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HARDWOOD RECORD 



At noon the Green Bay hosts tendered a luncheon to the visitors. 



At the beginning of the afternoon session George H. Holt of 

 Chicago expounded on "Inter-Insurance." 



M. P. MeCullough, chairman of the advertising committee, 

 then reported for that body, stating that it had received approxi- 

 mately 1,250 replies since October 1 on the birch advertisements. 

 In addition to this, the secretary recently addressed personal 

 betters to four hundred of the leading architects in the country 

 and fifty per cent replied, requesting the birch book and samples 

 of birch wood with different finishes. The report stated that the 

 high price of mahogany will unquestionably open up a broader 

 field and result in better prices for birch. 



The report said that a paper puljlished at a town in Illinois 

 recently carried an unsolicited article on birch finish, the bulk of 

 it being taken from the birch booklet. ]t was urged upon the 

 members that they do their part toward endeavoring to secure 

 similar write-ups in their local press. 



On hemlock the advertising was discontinued during the farm- 

 ers' busy season in the summer time, but it is planned to resume 

 again in October. The recent hemlock- advertising brought a 

 hundred replies per monfh to the date the ads were discontinued.' 



W. A. Holt made the report of the legislative committee, saying 

 aptly in his introduction that "as the Wisconsin legislature was slill 

 in session, it is not known at this time how much damage that body 

 will do Ijefore it adjourns."' 



.1. E. Rhodes, secretary and manager of the Xational Lumber Manu- 

 facturers' Association, made probably the most interesting and 

 instructive address of the convention. He discussed the coming forest 

 products exposition which will be given under auspices of the asso- 

 ciation during the coming winter at Chicago and New York, and 

 possibly at Philadelphia and Cleveland. As the result of his talk, the 

 Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Association voted 

 unanimously to make an exhibit as an association, and delegated the 

 board of directors to make all arrangements. The general campaign 

 against the manufacturers of substitutes for wood was put up to the 

 association in a strong manner by Mr. Rhodes, and it was generally 

 agreed that the forest products exposition will go a long way toward 



combatting the efforts of the aggressive makers of substitutes for 

 wood. The situation at Birmingham and other southern cities which 

 have legislated against the use of wooden shingles was held up as a 

 striking example of the length at which the substitute makers have 

 arrived in their efforts to displace and supplant lumber. 



Mr. Rhodes also explained the developments in his association's 

 crusade against the fiber box people before the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission. He expressed confidence that the commission will order 

 a restriction upon fiber containers so that packages of not more than 

 thirty pounds may be shipped in fiber containers. 



The standardization of wooden boxes, to which end the National 

 association is now working, will be an early result of the present litiga- 

 tion before the Interstate Commerce Commission, Mr. Rhodes said. 



At the conclusion of Mr. Rhodes' address, a motion was passed 

 authorizing the board of directors to make all arrangements for the 

 association's exhibit at the forest products (jxposition. In line with 

 suggestions made by Mr. Holt in his address on insurance, and the 

 report of the National association's work in the same direction, a 

 motion was passed authorizing the president to appoint a committee 

 of five members to make a full investigation of the subject of insur- 

 ance, including workmen 's compensation or industrial insurance as 

 well as fire indemnity. The committee will pursue its investigations 

 along the same lines as the National Lumber Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion committee is now working. 



W. C. Landon, Wausau, reported on the recent convention of the 

 National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, and the convention 

 closed after a rising vote of thanks was tendered to the hosts of the 

 Green Bay meeting, who are: Diamond Lumber Company, Northland 

 Lumber Company, Menominee Bay Shore Lumber Company and Enos 

 Colburn, wholesale lumber, all of Green Bay. As representative of the 

 Green Bay Conunercial Club, J. H. Elmore gave a short talk of wel- 

 come ami his remarks were suiiplcmented by E. S. Hall, secr^ary of 

 the organization. 



Eau Claire was chosen as the place for the next meeting, to be held 

 in October. 



On Wednesilay evening the visitors were treated to a three-hour 

 boat ride on Green bav and the beautiful Fox river. 



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Baltimore Exports Favorable 



The statistics of exports of lumber and logs from the port of reports received from the otlier side, about heavy accumulations of oak 

 Baltimore for the six months of the current calendar year have been planks and some other woods, it would not be at all surprising if 

 completed, and they present an impressive showing. It appears from the next few months showed the effect of congestion and low prices 

 them that in most of the export items there has been a marked abroad, and if these factors were reflected not only in the woods 

 increase of movement, the recessions being the exception and cuffing which have gone forward in excessive quantities but in the entire list, 

 no important figure alongside of the gains. Whether the rate of the foreign market being now in a condition where liberal offerings in 

 increase will be maintained during the next six months renmins to be one item are having a bearish effect upon most others. The results 

 seen. Figures for June indicate that a slump may develop, since the of the attractive prices realized last winter are seen in the great 

 totals for the sixth month are much below those for the corresponding gains in exports during the early months of the year over the 

 month of 1912. This is the case with respect to logs as well as corresponding months of 1912, and which gains were so large that the 

 lumber, although the fact must also be taken into account that the totals for the six months are much ahead of the first half of last 

 totals for the various months vary greatly, and that a lean month year. The figures for the period — the six months of 1913 — as corn- 

 may be followed by a fat one, and vice verna. Still, in view of the pared with those for the same time of 1912, are as follows: 



EXPORTS OP LOGS 



Ilickorv Oak Walnut -.Vll others- 



— 1913— " — 1'.)12— — 1913 — — 191'.; — —1913 — — 1912— 1913. 1912. 



I'l'et. Value. I'ect. Value. Feet. Value. Feet. Value. Feet. Value. Feet. Value. Value. Value. 



January 109.000 $ .'5.041 S.l.OOO S 887 45.000 $2,294 47,1 SI. 140 138,000 $ 11,S28 90,000 $10,910 $ 2.710 $ 5,202 



February 190,0(10 5,949 48.000 1,2:)0 4,000 100 19.00(1 48.'! 160,000 12,836 207,000 16,406 1,240 490 



March ". 275,000 8.585 147,00ii 3,087 39,000 1,305 17,000 415 184,000 11,660 152,000 13,534 1,625 1,925 



April 129,000 4,324 24.000 000 59,000 1,925 274,000 10,:)54 106,000 5,500 3,765 20 



M„V 153,000 4.900 151,000 3,421 10,000 300 2.3,000 570 520,000 32,890 115,000 6,232 060 2,435 



June 05,000 2.150 366,000 9,510 20,000 700 32,000 790 275,000 16,707 351,000 24,278 2,480 429 



Total 981,000 $31,549 771,000 $19,335 177,000 $6.684136,000 $3,.398 1,503,000 $102,335 1,021,000 $76,860 $12,480 $10,501 



EXPORT.S OF HARDWOOD LU.MBER . 



Oak Poplar All others 



—1913— —1912 — —1913 — —1912 — —1913 — — 1912 — 



I<>et Value. Feet. A'uUie. Feet. Value. Feet. Value. Feet. Value. Feet. Value. 



January 3,573.000 $122,043 2,407,000 $80,145 303,000 $11,851 358,000 $13,772 327,000 $13,473 228.000 $9,505 



February ... •'445 000 82.72:1 2,100.000 70.444 205,000 7.526 122.000 4,770 257,000 10,840 1.80,000 8,45,1 



March 2 174 000 OS 010 2,320.000 77,082 279,000 10,004 190, ) 8,056 472.000 21.870 234,000 10,336 



April l'784'oOO 58.561 1. 111.000 35.512 164.000 7,922 51.000 1,710 .•!45,000 16.511 70.000 3,702 



May ' ■ •''734000 87 820 2,400,000 80,052 373,000 17,471 123,000 0,5'J6 516.000 26,592 120.000 4,761 



June 2,099,000 75,829 2,700,000 100,074 182,000 6,323 295,000 16,952 655.0O0 33,256 306,000 13,538 



Xotal 14,799,000 $494,986 13,094,000 $443,909 1,506,000 $61,097 1,139,000 $51,786 2,032,000 $122,542 1,130,000 $50,291 



