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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Annual Michigan HardWood Manufacturers' jiss'n. 



The first annual meeting of the Michigan 

 Hardwood Manufacturers ' Association was 

 held in the City Hall, at Cadillac, Mich.. 

 Wednesday, July 31. The attendance was 

 larger than at any of the four previous ones 

 held by this organization. Every section of 

 the state was represented by delegates, and 

 the proceedings were marked by absolute 

 harmony and every manifestation of good 

 fellowship. The business was conducted 

 promptly and as the details of the delibera- 

 tions printed herewith show, much business 

 of importance to the hardwood industrv of 



The first feature was the reading of Presi- 

 dent White 's address, involving a review of 

 the history of the association and reflections 

 covering the details of its success and sug- 

 gestions for the future work of the organiza- 

 tion. Following is the interesting and valu- 

 able paper in full: 



Address of President. 



fientlenien of the Michigan Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers' Association: One year ago. or there- 

 ahouts. thl.s association was organized to meet 

 certain needs of the manufacturers of hardwood 

 lumber in Michigan, prominent among which 

 was the dissemination among manufacturers of 

 all the informiiti(m which could be obtained 



manufacturer and the consumer, providing the 

 products are to be manufactured and sold at a 

 fair protit to the manufacturer and at an 

 equitable price to the consumer. I therefore 

 urge upon the association the importance of 

 continuing active work upon this subject, and 

 also continuing this association as a state or- 

 Kanization for the Interest and benefit of the 

 manufacturers of Michigan, affiliating itself with 

 a national association only for the purpose of 

 having but one set of inspection rules on which 

 to ship our lumber, which subject shall be 

 di.scussed below. 



(Vi.vcERNiNr, Market Values. 

 Through the efficient work of our secretary, 

 the membership has been kept informed of the 

 market conditions, both as to the class and 

 finality of material, also the market price of 

 such material, with the result. I believe, that 

 the manufactorer lias been able to more nearly 



(iKllll- Ol.- fItOMINK.Vr LUMIilORMKN AT TIIK I'lIiST AXNIAL MEKTIMJ W MICIIKiA.X 

 UAUDWOOl) MAXUFACTIKEUS- ASSOCIATION, CADILLAC. .H'LY 31. 



the state was enacted. The members of the 

 association at Cadillac proved admirable 

 hosts and everyone in attendance was given 

 the best sort of a good time. The manifest 

 improvement in the hardwood manufacturing 

 and kindred industries in Cadillac was re- 

 marked by everyone. The city has become 

 the most important one in central northern 

 Michigan, and is a veritable hive of industry. 

 The meeting was called to order at '1 p. m. 

 with President William H. White in the 

 chair, and Secretary Bruce Odell recording. 



roncernmg the process of manufacture, the mar- 

 ket values of our product, and chief of all the 

 adoption of improved rules of inspection. 



I am gratified to report that the efforts of the 

 association during the first year of Its exist- 

 ence have been directed along these lines with 

 what I believe to be some success. 



The I'ROCEss of Maxifactlre. 

 One of the primary elements of the manufac- 

 ture of any product at a profit is to produce the 

 umnutactured article so as to meet the imme- 

 iliale requirements of the consumer, and to do 

 this with the least possible waste of raw ma- 

 lerlal. As the quantity of timber In Michigan 

 is constantly decreasing, and on the other hand 

 the price of stumpage increasing, this element 

 of the work of this association will from year 

 to year become more Important, both to ' the 



meet the demands of the trade than ever be- 

 fore, the trade in turn receiving our product at 

 a more nearly uniform market value, which has 

 been as low as the price of timber, labor, and 

 articles of consumption generally would war- 

 rant and at a fair and uniform profit to the 

 manufacturer. We have thus been able to en- 

 .ioy throughout the entire year a run of values 

 based entirely upon the actual supply and de- 

 mand. 



CO.NCER.MNU Ul'LES OF I.N.SPECTION. 



The last of the stated objects of this associa- 

 tion named in my text Is most Important of all. 

 Kvery manufacturer of lumber in Michigan has 

 many times in his experience felt that the rules 

 lor inspecting his product were not only incom- 

 plete, but such as to result In his selling much 

 of his higher grade stock at lower grade prices. 



