XICKEY. MEMPHIS. TENX.. 

 TREASIKEK 



KOIIEKTSitN. MEMI'UI 

 DIRECTOR 



directors, to appoint committees from the membership of the board 

 of directors, or of the association ; to receive money and dispose 

 of same, and to de^se and carry into effect such measures as it may 

 deem proper. In ease of vacancies in the directorate or in any of 

 the official offices, same shall be filled by the board of directors 

 at any meeting. 



Article 7 is given over to the discussion of the duties of the 

 various officers. 



Article S specifies that the attendance at any regular or called 

 meeting of twenty members of the association in good standing 

 shall be regarded as a quorum. 



Article 9 states that the board of directors shall be authorized to 

 amend the by-laws, while article 10 concludes with the statement 

 that the articles may be amended at the annual or semi-annual meet- 

 ings of the association by a majority of the members present, but 

 no amendment shall lie considered at any such meeting unless writ- 

 ten notice shall have been given to the membership by the secretary 

 at least thirty days previous to such meeting. 



The bylaws follow the usual form in connection with procedure 

 of meetings and the administration of the officers of the association. 

 They provide in addition that the president shall appoint standing 

 committees with power to act subject to ratification of memliers at 

 the next following called or special meeting, as follows: 



Committee on membership; committee on assessments; committee 

 on finance; committee on technical research; committee on com- 

 plaints; committee on form of price list; committee on advertising; 

 committee on enter*^ainment. 



Following the reading of the constitution and by-laws, they 

 were taken up section by section, and discussed in detail. 



While a discu.ssion developed as to the amount of initiation fee 

 to be levied, a $25 fee was finally decided upon, as a larger fee 

 would lie apt to keep out the smaller manufacturer. 



Another section that was discussed was that giving the committee 

 on assessments power to assess members for money needed by the 

 organization. It was finally decided to estimate the annual cut of 

 each member and assess him what was deemed necessary, said 

 assessment not to exceed fifteen cents per thousand feet log scale, 

 and to be paid monthly in advauce. This money is to be collected 

 by the secretary and given over to the treasurer. 



Another point brought out was the discussion of a $.50 minimum 

 assessment of those whose estimated cut at the estimated rate would 

 fall below that amount annually, it was finally decided that the 

 cut should be based on log measure. 



The constitution and by-laws were adopted as amended. 



Leaders in the discussion as to various features of the constitu- 

 tion and by-laws were: S. M. Xickey. E. A. Lang, Thonjas W. 

 Fry. B. F. Dulweber. W. K. Hevser and C. L. Harrison. 



Following the adoption of the constitution and by-laws, the next 

 order of business was the signing of applications for membership, 

 which resulted in the enrollment of thirty-one members to start 

 with. 



The committee on nominations appointed by temporary-chairman 

 W. E. DeLaney. then reported. The following officers and directors 

 were recommended: 



Pkesidext — C. L. Harrison, Himmeltjerger-Harrison Lumber Company. 

 Cape Girarde.Tu. Mo. 



First Vice-Presidext — J. W. McClure. Bellgrade Lumber Company. 

 Memphis. Tenn. 



Second Vice-President — F. E. Gary. Baker Lumber Company. Turrell. 

 -irk. 



Theascrer — S. M. Xickey. Green River Lumber Company, Memphis. 

 Tenn. 



Directors were recommended as follows: 



KOR the two \H\S period 



F. B. Robertson. Anderson-Tully Company, Memphis. Tenn. 

 F. R. Gadd. Wisconsin Luml)er Company. Chicago. 111. 

 E. A. Lang. Paepcke Leiclit Lumlier Company. Chicago. 111. 

 Thomas W". Fr.r. Charles F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber Company, 

 St. Louis. Mo. 



DIRECTORS Ftin OXE YEiR 



II. B. Weiss. George C. Brown & Co.. Proctor. Ark. 



M. B. Cooi>er. Three States LudiIht Company. Memphis. Tenn. 



L. I'. HuBiisc. Lamb-Fish Lumber Compan.v, Charleston, Miss. 



W. C. Bontur. .L 11. Bonn.-r & Sons. Hetb. Ark. 



These officers and directors were elected as recommended. 



President Harrison then addressed the meeting. He spoke of 

 the object of the association and the various conditions which have 

 led up to its formation. He clwelt upon the good to be derived, 

 stating that the main benefits will be the establishment of uniform 

 selling plans, a more staple and higher level of prices, and the 

 general education of the consumer as to the value of gum. He 

 then spoke of the necessity of having a competent secretary, dwelling 

 upon the duties, necessary (jualifications and the possibilities to be 

 realized by the association from the employment of such a mau. 



President Harrisou then reviewed the work done by the cypress 

 and birch associations and went into detail as to the excellent 

 results they had obtained. He pleaded for a close co-operation 

 between the officers and the membership in order to develop the 

 fullest efficiency possible for the association. 



President Harrisou was followed by the vice-presidents, J. W. 

 IfcClure and F. E. Gary, and by Treasurer S. M. Kickey, and 

 Director F. B. Robertson, all of whom spoke encouragingly of the 

 possibilities of the new organization. 



Following these talks the meeting adjourned. 



The following standing committees were appointed for the en- 

 suing year: 



AssEss-viE.NT C11.MMITTEE — J. W. McCInre. chairman: E. B. Xorman, 

 M. H. M.'tssee. E. A. Lan;:, W. E. H.vde. 



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