"C. That where buyers demand, and will pay the cost 

 a certificate made by a certified association inspector will 

 be furnished with each shipment so arranged for. 



"2nd. To arrange for the placing in each car at the 

 mill of a card giving grade and contents of car. 



"3rd. If found practicable, to place an association 

 grade mark on a sufficient portion of each shipment to pro- 

 tect the consumers or re-manufacturers from substitution. 

 Said grade mark to identify the member mill by number, the 

 Association it belongs to by letter or other copyrighted in- 

 signia, and the grade in plain nomenclature or easily under- 

 standable abbreviations thereof. 



"4th. The purpose we desire to accomplish is to provide 

 a commodity that can be merchandised and cannot be mani- 

 pulated." 



4. Recommended that The National Lumber Manufac- 

 turers' Association be designated and recommended as the 

 responsible agency for developing and maintaining the con- 

 tact by and between those who should collaborate upon the 

 subject. The resolution was as follows: 



"RESOLVED, That with respect to the program inau- 

 gurated by the Department of Commerce concerning stand- 

 ardization, simplification, guarantees to the public, and sim- 

 ilar matters, that the contact between the lumber industry 

 and the Departments of Commerce and of Agriculture and 

 other governmental departments, the public and others in- 

 terested be through the National Lumber Manufacturers' 

 Association; and that the regional associations and others 

 representing lumber producers keep the National Lumber 

 Manufacturers' Association advised of the development and 

 status of the program undertaken by this conference." 



Hardwood Manufacturers' Institute in Complete Accord. 



The Hardwood Manufacturers' Institute unanimously 

 approved the work, accomplishment and purposes of the 

 Standardization Conference, and created effective machinery 

 to cooperate in and help carry to a successful conclusion the 

 work it has undertaken. 



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