The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-11
LUMBER DEALERS HERE
IMPORTANT ACTION OF THE INDIANA
ASSOCIATION.
Changes in Rules of Inspection Sug-
Rested TO the National Associa-
tiOn-Prominent Visitors.

The Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's
Association held it's annual meeting yester-
day at the Grand Hotel. The morning ses-
sion began at 10 o'clock and the afternoon
session at 2 o'clock, and the business OF
the meeting was finished and an adjourn
ment taken at 4:45. One of the officers of
the. association said that the meeting was
certainly one of the best and most profta-
BILE tina has been held in some years. He
said that the Indiana association is i'm
portant because this State ranks high in
the matter Of producing hardwood lumber.
Il can remember" he said, that twenty
years ago the State was famous for its
and people said: Where on
earth do those Indianians get their hard
wood in such quantities? To this day the
State is keeping up its record"
The object of yesterdays conference was
to discuss certain changes to the National
Hardwood Lumber Association, with the
request that they be Incorporated in the
latter associations rules of inspection. The
debate on these changes was spirited at
times, but the final conclusion was entirely
harmonious. The nature of the changes
was not made public, for the reason that
they are to be submitted to the committee
on revision of inspection rules at the an
lAddA SOAlN L 4 VI LAC liz AaL
Association in st. Louis next May.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The Indiana association adopted resolu-
tons indorsing the inspection system that
was adopted by the national association
about a year ago. The resolutions follow:
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
Indiana Hardwood Lumber Association that
IL is essential to the welfare of the hard
wood lumber trade that this association
lend it's earnest and undivided support TO
the inspection bureau of the National
Hardwood Lumber Association in its efforts
to establish a uniform and reliable inspec-
ton of hardwood lumber; and be il further
Resolved, That We do hereby pledge such
support TO said inspection bureau and to
urge our members and the hardwood manu-
f~acturers generally to avail themselves of
it's protection to the end that the said in
spection system may come into universal
use and save to the hardwood trade the
vast amount lost each year on disputed in-
Spection."
The Inspection bureau is headed by J. w.
Thompson, of Memphis, Tenn, and NJ. M.
Wall, of Buffalo, is surveyor general for
the United States. Under the new system
the buyer of hardwood lumber is guaran-
teed against loss, being protected a
bond given the surveyor general by the
deputy inspectors. There has been a great
difference in opinion as to the grade and
quality of lumber" said an officer of the
association, and the national association
has undertaken to introduce a system
something similar to that employed in
grain inspection, to insure that the invoice
shall be good for its face when the GER
tifcate of the surveyor general is attached.
Heretofore inspections have been conducted
in a haphaZard manner, according to the
custom of each State, and often when the
lumber would reach its destination and be
rechecked by an inspector there numerous
differences would be created. BY the new
system, however, uniformity is secured
THE VISITORS.
When the call for yesterdays meeting
was sent out invitations were also sent to
hardwood lumbermen in various sections
of the country. asking them TO attend the
indianapolis meeting. These invitations
were accepted by f. H. Smith, Of st. Louis.
president, and A. r. Vinnedge. of Chicago,
vice president Of the national association;
]. w. Thompson of Memphis, Tenn, Henry
Maley of Edinburg, Ind, and w A. Ben
nett Of Cincinnati, o., directors of the ma
tional association; w. B. Dutton, of Ra-
cine, Wis, of the inspection bureau COM
mittee, and +. W. Vetter of New York. J.
Watt Graham of Cincinnati and Theodore
Fathauer of Chicago, members of the COM
mittee on revision OF inspection rules.
Inasmuch as the chairman and two other
members of the revision committee at
tended the meeting yesterday and listened
to the thorough discussion of the pronosed
changes in the inspection rules. it is be-
| lieved the changes will be adopted.
The officers of the Indiana association
are: President, Samuel Burkholder. of
80 - - olAlI
son, Huntingburg; secretary, ]. NJ. Pritch-
ard, Indianapolis; treasurer, w. s. Wick
ard. Indianapolis; directors, Henry Malev
of Edinburg. c. H. Barnaby Of Greencastle
and j. G.. Wood OF Muncie.
The following Indiana dealers i'm hard
wood lumber were represented at vester-
days meeting: James Buckley, BrookviIle.
j. p. Walter Lumber Company. Crawfords-
Vile: Smith * Bell. Decatur; Henry Malev
Edinburg; May & Thompson, Evansville;
Van B. Perrine, Fort Wayne: Saunders e.
Egbert Company, Goshen; c. II. Barnabv.
Greencastle; w. z: Talbert. Greensburg;
j. V. Stimson, H~untingburg; Thomas Chris
tian. Indianapolis: Indiana Lumber and
Veneer Company, Indianapolis: Long
knight Lumber Company, Indianapolis: J.
wood Lumber Company. Petersburg: a. b.
Mickey * Son. Princeton; G. & W. Kramer.
Richmond: D'Heur & Swain Lumber Com
pany, South Bend: Jacob Maley. Sullivan:
J. VI. Hubbard. Martinsville; Malev q
WertZ, Evansville; Henry Maley Lumber
Company. Evansville: Moffett Lumber
Company, Madison; John w. Clark. Indian
apOlis.