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THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



association upon the size and representa- 

 tive cliaracter of tliis convention, upon the 

 keen interest and liberal si>irit manifest. 

 and to thanli the members for the loyal 



1 M. M. WALL. 



Surveyor-Gt'Ueral. 



support they have given me in my efforts 

 to advance the interests of the association. 



Respectfully submitted, 



ALLEN R. VINNEDGE, Secretary. 



On motion of Mr. J. W. Thonnison. the 

 liresident was instructed to appoint two 

 committees to consider and rcc nnuend ac- 



W. A. BENNETT, 



Du'ector for Ohio. 



tion on the president's and secretary's re- 

 ports. 



On motion of Mr. Max Sondheimer, the 

 president was instructed to appoint a third 

 committee, that were also members of the 

 Exporters' association, to consider that por- 



tion of the President's message referring 

 to llie ex|>ort trade. 



In anticipation of the discussion that 

 would arise during the afternoon session 

 over the report of revision of rules com- 

 mittee, the president suggested and was 

 supported in motion, which was adopted, 

 that speeches be limited to three minutes' 

 duration. 



THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The question of tin- voting of proxies ^vas 

 brought up by Mr. W. A. Bennett of Cii:- 

 cinuati. The chair ruled that, acting on 

 precedent established at Chicago meeting 

 last year, regular authorized proxies could 

 lie voted by holders present. An appeal 

 from the decision of the chair was taken. 

 Tlie discussion was participated in by 

 Messrs. Bennett and Russe, against the 

 voting of proxies, and Messrs. Sondheimer 

 and JMcMiilan, supporting the chair. Some 

 good argument was produced on each side, 

 but the final outcome was determined when 

 Mr. White, representing the interests of 

 the Michigan manufacturers, and holding 

 some thirty or more proxies, stated that 

 he had confidence in the judgment of the 

 committee on revision of rules and would 

 withdraw his right to use his proxies. 



And the proxies were not used. 



The treasurer's report was handed in 

 by W. E. Smith in the absence of Treas- 

 urer George E. Ohara ami was as fol- 

 lows; 



TREASURER'S STATEMENT. 



Ueceipts for the year .$3,08,"i.40 



Balance on hand from last year. . 154.80 



$3,840.20 

 Expenses for the year 3,492.00 



Balance on hand $ 348.-20 



Upon call for report of inspection bu- 

 reau committee, Mr. J. W. Thompson, 

 chairman, submitted the report of com- 

 mittee, as follows: 



To the Members of the National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association, in convention as- 

 sembled. 



As the chairman of tlie Inspection Bu- 

 reau, I beg to report progress in the uni- 

 form system of inspection. This bureau 

 was established in May, 19WI, just tliree 

 years ago. Knowing from the first the 

 difficulty of establishing a system of in- 

 spection that would meet the wants of the 

 hardwood trade, very little progress was 

 made the first year, except the appoint- 

 ment of the surveyor-general, a few deputy 

 inspectors at principal hardwood markets, 

 and the inspection of something less than 

 four million feet of lumber bv some ten 

 inspectors. 



The second year's work was one siieiit 

 in education of the hardwood trade, ex- 

 plaining the work undertaken by this bu- 

 reau, and establishing the facts of its feasi- 

 bility and usefulness. As the result of 

 this work, at the close of the year, some- 

 thing over 20 inspectors had been ap- 

 pointed and a total of upward of 20,000,000 

 feet had been inspected by them. 



At the present time the bureau has up- 

 ward of 3.5 inspectors appointed, all under 

 bond, and we now have applications of ap- 

 pointments of others, which will swell this 

 number to upward of 40 at the close of 

 this month. A great deal of work is be- 

 ing done by them at the present time and 



prospects are quite flattering at present, 

 especially so now that a great many of the 

 stumbling blocks of this bureau will, we 

 hope, be removed by the action of the as- 

 sociation during tliis present meeting. 



There has been for the last three 'vears 

 quite an agitation thro\ii;liout the country 



GEO. E. HIBBARD, 

 President St. Louis LiunbtT Assooiatioii. 



on the question of inspection rules. This, 

 in fact, has been the greatest hindrance to 

 the progress of our work. It has been tiie 

 aim of the surveyor-general in his visits 

 to the various sections of the country to 

 become acquainted with the principal fea- 

 tures of objection and to establisli that 

 uniformity of ideas on tliis question, so 

 as to enable us to carry on our work more 

 smoothly, but our observations in almost 

 every section are, that our rules of Inspec- 



W, A, BODSACK, 

 Director for Missouri. 



tion are more severe on most woods than 

 the hardwood trade demands or a customer 

 requires. 



We believe that there has been nitre 

 careful, thoughtful effort on the part of 

 our present revision committee given to 

 the question of revising our rules, to the 



