HARDWOOD RECORD 



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MANX, MARKED TREE. ARKANSAS 

 VICE-PRESIDENT 



WM. MOORE. 



HOOPESTON, ILLINOIS VICE 

 PRESIDENT 



Production of Hardwoods hy the Members 



Feet. 



Amount of lujSbPr shipped by our members in I'JU) 659.022.000 



Amount of lubber inspected on complaint 6,324,1- 1 



You will note that the amount inspected b.v our official inspectors on 

 complaint represents a very small percentage of total shipments. The 

 claim has been made that only a very small amount of lumber com- 

 paratively was shipped into the markets sold on our official grading 

 rules, basing such on the (acts that we have in the past, from time to 

 time, shown the amounts of lumber reinspected and certificates issued 

 as a means of basing settlements, in eases of disputes. 



This amount of lumber reinspected, as shown above; represents but 

 663 carloads. 589 of which were reinspected in whole or in part, and 

 the other 74 cars, or about 11 per cent, were not inspected, owing to 

 the fact that satisfactory settlements had been made when it was found 

 that the shippers demanded reinspection. (In many cases, and in others 

 found that the stock had been used, or had been found 



this was brought 

 our inspector to 



out 

 the 



our inspectors 



up to grade, and no reinspection was necessary, 

 by explanation of our grading rule system by 

 holder of the lumber.) 



Conditions in the Consuming Territories 

 We have received reports regarding the conditions of stocks in the 

 yards of consumers, taking the last three months of 1910— October, 

 November and December— and out of about sixty reports the following 

 conditions appear : 



Feet. 

 An estimated normal capacity for carrying stock amounting 



(o 3T0.950,000 



With estimated am<Mint of stock on hand 250,450,000 



which have 



dis- 

 been 



This shows a normal averag 



deficit of 120,500,000 



The kinds of wood most used by them are as follows ; the figures 

 shown after the kinds of wood indicate the number of concerns using 

 these woods of the total numlx-r reported on : Oak, 33 ; poplar, 28 

 maple. 19: gum. 14; quarter sMwed oak, 14; birch, 13; hickory, 12 

 plain sawed oak. 12: cottonwood. 11; ash, 10; beech, 10; elm, 10 

 construction oak timbers, 10 : chestnut, 9 ; mahogany, 9. Thirty-six show 

 plants running full time and two show plants running half time. 



Condition of Stocks in Hands of Producers 



Feet. 



Thirty-eight reports show total sliipments for 1909 304.363.800 



These same concerns shipped in 191(1 304,234,000 



Which shows a deficit (or 1910 of 



Forty-eight reports show hardwoods on hand Jan. 1, 

 These same concerns had on hand .Tan. 1, 1911... 



1910. 



Which shows a 



deficit of 9,706,000 



The above information is submitted as a result of our canvass of a 

 large number of producers asking for shipments in 1909 and 1910, as 

 well as items in short supply and surplus stocks on hand. 



A careful study of the other items on the forms returned to us show 



■ II. KRAMER, RICHMOND, INDIANA VICE- 

 PRESIDENT 



that the stocks on hand are much broken : in many cases the same kind 

 of wood is shown in both the division of short stocks and the division 

 of surplus stocks. In the former or short stocks we find the better 

 -rades No. 1 common and better, and in the division of surplus stocks 

 we find almost entirely the lower grades of all the various woods han- 

 dled bv members of this association. 



Some firms report that all grades and thicknesses of gum. oak and 

 poplar are in short supply, with no items at all in surplus. Other firms 

 report all grades of cottonwood normal or some trifle below, and still 

 others report all grades of maple, birch, ash and cherry in short supply, 

 and only beech in surplus. All of the larger gum manufacturers re- 

 porting show Fas and No. 1 common gum in very short supply, with no 

 surplus of any stock on hand. 



Result of Travels About the Country 



\s chief inspector I have traveled around the country a great deal 

 the past year, as well as on other association business, and at such 

 times it has been my pleasure to attend a number of meetings of various 

 associations, where I have had opportunities for discussing with the 

 consumers the methods of our organization work, the fairness of our 

 grading rules and the impartiality of our methods of investigating 

 putes and making reinspections, etc. The meetings 

 thus attended by me are as follows : 



February 21 — Meeting Memphis Lumbermen's Club. 



February 23-24 — National Association 

 French Lick Springs, Ind. 



March 1 — National Wholesale Lumber 

 nati, Ohio. 



April 18 — Annual meeting of National Lumber 

 elation. New Orleans. 



April 28 — Gum meeting at Memphis. 



May 5— ilichigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, 



May 0— Parlor and Library Table Manufacturers, at Detroit. 



May 18— Southern Cypress Manufacturers' 



Orleans. „ ., , , 



May 31 and .Tune 1— Conference with Eastern States Retail Lumber 

 Dealers- Association, and New York Lumber Trade Association. 



June 27 to July 1— Ashland, Ky.. meeting of inspectors. 



August 9. 10 and 11 — Semi-annual meeting 

 Box Manufacturers, at Rochester, N. Y. 



September 22— Wide Poplar Manu(acturers' meeting 

 Hotel, Cincinnati, O. 



September 30— Gum Manufacturers' meeting, at Memphis. 



January 18 — Annual meeting 

 Association. . . 



In the future there will be held meetings of associations either as 

 a whole or in conference or delegate form as follows: 



American Lumber Trade Congress, no date yet announced. 



National Commissary Manufacturers' Association, St. Louis, in August, 



1911. 



Hardwood Sales Managers, Chicago, February 23, 1911. 



Lumber Traffic meeting, Chicago, February 8, 9 and lo, 1911, at the 

 Auditorium Annex. ■ . . 



I believe it would be to the interest of our members to keep in touch 

 with such meetings. 



Executive Board Meetings in 1910 



\side from the meeting of the executive board, held in Cincinnati 

 on February 3, Immediately after our annual meeting for the purpose of 



of Box Manufacturers, at 

 Dealers' Association, Cincin- 

 Manufacturers' Asso- 



Detroit. 

 t. 

 Association, at New 



National Association of 



at the Sinton 



of Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's 



