HARDWOOD RECORD 



The ^Philadelphia HardWood Inspection Conference. 



The Record is in receipt of the followiiif; 

 K'lMiit from Hugh Mellvain of .1. Gibson 

 -Nkllvain & Co. of Philadelphia, temporary 

 I chairman of the meeting, covering the de- 

 I tails of the conference of the hardwood 

 trade of the East, held in Philadelphia, 

 September 24: 



What, in our opinion, was iini' nt the most 

 Jmportant conferences of the lunihei- trade ever 

 held in this country was that which took place 

 in Philadelphia on Thursday, September 24, at 

 Ihc Bellevue-Stratford, in pursuance of a call 

 issued by Hugh Mcllvain. acting chairman. 



The associations present and taking part in 

 the deliberations were as follows: 



Lumbermen's Exchange of rhiladelphia — Wil- 

 son IT. Lear, C. E. Lloyd Jr., Joseph I'. Dun- 

 woody, Hugh Mcllvain, Benjamin C. Currie Jr.. 

 Frederick S. fnderhlll. 



Ketail Lumber Dealers' Association of Phila 

 <Jelphia— Hugh Mcllvain. Wilson II. I.car. licnja 

 min Stoker. 



Lumber Dealers' Association of Connecticut — 

 W. 11. Judd, E. H. Barnum. 



I'ittsburis Wholesale Dealers' Association — E. 

 V. Babcock. I. F. Balsley. 



Lumbermen's Club of Cincinnati— B. F. Dul- 

 weber. 



Lumbermen's Exchange of Washington — W. T. 

 Galliher. president. 



New Jersey Lumbermen's Protective Associa- 

 tion — James M. Ifeilly, James Crowell, I. P. Van- 

 derbeek. 



Buildiijg Material Men's Association of West- 

 chester County — Charles H. Tibbits, John F. 

 Dlnkel, H. H. Todd. 



Eastern Slates Retail Lumber Dealers' Asso- 

 ciation—Richard S. White. 



Lumber Exchange of Baltimore — Richard W. 

 I'rice. 



Lumber Trade Club of Boston — Wiilter B. 

 Chamberlln, Howard C. Morse. 



New York Lumber Trade Association — James 

 Sherlock Davi.s, Waldron Williams, Patrick 

 Moore, Robert W. Illgbie. 



The meeting was called to order by Hugh .Mc- 

 llvain. who called for a nomination for a chair- 



The unanimous choice of the 

 ing u|)on James Sherlock Davis of New York, 

 Mr. Davis took the chair. 



Benjamin C. Currie Jr. was elected secretary. 



Mr. Mcllvain read the call for the meeting, 

 which was as follows, and stated that this was 

 sent to the twelve original associations partici- 

 pating in a conference, and. liesides. to the Cin- 

 cinnati Lumbermen's i;\. h:iiiL; iiiclnnati. 



Ohio: Buffalo Lumberm i i i i^.- .,t Buf- 

 falo, N. Y. : Hardwo.i n ,,.i< of Nor- 

 folk, Va., and the Liuiii. i i Nhmu, ,,t Wash- 

 ington, D. C. : 



"Acting under suggestions and by the advice 

 of a number of associations interested, you are 

 hereby notliied that all the associations repre- 

 .sented at the conference on Inspection rules which 

 was held in Philadelphia March 6, 1908, are 



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