HARDWOOD RECORD 



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News Miscellany 



Semi- Annual Meeting National Exporters' 

 Association 



A most interesting gatliering and one of the 

 most productive of results in tlie liistory of tile 

 organization was the semi-annual of the Na- 

 tional Lumber Exporters' Association, which 

 was held at Cincinnati on July 13. rrosident 

 Harvey M. Dickson of the Dickson Lumber_ 

 Company, Norfolk, Va., presided. 



A report was submitted by J. McDonald Price 

 covering certain claims as to the responsibility 

 of steamship companies carrying lumber to 

 foreign ports through bills of lading which 

 had tieen adjusted satisfactorily. In order to 

 avoid complications and questions of respon- 

 sibility in similar cases in the future, a com- 

 mittee of three was appointed by President 

 Dickson to visit London, Liverpool, Glasgow 

 and Antwerp, representing the association, to 

 confer witli the steamship agents and receiv- 

 ers of American lumber as to the best meth- 

 ods of handling disputes and differences in the 

 future. This committee will meet in London 

 the first week in October ; in Liverpool the 

 second week in October ; in Antwerp the third 

 week, and in Glasgow the fourth week. 



This foreign committee consists of Harvey 

 5t. Dickson, Norfolk, Va. ; W. H. Russe, Mem- 

 jihis, Tenn., and John L. Alcock, Baltimore, 

 Md. It was also decided to name in addi- 

 tion to this special foreign committee a per- 

 manent foreign representative, who will be 

 chosen at the annual meeting of the organiza- 

 tion in January next. It will be the duty of 

 this foreign representative to act as arbiter 

 in all disputes between American exporters and 

 the foreign trade. He will probably be located 

 in London. 



President Dickson was directed to send a 

 message to President Taft commending the pas- 

 sage of the bill providing that railroads should 

 show cause for each advance in freight rates, 

 niaking the burden of the proof come upon 

 the railroads instead of on the shippers. 



The next meeting of the association will be 

 at Memphis, January 19. A strong bid for 

 the meeting w\-is made by the city of Norfolk, 

 but it was declined by the board of man- 

 agers in favor of the invitation extended by 

 the lumbermen of Memphis. 



Those present were as follows : Harvey II. 

 Dickson, Dickson Lumber Company, Norfolk, 

 Va. ; John L. Alcock, John L. Alcock & Com- 

 liany, Baltimore. Md. : Wm. H. Russe, Eusse 

 4: Burgess, Memphis and London; Fred Arn, J. 

 M. Card Lumber Company, Chattanooga, Tenn. ; 

 W. A. Weakley and J. W. Mayhew, W. M. 

 Ritter Lumber Company. Columbus, Ohio : Ed- 

 ward Barber, American representative of Illing- 

 worth, Ingram & Co., Leeds, England, and Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio; J. W. Menzies, representative of 

 Jas. Kennedy & Co.. Glasgow, London, Liver- 

 pool and Cincinnati ; Ludwig Heyman, agent for 

 Hugo Forchheimer & Co., Hamburg and New 

 Orleans; E. P. Baer, R. P. Baer & Co., Balti- 

 more, Md. ; R. W. Price, Price & Ileald, Balti- . 

 more, Md. ; Geo. M. Speigle, Geo. M. Speiglc 

 & Co., Philadelphia ; T. B. Allen. T. B. Allen 

 & Co., Galveston, Tex. ; Walter T. Hart, Price 

 & Hart, Hev( York ; J. McDonald Price, sec- 

 retary. 



Wagon Oak Exporters to Send Committee to 

 Europe 



The American Wagon Oak Kxporters" Asso- 

 ciation held Its semi-annual convention at the 

 Hotel Sinton, Cincinnati, O., July 14. P.esi- 

 deut Harvey M. Dickson of Norfolk, Va., pre- 

 sided and Secretary H. D. Billmeyer of Cum- 

 berland, Md., recorded. 



The inspection rules adopted at the Roanoke 

 meeting were taken up and discussed and a 

 few minor amendments suggested. No changes 

 were made, however, the matter being left open 

 until the return of the special committee ap- 

 pointed at the meeting to visit various foreign 

 markets and confer with the foreign associa- 

 tions in an effort to come to a satisfactory 

 agreement in the matter of grading rules. The 

 special committee consists of Harvey M. Dick- 

 son, chairman ; John L. Alcock and Innis Crich- 

 ton. These gentiemen will visit the foreign 

 markets in October or November, and it is ex- 

 pected that their visit will be very profitable 

 to the members of the association as the for- 

 eign trade has already signified a desire to con- 

 fer with such a committee. 



Conditions in the wagon oak export trade 

 wore thoroughly discussed and the association 

 again went on record against the disastrous 

 custom of sending wagon oak planks forward 

 on consignment. The foreign exporters attend- 

 ing the meeting pledged themselves to use every 

 honorable means to stop the practice of ship- 

 ping on consignment. 



The next meeting of the organization will 

 be held after the return of the special com- 

 mittee from Europe. 



Meeting New Executive Board N. H. L. A. 



The new Executive Board of the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association met in the offices 

 of Secretary-Treasurer Fish in the Rector build- 

 ing. Chicago, ou July 6. This was a special 

 session called by President Diggins, and little 

 but routine business was considered. Steps 

 were taken for the extension of the in- 

 spection service in the near future, and twelve 

 new members were admitted to the association. 



It was decided by the board that, owing to 

 the pressure of the work of the secretary's 

 olfice, Mr. Fish be allowed to secure an assist- 

 ant. Heber J. Fuller has been appointed to 

 fill the place of assistant secretary. Mr. Fuller 

 has been connected with the ofiice force of the 

 Lumbermen's Credit Association since 1904. He 

 will assume his new duties August 1. 



Those present at the meeting included : O. O. 

 Agler, Chicago : Charles A. Goodman, Marinette ; 

 Charles H. Barnaby, Greencastle, Ind. ; Earl 

 Palmer, Padutah. Ky. : President F. A. Diggins, 

 Cadillac, and Secretary Fish, Chicago. 



Hoo-Hoo Annual 



Interest is already being shown in the forth- 

 coming annual meeting of Hoo-floo, which will 

 be held at San Francisco September 9 to 12. 

 The Pacific Coast members of the order are 

 making elaborate preparations for the enter- 

 tainment of the visitors and the accompany- 

 ing ladies. 



Many side trips are projected to various 

 points on the coast, making it a very alluring 

 trip for members of the order outside of the 

 interesting features of the annual meeting it- 

 self. 



commissary managers into a separate organ- 

 ization chiefly owes its origin. It was stated 

 that in the lumber industry of the country 

 there are 2,600 lumber camp commissaries, each 

 of which carries in stock from $25,000 to $300,- 

 000 worth of goods. The business done every 

 year by these stores runs up into $100,000,000, 

 and it was maintained that a business of such 

 magnitude should be organized. 



After the preliminary speeches of welcome, 

 the delegates got down to business. A com- 

 mittee, consisting of T. L. Betterton, Towns- 

 end, Tenn. ; J. M. C. Duke, Wallaceton, Va. ; 

 W. G. Parker, Vaughan, N. C. ; W. C. Slagle; 

 West Eminence, Mo., and Tracy D. Luccock, 

 Chicago, was named to draft a constitution 

 and by-laws for a permanent organization. 



A committee on resolutions, consisting of J. 

 M. Schloenhach, St. Louis ; W. T. Royal, Beach, 

 Ga., and E. F. Colaw, Ivor, Va., was also 

 named. The delegates then adjourned for lunch- 

 eon. On Thursday all of the business was 

 cleared up and it was not necessary to continue 

 the sessions on Friday. A permanent associa- 

 tion was affected by the election of the fol- 

 lowing officers : 



President — B. M. Lebby, Otter Creek Lum- 

 ber Com.pany, Otter Creek, Fla. 



First Vice-President — T. L. Betterton, Towns- 

 end, Tenn. 



Second Vice-President — J. M. C. Duke, Wal- 

 laceton, Va. 



Secretary and Treasurer — Tracy D. Luccock, 

 Chicago. 



An advisory board is to be appointed later. 



The constitution adopted declares the aims 

 of the organization to be as follows : 



Promoting fellowship and good will among the 

 commissary managers to advance their welfare in 

 the United States. 



Eliminating abuses, methods and practices 

 inimical to the proper conduct of the business. 



Establishing harmonious relations between the 

 manufacturers, jobbers and retailers. 



Assisting in the maintenance of the pure food 

 law. whose operation deals justly with the rights 

 of consumer, retailer and jobber. 



There are to be three classes of members, 

 active, associate and honorary. The active 

 members are to be commissary managers and 

 corporations operating commissaries. Associate 

 members are to be concerns that manvifacture 

 or deal in commissary supplies. Honorary 

 :cembers will be those lumber journals and 

 ether publications and persons who have ren- 

 dered service to the association. The dues of 

 active members are to be $2 a year, of asso- 

 ciate members ?10. 



St. Louis was selected as the place for the 

 next meeting, in July or August of 1911, and 

 resolutions of thanks to the hotel manage- 

 ment, to the Merchants' and Manufacturers' 

 Association of Baltimore, and to others were 

 passed, after which adjournment was taken. 



National Commissary Managers' Association- 

 Organized 



A new organization affiliated with the lumber 

 trade, especially in the southern states, came 

 into being last week, when the National Com- 

 missary Managers' Association was organized 

 at a two days' convention at the Maryland 

 Theater, BaJtiniore, July 13 and 14. 



The sessions began on Wednesday morning, 

 when J. M. Schloenhach of the American Lum- 

 berman of Chicago, called the delegates to or- 

 der and introduced B. M. Lebby of the Otter 

 Creek Lumber Company, Otter Creek, Fla., to 

 whose efforts the movement to combine the 



Annual Meeting Michigan Association 

 The Recokd is in receipt of the following call 

 for the annual meeting of the Michigan Hard- 

 wood Manufacturers' Association. Matters of 

 much importance will be considered at this 

 meeting and should call out the full attend- 

 ance of the association. 



To Members of Michigan Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association : 



The annoal meeting of the Michigan Hard- 

 wood Manufacturers' Association will be held 

 a( the Poncbartrsin Hotel, Detroit, Mich., Au- 

 gust o, at 10 a. m. 



The stock and price reports covering botli 

 hardwoods and hemlock will be distributed to 

 members at that meeting, and topics of spe- 

 cial value will be brought up for discussion. 



Among the subjects are : 



1. Terms of sale. 



2. Market conditions committee's report. 



3. Proposed advance in lumber rates in 

 Michigan and other territory. 



4. Higher classification for articles p&ckcu 

 in fi'are and paste board boxes vs. lumber crat- 

 ing. 



