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HARDWOOD RECORD 



il elected nu liuHana man for president, and did 

 -another wise tiling wlien it succeeded him, at 

 the expiratimi iif his term of office, by the elec- 

 tion of a gentleman from just across the river, 

 -an e.x-Indianian, who is lo all intents and pur- 



D- F. CI.-MJK, MINNEAI'OLIS, illN'iN. 



poses an ludianian still. With characteristic and 

 sturdy Indiana honesty, he could not endure to 

 sell lumber from l'"ort Wayne, thereby giving the 

 impression iliat it was Indiana lumber he was 

 selling when most of it came from Kentucky and 

 Tennessee, so lie moved across the river that 

 there might not be any misunderstanding about 

 the matter. 



As I ha\e said, the National Association has 

 done several wise lhiUL;s, and, if 1 mistalie not, 

 it will continue to do wise things. The 

 National Association is sailing unknown seas ; 

 it has no precedents to guide it and, as a 

 consei|uen<e, it does about as it pleases. It is 

 establishing precedents of its own. It leads, let 

 others follow. If any precedents hamper the 

 National Association, tliere are none which ham- 

 per the Indiaii'i Association ; and, if, in order to 

 perfect and complete tlie work of organization. 

 It is deemed necessar.v to reelect Mr. I'almer, we 

 will rei'le<-I him and will not be deterred by a 

 little thing being lacking, such as ilr. I'almer's 

 consent. 



1 will not enter into the work which Mr. 

 Palmer has accomplished, but 1 will say that no 

 one appreciates that work more than does the 

 Indiana Assriciation. We have watched it, and 

 know all about il, and we pronounce it good and 

 are proud to claim Mr. Palmer as an ex-Indi- 

 anian. 



If Indiana says It wants him, that will settle 

 it. The ajititude of the average Indianian for 

 politics is inherited. 



Beport of Committee on Besolutions. 



The coniniittee on Kesnintioiis sulnnitted 



the following;: 



W.M. TIiniCLKELD. NKW YOKK crrv. 



Resolved, That wc, the Indiana Hardwood 

 Lumbermen's AsHuelatlon, In convention aKseni- 

 hied, endorse thi' work of the Interstate t'om- 

 merce I, aw Convenlion held at Sielnway Mall, 

 «'hicaEo, October M and :;", llin.'i : be It further 



Itesolved, That we unanimously endorse a 

 resolution iiassed by said convention", which reads 

 as follows : 



"Uesolved, That we sustain the president ol' 

 the United States in his publicly e.\pressed views 

 as to Interstate Commerce Law Amendment, and 

 congratulate the country that Theodore Roose- 

 velt, as President of the I'nlted States, has 

 shown Ills wisdom and patriotism in recommend- 

 ing to congress constilutioual, elTeclive and )ust 

 measures for the regulation of Interstate com- 

 meri'c Ihat shall provide for the people a na- 

 tloual irihunal with jiower to substitute a rea- 

 sonable and just rate of classihcation for one 

 proven to be unreasonable and unjust and yel 

 that sliall preserve to the raiiroaiis just and rea 

 sonable control over llieir properties and reve- 

 nues." He it further 



Resolved, That a copy of these re.solutions be 

 sent to each representative and senator in con 

 gress from the state of Indiana. 



After discussion, upon motion, the resolu- 

 tions wcro unanimously adopted. 



The coniiiiitteo further reported llic fol- 

 lowing resolutioiLs: 



Whereas, The worthy secretary of Uiis asso- 

 ciation lias devoted a great amount of alteniion 

 and thorough consideration to Ihe preparation of 

 his report on the Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 sion ; and. 



Whereas, We appreciate his efforts at seeking 

 light on this subject, in which we are all deeply 

 interested :■ therefore be it 



Resolved. That the tlianks of this association 

 he tendcri'd him. S. IliiKKHOi-DEIt. 



O. II. P.^I.MEU, 

 DAXIEf, Wekt/. 



The resolutions -were unaiiiinonsly 

 adopteil. 



Endorse Policy of N. H. L. A. 



Mr. Pritehard then moved the adoption 

 of the followting resolution, which wa« 

 unanimously carried: 



Whereas, The Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's 

 Association recognizes the value of the work 

 now being carried on liy the National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association in promoting the interests 

 and protecting the welfare of the hardwood 

 trade ; therefore be it 



Resolved, That the Indiana Hardwood Lumber- 

 men's Association endorse the present policy of 

 the National Hardwood Lumber Association, and 

 stand ready to cooperate with that association 

 in all its great work. 



Earl Palmer Addresses Convention, 



Earl Palmer, president of the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association, was called 

 upon by the chair, and addressed tlie con- 

 vention as follows. 



I did not come here with the intention of mak- 

 ing a speech, and for that reason have no address 

 preparc-d for ttie occasion. It is not, however, a 

 difficult task for me to talk to an audience of 

 Indiana lumbermen, owing to the fact tiiat I am 

 a Iloosier by birth. I desire to thank you for 

 the approbation expressed in the resoluti<ui just 

 adopted, aiiproving the policy of the -Xational 

 Hardwood Lumber Association during my admin- 

 istration. M.v onl.v effort has been made with 

 the -one end in view, to band out an absolutely 

 square deal on all occasions, and 1 am greatly 

 gratilied to know that efforts along these lines 

 have borne such good fruit. 



I am here today for the purpose of inviting 

 every member of the Indiana Hardwood Lumber- 

 men's Assriciation !o connect themselves with the 

 National Association. At an early period In the 

 existence of that associalifui the Indiana peojile 

 were always found at the forefront, hut some 

 years ago a number of Ihem wandered off after 

 "strange gods." Their ])resence in the ranks of 

 the National Hardwood Lumbermen's .\ssoelallon 

 has been sadly ndssed. II is with pleasure, how- 

 ever. Ihat I nole the fact Ihat (bey are beginning 

 to return to tbetr f>ld allegian<'e. 



We have just snalched one brand from Ihe 

 burning In the person of the old warbryrse. Sam 

 Rurkholder. and I desire to make the statement 

 that the vilest sinner may still return. I do 

 not ask yon to withdraw your membership from 

 any other association with which you may now 

 be connected, as I believe there Is room in the 

 Held for all associations, but I do believe 

 that the work that Ihe National Hardwood Lum- 

 ber AsKoelalhin is now cai-rylng lo a successful 

 Issue deserves the support of ever.v hardwood 

 lumhernian in the state of Indiana, and I li'ust 

 that It will not be long unlll we have Ihe appli- 

 cation of I'vei-y member of Ihe Indiana ,\ssoela- 

 lion on llle wllli the secretary of our nssoclallon. 



II Is a great pleasure for me to return to 

 Indiana \i\nnt oecaslons of this nature, and I 

 shall always attempt In future tp attend the 

 meetings of Ihe Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's 

 AsHoclatlnn. 



W. H. Russe Talks. 

 W. H. Kusse, of Memphis, was then called 

 upon, and addressed the convention as fol- 

 lows: 



l.K ROV lirUKlKILUKR. CK A WluKl 1S\1 LLI-: 



Ibis is ibe Urst opportunity I have had of 

 allending a meeting of this association from the 

 fact Ihat when 1 left here there was no associa- 

 tion of Indiana lumbermen. 1 was located here, 

 in fact lioiii and raised here, and own the house 

 that I was born in, which I would not dispose of 

 for double its value. I started in with II. C. 

 Long, with whom I remained ten years, and then 

 branched out in business for myself. When I 

 get enough to retire I shall come back to the 

 old place to live and. if I sliould die before 1 

 accomplish that purpose, my remains will be 

 buried in the old lot in Crown Hill t_"emetery. 



Indiana lumbermen liave a i-epntatiou all over 

 this country, and when Mr. Slinison made his 

 talk about the example of Indiana Uimbermen he 

 failed to state that tliey are scatlered every- 

 where: in fact, until the last crusade when they 

 began to come to Memphis from all sections of 

 the countr.v. with one exception all the mills in 

 Memphis were run by Indiana people. P.ut 

 Indiana peojde have not always bad the best 

 reputation everywhere. 1 remember one time 

 wlien my partner. Mr. Burgess, and myself 

 stoiiped off at Knobel. Ark., to look at some tini- 

 lier. Knobel, at that time, was a junction point, 

 at wliich there was a hotel, one store and a few 

 houses. We secured horses in the morning and 

 started out. The mosquitoes were tliicker than 

 bees. After having gone about a mile ilie old 

 doctor, who was acting as agent for Ibe people 

 who owned the land, turned around and said : 

 "What state are yon gentlemen from'/" I told 

 him th.tt we were from Indiana. His counte- 

 nance fell, and be said : "Cood Lord ! our peni- 

 lentiaiT is full of Indiana people!" I told him 

 that anybody who left the good old state of 



w. s. ii.U!.\i;i.i,. Mi:Mniis, tknn, 



Indiana to come to Arkansas left such a repu. 

 tatlon behind him that It was wise for him to 

 leave (he slate and try and hide himself, for he 

 bad evidently done somelhlng that prevented 

 his relnrn. 



