1900 to the Onset of World 

 War II 



became the national Hardwood 

 Manufacturers Association. 



The Hardwood Manufacturers 

 Assocat'on provides its members with 

 the only industrywide statistics on 

 production shipments, available 

 inventory, and past prices. In 

 addition, its program includes wood 

 promotion and legislative liaison with 

 Congress. Since many of its members 

 are also timberland owners, the 

 Hardwood Manufacturers Association 

 maintains an active interest in forest 

 management and development, as did 

 the Southern Hardwood Lumber 

 Manufacturers Association. (The 

 latter organization was one of the 

 four cosponsors of the Southern 

 Forest Resource Analysis, which will 

 be discussed later.) George E. Kelly, 

 former executive vice president of the 

 Southern Hardwood Lumber 

 Manufacturers Association, continues 

 in that capacity with the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers Association. 



The National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association, a separate entity also 

 located in Memphis, is responsible 

 for writing hardwood lumber rules 

 and ensuring that sold lumber 

 complies with those rules. 



From the turn of the 20th century 

 until the onset of the Great 

 Depression in the late 1920's, the 

 forestry association movement gained 

 tremendous momentum. The result 

 over the Nation and in the South was 

 greatly increased attention to 

 protection and management of forest 

 resources. 



Recognition of the importance of the 

 Nation's vital natural resources, 

 particularly its forest resources, 

 seemed suddenly to come from all 

 sides. The Society of American 

 Foresters, a professional body, was 

 established in 1900 with headquarters 

 in Washington, DC, to advance the 

 science, technology, teaching, and 

 practice of professional forestry in 

 America. The National Lumber 

 Manufacturers Association (now the 

 National Forest Products Association) 

 was organized in 1902, with 

 headquarters also in Washington. Its 

 purpose was to improve the services 

 and advance the interests of the 

 lumber industry. Both the Society of 

 American Foresters and the National 

 Lumber Manufacturers Association 

 were destined to play major roles in 

 the future in formulating America's 

 forestry policy. 



By 1900, the forestry association 

 movement had begun to make itself 

 felt in various other parts of the 

 United States but had made only a 

 very limited start in the South. It 

 would be another 10 to 15 years 

 before forestry and related 

 associations would have any 

 substantial impact on conservation 

 activities in the South. 



In January 1905, the American 

 Forestry Association convened a 

 forest congress in Washington, DC, 

 attended by nearly a thousand people, 

 making it one of the largest and most 

 important forestry meetings yet held 

 in the United States. Its purpose was 

 "to establish a broader understanding 

 of the forest and its relation to the 

 great industries depending upon it; to 



