Millwork Institute Meeting

(Continued from Page 20) in this field is forestalled by the actions of one single individual, or othertvise by reasons equally familiar perhaps to yourselves.

However, during this last year, in the face of the nrost trying conditions, the Institute has succeeded in fonnulating or assisting in the composition of three local groups in California, which three are stiil maintaining their integrity. Their members are contented with their set-up, and the prices they obtain are in some cases 100 per cent higher than in territories operating on a r,vide open basis.

Membership and Dues

Along with carrying forward the several programs of the .Institute, it has of course been necessary to maintain membership support and interest. The maintenance of our foundation is a first essential to our organization; and our problem in this field has been no different than that of similar associations throughout the ,country. It is impossible to discuss this subject without being immediately mindful of the invaluable services rendered by our President. Arthur Bernhauer. President Bernhauer has shorrldered a great part of this burden and it is but simple justice to concede that the actual continued existence of the Institute is creditable to a great extent to his efforts in, carrying forward that work started ten years ago by such men as Harry Gaetjen and others, in the same determined and forward looking manner. Many times at the sacrifice of his own interests, he has journeyed north and south over the state on behalf of the Institute; and he has supplied an inspirational background, which has been an ever present encouragement to your Secretary.

Trade Extensio,n

Perhaps our most important, and surely our most continuous and least interrupted program for the year, has been Trade Extension. This subject upon which a whole year's work has been concentrated, the essence of which in detail work, is utterly impossible to present in all its phases here without grossly violating your indulgence and patience. We will therefore endeavor to condense it as much hs possible and group the details into general aspects ancl conclusions

Our Trade Extension may be more or less classifiecl three ways:

, First:-Under general Trade Extension we have personally contacted approximately 478 architectural offices located in every section of the state. When making these calls, we presented each archite,ct with a portfolio of Architectural Frame Details, and utilized the opportunity thus afforded to go over the details with the architect, explaining the contents, their proper use, merit, purpose, etc., thus making sure the details had become known to him prior to their being placed in his library or file. We also ascertained at the time whether he had a copy of Accredited Stanrlards for Architectural Woodwork, and whether he hnderstood its use, the Certification Provisions ,etc. On many occasions the architect did not have a copy of the

Standards or else it had not been previously brought to his personal attention, therefore was in non-use.

Other industries are continuously promoting the use of their products-substitutes for wood-among the architects. It is a sure road of industrial degeneracy to sit back as we did for so many years. We have been forced to fight for our place in the building field, whether we want to or not.

Secondly, upon numerous occasions we have worked with architects on specific private jobs and have been successful on such matters as changing specifications in favor of higher grade millwork, su.ch as from Sap Gum to Birch, inclusion of Certification, use of panelling, beams, wood siding and outside trim, as against other materials, use of wood sash and frames as against metal, and on other matters respecting eonstruction, use of woods, etc.

The third phase of our Trade Extension work has had to do with our efforts on behalf of wood products in the Federal Building Program. Since a recent bulletin from our office outlined the work done and the status thereof, I will omit repetition as far as possible. In general, there are either under construction or authorized, 68 post office building projects totalling over $30,000,000. In addition, and heretofore unreported, are projects under the Public Works prog'ram, in which millwork occurs, to be erected at military posts and air depots, that total about ffi000,000. These are located at March Field, Rockwell Field, Hamilton Field, the Presideo and elsewhere.

Our work has been with private architects and with the Department at Washington, under whose supervision these buildings are being erected. Personal calls upon architects concerning the use of wood on these jobs consumed from one to ten or twelve visits each, depending upon varying conditions and requirements. The results of all this work are clearly outlined by the conclusions contained in a previous report.

Cooperation With Northern Manufacturers

At the request of the sash and door jobbers of Southern California, your Secretary last April, spent one week in Portland and Tacoma, meeting with the Northern Door & Plywood Manufacturers. 'We presented a plan of cooperation which has for its purpose the stabilizing of the price of doors and the method of their distribution in California, applicable at that time t'o Southern California only. This plan called for recognition of authorized jobbers of doors and the elimination of manufacturers' warehouses, or other stocks in the territory, and the elimination of poor car shipments.

MiscelLaneous Activities

In addition to the preceding programs of the Institute which I have endeavored to present, there are several additional issues in which our industry is and should continue to be governed. Among these are legislative items affecting the use of our products and the conduct ofour business, such as lien law changes, license law changes, and numerous measures coming up from time to time in local governments pertaining to code regulations.

R. S. Davis

R. S. Davis, traffic manager of the Long-Bell Lumber Company and a director of the company, diecl at his home in Kansas City, Mo., on De'cember 23. He had been ill three weeks and his death was due to pneumonia.

Mr. Davis was born in Pittsbtrrgh, Penna', January 8, 1865. He was edttcated there in the public s'chools after which he entered the railroad bltsiness at Pittsburgh in 1879, starting as a messenger for the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad in their general freight office, and held various clerical positions with the comparly until the latter part of 1882 when he became contracting agent for the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company (now the Erie road) in its general office at Pittsburgh.

In 1884, he became contracting agent for the St. l,ouis & Southwestern Railway; in October, 1887, he became general agent of the road at Cincinnati and on January l, 1891, he became assistant freight agent of the road at St. Louis. On April 1, 1894, he 'was appointed general freight agent of the St. Louis & Southwestern Railroad, in whi'cll position he remained until April 1, 1901. From October 1, lX)2 to July 25, 1903, he was with the Frisco system in Pittsburgh. On August l, 1903, Mr. Davis became traffic manager of The Long-Bell Lumber Cornpany, and on February 7, 1927, he rvas elected a director of the Long-Bell Lumber Company.

Mr. Davis was an ollicer in all the railroads in which the Long-Bell companies were interested. He was vicepresident and general manager of the Sibley, Lake Bisteneau & Southern Railway Company; president and general manager of the Mississippi Eastern Railway Company, and trafiic manager of the Longview, Portland and Northern Railway Company.

He married Miss Eleanor Elliott of Lexington, Ky., April 8, 1891. Mrs. Davis died January 26, 1922. Mr. Davis is survived by tr.r,o daughters, Mrs. Sanford P. Thomson, and Miss Julia L. Davis, both of Kansas City; a son, Robert S. Davis, Jr., of New York City, who is manager of the Institutional Department of Blythe & Company, investment bankers; two grandsons, Sanford Thomson, Jr., and Robert Davis Thomson, and trvo sisters, Miss Alice D. Davis and Miss Mary H. Davis, both of Chautauqua, New York.

Mr. Davis was widely knorvu as a railroad man and was active in church, charitable and civic rvork. He was an elder of the Independence Boulevard Christian Church of Kansas City, and was a member of the Kansas City Club. Funeral services were held on Thursday afternoon, Decem' ber 22, at Kansas City.

Tacoma Club Elects Officcrs

G. E. Karlen, of the Karlen-Davis Lumber Co., Tacoma, was electecl president, and Edrvard Gange, of the Gange L,unrber Co., Tacoma, was elected vice president of the Tacoma Lumbermen's Club at the l3th annual banquet of the organization held at the Winthrop Hotel, Tacoma, Wash., Iiriday, December 9.

Ralph l3rindley, of the Wheeler-Osgood Co., was elected secretary-treasurer.

The attendance of nreurbers and gttests numbered about 350.

Major Everett G. Griggs paid a fine tribute to the late John C. Buchanan, first president of the club.

A. K. Martin, of the Pacific National Lumber Co., retiring president, lvas presented with a token of esteem.

W. B. Greeley, secretary-manager of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association. Seattle. was elected first life member of the club.

Mayor M. G. Tennent lvelcomed the visitors to Tacoma. Governor Roland H. Hartley, and Dr. Henry A. Burd of the University of Washingion also addressed the gathering.

Buys Retail Yard At Los Banos

F. H. Riedle has purchased the Hayward Lumber & Investment Co. yard at Los Banos, Calif. The Hayward interests have operated a yard at Los Banos since 1926, when this branch yard was established. Mr. Riedle, the new owner, is connected with the contracting business at Los Banos.

The yard rvill be operated under the name of the Builders Lumber Company, and H. E. Carlock will act as manager.

Spends Vacation In California

William Johnston, sales manager of the Barnet Lumber Co., Ltd., Barnet, B. C., is spending his vacation in California. While in San Francisco he visited a number of friends made in the days when he worked in various Redrvood mills in Humboldt County.

Weyerhaeuser Sales Head Visits California

I. N. Tate, general nranag'er of the Weyerhaeuser Sales Co., St. Paul, Minn., was recently in San Francisco where he conferred with R. W. Hunt, district manager of the company. Mr. Tate left San Francisco December 2l to spend the Christmas holidays in Southern California.