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T HE II A R n W O O D K !■: CORD. 



iiiiikc Holoctions will Ih> lM>tli InlorostiiiK 

 iinil crrci-tlvi'. L'lulor llu> riili's of iIip ox- 

 position tin- iniiiuifiii-iiir<>r ulio fiirnislies 

 tlic ilisplii.v will ii'ci'ivc llio iiwanl in I'Vory 

 (•use. ViTV ntipi'ctfullv, 



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 c. s. riKTIS. 

 B. F. SW.MN. 



W. A. no.vs.vcK. 



(.'oniniitU'o. 



Itoport mloptp*!. 



The election of ofllcers wns dpclnrod In 

 order and call was ni.-nl.. fm- nominations 

 for president. 



Three candidates wi-n- |ii;ned in nonil- 

 natlon, as follows: 



B. F. Swain, Seynionr, Ind. 



Ma.\ Sondlieinior. Cliicago. 111. 



W. II. Unsse, .Memphis. Tenn. 



The lirst ballot resnlted as follows: 

 Swain -13. SondUeimcr 40, Uiisse 20. No 

 election. 



THEODORE FATII.\tER. OHICAGO, ILL., 

 Chairman Kevlslon Committee. 



The second ballot resulted: Swain 47, 

 Sondheimer 37, Kusse 14. 



No election. 



Jlr. Burgess withdrew the name of Mr. 

 Russe in favor of Mr. Sondheinier. 



Tliird ballot: Swain 49, Sondheimer 48. 



Mr. Swain declared elected and escorted 

 to his seat amid applause. 



Upon motion of Mr. Lendrum a commit 

 tee of three was appointed to nominate 

 pandidates for offices of first, second and 

 third vice-presidents, treasurer and thre? 

 directors. 



Upon call for nominations for secretary, 

 Mr. .1. W. Graham of Cincinnati and Mr. 

 C. D. Strode of Chicago wore placed in 

 nomination. 



Later Mr. Graham's name was with- 

 drawn and Mr. Strode declared elected by 

 acclamation. 



The committee to nominate the remain- 

 ing officers was appointed as follows: W. 

 A. Bennett. A. U. Vinnedge and .Tames 

 Buclvley. 



They reported as follows: 



First vice-president, Wni. 11. White, 

 Boyne <lly, Mlon. 



Soioiiil vii-o-presldent. ('. S. Cin-lls, Wan- 

 snu. Wis. 



Tlilnl vlci-pre.sident, .1. .1. Kumbarser. 

 I'lilhidolphla, Pa. 



'Ilvasurer, W. S. Karnell. .Memphis. 

 Tenn. 



Dlrecloi's. .1. T. Burford. Chattanooga. 

 Tenn.: F. II. Smith. St. Ix)uls, Mo.; J. Watt 

 Graham, l^incinnatl, O. 



lleport adopted. 



The committee on freight bureau not be- 

 ing ready to report, was Instructed to re- 

 port at the banquet and a recess was 

 taken tuitil that time. 



At the baiuiuet the committee reportedf 

 as follows and the convention adjourned 



KKrOKT OF CO.MMITTFF ON TRAF- 

 FIC DKUAKT.MENT. 



Your committee appointed to act on 

 ti-atlio department masters begs leave to 

 recommend that the recommendations 

 made by Traffic Manager Hurlbut be 

 adopted by the association, tliose recom- 

 mendations being as follows: 



1. That assessments be made on basis 

 of a percentage of tlie amounts actually 

 accruing to each member as the result of 

 the efforts of the traffic department in his 

 behalf. 



2. That for special services rendered 

 or advice or information furnished which 

 cannot be computed in dollars and cents, 

 specitic arrangements be made in each 

 case as between individual members and 

 the traffic department. 



.'j. That it be optional with association 

 members and others to enter into individ- 

 ual agreements with the traffic department 

 on the foregoing basis. 



4. That present members of the traffic 

 dei)artment be given full benelit.s of the 

 department for one year from the date 

 their assessments were paid under the 

 ])reseiit plan, and without additional ex- 

 pense to them. 



These recommendations contemplate 

 that the association shall assume no finan- 

 cial responsibility in behalf of the traffic 

 department. They also contemplate that 

 any person may become a member of the 

 tralfie department without expense to him- 

 self, except tliat when the department ren- 

 ders him special service or makes money 

 for him, then, but not until then, he pays 

 for it. 



Your committee further recommends 

 that the secretary or treasurer be author- 

 ized and instructed to discharge the pres- 

 ent financial obligations of the traffic de- 

 partment. 



ALEX LENDRU.M. Chairman; 



W. A. BENNETT. 



('. S. CUKTl.^, 



MAX SONDHEIMER, 



C. E. THOMAS. 



THE BANQUET. 



A banquet was tendered the visiting 

 delegates by the Indiana Hardwood Lum- 

 bermen's Association, at the Clay pool Ho- 

 tel, on Friday evening, May 22. 



Nearly .300 guests were seated in the 

 magnificent dining room of the Claypool 

 shortly after 9 p. m., and after disposing 

 of an excellent bill of fare the toastmaster, 

 Mr. C. D. Strode, rapped for order and 

 introduced Senator Fairbanks of Indiana, 

 as the cliief guest of the evening. Mr. 



Fairbanks made n brief but eloquent nd- 

 dress which space will iml iiermlt us to 

 reiiroduce. 



Governor Diu'liln was nest on the pro- 

 gramme, but the fact that there was an 

 hour's <1olay In getting tin- banquet under 

 way caused him. owing to an engagement 

 elsewhere, to regretfully cancel his en- 

 gagement with the hardwood lumbermen. 

 He had expected to spe^id an hotir with 

 the boys, but the delay In gi-tting tlie ban- 

 quet under way forced him to cut It out. 



The toastmaster then Introduced the 

 orator of the evening. .Mr. .1. .7. Griffiths 

 of Indianapolis. .Mr. Gritlilhs Is one of 

 the foremost attorneys and Jioliticlans of 

 Indiana, and one of the linest orators of 

 the entire country. He it was who was 

 defeated for the United States Senate by 

 Mr. Beveridgc, after a bard-fought contest. 



Mr. Griffltns Is an orator of finish, pol- 

 ish, tire and eloquence and for more than 



.1. W. TIIU.Mrsu.N. .\11:.M1I1IS, TENN., 

 Ciialrmaii Inspection Bureau. 



a half-hour he held the attention of his 

 audience as only such an orator can. 



John L. Williams, editor of the New 

 Orleans Lumber Trade Journal, and a 

 tried and true friend of the National as- 

 sociation, next resi)on"ded to the toast, 

 "The Lumber Press," iu a wise and witty 

 manner. 



Then Hon. John M. Woods of Boston 

 was introduced to represent the hardwood 

 lumbermen in ibis galaxy of talent, and 

 it is sufficient to say that he delivered au 

 entirely impromptu address which for elo- 

 quence and polish was the equal of any- 

 thing which had preceded it. 



By this time it had grown to be nigh 

 upon 1 a. m., what with umsic and singin:; 

 and all. and the meeting adjourned. 



NOTES OF THE IVIEETING. 



Sam Burkholder of Crawfordsville, Ind., 



was in attendance, of cour.-ic. and although 



he tried hard not to let on, anyone could 



see he was proud of the great meeting and 



the fine showing made by the Indiana as- 



