HARDWOOD RECORD 



27 



WILLIAM F. WENDT, STANDARD HARD- 

 WOOD LUMBER COMPANY, BUFFALO. 



Veager: It is my privilege to express to 

 you the thanks of every visiting member of 

 the National Hardwood Lumber Association 

 for the courteous words of welcome which 

 you have uttered. We are glad that you 

 came over to talk to us this morning, be- 

 cause some of us were beginning to feel a 

 little bit lonely on account of the condition of 

 the weather and being so far away from 

 home, and as we supposed, in a city filled 

 with strangers, but since listening to your 

 gracious expressions of hospitality we find 

 that the clouds of homesickness are all dis- 

 pelled, and we don't believe that Buffalo 

 contains a single stranger within its limits. 

 We lumbermen are wayfaring men, and as 

 we travel up and down the world buying 

 and selling the commodity that constitutes 

 our stock in trade, we become judges not 

 only of lumber and its qualities, but of 

 men, and their sentiments as well. We have 

 looked upon the representatives of this great 

 lumber market who have come out to us from 



ARTHUR W. KREINHEDER, STANDARD 

 HARDWOOD LUMBER COMPANY, BUFFALO. 



the West and from the South for many years 

 and have pronounced them good. We have 

 participated in business deals with them 

 and have discovered their honor bears the 

 sterling home mark. We have mingled with 

 them socially at the banquet board and have 

 proven their fellowship to be of the quality 

 that stands the test of time. Therefore, Mr. 

 Stoddart, when your distinguished fellow 

 citizen, Mr. M. M. Wlall, the Apollo Belvedere 

 of the hardwood trade (laughter and ap- 

 plause) gracefully mounted a chair at our 

 Cincinnati meeting one year ago and in a 

 rich voice of Celtic eloquence proclaimed the 

 fact that Buffalo desired to entertain us one 

 year hence, we unanimously resolved to ac- 

 cept the invitation. (Applause.) We did 

 so because we foresaw in this occasion our 

 opportunity of securing a return from, or in 

 part at least, the many meals that the 

 Buffalo men have eaten at our expense during 

 the past ten or fifteen years. (Laughter and 

 applause.) And that is why, sir. that we 



EDW. J. KREINHEDER. STANDARD HARD- 

 WOOD LUMBER COMPANY, BUFFALO. 



are here today. (Laughter.) We believe 

 deeply in the principles of reciprocity and, 

 while some of us may intend paying our hotel 

 bills when we leave the city, we don't intend 

 to spend very much money for anything else 

 while we remain within your gates. (Laugh- 

 ter and applause.) We realize that a grave 

 responsibility attaches to our position as 

 guests of this rich and magnificent city of 

 Buffalo, but we are accustomed to cope with 

 great emergencies (laughter) and we intend 

 to discharge every obligation due from guests 

 to hosts while we remain with you. (Laugh- 

 ter and applause.) 



It is my pleasure to again thank you in 

 the name of this association for your very 

 cordial welcome. (Applause.) 



President Palmer — The first business that 

 will come before the meeting in the regular 

 order will be the roll call. The roll call 

 is a long and tedious process and we will 

 leave it to the meeting to decide whether the 

 roll will be called or not. If it is the desire 



R. F. KREINHEDER. STANDARD HARDWOOD 

 LUMBER COMPANY, BUFFALO. 



ANTHONY MILLER. BUFFALO. 



F. M. SULLIVAN, T. SULLIVAN & CO., 

 BUFFALO. 



