St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-27
AND BOARDS
Annual Session Of the Missis-
sippi Valley Lumbermen's
Association.
SECRETARY ENTHUSIASTIC.
Uniformity in Grades Might
Help Uniformity in
Prices.
NICE BALANCE ON HAND.
Legislature Asked to Pass the
Bill for the Protection OF
Forests.
NICE BALANCE ON HAND.

The Mississippi Valley Lumber
mems association met in annual ses-
sion in the assembly room Of the
Lumber Exchange at 10 o'clock yes
terday morning A good crowd was
in attendance, and the meeting was
presided over by Vice President
William Irvine, the absence OF
President w. H. Laird, who is away
on a wedding trip. After the read
ing of a letter from President Laird,
outlining the work that should be
done by the association, the report
of Secretary J. Newton Mind was
read. The report stated that tho
officers of the association had given
much attention to the uniform grade
movement which showed in the fact
that fifty-two manufacturers aggre7
eating sales amounting to 1,311, OOO,-
600 feet of lumber in '94 had agreed
to work for the unification Of lumber
grades. The figures given, Mr.. Mind
said, did not include the Wisconsin
valley, where some 400, 0G0,0 feet
is being inspected along the same
lines. The secretary took an enthus-
iastic view of the work of the COM
mittee, and said that the coming
year would see 2,OOO,OOO,O0O feet of
lumber subjected to uniform grades.
The Secretary's report also referred
to a subject very dear to the hearts
of all present. better price for
lumber than obtains at present. The
difficulties in uniformity of prices, he
thought, would be greatly removed
by uniformity in grades.
Mr.. Mind thought it probable that
a readjustment of lumber rates
would be effected by the manufac-
turers of the Mississippi, and the
first step in such a direction would
be a division between the white
pine and the yellow pine men. The
rates now in force were cited to
show that the Northern lumbermen
labor under an embarrassing differ
entail which does not affect the yell
low pine men.
Mr.. Mccormick, financial secre-
tary, submitted his statement for the
Year, which showed a balance Of
1921. rs over from last year. Receipts
of fees, $40. so; from first quarters
inspection, $2,793. rs; RENTED by sec
rotary, $3.50; balance on hand after
deducting expenditures, $1,842.37.
George S. Long, speaking for the
committee on grades, told of num-
Der of meetings that had been held
by the committee, directed to secur-
ing the assent of the association to
the scheme and securing the appoint
ment of a chief inspector in the per-
son of E. M. Warren, a practical
lumberman. Mr.. Long said more
than three-quarters of the manufac-
turers favored the movement and
realized the advantage of having
uniform grades and prices as well.
The committee also reported that
four inspectors had been appointed
and that Minneapolis had been Sc
lected as the headquarters of the
chief inspector.
Mr.. Hill talked for some time on
prices, and thought the prices OBJ
tanning In Minneapolis should govern
in Northwestern territory. The lum-
bermen were not getting 50 cents on
the dollar at present. Mr.. Sheldon
moved that the matter be referred to
a committee of five, and the chair
named as such committee MeSsrs.
Sheldon, Sawyer, Hill, Long and Wey-
erhauser.
NJ. Mccormick brought up the ques-
ton of freight rates, and said he
thought the roads would acquiesce in
almost any recommendation which the
association might make. A committee
of eight was thereupon appointed to
look into the matter, it being under
stood that some railroad man should
act as chairman of the committee.
At the afternoon session the reports
of the nominating committees was
the first business disposed of. The
nominations We're as follows: w. H.
Laird, president; S. T. Mcknight, Will
lam Irvine. vice presidents; H. c.
Ackely, secretary and treasurer; F.
Weyerhauser, G. S. Show, Artemus
Lamb, B. F. Nelson, C. C. Yawkey.
B. L. Mccormick and L. C. Coleman,
directors. The committees report was
adopted.
A brief discussion followed regard
ing bill pending in the legislature
looking to the protection of forests
from railway locomotives, and a mo-
ton of Maj. Bassett's that the legis-
lature pass the bill was adopted
The committee on prices submitted
its report, which favored the sched-
ule of prices adopted at the Min
neapolis convention Jan. 5. 1t also
recommended that as soon as the
uniform grade is adopted the advanced
prices be nut in effect