HARDWOOD RECORD 



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No. 2 Common — Widths, 4 inches and over ; 

 lengths, 4 feet and over. 



Change cutting from "clear" to "sound." 



Under captiou I'OPLAR PANELS. 



Lengths — Ten to 20 I'eet, admitting 10 per 

 cent of 10 foot. 



Widths — Eighteen to 23 inches, 24 to 27 

 inchi'S. 2S inches and over. 



Thicltnesses — Five-eighths, 1 and 1 '4 inches. 



Seventy-live per cent of the total quantity 

 must be clear of knots on both sides. Balance 

 of the quantity may contain defects, provided 

 90 per cent of the piece can be used for panels 



4 feet or longer, and the full width of the 

 board. 



Three inches of bright sap, or slightly stained 

 sap on each edge or its equivalent in the ag- 

 gregate, admitted on any board. 



Si.x inch splits in one end of board, not to be 

 considered a defect. 



Under caption QUARTER SAWN POPLAR ; 

 Grades firsts and seconds, Xo. 1 and No. 2 com- 

 mon : lengths and thicknesses, standard. 



Firsts and seconds — Five inches or over wide : 

 6 feet of surface measure will admit one, 9 

 feet two. 12 feet three and 10 feet four stand- 

 ard defects or their, equivalent. 



No. 1 Common : 



Must be 4 inches or over wide, S to IG feet 

 long. Pieces 4 inches wide must work three- 

 fourths clear face in not over two pieces ; pieces 



5 inches or over wide. S to 11 feet long, must 

 work three-fourths clear face in not over two 

 pieces : 12 feet or over long, must work three- 

 fourths clear face in not over two pieces : 12 

 feet or over long, must work three-fourths clear 

 face iu not over three pieces. No piece of 

 cutting considered which is less than 4 inches 

 wide by 2 feet lung or 3 inches wide by 3 feet 

 long. 



No. 2 Common : 



Must be 3 inches or over wide, G to 16 feet 

 long. Pieci's 6 to 11 feet long must work 50 per 

 cent clear face in not over three pieces. Pieces 

 12 feet or over long must work 50 per cent clear 

 face in not over fi>ur liieces. 



Xo piece of cutting in No. 2 common grade 

 considered which is less than 3 inches wide 

 and 2 feet long. 



Under caption WALNUT: 



In No. 1 and No. 2 common there is no re- 

 striction as to heart. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Thco. F.iTHAUER, Chairman. 



Mr. Fathaner — The committee also recom- 

 mends the adoption of these rules to go into 

 effect December 1 of this year. 



President Russe — -T. M. Woods has something 

 he would like to bring before you. 



The Question of a Lumber Trust. 

 Mr. Woods — I haven't any motion to make, 



,T. B. WALL, BUFFALO. 



only a suggestion to offer. I want to call your 

 attention to the following, and if the conven- 

 tion thinks it wise they can take action. This 

 appeared in this morning's Philadelphia paper : 



"Lr.MBERMEN TO TALK OP TRUSTS." 



"Atlantic City, May 23. — Facts as to the 



high price, of lumber and the trust's domina- 

 tion of prices will be taken up by the American 

 Hardwood Lumbermen's Association, at the an- 

 nual convention, which opens on the steel pier 

 tomorrow. The convention opened with a 

 smoker at the Hotel Rudolph tonight. Several 

 hundred lumbermen arrived this morning." 



In the press of this country there is more 

 or less said about this trust. One of the papers 

 of the city of Boston has had a great many car- 

 toons representing the trust as a rotund indi- 

 vidual, and calling attention to the fact that 

 the high price of lumber is due to this trust. 

 A short time ago I wrote the editor of that 

 paper and said : "Put up or shut up." I asked 

 him to name the time and place where this 

 trust was organized, who belonged to it, who 

 were its officers and where its headquarters 

 were. I said I considered it an insult to the 

 business interests of the commonwealth of the 

 country that this thing should go broadcast. A 

 lie travels a great deal faster than the truth. 



It seems to me that we who have helped de- 

 velop this country, some of us having served on 

 the fields of battle on southern soil, patriotic, 

 high-minded citizens, conducting an honorable 

 business and not making much money either, 

 should cause to go broadcast a reply so we will 

 stand before the country as we ought to, high- 



F. W. VETTER, BUFFALO. 



minded, honorable men, doing that which is 

 for the best interest of the whole country. 



Mr. Palmer — I move Mr. Wood be delegated 

 to write a reply, have it incorporated in our 

 report, and to send it to any paper that he 

 desires to have it printed in, having the full 

 liacking of this association in anything he may 

 write. 



This motion was seconded and carried. 



President Russe — I know Mr. Woods will 

 assume that duty and do it Justice. 



The convention here adjourned until 2 o'clock 

 p. ni. 



FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION. 



Discussion on Changes in Inspection Rules. 



The convention was called to order by Presi- 

 dent Russe at 3 o'clock p. m. 



I'resident Russe — We deferred discussion on 

 the report of the Inspection Rules Committee, 

 to be taken up at this time. 



Mr. Guenther moved that the report be 

 adopted as a whole. Motion was seconded. 



Mr. Earksdale moved to amend that no mem- 

 ber be allowed the floor but ten minutes and 

 only twice. Motion seconded and carried. 



The question recurred on the adoption of the 

 report as a whole. 



Mr. Scatcherd — When does it become opera- 

 tive? 



President Eusse — December 1. 



Mr. Scatcherd — Which year? 



President Russe — 1907. 



Mr. Scatcherd — As I remember, a committee 

 was sent by your association — I say it provided- 



I. N. STEWART, BUFFALO. 



ly. advisedly, too — to consult with the New 

 York members of the trade, and sought to have 

 them co-operate with us in that we might 

 I .\tend the influence of this association. You 

 invited them to join us in what we thought was 

 the right basis on a three-year-contract. Tou 

 did not tell these gentlemen, that committee 

 did not, and I say it advisedly, that you pro- 

 posed to change the rules when you asked them 

 to co-operate with us in this convention which 

 is held here today. They are here, and as a 

 matter of courtesy, before we take a vote, I 

 would like to have Mr. White, who represents 

 that committee, tell us his position so far as he 

 lepresents the New York Lumber Dealers' Asso- 

 ciation. 



Mr. Palmer — In the first place. I want to re- 

 sent the imputation by the gentleman who last 

 spoke that this is any one man's association. 

 This is not your association. Mr. President. 

 This is our association. 



President Russe — None of us took him se- 

 riously. 



Mr. Palmer — As to the conference iu New 

 York, I want to tell the members of this asso- 

 ciation that the basis of our understanding there 

 in Xew York, it any understanding existed what- 

 ever, was that the rules of this association were 

 going to be changed at this meeting. 



Richard White, president Eastern States Re- 

 tail Lumber Dealers' Association — I was at this 

 conference held in Xew Y'ork City, and the re- 

 sult of .the negotiations was that we offered 

 certain suggestions, slight changes. I am not 

 here today possessed of full information as to 

 what the changes are. nor am I here to throw 

 anything in the way which will conflict, but I 

 do say that all the work that we have done up 

 to this point would have been done for nothing 

 so far as any immediate action toward adop- 

 tion of these rules providing changes is con- 

 cerned. At a recent meeting of the Board of 

 Directors of the Eastern States Association, 

 resolutions were adopted providing that the 

 changes suggested at Xew York be accepted 

 here, and the directors recommended to the 

 constituent associations their adoption for hard- 

 wood inspection. It was understood there 

 would be no changes. 



Mr. Price here read certain action of the Bal- 

 timore members relative to rescinding the But- 



