The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-13
OF NATIONAL SCOPE
Is THE NEW LUMBER ORGANIzA-
TION FORMED IN ST. LOUIS.
DELEGATES FROM GEORGIA
TO BE ELECTED AT DECEMBER
MEETING OF GEORGIA SAW MILL
ASSOCIATION.

VIM. ID. stiIiwell Made Chairman of
Board of Governors of the New Or
gnnfzatfon-PIace Given Him in
Recognition of His Long and
Strenuous Efforts for n National
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to Look
After Everything That Affects
Lumber Interests--Nvins Heids'An-
nuaI Meeting and Election In
Washington Ina April.
Mr.. William b. Stilweli of the
Southern Pine Company returned last
night from the meeting Of lumbermen
in st. Louis. Dec. 9-10. which resulted
in the formation of a national organ
ization, that both in size and scope Of
influence is the greatest organization
of lumber interests ever formed.
In recognition of the very active and
prominent part that Mr.. Stillwen has
taken in the efforts to form such an
organization for many years past, he
was given one of the most important
posts in the new organization, that of
chairman of the Board of Governors.
The fun complement of officers consists
of: -...,.
President, e. c. Fosburg, Norfolk;
vice president, Edward Hines, Chica-
go; secretary, O.. x. Smith, st. Louis;
treasurer. j. A. Freeman, st. Louis.
Board of Governors-W. B. Still
well, representing the Georgia Saw
Mil Association; #. C. Fischer, repre-
senting the Hardwood Manufacturers
of the United States; 8. T. Mcknight,
representing the Mississippi Valley
Lumberman's Association: Everett
Gregg. representing the Pacific Lum-
bermen's Association and John l.. Ro-
per, representing the North Carolina
Pine Association.
VIII Take Them All I'm.
The organization, Mr.. Stillwell says,
will embrace practically every lumber
concern of any consequence in the
United States. In each case every or
ganization that becomes a member OF
the association. the National Lumber
Manufacturers Association. will be
represented by three delegates II II cut
| less than 25000O,0 900 feet of lumber a
year; by four delegates If 1t cut $780,
| 100000 feet, and by an additional dele
| gate for every other 250.000,000 feet
| These delegates are to be elected an
nually. Those of the Georgia Saw Mill
Association will be elected at the
meeting to be held in Savannah. Dec
| %
The officers of the organization elect
| ed at st. Louis We're given full author
| ity to go ahead with the work of or
| ganization. the drafting of a constitu-
ton and bylaws. and other matters
but another meeting for the election OF
| officers to serve a year will be held In
| Washington, April 1921.
Plan of Organization.
The purposes of the new organiza-
ton are to look after on broad basis
| all matters of general or national in
terests to lumbermen. Among the mat
4 ters that will demand it's particular
| and speedy attention are car service
and equipment, insurance, terms oil
sale, uniform usages, uniformity o.
grades and guages, credit report
system. clean bills of lading statistics
of the trade that is of production anC
consumption; taxes in certain sections
| and the tariff where lumber is con.
cerned. Each OF these matters will b.
entrusted to a standing committe,
which will be appointed at the annua
meeting In April.
| II was first suggested that member.
| ship in the organization should b,
| limited exclusively to manufacturers
/ but finally II was decided TO organize
| on the basis that rs per cent of tn,
membership must be manufacturers
| and that rs per cent. OF the produce
/ must be In the hands OF the origina
manufacturers, but that all officers
delegates and members of the board
of governors must be manufacturers.
VIII Meet Long-FeIt Want.
Mr.. Stillwell is satisfied that the or
ganization will meet long felt want
and will be of the greatest advantage
| to all engaged in the lumber business
At the st. Louis meeting, he says, a
number of papers were read treating
of various phases of the business In
all parts of the country and these
showed that all lumbermen had begun
to recognize that such an organization
was necessary to their prosperity and
consequently were most anxious for il