HARDWOOD RECORD 



19 



On motion the report was accepted and 

 the 1 ommittee dischai ged. 



A letter was read from W. W. Koss, coun- 

 sel for the lumbermen in the Car Stake and 

 Equipment Complaint, reporting the status 

 of the hearing before the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission for securing permanent 

 equipment of stakes for tlat and gondola 



ears. 



The president read a letter from Bruce 

 Odell, secretary of the Michigan Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association, asking that the 

 Wisconsin Hardwood Lumbermen's Associa- 

 tion appoint -i committee to meet the Grad- 

 ing Committee of the former organization 

 .it lis next meeting at Grand Rapids, Mich., 

 on April 17, for the purpose of taking up 

 grading and agreeing upon a set of uniform 

 rules-. President Arpin suggested thai this 

 was of vita) importance and asked that the 

 association give serious consideration to 

 arranging such .1 conference. 



On motion of A. B. Owen, the chair was 

 instructed to appoint a committee to take 

 up the matter of universal hardwood inspec- 

 tion not only with the Michigan Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association, but also with 

 the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association 

 of the United States and with the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association. Mr. Owen's 

 motion was adopted, and the president ap- 

 pointed as this .ommittee: A. E. Owen, H. 

 C. Humphrey, George E. Foster and M. .1. 

 Quinlan. 



A letter was read from George K. Smith, 



- tare of the National Lumber Manufac 



hirers' Association, calling attention to 1 I" 

 date of the approaching annual meeting of 

 that organization and requesting that dele- 

 gates I"- appointed from the Wisconsin asso 

 ciation to attend that meeting. Upon mo- 

 tion, the chair was authorized to appoint 

 these delegates, and named F. II. Pardoe, 

 M. .1. Quinlan and E. 3. SToung. 



Secretary Beebee said that at the lasi 

 meeting of the association it was ordered 

 that the expenses of delegates and commit- 

 tees appointed on various work should !»' 

 paid by the association. He explained that 

 the revenue from dues was insufficient, to 

 meet this expense and he found it imp" 

 ble to pay bills of this- character. There- 

 upon, on motion of George H. Chapman, the 

 secretary was authorized to make a special 

 levy to pay such expenses of this sort as had 

 been incurred in the past, and to provide for 

 the expenses of the various committees and 

 delegates appointed at this meeting. 



Secretary-Treasurer Beebee read his finan- 

 cial report as follows: 



Treasurer's Report. 



KECEIPTS. 



Cash on hand September, 1906 $112.01 



cash from sale of grading rules 2.50 



Membership fees 2.00 



Annual dues, 1907 275.00 



Total $391 51 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



Stationery $ 15-92 



Stamps 15.00 



Cash in hunk 360 .10 



Total $391.51 



31 MMAKY OF STOCK REPORTS FROM TWENTY-SEV] \ I [RMS 



Ash ... 



Bassn I 



Birch . . 

 Km ternut 

 Rock elm 

 Son elm 

 Maple 

 Red oak. 

 White oa 



1 try lumber. 



Mill run. 



No :: C >\ Bel ti 1 



.... 757,000 



2,021,000 



. . . 9,273,000 



7.".. 000 



. . 163.000 



00 1.01 11 1 



3,069,000 



982,000 



U-J7. 



. , reel] lumber. 

 Mill run. 

 1. :: Com. .^ Better. 



2,119,1 



12,720 I 



I" oU7.i 



106,000 



3,953, 



3,297.000 



3,570, 



1,839, 



si'. 



Logs, 



1,304.01 



8,594,01 



10,615,01 



38,01 



1 i ' 



3,617,01 



4,034,01 



1,323,01 



,:i 







Totals. 



4,18 



:;.:; 1 1,1 



29,915,000 

 219,000 



s.sTC.OOO 



7. si:,. 



10,673,000 



4,144,000 



654, 



The president then called foi a genera] 

 discussion on any subjects that, might be of 

 interest to the association, and secured re- 

 sponse from Henry II. Gibson, editor of the 

 Hardwood Record, and 1,. E. Fuller, editor 

 of the Lumber World. 



I'. 11. Pardoe called attention to the tint 



that bassw I siding and coiling nave been 



in strong demand recently, although a shorl 

 time ago they were slow of solo. He sng 

 gnsted that the eurrenf prices tor basswood 

 lumber as well as siding and ceiling were 

 lower than the prices that the value of the 

 wool and market demand justified. 

 Discussion on Universal Inspection. 



President Arpin made a brief sj eh urg- 



Grand totals I7.n;s. 37,719,000 !4,63 89,817,000 



•A stork report gathered last September in which thirty-four firms reported Bhowed a grand 



1. out 01 96,309, teei __ 



l.ui what would be willing to .In the same thing. 

 This association has a membership of about 

 sixty, of whom nine or ten concerns are jobbers 

 and. several of these manufacture from 0110 to 

 i\ million feet a year. But, notwithstanding 



il. is fan, it our getting .ml will bring al 1 



better cooperation ami better results are ob 

 lain..!, we arc perfectly willing to do so. Speak- 

 ing from a jobber's point 01 view the prime 

 object of an association is Inspection rules. 

 VVhai we want is universal Inspection. I want 

 a nil.' that if applied in Wisconsin will be 

 recognized in California. Texas, New York, or 

 am other old place. Tim great danger of so 

 many new associations is confusion as 10 grades 

 11..; all have anil will launch a new set ol 

 rule's — all good no doubt, 1. 111 loo many of them. 

 I am perfectly willing to admit Hon the manu- 

 facturer should say how his lumber should be 

 graded, but in doing so he should not lose sight 

 ol the fact that the consumer has some rights 

 which he is bound lo respect. There ..." two 

 ^iil.s (.. every .juestion and there arc to this. 

 There could be nothing more annoying 10 a 

 purchaser than a multiplicity of rules. In pur- 

 chasing lumber it would be necessary to provide 

 oneself with a library of inspection rules and 

 make a study of tbcin iu order to do business 

 intelligent ly. 



I think the present rules, especially of the 

 Naiional association, should he revised and 

 brought up lo date in order 10 conform to 

 present conditions. The manufacturers 01 the 

 north should formulaic a set: of rules covering 

 \mo, is they arc interested in and submit them 

 10 the two big national associations, then bring 

 all the pressure possible to bear on them to 

 have a joint inspection rules committee ap 

 pointed to settle on some universal inspection 

 ami hav the inspection books issued under the 

 joint authority of both associations and each 

 state association could adopt them. What the 

 jobbers want, as well as the consumers, is a 

 set ol fair rules that can he depended upon and 

 that will be a protection to them in the market. 



All have ideas as to rules, but all cannot 



I nor should they) expect to have their own 

 way entirely. Why not use the influence of this 

 association to bring about harmony on this great 

 question? Lei our efforts be to secure "uni- 

 versal inspect ion." 



In response, T. II. Pardoe spoke as fol- 

 lows: 



I am glad to hear Mr. Humphrey mention the 



-1 of harmony- glad to have it brought up 



in this meeting. 1 think that is what we want. 

 However, I do not agree with Mr. Humphrey 

 that there is no room for the manufacturers' 

 association. t was one of (he commit tee which 

 canvassed the situation some time ago and we 

 believed then that the lime was ripe for new 



grading rules. We did not believe we 1 1 



obtain these rubs in the way we wished thai 

 is. inspection at the mill under the supervision 

 of a competent chief inspector — withoui the 

 formation of a separate association. I think 

 the manufacturers should have something 

 ,,, about how their lumber is to be graded. 

 There are many sides to this question and we 



do not all see it alike, but so far as I have 1 11 



able to ascertain there has been no disposition 

 on the part of the manufacturers to put the 

 jobbers out of business. 



A. E. Owen, chairman of the Bureau of 

 Grades of the new Wisconsin association, 

 slated that it was the object of that organ- 

 ization to arrive at a uniform set of grad- 

 ing rules and that its prime object was to 

 attain 1.. a grading -. | em 1 bat should be 

 fair to all parties concerned, and to install 

 in an intelligent manner this system of 

 grading at points of production. 



Messrs. Pardoe, Lusk, Humphrey, Owen, 

 Poster and Arpin all spoke at considerable 

 length on the subject, and at the conclusion 



II appeared thai 1 lie pur] ose of the new 



V E. BEEBEE, SECRETARY, MCMILLAN. 



ing the importance of everj membei of the 

 Wisconsin association working to attain uni 

 form hardwoo I inspection in all parts of the 



c it ry. 



H. C. Humphrey, in referring to inspection 



matters-, and especially to the recent organ- 

 ization of a strictly hardwood manufactur- 

 ers' association in Wisconsin, deprecated 

 the formation of more associations and the 

 multiplicity of inspection rules, and read the 

 following paper: 



It is to be regretted thai a certain 1 ber 



of the manufacturers think ii necessary to 

 organize a new association for Wisconsin, to be 



ci ...posed entirely ol thos ocerns who confine 



themselves exclusivelj to the manufacture of 

 lumber. I feel that there is not room enough 

 for two associations. tine should be able to 

 cover the field, and that one should be ibis 

 association, and if the manufacturers think 



re could be accomplished by excluding the 



lobbers, as far as the Jones I, umber Com] s 



is concerned we are perfectly willing- to tep 

 down and out. While I have no authority for 

 saving- so. 1 don't think there is a jobber presenl 



