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is uepending on a man who has only a pauoity of knoivledge of the 

 subject iuvolveil, and is attempting to foist this kind of stuff on the 

 lumbermen of the country in an attempt to raise a large sum of 

 money for general lumber exploitation, which, if the present course of 

 the committee is followed, will be dispensed by this selfsame 

 ' ' Crosby-Chicago. ' ' 



Mr. Crosby is the publicity promoter of the Southern Cj-pres3 

 Manufacturers' Association, and is in this position presumably by 

 reason of the interest Mr. Gerrans has in his getting a livelihood. 

 This man's advertising "copy"' as published in various magazines, 

 has been characterized by Hardwood Record as jiernicious and 

 untruthful, and damaging to the general lumber industry of the 

 country. He has advertised that "cypress defies decay"; that, 

 "it is the wood eternal"; that, "cypress lasts practically forever." 

 In the last piece of copy, published in McClure's magazine for 

 January, exploiting cypress for the Southern Cypress Manufacturers' 

 .-Association, this professional publicity promoter makes the per- 

 nicious statement that "cypress resists the rot -influences which so 

 soon destroy other noods. Cypress does not warp or shrink or swell 

 like most woods, and takes paint or stain perfectly." 



H.\RD\vooD Record now and always has acknowledged the superior 

 qualities of cypress lumber for many purposes, hut no man of even 

 reasonable common sense would seriously declare that cypress ' ' defies 

 decay or is the wood everlasting." No well-balanced lumberman 

 would think of making the bald statement that "cypress resists the 

 rot influences which so soon destroy otlier w oods. ' ' 



Hardwood Record has no particular personal grudge against 

 Crosby-Chicago, or his employers, but it insists that there is not 

 one of the ju-ofcssional advertising cult, whose work has ever come 

 to the attention of this publication, that presents any evidence of 

 ability to hanillo in a competent manner, the great and important 

 subject of the logical e.xploitation of lumber for the purpose of 

 increasing general wood utilization. 



Sensible advertisers do not befoul their own nests; honest adver- 

 tisers do not attempt to deprecate the worthy goods of their com- 

 petitors. 



Mr. Gerrans may possibly be able to convince the building wood 

 trade that he knows how to engineer an advertising campaign for 

 that branch of the industry, but it is very doubtful if he can put his 

 scheme over with luirdwood producers. 



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Lumhermens Cluh of Chicago 



At a meeting of the Chicago Lumbermen 's Association held on 

 December 20, the proposal of the organization of a social club among 

 Chicago lumbermen, to involve facilities for luncheons and dinners, 

 a meeting place, smoking room, reading room, billiard room, etc., 

 was discussed, and it was decided that while it was eminently wise to 

 start such a movement, it was not deemed wise to have this club as 

 an integral part of the association. 



The subject was referred to the Board of Directors, and at a 

 meeting of the board held a few days later Edward E. Skeele of the 

 Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Company, was given authority to organize 

 a committee with himself as general chairman, to work out the 

 problem of the organization of a lumbermen's club. Mr. Skeele took 

 j>rompt action on the authority given him, and selected twenty-seven 

 associates on his committee, and a call was issued in round robin form 

 on January 1 to every member of this committee. The text of tills 

 call follows: 



' ' Public sentiment in the lumber and allied trades of Chicago 

 being manifestly enthusiastic over not only the desirability but the 

 necessity of having a general meeting place, and facilities for 

 luncheons, dinners and social intercourse, and this movement having 

 the approval and endorsement of the Lumbermen's Association of 

 Chicago, the following committee has been appointed by the Board 

 of Directors of the Chicago Lumbermen 's Association, with full 

 power to act, to organize and arrange for the financing of the Lum- 

 bermen 's Club of Chicago, and to take all necessary steps for putting 

 the organization into being and in working order: 



Edwabd E. Skeele, General Chairman 



DIVISION A PINE. 



It. II. Glllespio, Chairman; l''re<l T. Boles, E. L. Thornton. 



DIVISIO.V B HAllDWOODS. 



J. II. Dion, Chairman ; F. L. Brown, A. Schoen. 



DIVISION (■ — IIAIIKWIKII) WIIOI.KSAI.KUS. 



O. O. AgliT, Chalrmiin; l-\ !!. .McMull..n. i:. II. Klann. 



IIIVISION i> riNK WIIOI.KSALKUS. 



K. A. Thornton. Chairman ; (icorgc T. MIckic, Mark Porter. 



DIVIHIO.N K MANrKACTt'REIl.S OF LII.MBKIt. 



E. A. Lang, Chairman ; A. II. Ituth. CeorKC B. OsKOOd. 



DIVISION r — lOM.MISSlON SALESMEN. 



R. D. Sullivan, ciiairinaii; .John .MclJonni-U, Louis Starr. 



DIVISION O — .MILL MEN. 



K. K. lIoopiT, Chairman ; Arthur Nuliaii. K. \V. Dicrsnen. 



DIVISION II IIO.K MANirACmiKllH. 



B. F. Masters, Chairman ; Charles K fJooUwiUlc, Jamts .Merrill. 



DIVISION I — UMIIEIC I'KEHH. 



E. II. Di-fi'bauKh, Chairman ; II. II. (;il>son. It. A. .Tohnson. 



"We, the undersigned, a|ii)rove and endorse the movcmcnl Inr the 

 organization of the Lumbermen's Club of Chicago, and herewith 

 agree to subscribe our names to the constitution and by law.s of this 

 jiroposed organization, and subscribe to membership, whicli it is 



understood will involve annual dues of resident members of not to 

 exceed forty dollars ($40), and annual dues of non-resident members 

 of not to exceed fifteen dollars ($15), when the names of at least 

 one hundred and fifty (150) resident subscriliers to this docun;ent 

 luive been secured. 



"It is fully understood by us that eligible to membership to the 

 proposed Lumbermen's Club of Chicago, will be not only local and 

 non-resident lumbermen, but those associated with allied industries 

 in which lumber forms an important element. 



"It is further understood that the persons signing this document 

 are charter members of the proposed organization, and are exempt 

 from a membership fee of fifty dollars ($50), which probably will 

 be charged after the club is organized." 



The committee met at the Chicago Lumbermen's .Association rooms 

 on January 2, and the nork of soliciting members for the club was 

 appropriated to the members of the various division committees, and 

 the securing of members to the proposed club started. That there was 

 energetic action by tlie various members of the committee is mani- 

 fested by the reports made at a called meeting of the entire com- 

 mittee held at the Chicago Lumbermen's Association rooms on tlie 

 afternoon of Monday, .January 8. 



Evidence was there jn'oscnted tliat the miuinuuii numlier necessary 

 for jHitting the organization into being had been scoured. Secretary 

 .John McDonnell of the JlcDonnell Lumber Company, 905 Stock Ex- 

 change building, was instructed to call a meeting of all the signers 

 to the agreement to join the proposed club, at the convention hall, 

 ninth floor of the Auditorium Hotel, at 2:00 p. in., Thursday, January 

 18, for the purpose of organizing, and appointing committees to 

 handle out all the details necessary for the establishment of tlie club. 



Hardwood Record believes that this is one of the best movements 

 ever undertaken by those allied with the lumber industry of the City 

 of Chicago. It is apjiarently going to be very e:isy to establish 

 revenues of sufficient size to finance the club in most excellent sli-jpe. 

 It is not proposed that the club of itself shall take on its own cuisine, 

 but that the club rooms shall be established in some central location 

 in connection with a good restaurant or hotel that will do the cater- 

 ing under contract. The proposed club has already been offered the 

 choice of several desirable locations for quarters, and from present 

 indications the Lumbermen's Club of Chicago will be an establislied 

 fact within ninety days, and jiossibly within sixty days. 



This organization should have the hearty supjiort of every ono in 

 the lumber and allied trades in Chicago, and beyond its social 

 features, it will stimulate a close comrndery among lumbermen of 

 this city, which in the past has been woefully lacking. 



