142 Forestry Quarterly 



The Education of the Consumer." Enthusiasm is strong among 

 producers and distributors. Mr. E. A. Sterling has been ap- 

 pointed to act as secretary in arranging the program and publicity 

 propaganda. 



The mass meeting resulted in the creation of a new department 

 of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, which will 

 have as its sole object the education of consumers and the pro- 

 motion of the use of wood for all purposes to which it is best 

 adapted. 



The Southern Pine Association has completed all the prelim- 

 inary arrangements of the new organization. Mr. J. E. Rhodes, 

 formerly secretary of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation, has accepted the secretaryship of the new association, 

 and has outlined his preliminary plans. These cover the crea- 

 tion of several departments, including trade extension, inspection, 

 research, accounting, statistics, traffic, and forestry. Although 

 forestry is named last, the fact that it is named at all in the 

 largest lumber trade organization in the country is decidedly an 

 advance. Not only is there an ambitious outline of work sched- 

 uled under the Forestry Department, but under the Research 

 Department, are many other topics such as wood preservation, 

 timber tests, kiln drying, fungi studies, etc., which the Forest 

 Products Laboratory at Madison has seen fit to include in their 

 forest investigations. Mr. E. A. Sterling has been appointed con- 

 sulting forest engineer for the Association, and Dr. Herman von 

 Schrenk, consulting engineer in charge of the Research Depart- 

 ment. The Association is starting out with a membership repre- 

 senting about six billion feet, on which five cents per thousand is 

 paid, thus insuring an initial income of $300,000 per year. 



The West Coast Lumberman now carries a Forest Fire Fighters' 

 Directory during the summer months. About 500 towns are 

 listed in the coast States and British Columbia, and after each, the 

 man is named who will take charge of organizing the fire fighters 

 when notified of a fire. 



Beginning with the January, 1915, issue, Steatn Machinery 

 changes its name to Logging, and the subscription price is raised 

 from $1.00 to $3.50 per annum. 



