May '25, 1921 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Interior viezv shozving 

 battery of six kilns at 

 the 0. A. Miller Tree- 

 ing Co., Brockton, 

 Mass., d r y i n g last 

 blocks and shoe trees 

 from hard New Eng- 

 land maple. 



"The Kiln with the Circulation 

 Yon Can Understand" 



B. F. STURTEVANT CO. 



Hyde Park, Boston, Mass. 



Atlanta, Ga., Boston, Mass., Chicago, III., New York, N. Y., 



Flitladelphia, Pa., Rochester, N. Y., Seattle, Wash., 



San Francisco, Calif. 



Clubs and Associations 



Louisville Is the Choice 

 Annnuucemeut was made in Louisville on May 15, to the effect that the 

 next annual meeting of the National Association of Commercial Fixture 

 Manufacturers, meeting in St. Louis, chose Louisville for the 1922 cod- 

 ventiun. in May, over .\tlantic Cit.v, following a fight for the convention 

 made by Carl L. Wedekind, of the R. MausfleUl & Son Manufacturing 

 Company, Louisville. 



New Orleans Amends Memphis Sales Code 



The Southwestern Hardwood Manufacturers* Club, at its regular 

 monthly meeting at Lumbermen's Quarters, lOS University Place, May 12, 

 conditionally adopted the Sales Code of the Memphis Lumbermen's Club, 

 which is to be voted on at the annual meeting of the National Hardwood 

 Lumber .\ssociation at rhiladelphia early in June. 



The condition stipulated was that the name of the American Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' .Association should appear in a co-ordinate position with 

 that of the National Hardwood Lumber Association in the proposed sales 

 code. The proposed code was the subject of much discussion, most of It 

 of a favorable character and its adoption was unanimous after C. H. 

 .Sherrill of the SherrlU Hardwood Lumber Company of Paducah, Ky., 

 Merryville. La., and New Orleans, proposed the insertion of the name of 

 the manufacturers. 



W. A. Morgan, dealer in logs, "Vicksburg, Miss., in a communication to 

 the cJub, called attention to an act of the Louisiana General Assembly 

 of 191S, which makes mandatory and exclusive the use in this state of 

 the Scribner-Doyle rule in the measurement of logs, and he called upon 

 the club to exert its influence to have the act repealed. Mr. Morgan's 

 letter stated that while the Scribner-Doyle rule might be all right for the 

 measurement of pine logs, it works most inequitably upon vendors of 

 hardwood timber. The letter was referred to the legislative committee 

 of the club with instructions to make an investigation into the matter 

 with the view of making a proper presentation of it to the forthcoming 

 session of the General -Assembly tor relief. 



Due to the tact that a large number of the members anticipate attend- 

 ing the Philadelphia convention early in the month, the club voted to 

 hold its June meeting on the second of the month, which falls on the 

 first Thursday, rather than on the second Thursday, as heretofore. 



.Among those aildressing the meeting were C. J. Cnppuck. ])i-esiileiit : 



A. C. Bowen, secretary ; W. B. Morgan, of S. T. Alcus & Co., New Orleans ; 

 John Deblieux, Soniat & Deblieux, Inc., Opelousas, La. ; J. "W. Bailey. 

 Eastman-Gardiner Hardwood Lumber Company, Laurel, Miss., and others. 

 The meeting was well attended by leading hardwood manufacturers from 

 the three states of Texas, Louisi;ina and Mississippi, comprising the club. 



Exporters Meet in Philadelphia, June 8 



According to the preferences of a practically united membership the 

 semi-annual meeting of the National Lumber Exporters' Association will 

 be held on June S at the Bellevue-Strattord Hotel, in Philadelphia, the date 

 selected being the day before the meeting of the National Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Association in the same place. The time and locality were chosen on 

 the theory that many of the National Lumber Exporters' .Association mem- 

 bers would like to attend also the sessions of the National Hardwood Asso- 

 ciation, in order to familiarize themselves with the views held by the larger 

 body and to co-operate in any steps taken for the betterment of the trade. 

 The close proximity of Philadelphia to the seashore was another factor, 

 the westerners especially being likely to take advantage of the oppor- 

 tunity of the eastern visit to go to -Atlantic City for a few days. A large 

 attendance is looked for because of the various important matters to come 

 up. The National Lumber Exporters' Association officers will present then- 

 reports and trade conditions will receive an extensive analysis based upon 

 the experiences of the individual members. 



South Bend Plans to Land Directorship 



-At the regular semi-monthly meeting of the South Bend Hardwood Club 

 held Monday, May IG, it was decided that South Bend should be repre- 

 sented in the directorate of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, it 

 being shown that South Bend had a total of one-sixth of the Indiana 

 membership in this association. 



It was unanimously decided to place the name of John I. Shafer of the 

 John I. Shafer Hardwood Lumber Company, South Bend, before the con- 

 vention in Philadelphia June 9 and 10. Several of the members of the 

 Hardwood Club will attend the convention. 



There is no man more fitted for this position than Mr. Shafer, and it 

 is the belief of his friends that he will be welcomed with open arms as a 

 director in the National association by his lumbermen friends all over the 

 United States. 



.\ rcsolutiim was offered and unanimously adopted endorsing the move- 

 ment to make the week of May 22 to 28 forest protectidn week, and the 

 publicity committee was requested to take the matter up with all social 

 clubs in South Bend asking their co-operation in guarding against forest 

 fires by hunters, fishermen and other sportsmen. 



Business was reported good by all members present, and all seemed verj' 

 optimistic regarding market conditions. 



