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HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Uking into roDKidrriition all prrw^iit rule* for in»p<><-tioii of v«rloui 

 ty|H>ii ot thin I ' .. lur*<l by JilTorfm Kruu])* of nianu- 



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AFTERNOON SESSION 

 r tito Udual liuffot lumh. wlinh hnK ln'.oiiir ii mtv plc>ii!iilit( 

 .• of those meoting!!, W. K. .Mokh, vii-<'|>rfsiiloiit of the 

 Illinois Commeroial Ke«leratioii, (."hiriijjo. III., ii>lclri'j«mMl the inoiii 

 bent on the »ubjo«-t, " I'onmierfe of lllinoix iiiul What t^hnuhl He 

 Done." Mr. Moiw'» remarku did not refer upofifioiilly to the prob- 

 lems confronting thin lumber manufaetiircrii, but j>nvc an inter- 

 estin); view of the gencrnl commercial probliMiis roiifrontlnp Illinois 

 manufacturers anil biisim-is iin'ii. 



Special Traffic Committee's Report 

 D. E. Kline wa.i at the last special meotiiiji nppointoil chuirniiin 

 of the special traffic committee, charged with the task of answering 

 the questions propounded by the Interstate Commerce Commission 

 on the general reclassification of forest products. His preliminary 

 talk was a review of the whole subject and of the questions and 

 answers published and filed with the answers of twenty-four other 

 associations. Mr. Kline pointed out that the answer to one of 

 the questions gives the definition of three classifications of products 

 as conceivcil by manufacturers of thin lumber. These classifica- 

 tions are rough logs and flitches, lumber rough and sawed and, 

 third, further fabricated products, such as compound wood, etc. 

 The answer to another- question contended that thin lumber is en- 

 titled to lumber rates just as much as any thickness of more 

 imposing stock even up to 4", and that there is no basis for classi- 

 fication except upon the degree of fabrication of raw material. 

 The association answered in the negative to the commission's ques- 

 tion as to the advisability of maintaining lower rates on low- 

 grades. This same question was applied to ' ' woods of value ' ' and 

 the committee answered that this term is a misnomer varying 

 widely in application with conditions and was arbitrarily adopted 

 bv the carriers for the purjiose of putting into effect higher rates. 

 There followed a discussion of the proper financing of the work 

 and after considerable talk, in which J. 11. Towiishond, manager of 

 the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, and .\. E. Solie of 

 Wausau, Wis., manager of the Central Wisconsin Traffic Bureau. 

 gave their views, the matter was left as before in the hands of 

 the special committee, which had not pushed the question of finances 

 because of the absence heretofore of an urgent necessity for funds. 

 However, each member was urged to do his part, and the general 

 opinion was that the committee would have no difficulty in raising 

 the necessary money. It was lirought out in Mr. Kline'.'! report 

 that it is the desire of the committee to obtain the regular lumber 

 rates on thin lumber and to establish a proper conception in the 

 minds of the railroads and Interstate Commerce Commission of 

 he unfairness of considering that thin lumber can afford to pay 

 a higher rate than thick lumber, and also the general injustice 

 of the misapplication of the word "veneer" as it has been ae- 

 '^pted as applying to thin lumber. 

 Mr. Townsend and Mr. Lolie in their talks described the work 

 that has been done, showing that those in charge of collecting the 

 m-idence have accomplished a great deal. Their presentation of 

 ■ he case will be accompanied by exhibitions of photographs, charts 

 and concrete evidence of the unjust burden that is now being car- 

 ried by manufacturers of thin lumber. 



Twenty New Members Elected 



There then followed the report of the membership committee, 

 composed of H. B. Sale, chairman, J. D. Staples and .T. T. Home. 

 The following applications were acted upon favorably: 



S. H. Smith Compnnv. Indinnapolis. lod. ; Slmonds Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, Chicago, 111.; Cleveland Knife & Forge Company. Cleveland, Ohio; 

 Furniture Manufacturer and Artisan, Grand Rapids, Mich. ; Merritt Man- 

 ufacturing Company. Lockport. N. Y. : Philadelphia Testllc Machinery 

 Company. Philadelphia. Pa. ; Delaney & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. ; Henry 

 Disston & Sons, Philadelphia. Pa. : Hardwood Mills Lumber Company, 



('btcns... Ill ; Idi'nl Caaled Paper Compaojr, Ilrimkllrld, Man. ; CaplUI 

 Ma.' <i>. Iiidlnii«p<i||<, liid. ; IVrklna <ilu>- I'nmpan.v, Houlh tU-nd, 



InO > V«i r I'liiiipniiv Kvannvllliv Iml. ; Ikiiululon Maliuiiniiy 



4 \ . ('(fiiipaiiy. <in-<-ii>IIU», 



J,'. 1 r Knighl l.iiiiilH-r fo., 



InilliiiiiM"""". i"'i . "I"" t^" ir"".'- < '""" '. Ohio; lx-wl> Thonip- 



Bon & <"ci , Amorln, Ixing Uland, N. V. ; llowilcr Vcnwr »"<imiiau.v, Indian- 

 aptilln, Ind. 



The ln«t diseuMion of regular buainow wa» on the queiilion of 

 counselor and delegate to the National Chamber of Commerco mcot- 

 ing, whii'h will be held in Waiihington in .Innunry. Thin matter 

 wan left over until the evening senHion. 



The convention then ndjuurneil until dinner, which wna nerved 

 in the biillroom, in which the meeting look place. 



Election of Officers 



The dinner wait followed by tin' elci-tion of officers fur 191fi, 

 who are: 



PuEsiDENT, J. T. ICdwardx. Mwlford, Win. 



FlusT ViCB-PuCKiDKNT, A. E. (jurlmm. Ml. I'li-nkrinl, Mich. 



Second VickI'hukidknt, J. D. .Mnrln, liidlnnii|i<>llH, Ind. 



TillUD VlcuI'iii:siI>i;.\T, .1. T. Iloriii-, Tuiiraloopui, Ala. 



Tbeaki'Iii:!!, K. 11. ln-fcliauKli. <'hlcnK". 111. 



Sei-iietahy, lliiward S. Youuk, IndlaniiiKilU. Ind. 



DiiiKiToiis : It. \V. I,<iril, Kanvillc, Ky., 8. B. Andoraon, .Mcmplila, 

 Tenu., II. K. Kline, l.onlKvillo, Ky. 



B. W'. Lord was chosen as national counselor and delegate to the 

 Chamber of Commerce of the I'nited States. It was decided to 

 hold the semi-annual meeting of the association in Indianapolis, Ind. 



Car Activity Shows Prosperity 



Reports issued by the Illinois I cntral i-overing its business on 

 its southern lines during the first week in December showed that 

 there were 4G7 more cars of lumber handled during that period 

 than for the same week last year and that there was also an in- 

 crease of 429 in the number of cars of logs handled. It has been 

 known for some time that the Illinois Central and other lines in 

 the South were handling a great deal more lumber, as well as more 

 timber, but this report from the traffic dejiartnient is the first con- 

 crete evidence of the extent of this gain. 



Lumbermen Present Arguments 



On December 15 the Federal Trade Commission met lumbermen 

 at Washington and listened to arguments presented by Joseph N. 

 Teal of Portland, Ore., and L. C. Boyle of Kansas City, on behalf 

 of the lumber interests. Men prominent in the lumber business 

 were present from all sections of the country, and a number of 

 congressmen from lumber states were in attendance. 



The commission has finished its field study of forest products 

 and has investigated the numerous problems which are associated 

 with the lumber business. Meetings were held in different parts 

 of the country and local questions were considered in their bearing 

 upon the problem as a whole. The meeting in the nation's capital 

 was intended as a conclusion and summary. The commission was 

 prepared to ILsten to the final arguments put forw.ard by the 

 lumber interests through the attorneys in whose hands the work 

 had been placed. 



The exact field to be included in the commission's investigation 

 regarding lumber, and the precise powers possessed by the commis- 

 sion, were never very clearly defined. Lumbermen had clear-cut 

 ideas as to what they wanted, but it was somewhat uncertain how 

 far the commission had authority to go. That being the situa- 

 tion when the final meeting assembled in Washington, it was left 

 for the lumbermen's attorneys, Mr. Teal and Mr. Boyle, to an- 

 nounce what was wanted and to present argument to prove that 

 the requests should be granted. 



Both attorneys spoke at length, reviewing the investigations 

 and specifically pointing out measures which ought to be taken for 

 relief of the lumber industry. Combinations of some kind to pro- 

 mote export trade, and more ships to carry lumber, were among 

 the measures which, in the opinion of the speakers, could be turned 

 to the advantage of the lumber business. The possibility of a 

 combine among sawmills in the form of a trust was denied, and 

 the ever-present waste problems came in for their perennial airings. 



