January 10. 1918 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



21 



Memphis Prepares for Lumber Week 



Spirited Interest Shown in Plans for Meetings There January 15-16-17-18 of the Traffic Association, Alluvial Land Association, 



Oalt Association and Gum Association Respectively 



I'rosi-iit iudicatious are that there will be more lumbermen in 

 Memphis during the annuals o^ the Southern Hardwood Traffic Asso- 

 (•iation. the Southern Alluvial Land Association, the American Oak 

 Manufacturers' Association and the Gum Lumber Manufacturers, 

 in the order named, from .lauuary 15 to January 18, inclusive, than 

 have ever gathered here at any previous time in the history of this 

 entre. They will come from almost every part of the United 

 .States and arrangements are being made to see that they enjoy 

 themselves while here. 



Invitations have been mailed by the secretaries of these four 

 organizations to every member, and these have been accompanied, 

 in most instances, by programs showing what is in store for those 

 who come. These programs have \>eea arranged with much care 

 and largely with a view to attracting a big attendance of lumber- 

 men. The war, however, and the crucial problems which it entails, 

 give an added interest, and it is believed that the state of war in 

 which this country finds itself will prove the biggest incentive to 

 attendance. 



The overshadowing feature of interest during these annuals is the 

 proposed consolidation of the American Oak Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation and the Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Association. These 

 two bodies are planning to merge into one single organization that 

 will perform the functions of each and at the same time cover a 

 wider field than has been possible for each acting separately. The 

 boards of governors of these two bodies have adopted the report 

 of the committees appointed to work out plans for such consolida- 

 tion and they, in turn, have put the matter squarely up to the mem- 

 bers of each. It is anticipated that the merger plans will be adopted 

 by practically unanimous vote, and influential members of the two 

 associations are of the opinion that a big step in the direction of 

 greater efficiency in organization work will have been taken before 

 the two annuals close. 



.\ddresses on topics of pertinent interest to every member of the 

 four associations are scheduled and large accomplishments in behalf 

 of the hardwood trade are believed to be very close at hand. 



On the evening of January 17, the Lumbermen's Club of Mem- 

 phis, in conjunction with the four associations, will entertain the 

 visiting lumbermen at a banquet at the Hotel Gayoso. 



The program of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, which 

 has not yet been wholly completed, is given elsewhere in this issue 

 of Hardwood Record. Those of the other three associations are 

 given herewith: 



SorTHEUx Alluvial Land Association 



Greetings, John W. McClure, president. 



Report of I'. E. Stonebraker, secretary. 



Report of John M. Prltchard. treasurer. 



"The Dawn of a New Constructive Era, " b.v Gov. t'harles H. Brough, of 

 Arkansas. 



"Combatting tlio Boll Weevil." b.v Prof. J. W. Fo.\, Scott, Miss. 



"Possibilities of .\lluvlal Lands," b.v Bolton Smith, of Memphis. 

 Amebican Oak Manlfactirebs' Association 



Board meeting. 10 :30 a. m., Hotel Chlsca. 



Luncheon. 12 :00 m. 



Greetings, 1 :00 p. m., E. A. Lang, president. 



Report of J. T. Kendall, secretary. 



Report of R. L. Jurden, treasurer. 



Report of -Vssessment Committee, C. L. Harrison, cbalrmaD. 



Report of .Advertising Committee, H. B. Weiss, chairman. 



Report of Membership Committee, M. B. Cooper, chairman. 



Report of Technical Research Committee, C. L. Harrison, chairman. 



Report of Finance Committee. F. E. Gary, chairmnn. 



Report of Resolutions Committee, Earl Palmer, chairman. 



Report of Committee on Importation of Foregln Woods, W. H. Russe, 

 chairman. 



Address, Earl Palmer, Ferguson-Palmer Company, Inc. 



Current Economic Features, Sidney A. Llnnekln, lumber expert, Bab- 

 son's Statistical Organization. 



Association .\dvertlslng, John Benicr Crosby, Chicago. 



Report of Committee of Fourtein. W. B. Burke, cliairman. 

 I^leotion of <iflicers. New Business. Adjournment. 



GLM Ll'MBEK MANIFACTIREBES' ASSOCIATION 



itoard meeting 10:30 a. m.. Committee Room, Hotel Chlsca. 



Luncheon. 



Greetings. II. B. Weiss, president. 



Report of J. M. Prltchard, secretary. 



Report <if K. E. Gary, treasurer. 



Report of .Membership Committee, F. K. Conn, chairman. 



Report ut Rules Committee, W. E. DcLaney, chairman. 



Report ot Entertainment Committee, F. R. McFadden, chairman. 



"War Orders tor Hardwood Lumber and Their Effect on the Hardwood 

 Lumber Industry." by J. M. Prltchard, secretary of the association and 

 manager of tlie Southern Hardwood Emergency Bureau. 



Report of Cost Committee, T. L. Hoskins. chairman. 



Itoport of -Advertising Committee, C. L. Harrison, chairman. 



Report of Finance Committee, F. B. Robertson, chairman. 



Report of .Assessment Committee, J. W. McClure, chairman. 



Report of Committee of Fourteen. W. B. Burke, chairman. 



Election of officers. New Business. Adjournment. 



Trying to Get Together 



Two organizations have been collecting funds for the comfort 

 of lumbermen and foresters in military service abroad, the Ameri- 

 can Forestry Association, Washington, D. C, and the Hoo-Hoo, 

 ^ with headquarters at St. Louis. Though both are working to the 

 same end, their purposes are not exactly the same. The Hoo-Hoo 's 

 fund is for all American and Canadian lumbermen serving abroad, 

 either as lumbermen or soldiers, while the American Forestry Asso- 

 ciation aims chiefly at comforts for the engineers, made up of him- 

 bermen and foresters, but not fighting in the trenches. 



As movement was recently started by the forestry association to 

 absorb the activities of the Hoo-Hoo along that line and have all 

 the work center in the association at Washington, where P. S. 

 Ridsdale is proposed as treasurer and E. A. Sterling as secretary, 

 with a uew committee, on which the Hoo-Hoo is to be represented. 

 The committee as proposed is as follows: 



It. H. Dowman, chairman, representing the National Lumber Manufac- 

 turers' -Association. 



W. R. Brown, acting chairman, representing the Eastern Lumber, Pulp 

 and Paper Manufacturers. 



E. T. .Allen, western lumber Interests. 



J. R. Moorehcad, representing lumber retailers. 



K. R. Babcock, representing lumber wholesalers. 



E. D. Termant and W. A. Priddie, representing the Hoo-Hoo. 



W. L. Hall, Initcd States Forest Service. 



C. L. Pack and P. S. Ridsdale. representing the American Forest As- 

 sociation. 



E. A. Sterling, corresponding secretary, representing James D. Lacey 

 & Co. 



To to be appointed to represent the lumber press. 



A proposal embodying the foregoing plan has been sent to the 

 officers of the Hoo-Hoo at St. Louis, and the reply by that organ- 

 ization accepts the plan as suggested. The forestry association 

 announces that it has had in mind the extension of its plan of 

 comfort to approximately the same scope as that being carried 

 out by the Hoo-Hoo, but the final decision to do so must rest with 

 a general meeting. 



A machine should set fairly and squarely on every leg it has. 

 The way many have of setting a machine down any way, anywhere, is 

 very bad. Even the poorest one should have its foundations well pre- 

 pared and be solid and level. No machine ever did or ever can do 

 good and perfect work standing on a part of its legs. It is good policy 

 to have a solid plank floor on top of the ordinary floor, the pieces 

 put together with dowel pins and then trued up perfectly. This 

 insures a solid foundation, which not only keeps the machine in 

 place, but prevents the trembling resulting from any part of the 

 machine being out of perfect balance. Every machine standing on 

 a ground floor should have a concrete foundation. 



