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HARDWOOD RECORD 



May 25, 1918. 



work of selecting and organizing the board was promptly done 



by the stockholders,' and the result was announced as follows: 



E. f. Allen, Portland, Ore. ; F. B. Hubbard, Centralia, Wash. ; 



D. O. Anderson, Marion, S. C. ; W. C. Hull, Traverse City, Mich. ; 



C. A. Bigelow, Bay City, Mich. ; G. L. Hume, Suffolk, Va. ; 



J. W. Blodgett, Grand Eap., Mich. ; John L. Kaul, Birmingham, Ala. ; 



J. H. Bloedel, Seattle, Wash. ; Charles S. Keith, Kansas City, Mo. ; 



W. S. Burnett ; John H. Kirby, Houston, Tex. ; 



R. H. Burnsides, Haymond, Wash. ; E. D. Kingsley, Portland, Ore. ; 



B. H. Downman, New Orleans, La. ; R. A. Long, Kansas City, Mo. ; 



D. C. Eccles, Ogden, Utah ; E. O. Robinson, Cincinnati, Ohio ; 

 J. W. Embree, Chicago ; E. A. Selfridge, San Francisco, Cal. ; 

 R. B. Goodman. Goodman, Wis. ; W. H. Sullivan, Bogalusa, La. ; 



J. E. Graves, Hosford, Fla. ; E. G. Swartz, Perry, La. ; 



E. B. Hazen, Portland, Ore. ; W. J. Walker, San Francisco, Cal. ; 

 Edward Hines, Chicago ; F. S. Wisner, Laurel, Miss. ; 



B. H. Hornby, Dover, Idaho ; C. H. Worcester, Chicago. 

 H. C. Hornby, Cloquet, Minn. ; 



Fund for Lumberman Fighters in France 



A spirit of patriotism ran through the proceedings of all the 

 association's meetings. Every reference to the war and to the 

 necessity of winning it called forth approval and applause, show- 

 ing that the support of the war was spontaneous and genuine. But 

 in the course of the work an occasion arose by which an oppor- 

 tunity was afforded those present to voice their sentiments in a 

 way more substantial than handclapping. Reference was made, 

 in a resolution that was up for consideration, to the forest men 

 who were across the sea helping with the work of putting the kaiser 

 out of business. The need of a fund to buy comforts for the boys 

 was mentioned, and it was immediately followed by a proposal to 

 collect a fund at once. The proposition was popular, and B. A. 

 Long started the ball rolling by announcing that he would give 

 $1,000 and that C. S. Heath would also give a thousand. The spirit 

 was contagious and in about ten minutes the following subscriptions 

 were on record: 



Southern Pine Association $ir.,ono 



J. H. Bloedel, for West Coast Lumbermen's Association 10,000 



Western Pine Manufacturers' Association 5,000 



Southern Cypress Manufacturers' Association 5.000 



Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' Association 5,000 



The Cloquet companies 2,500 



R. A. Long 2,500 



California Redwood Manufacturers' Association 2,000 



Charles S. Keith 1.500 



W. H. SulUvan 1.000 



E. H. Downman 1,000 



J. D. Lacey 1.000 



Edward Hines 1.000 



John W. Blodgett 1.000 



Arkansas Soft Pine Bureau 1,000 



Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of United States 1,000 



G. W. Delaney 1,000 



Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association 1,000 



Gulf Lumber Company 1,000 



C. H. Worcester 500 



R. M. Hallowell ^ 500 



J. J. Newman Lumber Company 500 



Lutcher & Moore Lumber Company 500 



Eastman, Gardiner & Co 500 



Kirby Lumber Company 500 



W. R. Pickering Lumber Company 500 



W. C. Hull 500 



St. Tammany Lumber Company 250 



Wausau Southern Lumber Company 250 



Vredenburgh Sawmill Company 250 



Duncan Lumber Company 250 



Kaul Lumber Company 200 



Marathon Lumber Company 200 



Edge-Dowling Land & Lumber Company 200 



L. S. Case » 100 



Bowling Arthur Johnson 100 



J. B. Crosby 100 



W. C. Wood Lumber Company 100 



Total $64,500 



Work of Resolutions Committee 



The regional associations affiliated with the National nominated 

 one committeeman each to represent them on the resolutions com- 

 mittee, as follows: 



Southern Pine Association, J. H. Kirby, chairman. 



West Coast Lumbermen's Association, J. H. Bloedel. 



California Redwood, E. A. Selfridge. Jr. 



California White and Sugar Pine, C. S. Smith. 



Georgia-Florida, M. J. Scanlon. 



Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers, W. C. Hull. 



North Carolina Pine Association, D. O. Anderson. 



Hemlock, A. L. Osborne. 



Northern Pine, L. S. Case. 



Southern Cypress, L. W. Gilbert. 



Forestry, E. T. Allen. 



Western Pine, D. C. Eccles. 



Hardwood Manufacturers, F. R. Gadd. 



R. B. Allen, secretary. 



After several sessions, the committee made its report in a series 

 of resolutions prefaced by a declaration of principles in which it 

 was affirmed that the association would loyally support the gov- 

 ernment by thought, word, and deed in prosecuting the war to a 

 victorious conclusion. 



The following paragraphs present a summary of the resolutions 

 presented to the association and adopted by it: 



The trade extension committee of the association is requested to use 

 every means to promote the employment of wood, with the view of increas- 

 ing its use wherever such use is warranted, and that this education be 

 along the broadest lines and in full co-operation with similar work of the 

 regional associations. 



As one of the industries producing war commodities of vital necessity, 

 such as ships and airplanes, we must in all frankness, in stating our 

 ability to meet this national demand upon us, confess to the government 

 that our success will depend largely upon the tireless vigilance, rigorous 

 enforcement, relentless pursuit and prosecution to the limit, of alien 

 enemies abusing hospitality and presuming upon the national patience, 

 and traitors dishonoring their citizenship, both of whom seem to have- 

 Prussian Inspiration to menace our camps and mills. 



On the subject of amending the by-laws of the association, it was. 

 recommended that there be imposed upon an employed manager 

 the duty and responsibility of such management as has been indi- 

 cated, assisted by such legal counsel or other experts as may be 

 from time to time required and who shall also, within their activ- 

 ities, be held responsible for investigation and consideration of 

 the industry as a whole. Nothing herein shall deprive the directors 

 or president of the association of their constitutional authority or 

 be construed to discourage the creation and interest of special com- 

 mittees to investigate, report or advise upon special subjects, the 

 intent being to make these of full usefulness, while not superior 

 to, the elected or employed officials with whom the permanent 

 responsibility for -policy and administration lies. 



It was recommended that section 22 of the by-laws, amended 

 last June to require monthly meetings of the executive committee, 

 be restored to its original form not requiring stated times of meet- 

 ing. The executive committee will thus be relieved of meeting 

 except when its action in intervals between directors' meetings is 

 actually required to deal with emergencies of administration. 



It was further recommended that a new section be added to the- 

 bydaws dealing with standing committees, other than executive, 

 to the effect that they shall report recommendations for all pro- 

 posed measures, projects and expenditures on behalf of the asso- 

 ciation to the quarterly meetings of the directors for approval, and, 

 in the event of proposed modification between directors ' meetings, 

 to the acting manager of the association for his approval if con- 

 sistent with the administration for which he is generally responsi- 

 ble during such intervals, and to the executive committee for 

 decision by mail or telegraph vote, or by conference, as its chair- 

 man may deem best. The executive committee shall consist of seven 

 members and that five votes shall be required to support its de- 

 cisions, and that if legal, proxies be recognized at directors'" 

 meetings. 



The discontinuance of the Pacific coast committee was recom- 

 mended. 



The transportation committee was authorized to urge the Inter-i 

 state Commerce Commission to vidthhold approval of the fifteenth' 

 section, application 5860, until full investigation has been made. 

 The protest is against the proposal of the carriers to increase the-: 

 carload minimum, as such increase is predicated on the recognition 

 of the cubical capacity and minimum principle, to which lumber- 

 men are opposed. 



The association expresses its thanks to the trade and daily press 



