pRoDUcTs

Roy Stanton and Henry Slvafford; Western Hardwood Lumber Company, E. J. Cahill and B. W. Byrne.

Oakland:

Strable Hardwood Company, George H. Brown.

Portland:

Emerson Hardwood Company, E. J. Ahern; Nicholai-Neppach Company, E. E. Hall.

San Diego:

Frost Hardwood Lumber Cotlpauy, no representative; Sullivan Hardwood Lumber Company, Jerry Sullivan, Jr.

San Francisco:

Cadu'allader-Gibson Lumber Company, R. R. Ford and K. C. Hopey; Davis Hardwood Company, no representative; Dieckmann Hardwood Company, Gus Dieckmann; Forsyth Lumber Company, S. L. Forsyth; J. E. Higgins Lumber Company, J. E. Higgins, Jr.; E. A. Howard & Co., E. A. Howard; Kirschmann Hardwood Company, Henry Kirschmann, Jr.; Homer B. Maris, Homer B. Maris; E. F. Niehaus, Otto Wallafeldt; Richards Hardwood Lumber Company, Felix Richards; White Brothers, C. H. White.

Seattle:

Ehrlich-Harrison & Co., no representative; E. A. Johnson & Son, no representative.

Vancouver:

J. Fyfe Smith & Co., Ltd., J. Fyfe Smith.

The first meeting was called at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon of Friday, January 18, 1924, with Harry White presiding and Felix Richards as secretary; being the president and secretary, respectively, of the San Francisco Hardwood Club.

The first resolution was enthusiastically passed, declaring that a permanent association of the hardwood dealers of the Pacific Coast be formed, and steps were immediately taken to draft a plan of organization and by-laws; to draft a Code of Ethics; to place the names for permanent officers to nomination; and to discuss various asDects of the business of the Pacific Coast. Talks were made 6y Ed Taenzer and Hank Swafford and Sam Forsyth during the rest of the day and the evening. On Saturday morning, January 19th, the Constitution was adopted.

Code Of Ethics

1. To deuelop i,n our relati.ons betzueen ourselztes, our custowers and, owr sltippers, the spiri,t of the Golden Rule.

2. To esta,blish tke spoken zaord' on tlte basis of the written bond.

3. To cwltiztate true friendship, therefore confidence between Persons engaged, in the Hardwood Industry.

4. In our dealings z.uith our custovners to giae tltern 100 Percent aalwe for eaery dollar spent zaitlc us.

5. To cond,wct ourselaes and our busi,ness so that we'tnay render serztice to soci,ety.

6. To recognize the square deal as the leeynote of our business. Pacific Coast Wholesale Hardwood Distributors Association Constitution and By-Laws

Amended April 29, 1938

Article l-Name

The narne of the association shall be Pacific Coast Wholesale Hardwood Distributors Association (herein referred to as the Association. )

Article Il-PurPoses

The purposes of this Association are to adopt a Code of Ethics looking to the elimination of unfair competitive practices among its members to ascertain accurately the cost of doing business in all departments, to secure for its members protection against the careless and unreliable shipper and to insure in return fair and equitable treatment of all shippers to the end that mutual confidence may be established and maintained.

The further purposes of this Association are to reduce and relieve unemployment; to improve the standards of labor therein and to maintain a reasonable balance between supply and de-

.rnand of hardwood lumbef and plywood in the Pacific Coast

Article lll-Membership

Membership in this Association shall be open to all hardwood lg4rber and hardwood panel distributors upon the recommendation of the Membership Committee.

in this Association.

A distributor, as used herein, includes gny individual firm

"fartnership or corporation, who maintains adequate and per'loanent plant or plants, carries on hand at all times a compre'&ensive and well-assorted stock of all kinds of hardwoods andlor r,plywood necessary to properly service the requirements of his ,r=qea; rvhose purchases and sales of hardwood lumber, plywood .''Cnd timber pioducts are normally and predominantly in carload iluts, or whose sales of lumber, etc., in less than carload lots are ecutive officer of the Association and shall maintain the central office and supervise the activities of the Secretary. He shall receive suggestions and propositions and transmit them to the Board of Directors for considerafion by their group, and shall e-xeqrte the projects decided upon by the Association through the Secretary by appointment of committees and other means-. Vice-President. The Vice-President shall act in the absence of the President.

Directors. The directors shall be the liaison officers between the membership and the central office.

_-Secretary-Treasurer. The Secretary-Treasurer shall perform all the duties of a Secretary-Treasurer under the supervision of the President. He shall be custodian of the funds of fhe Association and shall make disbursements upon the order of the President.

Piincipally Industrial Fabricati

.ptlncrpally to the rndustrial fabricating or retail trade; who -maintains a sales organization for this purpose, assumes credit tisks and such other obligations as are incident to transportation :and distribution, and w-ho has sufficient capital to rite as a nofhal credit risk.

Article IV-Administration

Section 5. Dues. The dues shall be at a rate decided upon by the Board of Directors.

Article V-Meetings

There shall be an annual meeting of the Association which will be called by the President for the purpose of subrnitting the ' annual report and the transaction of other business.

ii i! b-y these By-Laws and generally all such other powers ind , {$iq. as shall be necessary to properly administer the purposes .i ot tnls Assocratlon.

i'1,,, ,,1 Sectlon 2. Officers. There shall be a President, one Vice- ' ,President, a Secretary-Treasurer, and seven Directors. At least il:f ^-^ J:-^^r-, r- L a- r

Section L The administration of this Association shall be - under the direction of the Board of Directors. The Board of ,'Directors shall have all the powers and duties conferred upon one director to be from each city on the Pacific Coast having bne or more members in this Aisociation.

,,' : Section 3. Representation. Each concern having membership ,in this Association may have a$ many individual reoresentative-s o, ,rn thrs representatives r.i{rom their officers only as they choose, but each Concern shall il have but one vote.

Section 4. Officers' Duties. The President shall be the ex-

Notice of such meetings shall be mailed to the last recorded address of each member, at least 30 day before the time appointed for the meeting.

Article Vl-Amendments

The By-I-aws of this Association rrlay be amended, repealed, or altered in whole or in part by a majority vote of the mernbership of_ the Association, provided ihe proposed change is submitted by mail to the last recorded address of each member at leajt 15 dlfs before the time of the meeting, which is to consider the change.

The,following selections of the nominating committee were unanimously elected: President: C. H. White of San Francisco. Vice-President: D. J. Cahill of Los Angeles.

Secretary-Treasurer-: J. E. Higgins, Ji. of San Francisco. Board of Directors: J. Fyfe Smith, Vancouver, B. C. Roger Sands, Seattle

P. J. Ahern, Portland

George H: Brown, Oakland

E. E. Taenzer & L. H. Stanton, Los Angeles

Jerry Sullivan, Jr., San Diego.

Gonmcrclol tunbr-r DrYln-g.ln

Glrculorlni Klrnr

Three main points came out of the discussion: A resolution t_o try to have an NHLA Inspector appointed for the Pacific Coast and the secretary was instructed 1o write to the National Hardwood Lumber Association; also to outline to shippers and brokers the inadvisability of selling direct to consumers; and lastly, to investigate the possibility of producing an archltects, grride.

At a final vote of the convention, the next regular meeting of the Association was scheduled to be held at Sinta Barbari. August 29 and 30/"h,1924.

Unfortunately, the minutis of the meeting at Santa Barbara