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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Wll I.IAM II. WHITE, WM. H. WHITE & CO., 

 BOYNE CITY. MICH. 



the present constitution and by-laws of this or- 

 ganization were inadequate in their provisions 

 to cover the administration of the work that 

 is now being prosecuted by the association; that 

 some of the provisions contained therein have 

 been inoperative from the inception of the or 

 ganization, while others are conflicting in their 

 terms, which results in a certain degree of con- 

 fusion as to where certain powers are vested, 

 In order that dead provisions might be elimi- 

 nated and those remaining might be freed from 

 any conflicting interpretation the board of man- 

 agers at a meeting in Cincinnati on March 15 

 appointed a committee to revise the constitution 

 and by-laws, with the understanding that it 

 was to submit it -^ report at this meeting. The 

 committee, consisting of Mr. M. M. Wall. Mr. 

 A. R. Vinnedge and the president. has given the 

 matter careful and conscientious attention and 

 has prepared a revision to be submitted at the 

 executive session of this meeting. I desire to 

 recommend that this matter receive the careful 

 attention that its importance demands. 



GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 



I should be guilty of base ingratitude If I 

 failed to note apon the pages of this report the 



thanks of this association to tho Sicers. d! 



rectors and members of the several 

 who have during the past year devoted so much 

 energy, effort and thought to the advancement 

 of the Interests of this association, and to this 

 I desire to add my personal thanks to all those 

 who have so loyally and ungrudgingly supported 

 the policy of the president at times when the 

 storm clouds were flecking the skies of asso- 



JAMES COOPER, BRIGGS & COOPEB COM 

 PANY, SAGINAW. 



I harmony, and now, when nothing but the 

 blue ■! pears from horizon to zenith, ail 



IS Forgotten save that loyalty. 



In conclusion I desire to impress upon each 

 member here present the fad that we have a 

 good association, the achievements of which 

 Justify our pride and the purposes of which 

 deserve our support. — an association that will 

 not neglect the inter-' I member while 



he remains true to the interests of the ass 

 tion. — an association that will be just what 

 the membership, are willing t" make of it 

 power does not rest in ii nor in its 



rules of Inspection, nor in anything write 

 printed upon paper, but in its membership. We 

 lid bear in mind that we can serve our per- 

 sonal Interests by serving the interests oi 



lation. But we cannot promote the wel- 

 fare of the association by seeking only to ad- 

 our persona] welfare. 



The good that comes from associated effort 



is not I of chance; It is the product 



in directing the potential forces thus 



brought together for the common good of all. 



The keynote of my administration has been 

 to secure to the membership the benefits 

 should lustly accrue to it through the opera- 

 tion i.i the forces that result from organized 

 when properly directed. If what has been 



ai cot that direction is with your 



approval I am amply repaid for the conscieii 

 effort that I have devoted to tb of the 



National Hardwood Lumber Association during 

 the past year. 



All of which is respectfully submitted, 



EDWARD BUCKLEY, DIRECTOR, BUCKLEY 



>v I .I.AS 1.1 MI'.KI: COMPANY, 



MANISTEE, MICH. 



Report of Secretary. 

 President Palmer— The next in order is 

 the secretary '- report. 



Mr. President and Geptlemen : The National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association lias enjoyed a 

 prosperous year, its field Of a. live operation 

 has i.- la od t lie dot ies and re- 



sponsibilities of od members have in- 



creased. All di ipon n- membership 



: i cheerfully. 

 i iur financii ban at any 



period in the bistorj of the association. The 

 growth in mem as been commendable 



both in numbers and character. Sixty. four new 

 lams have been added to our membership roll 

 this year. 



A reasonable confidence in one's feiiowman Is 

 ary to satisfactory ami agreeable business 

 relations. In the territory which gave birth 

 to the National B d Lumber Association 



there was ■< feeling ol distrust ami selfishness 

 abroad at the i organization, which 



teanoi to be ringed as 

 a hardwood lumberman This unfortunate con- 

 dition in which tin- lumbermen found themselves 

 has been of such Insidious growth they were 

 almost overwhelm re realizing their 



danger. Others had taken advantage of the 

 "let well enough alone" and "every man for 

 himself' 1 policy of the trade to form powerful 

 combinations by whit nu r ht to rule the 



trade, not in i t - own behalf but b pur- 



Tbere was to. organization to di 

 mate trad.- ami t.. protection 



li. THOMPSON, THOMPSON LUMBER 

 ANY, LTD., GRAND ItAl'IDS. 



W. N. KELLEY. Kl'.l.l.l A II MBEB & SHINGLE 

 | OMPANY, TRAVEKSE CITY, MICH. 



GEORGE s. WILKINSON, VAN KEULEN & 

 WILKINSON I ' IB1 l; ' OMPANY, 

 GRAND ' IPIDS 



