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will be adopted, to be cooperated in as to some 

 of its features at least by the railroads, that the 

 burden of Inadequate railroad transport a lion 

 service will be Largely lifted from the Lumber 

 industry. I would suggest in this connection 

 that when such a bill is introduced in congress 

 as meets th" requirements of the case, as Indi 

 viduals you will use every influence possible 

 wiiii your representatives in congress to secure 

 its passage. 



inasmuch as applied forestry, improvement of 

 presenl drainage systems, or creation of new ones, 

 as well as active support to the movement, to- 

 wards bitter utilization of our waterways, and 

 active interest in proper railroad Legislation is 

 of paramount interesl to the hardwood business 

 at largo and to the members of this association 

 in particular, I desire to bring to the attention 

 of this convention the advisability of devoting 

 pari of our t [me to these four subjects, and to 

 Legislate or to organize committees to represent 

 and execute the Ideas of this convention, and to 

 aid in the furtherance of any plans thai might 

 be i or ib coming, either from individual interests 

 or public institutions along these lines. 



our method of grading lumber has for its 

 principle harmonious cooperation between t he 

 manufacturer and the consumer of our product, 

 and the efforts of our grading committees, car- 

 ried into effect by an efficient corps of inspectors, 

 has produced such a favorable impression among 

 the consumers that it promises to bring about 

 • loser connections between the manufacturers 

 and consumers; in fact, it has of late been seri- 

 ously considered by your executive board to 

 invite the consumers of our product to affiliate 

 with our association, and I recommend to the 

 committee in charge of this subject to present 

 to this convention feasible plans for the con- 

 summation of such project. 



In this connection I desire to add that during 

 the past year the office of this association has 

 ben canvassing a list of S.000 to 10,000 names 

 of buyers of lumber, for the purpose of obtain- 

 ing their wants. This plan originated with your 

 former president. K. II. Vansant, and I am 

 glad to report thai the first publication of the 

 book will be issued within a few weeks. The 

 report of the secretary will show in detail this 

 matter, as well as other points which I have 

 brought out in this address to you. I believe 

 thai action should be taken at this convention 

 relative to publishing a consumers' list in book 

 form for the membership of the association. 



During the past fiscal year our membership 

 has increased steadily in a large territory. Our 

 work has been made more effective by the estab- 

 lishment of state exchanges, which would enable 

 circles of manufacturers adjacent to such ex- 

 changes to carry into effect with better success 

 suggestions resulting from their particular re- 

 quirements, and I recommend that the policy of 

 this association in the future he continued along 

 the same Hues; that individual aims and circum 

 stances be given the fullest recognition compati- 

 ble with the broad policy of this association as 

 a unit. 



The National Lumber Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion, with which this association is allied, repre- 

 sents the entire lumber manufacturing industry 

 of this country. It will hold its annual conven- 

 tion at Norfolk this coming May. and this con 

 vention should take steps for representation at 

 that meeting. 



The executive board met regularly during the 



past year and discussed different subjects, either 

 in routine or business or brought before its meet- 

 ing by members, and the policy of our associa- 

 tion to give each member an opportunity of 

 voicing bis opinion has been steadily maintained 



Your executive board, as well as the associa- 

 tion at Large, met a serious loss during the year 

 in the death of Ferdinand C. Fischer, one of Its 

 members, who was one of the leading spirits in 

 this organization, as well as one of Its most 

 faithful supporters. We miss the services of his 

 logical mind and his diplomatic talents, which 

 were inspired by a genuine good fellowship ami 

 a broad and systematic knowledge of the difficul- 

 ties with which we have to contend. 



Another serious loss was sustained by the 

 death of Charles A. Ward, who for years had 

 been the vice president of this association for 

 the state oi Illinois. lie was particularly Iden- 

 tified with the industry in the lower Mississippi 

 valley, and was a man whose conservative judg- 



nt and strong personality made bis counsel 



and support particularly valuable. 



In conclusion, I desire to thank the executive 

 board, as well as The various committees, for 

 the active and loyal cooperation and support 

 which I have enjoyed during my administration. 

 Realizing thai such cooperation, both on the part 

 of the commit tees and the membership at large, 

 will lie a fundamental necessity for the further 

 success of our organization, I urge upon all of 

 our members a continuance of faithful work 

 along the lines which we have had heretofore, 

 and feel assured that by such cooperation the 

 success of this association will be a great and 

 permanent one. 



Gentlemen, I thank you. 



II. II. VANSANT, ASHLAND, KY . EX PRBS1 

 DENT AM» MEMBER EXECUTIVE BOARD. 



President Wilms— 'Ihr- report of the treasurer 



is the next business before us. 



Secretary Duster then load the report of 



C. M. Crawford, treasurer, which is as fol 



lows: 



Treasurer's Report. 



Mr. President, in my repori to you. owing to 

 the fad thai I was appointed to till the vacancy 

 caused by the death of your former treasurer, F. 



('. Fischer, I desire to COVer the work as shown 

 by his records as well as that since [ have 

 i aken charge by appointmenl : 



Cash on hand January l. 

 1906 $ 



(';isll received fl'om Secre 



tarv's office to November 



i by i<\ <\ Fischer 



( 'ash received in November 

 and December by C. M. 



( Tawford 



(;ish received in January 

 io da ie applying i □ dues 



for past year 2,:::;7.::«; 



$28,834 Ti 



Voucher checks paid out in 

 1906 from B 134 to B- 

 i:-:; i.\ I C. Fischer. . . . 20,579.17 



From C I io c --i by C. M. 



Crawford 5,865.98 _'ti.4 15, 1 :■ 



765 *•*> 



21,072.42 



1,659 :::: 



WILLIAM WILMS. CHICAGO, RETIRING 

 PRESIDENT AM' MEMBER EXECU- 

 TIVE BOARD. 



Balanci 



s 2,389.56 



Respectfully submitted. 



. (_'. M. C'uawi "ia>, Treasurer. 



W. M. EtITTER, COLUMBUS, 0., EX-PRESI- 

 DENT AND MEMBER EXECUTIVE BOARD 



President Wilms- Mr. 1 >oster, our secretary, 



w ill read his report. 



Secretary's Report. 



S!MMAlt\ «U SEAR'S EVENTS. 



Muring the pasl year we have set down as 

 they occurred events transpiring that directly 

 affected our office and general association work, 

 which calendar shows the following items: 



February 21 and 22 — The Hardwood Dimen- 

 sion Association, after meeting several times in 

 convention, decided unanimously to apply to our 

 associat ion for admissh n. 



February 23 Meeting of cur executive board 

 in Cincinnati, a1 which was received full report 

 of i lie ii 'eel in- of i he dimension slock manufac- 

 turers on February '-'1 and 22. The proposition 

 made by t hem for admission was carefully eon 

 sidered and accepted, and thai association was 

 absorbed by accepting individually each member 



I hereof 



March 7 The offices of the association were 

 moved from Hie Harrison building, Columbus, 

 O., io the First National Bank building. Chi 

 cago, where they are now located suite 1535. 



Match in Conference of manufacturers of 

 gum and cottonwood a1 Morehouse, Mo. This 

 meeting was held for the purpose of developing 

 proper methods of producing gum ami cotton 

 wood lumber, especially kiln drying gum and 

 working it into planing mill stocks. 



March :'.i Meeting of manufacturers of bard 

 wood, held at the Gayoso hotel, Memphis. Tenn .. 

 ai which thirty-five were present, including Pres- 

 ident Wilms ,\ number of new members were 

 added to tin- roll at Ibis meeting ami mailers 

 of vial importance to the manufacturers and 

 members of the .Memphis district were discussed 

 and i be secretary's offioe ordered to put Into 

 effect. 



April J.". Meeting of Mississippi hardwood 

 manufacturers held ai Greenville, Miss.; thirty- 

 eighl were present. Matters pertaining to eon 

 ditlons in Mississippi were thoroughly discussed 



and association work made more prominent in 

 that stale old members were reinstated and 

 new members added. 



April UT —Meeting of hardwood manufacturers 

 held at New Orleans. Owing to the fact thai 

 the Confederate Reunion was on ai New Orleans 

 the attendance was small, and it was felt that 

 there should bo a Louisiana state organization 



of Ibis association and plans were made to 

 hold the meeting in the northern part of Hie 

 stale a i a later da I e, 



May 4 Dlstrlri meeting held at Bristol, 

 Tenn., a1 which time the Lumber Exchange of 

 Easi Tennessee & Souihwest Virginia was organ 

 Ized. Our official grading rules were adopted by 

 i bis exchange. 



May 5— District meeting held at Ashevllle, 

 N. c..' when the Ashevllle Lumber Exchange was 

 organized. Our official grading rules were 

 adopted by t bis body. 



June 9- District meeting held ai the Arling 

 ion hotel, Hot Springs, Ark., a1 which t!me a 

 committee was appointed to formulate specifica- 

 tions for hardwood logs. tO act in conjunction 



with a similar commitl f Missouri and other 



manufacturers. New members were enrolled and 

 matters of Importance besides the grading of 

 hardwood logs were also considered. The a 



