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"^ Hemlock and Hardwood Men Meet '^ 



Tho (|unrtcrly iiioftiiiv: ni il,.- XuiiIutii lleiiilock and Hardwood 

 -Manufucturers' Association was held April 30, at tlie La Salle 

 hotel, Chicago, and was attended bv a majority of the members. 

 The president, R. B. Goodman of Goodman, Wis., took occasion 

 in his opening address to state the purposes of the association. He 

 did this partly as a reply to a report in the daily papers that the 

 Bureau of Corporations would soon publish findings resulting from 

 its investigations of the lumber business, and that those findings 

 would be a criticism of some of the methods of lumber associa- 

 tions. 



President Goodman .said his association carries on its study of 



irket conditions through the committee of grades, and that con- 



itions as they are found are reported to the association. .\n 



important part of this work is the standardizing of grades. This 



has now beon practically completed and grades are fixed and well 



iimlerstood. 



Another important work carried on by the association is the 

 ivertising of lumber, particularly the kinds manufactured by its 

 ! I'mbers. 



The association's efficiency committee performs valuable services 

 by studying questions of .sanitation and others which directly 

 affect the health of the laborers and camp.s, and indirectly concern 

 the work in the woods and at the mills. The methods employed 

 are likewise a subject for the efficiency committee "s attention. 

 Traffic matters are carefully studied by this committee, but no 

 attempt is made to control or regulate prices. That is left to the 

 individuals, who naturally try to secure the best prices possible. 



Treasurer's Report 

 The treasurer's report was read by the secretary, R. S. Kellogg. 

 It showed a balance on hand January 26, 1914, of .$3,369.69; amount 

 received from the secretarj', $8,897.89, making a total of .$12,- 

 267.58. The sum paid out, for which vouchers are on file, was 

 .$10,380.44, leaving a balance on hand of $1,887.14, with all debts 

 paid, and many dues receivable. The treasurer, George E. Foster, 

 was not present. 



Secret .\KY 's Report 

 Secretary Kellogg 's report on the cut and shipments of lumber 

 for the year ending March 31, 1914, shows that during this period 

 hemlock production has exceeded shipments by eight per cent and 

 that hardwood production has been twenty-two per cent greater 

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than sliipnients. The production of liomlo.k and li:ir.lw(H,.|s ,„,n 

 bined has exceeded shipments by fourteen per leni wince March 

 1, 1913. The totals for the twelve months follow: 



Shipped. 



Wood Cut. IVct. Feet. 



llcmlnck 4G3,U0n,(mU 4'J7, 247,000 



.Vsli 7,l.li;,000 7.241,000 



Knsswood 47,00,'i,000 40,471,000 



Hirch •,ll,2,'i7.000 04,453,000 



Elm 25,9(57,000 211,074,000 



Maple 87,660,000 70.255,000 



Oak 3.4.j:t,000 .•j,3n«,ooo 



Mixed hnrdwoods 9,t,i:«),000 :iO,836,000 



.\11 hnrdnoods 356,504.000 201,62»,00O 



A summary of comparisons of figures for the first three months 

 of 1913 with the first three for 1914 shows: 



Increase In hemlock cut, 14 |>cr cent. 



DecrcHse In hemlock shipments, 5 per rent. 



Increase In liardwood cut, 10 per cent. 



Decronse In hardwood .shipments, 1(1 per cent. 



Increase In total cut, 12 per cent. 



Decrease in total shipments, 10 per cent. 



The figures make a more encouraging showing for the last month 

 of the three, March, 1913, compared with the same month 1914: 



Increase in hemlock cut, 25 per rent. 



Increase In hemlock shipments, 18 per cent. 



Increase In hardwood cut, 13 per cent. 



licerease In hardwood shipments, 14 per cent. 



Increase In total cut, 17 per cent. 



Increase In total shipments, 4 per cent. 



The reports last October indicated a probable ini'reaae in hem- 

 lock logging of three per cent and in hardwood logging of seven- 

 teen per cent un<ler favorable conditions, but the actual decrease 

 of two per cent in hemlock and eight per cent in hardwood input 

 can be charged to a short winter and light snow fall. While some 

 well situated firms got in the normal amount, others fell short of 

 their estimates as much as 25 per cent. 



The log input this season by the seventy firms from whom 

 reports were received was as follows: 



Feet. 



Hemlock 407,043,000 



Hardwoods 335,658,000 



I'lne 151,159,000 



Mixed 115,000,000 



■r.,1.,1 1.. 108,860,000 



