Febniiiry 10, 1916 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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he u severe log shortage in the North, due to the excessively cold weather ; 

 that there Is undoubtedly a severe log shortage In the West due to un- 

 usual weather and that in the South probably less than hall' of the mills 

 are operating and within three months it is possil)le that only 25 per 

 cent of the mills will be operating on account of a log shortage duo to the 

 Hooded condition oi much of the soutliern country; that buyers expect 

 increased prices and are eager to sign contracts for two years in ad- 

 vance instead of one year as is the custom ; and that higher prices pervade 

 the entire business atmosphere of the United States in every branch of 

 industry. 



The advisability of issuing periodical bulletins giving the sizes and 

 prices of boxes sold was discussed. The issuing of selling lists with dis- 

 count sheets was considered. 



The treasurer's report showed a balance of $9,000 on hand, and the 

 financial situation excellent. 



The old subject of standardizing boxes was brought forward again, and 

 with it the related subject of testing boxes to see that they conform to 

 standards. 



The statement was made that railroads appear to be anxious to secure 

 the use of strong containers for the shipment of merchandise, thereby to 

 lessen the loss which the railroads must make good. This attitude on the 

 part of public carriers promises well for the malters of wooden boxes. 



The manner In which boxes arc tested at tlie Forest Products Laboratory 

 at Madison, Wis., was described in an address by J. A. Xewlin of the 

 Forest Service. 



The selection of the board of governors resulted as follows : 



E. I!. Varnev. Fall River. Mass. ; .T. F. Mastersen, New Yorl; ; J. E. 

 neeker. I'.alliniore, Md. ; T. .T. Illghtower, .Ir., .\tlanta, (la.; II. W. Embry, 

 Louisville, Ky. : II. E. Montgomery. Buffalo, N. Y. ; Bert Hanna, Detroit, 

 Mich.: 11. F. Masters. Chicago; .1. W. ,larl)oe, St. I.ouls, Mo.; S. B. Ander- 

 son, Memphis. Tenn. ; C. F. Yegge, Chicago ; F. S. Knapp, Omalia, Neb. ; 

 D. S. Coodwlllie, Chicago; F. C. (JIffiu-d, secretary of the association. 

 Chicago; E. II. Defehaugh, secretary of the l)()ard, Chicago; R. S. Kellogg, 

 secretary of the National Lumber Manufaclurer.s" Association. Chicago; 

 J. E. Kliodes, secrelarv of the Southern I'lne .\ssociatlon. New Orleans, La. 



The summer meeting will be hehl at Atlantic City in .Inly, the precise 

 date to be announced in due time. 



Association Officers Elected 



The board of directors of the Luniljermen's .\ssociation of Cliicago met 

 on February 1 and elected officers for the ensuing year. The choice was 

 as follows : 



rRESiDENT — Herman II. Iletller of the Herman II. llettler Lumber 

 Company. 



ViCK I'RESiDE.vr — C. H. Worcester of the C. II. Worcesti'r Lumber 

 Company. 



TuE.vsuRER — Geoi-gp D. Griffith of George D. Griffith & Co. 



Secretarv — E. E. Hooper. 



This is Mr. Ilettler's second term as president of the association. He 

 served in that capacity some years ago. He was born in .\llen county. 

 Indiana, ,Tune 17, 1S62, and he lived in that state until he was sixteen 

 years old, when he moved to Chicago, which has been his home ever 

 since. He began active life in the lumber business, hut in a somewhat 

 subordinate capacity, for his first employment in Chicago was in the 

 lumber office of Gardner & Spry, where he performed the duties of general 

 office boy. He was not an absolute stranger in the luml)er business, at 

 least indirectly, even at that early period, for his falher. Capt. C. F. 

 Heftier, was for many years connected with the lumber department of the 

 Pennsylvania railroad west of Pittsburgh. 



Tn ino:i th'' Herman H. Uettier Lumber Company succeeded the Edwin 



S. Ilartwell Lumber Company. Mr. Heftier had been vice-president of 

 that company, and with the organization of the new company he became 

 president. At the time he served his first term as president of the Lum- 

 bermen's Association of Chicago he was vice-president • of the Hartweli 

 Lumber Company. 



The yard of the Herman H. Hettler Lumber Company at 2601 Elslon 

 avenue, Chicago, is one of the largest in the city. The selection of Mr. 

 Hettler as president of the association guarantees a term of aggressive 

 work. 



C. H. Worcester, the newly elected vice-president, is acquainted with 

 the lumber business from top to bottom, and the association is fortunate 

 in securing his services as an officer. He operates sawmills at Chasseil 

 and at Ontonagon, Mich., and is otherwise extensively interested in the 

 lumber business. He was recently selected to go before the Federal Trade 

 Commission to represent the interests of lumber before that body. 



The choice of George D. Grilflth as treasurer was a re-election to that 

 important office. He is at the head of George D. Griffith & Co., well 

 known lumber wholesalers in Chicago. He has lived in that city since a 

 small boy, and he found his way early into the lumber business through 

 his employment in the supply department of the Chicago, Rock Island & 

 Pacific Railway Company. He went through practically all of the stages 

 of the lumber business from the lowest to the highest, thereby gaining 

 experience of the greatest value. His office is room 805, Lumber Ex- 

 change building, Chicago. 



E. E. Hooper, the re-elected secretary, has held that position for a 

 quarter of a century, and has been a witness of growth and change in 

 Chicago's lumber history for a long time. He was an experienced man in 

 the work as lumber secretary before he became identifie<l with the Lum- 

 bermen's Association of Chicago. 



North Carolina Forestry Association's Sixth Annual Convention 



The .\ortli Carolina Forestry Association has just closed ttie most suc- 

 cessful year in its history. The report of the secretary, J. S. Holmes of 

 Chapel Hill, before the sixth annual convention of the association, recently 

 held in Newbern, calls attention to the fact that five laws intimately affect- 

 ing state forest conservation were enacted at the last session of the 

 general assembly. The most important of these was the one inaugurating 

 a state forest fire protective system, .\lthough no appropriation was 

 made to carry out the provisions of this law, two co-operative areas have 

 been already started in the western portion of the state, while two or 

 three more are m process of orsanization. The federal government has 

 assisted by an apportionment of $2,000 under the Weeks law, and federal 

 patrolmen were employed during the past fall. The association was urged 

 to leave no stone unturned to secure an adequate state appropriation from 

 the legislature next winter. 



The address of President Nathan O'Berry, who is also president of the 

 North Carolina Pine Association, dealt with the need for educational and 

 propaganda work, for which the association was largely formed. 



W. W. Ashe of the U. S. Forest Service addressed the convention on 

 "The Future Use of Pine Lands." Mr. Ashe said that the largest operators 

 should at least set the pace by employing capable technical men. Further- 

 more, the North Carolina Pine Association might well employ a man to 

 confer with piivate owners. These men could act under or with the co- 

 operation of the state foresters. 



C. C. Smoot of North Wilkesboro, a large timberland owner and manu- 

 facturer of tanning extract and leather, after comparing the present esti- 



IlKKMAN H. HETTLER, PRESIDENT CIll 

 C.VGO LU.MBERMENS ASSOCI.VTKiN 



H. WORCESTER, VICE-PRESIDENT CHI- 

 CAGO LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



HOOPER, SECRETARY CHICAGO LUM- 

 BERMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



