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HARDWOOD RECORD 



June 25. 1922 



Resolutions Containing the Program of 



The members of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Institute 

 duly assembled at the Henry Watterson Hotel, Louisville, 

 Kentucky, June 15-17, 1922, iji open session do unanimously 

 resolve : 



1. That — WHEREAS, at the conference held at Washing- 

 ton, D. C, May 22 to 26, 1922, between the Secretary of 

 Commerce, Hon. Herbert C. Hoover, and delegates from the 

 various associations representing lumber manufacturers, Sec- 

 retary Hoover suggested that efforts be made to standardize 

 sizes and nomenclatiure, determine on a system of grade 

 branding of lumber, and other means for affording guar- 

 antees to, and for the protection of the public; the establish- 

 ment of a national independent agency for the administra- 

 tion of inspection of all kinds of lumber, and 



WHEREAS, delegates of the American Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers ' Association participated in the said conference and 

 by vote and action supported in every detail, the suggestions 

 made by the Secretary of Commerce and pledged themselves 

 to fully co-operate in the accomplishment of the program 

 outlined. 



Therefore, the action and course of conduct of the said 

 delegates in the said Washington conference aforesaid are 

 hereby approved, and the said delegates are commended for 

 the efficient and patriotic way in which they represented the 

 wishes and purposes of the hardwood lumber manufacturers. 



2. That they endorse as a whole the purposes, work and 

 accomplishmeoits of the said Washi^igton standardization 

 conference, and pledge the support of the institute in carry- 

 ing the program suggested by Secretary Hoover to an early 

 and successful conclusion. 



3. That they congratulate Secretary Hoover, and the offi- 

 cers of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, 

 upon their vision and insight in calling said conference, and 

 upon the remarkable measure of success attending the ses- 

 sions of the conference as a whole. 



PROGRAM TO PRESERVE SELF-GOVERNMENT TO 

 INDUSTRY 



That, In the interest of the preservation of self-govern- 

 ment in industry and of the ideals of individual enterprise 

 under the law, we commit ourselves to make effective, in con- 

 junction with the other lumber producers, the following 

 program: 



1. Simplification and equalization of hardwood lumber 

 grades and standardization of sizes, so far as consistent with 

 the reasonable needs of the hardwood consumers and with 

 economy in manufacture. 



2. Grade marking, as a practical measure of protection to 

 the buyer and the consumer. 



3. Inspection service available to producers, distributors 

 and consumers, supervised and administered by a National 

 Lumber Inspection Bureau. 



4. Arbitration of such disputes as to grade, size, quantity 

 size or delivery as may not have been satisfactorily disposed 

 of by official re-inspection. 



5. That they favor the equalization and simplification of 

 grades in all woods, and the adoption of standard names, 

 nomenclature or designations therefor, and the adoption and 



creation of means to guarantee to purchasers and the public 

 the quantity and quality of lumber and to assure the elimi- 

 nation of objectionable trade practices which have hereto- 

 fore obtained in some phases of merchandising lumber. 



They approve the action of the Washington standardiza- 

 tion conference on this subject, and recommend that the 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Institute appoint a committee on 

 standardization charged with the special duty of co-operating 

 with the National Lumber Manuf actiurers ' Association, in 

 dealing with the subjects pursuant to the action taken at 

 the Washington conference aforesaid. 



6. That, WHEREAS, it will require some time to create 

 and adopt a national system of standard nomenclature for 

 hardwood liunber, and a natioiial system of rules for tSie 

 grading and inspection thereof; it is recommended that in 

 the interim, and temporarily, the nUes in use at the present 

 by the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association be 

 used by the Institute, and 



PRINCIPLE TO GOVERN INSPECTION 



It is further recommended and resolved that the Inspec- 

 tion Service of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Institute be 

 used by all needing inspection service. 



AND THAT, until otherwise directed the services of this 

 Institute shall be available upon the following terms and 

 conditions: 



a. The Inspection Service to be available to every one, 

 whether they are members of this organization or not, at such 

 reasonable cost as may be fixed by the Board of Directors. 



b. In case the dispute between buyer and seller concerns 

 only the grade and not the measiurement of lumber shipped 

 the buyer should be required to only hold intact that portion 

 of the shipment which in his judgment does not comply with 

 specifications of the grade for which it was sold. 



c. In the event either party to a re-inspection Is not satis- 

 fied with the finding of the inspector, the right of appeal 

 within five days of such iinding is extended to either of the 

 interested parties, and a second inspection shall be made by 

 the chief inspector. 



d. When an inspection by the chief inspector is requested 

 by a consumer (in tliis class is included all remanufacturers, 

 fabricators and retailers) the national association represent- 

 ing the industry to which such consumer belongs is invited 

 toi select a thoroughly competent inspector to be present 

 when the inspection is made by the chief inspector, so that all 

 membe:(|3 of the industry involved may be satisfied that the 

 inspection has been fairly and properly administered. 



e. That they are in complete accord with the views of 

 the Washington conference aforesaid as embodied in the 

 following resolution: 



MANUFACTURERS' RULES INDORSED 

 ' 'RESOLVES, That the formulation of rules for the grad- 

 ing and inspection of lumber is a function of the manufac- 

 turers and that grade rules should be based on the needs of 

 consumption and the ability of the producers with the timber 

 available to satisfy those needs, and that grades should be 

 so made as to allocate the available supply to the various 

 oa(nsumiiig industries in proportion to their needs and de- 



bermen, holding that these stories were more pathetic than humor- 

 ous, in view of the fact that the old-time lumberman generally had 

 malaria and was facing insolvency or was insolvent. He closed 

 with the Golden Rule as the solution of all probloms, business or 

 otherwise. 



Election of a temporary chairman was next in order, Mr. Stark 

 calling for nominations. C. H. Sherrill of New Orleans was placed 

 in charge of the meeting, being introduced by Mr. Stark. 

 Sherrill 's Keynote Address 



Chairman Sherrill in taking the chair made a "kcvnote ail- 



