Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-07-17
LUMBER STATISTICS
NATIONAL LUMBER MANUFACTUR.
ERS' ASSOCIATION
will Start Branch Office in Washing
ton, D. {. Lumber of the North
western States to Have Special
Attention. Manufacturers Only
Are Eligible to Membership.

For considerable number OF years the
principal lumber journals OF the country
have gone to great expense and labor to
gather statistics of the lumber industry,
and as far as they have gone they have
compiled and published figures that have
proven Of great value to the particular
branches of the trade towards which
they have directed their efforts. This
started in the northern pine field, and
for a number of years was confined to
that district. AS hemlock came into
prom nence, that wood was included in
the statistics, and then the work was ex.
tended to the Pacific coast, and to the
district of northern Idaho and eastern
Washington. The hardwood production
of the middle north has also been listed,
but in this latter arose a difficulty that
rendered the figures more or less in.
accurate. 1t came about through the
duplicating of figures. Stocks were re-
ported by the mill owners and by the
jobbers who purchased the mill cuts
complete. This has also rendered some
of the other statistics more or less errone.
GUS at times. The proprietors OF the
lumber journals could not have accurate
knowledge of conditions hundreds OF
miles from their offices, and the very
large number of small mills manufactur.
ing various kinds of lumber were not
always careful in reporting in such way
as to assist the compilers.
At the last annual meeting of the Ma.
tional Lumber Manufacturers Associa-
ton, the secretary Of that organization
suggested that it cooperate with the
bureau OF forestry of the department OF
agriculture, to gather such statistics for
the whole country, and to include not
only the members Of the National Asso.
citation, but all sawmills in the country.
At conference held at Washington early
this month it was definitely determined
that the bureau of forestry would CO.
operate with the National manufacturers.
A branch Office of the association will be
opened in Washington during the com.
ing fall, and the work will be carried on
with a determination to gather and COM
pile accurate statistics of the cut of all
the mills Of the country, the shipments,
and the amount of stock on hand on the
first day of January, 1906.
The announcement is made this far in
advance 80 that all the members of the
affiliated associations may be prepared
to answer the questions that will be
asked them, and also take personal in.
terest in seeing that reports are made by
manufacturers who are not members
The bulk Of the lumber produced in the
country is represented by the member
ship of the various associations that have
affiliated with the National organization,
and as none but manufacturers are eligi-
bic to membership, there will not be the
danger of duplicating stocks. Then, If
the members Of the association will as.
sist in the work, as they are able to do,
the reports will be more accurate than it
has been possible to make them hereto
fore. These reports will be handled
jointly by the National Association and
the bureau of forestry, and the postage
will be free. All the effort required on
the part OF the manufacturers is to take
a little time to fill out blanks which will
be furnished. The value of the work,
both from a statistical and a business
point of view can be readily seen.-
Mississippi Valley Lumberman.