REPORT OF B. F. DULWEBER ON STANDARDIZATION 



CONFERENCE, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



MAY 22 TO 26, 1922. 



There has been gradual betterment of conditions for 

 the hardwood saw mill operator but this improvement has 

 been pitably slow. We have been in bondage. We have 

 been unable to accomplish for ourselves or for those who use 

 our products what we would like. At last, thanks to the full 

 awakening of the industry, the realization to our plight by 

 our fellow manufacturers of other kinds of lumber and the 

 honest and sincere co-operation, that I am sure will result 

 from this meeting, the day of our deilverance is at hand. 



I am on the program as submitting a report on behalf 

 of the committee representing Hardwood Lumber Manu- 

 facturers at the Conference of the Lumber interests with 

 Secretary of Commerce, Hoover, in Washington, May 22nd 

 to 26th. I am so impressed with the glorious opportunities 

 that are before us as a result of this Conference and the 

 great constructive development that I am sure will accrue 

 therefrom, that I hardly know where to begin and it is with 

 difficulty that I give voice to my thoughts. The conference 

 while preliminary in character, constitutes the greatest con- 

 structive step that has ever been taken in the industry and 

 the ultimate outcome will be greater stability in our own 

 business and better service and lower costs to the consumer 

 and the public. This will not be accomplished in a day but 

 its coming is as certain as death and taxes, and it can best 

 be speeded on its way by every one putting his shoulder to 

 the wheel and pushing for all he is worth. 



There are little details that require adjusting in the 

 other lines of lumber manufacture, but these are insignifi- 

 cant in character and while there still exists some slight dif- 

 ference of opinion on certain questions, I predict that before 

 we have proceeded far, these differences will be completely 

 harmonized. While this conference will result in much good 

 to other branches of lumber manufacture, to hardwoods it 

 is as a gift from Heaven and through its medium for the 

 first time we will have real standardization. 



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