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HARDWOOD RECORD 



J. S. GARETSON, ST. LOUIS. MO., TRANS- 

 PORTATION COMMITTEE. 



Chair and Furniture Dimension Stock. 

 P. W. Webster of Decatur, Ala., chairman 

 of the committee on oak chair and furniture 

 dimension stock, prefaced his report by 

 saying that: 



Last year at an annual meeting in Louisville 

 the idea was conceived by some members ot this 

 association to organize a dimension department 

 the matter was taken up later and at Cincinnati 

 it was consummated. Manufacturers of dimen 

 sion stock found themselves quite disorganized 

 and at the Cincinnati meeting we found some 

 of us were selling the same class of goods at 

 &10 more than others were receiving. We 

 thought if the information was given to others 

 they would be able to get as much as we did 

 for their products. 



Through systematized efforts, members whom 

 we have talked with in regard to this matter 

 said that they were able to get more satisfactory 

 results than before the organization of this asso- 

 ciation. We are getting a little above the prices 

 ot firsts and seconds for quartered oak chair 

 baeks-'-m other words about the same prices as 

 lor lumber out of which chairs are cut. We are 

 now selling quartered red oak backs at within 

 »1 of the price of quartered white oak firsts and 

 seconds. It seems there are various members of 

 this association who are wasting a great deal 

 of their products they could convert into salable 

 stock for furniture, chair and other dimension 

 business. If they will take care of it and man- 

 ufacture such stuff as they are now shipping as 

 mmbei- to the consumers to manufacture such 

 stock out of they would get more out of their 

 timber. Any information this committee can 

 give we will be glad to furnish at any time. 



C. M. Carrier and others observed that they 

 believed the association should take up- this 

 dimension stock trade in order to get it into 

 shape, and that stuff was being burned up which 

 ought to be utilized. A manufacturer of wagon 

 stock found that there were a great many small 

 mills manufacturing specialties, dimension stock 

 etc., not posted on prices. He said he received 

 more than most of them, and that he was verv 

 caretul to make a good grade of stock, but 

 thought others should be able to get the same 

 for equal stock, and that they should belong 

 to the association. Of about twenty-five mill! 

 an his section only two were members. 



The chairman suggested the idea of district 

 meetings to get- others into the fold. 



The committee's report, which was 

 adopted, was as follows: 



At a meeting of the people interested in man- 

 ufacture and sale of oak furniture and chair 

 2i me , n n S o2 n ., t - ock heId at Cincinnati on February 

 ii 19 S?'' l i! IS <" omml "ee was appointed to look 

 after the dimension stock affairs in the above 

 two lines. We have done our best the past year 

 to stimulate through the market reports of this 

 association the manufacture of oak and chair di- 

 mension furniture stock and" to give the manufac- 

 turers of this stock an opportunity to realize 

 quite a nice sum for the waste of their saw- 

 mills, and to give the consuming trade at lar"e 

 well manufactured stock at reasonable prices 



and we report fairly satisfactory results. Our 

 experience is that there are quite a few small 

 manufacturers of this class of material who are 

 not particular and careful about their meth- 

 ods of manufacture, and are manufacturing 

 their product unevenly and are not careful about 

 their grades, consequently have to sell for a 

 very much lower price than the real value of the 

 well manufactured product should be. Too much 

 stress cannot be put upon careful and correct 

 manufacturing and proper grading. We should 

 not ship dimension stock that does not come 

 up to the grade as laid down in the grading 

 rules of this association, and if we ship it ac- 

 cording to these grading rules our experience 

 has been that the shipments give satisfaction. 

 Since the organization of this department of the 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association more uni- 

 versal prices have prevailed, and if our work is 

 kept up we see no reason why all producers of 

 dimension stock will not very soon obtain prices 

 for their output at least equal to the price of 

 firsts and seconds lumber out of which the con- 

 sumer of dimension stock will be compelled to 

 cut his dimensions in the event that he can buy 

 it from some producer. We urge upon all mem- 

 bers of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association 

 their hearty cooperation and help for this com- 

 mittee. F. W. Webster. 



J. S. Garetsox. 



C. M. CLARK. 



Vehicle Dimension Stock. 

 E. W. Pratt, Jr., of Crofton, Ky., sub- 



J. W. MAYHEW, COLUMBUS, O., TRANSPOR- 

 TATION COMMITTEE. 



mitted the following report on vehicle 

 dimension stock, which was adopted: 



At the beginning of the season 1906 the vehi- 

 cle dimension stock trade was in a very unsat- 

 isfactory condition. General trade was good, a 

 large volume of business was being done, but 

 owing to the vast difference in the value placed 

 upon the product by the different manufacturers, 

 the difference in the manner of grades, the arbi- 

 trary and at times unjust methods of Inspection 

 by the purchasers buying this class of material, 

 all made the business unprofitable. 



In February. 1906, there was a meeting held 

 in Cincinnati of the manufacturers of dimension 

 stock. At this time it was decided to unite with 

 the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association. A 

 committee was appointed for arriving at a sat- 

 'sfactory basis of grading, etc. After carefully 

 considering the different conditions rules were 

 formed for grading the different material and 

 adopted. The results accomplished during the 

 past season have been verv satisfactory. 



We would recommend that there be no changes 

 made and that the present rules continue in ef- 

 fect for the grading of vehicle dimension stock. 

 E. W. Pratt, Jr., 

 W. w. Dings, 

 O. C. Galloway. 



Election of Vice Presidents and Directors. 



The next subject taken up was the elec- 

 tion of vice presidents and directors for the 

 several states, which resulted as follows: 

 Aekansas. 



G. E. W. Luehrmann, vice president, Indiana & 

 Arkansas Lumber & Manufacturing Co.. St. Louis. 



R. E. Lee Wilson, director two years, R. E 

 Lee Wilson & Co., Wilson, Ark. 



H. W. Mosby, director one year, Helena Box 

 Co., Helena. Ark. 



F. E. Gary, Baker Lumber Co., Turrell, Ark. 

 Illinois. 



William Moore, vice president, Moore & Mc- 

 Ferren, Memphis. 



E. A. Lang, director two years, Paepcke-Leicht 

 Lumber Co.. Chicago. 



E. T. Scott, director one year, Metropolis Lum- 

 ber Co., Metropolis, 111. 



INDIANA. 



C. H. Kramer, vice president, C. & W. Kramer 

 Co., Richmond, Ind. 



Daniel Wertz, director two years, Maley & 

 Wertz. Evansville, Ind. 



Frank May, director one year, May Bros., Ev- 

 ansville, Ind. 



Kentucky. 



Floyd Day. vice president, Swann-Day Lumber 

 Co., Clay City, Ky. 



E. W. Pratt, Jr., director two years, Pratt- 

 Worthington Co., Crofton, Ky. 



W. II. Dawkins, director one year, W. H. Daw- 

 kins Lumber Co., Ashland, Ky. 

 Iowa. 



Elmer W. Harris, vice president, Harris & Cole 

 Bros., Cedar Falls, Iowa. 



Massachusetts. 



George E. French, vice president, Atlantic 

 Lumber Co., Boston, .Mass. 



William E. Litchfield, director two years, 

 Litchfield Bros., Boston, Mass, 

 Mississippi. 



W. B. Burke, vice president, Memphis, Tenn. 



W. J. Cude. director two years, W. J. Cude 

 Hardwood Lumber Co.. Kimmins, Tenn. 



W. P.. Morgan, director one year, Anderson- 

 Tully Co., Memphis, Tenn. 



Missouri. 



J. II. Friant, vice president, Hirnmelberger- 

 llarrison Lumber Co., Morehouse, Mo. 



Thomas W. Fry. director two years, C. F. 

 Luehrmann II. L. Co., St. Louis, Mo. 



George B. Wheeler, director one year, Fergu- 

 son & Wheeler. Poplar Bluff. Mo. 



W. W. Dings, Garetson-Greason Lumber Co., 

 St. Louis, Mo. 



North Carolina. 



A. F. Hall, vice president, W. T. Mason Lum- 

 ber Co., Asheville, N. C. 



G. N. Hutton, director two years, Hutton & 

 Bourbonnais, Hickory, N. C. 

 r C. A. Schenck, director one year, Biltmore, 



Ohio. 



W. I. Iiarr. vice president. Greenfield. O. 



W. II. Nigh, director two years, Nigh Lumber 

 Co., I ronton, O. 



H. C. Hossafous, director one year, Dayton, O. 

 Pennsylvania. 



W. M. McCormick, vice president, Little River 

 Lumber Co.. Philadelphia. 



W. H. Herbertson, director, two years, Cheat 

 River Lumber Co., Pittsburg, Pa. 



J. J. Mead, director one year. Mead & Speer 

 Co., Pittsburg, Pa. 



Tennessee. 



S. Lieberman, vice president, Lieberman, Love- 

 man & O'Brien, Nashville, Tenn. 



M. F. Greene, director two years, Davidson- 

 Benediet Co., Nashville. Tenn. 



C. M. CLARK, CLAY CITY, KY., POPLAR AND 

 BASSWOOD GRADING COMMITTEE. 



