CONSTITUTION 



ARTICLE I 

 Name 



The name of this organization shall be The Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Institute. 



ARTICLE II 

 Objects and Purposes 



The objects and purposes of this Institute shall be: 



1. To secure and disseminate a full understanding of 

 the facts and conditions concerning and effecting the Hard- 

 wood Industry; 



2. To provide and adopt and assist in the adoption and 

 establishment of measures designed and intended to provide 

 and establish; 



Uniform standards and improved methods of manufac- 

 turing and marketing hardwood forest products. 



Uniform standardized nomenclature for the industry. 



Standardized rules for the grading, inspection and cer- 

 tification of lumber and forest products. 



An inspection service for the enforcement and adminis- 

 tration of said rules, adequate to meet all needs therefor. 



Appropriate and efficient means for guaranteeing, to 

 purchasers and the public, the integrity of grades, the qual- 

 ity and quantity of lumber and the improvement of trade 

 practices ; 



3. To acquire, preserve and disseminate information 

 respecting the industry. 



5. To enlist the co-operation of the consumers in pro- 

 moting the mutual interests of producers and consumers. 



6. To adopt such means as will promote the wisest 

 utilizations and the prevention of waste, thereby serving 

 the cause of conservation of our timber resources. 



