June 25. 1922 



Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



59 



my vocabulary it would not do. It raised a mental wall to the 



acceptance of my message. 



"In your educational campaign with the live public information 

 bureau that is an important part of it, your opportunity for real 

 trade extension is unlimited. It is the largest and most inviting 

 field in the entire category of wood-using industries. Your indus- 

 try is the key to the progress of the next twenty-five years in 

 wood utilization. But you must function as an organization if you 

 expect to make any real progress." 



Fish Speaks on Success of National 



Mr. Fish spoke extempore in his characteristically vigorous 

 manner. For the encouragement of the members of the veneer 

 and panel organization, Mr. Fish referred to the early history of 

 the National Hardwood Lumber association when, as is now^ the 

 organization he w^as addressing, "w^e were fighting for a foothold 

 and laying our foundation." Some of the earliest opposition which 

 his association encountered, Mr. Fish said, came from manufac- 

 turers who did not want to belong to an association of which their 

 customers (the wholesalers) w^ere a part. How^ever, the organiz- 

 ers of the National believed that such an organization could never 

 become national in fact, as well as in theory, unless all branches 

 of the industry should be given representation. They believed 

 that the wholesaler who has spent the better part of his life acquir- 

 ing information on the requirements of consumers of hardwoods, 

 having perhaps a more accurate store of this very necessary knowl- 

 edge than the millman w^ho had been manufacturing and w^as not 

 maintaining a sales organization, was entitled to equal representa- 

 tions in the councils of the trade. 



The wisdom of this belief has been demonstrated, Mr. Fish 

 pointed out, by the success of the association. Now in its twenty- 

 fifth year, it is the largest trade association of manufacturers and 

 distributors in the country, has a n>embership of firms and indi- 

 viduals in excess of fourteen hundred. As to the exact percentage 

 of manufacturers in this membership, Mr. Fish said he w^ould be 

 frank to say, no exact figures could be given. This was because 

 the association had never thought it necessary to draw a rigid 

 line of demarcation between the two branches of the trade in its 

 membership. But it was estimated that 70 per cent of the mem- 

 bers are engaged in the manufacture of hardwood lumber. 



Another gratifying thing to contemplate in reviewing the suc- 

 cess of the National association is the fact that today some of those 

 who supported the view^ that manufacturers could not associate in 

 a trade organization with their customers are the most enthusiastic 

 advocates of combined association activities for makers and dis- 

 tributors of hardwoods, Mr. Fish said. 



Concluding, Mr. Fish invited the members of the veneer and 

 panel organization to attend the silver jubilee of the National, and 

 declared that even the most enthusiastic trade association men of 

 today fail to realize the importance of the future of trade associa- 

 tion work to American business. 



Membership Numbers Eighty-Eight 



The report of M. Wulpi, Chicago, the commissioner, stated that 

 the association has a membership of 88 plants, the assessment of 

 which should produce a yearly revenue of $1 5,600, or enough 

 and more than enough to cover the present budget. 



Publicity Campaign is Abandoned 



During the second day's session the question of the national 

 publicity campaign was considered and it was decided that be- 

 cause of present conditions the effort will not be continued. A 

 refund in full of all contributions was ordered. 



H. J. Barnard, president of the Quartered Oak Manufac- 

 turers* Association reported that at a meeting in Indianapolis on 

 June 1 3, his association had voted to join the National Veneer 

 & Panel Manufacturers' Association as a group. This enrolled 

 fourteen additional plants in the national association, the other 

 eight being already members. 



Chairman C. B. Allen of the Transportation Committee made 



I N OU R ST. LOUIS YARD A N D W A R E H U S E 

 fVe Carry Large Stocks of 



LUMBER, VENEERS 

 BUILT-UP PANELS 



and solicit your inquiries for these items 



for IMMEDIATE SHIPMEMT 



CHRISTMANN 



Veneer and Lumber Company 



Hall and Buchanan Streets 



St. Louis, Missour 



a report of the status of the work on Bill 8131 and prospects for 

 early successful conclusions. 



B. W. Lord of Chicago made report on the U. S. Chamber 

 meeting, pointing out the importance of its work and necessity 

 of its support by American business. Mr. Lord is councillor from 

 the association to the national chamber. 



Cost Engineer H. D. Potter of the Plywood Group made 

 explanation of that work and the possibilities under it. 



The meeting voted to take over the costing contract and 

 install Mr. Potter as cost engineer of the national association. 



Disbarment Charges Filed Against Hawke 



Formal charges in disbarment have been filed against George 

 S. Hawke, lawyer, with offices in the First National Bank Build- 

 ing, Cincinnati, O., by a special committee appointed some time 

 ago by Judge Thomas H. Darby of the Hamilton County Pleas 

 Court. Attorney Hawke, it will be remembered, announced last 

 year his intention of launching a campaign against furniture manu- 

 facturers and retailers throughout the country, who he said, mis- 

 represent their merchandise. This campaign was to have been 

 conducted under the auspices of the "National Furniture Asso- 

 ciation," of which Mr. Hawke is the acting chairman and one 

 of the incorporators. 



The charges -against Attorney Hawke contain two counts. 

 One accuses him of unprofessional conduct in the securing of 

 licenses for the operation of a pool room by aliens under the 

 name of the "Lincoln Poolroom Company," of which he was sec- 

 retary. The other count recites that he was "convicted of a 

 crime involving moral turpitude on March 9, 1922, in the Mu- 

 nicipal Court of Cincinnati." in connection with the securing of 

 the licenses. 



The committee report was presented by Attorneys C. O. 

 Rose, Charles Sawyer and Robert Goldman, three of Cincinnati's 



