Pacific Coast Hardwood Association Hold Convention at Victoria, B. C.

LeRoy H. Stanton, E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, was eleited president at the fifth annual convention of the Pacific Coasi Hardr,vood Association, held at the Empress Hotel, Victoria, B. C., May 18 and 19.

are contemplated by the National Hardwood Lumber Association.

Other officers elected to .et'ue during the coming were: Jerry Sullivan, Jr., Sullivan Hardwood Lumber Cooper Lumber Co., Los Angeles, secretary-trgaslr9l..

San Diego, vice-president, and C. M. Cooper, W.

Tire n.* directors are: J. E. Higgins, Jt., J' tr. Higgins Lumber Co., San Francisco; D. A. Johnson, D. A. Johnson & Son, Seattle; E. E. Hall, Emerson Hardwood Co., Portland; B. E. Bryan, Strable Hardwood Co., Oakland; Henry Swafford, E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, and Jerry Sullivan, Jr., Sullivan Hardwood Lumber Co., San Diego.

Friday Session

J. E. Higgins, Jr., J. E. Higgins Lumber Co., San Franciico, president of the association, in opening the convention remarked that members were present from all regional groups, and introduced a new member, P. R. Kahn, Forsvthe & Co.. San Francisco.

C. Harry White, White Brothers, San Francisco, opened the discuslion on regional market problems with a review of conditions during the past year in his territory. In closing his talk Mr. Wtrite imrmea his faith in the future of the hardwood lumber business.

Jerry Sullivan, Sullivan Hardwood Lumber Co., San Diego, reviewed conditions in his district, telling o-fthe finelo-operation existing among members of the S_an Diego associatibn, and suggested that the Pacific Coast Hardwood Dealers' Association could gain a great deal in the way of closer cooperation among the regional groups, if they employed a paid secretary.

J. Fyfe Smith, J. Fyfe Smith & Co., Ltd., Vancouver, B.-C., ind host to ihe iouthern members, gave a review of conditions in the Vancouver territory, and added his endorsement of the proposal to hire a permanent salaried secretary.

D. J. -Cahill, Western Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles,-in his address told members of the better conditions wtrictr now obtain in the Los Angeles territory, mainly due to the splendid work of the secretary of the Los Angeles associati,on. which has resulted in a measure of cooperation among the lumber d,ealers in the Los Angeles metropolitan area hitherto unknown.

- Mr. Cahill said the growth of the furniture manufacturing business in Los Angeles is becoming a big fa-ctor in thi consumption of hard*oods in that region, and that the increase in ihe popularity of P{ipgine Vq!gg1"y is particularly remarkable.

Pr-esident J. E. Higgins appointed the following committee to consider the matter of employing a paid secretary: Jerry Sullivan, D. J. Cahill, C. Harry White, Roger Sands and E. E. Hall.

President Higgins was toastmaster at the annual-banquet of the association on Friday evening, May 18. He introduced as the speaker of the evening, B. C. Nicholas, editor and publisher of the "Victoria Daily Times," who gave. a -o.t ittt.testing address, remarking in conclusion on the cordial relationi which have always existed between Canada and the United States, separated by a 30OO mile border line, "without a gun or a fort."

Saturday Morning

Homer Maris opened the final session with a talk on the Fir panel situation, which he said had shown considerable impiovement during the last few months. Mr. Maris said thit prices had improved to the point where both the manufacturer and distributor could make some profit.

Secretary-treasurer Homer Maris, H' B. Maris Panel Co., San Francisco, read the minutes of the last annual meeting held at Del Monte, April 23 and 24,, 1927. These were adopted.

After discussion of the contemplated changes in the gradins rules by the National Hardwood Lumber Association, Piesident J-. E. Higgins appointed a committee consisting of D. J. Cahill, chairman, LeRoy H. Stanton, Jerry Sullivan and C. Harry White to decide what action the association would take on these proposed changes. This committee recommended later that this association postpone any action until they have been fully informed as to what changes

LeRoy H. Stanton, E. J. Stanton Lumber Co', Los Angeles, wis the next speakei. His subject was the hardwood Fooring situation in Los Angeles. One of the big problems of the-hardwood flooring distributors there, Mr. Stanton stated, was that of the large floor laying contractors buying in carload lots. Another was direct selling to the trade by flooring manufacturers, but he said there was now much better cooiperation among the wholesale distributors in his territory, lnd they were in turn cooperating to a greater extent with the reliable flooring contractors.

Mr. Stanton also said that his concern is pushing the sale of plank flooring in four, six and eight inch widths, and thai the competition of Redwood blocks has reduced the volume of Maple flooring business in factory grade.

Ray Anderson, General Plywood Co', Seattle, spoke on the manufacture of hardwood panels. This talk was most

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