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HARDWOOD RECORD 



June 10, 1922 



Two o£ the young ladies on the staff of the company, by some mysteri- 

 ous means, drew the two attendance prizes, $4 and ?3, cash, respectively. 

 H. J, M. Jorgensen, despite the numerous "points of order" raised by 

 W. H. Dick, Tallahatchie Lumber Company, had the distinction of pre- 

 senting the prizes, although the recipients were seated at the table over 

 which Mr. Dick presided. 



The attendance broke all records for the present administration, ex- 

 ceeding 135. 



Parson Simpkins, supreme chaplain of the Concatenated Order of Hoo- 

 Hoo, was the honor guest at a special meeting of the club held at the 

 Hotel Gayoso, May 10. He delivered an address in which he made a 

 brilliant plea for a higher plane of honor and integrity among lumber 

 interests and in which he insisted that, if the cardinal principles of good 

 fellowship and unselfishness, on which the order of Hoo-Hoo is based, 

 were more universally adopted by lumbermen, many of the pressing 

 problems of the industry would be solved. 



Parson Simpkins predicted that "there are no porterhouse times just 

 ahead in the lumber business" and that "1922 would be a year of ups 

 and downs, so far as lumber prices are concerned." He maintained, how- 

 ever, that the biggest fortunes are those built up during years of depres- 

 sion in prices, such as those now facing the trade, and he laid down three 

 controlling factors to guide lumbermen in their search for prosperity : 



1. Know your overhead and stay within it. 



2. Pay labor a wage that will allow a proper and decent standard of 

 living. 



3. Put your goods over at as low a price as is consistent with the two 

 foregoing factors and then make margin between overhead and selling 

 price just as wide as possililo. 



National Wholesale Trustees to Meet in Chicago 

 W. H. Schuette, president of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' 

 Association, has called a meeting of the Board of Trustees in Chicago on 

 Saturday, June 24. It develops that ten or twelve members of the board 

 will be in attendance at the annual convention of the National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association, and advantage will be taken of this opportunity to 

 have the usual pre-summer meeting of the trustees in Chicago at that time. 

 Secretary Schupner states that there are a number of important matters 

 requiring consideration, and the trustees will have a large program of 

 association matters to dispose of in the one day's session. 



Standing Committees Named 



President Schuette has announced the following appointments for the 

 standing committees of the association to serve for the ensuing year : 

 ExECDTivE Committee 



W. H. Schuette, president, Wm. Schuette Co Pittsburgh, Pa. 



C. A. Goodman, Sawyer-Goodman Co Marinette, Wis. 



Dan McLachlin, McLachlin Bros.. Ltd .irnprior, Ont, 



J. W. McClure, Bellgrade Lumber Co Memphis, Tenn. 



F. R. Babcock, Babcock Lumber Co Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Board of Manacer.s of Bureau of I.n'formation 



A. L. Stone, chairman, Nicola, Stone & Myers Co Cleveland, Ohio 



H. A. Batchelor, Tennessee Oak Flooring Co Nashville, Tenn. 



H. W. McDonough, Clifton F. Leatherbee, Inc Boston. Mass. 



A. B. Clark, J. S. H. Clark Lumber Company Eatonton, Ga. 



W. G. Power, Power Lumber Co Quebec City, Canada 



R. B, Rayner, Rayner & Parker Philadelphia, Pa. 



Audit and Finance Committee 

 A, E. Lane, chairman, A. E. Lane Lumber Co New York City 



A. C. Crombie, W. M. Crombie & Co New York City 



C. E. Kennedy New York City 



Railroad and Transportation Committee 



B. C. Currie, chairman, Currie & Campbell Philadelphia. Pa. 



M. J. E. Hoban, Hoban, Hunter, Feltner Co Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Frank B. Haviland New York City 



S. F. Westbrook. Guernsey-Westbrook Co Hartford, Conn. 



A. J. Chestnut, A, J. Chestnut Lumber Co Buffalo, N. Y. 



J. G. Criste, Interior Lumber Co Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Fred Arn, J. M. Card Lumber Co Chattanooga, Tenn. 



G. M. Stevens, Jr., Stevens-Eaton Co New York City 



Frank Schumaker, Stone Lumber Co Boston, Mass. 



Arbitration Committee 

 J. B. Montgomery, chairman, J. B. Montgomery & Co Pittsburgh, Pa. 



E. H. Stoner, West Penn Lumber Co Pittsburgh, Pa. 



A. A. M'ilson, W. \. Wilson & Sons Wheeling, W. Va. 



B. L. Tim, Hirsch Lumber Co New York City 



J. D. Elliott, John D. Elliott & Co Detroit. Mich. 



G. I. Buell. Montgomery Lumber Co Spring Hope, N. C. 



H. Morton Jones, R. T. Jones Lumber Co North Tonawanda. N. Y. 



H. M. Bickford. H. M. Bickford Co Boston. Mass. 



Thorpe Babcock, Northwestern Lumber Co Iloquiam, Wash. 



H. D. Billmeyer, Billmeyer Lumber Co Ciimberland. Md. 



H, S. Hayden, Hayden Westcott Lumber Co Chicago, III. 



J. F. McSweyn, Memphis Band Mill Co Memphis, Tenn. 



C. H. Hershey, Stone & Hershey, Inc Newark. N. J. 



T. B. Coppock, S. P. Coppock & Sons Lumber Co Ft. Wayne, Ind. 



Thos, Whitmarsh. W. T. Ferguson Lumber Co St. Louis, Mo. 



Terms of Sale and Trade Ethics Committee 



F. S. TJnderhill, chairman, Wistar, Underbill & Nixon ... .Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Wells Blanchard. Blanchard Lumber Co Boston, Mass. 



R. B. Homer, R. B. Homer Lumber Co Baltimore, Md. 



H. I. George, Graves, Manbert & George Buffalo, N. Y. 



E. A. Lang, Paepcke Leicht Lumber Co Chicago. 111. 



H. W. Baker, Baker-Matthews Lumber Co Memphis, Tenn. 



Charles Hill, Southern Pine Sales Co New York City 



J. C. Donges, J. C. Donges Lumber Co Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Legislation Committee 



J. I. Coulbourn, chairman. Coulboum Brothers Philadelphia, Pa. 



Edward Eiler, Edward Eiler Lumber Co Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Gardner I. Jones, Jones Hardwood Co Boston, Mass. 



W. J. Eckman, M. B. Farrin Lumber Co Cincinnati, Ohio 



H. B. Weiss, George C. Brown & Co ' Memphis, Tenn. 



J. H. Burton, J. H. Burton & Sons Co., Inc New Y'ork City 



W. H. Stradella, Northern Lumber Co North Tonawanda, N. Y. 



John M. Miller. Bradley, Miller & Co Bay City, Mich. 



Committee on Workmen's Compensation 

 M. E. Preisch, chairman, Haines Lumber Co North Tonawanda, N. Y. 



B. G. Brownell, Central Pennsylvania Lumber Co WllUamsport, Pa. 



F. L. Brown, Crandall & Brown Chicago, 111. 



K. E. Bennett, Munger & Bennett Camden, N. J. 



G. L. Hume, Montgomery Lumber Co Suffolk. Va. 



C. N. Hutton, Hutton & Bourbonnais Co Hickory, N. C. 



W. A. Holt, Holt Lumber Co Oconto, Wis. 



L. R. F. Preysz, Raine-Andrews Lumber Co Evenwood. W. Va. 



C. L. Smith, Robinson-Edwards Co Burlington. Vt. 



Fire Insurance Committee 



J. I,. Camp, chairirtan. Camp Manufacturing Co Franklin, Va. 



J. C. Campbell, Birch Valley Lumber Co Tioga. W. Va. 



J. L. Kaul, Kaul Lumber Co Birmingham, Ala. 



W. C. Laidlaw, R. Laidlaw Lumber Co Toronto, Ont. 



C. H. Prescott, Saginaw Bay Co Clevelaud, Ohio 



Trade Relations Committee 



O. E. Yeager, chairman, Yeager Lumber Co Buffalo, N. Y. 



.Tames Hul)bard, Rice & Lockwood Lumber Co Springfield, Mass. 



-A. Rex Flinn, Duquesne Lumber Co ; Piftslnirgh. Pa. 



A. J, Levy, A. J. Levy Lumber Co Philadelphia. Pa. 



W. G. Frost. Frost &. Davis Lumber Co New York City 



F. A. Conkling, Frank A. Conkling Co Memphis, Tenn. 



M. C. Burton, E. P. Burton Lumber Co Charleston, S. C. 



C. A. Mauk, Mauk Lumber. Co Toledo, Ohio 



Forestry Committee 



Horace F. Taylor, chairman, Taylor & Crate Buffalo, N. Y. 



J. R. Williams, Jr., J. Randall Williams Co Philadelphia. Pa. 



Ferris J. Meigs, Santa Clara Lumber Co Tupper Lake, N. Y. 



W. L. Sykes, Emporium Lumber Co Utica, N. Y. 



\. D. Walker, Red River Lumber Co Minneapolis. Minn. 



John L. Kaul, Kaul Lumber Co Birmingham. Ala. 



Constructive Association Work by American Wholesalers 



In its efforts to promote and maintain more harmonious relationships 

 between its members and others in the trade, the American Wholesale 

 Lumber Association has recently given the following wholesome and timely 

 advice to its members, which it admonishes all luniberiui*n to heed and 

 follow : 



"In reviewing numerous files submitted to our arbitration department, 

 we are impressed with the fact that much of this grief could be avoided 

 by observing the following nine rules which were approved some years ago 

 by the New York State Bar Association and the Chamber of Commerce 

 of the State of New York : 



"Rule 1. In the matter of good faith give your adversary the benefit 

 of the doubt. 



"Rule 2. Remember that pugnacity, vindictiveness, ill temper, im- 

 patience, carelessness, .short-sightedness, arrogance, eagerness to take un- 

 due advantage and insistence on unethical principles are all provocative 

 of litigation. Even if these instincts are inherent in human nature they 

 may be controlled by an impartial consideration of the tacts and a proper 

 exercise of the reasoning powers. 



"Rule 3. Endeavor to look at both sides of a situation in a calm and 

 impartial manner. Eliminate all personal animosity. 



"Rule 4. Discuss your differences fairly, frankly, patiently, without 

 prejudice and with due regard to the sensibilities of the other praties in 

 interest. 



"Rule 3. In such discussions with adverse parties avoid making posi- 

 tive assertions, even if true, which might be offensive, but rather state 

 the same facts in a diplomatic manner not calculati>d unnecessarily to 

 arouse antagonism. 



"Rule 6. Throw all light possible upon the questions involved in the 

 controversy in order that nothing shall be concealed which, if known, might 

 harmonize divergent views. 



"Rule 7. Display a spirit of conciliation and be prepared to make sotii.' 

 concessions, if necessary, to avoid a breach. 



"Rule S. Remember that 'a lean settlement is better than a fat law 

 suit.' 



"Rule 9. When negotiations fail to settle a dispute, submit the ques- 

 tions to arbitration and abide by the decision of the arbitrators." 



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