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HARDWOOD RECORD 



January 25. 191!> 



Shipments 1,064,199,000 1,518,866,000 



City consumption 1,283,978,367 1,806,106,717 



Decrease in total consumption 977,695.350 



Decrease in shipments 454,667,000 



Decrease in city consumption 523,028,350 



SIIINCl.ES 



Inventory at beginning of year 52.863,250 53,338,750 



Receipts during year 292,011,000 611,721,000 



Sales and shipments 294.588.500 612,198.000 



Inventory at ciose of vear 50.275.750 52,863,250 



Decrease 317,607,500 



About 85 per cent of this volume of receipts is estimated to represent 

 soutliern pine, hardwood and Pacific coast lumber. 



During 1918 the association held eight meetings, the board of directors 

 seventeen. Division A six. Division B fifteen. Division C twent.v-three. 

 Division D six. Division E two. Division F one, Division G ten, besides 

 many meetings of different committees, especially the war board. 



The assocLition added 47 members during 1918, lost thirty-nine, which 

 left a net membership of 318. Those lost by death during the year were 

 Ira M. Smith, Von Platen & Dick Company ; Robert Maisey, Robert Maisey 

 Lumber Company ; C. W. Rudderham, Soper Lumber Company ; George D. 

 Burgess. Russe & Burgess ; Edmund A. Allen, Edmund A. Allen Lumber 

 Company ; Adair Lockman, Germain Company and Arthur Gourley. 



Want Railroads Returned to Owners 



The following resolution, introduced by M. S. Truman, sets forth 

 the attitude of the association on the railroad problem now fore- 

 most in this country: 



Resolved, That the railroads of the United States should be returned to 

 private operation as promptly as possible with such remedial legislation 

 as will protect them from political or financial persecution and that a 

 committee be appointed to draft a suitable statement to. the Chamber of 

 Commerce of the United States on our attitude in the mater. 



Treasurer Griffith made the customary report showing tlie finances 

 of the association. 



The War Board's Report 

 C. B. Flinn presented the report of the association's war board 

 for 1918 which showed the collection of $8,297,.500 was subscribed 

 to Liberty loans by members, and the sum of $157,810.22 for war 

 relief work. The details of this work was. given as follows in Mr. 

 Flinn 's report: 



It is with great pleasure and satisfaction that I present to you a report 

 of the war work of soliciting funds for the Liberty Loans, Red Cross, 

 Toung Men's Christian Association, Salvation Army and the United War 

 Work campaign. 

 The first call to our association was the second Liberty loan, 



October, 1917 $2,601,600.00 



Connected with this loan Was a publicity fund, October, 



1917, of 1,000.00 



We collected a fund for the Young Men's Christian Associa- 

 tion, November, 1917 29,208.00 



And we collected for the Fort Sheridan Association, Janu- 

 ary, 1918 2,425.00 



These first four contributions were in charge of Frederic T. 

 Boles, who had been selected by the Chicago Association 

 of Commerce to look after this work in our association. 

 In January, 1918, a different plan was adopted through- 

 out the city for collecting these funds. We were classed 

 and associated with the trade divisions of the city of Chi- 

 cago, there being tbirty-four of these divisions under one 

 executive board. In this group we were known as Divi- 

 sion 18. On February 13, 1918, our association formed a 

 war board composed of the chairmen of our divisions, 

 each chairman selecting two assistants. Afterward others 

 were added to this war board and classed as members at 

 large and the board continued the class of work already 

 started. ^ 



We collected for the War Camp Community Service, February, 



1918 3,116.00 



Third Liberty loan, April, 1918 1,203,900.00 



Second Red Cross war fund, May, 1918 32,225.97 



Salvation Army war fund, August, 1918 11,090.00 



Fourth Liberty loan, October, 1918 4,492,000.00 



Fourth Liberty loan publicity fund, October, 1918 1,130.00 



United War Work fund, November, 1918 , 77,615.25 



the National Chamber of Commerce, of the United States, made- 

 a report on the meeting of that big organization of business men 

 held at Atlantic City, December 4, 5 and 6. He told how that body 

 was working for better business legislation and what it has ac- 

 complished for the business welfare of the nation. 



L. W. Crow for Division A, pine yards; F. J. Heidler, for Divi- 

 sion B, hardwood yards; G. A. Vangsness, for Division C, hard- 

 wood wholesalers; M. G. Truman, for Division D, pine wholesalers; 

 R. C. Clark, for Division E, manufacturers, who, being in the 

 South, sent a written report; and John J. Andei'son, for Division 

 P, commission salesmen. No reports were made for Division G, 

 millmen; Division H, box men; nor for Division I, the cooperage 

 interests. The latter two recently joined the association and activi- 

 ties for their divisions have just got started. Each chairman told 

 what had been done for the good of the association as well as for 

 their own divisions. 



The report of the inspection committee, of which George J. Pope 

 is chairman, showed a good year's record and made the comment 

 that the inspection work is a means of gaining new members, and 

 that inspection privileges should be confined to members only. 

 Frank Stevenson, vice-chairman of the arbitration committee, re- 

 ported that nine cases were heard during the year and only one 

 was taken before the committee on appeal. The report of the 

 committee on appeals showed that the committee on arbitration 

 was upheld in that one instance. John G. Hodges for the traffic 

 committee reported that there was an unfounded rumor current 

 that the United States railroad administration intended to do away 

 with the Cairo-Thebes gateways, but the truth was that even addi- 

 tional tariffs were going to be permitted through the gateways. 



A talk by Perley Lowe, a veteran of the Chicago lumber trade 

 was a pleasant feature of the meeting. 



The banquet was successfully managed by J. L. Lane, chairman, 

 and E. D. Dierssen, L. E. Eollo, H. D. Welch, and W. E. Trainer of 

 the entertainment committee. 



Total $8,455,310.22 



Of this total fund $8,297,500 was for Liberty loans and $157,810.22 

 was contributed to the war relief organizations. 



Various Official Reports 

 A number of other reports were presented by different members 

 of the association. C. B. Flinn, as councilor of the association to 



Walnut Men Join American 



Manufacturers of walnut lumber and veneers have been organized 

 as the American Walnut Manufacturers' Association for some time 

 past. The original purpose of the organization was to co-ordinate 

 effort in behalf of war work and, hence, problems up to now have had 

 to do vyith that branch of consumption. Walnut has filled such a 

 naturally strong position in the production of rifles and airplanes that 

 the country's resources of supply and manufacture needed organiza- 

 tion. So the larger producers of this important American cabinet 

 wood have maintained this association for some time past. 



The production of airplane walnut and gunstocks has been greatly 

 accelerated, due to the co-ordination of effort. The association has 

 maintained an office at Washington, under the direction of George N. 

 Lamb, secretary, and has at all times been very closely in touch with 

 the government's and the Allied requirements for airplane and rifle 

 purposes. Mr. Lamb is still in Washington. 



At a meeting held at Chicago last week the majority of the mem- 

 bership was present, and many important questions were discussed. 

 One of the most important was the question of further stimulating the 

 vastly increased call that has been noted for walnut furniture and 

 interiors during recent years. There has been quite a little publicity 

 work along these lines and in order to bring the matter to a head and 

 organize plans for still further development, to take advantage of the 

 favorable situation, the membership voted a substantial appropriation 

 for advertising and placed the matter in the hands of Crosby-Chicago, 

 advertising agency. In addition the members voted to join the Amer- 

 ican Hardwood Manufacturers' Association as a body, thus bringing 

 into that organization quite a few additional members. The work 

 win be carried on as heretofore as a department of that association. 

 The advertising will be in support of the manufacturers of walnut 

 furniture and interiors. 



