimously both branches of the legislature, was signed by the 

 governor and a copy sent to the senators and representatives in Congress 

 from our state, eighteen in all. .-Mso. as chairuian of this conuniltee. pro- 

 tested f((r this asscK-ialion against any (-urtailuieui <if the apfii-oprialioit 

 fiu- the care :ind management of the nalitmal forests. I.egishition in state- 

 and nation has been closely watched in all nuitters i-eiating to forestry : 

 Chief Forester tirave's advice and t-ounsel have been asked and ,*ill that 

 your committee has done or trii'd to do has met his hearty apjii-oval. .-Vs 

 every member of the ass(»ei,*ttlon is aw:ti-e, in the rndervvo<id Tariff Bill 

 lumlH-r in about all its forms is put on the free list. What elTect this will 

 have (in the forest and its jiroducts there are jirohabl.v widely divergent 

 vii'ws among our lui-mbership. Your (-(uumitte)' does not fi-fl it wise it> 

 make any ret-oniniendations. fi-eliug that I'aeh nn-iubei- will give liis views 

 jjro or con to tin- conimiltee (ui ways aiul means of Congress, or lo his- 

 ripri>si>nlative in Senate ami House. Whili> not exiu-esslng an opinion as 

 a (-ommittee, your cli:iirman*s individual opinion is expressed in the short- 

 est, and what he believes the best speeeli ever made on tlu' tai-iff by the 

 great iiresident, Abraham Lincoln. When asked what he Ihouglit about 

 the tariff, he said. "I don't ' pretend to know nmch about the tariff, but 

 1 think this: If we buy our goods abroad, they get the money and we 

 get the goods; if- we make tlie goods at h<imt- we have got both the 

 goods and the money." Nearly everything in this w<H-Id thai is rilivo 

 goes in pairs: tlie same ajiplies to business and economic i-onditiiuis. Low 

 prices and low wages generally go together, and high firices and high 

 wages likewise. For one humble lumbi-rman I feel that there is compe- 

 iition inough amongst ourselves to warrant the belief that not more thaiT 

 an honest, legitimate profit can be made, or the great iiublie wronged or 

 injurt'd. and further that it is not necessary to send an elalwirate engraved 

 invitation to all the world to come In and help themselves to ouv markets 

 witboul money and without price, and that the divine injunctiiui thai Iw 

 \>-|io u'-glects to provide for his own has denied the faith ,-ind is iieo-e Iluin 



an inlidel, ajiidies witli eipial force to nations as to individuals. I king 



into the faces of this body of men. of long exiicrience, high (-liaraeter and 

 demonstrated business abillt.v. I cannot but feel that our great president, 

 fttr wliom I have greatest respect believing him an hiuiest, sincere, abb* 

 man, hut hardly competent b.v experience and training lo instruct you 

 giMitlemen in the art of transforming the standing tree in the fon-sts Into 

 uii'i-(-hantable lumber : some of us I am sure would, as he saj-s. like to 

 sbarijen our wits so thai the many, sometimes insurmounlable iihysical 

 obsla(-les miglit be remoi-i-d. But no rriucidiui university. i-(u-respoiideiice, 

 or othi-r school will tea(-h one to run a sawmill uniler water, or leat-b alli- 

 gators lo haul saw logs in a fl(>odr{l dislrb-t. Books do uol li-aeb evel'V- 



