HARDWOOD RECORD 



R E WOOD. R. E. WOOD LUMBER COM- 

 PANY, BALTIMORE. 



entire energy of the association be devoted to 

 the work of Increasing the efficiency of associ- 

 ated etEort and in rendering the offices of the 

 Association Indispensable to the hardwood trade, 

 under the further belief that when this is accom- 

 plished It will not be necessary to urge lumber 

 men to join our organization, as the benefits 

 to be derived from such a connection will be 

 Plainly apparent to all. The president has 

 found his belief justified in this regard during 

 the last few months of his term by the increase 

 of applications for new memberships as well as 

 by the action of old members in paying dues 

 of from one to two years' standing, "is my 

 belief that this association has never possessed 

 a membership of a quality and a morale equal 

 to "hit shown by the records of the secretary 

 today. 



While there have been a number of resigna- 

 tions from our ranks during the past year 

 they have not been of a nature to occasion 

 concern on the part of those who possess faith 

 in the entire stability of this organization, but 

 a°e re-arded rather as properly belonging to the 

 sloughing process that invariably attends sound 

 and permanent growth. 



FINANCE. 



During the past year there have been ample 

 funds at all times with which to conduct the 

 affairs of the association and it is the belief 

 of the president that so long as this associa- 

 ?ion shall continue to earn valuable returns 

 po n the investments of its . members no 

 apprehension need ever be entertained as to any 



JOHN J. RDMBARGER. RUMBARGER LUM- 

 BER COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA. 



difficulty arising from a scarcity of money with 

 which to carry forward any practicable under- 

 taking that may be proposed in the interests 

 of its membership. . 



The secretary and treasurer follow me with 

 detailed reports, which will show receipts, dis- 

 bursements, cash balance on hand, etc. 



INSPECTION RULES. 



It is with much pleasure that I am able to 

 announce to vou the fact that the popularity 

 of the Inspection rules of this association is 

 increasing at a rapid rate in all markets of 

 this country. The reason for the favor with 

 wSh these rules are received I by -all branches 

 of the trade is on account of the fact tnat 

 thev are the composite product of the various 

 divisions of the trade instead of one particular 

 branch As these rules stand today they are 

 the product of a process of evolution rather 

 ban P the result of the application of arbitrary 

 and fixed ideas emanating from a selfish ma 01- 

 itv These rules have been amended from time 

 to time to conform more closely to the condi- 

 tions under which hardwood lumber is Produced 

 and at the same time to meet the requirements 

 of the consuming trade as far as practicable. 

 As a result of these efforts the rules as they 

 now exist are more satisfactory to the manu- 

 facturer dealer and consumer of lumber than 

 any other rules that have ever been introduced 



in Thl ruleV'as amended at the Cincinnati meet- 

 ing were issued December 1 in accordance with 

 th? decision arrived at at that meeting. While 

 It is not the policy of this association to make 



CLEM E. LLOYD. JR., THIRD VICE-PRESI- 

 DENT, CHERRY RIVER BOOM & LIM- 

 BER COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA. 



any radical change in its rules as they now 

 exist any effort that would result in improve- 

 ment or 'in making the terms of any rule more 

 explicit should not be viewed with disfavor by 

 tlxis mcctins 



The only complaint that has reached the ears 

 of the president during the past year regarding 

 these rules has been that portion covering the 

 inspection of cypress lumber, which portion of 

 our rules was adopted as a whole from the 

 rules of the Louisiana Cypress Association. 

 These cypress rules are of much importance to 

 our membership, owing to the fact that cypress 

 lumber is coming into general use throughou. 

 the entire country, and for this reason our 

 association has been frequently called upon dur- 

 ing the past year to apply its inspection upon 

 that class of lumber. It is, therefore, highly 

 important that a satisfactory set of cypress 

 rules be promulgated at an early date in order 

 to protect the interests of the members of this 

 association who manufacture and deal in that 

 kind of lumber. I recommend that action be 

 taken in the premises at this meeting. 



Upon various occasions the question has 

 arisen with regard to the expediency for the 

 free distribution of the Inspection rules of this 

 association. It is my belief that conditions now 

 demand a wider dissemination of knowledge re- 

 garding the inspection of the National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association than has hitherto been 

 deemed consistent, and that all restrictions of 

 every nature surrounding the free circulation of 

 its rules of inspection be removed. I, there- 

 fore recommend that the secretary be instructed 



WILLIAM E. Lll ■ LITCHFIELD 



BR' i I IN. 



GARDNER I. JONES. DIRECTOR, JONES 

 HARDWOOD COMPANY, BOSTON. 



W, LAWREN B, LAWRENCE & WIGGIN, 

 BOSTON. 



