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HARDWOOD RECORD 



landum. Therefore his wonderful memory 

 is a marvelous part of the make-up of this 

 mentally and commercially great lumber- 

 man. 



In the east end of Cincinnati where the 



big Crane plants are located, he is person- 

 ally known and respected by every man, 

 woman and child. He takes a vast inter- 

 est in everything that concerns the welfare 

 of Cincinnati and is public-spirited to a 



marked degree. Mr. Crane is a member 

 of the Chamber of Commerce and other 

 business organizations and is always ready 

 with his purse to aid in any movement that 

 looks to improvement of the Ohio Valley. 



Fall Meeting Michigan HardWood Manufacturers' 



Association 



The fall meeting of the Michigan Hard- 

 wood Manufacturers ' Association was held 

 at the Pontchartrain Hotel, Detroit, Thurs- 

 day, October 28. The meeting brought out 

 an attendance of representatives of thirty- 

 two houses allied with this organization, or 

 more than half the total number. 



The meeting was called to order promptly 

 at 10 o'clock, with President C. A. Bigelow 

 in the chair and Secretary J. C. Knox re- 

 cording. 



After roll call, the minutes of the annual 

 meeting held July 23 last were read and 

 approved. 



The secretary presented the following ap- 

 plications for membership: Jerry Madden 

 Shingle Company, Rapid Eiver; W. D. 

 Young & Co., Bay City, and S. F. Derry & 

 Co., Millersburg. 



On motion the applicants were admitted 

 to membership. 



Secretary Knox then presented his report 

 as follows: 



Secretary's Report 



To the officers aud members of the Michifjan 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, Gentle- 

 men : We have come tosether at this time to con- 

 sider and discuss matters of vital importance to 

 each manufacturer of hardwoods, and also of 

 hemlock lumber, in Jlichigan, and we present to 

 you today the eleventh stock report issued by 

 this association, which we consider one of the 

 most complete reports given you. 



The stock report of one year ago contained 

 only ten pages, while the one you have before 

 you contains twenty pages besides the cover. 

 This report was printed on the Writerpress in our 

 own office at a nominal expense as compared with 

 printers' bill of something like $40 for each issue. 

 Your Market Conditions Committee today will 

 present report based on the stocks reported to 

 you in this report, making comparisons with 

 other years, etc. 



We have called your attention at previous 

 meetings to the seeming carelessness in which 

 some of the stock reports are presented. We do 

 not lay the blame so much on the manufacturer 

 himself as to the carelessness of some clerk mak- 

 ing out the report. The present figures have been 

 carefully scrutinized as the reports have been 

 opened at our office, and if any question has 

 arisen as to their correctness we have com- 

 municated with the members by letter and if 

 there was not sufficient time by telegraph or tele- 

 phone. It is our aim to present to you from 

 time to time figures that can be relied upon, and 

 the manufacturer can aid the secretary in mak- 

 ing these reports more complete by looking over 

 his figures carefully befoie sending to the sec- 

 retary's office. It is not our aim to be critical 

 or technical in this matter, but to present to you 

 flg\H-es that can be depended upon. 



In our call for this meeting one of the im- 

 portant subjects to be considered was the handling 

 of hemlock generally along with hardwoods. Tbis 

 question came up at our meeting in Saginaw in 

 February, lOOS, at which time a motion was 



passed to the effect that "We handle hemlock as 

 we are handling hardwoods, and that the manu- 

 facturers pay the same relative amount of ex- 

 lionse to gather the statistics on the hemlock as 

 on the hardwoods." Since that time the secre- 

 tary has gathered stock reports on hemlock 

 handled by our own members, and the Market 

 Conditions Committee will present to you a re- 

 port covering stocks, prices, etc., for this quar- 

 ter. Owing to the seeming disinclination of some 

 of our members interested in hemlock, we have 

 only based our assessment on the hardwoods. 

 We trust the question can be settled on a basis 

 satisfactory to each and every member of the 

 association. 



The secretary in canvassing for members, 

 especially in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, 

 has been assured of additional members if we 

 would handle hemlock as we are handling the 

 hardwoods. 



C. A. BIGELOW, PRESIDENT. 



Several trips have been made by the secretary 

 calling on members and those who should be- 

 come members of our association, with partial 

 success, and there are several large manufac- 

 turers in the Upper Peninsula who should be 

 brought into our association. They have been 

 invited to be present at the meeting today, and 

 we trust we shall see at least some of them 

 here. 



Since our last meeting we have enrolled as 

 members W. D. Young & Co. of Bay City ; S. F. 

 Derry & Co.. Millersburg ; Jerry Madden Shingle 

 Company. Rapid River. 



The Danaher Hardwood Lumber Company 

 of Dollarville has completed its entire cut 

 and will probably discontinue the manufacture 

 of lumber in Michigan as soon |s it disposes 

 of its stocks on hand. 



Individual members can aid the secretary in 

 securing additional members if they will. We 

 have made request on you several times and a 

 few of the requests have been acted upon, but 

 the majority of the members have not paid 

 mucii attention to this subject. Your own in- 



fluence would be greater than that of the sec- 

 retary in lining up manufacturers of your vi- 

 cinity and I trust you will aid us in this respect 

 as much as possible. 



In our last report we announced a with- 

 drawal of four large manufacturers from our 

 association, but we come before you with the 

 same number of reports as shown last year 

 and several reports of new members which are 

 not in this report, as the figures arrived too late 

 to be printed. 



The secretary attended the annual meeting of 

 the Hardwood Manufacturers of Wisconsin at 

 Milwaukee September 8. He found among the 

 Wisconsin manufacturers a general optimistic 

 feeling regarding hardwoods in general, the 

 prospects for birch being especially good. The 

 Wisconsin manufacturers had at that time a 

 larger amount of stock on hand than a year ago, 

 but contend that they will be able to dispose 

 of it at fair prices. 



There is a movement on foot for the con- 

 solidation of the Hemlock and Hardwood Asso- 

 ciations in Wisconsin and a committee of three 

 has been appointed by each of the associations 

 to draft a new constitution, by-laws, etc., to 

 take effect January 1, 1910. It was the general 

 impression there that hardwood manufacturers 

 generally hold hemlock and that the work of 

 gathering statistics, etc., could be done at the 

 same time and at about the same expense. 



At the fall meeting of 1908 it was voted to 

 levy an assessment of two cents per thousand feet 

 on hardwood lumber actually shipped. The full 

 assessment was levied, having in mind the en- 

 tertainment of the National association in De- 

 troit, June, 1909. Our treasurer's report shows 

 amount on hand October 1, $770.51, but this 

 amount will not last us until our next meeting 

 in January sometime, so it will be necessary for 

 the director to levy an assessment to cover ex- 

 penses for the ensuing year. 



Some time ago we made complaint before the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission against the 

 Trans-Continental Freight Bureau for excessive 

 rate on lumber and forest products from the 

 Lower Peninsula of Michigan to the Pacific 

 Coast terminals. This case is on the docket 

 and we are likely to be called on at any time 

 to substantiate the charges made therein. This 

 we expect to be able to do, and have been told 

 by railroad men that w-e have a good case 

 and are likely to win out, which we hope to 

 be able to do. 



Trust the above report is respectfully sub- 

 mitted. J. C* Knox, Secretary. 



Secretary Knox then read a detailed re- 

 port on behalf of C, T. Mitchell, treasurer. 

 It showed that the balance on hand Septem- 

 ber 30 was $770.51. 



On motion the reports of both the secre- 

 tary and treasurer were accepted. 



Chairman Bruce Odell, of the Market 

 Conditions Committee, then made a report, 

 which follows: 



Report of Market Conditions Committee 



Your Committee on Market Conditions submits 

 the following report : 



From the compilation of stocks as shown by 

 your secretary's report, northern hardwoods gen- 



