LUMBERING 



By the Sub-Committeb; on Lumbering. 



Chairman, R. C. Bryant, New Haven, Conn. 



G. M. CoRNWAi,!,, Portland, Ore. C. B. Martin, Aberdeen, Wash. 



J. B. White, Kansas City, Mo. Adam Trieschmann, Crossett, Ark. 



J. F. Ci,ark, Vancouver, B. C. W. R. Brown, Berlin, N. Y. 



F. A. SiLCOx, Missoula, Mont. 



Presented by Mr. R. C. Bryant, Tuesday morning, November 18, 1913. 



THE OUTLINE 



THE topics assigned to this committee by the Forestry Committee of the 

 National Conservation Congress was as follows : 

 1. The basis of lumber costs and stumpage values. 



2. The application of scientific management to lumbering operation. 



3. Report on log and lumber measures, with recommendations for standard 

 scales. 



4. Forest engineering. 



Since data should be collected from many sources before an attempt is made 

 to offer suggestions to lumber operatoi s, a satisfactory report can not be prepared 

 in a single season and in the collection of data on the above subjects, and their 

 preparation for public use it is absolutely imperative that the Committee have the 

 cooperation and assistance of lumbermen. A further essential to success in this 

 work is an appropriation sufficient to enable the Committee to employ a competent 

 field man to personally obtain information from operators, since the results secured 

 through correspondence are almost nil. 



The lack of interest displayed by most lumbermen has precluded the prep- 

 aration of a document of lasting value. Less than 5 per cent of those to whom 

 communications were addressed by the chairman of the subcommittee on lumber- 

 ing acknowledged their receipt. Mr. C. S. Martin, a member of the committee 

 from the Pacific Coast, was fortunate in securing cooperation with certain opera- 

 tors in his region, and valuable material was collected. I wish especially to com- 

 mend Mr. Martin's zeal, since most of his work was done under adverse circum- 

 stances and when pressed by other business affairs. I further wish to acknowl- 

 edge the assistance given by Mr. W. R. Brown, whose suggestions, advice, and 

 data have been a great help. 



The report is chiefly suggestive and aims to point out the lines along which 

 future work may be conducted to advantage. 



Of the subjects allotted to the Committee the second one, namely, the applica- 

 tion of scientific management to lumbering operations, appeared to offer the best 

 opportunity in the limited time available, because the problem is vital to lumber- 

 men and it was believed that they would gladly aid in the work of gathering 

 and compiling the data. Since but little assistance was received, however, even 

 this subject is treated only in a general way. 



