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By Don clnd Ghorles White

The fifth meeting was held in Victoria, May 18th & 19th, 1928 at the Empress Hotel. President l. E. Higgins, Jr.

called the first meeting to order.

The following concerns were represented:

LOS ANGELES

Western Hardwood Lumber Co.

W. E. Cooper Lumber Co.

E. T. Stanton & Son

SAN DIEGO

Sullivan Hardwood Lumber Co.

SAN FRANCISCO

White Brothers

J. E. Higgins Lumber Co.

Forsyth & Co.

H. B. Maris Panel Co.

PORTLAND

Emerson Hardwood Co. SEATTLE

Ehrlich-Harrison General Plywood Co.

J. J. Matthews Hardwood Lumber Co.

D. A. Johnson Hardwood Co.

VANCOUVER i J. Fyfe Smith Co., Ltd.

' C. H. White reported that the National Hardwood Lumthe basis for claims for re-inspection of lumber. No decision was made on cut lumber and Figured Red Gum.

The resignation of Davis Hardwood Company o,f San Francisco was on motion duly made and seconded not accepted. Some of the points of discussion were the serious shrinkage in sales as compared to 1926 and.1927. The fact that in the Los Angeles area the furniture trade was the largest consumer of hardwoods and a discussion on the feasibility of hiring secretaries to handle the local hardwood clubs with a tie-in with the Pacific Coast Association.

The Saturday morning meeting was opened with a lengthy discussion on the flooring situation. Homer Maris make a talk on fir plywood and Ray Anderson gave a talk on hardwood plywood.

The following names were presented for election to office and unanimously approved :

President: Leroy H. Stanton

Vice-President : - Terrv Sullivan

Seicretary-Treasuier: Charles M. Cooper

Directors: Norman Sawers, Vancouver.; D. A. Johnson, Seattle; E. E. Hall, Portland; D. E. Bryan, Oakland; J. E. Higgins, Jr., San Francisco; Henry Swafford, Los Angeles, and Jerry Sullivan, San Diego

The annual event of presenting the Golf Gup rvas made by Ted Higgins. By reason of executive position, he had endeavored to arrange the scores and, with a flowery speech in behalf of the winner, "attempted" to present the cup to himself. A strong "protest" was made and the first prize given to Hank Swafford and, conceding that Mr. Higgins was the runner-up, a small cup was given him as a consolatlon Prlze.

The 1929 annual meeting was held at Del Monte Hotel, April 19 and 2O. The meeting was called to order by the president, Leroy H. Stanton, and the following answered to roll call by the secretary:

LOS ANGELES

California Panel & Veneer Co.-Hal Baker & Harry Hansen

C. W. Bohnhoff-Clarence Bohnhoff

Western Hardwood Lumber Co.-D. I. Cahill & Frank J. Connelly Hammond Lumber Company-Grover C. Gearhart

E. J. Stanton & Son-L. N. Stanton, Henry Swafford, J. J. Cline, D. Bell and Martin Luther

Cadwallader-Gibson Co.-Roy Barto & R. E. Ford

W. E. Cooper Lumber'Co.-Charlie Cooper

OAKLAND

Strable Hardwood Co.-Bert Bryan

G. H. Brown Hardwood Lumber Co.-G. H. Brown

SAN FRANCISCO

Forsyth & Co.-P.R. Kahn

Richards Hardwood Lumber Co.-E. A. Hutchins

WHOLESALE

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White Brothers-C. H. White & W. T. White

J. E. Higgins Lumber Co.-J. E. Higgins, Jr.

H. B. Maris Co.-Homer B. Maris.

Davis Hardwood Company-M. William Davis

SAN DIEGO

Sullivan Hardwood Company-Jerry Sullivan, Jr.

VANCOUVER

J. Fyfe Smith

SEATTLE

Company, Ltd.-J. Fyfe Smith

Ehrlich-Harrison Co.-Roger Sands

General Plywood Company-R. C. Anderson

Portland

Emerson Hardwood Company-F. E. Hall

Nashville Hardwood Company-P. J. Ahern

Also present were S. M. Thomas, secretary of the Southern California Hardwood Dealers Credit Association in Los Angeles; Kenneth Smith, secretary-manager of the Lumber Dealers Association of Los Angeles, and William H. Lodge of the San Francisco Hardwood Club.

C. H. White made a report on the Memphis convention of the National Hardwood Lumber Association. He stated that the 1928 convention had better representation from the Pacific 'Coast than ever before. He further stated that the main theme of the convention was the submission of nerv rules of proposal C.

Mr.'Crabs of Hugh-Mclean Company, gave a blackboard explanation of the new rules. Mr. D. J. Cahill presented a clear-cut logical opposing argument. When the vote was taken, 27O voted in the affirmative, and 178 in the negative. Inasmuch as it required a two-thirds majority to pass, the proposal was defeated.

Harry White emphasized the fact that everyone should attend ihe national-convention as it is a liberal education. He further stated that the carload business is increasing so rapidly that it is beginning to be quite a problem to the hardwood wholesaling yard. fn the East there is a distinct line drawn by the wholesaler and retailer, while the yards on the Coasf are both wholesaling and retailing. This apparently has some bearing on the price certain mills quote as they look upon the Coast dealers as retailers. Harry as they look White was re-elected as director of the National Hardwood Lumber Association for another three vears.

Mr. B. S. Bellis of the E. J. Stanto.t & So., Co. gave a very interesting talk on intangible costs in operating a hardwood yard. D. J. Cahill gave a very interesting talk on the present need of cooperative activity, bringing out the fact that cooperation between competitors is very essential. He further stated that the free exchange of credit information and joint promotional adveitising, and joint efforts developing and holding markets, and favorable infuencing of volume buying would go a whole lot further toward increasing the business of a company than the cutting of prices.

The application of G. H. Brown Hardwood Co. of Oak-