AvcrsT 10, 1018 



Northern Wholesalers IMLeet 



.Mombcr.s of tlir Nortliern Wholesale llarihvood Lumber Association 

 held an interesting meeting at the Hotel Bellis, Wausau, Wis., on 

 Wednesday, Jidy 31. There was a representative attendance from 

 the membership, which covers northern hardwood points. 



The session covered the forenoon of Wednesday and was given over 

 primarily to a discussion of uniform means of arriving at cost of 

 operating a wholesale hardwood business and the report of the sta- 

 tistical committee. 



President H. C. Humphrey of Appletou and C. P. Crosby of Ehine- 

 lander were late in arriving for the meeting, the session being opened 

 by Treasurer J. B. Andrews. Mr. Humphrey took the chair on his 

 arrival. 



After routine work, the regular session got under way. 



Chairman A. J. Tipler of the membership committee tendered the 

 application of the Enos Colburn Lumber Company of Green Bay and 

 of the General Lumber Company, Milwaukee. 



There followed then a discussion of the two forms suggested for 

 compiling information on costs of wholesaling. Secretary J. F. Hayden 

 had prepared two forms, one to be used by the members in reporting 

 to the secretary, and the other to be used by the secretary in com- 

 piling the information to arrive at averages. 



The purpose of the inquiry into cost of wholesaling was to arrive 

 at some means whereby the wholesalers may be able to present a 

 clean-cut case in any conference that may come up with the govern- 

 ment. The discussion could not get to a definite goal, as there was a 

 good deal of uncertainty about the question of arriving at true figures. 

 The uncertainty hinged on the fact that many wholesalers were linked 

 up also with manufacturing and it- would thus be difiBcidt to give 

 figures showing actual costs. The matter was finally left to a com- 

 mittee for working out. 



Chairman L. H. Schoenhoeifen of the statistical committee read 



a very interesting and thoroughly optimistic report which created more 



or less pleased surprise because of the strength indicated. The report 



is best shown by reproducing herewith copy of the statistics on stocks 



on hand throughout northern hardwood points. This appears herewith : 



Detailed list of stocks held by mei 

 members ot tbe Manufacturers' Assoc 



No. 1 Com. 

 No. 2 Com . 

 No. 3 Com. 

 3 & Btr. . . 



244 

 510 

 778 

 161 

 4.717 



Total unsold. 



303 



1,663 



183 



104 

 1,242 



85 

 6S8 



.232 



28,537 



1,097 

 2,086 

 1,934 

 1,241 

 10,088 



8!326 



946 62 203 



Except for some minor matters, the business session ended with this 

 report, the members present expressing themselves as very much 

 pleased at having attended the session. 



The mountain laurel or ivy is poisonous in leaf and flower. Sheep 

 di-! if they feed on the leaves, though deer eat this foliage with 

 impunity. Pheasants appear to suffer no inconvenience from eat- 

 ing the leaves and buds, but their flesh becomes poisoned and is 

 unfit for food. Bees do not make much use of the flowers as a 

 source of honey, but what they do gather is poisonous as food, and 

 many instances are on record of persons becoming sick from eating 

 such honey. There are two species of this poison laurel, often 

 growing side by side, but few persons recognize the difference. 

 The leaves of one are narrower than those of the other. 



sold stock 91,404 



Douglas fir "is the most abundant wood in the United States, 

 though several others range over more territory. It cannot be 

 determined what wood is the scarcest, but several are so scarce 

 that few people ever see them. Three or four of the oaks belong 

 in the scarce list, particularly bartram oak, lea oak, and price oak. 

 No one, except a few fortunate botanists, has ever seen these oaks, 

 and few persons have ever become acquainted with the laurel oak. 



If wood could be dried equally in all parts at the same time it 

 would develop no cheeks and it would not warp; but that is an ideal 

 condition which is seldom attained in practice. 



