HARDWOOD RECORD 



35 



A. J. Gahagan, director one year, Loomls & 

 Hart Manufacturing Co., Chattanooga. 



Robert Yestai, Vestal Lumber & Manufactur- 

 ing Co.. Knoxville. 



VIRGINIA. 



A. Johnson, vice president, Pennington Lum- 

 ber Co., Pennington Gap. 



II. Fugate. director one year, The II. Fugate 

 Co., Riehlands. Va. 



Wbst Virginia. 



C. L. Rltter, vice president, C. L. Ritter I.um- 

 ber Co., Huntington,* W. Va. 



E. L. Davidson, director two years, Parkers- 

 burg Mill Co., Parkersburg. 



W. L. Watson, director one year. John W. 

 M:ih:in Lumber Co., Mahan, YV. Va. 

 Texas. 

 A. Deutsch. vice president, San Antonio, Tex. 

 Alabama. 



F. YV. Webster, vice president, Huntsville Lum- 

 ber i !o . Decatur, Ala. 



South Carolina. 

 X. W. Gennett, vice president. Ceniiett Lumber 

 Co., .Madison. S. C. 



Miscellaneous Business. 



C. M. Carrier, chairman of the committee 

 on hardwood flooring, asked for permission 

 to refer the matter of making a division 

 of hardwood flooring manufacturers of the 

 Manufacturers' Association to the executive 

 committee, which permission was granted. 



On motion a change was made in the rule 

 covering log run lumber, so as to specify 

 that log run lumber shall include at least 

 50 per cent of sound cuttings. 



Secretary Doster made a brief statement 

 concerning the proposed book to be issued 

 by the association covering a list of whole- 

 sale consumers and their requirements. He 

 said that the sale of this book would be 

 confined entirely to members of the associa- 

 tion and that the price would be $25 per 

 annum. Subscriptions were received from 

 about fifty members. 



Referring to another subject, Mr. Doster 

 said: 



I have noticed that the assignment of commit- 

 tees Is much larger than in 1906 and think we 

 should get together as often as possible. It is 

 our intention this year to keep up more thor- 

 oughly the system of canvassing conditions. We 

 want to know what you are selling lumber for. 

 The information which we obtain from you is 

 held absolutely confidential. None of our re- 

 ports show from whom our information is re- 

 ceived. 



If there arc any questions at any time from 



any committees we would like to have them 

 and to keep closer in touch witli you and we can 

 give you information only when we get it from 

 all sources and compile it for your benefit. We 

 want members to feel at liberty to call on us at 

 any time. I believe you have 'all felt at liberty 

 in the past and I want this policy to continue 



.Mr. Dings — Mr. President. Mr. Doster in his 

 report, while it was very complete, did not dwell 

 very strongly on the fact that we have in St. 

 Louis a local inspector. 1 wish be would explain 

 to this association why that Inspector is there. 



Secretary Doster — I am glad ti> do so. I tried 

 in cover as many details as 1 thought advisable 

 in my report. The Executive Board authorized 

 me as the superintendent of the Bureau of 

 Grades in further that bureau in every section 

 of the country in whatever manner it must he 

 handled in different districts. The St. Louis 

 market is peculiar and different from any other 

 city market in the United States. It has there 

 a system which has been in use for many years 

 of establishing the inspection at destination. 

 Practically all lumber is inspected when it is 

 unloaded from the cars instead of when it is 

 loaded. Prior to our establishing a system many 

 members of our association refused to ship lum- 

 ber to St. Louis, owing to the fact that the lum- 

 ber was not taken care of properly on arrival, 

 and such conditions were felt by the buyers and 

 handlers of hardwood products in that market. 

 Upon the request of members of our association 

 we Inaugurated our inspection system in St. 

 Louis, placing a man there to meet conditions 

 and work expressly for that market. Since the 

 establishment of this bureau we have found that 



.1. W. KITCHEN, ASHLAND, KY., POPLAR 

 AND BASSWOOD GRADING COMMITTEE. 



W. Iv DELANEY. CINCINNATI. O., POPLAR 

 AND BASSWOOD GRADING COMMITTEE. 



shipments have increased to a great extent, and 

 such increases were rated within thirty days 

 alter the establishment of our system. This is 

 i.ne n] the peculiar markets we must contend 

 with for such shipments on grading. Practically 

 we do for all members of the association the 

 s-- inspecting and reinspectlng that we do in 

 .iher markets, but we have not established this 

 local work in any other section of the country, 

 etui we (in not think it necessary to do so, other 

 than by using our traveling force for the in- 

 spection of lumber. The system of charges is 

 made according to the amounl of work handled 

 by t tie inspei I or 



Address of Mr. Fee. 



While awaiting tin- return of the commit- 



t i mi nominations and at the request of 



li'esi.leiit Wilms. Frank F. Fee addressed 



the convention on the subject of the bene- 



lits nf associal ion work: 



This is a very unexpected pleasure, gentlemen 

 In tins ease 1 really have mil any prepared notes. 



Relating to our work as an association I think 

 there is very little in he s:iiil negatively. It is 



all for our y I. 1 look around this assemblage 



ami at tin- friends thai have met here and am 

 impressed. Comparing this gathering with that 

 which met foul or live years ago I am sure that 

 we have better faces, better clothes and some of 

 us now are able to shine our shoes. I am sure 

 our bank accounts have been increased. I be- 

 lieve as successful nun thai our wives and chil- 

 dren find a little better husbands and fathers 



JOHN W. LOVE, NASHVILLE, TENV. CHAIR- 

 MAN OAK. ASH AND CHESTNUT 

 GRADING COMMITTEE. 



because of the change which this association has 

 brought about. At our first meeting there was 

 reticence — there was some vicious snapping 

 among us all. We bad a lack of conliilenee in 

 our competitor whom we thought a villain to 

 whom truth was unknown and if be told the 

 truth we did not believe it. Today we work as 

 • me man. as a body and instead of it being a 

 hear market as it was heretofore we have made 

 ii a seller's market. I recall years ago when sell 

 ing Lumber in New York City we had to figure a 

 price that would admit of a deduction <>i $75 

 in $100 a car. If we could not stand for this 

 we had no call to send lumber into the general 

 market. Conditions have changed. We have not 

 told them what they should buy but said this is 

 I lie price we are willing to sell raw material for 

 which admits of a fair and reasonable profit. 

 Lumber today is like money from the mint. It 

 lias value. We till believe in that value. We 

 are not a trust but wc talk these things over and 

 our prices are based on the principle used by 

 L'ncle Sam in paying his soldiers — a fair price. 



I can only thank you for this opportunity of 

 presenting these ordinary facts. I believe there 

 are more happy smiles in our hearts and larger 

 rolls in our pocket books than were there before 

 we started this association. 



Election of Officers. 

 A. .1. Gahagan, chairman of the commit- 

 tee on resolutions and nominations, sub- 

 mitted the following report: 



Mr. President, your committee on nominations 

 recommends ;is follows: For president. John I'.. 

 Ransom of Nashville, Tenn. : for first vice presi- 

 dent. W. A. Gilchrist of Memphis. Tenn. : for 

 second vice president, John II Hlmmelberger of 

 Morehouse, Mo.: for treasurer, C. M. Crawford 

 nt' Coal Grove, O. For members of the Execu- 

 tive Board: W. M. Ritter, Columbus, O. ; Clinton 

 i e.i in-. Cincinnati, O. : R. II Vansant, Ashland, 

 Kv. : William Wilms. Chicago; I'. 1'. -Mann. Mem 

 phis. Tenn.: W. A. Gilchrist, Memphis, Tenn.; 

 R. M. Carrier. Sardis, Miss.: John B. Ransom, 

 Nashville, Tenn. ; Frank F. Fee, Newport, Ark. 



We also recommend the adoption of the follow- 

 ing : 



Whereas, The cordial reception of the city 

 and the generous hospitality of the Lumbermen's 

 club of Memphis on the occasion of the lift li 

 annual meeting of the Hardwood Manufacturers 

 Association of the United states will he a pleas 

 ant memory to every member of the association 

 pri in* at this meeting, as an evidence nf our 

 appreciation of hospitalities never surpassed by 

 any city in which the association lias held its 

 former meet ings ; ' herefore, 



Resolved, Thai the thanks of the Hardwood 



Manufacturers' Associati f the United States 



in- ;iinl is hereby tendered in the city and also 

 I., the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis. As gt 

 nl i he Lumbermen's club our pleasure has l.een 

 lull to overflowing, and in its membership we 

 have, found an Ideal host. Wc will part with 

 them as warm friends, and we will leave with 



ihein g 1 wishes iii lavish abundance for their 



future prosperitj as individuals and continued 

 usefulness in the city nf Memphis as a social 

 and business nruaniza i ion. 



We lender In .Mr. Wilms, our retiring presl- 



