Mr. Hiiins- I am not a Innitii-iniitii. Imii ihis 

 ^••utloiDan who has just talkfi! spoki' ">[" miiim 

 ti) WnHhIimlnii on a corlnln missinii. and I (bii)k 

 Ihal I can mention an«»thor matter thai has Just 

 com*' to my knowlctiu'e within the last few 

 weeks while on a visit to th»» roroslry Oepart- 

 DU'Ut. It was rnmored somehow that In the 

 West there ivas a Inmber trust, and t'onsress 

 sent 5ome emjiloyees Into the West lo Mnd tills 

 tiu>t. hui (hey eould not loeate It. and llnally 

 found thai It was not there. Now the ;itlenlioTi 

 of these men was railed to Ihe matter of the 

 ttlandin^ tlmher in the eountry. Some lifteen *u" 

 twenty of these men I happen to know that 

 visited the rypress and yellow pine district, and 

 from the owners of the land they s<Mui*ed maps 

 nud estimates, so that as a matter of fart the 

 government has in its posses-^ion today a fair 

 esthnate of the standing tiuihev in the Tnlted 

 States. I lalkeil with .Mr. I'Inclioi. and he said 

 that a hill would he inlnnhiu'd provhiln^ lliat 

 all of the data setnred slmuld he turned over to 

 the various departments, and if possible money 

 would hv jirovlded. and an accurate estimate 

 made of the actual standinj; timber in the T'nlted 

 States, and in that matter he asked that the 

 associations a« far as possible should make an 



.1. V. s'ri.Msn.N. mN'i'iMJr.ri;*;. inKiicrnu. 



•■ffort to coopeiHte. We need to know hr)w much 

 limber is standing and I am sure if Mr. Woods 

 will brin^; this to the attention of .Mr. rinchot 

 he will have the backluji;; of every lumberman in 

 'he I'nlted Stales. As a matter of fact our 

 '•Htimates now do not amount to a cent. You 

 take the government reports and you will tind 

 that there is an estimate of S.'.noo.ono.iMHi feet 

 of standing cypi'css, but when tlie ;;overnmeii( 

 sent experts to lo<*ate It they could not tind more 

 than 111 per cent of that amount. All I wanted 

 to do was to brlnjf tills fpieKtion before you. for 

 It Heemn to he of vital Interest, and I think that 

 we should know just how much limlx'r we have. 

 for we liaven't a very acrnrate approximation. 



Mr. SllniKon — This matter will also come up 

 iiefore the .National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' 

 .\NSficinlion, which will meet In Washlni;ton on 

 March 4 and Ti, and It seems to me that t In* 

 proper thlnn to do wotild he for the various as- 

 ■^oclHiinns in thi'lr regular meetings to lake ac- 

 tion on Ihis proposition and rilTer resolutions in 

 the matter reiiuestlnj: Information. This Is prob- 

 ably the tirst a.s.soclatlon In sesHitm after that 

 inatt4>r canu' up for disru.ssion. This matter will 

 be presented to the present session of Conni'ess, 

 and this association will not have another op- 

 portunity to pass a resolution, so It seems to 

 me that a liberal discussion of the matter In 

 order to get the Ju<l]i;ment of the gentlemen prea- 



HARDWOOn RECORD 



fill, wnillil he a KOnil lliili;; ill lllf |ircsflil lililc. 



I'lpsldi'iil Itaiiiiiliy — All' lliiMi- any riii-llH-r re- 

 miii-ks III! I Ills suliji'rl ■; 



Si'iii'imy I'lltcliaiil — I iiiiivi- Hint a I'oiiiinltteii 

 lit IliiiM' 111' ii|ipiiliiti'(l lo loim pniiiiT rcsoliilloiis 

 ill ii'Kiiiil I" till" mailer. 



Mr. Itiirkliiildfi- -I si'ciiiul tho ninllon. 



'I'll!' mill inn was vnlt'd iipiin aiul rnrrU'd ami 

 I'rrsiili'iit ISariialiy appoliilfd mi ilii' inniniltli'i' 

 .Messrs. Slinisnii. I'lirklHiIder and Swatii. 



Report of Excursion Committee. 



Seerelaiy rrlU'liard I liave heen asked In 

 read ilils repurl : 



To llie IinUana Ilariiwmid l.iiiiiliermens* .\ssii- 

 elation in Convention Assemlili'd ijeiitleiiien ; 

 W't: your eomniitlee. appointed al tlie annual 

 meetliij; held al liiillaiiapolis. lud.. .Ian. 11. li"i". 

 to (urilier lake u|i llie matter of arraii^-iii^' for 

 an exeursloii In Culia at the close of our annual 

 meeliuK In .Innuaiy, I'JIW, beg to submit the fol- 

 lowing report : 



ronsiderahle i-nrrospondenee was had willi 

 trartie managers of railroads, and two meeilnj;s 

 of the eomniitlee were held. The lirsl meeting 

 was held al llie (Jrand Hotel. Indianapolis, inil.. 

 Sept. 111. This was on the same ihile as a 

 meetiUH; of the Itoard of .Manajiers. There were 

 present at this nieellni; .Mr. I'ourtney, represent- 

 inK llie .Missouri. Kansas and Te.vas railway, 

 who wished to appear lii'i'ore our eommillee and 

 uiKe the selection of a trip to .Me.\ieo instead of 

 the one proposed for I'ulia. We asked permission 

 of the hoard to have .Mr. Courtney appear before 

 the entire hoard, wfiieh was granted. The jjoints 

 of interest of a trip to Mexieo were very beau- 

 tifiillv pointed out, and the eosi of the Irij) was 

 estimated al ,fL',"iii per person. Tile inatler was 

 taken iiniler advisement by Ihe <ominittee to be 

 acted upon al a later meetiiif;. 



The second nieeiiiiK of the eommillee was held 

 at the Cralid Hotel. Indianapolis, hid., (Iclolier ."i. 

 at which lime all phases of the excursion propo 

 sition were koiic over very carefully, and aftio- 

 due consideration it was decided llial it would 

 iiol be wise to undertake to run an excursion al 

 llie close of our annual mcelliit; in .laliuary. 

 niiis. Tills action was reported lo llie lioard 

 "f .Mana^'ers al a meetins hc^ld Heccmlier U, and 

 was approved by them. 



.\s a eommillee we reiiret to report thai no 

 cx<Mirsioii lias been arranged for, as up lo Ihe 

 lime of the meelillK of the eommillee of Dclolier 

 ,"1. we wi'li' n<il assured tlutl we coiibl have the 

 kind of train, liolel aceoiumodal ions, and rales, 

 satisfactory, and furlher, dark clouds were hov- 

 ering around Ihe linaiicial skies. Kespeetfiilly 

 submitted. 1!. II. IVm.mkk, 



.S. ItrUKIIIiI.IIKII, 

 ,1. .M. I'lllTIIHIlII. 



rresidciii r.arnaby — I have not asked for the 

 adopiioii lit ihese reports, for I have waited 

 uiilil ihey were all through so that we may do 

 Ihal all at once. The next is the report of the 

 inspection eommillee. Now this Is a very Ini- 

 [Mirlant siib.iecl. 



Secretary I'riteliard— -I suppose lliat tliere is 

 no one topic unless it would be forestry, that is 

 of more interest to lumbermen, liardwood lum- 

 bermen, than inspection rules. Our association 

 lias always undertaken to see that their views in 

 this matter liave been expressed, and now I have 

 Ihe followiiiK report from the Inspect i. .11 , -.111111111 



lee lo make 



Beport of Inspection Committee, 



To till' Harihvoiiil Lumbermen's .\ssoeial ion In 

 Coiivenlloii .Vssenibled Cenllemen : The com 

 iiilllee appoinli'il by this association al lis an 

 niial nieeiiiig, ,(an. II. T.in". lo look after Ihe 

 iiileiesis of Ihis associalion in mailers pertain. 

 Ing lo Inspection rules, and to work for mil form 

 Inspeelion, bees lo siihmll the foUowliiK report : 



lOarlv In llic vear tlwre ileveloped a very de- 

 cliled fcellni,' among the m.'inberslilp of ihe .Mich- 

 igan and Wisconsin associalions ami many other 

 members of I lie N'allonal Hardwood Lumber .\sso 

 elation Ihal the rules known as the ItulTalo. or 

 lilll." rules, should be inodllied In order In meet 



Ihe changeil idlilons of the trade: also Ihal 



111 all probabllilv a proposilion would I ITereil 



111 Ihe convciilliin 111 be held al Atlantic City to 

 .suspend whal was known as Hie "ItulTalo Itesolii 

 Hon" Hull I be way inlglil be opened for making 

 some clianges In Ihe inspeelion rules. 'I'liis neces- 

 sitated prompt ai'tloii being taken In Ihe innl- 



ter : hence, n lings were lield In IndlanaiioIlM 



on I'ebniarv 1'. and .\|irll L". for Hie purpose of 

 lormulallng siuli inixllllcai Ions lo Ihe National 



llardwooil 1 her Assoilallon Insiii'cHon rules 



as was Hioiigbl would be In Hie Inleresl of iinl 

 fnrmllv of InspeiHon and rclbcl Hie views of 

 Indiana llMiilwood Liiinbernieirs .VssihIiiI ion as 

 10 what would be proper rules for grading anil 

 ineasiiremenl of hardwood lumber priKliiced In 



27 



. nr siaie. All iiieinberK of the coinmltloe were 



preseiil al I hi'se ellngs. I'reslilenl Harnaby 



was also iireseiil. 



.\l Hie meelhiK on April :; Ihe following wnii 

 rorniiilateil : 



Proposed changes in Natlimal llarilwoud 

 Lnnilier .Vssoelailon inspection nik'H, recommend 

 ed by Hie Indiana Hardwood Lumlnrinen's As 

 soclaiion, for adopHon at annual meeting to be 

 held In Allanllc City, .May. I'.iilT. 



No. I. Itefereiice I'aragraiih "J, ficneral In- 

 slriietlons: lioth sides shall be taken Into con- 

 sideration In making Ihe grades except as other 

 wise staled. 



No. ■_'. Keference raragrapli :'., Heneral In 

 siriictlons : Instead of Ihe words "and sijiiare 

 ends" use Hie words "all ragged and bad ends 

 shall he irlmnied off." Tapering lumber In stand 

 ard grades Is measured one-third the length of 

 Ihe piece from Hie narrow I'ud. 



.No :!. Keference raragrapli •!. fJeneral In 

 structions: In Ihe ineasureinent of lumber the 

 division shall be made exactiv on the one half ". 

 that Is, lunilier shall be tallied 4, Ji-j, ,"1, ,">'.., 

 etc., and measured on llii' twelve fiKil line. 



No. 4. New raragrapli. Heneral Inslriiclhins : 

 .Ml lumber :;" and up In thickness grading lirsts 

 on Ihe best side of the piece, and No. 1 common 

 on Hie reverse side shall be classed as seeoiuls, 

 and admitted !n the grade of Klrsts and Sec- 

 onds. 



No. ."i. Standard Lengths: 1."» per cent of 

 odd lengths In be admitted, '-'.'i per cent of .s to 

 HI feel lo be admitted in the grades of Firsts 

 and Seconds, not lo exceeil 10 per eeni under 

 ten feet. 



.loIlN M. Wiiiilis. ItilsruN. .MASS.. 

 mSTINlinsllKli VISITdlt. 



No. It. StandartI lliicknesses of lumber are 

 %. ¥j. ■>>.. %. I". I'l". I'j". -t". :!•»;". 4". 

 4'^.". ."•". ."I'.j" and 1;". 



No. T. Mxpl.-inaiions : lilack stain Is not a 

 defect if phining lUice will remove It. 



.No. s. Commons; Itevise the rules on com- 

 mon grades by pulling all lumber In these grades 

 on a culling basis Instead of describing Ihe 

 niimber of defects adnillled In <-erIain width 

 pieces. 



No. !i. Leiiglhs in No. o (.,,niinoii in lie 

 4 111 Hi feel. 



No. III. I'laili sawed lied and While llak: 

 Correcl lo read "Itrlglil sap on one side Is no 



defect" by ellmlnal ing Ihe worils "I'l 's .s" anil 



over wide." 



No. II. i^iarter sawed Ked anil While Oak 

 and Svi-amore : Hrlglit sa|) lo be no defei'I. 



No.' 10. ijiiarler sawed Ued and While llak 

 Stripe: Admit '•.'" bright saji mi the fac side 

 of strips :;'-..", :i", a'-,". 4" and up. In reinalii 

 as written. 



It espect fully siibmilted, 

 IniUaiia Hardwood Lnnibermen's .Vssoi'iatlon, 

 Ci..irii M.M.KV. 

 T. .1. Ciiiiisri.w. 

 C1..MIKMK Kii.vMKa. 

 Kn Sw.vis. 

 .1. M. riini'ii.Min. 



Messrs. C. 11. Harnaby and T. ,1. Christian, 

 representing mir assiiclalion. met with Hie repre- 

 senlallves of the Michigan and Wisconsin asso- 

 clallons at Hraiid Itaiiids. .Mich. In Aiirll. At 



tills ciiiifcreiice 11 ilevelo|ii'd Ihal Hie llin ■< 



siM'lailoiis had similar recommendalions in f 

 gard to Hie desired changes In the Inspection 



