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HARDWOOD RECORD 



any mau or any administration. 



Gitford Pinehot is right. He has done well. 

 He has sought official immolation as young 

 Glavis did months ago. Both men blocked 

 for a time at least the completion of a long- 

 planned thievery of a billion dollars from the 

 American people. 



Both Pinehot and his devoted co-workers 

 know and have known all along that there is 

 one thing more vital to the welfare of the 

 country than the continuation of the work of 

 Pinehot — and thai, is to keep thieves from 



stealing the nation's wealth in such surety 

 as to make useless all future effort of patriots 

 of the Pinehot brand. 



To be sure the president has done the best 

 thing he could in such a bad situation and 

 doubtless has appointed the best man available 

 for the position, Henry S. Graves, director of 

 the Yale Forest School, w-ho will become chief 

 of the Forestry Service on February 1. Mr. 

 Graves is thoi'oughly in sympathy with the 

 work as it has been carried on in the past by 

 Mr. Pinehot, and if he is left untrammeled 



by political grafters, he will doubtless serve 

 the country fairly well. At the same time he 

 has not had the breadth of training that his 

 predecessor has enjoyed and is not nearly as 

 well equipped to carry on the work as was 

 Mr. Pinehot. 



The Record wishes Mr. Graves the best pos- 

 sible fortune in his new position. It trusts 

 that if he does not get a fair deal he will 

 do exactly as Gifford Pinehot did and make 

 things so unpleasant for the administration 

 that lie also will get the "run." 



Meeting Michigan HardWood Manufacturers' Assn. 



The winter ■juai-torly meeting of the Michigan 

 Harawood Manufacturers' Association was held 

 at the Poutchartrain Hotel. Detroit, on Thurs- 

 day, January 2(1, and called out the largest at- 

 tendance ever present at one of these meetings. 



The session was called to order in one of the 

 clubrooms of the hotel at 10 MO a. m. President 

 Charles A. Bigelow presided and Secretary Knox 

 recorded. 



The roll-call developed the presence of represen- 

 tatives of more than forty members. 



After calling the meeting to order President 

 Bigelow announced that he had no speech pre- 

 pared, but stated that the association was in 

 good financial condition and that it had increased 

 its membership l.>y a total of two since the last 

 meeting. 



The secretary announced new members of the 

 association as follows : Brownlee-Kelly Com- 

 pany, Detroit ; David Ward estate, Bay City ; 

 Lake Independence Lumber Company, Big Bay : 

 Nadeau Bros., Xadeau, and Robinson Lumber 

 Compan.v, (Joodar. 



The secretary read the minutes of the last 

 meeting, hold on October 28, which were ap- 

 proved. The secretary then read the report of 

 the treasurer, which showed that the association 

 had a balance on hand on October 1 last of 

 .fTTO.ol. and that on January 1 it had a balance 

 of $5,021.17. Expenditures since that time wore 

 .fOoO.SO, leaving a balance on hand at the pres- 

 ent time of $4,070.91. The report was accepted 

 and approved. 



The secretary read his report, which was ac- 

 cepted. 



Secretary's Report 



To the Officers, Directors and Members of the 

 Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Association : 

 Gentlemen — Another year has rolled around and 

 we are met again to compare notes and discuss 

 problems that mean a great deal to every mauu- 

 facturer of lumber in Michigan at this time, and 

 the outlook seems very promising. The lumber 

 Industry of Michigan is one of the most if not 

 the most important of any of the manufacturing 

 interests of the s.tate. 



According to government statistics for 1908 

 Michigan ranked seventh in the list of states pro- 

 ducing lumber. Michigan ranked first "in produc- 

 tion of maple, having a percentage of 46.1 ; first 

 in production of beech, with a percentage of 

 20.0 ; first in production of ash, percentage 9.4 : 

 second in production of basswood, percentage 

 15.(3 ; second in production of elm, percentage 

 17.7 ; third in production of birch, percentage 

 1.3.2 ; third in pi-cjdnction of cedar, percentage 

 11.0; third in production of hemlock, percentage 

 19.6 ; sixth in production of white pine, per- 

 centage 0.1. 



Michigan, a state so long in the lead in white 

 pine production, was surpassed by three New 

 England states, New Hampshire. Maine and Mas- 

 sachusetts, which were supposed to have been 

 cut out .vears ago. It is true that there is little 

 original "timber left in New England, and it is a 

 noteworthy fact that the cut in New England 

 states is from second growth timber. 



Because of unusual conditions surrounding the 

 lumber market, especially in hardwoods, it was 

 deemed Iwst to call our midwinter meeting at the 

 earliest possible date or as soon as the stock re- 

 ports for the quarter ending December 31, 1909, 

 could be prepared. 



Owing to so many of our members being ex- 

 tremely busy closing up their books for 1909 and 

 getting ready for 1910. we have had considerable 

 trouble in getting our report ready for this meet- 

 ing, and it was not until a week ago we saw 



over the snowdrift the meeting date as January 

 20. So if your company has been importuned 

 by the secretary for your different reports yon 

 will appreciate the difliculty of getting a full 

 report of the membership. 



Notwithstanding none of our members have 

 discontinued operations and a number have with- 

 drawn from the association, we come before yon 

 with a report showing an increase of two over a 

 year ago. We believe the stock report and com- 

 parative figures given you today represent the 

 far greater amount of Michigan hardwoods, and 

 the Market Conditions Committee will cover the 

 amount of stocks and values in their report. 



The Jerry Madden Shingle Company, who were 

 enrolled at the October meeting, have sold their 

 hardwood lands and withdrawn from us. 



We are pleased to advise that the assessment 

 levied on hardwood lumber and manufactured 

 lumber that entered into flooring has been almost 

 entirel.v collected in. The amount netted the as- 

 sociation is $4,744.70 on ,31(i,29o,574 feet at 1 V2 

 cents per thousand feet. This amount will carry 

 the association through the year 1910, with a 

 balance for the following year, under present 

 conditions. 



A new feature has been added to our work 

 during the last few months in endeavoring to 

 place the manufacturing members in touch with 

 the consuming manufacturer and dealer. The 

 secretary mailed blanks headed "Stocks Wanted" 



C. A. BIGELOW, CADILLAC. PRESIDENT. 



and received a large amount of inquiries and 

 has asked our members having the stocks to 

 handle direct with tlie party desiring such stock. 

 There are quite a few inquiries that were re- 

 ceived during the time that we were compiling 

 stock lists that have not been answered. These 

 will be cared for just as soon as we can get to 

 it. It is hoped this feature will be the means 

 of helping the members and .vour coiiperation is 

 solicited. There is no intention on the part of 

 this ottice to come between buyer and seller. 



One of the subjects to be considered today is 

 report of Grading Rules Committee on uniform 

 grading rules for hemlock lumber. Some little 

 information has been gathered and it is hoped a 

 basis fair to all members will be the outcome. 



Another topic for discussion is the question of 

 furnishing car stakes. 



It is with regret that we record the death of 



Arthur Hill and Wellington W. Cummer, promi- 

 nent lumbermen in this state. 



The above report is respectfully submitted. 

 J. C. Knox, Secretary. 



A letter addressed to ex-President Diggins from 

 the president and secretary of the National 

 Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association dated De- 

 cember 21 'was read. The letter recited that the 

 adverse decision by the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission in the matter of the car stake and equip- 

 ment complaint had made it incumbent on the 

 National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association 

 to appoint a committee to consider the feasibility 

 and advisability of carrying out one of the sug- 

 gestions contained in the report submitted to 

 the complainant associations by Counsel Ross and 

 his associates. After careful coqsideration this 

 committee decided that the only practical line of 

 action lay in an effort to obtain from Congress 

 an amendment to the Hepburn Act which would 

 ■compel the railroads to furnish the car stakes 

 and other necessary equipment for the transpor- 

 tation of lumber and similar commodities upon 

 flat and gondola cars. It was recited that a bill 

 had been obtained, prepared and introduced in 

 the House of Representatives at the last session 

 of Congress known as House Bill No. 27528, but 

 had not yet been considered. 



The committee was instructed to take steps to 

 have tins bill presented at the next session of 

 Congress and make an effort to accomplish its 

 passage. The association asked the Michigan 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, which 

 originally joined in the old car stal^e and equip- 

 ment complaint matter, to join with them in 

 forwarding this necessary legislation. 



Leonard Bronson, manager of the National 

 Lumber Manufacturers' Association, President 

 Bigelow and others joined in approval of this 

 measure, and on motion the chair was instructed 

 to appoint a committee to draw a resoultion of 

 approval and have it addressed to every member 

 of the Senate and the Lower House from the 

 state of Michigan, and ask assistance in having 

 this law passed. 



The chair appointed as such committee F. L. 

 Richardson, W. L. Saunders, R. Hanson and Leon- 

 ard Bronson. Later this committee presented a 

 report in accordance with its instructions, which 

 was adopted. 



On invitation. Leonard Bronson, manager of 

 the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, 

 addressed the meeting on the subject of joining 

 the organization which he represents. He re- 

 cited the work that the association had done in 

 the past and the plans they had for future work 

 on broad national lines. 



In approval of Mr. Bronson's proposal, Mr. 

 Richardson and others made brief addresses. 



Mr. Gibson, editor of Hardwood Record, said 

 that the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' As- 

 sociation would recall that four and a half years 

 ago their association was formed at his sugges- 

 tion and that all conceded it was a great success. 

 He stated that a great deal of Michigan money 

 is invested in timber holdings and in the lumber 

 industry in many other states and that the asso- 

 ciation now had an opijortunity of connecting 

 itself in a big Notional association which would 



