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HARDWOOD RECORD 



National Association Inspection Records 



TIlP Ki-on-ttl (if llic Nntlnnal llMrihvi."il l.uriili.T Assnciaticm duiini; the 

 last seven years is boltt'i- illiisti-aled by (Hunparisou of Hniircs on inspec- 

 tion as eomi)lled by the secretary tlian l)y tlio mere biill« growth of the 

 nssoL'lutlon. These ngures show the total number of feet of lumber passed 

 vipon by the Inspeetors of the association each fiscal year from 1004 to 

 1015. Thoy are as follows; 



Keet. 



Year enillng May, 1005 9r),822,93ri 



Year elidini: Mav. 11)06 97,Ga4.S48 



Yeai' . liilhm Mav, 10(17 12:1180,828 



Year eiidlnw ,riinr, I'.iOS 100.908,01:! 



Year .iMlinL- .liiiic. 1009 100,287.0«1 



V.av .leiiiii: ,hiii.', I'.llO 11:H,7.1«,4,''i4 



Y.:ir rridiii:; Mav. 1011 112,0:!.-), 170 



\,-jv .Tidl-ii; ,11111. •. I!i12 132,844, 2.')0 



Year et.ilm;; .lun.. lOi:! 179.933,391 



The Inspection done by the inspection bureau for the month of October. 

 1913, showed a total of 14.101,471 feet inspected, which is a slight reduc- 

 tion from October. 1912. The worlc of the salaried inspectors is prac- 

 tically the same as that performed in October last year. liut the fee 

 inspectors at lake ports in Michigan did less than a year ago, which is in 

 part due to unfavorable weather conditions. The total number of feet 

 inspected by salaried inspectors was 8.292,706 feet and by fee inspectors 

 3.808,705. The total of reinspection.s as performed l)y the chief inspector 

 and assistants was 223.785 feet. 



Election Baltimore Exchange Pending 



The new ticliet of the Kaltimore I,umber E.xchange, to be voted tor on 

 the evening of December 1, is out, having l>een put up by the nominating 

 committee, and so far no signs of an insurgent movement are in evidence. 

 It seems a foregone conclusion, therefore, that the regulars will bo suc- 

 cessful. The make-up of the ticket is somewhat of a departure from the 

 past few years, inasmuch as some of the younger meml)ers of the trade, 

 who have not heretofore held official positions, have received recognition, 

 and altogether, the list has elicitated favorable comment. The ticket is 

 as follows : 



PUKSIDENT — Ridgaway Jlerryman. 



Vice-President — Rufus K. Goodenow of the Canton Box Company. 



Teeasurek — Luther II. Gwaltney of the American Lumber Company. 



Managing Coiu.mittee — Lewis Dill. Lewis Dill & Co. ; Edward P. Gill, 

 William D. Gill & Son : Rufus K. Goodenow ; William M. Burgan : Theo- 

 dore Mottu. Theo. Mottu & Co. : H. Rowland Clapp. J. H. Thieme.ver Com- 

 pany : Parker D. Mix, Surrv Lumber Company : George E, Waters, Geo, E. 

 Waters & Co. ; Henry Suchting, W. E. Suchting & Sons. Inc. ; John L. 

 Alcock. John L. Alcock & Co. ; J. Clay Gilbert. J. L. Gilbert & Bro. Lumber 

 Compan.v. and Henry D. Di;pyer, H. D. Dreyer & Co. 



The annual meeting of the exchange will be held, as usual, at the 

 Merchants' Club on German street, and after the transaction of business 

 a dinner will be served. 



Meeting Lumbermen's Club of St. Louis 



The Luml)ermen's Club of St. Louis held a business meeting Tuesday 

 afternoon. November 11, in the club rooms, at which there was a large 

 attendance. Several important matters came up. The following resolu- 

 tion, recommending that Congress pass proper legislation to improve the 

 Mississippi river to prevent annual floods was passed : 



Whereas.' The Democratic. Republican and Progressive parties In their 

 1912 platforms declared that flood protection of the lower MissLssippi 

 river and the reclamation of its alluvial lands was a national obligation, 

 and 



Whereas, We believe these declarations should be enacted into legis- 

 lation, and 



Whereas, We believe the protection of this vast area from floods caused 

 by the drainage from thirty-one states of the Union, and its reclamation 

 will benefit the whole nation, and is a work of such magnitude that it- 

 Justifies separate treatment ; therefore be it 



Resolved, That this association urge upon Congress the immediate 

 adoption of legislation for flood protection and reclamation of this sec- 

 tion of our country. 



The Forest Products Exposition to be held at Chicago, April 30 to 

 May 9, 1914, and in New York. May 21-30, was indorsed. 



President Whitmarsh appointed the following delegates to the National 

 Conservation Congress : W. E. Barns. E. C. Robinson, S. H. Fullerton. 

 C. A. Antrim, C. M. Jennings and Dr. Hermann von Schrenk. 



Capt. J. B. White and R. A. Long of Kansas City, Mo., and Julius 

 Seidel of St. Louis were thanked for their addresses given at the banquet 

 of the club on October 28. 



It was announced that the next monthly meeting of the club would be 

 held on December 9. and that it would be ladies night. The annual elec- 

 tion will also be held at that time. Two nominating committees were 

 selected. The one appointed by President Whitmarsh was made up of 

 P. F. Cook, C. M. Jennings and George R. Hogg. The one nominated from 

 the floor was composed of Guy Fulton. Hendrick Folinie and G. P. Shehan. 

 Annual New York Association 



The annual meeting of the New York Lumber Trade Association on 

 November 12 brought out a large number of the local trade. About 115 

 members, wholesale and retail, sat down to lunch in the association rooms 

 preceding the meeting. It was a record attendance and fixes the place 

 of this annual event in the routine of the market. 



President Perrine called the meeting to order at 2 :30. The chief 

 business was the report of the trustees, which covered in detail the work 

 of the organization for the past year. The report stated that the mem- 

 bership now Includes ninety-five retailers, eighty-three wholesalers, and 

 eighteen nonresidents. ITie credit system which has been in force is 



pronounced .salisfaetor.i , and ha'* been of great assistance to the members 

 in carrying on business. 



The bureau of standardization of the Board of Estimate and Appor- 

 tionment of the city of New York has been in conference with a committee 

 of this association representing the different kinds of woods with reference 

 to petting up a set of specifications to govern the city departments in 

 their purchases of timber and lumber. The committee has met the repre- 

 sentatives of the board a number of times and has agreed on a set of 

 rules which it is hoped will \x approved as being a fair and equitable 

 .standard, and which will eliminate the troubles and difficulties in grades 

 in dealing with the city departments. 



The association presented arguments before the building committee 

 of the l^evr York board of aldermen, against proposed changes in the 

 building code which would tend to restrict the use of wood In tall build- 

 ings of that city. 



The legislative committee of the association has carefully scrutinized ail 

 bills coming before the legislature at Albany, and has taken necessary 

 measures for amendment of such as appear inimical to the interests of 

 the association. 



Labor troubles during the past year have been few and of little conse- 

 quence. An employment bureau is maintained for the benefit of members. 



The government suit against tlie association is now in the United 

 States Supreme Court where arguments have been submitted on briefs. 

 The government won a technical victory in the lower court, hut the 

 judgment did not dissolve the l^astern States Retail Lumber Dealers' 

 Association, or an.v of the associations, and will not materially interfere' 

 with the work of the Lumber Trade Association. The trustees express 

 confidence that the final judgment will be favorable. 



The election of olBcers resulted in the re-election of the old encum- 

 bents, with Charles Grosskurth and George H. Storm elected to the 

 board of trustees. The officers are : President, Russell Johnson Perrine ; 

 first vice-president. John F. Stee\es ; second vice-president, Frederick W. 

 Starr ; treasurer. Charles F. Fischer. 



After the election Attorney Cruikshank addressed the meeting. He 

 reviewed in detail the case of the govei-nment against the eastern retail 

 associations and expressed the hope and belief that the decision of the 

 Supreme Court, before which body the case now is, would be favorable 

 to the defendants. 



Of special interest was the unanimous vote to hold a dinner this year. 

 For different reasons the last two years went by without this affair and 

 the spirit shown when the question came up assures the success of this 

 year's banquet. It is hoped that the grand ball room of the Hotel Bossert 

 will be ready for the lumbermen, and no other body can more appropriately 

 christen the new banquet hall of the handsome hotel built by the late 

 Louis Bossert. who was a prominent figure in Metropolitan lumber circles. 



Last Match Philadelphia Golfers 



By courtesy of E. W. Swenk, F. A. Benson and others, the Philadel- 

 phia Lumbermen's Golf Club, held its last game of the season on the 

 links of the Athletic Club of Philadelphia at Manoa, Delaware County, 

 on November 11. The day was cold and bluster.v, but what is wind and 

 weather in the nostrils of the husky athlete. Twenty-four golfers formed 

 into six four-somes and the competition was a lively one. After the 

 game an elaborate dinner was served, which was followed by the business 

 meeting with Pri'sident Eugene W. Fry in the chair. W. P. Shearer, with 

 a net score of 84, won first prize, a silk umbrella : J. E. Troth was awarded 

 second prize, a stick pin. for a score of 87 net. and H. G. Parker, who 

 made his first winning as a golfer, bore off third prize, a box of hand- 

 kerchiefs, score 89. 



Memphis Club Entertains 



The entertainment committee of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis 

 made excellent work of the job of putting up a suitable and interesting 

 program and line of refreshments for the visiting clubs of Nashville 

 and Louisville, which clubs visited Memphis on Friday, November 14. In 

 addition to these distinguished visitors. Memphis also entertained on that 

 day a great many of the conferees at the meeting of the red gum manu- 

 facturers which was held on the following day, Saturday, November 15. 



The committee was aided by excellent weather and had provided all 

 sorts of interesting features. The guests were met at the Hotel Gayoso 

 at 10 o'clock Friday morning with automobiles and were given a ride 

 over the Memphis boulevard system, returning to the Country Club for 

 luncheon. At this function there were over sixty visiting lumbermen in 

 attendance, but their wants were fully taken care of. During the 

 luncheon the cars waited at the Country Club and took the visiting lum- 

 bermen back to the hotel. 



The annual banquet of the Memphis club was held in the evening at the 

 Gayoso hotel, and including the members and out-of-town guests there 

 were over two hundred in attendance. In addition to a most excellent 

 menu, the entertainment committee had arranged for orchestral enter- 

 tainment and also had provided excellent vocal talent. The orchetsra con- 

 sisted of ten well played Instruments, while on the vocal program were 

 Mrs. E. E. Greenwood Warden, soprano : Miss Aileen Shea, contralto : 

 Giordano Pellonari, tenor, in addition to an excellent male quartet. 



Following the usual lumbermen's gastronomic efforts. President J. M. 

 Pritchard of the Memphis Lumbermen's Club asked Max Sondhelmer of 

 Memphis to say something, and suggested that he propose a toast. Presi- 

 dent Pritchard gave as his excuse for calling on Mr. Sondheimer the 

 fact that that worthy gentleman would be apt to have something to say 



