January 23, 1916 



C. CRANE, CINCINNATI, O 



nrUKE, CIIAULESTON, MISS. 



having an intimatp knowledge of prices tliat are being obtained for 

 any kind and grade of soutbern hardwood. It is particularly useful to 

 the smaller mills, whose production is not large enough to warrant the main- 

 tenance of a sales department. 



The report is sent to those members who contribute to it, to the trade 

 Journals and to a number of the departments at Washington, among 

 which is the Federal Trade Commission. 



A new edition of our standard liook of grading rules was issued October 

 1, 1915. No changes in the rules have been made this year, and the new 

 book differs from that of Jlay 1, 1913, only in that the changes which were 

 made in the rules for box boards, elm, maple and sycamore, at Memphis, 

 January 21, 1914, were incorporated; the substitution of our old rules for 

 the measurement and inspection of logs by those of the Southern Log 

 Association of Memphis, which were adopted by the board of governors 

 at its meeting on July 9, 1915, and the omission of the rules of the South^ 

 ern Cypress Manufacturers' Association, which was done at the suggestion 

 of Secretary Geo. E. Watson of that organization. Our rules not being 

 published simultaneously with those of the cypress association, and 

 owing to the possibility of changes in the cypress rules, it was thought 

 better to omit them from our book and publish instead a note explaining 

 that the grading rules of the Southern Cypress Manufacturers' Association, 

 New Orleans, have been adopted by the Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation of the United States and that copies would be furnished upon 

 application. 



Hundreds of copies of the new grading rules have been distributed upon 

 application to forest schools in many states and the various departments 

 of the United States government, whose inquiries now specify Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' rules, except in special cases where only their own rules 

 are used. 



This book is the largest and most complete set of rules published by any 

 lumber organization, and with the sales code, which is incorporated in it, 

 affords complete and ample protection to both buyer and seller. 



The Hardwood Manufacturers' Association was represented in the re- 

 classification meeting, in Chicago, on September 15, by a committee com- 

 posed of F. R. Gadd, chairman, B. F. Dulweber : W. E. Weakley and W. E. 

 DeLaney. Mr. Gadd, as chairman of this committee, was selected by 

 President Downman of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association 

 as a member of his working committee, which is to represent the lumber- 

 men in working out the details that are finally to be presented to the 



connection with the re-classification 



fi^■e meetings since the last annual 

 January 29, March 4, July 9, Sep- 



Interstate Commerce Commission in 

 matter. 



The board of governors has held 

 meeting. The dates were as follows 

 teraber 23 and November 20. 



Mill instruction work has been supplemented by a number of inspectors' 

 meetings, which will be continued throughout the next year. All members 

 are urged to avail themselves with the free services of our chief inspector 

 for the purpose of checking up their inspection force, bearing in mind 

 all the time that the keynote to successful marketing of lumber is correct 

 and uniform grading and that an efficient inspection department is of first 

 importance. 



The commercial report, with which you are all familiar, has grown to 

 such an extent that it is now in demand by practically all of our members, 

 and is considered indispensable by them in passing upon their credits. 



There are now on file in the secretary's oflice reports on hundreds of 

 lumber buyers and consumers, which are immediately available, but in every 

 instance where an inquiry is received from a member for a report on any 

 concern a new circular is issued to the membership asking for their recent 



experience. This method of handling the report insures members of prompt 

 service and up-to-date information. 



In conclusion, I desire to thank the officers and members of the associa- 

 tion tor the support they have given me and to impress upon them that 

 now more than ever, lumbermen should co-operate for the upbuilding of their 



industry. There are numerous, ever recurring problems to be solved too 



numerous to mention here. You are all familiar with them ; they are part 

 of your everyday life. They can only lie met by working unitedly, shoulder 

 to shoulder. This kind of effort begets success. 



Treasurer's Report 



Cash in bank January 16, 19].""i 5 3,537.73 



Cash In oflice January 16, 1915 ' 1.99 



Cash receipts from January 16, 1915, to December 31, 1915. . . . 21,068.82 



Total cash $24,608.54 



Disbursements from January 16, 1915, to December 31, 1915. . . .$20,624.52 



$ 3,984.02 



Cash in bank December 31 $3,983.77 



Cash in office December 31 .25 



$3,984.02 



TUESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION 



The afternoon session wrs openo.l witii the appointment of the fol- 

 lowing committees: 



Committee op Officeks' Reports : J. W. Mayhew, G. W. Hand, W. E. 

 Berger, Frank Satterwhite and W. A. Crawford. 



Committee on Resolutions : W. A. Gilchrist, R. L. Hutchinson. W. G. 

 Ward, L. P. DuBose and Frank F. Fee. 



Committee on Nominations : W. E. DeLaney, chairman, W. T. 

 Schnaufer, W. I. Barr, E. B. Norman. 



Trade Extension Activities 



The meeting was then addressed by E. A. Sterling, manager of the 

 trade extension department of the National Lumber Manufacturers' 

 Association, his subject being the results of recent work and the plans 

 formed for future activities. He briefly reviewed the organization 

 of the trade extension department and what steps it has taken up to 

 I he ijresent time to place lumber properly before the consuming public. 

 The address is summarized as follows : 



Steps are being taken to advertise the merits of wood through brief 

 bulletins or trade tracts addressed to particular classes of users. Among 

 such tracts already prepared or under way are the following: 



"Lumber in Modern Structures." 



"Mill Construction." 



"The Selection and General Characteristics of Structural Timber." 



"Fire Retardents." 



"Dairy Barns." 



"Horse Barns." 



"Poultry Houses." 



"Cribs and Granaries." 



"Implement Sheds." 



Two lumber exhibits have been prepared which will be shown at about 

 twelve conventions and meetings during the winter. One is a traveling 

 exhibit for retail association meetings, and another of special character 

 for the Dayton Industrial Exposition, and the Complete Building Show at 

 Cleveland. At both of these exhibits sections of the common commercial 

 woods of this country will be shown. There are models of barns, silos, 



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