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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Clubs and Associations 



Hardwood Executive Committee Meets 



'I'M- o.MH'Utivo cuniniilli r Un' .\atioi[.-il I1;u(I\vi"mI I,iirril>i'r .\ssciiliitUm 



mot in t'liitugo Soptcmbcr 2.->, in (iimrtcrly nu'etins. primarily lor tln' 

 purpo-so of I'ousidorinc tlio question <if tlio liardwdoii requirements of I lie 

 Kovernnu'ut srowinK out of tlie war. Tlie committee expressed itself 

 favonil>i.v to taliinK more lil>ert.v ioan lionils. The association's subscrlp- 

 llon to the first loan was .fl 0,000. 



Hardwood Officials Meet 

 The board of governors of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association 

 of the United States met at Cincinnati October 2:!, and the same day 

 there was a meeting of the executivo committee on grading and a school 

 of inspection. On the twenty-fourth the eastern territory nuMnbcrs of the 

 open competition plan met. while a meeting of the western members is 

 scheduled for the tweuty-flfth at Memphis. 



Case Goods Men Alarmed Over Mounting Costs 



At a meetili;; ol till- .NaliouMl .\llianri> t'ase (ii.o.ls .Vssocial ions, tile 

 mend]ership of which includes furniture manufacturers from almost every 

 section of the country, held at the Hotel Belvedere. Baltimore, Md.. 

 October 10. there was a general iliscussion of matters pertaining to the 

 trade, the rise in the cost of supplies and the constantly increasing cost 

 of labor. The latter problem appears to be the most serious of all and is 

 causing grave concern. It is contemled that something must be done to 

 Impose a limit on these demands if the manufacturers arc to continue in 

 business. The alliance was organized in Cincinnati six months ago and 

 this was its first convention. Some of thi' largest furniture manufacturing 

 concerns east of the Mississippi attended the session. George W. Whit- 

 worth is president of the organization. 



Appoints Chicago Officers for Hoo-Hoo 



Vicegerent snark .\. I". Quixky for the northern Clucago district of 

 the Concatenated Order of Hoo-IIoo announces the following officers for 

 the coming year : 



Snark : .\. B. Cone, J. Ij. Lane ; senior Hoo-Hoo, Minor E. Botts, Stacy 

 C. Bennett ; junior Hoo-Hoo. Douglas Malloch, L. J. Tomeroy ; scrivenoter. 

 A. B. Carson, Clarence Boyle, Jr. ; bojun, G. A. Vangsness. Robert Slayton : 

 jabberwock, A. H. Ituth, Lesh C. Forrest ; custocatiau, V. M. Baker, Leonard 

 Berg; arcanoper, Tom A. Moore. .John' J. .\nderson ; gurdon, E. J. Luudin, 

 George W. Pithcr; executive committee, Stacy C. Bennett, chairman, 

 A. L. Ford, A. H. Ruth, Minor E. Botts, E. J. Lundin. Tom A. Moore, 

 Lucius E. Fuller, George W. Jones, Fred J. Hussey. G. A. Vangsn&ss, 

 George Burgoyne, Hamilton Daughaday, R. S. Kellogg. 



Appalachian Logging Congress Postponed 



On account of the enlistment of Henry Griuuc^ll. secretary of the 

 Appalachian Logging Congress, the proposed fall meeting which was to 

 have been held at Knoxvillc, Tenn., on October 20, has been postponed to 

 an indefinite date. It has been suggested that J. R. Williams, editor of 

 the Appalachian Trade Journal at Knoxville be made secretary of the 

 Appalachian Logging Congress. 



Before the matter of entering one of the forestry regiments came up. 

 Mr. Grinnell had suggested that Mr. Williams take the secretaryship of 

 the association. It is now suggested that in order to avoid having the 

 fall meeting go by default, it is quite likely that Mr. Williams will ac- 

 cept the temporary secretaryship until after the meeting. At the meet- 

 ing the question of permanent connection may be considered. The exact 

 date of the annual meeting has not been set but it probably will be late 

 in November. 



"Lumber Week" at Memphis 



The third week in January may bi> properly desigiiatc'd as "hiniber week" 

 since four prominent hardwood lumber organizations having their head- 

 quarters in Memphis will hold their annuals here during that time, and 

 since the crowning event of this period will be the tendering of a banquet 

 to all the visiting lumbermen by the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis Satur- 

 day evening, January 111. 



The organizations which will hold their annuals during the- period in 

 question and the date of each are given herewith: January 15. Southern 

 Hardwood Traffic Associatiou ; Jantmry ID. American Oak Manufacturers' 

 Association; January IT, Southern Alluvial Land Association, and, Janu- 

 ary 18, Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Association. 



Fixing of the dates was arranged in Memphis at a recent conference of 

 representatives of the associations and officials of the Memphis Lumber- 

 men's Clul). 



The plan of having these associations h.dd their annuals on succeeding 

 dates was tried out last year and proved so satisfactory that the officials 

 are quite willing to use it again. It has been found that, in addition to 

 saving a great deal of time and expenses to the individual lumbermen, a 

 number of whom are ideulilied with two or three of these organizations, the 

 plan greatly increases attendance and thus stimulates interest in associa- 

 tion work. 



The third week in January will be a big time for the lumbermen unless 

 all signs fall, as there will be representatives here from all parts of the 



GOOD ROAD BUILDING VITAL TO LUMBERMEN 



The item of road building has become quite a substantial one in 

 the budget of the average lumbering operations. This, of course, is 

 more true in some parts of the country than others, but, generally 

 speaking, it holds true that the average lumber operator is interested 

 in seeing good roads. 



Granted then that the outlay for this purpose is an assured part of 

 the expense of sawmilling, the sawmill operator should be interested 

 in seeing that the road he secures for his outlay will be the best and 

 most lasting possible. In other words, let the investment be a £ood 

 one, one which will not only he of direct benefit to the man who puts 

 his money into it. but of equal benefit to the public at large. 



It so happens that Hardwood Record is in very close touch with ihe 

 men who furnish materials and machinery for the building of lasting 

 roads of modern design and construction, roads which assure suc- 

 cess rather than failure of investment in this direction. 



Hardwood Record will be glad to co-operate with lumber manufac- 

 turers whenever the question of proper road building may be con- 

 sidered. 



country. Tho Liiinbermon's Club will try itself on tho oocasion of the ban- 

 quot and nuiy he fxprctod to surpass sniiio oT its other brilliimt achiovomf'nts 

 as a host. 



Southern Logging Congress 



The soventh annual ec)n;;ress ol" Ihe Southern 1-ogRiug Association met 

 at tho Oruntnvald hotel, New Orleaus, La., October 24, for a three-days' 

 session. The meeting took up the reguhir work after an address had 

 been made by the president, Oscar ^larsau. and the report of the secretary 

 was read by .Tames Boyd. 



The state forester of Louisiana, R. I). Forbe.;, delivered an address 

 on the proj^ross in caring; for timber, and was followed by a paper by 

 V. C. Langley, Laurel, Miss., on the topic of efficiency in men employed 

 in the various departments of wood operations. 



The common diseases of mules, oxen and horses employed in logging 



. operation.s, with directions for the prevention or cure of such diseases. 



was the subject of an addre.-^s by l>r. N. M. Parker of Louisiana. Another 



paper by a member of the Sweet Feed Manufacturers* .\ssociation, pointed 



out the necessity of a balanced ration for working animals. 



Reed Gammill of the Oammill Lumber Company. Pelahatchie, Miss., 

 described a method found satisfactory in paying men for felling trees; 

 and this was followed by a round talde discussion on the subject of get- 

 ting out ship timber, and an address by W. W. Ashe on the relative cost 

 of logging large and small trees, followed by a general discussion of, rail- 

 road building as a part of logging operations, and the relative cost of 

 coal, wood and oil as locomotive fuel. There were papers concerning 

 skidding and pull boat problems; logging with teams, and housing and 

 feeding work animals, and housing and feeding men. 



S. J. liinton of the Finkbine I^nmber Company. Stillmore. Miss., 

 addressed the meeting on the comparative cost of purchased vegetables 

 and those grown on the company's own land. The garden where the experi- 

 ments were carried on was planted in snap beans and tomatoes, about 

 three-fourths devoted to beans. The total cost of production was .$TL'JO: 

 the market price, $284.40 ; profit, $213.20. 



An exhaustive paper on food conservation was read by Leonard Hatch 

 of Washington, D. C. He offered suggcstitms for new dishes and new 

 ways of preparing old ones. 



R. B. Goodman, acting president of the National Lumber Manufactur- 

 ers' Association, presented a paper on the subject of safety rules and 

 organizations in lumber camps. 



A pajier on woods accidents in southern logging operations and their 

 prevention was read by Henry Burr of T. 11. Mastin & Co., Kansas City, 

 Mo. This opened a general discussion of methods of preventing acci- 

 dents. 



H. C. Nix, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A., delivered an address on 

 the welfare work in camps, with special reference to the colored laborers, 

 and this was followed by general discussion. 



There was a round table discussion of the responsibility of the logging 

 superintendent for the prevention of fire waste in the woods. A number 

 of other nmtters came up for discussion, among them being suggestions 

 for next year's program. 



The result of the election of officers had not been received at the hour 

 of going to press. 



Live Program for Wisconsin Meeting 



The eflfect of liquor consumption on the eflieiency of workers in lumber 

 mills and logging cost and on the consequent production is a subject to be 

 presented l)efore the fall meeting of the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association at the Hotel Pfister, Milwaukee, Wis.. Friday, 

 Oct. 2(1. by William T. Evjue, author of the prohibition referendum bill in 

 the last Wisconsin legislature, and .Tiihn Strange of Neeuah, a Fox River 

 valley manufacturer prominently identified with the dry forces of the state. 

 This is the first time the subject will he discussed from such a standpoint 

 by a lumber manufacturing organization and some interesting discussion 

 if not practical recommendations are expected. It has been stated among 

 tho lumbermen that the operator in the dry town has an advantage over 

 competitors in a wet town and facts and statistics are to be presented. 



The fall meeting, usually occupying two days, will be crowded with some 



