January 10. 1919 



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follow the same general classification as has previously been adhered to 

 in the making of inspection rules on hardwood lumher, but eliminating 

 some of the weak points from the rules now applying on hardwoods and 

 providing for a somewhat better quality of lumber in the various grades 

 than is now called for by such rules, the rules so adopted to remain in 

 effect until the more scientific method of inspection of hardwoods can be 

 mutually worked out by the producer and consumer in accordance with 

 the provisions of the first paragraph of this resolution. 



Third : That this committee condemns the practice know-n as grade 

 manipulation, or the intentional shipping of Uunher below the specifica- 

 tions of the grade for which it is shipped and pledges itself to do every- 

 thing within its power to discourage and eliminate this practice and in- 

 vites the co-operation of the consumer to this end. 



Fourth: That a single system of inspection is highly desirable and 

 that an.v organization interested in the matter of inspection rules be, 

 and hereby is. invited to co-operate with this committee for the purpose 

 of working out a set of hardwood inspection rules based on the principles 

 laid ilown in this resolution and this committee hereby pledges Ttself to 

 do its utmost to bring about a single standard of hardwood inspection. 

 Fiftli : That an ailministrative committee be named from the membership 

 of this committee by the chairman, in whom shall be vested the full 

 powers of this committee when same is not in session, to proceed with 

 the work in hand in line with the principles herein set forth. 



Committee Membership 



Tlie other members of the inspection rules committee, asicle from 

 Chairman Dulweber, are: 



W. E. DeLane3*, Kentucky Lumber Company. Lexington, Ky. 



E. O. Robinson. The Jlowbray-Robinson Company. Cincinnati. Ohio. 



M. W. Stark, American Column & Lumber Company, St. Albans. W. Va. 



F. M. Pearce. Cherry River Boom & I>umbi'r Coni|iany. riiiladelphia. I'a. 

 B. B. Burns. C. L. Hitter Lumlier Company. Huntington. W. Va. 



W. II. Russe. Russe & Burgess. Inc.. Memphis. Tenn. 



It. L. Jurden. Penrod-Jurden Compan.v. Jlemphis. Tenn. 



Ma.\ Miller. Miller Lumber Company, Jlarianna, Ark. 



W. B. Burke. Lamb-Fish Lumber Company. Charleston. Miss, 



J. B. Robinson. Pelican Lumber Company. Mound, La. 



R. II. Darnell, R. .T. Darnell, Inc., ilemphis, Tenn. 



T. A. Washington. Hunt, Washington & Smith. Nashville. Tenn. 



E. A. Lang. I'aepcke Leicht Lumber Company. Chicago, 111. 



S. M. Xickey, Green River Lumlier Conipany, Memphis, Tenn. 



The five members composing; tlie administrative board, provided 

 for in the foregoing resolution, are: Messrs. DeLaney, Stark, 

 Robinson, Darnell and Lang. 



Resolutions Adopted 



The executive committee also ajiproved tlie following resolu- 

 tions which were offered by the inspection rules committee and, in 

 offering these for publication, calls special attention to the 

 preamble: 



WiiERE.\s, This committee, selected by the .\merican Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers* Association for the purpose of drafting a set of inspection rules 

 applying on hardwood lumber and handling other matters pertaining to 

 the inspection of limiber, is proceeding on the principle that the manu- 

 facturer of lumber, taking Into full and careful consideration the needs 

 and requirements of the consumer, should make the rules on the lumber 

 he produces ; and 



Where.\s, The Southern Cypress JIanufacturers' Association, officially 

 representing a larger portion of the cypress and tupelo production of the 

 United States, has adopted a set of inspection rules applying on cypress 

 and tupelo lumber ; now therefore, be it 



Reftolveil, First : That this committee, representing the American 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association hereb.v officially approves and 

 adopts the rules of the Southern Cypress Association on cypress and 

 tupelo lumber. 



Second : That, inasmuch as tills committee has not yet had an oppor- 

 tunity to consider these rules in detail and that in adopting them is 

 proceeding on the principle set forth in the preamiile hereto, a committee 

 of three be selected from the membership of this committee by the chair 

 to carefully consider these rules on cypress and tupelo and the result of 

 their application on such characters of these woods as are produced by 

 the members of the American Hardwooil Manufacturers' Association. 



Third : That the Southern Cypress Manufacturers' Association be asked 

 to give full consideration to any changes or additions that ma.v be sug- 

 gested by said committee and that assurances be requested to the effect 

 that all future grade and inspection adjustments and revisions be made 

 with a full understanding of the requirements of the members of this 

 association and with full protection of their interests. 



The committee appointed in accordance with this resolution con- 

 sists of J. B. Robinson, chairman; W. B. Burke, and E. A. Lang. 



The co-operative committee, authorized by the executive com- 

 mittee, which will attempt to bring about maximum co-operation 

 on the part of consumers in the application of the rules, as drawn, 

 and in perfecting them by such changes as may be suggested from 



time to time, has as its chairman Roland H. Darnell, of R. J. Dar- 

 nell, Inc., Memphis. He will name his own associates thereon, two 

 in number. 



The meeting of the executive and inspection rules committee 

 set a new mark in point of attendance as well as in point of in- 

 terest in the business in hand. Every member of the executive 

 committee was jircsent and virtually every member of the inspec- 

 tion rules committee attended, although these gentlemen were not 

 officially advised of their appointment until three days before the. 

 date for the conference in Memjihis. The utmost harmony pre- 

 vailed throughout. The members of the American Hardwood 

 Manufacturers who came in as a result of the discontinuation of 

 the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, Cincinnati, 

 December SI, showed the fullest degree of loyalty to, and interest 

 in the meeting, and put their shoulder to the wheel in carrying 

 the organization forw'ard in a manner that has created the most 

 intense enthusiasm regarding its future. 



The executive committee discussed advertising, finances, assess- 

 ments and other subjects but these matters will be placed in the 

 hands of strong committees who wuU work out the necessary de- 

 , tails. It can be stated in a general way that there will be plenty 

 of funds to carry on the work of the association successfully and 

 that the advertising and trade extension work promises to be on a 

 larger scale than ever before. The names of members of the 

 advertising and inspection rules committees have been made pub- 

 lic. The other committees will be named, bj- President Carrier at 

 an earlv date. 



Lumber Club Installs Officers 



Xew officers of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis were in- 

 stalled on the evening of January 8 at a dinner give^ by that 

 organization at Hotel Gayoso in honor of visiting lumbermen who 

 were in the city attending the sixth annual of the Southern Hard- ' 

 wood Traffic Association. A very interesting jirogramme was ren- 

 dered by talent gathered by F. E. Stonebraker and S. C. Major, 

 members of the entertainment committee. There were solos by 

 Mrs. W. P. Murrah, Mrs. W. E. Hyde, Mrs. Mark H. Brown and 

 Mrs. Black and quartette numbers by Mrs. Murrah, Mrs. Hyde, 

 Ben Karr and John R. Kinney. 



The principal address of the evening was made by Hilton U. 

 Brown, managing editor of the Indianapolis Xews and father of 

 Mark H. Brown, a promineut member of both the club and the 

 Southern Hardwood Traffic Association. He told of the wonderful 

 growth of the South since the time he, while on his honeymoon, 

 visited Jefferson Davis, former president of the Confederacy. He 

 commended them for the manner in which they have surrendered 

 their time, money and other resources in the winning of the war 

 but believed that, in the future, they should insist upon the right 

 to seek new markets and develop their business without undue 

 restrictions by the government. 



The report of J. S. Williford, secretary-treasurer, showed the 

 club to be in splendid financial condition. 



J. D. Allen, chairman of the house committee, said the employ- 

 ment bureau of the club found positions for 512 persons, includ- 

 ing 135 inspectors and 4U sawyers, between January 1 and Septem- 

 ber 1, 1918, when it ceased activities on its own account and co- 

 operated with the federal, state and municipal authorities in em- 

 ployment activities. 



The report of C. R. Tustin, chairman of the membership com- 

 mittee, showed that thirty active members and one associate had 

 been added during the year and that the club had a total of 206 

 members. 



President J. F. McSweyn, who had presided up to this time, sur- 

 rendered the gavel to H. J. M. Jorgensen, his successor. The 

 latter, on taking the chair, announced the standing committees 

 for the year. The chairman of these are given herewith: Enter- 

 tainment, F. T. Dooley; house, J. D. Allen, Jr.; river and rail, 

 George C. Ehemann; membership, "W. L. Crenshaw; civic affairs, 

 Earl Palmer; law and insurance, J. H. Hines; river terminals, 

 F. E. Stonebraker. 



