won eve of a steam chest is necessary. For a shop that ave a limited amount of ornamenting, a tight evice box, built with places for as many trays or shes as your work requires, will do. The trays are sy strong square frames covered with gunny sacks which the compo is laid while it is being steamed. A szamer can be made of any covered metal vessel, to sh a pipe has been connected to carry steam to the $am chest. As continuous steaming weakens the empo, avoid steaming any more than you require for immediate use. After the compo is soft, knead thorghly. Work whiting into it until it becomes tough. Place a piece on your mould sufficiently large to make the cast. Have your mould well oiled with thin lard oil and place a board large enough to cover the mould on the compo and press under a screw press. Dampen the board slightly before using or the compo will not stick. An ordinary copying press is heavy enough for light work. Heavy ornaments require a powerful pressure and presses are made expressly for this purpose. After pressing, allow to harden for a few minutes, cut ornaments off with a large knife, wet with hot water and mount on object. Glue is required in some cases to I. B. F. successfully mount some ornaments.

ROSEWOOD

We have just received a letter from one of the largest lumber exporters in Brazil, South America, who wants to have us represent them in this country. They are especially offering their rosewood and other similar woods, and they wish we would give them an idea as to current prices, etc., and as we are not familiar in the business, we take the liberty to write you this letter to inquire if you have ever bought any Brazilian lumber, if you can give us any information as to prices paid in this country for same, if you think there is any chance of doing business and if there would be the possibility of interesting you. An answer will be very much appreciated HURT-CAIN COMPANY.

Memphis, Tenn.

Answer by the Editor.-Comparatively little rosewood is bought by any of our local manufacturers. So much of this wood as is purchased is in the veneer form and it brings about $370 per thousand, log run. Some of your local lumbermen ought to be in position to say whether there is any considerable market for the wood, but we misggest that you get in communication with the Oris Manufacturing Company, Peters Ave. and Rivers St., New Orleans, La., who are among the largest importers of mahogany in the country, and they should know of any demand for rosewood.

PURE BEDDING LAWS

Will you kindly send me any information you have regarding pure bedding laws? We will appreciate the receipt of copies of any of the laws which have been passed which are in your possession.

THE ALASKA FEATHER & Down Co., Ltd.

Montreal, Can.

Answer by the Editor.-We are sending you a copy of the law regulating the labeling of mattresses, etc., as enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio. Mimbar laws, both in text and interpretation, are in force in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Minnesota and Wisconsin. In this legislation the use of ahoddy or other material which has been handled before sæ pacilitated unless the fact is stated on a label attached 1 each mattress. Each mattress made or sold in a state that have a label attached to it describing the contents and stating whether the material used is new (never used beforey or second hand. With the exception of the above, * *tate* base laws on mattresses as far as we are able todermine, excepting as they apply to the hotels. Prac

tically every state has a law requiring the inspection of hotel mattresses at intervals and requiring that same be kept in sanitary condition. This law does not in any way apply to the manufacturers of mattresses.

REDRESSING FURNITURE

One of our customers came in recently and asked us about oil of lemon to be used in dressing over furniture. Will you kindly inform us if you know anything in regard to the use of this? Thanking you in advance, we are, Yours truly, H. E. TURNER & Co. Batavia, N. Y. Per H. E. Turner. Answer by Walter K. Schmidt.-Your customer was probably referring to oil of citronella. Oil of citronella is a strong pungent oil used as a dressing in connection with oil of cedar. The usual proportion is approximately one part of oil of citronella to fifteen parts of oil of cedar. Oil of citronella is often confused with oil of lemon by those unfamiliar with the trade.

PORCELAIN LININGS

Can you furnish us with the address of one or more manufacturers of porcelain steel linings for refrigerators? These linings are made by fusing liquid porcelain to steel in a very intense heat. C. M. WARE Co.

Millville, N. J.

Answer by the Editor.-Possibly the Royal Enameling Works, of Chicago, may be able to furnish what you want. There is no porcelain made in Grand Rapids, and most of the refrigerator companies using enameled linings manufacture their own and do not do outside work. There is a difference between enameled plates and porcelain, however. Trenton, N. J., seems to be the center of the porcelain making industry and it ought to be possible for you to go to Trenton and run the information down. One of the companies at that point is the Climax Porcelain Company. Write the Tindel & Van Roden Company, 1212 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa., and Dirend's, 54 Front St., New York City., who may be able to give you the information you desire.

COMMERCIAL FIXTURE MANUFACTURERS

In looking over your May issue, we notice that there was an informal conference of the Fixture Manufacturers association, held in Chicago, on May 13th. We should very much like to know what is the object of this association and who the officers of the same are.

BONE KNOBS.-Where can we procure small bone turnings, such as knobs, about half an inch in diameter? Kittenger Furniture Co., Buffalo, N. Y.

REMOVING VARNISH.-Can you supply us with the name of a firm that can supply us with a machine, a device that could be run by electrical current from an ordinary socket or otherwise, that will take the place of varnish remover in taking off old finishes from furniture? We do such an amount of refinishing of old furniture, and it takes so long to remove the old finish with varnish remover, besides being entirely too expensive, that we thought that we might install a machine of the kind

here described or suggested. C. A. Dahlich, Austin, Texas.

CONSUL INQUIRIES

A furniture maker in the Near East informs an American consulate that he desires to receive catalogs and price lists of knocked-down wooden furniture, preferably unstained and unvarnished. To enable the inquirer to more accurately calculate the cost, prices should be quoted c. i. f. port of entry. Terms against documents will be acceptable.

An American consular officer reports that he has no catalogs of hotel furniture in his office, and as there is a prospect that the leading hotel of the city in which he is located will be enlarged and that another new hotel will be constructed, inquiries for this class of furniture are very probable in the near future. It is essential that catalogs sent to this officer should cover furniture suitable for the Tropics so far as chairs and settees are concerned, and other furniture should be plain and rather moderate priced. It is also necessary to have price lists and discounts accompany any catalogs that might be sent. RETAILERS' WANTS

turers.

TRUNKS.-Please furnish me a list of trunk manufacM. S. Halverson, Stoughton, Wis. BABICHAIR.-Will you kindly let us know who makes the Babichair? C. H. Smith Co., Warren, Pa.

CEDAR WARDROBE.-Please advise us who makes cedar wardrobes. Bluefield Furniture Co., Bluefield, W. Va. RUBBER MATTING.-Where can I get rubber matting for runners in a store? M. S. Halverson, Stoughton, Wis. FOLDING TABLE TOPS.-What firm makes folding banquet table tops? Prufrock-Litton Furniture Co., St. Louis, Mo.

BEACH CHAIRS.-Kindly furnish us with the names of manufacturers of beach chairs. C. H. Smith Company, Warren, Pa.

INVALID WHEEL CHAIRS-Please advise us where to buy invalid wheel chairs. Farwell, Osmun, Kirk Co., St. Paul, Minn.

CATALOGS WANTED-We are about to start in business and want catalogs. Page Furniture Sales Co., East Las Vegas, N. M.

PIANOS.-Will you please have catalogs and prices sent us by manufacturers of pianos? Dean, Mann & Co., Collierville, Tenn.

FOUR POSTER Beds in Gum-Please advise us where we can get four poster beds in gum. The Rentschler Company, Deshler, Ohio.

CHAIR TIPS.-Will you send us the address of the people who make Feltoid silent chair tips? II. C. Ehlers Co., Dunkirk, N. Y.

FOLDING IRON BEDS.-Can you give the address of manufacturers of full-sized folding iron beds? A. A. Jeannotte, Nashau, N. H.

Feltoid Tips.-We enclose stamp for the address of the people who make the Feltoid silent chair tips. H. C. Ehlers Co., Dunkirk, N. Y.

CHIPPENDALE LADIES' DESKS-We are looking for a Chippendale lady's writing desk with open style. C. H. Smith Company, Warren, Pa.

FIRELESS COOKERS.-Will you ask all the manufacturers of fireless cookers to communicate with us. Paul M. Gauchat & Co., Cleveland, Ohio.

BUFFETS, HEAVILY CARVED.-We are looking for buffets not larger than 56 inches, heavily carved. PrufrockLitton Furniture Co., St. Louis, Mo.

BLACK WALNUT CHAIRS.-Where can we obtain black

walnut office chairs, upholstered in leather? L. A. Tupper & Co., Turners Fall, Mass.

BLACK WALNUT CHINA CABINETS-Will you please let us know the name of firms making black walnut china cabinets. O. Langlois & Cie., St. Jean, Quebec.

FOUR POSTER BEDS-Please send me the names of a number of manufacturers of four post twin beds. Fred A. Floberg, Mechanics Furniture Co., Rockford, Ill.

BOSTON ROCKER-Will you give me the name of some chair manufacturer who makes the old style Boston rocker? Faribault Furniture Co., Faribault, Minn.

BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE STOOL.-We are looking for a bird'seye maple stool, for bed-room use, about fifteen inches in height. Lewistown Furniture Co., Lewistown, Mont. OAK CANDLE-STICK-We would like very much to have the name of some one who makes candle-sticks in fumed oak and golden oak. Beffel Furniture Co., Racine, Wis. WHITE ENAMEL MEDICINE CABINETS-Kindly furnish us with the names of firms from which we can procure white enamel metal medicine cabinets. C. H. Smith Co., Warren, Pa.

CANE AND WOOD PANELS-Who makes the cane and wood panels for covering radiators? We notice they are used frequently in the very best hotels. Beffel Furniture Co., Racine, Wis.

LODGE FURNITURE-We want catalogs and price list of a medium priced line of lodge furniture. The Moose lodge is just being organized here. Bird & Crane, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.

FIRELESS COOKERS-Will you please advise where I can buy fireless cookers? The names of two or three firms, with their addresses, will be appreciated. M. S. Halverson, Stoughton, Wis.

MAHOGANY CHOP SUEY OR RESTAURANT TABLES-Kindly let us know by return mail the name of manufacturers making mahogany chop suey or restaurant tables. Union Outfitting Co., Omaha, Neb.

COUCH HAMMOCKS WITH SPRINGS.-Will you please inform us who makes a couch hammock with spring, canvas covering, with an adjustable head-rest? Kremer Bros., Fon du Lac, Wis.

MANTELS.-Will you kindly place us in touch with some mantel manufacturers? Also tile manufacturers.

I am figuring on entering the business. R. E. Kerns, 721 Diamond St., Fairmount, W. Va.

CHILD'S CRIB.-Can you tell us who makes a child's crib mounted on wheels with wire screen side? We would The like to have catalog and price list of this article. McElroy Company, Youngstown, Ohio.

the postal

BOHN REFRIGERATORS. Please forward enclosed to the manufacturers of the Bohn refrigerator. If you don't know any Bohn, or the name of some refrigerator that sounds like that, please advise by return mail. J. W. Darren, Corning, N. Y.

MEDIUM PRICED OPERA CHAIRS-I would esteem it a great favor if you would advise me the names of makers of medium priced opera chairs. I have a prospective customer who wants about 1,000 to 19,500 of these chairs. E. B. Weaver, Hood & Wheeler Furniture Co., Birmingham, Ala.

ADVERTISING NOVELTIES.-We wish to purchase an advertising novelty to distribute at an Industrial Exhibition to be held in our city next month, and write to ask if you can give us the name of a manufacturer who can supply same. The J. Hoodless Furniture Co., Ltd., Hamilton, Can.

CHAISE LOUNGE-Enclosed find cut of chaise lounge. This is taken from Vogue. We would like you to locate the manufacturer of this and have them send us blue

print, together with price. We want this in old ivory to match Berkey & Gay's color. Giddings & Kirkwood, Colorado Springs, Colo.

THE ECONOMY FILE.-Can you give us the name of the manufacturer who makes the Economy file? This filing cabinet contains twenty-seven drawers 12 x 9 x 3 inches

deep, made of imitation oak, and sells for $25.66. We understand this is made especially for plumbers" work. We want something about this price and style for £ling music. If you can put us next to the proper mazzfae turer, we should appreciate it very much. Watkins Brothers, Inc., South Manchester, Conn.

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were filed with the lumber association, protesting against any further change in the rules of grading. So far as the committee having this in charge could see. from the treatment accorded them, these numerous protests were ignored. The committee was never given an opportunity to be heard. No mention was ever made of the protests, by the secretary or the officers, to the deligates of that convention. The delegates went home believing that the people who paid them for lumber were satisfied, while the officers of the association knew that practically every consumer was dissatisfied.

The committee, of which the writer is one, at once took up the matter of the inspection rules with the different furniture manufacturing organizations, and at least nine of them have passed resolutions condemning the 1913 rules of the lumber association and have agreed to buy only under the 1912 rules, and right here I want to say, we have no trouble whatever getting all the lumber we want.

So strong has become the protest that the officers of the National Hardwood Lumber Association are now alarmed and have issued a bulletin urging their manufacturers to be loyal and stand fast to the 1913 rules, and denouncing as "perniciously active" a small bunch of manufacturers, who are "disgruntled and who for selfish purposes are fighting the 1913 rules.”

Few Furniture Manufacturers Inspect Lumber By constantly changing the rules the lumber consumers' inspector is confused and takes on poorer lumber than he should accept. Very few furniture manufacturers are qualified to inspect lumber under the National Hardwood Lumber Association rules. I make no claim whatever, myself, as being proficient in that direction. It is a profession of itself, and is no discredit to any of us that we have to depend on the knowledge of others in jospecting our lunder.

In the 1912 rules the smallest board in No. 1 common, 10211 must be four inches wide and six and seven feet

long, and must be clear. Under the 1913 rules it must be four inches wide and four and five feet long and must be clear. The rules have shortened up the the board two feet, or about 30 per cent.

Under the 1912 rules, firsts must be eight inches and ten feet long, and full width. Under the 1915 rus, they may be six inches wide and eight feet big a per cent. of them may be one-quarter of an int in width to take care of the saw mill man's g in sawing. This is a reduction of 20 per cent in and 25 per cent. in width. Where long clear e are necessary, it is needless to tell a fariture facturer what a great reduction in the value of the this reduction in length and width makes

Mr. Buckstaff here introduced charts contentions clearer to his hearers, and follows:

Another board on the chart shows a per eight inches wide and fourteen feet long. under the 1912 rules, was No. 2 comma, bezs per cent. cutting could not be gotten out of cuttings, as required by the rules, to dat common. Under the 1913 rules, four entrings, if sary, must be made to get 66 2 3 per ceIT. of the board, making this board a No. 1ez merely changing the rules, the association a $12 to the selling price of this board wi anything to its cutting value.

The next board is seven inches wile and f long. It contains two knots of one and one“).£* in diameter. Now, under the 1912 rules, this a No. 1 common because it was less than e wide, which was the width for it to go iz By slightly changing the rules, a second clear allowed to be six inches wide. This birl clerical work, jumped from No. 1 e clear and had $20 added to its selling tr nothing had been added to its factory va

Rich and Lean Grades of Lamber One mill using a large quantity of limite: that the changes in the 1912 rules make a of 7 per cent. in the value. An Oikot car of No. 1 common oak, scaled by a Nati under the 1912 rules. A few days li scaled under the 1913 rules by a National a certificate was issued by both inspe of the lumber was changed $4.26 per the worth that much less under the 1918 under the 1912 inspection. A differe car of 17,000 feet.

Any one who keeps a cost system in th know that the waste in lumber has gr

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30 per cent. greater than it was in the same grades of lumber eight years ago. A great deal of this is on account of the changes in the rules, and some of it is on account of the best boards of a given grade being taken out and sold as special grades not recognized by the lumber association, leaving the balance of the grade a very lean lot, but still technically within the rules, and the factory man is bound to accept it.

This winter my concern bought several cars that were first and second on one face. It was exactly what we wanted for a certain purpose. This lumber could not go into regular first and second, but was taken out of the No. 1 common, and we paid $10 per thousand more for it than No. 1. Some other factory got the balance of the No. 1 common, and undoubtedly paid the No. 1 common price. The buyer may have realized that he was not getting a rich grade of No. 1, but under the National association rules he must accept it.

I have been a lumber jobber, and these men dominate the National Hardwood Lumber Association, buy the cut of a hardwood mill, paying one price for first and second, another price for No. 1 common, and still another price for No. 2. When this lumber was scaled to be shipped out, instead of going into the grades at which it was bought, it was sorted into five to seven grades, the selects of any grade going to some customer who was willing to pay for selects, and the balance of the grades to somebody who could be bullied into accepting it as the grade under which it was designated.

How Changes Are Justified

The lumbermen justify these changes in the rules on the plea that as logs grow poorer there is less high grade lumber sawed out of them, and they must, therefore, reduce the cutting value of the upper grades in order to get an equal amount of the three grades out of a poor log that they formerly got out of a good log.

This is so absolutely absurd, if not absolutely dishonest on the face of it, that I must make a comparisonillustration. Formerly the Wisconsin farmer got forty bushels of wheat from the rich virgin soil of Wisconsin, but as time went on and the fertility of the soil was not kept up, the crop was only twenty-five to thirty bushels to the acre. Now, supposing the farmer should go to the legislature and ask that the law be changed so that forty pounds of wheat would make a bushel instead of sixty, and then under the law he would get about the same number of bushels he formerly did.

To be sure the consumer would not get as many pounds of flour out of the bushel, but the land would be credited with producing the larger number of bushels. The lumberman has reduced the cutting value of the boards to the furniture manufacturer from 30 to 50 per cent., but he still maintains the names of his grades.

Should Formulate Inspection Rules

What the furniture manufacturer should do is to decide that he is intelligent enough to specify the kinds of lumber he can best use in his business and then ask the lumberman to meet those requirements and put the prices on them. As it is now, the lumberman insists not only in making the specifications for lumber, but the price as well. There is no other business that I know of where the man using the goods and who pays his money for them has nothing to say about the specifications on which the goods shall be made to meet his requirements.

One thing casts suspicion on the lumber manufacturers. It is safe to say that in nine cases out of ten, where the consumer of lumber refuses a car because it is not up to grade, the dispute is settled in favor of the buyer, because on at least 80 per cent. of the lumber

shipped the grade is made as poor as the shipper thinks the buyer will, in his ignorance of exact knowledge of grading rules, accept.

If this association of furniture manufacturers will formulate a set of specifications of its own, that will meet the requirements of the furniture industry, hire bonded men to inspect, in case of dispute, and teach their factory inspectors the science of inspecting lumber, they will go a long way toward settling the trouble of lumber rules.

The lumberman will have his remedy in charging us a price that will pay him for producing what we want. The jobber will no longer have an opportunity to steal the uppers out of any grade and sell them for fancy prices and ship the balance of the lumber as a full grade. When the saw mill man recognizes that the consumer of lumber, who pays for the lumber, and not the lumber jobber, who juggles rules and shuffles grades, is his real friend, our trouble in the lumber line will be over.

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How Accounts Were Added

UNNY, the different remarks you hear in these days of apparent uncertainty among some furniture men as to whether the new styles embodying turned work are "going to take" and last. Some lead the way and get the business. Others are satisfied to sit back and wait.

I called at a plant today where they make a line of Luffets, china closets, etc., and things didn't seem at all busy around the place. The boss was complaining about. the times and poor business. They were working only eight hours a day and five days a week. That does look gloomy when you figure that others seem to be working full time and are happy.

I set about to learn the reason and soon discovered that they were sticking to their old standard lines and hadn't make a single piece of the new styles. "We're going to wait and see how the others come out before we make any of the 'stuff,'" remarked the manager. A rather wise bit of judgment, don't you think? Well, listen to this:

After leaving, I called on a concern making practically the same line, and found a force of men working full time and much worry as to how they were going to take care of orders. The reason was this:

The new styles had been adopted and carried along with their standard stuff. In the New York territory. Mr. Thomas advised me, six accounts were all they had on their line last season. But now, with their new period styles, they had added ninety-four new accounts in that same territory.

Now, these ninety-four new accounts didn't confine their orders to the new entirely. In fact, only a portion of these items were bought. But you ought to see how much of their standard patterns was included in every order.

The new styles attracted the trade and helped sell the standard lines as well. That's good business.

Now, why couldn't the first mentioned man have done this, too? He was not equipped with a method for producing the round and square turnings, that is true, but neither was his competitor last season.

Yet his competitor had looked ahead and prepared to take full advantage of the coming change in styles that was likely to take place at any time. Installing & machine method for turning was one of the preparations. And he sure is getting the benefit.

If men wouldn't draw their conclusions before looking into these turning methods, there would be fewer holding back on the popular furniture styles of today.

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HE resolution adopted at the meeting at which

was organized the Federation of Furniture and Fixture Manufacturers, repudiating the rules adopted by the National Hardwood Lumber Association, in 1913, has kicked up all kinds of a row. That the action of the Federation may be thoroughly understood, the resolution is here reproduced:

"Resolved, That on the organization of the confederation of associations a committee of seven be appointed to draw up a set of lumber specifications for the use of lumber consumers, and that until that committee reports and its report is adopted we adhere strictly to the 1912 rules of the National Hardwood Lumber Association in all our lumber purchases.”

The action of the Federation is subject of comment in all the lumber papers, and unless some spirit of conciliation is shown, it is probable that the furniture and fixture manufacturers will have some fight on their hands. The Hardwood Record, in editorially commenting on the action of the furniture men, says:

Without attempting to pass upon the merits of the claims made by both parties to the controversy, Hardwood Record believes that the consumers have not shown the proper spirit in working out this question. This is undoubtedly an age of arbitration and compromise. Every tendency is toward getting together for the threshing out of mutual problems rather than a simple butting of heads together without accomplishments satisfactory to either side. It cannot be argued that the adjustment of any question through a spirit of mutual cooperation, and an equitable settlement is not more satisfactory than an arbitrary stand by one party to the question having or believing it has a temporary advantage over the other. Thus in this case the settlement of the question by a mutual conference and a fair effort on the part of each factor to give due consideration in the broadest possible light to the claims of the other faction would unquestionably result in placing this whole matter on a much more satisfactory basis than would the attempts now being made by the consumers.

The statement was made by the consumers on the floor at the mass meeting that they were barred from consultation in making up the 1913 rules. This statement is absolutely at variance with the truth of the situation, as the consumers were issued formal invitations to be in attendance and to present their suggestions and ideas in due form. As a matter of fact, they failed to take advantage of this invitation until after the question had been settled, and it was simply an impossible parliamentary procedure to reopen the discussion when they demanded it.

Furthermore, as an indication of lack of desire to get together with the lumbermen, the men behind this mass meeting not only did not issue an invitation to any of the officers of the National Hardwood Lumber Association to attend the meeting and speak from their side of the case, but debarred the secretary of that organization from the privilege of the floor when he especially requested that he be given this opportunity to defend his organization against what he considered unfair charges.

It seems from this that there is more or less pique and vindictiveness behind the move to force an issue under present conditions.

In further support of this contention F. F. Fish, the secretary of the Hardwood Lumber Association, states: "I wish to explain to the lumbermen interested in this action at the recent mass convention that on the morn

ing of the opening day of the convention of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, in Chicago, last June, two or three furniture men went to President Barnaby and asked for the privilege of the floor. This request was denied, and at the time President Barnaby referred the men to Sections 1 and 2 of the constitution and by-laws of the association. Section 1 provides that the inspection rules of the association can be changed only at an annual meeting by two-thirds majority vote of the members voting thereon, and Section 2 provides that no change of the inspection rules shall be considered or voted upon by the membership unless such proposed change shall have been submitted in writing to the chairman of the inspection rules committee not less than ninety days prior to said meeting. The inspection rules committee shall submit to the membership through its secretary its recommendations regarding such changes not less than thirty days prior to the annual meeting. This will satisfactorily explain why President Barnaby, at the time mentioned, refused the two or three furniture men the privilege they requested. Such action would have been contrary to the constitution and by-laws of the association."

But Mr. Fish further comments on the fact that having heard that possibly the subject of the grading rules would be discussed at the meeting at which the Federation was organized, he went to the Congress Hotel. where the meeting was in session, and made a request for a conference. This was denied, according to Mr. Fish. Explanation is not made, however, that although there was probably no constitutional prohibition against action, as in the case of the Hardwood Lumber Association, the day's program was fully arranged, and that it was so crowded as to permit of no controversial discussion which might have been started had Mr. Fish been given the floor. There was certainly no time for a conference at the close of a three-day session, during which many conferences had been held.

This is Mr. Fish's recital of the history of the controversy up to the time of the organization of the Federation and the adoption of the resolution above quoted:

"In April, 1914, a printed protest was mailed to 5,000 manufacturers, consumers and buyers of hardwood lumber with a request that the protest be signed and mailed to me. Less than 500 complied with the request, or, in other words, not 10 per cent. of the protests were signed and mailed as requested. In the protest pamphlets mailed throughout the country was a printed discussion of the proposed changes; also an argument as to why the protest should be signed and an entreaty to members to be in attendance at the convention when the vote would be taken. The protest contained the signatures of nine concerns, four in Chicago, one in Grand Rapids, Wis., and four in Oshkosh, Wis. In the protest it was set forth among other things that changes in the rules would be asked primarily to obtain greater profits out of the log product irrespective of the requirements of consumers who convert this lumber into the finished product. In explanation of this I wish to say that any such charge is entirely unsupported. The protest als contained a clause to the effect that the rules had been continually revised downward and the cutting value of the grades constantly lowered and gave dates on which