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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Kellogg, C. M., Barksdale-Kellogg Co., Mem- 

 phis. Tenn. 



Keyser, W. E., Stone-Keyser Lumber Co., 

 Memphis, Tenn. 



Kibbe, M. G., Kibbe Sullivan Lumber Co., 

 Sullivan, 111. 



Kramer, II. M.. C. & W. Kramer Co., Rich- 

 mond. Ind. 



Knight, W. W., Long-Knight Lumber Co., 

 Indianapolis, Ind. 



Loveman, A., Lieberman, Loveman & O'Brien, 

 Nashville. Tenn. 



Lang, E. A., I'aepcke-Leicht Lumber Co., Chi- 

 cago, 111. 



Lockwood, R. J., Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co., 

 Memphis, Tenn. 



Lippman. E. C. Tupelo, Ark. 



Lucas, A. W., A. \v. Lucas & Co., Waverley, 

 Tenn. 



Lewis, Ii. N., Memphis, Tenn. 



Love, John W., Love, Boyd & Co., Nashville, 

 Tenn. 



Lamb, F. M., Earl, Ark. 



Love, A. M., Darnell-Love Lumber Co., Le- 

 land, Miss. 



McCulloch, E. B., Lamb-Fish Lumber Co., 

 Memphis, Tenn. 



Maphet, Ed J., Logan & Maphet Lumber Co., 

 Knoxville, Tenn. 



M.Ilvaiue, J. R., Southern Lumber & Mfg. 

 ( ... Nashville, Tenn. 



Mann, D. P., Chapman & Dewey Lumber Co., 

 Memphis, Tenn. 



MeCausland, A. J., W. E. Kelley & Co., Chi- 

 cago. 111. 



.Meadows, J. E., Advance Lumber Co., Cleve- 

 land, Ohio. 



Morgan, W. B., Anderson-Tully Co., Memphis, 

 Tenn. 



Mayhew, J. W., W. M. Ritter Lumber Co.. 

 Columbus, Ohio. 



McClure, J. W., Thompson & McClure, Mem- 

 phis, Tenn. 



Major, S. J., S. ,T. Major Lumber Co., Mem- 

 phis, Tenn. 



Mallory, J. H., Commercial Agent Illinois Cen- 

 tral, Memphis, Tenn. 



Newman, R. H., Simonds Mfg. Co., Chicago, 

 111. 



Nash, G. V., YVisarkaua Lumber Co., Nettle- 

 ton, Ark. 



Nolan, E. II.. Nolan Bros., Memphis. Tenn. 



Nolan, L. C, Nolan Bros., Memphis, Tenn. 



Oakford. James \\\, Cherry River Boom & 

 Lumber Co., Scranton, 1'a. 



Powe, Thomas E., I'lummer Lumber Co., St. 

 Louis, Mo, 



Pratt, E. W., Jr., Pratt-Worthington Co., Crof- 

 ton, Ky. 



Palmer, YV. C, Wiborg & Hanna Co., Cincin- 

 nati, O. 



Philpot, W. S., Chicago, 111. 



Peterson, C. F., Morehead, Miss. 



Peters, Col. I. F., commissioner Industrial 

 League, Memphis, Tenn. 



Powell, C. G., Fullerton-Powell Hardwood 

 Lumber So., South Bend, Ind. 



Reichman, J. A., Reiehman-Crosby Co., Mem- 

 phis, Tenn. 



Rush, J. C, Brodhead-Garrett Co., Clay City, 



Ky- 



Ransom, John B., Johu B. Ransom & Co., 

 Nashville, Tenn. 



Richards, H. A., Grand Trunk, St. Louis, Mo. 



Rhodes, T. W., Jackson, Tenn. 



Ravesies, E. II., standard Lumber Co.. Mem- 

 phis, Tenn. 



Roper, G. L., Senoth, Mo. 



Roily, A. A.. French Lumber Co., Crawfords- 

 ville, Ark. 



Ransom, \Y. A.. Gayoso Lumber Co., Memphis, 

 Tenn. 



Russe, W. II., Russe & Burgess, Memphis. 

 Tenn. 



Riel, George F., Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co., 

 Memphis, -Tenn. 



Sweet, E. E., Lamb-Fish Lumber Co., Mem- 

 phis, Tenn. 



Stevens, S. J.. Forest Citv Land & Lumber 

 Co., Woodruff. Miss 



Smith, F. H., Lumber World, Chicago, III. 



Steele, A. P., Carrier Lumber & Manufactur- 

 ing Co., Sardis, Miss. 



Scheve, J. L., W. D. Reeves Lumber Co., He- 

 lena, Ark. 



Sterling, S. W., New Orleans Cooperage Co., 

 New Orleans. 



Scott, G. E., Stevens Lumber Co., Dyersburg, 

 Tenn. 



Stoneman, E. C, Stoneman Lumber Co., 

 Clarksdale. Miss. 



Smith,' A. V., Smith & Sons Co., Lanark. Ark. 



Stoneman, G. W., Stoneman-Zearing Lumber 

 Co., Devall Bluff, Ark. 



Schlosser, E. J.. Forrest City Manufactur'ng 

 Co.. Forrest City, Ark. _ 



Stonebraker, F. E., Lansing Wheelbarrow Co., 

 Parkin. Ark. 



Stetson, C. B., Standard Lumber Co., Mem- 

 phis, Tenn. 



Smith. J. II., Rittenhouse & Embree Co., Chi- 

 cago, 111. 



Taylor, J. W., General Lumber Co., Colum- 

 bus. O. 



Thompson, J. W.. .7. W. Thompson Lumber 

 Co.. Memphis, Tenn. 



Throne. 1'. L., American Wash Board Co., 

 Fair. Ark. 



Taenzer, E. E., E. E. Taenzer & Co.. Memphis. 

 Tenn. 



Thompson, A. N., Thompson & McClure, Mem- 

 phis, Tenn. 



Vansant, R. II.. Vausant, Kitchen & Co., Ash- 

 land, Ky. 



Von Schrenk, Dr. Hermann, Missouri Botani- 

 cal Gardens. St. Louis, Mo. 



Vestal, Robert, Vestal Lumber & Manufac- 

 turing Co., Knoxville, Tenn. 



Wilms, William, I'aepcke-Leicht Lumber Co., 

 Chicago, 111. 



Wertz, Daniel, Maley & Wertz, Evansville, 

 ind. 



Wetland. G. 0., Thompson, Thayer & Mc- 

 Cowen, Evansville, Ind. 



Webster, F. W., Huntsville Lumber Co., 

 lluiiisville, Ala. 



Walker, James C. Mississippi Valley Lumber- 

 man. Minneapolis. 



w.st brook, P. H., Sowell Lumber Co., Marked 

 Tree, Ark. 



Williams, E. E., E. E. Taenzer & Co., Mem- 

 phis, Tenn. 



Warren, R. W., E. II. Warner, St. Louis. Mo. 



Woiceski, E. J., Fitzhugh-Luther Co., Chicago, 

 111. 



J. V. HILL. CHICAGO, CHIEF INSPECTOR. 



Williams, .1. K., Williams-Haas Lumber Co., 

 Fayetteville, Tenn. 



Watson, W. L., J. W. Mahan Lumber Co., 

 Mahan, W. Va. 



Wilson. R. E. Lee, R. E. Lee Wilson & Co., Inc., 

 Wilson, Ark. 



Wheeler, C. L.. J. W. Wheeler & Co., Madison, 

 Ark. 



Wall. J. O., Chapman & Dewey Lumber Co., 

 Marked Tree, Ark. 



Waldron. J. E.. Columbus, O. 



Westfall, Martin, Dayton, O. 



Woods, Earl, E. E. Taenzer & Co., Memphis, 

 Tenn. 



Young. B., Young & Cutsinger, Evansville, 

 Ind. 



Znpke, Fred. E. E. Taenzer & Co., Memphis, 

 Tenn. 



LUNCH AND SMOKER. 



Ou Tuesday evening the members of the 

 Hardwood Manufacturers' Association were 

 the guests of the Lumbermen's Club of 

 Memphis at a "lunch," which developed 

 practically into a banquet and smoker, in 

 the main dining room of the Gayoso Hotel. 

 This function was presided over in a 

 most pleasing manner by George D. Bur- 

 gess, president of the club. The gTeat room 

 beautiful^' decorated with palms, 

 American flags and bunting, and incident 

 to the feast and its concomitants of liquid 

 refreshments and cigars, a delightful enter- 

 tainment of song and story was rendered 



from a temporary stage erected at the side 

 of the room. Interspersed was orchestral 

 music of a very high character. Seated at 

 the tables scattered about the room were 

 v than 300 guests and hosts. 



President Wilms' Address. 



As the cigars were lighted, President 

 Burgess introduced William Wilms, presi- 

 dent of the Manufacturers' Association, 

 who said: 



Lumbermen of the Universe — I believe that in 

 addressing yuu tonight, as president of the liard- 



" 1 Manufacturers' Association of the United 



status, I should broaden on my authority the 

 limits that have been placed upon us as an as- 

 sociation. We- should henceforth call ourselves 

 the Lumbermen of the Universe. And the thought 

 lhat dictates this almost sacrilii;iotis assumption 

 comes to me on account of the fact that Mr. 

 Burgess has presented to us tonight stars in 

 various lines of business who have cost the lum- 

 bermen of Memphis an enormous amount of 

 money. If in keeping with the policy followed 

 tonight by the most representative lumbermen 

 of the United States [applause] we follow up 

 what we might call a universal lumber policy, we 

 will all go broke. There is one satisfaction, how- 

 ever, gentlemen — that if we go broke we will do 

 so in a jolly way, Mr. Burgess, in announcing 

 the various numbers of entertainment, pointed 

 out to us the expense that the Memphis Lum- 

 bermen's Club had to go to to afford us these 

 pleasures. lie omitted to state; however, the 

 cost that was imposed on the Lumbermen's Club 

 in getting us to come here. No one will ever 

 know what the expense was in getting us here. 



A Voice — Cheap at that. 



Mr. Wilms — No, I don't think it was cheap, 

 not in comparison to what they produce. What- 

 ever was produced here tonight was flrst class, 

 irrespective of expense, and I think till that was 

 produced during the day by our association was 

 just as much lust class. [Applause.] We are 

 placed in rather a peculiar position tonight from 

 the viewpoint of a man who is an association 

 man. At the bottom of our hearts we are all 

 jolly good fellows. There are some little points 

 of divergence in our opinions ; some slight dis- 

 agreements have created members in both asso- 

 ciations who can well be classed by the general 

 name, "the big men from Cincinnati." No mat- 

 ter whet iter they are from Cincinnati or else- 

 where, they have some idiosyncrasies that have 

 developed to such a state that they cannot be 

 eliminated. I believe this meeting tonight has 

 done more for the benefit of the lumber fraternity 

 than, anything else that could have been done. 

 [Applause.] Points of friction have been 

 smoothed over in such a way that in the future, 

 if not we, perhaps our descendants or our grand- 

 children will say. "Well, boys, there was a meet- 

 ing once in Memphis when all these troubles 

 were eliminated," and if there is a possibility 

 ..f foreseeing such a time, nearer to the present 

 than to the future, I think every one of you 

 gentlemen should contribute your share towards 

 its realization. [Applause.] 



In reviewing this assembly I see faces and 

 expressions, particularly Bill Russe's, that might 

 be misinterpreted if it were not for the fact that 

 George Burgess, who is sitting over there, ex- 

 plained to him before we came in to be quiet. 

 But I think there is more to this meeting than 

 mere personality. The last few years' experi- 

 en< .■ in our business has taught us that trifling 

 misunderstandings among the members of either 

 one of the associations should not be a cause for 

 disrespect, disregard or what you might call the 

 lowering of our opinions in the esteem of one 

 another. I believe, as president of our associa- 

 tion, that the time will come when the interests 

 of ail lumbermen, irrespective of their possession 

 of timber land or not, w'ill be universal, and 

 when that time comes we will see what we have 

 experienced at this meeting tonight. We have 

 been received in Memphis in a spirit of hos- 

 pitality that exceeds anything that has ever been 

 experienced in the history of our association. 

 [Applause.] And if I say to you that every 

 member of our Executive Board, every member 

 of our association, is touched deeply by this re- 

 ception, I believe I am saying what everybody in 

 this hall feels at this moment. If the seed that 

 has been planted tonight grows, as it ought to 

 grow, under the sun of prosperity, that means 

 benefit to all of us, then in the future we will 

 realize that we are not enemies, that we are 

 friends on a common ground, that we are friends 

 carrying on a business that stands third in the 

 development of our national prosperity. I de- 

 sire to thank the president of your club and to 

 thank every member of your club for the spirit 

 that has been manifested here, and I hope if 

 anyone here still has the idea that we are dic- 

 tating our policy from a central place you will 

 meet us at that central place, and we shall try 

 to prove to you that we are not lacking in hos- 

 pitality, but full of the spirit that tends to 



