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would spend so much of our money in the liist six months, but it was the 

 Judgment of the committee that we should go in heavy to start with, 

 got the attention of the public and then taper off a little for the remaining 

 months. 



All of this advertising was placed through C. B. Crosby, of Chicago, who 

 probably handles more advertising for lumbermen than all other agencies 

 put together. We get the benetit of discounts and any advantage in space 

 t'lat Mr. Crosby can ptit over for us. A schedule was prepared which we 

 ari' following very closely. Our advertisements have appeared in the par- 

 licular publications having the particular readers we are trying to reach. 

 In the .Vrchiteotural Record; Atlantic; Brlckbullder : Country Life in 

 .\nicTi. :i : liiniiiiM.' Kecord ; Furniture .Manufacturer and Artisan, Record 



and i^iii'i )i :i.l\ . itising appears monthly throughout the year. In The 



House 1;. iiiii mil, ( Miy other month. In the Craftsman and The National 

 U<'OKr:i|iliir. iMiii I lilies a year. In addition, we carry an advertisement 

 In Sweet's Index, which is a national record of architects and builders. 



All members have received small bulletins showing the class of adver- 

 tising we arc carrying in (he above publications, and if anyone has any 

 suggestions to make as to the character of Ibis advertising the committee 

 will be glad to hear from them. We are preparing and have about ready 

 to send out a 24-page booklet, describing the qualities of gum and the 

 iii;inncr in which It should be handled, and this booklet will be distributed 

 Miiicing the members in quantities. 



Mr. McCIure suggested sending a wire of appreciation to Thomas 

 W. Fry for his efforts in making the gum exhibit at the exposition 

 successful. 



Mr. Cooper then reported for the membership committee, stating 

 th.<it there was no formal report to make, but followed this up with 

 an analysis of the real value derived from membership and attendance 

 at the meetings. He demonstrated the value of the work, citing 

 instances where it had actually helped. He maintained that the bene- 

 fits derived will increase proportionately with the size of the mem- 

 bership. He pleaded that all members give their individual efforts 

 to building up the association membership. 



F. R. Gadd called attention to the clause in the by-laws regarding 

 assessments. He stated that in order to carry on the work of the 

 association and meet just obligations, it would be necessary to pro- 

 vide for the payment of assessments in advance rather than quarterly. 



F. B. Robertson in behalf of the finance committee stated there was 

 no report to make. 



Mr. McClure, chairman of the assessment committee, then re- 

 ported. ' He said that in levying assessments they figured them on 

 the basis that members should pay pro rata on their cuts. 



W. C. Bonner, chairman of the complaint committee, said he had 

 no report to make. 



H. B. Weiss, chairman of the entertainment committee, was com- 

 pelled to leave Memphis before the afternoon session. 



Under the head of ' ' new business " M. B. Cooper brought up the 

 suggestion of membership for gum veneer manufacturers. He moved 

 that the chair appoint a committee to look into this question, and 

 report to the board and also to provide for change in the constitu- 

 tion in order to make it possible for such veneer manufacturers to 

 become members. The question of membership among owners of 

 gum stumpage who are not manufacturers is also embodied in the 

 motion. 



The president was authorized to appoint a committee of three to 

 consider this and report as soon as possible. 



President Harrison voiced himself in very appreciative terms, 

 thanking the trade press for the work it has done in behalf of the 

 gum association. 



F. R. Gadd expressed himself as of the opinion that the gum asso- 

 ciation should make its own rules. 



On motion of Mr. Gadd, the president was authorized to appoint 

 a committee to investigate the rules proposition and to report to 

 the board of directors as soon as possible in the manner it deemed 

 best, the idea being that the present associations will be informed 

 of desired changes suggested by gum manufacturers. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



ENTERTAINMENT 



The entertainment consisted of a banquet tendered by the gum 

 association to the seventy-seven attendants at the meeting, which was 



served in the convention hall at seven o'clock Tuesday evening. A 

 very pleasing menu was provided, and while Memphis is now very 

 tightly corked up in the matter of the acquisition of refreshments 

 which would tend to stimulate good fellowship in such a gathering, 

 the spirit of the diners was most conducive to thorough enjoyment. 

 Following the menu. President Harrison called upon several ama- 

 teur orators who entertained the visitors most successfully. The 

 meeting broke up at a respectable hour without casualties. 



Foreign Markets for Gum 



The recapitulation of the export lumber trade for the annual 

 volume of commerce and navigation for the fiscal year 1913 shows 

 quite a healthy growth in the demand for red gum and also sets 

 forth the various markets and the increase as compared to the pre- 

 vious year. For the fiscal year under review the export trade in 

 gum lumber amounted to $2,580,289 as compared to $1,645,031 for 

 the fiscal year 1912. 



The best customer for gum lumber was England, which came near 

 taking half tlie total exports and bought almost twice as much last 

 year as the year previous. Canada made a splendid record, too, 

 nearly doubling the quantity of its purchases, which shows that it 

 is recognizing the beauty of red gum for furniture, and evidently 

 for house trim, too. Other customers that have bought in increased 

 quantities and are quite large consumers are Belgium, France, Italy 

 and Spain. 



The exact distribution of gum in the foreign trade in 1913, com- 

 pared with that of 1912, as given in the table below, should make an 

 interesting study for all interested in the manufacture and distribu- 

 tion of gum lumber. 



Gl-M LLMBF.R EXrOIlXS 



The Sapsucker's Bill 



The sapsucker is a pretty small bird, but he is very active along 

 certain lines. It is claimed that his bill is one of the most expensive 

 articles 01: its size in this country. He is fond of exercising on the 

 hickory tree by picking a few thousand holes weekly through the bark 

 during spring and early summer when the sweet sap is flowing. He 

 goes from hole to hole after he has peeked them, and sucks the sap 

 that accumulates. The holes are about as large as would be made by a 

 small nail. In after years "bird-peeked hickory" is the result. The 

 wood is discolored in- the immediate vicinity of the holes and every 

 ye:.r many thousand feet of choice hickory is degraded or rejected 

 on account of this damage. The sap obtained from that source is 

 pretty rich diet for the little yeUow hammer that does most of the 

 picking. For the sake of a May morning meal of the sweet juice he 

 spoils enough wood to make a buggy wheel. There is no remedy, as 

 far as known. It is useless to try to catch, kill, scare, or intimidate 

 the sapsucker, and make him quit. He can dodge round a hickory 

 trunk faster than anybody can follow him, and he pecks as he goes. 

 Apparently, he does no good to offset his evil; for he catches no 

 bark bugs or wood beetles, destroys no caterpillars, eats no aphids 

 or cynips, or in any way wars on the enemies of hickory during the 

 period when the sap is obtainable. His bill strikes with the rapidity 

 of a riveting machine from five in the morning until the whippoor- 

 will calls him off at twilight. 



