November 2^. 191fi 



H. KLSSB. MEMPIIIgi, TENX., 

 VICE-rRESIDEXT 



.7 AS. 



E. STAKK, MEMPHIS, 

 VICE I'UESIDENT 



TENX., 



U. I.. JIKHEX, MEMl'lUS, TEXX., 

 TREASURER 



Young Lumber Cotiipany. Jackson, Tcnn. ; relican Cooperage Company, 

 Mounds, La. ; J. P. Mclntyre & Sons, Inc., Pine Bluff, Ark ; C. Crane 

 & Co., Cincinnati. Ohio : West Virginia Timber Company, Charleston, 

 W. Va. ; ClearfleUl Lumber Company, Clearfield, Ky. : Ward Lumber Com- 

 pany, Chicago ; Saline River Hardwood Company. Pine HUiflC. Ark. ; W. 

 v. Brown & Sons Lumber Company, Louisville ; Kentucky Lumber Com- 

 pany, Lexington, Ky., and the J. H. Tschudy Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 pany, Kansas City. 



A special committee, of which W. H. Russc was chairman, gave 

 out the following statement regarding the objects and purposes of the 

 new association : 



The objects and purposes of the Amerli'an Oak Mannfacturers' Asso- 

 ciation shall be to exploit oak Uimlier in every legitimate manner and 

 to promote the welfare of members of ftiis organizati<tn in ever.v possible 

 way. To this end information will !)e compiled and disseniinated by the 

 secretary covering stocks of oak lumber on hand at given dates and the 

 amount of oak himlier sold during stated periods, together with the actual 

 prices obtained tiierefor, rei)orts in l)fith cases 1)eing based on returns 

 made by meml)ers of the association. I'ublicity will be used to keep oak 

 lumber as prominentl.v before the consuming and distributing trade as 

 possil>le and no effort will bo spared whicli can. In any way. contribute 

 to the creation of new uses or new outlets in the United .States and 

 Canada or abroad for oak lumber and pro<lucts nia<le therefr(un. 



Immediately after adjournment of the general tnceting. President 

 Lang appointed the following executive committee: James K. Stark, 



R. L. Jurden, F. B. Gadd and W. E. DeLaney. Mr. Lang is ex- 

 officio chairman of tliis committee which will represent the directors 

 in all matters of importance pending a call for all the officers and 

 directors to come together. It was also decided at this meeting that 

 seven members should constitute a quorum of the board and that 

 three members should constitute a quorum of the executive committee. 

 The latter was also instructed to proceed with the printing of the 

 necessary membership application blanks and of an adequate supply 

 of copies of the constitution and by laws. 



Saturday, November 11, there was a meeting of the executive com- 

 mittee in the offices of R. L. Jurden, which began at 10 a. m. and 

 lasted until after 5 p. m., during which Benjamin Aiken was elected 

 secretary-manager of the association, the time of the annual meeting 

 fixed at about January 2n and tlie following standing committees 

 ajipointed : 



Mkmbeuship — M. P.. Cooper. V. W. Mowbray, Ralph May, F. R. Gadd, 

 T. .M. Brown. .T. !•". Melntyre. Claude Maley. A. li. Ransom. A. S. John- 

 son. M. II. Massee, W. A. Ransom and Homer Alexander. 



Finance — F. E. Gary, chairman, H. B. Weiss and William I'ritchanl. 



AssESSME.NTS — C. L. Harrison, chairman ; S. M. Nlckey, J. W. McClurc, 

 Rciss Hackney and W. P. Duliose. 



W. E. DELAXEY. LEXIXUTOX. KY. 

 DIRECTOR 



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F. W. MOWBRAY. CINCIXXATI, 0„ 

 DIRECTOR 



T. M. BROWX. LOUISVILLE. KY. 

 DIRECTOR 



