HARDWOOD RECORD 



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VAN B. PERRINE. FORT WAYNE, I'RESI- 

 DENT. 



KRAMER. RICHMOND. SECRETARY. 



.TAMES BUCKLEY. BROOKVILLE, 

 URER. 



TREAS- 



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Annual Indiana Lumbermen \ 



The thirteenth annual meeting of the Indiana Hardwood Lumber- 

 men's Association -n-as held at Evansville, Ind., on the afternoon and 

 evening of Thursday, January 18. The organization was the guest 

 of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club. 



The meetings of the association have grown to be functions of 

 getting together once a year for the sake of renewing acquaintances 

 and participating in the good fellowship that always obtains. This 

 particular session was no exception. There were about one hundred 

 and twenty-five members of the association present, which was only 

 slightly less than the usual number who attend the meeting when it 

 is held at Indianapolis. 



The meeting was called to order at the rooms of the Evansville 

 Business Association at 2 p. m., and was presided over by Vice- 

 President Van B. Perrine, owing to the absence of President E. A. 

 Swain, who was in California; Secretary C. H. Kramer, recording. 



Phelps Darby, vice-president of the Evansville Business Associa- 

 tion, welcomed the visitors. C. H. Barnaby responded on behalf of 

 the association. 



Secretary Kramer read the president 's address, which simply recited 

 the conditions that had obtained in business during the past year, 

 and was optimistic concerning the prospect of better conditions for 

 the year to come. He believed that the country needed a more rigor- 

 ous enforcement of the laws already enacted rather than the making 

 of new laws. He concluded by looking towards an organization of 

 business men as a panacea of the evils besetting commercial affairs 

 in Indiana, and recommended that a movement be put on foot by 

 which the Indiana Hai'dwood Lumbermen's Association co-operate 

 with other business organizations in a united effort to assist the entire 

 business of the state. 



Secretary Kramer then gave his report, in which he said he 

 believed that lumber manufacturers sliould carefully study improved 

 methods of production in order to reduce, if possible, the loss in 

 producing lumber of inferior grades. He thought cost sheets should 

 be studied more carefully, and believed that while the hardwood 

 market was in fair shape, there should still be a reduced production. 



James Buckley, treasurer, showed that the association had a cash 

 balance of $7.08 on hand, which was about three dollars better than 

 his predecessor had been able to show. 



Before the reports of the officers w-ere read, Ex-Vice-President 

 Fairbanks was introduced and made an address on the subject of 

 ' ' Municipal Forestry, ' ' in which he professed to be a strong believer. 



He contended that the state of Indiana should increase its wood lot 

 preserves, and perpetuate and conserve not only its forest resources, 

 but the other natural resources of the state. 



On motion of J. V. Stunson of Huntingburg, Ind., a vote of thanks 

 was tendered Mr. Fairbanks for his timely and forceful address. 



Col. F. B. Posey of Evansville was then introduced, and spoke 

 particularly about conserving the natural resources of the streams 

 of the country, and carried on the same line of argument for which 

 lie has been famous for more than a quarter of a century. He is a 

 great believer in the utilization of the central river streams of the 

 country for transportation purposes, and believed the time would 

 come when the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers would become 

 great arteries of traffic. 



J. M. Pritchard, of the committee on inspection, stated that much 

 work had been done by the two national organizations looking to the 

 perfection of a single standard of inspection, but no definite results 

 liad yet been achieved. He hoped that very soon the committee would 

 be able to report that something of a definite character had been 

 accomplished. 



Hon. W. A. Guthrie spoke of the good work that is being done by 

 Luther Burbank in the making of a new type of walnut tree by cross- 

 ing the American and English varieties. 



S. Burkholder of Crawfordsville, chairman of the committee on 

 forestry, read an admirable paper covering the present work of 

 forestry under the Indiana State Forestry Bureau management. Mr. 

 Burkholder stated that the experience of the State Forestry Commis- 

 sion demonstrated that there was very little prospective value in the 

 planting of catalpa trees of any variety. He believed that the money 

 so invested had been largely wasted. 



On motion of J. M. Pritchard, the chair was authorized to appoint 

 a committee of three to assist in organizing the Indiana Business- 

 men's Association as suggested by the president in his address. 



On motion, the chair was instructed to elect a nominating com- 

 mittee, and he appointed as such committee : C. H. Barnaby, Claude 

 Maley and A. J. Smith. This committee very shortly reported, recom- 

 mending as officials for the ensuing year, the following gentlemen: 



President — Van B. Perrine. 



Vice-President — Bedna Young. 



Secretary — C. H. Kramer. 



Treasurer — James Buckley. 



Directors — C. H. Barnaby, George Palmer, W. A. Guthrie, J. V. 

 Stimson, S. Burkholder, Claude Maley. J. M. Pritchard, C. A. Wood, 

 Frank Galbraith. W. W. Knight, Haynes Egbert, Walter Grim, George 

 Waters and E. A. Swain. 



