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Pucilic Goust Wholesdc llurdwood llislribulors fissociulion
By Don qnd
The next semi-annual meeting of the Association u'as held at Del Monte, February 13th and 14th, 1925, r,vith a full attendance of members from Coast cities, San Diego tc.r Vancouver. President C. H. \\thite, of White Brothers, listed the outstanding achievement of the Association during the year as the securing of a resident licensed inspector of the National Hardwood f-umber Association at San Francisco and also at Los Angeles. Mr. D. J. Cahill, of the 'Western Hardwood Lumber Company in Los Angeles, reported that the committee on advertising \\ras u,'orking with the Millwork Institute of California on a guide for architects and contractors.
On Saturday, the follou'ing officers u.ere elected for the ensulng year:
President: D. J. Cahill, \\iestern Hardr,r'ood Lunrber Company, Los Angeles.
Vice-President: J. Fyfe Smith, J. Fyfe Smith Company, Ltd., Vancouver, B. C.
Secretary-Treasurer: H. W. Srvafford, E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles.
Directors: Jerry Sullivan, Jr., Srrllir-an Hardvuood Lun.r-
Headquarlers For
Chorles White
ber Co., San Diego; \V. E. Cooper, W. E. Cooper Lumber Co., Los Angeles; C. H. White, White Brothers, San Francisco; B. E,. Bryan, Strable Hardwood Co., Oakland; E. E. Hall, Nicholai-Neppach Co., Portland; D. A. Johnson, I). A. Johnson & Son, Seattle, and Norman Sawers, J. Fyfe Smith Co. Ltd., Vancouver, B. C.
As a sidelight of this convention, Clarence Bol-rnhoff took first honors, rvinning low net in Class A, and Bob Taenzer carried off the trophy in Class B in the golf tournament. Ted Higgins stole the show at the banquet with his talk on the development of the hardrvood industry on the Pacific Coast, and various remarks which he made aside from the serious, concerning the covered wagons and other matters, kept his audience laughing throughout the speech.
The fourth meeting of the Association was held at Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, ts.C., on August llth and 12th, 1925. President D. J. Cahill opened the meeting and brought out the following points: the successful negotiation for the establishment of official insoection service on the Pacific Coast by the National Hardrvood Lumber Association, recognitron of the l'acific Coast Association by the National Association in the election of C. H. \Vhite to tl're Board of Directors, the securing of modificaticin of the rule denying re-inspection of lumber shipped by t'ater, already inspected by association inspectors, and application for change in freight rate and application to the National Assciciation for a change in rule covering grading of Figured Red Gum; the result of a c:rnvass of members in regard to grade marking of lumber, in rvhich the ntajority \\'ere against it, and the securing from rnembers of data concerning cost of rl,,irrg busittess.
The follorving' new members u'ere elected to membership : The Exchange l-umber and Xlanttfacturing Compar-ry of Spcikane, \\'ashir.rgton; J. J. Nlatthervs Lumber Con-rpany of Se:rttle, Wa-shington; llardu'ood Lrrmber Company, Ltd. of Vancouver, Il. C., and Imported Hardu'oods, l-td. of Vancouver, B. C.
This was the first convention to u'hich the 'n'ives and children 'lvere invited. An interesting point of this convention was the fact that the total exper.rditure, other than the individual cost of room and board, rvas $540.67.
The next meeting of the Association rvas held at San Diego, January Dth and 30th,1926. The meeting 1\,as called to order by president D. J. Cahill, and 28 persons lr'ere in attendance, representing 17 member firms.
The first order of business was the election of nerv members, and those elected were as follou's: Tl-re Hammond Lumber Company of Los Angeles, Brorvn & Derry Lumber Company of Los Angeles, F. D. Baugh of Los Angeles, Nickey Brothers, Inc. of Los Angeles, \\rilliam M. Wilson Lumber Company of Los Angeles, and Miller-McDermott Hardwood Company of San Diego.
President Cahill read a splendid opening address rvhich 'lvill be remembered by the charter members. In this he re-read the Constitution and the Code of Ethics and the progress that had been made by the Association, since its inception.
The question of uniform terms u'as brottght up ar-rd dis-
Ponderoso & Sugor Pine
cussed at great length. lfowever, it was decided that the decision on the matter be left up to the local firms to work out as they believed would be best.
The matter of the case pending before the Federal Trade Commission to prohibit the use of the term Mahogany in connection with Philippine was discussed. Also the question of whether future meetings should be held annually or semi-annually was presented for discussion. The decision of the Association was that the meetings should be held annually henceforth, preferably during the month of February, and in the middle of the year. The convention r,r,'ould be divided into two groups, each of which represent the North; Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, and the other, California. A motion was made and carried that the association g'o on record as favoring the continued use of the words Philippine Mahogany.
The following officers for the ensuing year were unanimously elected: President: J. Fyfe Smith, Vancouver, B. C. ; Vice-Presidqnt: J. F. Higgins, San Francisco; Secretary- Treasurer: Roger Sands, Seattle, Washington ; Directors : W. G. McKenzie, Vancouver; Roger Sands, Seattle; D. J. Ahern, Portland; George Brown, Oakland; Homer B. Maris, San Francisco; Roy Stanton, Los Angeles, and Al Frost, San Diego.
-rf+aa 2dj6,lrrnment, the entire party went to the races at Tijuana, Mexico, returning' in iimd for a theater party for the ladies in the evening and a stag dinner party for the men. Golf champions were, for Class A, Harry V.- Hansen /'t cnrnil r''.e1 and Veneer; Class B, Iames B. Cline. E. J. Stanton & Son.
The fourth annual convention was held at Del Monte lfo_tel, Aprll 22nd and 23rd, 1V27. The first meeting rvas called to order by the president, J. Fyfe Smith. After the roll call, and the-reading of the minu[es, the meeting was thrown open for general discussion.
The- first sgbject under discussion was the changing of the rules of Figured Red Gum. Mr. D. J. Cahill presEntEd a complete and instructive paper on Beetles and oiher insects affecting wood. The following propositions were referred to committee:
The first one was the 4/o money value clause as regards re-inspection under the national rules. The next subiect was the clause in the grading rules relative to cut lumLer. The final discussion 9f t-he day was on the Consumers Reg- ister published by the National Hardwood Lumber Ass6ciation and the suggestion was referred to the committee that the convention furnish the National Hardwood Lumber Association with a li,.sf 6f legitimate carload buyers.
At the Saturday meeting, one of the subjects discussed was the methods of employing and remunerating salesmen. Jerry Sullivan_ then presented a chart showing- profits on sales considering both margin of profit and iulnover of goods. This was a most interesting presentation and it was voted to have copies of this chart mirneographed and sent to each of the members. Roy Stanton made a report on the shrinkage of lumber in kiln drying. Walter Scrim reported on_t_he present status of the Philippine Mahogany caie.
The following officers were unanimously elected to serve lor tf9 following year: President: J. E. Higgins, Jr. ; VicePresident : Roy Stanton ; Secretary-Treasurer: Ho..re. Maris; Dgecto_1s.-J.Jyfg Smith, Vancouver; Roger Sands, F_e_?ttle;-E. q Hall, Portland; J. O. Elmer, Oakland; Harry Wlit., San Francisco; D. J. Cahill, Los Angeles, and Jerry Sullivan, San Diego.
It was unanimously_voted to hold the next meeting in Victoria in 1928. Roy Stanton won the Golf Trophy.
(To Be Continued in the Next Issue)- -
Simi, Calif.-A new elementary school to serve this area has been authorized, with eventuil construction of 20 classrooms of a frame type with partial brick veneer.
