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J. V. STIMSUN, lllNTINGBURG, IND. 



to mall free to any manufacturer, dealer or con- 

 sumer, upon application, copies of the inspec- 

 tion rules of this association. 



INSPECTION. 



The report of the chairman of the Inspection 

 Bureau Committee will show a favorable com- 

 parison with other years in the amount of 

 lumber inspected under the system of bonded 

 certificates of this association. Just what the 

 amount is I am unable to state, as I have ' 

 ever been more interested in methods than in 

 quantity. I would have more pride in the 

 inspection of fifty million feet of lumber by this 

 association, with the positive knowledge that 

 every board had been intelligently, fairly and 

 honestly graded, than I would have in the in- 

 spection of five hundred million feet regarding 

 which there might exist some doubt as to the 

 fairness and honesty of the grading. 



This brings us face to face with the crux 

 of the situation involving a proper application 

 of the inspection of this association. When this 

 problem is solved in a practical and satisfactory 

 manner we shall possess the key to the solution 

 of every other question connected with our asso- 

 ciated labors. 



In the sentiment expressed by President 

 Roosevelt, we have a safe starting point : "A 

 square deal to every man. No more, no less." 



The inspection of this association must not 

 be in the interest of any particular locality, of 

 any particular branch of the trade, of any par- 

 ticular market, or of any particular individual. 

 But it must be in the interest o£ every locality, 

 of both branches of the trade, of every market 

 and of every member of this association. 



W. W. KNIGHT, LONG-KNIGHT LUMBER 

 COMPANY, INDIANAPOLIS. 



The inspection of the National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association must not be converted Into 

 a selfish instrument for the advantage of any 

 man or group of men. If any man expects to 

 deliver a lower grade of lumber than that which 

 he contracts to deliver upon the rules of this 

 association, or if any man expects to obtain 

 a better grade of lumber than that which he 

 contracts to receive upon the rules of this asso- 

 ciation, such men are doomed to disappointment 

 if they rely upon the assistance of this asso- 

 ciation for aid in such practices. But if a man 

 desires to deliver the grade that he sells, or if 

 another man desires to receive the grade that 

 he buys, such men may rely to the uttermost 

 upon the ability of this association for protec- 

 tion and assistance. It should be thoroughly 

 understood that the National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association only proposes to protect honest men 

 in honest deals from loss resulting from igno- 

 rance or dishonesty on the part of others. 



In order to guarantee the strict performance 

 of the function outlined above, the efficiency 

 of the inspection of the association must be 

 maintained to such a degree as to inspire abso- 

 lute confidence in the certificates of inspection 

 issued by the association. 



At the last annual meeting the chairman 

 of the Inspection Bureau Committee recom- 

 mended that salaried inspectors be installed in 

 the various leading hardwood markets of this 

 country as rapidly as the resources of the asso- 

 ciation would permit. This recommendation was 

 concurred in by the membership, and during the 

 past year inspectors drawing salaries direct 

 from the association have been located at Buf- 



J. M. PRITCHARD, LONG-KNIGHT LUMBER 

 COMPANY, INDIANAPOLIS. 



falo, Cincinnati, Chicago, St Louis, Memphis 

 and New Orleans, and at a recent meeting of 

 the board of managers the surveyor general was 

 directed to place salaried inspectors in Grand 

 Rapids. New York, St. Paul and Minneapolis. 



It has been the endeavor of those who have 

 had this part of the work in charge to secure 

 for these salaried positions men entirely compe- 

 tent ; in the ability, courage and integrity of 

 whom implicit reliance can be placed ; men who 

 will not be swayed by any influence, either 

 direct or indirect. It is gratifying for me to be 

 able to report that in nearly every instance 

 where those salaried inspectors have been in 

 the employment of the association for a suf- 

 ficient length of time to produce results they 

 have been self-sustaining as a result of the 

 fees accruing to the association from their ser- 

 vices. But this feature of the matter is only 

 secondary. It is my belief that this association 

 can well afford to maintain these inspectors, 

 even though no revenue whatever reverts to its 

 treasury as a result of their labors. Their 

 presence in the various markets is bound to 

 exert a deterrent effect upon any who might 

 otherwise presume to carry through an unfair 

 Inspection. Therefore, the cost of their main- 

 tenance, let it be what it may to the association, 

 should be viewed in the light of protective in- 

 surance and should be cheerfully borne by the 

 membership. 



CONSTITUTION AND BT-LAWS. 



During the past year it became apparent to 

 those who have come into close connection with 

 the executive work of the National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association that in some particulars 



B. F. SWAIN, DIRECTOR, DHEUR & SWAIN" 

 LUMBER COMPANY, SEYMOUR, 1ND. 



HENRY MALEY, EDINBURG, IND. 



S. BURKHOLDBR, S. BCRKHOLDER LUMBER 

 COMPANY, CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN . 



