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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Harder Elected to Head Northern Association 



Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers Discuss 

 Costs, Market Conditions and Prices. Have Enthu- 

 siastic Meeting. Replete With Optimism 



The loailini; spcakors at the annual nieetin^ of the Xortlicrii 

 Heniloek anil Hanhvooil Mauufaeturers' Assoeiation lield at the 

 Hotel Pfister, Milwaukee, Thursday ami Friday, January :U anil 

 February 1, were well-known men in or associated with the lumber 

 business. 



With President J. J. Lingle in the chair, the meeting opened 

 with a few words from him, after which he introduced Charles S. 

 Keith of Kansas City, who in his capacity as president of the 

 ^Southorn i'ine Association, spoke on the subject, "Relation of the 

 Government to the Lumber Industry." His aildress was in effect 

 a warning aiiainst a probable effect upon the lumber business of 



session with a report of the i>rot;res3 made durin;; 1918. He went 

 even further back, rcviewiun the work of the last throe years, and 

 gave a suggestion of what may be expected during the coming year. 



The Northern White Cedar Shingle Manufacturers' Association 

 met in the afternoon, the lumber association giving way on its 

 program to the shingle men, many of whom are members of both 

 associations. 



E. A. Hamar, Chassell, Mich., is president of the shingle associa- 

 tion and O. T. Swan is secretary. The feature of the session was' 

 an illustrated talk by Dr. Hermann Von Schrenk of St. Louis. Dr. 

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inattention to the many new and vitally interesting problems which 

 arise every day. 



Mr. Keith is also chairman of the governmental relationship com- 

 mittee of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association. He 

 described the work of that body and also told of his version of the 

 Chamberlin bill aimed at the control of sawmills of the country. 

 Mr. Keith made the interesting preiliction that wholesale and retail 

 prices will both ultimately be fixed by the government. 



L. C. Boyle of Kansas City followed Mr. Keith and emphasized 

 the necessity of actual knowledge of stumpage cost as well as 

 manufacture. "In fact," he said, "the biggest problem before 

 the lumber manufacturing trade today is a deep study of scientific 

 means of arriving at cost of producing and selling lumber." He 

 urged this as a measure calculated to result in a satisfactory and 

 fair level if price fixing ultimately becomes a part of government 

 supervision of industries. 



Another interesting speaker of the morning was A. L. Osborn of 

 Oshkosh, who reported for the bureau of transportation and legis- 

 lation. His talk digressed on the subject of labor and did not give 

 anything encouraging as to the transportation situation. 



The last address was given by B. G. Packer, who spoke on raising 

 of cattle and sheep on cut-over lands. This talk was full of interest. 

 Such subjects are of vital interest to the lumber trade of Wisconsin, 

 which faces the problem of profitably and satisfactorily disposing 

 of cutover land. 



O. T. Swan, secretary of the association, closed the morning 



the kind of shingles the consuming public wants, ami tho.se that will 

 receive the O. K. of the fire insurance companies. 



' Strength Shown in Market Report 



The Friilay morning session was opened with a report by II. H. 

 Butts, chairman of the bureau of statistical and educational infor- 

 mation. ■ 



Mr. Butts pointed out that it was the function of his committee 

 to follow closely the pulse and trend of the market, and to present 

 frerpiently to the members a detailed, statement of the market 

 situation, giving specific information on those controlling factors, 

 such as the current values of yellow pine and other competing 

 woods; the comparative status of stocks on hand and probable pro- 

 duction and the current demand. He pointed out that his work 

 was of a jiurely informatory character and that due to the care- 

 fully selected personnel of the committee, the committee having 

 access to wide sources of information and coming from widely dif- 

 ferent parts of the association territory, its reports were very rep- 

 resentative. 



Mr. Butts took up the subject of the co-operntiou of the mem- 

 bers of the association, and among other things he said: 



In iidclitlnn to the flnc personal co-operation wp have hail, I want to 

 tnkc this iipportunlty to thank the meinliors of the assm-latlon as a whole 

 for the wa.v thoy have responded with a report of stmks on hand, etc.: 

 anil In the same breath I want to make ni.vsclf Just as plain as possible 

 III the loiiilfinnatlon of those who havi- not coopcralid In this respect. 

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