. Canadian forest industries January-June 1920. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER March 1, 1920. V Thomas Patterson, Hamilton Retiring President of Association John B. Reid, Toronto Newly-elected President of Association E. M. Barrett, Ottawa Newly-elected Vice- Pres., Horace Boultbee, Toronto Secretary-Treasurer of by our Association during the past year. The Secretary's report will give details of much of this work. The events of the past year in this connection bring us face to f
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1920. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER March 1, 1920. V Thomas Patterson, Hamilton Retiring President of Association John B. Reid, Toronto Newly-elected President of Association E. M. Barrett, Ottawa Newly-elected Vice- Pres., Horace Boultbee, Toronto Secretary-Treasurer of by our Association during the past year. The Secretary's report will give details of much of this work. The events of the past year in this connection bring us face to face with several delicate problems, to which I ask you to give careful consideration. Our great object in forming this Association, was to be rble to present a united front to the various forces which are so continually working more or less in a direction contrary to the individual interests of our members. We have to consider to-day the problem of making our influence felt, so that unscrupulous wholesalers, manufacturers or jobbers will have a healthy respect for us and will realize that they cannot afford to ride rough shod over our members in such matters as failing to deliver material under contract, selling to our customers, refusing to allow claims made for shortage, low grade, etc. We have also to consider the report by our Committee on Trade Relations, who held conferences during the early part of 1919 with a similar committee of the Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association. The result of this conference will be laid before you in the report of this Committee, and it is for you to decide whether this result meets with your ap- proval, or whether we shall attempt to force the issue still further. The Standardization of Millwork We have many other important matters to consider to-day, such rs standard millwork sizes, standard moulding designs, standard grading of soft woods, etc. Each of these might well take up all of the time that we have at our disposal during this conven
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