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HARDWOOD RECORD 



January 25, 1919 



The shares of the corporation were tixecl at $500 each, and it was 

 agreed that while an individual or firm might subscribe for as many 

 shares as desired, one lirni mifjht have only one vote. That decision 

 was reached in order to previ'nt tlie nianagenieut and control of the 

 corporation from falling into the hands of a few persons. Thereupon 

 the meeting proceeded to elect officers with the following result : 



J. W. Turnbull, .T. W. TurnbuU Lumber Company, Philadelphia, chair- 

 man. 



Frederick S. Undcrhill, Wistar, Dnderhill & Nixon, Philadelphia, treas- 

 urer. 



Frank A. Niles, Robert K. Sizer Company, New York. 



C. W. Caley, A. C. Delton Lumber Company, Springfield, Mass. 



R. B. Rayner, Rayner & Parker, Philadelphia. 



Benjamin C. Currie, Currie & Campbell, Philadelphia. 



These men have offered their time and ability to work in coopera- 

 tion with Mr. Davies, of Washington, to draw up bylaws for the new 

 corporation and to handle all business matters for the present. 



The corporation will adopt a trade mark and no lumber will be sent 

 abroad under the trade mark unless it is fuHy up to standard and will 

 pass the corporation's inspection. A board of directors will have 

 control of this export business, and a general manager will be in 

 charge, to be .issisted by an expert traffic man. 



All orders carried through the export corporation will be on the 

 commission basis of five per cent. The members will be divided into 

 districts on the basis of the kinds of woods they handle. 



Each member of the corporation will furnish a statement of credit, 

 the name or names of the banks with which he deals, and how much 

 business he does annually. There will be an equal chance for the 



little as well as the big distributor, according to the proposed by-laws. 

 The corporation wOl confine itself to the aggregate ability and finances 

 of the 400 members of the National Bureau of Wholesale Lumber Dis- 

 tributors, and no individual or firm is eligible for membership in the 

 corporation who is not a member of the National Bureau, and who is 

 not essentially and strictly a wholesale lumber dealer. The manufac- 

 turer, unless the majority of his business is wholesale distribution, and 

 the retailor, is barred from participation anil membership. 



The decision was reached to send a committee to Europe to study 

 the lumber situation abroad. The committee will consist of five mem- 

 bers and it was the sense of the meeting that the committee should go 

 before February 1. The duty of the committee will be to confer with 

 foreign governments, ascertain their needs for lumber in the recon- 

 struction program, and any other matters of importance that will in- 

 terest the lumber trade. The chairman was asked to appoint five men 

 on tlie committee to make the trip. The committee consists of Louis 

 Germain of Pittsburgh, George M. Duncan, J. W. Turnbull of Philadel- 

 phia, F. de Anguera of Chicago, and Joseph E. Davies of Wisconsin. 



Various members of the meeting spoke on the situation abroad, as 

 to the amounts and kinds of lumber that will be in demand, and the 

 supplies that may be expected to come from European forests. 



While the general principles of the corporation were threshed out 

 at today's meeting, the drafting of the by-laws and regiUations that 

 will govern the conditions under which the members will participate in 

 foreign business is now in the hands of the pro tempore executive 

 committee and will be finally agreed upon at a later date. 



Rotary Manufacturers Organize 



The members of the so-called war board of the Rotary Gum Manu- 

 facturers perfected a permanent organization at New Orleans last 

 week .and affiliated themselves -^th the American Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association. The rotary men gathered for regular meeting 

 with W. Brown Morgan in the chair. E. H. Defebaugh acted as 

 secretary. 



Mr. Morgan briefly simamarized the history of the war board at 

 Washington and elsewhere, and then stated that the time had come 

 to form a permanent organization that would permit of the exchange 

 of information on logs, manufacturing methods and marketing. Mr. 

 Morgan stated that this branch of the industry is the only one that 

 had not a live working organization. 



E. H. Defebaugh of The Barrell and Box, Chicago, recited some 

 of the experiences that the package industries have gone through, par- 

 ticularly emphasizing the retarding effect that was felt for years due to 

 lack of organization. He dwelt especially on the enlarged interest 

 that has resulted to the wirebound box trade through close association 

 work, and emphasized the necessity for the rotary producers working 

 in closer harmony with the wirebound people who are their primary 

 customers. He further emphasized the saving and conservation that 

 would be effected through closer working with the customers, indicat- 

 ing that the grades of materials going into box construction could be 

 better regulated so as to more closely utilize the products of the 

 forest. 



R. L. Jurden, of Memphis, outlined the work of the American 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association and told of the excellent re- 

 sults attained through the close co-operation of the membership. The 

 association has made it possible to maintain statistical services that 

 have been of infinite money value to all members. He stated that a 

 full exchange of similar trade information would be invaluable to the 

 rotary veneer producers, and suggested that if it was their pleasure, 

 they might join with the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation as a separate department, thus getting the benefit of the sell- 

 ing and office organization. 



The members were then addressed by Ed. Ames, chairman of the 

 board of the wirebound box producers, who emphasized the benefits 

 that have been derived by wirebound box people through the organiza- 



tion. He said that the box people would welcome a closer association 

 with those producing the raw material used in boxes. 



Others who spoke were John Pritchard, secretary of the American 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, who invited affiliation with 

 that organization ; Mr. Neal, of Newton, Ala., who earnestly sup- 

 ported the idea of a rotary association ; Ed. Martin, of Pascagoida, 

 Miss., who strongly supported the idea and urged that the membership 

 be confined to the producers of the stock marketed to the trade. 



It was then moved by Mr. Martin that the meeting proceed to 

 perfect a permanent organization. It was further moved that the 

 membership be confined exclusively to those who manufacture and 

 market rotary cut lumber. 



A committee of five was appointed to draft the constitution and by- 

 laws and to report back to the association thirty days hence, namely: 

 Ed. Martin, Pascagoula, Miss.; T. Morris, Memphis; W. T. Neal, 

 Brewton, Ala.; V. P. Price, Columbia, Miss., and F. A. Carlylse, 

 .Jackson, Ala. 



It was then moved that the body be affiliated with the American 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, the affiliation being acknowl- 

 edge by Secretary Pritchard. 



George Worland, of EvansviUe, Ind., then expressed himself as 

 very much pleased with these new moves, both the formation of the 

 organization and the affiliation with the American. 



There was some discussion as to the meeting place for the rotary 

 men, but it was finally decided that New Orleans seems to be the cen- 

 tral point, and that was decided upon. 



There followed some discussion of the market. situation, logs being 

 the first subject talked about. It was generally conceded that heavy 

 rains in the past three months have made the present log outlook the 

 worst in years. With the worst rainy season still ahead, the outlook 

 for normal input of logs and rotary production is very poor. 



In discussing the labor situation it seems the consensus of opinion 

 that labor is now not more than 40 per cent efficient. Higher wages 

 are being paid in order to secure better help. 



There followed some discussion of market values, after which terms 

 of sales were discussed, it being urged that sales be made on the 

 basis of cash in thirty days. 



