HARDWOOD RECORD 



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eoutive Committoe shall appoint the Xomiuating 

 Committee. 



Articlf; VI — Dles 



Section 1. Tlic annual dues for general mem- 

 bership in this association shall be $4. payable 

 semi-annually in advance. 



Section '2, The Executive Committee of any 

 division shall raise from time to time whatever 

 further sums may. in its judgment, be necessary 

 to meet the expenses of said division by assess- 

 ing the same upon its members. 



Assessments for divisions having yards or fac- 

 tories shall be levied in proportion to the amount 

 of business done by them, respectively, the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee to be the judges from the best 

 obtainable informntinu ut the amount of business 

 done, and this ass.s^iiit'Ut to be binding on all 

 members of said rlivisiotis. 



Assessments on the remaining subdivisions shall 

 be pro rata. 



When any assessment is made it shall be 

 considered due, and any member refusing or 

 neglecting to pay same within thirty (.'JOt days 

 thereafter shall be reported to the Board of Di- 

 rectors, upon whose order the delinquent mem- 

 liers shall be dropped from membership. 



In addition to the other by-laws, rules and 

 regulations will be required, but these are suffi- 

 cient at present to outline the plan herein re- 

 spectfully submitted for your consideration. 



Some discussion \yas entered into by . I times 

 M. Attley, W. A. Herbert, H. D. Welch and 

 George D. GriiBth, all of whom .seemed to 

 be mtich in favor of consolidation. 



A motion was then made by F. B. Meilui- 

 ii^ii to refer the report to the directors and 

 have that body give its opinion on the matter 

 at the next meeting. 



F. L. Brown, president of the Chicago 

 Hardwood Lumber Exchange, was then asked 

 to give a short brief of his views on the sub- 

 ject. He went thoroughly into the work ac- 

 complished by the joint committee of the 

 three associations and expressed the opinion 

 that if the consolidation scheme were carried 

 through the concerted action of the three as- 

 sociations as one body would be sure to help 

 every lumberman in Chicago. He stated that 

 dividing the association into subdivisions, 

 each caring for its own special line and each 

 having a representation on the board, would 

 make impossible any minority rule, as has 



been the fear of a nitiidjer of lumbermen. 

 On the whole, he stated, if the plan is care- 

 fully worked out, it would have its influence 

 on the trade and would have a tendency to ex- 

 tend everyone's business. 



Secretary Hooper, S. E. Barwick, repre- 

 sentative of the Long-Bell Lumber Company, 

 and Aldis J. Brown of the K. Sawyer Good- 

 man Company, then expressed their views, 

 after which the various committees sulimittod 

 llicir reports. 



The meeting then ;u!Jnniiic.l. 



Those present were: 



.T. M. Attle.v, ,T. 11. Attley & Co. 



F. SI. Baker. Hardwood Mills Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



S. E. Barwick, Long-Bell Lumber Company, 



S. C. Beimett, Hardwood Mills Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



K. L. Brown. Craudall & Brown. 



Aldis .T. Brown. K. Sawyer (iroilraan i ■.luipaiiv. 



A. E. Bacon, Brown-Mclieynolds Lumlnn- Cmn- 

 panv. 



C. L. Cross, C, L. Cross. 



E. H. Dalbey. Dalbey Lumber Company. 

 II. B. Iiarlington, American Lumberman. 

 P. Ford. Ward Lumber Company. 



A. D. Gillis. Gillis & Co. 



M. Gregertsen, Great Southern Lumber Com- 

 panv. 



George D. Griffith. George D. Griffith ,Sc Co. 



F. J. Hathway. Hathwav Lumber Company, 

 W. A. Herbert. W. .\. Herbert & Co. 



E. E. Hooper. Lumbermen's .\ssociation of 

 Chicago. 



H. B. Kehoe. Gillis & Co. 



J. C. McLachlin, Frost-,Iohnson Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



B". B. McMuUen. Fulleiton-Powell Hardwood 

 Lumber Company. 



C. E. McLean. Chicago Car Lumber Company. 



George T. Mickle. George T. Mickle Lumber 

 Company. 



S. A. Nourse. S. A. Nourse & Co. 



T. D. Phillips. McShane Lumber Company. 



Francis .1. Pike. Pike-Dial Luml>er Compatiy. 



Mark P(U-ter. Frank Porter Lumber Company. 



A. H. Ruth. G. W. Jones Lumber Company, " 



Carl Save. McLeod Lumber Company. 



W. L. Serrell. W. L. Serrell. 



E. A. Thornton, E. A. Thornton Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



.T. C. ITlrich. Chicago Car Lumber Company. 

 . H. D. Welch. Chicago Lumber & Coal Com- 

 liany. 



Charles Westcott. Hayden & Westcott Lumber 

 Company. 



,1. S. Wyne, Hakdwood Record. 



Utilization of HardWoods 



ARTICLE \UX 

 STORE FIXTURES 



Modern methods iu store-keeping have been 

 responsible for the demolition of the old idea 

 that eases and fixtures generally were in- 

 tended only to hold the mercliant 's stock of 

 goods. Live ideas have been introduced, and 

 the retailer of today realizes that in order to 

 get and hold trade he must have an attractive 

 store. Nothing makes for this more than 

 handsome fixtures of substantial construction, 

 such as delight the eye and at the same time 

 offer better facilities for the display of mer- 

 chandise than the tradesman of tlie old school 

 ever dreamed of. 



The result of the constant advice to the re- 

 tailer to furbish up, add new and modern 

 fixtures and get in line with the best ideas of 

 salesmanship has been the constant develop- 

 ment of an industry which is now among the 

 important consuming trades of the country. 

 That is the industry devoted to the manufac- 

 ture of store fixtures. Millions of feet of 

 hardwoods go into the construction of tables, 

 cases and other fixtures used in the store, 

 and the business is increasing at such a rapid 



rate that it deserves careful attention on the 

 part of the hardwood man. 



In spite of the fact that store fixtures are 

 protected from the weather and therefore 

 would possibly offer opportunity for the use 

 of soft woods, the manufacturers confine their 

 .•ittention entirely to the production of fixtures 

 made of hardwoods. Owing to the fact that 

 much ornamentation goes into the wood, it is 

 necessary that the grooves, channels and joints 

 be made without the danger of splitting or 

 warping, and hardwoods are, of course, ]ire- 

 eminently fitted for use in this way. 



Another good rett-son for the use of hard- 

 woods is that the better grades of store fix- 

 tures require the addition of a high jiolish, 

 and they, of course, are better adapted to this 

 than any other variety of material. Polishing 

 IS done almost entirely according to the speci- 

 fications of the consumer, and two or three 

 coats of varnish, with rubbing and sandpaper- 

 ing following each, are frequently applied. 



The extent of the consumption of lumber in 

 this trade is hard to estimate, because of 



Ihe fact that the members of the industry 

 are not closely organized and have no means 

 of keeping tab on the operations of each 

 ■■ther. A plant of average size, which was 

 locently visited by a representative of the 

 il.\RD\vooD Rkcord, consumes 500,000 feet of 

 lumber a year, ;ind it is therefore safe to 

 estimate that the total consumption runs far 

 up into the millions every twelvemonth. 



Practically every hardwood in the market 

 is used for the work to some extent, but the 

 inore favored materials are oak, walnut, bircii 

 and mahogany. Both quartered and plant 

 it.k are used, and while white oak is in de- 

 mand for this purpose, red oak htis been 

 coming to the fore remarkably of late. S'i 

 tliat it is likely to be still further pushed, botli 

 l.y the lumbermen and the manufacturers of 

 store furniture. 



At present the demand for mission furni- 

 ture, which assumed almost the proportions 

 of a craze a few years ago, is diminishing 

 lapidly, and it seems likely that this style 

 of work will soon be almost antedated. One 

 feature of this business was that the dark 

 finish given to mission stock covered many de- 

 fects in the stock, and lower grades of lum- 

 lier were available which would not stand in- 

 spection under ordinary conditions. The de- 

 crease in the call for mission furniture, there- 

 fore, while a matter of regret to the manu- 

 facturer of fixtures, is by no means to be so 

 regarded on the part of the hardwood man, 

 inasmuch as high-grade stock is once more 

 in favor. 



This is one of the phases of the busiutss 

 upon which stress should be laid. Good, clear 

 slock is almost a sine qua non in the mauu- 

 facture of^ store fixtures, for the consumer is 

 very particular. Eealizing that his customers 

 will not accept poor material, the fixture 

 manufacturer is similarly careful in buying, 

 and usually specfies high-grade stock and re- 

 quires that the inspection coincide with the 

 specification. 



The southern states furnish most of the oak 

 consumed, as well as a large proportion of 

 the walnut, while the Northwest is the usual 

 source of supply of birch. Mahogany is pur- 

 chased through the importers, and the African 

 ;,nd Mexican varieties are in almost equal 

 favor for manufacture. The darker varieties 

 seem to be coming into greater poptdarity 

 I lian ever. 



While practically all of the lumber used in 

 the factory is carefully kiln-dried before be- 

 ing run through the machines, the usual re- 

 quirement of the lumberman is that it be well 

 seasoned before shipment. Dry stock for 

 work like this is absolutely necessary, of 

 course. 



After shipments arc received the lumber is 

 slacked and allowed to dry in the air for sev- 

 eral months, after which it is sorted accord- 

 ing to the needs of certain contracts. A big 

 fixture contract may require half a dozen 

 varieties of wood, and this is all gotten to- 

 gether where it can be handled easily, since 

 each contract is handled separately, as a ru!", 



