needs, resulting, it is believed, in the eventual complete 

 agreement between the producer and the consumer and 

 the elimination of much of the waste that now occurs 

 in the utilization of hardwood lumber. 



9. THAT they condemn; 



All grade jugglery and manipulation, whether prac- 

 ticed by the producer, wholesaler, retailer, or any other 

 branch of the industry, is condemned and this Institute 

 brands the intentional shipment of lumber of a quality be- 

 low the grade specified as plain dishonesty. It pledges itself 

 to endeavor to eliminate all such practices, to expel from this 

 membership anyone who may be found guilty of such prac- 

 tices and to use its weight and influence not only in the pre- 

 vention but also in the punishment of such offenses. 



10. THAT they believe ; 



All lumber should be plainly grade marked. Each 

 piece that is shipped should bear the mill grade mark and 

 everything possible should be done to protect the public and 

 to place the products of the mill in the hands of the ultimate 

 consumer without grade substitution or manipulation. 



11. They favor the adoption of a sales code that will 

 place the industry on a high moral plane making clear the 

 obligations of buyer and seller and the Institute solicits the 

 concurrence in such sales code by the national organization 

 representing the various branches of consumers using hard- 

 woods. 



12. That this Institute pledges itself to insist upon its 

 individual members carrying out their commercial obliga- 

 tions and appeals to the national associations representing 

 those industries using its products to co-operate with it in 

 this matter with a view of placing the contractual relations 

 between the producer and consumer on a basis that shall be 

 above criticism. 



13. That they favor the settlement of disputes arising 

 between its members and the users of its products by arbi- 

 tration. The support of all national associations represent- 

 ing the users of hardwoods, to this principle of arbitration 

 is solicited and it is recommended that commercial disputes 



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