Tlio iiuiuial iiKitiiig of tin- Ml.liiKaii Har.hMKi.l Mauufatturors ' 

 Association was held at tin- Statler hotel, Detroit, Mich., on 

 Wednesday, July 24. Great enthusiasm as to the strength of the 

 hardwood market marked the meeting. As usual the principal 

 features were the reports of the secretary-treasurer and of the 

 market conditions committee. 



The first report is that of Secretary J. C. Knox. Mr. Knox told 

 liriefly the history and development of the association, stating that 

 Michigan passed its zenith in lumber cut some years ago, and 

 production has gradually lessened and that this year it will be 

 considerably below that of one year ago. In speaking of stocks, 

 his report said: 



Our report of shipments and production for the Inst twi-ivc months 

 shows that shipments have pretlominated over production by approximatel.v 

 50.000,000 feet. The stocks on hand and on hand sold but not shipped 

 reports of July 1 make a very favorable showing, the details of which 

 will be told you by the market conditions committee. 



There are a number of our members cutting out this year, among them 

 Murphy & DIgglns. Cadillac. G. von I'laten, Koyne City, and the Williams 

 Urothers Company, Cadillac. 



He gave an encouraging report of the financial condition of the 

 a.ssoeiation saying that the expenses incident to the hardwood 

 emergency bureau have been one of the chief factors of outlay. 

 He then referred to the Pacific coast rate case saying that this 

 is now nearing its end and that the oflice will soon be able to dis- 

 tribute the amounts due shippers interested. This, according to 

 the secretary, has been a long-drawn out case, but has finally been 

 won after years of litigation. Kach shipper interested will be 

 refunded an amount considerably in excess of what he has put into 



The report continued as follows: 

 Some time ago we received an advanc 

 lumber in carloads in lieu of IS'/, and 

 vance of 25'/< with a maximum of ."> <■ 

 proposed by the National Lumber .Mh 

 last advance be made a flat raise of .i 

 association and the Northern Hemlock 

 soclati<m have opposed same for the !•' 

 burden on the short haul rates as again 

 true through the states of Michigan a 

 of their soft woods and a large prnp. 

 within those states at short haul rat.s 

 fore you tmlay by a representative of tl 

 .\ssociation who will explain the w..r 

 ilirector general of railroads in onbr 

 needed by the administration to run rl 



■nt per huiulreii pounils on 

 we have Just received another ad- 

 i-nts per hundre<l pounds. It was 

 nufacturers" Association that this 

 .cuts per hundred pounds, hut our 

 and Hardwood Manufacturers' As- 

 ason that it is putting the greater 

 it the long haul. This is especially 

 nd Wisconsin where at least 60% 

 irtion of hardwoods are consumeil 

 . This subject will be brought be- 

 14' .National Lumber Manufacturers" 

 King of the proposed plan to the 



the 



of reve 



roads 



The .Nortlurn llaidwooil lOmcrgency Uureau was tin- oiUgr.nvUi of a 

 Joint meeting of representatives of the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association and the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association at Hay City in November, 1917. Chas. A. Bigelow of Hay 

 City is president, O. T. Swan, Oshkosh, Wis,, manager, and Uoy H. 

 .Jones. Washington. I). C, eastern manager. This bureau through its 

 representatives is close to the inside of the various departments of the 

 government at Washington and is placing a considerable amount of busi- 

 ness with its memliers. A report of the workings of this bureau will bi 

 m^le hy Its president today. 



The report closed with a short talk on th',' relief fund for the 

 tenth and twentieth forestry regiments, referring to the $1,000 

 pledge made by the Michigan association and with brief reference 

 to increased assessments for membership in the National Lumber 

 Manufacturers' Association, the advance being from three-quarters 

 to one-and-a-half cents a thousand feet, thus increasing the as- 

 sociation 's assessment from .$3,723.63 to $7,447.20. 



Forest Fire Report 



Chief P'ire Warden Morford then read a very interesting report 

 covering the work done in reducing the fire menace. Patrol serv- 

 ices opened April 16 and many fires were reported during the 

 intervening ninety-five days. High winds prevailed over the en- 

 tire fire zones until recently and the wardens had difiBcuIty in keep- 

 ing the fires under control. During the past ten days the danger 

 of disastrous fires has decreased. 



According to the report, most of the losses occurred during the 

 week ending June 29, about seventy-five per cent being in the 

 small area of the eastern part of the Mancelona district and the 

 western part of the Gaylord district. The report said that while 

 the rangers have been under state pay during this season, the 

 interests of the members have been well taken care of. 



According to report there were some 230 fires with a total acreage 

 burned over of .52,500 acres, and a total loss of $49,996. 



The greatest number of known fires came from railroad locomo- 

 tives; the n-xt greatest from settlers; the next by fishermen, while 

 but one fire was rejjorted traceable to campers. 



The report was favorably passed upon by the membership and 

 some discussion followed. 



The next regular feature was the report of the market condi- 

 tions committee, submitted by Chairman C. E. Abbott. This re- 

 port follows: 



Your market r.mdltions committee held a meeting at the Hotel Statlei 

 this day. 



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