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HARDWOOD RECORD 



owners and manufacturers of lumber in this 

 country. Therefore it goes without saying 

 that the personnel of the organization 

 stands on a parity in character, wealth and 

 business acumen with the foremost industry 

 of America. 



In accordance with the program, the con- 

 vention was called to order promptly at 10 

 o'clock in the green room of the Auditorium 

 Annex by President MeLeod. Nearly every 

 delegate from the various lumber manufactur- 

 ing associations was present, as also were sev- 

 eral other gentlemen prominent in lumber 

 manufacture, including R. H. Vansant, presi- 

 dent of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation of the United States. 



The first day of the session of the conven- 

 tion was carried out according to program 

 ami was highly instructive. The full details 

 of the meeting, owing to the fact that the 

 Hardwood Record went to press early on May 

 9, can not be covered in this issue but an ab- 

 stract of the proceedings will be given in the 

 next issue of this paper. 



The report of the secretary, lieorge K. 

 Smith, which follows, will give something of 

 an idea of the scope of the work being car- 

 ried on by this great affiliated association. 

 Secretary's Report. 

 In submitting a third annual report it gives 

 me pleasure to announce that the abstract Idea 

 of a purely mutual credit rating service, first 

 discussed at Washington three years ago. has 

 become a concrete form represented by a book 

 of 713 pages, containing the names of lumber 

 dealers In forty-three states and territories, and 

 In use among nearly 400 members of the various 

 affiliated associations. This has been the main 

 object of our existence up to this time and will 

 no doubl hold a prominent place In the future. 



At our last meeting we reported eleven asso- 

 ciations affiliating, representing 860 members, 

 and an annual output of 9,763,000,000 

 Inning tiie vein- two associations have 

 joined us : 



The Western Pine Shippers' Association of 

 Spokane, Wash., and the s.niili Carolina Pine 

 Association of Sumter, S. C. 



The li-i of associations, members and approxi- 

 mate output of each for 1904 is as follows: 



Members. Output. 

 Gi orgla inter State Saw Mill 



Association CO 70ii.ooo.000 



North Carolina Pine Associa- 

 tion 3G 500.000.000 



Southern Lumber Manufactur- 

 ers' Association 24.1 ■ 



Mississippi Valley Lumber- 

 men's Assoeiation Gl 1.5 



Hardw I Miiiini: i - As 



i.it ion of the I'nited 



States 221 1.500.000,000 



Pacific Coast Lumber Manu- 

 facturers' Association S7 l.r.iiii.iiiiti.oiio 



Wisconsin Valley Lumbermen's 



ii latlon is r.iM. .mil olio 



Southern Cypress Lumber As- 



sociatlon 10 .••.on.., on. > 



Northwestern Hemlock Manu- 

 facturers' ion 62 -1 



S. W. Washington Lumber 



Manufacturers' Assoeiation. 15 2no. .nun 



Wisconsin Hardwood Lumber 



Ion 30 250,00(1.00(1 



Western Tine Shippers' A 



■ latlon -in so , 



South Carolina Plm \ rela- 

 tion 22 400. 000,000 



919 1 1,850, .000 



The work of gathering statistics from members 



hese various associations and also from 



not members of any association, 



has nol been overlooked, although no direct ap 



peal hits been made ns yet. 



Interview with Hon. Victor Metcalfe. 

 ommerce and labor, on the subject 



of lumber production in the United States, ar- 

 rangements were perfected whereby In October 

 of this year there will be furnished to us 

 through the census department, the names and 

 addresses of 11,000 manufacturers of lumber, 

 comprising all who produce more than 500,000 

 feet annually. This will give us an up-to-date 

 list, with which we can proceed to invite in- 

 formation on three important items for the year 

 1905, viz. : The amount manufactured during 

 the year, the amount shipped during the year, 

 the amount remaining on hand January 1. 1906. 

 These figures will be grouped by states and 

 zones, and the summaries and grand totals will 

 be valuable not only to all manufacturers of 

 lumber, but also to the bureau of manufacture of 

 the department of commerce and labor. This will 

 comprise the second great undertaking of our 

 association, and with the support of the mem- 

 bers of affiliated associations and the co-opera- 

 tion of other manufacturers, the results will be 

 such as to make the annual summaries the 

 barometer of the lumber trade. 



All associations affiliating are in a flourish- 

 ing condition, the membership of nearly every 

 one having increased during the year. From the 

 reports of the various secretaries it appears that 

 conditions in all classes and kinds of lumber 

 are mm), better than e year ago. and the outlook 

 for a continued heavy consumption has seldom 

 if ever been equaled. 



The original plan for raising funds for the 

 credit rating department when put to the test 

 proved conclusively that sentiment has little 

 place In the business world and that the ma- 

 jority prefer to see results before making any 

 investment. 



To the few who bore more than their share 

 of the burden, and thereby made possible the 

 linal completion of the plan, great credit Is due 

 The treasurers report will show a more sat- 

 isfactory condition than existed a year ago. but 

 will reveal the need of some further action at 

 this meeting to provide adequate revenue for 

 the coming year and start a sinking fund to 

 take care of our loan account when it matures. 

 To this end a permanent committee on finance 

 would be proper and profitable. 



Our program calls for reports from various 

 committees and the subjects to come up under 

 new business will demand your careful considera- 

 tion. 



Thanking our officers and the secretaries of 

 affiliating associations for their cordial support 

 during the pas! year, this report is respectfully 

 submitted. 



Proposed Michigan Lumber Manufacturers' 

 Association. 



mi Monday evening. May 1, Henry w. Carey 

 ol I :.-i-i lake, Mich., entertained a company of 

 about thirty representative lumbermen at a 

 banquet al the Hotel I'antland. Grand Iiapids. 

 Mich. Mr. Carey is treasurer and manager of 

 the great R.G.Peters Salt & Lumber Company's 

 sawmill enti at Eastlake, and is presi- 



dent of the Michigan Maple Company and of the 

 Hemlock Bark Company, and is interested in 

 several other lumber and industrial proposi- 

 ti. .n-.. The invitations to his dinner were lim- 

 the members of the Michigan Maple 

 Company and of the Hemlock Bark Company. 



The affair was entirely informal, hut sundry 

 matters looking to the general good of the hard- 

 wood manufacturing industry of Michigan were 

 discussed, and preliminary steps were taken 

 toward the organization of a Michigan Lumber 

 Manufacturers' Association. The purpose of this 

 organization Will be to bring together in closer 

 social and commercial relations the manufac- 

 turers ..f the Wolverine state and thus promote 

 S stronger fellowship and community of inter- 

 est, looking to the general good of the industry. 



The meeting for the specific purpose of per- 

 fectlng the details of tha organization of the 

 association, and putting it into actual being, will 

 be called at an early date. 



New Arkansas Oak Company. 



Incident to the brief paragraph in the last 

 issue of the Hardwood Record, referring to the 

 newly organized Bliss-Cook Oak Company of 

 BHssville, Ark., it can be stated that this has 

 become one of the largest hardwood lumber cor- 

 porations in the Southwest. 



The Bliss-Cook Oak Company succeeded the 

 Chicot Oak Company, and owns 50,000 acres of 

 oak timber land in Desha and Chicot counties, 

 Arkansas, which are estimated to cut 250,000,- 

 000 feet. The company has a well equipped 

 sawmill and planing mill plant, and has tim- 

 ber enough to operate for twenty years. This 

 timber property was originally located, when the 

 choice of the best timber in Arkansas was avail- 

 able, by Charles H. Plummer of Saginaw, Mich., 

 and. at the time of Mr. Plummer's demise, the 

 property fell to Ex-Governor A. T. Bliss. With 

 him In active management of the development 

 of this property A. F. Cook has been engaged 

 for several years. Gov. Bliss's holdings in the 

 Chicot Lumber Company have been secured by 

 \ P. Bliss and W. G. Van Auken of Bliss & 

 Van Auken of Saginaw, who, together with Mr. 

 Cook, have reorganized the institution into the 

 Bliss-Cook (ink Company. 



I'.liss & Van Auken also have other sawmill 

 interests in various parts of the country, one 

 being a large yellowt pine operation at Otter 

 Creek, I la., and another a new band mill at 

 Saginaw, operating very largely on hard maple. 

 The partners also have lumber interests in 

 Washington. 



The new company is incorporated at $500,000, 

 which is all paid in. Its mills are double band 

 and it owns thirty miles of main line logging 

 railroad. The/ main line of the road will be 

 extended this year to Gaines landing on the 

 Mississippi river and to Arkansas City. Out- 

 side of the company's specific manufacture of oak 

 lumber, it will engage quite extensively in the 

 production of high-class oak flooring. 



The officers of the new concern are: A. P. 

 LlisN. president and treasurer; W. G. Van 

 Auken, vice president: A. F. Cook, secretary 

 and general manager: and Abel B. Bliss, direc- 

 tor. Mr. Cook has achieved an enviable repu- 

 tation In bis conduct of the affairs of the old 

 company, and. with the most excellent support 

 he now has. will add new laurels in the produc- 

 li t southern oak lumber and flooring. 



Importing New Woods. 



iv thousand feet of selected timbers are 

 being imported by the Hhrlich-Harrison Com- 

 nf Seattle. Wash. The shipment includes 

 i Australian woods never before intro- 

 duced Into that section of the I'nited States 

 which are useful for a wide variety of pur- 

 poses, from building ballroom floors to the 

 equipment of Arctic vessels. 



Ii is claimed that ironbark. one of the woods 

 import. .1 by the company, is better adapted 

 for sheathing vessels' than iron or steel, par- 

 ti, -nhirly ships which sail into Arctic regions, 

 for the reason that iron contracts in the frigid 

 weather ol the Arctic zone, while the iron- 

 bark oi Australia is not in the least affected. 



A wood which seems to be peculiarly adapted 

 for the construction of ballroom floors is the 

 ailed tallow wood brought In by the im- 

 porting firm. It is of a greasy nature, needs 

 no oiling and is Australia's hardest wood. 



R< .1 beam, a wood somewhat similar to ma- 

 le. ^any and adaptable for interior finish and 

 abinet work; silky oak, softer than the fore- 

 going wood, but of a greater tensile strength : 

 n.s wood, to be used In making carpenters' tools 

 and similar work; and gray box. useful for 

 the construction of wagon tongues, are among- 

 the other woods Imported. 



C. II Wlllard of Brattleboro, vt.. has about 

 600,000 feel of logs, largely hardwood. In his 



mill yard, besides considerable custom sawing. 



