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HARDWOOD RECORD 



U>1S, due lo brtlrr (K)Ul|>miii:. .. . . .: _ .1 i. lu.i-il to M,"i |h r ci-iit. 



I'p to Juir 1 of tbU yvar ruUiuaJa liax. U>u luuud to bo rc>|iooiilblu for 

 :.>'tao/lUU p«r wot. What tbc prrcrulni:!- will bo at Ibc clo»i< of the 

 •ea«oD rrmaint to bo irrn, but, tbrougb the Intrrrat taken In fon-at Ore 

 rllmlDatlon by the maD«i:i-niru( >if the rnllruadi at thU time, It l« renaon- 

 able to expert there will Ik- a cuniililernble reduction over prevloua yeara. 

 Comnu'titiin; on tho report, N. M. Lnngdon of Mancolona cited 

 n caso whicli he cliiiinod nhoulil hv given considorntion by the 

 association as a body. It seems that ou the occasion of a fire 

 on the property of the Antrim Iron Conipnuy, which he rcprencnts, 

 the township supervisor in churjjc of that particular district re- 

 fused to put men to work at the expense of the township, al- 

 though the law specifically states that this is a jiroper procedure. 

 He also went among men whom tho Antrim Iron Company put to 

 work fighting the fire nnd told them that they could not look to 

 him for their pay. As a result they quit work and considerable 

 property was damaged. Mr. Lnngilon raised the question as to 

 proper punishment for this supervisor and also as to recovery for 

 damages sustained. He suggested action by the association to 

 establish a precedent to prevent further outrages of this character. 

 C. A. Bigelow expres.sed himself as believing it the association 'g 

 duty to get together the necessary information and to present 

 the case to the governor, who has power to discipline the super- 

 visor by removal or other methods. Ho moved that the associa- 

 tion, through the fire warden, should compile such data and take 

 the case up with the governor in order to institute proper bearing, 

 the expense to be borne by the fire protective association. The 

 motion was carried. Mr. Langdon again raised the question of 

 damage, Mr. Bigelow suggesting that this was beyond the province 

 of the association but also that the disciplining of the supervisor 

 would give proper basis for a suit to be instituted by the Antrim 

 Iron Company individually. 



Mr. Hickok was called upon in order to determine as to whether 

 there were any precedent as to the payment of damages in the case 

 of the fire. He said that as far as he knew there was no precedent 

 or any specific provision in the state laws on this subject. He 

 said, however, that in a case of this sort there is a specific pen- 

 alty of fine and imprisonment for failure to perform duty. 



President Richardson called upon J. E. Rhodes, secretary of 

 the National Lumber Manufacturers' Assoe'ation. Mr. Rhodes 

 talked briefly regarding the recently published fourth section 

 of the report of the Bureau of Corporations on the lumber in- 

 dustry. He was emphatic in his denials of the accusations con- 

 tained in the report, citing as proof the activities of the lumber 

 committee on tariffs, which worked at Washington four years 

 ago. He said that all industries were represented at that time 

 by committees who simply endeavored to present their argumeilts 

 at Washington before the members of Congress. He maintained 

 that business men have every justifiable right to state their side 

 of respective cases, although the present sentiment seems to be 

 that any attempt to give Congress accurate information regard- 

 ing the country's industries constitutes an unqualified act against 

 the laws. He briefly outlined the further investigation which is 

 now on foot, which has really been instituted by the Forest Service 

 for a different purpose. Former reports have been more or less 

 of a detective nature whereas this report is aimed at getting the 

 actual truth regarding the lumber business so that the public 

 can be given some accurate conception as to cost of manufactur- 

 ing and selling lumber in relation to selling price. He said that 

 inasmuch as the Forest Service is prompted by a desire to give 

 the lumber business an opportunity of fairly presenting these facts, 

 the investigation should be supported by the lumbermen. Mr. 

 Rhodes touched on other questions such as the recent decision in 

 the fibre box case controversy; rate hearing, in which he said the 

 lumbermen had shown the Interstate Commerce Commission that 

 rates on lumber are now higher per ton mile and according to 

 value than rates on other commodities; the Forest Products Expo- 

 sition; mutual insurance and market conditions. He said that the 

 success of the exposition is shown in the fact that it finished its 

 first show with a cash balance of $7,000, which is a much better 

 showing than that made by cement shows. 



The. chair then appointed a committee on nominations, which 

 consisted of J. C. Knox of Hay City; G. Von Platen, Orand Rapids; 

 M. 1>. Olds of Cheboygan; W. L. Saunders of Cadillac, and Mr. 

 Rayburn of Alpena. 



While this committee was debating, Secretary Knox read his 

 report on tho Forest Products Exposition, following which C. A. 

 Bigelow raised the question as to minimum usseHsmcnt. Ho main- 

 tained that those firms whose assessment of two cents per thou 

 sand feet cut aggregates less than twenty dollars should be charged 

 that amount as a minimum figure. He also maintained that this 

 assessment should bo levied on members who are not actively 

 engaged in lumbering but own stumpagc. 



President Richardson appointed the resolutions committee, com 

 posed of C. A. Bigelow, Bay City, W. C. Brownlee of Detroit and 

 W. C. Hull of Traverse City, to draft resolutions on tho recent 

 death of F. A. Diggins of Cadillac. While the committee did not 

 report before the sessions were completed, tho secretary was in- 

 structed to send a copy to Mr. Digging' family on behalf of the 

 association. 



The nominating committee then brought in rcenmniendations for 

 the election of tho following ofliccrs: 



Phbsident — C. T. Mitchell, Cadillac. 



FiBST Vic&Pbesidekt — C. S. Hull, Traverse City. 



Second ViCE-raEsiDKNT — F. L. Mlckelson, JobanncsburK. 



Tbeasubeb — H. Ballou, Cadillac. 



ExECCTiVE Committee — G. Von I'lnten, Cirond nnplds; !■'. I,. Uichiinl- 

 son, Alpena : W. 1,. Snundors, CartlUnc. 



DiEECTOBS for the Following Year— W. W. Mllchell, Cndlllac ; K. 

 Uansen, GralinK : C. Von Platen, Ornnd Itaplds : M. Ballou, Cadillac : 

 W. L. Martin, Cheboygan ; D. H. Day, Grand Uaven : R. J. Clark, Snult 

 iSte. Marie: C. A. Bigelow. Boy City: R. W. Smith, Manistee: N. M. 

 Langdon, Mancelonn : F. L Richardson, Alpena ; W. T. Culver, Ludlnglon : 

 C. T. Mitchell, Cadillac : J. C. Knox, Cadillac : M. I), olds, Cheboygan . 

 O. L. Larson, Manistee. 



With the new president in the ehair there was no further busi- 

 ness and the meeting adjourned. 



At a directors' meeting immediately following, .T. C. Knox was 

 elected secretary for the coming year. 



, Wood-Inlay 



Wood-inlay, in ivory, bono imd thin brass plate, is carried on in 

 Punjab, India. The ivory and bone work resembles the Italian in- 

 tarsia, being equally effective, though less highly finished. It has 

 been largely developed at Hoshiarpur within th.i last forty years, 

 and, like the wood carving (with which it is often combined on the 

 same piece), is now very largely exported. This "Hoshiarpur work" 

 is an old industry of that place but up to about thirty-five years ago 

 it had been mostly applied to the decoration of small articles, such 

 as boxes, pcn,-c;i.scs, walking-sticks, and bathing pattens. Then the 

 great development took place, end the work was applied to furniture, 

 some handsome pieces being shown in the Lahore Exhibition of 1881- 

 1882. The wood used is almost ejitirely sheeshum, though sometimes 

 tho North India ebony is used when procurable, and is very effective. 

 Similar work is done in other parts of India where the work is as 

 yet finer; but the Hoshiarpiir work has a character of its own. It 

 may be hoped that it will gradually improve in quality and design, 

 if the artists and artisans are stimulated to do their best. As in the 

 case of many other Indian art industries, however, the demand for 

 cheap and hasty production is very harmful. The history of this 

 inlay work in India is not at all clear. The work as practiced at 

 Hoshiarpur may have been introduced by Italian artificers about the 

 time of the building of the Taj Mahal, over 300 years ago. There 

 is a tradition that Shah Abbas sent art students to Rome from 

 Persia, and the art of inlarsia, learned in Italy, may have come, iike 

 other arts, to the Punjab from Persia. It is said to have been intro- 

 duced into Mysore in the time of Haider Ali. Haider Ali came 

 originally from the Punjab and he may have brought or sent for 

 artificers from north India. Again, in Mysore, there is an idea that 

 intarsia was introduced into north India by Italian merchants. It 

 seems not at all improbable that Florence, where similar work still 

 flourishes, has been the mother fity nf the work, whence it has spread 

 into the East. 



