February 10, 1921 



Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



31 



New Rotary Veneer Rules Adopted 



S. M. Nickey Is Elected Chairman of Commercial Rotary Veneer Association at Annual Meeting 



The adoption of a revised sales code and inspection 

 rules, was the chief accomplishment of the Commercial 

 Rotary Veneer Club of the American Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers' Association, in annual meeting at Memphis, 

 Tenn., Jan. 22- The 'code and rules were formulated 

 by a committee headed by R. L. Jurden of the Penrod- 

 Jurden Company, Memphis. The new regulations w^ill 

 go into effect as soon as they can be printed and dis- 

 tributed to the members. The secretary received instruc- 

 tions to attend to this without delay. 



At the annual election of officers, S. M. Nickey was 

 elected chairman of the club and the following other of- 

 ficers to serve with him for the ensuing year: E. B. Snyder 

 of Memphis, vice-chairman; directors, J. C. Hill, High 

 Point, N. C. ; Dan Stewart, Tuscaloosa, Ala. ; T. V. Ashby, 

 Jackson, Miss.; W. J. Lovelace, Cotton Plant, Ark. 



The text of the code and inspection rules is as follow^s: 

 Sales Code 



When quotations, orders or contracts covering the sale of Com- 

 mercial Rotary Cut Veneers are made or entered into with members 

 of the American Hardwood Manufacturers* Association and con- 

 tain the clause "subject to the sales code and inspection rules of 

 the Commercial Rotary Veneer Department of the American Hard- 

 w^ood Manufacturers' Association, adopted December I , I 920," 

 all transactions shall be governed and controlled (w^ith such ex- 

 ceptions as are specifically made in writing) by the said sales code 

 and inspection rules. 



All quotations are made subject to prior sale, immediate accept- 

 ance, change without notice and purchaser's credit rating proving 

 satisfactory to the seller. If during the life of any order or contract 

 the financial responsibility of the purchaser becomes impaired or 

 unsatisfactory to the seller, then cash payment for accounts due 

 or goods to be shipped may be demanded and in default of which 

 the order or contract may be cancelled by the seller. 

 Orders, Contracts, Acknowledgments 



All orders or contracts shall be in writing and signed by both 

 parties or signed by the buyer and accepted in writing by the 

 seller. 



All orders or contracts are subject to the approval and con- 

 firmation at the main or home office of the seller and are not bind- 

 ing unless confirmed in writing. 



Acknowledgment of orders by the seller shall state fully and 

 in detail the sellers* understanding of the order or contract and 

 shipment to be made in accordance herewith. Omissions, errors 

 or misunderstandings should be corrected by purchaser by return 

 mail. 



Any changes or alterations in an order must be agreed to and 

 confirmed by both parties. 



All details in regard to specifications, grade, part piece stock. 

 the dimension in length w^ith the grain and the dimension in width 

 across the grain and all other details must be explicit. 

 Loss or Damage in Transit 



The seller does not guarantee safe delivery nor insure against 

 breakage, loss or damage to material ^vhile in transit. 



Dimension Stock 



Orders for log run, sheet stock or dimension cut veneer are not 

 subject to cancellation, unless the seller fails to have the stock 

 ready for shipment within the time specified and then the buyer 

 must give the seller ten days notice to ship the goods or any 

 portion of the order that is ready for shipment before the order 

 can be cancelled and the seller shall have the right to ship that 

 portion of the order ready for shipment or that portion that is 

 cut and in process of drying. 



Invoices 



Promptly upon acceptance of shipment by initial line of railroad, 

 the seller shall mail to the purchaser an invoice, giving full informa- 

 tion in connection with the shipment. Invoice to bear date coin- 

 cident with bill of lading, and errors, omissions, etc., are subject 

 to correction. 



General Contingency Clause 



Quotations are based upon and orders and contracts accepted 

 under a "General Contingency Clause" which recognizes that the 

 seller shall not be held liable for delays or non-delivery of material 

 when occasioned by strikes, floods, fires, epidemics, inability to 

 secure cars, delays of carriers or any other cause w^hatsoever be- 

 yond the control of the seller, and shipments and deliveries may be 

 delayed or suspended until such causes and their effects have been 

 removed. 



Terms of Payment 



All stock is sold on a basis of "f. o. b. mill, net cash thirty days 

 from date of invoice.'* 



If the buyer desires, and it is agreeable to the seller, then settle- 

 ment may be made by ninety day acceptance, provided acceptance 

 is furnished to the seller within ten days from the date of the 

 invoice and. further, provided that the buyer shall pay interest to 

 the seller for the period of time taken beyond thirty days from 

 date of invoice and interest shall be at current banking rate and 

 acceptance shall be made payable in funds at par in the federal 

 reserve bank district in which seller is located. 



Reinspection or Remeasurement 



In the event of complaint by the buyer on the quality or grade 

 of the material shipped, the purchaser shall receive and unload 

 shipment and hold any rejected or disputed material intact, prop- 

 erly protected, and shall, within five days from receipt of ship- 

 ment, file complaint with the seller. If the complaint is on measure- 

 ment or on both inspection and measurement, the entire contents 

 of the carload must be held intact and payment of the freight 

 charges or of the invoice shall not be considered as an acceptance of 

 the shipment by the buyer nor shall such payment work a forfeiture 

 of the right of the buyer to enter complaint and to have adjustment 

 of same. 



Upon receipt of complaint from the purchaser and in the event 

 an adjustment cannot be made betw^een the seller and the pur- 

 chaser, then the seller may request the American Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers' Association to appoint an arbitrator to provide reinspec- 

 tion or remeasurement, as the case may be, according to the inspec- 

 tion rules of the Commercial Rotary Veneer Department of the 

 association in effect at the time of the execution of the contract 

 and the purchaser shall lend all reasonable assistance to facilitate 

 the inspection or remeasurement. 



A certificate is to be issued by the arbitrator, showing the name 

 of the seller and the purchaser and the results of the reinspection 

 or remeasurement and the original copy of this certificate to be 

 mailed to the seller and duplicate to the purchaser. 



The party at fault shall pay all costs of such reinspection or re- 

 measurement and the decision of the arbitrator shall be binding 

 upon both the purchaser and seller. 



The purchaser shall accept all material of the grade and kind 

 purchased and all of the low^er grade of material, not to exceed 

 ten (10) per cent, and pay foresaid lower grade material at the 

 proportionate price to be fixed by the arbitrator. 



General Rules 



All rotary cut stock shall be of uniform and standard machine 

 gauged thickness. Stock of all grades and kinds must be cut 

 solid and dried so that it will not mould or damage in transit and 

 be sufficiently flat to straiehten under the press without splitting. 



Surface dimensions shall always be given: first, the thickness; 

 second, the width across the grain; and. third, the length with the 

 grain. 



All specifications for special stock, not covered by these rules, 

 shall be a matter of special contract between the buyer and the 

 seller. 



Measurement 



All log run and sheet stock of random widths shall be measured 

 by taping and all dimension stock, in all grades, shall be computed 

 on the basis of the sizes given and without allowance for trimming. 



The standard grades of commercial Rotary Cut Veneer shall be 

 as follow^s : 



I . Faces. 



2. Backs. 



3. Dimension Stock. 



4. Drawer Bottoms. 

 3. Crossbanding. 



6. Core or Center Stock. 



7. Unselected Log Run. 



8. Unselected Sheet Stock. 



