HARDWOOD RECORD 



HORACE F. TAYLOR. TAYLOR & (RATE, 

 BUFFALO. 



Hotel. The convention was called to order 

 by President Earl Palmer at 10.30 a. m. 



Air. 0. E. Ye'ager of Buffalo, in welcom- 

 ing the members of the association to Buffalo 

 and introducing the president of the board 

 of councilmen. Mr. Thomas Stoddart, said: 



Mr. President, officers and members of the 

 National Hardwood Lumber Association: 

 On behalf of the lumbeT trade of Buffalo it 

 becomes my duty to welcome you to our 

 beautiful city — not so beautiful today, but 

 before you leave we shall have the clouds 

 part and sunshine come again, in order that 

 your last impression may be better than your 

 first. We are glad to have you with us upon 

 llii-. the occasion of your eighth annual con- 

 vention. Many of you come from a long dis- 

 tance, but you all come for one purpose, 

 namely, to improve the working apparatus 

 of the National Association. We want to 

 extend to you a warm greeting and we wish 



WILLIAM A. TERRIX. TAYLOR & CRATE. 

 BUFFALO. 



you to feel at home in our city. Anything 

 that we have is yours. 



We have with us the representative of the 

 mayor of the city of Buffalo, whom I have 

 pleasure in introducing to you at this time, 

 the president of the board of councilmen, 

 Hon. Thomas Stoddart. 



Air. Stoddart — Mr. President and gentle- 

 men of the National Hardwood Lumber As- 

 sociation: At a late hour last evening I re- 

 ceived a telephone message from his honor, 

 the mayor, to appear before you this morn- 

 ing to extend to you a cordial greeting in 

 behalf of the city of Buffalo. I feel hon- 

 ored to come before so representative a body 

 as the hardwood merchants of the United 

 States to extend this greeting and to turn 

 over to you the keys of the city of Buffalo 

 because I know they are in good, honest 

 bands. (Applause.) 



I am a great believer in associations, par- 



SHIRLEY G. TAYLOR. TAYLOR & CRATE, 

 BUFFALO. 



ticularly associations if this kind, because 

 they bring you face to fare with each other, 

 and you brush up against each other's shoul- 

 ders, which otherwise you would not be able 

 to do, and possibly by so doing you may be 

 able to exchange checks, drafts, or some 

 other things of that kind. This is an era 

 of conventions. Conventions are growing as 

 the years grow, and representatives from all 

 over the country come to this city, and 

 our citizens are glad to extend a cordial, glad 

 hand of welcome, and give to you the privi- 

 leges of our city. 



We have a beautiful city here, and some 

 of your representatives in the hardwood trade 

 of the city of Buffalo are amongst our best 

 citizens — in fact, they represent the wealth 

 of our city — and there is but little for me to 

 give 1" you because they control the city 

 of Buffalo to a large degree themselves, 

 i Laughter and applause.) Within the past 



FRANK W. VETTER. EMPIRE LUMBER COM- 

 PANY. BUFFALO. 



I. X. STEWART. I. N. STEWART 

 BUFFALO. 



& P.RO 



HUGH STEWART. I. N. STEWART & BRO., 



r.i i I'ALO. 



