THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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satisfaction of the Viirious soetious, tlia-j 

 ever before. This committee has carefully 

 aud persisteutly labored for the last six 

 mouths to get from every member of the 

 assijoiatiou any idea which might sr.jtsest 

 itself to him for the betterment of the pres- 

 ent rules and to try. if possible, to es- 

 tablisli rules which will meet the require- 

 ments of our association and which will 

 not reiiuire any changes for years to come. 

 The surveyor-general tinds it extremely 

 Oitficult to malce that progress which he 

 should in oin- worli without having com- 

 plete liarmony in the various sections of 

 the eotmtry. 



We believe, with his strenuous efforts 

 the last six months, and the comprehen- 

 sive worli done by the revision committee, 

 that they will submit to your honorable 

 body a set of rules that will meet the 

 wants of the entire hardwood trade, both 

 wholesaler and manufacturer. 



And we most earnestly recommend that 

 you heartily suppoit the efforts of your re- 

 vision committee aud adopt their sugges- 

 tions as to the change in tlie inspection 

 rules. 



We have, with the approval of the board 

 of managers, appointed Mr. W. W. Whiel- 

 don assistant surveyor-general, whose du- 

 ties have been to iook after the work of 

 the inspectors, to assist them in properly 

 interpreting the rules of inspection, and 

 to see that they do fair, refiable and uni- 

 form work; also looking after the different 

 markets and points where no national in- 

 spector is located, and to see that such 

 markets are properly looked after. We 

 find good results for the association in tliis 

 work and hope that we may he able to 

 continue the work undertaken thro,ii;li 

 him. He has also secured a great many 

 new members to the association, after ex- 

 plaining the work undertaken to be done 

 for the hardwood trade. 



Mr. Wall, our surveyor-general, has befui 

 untiring in his efforts and work in this 

 department. He has visited all parts of 

 the country and has familiarized hiuiself 

 with the conditions and wants of its mem- 

 bers, and has practically unified and har- 

 monized the interpretation of the various 

 inspectors as regards the rules of iuspe(/- 

 tion. 



The members of the association realize, 

 as does your committee, that to the pa- 

 tient and diligent efforts on the parr of 

 Jlr. Wall is to be credited the. marvelovus 

 success and growh of this department. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



J. W. THOMrSOX, Chairman. 



The revision committee not being ready 

 to report, the intervening time was taken 

 up in listening to a short talk of Dr. Tarle- 

 ton H. Bean, acting chief of Department 

 of Forestry, World's Fair, to be held in 

 St. Louis in 1904. Dr. Bean asked the co- 

 operation of the National association in 

 the making of the exhibit of forestry and 

 suggested that a committee be named as 

 an advisor.v board. 



A motion that a committee of five be 

 appointed by the president was adopted. 



Mr. AV. E. Barns claimed the attention 

 of the convention in a short talk on aims 

 of the committee who have in charge the 

 erection of the House of Hoo-Hoo at the 

 World's Fair grounds. He stated that the 

 building was designed to be a home for 

 the members, and those eligible to mem- 

 bership, in the Hoo-Hoo order. That the 

 membership fee would be $9.99, which 

 ■would entitle one to all the advantages of 

 a first-class club. The construction will be 



Inspection. Bureau Committee, 



A. .7. I..\XG 



.7- W. TnOMP.SOX. Chairman. 



E. C. ror.CORD. 



H. B. LEWIS. 



W. M. WESTON. 



E. A. SWAIN. 



T. U. STUNE. 



\V. E. SMITH. 



made with the idea of displaying the 

 beauty and utility of the various kinds of 

 domestic lumber and will include a cafe, 

 a reading and writing room and a large 

 assembly room, in which can be held lum- 

 ber conventions and the Hoo-Hoo Annual. 

 Mr. John M. Woods of Boston, .Mass.. 

 also addressed the convention on the sub- 

 ject of forestry. 



The following report was submitted l3.\- 

 the revision of rules committee through its 

 chairman, Mr. Theo. Fathauer: 

 To the National Hardwood Li^mber Asso- 

 ciation. 



Gentlemen: — The committee on revision 

 of inspection rules respectfully recommend 



the following ^•hange^ 

 of in.speetion: 



ADD TO GEINEiBAL 



W. B. Dl'TTON. 



of the present rules 



INSTRTTTIOXS... 



That all fractions of % foot and over 

 should be measured up to the next highest 

 figure. 



All badly missawed lumber shall be 

 thrown out by the inspectors. 



STANDARD LENGTHS. 



Standard lengths are 6, S, 10, 12, 14 and 

 lij feet, except as otherwise specified, as 

 most lumber is handled in lengths of 10, 

 12, 14 and IG feet. Odd lengfch.s, such as 

 !), 11 and 13 feet, shall be measured hack 

 to the next even length, except when other- 

 wise speclfle<l. In the grade of firsts and 



