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HARDWOOD RECORD 



February 10. 1921 



proposed cancellation of water competitive rates, which case is now 

 before the Interstate Commerce Commission. 



J. Randall Williams, Jr., Philadelphia, chairman of the committee on 

 forestr.v. submitted a lengthy report on the question of national forest 

 policy. The association has joined with others in requesting the Cham-' 

 ber of Commerce of the United States to issue a referendum to its mem- 

 bers on this broad question, and an appropriation has been made to assist 

 the national forest policy program committee in its propaganda. Until 

 there has been further opportunity for a study of legislation proposed, 

 and because of the probability of the national chamber's referendum, the 

 trustees withheld the endorsement of any specific forestry legislation at 

 this time. 



The association is represented at the housing conference In Washington 

 under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States by 

 President McClurc and National Councillor F. R. Babcock of Pittsburgh. 



Other reports were received from C. V. JlcCreigbt, Pittsburgh, chairman 

 committee on legislation, on the Wood bill : from J, B. Montgomery. Pitts- 

 burgh, chairman arbitration committee, on inter-association arbitration ; 

 from F. S. Underbill, Philadelphia, chairman committee on terms of sale 

 and trade ethics, on uniform order blanks, each of whom are still con- 

 sidering these matters through their respective committees. 



Those present were : President J. W. McClure, Memphis, Tenn. : D. O. 

 Anderson, Marion, S. C. ; J. C. Campbell. Tioga, W. Va. ; G. C. Edwards. 

 Ottawa, Ont. ; T. B. Hammer. Philadelphia. Pa. ; G. F. Kerns, Chicago, 

 111. ; H. W. McDonough. Boston, Mass. : F. R. Babcock. Pittsburgh, Pa. ; 

 C. H. Barnaby, Greencastle, Ind. ; J. II. Burton, New York City : Robert G. 

 Kay, Philadelphia, Pa. : A. E. Clark, Toronto, Canada ; John McLeod, 

 Buffalo, N. Y. ; S. C. Major, Memphis, Tenn. ; W. H. Schuette, Pittsburgh. 

 Pa. ; E. F. Perry, resident vice-pre.sident ; W. W. Schupner, secretary, and 

 W. S. Phippen, traffic manager. 



Southwestern Oak Manufacturers Will Advertise Product 



A fund was pledged by the Southwest<'i-n Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Club at the annual meeting in New Orleans. Jan. 27, to a campaign of pub- 

 licity to advertise the virtues and promote the use of oak in the manu- 

 facture of furniture, interior trim and other high class wood products. 

 Tlhis action followed an address by Harold E. Everley of the W. M. Ritter 

 Lumber Company, Columbus, O.. in which the speaker pointed out the 

 splendid advantages that have accrued to cypress, gum and other lumber 

 through extensive and intelligent advertising. The campaign will he-con- 

 ducted largely through the daily press and trade journals, and, according 

 to Mr. Everley's estimate, will require about $25,000 of the club's funds in 

 the next eighteen months. The action of the club will be reported to the 

 American Hardwood Manufacturers' .Association at the annual meeting of 

 thaf organization. E. J. Coppock was elected president of the organiza- 

 tion, succeeding F. L. Adams. Others elected to serve during the ensuing 

 year were as fallows : L. D. Lurry, first vice-president : W. D. Brewer, 

 second vice-president ; W. P. Tongu. third vice-president ; A. C. Bowen. 

 secretary-treasurer, re-elected. Directors : J. B. Robinson, A. C. Bohlsen, 

 V. E. Porter and F. H. Siinguinett. 



Headquarters Now in Washington 



The main office of the National Lumber ^lanufaeturers' Association was 

 moved from Chicago the last week in January, and since Feb. 1 has been 

 located in the Southern building. Washington. D. C. The personnel of 

 the organization moved on to the national capital practically intact. 



The offices of the Utilization and Waste Prevention Bureau will remain 

 in Chicago in charge of G. E. Paul, consulting engineer of the Technical 

 and Research Bureau of the National Association. These offices will con- 

 tinue to serve as a convenient central headquarters for the association. 



Memphis Club Authorizes Arbitration Body 



The low and insurance committee, which was recently charged with 

 preparing certain changes in the <onstitution and by-laws, brought in 

 recommendations which provide that secretaries and managers of lum- 

 ber organizations may be eligible to membership and which also provide 

 for an arbitration committee to adjudicate disputes between members of 

 the as.sociation or between members and non-members. The arbitration 

 committee is to be composed of the members of the advisory board, con- 

 sisting of all the former presidents of this organization, and it is to be 

 clothed with plenary powers for arbitration of such disputes as have 

 been mentioned. It is provided that not less than three members of the 

 board shall sit in any case and that no member of the board shall take 

 part in any adjustment in which he is directly or indirectly interested. 

 Members of the club are under the necessity of submitting to arbitration 

 whenever they are asked to do so. under penalty of suspension for one 

 year in the event they fail to do so. After such suspension they may be 

 reinstated only by making application for membership just a.s they did 

 when they were first elected. Requests for arbitration must be addressed, 

 in writing, to the president of the club. The board, it is provided, is to 

 have power "to determine the manner in which evidence shall be sub- 

 mitted and to assess any expenses incurred in the arbitration." 



These proposed amendments to the constitution and by-laws will be 

 voted on at the first regular meeting in March, as certain notice of changes 

 must be given the membership lii^fori' a vote is taken. 



Regionals Are Endorsing National Publicity Drive 



The recommendation of the board of directors of the National Lumber 

 Manufacturers' -Association that the subscribing regional associations take 

 immediate action to provide for the raising of an advertising fund on the 



basis of 2 cents per thousand feet cut in 1920, is receiving endorsement 

 from the regionals as rapidly as it is being presented to their meetings. 

 Among those which have met and pledged their support to the fund thus 

 far are the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, 

 the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, the Southern Cypress 

 Association, the West Coast Lumbermen's Association and the Southern 

 Pine Association. 



As soon as the other regionals have had an opportunity to pass on the 

 recommendation and ail have named their representatives to the committee 

 which will direct the publicity, a meeting of this committee will be held 

 for the purpose of considering the details of the plan to nationally adver- 

 tise the lumber industry. 



The recommendation which is now going the rounds of the regionals 

 was unanimously adopted by the National's directors at a si)ecial meeting 

 held at the residence of Edward Hines in Chicago on Jan. 23. following 

 the joint meeting of the lumber with other building material interests, 

 to attempt a solution of the housing problem. The resolution as adopted 

 by the board is practically the same resolution known as proposal number 

 1 of resolution 5, adopted by the conference of lumbermen held in Chicago 

 Jan. 5 and G. 



Hardwood Exporters Demand Fair Play from British 



The annual meeting of the National Lumber E.xporters' Association, held 

 on January 26 and 27 at the New Willard Hotel in Washington, D. C, 

 proved to be of exceptional interest, and was more largely attended than 

 any similar gathering with the exception of the one that took place at New 

 Orleans, when the exporters of that section came out in a body. Various 

 matters of the greatest importance to the shippers of lumber and logs to 

 foreign markets came up and action was taken that cannot fail to have a 

 weighty influence upon the business. 



One of these matters was the adoption of a system of measurement on 

 American hardwoods and mahogany at the port of London. The Hard- 

 wood Section of the Timber Trade Federation of the United Kingdom had 

 during the last year held several conferences with Gustave A. Farber, 

 vice-president of the N. L. E. A., and foreign director of Russe & Burgess, 

 Inc., of Memphis, Tenn.. with the result that a form of measurement satis- 

 factory to American exporters was agreed upon. It was this agreement 

 that received ratification at the meeting of the National Lumber Exporters' 

 Association. 



The understanding uow in force with the Liverpool Timber Trade .Asso- 

 ciation covering the measurement of .American hardwoods at Liverpool 

 was extended until the end of the present year, at which time it is to be 

 made permanent. 



-Another topic which involved not only plain business cousideratious but 

 was made a matter for patriotic expression was the attitude taken by 

 the two British organizations toward the vessels controlled by the United 

 States Shipping Board. Both bodies have passed strong resolutions 

 requesting their members to refuse acceptance of documents covering 

 export shipments when these latter were made in .American bottoms. In 

 the early part of January last brokers in the United Kingdom even went 

 so far as to insert in their contracts clauses requiring lumber to be for- 

 warded in bottoms other than those controlled by the United States Ship- 

 ping Board, thus establishing a virtual boycott. This practice was held 

 to be repugnant to the Americanism of the members of the N. L. E. A., and 

 so contrary to a sense of justice and right that the annual meeting pro- 

 ceeded to take sharp issue with the British brokers and their organiza- 

 tions. A resolution was adopted requesting in unequivocal terms that the 

 British associations rescind their objectionable resolution, as the conditions 

 complained of by the organizations in question had been greatly modified. 

 It was set forth that the Shipping Board contended that the conditions 

 complained of were the outgrowth of the chaotic state of affairs imme- 

 diately following the war, and that every possible effort was being made 

 to remove all just cause for complaint. The secretary was directed to 

 forward copies of the resolutions without delay. 



Reports giving resumes of the business conditions of the last year, 

 with forecasts for the future, so far as forecasts can be made, were sub- 

 mitted by Edward Barber of the Howard & Barber Company of Cincin- 

 nati, the retiring president ; by Harvey M. Dickson, the secretary, and by 

 Frank Tiffany, the foreign repr(\sentative of the association. Mr. Farber 

 also gave his views on the situation abroad. -According to the statement 

 of the secretary, the membership is now larger than ever before, with the 

 influence of the organization accordingly increased. The treasurer. John L. 

 -Alcock, stated that the finances were in excellent condition. 



The election of officers resulted as follows : 



President — R. S. Huddleston, .Astoria Mahogany Company, Long Island 

 City, N. Y. 



First vice-president — John W. McClure, Bellgrade Lumber Comjiany, 

 Memphis, Tenn. 



Second vice-president — Gustave -A. Farber. foreign director of Russe & 

 Burgess, Inc., at London, England. 



Secretary — Harvey M. Dickson. Baltimore. 



Treasurer — John L. Alcock. John L. -Alcock & Co.. Baltimore. 



Directors — W. E. H.vde. Hyde Lumber Company, South Bend. Ind. ; J. J. 

 Llnehan. Mowbray & Robinson Company, Cincinnati, O. ; Harry C. Fowler, 

 Case-Fowler Lumber Company. Macon, Ga. ; R. D. McLean of McLean 

 Mahogany & Cedar Company, Buffalo, N. Y., and D. D. Hartlove, Price & 

 Heald, Baltimore. 



