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HARDWOOD RECORD 



efforts of any one member, of any ten members, 

 or of any twenty members, but only through the 

 united co-operation of the entire membership. 



Therefore, it is my request that you lumber- 

 men of Indiana join heartily in this worli. Close 

 np your ranks here in Indiana. Put in lots of 

 good solid work for the National Association 

 between now and next May, and then go down 

 to Buffalo prepared to make the next annual 

 meeting the best meeting that the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association has ever held. 



a few sash and door factories. A number of 

 new buildings were also stopped for lack of 

 hardwood flooring. 



Both sides declared last night that they were 

 entirely satlstled with the settlement. Edward 



Hines said it might as well have been settled 

 nine days ago on practically the same terms, 

 but there was a misunderstanding among the 

 otBcers of the union on certain points that 

 needed explanation. 



National Exporters' Association. 



Owing to the absence of Tresident W. H. 

 Rnsse of Memphis, who is in Europe, Vice 

 President J. L. Alcock wielded the gavel which 

 brought the fifth annual meeting of the Na- 

 tional Lumber Exporters' Association to order 

 in St. Louis Jan. 25. Secretary Elliott Lang 

 read the president's report. 



Much of the time during Wednesday's ses- 

 sion was devoted to the discussion of the ex- 

 port bill of lading, and efforts are to be con- 

 ducted along the same lines as heretofore in 

 the direction of securing more favorable con- 

 ditions and terms in exportations abroad. 



The ses-sion on Thursday was a busy one and 

 much work to tie advantage of the export trade 

 was accomplished. The following officers were 

 elected: President, W. H. Russe of Memphis; 

 first vice president, J. L. Alcock of Baltimore ; 

 second vice president. G. M. Spiegle. Philadel- 

 pliia ; traffic manager and secretary. Elliott 

 Lang, Memphis ; treasurer, R. M Price. Phila- 

 delphia. G. M. Spiegle was chosen chairman 

 of the transportation committee and L. 

 Methudy of St. Louis, chairman of the arbltTa"- 

 tlon committee. 



The a.ssociatlon will hold its next annual at 

 Ashevllle. N. C, Jan. 26, 1906. 



Teamsters' Strike Over, 



^ The strike of lumber teamsters, which has 

 thrown thousands of workmen o.it of employ- 

 ment and paralyzed the lumber industry of the 

 city for the past ten days, was settled by arbi- 

 tration last night. 



Concessions were made by both sides, but the 

 main contention of the teamsters — for an In- 

 crease in wages of 50 cents a week for drivers 

 of two-horse wagons — was granted by the em- 

 ployers. 



Fred ('. Bender, city clerk, and formerly 

 president of the Teamsters' Joint Council, 

 brought about tlie settlement. Eor several days 

 the employers had slgnlfled their willingness to 

 SQltmlt the matter of a wage Increase to arbi- 

 tration, but the men stubbornly refused. Fin- 

 ally the employers let It be known that the 

 wage Increase was a minor consideration with 

 them: that they were willing to grant It pro- 

 vided the men would yield the point of submit- 

 ting to arbitration. The employers contended 

 that sucli a concession was necessary because of 

 the moral effect it would have on other em- 

 ployes of the firms. 



When the teamsters realized that they would 

 get the wage Increase they demanded they 

 agreed to arbitrate, and named C. P. Shea, 

 president of the International Brotherhood of 

 Teamsters, to represent them un the arbitration 

 board. The Lumbermen's association named its 

 president, Edward Illnes, and the two agrci'd 

 on Mr. Bender for umpire. 



The conference was held last night in the 

 offices of the Lumbermen's association, in the 

 Chamber of Commerce building, and an agree- 

 ment running for two years was signed. The 

 men will all be reinstated In their former posi- 

 tions this morning. 



The wages for drivers of single wagons are 

 to be $12 a week, as before the strike, and 

 drivers of two-horse wagons will be paid $14 

 a week for a 10-hour day. Men required to 

 work on Sunday will Le paid at the rale of 

 time and one half. 



Although the strike Involved only about 000 

 men directly. It was responsible for the closing 

 down of a large number of planing mills and 



JMemphts Lumbermen's Banquet. 



[Special I'ch-yiam.] gm 



Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 9. — One of the fore-M 

 most organizations of Memphis is the Lumber-^ 

 men's Club of that city and each year it holds 

 a banquet whicli has grown to be tJie great an- 

 nual feature of the Memphis district. 



This function took place on the evening of 

 Wednesday, Feb. 8. at the Gayoso hotel under 

 the direction of an entertainment committee 

 consisting of W. R. Barksdale. George D. Bur- 

 gess and George C. Ehemann. 



The Lumbermen's Club of Memphis was or- 

 ganized in 1898, the initial membership consist- 

 ing of about twenty-five : it now has more than 

 double this number of members and most of 

 the more important concerns of the city are 

 enrolled. The annual election of the club took 

 place a fortnight ago and R. J. Darnell, of R. 

 J. Darnell. Inc.. was elected president: A. N. 

 Tiiompson. of Thompson & McClure. vice presi- 

 dent ; W. R. Barksdale, of Barksdale, Denton & 

 Co., second vice president, and George C. Ehe- 

 mann. of Bennett & Wltte. secretary and treas- 

 urer. These gentlemen, with F. E. Stonebraker, 

 of the Criltendon Lumber Company: C. L. 

 Wlieeler. of Wheeler Brothers, and John Mc- 

 Clure. of Thompson & McClure, constitute the 

 board, of directors. 



At the banquet of the Lumbermen's Club 

 about seventy-five lumbermen were present. The 

 decorations of the dining-room and the flowers 

 on the tables, were gorgeous and exquisite. 

 The function commenced at 8 :,'t(> o'clock and 

 ended nearly an hour after midnight. 



The toastmaster of the occasion was T. B. Ed- 

 giugton. who was In his happiest vein. Speech- 

 es were made by C. I". Fitzhugh. S. B. Ander- 

 son, John E. Williams. Earl Palmer. J. T. Pe- 

 ters. Charles I). Strode. John W. Bailey, C. C. 

 Cameron, John Dwyer, I'lliott Lang, George D. 

 Burgess, J. V. Stimson and L. R. I'erklns. 



The affair was the most successful and de- 

 lightful one ever held by the Lumbermen's 

 Club, and the Hahdwood Recoud regrets that 

 its date of issue precludes a fuller account. 



Perhaps the most Important address deliv- 

 ered at the banquet of the Lumbermen's club 

 was that of Earl Palmer, president of the 

 Nati<fnal llardwi>od Lvimber Dealers" As.sociatlon. 

 The speech is hertwilli reproduced. Without In 

 any wise being in the confidence of the manage- 

 ment of the annual convention of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association at which the as- 

 sumed bad faith complained of liy Mr. I'almer 

 found manifestation, the editor of the ILvim- 

 WOOD Recoup has an earnest belief that no 

 such slight wa.s contemnlated nor intended. 



The (onventlon proceedings at Nashville were 

 scheduled for two days of two sessions each. 

 At noon of the second day. the legislation of 

 the association, being apparently well advanced, 

 in spite of the protests of President A'an Sant. 

 a motion prevailed to proceed to the election 

 of officers and close the meeting wllh the one 

 session. It is therefore the belief of the editor 

 that when the facts develop it will be found 

 that the letter of President Pa+mer was over- 

 looked Willi a number of other important mat- 

 ters Ihat should have come before the meeting. 



The n.Mipnuou Rel'Ord has Just as much 

 faith in the honesty of purpose and fairness of 

 President ■\an Sant and Secretary Doster as 

 it has of President Palmer, and It cannot be- 

 lieve, in the light of the facts Ihat either of 

 the Manufacturers' association's officers would 

 pur|x>sely Indulge In any underhandeil means 

 lo defeat the avowed desire of the leaders of 



Im.iIi iissoriarion--; tlia: nu-;uis l)e Taken to insure 

 la univcr.sal inspection system f<jr hardwood, 

 i Address of President Palmer. 



1 ".Mr. 'i'oastmaster. Members and guests of the 

 Memphis Lumbermen's Club : Before essaying 

 a response to the toast assigned to me, I desire 

 to express my amazement at the nature of the 

 entertainment that has been lavished upon us 

 tonight. I do not refer to this magnificent 

 room, with its unsurpassed decorations, that 

 affords so much to delight our admiring eyes ; 

 nor to the sweet strains of music with which 

 our ears have been regaled while our grosser 

 appetites were being satisfied : nor yet lo the 

 superb service that has administered to each 

 desire before the wish could find expression in 

 our thouirhts. 



"All these accessories are but the ordinary 

 concomitants of the daily life of a Memphis 

 lumberman. But uiy astonishment arises from 

 the fact that though 1 have visited Memphis 

 many times prior to this auspicious occasion, 

 and have partaker, of tiie generous, nay lavish, 

 hospitality of the indhidual members of this 

 club, this is the firs! instance wherein I have 

 ever been offered anything to eat while in your 

 city. 



"I had gained tne impression that the Mem- 

 phian idea of a square meal coincided with that 

 of Col. Williams of Kentucky, as illustrated 

 by a tale told on him by A. M. Taylor, amuse- 

 ment caterer for the Flagler hotels of Florida. 

 Mr. Taylor met the colonel at a hotel in Cin- 

 cinnati one morning and was entertained by 

 the following dissertation from him : "I tell 

 you. sail.' said the colonel. 'Kentucky is the 

 finest state in the L'nion, sab. There you will 

 find tho best cattle, the noblest aiul most beau- 

 tiful women, and the finest eating in this broad 

 land.' 'Eating.* said Ta.vlor. to dr;i\v him out, 

 'now what did you have for breakfast '•' 'Break- 

 fast, sab,' exclaimed tlie colonel, "why I had a 

 steak and a fine bottle of old baubahn whisky 

 and a dog.* *A dog.' said Tavlor. 'seems to me 

 that dog is rather a queer dish for breakfast.' 

 "You misunderstand me, sail,* replied the colo- 

 nel with much dignity, 'I procured the dog to 

 eat the steak, sah.* 



"If I had been called upon one year ago to 

 discuss the National Hardwood Lumber Asso- 

 ciation In public. I should have been sadly short 

 on subject matter. Shakespeare is credited with 

 uttering the thought that 'Some men are born 

 great, some adileve .greatness, while some have 

 greatness thrust upon them.' 



"On a certain day in May last year at Cin- 

 cinnati, without effort on my part, but largely 

 owing to the Influence of the Memphis delega- 

 tion, headed by that worthy descendant of 

 Cleopatra. J. W. T!iomp.son. I found myself 

 suddenly projected Into tlie limelight that beats 

 upon tlie chair of the president of the National 

 FIar(lwo4id I.,uraber .\ssociatioii. S'nce which 

 time I have been a< cuniulating knowledge at a 

 rapid rate in regard to malters pertaining to 

 association work. But after a somewhat stren- 

 uous ofiicial experience of nearly nine months 

 1 am glad to be able to state to you in all sin- 

 cerity, that my pride in the assoc-lation to- 

 night exceeds tliat which possessed me on the 

 day of my election. It's a trreat thing to be 

 a member, it's a great thing to be an officer 

 of such an organization. Because of the his- 

 tory of Its past achievements : because of the 

 quality of its membership: because of Its sin- 

 cerity of purpose and because of Its near ap- 

 proach lo the goal of uUiinate achievement. 

 The rules that the National A.ssociatlon has 

 promulgated for the inspection of hardwood 

 lumber are the only respectable and resnecled 

 rules in general use today throughout this en- 

 tire country. Its memhcrshlii is composed of 

 the liest elements of the hardwood trade. A 

 fact forcibly demonstrated bv the attendance 

 here tonight. Its sincerity of purr)os<> is evi- 

 denced by its steadfast adherence lo Its orig- 

 inal Intention of effecting a system of uniform 

 inspection. The Bible tell.s us lliat we shiill 

 know a tree bv the fruit it lu-mluccs. Thai a 

 good tree produces good fruit and a bad tree 

 bad fruit. The National .\ssociation has never 

 attempted to sow the seeds of disciu-il n"d 

 hatred tietween the various branches of the 

 Irade. It has never sought lo convince the 

 manufacturer of lumber that the wholesale 

 dealer Is bis mortal enemy nor vice vei-sa. i"Vn 

 the contrary. It has corstanlly sought to weld 

 all branches of the trade inio one harmonious 

 organization, so that each Individual member 

 might profit by the benefit to be derived from 

 pp.-fnnfiv oreanized effort. 



■The Nalionai As.soclatlon has still a great 



