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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Annual National Lumber Manufacturers' Association 



The eighth annual meeting of the National 

 Lumber Manufacturers' Association convened 

 at New Orleans on Tuesday, April 19, and 

 was one of the most important in the his- 

 tory of this organization. The meeting ex- 

 tended over three days, the first two of which 

 were given up almost entirely to the business 

 sessions of the body, and concluded with an 

 enjoyable banquet on Wednesday night. This 

 meeting marks a distinct advance in the lum- 

 ber industry of the United States and will 

 produce far-reaching results, difficult to esti- 

 mate, but of marked importance. 



This organization is the most notable lum- 

 ber association in the United States, as it holds 

 within its membership the leaders in all other 

 lumber manufacturing associations, and in 

 reality is an association of associations. The 

 addresses showed evidences of careful research 

 and wide experience in the subjects discussed. 

 Many of them mark the concentrated infor- 

 mation based on a wealth of experience in 

 sundry lines which their authors discussed. 

 Within the limits of Hardwood Eecoed it is 

 impossible to print a detailed report of the 

 general discussions prevailing at this meeting, 

 but appended to this brief summary are some 

 of the most important papers presented, which 

 will be of especial interest to the hardwood 

 trade. 



The following delegates were in attendance : 

 Delegates in Attendance 

 NoBTHERN Pine Mandfacturers' Association 



L. K. Baker, Odanah, Wis. 



William Irvine, Chippewa Falls, Wis. 



Edgar Dalzell, Minneapolis, Minn. 



C. A. Barton. Minneapolis. Minn. 



Huntington Tavlor, Cloquet. Minn. 



.1. E. lihodes, St. Paul, Minn. 



H. S. Childs, Minneapolis, Minn. 



NOKTHEEN Hemlock and Hardwood Mandpac- 

 TUKERs' Association 

 R. S. Kellogg, Wausau, Wis. 

 Yellow Pine Manufacturers' Association 



E. S. Crossett, Davenport, Iowa. 

 J. W. Watzek. Davenport, Iowa, 



F. R. Gilchrist. Laurel. Miss. 



J. Lewis Thompson, Houston, Tex, 

 E. V. Babcock. Pittsburg, Pa. 

 John L. Kaul. Birmingham. Ala. 

 J. B. White. Kansas City, Mo. 

 George H. Bovd. Atlanta, Ga. 

 S. N. Fullerton. St. Louis. Mo. 

 W. D. Harrigan, Fulton, Ala. 

 Ed A. Hauss, Century, Fla. 



Georgia-Florida Sawmill Association 

 William B. Stillwell, Savannah, Ga. 



E. C. Harrell. Tifton, Ga. 



F. E. Waymer, Panway, Fla. 



North Carolina Pine Association 



E. B. Wright, Boardman, N. C. 

 Ira Johnson, Norfolk, Va. 



R. H. Morris, Norfolk, Va. 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association of 

 the United States 

 R. M. Carrier, Sardis, Miss. 

 W. A. Gilchrist. Memphis, Tenn. 



F. E. Gary, Turrell, Ark. 

 Lewis Doster, Cincinnati, Ohio, 



Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation 

 J, H, Bloedel. Rellingham, Wash. 

 Victor II. Beckman, Seattle, Wash. 

 MicuiGA.x Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation 

 C. A. Bigolow, Bay City, Mich, 

 F, L. Richardson, Alpena, Mich. 

 Bruce Odoll, Cadillac, Mich. 

 John C. Ross, Bay City, Mich. 

 Oregon and Washington Lu.mber Manufac- 

 turers' Association 

 John W. Blodgett, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

 Western Pine Manufacturers' Association 



A. W. Cooper, Spokane, Wash, 

 Southern Cypress Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion 

 George W, Dodge, Napolconville, La. 



A. T. Gerrans, Houma. La. 



J. F. Wlgginton. Bowie, La. 



John A. Bruce, Strader, La. 



To President Hines must be accorded a 

 vast deal of credit for the present standing 

 and forcefulness of this great organization, 

 and his acceptance of reelection to the impor- 

 tant oifice of president must mean a good 

 deal of sacrifice to a man whose time is so 

 valuable as his and who is kept constantly 

 busy looking after the many important lum- 

 ber and timber interests that are under his 

 charge. 



The convention was called to order at ten 

 'clock on Tuesday morning at the Hotel 

 Grunewald, President Hines presiding. Eev. 

 William McF. Alexander of New Orleans de- 

 livered the invocation, and after roll call of 

 the affiliated associations, Hon. Martin Behr- 

 man, mayor of New Orleans, delivered an 

 address of welcome. President Eiues made 

 an admirable response to the enthusiastic wel- 

 come. Mr. Wilbert then gave the convention 

 visitors aa added welcome, and President 

 Hines again responded. 



President Hines then delivered his forma! 

 address, which is as follows: 



President's Address 



The eighth annual meetiug of the National 

 Lumber Manufacturers' Association meets under 

 conditions materially different from those which 

 prevailed when last we gathered In Seattle July 

 12 of last year. At that time the physical con- 

 ditions could not have been more favorable. We 

 met in the Hoo-Hoo house on the grounds of the 

 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition in the magic city 

 of Seattle. Nothing could have been more charm- 

 ing than the surroundings, nothing more inspir- 

 iug than the welcome we received from our 

 associates on the Coast. 



Today we meet in a city beautiful for dif- 

 ferent reasons, and in addition to its beauty, the 

 possessor of a history so identified with the his- 

 tory of the United States as it is today, that 

 it is of peculiar interest to all of us. 



When I look at the program I am willing to 

 admit that this metropolis of the South has pre- 

 pared to do justice to its reputation for hospi- 

 tality. But in other w-ays the conditions are 

 better now than when we were in Seattle ; we 

 had not quite reached the end of the bitter 

 tariff campaign then ; now, we know the worst, 

 and that worst is not quite as bad as we feared. 

 Then, we were in the depths of a business de- 

 pression ; now the country is at least across the 

 threshold of a new era of prosperity, though the 

 lumber industry is lagging somewhat behind the 

 rest. Then the business sky was overcast, 

 though the clouds were breaking a little ; now 

 the sun is shining clear. 



Today finds us with another year of experience 

 in our National association work behind us. and 

 that experience, and the lessons we have been 

 taught have defined to us the problems we have 

 to meet. A brief statement of some of these 

 problems and how the association, through its 

 officers and board of governors, is attempting or 

 proposing to solve them, seems In order, but, 

 first, it might be proper for me to briefly outline 

 the work of my own office. 



Work of the President 

 At the annual meeting in Seattle it was de- 

 cided to enlarge the work of the association, 

 particularly in the line of a publicity campaign, 

 ^vhich should educate the people as to the true 

 situation and needs of our industry. Somewhat 

 definite plans were discussed at the meeting of 

 the board of governors at that' time, and in 



pursuance of those instructions, I set about find- 

 ing a man who would fill the position of man- 

 ager. It was not until December that I was 

 able to call the board of governors together to 

 pass upon what I should lay before It. I was 

 able to present to the board the names of several 

 gentlemen who had been proposed for the posi- 

 tion. A meeting was held December 6. At that 

 time it was decided to employ, if they could be 

 secured, the services of Mr. Leonard Bronson, of 

 Chicago, the man seeming to have the necessary 

 qualifications in the larger concerns of the lum- 

 ber business, special abilities as a writer, of 

 large acquaintance, and having the experience 

 that would enable him to handle the national 

 matters which this association was organized to 

 represent. He was able to assume the duties of 

 his office soon after the first of the year, his 

 headquarters being located in Chicago, as, on the 

 whole, the most central to all the affiliated 

 associations. 



At this same meeting of the board of gov- 

 ernors it exercised the discretion given to it by 

 the constitution and by the Seattle meeting, by 

 fixing the annual dues to be charged each 

 affiliated association at $2 a million feet of the 

 product of the members of this association ; and 

 to raise the necessary additional funds to carry 

 forward the work of the manager's office, which 

 must be prepared to spend considerable sums, 

 perhaps, in forwarding the work of the associa- 

 tion, it decided to establish a class of member- 

 ships. Our active members are associations, 

 represented each by a member of the board of 

 governors, and in the annual meeting by dele- 

 gates. 



Honorary Memberships 



These honorary members may, however, be 

 individuals or companies. Two classes were 

 established, annual and life, and those to whom 

 have been issued a certificate signifying such 

 honorary membership can feel that they have 

 contributed materially toward a work which we 

 believe will result in placing the lumber Industry 

 of the United States on a higher plane of public 

 opinion and of business stability. In the honor- 

 ary membership list are some of the leading 

 lumbermen of the United States, They are as 

 follows : 



,T. W. Cochran, Ashland, Wis. 



Robert A. Booth, Eugene. Ore. 



John Millen, Duluth. Minn. 



Jacob Mortenson. Oak Park, 111. 



W. E. Wheeler, Portville, N, Y. 



Isaac Stephenson. Marinette, Wig. 



George J. Farnsworth. Chicago, 111. 



Perley Lowe, Chicago, III, 



F. W. Gilchrist. Alpena, Mich, 



J, S. Stearns. Ludington, Mich. 



William Deary, Potlatch, Ida. 



H. B. Hewes, Jeanerette, La. 



Cummer Lumber Company, Jacksonville, Fla. 



William Carson, Burlington, Iowa, 



George E. W. Luehrmann, St. Louis, Mo. 



J. H. Himmelberger. Cape Girardeau, Mo. 



C. M. Crawford, Coal Grove, uuio. 



H. P. Svendsen, Spokane, Wash, 



Crookston Lumber Company, Bemldji, Minn. 



Shevlin-Mathieu Lumber Company, Spooner, 

 Minn. 



Nichols-Chisholm Lumber Company, Frasee, 

 Jlinn. 



William Irvine, Chippewa Falls, Wis. 



L. K. Baker. Odanah, Wis. 



T. B. Walker, Minneapolis, Minn. 



C. A. Smijh, Minneapolis, Minn. 

 J. P. McGoldrick. Spokane, Wash. 



D. L. Hebard, Philadelphia. Pa. 

 F. A. Blackwell. Spirit Lake. Ida. 

 Henry Turrish. Duluth, Minn. 



Ilumbird Lumber Company, Sandpolnt. Ida. 

 J. L. Grandin, Jr., Tidioute, Pa, 



E. B. Grandin. Tidioute, Pa. 



