HARDWOOD RECORD 



T>istrict Meetings HardWood Manufacturers^ 



The Hardwood Mamifactui'ers' Association of to tin! mills ot' mauulactufers. wlio are eitlief salable. Mf. IJostOf- stated 

 the United States is piu'suing n vei'y energetic above or below grade in their inspection, to edu- larly important that Misslsi 



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The Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of 

 the United States is pursuing n very energetic 

 course in organizing the local hardwood manu 

 facturers of various sections into subordinate 

 associations in general harmony with the tenets 

 of the national organization. The members of 

 these local orders are very geiicriilly joining the 

 parent organization. 



The idea involved in these district meetings 

 contemplates frequent gatherings of hardwood 

 manufacturers interested in the development of 

 a particular section, whore the local conditions 

 will be fully discussed and recommendations 

 made to the Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation of the legislative needs of the 

 various sections. Thus far there has been 

 a good deal of enthusiasm manifested over 

 these meetings, and tlie outcome for the 

 general good of the hardwood manufacturing 

 trade is a foregone conclusion. Of recent date 

 the first of these meetings was held at Memphis 

 on March 31, as recounted in the lI.\nD\vooD 

 liiccouD of April in. 



Greenville Meeting. 



At Greenville, Miss., on Wednesday, April 23, 

 a number of hardwood manufacturers of that 

 section of the state, pursuant to call, held a 

 general conference on the subject of forming a 

 Mississippi hardwood district association and 

 becoming afHliated with the Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers' Association. The meeting was held 

 in the beautiful little club house of the Elysian 

 Club in that city. J. L. Strickland, vice-presi- 

 dent and manager of the I'lanters' Lumber Com- 

 pany of Greenville, Miss., was introduced by 

 James Boyd, and selected as chairman. The 

 choice was logically made, as Mr. Strickland has 

 heen greatly interested in the movement to 

 organize the hardwood manufacturers of Mis- 

 sissippi, and played host to the visitors to per- 

 fection. Upon assuming the chair he expressed 

 his gratiflcation at the large attendance, and 

 announced that, although there were but four 

 manufacturers of hardwood in Greenville, they 

 had arranged to give a banquet to those present 

 at the Cowan Hotel in the evening. 



The mayor of Greenville, William Verger, 

 was introduced, and welcomed the guests to the 

 heautiful little city, of which both himself and 

 all residents are justly proud. He said that 

 the lumber manufacturers of that section, 

 though not pioneers, have done more to de- 

 velop the resources of Washington county than 

 any other class of citizens, lie slated that the 

 city of Greenville was not founded until 1.SU.J, 

 although the hardwood territory surrounding 

 It was as fine as any in the country. 



Lewis Doster, secretary of the Hardwood 

 .Manufacturers' Association of the T'nited States. 

 was asked to address tlie meeting and explain 



. the system of district meetings being held by 

 that organization. He said that the hardwood 

 interests of Mississippi were lapidly being de- 

 veloped, and it was the object of the association 

 to organize the manufacturers for their own 

 benetit. The sole object of the movement was 

 to further the welfare of the manufacturers. 

 He stated that before the Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association was organized, grading rules 

 were made by buyers, who failed to recognize 

 the varying conditions in the several sections of 

 the country, or changes in the state of the mar- 

 ket. He stated that the bureau of grades is 

 maintained at heavy expense, ami its object is to 

 protect the manufacturer and consumer and 

 to teach the manufacturer correct and logical 



■ systems of grading, and to make grades suit- 

 able to the wants of the trade. He further 

 stated that the association maintained inspectors 

 either in or nearby all the large consuming 

 markets, whose duty it is to take up all com- 

 plaints regarding shipments and to reinspect 

 and settle disputes when necessary. He de- 

 tailed the system of sending inspectors directly lo< 



to the mills of manufacturers, who are either 

 above or below grade in their inspection, to edu- 

 cate local inspectors on correct grading. He 

 closed by stating that the Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association membershiji is now about 

 ;iOO. comprising the largest manufacturers of 

 hardwoods in tiic United States, with an an- 

 nual output of approximately '2,0i:i0.liii(i,(i(10 feet. 

 Mr. Doster explained that liis association 



LEWIS noS'lKU. SUCIiETAUY II. M. A. OF 

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maintains a bureau of information which has 

 collated a list of about 6.000 wholesale con- 

 sumers of liardwoods, and that information is 

 complete concerning the kinds of lumber bought 

 and the ijuantity purchased each year. From 

 this list local manufacturers can select locali- 

 ties where their lumber may be sold to the best 

 advantage on the basis of freight rates. The 

 information bureau also has a list of unde- 



STltlCKLAND, GREEN VI I.I. i:. MISS. 



sirnhle buyers who make unreasonable com- 

 plainls. Another feature of association work 

 noted by the secretary is the semi-monthly and 

 monthly stock sheets, which show lumber both 

 in long and short supply. This information as- 

 sists tile manufacturer in turning out stock 

 that will balance the market. A study of the.se 

 stock lists enables manufacturers to cut their 

 s into thicknesses that will at all times be 



salable. Mr. Doster- stated that it is particu- 

 larly important that Mississippi be well' repre- 

 sented in the parent organization, as undoubt- 

 edly this state will soon be the center of the 

 hardwood production of the country. 



The meeting was next addressed by 11. M. 

 Carrier, president of the Carrier Lumber & 

 Alanufacturing Company of Sardis, Miss., who 

 stated he was an old member of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association and that it meant 

 dollars and cents to its members, and that the 

 price lists issued by the association were not 

 • arbitrary ones, but represented suggestions from 

 the members showing the current value of stock 

 actually received by the foremost manufacturers 

 of the association. 



The meeting was further addressed by Wil- 

 liam I. Barr of the Barr-IIoIaday Lumber Com- 

 pany of Isola, Miss., who told of his experience 

 in having unjust claims satisfactorily adjusted 

 by association In.spectors ; by W. J. Cude of 

 Cude, Miss., who also operates a mill at Kim- 

 inlos, Tenn., stating that the association had 

 been of great benetit to him ; by G. L. Haley of 

 Itta Bena, Miss., who stated that he had been 

 in the lumber business only a short time, but 

 had had considerable experience in being 

 "bogged up," and would be glad to affiliate him- 

 self with any movement looking toward lessening 

 his troubles in lumber production; by L. C. 

 Nolan of the Bacon-Xolan Hardwood Company, 

 Chancy, Miss., and Memphis, Tenn., speaking a 

 good word for his experience with the work of 

 the association : by Henry H. Gibson, editor of 

 the Hardwood IShcoud, on the general good 

 that has been accomplished by the association 

 movement ; by F. .7. Stevens of the Forest City 

 Land & Lumber Company of Woodruff. Miss., on 

 his lumber manufacturing- experience: by J. Mil- 

 ton Wilson of the Daruell-Wllsou Lumber Com- 

 pany, Greenville, Miss., making sundry inquiries 

 co'icernlng association work, which were an- 

 swered by Secretary Doster ; by George E. Wat- 

 son, secretary of the Southern Cypress Manu- 

 facturers' Association, on the success attained by 

 his organization ; by B. A. .Johnson of the Ameri- 

 can Lumberman, Chicago ; by W. R. Anderson of 

 the Southern Lumberman, Memphis ; concluding 

 with an address of welcome to Greenville by 

 .T. H. Leavenworth, the pioneer hardwood manu- 

 facturer of that section. 



Letters were read expressing interest in the 

 movement from Frank E. Wright, Hollandale, 

 Miss. : Hagadorn & Louks, Columbus, Miss. ; 

 lOdgar Mlsterfeldt, I'lains, Miss.; A. B. Learned, 

 of 1!. F. Learned & Sons. Xatchez, Miss. ; A. 

 M. Love, l)arnell-Love Lumber Company, Leland, 

 .Miss. ; R. B. Hall of Hall Bros, and Hall-Cody 

 Lumber Company, Vicksburg, Miss. ; W. K. 

 Gibbs. Funnagusba Lumber <_'ompany, Howard, 

 Miss. ; W. J. Davis, Terry Manufacturing Com- 

 pany. .Jackson, Miss. ; C. M. Stratton, D. L. 

 .Moore Land & Lumber Company, Booth, iliss. ; 

 T. A. Burford, K. K. Burford Manufacturing 

 Company, Choctaw, Miss. 



Quite a number of those present Immediately 

 authorized Secretary Doster to enroll their 

 names as members of the Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association, and a good many others 

 liromised to join at an early date. At the meet- 

 ing there were present ; 



1^. W. Lange, I'aepcke-Lelcht Lumber Com- 

 pan.v, Greenville, Miss. 



.lolin II'. Spaulding, Southern Oak Lumber 

 Ct>mpany, Cliicago. 



A. B. Milier, Southern Oak I>umber Company, 

 Memphis, Tenn. 



L. C. Nolan, Bacon-Nolan Hardwood Com- 

 pany, Chancy, Miss., and Memphis, Tenn. 



W. J. Cude, Cude, Miss., and Klmmins, Tenn. 



R. M. Carrier, Carrier Lumber & Manufactur- 

 ing Company, Sardis, Miss. 



A. P. Steele, Carrier liuraber & Manufactur- 

 ing Company, Sardis, Miss. 



