NOTES AND COMMENTS 



Owing to his having been called to active duty with the Engineer 

 Officers' Reserve Corps, Mr. R. Y. Stuart has found it necessary to 

 submit his resignation as Secretary and Chairman of the Meetings 

 Committee of the Society of American Foresters. His resignation has 

 been accepted by President Filibert Roth, who has appointed as his 

 successor for the remainder of the calendar year Mr. E. R. Hodson, 

 Forest Service, Washington, D. C. 



Notice has been received by the Society of American Foresters from 

 the Secretary of the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, that the annual meeting of the Association will be held at 

 Pittsburgh, Pa., December 28, 191 7, to January 2, 1918. Members 

 desiring to submit papers are requested to send them to the Secretary 

 of the Society of American Foresters, Atlantic Building, Washington, 

 D. C, in order to arrange for their presentation. It does not seem 

 practicable for our Society to meet in conjunction with the Association 

 in its annual meeting at Pittsburgh this year. 



Labor Unrest in the Lumber Industry 



The lumber industry, especially in the "Inland Empire," has recently 

 had a great deal of labor trouble, chiefly with the "I. W. W." Condi- 

 tions have become so strained that in some sections in Washington it 

 has been necessary to call out State troops to keep order. Strikes have 

 been started at various mill plants and most of the logging camps in 

 the Coeur d'Alene country in Idaho are shut down. 



Mill-workers are making demands for a minimum wage of $3, Sun- 

 day and overtime work to be paid at the rate of one and one-half, 

 abolition of tokens and trading coupons, heated lunch-rooms on the 

 premises equipped with tables and chairs, sanitary toilets in all mills, 

 all sorting tables to be roofed, no loss of time when breakdown occurs 

 and men are kept on the job, no discrimination against any member of 

 a labor organization, employers to collect union fees, all fluctuations in 

 wages or cost of board to be subject to 30 days' notice, and certain 

 specified days to be considered as holidays. Loggers demand an 8-hour 



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