November 10, 1915. 



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Thompson of Chicago oC an invitation to lunch with the members of the 

 association and tall; to them informally. The luncheon took i)lace ou 

 Thursday, November 4, and was attended by one of the biggest gatherings 

 of lumbermen that ever participated in any function of this association's 

 work. Mayor Thompson made a favorable impression because of his 

 frank, open-face way of talking. 



.Mr. Thompson's talk was devoted cbicJly to a discussion of the vari<jus 

 problems that have confronted him in his administration since corTiing into 

 office about a year ago. He outlined the method of handling the liuiiding 

 trades strike and the street car strike and bis description of the settlement 

 of the latter controversy excited both admiration and amusement. It has 

 been generall.v understood from newspaper accounts that Mr. Thompson 

 actually locked the doors of his office when he had gathered the delegates 

 from the union and street railway company within and told them they 

 could not leave until the question was settled. Mr. Thompson said the 

 doors were locked only Hgurativoly. He said that when the delegates were 

 assembled he told them that the side which retained the sympathy of the 

 public was going to win out. He then said there were some thirty-five 

 eager newspaper reporters waiting outside the door for the first inkling 

 of news and that the side first quitting would be immediately pronounced 

 as showing an unwillingness to arbitrate. With this situation staring them 

 in the face there was nothing to do but stay together until the matter was 

 settled. 



Mr. Thompson played strongly on the value of team-work as cvemplifled 

 in»busiuess, particularly by active association work which Is broadening in 

 its scope and effectiveness year by year. 



Vehicle Convention in Cincinnati 



<,"hailes S. Darnady of Lexington, Ky., at the concluding session 

 October 28, of the TrI-State Vehicle Dealers' .\ssociation .in Cincinnati, 

 was elected president of the organization ; T. J. Turley, Owensboro, Ky., 

 C. E. Merkel, Marion, O., and W. J. Bulliet, Corydon, Ind., were elected 

 vice-presidents. 



The new directors are : H. A. Lowrey, Leitchfleld, Ky. ; W. G. Dorman, 

 Corinth, Ky. ; W. G. McMakin, Ft. Wayne, Ind., and U. G. Otterbacher," 

 Wollinston, Ky. The time and place of the 191G convention will be 

 determined later on by the hoard of directors. 



'I'he meeting this year was the most successful in recent years. Close 

 to fifteen hundred delegates attended the annual convention from the 

 three states, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. 



The exhibition of latest models of carriages, harness and all kinds of 

 carriage driven vehicle accessories proved very interesting and attracted 

 large crowds each day, not only of the vehicle people but the puDlic at 

 large. It was a striking exhibiliou in that it told much more plainly 

 than words that the day of the horse drawu carnage has not passed. 

 General reports read during the convention brought out the fact that 

 while the aulomubile business has been making considerable Inroads iu the 

 vehicle business, nevertheless, the industry of carriage manufacturing still 

 was a busy and profitable one. 



Lumbermen Adopt Resolutions Opposing Freight Advance 



.\t tue regular monihly meeting of the l^umberjuen's *.lub of Memphis, 

 held at the Colonial Country Club October 30, tentative resolutions were 

 adopted calling upon the Federal Trade Commission and the department of 

 Commerce for a more scientific basis for rate making as affecting the hard- 

 wood lumber industry in the South. Since that time the Business Mens 

 Club of Memphis, one of the largest commercial organizations in the South, 

 has gotten squarely behind the lumbermen in their fight for more equitable 

 freight rates by adopting strong resolutions calling upon the Federal Trade 

 Commmission and the Department of Commerce to investigate the lumber 

 rate situation and to co-operate in the readjustment of lumber freight rates 

 along more scientific lines. This subject was brought to the attention of 

 the Business Men's Club by J. V. liush of Moffett, Bowman & Rush, who is 

 the representative of the Lumbermen's Club on the board of directors of 

 ihe former. The resolutions follow : 



Whereas, The railroads operating south of the Ohio river ha%'e filed with 

 the Interstate Commerce Commission tariffs increasing tne rates on lumber, 

 amounting in some instances to more tnan $l.uO per thousand feet, ou tne 

 assumption that the rates on hardwood lumber now eftective were made 

 unduly low in order to develop this section ; and, 



W'uEEE.ASj The Business Men's Llub ot .Meiupuis is vitally interested in the 

 success and prosperity of the lumber industry, farming industry and the 

 development of this section of the country gnneraiiy ; and, 



W'HEKL.vs, Tae lumber tonnage originating iu the Memphis territory con- 

 stitutes the largest percentage of tracic of any other commodity and pays a 

 larger percentage ot revenue to the railroads as compared to its value tnan 

 do niost other commodities ; and, 



Whekeas, The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Com- 

 merce are making special investigations concerning the lumber business 

 which has been depressed for the past seven years ; and, 



Whereas, It is well known tnat the freight rates of this country have not, 

 as a rule, been coustructed on any scientific basis ; that the cos't of trans- 

 portation on lumber products of the South constitutes a larger percentage >.i 

 their value thau is equitable or true oi most ot.ier commouities ; that these 

 conditions result in an enormous waste of forest resources, causing serious 

 and permanent losses not only to lumbermen but to labor as well; and that 

 this waste turtber results in retarding the agricultural developments ot luio 

 territory ; and, 



Whereas, The enormous permanent investment in woodworking plants, 

 and timber lands was made on the existing rates ; and. 



Whereas, A. large percentage of the population of the Memphis territory 

 is directly dependent upon. the lumber industry ; therefore, be it 



Resolved, That the Business Men's Club of Mempids petition the Honor- 

 able Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Commerce to investi- 

 gate the rate situation affecting this industry and co-operate in the readjus't- 

 ment of lumber freight rates along more scientific lines, in order that the 

 woodworking industries may utilize the lull produce of the forest and ship 

 their commodities at such rates as will yield to the carriers a reasonable 

 profit above the cost of transportation ; be it further 



Resolved, That the Business Men's Club of Memphis petition the Honor- 

 able Interstate Commerce Commission for a suspension of Frank .\nders<m. 

 Agent I. C. C. No. 10, and M. P. Washburn, I. C. C. No. 159, until such time 

 as the luinbermeu can be given a hearing and the disastrous effect of ti'ese 

 advances on the commerce and labor of this section can be fully presented 

 to the Honorable body herein petitioned ; and be it further 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be made ot record in the 

 minutes of the Business Men's Club, and that copies be forwarded to the 

 honorable secretary of the Department of Commerce and to the honorable 

 commissioners of the Federal Trade Commmission and the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission. 



J. D. Allen, Jr., chairman of the special committee appointed to collect 

 the fund ot |500 pledged by the club to the National Lumber Manufacturers' 

 .\ssociation, to be used in its trade extension department, reported that most 

 of the money had been secured and that be and bis associates would be able 

 to make complete returns by the next meeting. In this connection Col. S. B. 

 Anderson stated that the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association had 

 undertaken, and was successfully prosecuting, work of vital importance to 

 the lumbermen in that it was waging war on substitutes and was doing 

 everything it could to insure the use of lumber where it should be used and 

 he thought it deserved the unstinted support of the entire lumber trade. He 

 pointed out that there was considerable literature issued by the department 

 in evidence at this meeting in the shape ot pamphlets calling on the lumber- 

 men to stand together and fight for their rights, stressing co-operation, in- 

 telligent marketing and the desirability of pleasing customers at all times. 



Frank N. Fisher, president of the Business Men's Club and superintendent 

 of the Louisville & Nashville at Memphis, was present and, when called 

 upon for a talk, said that, in the light of the rate problems discussed at this 

 meeting, he had been wondering just why a railroad man should be enter- ■ 

 lained as a guest, much less be called upon to make a talk. He said, how- 

 ever, speaking seriously, that all avenues of the Business Men's Club were 

 open at all times to the lumbermen, "even though he was a railroad man and 

 even though rates were the subject to be discussed and handled." 



It was decided at this meeting that a dance would be given the evening of 

 Saturday, November 17, at the Colonial Country Club's new home. This will 

 be under the auspices ot the Lumbeiinen's Club. F. T. Dooley, chairman of 

 the. entertainment committee, was instructed to make all necessary arrange- 

 ments. 



Sixty guests and members were present. .\ delightful luncheon was 

 served and following the meeting many of the lumbermen indulged in golf 

 on the links of the Colonial Country Club. 



Philadelphia Lumbermen Play Golf Once More 



The annual meeting and last tournament of the season of the Phila- 

 delphia Lumbermen's Golf Club was held Wednesday, October 20, at the 

 Huntingdon Valley Country Club, Noble. Forty members and two guests 

 enjoyed the afternoon's sport. 



Following the eighteen holes of golf, dinner was served and then came 

 the business meeting. Eli B. Hallowell of Hallowell & Souder, was elected 

 president; Harry R. Humphreys of the Hadentine Lumber Company, vice- 

 president ; .T. Elmer Troth of the J. S. Kent Company, secretary ; Ben C. 

 Currie of Currie & Campbell, treasurer. The following were chosen mem- 

 bers of the executive board : Horace W. Smedley ot Smedley & Mehl ; 

 William H. Fritz of W'illiara H. Fritz & Co. ; Frank Buck ot the Est. of 

 Daniel Buck ; E. B. Humphreys of the Hadentine Lumber Company ; and 

 J. B. McFarland Jr.. of the McFarlaod Lumber Company. The secretary's 

 report shows that the club has enrolled Qfty-tour playing and seven 

 non-playmg members. Ten tourneys were held during the year, with an 

 average attendance of thirty-six. 



E. B. Humphreys won the president's prize, a handsome mahogany 

 mantle clock, beating out Horace W. Smedley by two points on the season's 

 play. Prizes tor the single day's play were awarded as follows : low net, 

 golf shoes, George W. Speigle ; second low net, golt bag, William L. Rice ; 

 third low net. golf driver, H. W. Allen ; best baU of partners, B. B. 

 Humphreys and J. B. McFarland Jr. 



Cincinnati Club Meeting 



A combination of ill health and business cares forced Frank Rodman 

 to resign his position of president of the Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club at 

 the November meeting of that organization. Mr. Rodman was elected 

 president ot the organization last summer, but was unable to occupy the 

 chai'- at any meeting since his election. Feeling that he could not do 

 justice to both the club and himself, he tendered his resignation, which 

 was accepted after au expression ot general regret by the club members. 

 • At the same meeting, .\. H. Enger, secretary of the club, handed in his 

 resignation also. Mr. Enger has left town to locate in Meridian, Miss., 

 where he will be in charge of the purchasing department of the Crescent 

 Lumber Company in the South. The club regretted the loss ot these two 

 energetic members and their absence will be felt tor some time, as both 

 were prime movers for the betterment of club affairs. 



A general discussion ot freight classification again was indulged in, but 

 no definite action was taken other than the appointment ot a committee 

 of five to investigate conditions and report .at an early meeting. The 

 committee consists of C. C. Hagemeyer, B. F. Dulweber, J. Watt Graham, 

 F. W. Mowbray, and James Davison. 



Instructive talks on traflic matters given by several prominent business 

 men were greatly appreciated by the club members. 



The Galle Lumber Compan.v, now in bankruptcy, the Ba.vou Land and 

 Lumber Company and the Kirkpalrick Lumber Company all handed in 

 their resignations as members of the club. The resignations were accepted. 



The next meeting of the club will be held the first Monday in December. 



