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arrive at a mutually satisfactory system ot 

 rules and regulations governinK any line of 

 trade. 



The Southeastern branch of the National 

 association asked permission to change the 

 harie of drawer stock from 15 to '20 inches on 

 sales in their local territory, inasmuch as that 

 had been the custom in that section for years, 

 and they feared detrimental influences to their 

 trade if they attempted to enforce the 15 inch 

 standard. On motion the request of this 

 branch was allowed with the distinct under- 

 standing that sales on this base be confined 

 to their local territory. 



Henry H. Gibson addressed the convention, 

 .stating that the efficiency of inspection from 

 the manufacturer's viewpoint consists pri- 

 marily in establishing grades best suited to 

 the consumer's wants in so far as they may 

 be made to utilize the full pi-oduct of the log 

 with economy. He referred to the address 

 of Secretary Doster, saying that the latter 

 had told of the aims, methods and accom- 

 pli.shments of his association, but nothing 

 concerning the cost of tliis work, which has 

 amounted to well toward $150,000, thus show- 

 ing that an efHoient organization is necessarily 

 very expensive. He stated that one individual 

 member said that had he paid the entire bills 

 of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association 

 he would feel amply repaid by the benefits 

 which liad accrued to him. 



In the speaker's opinion there wa.s a direct 

 relation between hardwood lumber producers 

 and veneer manufacturers. Both enter the 

 same market for their suppl.v of logs, and 

 both sell to the same trade. The veneer and 

 panel makers produce a substitute for solid 

 wood, and therefore there should be a close 

 analogy in value between the output of the 

 hardwood sawmill and of the veneer factory. 

 If veneers in their laminated form produce a 



piece of material of more value than a solid 

 piece of lumber for a specific use in the pro- 

 duction of doors, furniture, etc.. the veneer 

 men should have a higher price for it. Under 

 prevailing conditions in prices of laminated 

 woods, consumers of this material are buying 

 the product for less money than they are 

 hardwood lumber. He therefore offered as a 

 suggestion that the logical way for veneer 

 manufacturers to work out their problem of 

 uniformity of grades and values would be not 

 to attemj>t the continuation of a small and 

 comparatively weak organization, but to ally 

 themselves with an association of hardwood 

 manufacturers and thus secure the vast bene- 

 fits that would accrue to them through having 

 adequate established machinery for the 

 conduct of their affairs. He further stated 

 that he had no suggestion from the hai-dwood 

 association that the veneer men would be 

 welcomed to it, but that if such an alliance 

 could be made, it was worthy of consideration. 

 He further observed that by such a connection 

 the veneer manufacturers would not lose their 

 identity, but would have their particular 

 branch or branches of association work en- 

 tirely under their own control, and still have 

 the work executed for them at a minimum 

 cost as compared with any effort that they 

 themselves might make. 



While there was no action taken on these 

 suggestions, there was much favorable com- 

 ment made both during and after the meeting. 



On motion of W. S. Walker. Secretary 

 Defebaugh was instructed to confer with 

 members to find out whether it was their 

 desire to employ a permanent secretary on a 

 salary, to attempt to carry on the work out- 

 lined by the association. 



At eleven o'clock the meeting adjourned, to 

 meet six months hence, the specific date and 

 place to be named by the president. 



Lumber Co., St. Louis, Mo, 



W, W. Fort. Fort Lumber Co.. Brinkley, 

 Ark. 



A meeting will be held in Little Rock, Ark,, 



Hardwood J\Ianufacturers 

 District Meetings. 



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Gathering at Hot Springs. 



On June 9 a meeting of tlie h.ardwood manu- 

 facturers of Arkan.sas was held at the Arling- 

 ton Hotel, Hot Springs. J. L. Lane of the 

 Lane-White Luml)er Company, Ft. Smith, was 

 chosen chairman of the meeting and Lewis 

 Doster secretary. The meeting was held for 

 the purpose of discussing various subjects 

 pertinent to the trade, including the rapid 

 depletion of forests, cheapening the cost of 

 production, and uniform methods of grading 

 and manufacture. Howard Coles of the Bliss- 

 Cook Oak Company, Blissville, delivered an 

 interesting address on the subject of land 

 taxation, which was also fully discussed. F. 

 E. Gary, P. L. Throne and G. V. Nash spoke 

 upon general association work, and Lewis 

 Doster, secretary of the Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association of the United States, ad- 

 dressed the meeting on the work being done 

 by his association, calling particular attention 

 to its commercial reports, stock sheets, market 

 reports, membership, etc, A motion was then 

 made by J. L. Lane that the assembled body 

 organize and that all manufacturers present 

 become members of the Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association, although continuing their 

 state meetings for furthering local interests. 

 The motion was carried unanimously, and all 

 who were not members of the Manufacturers' 

 Association presented their applications. 



A Committee on Resolutions and Recom- 

 mendations consisting of Howard Coles, F. E. 

 <jary and P. L. Throne was appointed. 



This committee recommended that vacancies 

 on the regular standing committee on Oak 

 Grading of the Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association be filled by G. V. Nash and J. L. 

 Lane, and that the vacancy on the Committee 



on Walnut Grading be filled by J. L. Lane. 



A Committee on Statistics was appointed as 

 follows: Benj. Emmons. E. C. Lippman. G. V. 

 Nash, F. E. Gary and Thos. W. Fry. 



A Committee on Log Specifications was ap- 

 pointed, consisting of P. L. Throne, G. V. 

 Nash, A. C. Lange, J. W. Wheeler, J. D. Lane, 

 W. W. Fort. H. W. Mosby, Howard Coles. 



A resolution was adopted recommending to 

 the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association that 

 in its statements of market conditions prices 

 on thin plain oak be publislied. 



There were present: 



Howard Coles, Bliss-Cook Oak Co., Bllas- 

 ville. Ark. 



S. B. Anderson. Anderson-Tully Co., Mem- 

 phis, Tenn. 



G. V. Nash. Wisarkana Lumber Co.. Nettle- 

 ton, Ark. ; also Forrest City Mfg. Co., Forrest 

 City, Ark. 



Benj. Emmons, Brinkley Car Works & Mfg. 

 Co., Brinkley, Ark. 



C. T. Schleicher, Branch Saw Co., St. Louis, 

 Mo. 



W. P. Anderson, Gideon-Anderson Lumber 

 Co., Gideon, Mo. 



J. M. Countiss, J. M. Countiss Lumber Co., 

 Doron, Ark. 



E. C. Lippman, L, Lippman,. Tupelo, Ark. 



J. L. Lane, Lane-White Lumber Co., Ft. 

 Smith. Ark. 



M. P. Fulton, Ind-. & Ark. Lbr. & Mfg. Co., 

 Marianna. Ark. 



F. E. Gary, Baker Lumber Co., Turrell, Ark. 

 P. L. Throne, American Washboard Co., 



Fair. Ark. 



Ed. Lazalier, Knobel Lumber Co., Knobel, 

 Ark. 



Thos. W. Fry, C. F. Leuhrmann Hardwood 



.1. L. LANE, FORT SMITH, ARK. 



at Hotel Gleason. June 23. at which will be 

 represented not only the hardwood interests 

 of the state but also the yellow pine interests. 



Morehouse Meeting, 



On June 11: another meeting of hardwood 

 manufacturers was held at the Forest Hotel. 

 Morehouse, Mo., in the same interests, ot 

 which J. H. Himmelberger was unanimously 

 chosen chairman and Lewis Doster secretarj-. 



After Chairman Himmelberger had ex- 

 plained the objects of the meeting, Messrs. 

 Leming and Garetson reviewed the benefits of 

 being members of the Hardwood Manufactur- 

 ers' Association of the United States. 



Lewis Doster then took the floor and gave 

 a talk on the past work of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association of the LTnited 

 States, of which he is secretary; what it has 

 accomplished up to the present time; and the 

 work to be taken up in future. He also 

 explained the state work developed by the 

 sectional meetings held in vai'ious parts of the 

 country, the rules formulated covering the 

 different matters of importance in each state 

 which were put into effect. Mr. Doster dwelt 

 at some length on the meeting of hardwood 

 manufacturers of Arkansas held at Hot 

 Springs, on the 9th inst., explaining the work 

 started at that time on log specification. 



Chas. M. Fletcher of Bernie, Mo., suggeste' 

 to the meeting his ideas of the benefits of 

 such an organization and his willingness to 

 co-operate in such a movement, A general 

 discussion was held on various topics of in- 

 terest to Missouri manufacturers which was 

 participated in by all present. 



In line with Mr. Doster's report of the 

 Arkansas meeting, a motion was carried to 

 have a committee of seven appointed by the 

 chair to take up the question of log specifica- 

 tions, which committee was appointed as fol- 

 lows: J. H. Friant, G. L. Roper, H, H. Mc- 

 Leod, Chas. M. Fletcher, M. J. Black well. 

 Frank E. Hilton, W, D. Knott. 



Chief Inspector J. V. Hill of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association of the United 

 States gave a talk on the subject of instruc- 

 tion of inspectors at mills, on the uniformity 

 of grading and manufacture and the benefits 

 to manufacturers and consumers of the rein- 

 spections made on disputed shipments in the 

 consuming markets. 



Recess was taken for luncheon from 12:;iO to 

 2:30, during which time the saw mills, planing 



