The Washington herald., 1921-05-24
LUMBER INDUSTRY
SENDS DELEGATES
TO MEETING HERE
Department of Commerce
Seeks Way to Restore
Soundness.
WILL FURNISH DATA
Association to Aid Keep Track
of Production and Dis
tribution.
WILL FURNISH DATA

Recognizing that it's best service
TO American industries can be per-
formed by recognition of and CO.
operation with national Industrial
associations, the department. OF
commerce has taken an important
step forward in clarifying the
situation relating to lumber by IN
vitfng representatives Of that great
Industry to a conference at the de-
partment of commerce today.
Making use of the facilities or
the National Lumber Manufac-
turers association, the department
of commerce has sent out invita-
tions to many Of the most promi-
nent lumber manufacturers repre-
senting all the producing interests
in the lumber industry to meet with
officials of the department and dis
cuss the entire lumber situation
Back to Normal
with admirable frankness and an
evident desire to dispel the clouds
of doubt and suspicion from sound
business, Secretary Hoover and his
associates now desire to give the
lumber industry that square deal
which in a great measure has been
denied il in recent years The de-
partment Of commerce in its essen
tial features represents the industry
of the nation-the business inter-
ests. The farmer is served from
the department of agriculture; the
laborer o served from the DEPART
ment of labor, and now the lumber
industry may look hopefully to the
department Of commerce for need
l. f.N a
normal basis of activity.
Up to the present time the de-
partment has had only a negative
contact with our Industrial f1eld-
Under the new administration, how
ever, there is an indication that the
department will get in direct and
intimate contact with the nations
business problems. II is understood
that the department 81 commerce
now looks sympathetically upon a
program whereby the lumber in
dustry and the public may be cur
rentIy advised as to the vital sta
tistics of lumber. These statistics
will cover current prices. stocks on
hand, production and shipments.
Information Of this character will
be most helpful to the producer as
ucts. 1t is significant that IL this
is the attitude of the department
Of commerce. IL Is in a measure a
reversal of that policy which here
tofore has found grave fault with
certain activities of the lumber in
dustry having the same general
purposes in view, and these activi-
ties even now are challenged by the
department. of justice and the fed
eral trade commission. II the pro-
gram, as forecasted, Is to be car
ried out. 1t will place the industry
upon the same basis Of understand
ing with the public that is now en-
joyed by other interests which have
their general marketing facilities
and statistical outlets.
welcome Invitation
The lumbermen of the nation well
come this opportunity to come free
ly to the department of commerce
and contribute all information and
suggestions that may be helpful in
promoting a newer and better re-
lationship between the industry and
the public. through the proper me-
dium of the department Of COM
merce, feeling that IL the industry
Is wholly understood in all Of its
phases, a healthier disposition to-
ward 1t will be manifest by the
nation at large.
A tentative proposal of the de-
partment of commerce contemplates
the assembling Of statistical in
formation through the facilities of
the National Lumber Manufacturers
association. and the same machinery
will be used so far as possible in
disseminating that information to