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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Annual St. Louis Lumbermen's 



Club 



The annual meeting and banquet of the 

 Lumbermen's Club of St. Ijouis was held on 

 Tuesday evening, December 13, at the Plant- 

 ers' Hotel. The attendance was large. Not 

 only did the members turn out in good number 

 but many visitors of the hardwood fraternity 

 were present, as well as several ofScers of the 

 National Hardwood Lumber Association. 



Just previous to the conclusion of the din- 

 ner, P. F. Cook proposed a toast "To the 

 Memory of the Dead, ' ' which was given 

 standing and in silence. In proposing the 

 toast Mr. Cook paid a tribute to those who 

 had died during the year, W. A. Bonsack, 

 A. H. Schnelle and J. P. Kichardson. 



In the absence of President R. J. O'EeOly, 

 Henry A. Boeckeler presided. He announced 

 that F. A. Diggins, Cadillac, Mich., president, 

 and O. O. Agler, Chicago, of the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association, Earl Palmer 

 of Paducah, Ky., and Charles H. Barnaby of 

 Oreencastle, Ind., were guests of honor and 

 speakers of the evening. 



Mr. Diggins, who was the first speaker, 

 spoke of the necessity for organization among 

 lumbermen and the real help which has re- 

 sulted to the trade from the various lumber 

 associations. He also told of the way in which 

 members of his association, particularly the 

 little exchange in his home town, endeavor to 

 jiromote a kindly feeling between the princi- 

 pals and the employes. Mr. Diggins then 

 dwelt on the subject of conservation in manu- 

 facture and explained the process through 

 which the material, which was formerly 

 burned as waste, is now put when being man- 

 ufactured into wood alcohol, charcoal, etc. He 

 paid due respect to the gentlemen who are 

 today claiming to be the fathers of conser- 

 vation, but said that, with all due respect for 

 their worth, he was of the opinion they had in 

 Cadillac the man who was entitled to the title 

 of the original conservationist. "This man 

 was a native of Sweden," Mr. Diggins said, 

 "and he used tobacco. In the first place he 

 ■chewed it and when he had gotten all the good 

 out of it that way, he laid it aside. This was 



allowed to dry and then was good for smok- 

 ing. The ashes he used for snufE. " 



Earl Palmer of Paducah, Ky., and Chas. H. 

 Barnaby of Oreencastle, Ind., then made short 

 addresses. 



O. O. Agler of Chicago said he was glad to 

 see so many old lumbermen present and espe- 

 cially so many members of his association. He 

 thanked the members of the club for the kind- 

 ness always shown towards him. 



The last speaker of the evening was Dr. 

 Herman von Schrenk, who spoke of his triji 

 abroad and told of the various methods of 

 conservation practiced in France, Germany, 

 England, Scotland, Norway and Sweden. 



The business portion of the evening was 

 then taken up. Reports were heard from Sec- 

 retary Kessler, Treasurer Robinson and R. F. 

 Krebs, chairman of the TrafiBc Committee. 



C. M. Jennings, Julius Seidel and R. F. 

 Krebs were appointed a committee to protest 

 to the Interstate Commerce Commission 

 against the advances in yellow pine rates to 

 St. Louis. This was followed by the election 

 of oflicers for the ensuing year, which resulted 

 as follows: 



President, George E. Hogg. 



First vice-president, H. A. Boeckeler. 



Second vice-president, R. F. Krebs. 



Treasurer, E. C. Robinson. 



Secretary, J. B. Kessler. 



A committee then escorted the new presi- 

 dent, Mr. Hogg, to the chair. Upon taking 

 his place, he made a brief address, thanking 

 the Club for the honor conferred upon him, 

 assuring them that he would do all in his 

 power to make the organization a potential 

 factor in the conmiunity, and asked for him- 

 self and his fellow officers-elect the loyal sup- 

 port and hearty co-operation of all the mem- 

 bers. 



Julius Seidel moved a rising vote of thanks 

 to Jlessrs. Diggins, Palmer, Agler, Barnaby 

 and von Schrenk for the addresses made, thr 

 same being given with much enthusiasm. The 

 meeting then adjourned. 



NeWs Miscellany 



Annual Convention Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers of the United States 



Tbp "think" works of Secretary Lewis Doster 

 of the Hardwood Maniif.-icturors' Association aiv 

 now working overtime in mjiking preparations 

 for the convention which meets at the Siuton 

 hotei, Cincinnati. .January :jl and February 1. 

 1011. Mr. Doster is planning to make this 

 convention the greatest in the history of this 

 or any other lumljer organization, and to that 

 «nC he is devoting miieli time and study to 

 the program for the meeting. 



It wili be remembered that an innovation of 

 the convention of lUlO, which emanated from 

 Secretary Dostcr's fertile brain, was the "Lum- 

 ber Call Board," which was instituted in the 

 smali assombiy liall on the second day of the 

 last convention, and which, while a novelty, 

 succeeded in arousing much Interest. ,\t 1h;il 



lime it w.as only an experiment, but at the 

 coming meeting it has been determined to en- 

 large upon the plan. More time will be devoied 

 lo this feature and preparations made to make 

 it thoroughly understood by the members and 

 attendants at the convention. A card system 

 will be employed and every member W'ill be 

 instructed as to the workings of the "Call" 

 market, so that the result svill be the barter and 

 sale of large amounts of lumber. In place of 

 the "Call," as heretofore made by some one with 

 large lung area, a projecting picture machine 

 will be employed and the lumber and material 

 offered for sale will be Hashed upon a screen, 

 so that while the members remain comfortably 

 seated they will be able to become operators on 

 the r.oard by simply handing in their cards, and 

 iesponding to (he offers for whatever they put 

 np, or be able lo bid or barter for thai whlcb 



they desire to possess. Too much can not be said 

 upon this subject, and it will make the Board 

 a much more interesting success and strong fea- 

 ture of the convention if the members will come 

 prepared to participate. 



Another feature of the convention and one 

 which was introduced last year was the invlts- 

 tion extended to the consumers to attend the 

 convention. Every effort will be made this year 

 to secure the attendance of consumers of hard- 

 woods, such as furniture manufacturers, car- 

 riage manufacturers, builders of interiors, and 

 others. 



Biltmore Doings for November, 1910 



The winter work of the Biltmore Forest 

 S^chool at Darmstadt, Germany, began in good 

 style on Tuesday, November 1. The school- 

 iiouse, the Villa Merck, is situated in the Merck 

 Park right at the main depots of the town, 

 thus making it easy for the students to spin 

 away for longer distances immediately after 

 lectures. Tiie mornings are occupied as usual 

 by lectures. Dr. Schenck has' interspersed in 

 his lectures on sylviculture his course on for- 

 est surveying, taking advantage of the presence 

 of Prof. Knapp of Duxbury, Mass., an expert 

 in that line, whose advice to the students has 

 been most valuable. The surveying work done 

 in the field is mapped on Tuesdays in the 

 mapping room of the "Polytechniciim," under 

 the guidance of one of the German professors. 



Special stress is being laid in the afternoon 

 work on lumber inspection. Dr. Schenck be- 

 lieves that a thorough knowledge of the grades 

 of lumber and of their values and uses is es- 

 sential to every forester ; and, in order to keep 

 the students in touch continually with lumber 

 inspections he has imported into Germany two 

 cars of prime American lumber, consisting of 

 twenty-flve different species. Once a week the 

 students meet in the storehouse (the old palm 

 house In the Merck gardens), going over the 

 lumber and discussing inspection rules, prices 

 and uses of lumber. The school possesses with- 

 out a doubt the finest collection of American 

 hardwood lumber ever exhibit'ed in Germany. 

 Dendrology is being continually studied in the 

 Merck Park (157 different species) and in the 

 Botanical Garden of the "Polytechnicum," 

 where the trees are arranged on the one hand 

 according to their botanical system and on the 

 other according to the countries originating 

 them. 



Nursery work w-as not neglected, so long as 

 the weather would allow of it. Forester Schlag 

 exhibited his transi)Ianting machine and other 

 machinery used in various nursery work. 



The students made a number of excursions 

 in November, among them being a trip to Mit- 

 teldick (Forstmeister Hillerich), where they 

 studied the oak forests and the natural seed 

 regeneration of the oak. The time for study 

 is particularly opportune, there having been a 

 mast year of the oak — a rare treat for the 

 German forester. Here there are found oaks 

 scaling up to 3,000 feet board measure, and 

 running to the acre up to 12.000 feet hoard 

 measure ; a trip to the municipal forests of 

 I''rankfurt (Forstmeister Fleck). The town of 

 Frankfurt is the proud owner of a large forest 

 area, yielding per acre per annum seven dollars 

 i.et. In these forests yellow pine has been 

 planted — the primeval forests were devoid of it 

 — ever since 1430. Some splendid stands of 

 yellow pine running 20.000 feet to the acre were 

 met with. Most interesting, liowever, is the 

 occurrence of American white pine in Ibis range. 

 Detailed cruises were made of a stand of white 

 pine lifty-seven years old, averaging 10,000 

 feet, board measure, to the acre. 



Another trip of interest was that to the 

 Gramschatz Forest, Bavaria (Forstmeister 

 c.leich). The Gramschatz forest exhibits some 

 wonderful stands of white oak. A number of 

 ( ruises made by the students have shown an 

 average of 13.000 feet, board measure, to the 



