168 The Forest Products Laijoratory 



Remarks of Mr. Foleij FoUotcing Mr. Hoxce's Talk 



It must be a satisfaction to all of you to have heard that the 

 lumber industry does not hesitate to take advantage of the help it can 

 get from industrial research. Those of us who were privileged to be 

 present when the plans of the Forest Products Laboratory were orig- 

 inally talked over can not help but look back with admiration upon the 

 foresight of those who gave the incentive to this wonderful organi- 

 zation. 



The lumbermen of the country have not been ready to acknowl- 

 edge the usefulness of the foresters, as have been the wood-using in- 

 dustries, on account of the work done at the laboratory. However, 

 there has been no group of men who have more earnestlj^ backed up the 

 efforts of the Forest Products I^al)oratory and the Forest Service to 

 get the money necessary to prosecute the investigations at Madison 

 tlian have the lumbermen, and we are going to hear some of the prob- 

 lems of tlie lumber industry presented by a member of the committee 

 on economics of the IS'ational Lumbermen's Association. It is very 

 unfortunate that Mr. Scanlon who was scheduled to present this 

 paper has been unable to come, but the committee on arrangements 

 were exceedingly fortunate in getting in his stead, at the eleventh 

 hour, a gentleman whose wide experience amply fits him to cover the 

 subject very thoroughly. I take pleasure in introducing Mr. Gilchrist. 



