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HARDWOOD RECORD 



AllKUNl lit. I'.M.'i. 



locnilv first and then in a imtioniil 



An Excellent Hemlock Silo 



Mr. Kiivt' ...lli'.l iittoiitiun to u iiioJcl .•iilo wliii-li was shown on the 

 convention door. Tin- 

 fiilo wus built ot 

 hemlock. He refcrreil 

 to n silo of this type 

 which had been used 

 for fourteen yenr.s 

 with only slight re- 

 jKiirs at the end of 

 that time. Thi.i silo 

 is now recommended 

 by ngr i c u 1 1 u r a 1 

 agents because of its 

 durability and be- 

 cause of the fact 

 that it prevents 

 freezing. The silo in 

 12x2.^ foot size can 

 lie built for $135, 

 whereas a similar ce- 

 ment silo would cost 

 from $350 to $500. 

 It is cheaper than a 

 stave s'ilo, as there 

 are no hoops and re- 

 pairs are minimized. 



There was consid- 

 erable discussion re- 

 garding reports for 

 the association bul- 

 letin. The question 

 was finally held over 

 until the next day's session, to conic 

 busines-s. 



State Legislators Friendly to Lumbermen 



A. L. Osborn reported lor the huivau of transportation and legisla- 

 ticn. He said legislative matters are in a satisfactory state and that 

 the state legislature is more kindly disposed toward lumbering, than 

 ever before. He said he has just been advised that tax laws have 

 been revised satisfactorily from the lumbermen's viewpoint. 



The freight traffic bureau, according to Mr. Osborn, decided it wouhl 

 engage a man to work with the secretary, this man to be engaged on 

 the basis of salary and exjienses, the earnings from the department 

 to go to association funds. He cited other cases in which association 

 traffic experts have worked out succssfully. Mr. Osborn discussed the 

 proposed reclassification of rates and seemed rather in favor of higher 

 rates on doors and such finished articles. 



Frank F. Fish, secretary of the National Hardwood Lumber Asso- 

 ciation, referred to a letter received from A. Fletcher Marsh, chair- 

 man of the traffic committee of that on^'anizatiim, in which Mr. 

 Marsh referred to a communication from Eugene Morris, secretary of 

 the railroad classification committee, to the cflfcct that he would be 

 glad to receive requests for a conference with lumbermen regarding 

 points to be agreed upon in the classification movement. Mr. Fish 

 raised the question as to whether efforts to combat the railroads' 



OX TIIK BO.VT- 



MKS. O. T. SWAN, MISS QUINLAN. S. T. SWITZKIi. 

 QUINLAN (WaTH THE MUSTACHE) 



up under the head of new 



viewpoint would be I'limi'i 

 way or all in one movoment. 



There was conNidernble diccUM^ioii on the question ns to whether 

 the ultimate liiiisheil arlich' kIiouIiI have n higher rate than the rough 

 ImiiiIht. 



The president llieii iippointi'il the following committee on reBoln- 

 tions: .1. T. I'liilips, M. .1. I'ox. tieorge II. ('liapman, W. H. Kiirle 

 and W. H. Cluliine. 



The meeting ad.journe.l for the day. 



FRIDAY'S SESSION 

 President Goodman o[HMii'd I'li. lay's session with a short talk in 

 which ho summarized the following recommendations: 



III till' liisl thr.'i »r ri.iir Miir^ III.' Hitiiiitloii lins clinnKcd ami mir 

 issi.cliillon has had to Hinncc with It — not becnuHO iin.v of uh wore keen 

 MJ.oiit bolnu proKiTHslve nnd dolim Ihlnc:*. for our inemlKrshIp hns nhva.VH 

 lieeii ami Is now coniiorvntlvo. We all would have liked to bo lot alone 



to run our liiiRlnoiiii to 

 suit oiiispIvok — we 

 wore duliloiiK nboiit 

 adviTtlsIni: lumber -- 

 wo ronsbU'riHl our 

 liookkooplnu a private 

 matter — we felt that 

 wo wore elvlnR the 

 railroads so much 

 liiislniss that Ihe.v 

 would look out for 

 our Inlori'sts In trafllc 

 matters. Wo felt the 

 oompi'titlon of soutb- 

 orn plnn. but believed 

 ilic sonthorn operators 

 wonUl, In a few .years, 

 have cut all of their 

 timber and that the 

 market would be left 

 to us. Our thoUKlits 

 ooncernlnK I he timber 

 in tbf West did not 

 IncliKlo It as a com- 

 parative factor. Wo 

 were bus.v selling our 

 lumber and with the 

 procoods wo wore our- 

 selves bii.vinK timber 

 In the South and In 

 the West. 



We would have 

 liked that state of 

 things to continue, 

 but tbo South and 

 West have broken Into 

 our melon patch. The.v 

 are selling their lum- 

 ber In Chicago, Mil- 

 waukee, Beloit, Osbkosb — even on the shores of Lake Superior, in compe- 

 tition with our hemlock — at Sl.'iO oif tJio list. The Southern Tine .Vsso- 

 ciation is spending 25c per M to increase the sale and expand the terrl- 

 tor.v for southern pine, and lis enterprl.slng secretary reports that he 

 believes his assooiatloa, althougli only about three months old, has 

 already "switched at least ".'..oiio.OOO to SO.000,000 feet — i.e., spcclllca- 

 tions that were out speeifyini.' other wood.5 have been changed to read 

 ■yellow pine.' " The Inland Empire manufacturers have raised $200,000 

 to exploit their woods, principally in the territory that we have been sup- 

 |)lylng. The Arkansas Pine ; The North Carolina Pine ; The Western Eir 

 and the Southern Cypress and Gum' are aggressively pushing their prod- 

 ucts in competition with ours. Last week a man building a house In a 

 small village on the Soo Line, not fifty miles from Goodman, got figures 

 on his lumber from the local yards carrying WLsconsin material — he also 

 got figures on fir from the Pacific coast — fir got the order. A .^.IdO.OOO 

 hotel in an Ohio city is in course of coustruction. The owner and archi- 

 tect both wanted birch finish, but the gum people landed the Job. 



About ten of our members made complete confidential cost reports to 

 piir ourcau of statistics and accounts and it was found that every one 

 ot these members is selling his hemlock and his maple at a loss and 

 that the average loss exceeds the value of the stumpage. Wc are giving 

 away our maple and hemlock trees. We paid for this stumpage once, 

 and we believed that wc had made a profitable purchase, and we have 

 been paying interest and taxes over since and now we are giving away 

 our stumpage. 



The railroads are not looking out for our interests — nor Is the Inter- 

 state Commerce Commission, though the commission does offer us a 

 chance to look out for our interests ourselves, but to protect our Inter- 

 ests requires trained expert work. In the past our relations with the 



.MISS QUINLAN, M. J. 



