HARDWOOD RECORD 



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was moving along in well established channels 

 in practically all localities, but the recent ap- 

 palling disaster in California has brought about 

 abnormal conditions on the coast, which will 

 turn large quantities of lumber from its cus- 

 tomary course, and cause a readjustment which 

 will have an effect on the entire territory west 

 of the Mississippi river. 



On the Gulf Coast the export and coastwise 

 demand is very active and the outlook tor a 

 continuation of preseut conditions is favorable. 



If the present prosiiects for crops of grain 

 and fruit are not materially changed the pur- 

 chasing power of the consumers of lumber will 

 be such that the demand during the remainder 

 of iOOG will equal, if not exceed, that of liiuri. 



The program for this meeting gives notice to 

 the reports of standing committees and two 

 addresses, which will be of interest and profit to 

 all. 



Thanking officers and members for their sup- 

 port during the past year and hoping for a con- 

 tinued interest in all departments of our work, 

 this report is respectfully submitted. 



The report of Treasurer J. A. Freeman 

 was then submitted, as follows: 

 Treasurer's Report. 



Assessments, inO.T ? 5,309.24 



Assessments, 1900 2,031.50 



$ 7,340.7-1 



Credit Rating Book .$13,8.51.70 



1,175.91 

 779.69 

 15,807.30 



$23,148.04 

 Loan 5,000.00 



.f28,148.04 

 Salaries, printing and postagi' paid 

 „ut . . . ' 27,338.01 



Cash on hand May 1 $810.03 



Tlie chair then appointed a Committee on 

 Credentials, consisting of the lollowing: H. 

 H. Foster, chairman; George E. Watson and 

 Victor H. Beckman. 



Reports of Standing Committees. 



iieports of standing i-nniniittees being next 

 in order. Chairman C. I. Millard of the 

 Transportation Committee delivered an ex- 

 haustive report in which he touched upon 

 freight matters in general, the suit now 

 pending before the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission in particular, and upon national 

 terms of sale — cash discounts, credit ratings, 

 etc. 



Mr. Millard 's vahialilc address was fol- 

 lowed by the report of F. E. Weyerliaueser, 

 chairman of the Committee on Endowment of 

 a Chair of Practical Lumbering at Yale. Mr. 

 Weyerliaeuser reported that the result of the 

 committee's work in soliciting subscriptions 

 for this cause had not been as satisfactory as 

 he had hoped, and that the total subscrip- 

 tions from various organizations and indi- 

 viduals amounted to but .$54,601.20 up to 

 date, while it had been previously decided 

 that the amount must reach $150,000 in 

 order to adequately endow the proposed chair. 

 The chairman then made an earnest plea 

 for increased subscriptions, pointing out the 

 advantage and necessity of practical forestry 

 and conservative lumbering in future, and 

 concluding with an urgent request for co- 

 oi>eration and financial aid from every direc- 

 tion. 



R. S. Kellogg of the United States Forest 

 Service delivered an address, taking for his 

 subject ' ' The Lumber Cut of the United 

 States. ' ' He reviewed the splendid results 

 that had been attained through the aid of 

 . the association in compiling statistics show- 

 ing the amount of stumpage in the country, 

 the reproduction and growth of new timber 

 and the aggregate cut of the mills of this 

 country. The address was illustrated !l>y 



three large wall charts showing production 

 and stocks, products by states, etc., and was 

 exceedingly interesting and instructive. 

 Appointment of Special Committees. 

 After some discussion by C. I. Millard, R. 



A. Long, W. B. Stillwell and J. A. Freeman 

 relative to the importance and use of such 

 statistics, and tlie desirability of lumbermen 

 knowing the value of their stumpage and 

 conserving it by every possible means, a mo- 

 tion was made and carried to the effect that 

 the president appoint the special committees 

 recommended by him in his message. The 

 following were selected by the chair: 



Committee on licsohitions — John L. Kaul, 

 chairman. Birmingham. Ala. ; R. A. Long, Kan- 

 sas Citv. M". ; K. < ■. Fosburgh, Norfolk. Va. : 

 R. H. "Vansant, Ashland, Ky, ; F. E. Weyer- 

 haeuser, St. I'aul, Minn. 



Committee on Credit Rating Department — 

 Win. Irvine, chairman. Chippewa Falls. Wis. : 

 R. H. Vansant, Ashland, Ky. ; H. H. Tift, Tif- 

 ton. Ga. : E. C. Fosburgh. Norfolk, Va. : H. C. 

 Foster, Tacoma. Wash. : W. A. Holt, Oconto, 

 Wis. : Geo. W. Dodge. Napoleonville. La. ; Geo. 

 K. Foster, Mellen, Wis. ; H. H. Foster, Mal- 

 vern, Ark. 



Committee on Economy of Mill Product — .T. 



B. White, chairman, Kansas City, Mo. ; R. U. 

 Downman, New Orleans, La. : Chas. S. Keith, 

 Kansas Citv, Mo. ; F. H. Pardoe, Wausau, Wis. ; 

 Wm. B. Stillwell. Savannah, Ga. 



The afternoon of May 8 was consumed by 

 committee work, and no regular session of 

 the association was held, but at 8 p. m. a 

 iiuudoer of members particularly interested 

 in export trade held a session and discussed 

 cargo shipping conditions. Impromptu 

 speeches were made and many important 

 matters talked over. 



WEDNESDAY'S SESSION. 



Immediately after tlie call to order, at 10 

 a. m., the Committee on Credentials reported 

 on the attendance and apportioned votes as 

 follows : 



N. C. Pine Association ^' 



Yellow Pine Manufacturers' Assn 18 



Wisconsin Hardwood Lumbermen's Assn 3 



Southern Cypress Manufacturers' Association. 5 



Northwestern Hemlock Association 3 



Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturing Associ- 

 ation : 10 



Georgia Interstate Sawmill Association b 



Northern Pine Manufacturers' .\ssociation . . . . 11 



Hardwood Manufacturei-s' Assn. of the i;. S.. 6 



Report of Credit Rating Department. 



The Credit Rating Department made the 

 f ollo-n-ing recommendations : 



We recommend that an effort be made at this 

 meeting today to secure subscriptions to ,1i30.000 

 worth "of y 'per cent 5 year bonds, to perma- 

 nently finance the Credit Rating Department. 



That branch offices for the purpose of dis- 

 tributing special reports to members of afHliated 

 associations be opened in the offices of the sec- 

 retaries of the Pacific Coast Lumber Manufac- 

 turers' Association, at Seattle, Wash. ; Northern 

 Pine Manufacturers' Association and North- 

 western Hemlock Manufacturers' Association at 

 Minneapolis, and the North Carolina Pine Asso- 

 ciation, at Norfolk, Va. 



That the president and secretary of each 

 affiliated association use their best efforts at an 

 early date to induce their members to subscribe 

 for the Credit Rating Book and use the special 

 report service. ' .... 



Your committee has made a personal investi- 

 gation of the offices and work of the Credit liat- 

 jnf^ nenartment and heartily endorses the plans 

 ( 11" which the department is operated. It is well 

 equipped to give flrst class service and deserves 

 the unanimous support of all association mem- 

 bers. „, , 



W.M. InviNEj Chairman, 

 R. H. Vansant^ 

 W. A. Holt, 



H. H. FOSTEH, 

 E. C. FOSBUliGIT, 



Geo. E. Foster. 

 <?EO. W. DouiiE, 

 II. G. Foster, 

 H. H. Tift. 



At this point tlie association went into ex- 

 ecutive session, the report was accepted and 

 the delegates present jiledged themselves to 



see that the various associations raised the 

 required amount. 



Other Committee Reports. 



The Committee on Credit Indemnity, con- 

 sisting of D. Musser, chairman; L. K. Baker, 

 I. C. Enochs and W. B. Stillwell, then pre- 

 sented an exhaustive report and analysis of 

 the question, recommending that a committee 

 consisting of a member from each association 

 be ajipointed to complete the required work. 

 A motion prevailed instructing the president 

 to appoint a committee which should duly 

 consider the establishment of a Credit In- 

 demnity Department. 



Chairman Millard presented verbally the 

 report of the Committee on Terms of Sale, 

 covering the ground fully and recommending 

 that some set form be adopted to succeed the 

 great variety now in use among sellers, thus 

 securing uniformity, which he pointed out as 

 greatly to be desired. No definite action was 

 taken in the matter. 



The Committee on Mill Products reported 

 that the diversified interests represented pre- 

 cluded their reaching conclusions that applied 

 to all woods, and therefore recommended that 

 the matter be referred to each individual as- 

 sociation, with request that each appoint a 

 similar committee. 



Richard Alexander of Vancouver presented 

 a resolution on behalf of the cargo confer- 

 ence, held the previous evening, asking that 

 the association create a standing committee 

 consisting of one member from each associa- 

 tion interested in cargo business to take up 

 matters of interest appertaining to that 

 branch of the lumber trade by correspondence 

 through the secretaries of their respective as- 

 sociations, and that at future conventions 

 matter appertaining to the cargo trade form 

 part of the program. 



The resolution was adopted. 



After considerable discussion on various 



subjects, iucluding next meeting place, the 



transportation question, freight tariffs, etc., 



tlie Committee on Resolutions presented the 



following ; 



In rccoguitiun of the lienefits derived from 

 complete and accurate statistical informatiou, 

 covering the timber resources of this countr.v. 

 the rate of consumption, and the distribution of 

 the manufiotiired lumber, especially as said in- 

 formation pertains to and atl'ects valuation ; and, 

 in appri'iiation of the able service rendered the 

 association by the National Forest Service, as 

 shown in the report of Forester R. S. Kel- 



"^ife'snlved, That this association extend its 

 tlianks to Mr. Kellogg and to the members of 

 the Forest Service tor their efficient assistance; 

 and, be it further . ., , » 



Resolved, That the officers and members of 

 this association do everything in their power to 

 assist thc> Forest Service in gathering necessary 

 and valuable information, and especially in com- 

 pleting the compilation of figures shosvn in Mr. 

 Kellogg's repoi-t. 



Whereas. Congressman Pearre of Maryland 

 recently introduced a bill in congress, known 

 •IS llolise P.ill No. 18171, which is commonly 

 known as the anti-injunction bill: said bill being 

 introduced at the instigation and in the inter_ 

 ests of the American Federation of Labor, and 

 in opposilon to the best interests of all manu- 

 facturers : therefore, be it 



Resolved, That the president of this associa- 

 tion appoint a committee of one from each of 

 the associations affiliated with this association, 

 of Which he shall be chairman, to go to ■« ash- 

 ington at the proper time to protest against this 

 anti-injuuction bill and use every honorable 

 means 'to see that it is not enacted into a law. 

 .Tuii.^ L. Kaul. 

 R. A. Loxo, 



E. C. FOSBUKGHj 



R. II. Vansant. 

 F. E. Weyerii.uiseii. 



