July 10, 1921 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



27 



An Open Letter to 



Saw Mill Men about 



Their Service to the Public 



EVERY year you manufacture from thirty to thirty-two billion 

 feet of lumber to meet the demands of the public. Every 

 industry depends on you for its lumber needs. 



Manufactured forest products represent the second greatest industry 

 in America. Agriculture is first. Everyone knows about Agriculture. 



But what does the public know about the lumber industry? Its 

 service, its risks, and hazards? 



It is not difficult to understand that people do not think very 

 intelligently about lumber and the industry. They just don't know. 



Educating the Public to under- 

 stand the lumber industry 



YOUR Association— the Nation- 

 al Lumber Manufacturers' 

 Association — is going to tell the 

 story of lumber. No American 

 industry yet has ever told its 

 story to the American people. 



We will start in ivith the 

 fundamental facts. And sa-w mill 

 men, too, probably will learn 

 more about their own industry. 



What the Association is doing 

 for the lumber industr^■ 



THIS Association is the logical 

 spokesman for the lumber in- 

 dustry — America's saw mill 

 men. 



The National Lumber Manu- 

 facturers' Association doesn't 

 sell lumber. It has nothing to do 

 ■with prices. Its functions are: 



To study the forestry prob- 

 lems of the nation. 



To increase efficiency in 

 the manufacture and dis- ■ 

 tribution of lumber. 



To eliminate waste in log- 

 ging and milling. 



To promote the proper 

 utilization of all luinber 

 products. 



To aid in developing by- 

 products to utilize the lar- 

 gest possible percentage of 

 every piece of timber. 



A real public service 



SUM it all up, its purpose is to 

 assist the lumber industry to 

 render a more efficient service 

 to the public. 



The public doesn't know that 

 your Association publishes a 

 monthly bulletin of information 

 about your industry. Or that it 

 provides a weekly Statistical 

 Barometer giving current infor- 

 mation about changes in supply 

 and demand, and the current pro- 

 duction and shipments of lumber. 



These publications are sent to 

 the industry, and to the press, 

 schools, colleges, and banks. 

 This information is available to 

 buyers and sellers alike. 



All patents developed by the 

 Association's technical depart- 

 ment are given to the public. 

 It has already developed a heavy 



timber "mill construction" that 

 doubles resistance to fire ; an 

 ordinary frame construction for 

 houses which is singularly free 

 from fire hazard. And a book 

 of "Frame Construction Details," 

 designed for strength, saving in 

 cost and fire retardance. 



The public wants to know 

 about lumber 



'T'HE public will be interested 

 •*- to learn something about 

 the lumber industry, because 

 it is face to face with your 

 achievements every minute of 

 every hour of every day in 

 the year. 



T„. 



HE National Lumber Manufactur- 

 ers* Association is a Ffdcratioii of the 

 following lumber org-anizations, whose 

 members .produce about 65 per cent 

 of the lumber cut in the United States: 



California Ri-:dwood Association 

 California White A Sugar Pine 

 Manufacturers' Association 

 Georgia-Florida Saw Mill Association 

 Michic;an Hardwood 

 Manufactukers' Association 

 North Carouna Pine Association 

 Northern Hemlock A Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association- 

 Northern Pine Manupacti'rers' Association 

 Southern Cypress Manufacttrrrs' Association 

 Southern Pine Association 

 West Coast Lumbermen's Association 

 Western Forestry d Conservation Association 

 Western Pine Manufacturers' Association 



National Lumber Manufacturers' Association 



Harris Trust Building, Chicago, Illinois 



