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HARDWOOD RECORD 



June 25. I'Ji;:; 



gave full assurance of his loyalty. He in part said: "I believe 

 that the firm of Dulweber & Sherrill will soon have a lot of new 

 partners. If some of the boys felt as I did over that wire I guess 

 they are sure to be partners of the D. & S. firm." Mr. Sondheimer 

 declared that he had always argued, in fact for years, that the 

 manufacturer was the grade maker. 



W. E. Delaney stated that he never believed in kicking anyone 

 when they were down. He was mighty glad to see that the pro- 

 ducers had finally thrown the shackles off which had held them in 

 bondage for years. Others made similar talks, all showing a spirit 

 of rejoicing over the fact that they had at last decided on steering 

 a clear course. 



B. F. Dulweber was named as chairman of the inspection rules 

 committee, in view of the fact that he has had a great deal of 

 experience in such connection, and is recognized as an authority 

 on the subject of grading. 



Short talks were heard from the Forest Products Laboratory, 

 Madison, Wis., by Mr. White, and from J. F. Hirt of the Forest 

 Products Engineering Company, Chicago, both organizations pledg- 

 ing support. Mr. White stated that for years the Forest Products 

 Laboratory had been hoping for a day to come when there would 

 be standardization of grades, which would result in a great saving 

 of waste. Mr. Hirt held that present grading rules are obsolete 

 and do not cover needs of specialized industries. He argued for 

 setting up grades within grades, where necessary, in order to 

 eliminate waste, citing instances where No. 1 common lumber from 

 three vendors used in the same way were so far from uniform that 

 one lot ran 40 per cent waste, another 30 and a third 20. He closed 

 by stating fhat any organization which stands in the way of 

 progress and the Hoover program is treading a dangerous course. 

 B. F. Dulweber reported that such inspectors as the American 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association had would be turned over 

 to the new body and more inspectors secured at once, with arrange- 

 ments perfected shortly for complete service open to anyone. 



Open discussion on the permanent quarters of the new organiza- 

 tion favored Chicago. Later in the evening the board of directors, 

 to which the matter was finally referred by the membership, 

 decided definitely on Chicago. 



President Sherrill, in closing, stated that he felt confident that 

 with approximately ]00 members to start with, this would be 

 increased by 300 per cent by July 1, as it would be not a ease of 

 merely old members of the American, which had about 400 mem- 

 bers, but of many northern, eastern and western hardwood concerns 

 coming in after they knew the plan to be followed, and after the 

 new members got back to their districts and started after mem- 

 bership. 



This closed a great meeting, marking a new epoch for self-govern- 

 ment of the hardwood producing industry by the producers, and an 

 era in which there should be less squabbling, fewer failures and 

 generally better understanding. This new organization has planned 

 all through to see business done cleanly and on a high class stand- 

 ard, and doesn't propose to be blocked by anyone. 



Charter Membership 



Nickey Bros., Inc., Memphis, Tenn. 



Green River Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn. 



Broad River Lumber Company, Stackhouse, N. C. 



H. G. Bohlssen Manufacturing Company, Ewing Tex. 



King Mill & Lumber Company, Paducah, Ky. 



Brown & Hackney, Inc., Memphis, Tenn. 



Mark H. Brown Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn. 



The H. M. Page Log & Lumber Company, Lexington, Ky. 



Wm. Graydon Hardwood Company, Grayburg, Tex. 



American Column & Lumber Company, Columbus, Ohio. 



Jas. E. Stark & Co., Memphis, Tenn. 



W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, Columbus, Ohio. 



Raleigh Lumber Company, Columbus, Ohio. 



Colleton Cypress Company, Columbus, Ohio. 



Wood-Mosaic Company, Louisville, Ky. 



Pioneer Lumber Company, St. Louis, Mo. 



Lieberman, Loveman & Cohn, Nashville, Tenn. 



Barr Holaday Lumber Company, Greenfield, Ohio. 



The Bayou Land & Lumber Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Foot Valley Crate & Lumber Company, Reynolds, Ga. 



Belle Point Lumber Company, Belle Point, Ky. 



May Bros., Memphis, Tenn. 



Kentucky Lumber Company, Lexington, Ky. 



Kraetzer Cured Lumber Company, Greenwood, Miss. 



Van Sant Kitchen Company, Ashland, Ky. 



John W. Kitchen Lumber Company, Ashland, Ky. 



Gayoso Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn. 



Bond-Foley Lumber Company, Bond, Ky. 



Meadow River Lumber Company, Rainelle, W. Va. 



Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company, Cape Girardeau, Mo. 



Clinch Valley Lumber Company, Ft. Blackmore, Va. 



White Oak Lumber Company, New York, N. Y. 



Yellow Poplar Lumber Company, New York, N. Y. 



Conasauga River Lumber Company, Clearfield, Ky. 



Rockcastle Lumber Company, Huntington, W. Va. 



C. L. Ritter Lumber Company, Huntington, W. Va. 



Ritter Hardwood Lumber Company, Huntington, W. Va. 



Peytona Lumber Company, Huntington, W. Va. 



Penrod-Jurden Company, Memphis, Tenn. 



Holly Ridge Lumber Company, Louisville, Ky. 



Edw. L. Davis Lumber Company, Mobile, Ala. 



North Vernon Lumber Mills, North Vernon, Ind. 



Lee & Fooshee, Sparta, Tenn. 



Eastman Gardiner Hardwood Company, Laurel, Miss. 



Williams Lumber Company, Fayetteville, Tenn. 



Paepcke Leicht Lumber Company, Chicago, 111. 



Kvansville Band Mill Company, Evansville, Ind. 



Tschudy Lumber Company, Kansas Cit.y, Mo. 



Newell Lumber Company, Eunice, La. 



Chapman & Dewey Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn. 



Lee, Wilson & Co., Wilson, Ark. 



Andrews Manufacturing Company, Andrews, N. C. 



Hutchinson Lumber Company, Huntington, W. Va. 



latt Lumber Company, Colfax, La. 



Merl Lumber Company, Meridian, Miss. 



The Ferd Brenner Lumber Company, Alexandria, La. 



E. L. Hendricks Lumber Company, Jackson, Miss. 



Big Salkehatchie Cypress Company, Varnville, S. C. 



Carrier Lumber & Manufacturing Company, Sardis, Miss. 



Sherrill Hardwood Lumber Company, New Orleans, La. 



Dawkins Lumber Company, Ashland, Ky. • 



Farris Hardwood Lumber Company, Nashville, Tenn. 



Ijong-Bell Lumber Company, Kansas City, Mo. 



Edward Hines, Lumberton, Miss. 



Musselman Lumber Company, Louisville, Ky. 



Ashland Hardwood Lumber Company, Ashland, Ky. 



Nigh Lumber Company, Ironton, Ohio. 



0. G. Bomer, Alsatia, La. 



Bomcr Blanks Lumber Company, Blanks, La. 



Hendrix Mill & Lumber Company, Mound City, 111. 



Hillyer-Deutsch-Edwards, Inc., Oakdale, La. 



Kellogg Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn. 



H. L. White Lumber Company, Columbia, Miss. 



Powehar Mill & Lumber Company, St. Louis, Mo. 



Jurden and Carrier Return from Deep Sea Expedition 



II. L. .Turilen, Pcnrod-Jurdrn Compcin.T, and prosidcnt of the recently 

 formed Delta Lumber E.xport Corporntion, Memphis, and R. M. Carrier, 

 Carrier Lumber & Manufacturing Compan.v, Sardis. Miss., and retiring 

 president of the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, have 

 returned from Ponta Gorda, Fla., where they spent some time fishing for 

 deep sea bass and other larger si)ecimens of the finny tribe. The.v went 

 direct from their fishing excursion to Louisville, where they participated 

 in the mass meeting of hardwood lumber manufacturers June 15 to-16 and 

 helped to launch the Hardwood Manufacturers' Institute. 



