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loir nplnliin nf i 



In 

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r ... . |.. rnn..n ~.. ..fl. li llinl It la 



M.inl 



i.mmnI 



:uiu uiil> .iluu Id maltf 



I tliBl III. It In iiii-ptlni:. 



Mill Klu-ui'Vt-r jroii 



v< • If tlirrr I" any 



.. unr tlint knuwi of 



rii'W Klarl tliln yenr nod 



u llltir tlini- tu fiirnlKli 



ih<-<.' •tmiaticii to II well rrpnid, nnil wc will pvr- 



tiKiM cd bi-ltrr mu iiirp of tbil ninuiint of time 



than «r« rould In any uilur ua> )uii uuuld not think of riiiinlni; a ili-- 



Ikartmrnt of your bualnoca and fXpiH*! II tu nchlove roiiult.i If you ki'|it 



' l.m aliMilnti'ly riu«-ntlal lo Itii biui-ihh, would you? 



• II. 



' ■■■• ' I- • iBhl lliink thai 1 lind rntlier n 



li W not till' diBc, I conNldiT 

 I know no iK'ller lot of nun 

 ilinn lurol>ornion Hint I would llkp lo iiHsorlatc myxclf with. If I iIioiikIii 

 "ihcrwlx., I would wok anotliiT rhnnni'l for my ncllvltli-H rntliiT tlinn 

 I hat onp. But wr ran make the game brttrr than It Ih liy proper co- 

 <l<e ration. 



Occn.mlonally you will hear rumoni that th^ Hordwoiid Miinufiicliir)*rH* 

 .V-utoclatlon. which has been In I'Ximence fourli-<'n y<nr». Is Koln)? on the 

 s> . lU and on the rocks; that It \n koIuk to he swallowed up, going to 

 ■ rged. EolnR to break up. I want to sny to you Hint "The wish l» 

 i..ii..r lo th>' thouRht." The Hardwood Manufacturers' Associntlon was 

 foundt*d for (he purpose of correcting certain evils thnt existed In tlie 

 liiiiilier liiKlness. and Iher.- will Iw an associnlion of linrdwood mnnu- 

 f.ictiir<-r< until those conditions are absolutely corrected; and If that 

 .T--ilntlon is not under the title of "Hardwood Mnnufncturem' Asso- 

 ■II nf the I'nited Stales" — It will be under some other title: but the 

 - • intlon of producers of hardwood lumber Is essentiui nn<l will live. 

 At the conclusion of the liiseussion of businesw conditions, the fol- 

 lowing rc|>ort of the coiniiiitteo on resolutions was read and approved: 

 Report of Resolutions Committee 

 Your committee on resolutions |irisint> to you the following resolutions 

 for adoption. 



Resolved, That the membership of this association In this feeble manner 

 nttempis to cxprewi to our ofllcers and board of governors Its appreciation 

 for the valuable services they have given during the |iHst year in our 

 • '.lif. We recognize that they have unselDsbly. and In many cases at 

 -r t sacrifice of personal interest and convenii'nce. given tlieir time and 

 li. -t thought to serving us 



l:i:s.ii.\ r.o, That we have received a great deal of valuable information 

 oinr^'rnlng matters afTectlng our business from the excellent addresses 

 thnt were made at our meeting by Hr. Stanley I.. Krehs, E. .\. Sterling, 

 .Innies .\. Kmery. K. II. Onunt. Mn^-k rrf-rttw-. nnd W. K. I'el.nney. 



' two men uln. 

 nincr It* I.I (-III 

 |Hi«tted III tlirtr 



lin. 



nln» ...,.,.,. ,.,,,,. ,,. I,. 



rvward. 



On .March 17. IIH" •- '« <• •-• -• ■• •^^^l /.nmhrriaaii. Na«h 



vilie, Tenn . «n» ti t,i. on Iiici iiilier '.'•l. 



11)1.%, Leonard llron . ,, Cliirniio, dliil ni lil- 



home In one of the iiuliurli> or < hlmgo afler an lllneiiii of nevrrnl »..i 

 We had Ihrtiugh loni; a»Norln11on 1o\«mI thi*»e iho nien whom. prr... ti. . 

 we inUa today. Their work In our lieliaif had alwaya been unsein>h and of 



great value. We cnnnoi 

 liieans to ua and to the \': 

 To their fanilllea we e»i 

 know that we will alwa> 

 tlieiu thai tlu.y can wci; 

 made and the constant It 

 the luniU'r Industry. 



ltEsiii.vrj>, We extend I 

 our appreciation of their i 

 U|H>u the fact that our m 



tli-«|iiiif.-ly |.%pre«a what the inaa of thcM' nii'll 



f which III front rank. 



■ art-felt • U tlielli to 



■ I 1 1. "I. avNurlng 



' tlH'w». ni«'ii Itiu*. 



In the u|iliri of 



til. 



Iiiiiilier trade preaa of the I'nited Stales 

 iir Industry and we congratulale theiu 

 contlntinlly ili'Veio|ilng a co (iperative 

 spirit and we wish them furtlM r kiio.<.Kae« this euiulng year. 



Kenolvkd, That we express our gratitude to the ninnagenient of the 

 Hotel Slnton for the accoiiiniodntions that It has afrordi.d ua in lioldlng 

 our fourteenth annual ni<-<'ling. We appreciate the courtesy and eniclenc.i 

 of the management and the aplrlt iif helpfulness. 



ItKNoi.vED, That we express to the Ijimb-Flsh Lumber Company our 

 gratitude for its courtesy In sending to our convention the moving pictures 

 of its o|ieriitioii lit riinrleslon, Mi^s. We also expri'ss loir griitittidi' to the 

 Henry Ulsston & Sons Company for the use of Ha nims, showing tlie 

 operation and iirocesses of nutklng saws. We also wish to thank this 

 coin|i:iiiv r-.r till- l.iiilc.'s that it funiisiied for this iiieellng. 



Election of Officers 



'i'iii'ii iniiiiniii till' ri'purt uf the nominating coinniittoc which recoin 

 mended the election of the following ofliccrs, which reconmieiulatinn 

 was duly carried out: 



rnKsiDt.N'T — II. IS. Hums, (.'. L. Itltler Lumber Company, Huntington, 

 W. Va. 



KinsT Vii'E-I'KEsiDKNT — K. It. Gadd, Wisconsin Lumber Coin|inny, Chi- 

 cago, 111. 



Second Vice-Pbf.sident — Italph .May, May Brothers, Memphis, Tenn. 



Tkeasi'iieii — Leon Isaacscn, Yellow Poplar Lumber Company, Coal Grove. 

 Olilo. 



Skciieta«y — W. II. Weiler, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



no.VRD OP GoVEIINOItS 



Three Ycnrn. 



Clinton Crime, C. Crane & Co., Cincinnati. O. 



It. II. Vansunt, Vansnnt-Kltchen & Co., .\shhind. Ky. 



W. B. Burke, Lanib-Flsh I.umlier Co., Charleston, Miss. 



K. .\. Lang, I'aepcke Lelcht Lumber Co., Chicago, 111. 



H. L. Hutchinson, nutchinson Lumber Co., Huntington. W Va. 

 f>iic Year. 



W. 11. Dnwklns, W. II. Hawkins Lumber Coinimny. .\shlnnd. Ky. 



W. R. Peljiney. Kentitel'y T.iimher I'Miiirnny. Lexington, Ky. 



IllK \ iSiioiC-S K.NJOVLID A \\i-;i.L AHIt.V.N'il^Ll VALUL VILLL A.NLi .-^.MOKKIC U.V iUK.SDAl E\1-;N1NG. 



