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HARDWOOD RECORD 



F. A. Diggins interposed an objection, stat- 

 ing that he understood that the National 

 committee was to meet with the Indiana Hard- 

 wood Lumbermen's Association's committee 

 on May 8, and stated that he would like to 

 have the committees of all the associations 

 meet together at one time. 



This suggestion was accepted by Mr. Fish, 



whereupon Mr. Hanson offered the following 



resolution, which was adopted: 



Be it moved tbat the president and the mem- 

 bers of the Grading Committee of the Michigan 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association meet with 

 the grading committees of the other hardwood 

 associations in Chicago on May 8, or at any 

 other time that would be agreeable to all, and 

 attend the annual meeting of the National Hard- 

 wood Lumber Association at Atlantic City on 

 May 23 and 24, and that they have full author- 

 ity to act in the matter of devising satisfactory 

 and uniform inspection rules to govern the grad- 

 ing of northern hardwoods. 



This committee consists of C. A. Bigelow, 

 D. H. Day, F. A. Diggins, Henry Ballou, 

 R. J. Clark and President White. 



Secretary Odell read a financial statement 

 of the condition of the association's affairs, 

 showing that the total receipts up to this time 

 had been $1,18.5 and disbursements $1,106.77, 

 leaving a balance of only $78.23 on hand. He 

 stated that the organization would require 

 some additional funds to pay existing in- 

 debtedness and carry on the work, and re- 

 ferred to the provisions of the constitution 

 relating to dues, which provides that an as- 

 sessment on shipments not in excess of 2 cents 

 per thousand feet might be made. The secre- 

 tary introduced the following resolution, 

 which prevailed : 



Resolved, That the secretary be instructed to 

 levy an assessment of 2 cents a thousand feet 

 on all shipments of hardwood lumber shipped 

 from January 1, 1907, the same to be paid quar- 

 terly, each member to render a .statement 

 promptly on blanks to be sent out by the secre- 

 tary, which are to show the amounts of the 

 different kinds of hardwood lumber shipped be- 

 tween the dates of January 1, 1907, and March 

 31, 1907, that being the first quarter of the 

 year. 



C. R. Duggan asked the secretary if it 

 would be possible to compile a statement 

 showing stocks on hand at more frequent in- 

 tervals. In reply the secretary stated that he 

 had encountered extreme difficulty in getting 

 these reports as often as he had and did not 

 think it would be possible to secure stock re- 

 port statements from members oftener than 

 quarterly, !;nd doubted if it would be possible 

 to secure (hem oftener than semi-annually. 



The secretary was instructed to issue a cir- 

 cular letter to all members noting the invi- 

 tation to be present at the annual meeting of 

 the National Hardwood Lumber Association 

 at Atlantic City, and urging that all attend. 



On motion it was decided to •hold the first 



annual meeting of the Michigan association 

 at Cadillac some time in July, the date to be 

 fixed by the president and secretary. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



The attendance was as follows: 



Henry Ballou, Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc., Cadillac. 

 Charles A. Bigelow, The Kneeland-Bigelow Co., 

 Bay City. 



C. H. Barnaby, Greencastle, Ind. 

 Frank Chickering, Grand Kapids. 



E. C. Groesbeck, Stearns Salt & Lumber Co., 

 Ludington. 



George H. Chapman, Northwestern Lumber 

 Co., Stanley, Wis. 



W. T. Christine, American Lumberman, Chi- 

 cago. 



If. J. Clark, Peninsula Bark & Lumber Co., 

 Sault Ste. Marie. 



C. E. Duggan, Tindle & Jackson, Pellston. 



F. A. Diggins, Murphy & Diggins, Cadillac. 

 H. E. Davies, Ilackley-Phelps-Bonnell Co., 



Grand Kapids. 



H. I'. Dutton, Worcester Lumber Co., Ltd., 

 Cliassell, 



C. E. Davis, Perkins Lumber Co., Grand Rap- 

 ids. 



D. II. Day, Glen Haven. 



G. B. Dunton, Thos. MacBrlde Lumber Co., 

 Buckle.v. 



Theodore Fathauer, Theodore Fathauer Co., 

 Chicago. 



Frank F. Fish, National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association, Chicago. 



M. J. Fox, G. von Platen, Boyne City. 



L. E. Fuller, Lumber World, Chicago. 



Henry H. Gibson, Hardwood Record, Chicago. 



William F. Gustine, A. F. Anderson, Cadillac. 



Bruce Green, Williams Bros. Co., Cadillac. 



W. C. Hull, The Oval Wood Dish Co., Tra- 

 verse City. 



H. S. Hull, The Oval Wood Dish Co., Tra- 

 verse City. 



E. S. Harris. Dalton Lumber Co., New Dalton. 

 I!. Hanson, Sailing, Hanson & Co., Grayling. 

 W. W. Johnson, Johnson & Crowl, Petoskey. 

 Paul Johnson, North Shore Lumber Co., 



Thompson. 



E. L. Klise. A. B. Klise Lumber Co., Sturgeon 

 Bay. 



A. B. Klise. A. B. Klise Lumber Co., Sturgeon 

 Bay. 



W. N. Kelley, Kelley Lumber & Shingle Co., 

 Traverse City. 



J. M. Longnecker, Oval Wood Dish Co., Tra- 

 verse City. 



S. 0. McClellan, Earle Lumber Co.. Simmons. 



R. E. Morris, Lumber Mutual Insurance Co., 

 Ypsilanti. 



W. W. Alitchell, Mitchell Bros. Co.. Cadillac. 



W. Ij. Martin, Embury-Martin Lumber Co., 

 Cheboygan. 



A. W. Newark. Cadillac Handle Co., Cadillac. 



.lohn F. Ott, John F. Ott Lumber Co., Tra- 

 verse City. 



Bruce Odell, Cummer, Diggins & Co., Cadillac. 



A. R. Owen, John S. Owen Lumber Co., Owen 

 Wis. 



R. G. Peters, R. G. Peters Salt & Lumber Co., 

 Manistee. 



W. P. Porter, East Jordan Lumber Co.. East 

 Jordan. 



M. .T. Quinlan. Menominee Bay Shore Lumber 

 Co.. Soperton. Wis. 



W. H. Russe, Russe & Burgess. Memphis, Tenn. 



C. F. Sweet, Merchants' Lumber Co., Strongs. 



J. Sullivan, Cedar. 



L. L. Skillman, Skillman Lumber Co., Grand 

 Rapids. 



R. W. Smith, Louis Sands Salt & Lumber Co., 

 Manistee. 



W. Tillotson. inspector National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association, Grand Rapids. 



George S. Wilkinson. Van Keulen & Wilkinson 

 Lumber Co.. Grand Ranids. 



W. IT. White, W. II. White Co., Bovue City, 

 .Mich. 



George F. Williams. Williams Bros. Co.. Cadil- 

 lac. 



II. Widdicomb. Jr.. Halladay Lumber Co., 

 Grand Rapids. 



John S. Weidman, J. S. Weidman, Weidman. 



NeWs Miscellanp. 



Inspection Conference at Minneapolis. 



.Si.x ofhcers of the National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association headed by President W. H. Russe on 

 April 19 visited Minneapolis for the purpose of 

 getting in touch with the hardwood wholesalers 

 of the Twin Cities and ealisting enough of them 

 as members of the National Association to justify 

 locating a National inspector there. A meeting 

 of the Northwesteru Hardwood Lumbermen's 

 Association was called by President D. F. Clark 

 for the purx^ose of talkiug things over with the 



visitors. It was held at the Commercial Club 

 and was followed by a dinner, at which Mayor 

 J. C. Hayues welcomed the guests to Minne- 

 apolis. 



It was the sense of the meeting that the local 

 hardwood men should Join forces with the Na- 

 tional Association, whose inspection rules they 

 have long been using, and that they should en- 

 deavor to use all honorable means to have a 

 imiversal inspection system adopted for the 

 whole country. Seven new members were re- 



cefved into the National Association and three 

 others promised to join if their colleagues were 

 willing. 



President Clark called the meeting to order 

 and stated its object, going on record himself 

 in favor of hearty support of the National As- 

 sociation and of securing a local National in- 

 spector. W. C. Bailey said that as northern 

 hardwoods were being cut out it was more neces- 

 sary to have an inspector for the Twin Cities to 

 give good service on southern stock. 



W. H. Russe explained the National inspec- 

 tion service and said the association desired to 

 locate inspectors wherever needed. The service 

 is maintained as near uniform as possible, and is 

 giving very general satisfaction. The buyer will 

 like it better even if not always suited, because 

 he will know what he is going to get. Mr. Clark 

 explained that, while at Buffalo two years ago 

 a resolution was adopted not to change the 

 grading rules for three years, there is some talk 

 now of change and it will come up at the an- 

 nual meeting May 23 and 24. 



F. F. Fish, secretary of the association, said 

 tlmt beginning five years ago with three in- 

 spectors, they now had twenty-one. They are 

 paid lfl,200 to $2,100 a year, and are under 



U. F. CLARK. PRESIDENT NORTHWEST- 

 ERN HARDWOOD LUMBERMEN'S 

 ASSOCIATION. 



bond. If on a reinspection there is a difference 

 of more than four per cent the association mails 

 a check to the buyer or seller, as the case may 

 be, and takes it out of the inspector's bond. 

 There are now 580 members : there are only six 

 in the Twin Cities and there .should be twenty. 

 O. O. Agler said that National inspection had 

 gained the confidence of buyers now so that 

 they were satisfied to take it in nearly all cases 

 without question. 



A. E. Peterson of St. Paul thought the owner 

 or buyer should be allowed to have a man on the 

 pile with the inspector. Mr. Fish said that nine 

 times out of ten this man would try to influence 

 the inspector. Theodore Fathauer of Chicago, 

 chairman of the grading rules committee, said 

 that in Micltigan no man thought of going on 

 the pile, and the inspectors would be *'very im- 

 polite" to a man who tried it. Michigan shipped 

 400,000,000 feet under National inspection, he 

 stated, and as a buyer he had such con- 

 fidence in it that he never reinspected. 

 W. C. Stanton of St. Paul wanted to 

 know whether parties not members of the 

 association could call for a reinspection. The 

 reply was that they could if the lumber had been 

 sold subject to National inspection. J. V. Stim- 

 son of Huntingburg. Ind., said he had formerly 

 paid little attention to anything but the social 



