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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Annual Baltimore Exchange 



The aiiuual ineetiug oi the JJaltiruore Lum- 

 ber Exchange was held on December 5 in 

 the rooms of the Merchants' Club, President 

 John L. Aleock in the chair. The meeting 

 proved to be thorougli'y enjoyable and 

 profitable. 



The business session opened with Presi- 

 dent Aleock 's annual address. Mr. Aleock 

 slated that the Exchange is in a pros- 

 perous condition and steadily progressing; 

 toward a higher degree of usefulness anej 

 efficiencj". He reviewed some of the mat- 

 ters which had received its attention during 

 the year and pointed out how the Exchange 

 had aided in advancing the welfare of the 

 lumber trade. 



Secretary J. H. Manken submitted his 

 yearly report, which showed- some gain in 

 membership and decided advances in other 

 directions, while the report of Treasurer 

 George B. Hunting proved the Exchange 's 

 financial affairs to be in an excellent state. 



The committee on trade relations then 

 gave an outline of what it had done in 

 the way of establishing a better under- 

 standing between the several divisions of 

 the trade and of drawing more definite lines 

 as to the legitimate limits for the exercise 

 of the acti^^ties of the wholesalers and re- 

 tailers. This committee has held a number 

 of sessions during the year and has had 

 under consideration various cases where the 

 classification of the buyer appeared to be in 

 doubt, with the result that friction has been 

 allayed and a check imposed upon relentless 

 competition. 



After hearing several other reports, of- 

 ficers were elected as follows: 



President — John L. Aleock, John L. .\1- 

 cock & Co. 



Vice-President — Thco. Mottu, Theo. Mottu 

 & Co. 



Treasurer — George B. Hunting, the iS'^. W. 

 .Tames Lumber Company. 



Managing Committee — William M. Bur- 

 gan; Lewis Dill, Lewis Dill & Co.; Parker 

 D. Dix, the Surry Lumber Companj'; John 

 H. Geis, John H. Geis & Co.; Edward P. Gill, 



W. \>. Gill Hi Son; Kufus K. Goodenow, the 

 Canton Box Companj'; Henry C. Matthews, 

 Thomas Matthews & Son; Eidgaway Merry- 

 man; Theodore Mottu; Richard W. Price, 

 Price & Heald; George E. Waters, George E. 

 Waters & Co., and Maurice W. Wiley, the 

 Wiley-Homer Company. 



This is a list of the old officers with but 

 one exception — that of Mr. Geis, who was 

 elected in place of George H. Poehlmann. 

 Mr. Poehlmann has extensive interests on 



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the Pacific coast and is obliged to spend 

 considerable time there, so that he is un- 

 able to give attention to the duties of the 

 managing committee. 



Business disposed of, the members retired 

 to the dining hall, where an excellent din- 

 ner was served, some impromptu addresses 

 being made and other entertainment sup- 

 plied. The affair was entirely informal, and 

 all the more enjoyable for that reason. 

 About seventy members of the Exchange 

 were present. 



NeWs Miscellany 



Monthly Philadelphia Exchange 



The Lmnljcrmcn's K.xcliange of I'hiladelpliia 

 held Its regular monthly meeting on December 

 1. with a large atlenUanco of members. After 

 the usual luncheon, Frederick S. Underhill. chair- 

 man of the Railroad and Ti-Jinsportation Commit- 

 tee, submitted a report, stating that the Na- 

 tional Wholesale Lumber iJealers' Association, 

 with which his commitlee had co-operated, had 

 presented (he matter of increased mlnimnm 

 weight of cars on water competitive shipments. 

 and that the railroads have agreed to a change 

 in basis, and the Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 sion authorized the carriers to issue a new sup- 

 plement for the following niinlmums on ship- 

 ments to water competitive points: 



All kinds of lumber, 34,000 pounds. Timber, 

 lath, shingles, shooks, cross ties, 40,000 pounds. 

 Where cars are loaded to their physical ca- 

 Ijacity, the actual weight to be charged, but 

 not less than 34,000 pounds. 



Mr. liiuierlilll also offered the following res- 

 nlution. which was adopted by tiio exchange: 



Whereas, The constant agitation in Congress 

 of the tariff, and the consequent uncertainty 

 resulting from lliis agitation, always teud.s to 

 create an apprehension in manufacturing and 

 commercial circles, and 



Whereas, A repetition of the agitation of this 

 subject, similar to that during the last session, 

 would certainly depress tr.ade and lead to the 

 eurtailing of product, with the consequent clos- 

 ing of mills in part or in full, bringing disaster 

 upon those who are dependent upon our in- 

 dustrial institutions for their livelihood; there- 

 fore be it 



Resolved, That we earnestly request the 

 president of the United States, the Honorable 

 William II. Taft, to strongly recommend in 

 his annual message that no action be taken at 

 the coming session on tariff matters excepting 

 on the r('Commendation of a tariff commission, 

 and upon only one schedule at a time. We 

 earnestly believe that such a course will pre- 

 vent great loss upon the part of our merchants 

 and man\ifacturers and be the means of sav- 

 ing many of the industrial operatives from dis- 

 aster cohseqiieut upon a lack of employment. 



.T. Gibson Macllvain then gave an interest- 

 ing and much appreciated account of his recent 

 trip to the Isthmus of- Panama, alter which he 

 offered the following resolution, which was at 

 once adopted by the exchange : 



Whereas, The Panama canal is gradually ap- 

 proaching completion and will possibly be 

 opened to commerce in 1915, and 



Whereas, To take advantage of this great 

 waterw'ay there are i>ractically no American 

 ships, on account of the American merchant 

 marine not liaving received the proper encour- 

 agement from the American government; 

 therefore be it 



Resolved, That we urge upon President Taft 

 and upon the next session of Congress the im- 

 poi-tance of providing a ship subsidy bill, that 

 will encourage the building of an American 

 merchant marine. 



1'. Ij. Luckeni^aeh. who made some well re- 

 ceived reniark^ during the nieetin}?. advocated 

 the appointment of a publicity committee lor 

 the purpose of showing what Philadelphia is 

 doing as a receiving and distributing point for 

 lumber. After some discussion on tlie subject, 

 the following committee was appointed by the 

 president: . Frederick S. Underbill, Frank L. 

 l.nckeubach. Owen M. Bruncr, George A. Hawes 

 :nul Herbert P. Robinson. 



Meeting Memphis Lumbermen's Club 



'two imporlnnt features marked the regular 

 semi-monthly meeting of the Lumbermen's Club 

 held at the Hotel Gayoso Saturday afternoon. 

 Itecember M. One was the announcement of 

 (Undidates on the red and blue tickets for offi- 

 ( ers and directors for the ensuing .year who are 

 to ne chosen at the annual election to be held 

 al the Business Men's Club on December IT. 

 The other was the decision of the members or 

 Ihe club, interested in the efforts to prevent the 

 Irans-continental railroads from putting into ef- 

 fect the announced advance of 10 cents per hun- 

 dred pounds on hardwood lumber shipments from 

 Memphis and Mississippi river points to Paciflc 

 coast terminals, to employ counsel to appear be- 

 lore the Interstate Commerce Commission when 

 the case comes up for hearing and to inviie all 

 of the lumber organizations in the affected ter- 

 ritory to co-operate with them, to the end that 

 llie right sort of opposition to the advance may 

 lie furnished. The meeting attracted the largest 

 attendance of the year, there being sixty-one 

 members and visitors present. President S. C. 

 Major, who recently returned from his bridal 

 Irip. occupied the chair. 



The candidates on the two tiekets are given 

 herewith ; 



Blue TiCKiii 



For President. John M. Pritchard. J. M. 

 Pritchard Lumber Company : First Vice-Presi-. 

 dent. F. T. Dooley. Dooley-Stern Lumber Com- 

 liany : Second Vice-President. W. B. Morgan. An- 

 derson-Tully Company : Secretary and Treasurer, 

 .lames R. Blair. Crittenden Lumber Company ; 

 Directors (two years), Albert N. Thompson. A. 

 .\. Thompson Lumber Company ; R. J. Wiggs. 

 R. J. Darnell, Inc., and U. S. Lambert, Nickey & 

 Sons Company. 



Red Ticket 



For President. James E. Stark, James E. Stark 

 & Co. : First Vice President. L. W. Ford, Good- 

 lander-Roberlson Lumber Co.; Second 'V'ice Presi- 

 dent, P. A. Ryan, Ryau-Stimson Lumber Com- 

 pany ; Secr<'tary and Treasurer, James R. Blair ; 

 Directors (two years), E. E. Taenzer. Darnell- 

 Taenzer Lumber Company : G. E. Bailey. Taylor 

 & Crate, and J. H. Hines, Barney & Hines. 



Following the announcement of the names 

 of the candidates, the latter were called upon 

 lo make brief tallss and they all responded in 

 happy vein. Each candidate on the red ticket 

 attempted to create the impression that It was 

 merely a waste of time and energy for the 

 candidates on the blue to try to capture any 

 of the offices and the nominees on the blue 

 t'ckot were equally certain that there would 

 iiot be a red man elected in the final show- 

 down. It is certain that there will be some 

 very effective campaigning and electioneering 

 done during the next fortnight. The time Is 

 short and every minute will he fully improved 

 by tlie candidates themselves, as well as by the 

 nomhutting committees and the friends of the 

 various aspirants. 



