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If the members coming together down at At- 

 lantic City want to change the rules, if it seems 

 wise to change the rules, if there is a demand 

 from the entire country that the rules are to be 

 changed, and I think it is a verj wise plan 

 that you gentlemen have inaugurated, for the 

 appointment of a committee i" see that the in- 

 terests of Indiana are fully protected when 

 those changes take place. 1 want to say further 

 thai the inspection rules committee of the Na- 

 tional association is ready today, or tomorrow, 

 OP any day between now and the meeting a1 

 Atlantic City, to consider any changes that the 

 inspection rules committee of this association, if 

 appointed, may desire to have made at the At- 

 lantic fin meeting. There is nobody that has 

 authority in the .National association to state 

 to thai committee that those changes will he 

 made, because there is no authority, except in 

 the membership, to make the changes. But if 

 we go io Atlantic City with a plan well out 

 lined, a reasonable plan, a plan for a change 

 thai may be made necessary by the new- condi 

 tions which were not apprehended when we were 

 in Buffalo, I believe that the reason of the 

 National association will rise to the occasion 

 and say thai we will make those- changes. 



Committee on Inspection. 

 President Barnaby Gentlemen, if there is no 

 further discussion on this question, we will vote 

 on it. It has been moved and seconded that 

 a permanent inspection committee be appointed. 

 I hot in Eavor of this motion will signify the 

 same by saying aye ; those opposed no. The 

 ayes have it. and the motion is carried. I will 

 appoint as that committee, John M. Pritchard, 

 chairman; Ed. F. Swain. C. II. Kramer. T. .1 

 Christian and Claude Maley. 



Railroad Committee. 



On motion, duly seconded and curried. 

 President Barnaby appointed a committee on 

 railroads, which consists of the following: 

 \V. A. Guthrie, S. Burkholder and E. A. 

 Swain. 



Nomination Committee. 



Election of officers being next in order, the 

 chair appointed S. Burkholder, W. If. Cop- 

 pock and J. D. Maris as nomination com 

 niittee. 



On request, W. A. Guthrie, a member of 

 the present legislature, addressed the meet- 

 ing-. 



Mr. Guthrie -Mr. President, as this is the 

 first time that I haye met with you, I am not 

 exactly familiar with what you desire. While I 

 am in the hardwood lumber business, I am also 

 largely interested in the cross-tie business. I 

 am with you on the rate proposition and this 

 handling of cars. Congressman Madden of Illi- 

 nois lias drafted a hill to introduce in congress 

 thai si rikes me as coyering some points that I 

 was very much interested in. one was with 

 reference 10 ordering cars and compelling rail 

 road companies, as common carriers, to furnish 

 them in a reasonable length of time, and if they 

 should not furnish them the shipper would he 

 entitled to ;, dollar a day for the time that he 

 was delayed. Thai struck me as a fair proposi- 

 tion. That is what they require of us. If we 

 order ears and we don't load them at once, they 

 1 barge us demurrage, and why not put it the 

 other way? Another thing was with reference 

 to the time the cars were to he moved from the 

 station after they were loaded, .lust recently I 

 lad an order for which a const ruction company 

 paid me an extra price to get two carloads of 

 stuff on the cars in a day's time for them. That 

 shipment was thirty days in going sixty-five 

 miles. Who was to blame for that? I am 

 strongly in favor of giving our railroad com- 

 mission additional power so that they may con- 

 trol this situation to a greater extent. 



Election of Officers. 

 Tie- committee on nomination selected the 



follow mo officers, who wore unanimously 

 elected : 



For president — C. II. Barnaby, Greencastle. 



For vice president <1. II. Palmer, Sheridan. 



VAX B. PEKRINE, FORT WAYNE. 



A. Wood, Muncie. 

 M. Pritchard, Indianapolis. 

 Burkholder, Crawfordsville ; 

 Richmond : James Buckley, 



Swain. Seymour ; Claude 



For treasurer — C 



For secretary — J. 



For directors — S. 

 Clarence H. Cramer 

 Brookville ; B. F. 

 Maley. Fvansville. 



On motion, the session adjourned. 



EVENING SESSION. 



About one hundred members of the Intliana 

 association atel their guests sat down to the 

 home-coming dinner. Among them were not 



only lumber n who are at present residents 



of the state, but many who wore prominently 



STIMSON, IIUXTIXGBUUG. 



identified with the earlier history of the in- 

 dustry- in that section, now engaged in the 

 same pursuit in various parts of the United 

 States.. 



President Barnaby acted as toastmaster, 



and at the close of the e> Ileal dinner called 



upon W. II. Busse of Memphis for remarks. 

 .Mr. Busse eulogized the state of Indiana as 

 the home of some of the pioneers and most 

 influential men in the lumber business and 

 noted tli.it nearly half the members of the 

 .Memphis Lumbermen's Club were originally 

 from thai state. 



Earl Palmer of Paducah, Ky., spoke in his 

 usual breezy manner, paying tribute to the 



associat s hospitality, and telling several 



stories in his inimitable way. In conclusion 

 lie proposed a toast to the memory of C. D. 



SI rode. 



\V. A. Bennett of Cincinnati addressed the 

 banqueters and called attention to the impor- 

 tance of his home city as a lumber market. 



1'. Crane of Cincinnati followed Mr. Ben- 

 nett with further facts about its resources 

 for handling lumber, incidentally paying trib- 

 ute also to his native town — Peru, Ind. Mr. 

 ('lane'- humorous remarks regarding as-, 

 tions. grading, etc.. were much enjoyed by 

 his hearers. 



William E. Litchfield of Boston in a very 

 graceful s| h told of his lumbering experi- 

 ences in Indiana covering a period of twenty 

 Mens, and spoke of the great resources of 

 tin stat.- and the high quality of its timber. 



William Threlkeld of New York city ex- 

 plained the standard knot very carefully, 

 slating ho has found a knot 1% inches in 

 diameter, or the size of a silver dollar, when 

 green will when dry lie reduced to 1', 

 inches, or the diameter of a half-dollar, the 

 size of tin- prevailing standard knot. A 

 quarter covers exactly a 1-inch knot. These 

 remarks of .Mr. Threlkeld were evidently in 

 tended to be facel tons. Ho further expressed 

 himself as a believer in unity, and -an advo- 

 cate of universal inspection. 



J. V. Zartman of Indianapolis, chairman 

 of the allied shipping associations, requested 

 the cooperation of the association in seeking 



to widen the sco] f power of the state 



railroad commission. 



Waldron Williams of New STork city com- 

 plimented Indiana lumbermen on their hos- 

 pitality, their astute business methods, their 

 high standard of manufacture, and the excel- 



ll III ■ of tliel I' products. 



During the banquet an orchestra furnished 

 enjoyable music and Ho c I!. Van Wie de- 

 lighted the guests with his rendition of sev- 

 eral songs. 



Those present were: 



List of Attendants. 



G. il, Worland, Thompson. Thayer ,v. \h 

 Cow-en. Fvansville. 



W. II. CoppOCk, S. F. Co) ,k & Co., Ft. 



\\ aviie. 



Key Burkholder, S. Burkholder Lhr. Co., 

 < Ira wfordsville. 



W. A. Fulwider. W. A. Fulwidcr & Co. Bloom 

 i lie. I on. 



D. S. Barnaby, Greencastle. 



.1. .Ie Wetz. Columbus. 



B. Young, loung ,*i Cutslnger, Fvansville. 



Robert H. Fessler, Indianapolis. 



J. D. Marls, Indianapolis 



W. W. Garrott. Frankfort. 



G. II. Palmer. Sheridan. 



