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 agianst 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 Associaton are to reduce and relieve unemployement; to improve the standards of labor therein and to maintain a reasonable balance between supply and demand of hardwood lumber and plywood in the Pacific Coast area.