March 10. 1022 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



15 



Hardwood Institute Launched 



Members of American Hardwood Manufacturers^ Association 



Decide Unanimously to Organize One Hundred Thousand 



Dollar Corporation to Handle Trade Statistics 



This is a group of the leaders of the American Hardwood Manufacturers* A 

 Institute^ Inc.'* 



lop Kow — R. L. Jurden, Memphis, Tenn., member executive board; L. C. B 

 W. E. Nickcy, director, Memphis; B. B. Burns, Huntington, W. Va., member 

 Clarksburg, W. Va., director; J. G. Brown, Louisville, chairman entertainment 

 Columbus, director; B. F. Dulweber, grading committee, Greenwood, Miss.; W. 

 board, Memphis. 



Bottom Row— Left to right: Ralph May. Memphis, director; M. W. Stark, 

 Sardis, Miss.; W. M. Ritter, member executive board, Columbus; L. Isaacse 

 director. 



By a unanimous vote of the members of the American Hardwood 

 Manufacturers ' Assoeiation the plan discussed on Tuesday, March 

 7, was adopted shortly after 11 o'clock the niorning of March 8. 

 Under this plan the American Hardwood Institute, capital $100,000, 

 will be formed as soon as loO manufacturers, with a production of 

 500,000,000 feet annually, subscribe for their pro rata of stock in 

 the organization. This amount, if the plan proves legal and feasi- 

 ble, will enable the movement to go ahead, it being provided that 

 unless these arrangements are completed, the deal shall be off. 



ssociation who met at Louisville, Ky., to organize "The American Hardwood 



ell Columbus; H. B. Weiss, Memphis; M. B. Cooper, director, Sardis, Miss.; 



of executive board; F. R. Gadd, Memphis, manager of statistics; H. L. Curtm, 

 committee; Col. W. E. Delaney, executive board, Lexington; J. W. Mayhew, 

 H. Dawkins, Ashland, Ky., director, and James E. Stark, chairman executive 



member executive board, Columbus; R. M. Carrier, president of association, 

 n, member execurive board. Coal Grove, O., and Fred Conn, Yazoo City, Miss., 



However, the only possible chance of a fall down would be in 

 event there proves any question as to the legality of the plan. It is 

 believed that Washington will approve without argument. That 

 the stock will be subscribed at once is a foregone conclusion. Under 

 the plan adopted the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion will cease to function as soon as its successor is formed, and 

 the work, assets, etc., of the old body can be turned over to the 



new body. 



Probablv the most rapid work ever known in a large organization 



