Evening star., 1923-12-15

In a recent letter, following con-
| ference between manufacturers and
| retail lumber dealers at Laurel. Miss,
| the chairman of the consulting COM
mittee on lumber standards, Wilson
Compton, outlined the following sug-
| gestions of practicable ways and
| means of securing the observance in
| practice of standards of size and
/ grading of lumber. Some of the
\ suggestions are directly involved in
| the Standardization recommendations
now before the industry; others will
| probably be discussed at the confer
! ence in Washington this month:
| G) The use of the organized Of
| fetal inspection services of the lum-
Der associations which publish stand
| ard grading rules as a means of
| enforcing the observance of the size
! and grading standards incorpora ted
in the rules under which the lumber
has been purchased or sold.
| CD By grade marking of standard
lumber, including an appropriate
| brand or insignia indicating that it
| is standard size.
(3) Advertising to the lumber trade
| and TO the lumber using public of
! standard lumber.
4) Injunctions promptly secured
against sellers of lumber who an
nounce that they deal in standard
lumber, make contracts OF sale on
the basis of agreed American lumber
standards and deliver lumber which
! is not standard
Appeal to Public Confidence.
(5) The appeal to public confidence
! by means of the certification of the
| departments of Commerce and Agrl-
| culture that the standards, having
1 been adopted by the industry, are
sound, in the interests of economy
and for the good Of the public as
well as of the lumber trade: also
( their request that the standards
adopted be adhered to by all groups
| interested
| (6) The Department. of Commerce
| in effecting simplification programs,
performs service of clrcularlZlng
| associations and individuals for for
NAL written acceptance of all recon-
! mendations adopted at the final con-
ference.
% A further service Of the De-
! partment of Commerce is an arrange
ment for a periodic. survey to deter
mine adherence and to secure the
! basis for constructive revisions at
! future conferences of the industry.
Should any substitutions or revisions
| be made, the Department OF Com
| merce again circularizes the industry
; for acceptance and publishes the re.
suits in its Elimination Of Waste
| bulletins after each review.
| (S) A limitation upon such ship
! ping provisions as the So-Ctilleu q pei
| cent clause; also the provision for the
| acceptance by the buyer of that por-
tion of the shipment up to standard
without prejudicing his just claims
with respect to the remainder, IN
! such a way as to confine them to
dealings in standard lumber eXclud-
/ ing from their benefits special sizes,
special grades and special workings.
Would Encourage Custom.
/ 90 Using the opportunity for ma
! ton sentiment making, offered
/ during the next several months Il the
! annual conventions of organi tions
representing lumber dealers, Imber
! producers and consumers; this for the
! purpose of establishing gradually a
| recognized general custom in favor
/ of standard lumber.
| (1O) The provision on the letter
head and in order blanks and state,
ments of terms of sale by buyers and
sellers of lumber that their dealings
are in accordance with the American