HARDWOOD RECORD 



Chicago, 



THE FOLLOWING IS THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND APPEAL FOR SUPPORT FOR UNIFORM 

 HARDWOOD INSPECTION SENT OUT BY T. M. BROWN. CHAIRMAN OF THE ORIGL 

 NAL MEETING: 



Louisville, Kv., May 8, 191 8. 



To Every Member of 

 The National Hardvi^ood Lumber Association 



AND 



The American Hardwood Manufacturers Association 



Gentlemen: 



I HAVE BEEN SELECTED as Chairman by a number of lumbermen who met in Chicago on April 17, each member of which gath- 

 ering is intercstcil in haviiii; but one set of inspection rules for hardwood lumber. 



AT THIS MEETING they passed— unanimously— a set of resolutions addressed to the Hardwood Manufacturers Association of the 

 United States and to tlie National Hardwood Lumber Association, a copy of which is submitted below. 



SINCE THE CHICAGO MEETING the Board of Governors of the Hardwood Manufacturers Association of the United States has 

 agreed to and appidved tlio Chicago Resolutions at a meeting convened in Cincinnati on Tuesday, April 30. 



THE NAMES SUBSCRIBED TO the Chicago Resolution, as printed below— which list contains the signatures of four former presi- 

 dents of the National Hardwood Lumber Association— were either affixed at the meeting on April 17, or voluntarily authorized since 

 that date. 



FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT of the Chicago resolutions and tlie appended signatures: 



To the National Hardwood Lumber Association, Chicago, Illinois. 

 The Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Gentlemen: „ , ,. , 



At a meeting held in Chicago on April 17, 1918, to discuss the hardwood requirements of the United States Government as applied 

 to the army vehicle section, there were present: 



E. O. Robinson, president. Hardwood Manufacturers' Associationof the United States. 

 J. V. Stimson, vice president, National Hardwood Lumber Association. 

 Ralph L. Jurden, president, American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association. 

 C. A. Goodman, Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Association. 



Charles A. Bigelow, Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association. . , „ i i 



C. H. Barnaby, Greencastle, Ind.; and T. M. Brown, Louisville, Ky., members of the executive committee of the National Hardwood 



Lumber Association. ,. , , • ti i i 



James E. Stark, Memphis, Tenn.; and E. A. Lang, Chicago, 111., members of the executive committee of the American Hardwood 



Manufacturers' Association. ^ j i * , 



A general discussion developed the unanimous opinion of those present that they unqualifiedly pledge their support and hearty 



co-operation in furnishing the Government with all hardwood lumber required for the construction of army vehicles, or other hardwoods 



necessary to the successful prosecution of this war. „ „ . , ^ ■ ^ ^, a ^^,„^ ,„,. 



Fully realizing the imperative necessity of mobilization and absolute harmony in the ranks of all industries to the end that oui 



government may have the united support of all business interests; therefore, be it resolved: 



WHEREAS, Tliere exist today two sets of inspection rules governing inspection and measurement of liardwnud lumber, and 

 WHEREAS, confusion has resulted tllerefrom, which in some measure has hampered our government in its war pro- 

 gram; be it 



RESOLVED, That the undersigned members of the organizations named do hereby respectively petition as follows: 

 That the Har.lwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States agrees to the adoption of the inspection rules and measure- 

 ment of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, conditioned upan the adoption of the following changes in the existing regulations: 

 First-That the official inspection and measurement of hardwood lumber at the point of origin and the issuance of certificates there- 

 for be discontinued, except on lumber purchased by the United States Government or our Allies. > ,, , ,v, «= • , • 



Second-That in tlie event of disagreement regarding inspection or measurement between the buyer and seller, that the official in- 

 spection of the National Hardwood Lumber Association be available only with the consent of the seller. , ^ . ,.,,,, 



Third-That the official interpretation and application of the National Hardwood Lumber Association ru es of inspection, the abso- 

 lute management of the inspection department, which shall include the hiring and discharge of inspectors, shall be vested in a committee 

 of fiive (5), to be selected as follows: 



One from the National Hardwood Lumber Association. 

 One from the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the United States. 



One from the American Hardwood Manufacturers' Association. , ,, . , ,a ■*;„„ 



One from the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association and the Northern Hemlock & Hardwood Manufacturers Association 

 jointly. The fifth to be selected by these four, which committee sh^ll elect its own cliairmau. 



WHEREAS, We feel that the differences between the two sets of existing inspection rules and measurement arc of no 

 real import; and . . , , . , 



WHEREAS, The mutual interests of the United States Government and the hardwood manufacturers, demand a single 

 standard for the inspection an. I measurement of hardwood lumlicr; Be it 



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