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HARDWOOD RECORD 



January 25, 1918 



problems heretofore unsolvable will be solved with comparative 

 ease; and that the new organization, by the sheer weight of pro- 

 duction of hardwood lumber and other forest products on the part 

 of its members, will occupy a commanding position in the hard- 

 wood field, and will be able to bring about, in the course of time, 

 the adoption of a uniform standard of inspection. 



No Danger of Involving Inspection Question 



The question most discuasod in connection with the adoption of 

 the empowering resolution was that of inspection. Earl Palmer 

 did not believe that a third set of inspection rules should be estab- 

 lished, declaring that the two standards maintained now by the 

 national organizations had cost lumbermen untold sums. Mr. 

 Cooper said that no action was contemplated at present looking 

 to grading rules, and John W. McClure, chairman of the inspection 

 rules committee of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, 

 said: 



"The gum association has influenced the inspection of the two 

 national associations. If we co-operate with these bodies we can 

 bring about a uniform standard of inspection. The constitution 

 does not mention or furnish any ground whatever for a third set 

 of inspection rules." 



Ralph Jurden also declared that it was the purpose of the new 

 association to be neutral on inspection and to eliminate the ques- 



to all of us, not alone In a financial way, but also In the time and atten- 

 tion required to keep the work of all of tbem active. Second, with all of 

 our associations we are not covering fully the field of our activity, as 

 evidenced by a petition presented not long ago to the American Oak Manu- 

 facturers' Association that it amend lis constitution permitting the gather- 

 ing of statistics on all the other woods wc are manufacturing In this 

 territory. m 



The Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Association has blazed the way for 

 real association work in this territory. It has demonstrated to the 

 manufacturers of hardwood lumber that association work, properly directed, 

 pays. The success attained for gum by that association made possible 

 the organization of the American Oak Manufacturers' .\ssoclatIon, and 

 Its first year's activity, just ended, has fully Justified the money and effort 

 expended In carrying on that work. 



Your committee In the study of this problem can see wonderful possi- 

 bilities in the amalgamation of the activities of these two associations 

 and the broadening of the scope of the work to include all the other woods 

 manufactured in the territory. It is needless to ask what It would have 

 meant to each of you if during the past year you had been receiving. In 

 addition to the statistics on gum and oak, the same Information on ash, 

 elm, maple and Cottonwood. Yet we feel that you can have this service, 

 together with numerous other activities that will be helpful to your busi- 

 ness, with cost under proportion to the added benefits. 



Therefore, after much thought and deliberation, keeping in mind that 

 in the organization of the new association the work for gum and oak as 

 heretofore carried on with such splendid results, should be comprehen- 

 sively taken care of, we present to you the plans for a new association 

 embodying all the features of the old through special departments, and 

 in addition the permitting of a much broader field of activity. 



R.\I,l'H M.VY, MEMI'IIIS, DIRECTOR. 



T. JI. BROW.N', LOUISVILLE, DIItECTOR. 



W. C. BONNER, MEMI'HIS, DIRECTOR. 



tion of inspection rules, and tlio last paragraph in the empowering 

 resolution was changed so as to read: 



"Be It Further Resolved, That the efforts of this association 

 shall be exerted toward the bringing about of a uniform set of 

 inspection rules for hardwood lumber." 



The committee which nominated R. L. Jurden and the other 

 officers and directors was composed of C. L. Harrison, chairman; 

 T. W. Fry and F. K. Conn. 



Report of Merger Committee 

 The report of the committee of fourteen, which was adopted by 

 both associations, is given herewith: 



As you are already aware, this committee was the outcome of a petition 

 to the Gum ■ Lumber Manufacturers' .Association and the American Oak 

 Manufacturers' Association by some of its representative members, that 

 a committee be appointed by the board of directors of each association for 

 the purpose of formulating plans for the amalgamation of the two asso- 

 ciations. 



The underlying reasons that prompted this movement have been, for 

 some time, evident to most of us who have been active in association 

 work in this territory. First, the number of associations that it has 

 seemed necessary for us to maintain because each one was performing 

 a function vital to our business and our industry, has been quite a burden 



We have drafted a constitution for the new organization, should our 

 report be adopted by the two associations, and by reading this to you, you 

 will get a clearer conception of our plans. 



The essential features are these : The general work of the association 

 will be to administer to all the woods we are manufacturing, in the way 

 of gathering and giving to the membership, statistics and other informa- 

 tion of value, and the carrying on of such other general work as will be 

 of benefit to our members and the hardwood industry we represent. For 

 this general work there will be a small general assessment on the entire 

 production of the association covering all classes of membership. 



Special work, such as the advertising and promotion of any particular 

 wood or class of production, or any other activity of a special nature, 

 will be handled by special departments under the direct supervision of a 

 governing committee chosen from among the members directly interested 

 in that particular wood or activity. For this departmental work there will 

 be special assessments levied, as provided and safeguarded by the con- 

 stitution, against those of the membership who are benefited by the special 

 work. 



The plan includes not only lumber manufacturers, but manufacturers 

 of other hardwood products from raw material. 



You will readily see under this constitution with its departmental pro- 

 visions that the activities of this organization can be broadened to cover 

 every line of endeavor of benefit to our industry, and that in time this 

 one association will be performing all the functions of the now separate 

 organizations in our territory. 



We recommend to you the adoption of this plan, bearing in mind that 



