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H A }< 1 ) W O O I) RECORD 



Jmiuary ^, 1010 



What 'a called tiio Mouse Conimit' : i < "ir •iiiing 



what liiu IxM-D (lone to fit the '< in the nuw 



' r"iir oecu|>aacj'. The follow lui; ilcuw ul expeoao wore fllc<l: 



t 4a (W 



1. 

 r 



Tr.'it: ll.OTT.OO 



Tl 'f thirty- 



five 1 ■ -^ . . • u it wnB 



opened. Numerous luncheon meetings have been held in the dining 

 rooms. 



Gain in MEUBEnsiiu' 

 Tl ■ . of which Frederick Brown was chair- 



man. ..|iaifn> for now members during the past 



jear, and submitted n !<ummary of result in tho following figures: 



UrmbPf* January 25, lOir. 210 



New member* alocc . . .1-12 



Total 3.'>2 



Resigned or withdrawn 2ii 



Not rnrollmcnt January 17, 1010 Sa.'i 



The new members secured during the year included S3 resident, 75 

 non-resident, and 14 associate. The committee expressed the hope that 

 a tot.ll membership of 500 could be reached. The field for non-resident 

 members has been only fairly opened. 



Credits aso Collections 



George A. Miller, chairman of the credit committee, submitted the 

 committee's report, which went somewhat minutely into the commit- 

 tee's activities in collecting accounts which are commonly classed as 

 hard to pet. George E. King was chosen manager of the bureau's 

 collection work. During the year there were submitted to the bureau 

 32.3 claims, aggregating $.31,931.15. These cl.iims were of various ages 

 and kinds, some outlawed by law, others defective because the addresses 

 of the debtors were unknown. In spite of these and other handicaps, 

 several thousand dollars were collected on these old claims and others 

 were adjusted by note or otherwise. The committee felt that it had 

 made an encouraging beginning, and the association was urged to 

 make fiill use of the bureau 'a facilities for collecting accounts which 

 need special attention. 



Traffic AcTiviTrES 



The traffic committee's report was presented by its chairman, J. 

 Fletcher Marsh, who recounted the work done during the past year. 

 The special subjects considered were: 



Lumber recla.s8lflcntion. 



Protection of the Thebes gatcwBy. 



Charges on company material from Cblcav .>.jl<i4 



Openlni; up of the Peoria gateway. 



Increasing carriers' Interest In lumber service. 



Milwaukee advances and Illinois five percent case. 



Defeat of the "Fifty Car Bill." 



Each of these topics constituted a field in which much work was 

 done and it was usually successful from the association 's standpoint. 

 The "Fifty Car Bill" was an attempt to limit trains to fifty cars. 

 The lumbermen of Chicago joined the Illinois carriers in fighting that 

 measure, and it was defeated. 



Amendment of Bt-Laws 



The bydaws of the association were formally brought before the 

 meeting under a proposal to change two sections in order to meet the 

 needs of the association. In their amended form the sections read 

 as follows: 



Section 1. The annual dues for resident members and non-resident 

 memhors maintaining an office In Cook county, Illinois, shall be fifty 

 dollars (SoO.OOK payable semi-annually In advance. 



Section 2. The annual dues for associate members and non-resident 

 members other than such as are specified In Section 1 of Article VI, shall 

 be twenty-five dollars ($25.00). payable semi-annually In advance. 



Arbitration Work 

 The committee on arbitration presented its report through its chair- 

 man, V. F. Mashek. Only two disputes were presented for arbitra- 



tion during lliv pnxt year. The amuunts involved were huiuII mid tlie 

 disputes were friendly. The facta were not disputed, but the ca«ot 

 assumed certain ini|>urtaneo on account of tlio principles' involved. 

 Tho committee's decisions were sntisfnotory to the piirtii-s on botii 

 side*. 



HkI.KcTHi.V t» I AND I'oMMITTEtS 



I'ho nominating coiimiitti < i cnndidateN for incinliers of the 



.r<l of directors and for conimittoomen, iind by authority of the 

 ... ..I'l.-iiiMii ilii. ii<iiniiH><..< wore declared elected ii" •'•■ll">«-- 

 BoABO OP Directors 



iMvi.-^iu.s "A" — Uermon 11. Ilottler. 



Division "B" — H. U. Krcul7.er. 



Division "C"— G. H. Hollownv. 



Division " D ' ' — George J. I'ojh;. 



Division "E"— C. H. Worcester. 



Division "F"— M. S. Porter. 



Division "G" — Fred Workmeister. 



Committee on Abhitration : — A. T. Stewart, Thos. Scanlon, G. H. 

 Bulgrin, \V. A. IIerlx?rt, C. M. Smnlley, George P. Ilinn. 



Committee on Ai-I'Kai.s: — .1. W. ICmbrec, A. H. Bchoen, Geo. D. 

 Griffith. C. A. Paltzer. Murdock MacLeod, .1. A. Dick. 



Baltimore Exports for December, 1915 



The statement of exports for Dcciniior, ll'LJ, as compared with the 

 corresponding month of 1914, shows that the shipments of lumber and 

 logs are nearly the same in value for the two months, tho difference 

 in favor of December, 1915, being not more than $4,000. In a num- 

 ber of the items on the list reductions last month as against a year 

 ago are to be noted, though at least some of the diffcrenco seems to 

 be made up by an increase in values. There arc increases in the ship- 

 ments also, spruce being in larger demand, apparently, for one thing. 

 This wood is used extensively in the construction of aeroplanes, and 

 the allies are calling for it in considerable quantities. Gum rcoeivee 

 some attention also, the favorable impression created before the war 

 being continued. There was likewise a material gain in the classi- 

 fication of "all other woods," which increase from 70,000 to 200,000 

 feet, whereas poplar and various other woods declined. Larger quan- 

 tities of manufactures of wood were sent abroad, though such impedi- 

 ments as the continued withdrawal of vessels, the refusal of the steam- 

 ship agents to quote rates, dock troubles on the other side and the 

 domestic embargo contributed to hold the exports down to very mod- 

 est proportions. It is impossible at the present time for the ship- 

 pers to get ocean freight rates, they having to take their chances 

 on the rate which just happens to prevail when a vessel sails. This 

 also applies to the matter of tonnage. Within a short time the Brit- 

 ish government has commandpered four vessels of one agency at this 

 port, which naturally leaves the tr.ansportation facilities greatly im- 

 paired. Some of the shippers have orders in considerable volume and 

 at attractive figures, but they find themselves unable to fill these or- 

 ders. The comparative statement of exports is as follows: 



1915. 



Quantity. Value. 



LoKS, Hickory SO.OOO f t. $2,080 



Walnut 10.1 ■' 500 



Boards, Gum in. -168 



Oak 551*. • 20,285 



Pitch Pine 



" Short Leaf 



Pine .... 80.000 ft. 2,580 



Poplar ... .214.000 ft. 0,200 



Spnire .... OO.oiioii 2.S55 



All others. .200,01111 ft. 8.770 



Shooks, others 838,000 922 



Staves 27,727 2,360 



All other kinds of 



lumber 



Furniture 188 



Trimmings 840 



.\ll other manufiH 



tures of wood.. . 1-4.893 



1914. 

 Quantity. Value. 



82.000 ft. 9 3,450 



20,000 ft. 800 



582,000 ft. 

 6.000 ft 



20,085 

 .376 



74.000 ft. 2,710 



275.000 ft. 16,508 



10,000 ft. :i60 



70.000 ft. 3.185 



1,060 1.106 



31,473 2.67S 



2,160 

 65 



9,282 



»66,901 



$62,792 



Most mill owners say it is a good thing, and ought to be done, 

 but how many actually know that each night, before leaving, someone 

 has gone carefully over every part of the plant and examined every 

 out-of-the-way place in which a cause for fire might existt 



