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a Tear or two by efficient personal solicitation. 

 You will find that Individual members w 1 1 take 

 more interest in the association affairs if they 

 S'et in touch with the work of the secretary s 

 fffice either hv correspondence or by meeting the 

 sm-e'tary personally. It is just this kind of 

 fnterest that will prove the life of your associa- 

 tion and s\nterest cannot be created by one 

 who can eive onlv part of his time to the work. 

 I w"sh to thank the members of this associa- 

 tion tor their loyal support during the past year 

 and earnest y hope that you will decide to sup- 

 port my si ccessor both in a financial way and 

 b? assisting him all you possibly can in the 

 way of furnishine him all the informa ion that 

 vou can that will further the association s in- 

 terest always keeping in mind the fa^ that 

 whatever yoii do to further the interests of the 

 TssoclTtion Ts just that much done to better your 

 individual interests. 



The report was adopted upon motion duly 

 seconded and carried, after ^vhich President 

 White palled for the report of the Grading 

 Committee, of which Charles A. Bigelow is 

 chairman. It was read by Secretary Odell 

 and is presented herewith: 



Keport of Grading Committee. 

 \s directed by vou, your committee held joint 

 conferences with the grading committees of the 

 Wsconsin and Indiana Hardwood Mamifactur- 

 ers' AssfS aiions, and the Inspection Rules Com- 

 mittee oT the Nktional Hardwood Lumber Asso- 



iSg i? t^fsition^reS:? iX.^ 



her Association at its annual meeting /t -at 

 Kiitit Citv in May. rescinded the so-called Buf- 

 fllo Agi'eement." and revised its rules for the 

 inspection and measurement of hardwood lum- 

 ber ih} new rules becoming effective December 



^' Many changes were made, and those of most 

 inteiest to vou are the following, pertaining to 



Ihe inspection of nof.tli<'i-°,.li;.^^J!,°'l''%- . Taper- 

 In General Instructions, Paragraph d . ^aper 

 ing lumber measured one-third the length of 

 SI piece from the narrow end instead of at 



'%a^l"Zbf; in measuring random widths 

 lumbe?'tbe division in measurement will be 

 m™le on the halt foot instead of on the three- 

 ?uYiter° all over one-half foot to go to the 

 sdlei all under to the buyer, and the half 

 Iwt to be divided equally between buyer and 



^'^ 'pffragraph 5 : A much more liberal rule for 

 mis-skwed lumber has been adopted than the 



°°The°hea°rt^?Sl''is amended to read as follows: 

 "In the grade of 'No. 1 Common heart must 

 no? show^more than one-half the length of the 

 niece in the aggregate. In the grade ot No. 

 § Common hlS?t must not show more than 

 three fourths the length of the piece m the ag- 



^'■Th^standard lengths are 4 to 16 ft., with 

 15 oer cent of odd lengths, commencing at o 

 ft t'J, be admitted, instead of 6 to 10 It., with 

 nr» odd Ipnirtbs permissible. 

 °Vhe slandard thicknesses will be as follows: 



Vi %. v.. =>'4, ?4. !• l^i' !'-■ -• 2'-' **' '^' 



4 4U, sr 5 to. and 6 inch. 



' In' Explana'tions. a new paragraph has been 

 inserted as follows : The term Clear Face Cut- 

 tog as filed in these rules, reads "One face 

 clear, reverse side must be sound. 



The rule for stain has been changed to read 

 "Stain that will surface off m dressing to the 

 standard thickness must not be considered a de- 



^® T'he new rnle for wane is : "Wane in lumber 

 %" and %" in thickness: not over U n 

 width ; 1" to 2" in thickness, not over V2 in 

 width- 2'.i-," or over in thickness, not oyer 1 



5 width :'-not over one-fourth of the thickness 

 of the piece and one-sixth of the length of the 

 Siece or its equivalent, must not be considered 

 a defect Wane of more than the above descrip- 

 tion is a defect and must be so considered by 



^"standarcT grades remain as at present though 

 three new grades are permissible. 1st. Giade oi 

 Finilh: 2d: Division of No. 3 Common into 

 two grades. No. 3A and No. 3B. The Grade of 

 Finish, as its name implies, is a one-face lum- 

 ber, the reverse side to be sound., inspection to 

 be from the best side. The diyidmg of the No 

 3 Common has been made with the dea of 

 putting the better portion into box lumber and 

 a good grade of sheathing. In the firsts and 

 teeonds, the grade is determined by the sur ace 

 measure in each piece, instead of by " wT re 

 and length. The minimum length has been re- 

 duced tS 8 ft. In No. 1 and No 2 Common 

 the minimum length is 4 ft In the grades of 

 No. 1 and No. 2 Common, the cutting is to be 

 clear face, instead of "clear." In elm the grade 

 of No. 2 Common is changed to "sound cutting 

 instead of "clear cutting." 



BRUCE ODELL, CADILLAC, SECRETARY. 



By comparing the revised rules with the ones 

 adopted by thil association at its first meeting 

 a? Mackinac, you will find they are more liberal 

 tj the manufacturers than ours. 



At the various meetings we have had with the 

 Infpection Rules Committee of the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association, we have been 

 tieated with every courtesy P<'f?'ble and their 

 committee at the annual meeting at Atlantic 

 City, if anything, did more to further the de- 

 si^red revision of the rules than your committee 

 Expected We believe it to be to the interest 

 of every manufacturer of hardwood lumber m 

 this state to become a member <>« the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association in order that 

 thev may use their influence to maintain the 

 advantages in inspection that the new rules give 

 fhem and as conditions warrant further changes, 

 to be in position to thoroughly protect their in- 

 terests. Charles A. Bigelow, chairman. 



Mr. Bio-elow: We recommend that the 

 rules be put into effect, and Mr. Odell has a 

 resolution which he will offer on behalf of 

 the committee. 



Mr. Odell : The resolution Mr. Bigelow 

 refers to is as follows: 



Whereas the National Hardwood Lumber As- 

 sociation, at its annual meeting at Atlantic City 

 in May, adopted new rules for the inspection 

 and measurement of hardwood lumber that meet 

 with our approval : therefore, be it 



RESOLVED that this association herewith adopt 

 as its rules for the inspection and measurement 

 of hardwood lumber the revised rules of the Na- 

 tional Hardwood Lumber Association and that 

 they become effective Tie'-emher 1. 190i. 



HENRY BALLOU, CADILLAC, DIRECTOR. 



That the resolution was received favorably 

 by the association was evidenced by a prompt 

 motion that it be adopted, which was sec- 

 onded and carried unanimously. 



Mr. "White: I know a gentleman in this 

 audience who is neither manufacturer, dealer 

 nor consumer, but is an indirect member of 

 the trade and this association, as he has 

 some stock in companies that are members 

 of this organization. He probably can tell 

 us something about our association worts 

 or enable us to look at it as others see it. 1 

 refer to Mr. Harris of Boyne City. 



Address of J. M. Harris. 



Jlr President and Gentlemen— I regard it as 

 a distinct privilege to be invited to address so 

 prominent a body of Michigan men as this asso- 

 ciation represents. As I look upon you and asso- 

 ciate with vou I am impressed with this thought 

 —that you are successful men. I find success 

 written upon every countenance and in the man- 

 ner of every individual, and any success in these 

 strenuous times of ours, when men are striving 

 for higher things, is an inspiration to every man 

 I have felt that inspiration while associating 

 with you about the hotel and city since coming 

 here last evening. I regard it as a privilege as 

 I said before. When it comes to saying some- 

 thing to you, however, that will be of interest 

 and profit, my situation is not so agreeable. 

 In fact. I confess to some embarrassment. 1 

 find mvself somewhat in the position of the Irish 

 lady who alighted from the street car and said 

 to the policeman : "Mr. Policeman, will I get a 

 shock if I put my foot on this here rail .' No, 

 madam," said hef "not unless you put the other 

 foot upon the trolley wire!" So in making an 

 attempt to say something to you, it wi 1 Pfbaps 

 be an effort to put my foot up on the trolley 



^ To an observer of the trend of conditions of 

 the times for the past decade it seems that 

 material matters, business relations, all or oui 

 pursuits, in fact all industries along all lines 

 are tending to carry out the old adage that 

 the Puritans and colonists laid down m then 

 attempt for freedom. You remember they had 

 a motto which was represented by a serpent cut 

 in nieces and they paraded it through the streets 

 and under it they had inscribed, "United we 

 stand, divided we fall." This thought is taking 

 possession of the people not only ot America but 

 everywhere, and the tendency to get together is 

 the result of it in all lines of activity— manu- 

 facture, mercantile pursuits, professions, etc. bo 

 this association is simply in line with the trend 

 of the times. This has been carried as all 

 activities are carried at times and by extremists 

 —to extreme ends. Not only that, but this ten- 

 dency at times has become the tool ot unscrupu- 

 lous men who have used organizations ot one 

 kind or another to accomplish unlawful ends, or 

 le-ntimate ends in an unlawful manner, feo we 

 have had a lot of discussion of trusts and anti- 

 trusts and combinations in restraint of trade, ot 

 one kind and another until I apprehend that this 

 is true now— that there exists a little feeling, a 

 little tremor on the part of men generally as to 

 iust how far they may safely and profitably go 

 in the matter of a combination. There is no 

 law either moral or statute that prohibits a com- 

 bination such as I judge the Michigan Hai-d- 

 wood Manufacturers' Association to be from the 

 remarks of your president and secretary which 

 I have listened to. When they have gone too 

 far the laws of the land have been applied to 

 restrain that which has been unlawful, .and to 

 correct the evils that have grown. out of it The 

 principle of getting together is right. There is 

 success, strength and progress in getting to- 

 L'ether People are beginning to believe not in 

 dissension or in individual effort, but m unity 

 and united effort. We are believing more and 

 more in harmony and not in strife. I have ob- 

 served the efforts of the hardwood manufactuiers 

 of :Mi,'higan to get together for a period of, it 

 sppms to me, twelve or fifteen years. I remember 

 well discussing with the manufacturers the first 

 organization I have in mind, that they attempted 

 to make, and hearing at the time and after- 

 wards of the futile efforts to accomplish any- 

 thing substantial with the organization as formed 

 at tiiat time. I remember this particularly, that 

 it was hard to keep individual members in line 

 with certain rules adopted by the association, 

 and while perhaps it is felt by some f the <>ld 

 members of that association and by the trade 

 generally that it was not a success, yet out or 

 it grew "something stronger. I was more or less 

 clolely associated with the organization of the 

 Michigan Maple Company with which most of 

 you are familiar. It was not organized for the 

 purpose for which you are, yet it accomplished 

 -srv much along the lines you are working on 

 here, and whatever weakness there was m the 

 old organization I think you have successfully 

 cured in your present one. However, whatever 



