1922 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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unkDOwu to him. He was willing to meet squarely every siniation. He 

 Dever evaded what appeared to be his duty. 



His greate.st fault and his greatest weakness were his total ilisregard for 

 his own comfort and health in his devotion to his work. 



His greatest virtues were his courtesy and his unfailing thoujihtfulness 

 and kindness toward those with whom he was associated. Max Kosse was 

 a gentleman in the truest sense. 



Max Kosse's influence will linger many a year, and his friends will miss 

 the nameless little tune he hummed — while thinking. 



[Signed] Geo. N. L.\mb. 



Discuss Standardization Problem 



At the summer meeting of the Northern Wholesale Hardwood 

 Lumber Association, held at Minneapolis, Minn., July 14, there 

 was considerable discussion of the standardization problem, espe- 

 cially as it relates to hardwoods. 



This discussion came about because of the efforts now being made 

 to that end through the National Lumber Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion, in co-operation with the Department of Commerce, and fol- 

 lowed the reading of a letter from Roy H. Jones, of the Lumber 

 Division of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, in 

 which Mr. Jones expressed the opinion that the next problem be- 

 fore the hardwood lumber producers was the standardization of 

 dimension cuttings for the wood-using industries. 



One member said that there was nothing new in this proposal; 

 it had been tried in the past, and with little success. What makes 

 it particularly difficult at this time is the fact that the industries 

 that use hardwood lumber have not standardized their requirements. 

 There are so many patterns for the same kind of furniture, for in- 

 stance, that it would take a. large number of standard sizes of 

 lumber to meet the needs of the furniture makers; and there is this 

 same lack of uniformity in the making of other manufactured arti- 

 cles of commerce. 



The meeting was held at the Minneapolis Automobile Club, 

 south of the city, to which the members were taken in automo- 

 biles furnished by members of the Northwestern Hardwood Lum- 

 bermen's Association. A luncheon was served in the club dining 

 room before the business session. 



Jones Compliments K. H. L. A. 



In opening the meeting, T. T. Jones, president, spoke briefly of 

 the standardization program and then paid a tribute to the Na- 

 tional Hardwood Lumber Association, saying that it has served 

 the trade efliciently during the past twenty-five years, and brought 

 order out of chaos in the hardwood lumber business. 



J. F. Hayden, secretary, reported briefly on details of the work 

 of the association, and presented some statistics showing the in- 

 crease in construction work during the first half of the year over 

 the first half of last year, especially in residential building. 



Some of the intricacies of freight tariffs were brought out in a 

 talk on such matters by J. H. Krueger, a traffic expert of Minne- 

 apolis. 



Mr. Krueger told how he had recovered several hundred dollars 

 for oBe concern through the discovery of errors in entering the 

 tare weights of cars in freight bills. He also said that the pub- 

 lished tariffs are full of inaccuracies and inequalities. One such 

 is a charge of about two cents less per hundred pounds for ship- 

 ments from certain Wisconsin points to stations west of Minne- 

 apolis than is collected on shipments to Minneapolis. 



Following his formal address, Mr. Krueger answered a number 

 of questions put to him by members relative to the reduction ef- 

 fected by the order of the Interstate Commerce Commission which 

 went into effect the first of July. 



Upon recommendation of E. F. Duncan, chairman of the Mem- 

 bership Committee, the Van Etta Lumber Co. and the L. B. Smith 

 Lumber Co. of Chicago were admitted to membership. 



President Jones appointed G. A. Vangsness, A. H. Buth and A. C. 

 Quixley of Chicago to represent the association at the standardiza- 

 tion conference in Chicago, Julv 21 and 22. 



HUMIDITY DRY mj 



^^fu/atfon you can' und&^^m 



Take pianos for instance 



You know the condition of the 

 wood that good makers must put 

 into their instruments. Let's see 

 what some of them have to say 

 about the results they get, drying 

 lumber in a Sturtevant High Hu- 

 midity Dry Kiln. 



"We cut our case stock to 

 piano lengths before putting into 

 the kiln and this we would not 

 do if we had any checking, as 

 it would be a waste of lumber." 



"They have proved very 

 satisfactory indeed to us * * * 

 have demonstrated all that they 

 were represented to do." 



"And they are giving ver>' 

 good satisfaction." 



Bulletin 282 is chock-full of in- 

 formative data on lumber drying. 

 Your copy is here for the asking. 



HYDE PARK, 



BOSTON. MASS. 



