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HARDWOOD RECORD 



EDWARD .1 ViiI'M;. BRITTIXGHAM & 

 YOUNG iiiMi'AW MADISON, WIS. 



pleasure of tl'" meeting, we will hear fn m 

 Mr. Perry. 



Mr. E. F. Perry — Mr: President and gen 

 tlemen, I hardly expected thi- opportunity 

 tlii- morning; 1 iliil not bring certain papers 



I have will ■ as 1 thought this would i 



ujp tomorrow. I would prefer awaiting an- 

 other opportunity. I have the plaint 



which we have asked the Interstate Commen 

 Commission to ilraw up. which 1 would like 

 in present to you. 



Mr. O. 0. Agler I move that this be n 

 ii special order of business for tomorrow 

 morning at ten o'clock. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



i in motion, duly seconded, recess was ta 

 until 2 p. in. 



Second Session Thursday. 



The second session was called to ordei 

 l o'clock p. in., the delaj being oecasii 

 by the inability of the committees to finish 

 their business at an earlier hour. 



President Palmer — Mr. Xeager, chair- 

 man lit' the Entertainment Committee of Buf- 

 falo, has .-i request to make of Lhe members 

 present. 



Mr. Yeager- The Buffalo ladies have 

 planned to give the visiting ladies a little en- 

 tertainment tomorrow and we should like to 

 find nut how many of the gentlemen present 



D. 



'LARK, DIRECTOR OSBORNE & CLARK. 

 MIXNEA1 i 



their wives and sweethearts present with 

 tbem so that we can gel them together. 

 (Laughter.) 1 would ask all those who are 

 accompanied by either their wives or sweet- 

 hearts to raise their hands. (Several members 

 raised their hands.) We haven't any ladies 

 here for you. 



President Palmer — We regret the delaj 

 that lias occurred in assembling this after 

 noon, because our time will be too short to 

 accomplish the work before the meeting, but 

 the committees have been very earnestly en- 

 d in the work they have before them. 

 and they felt it was proper that that work 

 should be put in concrete form for your con- 

 sideration, and while they have In en as ex- 

 peditious as possible, it has b i impossible 



for them to have their reports readj at an 

 earlier hour. The chairman of the Inspection 

 Bureau Committee will now present his re- 

 port. 



Repori of Inspection Bureau Committee. 



At the last annual meeting "t our Inspection 



i "I Maj . 4. ;ii ' 'ii,. urn. iii. there was 



i i esolutii ii passed t.. thi effi i I that thi 



survej oi gi neral and inspectoi - of the \ i i - 



cities should be placed on a salaried b 



committee immediately proceeded to 

 change the method of operation to conform 

 '" the resolution above alluded to. It is 

 ess, however, to s.n we experienced a 

 les, and for the first few 

 months of the fiscal year ''1111111?.' May 1 we 

 wen by numerous difficulties 



and condition: in deciding which cities were 



- ; " be able to suppoi 1 1 lali; sup 



port 11 'i inspectoi without too gr at a cost 

 i" He .i' — lation he 11.. n ason that 

 plai es 'ill lei- an inspectoi where the 



mittee knew the n fpts would not n 1 



the appointment with thi 



1 ommand of our < i . pai tmi nt, to say noth- 



■i the verj m. ei dim, uiiv in n g 1 hi 



proper men to nil these posit 



Wi havi ppointed Inspectors at si 



■■ most impoi tant We have 



now in New Fork .1 sail 1 insp ctor w 1 



si 11 also one In Buffalo Oui 



Ni h Orleans man has cosl Un- 

 less than fiftj pi 1 ■ salary and 



''-. •■ have also establi in at 



who has carried on the work in a 



very satisfactory mann r, with practically no 



' ' ' * the associat Out Mi nphis 



■ Lboul nim m h 1 mploj mi nt ha 



cost Hi. a less than UOO We have 



ilso had salai Ii ,1 inspei tors at other po 



for a s 1 urn., who 1 i„- ,, at wot 1. 



long em ug] 1.. m iki repoi 1 to the 



committee, We will say. however, thai wi 



'" ^erj much in m • a at pri -■nt of in- 



' Grand Rapid Milw tuki e St 



Baltimore Philadelphia ami the N< n 



"■I st;ii,.-. and tin ough the sin 



iri doing our best i- find uitabli 

 m.-n t" till these 1 osit ions. 

 In this connection w< wish to impress upon 



eacl in b 1 ol thi .1 01 iation the i'er] g 



importance of having a man In every w 



competent and above suspic a.s t.. his sus- 



lilitj We find man; Inspectoi - preju 

 dli ' a in favor of the markets in which thi 

 been working. The licensed salaried 

 in these important points an 1 

 I ■ deputies of the surveyor general, and 

 often act in his capacity, owing to the facl 

 that the markets an so n Id [3 - parati .1 that 

 It is practi tally impossible for him to visit 

 everi point « here his , 1 . ni edi d 



a ■ biter betw • 1 n but ei and sell< r. 

 V«. in commute! is very glad to report that 

 thi working of this system sine.- the last an- 

 nual meeting has bei n 1 at Isfactor 



ically all th contracts for hardw 1 



in the entire countrj are based upon the 



National Hardw 1 Lumber Association Rules 



of Inspection All thi buj ers of lum- 

 ber in th untry, including the United states 



nmi it, are using out Rul I 



as .i basis for the purchasi of hardw 1 lum- 



ber; It is also a basis of ai bitration of ne trh 

 ill of the foreign countries for the settlement 

 ii any disputes which may arise between 

 buyi 1 and - llei Thi re are now seventy- 

 three licensed bonded inspectors. There has 

 been inspi cted and ci rtifli ates Issued, dui 

 ins the fiscal 1 May 1. 95,822.931 



feet of lumber, although as a matter- of fact 



this only represi nl ery small 1 itagi 



of the li irdw 1 lumbei bought and sul.l b 1 



"ii oui rules ol ins pei tion Tfaere have 1 n 



during the fiscal year alsi ■ erj 1 w contro 

 1 1 1 in. 1 lority of which have i" 1 1 

 settled without reinspection. 



We, ' tr opinion, think the present work- 

 ings of tie [nspectloi Bureau are Idealistic 

 ' an absolutely .ii'. 1 basis, and within 



i; .1 LAXDECK, ['AGE & LAXDECK LUMBER 

 COMPANY, MII.w \i KE1 



a very short time will have tin- entire coun- 

 try usmt< hardwood covered by ear system, 

 : -iniwri that the more general 



in 11 -, of t In- systi in i" comes. 1 he greater 

 tlie benefit derived bj He- Individual mem- 

 ber, ami we stronglj recommend it- more 



general use bj the association, Resi tfully 



submitted, 



Mr. Thompson The president ami secre 

 tary have touched upon our work ami 

 allowed us to make our report a little mure 



1 1 ief than »■• ;n ight ha\ e doi I hern ise. 1 E 



1 inn ;n , :in\ inferioi 1 r bad result - gron ing 

 nut ei the workings of tin - Inspection Bu- 

 I believe t he members will find that it 

 1- their own fault entirely. As we have said 

 in this report, we lime had a good many ob- 

 stacles i" ovi re \ man w Im can be hired 



on a ..in', a- inspector, who is capable of 

 ^.iiie. mil and practically arbitrating bel 

 the buyer ami seller, as the surveyor general 

 proposes to do I say such men are scarce 

 ami hard tn yet. Eve n member of em' com- 

 mittee lias worked strenuously ami one of- 

 tin- chief reasons whj we haven't men in the 

 market today, aside from the funds .1 

 taineil. which we expect in the first few 

 months of the fiscal year, which, however, 

 nie in.u ample, is simply the lack of timber. 

 When yen |uii a man ii\e or six hundred 

 miles 111:11 te inspect lumber between buyer 



ami seller, he has got tn lie a man absolutely 



honest in every hair- of his head. If you 



don't the system I- e.nine tn lie ;i failure. 



With all those contingencies during the last 



<;. VON PLATEN, G \ 1 1.\ PLATEN, BOYNE 



CITY, Mini. """" 



