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HARDWOOD RECORD 



10% barrels of charcoal, at 50c a barrel. .$ 5.25 

 50 gallons of finished tar, at 8c a gallon. . 4.00 

 9 gallons of turpentine, at present naarket 



value of 52c 4.68 



1% gallons of pine oil, at .'iSc 52 



2 gallons of tar oil. at mc a gallon 22 



Being a total of $14.07 



fxelusive of the 300 gallons of pyroligenous 

 acid. They told me there was plenty of room 

 for more of these plants. They use the dry 



wood, more especially the limbs after the sap 

 has decayed, which they say will take from 

 three or four years after cutting, so that the 

 wood can be used in this what is called the de- 

 structive process. 



Then there is the new discovery in Chicago, 

 whereby grain or ethyl alcohol is made from 

 sawdust and all kinds of wood refuse by con- 

 verting the starch in the wood into sugar and 

 then into alcohol, that is in all respects equal 



to that made from corn or other grain, and this 

 can be made at a cost of but a trifle over 4 cents 

 a gallon, and, including packages and all ex- 

 penses, not to exceed 8 cents a gallon ready for 

 the market. 



Let us join this movement of conservation and 

 help lead it wisely and well for the greatest good 

 to all. Conservation and new uses for raw ma- 

 terial is the foundation of successful merchan- 

 dising of all forest products. 



Annual Northwestern HardWood Lumbermen's 



Association 



The twenty-first annual meeting of the 

 Northwestern Harchvood Lumbermen's Asso- 

 ciation was held at St. Paul, Minn., Dee. 7, 

 1909, in the directors' room of the St, Paul 

 Commercial Club, followed by the annual din- 

 ner at half after six o 'clock. 



The business session was called to order 

 by President A. H. Barnard with a represen- 

 tative number of members present. 



Secretary J. F. Haydeu read the minutes 

 of the last annual meeting and of the last 

 monthly meeting, and they were approved 

 without change. President Barnard then 

 presented the following annual address: 



AUTHUK 11. l!Al;-\Ai:ii. MINXEAPOLIS, 

 PRESIDENT. 



President's Address 



Gentlemen, it has been my pleasure to pre- 

 side over the different meetings we have had 

 during the past year, and I trust that you have 

 one and ail found these meetings beneficial in 

 one wa.v or another. It has always been my 

 idea that this association was really formed and 

 the good could be derived from it along the 

 lines of a get-together meeting, as there is no 

 question in my mind but what the greatest 

 good can come from these gatherings by each 

 one attending and exchanging views as to the 

 supply and demand of lumber. It would cer- 

 tainly be a tine gathering if we could all talk 

 over plainly and frankly the lumber situation 

 as it appears. When one sells a car of lirst 

 and seconds lumber, regular widths and lengths, 

 for a good price, it is a fine thing for the other 

 man to know, and right here allow me to say 

 that if you get an extra price by delivering an 



extra quantity as to width, then that sliould 

 be mentioned. The same thing would bold 

 good on any other sales that any of us might 

 make. When a car of lumber is sold at a low 

 price, be sure to give the full reason for sell- 

 ing it. In this way we can all be benefited 

 and arrive at the general market price. 



It certainly looks had to go into a factory 

 yard and see a fine car of 1-inch firsts and 

 seconds birch being sold at $32, then into an- 

 other and find a car of clear birch, 12-inch and 

 wider, all red, selling at $45. The first lot 

 should bring $35. the last $65 or even $75. 

 •You could not get in oak for $75 per M. 



Considering the prosperity among the dif- 

 ferent factories, it certainly seems to me that 

 hardwood lumber of all kinds should be ma- . 

 terially higher. I cannot recall a time when 

 all factories bad a greater abundance of orders, 

 and under these conditions it seems to me that 

 prices must advance. 



I might call your attention to the fact that 

 the associations of these clubs are very popular 

 in the different cities of the East : Buffalo, Cin- 

 cinnati, Indianapolis, Cleveland. Chicago and 

 Memphis. There it is the usual custom to have 

 these gatherings at the noon hour, having a 

 regular place where different memljers take 

 their lunch, and they talk over the situation 

 practically every day. They also use this op- 

 portunity to bu.v stock they may want from one 

 another and also use the gathering as a selling 

 proposition. I know, myself, many times that 

 I have had cars of lumber which, apparently. I 

 could not sell : I have offered them to some 

 of you and in that way I have been able to 

 make disposition and help out the other party. 

 So far as I have been able to ascertain, the 

 inspection department has run along very sat- 

 isfactory to all members. Mr. F. H. Long has 

 been kept busy and has made his expenses and 

 more every month. This all speaks well for 

 the good work the National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association is doing for us and is doing for 

 the entire country. Nearly all of you can re- 

 call when there was no way of ad,)usting mat- 

 ters of this kind except by fighting it out, which 

 was very unsatisfactory to the consumer. This 

 national association mode of adjusting dif- 

 ferences banishes any bad feeling on the part 

 of either party. And so far as T have been 

 able to judge, it has been the means of show- 

 ing up imreasonable kickers, which is surel.v 

 a benefit to every man in this association, 

 whereas in the old days the other fellow knew 

 nothing about it. I, myself, have not been 

 backward at all in telling of the different ex- 

 periences I have had with people where the Na- 

 tional inspection was not accepted, and in com- 

 paring notes in this way everyone has found 

 out my views and I have also found that you 

 were practically all of one mind. 



Regarding the general market conditions, I 

 would like to call your especial attention to the 

 enormous consumption of all varieties of hard- 

 wood lumber in the East. Chicago especially 

 is enjoying very good trade, while the report 

 from Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Buffalo and eastern 

 cities seems to be very healthy, with a steady 

 increase in value. Birch and maple are in- 



creasing in value very rapidly, and with the 

 enormous demand for these two woods I fail 

 to see why the price should not be $10 higher. 

 I feel that it would be along the line of re- 

 forestation if the price were at a point where 

 the true value was being received for the 

 wood. 



We are also talking about the demand, and 

 if we will stop to consider that there is a steady, 

 constant demand from all the sash and door 

 factories, and that practically all the furni- 

 ture factories have turned to birch, it certainly 

 does not seem right to be selling this beautiful 

 wood at the low prices which are now prevail- 

 ing. Comparing it with hemlock, tamarack, low 

 grade pine, etc., which are in enormous supply 

 with no demand, you will see that the price is 



W. C. STANTON. ST. PAUL, VICE-PRESI- 

 DENT. 



unreasonably low. We should be getting at 

 least .$40 for firsts and seconds birch, $30 for 

 No. 1 common, $22 for No. 2 common and $15 

 to $17 for No. 3 common. By this comparison 

 I mean the low grade lumber. Then you take 

 the clear birch at $33. Clear pine is $65, with 

 a much greater demand for birch. 



If this subject could bo talked over, I am 

 sure the price could be obtained. I am not say- 

 ing this with any idea of forcing up the mar- 

 ket : simply getting value received for the wood 

 we are delivering. 



I thank you all for your attendance at the 

 different meetings and your generous support. 



Tlie annual report of the secretary was the 

 next order of business: 



Report of Secretary Hayden 



Mr. President and Gentlemen : The past year 

 has been rather uneventful in our association 

 n-ork. Members appear to have been fairly 



