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Fourth tree farms and gearing of harvest operations to forest growth. Of his own company, he said "many years ago we established a program of cutting which has never been changed. That method is a pure selective cut which removes only the defective and crowded trees and leaves the best trees of all sizes standing as a growing stock. Within the economic limits possible, cutting practices are designed to keep the timbered area continuously productive and as far as possible increase the volume and improve the quality of the stand. At each of the last fifteen annual meetings of our company I have been able to say to our stockholders that 'you now own more timber than you dicl last year.'"

Speaking cn private forestry in the Pacific Northwest, J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr., president of Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, Tacoma, Washington, said "forestry is essentially a development which must be based upon a sound economic background. Slowly but surely this necessary evolution has taken place." Weyerhaeuser concluded by saying that the industry has emerged from the early exploitive days when vast virgin forests were available at little or no cost to a new dynamic era of timber growing. He said the national economic scene has changed, that today conservative harvests, reforestation and close utilization are profitable investments, whereas fifty years ago they were merely impractical theories.

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He called 1'or gradual reduction of federal aids and less emphasis on statutory measures to achieve sound management, with more emphasis on the economics of timber growing and a re-evaluation of the desirable balance in resource ownership.

Progress in forestry of the Lake States and the Northeast ra'as set forth in a speech by Ernest Broderick, secretary, Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association, New York City, for Rand N. Stowell, Timberland, Inc., Dixfield, Maine, president of the Association. The state forestry picture was presented by Fred Lang, state forester of Arkansas and president of the Association of State Foresters. Federal forestry progress over the past fifty years was brought out by Richard McArdle, assistant chief of the U.S. Forest Service, Washington, D.C.

Taking "A Look Ahead" at forestry, Col. W. B. Greeley, vice president of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, Portland, Oregon, stated that "in the crystal ball it is not difficult to glimpse for the future many encouraging pictures of the lumber business'as part of a more closely knit forest industry. Perhaps the greatest promise of all for the industry lies in continued progress in wood technology and the integrated utilization of timber. Thats has been the most sig-

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(Continued from Page 39) nificant development in forest industry since World War II. Every year we see more integration in the manufacture of forest products at correlated plants under tl.re same management. There seems almost no limit to the skill of wood technologists and industrial engineers in devising new processes and new products from lvood. The more dollars they put back on the stump of the tree, the greater becomes the incentive for commercial forestry. The best assrtrance the tinite<l States has today that forestry has become a permanent part of its economy is that for every acre of forest land we have, in all ownerships and all conditions of growth, sornething over $15 has been invested in manufacturing enterprises for converting and processing wood."

Lumber Co., Spokane, Washington, accented the human element-the logger and the changes in his working conditions. He said that "the logger of 1952 is still a tough gent and a hard worker" but "he no longer sleeps in a bare bunkroom or carries his blankets-msdsln logging camps are clean and sanitary." W. R. Warner, president, Southern Lumber Co., Warren, Ark., told of vast changes in logging operatiohs throughout the South, of modern logging methods now an integral part of Southern lumber operations. A. E. Swanke, manager, Tigerton Lumber Co., Tigerton, Wisc., on hardwood logging, said "progress in transportation represents one of the most significant and dramatic changes in logging" and described mechanical developments within the hardwood industry. ,He was followed by E. Oswald Lightsey, president, Lightsey Brothers, Miley, S.C., who talked on lumber manufacturing progress in the South-about the mechanized programs undertaken by Southern mills in the interest of manufacturing efficiency. Lightsey said "the Southern mills, with the steadily-growir-rg practice of improving operations of both men and machinery, can only result in a better showing on the credit side of the ledger."

Friday Session

On May 9, the second day of the meeting, continued the basic theme of recounting industry progress over the last hal f-century.

At an impressive anniversary dinner helcl the night before, over 200 lumbermen and their wives in attendance participated in a ceremony honoring past presidents ancl rxanagers of the Association. Winthrop M. Hallett, Jr., president of the Southern Hardwood Producers, Inc., and president of the Hallett Manufacturing Co., Mobile, Ala., chairmanned the event with Stanley Horn, editor of "The Southern Lumberman," Nashville, Tenn., serving as toastr.naster. NLMA President John B. Veach, on behalf of the Association, presented handsome bronze and walnut plaques to the presidents and managers. On hand to receive an award were: Walter B. Nettleton, J. G. McNary, M. L. Fleishel, C. Arthur Bruce, H. M. Seaman, Royal KellogC, R. A. Colgan, Jr., and Wilson Compton. Similar plaques will be sent to the recipients unable to attend.

During the first part of the morning session on May 9th, the lumbermen heard a number of speakers tell of progress in lumber production. Chairman of the session was J. R. Remis, president, Southern Pine Association and president, Ozan Lumber Co., Prescott, Ark Speaking on logging progress made in the West, E. C. Olson, president, E. C. Olson the Central Committee on Lumber Standards, traced the evolution of softwood lumber standards. Hardwood lumber standards (Continued on Page 42)

Lumber manufacturing progress in the West was the subject of a speech by J. F. Coleman, president, Kinzua Irine Mills Co., Kinzua, Ore., which was read by Homer Jamison, Byles-Jamison, Fresno, Calif. He said "the hallmarks of our industry"fifty years ago were strength, courage, and a venturesome spirit" and pointed out where those selfsame characteristics combined with modern machinery and methods, had enabled the industry in recent years, to produce lumber in record proportions.

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E. C. Johnson, J. A. Buntley Lumber Co., Zimmerman, La.,read a speech prepared by W. T. Murray, former chairman, NLMA Committee on Lumber Standards, who passed away just prior to the start of the meeting. Mr. Murray had written, "I am convinced that as long as our industry meets its responsibilities to the public as it has in tl-re past, no one will ever question its right to self-government in relation to the maintenance of manufacturing and grading standards."

Another portion of the morning session dealt with progress in lumber products. Milton Craft, president, Chapman Deu'ey Lumber Co., Memphis, Tenn., spoke on fifty years of progress in flooring, vehicle material, and containers. He traced the history of flooring from medieval days to the present time and pointed out changes and new developments that have taken place in vehicle materials and containers. Advancements in mechanical fasteners, adhesives and wood treatments were set forth by Leonard G. Carpenter, vice president, McCloud Lumber Co., Minneapolis, Minn. Carpenter paid tribute to the Timber Engineering Co., Washington, D. C., for its research and sales promotion in the fields of fasteners, adhesives and wood treatments. The tremendous growth of engineered wood .construction was related by Ward Mayer, president, Timber Structures, Inc., Portland, Ore. He accentuated the tremendous markets for lumber made possible through the application of wood engineering principles. C. D. Dosker, president, Gamble Brothers, Inc., Louisville, Ky., dealt with progress in development of srnall dimension and furniture products. Dosker said, "the dimension industry rnay justly be called the 'market microscope' of the hardwood industry. This, he pointed out, is due to the fact that the industry is so closely in contact with changes in styles, requirements, thinking habits of those who convert hardwoods into finished products.

The afterrioon session was devoted to new products from wood and progress in distribution.

Carl Rasmussen of the Western Pine Association, Portland, Ore., spoke on "New Horizons Through Wood Research." Rasmussen told of the research and developrnental work conducted by the Western Pine laboratory over the past 29 years. He called upon the lumbermen to consicler the work being done by competitors and to instigate increased research programs within the industry.

Chester B. Stem, of Chester B. Stern, Inc., New Albany, fnd., presented a talk for Luther O. Griffith, Griffith Lurnber Co., Huntington, W. Va., on chernistry's role in wood products. Stem pointed out that "wood chemistry's cornbined applications to both cellulose and lignin are solving waste disposal problems are carrying wood utilization forward at a faster and rnbre profitable pace than was anticipated back when the worried industry first called on confident and competent research." Omar Hilton, vice president, Bradley Lurnber Co., Warren, Ark., speaking on research in hardwood products said "I have seen enough to be convinced that any industry, or member thereof, ignoring science, belittling research, and dogmatically clinging to old established practices definitely is on the way to the industrial graveyard." He called upon the inCustry to give full support to research. "Wanted

9. Arthyr Bruce present: plcque to foseph DeFour, President, Hcndy Dcndy Tcble Co., Detroit, winner oI notional woodworkingr cwcrd presented by NLML for Our Industry-A New Look," a speech by Walter Nettleton, president, Nettleton Timber Co., Seattle, \4lashington, asked the industry "to see that progressive management and policy making is shouldered and driven forward with spirit by our industry's sons."

E. W. Ccnklin, president, National American Wholesale l-umber Association, brought the lumbermen up to date on progress made in lumber wholesaling, and B. C. Vamer, presiclent, National Association of Commission Lumber Salesmen, presented the story behind advancements made by lumber salesmen. Clyde Fulton, president, National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, was olt hand to trace the great strides made by the retail lumber dealers. Adam Treieschmann, Crossett-Watzek-Gates, Inc., Chicago, I11., spoke on the manufacturers progress in distribution; Ben Springer, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, secretary of the Concatenated Orcier of lfoo-Hoo, told of the unifying efforts by Hoo-Hoo, and work accomplished for the industry over the years on distribution problerns.

Monkeys Get Loose on Plcrne

Rudie llenderson, former owner of the Lone Pine Lurntrer Co. at Lone I'ine, Calif., and his son Jimmie, lrave retrrrned frorn an lS-day trip to Japan where they visited another son, Rudie, Jr., rvho is rvith the American forces there.

Coming back Rudie had quite an experience r,vhen a number of monkeys got loose on the plane while about 6@ miles out on the Pacific. Fortunately, one that took a special liking to Rudie was friendly and sat on his lap for about an hour eating some nuts that he happened to have in his pocket.