June 25. 1922 



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dining room of the club, and games of many sorts were enjoyed in the 

 interval between. The ball game resulted in the rolling up of 12 scores 

 by F. Chase Taylor's nine, as against 9 by Fleming Sullivan's team. The 

 weather was cool and the usual spectacle of the batteries weakening before 

 the game was through did not take place. 



South-westerners Back Hoover Conference; Hear Sherrill's Ac- 

 count of Expulsion from National 



The Southwestern Hardwood Manufacturers' Club, comprised of the 

 leading hardwood operators of Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, went on 

 record unanimously at its regular monthly meeting at the Lumbermen's 

 Club, New Orleans, June 7, as standing four-square behind the outcome of 

 the epoch-making conference recently of representative lumber interests 

 with the secretary of commerce at Washington. The resolution was drawn 

 and moved by J. B. Edwards of Hillyer, Deutsch, Edwards, Inc., Oak- 

 dale, La. 



Reports of the representatives of the industry from the southwestern 

 section to the Washington conference with Secretary Hoover, namely, 

 Clarence H. Sherrill, president, Sherrill Hardwood Lumber Company, and 

 W. T. Murray, general manager, Tremont Lumber Company, were con- 

 sidered in every detail and approved heartily by the meeting. A recital 

 of Mr. Sherrill of recent differences between himself and the National Hard- 

 wood Lumber Association constituted the outstanding features of a spir- 

 ited and important monthly conclave of the southwesterners. 



Mr. Sherrill, who at first appeared a bit diffident about "washing family 

 linen" before his fellow-club members, soon perceived that his differences 

 with the National Hardwood Lumber Association appeared to be of tre- 

 mendous interest to the club, and he divulged the "whole story" of his 

 expulsion from that body, which was brought about, as the association 

 phrased it, "because of disloyal utterances" at the Washington conference. 

 Mr. Sherrill denied the charge of disloyalty to any person or association, 

 but stated that he always made a practice of reserving to himself the 

 right of every free-born American to speak out his own mind, especially 

 when he did so only in the open and above board where all who had ears 

 to hear could hear and when the subject-matter was one of moment to the 

 hardwood lumber manufacturing industry. 



Since Mr. Sherrill has since been elevated to the high rank of head of 

 the newly-formed Hardwood Institute, an additional interest has been lent 

 to the matter, and a gist of the difficulty from Mr. Sherrill's point of view 

 as related to the club is herewith reproduced at length : 



"When I returned to New Orleans from the Washington conference," 

 explained Mr. Sherrill, "I found that the inspection work had been stopped 



by the National Hardwood Lumber Association on five cars of lumber at the 

 docks there for export. I immediately wired the association at Chicago 

 as follows ; 



" 'McSmith advises we take up with you relative to inspection. We now 

 have live cars tor boat leaving Saturday. Advise by wire quick your posi- 

 tion.* 



"To this wire I received the following reply : 'Unable to grant any 

 inspection. Your membership has been dropped. Letter.* " 



Mr. Sherrill then read the letter, which ran this wise : "The executive 

 committee instructs me to notify you that you have been expelled from 

 membership in the National Hardwood Lumber Association, and that your 

 name has been taken from the membership rolls. This action was taken 

 by the executive committee on account of the disloyal statements made by 

 your Clarence Sherrill at the meeting in Washington May 22-23. We are 

 enclosing you voucher for $9. .30 refund on your membership dues.*' 



Mr. Sherrill then read this telegram which he sent the association : 



"Your letter of 25th found on my desk on arrival in New Orleans today, 

 and I assure you of my highest appreciation of, the compliment you 

 pay me." 



"It is obvious, of course," explained Mr. Sherrill, "that the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association was 'after my goat' because I saw fit to 

 indorse the Hoover idea of standardization when the association itself 

 opposed it tooth and toe-nail. By the way, you will recall that it was 

 about the only opponent of the idea represented in the conference. I 

 refuse to be coerced. I have a mind of my own and propose to use it. I 

 consider the result of the conference a great step forward for the hardwood 

 lumber manufacturing industry and favored and continue to favor it. I 

 shall do all I can to bring about the realization of the glorious ideal there 

 put forward by far-visioned men. If the National Hardwood Lumber Asso- 

 ciation does not see fit to agree with me, and almost everybody else par- 

 ticipating in that memorable conference, I can't help that. What I resent 

 most of all is their attempt to muzzle my right of free speech." 



Various speakers indicated their hearty indorsement of the sentiments 

 of Mr. Sherrill, and it was obvious that the Southwestern Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers' Club, of which he is a vice-president, was with him. 



Other addresses of interest were made on various timely trade topics 

 by H. G. Bohlssen, president of the club and representing the manufactur- 

 ing company by the same name at Ewing, Tex. ; F. H. Sanguinet, Lyon 

 Lumber Company, Garyville, La. ; Ben H. Johnson, Mansfield Hardwood 

 Lumber Company, Shreveport, La. ; W. Brown Morgan, S. T. Alcus & Co., 

 New Orleans ; A. N. Smith, Bomer-Blanks Lumber Company, Blanks, La., 

 and others. 



