January 25, 1918 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



21 



Powerful Association Launched at Memphis 



Merger of Gum and Oak Organizations Leads to FormatiDn of Strong Association of Manufacturers. Aims Laudable 



The Amorii'an Unnlwooil Maiuit'acturers ' Association was lor 

 mally launched at Memphis last Friday, January 18, as the sucocssor 

 to the Ameriean Oak Manufacturers' Association and the (iuni 

 Lumber Manufacturers' Association, following unanimous ratifica- 

 tion, by the membership of these two organizations at their an- 

 nual meetings, of the report of the committee of fourteen and tlie 

 resolutions offered by the latter authorizing the merger and the 

 transfer of membership certificates from the old associations to 

 the new. 



Governing Body Strong 



Immediately following the adoption of a constitution ami by- 

 laws for the new association under a temporary organization, of 

 which B. F. Dulwebcr was chairman and John M. Pritchard was 

 secretary, permanent organization was effected by the election of 

 the following officers and directors: 



riiKsiDENT ; K. I-. Jurdon, Penroil, Jurden & McCoweo, Inc., Mi'mphis. 



FiiiST Vice-Phesident : \V. H. Uusse, Russe & Burgess, Inc., Memphis. 



Second Vick-Pkesident : B. F. Dulwclier, Kmetzor Cured I.umlier 

 Company. Memphis ami .Morcbcad, Miss. 



of absence for the period of the war in order that he might con- 

 tinue to serve the Southern Hardwood Emergency Bureau at Wash- 

 ington as manager, a position he has held for the past two months 

 or more. Action was adopted looking toward the immediate forma- 

 tion of the gum and oak divisions. 



The merging of the Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Association 

 and the American Oak Manufacturers' Association into the Ameri- 

 can Hardwood Manufacturers' Association represents the culmina- 

 tion of plans which have been in the making for a number of 

 months. 



Development of the Idea 

 The idea occurred to a number of progressive lumbermen in 

 this territory some months ago that there was excessive overhead 

 expense, as well as a great deal of lost motion, in having two 

 scjiarate organizations for the promotion of the welfare of oak and 

 gum, and that, if these were merged into one centralized organiza- 

 tion, better results could be obtained in behalf of both oak and 

 irnni, through covering a much larger field, and tliat. in addition to 



\v. E. dei.,.\nkv. ri.\( innati, chairman 



COM.MITTEE OF FOURTEEN 



CD.NN, CINCINNATI, UIItlX'TOH. 



W. B. BUltKK, rilARI.ESTON. 

 DIRECTOR. 



.MISS., 



TiiEASi KEit : William Pritchard, Pritrhanl & WlicclcT I.unilior Cum- 

 pany, Memphis. 



DiEECTons : P'or three years — John W. McClure, James E. Stork, E. 



A. Lang. M. B. Cooper, R. M. Carrier, F. K. Conn, W. B. Burke ; for two 

 years — William Becbc. Roland H. Darnell, Ralph May, T. M. Drown, W. 

 H. Dick. Harry B. Weiss, C. H. Sherrlll ; for one year — \\. C. Bonner, 



B. C. Tully, A. S. Johnson, Rudolph Sondtaeimer, W. .\. Ransom, W. G. 

 Sparks and C. L. Harrison. 



The governing board of the American Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association held a meeting immediately following adjournment of 

 the organization meeting and ratified the choice by President 

 .lurden of the following gentlemen as members of the executive 

 committee: All have accepted service. 



R. M. Carrier, Carrier Lumber & Manufacturing Company, Sardls. Miss. ; 

 B. F. Dulweber, Kraetzer Cured Lumber Company, Memphis ; John 

 W. McCluri', Bcllgralc Lumber Company, Memphis; James E. Stark, of 

 James E. Stark & (,'onipany, Memphis ; M. B. Cooper, Three States Lum- 

 bi-r Company. Memphis ,and E. .\. r,ans, Paepcke Lcicht Lumber Company, 

 former president of the American Oak Manufacturers' Association, Chi- 

 cago. 



The board also elected John M. Pritchard, secretary of the Gum 

 Lumber Manufacturers' Association since it was organized four 

 years ago, as secretary of the new association. He was given leave 



this, other hardwoods, not contemplated in the plans and scope of 

 the two associations, could be advertised and stimulated in a way 

 that had never been accomplished or even attempted. 



This idea led to the creation of the committee of fourteen, com- 

 posed of seven members from each of the two old associations, and 

 the latter worked out all the plans looking to the merger and look- 

 ing to the manner in which the work of the new associaflbu should 

 be carried on through departments organized in behalf of any wood 

 in which enough of the members of the association are interested 

 to justify such a course. 



The committee of fourteen did its work so thoroughly that its 

 report received the unanimous endorsement of the membership of 

 both associations and the new organization, the American Hard- 

 wood Manufacturers' Association, stands an accomplished fact. 



Strong Popular Spirit Behind Movement 



And it may be noted in this connection that there is unusual 



enthusiasm regarding the new association among both officers and 



members. They believe that its establishment marks a distinctly 



new era in the hardwood lumber industry of the country; that many 



