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HIGH HUMIDITY 

 DRY KILN 



"A" — automatic con- ^*^ 



trols for regulating temper- 



attire and hiuuidity. .\qte tlitit tlic air "" ^- - 



travels across otily 3^2 feet of boards where- 

 upon it is reconditioned. This is your guarantee that 

 hoard is dry czcry board is dry. 



"The Kiln With the Circulation You Can Understand" 



B. F. STURTEVANT CO., Hyde Park, Boston, Mass. 



ATLANTA, GA. 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



BOSTON, MASS. 

 ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



CHICAGO, ILL 

 SEATTLE, WASH. 



NEW YORK, N. Y 

 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. 



National Wholesale Committees 



John W. MrCIuro. Mciniiliis. 'iViin.. Presiilpnt of the Nationnl Wholesale 

 I^iumber Dealers .\ssociatiiin announces the Executive Committee to serve 

 for the ensuing year as follows : 



.T. W. McClure. Bellgrade Lumlier Co., Memphis. Tenn., President. 



W. n. Schuette, Wm. Schuette & Co.. Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa. 



H. W. McDonough, Cypress I^nniUer (.'o., Boston, Mass, 



H. F. Taylor, Taylor & Crate. Buffalo, N. T. 



Dan McLachlin, McLaohlin Bros., Arnprior, Ontario. 



The other coninuttee appointments are not yet completed, but President 

 McClure has selected the following Chairmen to serve on the more impor- 

 tant oomuiittees : 



A. L. Stone, Cleveland, O., Board of Managers of Bureau of Information ; 

 A. E. Lane, New York City, .\udit and Finance; B. C. Currie. Philadelphia. 

 Pa.. Railroad and Transportati(»n : .T. B. Montgomery, Pittsburgh. Pa., 

 -Arbitration : F. S. Underbill. I'hiladeliihia, Pa., Terms of Sale and Trade 

 Ethics: C. V. McCreight. Pittsburgh, Pa., Legislation; M. E. Preisch, 

 North Tonawanda, N. Y.. Workmen's Compensation ; F. R. Gilbert, N'ew 

 York Cit.v, Ocean Marine ; A. II. Hempstead, Saginaw. Michigan, Lake 

 Marine ; O. E. Yeager, Buffalo, N. Y.. Trade Relations ; ,T. R. Williams, Jr., 

 I'hiladelphia, Pa.. Forestry : V. L. Brown. Chicago, 111., General Chair- 

 man, Membership Committer. 



Bowen Transferred to Memphis 



/ A. C. Bowcn, secretary of the Southwestern Hardwood Manufacturers' 



Club, district manager of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association and 



vice-president of the American Overseas Forwarding Company, with offices 



.in the Whitney-Central Bank luiilding. New Orleans, has been called to 



Jlemphis, Tenn., to take <iver temporarily the assistant secretaryship of 



the hardwooil traffic association. He will return to New Orleans as soon 



as the health of Assistant Secretary C. .\. New of the traffic organization 



permits him to resume a<tive duties. Meanwhile Mr. Bowen will keep in 



close t<»uch with his cluli. asso<'iation ami shipping business in New 



Orleans, making regular visits here, including one for the regular monthly 



meetings of the hardwood club on the second Thursrlav of everv month. 

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National Hardwood Executives Meet 

 "The pre-convention meeting, of the Inspection Rules Committ^^e of 



this association was held Marcli*^l-April 1 and our Executive Committee 



held its regular spring meeting on .April 1," states the Official Bulletin 



of the National IIartlwoo<l I^umber Association. 



"Of the Rules Committ<-e the following members were present: Jolin 



W. McClure. chairman ; J. I,. Benas, Jos. 11. Idon. E. P.. Ford, Harry C. 



Fowler. M. J. Fox. C. II. Kramer. H. W. McDonough, O. H. Krebs, Chas. 



N. Perrin, Frank Purcell, W. T. Roberts, L. L. Shertzer and Daniel Wertz. 



"In compliance with requests from the .Associated Wood-Using Indus- 

 fries they were invited to send representatives to the meeting of our 

 Rules Committee for the purpose of conferring on point.s of mutual interest 

 as pertaining to National rules. In response to this invitation there was 

 present a special committee from the National Council of Furniture .\sso- 

 ciations, composed of J. A. Conrey, chairman ; W. A. Thomas and J. J. 

 Gruender. -Also a committee representing the Wood Conservation Sec- 

 tion of the Farm Wagon Department of the National Implement and 

 Vehicle Association, composed of 11. H. Williams, chairman : F. H. <;iuess- 

 ing. J. Kittredge and F. .A. Jones. There is every indication that the 

 results of these conferences were entirely satisfactory to all concerned. 



"Our committee duly formulated its recommendations covering proposed 

 changes and additions to the National rules and which recommendations 

 will be brought before the June convention for final action thereon. 

 These recommendations are not yet ready for publication, but an official 

 copy of them will be placed in the hands of every member of this asso- 

 ciation on or lieforc May 9, in accordance with Section 2, .Article 9 of our 

 by-laws, which stipulates that such a copy be submitted to the entire 

 membership not less than thirty days prior to the annual meeting. From 

 the character of these recommendations it is certain that they will con- 

 tribute materially to the interest and zest of the meeting. 



".AH of the mend>ers of the Executive Committee were present at its 

 meeting and considerable important work was transacted. Its review of 

 the course of the association's affairs since the last sitting of the board of 

 managers, December IG, showed that notwithstanding concurrent trade 

 conditions a very appreciable measure of progress has been made, and that 

 the outlook for a continuation of this progress is entirely favorable. Fiftj'- 

 nine applications for membership received since December 16 were passed 

 upon and accepted bringing the total n\imber of new mend)ers admitted 

 during the traversed ten months of the present association year up to 

 245. Membership losses from all causes during the same period have never 

 reached above a normal moderate percentage. 



"While the activities of our Inspection L>epartment have latterly fallen 

 below their record for the corresponding months of last year, the 

 machinery of the Inspection Service has been readjusted to the reduced 

 possibilities of its field and kept busy accordingly. 



"The finances of the association were shown to have l)een well con- 

 served, and as regulated so as to conform to the best possible advantage 

 with the existing financial situation at large. 



"On the whole, it is now assured that this association will be able to 

 close its twenty-fourth fiscal year two months hence with a showing 

 worthy of the best years of its history and which, everj-thing considered. 

 must i'C recognized as an achievement at once notable and exceptional." 



