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HARDWOOD RECORD 



port to make save tliat the present rules nere 

 satisfactory. 



Chairman Ballou oi: the Eahlrn;\<l Ccminit- 

 tee stated that his committee liad had no 

 meeting but was watching the rate situation, 

 both state and interstate, and would care for 

 the interests of the association in the matter 

 of rates. 



Chairman Odell of the Market Conditions 

 Committee then presented the following re- 

 port : 

 Heport of Market Conditions Committee 



Your Comniitteo <in Market Conditions is 

 pleased to report as follows : 



All o£ the northern hardwoods seem to be in 

 good demand. especiall.v in the grades of No. 2 

 Common and Better, and the report of your 

 secretary shows that there has been no ac- 

 cumulation of No. 3 Common hardwoods. In- 

 tact, the stock report does not indicate an 

 accumulation of stock In any particular kind 

 01" hardwood lumber, and the proportion of No. 

 3 Common being one-third of the whole is in 

 just about the proportion that the stock nomi- 

 nally produces. 



We would pspecially call to your attentinii 



C T. MITCHKLL, TREASURER, CADILLAC, 

 MICH. 



hard maple conditions. As was shown during 

 the past eight mouths there was no surplus 

 in any size or grade and in many sizes and 

 grades there was a decided shortage. Starting 

 this year with approximately the same stock as 

 a year ago, we believe all the available hard 

 maple will be in good demand thn)Ughout the 

 year. 



Owners of hard maple stumpage and manufac- 

 turers of maple lumber should take into con- 

 sideration that the maple trees are now counted 

 and their ilays numbered. The production of 

 maple lumber has reached the maximum and 

 will decline rapidly after this year. The decline, 

 we believe, will be especially marked after three 

 years. While as a matter of fact the demand 

 for and u.se of maple lumber is increasing, and 

 these facts should receive careful consideration 

 in planning y;)ur production and in marketing 

 j'our stock. 



We desire also to recommend that you "make 

 haste slowly" in marketing your annual cut. 

 It was clearly demonstrated last year that the 

 manufacturer who did not sell his cut of hard- 

 wood until after the first of the year realized 

 a much hisi,er price for his stock than the manu- 

 f.'icturcr wlin I'lintraclcd carlinr. .Inly. August 



and September is not the time to market hard- 

 wood, and we believe that your interests will be 

 best served by waiting until after the summer 

 quiet to market your cut. 



Your secretary's report of stock on hand un- 

 sold shows considerably less than any July report 

 since 1907, and this with other conditions shown 

 would make your Market Conditions Committee 

 stand-patters. We therefore would not think 

 best to recommend any change from values 

 recommended at our May, 1910, meeting. 

 Hemlock 



Recent information in regard to the hemlock 

 bark peel indicates a reduced production in the 

 lower peninsula and but a sliglit increased peel 

 in the upper peninsula, the slight increased peel 

 in the upper peninsula being accounted for by 

 the fact that more than the usual amount of 

 hemlock logs are going to the pulp mills, which 

 require that hemlock logs be peeled. 



As a whole there probably will be less than 

 the usual amount of hemlock lumber produced, 

 and we believe that our recommendations as to 

 hardwoods apply equally as well to hemlock. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



Bruce Odell. 

 W. C. Hull. 

 G. Von Platen. 



O. L. L.\RS0N. 



J. C. Ross. 



(}. VON PLATEN, SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT, 

 BOYNE CITY. 



The report was accepted. 



President Bigelow introduced Charles E. 

 Brower, secretary of the National IJlaesifi- 

 cation Committee, wuo delivered au address 

 on the inroads the fibre and paper box busi- 

 ness is making on wooderi packages, and 

 asked for the financial and moral support 

 ,of the association in carrying on the work of 

 attempting to secure from tho railroads a 

 lower classification on goods packed in wooden 

 containers than those shipped in paper boxes. 

 On motion an appropriation of $100 was 

 made to the National Classification Committee 

 represented by Mr. Brower, and the organi- 

 zation was given the moral support of tlie 

 association. • 



A discussion then prevailed on the subject 

 of the terms of sale previously authorized by 

 the association, naming 60 days or 1% per 

 cent cash discount in fifteen days. On motion 

 the entire matter was referred to a com- 



mittee which the chair announced would be 



appointed later, to be taken up at the Octo- 

 ber meeting of the association. 



On motion the chair was instructed to ap- 

 point a committee of five delegates to attend 

 the Conservation Congress to be held at St. 

 Paul, September 5 to 9. The chairman ap- 

 pointed as such committee, Edward Buckley, 

 Henry Ballou, Ralph Gilchrist, D. H. Day 

 and W. D. Young. 



The election of officers for the ensuing 

 year was then taken up, and on motion the 

 secretary was authorized to cast the unanimous 

 ballot of the organization for the re-election 

 of the retiring officers. This motion prevailed 

 and the following" is the roster of the officers, 

 excutive board and directors re-elected: 

 Officeks 



Chas. A. Bigelow, President, Bay City. 



R. W. Smith, 1st Vice-president, Manistee 



G. VonPlaten, 2d Vice-president, Boyne 

 City. 



C. T. Mitchell, Treasurer, Cadillac. 



J. C. Knox, secretary, Cadillac. 



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A. Diggins, Cadillac. 



W. Smith, Manistee, 

 as. A. Bigelow, Bay City. 



Directors 

 . W. Mitchell, Cadillac. 



Hanson, Grayling. 



VonPlaten, Boyne Citj'. 



G. Peters, Manistee. 



Ballou, Cadillac. 

 . L. Martin, Cheboygan. 



H. Day, Glen Haven. 



A. Batchelor, Saginaw. 



J. Clark, Sault Ste. Marie, 

 as. A. Bigelow, Bay City. 



W. Smith, Manistee. 



A. Diggins, Cadillac. 



M. Langdon, Mancelona. 



L. Richardson, Alpena. 

 T. Culver, Ludington. 



T. Mitchell, Cailillac. 



