HARDWOOD RECORD 



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This. «•(• lliink. will enable you to issue siiwing" 

 Instruclioiis and also help you In qiiotins; prices. 

 The same reports will be sent to y<iu about every 

 three months and. as I have already said. I trust 

 that you will give them your careful and prompt 

 attention. 



Our association beins young, we need the 

 hearty coiiperation of each and every member. 

 The work Ibal we are doing cannot he carried 

 along by the officers of the association alone. 

 We need your help, and we wish to feel that 

 when we ask for it we will get every little detail 

 railed for — for, as you know, these details are 

 for assiK-iation work only, and the results will 

 be given out to all our members as soon as they 

 can be compiled in the secretary's office. Our 

 Inepectors have been handicapped to a certain 

 degree by having practically "ew routes to cover 

 each trip on account of new members joining us. 

 .Severthcless. I trust that the results that have 

 been accomplished have more_ than justitied the 

 cost to our members. Your loyal cooperation in 

 every way has been greatly appreciated by the 

 secretary and chairman of your Uureau of 

 tirades. 



A. R. Owen of Owen, Wis., cliairmau of 

 the Bureau of Grades reports as follows, 

 showing that inspectiou work is proceeding 

 successfully under a chief and assistants, 

 who have been able to make 291 visits to 

 the mills. 



Eeport of Bureau of Grades. 



lu making our report we would like first to 

 offer a few figures on the hardwood lumber pro- 

 duction of the United States, which undoubtedly 

 will prove of Interest and benefit. 



In a bulletin issued by the Bureau of Forestry 

 for the year 1906 we learn that the hardwood 

 lumber production of the country for the year 

 1S!I!' was 8,634,o:il.U0O feet, or 25 per cent of 

 the entire cut. In l'Jtl(> the cut had fallen to 

 1.313.401,11011 feet, or I'J.o per cent of the entire 

 lumber production of that year, showing a de- 

 crease of l.:U9,000,000 feet. In I'.IDG this bul- 

 letin credits Wisconsin with producing about 

 513.iHiu.0U0 feet. For comparison we give the 

 following list of the principal varieties, showing 

 the production of Wisconsin and the United 



States : 



U. S. Wis. Per cent. 



Bass 377,000 102,000 43. 



Birch 370.000 151.000 40.8 



Elm 224.000 42.000 18.7 



Ash 214,01111 10.1100 9. 



Maple 882,000 84.000 9.6 



We also learn that the basswood cut of the 

 country since 1809 has increased 22 per cent, 

 the production of birch has increased two and 

 onebalf times, while only one-half of the 

 amount of elm is now prwluced. Ash has fallen 

 off 20 per cent and maple has increased 39 per 

 cent. These figures go to show that the hard- 

 wood cut has reached the maximum, and it is 

 nafe to state that there will be a steady decrease 

 In production, which will unquestionably lead to 

 a rapid increase in the value of hardwood 

 stumpage. Lumbermen generally seem to be 

 fully alive to these facts, as shown by their dis- 

 ponllion at this time to curtail their output, in- 

 stead of sacrificing valuable stumpage to a de- 

 moralized and unwilling market. For 1907 

 thirty-nine members of this association report a 

 hardwood lf)g input of 143,813,000 feet. For 

 1908 thirlysi.\ members estimate their log input 

 at 101,100,000 feet. From these figures and also 

 from Information gathered from various sources 

 we estimate the hardwood log input for the 

 coming season at 35 per cent to 40 per cent less 

 than 1907. 



January 1 twenty-eight members report the 

 following lumber on hand : 



8IMMAI1V OK LfMBER IIEI'OKTS KHR JANUAKV 1, 

 1908, FIIOM TWENTV-EIUHT .ME.MBKItS. 



Feet. 

 Total amount of hardwood lumber on 



hand 50,787,000 



Total amount of hardwood lumber on 



band sold 20,711,000 



Amount on hand. Amount sold. 

 Feet. Feet. 



Ash 2,9.53.000. 2.27S.01II) 



I!a.sswood S,442.noi) 4.009. OOO 



nirch 24,029.000 11.179.0011 



liutternut 97,000 04,000 



l!(Hk elm 1,850.000 1 .4S4.00I) 



Soil dm 8.150.O1IO 3.901.000 



Hard maple 8.291.0iiu :;.ii3i;,oiiii 



Soft maple 1,29S. 4.-.l.liiiii 



Itcil oak 951.1 27T.OOII 



While oak 120.iioii i;9,0iio 



I'rom all Information received and investiga- 

 tions made by your committee, we can report 

 less liardwooil in the hands of manufacturers on 

 .lanuary 1 than a year ago, and fully 30 per cent 

 less in consumers' yards in that jjortion of Wis- 

 consin and Illinois which depends on Wisconsin 

 so largely for its supply. 



At our special meeting iu .Milwaukee we 

 adopted with others a new set of grading rules 

 which went into effect December 1. Up to the 

 present time there has been little if any lumber 

 graded under these rules, and it is doubtful if 

 there will be until the new cut is marketed. 



These rules have been generally accepted by 

 lumbermen, the most serious objection to them 

 coming from some of the large lumber centers in 

 the East and particularly from New York, where 

 the New York Lumber Exchange has refused to 

 accept them, but have adopted the old National 

 rules. 



We believe that the new set of rules come 

 nearer the present requirements than any yet 

 adopted, and we feel it is the duty and to the 

 advantage of all our members to market their 

 lumber under them. But we must not forget that 

 grading rules to be effective should be revised 

 from time to time so that they may more nearly 

 meet the ever changing condition of production 

 and the uses to which it is put. And we want 

 to add that by the rescinding of the Buffalo 

 resolution and the adoption of the new grading 

 rules the National Association has shown that 

 it recognizes this fact and at the same time has 

 demonstrated the broadness of that association. 

 In this connection I might say that it has ap- 

 pointed a representative committee to confer with 

 the New York Lumber Exchange to urge them 

 to adopt the now rules. 



We would call your attention to the new tale 

 on standard lengths in standard grades, which 

 admits of 15 per cent of odd lengths, and believe 

 all should take advantage of this opportunity to 

 save their lumber. 



It is with satisfaction that we report the 

 progress of our Inspection Bureau. The inspec- 

 tion work was first taken up in March, but little 

 progress was made until a change was made in 

 our chief inspector. We now feel that we have 

 this department well organized with a competent 

 chief and assistant. 



Since undertaking this work our inspector." 

 have made 291 calls at the mills of our mem- 

 bers, where they actually handled and graded 

 820,904 feet, finding 3.700 feet above grade and 

 11,883 feet below grade. Our inspectors have 

 made ten reinspections. handling a total of 119.- 

 885 feet, of which 102 feet was above grade and 

 10, .500 below. In addition to this service we be- 

 lieve they have given valuable information in 

 regard to the manufacture, handling and caring 

 for the lumber in your yards. 



Your committee feel that they should take 

 up the work of collecting statistics and general 

 information to he used in making reports and 

 stock sheets which would be issued three or four 

 times a year. This information if placed in your 

 bands at regular intervals would give you a 

 general Idea of the amounts and kinds of stock 

 on hand and would be valuable in the manufac- 

 ture and sale of your lumber. If this work is to 

 be carried on successfully we must have the 

 coiiperation of every member, particularly In 

 the way of prompt replies for information. 



The meeting then adjourned until 2 p. m.. 

 and during the interval several automobiles 

 were placed at the disposal of the members 

 who visited the McUonough jranufacturing 



Company's plant. Au excellent demonstra- 

 tion of the McDonough band rcsaw was 

 given, the machine deriving its power from 

 an individual motor. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 

 The Xominating Committee, appointed at 

 the morning session, rendered its report, 

 favoring the re-election of the follow^ing: 

 President — C. A. Goodman. 

 Vice-President — Geo. H. Chapman. 

 Treasurer — B. W. Davis. 

 Board of Directors — W. C. Landon, Wau- 

 sau; C. K. EUingson, Hawkins; O. W. 

 Brightman, Wausau ; Kugene Shaw, Eau 

 Claire. 



Bureau of Grades — A. E. Owen, Owen, 

 chairman; G. E. Foster, Mellen; D. J. Ar- 

 jiin. Grand Kapids; 11. J. Quinlan, Soperton; 

 F. H. Pardoe, Wausau. 



The recommendation of the Nominating 

 Committee was adopted and all officers nom- 

 inated were elected unanimously. 

 Discussion. 

 A general discussion on the work of the 

 Bureau of Grades, inspection, etc., followed, 

 and brought out the fact that the inspectors 

 of the Wisconsin association and the Na- 

 tional are close together in their interpre- 

 tation of the rules. 



Considerable discussion as to the future 

 oi' the trade, current market conditions, etc., 

 developed the fact that the curtailment of 

 output in mills represented at the meeting 

 amounted to approximately forty per cent. 



Railroad Committee. 



A railroad committee was appointed as 

 follows: W. A. Holt, chairman; J. J. Lingle, 

 E. P. Arpin, J. R. Davis, J. E. Gillette, F. 

 S. Bobbins. 



The convention then adjourned. The di- 

 rectors met later and elected Geo. H. Chap- 

 man secretary and Chas. F. Lusk assistant 

 secretary. An assessment on output of 4 

 cents per M was authorized for the carry- 

 ing on of the work for the current 3'ear. 

 Attendance. 



Those present were: 



C. F. Lusk. assistant secretary Hardwood 

 Lbr. Mfrs. of Wisconsin, Stanley. 



C t". McKinney. Uaiidwood Record, Chicago. 



Charles A. Goodman. Sawyer-Goodman Co., 

 Marinette. 



Leonard Bronson, .\merican Lumberman, Chi- 

 cago. 



(Jeorge 11. I'liapman, North Western Lbr. Co., 

 Stanley. 



W. C. Landon. Barker & Stewart Lbr. Co., 

 Wausau. 



F. H. Pardoe, Fenwood I.br. Co., Wausau. 



John R. Davis, John li. Davis Lbr. Co., Phil- 

 lips. 



George Haessly, Haessly & Preston, Ellsworth. 



It. n. Goodman, Goodman I^br. Co., Marinette. 



.\. ('. Wells. Bird & Wells, Wausau, and Girard 

 Lbr. Co., Dunbar. 



J. C. Knox, Michigan Hardwood Mfrs. Assn.. 

 Cadillac. 



W. S. Parks. Nye-Lusk-IIudson Co., Thorpe. 



George I!. Lusk, Nye-Lusk-Uudson Co., Thorpe. 



C. K. Fllingson. EUingson Lbr. Co., Uawklns. 



.M. B. Breeke, Alpson Lbr. Co., Alpson. 



<;. II. Knox. I'erley-Lowe Co., Peshtigo. 



It. (;. Flanders. Holt Lumber Co., Oconto. 



.v. It. Week, John Week Lbr. Co., Stevens 

 Point. 



