HARDWOOD RECORD 



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That natiniial iuspectiun is firmly established 

 throuKh<'<iT the country cannot he successfully 

 denied. TInM-e is no hardwtMjd market in this 

 country thai does not recognize it as the basis 

 for yradinji hardrt'ood hnnher. Therefore, so 

 far as it is proper fur an employee to congratu- 

 late his emphiyer. I desire to express that senti- 

 ment tv tliis membership for the quality of the 

 organizatinn which has been developed by their 

 efforts, for the position which it occupies in the 

 trade today and tor the smcess which has at- 

 tended upon its endeavors to improve conditions 

 imder which that trade is conducted. Tlie future 

 progress of the association will depend, in large 

 measure, upon the efficiency of its officers and the 

 enthusiastic Uiyalty of its members. If the 

 experience of the past year is a criterion there 

 is every reason to look forward to large accom- 

 plishments in the near future. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Fi{.\NK F. Fish. Secretary. 



The report was received with applause. 



J. \V. Thompson moved that the address of 

 the president and the report of the -secretary be 

 referred tn a (-(mimitlee to consider the recom- 

 mendations contained therein, which was duly 

 seconded and carried. 



The chair appointed as such committee : 

 Samuel K. Parr of New York, D. F. Clark of 

 Minneapolis and George ^A^ Stoneman of Devalls 

 Bluff. Ark. 



President liusse^I hope the committee will 

 get to work as soon as they get the reports so 

 they will be al)Ie to make their reports not later 

 than tomiirrow morning at the opening session. 



Treasurer (iraham read his report, as follows* 



Treasurer's Report. 



Kec'd San Francisco fund $ 1,045.00 



-lune 27,. llMMl. .T. B. I'helan, Chn. Re- 

 lief c*c Bed rross Com 1.045.00 



RECEIPTS. 



Cash deposit fund, O. E. Yeager. treas.$ 1,800.41 



Nineteen inspectors 475.00 



Interest to January S 34.14 



Total $2,309.55 



Surplus transf. to gen. fund. ..$559.55 



Kefiiud to IT inspf. it.is. . . ..425.00 984.55 



Balance $1,325.00 



General fund. O. E. Yeager, treas. . . .$ 520.47 



Dues. 607 members 15.175.nii 



Inspec. and reinspec. fees 27.903.04 



Inspection rules 091.17 



Surplus and int. from deposit fund.. 559.55 



Total $44,000.83 



EARL PALMER, FADUCAH, KV., DIRECTOR. 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



President's office $35.60 



Secretary's salary $3,000.00 



Rent 1.008.00 



Office and trav. exp 4.762.19— 9,370.19 



Treas. bond, printing and stationery. 29.75 



Inspectors' salaries 23.526-95 



Expense 5,354.84 — 28.881.79 



Reinspection 3,927.72 



Directors attending meetings 339.55 



I'rinting 1.525.71 



Error remittance II. C. Corn Lbr. Co.. 15.86 



Refund deposit at-count 25.00 



Refund deposit acci. (Talbertt. 4. 85 29.85 



Total $42,156.12 



Balance $ 2,753.71 



Respectfully submitted, 

 J. W.\TT Graham, Treasurer. 



I'resident Russe — I think that shows we are 

 still alive — and we don't owe anything. We 

 have paid our debts and still we have money. 



The program shows at this time an intermis- 

 sion for lunch. I believe, however, if there are 

 no objections, that we ought to get in one or 

 I wo more reports so that we will be sure to get 

 through tomorrow. Of course, if it is the sense 

 of the meeting, we can adjourn now for lunch. 

 If not. we will hear the report of the Inspec- 

 tion Bureau committee, \V. \\'. Knight, chair- 

 man. 



Mr. Lloyd — Tlie big hotels have dinner at 1 

 o'clock, but if you have a short report you mighi 

 take it up. 



President Russe — This is not a long report 

 and we had better get rid of it. We will ad- 

 journ after this report. We want to get through 

 as soon as we can. In this town there is noth- 

 ing to do but have fun. 



Mr. Knight — ^This report is practically a repe- 

 tition of what has been said by Mr. Russe and 

 Jlr. Fish. 



inspectors employed by the association where 

 bunded fi-rtihcates have been issued and by no 

 means cuvcr, even approximately, the "total 

 amount iuspt'cted under the rules of the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association. 



At the present time there is a demand for 

 several salaried inspectors in the sawmill dis- 

 trict, and it is believed that such places as New 

 York city. Philadelphia. Boston. Baltimore, etc. 

 the cities now having only nne inspectiu-. will 



IIIBBARD, ST. LOUIS, DlRECTOIi. 



Report of the Inspection Bureau Committee. 



Mr. President and Gentlemen : The chairman 

 nf this committee begs to submit the following 

 report of the workings of this branch of the 

 association which has been, almost exclusively, 

 in the hands of the Executive Committee, and 

 of Mr. Fish, the secretary. 



In compiling figures showing the result of the 

 work of the Inspection Bureau for the past year 

 the secretary submits, on separate sheets marked 

 "Exhibit A" and "B." the figures necessary for 

 a comparison with the work of the preceding 

 year, and the chairman submits that the monthly 

 cost to the association of the Inspection Bu- 

 reau has been slightly less, under the present 

 management, than for the year which closed 

 May 1, 1906. 



In the report made at the last annual meeting 

 we showed that ten salaried inspectors were in 

 the employ of the association, located in the 

 principal cities of the country, where the de- 

 mands of the hardwood trade warranted their 

 steady employment. At the present time there 

 are in the employ of the association seventeen 

 salaried inspectors, located as follows : Chicago, 

 three: Memphis, two: Cincinnati, two: Milwau- 

 kee, one ; Minneapolis and St. Paul, one ; Grand 

 Rapids, one : St. Louis, one : New Orleans, one ; 

 Buffalo, one : New York City, one ; Philadelphia, 

 one. and Baltimore one. 



JJuring the past year the salaried and fee in- 

 spectors have issued bonded certificates for 123.- 

 1 86.828 feet of lumber, an increase over last 

 year of practically 25.552.000 feet. These fig- 

 ures cover only the amount inspected by the 



C. F. S\VEi:r. GRAND liAPins. MICIL. DIREC- 

 TOR. 



leipiire the appointment of an assistant in the 

 near futui e. 



In the report of last year attention was called 

 particularly t<> the scarcity of competent in- 

 spectors, and the difficulty of getting them to 

 enter the i-mploy of the national association. 

 The situation, under the present conditions gipv- 

 erning the lumber industry, is even more compli- 

 (ated than ever, but by systematic effort we 

 ha VI' been successful In getting on tile applica- 

 tions from nearly nue hum] red inspectors now 

 employed by uther parties. 



During the year no less Ihan five of our 

 salaried inspectors, who have been successfully 

 riained by the chief inspector and located at 

 ■ niisiderable expense, have been taken from the 

 .issociat ion's employ by assdciation members in 

 \ariuus sections of the coimti'y. 



Such action on the part of members renders 

 it even more difficult to maintain an efficient 

 and sufficient fr>rce to produce prompt service, 

 and the chairman wishes to urge on the mem- 

 bers that they kindly keep "hands off" from the 

 association inspectors until such time as the 

 bureau is in better position to spare these men. 

 There should be a hearty response to this re- 

 ipiest and the loyal support of the members to 

 the management in their efforts to put this 

 lirauch of the association on a thorough working 

 basis. The taking away of competent men by 

 some of the members is not what the chairman 

 considers "loyal support." as the practical re- 

 sult of this sort of work is to weaken the force 

 and discredit the efforts of the management. 



In last year's report it was urged on the 

 members to familiarize themselves with the rules 

 governing the inspection. Reference is again 

 called to this subject, and a study of the hand- 

 book issued from the executive office is strongly 

 recommended as there seems to be a general Jack 

 of information on the part of many members as 

 to just what is necessary for them' to do in or- 

 der to get a reinspection in the regular way. 

 Your attention is particularly called to the fact 

 that when they wish to obtain an official rein- 

 spection where bonded certificates have already 

 been issued, the application must be made to 

 the office of the secretary, as applications made 

 direct to the deputy inspector for official rein- 

 spection will not be recognized under any cir- 

 cumstances. 



Your committee submits that the gain in the 

 work of the inspection department is absolute 

 proof that we are working along right lines, and 

 numerous letters from shippers to the secretary 

 expressing satisfaction with the work of salaried 

 inspectors in large wholesale markets are among 

 the most encouraging features of the present 

 year's work. 



The general satisfaction among the member- 

 ship over the service rendered by the inspection 

 department is really due, in great part, to the 

 fact that care has been exercised in ttie selec- 

 lion of new men appointed as inspectors to ad- 

 mit only those of unquestioned integrity and 



