HARDWOOD RECORD 



23 



Meeting of Wisconsin HardWood Lumbermen's Assn. 



Tlie eleventh annual meeting of the Wis- 

 fousiu Hardwood Lumbermen's Association 

 was held on Tuesday, September 18, at the 

 Hotel Pfister, Milwaukee, Wis., with a fair 

 number of members in attendance. Presi- 

 dent K. P. Arpin called the meeting to order 



rKK.«;iPEXT E. p. AKt'IN, ARPIN HARD- 

 WOOD LUMBER COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. 



at 10 o'clock and, after the minutes of the 

 last meeting at Marshfield had been read 

 and approved, made a short talk on the 

 progress of the work of the association. 



President Arpin 's Address. 



Thp past year has been one of exceptional pros- 

 perit.v for the entire country, and the hardwood 

 lumber industry prospered fully as well as most 

 of the other industries. The demand has con- 

 stantly kepi ahead of the supply, and the result 

 has been in some cases that there has been a 

 lack of supply, especially in ash, while the 

 supply of dry, plain oak has never been up to 

 requirements. 



When we consider the fast diminishing source 

 of supply and the immense demands on it 

 through the natural growth of this country, it 

 can readily be seen that the situation will 

 always be strong. Those who are fortunate 

 enough to have timber holdings have become 

 alive to the fact that the supply is being nar- 

 rowed down yearly and will always prefer to 

 hold their timber rather thao to sacrifice it. 



The value of the associaiion work has been 

 manifested in many different ways during the 

 past season. The committee appointed by the 

 National Lumber Manufacturers' Association to 

 take up the subject of equipment of flat and 

 gondola cars have already been offered a con- 

 cession by the railroads of an allowance of 500 

 pounds on each' car. This allowance is now 

 being made by most all the leading lines. As 

 you all know, the committee having this in 

 hand will endeavor to secure an order from the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission requiring the 

 railroads to equip the cars with permanent 

 stakes or pay for such equipment when fur- 

 nished by the manufacturers. 



A meeting before the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission will he held in Chicago tomorrow. 

 September 10. Your committee, appointed by 

 this association to secure the cooperation of the 

 National Limiber Manufacturers' Association 

 and the National Hardwood Lumber Association 

 on west coast rate matters, was successful in 

 securing the cooperation of these associations. 

 I attach herewith a report signed by I". H. 

 Pardoe, George E. Foster and E. R. Week, mem- 

 bers of the association, who attended the meet- 

 ing of the National Lumber Manufacturers' 

 Association at St. Louis on May .S and 9. 



This committee showed remarkable energy in 

 securing the passage of a resolution before the 

 National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, 

 thereby securing the cooperation of the thirteen 

 ainilated associations in this matter. The com- 

 mittee appointed by President William Irvine 

 of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Associ- 

 ation to meet with the Transcontinental Freight 

 Bureau consisted of John B. Ransom, of .Nash- 

 ville. Tenn., Eugene Shaw of Eau Claire, Wis., 

 and your president. The committee met at two 

 difTci-cnt times in Chicago in connection with a 

 similar committee appointed by the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association, viz.. O. O. Agler 

 of Chicago, .7. M. Pritchard of Indianapolis and 

 G. .1. Landcck of Milwaukee: also Lewis Dos- 

 ter, secretary of the Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association of the United States. 



At the first meeting they ascertained that 

 the Transcontinental Freight Btu'eau bad post- 

 poned its meeting until July Ui. Our commit- 

 tee secured a hearing on July l.><, at which time 

 the subject was entered into fully, and we were 

 in hopes from what encouragement we had ob- 

 tained through interviews with the tratfic mana- 

 gers of the different roads that we would be 

 successful. Later on, however, we were ad- 

 vised that our petition for lower rates had been 

 rejected. 



Our committee afterward met (or the third 

 time in Chicago to draw up a plan of action and 

 make a report to our respective associations. 



VICE I'HESIDENT B. W. DAVIS, JOHN R. 

 DAVIS LUMBER COMPANY, PHILLIPS. 



This time new developments occurred which 

 seemed to warrant the postponement of draw- 

 ing up a special report, and it was left to a 

 special committee consisting of your president 

 and O. 0. Agler. 



We are now informed by the traffic managers 

 of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and 

 Canadian Pacific that they are about to grant a 

 rate of (50 cents per hundred from Chicago and 

 common points, based on a minimum weight of 

 .■jO.OOO pounds. We believe that the other lines 

 will also make concession at this rate, and that 

 it will eventually result in our securing the 

 reduction we are asking for. 



William H. White, president of our newly 

 organized ilichigan Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association, requested your president to attend 

 their meeting held at Mackinac Island on Aug- 

 ust S. There was a good attendance at this 

 meeting, and the result will no doubt be that 

 the Michigan association will soon be perma- 

 nently and strongly organized and the result 

 win be beneficial to the entire trade. 



The most important subjects that came up at 

 this meeting were those of grading and inspec- 

 tion rules. The manufacturers were strong in 

 the opinion that common and better lumber 

 should be graded from the best side of the 

 board and that a board measuring one-half inch 

 in width should go into the higher unit, and 



iliose below should go into the next lower one, 

 I hereby establishing the give and take prin- 

 ciple on this question of measurement. 



They appointed a committee to confer with 

 the National Hardwood Lumber Association to 

 take up the question of rules and, as this ques- 

 tion is bound to come up before long, think it 

 wituld be advisable to have a committee from 

 this association prepared to consider this im- 

 ))ort:int question when the proper time arrives. 



I feel that I have received hearty cooperation 

 from all the members in the work required, for 

 which I am duly thankful. 



The lumber press has always been active and 

 diligent in furthering the interests of our asso- 

 ciation work and has given us valuable aid, for 

 which it is entitled to a vote of thanks. 



The report of the secretary being next 

 in the order of business, the president 

 called on Jlr. Boebee, who submitted the 

 following: 



Report of the Sscretary. 



After the thorough manner in which President 

 .\rpln has taken up the several matters of In- 

 terest to the association, it barely seems neces- 

 sary for the secretary to make a report on the 

 same questions, therefore such matters as car 

 stake equipment, etc., will be omitted from 

 this report. 



Liuring the last year this association has lost 

 five members on account of the firms going out 

 of business. During the same period we have 

 gained nine new members, and our present roll 

 of membership now consists of the names of 

 sixty firms. Recently the secretary sent out 

 blanks for collecting statistics in regard to dry 

 and green lumber and logs in the hands of 

 members of the association September 1, 1900. 

 We have received thirty-tour replies, and the 

 following is a summary of the varinns reports; 

 Mill Run, No. 3 Com- 

 mon !iud Better. 

 Dry Green 



Lumber. Lumber. Logs. Totals. 



.\sh 2.057.00(1 7-17.000 :iO,000 2,.S34,oOO 



B.asswood . 16.S83.000 4,247.0110 825.000 21,7.->8.Oii0 

 Birch . . 32,590,000 6,0211,000 1,823.0011 40.442.000 

 Butternut . 50.000 174.000 18.000 242,000 



Kock Elm.. 1,760.000 471.0<X1 6J,(HlO 2 20.').000 



Sort Elm.. 7,541,000 1,445,0011 022.000 !l. 608,000 



Maple S.976,000 4.188,000 2,;i51.0lMI 15,515.00.1 



Red Oak. . . 1.680,000 906.000 1:16.000 2,722,000 

 ■White Onk. 658.000 99,000 138,000 895,0:0 



72.19o;000 1S.3IJ7.000 5.807.000 96,309.000 



SKCUKTARY A. E. BKEUEE, B. F. McMILLAN 



i BRO., McMillan. 



It may be of interest at this time to state 

 that a stock report gathered March 10, 1905, 

 in which thirty-seven members reported, showed 

 a total stock on hand of 230,129,000 feet. 



After a motion had been made and passed 

 that the report of the secretary be received 



