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HARDWOOD RECORD 



March 25. 1922 



San Francisco shows a two and one-halt million loss, ami Milwaukee 

 loses slightly more from a three million total for January. 



Considering thirty cities whose permits have gone over the million 

 dollar month in either January or February or both, the total for January 

 is $113,614,826, and the February total of $113,599,798 is very slightly less. 



Clubs and Associations 



Inspection Rules Committee to Meet 

 The Inspection Rules Committee of the National Hardwood Lumber Asso- 

 ciation will meet at the Chicago headquarters of the association on March 

 28 upon call of Chas. N. Perrin of Buffalo, chairman of the committee. 

 It Is expected that the committee will be in session two days, as there is a 

 large amount of work before it. 



The time for filing requests or suggestions for changes in or addition 

 to the Inspection Rules expired on March 24. From the requests and 

 suggestions and other data the committee will formulate recommendations 

 for presentation to the twenty-flfth annual conventiojj, which will be 

 held in Chicago on June 22 and 23. As provided in the by-laws the 

 recommendation will be printed and a copy thereof placed In the hands 

 of every member of the association not later than thirty days prior to the 

 date of the forthcoming convention. 



"Silver Anniversary" Will Be Grand Occasion 



Because it is the "Silver .Vuniversary" and marks the tf_Tmiiiati<in of a 

 quarter century of successful endeavor and steady growth in size and 

 prestige, the twenty-flfth annual meeting of the National Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Association will be celebrated in a surpassingly sumptuous manner. 

 It will also be the occasion for consideration of business matters of more 

 than usual importance, such as the Code of Ethics, that may be said to 

 mark a new and vital turn of association affairs. The convention will be 

 at the Congress Hotel June 22 and 23. 



Frank F. Fish, secretary-treasurer, and the directors and officers of the 

 association, are sparing no pains to organize an anniversary meeting that 

 will properly reflect the dignity and worth of the association. 



National Inspection Staff Changes 



Chas. G. Smith has bcfn appointed Ifeputy National Inspector and 

 assigned to the Indianapolis district of the National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association. His temporary address is General Delivery. 



J. A. Wiesing, heretofore in charge of the New York City market and 

 Metropolitan district, has resigned and is succeeded by Wm. H. Nelson, 

 whose address is 215 West Twenty-third street. New York City. 



Canadian Prices Back at 1914 Level 



That lumber prices, f. o. b. the mill, with the exception of some high 

 grade stock, were back to 1914 basis was the statement made by R. L. 

 Sargent, trafiic manager of the Canadian Lumbermen's Association, before 

 the Railway Board in Ottawa a short time ago at the hearing of the 

 application of the association and other lumber organizations for an 

 order restoring the railway freight rates on lumber which were In effect 

 prior to September 13, 1920. Mr. Sargent declared that competition of 

 United States lumber was a serious matter in the Canadian market. 



Evansville Club Seeks Lower Rates 



At the regular monthly meeting of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club 

 of Evansville, Ind., held on Tuesday night, March 14, it was agreed that 

 each member of the club should write letters to the two United States 

 senators and the thirteen congressmen from Indiana asking them to 

 exert their influence in securing a reduction of railroad freight rates. It 

 was pointed out by Daniel Wertz of the Maley & Wertz Lumber Company, 

 that for the past year "the lumbermen have been turning their profits 

 over to the railroads and have had nothing for themselves." A general 

 discussion of railroad rates was indulged in, and it was agreed that the 

 matter should be agitated and the public aroused to the importance of 

 getting a reduction in rates, some of the members declaring that business 

 conditions of the country can not become normal until railroad rates are 

 made right. It was reported at the meeting that the Illinois Central 

 railroad has raised its rates on logs from Stcwartsville. Ind., to Evansville, 

 a distance of but a few miles, from five and one-half cents to seven cents 

 per hundredweight. This increase was effective on February 6. The mat- 

 ter has been taken up by the club with the Indiana Public Service Com- 

 mission and relief is asked from what is termed an excessive rate. 



The question of the summer outing that will be held on a steamboat on 

 the Ohio river some time in June came up tor discussion, and it was 

 announced that plans would be outlined at the April meeting for the 

 outing. Charles A. Wolflin of the Wolflin West Side Lumber Company 

 reported the retail lumbermen of southern Indiana in three associations, 

 comprising that part of the state from Terre Haute south and as far 

 east as Corydon, Ind., are anxious to Join the Evansville lumbermen in 

 their outing this year. The associations wishing to participate are the 

 Wabash Valley Lumber Dealers' Association, the Black Diamonds and the 

 Hill Tops. An urgent Invitation will be extended to these associations a 

 little later on to join with the Evansville lumbermen. 



Jones Names Standing Committees 



T. T. Jones, president »if tht- Nuitlurn Wludesalc Hardwood Lumber 

 Associatifin. has named the following stautling committees for the current 

 years : Membership — Robert Duncan, chairman, Minneapolis, Minn. ; H. 

 W. Maffett, Appleton, Wis. ; Fred Masten, Chicago, 111. Finance — J. J. 

 Fitzpatrick, chairman, Madison, Wis. : Charles Oliver, Minneapolis, Minn. ; 

 R. J. Clark, Chicago, 111. Arbitration — C. P. Crosby, chairman, Rhine- 

 lander. Wis. ; A. 11. Ruth, Chicago, 111. ; A. C. Quixley, Chicago, 111. ; 

 Geo. D. GrifBth, Chicago, 111. ; William Kelley, Milwaukee, Wis. Statistics 

 — H. E. Christiansen, chairman, Milwaukee, Wis.; T. E. Lee, Marinette, 

 Wis. ; John Adams, Wausiiu, Wis. ; G. A. Vangsness, Chicago, 111. ; F. H. 

 Peschau. Minneapolis, Minn. Resolutions — Payson Smith, chairman, 

 Minneaptdis, Minn. ; Robert Blackburn, Milwaukee, Wis. ; II. A. Walker, 

 Chicago. III. 



Memphis Club Entertains Northeasterners 



Members of the third annual excursion of the Northeastern Retail Lum- 

 bermen's Association, 68 strong, including lumbermen, their wives and 

 their daughters, were the guests of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis at 

 luncheon at the Hotel Gayoso at 1 :30 Wednesday afternoon, March 15, 

 and they were further entertained during the day. Separate luncheons 

 were arranged tor the men and women of the party, while the ladies were 

 honored during the late afternoon with a tea at the Memphis Country 

 Club. The men spent a good portion of their time in Memphis inspecting 

 hardwood plants to which they were driven in automobiles by members 

 of the Memphis Club. 



When the northeasterners reachetl Memphis, they were almost on the 

 last lap of their 10,000-mile business and pleasure trip from Rochester, 

 N. Y., to the Pacific coast via Chicago, Omaha. Denver, Colwrado Springs, 

 Salt Lake City, Seattle, Portland, Spokane, San Francisco, Los Angeles, 

 San Diego, Yuma. Phoenix, El Paso, Juarez, San Antonio, New Orleans, 

 Lutcher, La., Bogalusa, La., and Crossett, Ark. 



Program Complete for National Lumber Manufacturers' Annual 

 and American Limiber Congress 



Elaborate arrangements have t)eeii completed tor the holding of the 

 annual meeting of tlie National Lumber Manufacturers' Association and 

 the American Lumber Congress in Chicago at the Congress Hotel on April 

 4 and 5 and .\pril 6 and 7, respectively. 



The first day of the association meeting will be devoted to meetings of 

 the various committees, the annual meeting of stockholders, board of 

 directors, etc. 



The second day will be the biggest day in so far as the general member- 

 ship is concerned, as the open sessions will be held to receive the reports 

 of the ofliccrs of the association, and several important set speeches, and 

 discuss association problems. The program for this day is as follows : 

 10 O'clock A. M. 



Address — President John II. Kirby. 



Report — Secretary-Manager Wilson Compton. 



Report — Publicity and advertising, E. P. Allen, director publicity and 

 advertising ; J. W. IjPC, president the Geo, L. Dyer Co., Inc. 



National Lumber Manufacturers' Credit Corporation — W. F. Bicder- 

 man, superintendent. 



National I,uml)er Manufacturers' Inter-Insurance Exchange — H. B. 

 Clark, attorney-in-fact. 



2 O'clock P. M. 



Activities of the Division of Building and Housing. Department of 

 Commerce — John M. Greis, U. S. Department of Commerce. 



The Farmers' Business Prospects — J. R. Howard, president American 

 Farm Bureau Federation. 



Waste in Industry — W. P. Durgin, U. S. Department of Commerce. 



Fundamental Financial Conditions — Howard Reynolds, president Con- 

 tinental and Commercial National Bank. 



A Story That Never Grows Old — Judge Harry F. Atwood, Chicago. 



On the evening of this second day, April 5. a joint dinner of the National 

 Lumber Manufacturers' Association, the .Vmerican Lumber Congress and 

 the National Construction Conference will be held In the Gold Room of 

 the Congress, beginning at 7 p. m. This dinner promises to be a notable 

 one, as the speakers scheduled are the Hon. Herbert Hoover, secretary of 

 commerce, the Hon. Medill McCormick, senator of the United States from 

 Illinois, and Ernest T. Trigg, president of the National Federation of 

 Construction Industries. 



Besides this an effort Is being made to have President Harding address 

 the dinner briefly, if not in person, by radio from Washington. 



John H. Kirby, the distinguished president of the National Lumber 

 Manufacturers' Association, will preside over the dinner as toastmaster. 



This dinner will be in the nature ot an introduction to the American 

 Lumber Congress, which will open on the morning following, April 6. 



Arrangements for the Congress made by the National association provide 

 for its opening with a temporary organization, which will endure until 

 the fourth and final session on April 7 when the congress itself will pass 

 on the question of whether or not it will be made permanent. At this 

 session a report on permanent organization will be made by a committee 

 from the delegates. 



The first three sessions of the congress will be devoted first, to com- 

 mei-cial standards : second, publicity and trade extension ; third, stand- 

 ardization and Inspection. 



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