National Lumber Manufacturers Hold Twenty-Seventh Annual

The National Lumber Manufacturers Association pledged itself to continued vigorous promotion of guaranteed trade-and-grade-marked American Standard Lumber through field work and 'advertising, planned an extended and improved program for the collection and dissemi,nation of lurnber statistics including supply demand information from retail dealers, re-affirmed its forestry interest, returned E. L. Carpenter to its presidency and made Walter F. Shaw its permanent Trade Extension Manager at its twenty-seventh annual meeting held at the Congress Ilotel, Chicago, April 23-26.

At the afternoon session of its regular meeting, April 25, the Association re-elected E. L. Carpenter, Shevlin-Carpenter and Clark Company of Minneapolis, its president during the past year for a second term. W. M. Ritter, W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, Columbus, Ohio, and R. E. Danaher, Michigan-California Lumber Company,. Detroit, were re-elected first and second vice-presidents respectively. Mr. Ritter was also elected Treasurer, succeeding John H. Kirby, who asked to be relieved; E. A. Frost, Frost Industries, Shreveport, La., was elected Third VicePresident.

Directors selected were:

'California Redwood Association-F. R. Adams, Pacific Lumber Co., Chicago. W. R. McMillan, Ifammond Lumber Co., Chicago.

California White & Sugar Pine Association-R. E. Danaher, Michigan-California Lumber Company, Detroit. H. D. Mortenson, Pelican Bay Lumber Company, Klamath Falls, Oregon.

Hardwood Manufacturers Institute-M. W. Stark, American Column and Lumber Company, Columbus, Ohio. G. W. Allport, Long-Bell Lumber Co., Kansas City, Mo.; W. E. Delaney, Kentucky Lumber Company, Columbia, Mississippi.

North Carolina Pine Association-J. Ross McNeal, Sawyer Goodman Company, Marinette, Wisconsin. G. J. Cherry, Nopth State Lumber Company, Charleston, South Carolina.

North Hemlock & Hardwood Association-R. B. Goodman, Goodman Lumber Company, Marinette, Wisconsin. W. A. Holt, Holt Lumber Company, Oconto, Wisconsin.

Northern Pine Manufacturers Association-H. C. Hornby, Northwest Paper Company, Cloquet, Minn. S. L. Coy, Northwest Paper Company, Cloquet, Minn.

Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association-G.'V. Patterson, Weis-Patterson Company. Pensacola, Fla. Rush McPherson, Wilson Cypress Company, Saginaw, Mich.

Southern Pine Association-A. J. Peavy, Peavy, Wilson Lumber Co., Shreveport, La. O. O. Axley, Southern Lumber Company, Warren, Ark. R. B. White, Exchange Sawmill Sales Company, Kansas City, Mo. M. L. Fleishel, Putnam LumbelCo., Jacksonville, Fla. F. W. Reimer.s, Natalbany Lumber Co., Hammond La. W. T. Murray, Tremont Lumber Co., Rochelle, La. A. C. Goodyear, Great Southern Lumber Co., Bogalusa, Louisiana.

West Coast Lumbermen's Association-A, C. Dixon. BoothKelley Lumber Company, Eugene, Ore. W. B. Nettleton, North- ern Lumber Co., Seattle, Washington; C. D. Johnson, Pacifi-c Spruce Corporation, Portland, Oregon. J' D. Tennant, Long-Bell Lumber Co., Longview, Washington. M' C. Woodard, Silver Falls Timber Company, Silverton, Oregon; Clyde Walton, Walto! Lumber Company, Everett, Washington; F. R. Titcomb, Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, Tacoma, Wash.

Western Pine'Manufacturers Association-W. S' Rosenberry, Winton Lumber Company, Gibbs, Idaho. J. P. Hennessy, ShevlinCarpenter, Clarke Company, Minneapolis, Minn. W. G. Geddes, Craig Mountain Lumber Company, Winchester, I-d"Lo.Wistern Forestry & Conservation 'Company-E. T' Allen, Portland, Ore.

R. B. White, Presidenf and General Manager of the Exchange Sawmills Sales Company, Kansas City, lVlissouri, a member of the Trade Extension Committee, and a member of the Advertising Advisory Committee during the past year, was selected by the Convention to be Chairman of the Trade Extension Committee. A. C. Dixon, Booth-Kelley Co., Eugene, Oregon, was elected Vice-Chairman. The chairmai and vice-chairman, respectively, of the two divisions of the Trade Extension Committee are: Trade Promotion-R. B. White, and W. S. Rosenberry. Winton Lumber Company, Spokane; Publicity-A. C. Dixon, and M. W. Stark, Columbus, Ohio. Chairmen and vice-chairmen of the other committees are:

Statistics and Accounting-C. S. Keith and C. W. Nelson; Economic Research-O. O. Axley and H. K' Brooks.

Foreign Markets-E. G. Griggs and Chas. Green.

Advisory Tax-F, G, Wisner, W. S. Bennet and W. B. Heinernann.

Transportation-J. D. Mylrea and Chas. Anderson; Forestry and Conservation-Geo. S. Long and A. C. Goodyear.

Utilization and Waste Pievention-M. W. Stark and De Vere Dierks.

Standardization-C. C. Sheppard and R. H. Burnside.

Trade Practi6g5-Il311y T. Kendall and Peter J. McHugh. Credit Corporation-E. H. Burgess and J. H. Eddv.

The address of the President, E. L. Carpenter, the Annual Report of the Secretary and Manager, Wilson Cornpton, and the reports and recommendations of the Standing Committees feitured the Convention's general afternoon session, April 25.

President Carpenter said in part-

"It is only two or three years ago, since this industry of ours seemed to be in the grip of an inferiority complex. Several things happened since that time, rvhich have enabled us to snap out of that condition and make some progress. The first thing that I will refer to is the splendid effort to raise a fund for trade promotion. That fund was raised by the heroic efforts of a number of faithful lumber-

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