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HARDWOOD RECORD 



aud filed, the report of F. H. Pardoe, George 

 E. Foster and A. K. Week, the committee 

 appointed to attend the meeting of the Na- 

 tional Lumber Manufacturers' Association 

 at St. Louis, May 8 and 9, was submitted. 



Wausat, Wis.. May 16, 1906. 

 Wisconsin Hardwood Lumbermen's Association. 

 E. P. Arpin, President. Grand Rapids, Wis. 



Gentlemen : — Your eomn\ittec. appointed to 

 attend the National Lumber ^Lanufacturers' As- 

 sociation at St. Louis. Jlo.. Ma.v .S aud 0. submit 

 the following report for your worthy considera- 

 tion : 



Tbe meeting was most pleasant aud profitable 

 and was attended by about fifty delegates repre- 

 senting the various allied associations from all 

 sections of the I.'nited States, whose combined 

 production aggregates 12.000.000.000 feet annu- 

 ally. 



Mr. Kellogg of the Government Forestry De- 

 partment had prepared for the occasion statis- 

 tical tables showing the annual production of 

 the diefereut kinds of woods by states, togetloer 

 with the supply of each kind of woods by states, 

 together with the supply of eacb kind on hand 

 January 1. 1SI05, whicb showed the annual pro- 

 duction in board feet to be about 27,000.000.000. 

 and estimates that his figures represented be- 

 tween 80 per ceut and ',)0 per cent of the total 

 amount produced in the United States annually. 



A committee consisting of one member from 

 each association was appointed to report on the 

 credit rating department inaugurated some time 



GKORGE E. KOSXKK, !• OSTEK-I.ATIMER 

 LUMBER COMPANY, MELLKN. 



ago by the National association. (George E. 

 l''oster of this committee represented your asso- 

 ciation in that capacity.) That committee re- 

 ported the credit rating department in a most 

 satisfactory condition, it having cost about 

 .f27.000 up to date, aud tbat it could without 

 doubt be disposed of to competitive credit cor- 

 porations for a sum considerably in excess of 

 the actual cost. They further recommended that 

 the outstanding indebtedness be retired by an 

 issue of five year per cent interest bearing 

 bonds to the amount of .$30,000. and the estab- 

 lishing of branch agencies through several dif- 

 ferent secretaries of allied associations for the 

 convenience of members w'ho cannot communicate 

 with the St. Louis othce readily. The commit- 

 tee's resolution was adopted by the association 

 and the secretary was instructed to carry this 

 work forward. Tbe amount allotted to tlie Wis- 

 consin Hardwood Lumbermen's Association was 

 !f.">00. of whicb .$.?00 has now been subscribed. 

 Tbe delegates present representing other associ- 

 ations pledged the full amoimt of their respec- 

 tive associations, and at first your committee 

 was doubtful as to tbe advisability of pledging 

 this amount, as no such autbority bad been 

 delegated to it, but upon further consideration 

 it was the unanimous opinion of tlie committee 

 that tills association could not afford to be 

 behind in this important work, and pledged the 

 amount allotted to this association and respect- 

 fully asks your support of their position. 



Your committee also secured the adoption of 

 a resolution protesting against the present west 

 bound freight rates on hardwood lumber from 

 Chicagti and common points to the Pacific coast 

 territory, and the appointment of a committee 

 consisting of E. P. Arpin. Grand Rapids, Wis., 

 chairman : John B. Ransom, Nashville. Tenn. ; 

 Eugene Shaw, Eau Claire. Wis., to take this 

 matter up with the Transcontinental Freight 

 Bureau and its allied lines and secure a reduc- 

 tion of west bound freight rates. We were 

 ably assisted in this movement by the delegates 

 representing the Hardwood Manufacturers' As- 

 sociation of the United States, as the committee 

 nn resolutions had declined to report our reso- 

 lution and we were obliged to place the matter 

 hefure the open meeting. It was introduced on 

 I lie floor by I!. H. Vansant of Ashland. Ky.. and 

 supported by the members of your committee, 

 and was finally adopted. 



Your committee is also indebted to J. E. Defe- 

 baugh. editor of the American Lumberman, tor 

 his active support of this resolution, and also 

 to many others present whose influence was 

 favorable to our resolution. 



We are also pleased to state that William 

 Irvine of Chippewa Falls, Wis., was elected 

 president, and George E. Foster of Mellen. Wis.. 

 was chosen to represent this association on the 

 board of governors for the ensuing year. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



F. H. Pardoe, 

 George E. foster. 

 A. R. Weeic. 



After the reading of the rejiort of the 

 committee it was ordered filed, ou motion, 

 and the treasurer's report was then presented. 

 The statement of receipts and disbursements 

 was as follows: 



Treasurer's Eeport. 



KIXEIPTS. 



From W. J. Colby, treasurer $231.46 



From left over, 1905 25.00 



Fnim members 24.00 



From sale of books of grading rules 3.00 



From 1 906 dues 307.50 



■I'otai $.590.96 



nISlSURSEMENTS. 



For stamps $ 46.30 



I'or printing, stationery, office supplies, 



* etc 112.65 



For National Lumber Manufacturers' as- 

 sessment 100.00 



I'or assessment to car stake and equip- 

 ment committee 100.00 



For secretary's salary for one year 120.00 



For balance on band 112.01 



Total $590.90 



After the secretary's report had been 

 lead and filed Mr. Beebee congratulated the 

 members on the fact that all dues had been 

 paid up. 



This being the annual meeting of the as- 

 sociation and the election of new officers 

 being in order, President Arpin then ap- 

 pointed a nominating committee, consisting 

 of Eugene Sha-w, Geo. H. Chapman and Geo. 

 E. Foster. 



Remarks of Lewis Doster. 



Lewis Doster, secretary of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association of the United 

 States, was called on for a speech and re- 

 ]died, stating the objects of his organization 

 and the progress lately made in their work. 

 He called special attention to the value of 

 the information bureau established and the 

 means taken to protect the members from 

 unjust dealings, stating that in this last 

 effort the association had been especially 

 successful. He closed by assuring the Wis- 

 consin organization that his association 

 stood ready to work together with them on 

 any points that .might benefit the hardwood 

 trade at large. 



O. O. Agler Talks. 



0. 0. Agler, first vice-president of the 

 National Hardwood Lumber Association, 

 also responded to an invitation to address 

 the meeting and made a short reply, stating 



that, although he did not come to the meet- 

 ing as a representative of the National As- 

 sociation, he was glad to call attention to 

 what that body was doing to perfect an in- 

 spection department. In regard to the 

 strength of the association he stated that it 

 has now over 600 members. He closed by 

 stating that, although not of that state, he 

 had always been interested in Wisconsin 

 woods and believed that whatever the Wis- 

 consin Association would do would be for 

 the best interests of all concerned. 



On motion the meeting adjourned until 2 

 o 'clock. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 

 Officers Electedr 



When the meeting was called to order 

 the report of the nominating committee 

 was presented, recommending that all the 

 old officers be retained in their positions, 

 and a motion to that effect was made and 

 passed. President Arpin was called upon 

 to say a few words in regard to his re- 

 election and in rejily thanked the associa- 

 tion for the honor it liad conferred upon 

 him, recalling to them that wdieu he ac- 

 cepted the post last year he lealized that 



GFDRGE H. CHAPMAN. NORTH WESTER.N 

 LUMBER COMPANY, STANLEY. 



there was considerable work to be done. He 

 stated that the work was even more than 

 he anticipated and thought it would be a 

 good thing if the association would take 

 into consideration the appointment of a sec- 

 retary who could devote his whole attention 

 to the work, getting information, making 

 statistics and otherwise providing data for 

 the association. 



Expense Accomits of Committees. 

 In the course of tlie consideration of the 

 work of the various committees who have 

 been going from place to place attending to 

 the business of the association, the question 

 arose as to the expense account of the 

 various members when looking after the in- 

 terests of the organization, and it was 

 finally moved by H. C. Hunii)hrey that the 

 association pay all the necessary expenses of 

 such committees in attendance on the work 

 of the association, the expenses to be passed 

 upon by the Board of Directors. The motion 

 was passed, and the meeting proceeded to 

 the consideration of grading and inspection. 



