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Hines Host to ^Northerners 



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A itTtain Uiryo ami well knnwn lunilicr publk-ation of Chicago con- 

 tains a report of tliis meeting wbicli leads with the statement that "the 

 cooling zephyrs of old Lake Michigan aided the gathering." It may 

 be that the sphere of influence of that publication is so extended that 

 it has a monopoly on the comforts afforded by nature. At least a 

 representative of H.\rdwood Recxjrd would prefer expressing his idea 

 of the meeting by saying that in spite of an unbearable humidity and 

 temperature, Mr. Hines' entertainment was 100 per cent successful 

 and enjoyed by everyone fortunate enough to be there. The session 

 started early and finished late, and was chuck full of good stuff from 

 beginning to end. 



The visitors started at the Congress hotel, where they were par- 

 celed out in waiting automobiles which Mr. Hines had provided, and 

 were driven out to the luxurious club house ou the south shore. Xo time 



was wasted ou reaching the club house in getting down to business, 

 the opening occasion being a short talk by Mr. Hines in his capacity 

 as host. His remarks centered around the comparison between the 

 present day lumber marketing and lumber sales as they were con- 

 ducted in the old days in the Chicago market. Then almost the entire 

 northern product came in by boat, which lined up at the river docks 

 and awaited buyers, who tcmk over the cargoes practically at their own 

 figures. Sales were made through auction by commission men, the 

 transactions and prices being very similar to the present methods of 

 handling produce by wholesalers in the famous South Water street 

 section. Then it was a question of the buyer pitting his wits against 

 the sawmill man on the question of prices, and, as might be expected, 

 the buyer usually came out ahead. Mr. Hines instanced cases of 

 almost unbelievably low values, saying he had seen Norway pine thirty 



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