HARDWOOD RECORD 



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The Mail Bag 



Clubs and Associations 



B 643— Agrees That Old Hickory Legend Is False 

 The writer of tlic following letter read in tlie issue of Hard- 

 wood Record, Deoember 25, in the article entitleil "Some Falla- 

 cies of the Forest," the refutation of the old le^enil regarding 

 the i-uttin;; of liirkorv when the sii]) is down. He writes as 

 follows: 



Aurora. Ind.. .Ian. 10. — ICditor IIahuwood Ukccpkd : I liave been 

 very much interested, and I believe greatly to our advantage, in the 

 articles entitled "Some Fallacies of the Forest." All users of hick- 

 ory timber liave been taught to caution every man who cuts hickory 

 that he must do so wlien the sap is down, from August to .January. 

 and that timljer cut at any other time proves worthless. While many 

 users of liickory could not always lay in supplies sufficient to last 

 a year and have used lots of hickory cut when the sap was up. 

 they found that with proper care they got as good results as when 

 lit at the so-called "proper time." 



This article will prove a great comfort to all of us who are glad 

 I. get hickory cut at almost any time of the year. . 



B 644 — Wants Hickory Squares 



Detroit. Mich.. .January 16. — Editor H.\rdwood Kec'uud : We want 

 a continuous supply of hickory squares of various sizes and lengths. 

 Must be forest hickory. We will be obliged to you for any information 

 as to who can supply this stock. . 



This correspondent has been given a list of manufacturers of 

 hickory squares. Anyone desiring to communicate with this pros- 

 jiective purchaser can have the address on application. — EDiTor; 



B 645 — Hardwood Man Writes Regarding National Rules 



, January 19. — Editor Hahdwood Kkcorh : I read your article 



ill the December 25 issue of Hardwood Record under the heading "Kicking 

 .\boiit Grading liules" with interest and I thought it a plain, clear and 

 111. nest statement of conditions. It was the consensus of opinion of the 

 l.ardwood manufacturers that the rslight changes in the rules made last 

 .lune at the annual convention did not lower the grades of lumber but 

 rather balanced them up and made them more concise and more easily 

 interpreted. In a personal way I am glad to say that no consumer to 

 whom I am shlppiLg has refused to accept present rules or has even 

 commented in any manner whatsoever as to the slight changes made last 

 .liine. The demand tor National inspection is more popular than ever 

 lid National inspectors are all busy. This is true notwithstanding the 

 uict that the last few months ot 1913 were very dull. 



The buyer has a i;erfeet right to buy on any rule the .seller will sell on, 

 I'Ut ot course the National association can inspect only on the rules in 



force. 



B 646 — Wants CiQl Box Pine 



DolgevlUc. N. Y.. January I'O. 1914. — Kditor Hardwood Ukchhh: We 

 lire wondering where a large number ot box makers secure a grade of cull 

 box pine for making packing cases. We are in the market for a large 

 ciuautlty of this stock if it can be purchased at a reasonable price and 

 we wish that if j'ou know the names of several parties who will be able 

 to supply this, you would advise us. 



This concern has been given the names of a few people that could 

 possibly get out this particular stock. Others interested can have 

 the information on application.- — Editoi!. 



B647 — Wants ya"i2Vi" Face Maple Flooring 



Greensburg. Ind.. January 17. Kditor ilAKiiwoon Ukihuh : .\ vi'ry 

 good personal friend of mine who is in the contracting business writes me 

 that he is in the market for 50,000 feet of No. 1 maple flooring ^''^'i'/i" 

 face for delivery at Fcntiac, Mich., where he Is completing one ot his 

 contracts. Would you be kind enough to give me a list of maple flooring 

 manufacturers who co'jld supply him witli this stock and who in your 

 Judgment would be apt to quote him prices that would be in line? 



This concern has been given the names of a few manufacturers in 

 that region. Others interested can have the address on application 

 to (his office. — Editor. 



Board of Managers N. H. L, A. Meets 



The semiannual melting of the Imard ot managers of the National 

 Hardwood Lumber AsSDclntion was held at the executive odiccs. 1864 

 .McCormick Building. Chicago. January i:t, 1914, with the following attend- 

 ance : t'has. II. Baruaby, president ; Orson E. Yeager, vice-president ; 

 J. V. Stlmson, vice-president : E. V. Babcock, vice-president : Frank F. 

 i-'ish, secretary-treasurer ; fjardlner I. Jones, Fred W. Mowbray, David 

 Wolf, .M. J. Qulnlan, W. J. Hetherington, Earl Palmer, tlliver O. Agler. 

 1'. A. Diggins. ('. A. Goodman, F. S. I'ndcrhiil, W. W. Knight, B. C. Currie, 

 Jr., T. M. Brown, ('has. B. Dudley, G. N. Breecc, J. W'. Dickson. 



Iteport on memliershlp since the convention of June 7. 191.'!. showed 

 seventy-three new applications received. Of this number titty-live had 

 been pas.sed upon and admitted to membership at executive committee 

 meetings and the reinalning eighteen were elected to membership. 



Secretary Fish reported after making deductions of concerns wlio liad 

 retired from business and been lost from all causes, that the net gain 

 was considerably in excess of that ot any recent year and that the pres- 

 ent meml)ershlp in good standing is 883 firms. 



Invitations to hold the seventeenth annual meeting were presented 

 from New Orleans. Philadelphia. Buffalo and Chicago, and the Ijoard 

 voted unanimously to hold the next annual convention in Buffalo, N. Y.. 

 ■ lu the invitation of the liimbeniien of Buffalo, and the dates selected 

 were June IS and 19, 1!IH. 



Stave Men to Meet in Cliicago 

 Chicago was chosen as the next meeting place ot the Tight Stave Manu- 

 facturers' Association, which ended its annual convention at .Memphis. 

 Teun.. January 21. G. orge Walbert. Batesville. Ark., was eleded presi- 

 ileut nnd !•:. 11. i>el(h:iui;h. Chicago, re-elected secretary. 



Forestry Association Meeting 



The American Forestry Association met in Washington, D. C on 

 January l-I. in its tiiirty-third annual meeting. This is a voluntary 

 public service organization, asserted that forestry means the propaga- 

 tion and care ot forests tor the production of timber as a crop, the 

 protection ot watersheds, the utilization ot non-agricultural soil, and the 

 use of the forests for public recreation, and urged that federal and 

 state governments undertake scientific forestry upon forest reserves for 

 the benefit of the public. The association pledges itself to support federal 

 administration and management ot national forests ; federal co-opera- 

 tion with states, especially in forest fire protection : acquirement and 

 development of forest lands by the states ; the encour.agement of forest 

 planting by federal, state and private owners ; close utilization in log- 

 ging and manufacturing, without loss to the owner ; cutting of mature 

 timber as the domestic market demands it and equal protection to the 

 lumber industry and to public interests in legislation affecting private 

 timberland operations. 



After transacting a large amount of business, one Item ot which was 

 embraced in a resolution to hold the 1915 meeting in San Francisco, the 

 following officers were elected : 



I'iiFsn>FNT--I)r Ileiirv' Slurgis Drinker, South Bethlehem. Pa. 



\ i, I rKrsii,i\is .l.i^.|ih N. Teal. Portland, Ore.: Joshua I... Bally, 

 !•, il.hi, l|i ii:i I'll Ir.liiik .\. Delano. Chicago. 111.: Dr. Charles W. 

 I'lioi 1 iiPihiiiiL; ii- in-. B. E. Pernow. Toronto, Canada; Hon. 

 NValiii- 1. I'i-li' 1 I hiiir-:... 111.: Hon. Asbury F. Lever. South Carolina; 

 Ileui-v !^. Graves. \\ :isliini;Ioii, Ii. C. ; Hon. John R. Clancy, .\ibany, N. 

 Y ■ Hon Curtis Giiilil. iloston, Mass.: Kveritt G. Griggs, Tacoma, Wash.: 

 Hon Hiram Jobiiscni. Siuramcnto. Cai. ; Giffiord PInchot. Washington, 



D C • Oscnr W I iiil.iw 1. Washington. D. C. ; Dr. J. T. Rothrock. 



West Chester IVi III' I'ililiert ISoth, Ann Arbor. Mich.: Dr. Robert S. 

 Woodward. Wa^hiii-hiii 1 1. ''■: Thomas Nelson Page. Washington, D. C. ; 

 I'ranklin K. l.iiii'- iiiiihriiia: David Houston, Missouri: George K. 



in rectors' i:. T. Alien.' Portland. Ore.: Robert P. Bass. Peterboro. 

 N II ■ W R. Brown. Berlin. N. II. : Herman H. Chapman. New Haven. 

 i'onu ■' Dr Henry S. Drinker. Soutli Bethlehem. Pa. : John E. Jenks. 

 Washington I). C. : otto Luebkert. Washington, D. C; Chester W. Lynn, 

 New York Citv • Cbiirles I.ntbrnp i'ack. Lakewood. N. J.; Alfred Casklll. 

 New lersev • Cliarlrs F iiiiiii. v. New York Citv: J. E. Rhodes. Chicago, 

 ill ■ Frnes't A SterlinK. I'liihKiilphia. Pa.; John L. Weaver, Washington, 

 I) C • J B. Wlilte. Kansas City, Mo. 

 'At;biTORS— Charles F. Qulncy. New York City: Ernest A. Sterling, 



F.xeciItivi' Secretary — P. S. Ridsdale, Washington, D. C. 

 Philadelphia Wholesalers' Hold Annual 



•fbe I'lilladelpliia Wliolesiile Lumber Dealers' Association held Its 

 twentieth annual meeting iind banquet on January 8. In the Union League 

 building. Owen .M. Bruner. of the Owen M. Bruner Company, president, 

 in the chair. The walls nnd tables were elaborately decorated, and a 

 select orchestra furnished delectable music at intervals tliroughout the 

 evening. 



President Bruner's speech follows in part : 



This evening, which marks the conclusion of the pri'seut admliils- 

 triitlnn terminates a iiappv. harmonious and strenuous year. It has 

 liwn a true pleasure for me to have had the honor ot being your presi- 

 dent and I owe a deep debt ot gratitude for the faithful and loyal 

 support nf the vice-president, lioard ot directors, and standing com- 



