HARDWOOD RECORD 



EWART. BIFFAUD 



nrgenlly rfni"s"'<l •" reconvene In I'hl'ttdclpliln. 

 Killcviic-Stratroi-tl hotel. September 24. 1008. 

 11 a. m.. to lilt upon mich business as shall 

 c-ome befcie the meeting, and especially for the 

 purpose of giving the Inspection question their 

 further consideration. 



••This will probably be one of the most Im- 

 portant meetings over held by the hardwood 

 trade, and your association should be repre- 

 sented. Send as large n delegation as you think' 

 proper, arranging to stay two days, if ne<os- 

 sary. 



••In the meantime kindly have your associa- 

 tion defer ronsldi-ratiou of the new National 

 hardwood rules a.s adopted at the Milwaukee 

 convention .Tune 11 and 12. 1!>08. and recommend 

 to the individual members of your association 

 that they continue buying under the old National 

 Ilurdwood Lumber Association rules of 190."i or 

 the Northeastern rules, pending the action of 

 the rhlladelphla conference in September 

 •I'lease let me bear from you promptly 

 r.'icipt of this and oblige. 

 •Yours truly. 

 •Ilfoil Mtlt-VAIN. Acting Chairman." 



.Mr. .Mcllvain outlined the work done at th 

 previous conferences, and particularly that which 

 Philadelphia, and the 



iiad been taken 1. 

 that meeting slact 



ifter 



vbicb 



I nvrntlon. 



The rest of Ibc morning was taken up with a 

 discussion as to Just how the vote should be 

 taken on the questions which might come be- 

 fore the meeting, the eligibility of tho-^e present 

 to vole, and it was flnaily decided that the vote 

 should be by ualt. each association represented 

 having one vole, and that no proxies would be 

 allowed to vote. 



The Important preliminaries of the meeting 

 having thus iMeu settled, a messenger from the 

 Lumbermen's Exchange annoumed that luncheon 

 was ready, and the entire party filed over to 

 the Lumber Ex<hangc banquet hall, where Thila- • 

 delphia's hospitality was thoroughly enjoyed. 

 Anybody who las ever had any participation 

 in rhiladelphlas hospltaMty knows how )>ound- 

 less It Is. and this little luncheon was no ex- 

 ception to the rule. 



The convention reassembled at 2 ::io. and 

 was called to order by the chairman, and for 

 the purpose of bringing something liefore the 

 meeting for discussion a delegate made the mo- 

 tion that — 



•It is a sense of Ihls meeting that the modl- 

 licatlons of the Rules of in07 as made at Mil- 

 waukee at the annual meeting of the National 



IIardwoo<l l.unilier Association are not satlsiai 

 lory." 



After some discusjilon. however. It was decided 

 to put this motion In the uttlrniatlve .sense, and 

 so the motion was changed to read : 



'•Resolved. That It Is n sense of this meeting 

 that the modlHrallons of the Rules of I'JOT as 

 embodied In the Rules of ItiOS. as adopted at 

 Milwaukee at the annual meeting of the Na- 

 tional Hardwood Lumber Association June 11 

 and 12. 1!)08. be accepted as satisfactory. ■" 



This led to a long discussion, which disclosed 

 the fact there was an earnest desire on the part 

 of every one present to have a national Inspec 

 lion which would be truly national, and that 

 I he meeting should resolve unanimously on some 

 plan to that end. After several hours' discus 

 slon this solution finally came by way of a sug 

 g-'sllon from a delegate which led to the ap- 

 pointment of the committee consisting of Richard 

 S. White of New York and K. V. llabcock of 

 Pittsburg, who were Instructed to put the ideas 

 lierelofore outlined into proper form lo submit 

 to the conference. A short recess was then 

 taken. 



Messrs Wbltc and Uabcock withdrew :inil in 

 due course reported the following rcsoluii' i 

 •Whereas .*t a conference held in I'l 



F. W. VETTER. BIFFALO. 



Ri:VER. RIl'KALO. 



ROBERT \V HUiRIE. NEW YORK 



