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usually prosperous; that owing to the vigor- 

 ous campaign in the interests of the lower 

 grades of different species those lines have 

 been disposed of at a profitable figure. Just 

 to illustrate his point in opposition to log 

 run sales, Mr. Doster showed that while with 

 gum and Cottonwood which has no competi- 

 tion from the North, an exhaustive specializ- 

 ing in grades with a profit to the shipper and 

 the consumer can be indulged in, with the 

 other species which come in direct competi- 

 tion with the northern woods such a compre- 

 hensive plan could not be followed out and 

 the woods have suffered consequently. 



Secretary J. C. Knox, of the Michigan 

 Hardwood Manufacturers ' Association, spoke 

 along thfi lines of a proposed freight rate 

 advance, stating that the rate on hardwood 

 to the Pacific Coast was of especial interest 

 to the Michigan manufacturer. It appears 

 that when the lumbermen of the Memphis, 

 Chicago and Wisconsin territory appeared 

 before the Commerce Commission for a 

 reduction of the rates to the coast from 

 eighty-five to seventy-five cents, the Michi- 

 gan manufacturers were not represented, as 

 they believed that their case would be auto- 

 matically taken care of. But instead the 

 rates on the first three territories were re- 

 duced to seventy-five cents, while the Michi- 

 gan rates remained at eighty-five, a very obvi- 

 ous injustice to the Michigan territory. The 

 proposal of the railroads now is to make a 

 general advance to eighty-five cents, taking 

 eifect October first, and Mr. Knox made the 

 point that by coijperation the four sections 

 could secure permanently the rate as hereto- 

 fore paid by them. 



The question of the introduction of the 

 Washington plan of joint sale reports was 

 introduced by Secretary Kellogg, who earn- 

 estly recommended the adoption of a similar 

 plan by the Hemlock and Hardwood Associ- 

 ation. The western plan as summarized pro- 

 vides that members of the association send 

 in daily reports to the central bureaus and 

 that these reports shall be accompanied by 

 original orders. These orders are duplicated 

 at the office and are sent to the various 

 members, containing all the details exclusive 

 of the shipping point in the state and the 

 name of consignee. While the general im- 

 pression seems to be that such a plan if 

 adopted would result in reducing prices, 

 owing to competition, Mr. Kellogg showed 

 from figures compiled by the western associ- 

 ation that such is not the case, but that a 

 general leveling of sales conditions had re- 

 sulted, with a healthy advance over the 

 former average price. Many of the members 

 were inspired to protest against the plan as 

 proposed, for various reasons, the principal 

 objection being to giving publicity to 

 freight rates, delivered prices, all the items 

 of shipment, as an experienced lumberman 

 could very easily draw from this information 

 exactly to whom the lumber was shipped, 

 and the price received. It was suggested 

 that all reports be on f. o. b. Wausau basis 



and after considerable discussion both for 

 and against the institution of the system, 

 W. H. Bissell finally offered the following 

 solution: 



Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting 

 th.Tt we are in favor of bulletining sales after 

 such plans as may be worked out by a com- 

 mittee of tbree. to be .ippointed by the president. 



The resolution as proposed was adopted 

 and the Chair appointed W. C. Landon, D. H. 

 Chapman, C. A. Goodman and N. P. McCul- 

 lough on the committee. 



The next business of importance was the 

 proposed amendment to the constitution of- 

 fered by George H. Chapman providing that 

 there should be quarterly meetings instead 

 of semi-annual meetings as heretofore, the 

 meetings to be held in January, April, .July 

 and October, and after a thorough discussion 

 of the matter they put the vote and it was 

 unanimously adopted. 



An animated discussion resulted from the 

 Chair's bringing before the meeting again 

 Mr. Bronson 's recommendation that they put 

 themselves on record as favoring lower 

 freight rates on box shooks. It was contended 

 that if box shooks took lower rates the lum- 

 ber from which they were made would be 

 legally entitled to the same rate which would 

 introduce the problem of discriminating be- 

 tween lower and higher values in lumber. 

 As the meeting could not seem to agree 

 specifically on any definite plan of action, 

 Mr. Bronson finally suggested the following 

 resolution, which was unanimously adopted 

 by the members: 



Whereas, A large amount of forest material 

 is unmarketed because it is not of sufficient 

 value to pay the current freight rates, and. 

 therefore, is wasted and lost forever to the lum- 

 ber supply of the country and the tonnage of the 

 railroads ; therefore be it 



Resolved, That we request the railroads of 

 the United States to give serious consideration 

 to some plan by which low grades of forest 

 products may be moved to market, thereby main- 

 taining and perpetuating the lumber supply of 

 the country and of the railroads themselves. 



The meeting then adjourned. Those in at- 

 tendance were as follows: 



George H. Atwoort. Atwood Lumber & Mfg. 

 Co.. Park Falls, Wis. 



C. J. C. Brearey, Westboro Lumber Co., West- 

 boro, Wis. 



O. W. Brightman, Bird & Wells Lumber Co., 

 Wausaukee, Wis. 



F. H. Bartlett, Rust-Owen Lumber Co., Drum- 

 mond. Wis. 



W. H. Bissell, Tawkey-Bissell Lumber Co., 

 Arbor Vitae, Wis. 



T. R. Begley, Rib Lake Lumber Co., Rib 

 Lake, Wis. 



F. W. Buswell, Buswell Lumber & Mfg. Co., 

 Wausau, Wis. 



George H. Chkpman, North-Western Lumber 

 Co., Stanley, Wis. 



J. E. Collins, Crocker Chair Co.. Elton. Wis. 



John R. Davis, John R. Davis Lumber Co., 

 Phillips, Wis. 



Lewis Doster, Hardwood Manufacturers" As- 

 sociation, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



J. R. Davis, John R. Davis Lumber Co., 

 Phillips, Wis. 



J. W. Elliott, Daniel Shaw Lumber Co., 

 Eau Claire. Wis. 



William L. Erbach, Rietbrock Land & Lumber 

 Co.. Athens, Wis. 



E. J. Gillouly, Foster-Latimer Lumber Co., 

 Mellen, Wis. 



Charles A. Goodman, Sawyer-Goodman Co., 

 Marinette, Wis. 



W. W. Gamble, Wausau Lumber Co., Rib 

 Falls, Wis. 



T. A. Green, Greenwood Lumber Co., Ontona- 

 gon, Mich. 



W. A. Holt. Holt Lumber Co., Oconto, Wis. 



P. W. Hollister, HoUister, Amos & Co., Osh- 

 kosh, Wis. 



J. n. Johannes, Jacob Mortenson Lumber Co., 

 Wausau, Wis. 



J. C. Knox, Michigan Hardwood Manufactur- 

 ers' Association, Cadillac. Mich. 



R. S. Kellogg, Secretary, Wausau. 



J. J. Lingle, Westboro Lbr. Co., Westboro, Wis. 



W. C. Landon, Barker & Stewart Lumber 

 Co., Wausau, Wis. 



M. P. McCullough, Brooks & Ross Lumber 

 Co., Schofield, Wis. 



Louis Nadeau, Nadeau Bros., Nadeau, Mich. 



A. C. Rietbrock, Rietbrock Land & Lumber 

 Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 



L. A. Rousseau, H. W. Wright Lumber Co.. 

 Merrill, Wis. 



R. W. Robinson, New Dells Lumber Co., Eau 

 Clair, Wis. 



J. E. Rhodes, F. Weyerhaeuser, St. Paul, Minn. 



H. H. StoUe, Stolle-Barndt Lumber Co., Tri- 

 poli, Wis. 



C. F. Stout, Rice Lake Lumber Co., Rice 

 Lake. Wis. 



John Weyerhaeuser, Atwood Lumber & Manu- 

 facturing Co., Park Falls, Wis. 



E. J. Wellmuth, American Lumberman, Chi- 

 cago. 



C. H. Allen, Rib Lake Lumber Co., Rib Lake. 



W. A. Schneider, Brooks & Ross Lumber Co.. 

 Schofield, Wis. 



H. W. Moore, Moore & Galloway Lumber Co.. 

 Fond du Lac, Wis. „ 



E. N. Morrill, Bundy Lumber Co., Bundy, Wis. 



J. T. Phillips, Diamond Lumber Co., Green 

 Bay, Wis. 



C. K. Ellingson, Ellingson Lumber Co., Haw- 

 kins, Wis. 



E. P. Arpin, John Arpin Lumtier Co., Grand 

 Rapids. Wis. 



W. R. .\nderson. Packages, Milwaukee, wis 



M. J. Quintan, Menominee Bay Shore Lumber 

 Co., Soperton, Wis. 



J. G. Owen, John S. Owen Lumber Co., Owen. 



A. R. Owen, John S. Owen Lumber Co., Owen. 



C. F. Lusk, Chief Inspector. 



James O. Callayhan, the O. C. Lumber Co.. 

 Vulcan, Mich. 



F. H. Pardee, Fenwood Lumber Co., Wausau. 



E. W. Meeker, Hardwood Record, Chicago. 

 Leonard Bronson, National Lumber Manufac- 

 turers' Association, Chicago. 



T. R. Anderson, the John Week Lumber Co.. 

 Stevens Point. 



A. R. Week, the John Week Lumber Co.. 

 Stevens Point. 



George Girling, Homeseekers' National Asso- 

 ciation, Chicago. 



W. H. Mylrea, Gooding & Mylrea Lumber Co.. 

 Wausau. 



W. H. Collins. Collins Bros., Madison. 



A. H. Campbell, Collins Bros., .Madison. 



F. A. Kremer, Collins Bros., Madison, 



Quarterly Meeting Baltimore Exchange 



The monthly meeting of the managing com- 

 mittee of the Baltimore Lumber E'xchange and 

 the quarterly meeting of the exchange itself 

 took place the afternoon and evening of Sept. 19, 

 both gatherings having been postponed for two 

 weeks on account of holidays. The managing 

 committee held its session in the rooms of the 

 exchange. It considered a communication from 

 the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, re- 

 questing that action be taken indorsing the 

 Golden Gate City as the location for the Pan- 

 ama Exposition in 1915. The matter was laid 

 over without action. From A. H. Baldwin, 

 chief of the Bureau of Manufactures at Wash- 

 ington was received a letter asking for the 

 names and addresses of members of the ex- 

 change, to be filed in the bureau for use in 

 supplying the members from time to time with 

 information which might aid them in promot- 

 ing foreign trade. The bureau desires to pro- 

 vide additional facilities for the direct and 

 prompt transmission of valuable information 

 received there to American manufacturers and 

 merchants. Secretary J. H. Manken was di- 

 rected to forward the desired information. Still 

 another matter to receive attention was a let- 

 ter from the National Classification Committee 

 of the Lumber and Wooden Box Interests of 

 the United States. This committee was formed 

 last January and has for its secretary Charles 

 E. Brown, with headquarters at Memphis, Tenn. 

 Its aim is to prevail among the railroad and 

 other transportation lines to establish uniform 

 and equal rates on all freight in wooden boxes 

 and on lumber. Secretary Brown stated that 

 the committee had so far received only 

 .?3.500 to carry on its campaign, and 

 he suggested that each member of the exchange 

 contribute .$25. The matter was turned over 

 to Rufus K. Goodenow for recommendation. 



