HARDWOOD RECORD 



. tlio choir Mid thHt 



\MilM.l [.:n. u>i r.-iM.rt tO njAko. 



r till- grn>liu)> ruloH roniinittoo, Miiil that 

 the crnilinu r>il«>» arc KUggtiilfd fur llli^ 

 ir I'.v ino .Miiii.imi lliirilwiHMl Luuibor AMiociatioii. 

 ■ hairnian W. i'. Hull uf tho market ronititioUN eoniiiiittfo Hub- 

 iiti'il tlii» follonini; rfi>ort: 



B«port of Market Conditions OonualttM 



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f!.-.l '..r till- niir ii|irlui: iiK-i'lliis. Vi'v hnvv, 



■ ■ '■ liiiiilK-r nviilliilili' for flonrliiK 



' ffi-i Oil liiiiid iia NKainiit 



siiiiii- HlitiH-ii iiiuiiibi.TH ri'iiurt 



- itnllisl JII.SVO.IIOII fwt for Mllv 



.. mil. WV nUn llnil tlint tlirw large 



<i I wli > cut T.dliO.OIH) tm't of llourlUK 



i-lh.'wt. Tlil«, with the L'.:ntl.000 tvvl 



1. l:ik.' iilil|iiii<'iil!i iif tin; Btpck by l),:UG,(IUIJ 



l( Is nliui stiowii tlinl muiilo IiiiiiIht iivulliihli- rm- lliturliit; |>ur|m»<.>K, In 



'.. hnuilii of rail sIiI|>|mts, Ik |irarllcnlly nil Hold lit lust yoiir's Arufc-k 



r itfttiT. mill thv lluorlUK bunlni-iiii Ik In kihiiI cunUltlou and tbc iimuu 



Mtun-r fully nhlc to pay tbo prUon |iri-vnllhiK Inst yonr. 



Wtill. til. inki' liuyiTK of tills olnss of stock iirt- di'lnyluR lu mnktiiK 



t ' 'I'lnK for lowiT prirt's. we mil not but soo, from n close 



xlullsticH submitted ooverlni: nrnllnble stock, tbnt 



\ )> firm. on-lHK to the restricted privileges governing 



I: II Is r<'ported niniiy Jobliers linve discontinued business, 



- i.ir :i- .ii.ilhiaiiiliig ynrd stocks, nud It Is n known fact tbnt there nre 



«■ slocks In tbe bands of the middleman from which consumers cnn 



:r.iw their supply of rough lumber. At the same time woodworking 



t.ri- lire mostly running and depleting their reserves, and this will 



tly. In tbe near future, make It necessary for them to seek the 



•'lucer to secure tiielr rt^ulrements. 



annted cut for 1014, secured January 1, was 458.000,000 feet. 



.•I uiii of tbe open winter It was felt this amount would be reduced 



and these estimates were again taken as of April 1 and found to be 

 450,000,000. Your committee feels that If this estimate was again bad 

 at the present time. It would show a still further decrease of from 

 ari.OOO.OOO to OCOOO.Ofm feet, for the members of this association are 

 close students of market conditions and tbe decreased consumption Is 

 ap|.-arent to all our members at this time, and will no doubt have Its 

 effect on the production of a great many of our members who operate 

 the year round. 



It Is the opinion of your committee that tbe lumber business has 



suffered less than any other of tbc great Industries of the country, 



nnd the northern hardwoods less than any other branch of the lumber 



.ulness: and we can see no reason for lower values, this being evidenced 



tbc disposal of stocks by our members at satisfactory figures, and 



at values obtained last year arc being maintained and your committee 



lleves the values as shown by the committee report of January 21, 1914, 



■ be the present market values. 



ITiere seems to be a less demand for lumber, as well as other com- 

 u'ldltles and a tendency on the part of buyers to hold off in the placing 

 of contracts ; this applies more particularly to tbc railroads and large 

 manufacturers. However, this appears to be due to general conditions. 

 rather than too high values. 



Uemlock 

 Hemlock today ocmples a very strong position in spite of the fact of 

 ■ demoralized condition of hemlock's only competitor, yellow pine. 

 ■'rii? of the reasons for this is our ability to get our stock in the hands 

 iif the retail dealers so promptly, whereas it takes from four to six 

 weeks to make yellow pine deliveries, and yardmen are disinclined to 

 purchase yellow pine for deliveries so far abend, so long as yellow pine 

 values remain so uncertain. .Vnothcr reason is the popularity of hemlock 

 with the contractors on account of its easy working qualities as com- 

 pared to yellow pine. 



Reports of estimated cat for 1914 as of January 1 show a proposed 

 lit of 27.".n00.O00 feet, while the .\prll 1 report would indicate a cut 

 ■-'SI. 01 10.000 foet, this Increase being brought about by the manufacturer 

 king mure of bis dead and down hemlock than originally proposed. 

 ^• t the actual cut for 1913 was 29n,000.Oi)U feet, which leaves l.j.000.00li 

 less stock thnn for last year. We believe prices as obtained during the 

 latter half of 1913 to be the market value at this time, and there is no 

 question but that such values will be maintained. 



We quote as follows from a recent report of the Wisconsin association, 

 whose members compete In many of our markets : "The final conclusion 

 of the committee is that there is unquestionably going to be a market 

 for all hemlock in sight at present prices and very likely a little advance." 

 We are of the opinion its value is equal to that of last year, if not 

 greater. Reports from forty-five members show bark peeled In 1913 

 to be 41.63S cords, while the estimated peel for 1914 does not exceed 

 40.000 cf.rrts. 



Ijilh nre Drtn nt Inat yrnr'a vnlueii, wlib >i i m... k~ aMuuii.i. 



TluH iH'injf till' liusy Konsuii in thi- lire IlKbliiii; liho, Chief liie 

 warden Chiirliit I", lliekok wiih nnaldc to altiMul the nii<«titiK. Hi', 

 report \va» ro«il bv the secrotiiry. 



Chief Fire Wmrden's Report 



The patrol m-naon of tbU deparliiu-nt opened durliiK the week ■.mlltii: 

 Satunlny, .\prll 2ri. We dei'ineil li advlanlib- lo ninrt the men as early 

 n» road cuudltlona would permit, a» there In n birce niuount of fon-al 

 products In decks and on sklda In the woods niid II U neceaaary for tin- 

 men to lie fnmlllnr with thi. location of nil niub iiinterlnl Itefore the dry 

 weather, which may be expected In early Mny. Aa fnat na tliea<- prodiiru 

 are locntiHl tbe men furnish thU office with a detailed ri.purt ni> |.. 

 condlllons surrounding them nnd I am plenai-d to note we nn- (liiillui: 

 logs and other productM In very much belter condition tbnn tbnl ..i 

 previous yenra of tbe activities of thia depnrliiieut. 1 deaire to llinuK 

 the luniliermen for the Interest they nre tnklng In clenrlng nroiind lliiii.. r 

 at banking gniuudii. This Is conimeudnble on the part of the o|H'rnt<.rs. 

 as It Is helpful to us in laying our plana for saving owners from Iokk 

 In dry and dangerous periods. 



Hurlnx the winter months Just pait much time nnd thvVRbt linve b<.en 

 given lo publicity In our campaign against forest llrea. renlli:liig as we 

 do that If we are to prevent dlsastroUR Or<>a we must educate the residents 

 of the fire «one In tbe cnreful use of lire. 



Several new features of an educational nature hove been prepored and 

 lire iioiv being used l>y tbe warden force. Worthy of mention Is a large 

 poster to bi. placed In scboolhouses, stores, post offices, etc. The depart- 

 ment will distribute 3.000 boxes of safety mntcbes to smokers, cnmpcm, 

 tlshermen and others. On tbe cover Is printed In black face type n 

 warning to the ri'djilent to be careful in tbe use of matches. An appeal 

 to the press In the fire zone brought forth many articles and editorials 

 warning against carelessness and advising of the Iremendoua community 

 loss when neglected fires are permitted. New posters were designed and 

 are now being posted. One thousand and eight hundred letters lo resi- 

 dents soliciting their co-operation were mailed .\prll 2.". Other features 

 of publicity will be used during the season. 



I am pleased to report that through our efforts In this direction a great 

 Interest has been awakened. Letters and telephone and telegraph messages 

 are being received from settlers asking for advice nnd help in slash 

 burning, leading us to believe that our educational campaign Is bearing 

 fruit. 



For your Information 1 herewith submit the names and headquarter 

 addresses of your wardens : 



Post Office nnd 

 Telephone Address 



.I'ellstfl 

 . .Onaway 

 .Wolverine 



Johannesburg 



Deward 



Sigma 



Mancelona . . 



Wexford 



Due to the. 



Warden 



. Frank Lloyd . . 

 .E. C. Mahoncy. 

 .P. J. McKlan.. 



. F. B. Skccis Wolverine 



. John Hail Vanderbllt 



. Willis C. Shepard Gaylord 



.Percy I). Stewart Johannesburg 



Culver 



Spencer 



Mancelona 



Evart Street, Cadillac 



I'nderhlll. 



..P. I>. Huff 



..Robert Engerson 

 . .John J. Munger. 

 taken In the "no 



fire 



feci safe in saying tbnt the day of the million-dollar forest fire Is past. 

 We win. no doubt, have many fires to contend with but under our system 

 oC patrol nnd co-operation the neglected flre, the progenitor of tbe big 

 fire can no longer exist. 



In closing I desire to thank the members of your association for 

 co-operation so kindly extended and trusting we may, by close attention 

 to the work before us. save from loss the many properties under our care 

 this report is respectfully submitted. 



In reply to a question asked hy Mr. Ballou regarding the weather 

 condition.^ of the North, Mr. Richardson replied; "We had a good 

 deal of falling weather, as they would say in Alabama." 



Mr. Ballou reported that in his vicinity they had a great deal of 

 rain and that the grounds were in good .shape to resist fire.s. 



Having some valuable information to offer regarding the Forest 

 Products Exposition, the chair called on Secretary Knox, who re- 

 sponded as follows: 



•At our October meeting, by vote of this association. It was agreed 

 that we take ?2,000 worth of stock in tbe l-'orest Products Exposition 

 Company nnd at the same meeting an appropriation of $2,.')00 was made 

 to care for space rental at the exposition to be held nt the Chicago 

 Coliseum April ."{0 to May 9. inclusive ond at tbe New York Ornnd Central 

 Palace. May 21 to 30 inclusive, and Bruce Oilell was named to represent 

 this association on said committee. 



Mr. Odell, leaving Michigan early in March, left us with no representa- 

 tion and therefore the secretary was called upon to look after Its interest, 

 but before Mr. Odell left, he had arranged for a Joint exhibit with the 

 Northern Hemlock & Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, in the shape 

 of a bungalow made from Michigan and Wisconsin woods, much of it 

 being furnished by various members of this association, and we believe a 



