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HARDWOOD RECORD 



to succeed L. H. Price and George I!. Nicholson. 

 Tile officers for tlie present year are as follows : 



I'resident, Fredericlc Wilbert. riaquemine. La. 



First Vice-President. S. M. Bloss. Garyville. La. 



Second Vice-President, R. H. Knox. Savannah. 

 Ga. 



Treasurer, E. G. Swartz. Burton. I^a. 



Directors, li. H. Downman, F. B. Williams, ,1. 

 A. Bruce, .T. M. Cummings, J. I"'. Wigginton, John 

 Diebert, E. B. Wright, H. M. Cotten, R. M. 

 Carrier. E. B. Schwing, ,J. A. Barnett, L. W. Gil- 

 bert and E'. C. Glenn. 



Boiling Arthur Johnson of Chicago was then 

 ••ailed upon and told of the work done in favor 

 of the Forest Products Exposition. Following, 

 A. T. Gerrans offered a resolution endorsing the 

 work. 



Immediately after the close of the session, a 

 meeting of the board of directors was held at 

 which George E. Watson was re-elected secre- 

 tary. 



Hoo-Hoo Annual 



The twenty-first annual couvenliou of tlie 

 Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo will be held 

 this year at Asheville, N. C. and the meeting 

 will probably take place July 18 to 20 inclusive, 

 though the exact date has not yet been de- 

 cided upon l>.v the supreme nine of the order. 



The supreme nine b.v a close vote decided 

 upon Asheville. Ottawa Beacli, Jlich.. was a 

 near second. 



This year marks the first departure of the, 

 order from the time honored custom of Iiold- 

 ing the annual meeting on the ninth day of 

 the ninth month. This change in the consti- 

 tution of Hoo-Hoo was made at the last an 

 nual meeting, held on the "City of Cb^veland" 

 in the cruise of the great lakes, and was 

 made upon recommendations of both the snark 

 of the universe and the supreme reijresenta- 

 tive. 'September 9 falls at fhe close of the 

 usual summer vacations, at the beginning of 

 the busy days of fall trade and at the time 

 when members of the order feel fhe necessity 

 of Ijeing at home to start their children (o 

 school. It was recognized that many more 

 members of the order would be given the 

 desired opportunity to attend the annual, so 

 the convention decided to leave the question 

 of the time and place of the meeting to the 

 supreme nine, only specifying the annilal should 

 take place in June or July of each year. 



The officers elected at the annual meeting last 

 Septembei', together with tlie present vicegerents, 

 will hold office until fhe end of the Hoo-Hoo 

 .Tear, September 0, On that day, to perpet- 

 uate the traditions of Hoo-Hoo. the newly 

 elected supremi' nini' and the members of the 

 house of ancients will hold a business meet- 

 ing in fhe office of fhe supreme scrivenofer. Be- 

 tween fhe annual meeting and the meeting in 

 September new vicegerents will be selected and 

 plans for the coming .year perfected, so the 

 work of the order will move with more dispatch 

 than in tlie past, when there was of nr-cessif.v 

 a delay in getting the new vicegerents ap- 

 pointed and their plans well umler way. 



Asheville is an ideal convention city. Crown- 

 ing the summit of the Alleghany mountains, 

 it is famed the country over as a summer 

 resort, and from fhe hotel verandas the pano- 

 rama of the Blue Ridge is a constant pleasure, 

 bathed as it is in its flood of light and 

 color, changing as the hours of the day glide 

 by. The number of tourists to fhe "land of 

 the sky" have built up a chain of big hotels 

 at Asheville. located so that the beauty of 

 the mountains may be constantly enjoyed by 

 their guests. Over the mountains run the 

 flnest of North Carolina's automobile roads, and 

 only a few miles away is Biltmore, the estate 

 of George W. Vanderbllt. comprising about 10,- 

 000 acres, said to be the finest private home 

 in the world. On this estate is developed to 

 the highest point every feature of farm pro- 

 duction, and here, too, the practice of prac- 

 tical forestry ha8 progressed to such extent 

 that it has lieen for years a field of «tudy 

 for forestry students. Many are fhe oppor- 

 raoitles for unusual entertalnmi-nt. 



Meeting Memphis Lumbermen's Club 



Tlie river and rail coraniitfee of the laimtier- 

 men's Club of Memphis is continuing negotia- 

 tions with the Memphis Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion and the Memphis Freight Bureau for the 

 purpose of working out a basis on whidi all of 

 these organizations may form a traffic bureau 

 til look after the interests of sliippers of luml>er. 

 uiaDufacfured products and miscellaneous freight. 

 The committee reported at the meeting of the 

 club on May 11. that it had been agreed that 

 the Memphis Freight Bureau should be changed 

 to the Memphis Traffic Bureau ; that the lumber- 

 men should pay $.j,000 a year for three years ; 

 that the Memphis Manufacturers' Association 

 slioiild pay a similar amount covering the same 

 number of years, and that the Memphis Freight 

 Bureau should turn over to the Mempliis Traffic 

 Bureau all of the papers, records, furniture and 

 subscription lists. The committee asked for in- 

 structions from the club and particularly for 

 power to continue the negotiations. This was 

 given but in somewhat modified form through 

 the following motion : 



That fhe river and rail committee, represent- 

 ing the I^umbermen's Club of Memphis, be eni- 

 ])Owered to continue negotiations with the Mem- 

 phis Freight Bureau and the Memphis Manu- 

 facturers' Association, with iiower to close, pro- 

 vided that the subscription of .S.'j.OOO. the 

 amount required from the lumbermen, is guar- 

 anteed by individual lumbermen. lumber firms 

 or lumber corporations, provided that the Mem- 

 phis Freight Bureau guaranfees ,$,'5,000 a year for 

 tliree years, and provided also that the luraber- 

 uien have representation on tlie board of directors 

 of the Memphis Traffic Bureau in proportion to 

 the amount contributed by them. 



A committee of five, consisting of James E. 

 Stark, John W. McClure, O. M. Krebs. J. V. 

 Rush, and S. M. Xlcke.v. was apiioinfed to can- 

 vass the lumbermen, with a view to finding out 

 v.hether or not they would be willing to put up 

 an amount sufficient to cover the sum to be 

 pledged by file Lumbermen's Club. The latter is 

 not a chartered organization and Is therefore 

 not empowered to make subscriptions or assume 

 obligjitions of this kind. As soon as the com- 

 miltee ascertains whether or not it is possible 

 to secure .$,"(.000 a year for three years, throimli 

 pledges from individual lunibermen, lumber 

 lirnis or lumber corporations, it will report to 

 the river and rail committee of the club and the 

 latter will continue negotiations along the line 

 already Indicated. 



The members of fhe lAimbermen's Club and 

 the Memphis Manufacturers' Association feel 

 that a big traffic I)urean, <'apal>le of looking 

 after fhe more important interests of the sliij)- 

 pers. is absolutely necessary for Memphis. As 

 previously stated in Habdwdod RKcoiin, tliere Is 

 no doubt that a traffic bureau will be established. 

 If the Memphis Freight Bureau will not join on 

 an c(iultable basis with the other two organiza- 

 tions, if is practically certain that flic Lumber- 

 men's (Mub of Memphis and the Memphis Manu- 

 facturers' Association will establish a bureau of 

 their own. 



The special committee appointed soniefiuie ago 

 to make recommendations in connection wifli cer- 

 tain changes in the inspection rules of the Na- 

 tional Hardwood Lumber Association, of which 

 I'. E. Goodlander is chairman, reported at this 

 meeting. The proposed clianges were all read 

 and fhe.v were concurred in by .a practicall.v 

 unanimous vote. .\ list of flu- desired clianges 

 was filed with John M. Prifchard. chairman «< 

 the inspection committee of fhe National Hard- 

 \. ood Lumber Association, May 4. thus comply- 

 ing with the requirements of the association 

 that notice of sucli changes must he given at 

 least fhirf.v days before the annual mei'ting. Mr. 

 iTltcbard invited, on behalf of his fellow com- 

 iintteemen, fhe members of the special committee 

 at Memphis to meet fhe former at Chicago on 

 ,li ne I. oni- da.v before fhe annual convi'Ution is 

 called to order. Mr. Goodlander and several 

 clhers signified their intention of attending this 

 liueting. 



The sub.iect of a base ball team for another 

 yiar, as an ad,lunct of fhe Lumbermen's Club 



of .Memphis, was raised and a committee was 

 authorized to look into file matter of whether 

 (U- not the lumbermen were willing to lend their 

 linancial and moral support to such an inslitu- 

 tion this year. John W. JlcClure. manager last 

 \ear. said that he hoped a team would be had 

 but that it would be Impossible for him to act 

 as manager again, owing to the pressure of 

 duties in other directions. He stated that it 

 would be useless to have a team if the members 

 were not willing to lend their moral and finan- 

 cial support. John M. Prifchard, captain, ex- 

 pn ssed about the same sentiments as Mr. Mc- 

 Clure. Definite action on the sub.iect of a base 

 ball team will doubtless be taken at the next 

 regular meeting. 



To Study Foreign Conditions 



It is announced in liulletin Xo. Oli of the 

 North Carolina Geological and Economic Sur- 

 vey that J. S. Holmes, forester of that asso- 

 ciation, will leave shortly for Europe where he 

 will make a special study of typical forest 

 regions in France, Switzerland, Germany and 

 England. His intention is to prepare special 

 articles on forest conditions in the regions 

 visited, calling particular attention to methods 

 in practice which might be introduced in North 

 Carolina, (U* to suggest modifications of such 

 methods as miglit be at present practiced In 

 that state. 



Mr. Hoimes' articles should lie of value and 

 interest to a great raan.v jieople associated with 

 timber outside as well as within the borders of 

 the state of North Carolina. 



Manufacturers of Elinois and Ohio 



A comparative summary issued by fhe Depart- 

 ment of Commerce and Labor at Washington, 

 relative to fhe industries of Illinois and Ohio, 

 established the fact tiiat in 1900 there were 

 18,026 industrial establishments in Illinois, em- 

 ploying 500,000 persons. The capital of these 

 enterprises aggregates $1,518,000,000 and con- 

 sumed raw material valued at .$1,160,000,000. 

 The value of the product annually was $1,919.- 

 ciOO.OOO and the value added by manufacture 

 $758,000,000. There were 79 plants manufac- 

 turing agricultural implements, turning out an 

 aggregate product valued at .$07,268,000 annu- 

 ally. There were .'?25 carriage and wagon estab- 

 lishments in fhe state with an annual product 

 valued at $16,8.11,000. Eight hundred and four- 

 teen lumber and timber establishments in Illi- 

 nois, employing 19,025 persons, turned out a 

 product valued at $44,952,000, with a value 

 added by manufacture of $17,688,000. There 

 were 211 ship and boat building establishments 

 in the state, whose total output was valued at 

 $584,000, with an added value by manufacture 

 of $385,000. Show case manufacturers in 10 

 plants annually manufactured goods valued at 

 $829,000, which value was increased by manu- 

 facture to fhe extent of $539,000. 



.\utomobile shops to fhe number of 41 manu- 

 factured $43,941,000 worth of bodies and parts 

 annually in the city of Chicago. There were 

 126 carriage and wagon establishments in this 

 city alone, which did a business aggregating 

 $5,203,000, with $2,001,0110 added by manufac- 

 ture. The cooperage business in Chicago is of 

 large proportions, and In 1909 there were 37 

 establishments in active operation with an aver- 

 age production of $3,368,000, with an added 

 value by manufacture of $1,9,80,000. The 202 

 furniture and refrigerator concerns in the city 

 produced a product In 1909 valued at .$20,.512,- 

 1100, with an Increase In valuation from manu- 

 facture of $11,516,000. There were 195 con- 

 cerns manufacturing lumber and timber prod- 

 ucts, with an aggregate value of production of 

 $32,709,000, with $11,941,000 added by manu- 

 facture. 



The total industries of the state of Ohio rep- 

 resented 15,138 plants with a value of proel- 

 uefs of $1,437,936,000 and $613,734,000 added 

 by manufacture. There were 55 agricultural 

 and implement plants In the state, with a value 

 of products of $14,440,(100, plus $8,121,000 



