HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Chairman J. H. Freeman presented the 

 report of the Committee on Kesolutions, which 

 embodied a request that the Forest Service 

 and Census Bureau gather accurate informa- 

 tion as to standing timber; expressed hearty 

 approval of the government's forest reserve 

 plan and of the work of the National Kivers 

 and Harbors Congress in its effort to bring 

 about such a change of policy as will lead 

 to the systematic and efficient development 

 of our waterways, pledging the association's 

 cooperation in securing sufficient appropria- 

 tions. Copies of these resolutions were or- 

 dered sent to President Roosevelt, Hon. Eans- 

 dell and every member of the Senate and 

 House of Eepresentatives. It was voted that 

 an initiation fee of $100 be paid to consti- 

 tute the association a member of the National 

 Kivers and Harbors Congress, which will give 

 it twenty delegates to the annual meeting. 



Votes of thanks were offered those who de- 

 livered the valuable papers presented, to the 

 management of the Jamestown Exposition 

 and to the Chamberlin hotel, after which 

 reports of the Auditing Committee and on 

 the Credit Eating Department were read and 

 approved, as well as one from Edward Hines, 

 chairman of a special committee on ear stake 

 equipment. 



Election of Ofiicers. 



J. B. White, E. C. Fosburgh and C. A. Doty 

 were appointed to nominate officers. In ac- 

 cordance with their report the secretary was 

 instructed to cast one ballot, unanimously re- 

 electing the same ones. The choice of officers 

 and Board of Governors is as follows : 



President — William Irvine, Chippewa Falls, 

 Wis. 



Vice President — R. A. Long, Kansas City, Mo. 



Treasurer — J. A. Freeman, !?t. Louis, Mo. 



Secretary — George K. Smith, St. Louis, Mo. 



Superintendent — George F. Biederman, St. 

 Louis, Mo. 



Yellow Piue Manufacturers' Association — H. M. 

 Graham. Brinston. Ga. ; J. B. White, Kansas 

 City, Mo., governors. 



Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of the 

 United States — John B. Ransom, Nashville, Tenn. 



Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion — Everett G. Griggs, Tacoma, Wash. 



Wisconsin Hardwood Lumbermen's Associa- 

 tion — F. H. Pardee, Wausau. 



Southwestern Washington Lumber Manufactur 

 ers' Association — J. H. Veness, Winlock. 



Northwestern Hemlock Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion — George H. Chapman, Stanley, Wis. 



Southern Cypress Manufacturers' Association — 

 R. H. Downman, New Orleans, La. 



North Carolina Pine Association — E. C. Fos- 

 burgh, Norfolk, Va. 



Northern Pine Manufacturers' Association — 

 Edward Hines, Chicago. 



Western Pine Manufacturers' Association — J. 

 R. Toole, Missoula, Mont. ; N. W. McLeod, ex- 

 offlcio, St. Louis, Mo. 



Entertainment. 



The business sessions ended on May 29 

 and on the following day the lumbermen of 

 Norfolk tendered the guests a delightful trip 

 to the site of old Jamestown, forty miles up 

 the James Elver, on the steamer Old Point 

 Comfort. About seventy-tive guests partici- 

 pated and thoroughly enjoyed every moment 

 of the excursion. A fleet of American battle- 

 ships was anchored in Hampton Eoads and 



a fine view was had of Newport News with 

 its wonderful shipbuilding yards and other 

 interesting features. The time spent at his- 

 toric Jamestown was equally pleasant, and 



the party returned to Old Point Comfort at 

 six o'clock. An elaborate luncheon was 

 served on the steamer and the management 

 of the affair was perfect in every detail. 



Why Editors SWear. 



By VAN B. PERRINE. 



rThe following contribution is from Van B. Perrine, the well-known manufacturer of hardwoods at 

 Ft Wayne Ind who during the last tew months has contributed several specimens of pertinent verse to the 

 columns of the Record, which have been highly appreciated by its readers. In the appended verses Mr. 

 Perrine takes a new departure and discusses matters from the standpoint of a lumber newspaper editor. 

 Everyone will concede that Van Perrine is not only one of the best hardwood lumbermen of the country but 

 one of the best fellows withal. -\t the same time, in all verity, Mr. Perrine's analysis of a newspaper man's 

 troubles is entirely from a theoretical standpoint; he discusses the subject about as well as the average luinber 

 newspaper man does the lumber business. .\n editor is always glad to get mquines from subscribers, asking 

 anything, from the probability of Roosevelt's running for another term to the proper color to paint his barn. 

 However the suggestion in the writer's verse that pains us most is the inference that lumber editors occasionally 

 swear. His long association with them should teach him that this is a base slander.j 



When you get your Hardwood Record, do you look it through and through? 



Do you read the ads as well as jokes, as you really ought to do? 



Don't you know the man who runs it spends a lot of time and care 



To gather all the information which he prints from here and there? 



Don't you know he does some thinking, and it takes a mighty lot, 



To give you what he knows is good, and cut out all the "rot"? 



If you chance to be in the city and have some time to spare. 



Drop into the office when he opens the mall— you'll learn why editors swear. 



He gets a letter from Arkansas, in replying he's taking a chance, 



As it asks if he thinks the price of gum or poplar will advance? 



Of course from an old subscriber, who's taken his paper long, 



Who will gamble on what the editor says, as editors can't be wrong. 



Another comes in from Tennessee, from a man who owns a mill, 



With a lot of logs and timber to cut, and wants an order to fill. 



Of course he's an old subscriber, but he never paid for an ad. 



We won't mention here what the editor said, as editors cuss when they're mad,. 



The next was from Mississippi, where a mill man wanted to know 



Whether to cut his trees all up, or let them in timber grow. 



Would the editor send statistics of all the timber that stood? 



And didn't he think that coal might give out, so's to raise the price of wood? 



Besides he should have more money, as his mill was needing repair. 



And a lot more "stuff," but never a cent— this made the editor swear. 



And when it comes to swearing, be it city, town or woods. 



You can gamble sure on the editor man, he'll always deliver the goods. 



Another from out in Missouri, the writer wants to "be shown" 



How he could build a sawmill, and where he could get a loan. 



Did he know of a good bunch of timber, and what would be the price ? 



Had he better build a band=mill, or would a circular one suffice? 



Being an old subscriber, if it wouldn't be asking too much. 



Please send the plans for building the mill, with price for engine and such. 



The editor read it all over, "From Missouri," he breathed with a sigh. 



The words that he spoke weren't entered a joke in the Record that's kept on high. 



The letters were full of questions, of things they wanted to know, 



Had they better plant acorns or walnuts? How long would it take 'em to grow? 



If he shut his eyes for an instant, some interrogation was plain. 



He couldn't get rid of this terrible sign (?), it seemed impressed on his brain, 



While he really had some ambitions that required more or less cash. 



The mail with its questions, but never a cent, prophesied going to smash. 



Do you wonder he felt rather blue=like, as he leaned way back in his chair, 



And said, "To H=-l with such business!" Do you wonder that editors swear? 



But when life's book has been balanced in writing so plain and neat. 

 To show where we'll go, and in which row we're going to take a seat. 

 The editor'll see his swear words in a debit column quite long. 

 Vet when he looks at the credit side, If I'm not entirely wrong, 

 Things'll be written so clearly, and the many good deeds put down. 

 His chance will be good for the front row, and for his head a crown. 

 They will wipe out most of the cuss words— the Ruler on high is square, 

 And knows about things that happen each day to make an editor swear. 



