H A K D VV GOD RECORD 



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Eighth Annual Indiana HardWood Lumbermen's Assn* 



On Friday, Jan. 11, at 2 p. m., the Indiana 

 Hardwood Lumbermen*^ Association convened 

 in the Grand Hotel, Indianapolis. J. D. 

 Maris of Cndianapolia presented to the asso- 

 ciation a "walnut gavel, which President 

 Charles H. Barnaby accepted on behalf of tin' 

 members, before calling tin 1 meeting to order. 

 The reading of the minutes being dispensed 

 with, In' addressed the convention as follows: 

 President's Address. 



I take pleasure in calling to order 11 ightb 



annual convention of the Indiana Hardwood 



C. II. BARNABY, GREENCASTLE, PRESIDENT. 



Lumbermen's Association, and I take greater 

 pleasure in welcoming to this convention the 

 Hoosiers, the ex-HoosIers and ought-to-be I-Ioos- 

 iers. In welcoming you here, and especially 

 il x-IIoosiers, I do not want you to misunder- 

 stand me. We invite you here as guests of the 

 association and to break bread with us this 

 evening. Hut don't get the idea into your heads 

 that you are expected to tome back here and 

 enter into the lumber business in Indiana! To 

 be square with you. I will say that our associa 

 tion has every tree in the state numbered and 

 tagged and we can tell you to the very day 

 when the last tree will have been cut, so that it 

 is useless for you to attempt to enter business 

 here. 



The most prosperous year in the history of 

 our country has just closed. We congratulate 

 the lumbermen in having shared this great pros- 

 perity to a larger extent, probably, than those 

 in other lines of trade. 11 is an especial pleas- 

 ure to be able to congratulate the Indiana hard- 

 wood lumbermen who have shared in this un- 

 precedented advancement to ;i greater degree, 

 perhaps, than our friends from other sections, 

 having had no high water to contend with, 

 making logging operations possible at all times, 

 and have also been more fortunate than some 

 in the matter of car shortage, a grave hindrance 

 to the lumber trade in general. 



One important feature in regard to hardwood 

 lumbermen in this great wave of prosperity is 

 the fact that all of us have prospered. At every 

 place where lumber is handled or produced the 

 prosperity has been felt. This fact alone should 

 be sufficient evidence to prove that there Is no 

 such thing as a hardwood lumber trust. Should 

 there be or had there been, as some of our 

 overly ambitious reformers claim, a few men 

 only would have enjoyed these prosperous times, 

 instead of a general sharing according to our 



business capacity. The prosperity is caused by 

 the good. old. healthy condition of supply and 

 demand, and by the free and open competition 

 of the lumbermen. 



Indiana is spoken of as once being 1 he greal 

 -si hardwood state in the Union. The tact thai 

 it still holds third place in the production of 

 valuable hardwoods will doubtless surprise many 

 of you. The amount of fine hardwoods and 

 veneers manufactured within the slate is truly 

 remarkable and we are still recognized among 

 t he leaders. 



Probably the greatesl menace confronting the 

 shipping interests of this country today is Hie 

 alarmingly increasing car shortage. It has been 

 shown quite clearly that the railroads have suf- 

 ficient cars at the present time to care for all 

 demands if they were handled promptly. In 

 our opinion, this great difficulty would be 

 largely, if not entirely, overcome by the enact- 

 ment of reciprocal demurrage laws. This has 

 been demonstrated satisfactorily by the reports 

 from the stall' of Georgia, in which we under- 

 stand reciprocal demurrage laws are in force. 



The question of reciprocal demurrage will no 

 doubt be taken up by our national congress. In 

 the meantime every effort should be bent to 

 have such state laws enacted during the presenl 

 session of our state legislature as will invest 

 our railroad commission with ample power to 

 make all necessary rulings. We want such leg- 

 islation as will enforce a reasonable and effec- 

 live demurrage upon all shippers and nil com- 

 mon carriers. 



The Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's A sso ela- 

 tion has always been awake to the importance 

 of equable and just rules for the inspection and 

 grading of hardwood lumber. While the present 

 rules are being used with little friction, there 

 is room for improvement. We should have rules 

 that conform to custom as nearly as possible. 

 We believe the rules should lie gone over care- 

 fully one- each year by the inspection commit- 

 tee and sudi changes be recommended as will 

 meet the new conditions as they arise. We be- 

 lieve the time is not far distant when all hard- 

 woods will be measured on the half inch. No. 

 1 common and lower grades will be inspected 



<; II. PALMER, SHERIDAN, VICE PRT3S1 

 DENT. 



from the best side of the board and put on a 

 strictly cutting up basis, and that another grade 

 will be necessary, either divorcing the firsts 

 from the seconds or making a select common 



grade. J. M. Pritchard will read a paper today 



which covers the matter more fully. 



A word of caution will not, I hope, brand one 

 as a pessimist. While no! one single cloud can 

 he seen on the horizon at Ibis time, still it is 

 wise for all members to take advantage of these 

 splendid limes and fortify themselves against 

 the dull period which no doubt will come, and 

 even now we may be on the very crest of pros- 

 perity. Such prosperous times as we have en- 

 joyed for the past eight years lead to wild spec- 

 ulations and the inflating of values; and if such 

 wild speculations continue there must and will 

 be a settling up day. When thai time <oiues 



.1. M PRITCHARD, INDIANAPOLIS, SECRE 



TAUV. 



we should be ready to meet it by having our 

 affairs in such shape as to cause us no loss. 



Before closing and turning the office of presi- 

 dent over to my successor, 1 wish to thank the 

 members and officers for the loyal support given 

 me 011 all occasions. It has been an honor and 

 a pleasure to be at the head of such an organi- 

 zation as the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's 

 Association, and I am your debtor. 



Secretary's Report. 



Gentlemen: The report and address made to 

 you by our worthy president so completely cov- 

 ers the held that it is not necessary for the sec- 

 retary to make a lengthy report, and all I shall 

 do is to read to you the names of our new 

 members, many of whom I think are here today: 



I». L. Adams & Co.. Portland. 



F. M. Bachman, Indianapolis. 



W. A. Fulwider, IJloomington. 



Hi r- Wilkinson Lumber Co., Indianapolis. 



Indiana Veneer & Lumber Company. Indian 

 apolis. 



National Veneer & Lumber Company, Indian 

 apolis. 



Thompson. Thayer & McCowen, Fvansville. 



W. A. Guthi'fe, 1 lupont. 



Rockporl Box & . Manufad tiring Company, 

 Rockport. 



0. L. Wade. Indianapolis. 



Flora Sawmill * !ompany, Flora. 



Talge Mahogany * !ompany, Indianapolis. 



Ben Lukens, Greencastle. 



Ilobert Fessler, Indianapolis. 



George II. Henuey & Son. Noblesville. 



A. *',. Dwiggins, Fountain City. 



A. .f. Sanders & Son, Gosport. 



J. II. Barclay, Bedford. 



Franklin Lumber Company, Franklin. 



R. U.- James, Vincennes. 



