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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Mr. Palmer for president during L905 and 

 1906. 



The motion was seconded by many and. 

 upon being put to a rote, was unanimously 

 carried in an outburst of unusual enthusiasm. 



The Secretary then cast a ballot for Mr. 

 Palmer for president of the association foi 

 the ensuing year. 



President Palmer, after many rails of his 



name, res] led as follows: Gentlemen, Jess 



Thompson once made the statement that the 



l'i' lest moment of his lit'.' was when he was 



elected captain of the I eburg fire depart 



ment. (Laughter.) There comes to the rest 

 nf ns ni some time in our existence, the cli 

 max of our lives, and today it has come to 

 me. I am not so much elated over the fact 

 that I am to serve another year as president 

 uf this association, because I fully recognize 

 ihr sacrifices of time and comfort thai the 

 position entails upon the incumbent, but I am 

 proud of the fact that my reelection implies 

 approval on the part of this membership, and 



the greatest reward that can c r result 



from conscientious service is that of approval. 

 In regard to the statements made bj Mr. 

 Wall, I wish to say that I would have re 

 garded defeat at his hands equal to a victory 

 for over must anyone else. (Great applause.) 



1 shall mak pledges for the coming pear, 



preferring to allow the attempts made by me 

 last year to be my earnest wish for the pro 



jjective accomplishments of the year to c > 



I desire to thank .wen member present for 

 this renewed expression of confidence in Dis- 

 ability to serve the interests of the uational 

 hardwood lumber association. Gentlemen, I 

 thank you. (Great applause. | 



On motion of Mr. Stimson, 0. i >. Aglet of 

 Chicago was unanimously reelected to the 

 office uf first viii' president. 



Mr. Russe moved that II. C. Humphrey of 



Ippleton, Wis., be elected to office of si c I 



vice president. The motion was seconded by 

 several members and Mr. Humphrey was 

 nnniiin slj . Iiosen. 



William A. Bennett placed h lination 



'"'' third vice president C. E. Lloyd, Jr., oi 



Philadelphia. Mr, Lloyd's nominal was 



seconded by many members and his election 

 was made unanimous. 



Prank Vetter placed ii minal ion for of- 



'"' "'' treasurer O. E. Feager of Buffalo. 



The nominati f Mr. STeager was duly sei 



onded and he was unanimously elected. 



Upon motion of .1. W. Thompson the presi- 

 dent appointed the following committee to 

 nominate members of the Board of Manag- 

 ers: E. E. Taenzer, D. K. Clark. Theodore 

 Path! r, I. ,\. Stewart ami J. v. Stimso 



President Palmer There will be ah ■ < 

 rectors to be voted for. 0. E. JTeagi i 's ei, 

 l urn as treasurer creates anothei ra. am v. 

 The terms of five of the directors expire this 

 year. 



To give the nominating committee time to 

 prepare the Dominations, an intermission of 



'''" minutes was taken, after which tl i 



mittee returned and reported through Mr. 

 Taenzer as follows: Mr. Chairman, ladies and 

 gentlemen, after serious thought we have de 

 1 ■ |,| '-'l to nominate the following gentlemen 

 Cor directors for the nexl three years: W E 



Bonsack, Gan i [. Jones, Edward Buckleyj 



W. A. Bennett, John N. Scatcherd a.,. I u. i;. 



Tin. nips. in. 



Mr. McMillan Mr. > hairman, I move thai 

 the candidates Dominated by the committee 

 I..' unanimously elected. 



The motion was promptly seconded ami 

 carried. 



President Palmer a ,| the new ap- 

 pointments ...i tl," Revision ..I' Rules ami the 

 Inspection Bun fbjecl to 



ratification by the Board of Managers as 

 ",i s : 



Revision of Rules: <i. .1. Landeek, to take 

 iho place of Mr. Humphrey; Hugh McLean, 

 • I- M. (anl. present incumbents. 



[nspection Bureau: Term expiring this 

 year, W. E. Smith, w . .1. Wagstaff ami \v. 

 W. Knight. 



A Skirmish for Honors. 

 I.'. .1. Darnell — The Cincinnati Lumbermen's 

 Club have requested the President ami my- 

 self In instruct you. Mr. (hairman. to have 

 the n.'xt meeting held at Memphis. Memphis 

 is well located for such a meeting, ami is a 

 large hardwood manufacturing district, and 

 I believe you will be well received if yon 

 come thcr.'. 



(i. .1. I.aii.le.k — Mr. I 'resident, on behalf 



' C i In- M ilwaukee members of this as-", ia 

 (ion. David s. Rose, who has placed Milwau- 



ke i tl" map, ami the citizens' Business 



League of Milwaukee, I have the honor of ex- 

 tending to y.ni an invitation to hold your 

 next annual convention in the eii v of Mil- 

 waukee. 



Mr. l.andeek then read a telegram and let- 

 ter from Mayor Rose and a letter from the 



Citizens' Business League of Milwaukee. 



Mr. Humphrey— On behalf of the Wiscon- 

 sin Hardwood Lumber Association, I nam t,. 

 second this invitation t.. meet in Milwaukee. 

 We t.ii as though Wisconsin and Milwaukee 

 are entitled to this convention next year. 

 Memphis has had it since we have, and w 

 "ant I., see you all in Milwaukee, and wo 

 feel satisfied that tin- Memphis members will 

 i" ".'II pleased if they will give in t.. us at 

 this time. 'I'h.' Memphis fellows air rus 

 tiers: they come from a hustling town. I was 

 talking « iih Russi j yesterdaj ami he either 

 said that they expected Memphis to have 



500, | pie or 5,000,000 within the next 



five v.ar-; that Memphis is growing -.. fasl 

 'I is liable to create trillion and burn up. 

 I am satisfied if those people will come up 

 i" Milwaukee oext year they will live ten 

 * . :.i s longer. 



Mr. I '.it in i Mr. i hairman, on behalf oi 



the i hieago Hardwood Exchange, I hopethat 

 the association will select Milwaukee as the 

 next place for holding the next annual con- 

 tention. II is the most beautiful and largest 



subui I. thai i hi. ag.. has, ami it is impos- 

 sible i" -■ parate Milwaukee from ( hieago. 

 1 leo. I Ihman \- sei retarj of the Lumbei 



nun's Club of Memphis, i wish to second 

 Mr. Darnell's invitation to have our next .'on 



mention at M phis. We have a lumbermen's 



club of 58 members, ami we are growing, r 



think we will take care of you in a mai t 



that von will long remember. It is not only 

 ih.' lumbermen Imt the people of Memphis 



who would like to see you meet Ihero. 



Mr. Humphrey— The invitations win- ...m 

 ing along iiiriK from Milwaukee, and it 

 s'-'u. .d \ri \ much o ill of plaee for any inter 

 Ference. I wish to see the invitations con 

 tinue for Milwaukee and stop for Memphis. 



Mi'. Russej -I have I a expecting that 



from oiy old friend. Now, Memphis — (laugh- 

 '• i i wo have a little association of 58 mem- 

 bers, ard th i,' is ,,„, thing that you want to 

 hear in mind. Half of you Wisconsin fel 

 lows will I..' down iii Memphis locating your 



Saw mills, and you will want to find out 

 what's what. Memphis is the only southern 

 city thai has a membership of any size in 

 this association. Since 1900, we have had con- 



11 nl s everj year in a northern city, and 



it is time tho South had something.' (Ap 

 plauso. i Wo want I., have you come down 

 there. Sou were there in 1900, ami von w ill 

 remember what that little club of about is 

 members did. Wo ad led about 60 to our 

 membership at that lime. The Nashville 

 contingent would oot come in, but tlmv did 

 before they left. The South can 'I stay back 

 and wnii and wad. i Laughter.) Milwaukee 



savs. "Let us have it this year and you run 

 have it next year," lint you must all bear 

 in mind that Russey is getting old and he 

 may not be hen next year or the year after. 

 We want to go to Milwaukee ami wo know 

 Milwaukee will treat us nicely and royally, 

 Imt we do think that Milwaukee, in view of 

 the fact that she has so few members of the 

 association as compared with Memphis, might 

 to take the hark seat. Lit us have the cull 

 volition next year. Wo are entitled to ii. Imt 

 we won't withdraw from the association it 

 you don't come down there, lint will feel 

 very much hurt. Wo gave way for St. Louis 



o. and Cincinnati gobbled d up and didn't. 



say a thing to anybody. (Laughter.) We 

 .an show you ai Memphis, outside of the en- 

 tertainment— we get that everywhere w can 

 show yon matters pertaining to this business 

 and this association. We have immense saw 

 mills ami immense stacks of lumber. We have 

 something every member of tins association 



ean derive benefit from. Of . 'se we can 



benefit in Milwaukee in a way, liul we have 

 that same beer anyway. (Laughter.) Beer 

 made Milwaukee famous, but what has made 

 Memphis famous. 1 Hardwood lumber. (Ap- 

 plause, i Viol here is an association of national 



hardwood lumbermen hesitating, instead of 

 saying, "ill .ourse. we will go there." and 



do it by acclamation. Wo left Memphis with 



Ihi e idea that we want this association to 



come down there, ami we have private in- 

 structions from our mayor that he will raise 

 our taxes if we don't bring you. l.ut if we 



■ I., bring you he will take si thing from 



ih. city's tun. Is to help entertain you. We 



want you at Memphis and we are going to 



have you in Memphis in 1906, 



Mr. McMillan: Mr. Chairman, I have great 

 admiration lor my friend Russey, l.ut. as you 

 know, he is in tho haliit of getting the cai I 



bef the horse. II' 1 goes so fast ho can 't 



stop. I had a talk with Mr. Russey with 

 regard to going to Milwaukee. We didn't 

 bring everything thai we had with ns and 

 put it in Parlor C. 'I'll. Northwest has 

 joined hands with you, and wo are entitled 

 I., the meet ing oext year. Von have seen all 



over Hi.- e n\ th.- sign, "Wilson That's 



all.'' That is the lug argument thai they 

 have used today; l.ut I say that Milwaukee 



is famous not only from the I r it has pro 



duced, but also d is .a f the greatest 



manufacturing Centers of the United states. 

 The Wisconsin lumbermen, the Minnesota 



lumbermen, the in: facturers of Milwaukee 



ami tho .iiiz.iis of Milwaukee will greel you 

 royally. It is unbecoming to that push 

 ing little ,'ii.v ..I' Memphis to stii-k her nose 

 int.. our business. (Laughter ami applause.) 

 Hut "nine up to Milwaukee, gentlemen, and 

 wo will i rent you as you desire. 



President Palmer The chair ami the meet 

 ing are very much embarrassed by (he warm 

 welcome ami invitations we have received and 

 it is a hard matter to decide parlia- 

 mentary nun i. and if Mr. McMillan and 



Mr. Russey will onlj go out and chuck a low 

 dice and come in ami toll us how ii comes 

 out. it will relieve our feelings; Imt I don 't 



suppose it ran be done in that way. 



Mr. Wood — I wouldn't liko this convention 

 going away from here feeling that Milwaukee 

 and Memphis are Iho only two places on the 

 map. I want you. gentlemen, to remember 

 Haltiuu.ro for next year. 



Memphis Wins Convention. 



A vol. was then taken mi the cities ■•! Mil 

 waukee ami Memphis .as places for holding 

 the ni'.vl annual convention, resulting as fol 

 lows: Memphis, 29; Milwaukee. 26. 



Mr. 1 1 u mi j .Ii i .y I move that wo make it 

 unanimous. We like it first rate. 



The motion seconded ami carried. 



Mr. McMillan i ..mo i. think of n. wo are 



