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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Fi'om log yard to mill 

 Scaling 



' Fioin log dock- 

 to slip 



Sawing 



(ii'ading 



Loading on trucks 



Dolivoring to pile 



Labor 



Heat, light and 



power 

 Oil 



Belt supplies 

 Depreciation 

 LUepairs 



) Labor 



I Motor power 



Yard 



Loading 



■piling 

 Kepair and maintenance of 



yard and piling stock 

 Depreciation 

 Handling outs 

 Cleaning up 



( Loading 

 { Inspection 



Secretary Doster: Next is the report of the Committee on 

 Sales Code, W. A. Gilchrist, chairman. 



Report of Sales Code Conunittee 



-Mr, (iilchrist: Mr. President and gentlemen, the Sales Code 

 (Jonimittee liave decided not to make a report at this meeting. 

 There are a number of important matters that should be brought 

 up, but for certain reasons they have not developed far enough 

 to be acted upon by the committee. It is the sense of your com- 

 mittee that the committee be continued, to report at some future 

 date as occasion requires. I think that this is quite an im- 

 portant subject, eonsiderablj- so, to our organization and its mem- 

 bers and as these other matters have come in that are of in- 

 terest I believe that we should continue to assert our interest 

 in this code. 



Mr. Delauey: I move that the report be accepted aud the 

 committee continued. 



The motion was seconded and carried unanimously. 



Secretary Doster: Next in order is the report of the Commit- 

 tee on Resolutions. W. B. Townsend. chairman. 



if I write to Mr. Delaney aud inquire of him what it costs 

 for hauling logs it may mean one thing to him, wherea,^ to 

 Mr. Carrier it may mean another thing, so I want to suggest to 

 the meeting that if we would all use the same subdivisions or 

 headings of costs we would be the better able to compare them, 

 and if we found that our business costs were higher in some 

 particular than as shown in another man's report we would have 

 a chance to cut them down. I simply offer that as a suggestion. 



Mr. Delaney: I move you, Mr. Chairman, that the Committee 

 on Costs of Manufacture endeavor to get some statistics on the 

 line of the headings that are outlined there, and that the com 

 mittee be continued and asked to collect statistics. They can 

 do it through the secretary's othce if Ihey want to or suit them- 

 selves about that. 



President Carrier: It has been moved that this committee be 

 continued and that they be requested to go further into thi!- 

 subject and gather statistics, working through the secretary's 

 office, as I understand it, in order to establish standard forms 

 for getting up cost statements, so that when one member sees 

 that it costs another a certain amount to handle a certain de 

 partment he can compare the results with those in his own busi- 

 ness, whereas at present everybody is looking at it from a dif- 

 ferent angle. If we all use a uniform system the facts will be 

 presented similarly for comparison. 



The motion carried unanimously. 



Secretary Doster: Next is the report of the Committee on 

 Arbitration, W. }i. Delaney, chairman. 



Report of Committee on Arbitration 



Mr. Delaney: Your committee got to work last night and 

 went at it again this morning aud have found that this is a 

 subject that cannot be acted upon hastily. We believe that this 

 association can accomplish much good if it would take up 

 this question of arbitration. A great deal of time and money 

 is expended uselessly in trying to settle controversies between 

 ourselves and ver^- often we are unable to convince each other 

 as to which one is right or wrong. This plan of arbitration 

 is being discussed and acted upon in a number of organizations. 

 There is a very good article in the Scout, an appeal for arbi- 

 tration by Mr. Baker. It is in the October number. I find that 

 a number of the retail lumber organizations have this same sub- 

 ject up. Now, if your committee were to Jittempt to hastily 

 outline some plan to be followed we could not do it properly 

 without the right kind of information and the experience of 

 others on this subject. So I move that a standing committee 

 be appointed for the purpose of getting up some kind of arbitra- 

 tion, such jilan when agreed upon to be submitted to the Executive 

 Board. 



The motion was secomlcd and c:irried iniaTiimouslv. 



Keport of Committee on Resolutions 



Mr. Townsend: I have been informed that this Resolutions 

 Committee is responsible for the lateness of the assembling of 

 the convention this morning, because we could not get our work 

 done. So before 1 am finished here, at the suggestion of the 

 other members of the committee, we have tried to suggest a 

 remedy so that it won't occur again. Your committee respect- 

 fully submit the following resolutions: 



Report of Committee on Resolutions 



Your Commlltee on liesolutious begs to report that with regard to the 

 attitude of the association with reference to the sjiecial matter contained 

 in the report of our most worthy president, we belieye and recommend 

 lliat the association lend its best efforts along the lines suggested in his 

 annual report to the association, especially with regard to the fairness 

 and desire on the part of manufacturers generally, as regards one rule 

 or system of universal inspection. 



It seems to this committee that this association can well afford to lend 

 its best energies along the lines of endeavoi- looking to the firm establish- 

 ment of this itriuciple. 



Your lommittei' further expresses the thanks of the association for the 

 faithful si-rvices rendered during the year by all the officers and members 

 of standing committees. 



Your committee also wishes to express its appreciation of the continued 

 courtesy of .loshua Oldham & Sons in supplying to the association the 

 handsome t)adges for this meeting, which have been greatly admired and 

 much appreciated by its members. 



Y"our committee also expresses its appreciation of the courtesy of the 

 Linehau I, umber Company for the pencils which have been furnished for 

 use at this convention. 



Your committee again wishes to express its appreciation of the splendid 

 accommodations and uniform courtesy extended to the members of this 

 association by the management of the Hotel Sinton. 



There is a real sadness connected with the word "retiring" in the sense 

 Jhat it refers to our president, who has given of his time, money and 

 wonderful energy for the past two years, unsparingly and most devotedly 

 to thi' work, and for the special benefit of this association. It seems to 

 Ihis committee most fitting that special mention should be made with the 

 object in view of expressing our appreciation for the sacriliees that have 

 Iieen necessary for him to make from time to time, and to the singleness 

 of purpo.se in his endeavor, aud his devotion to the principle of what he 

 Ijelievud neci's.sary. not only for the benefit of this association, and the 

 manufacture of iiardwoods. but also for the benefit of the .trade generally. 



Therefore be It resolved. That this association hereby tender to Mr. 

 I!. .M. Carrier, our retiring president, its sincere thanks. 



He it fnrdier resolved. That the secretary Ix" instructed to spread these 

 resolutions on its luinutes. and an engrossed copy of same b*? sent to 

 Mr. Cai"i-i<'f. 



Whereas, The Forest Service of the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture has seen fit to establish the Korest Products Laboratory at Madi- 

 son. Wis., for the purpose of rendering practical aid to the lumber in- 

 dustry in working out mechanical and engineering problems of vital 

 importance to lumliermen and to u.sers of their product: therefore be it 



Kesolved, That the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United 

 Stales heartily indurse the wisdom of establisliing the laboratory and 

 pledges its moral and practical support to such work that may be under- 

 taken as is of value lo lumbermen and lumber users ; and 



Whereas, Theri^ is great need on the part of the wood-using industries 

 of men trained in the principles and mechanics of forest utilization; 

 Ih.'reiore be it further 



