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Southern Pine Association Takes Action on Grades

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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. lO.-Resolutions recom,mending approval by the Southern Pine Association as a body of proposals of the Central Comm,ittee on Lum,ber Standards with respect to standardization of lumber grades and sizes, uniform grade names and a National standard grading rule book, were adopted by the Association's grading committee at a meeting held in New Orleans. The session was attended by members of the grading comm,ittee from ten Southern states, embracing S,outhern Pine pro- ducing territory and was presided over, by W. T. Murray, chairman, of Rochelle, La.

The Grading Committee also adopted a resolution requesting Chief Inspector J. E. Jones of the Southern Pine Association, to draft a revision of the Association's grading rules, as nearly as possible to conform to the basic specifications and grades proposed by the Central Standardization Committee, and in such manner as may be best suited to the requiremernts of the spe,cies of wood, and submit the revised rules to the grading comm,ittee for consideration and presentation to the Central Committee on Lumber Sandardization.

The committee recom'mended that the Southern Pine Association favor the increases in percentages of short and odd lengths in carload shiprnents of flooring, etc., as proposed by the Manufacturers' Committee on Lumber Standards.

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