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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



WASTEFUL LUMBERING 

 Redwood, red fir, and spruce in California 



time at the formal opening on the 4th 

 of June. Typical operations were in 

 progress in all the departments, and 

 the visitors, numbering nearly 500, had 

 an opportunity to see the plant in ac- 

 tion. There were in attendance rep- 

 resentatives of the American Paper and 

 Pulp Association, Beer Stave Manu- 

 facturers' Association, Michigan Hard- 

 wood Manufacturers' Association ; Na- 

 tional Box Manufacturers' Association, 

 National Electric Light Association, 

 National Hardwood Lumber Associa- 

 tion, National Slack Cooperage Manu- 

 facturers' Association, National Lum- 

 ber Manufacturers' Association, Na- 

 tional Hickory Association, National 

 Wagon Manufacturers' Association, 

 Wheelmakers' Club, Northern Hem- 

 lock and Hardwood Manufacturers' As- 



sociation, North- 

 ern Pine Manu- 

 facturers' Associ- 

 ation, Northwest- 

 ern Cedarmen's 

 Association, Ve- 

 hicle Woodstock 

 Company, Wood 

 Preservers' Asso- 

 ciation, Yellow 

 .Pine Manufactur- 

 ers' Association, 

 Held Museum, 

 ( hicago ; Amer- 

 ican Society of 

 Civil Engineers, 

 American For- 

 estry Association, 

 educational insti- 

 tutions, technical 

 periodicals, rail- 

 roads, and large 

 concerns engaged 

 in every wood- 

 using industry. 



The exercises 

 were simple and 

 appropriate. The 

 building was in- 

 spected and the 

 work explained 

 during the fore- 

 noon, and, after luncheon, attended by 

 about 150. in one of the university" 

 halls, there were addresses by Governor 

 Davidson, Henry S. Graves, forester of 

 the United States ; Charles R. Van 

 Hise, president of the University of 

 Wisconsin ; Capt. J. B. White, chairman 

 of the Committee on Conservation, Na- 

 tional Lumber Manufacturers' Associ- 

 ation ; B. R. Goggins, of Grand Rapids, 

 Wis., representing the American Paper 

 and Pulp Association, and O. B. Ban- 

 nister, of Muncie, Ind., representing 

 the implement and vehicle industries. 

 The speaking was in every way suited 

 to the occasion, each speaker filling 

 well a distinct place. Ex-Governor W. 

 D. Hoard, chairman of the board of 

 regents of the university, presided. 



