HARDWOOD RECORD 



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I'lcd W. Black. I'lcd AV. Black Lumber Com- 

 panv. 



P.. S. Bradon. G. C. I'l-att Liiml,cr & Tie Com- 

 p.iuy. 



M. Bratz. Empiri- Lumber C'oniiianv. 



.1. A. Brann. W. O. Kins & Co. 



I". L. Brown. Crandall & Brown. 



II. K Cbristiansin. XIaxsoii Lumber Company, 

 Milwaukee. ^\'is. 



('. .M. Christiansen. Christiansen Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



I.. .1. Cress. C. I.. Cross. 



II. B. Iiarlington. American Lvnnbcrman. 



.1. H. Dion. Maisev & Uion. 



K. F. IJodso. E. V. Dodge & A. S. Appleby. 



William A. Eager. 



Theodore Fathauer. Theodore I'athaner Com- 

 pany. 



.1. .1. I-'ink, Fink-IIeidler Company. 



I'"rank F. Fish. Secretary .National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association. 



II. R. Foster. 



D. B. Fox. 



F, R. Gadd. Wisconsin Lumber Company. 



George D. Griffith, George Li. GrifDtb & Co. 



.N. T. Hand, N. T. Hand & Co. 



■Tohn T. Hansen. John Hansen Lumber Com 

 pany. 



Ilaryey S. llayden, Hayden & Westcott Lum- 

 ber Company. 



F. .1. He!dler. Fiuk-IIeidlcr Company. 

 E. E. Hooper. Lumbermen's .Vssociation. 



\\'. M. Hopkins. Theodore I-^atliauer Company. 



S. 1'. C. Hostler. 



C. ('. Hubbard. George I). Griffith & Co. 



li. A. Joy. Van Cleaye Lumber Company. 



E. H. Klann. 



A. C. Knechtel. C. G. Marsh & Co. 

 J. L. Lane. J. L. Lane & Co. 



G. A. Larson. Fink-Heidler Company. 



I-:. J. Leech. raepcke-Leicht Lumber Company. 

 Itobert JIaisey. Maisey & Dion. 

 C. <;. .Marsh. C. G. Marsh & Co. 



F. I!. Mc.Mullen. l''uIlerton I'owell Hardwood 

 Lumber Company. 



Milton Miller. Christiansen Lumber (.'ompany. 



Tom A. Moore. T. ,V. ^loore Lunaber Company. 



Lawrence .\. McHale. 



W. .\. Moore. Crandall & Brown. 



Murdock MacLeod. Oconto Company. 



G. II. Ostrandnr. D. K. Jeffris & Co. 



I-'. J. Pike. Pike-Dial Lumber Compan\'. 



G. C. I'ratt, (.;. C. Pratt Lumber & Tie Com- 

 pany. 



Park Richmond. Park Riclimond & Co. 



'"'. C. Robinson. White Bros. Lumber Couipany. 



Tliomas B. Roy. Theodore Faihauer Company. 



.\. H. Ruth. G. ^^'. Jones Lumber Company. " 



T F. .'<eaulau. Mel'arlauil llanlwoed l.umhei- 

 I 'i>niiKin.y. 



Paul Schmechel. 



-V. IL .Schoen, The Columbia Hardwood Lum- 

 ber i'omiJauy. 



William C. Schrciber. Herman IT. Hettler 

 Lumber Company. 



Lewis F. Shane. Shane & Cullerton. 



Edward E. Skeele. E'stabrook-Skeele Lumber 

 < 'omijany. 



Louis A. Smiili, Fullerton-Powell Hardwood 

 Lumber- Company. 



Lewis E. Starr. The Starr Lumber Company. 



A. C. Steinweg, Steinweg-Hamilton Lumber 

 c'ompany. 



A. J. Stinson. I'ike-Dial Lumber Company. 



l''red L. Tarbell. Van Cleave Lumber Company. 



George R. Thamer, Empire Lumber Company. 



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

 pany. 



J. S. Trainer, Trainer Bros. Lumber Company. 



F. C. Van Xorstrand. Fuited States Lumber & 

 Cc'ton Company. 



A. II. Vinnedge. A. R. Vinnedge Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



Charles Westcolt. Hayden & Westcott Lumber 

 Conu^any. 



C irles B. While, While Bros. Lumber Com- 



pni 



^Illl S. ^\"yue, II.Vl:DWil()D RlrXOKD. 



A Review of the Volicy and Attainments of the 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Ass^ociation 



[u cuumiou with iiuiuy utlier me-jibeis of 

 the Hardwood Manufacturers ' Association of 

 the United States, I can recall the time when 

 there was practically no standard method of 

 grading hardwood lumber at the mill The 

 product was sold largely on the unsatisfac- 

 tory basis of log run. Discriminative operat- 

 ors would visit the points of mauufacture, 

 guess at what a pile contained, make an offer 

 and take a chance in getting their money 's 

 «orth or more, but could have no assurance 

 that any two shipments would be of exactly 

 similar character and value. 



This condition was responsible for the or- 

 ganization of the Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association of the United States, and every- 

 one identified with it, feels highly gratified 

 with what it has accomplished. The endcuvor 

 of those at the head of tliis organization has 

 been to reduce the manufacture of hardwood 

 lumber to a science; to establish a basis of 

 standard inspection; to i^lace the hardwood 

 manufacturing industry of the South on a 

 high plane, and to give the consumer parity 

 of value in so far as is practical regardless 

 of from whom the stock is secured. 



I believe that an idea of how nearly this 

 object has been achieved can be secured from 

 a careful, unprejudiced reading of the grad- 

 ing rules published by the association. Our 

 grading rules have been evolved with a view 

 of placing a premium on lumber that is per- 

 fectly manufactured. 



Another feature of the work of the asso- 

 ciation has been to create more fraternal re- 

 lations between manufacturers, dealers and 

 consumers. While ours is a manufacturers' 

 organization, the dealer and the consumer 

 have been consulted. They have attended our 

 meetings and are eligible in the association. 

 We believe as a result of this getting to- 

 gether that we will come to a better under- 

 standing of what others need and that great 

 good has been and will be accomplished along 

 these lines. Tt is our purpose to foster this 



By W. B. TOWNSEND, President 



fraternal good fellowship and teac-li the con- 

 sumer the value of lumber honestly manufac- 

 tured and properly classified with respect to 

 quality. 



We believe that in no organization cau be 

 I'.iuud a more representative lot of Americans 

 than those composing this association, and we 

 do not exclude from this comparison the ster- 

 ling Americans in the halls of Congress. We 

 covet for the association a place in the com- 

 mercial and industrial life of the nation sec- 

 ond to that occupied by no other institution. 



There are other things in life besides get- 

 ting a man 's money, aud we desire and intend 

 to take these other things into account. Trick- 

 ery in the hardwood trade is on the wane. 

 There is some of it left. There is mixing 

 grades, raising grades and raising the tally — 

 sporadic instances which are giving way be- 

 fore the progress made by better under- 

 standing of business and what is business and 

 what is not. These are merely features of 

 the square deal, which naturally are recog- 

 nized and approved by every fair minded 

 man and every potent association. 



The hardwood trade is facing new prob- 

 lems each year. With the growing scarcity 

 of virgin timber of high quality and the in- 

 crease in the cost of production, high qualit}' 

 lumber is becoming scarce. Producers do not 

 encounter any difficulty in finding a market 

 for their good stock. The great problem is 

 to create an outlet for the low grades. The 

 members of our organization are fully aware 

 of the importance of the work to be done, 

 the investigations to be made and the tests 

 to be conducted so as to shape the poor end 

 of the product for the needs of the consumer 

 and to give it a commercial value. In a prac- 

 tical way this will increase the cost to the 

 lumber manufacturer, who in some cases must 

 carry his process further than has been the 

 custom, but it will give the consumer a mate- 

 rial more nearly suited to liis requirements 



aud probably at a lower price than it could 

 be secured were the old methods to be con- 

 tinued without change. 



Ill dealing with these questions the associa- 

 tion rank and file solicit the cordial support 

 and co-operation of all interested in hard- 

 woods, in timber lauds and in finished factory 

 products, and we believe we are entitled to 

 such co-operation, basing our claims on our 

 record. Our accomplishments, we believe, 

 have been of direct benefit to everyone inter- 

 ested in hardwoods. All problems, ethics, 

 methods and ways aud means of handling the 

 trade to advantage and conducting business 

 intelligently and conscientiously are discussed 

 by members aud the management with a view 

 of settling them for our mutual benefit. The 

 vast amount of literature sent out by the 

 secretary and the great volume of correspond- 

 ence emanating therefrom, is for the sole pur- 

 pose of improving the service. We court in- 

 vestigation and solicit the support of every- 

 one interested in the broad lines of improve- 

 ment, believing that only by working along 

 these lines is it possible to insure a general 

 betterment of prosperity of the hardwood 

 trade. 



Current conditions should pirove satisfac- 

 tory. Prices are on a fairly remunerative 

 basis for the bulk of the hardwood mill prod- 

 uct. Stocks have not increased materially 

 and the immediate and prospective future of 

 the hardwood industry is encouraging. Per- 

 sonally, I have great faith in our industry. 

 There is no fear of a heavy overproduction, 

 and this is due largely to the relative inac- 

 cessibility of the remaining hardwood timber, 

 necessitating a heavy investment in order to 

 put in a plant for the conversion of timber 

 into lumber. The manufacturing cost must 

 necessarily continue to increase as it becomes 

 necessary to buUd additional miles of logging 

 road. To cut timber of relatively lower qual- 

 ity or where the stand is much lighter than 

 it has heretofore been taken cuit, increases 



