January 25, 1922 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



27 



by Eepresentative Mapes of Michigan, which favored the estab- 

 lishment of a forest experiment station in the lake states territory 

 and presumably in Michigan. 



Dr. Conipton stated that ho thought this bill would advance the 

 forestry program and favored its approval. He also made a brief 

 statement of the forestry conference held at Washington January 

 4, 5 and 6. 



The Mapes bill was, on motion, referred to the forestry com- 

 mittee, of which Herman Lunden, of Bay City, is chairman. 



W. L. Saunders, of Cadillac, chairman of the railroad committee, 

 reported on the work of his committee in the direction of securing 

 more favorable freight rates. 



After full discussion of the question of advertising maple in 

 conjunction with the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association, H. N. Wrape of Bay City offered a motion, 

 which was unanimously adopted, that an assessment of 5 cents a 



thousand feet on shipments of maple lumber be made and that it 

 bo effective from January 1, the first installment to be collected 

 February 15 on January shipments. 



On motion, carried unanimously, the minimum assessment on 

 members the coming year was reduced from $200 to $100, thereby 

 relieving many of the smaller manufacturers of a considerable 

 burden. 



The transit car problem was put before the meeting but few of 

 the members expressed much interest in it and no action was 

 taken. 



It was voted to compile figures on cost of manufacture and Secre- 

 tary Knox was instructed to send out blanks to the members in 

 order that present costs might be arrived at. 



Luncheon was served at one o'clock and it was one of the delight- 

 ful affairs for which Secretary Knox has built up a most enviable 

 reputation among his membership. 



North Launches New Publicity Drive 



{Vontitiiicd Jr 



Mr. Osborue read the report of the traffic manager, F. M. Ducker. 

 One paragraph of this report advised that on instruction from the 

 Board of Directors a brief had been filed with the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission, placiug the condition of the northern manufac- 

 turers as to lower grades before the commission and asking, iu the 

 light of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association's demand for 

 lower rates, that no changes be made in rates from other territories 

 until corresponding changes be made in rates in the northern terri- 

 tory. Mr. Osborne said by way of comment that if rates should 

 come down in the West and South, ' ' they should step down as they 

 stepped up," and the old relationships be restored. 



Secretary-Manager Swan reported on his trip to Washington to 

 attend the Congressional hearings on the national forestry policy. 

 He said that he had refrained from appearing before the Forestry 

 Committee for cross-examination, but followed the example of the 

 Southern Pine Association, permitting the committee of the National 

 Lumber Manufacturers Association to speak for his association, 

 thus giving proof of the unified policy of the regional members of 

 the association. 



o-m patjc 2-} 



He merely filed a brief statement calling the attention of the 

 committee to the desire of his association to have the public bear 

 its proper share of the expense of conservation and reforestation. 

 The association also protested against giving the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture or other Government authority the power to control the 

 methods of cutting and planting of trees on the lumbermen's private 

 holdings. 



Mr. Goodman reported on the activities of the Sales Code Com- 

 mittee of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, and secured 

 the authorization for the appointment of a committee of five to 

 co-operate with the National committee, and represent the associa- 

 tion when the report of the Sales Code Committee is presented at 

 the annual meeting of the National Hardwood Lumber Association 

 in Chicago iu June. 



Edward Hines insisted that in the adoption of a Sales Code noth- 

 ing should be done to set aside nor weaken the Uniform Terms of 

 Sale, which after years of effort 90 per cent of the lumber industry 

 has adopted. 



American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association 

 Will "Carry On" 



The American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association will 

 "carry-on", functioning along lines of trade extension and other 

 activities which are not in conflict with the ruling of the Supreme 

 Court in the open competition plan case, according to the very em- 

 phatic statement of John M. Pritchard, secretary-manager, on his 

 return to Memphis from the Louisville meeting of the board of 

 directors of this organization January 14. 



Mr. Pritchard was highly pleased with the fine spirit which 

 characterized the meeting of the official board and with the unani- 

 mous sentiment in favor of the keeping of the organization func- 

 tioning in behalf of the hardwood lumber industry in every legiti- 

 mate channel. 



James E. Stark, chairman of the executive committee, also ex- 

 pressed himself as very much gratified with the spirit which pre- 

 vailed at Louisville, saying that this is an excellent omen for the 

 future of the association. 



In addition to the determination of the directors regarding con- 

 tinuance of the association, other outstanding features of the 

 Louisville meeting were: 



Decision to file, through L. C. Boyle, the association chief of 

 counsel, motions for a reopening of the open competition plan case 

 and for modification of the injunction; calling of a general meet- 

 ing of the entire membership in annual session at Louisville within 

 the next six weeks; and authorization and appointment of a com- 

 mittee of five to confer with Secretarv of Commerce Hoover with 



a view to securing an interpretative ruling from the Department of 

 Justice regarding application of the decision of the Supreme Court 

 with respect to the rights of the association to gather and dis- 

 seminate the basic facts of the industry. Appeal for Congressional 

 action in the matter of modifying the injunction was spoken of as 

 the last resort. 



James E. Stark is chairman of this special committee. The other 

 members are: W. E. DeLaney, H. B. Anderson, Fred Arn and 

 M. W. Stark. The former said Friday, January 20, that he and 

 his associates are waiting the outcome of the present conferences 

 between Secretary Hoover, of the Department of Commerce, and 

 Attorney General Daugherty, of the Department of Justice, con- 

 cerning interpretation of the decision of the Supreme Court and 

 that nothing would be done until something tangible came there- 

 from. 



In the meantime, it is pointed out that, while General Boylo 

 has been authorized to file a motion for a re-opening of this case, 

 nothing will probably be done in that direction until it is ascer- 

 tained whether or not any relief will come out of the conferences 

 to which reference has already been made. It is likewise empha- 

 sized that an interpretative ruling from the Department of Justice, 

 if satisfactory to members of the association, would greatly simplify 

 the future course of this organization. The hope is therefore 

 expressed that such an interpretative ruling may be available be- 

 fore the annual of the association is held in Louisville. 



The date for this has not been fixed and news from Washington 

 will, in all probability, have something to do with the time for the 

 annual gathering of members of this organization. 



