HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Proposed Furniture Confederation 



On May M at the funtri-iui liott-1 In fliU-OB" n niniw im-i-tlnE <>f furnllun- 

 nuiiiufnfiiin-nt of ilii- iMltitl Stiito wiih lu'ld, mid prrlluilniiry Hlopii were 

 (akon Iwxlnc to a i-tinr<-<li-rntliin <if nil tli(.> KKKuclntloii* In tliU cuuniry 

 i-ni:nci-il III 111 \.irl. .~ llii. - ..r fninlturi- manufnctiirr. 



Koiin- III. ri-prvHcnlt'd by olIlccrH, an fullun'H, 



md tl 

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• I ltii|ildH, Mich., roiirt'sonti'd by 11. W. 



.\!it'l..n . I. .Miinnfit'-turi-rK, .1. S. I.lnlon. nocn-tiiry. 



Kitcui ; I ; M. nil Sprlnu HimI ManiifnctiirorN' lliircnu, 



r>-pn-!«<-iii' <! . M v\ . ;> I! '.itii-r ansuclatluu wan ropreHcntod also by 



II. II. \\:<^ -■.■.■ y . !.l :,<. 



I pli.i|-t. 1. .1 \| ai.ii.M I n : - \^<i)clatlou, and National AdHorlntlon of 

 CUnIr .Maiiiii^M iiii.'i>. i.'|.i.'-..'iii<'<l l>y tliolr 8i>t-ri>tary, J. I,. .Maltliy. 



.\iitioual ('iiiiiiiurclnl I'Istiirc .Miiniifuctiin-rs' Ai<8orlntlon, and American 

 |{«>rrlk''-ralors .Maniifaitiii'i-rs' As.s»i'latli>n. Si-i-n-t»ry C. F. K. Luce. 



fiirlor l-rnme .Makers' Assoclatlun. r.-pres.-nted by Its secretary. W. II. 

 Koz-ll. 



Klli'hen fablni-t Manufacturers' Aiuioclatlon. by Secretary I.. P. Waters. 



.Miinufactun-rs' CikiI Club, and Opera and Church Seating .Manufacturers, 

 liv their s»-cr<»larv, '.Jeorue II. Ulce. 



" i'nrlcir and IJbrnry .Maniifaciurers' Association, by President Frederick B. 

 Smith 



ChlcnK" Kiirnlturo Manufacturers' Association, represented by P. D. 



In oddltion to the offlcers of the association named al>o\'e, a large number 

 of nieiuhi-rs f.-om dlllerint parts of the country were In attendance. Four 

 hundred furniture manulncturers were represented at the meeting, either 

 In iw-rson or by nccredlt'-Nl delcCTtes. 



The purpose of the meeting was announced as a "congress of all furniture 

 manufacturers to consider the means emplojed by each line and the results 

 obtained : to consider ways and means to federate all furniture lines under 

 some central orcanlzatlon through which all matters In common can be 

 pr»mnte<l. wlih minimum effort and expense and maximum uniform results." 



When the manufacturers assembled In the Florentine room of tlie Con- 

 gress hotel, a number of addresses were listened to. "Grading of Hardwood 

 LumlH-r" was prewnted for discussion by George A. BuckstalT. Osbkosh, 

 Wis., who compared the grading rules of 1912 with those for 1013. 



"What has b«on accomplished by association costing?" was asked by 

 A. O. Foster, I'tlca, N. Y., who gave an exposition of the work done and the 

 results obtained, together »-ith such forms us various associations are using 

 in their work. 



The chief business before the meeting was then entered upon by F. IS. 

 Smith, Detroit, Mich., In his discussion of the topic : "What can be accom- 

 plished by federating all efforts In cost accounting in the furniture indus- 

 try 7" 



A number of addresses followed, among them l)elng, ".Manufacturers' 

 I'rolectlve .Vssoclatlon." by Charles K. Sllgh, Grand Rapids. Mich. ; "Freight 

 Classlllcatlon of Furniture," by C. F. E. I.uce; and "Credit and Collections." 

 by M. Wulpi. Mr. Sllgh fletalbd the progress which had attended protective 

 association work, and .Mr. Wulpl showed how furniture Is faring In the 

 movement toward uniform freight classlllcatlon. 



A tentative organization was formed which. If the movement progresses 

 as anticipated, will Include all the a.ssociatlons ; but the organization will 

 go no farther until after the cninralttee has Investigated the whole subject 

 and has Hied a report indlcaling wliat action seems desirable. 



A pleasant feature of the meeting was a banquet in the Gold room of the 

 Congress hotel. In addition to the banquet proper, there were three 

 addres.s<-s along the line of the associations' activities. 



Forest Crlssey, whose articles In the Satiirdati FieiUntj Pout during two 

 or three years past have liecn read with great Interest, spoke on the topic : 

 "Team Work Between As.soclatlons." This was particularly appropriate 

 In view of the work whIcJi the furniture people were undertaking to do. 



Hal Smith, of Detroit, Mich., spoke of ".Manufacturers' Liabilities and 

 Cooperation." 



"The Square l.)eal In Business" was the subject of an address by Mllo D. 

 Campbell, Ex-Commlssloncr of Insurance In Michigan. 



No time was flxcd for the committee on tentative organization to make 

 Its report on which the associations will act, but It Is expected that they 

 ■will be ready to n-port somi- time in .Iiine. 



Meeting Philadelphia Lumbermen's Exchange 



The Philadelphia Lumbermen's Exchange held its first monthly meet- 

 ing under the new administration on May 5. President William II. Fritz 

 In the chair, .\fter the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting 

 -Samuel Koberts, chairman of the legislative comiplttce, read his report 

 ■of the work done by the committee. In which he referred to the various 

 matters before tbe Chamber of Commerce, w-blch were brought before his 

 committee. It was the sense of this committee to oppose all legislation 

 at this time, but In the matter of the bill for prevention of false state- 

 ments through the mall with the purpose of fraudulently securing credit, 

 the committee decided to uphold the Chamber of Commerce In that action. 

 The exchange In resolution endorsed the committee's action. X commnnl- 

 <atlon from the .\tlanuc Deeper Waterways Association asking the ex- 

 change to write to the Pennsylvania senators to vote favorably for the 



i-iinil«uiunlliiu of the CbeMipeake and HelaMare riiinii |ini|"ri.\ uiiii iiie 

 purpime uf ncqulrlng wimi- by <he g<ivernin>-iil wai> ri-nd and enditrM-d. At 

 the n-qiieHl lit the Cuinmeri'Inl 'Mum-uiu of Philadelphia, u luiiuultli-r of 

 thn-e wa« appointed to Join that body In the work for lietteruient of thing* 

 In IhU city. The Ntnnding niuiuillli-o were lli.-n appulnted by Pn-aldent 

 FrlK to act under hU adinhilslrnllon. 



The question an to whillier the monthly uiiH-ilngit hereafter were to be 

 contluiKMl at I ::ill p. in., prei-mli-d by n luncheon, or held In the evening, 

 reaulted In an eudumement of the divliilon mode by the dlrectom, niiiii.-lv. 

 that the meetings of the exchange be held nt 1 :yo o'clock In the iifi.r 

 noun as provided by thi- liy-lnw«, except during the monlha of June, S4<pii'iii. 

 her, .Voveinlier and February, when It will be preferable to hold thini In 

 the evening, following a supper to be lu-rved at U ::I0 o'clock. The qu< >ii'>n 

 of holding the meeting quarterly Instead of nionthly waa left ovi r l.>r 

 future conHldernllon. 



Frederick S. Inderhlll made a motion aulhorulng the leKlslntivi- nun- 

 mlttee to attend a convention that has Is-en called by many prominent 

 men representing large Inxestments In iMinklng, rnllroads, shipping, mnnu- 

 rnctiirlng and other nationwide enterprises to be held In Washington, 

 U. «'., on May •_•" and 'JK, for the purpose of Impressing upon the national 

 admlulslratlon the great harm that they pn-dlct will come to huslnesi 

 should the extension of federal Interference <onlem|ilati-d In proposed anti- 

 trade legislation be enacted. .Mr. rnderblll's motion wag adopleil. 



It. B. itayner and John W. Coles, selected by the Philadelphia \N1iolesalc 

 Lumber Dealers' Association as a committee to arrange for a Pennsyl- 

 vania day at the Forest Prmlucts Exposition In New York, were also 

 selected to represent th- exchange and lo urge that as many as [Kisslble 

 from liotli i>rgaui/.;illnns ali>>iiil the expuKllidii 'in May J'J. 



Attendance at the Chicago Exposition 

 Secretary .1. E. IthiMles of the Forest Products Exposlilon Company 

 announces the following attendance on the resix'ctive days while the 

 exposition ran at Chicago. This Includes tickets, passes and cash re- 

 ceipts. The summary Is as follows: 



Thursday evening, April 30 725 



Friday, .May 1 2.067 



Saturdav, .Mav 2 2,310 



Sunday, .May 3 2,8011 



Monday, .May 4 2,01.1 



Tuesday. May j 2.KKK 



Wednesday, May 8,070 



Thursday. May 7 3.387 



Friday. May 8 0,840 



Saturday, May '.I O.n-l I 



Total 34,2i;« 



Meeting of Memphis Lumbermen's Club 



Final disposition of the rooms in the Business Men's Club, finished 

 and furnisbed liy the Lumbermen's Club of .Memphis, yet remains to be 

 made. F. U. Stonebraker, who was appointed to represent the Lumber- 

 men's Club in a conference with olHcials of the Business Men's Club re- 

 garding Joint employment of someone to take charge of these rooms, re- 

 porUHl that this plan had been found Impracticable. Upon Uie submls- 

 slou of this report, the subject was referred back to the board of directors, 

 with power to act. Tlii>se rooms are very handsome and It is expected 

 that they will prove quite a valuable asset to the club when the necessary 

 steps have been taken to make them atlrncllve to visitors and useful to 

 the members of the club. They are finished in paneling made from various 

 hardwoods produced In this city and section, but at present they are ln-lng 

 used very little, and contractors, arclillects, builders of homes and others 

 are not deriving the educational value therefrom that was expected. As the 

 club will hold only two or three more meetings before adjournment for 

 the summer. It Is likely that the board of directors will offer a final solu- 

 tion of the use to lie made of these rooms In the very near future, as It is 

 undesirable that this matter should go over iinill next fall. 



K. C. Stlmson, general manager of the Stlmson Veneer and Lumber 

 Company, North Alemphls, was elected an active member at this meeting. 

 The following applications were filed by the membership committee and 

 reported for favorable action at the meeting two weeks hence : W. .1. 

 Pate, Areola Hardwood Company, Areola, Miss., associate : A. M. Roach, 

 In the hardwood lumlier business under his own name at Lexington, Miss., 

 associate, and Frank Storton, Mossman Lumber Company, Memphis, active. 



The committee In charge of arrangements for the trip to Buffalo to 

 attend the annual of the National Hardwood Lumber Association re- 

 quested that prompt notice be sent In by all those Intending to go in 

 order that the necessary sleeping car facilities may lie arranged. The 

 .Memphis delegation will leave Memphis In special sleepers over the Illi- 

 nois Central and will Join the Chicago and other delegations leaving over 

 the special train on the Ijikc Shore line. The Memphis delegation, accord- 

 ing to the preliminary reports, will be quite large, as there Is a big mem- 

 bership here In the National a.s.soclatlon. 



There were about fifty-five members and visitors present at this meeting, 

 which was held at the Hotel Gayoso, Saturday, May 10. The usual 

 luncheon was served and was thoroughly enjoyed. .T. D. Allen, Jr., was In 

 the chair. 



New Quarters for the Lumbermen's Club 



Arrangements have bc-n completed for the lease of new and commodious 

 quarters for the Lumbermen's Club of Chicago in the Lumber Exchange 

 building to be erected and ready for occupancy by May 1, lOl.'i. The quar- 



