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 Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club Annual Meeting and Election 



Olli' uf tile llioitl I'lltliunlllnlic llli-<'llllK>' I'ViT lli'lll liy llli< l.uilllMTIIU'irH 

 Cluti was held nl llic lliili-l <ahii«ii. .Moiidny niKlit, .May 4. TIip orrniiluii 

 wan till- annual lUf^'lltiK and I'li-i-tlon and tlir >'aiii|inlKn <tininiltliM.>H of 

 botb llir n-Kiilar ilokct and tin' lndi-|>i'nili'nt tiekt'l wurkcd mi liard In the 

 iulprtiit of tlii-lr (-andldali-H tlint a very lartEi- alti'ndnnn- wni< on hand. 

 The plocllon wlilli- frli-ndly IhroiiKliout was vi-ry cloni'ly oontcstod and 

 lunitirrnicn fur I In- pam wii-k lo Kiiy nollihiK nlHiut tlie last day or two 

 liarr Ix'^'n Ihikv anHWrrlnu ti'li-plmni' rails and ri-|ilyliiK Iu tlic appi-alH of 

 llir varloiiH hiinlx'rini'n liiislllni: fur Ihi'lr favorili' landldnli'. Knrli side 

 bad more than enoUKb ph-dces to elect their tieket from one end to the 

 other, wi they elalined Just liefore the elevllon. nud the renult was bound 

 to lirlns about miuic Kurprlwu. The rampniKn eoniiultteo of the regular 

 ticket predicted the election of Its entire tieket reRardlesH of the numerous 

 pIrdRes the other side claimed to have, and the Independent ticket 

 canipalen committee was equally confident of success. The result proved 

 that thn-e on the regular ticket, the president, secretary and treasurer, 

 won and the first mid second vice-presidents on the Independent ticket 

 were chosen, all elected by close margins exc-ept the contest for secretary, 

 which was quite n one sided affair. The new officers of the club for the 

 ■'nsulng year will be Alex. Schmidt of the Krancke Lumber Company, 

 president: X. Dwlght Hinckley of the Dwigbt Hinckley Lumber Company, 

 llrst vin-presldent : Ceo. Hand of the Kayou Lund & Lumber Company, 

 lecond vice-president : J. A. Bolser of the Blackburn & Bolser Company, 

 ■secretary telected for the sixth consecutive year), and Harry Hollowcll 

 .if II. A. Hollowell & Co.. treasurer. President Hageineyer in his farewell 

 addresst went over the work of the club during the past year and showed 

 that the club had accomplished much and had accepted to membership 

 seventi-en new firms. 



At the conclusion of his address President Hagemeyer Installed the 

 newly elected president, who at once caught the large assemblage by 

 his very enthuslostic and frank declaration of bis ideas which, according 

 to the applause after he had concluded, met with much approval. After 

 President Schmidt had called upon all of the otber candidates, botb 



• •lerti'd and defeated, for short addresses he proceeded with the meeting 

 under the head of new business. The question as to the club's attitude 

 was or once tested regarding the carpenters' strike which is on on 

 aceonnt of the refusal of the contracting builders to accede to their 

 demands that all millwork shall come from union mills. After the dis- 

 cussion that followed there was no question as to where the lumbermen 

 ■itood on this proiiositlon and resulted in a special meeting being called 

 for niMin. Friday, May 8. when all contracting builders, planing millmen, 

 rurniture manuraeturers. Iiox manufactures and otber woodworking fac- 

 tory proprietors in Cincinnati. Newport and Covington will be asked to 

 :iltend a luncheon where the whole situation can be gone over thoroughly, 

 the lumbermen going on record as supporting the employers and con- 

 ilcinnlng the demands made by the striking carpenters. 



.\ committee, consisting of S. W. llichcy. chairman : .T. Watt (irabain 

 iind Clias. !■". Sbiels, was appointed to draw up suital)le resolutions on 

 account of the death of W. A. Bennett and at this meeting the resolu- 

 tions were submitted and ordered spread upon the minutes and a copy 

 <cnt to the family. 



The ".square deal" policy of the club was again very much in evidence, 

 the foilow-ing romnilttee being appointed to settle a dispute between a 



• lub member and an -Vrkansas lumber firm; T. B. Stone, chairman; S. W. 

 lilchey and K. O. Robinson. 



The club at tbln mei-ting donated $100 to the publicity fund of the 

 Cineinnatl Chamber of Commerce to help out on the ?inn.(ioii fuml It Is 

 raising to advertise the dtv. 



Meeting of Memphis Club 



The Lumbermen's Club, of Memphis, at the regular semi-montbly ineet- 

 iii« of that body held at the Hotel Oa.voso. May 2, adopted by unanimous 

 vote vigoroua resolutions protesting against the report of the Bureau of 

 Corporations at Washington charging that lumber interests of the country 

 L-cnerally have been in combination to restrict the production and to 



• ontrol the prices of lumber and tbot they have maintained a lobby at 

 Washington for the purpose of inHuencing legislation. The resolutions 

 were prepared liy .Tames E. Stark of James E. Stark & Co., and were 

 referred, after passage, to the standing eomtnittce on resolutions, in 

 order that fhey might be put in proper shape for forwarding to the Bureau 

 of Corporations at Washington and for publication in the lumber trade 

 press. The views as expressed by members of the club in these resolu- 

 tions may be accepti»d also as those of members of the National Hard- 

 wood Lutnlier -Association, the Hardwood Manufacturers' Association, the 

 N.Ttional Whol(*8ale Lumlier Dealers' .Association and otber organizations 

 witli which many of the local lutnberiiicn are affiliated. 



.1 « .Urriiirc. •«'creinry-lr<«*ui<Pr of the Ilt'llgrade Lumber Company, 

 wun. by unnulmoiia vuli'. cIiom-u an the n-pn-wnlallvc of the LuintMTmim'a 

 Club on the iHHird of direciorii of the IIukIucii Menu Club. The former 

 la afflllnled with ihc Inller and all amilntcd omnnliallona are allowed 

 one direeliir. .Mr. .Mi-Cliire huci'imhIh I". K. Sloiiebraker, who rendered 

 valuable nervlee In Ihal cnpaelly during the pnKi year. 



Itlchard I'elrni> of (he VaiKlenlliHiin Sllinnuti Lumber Company and 

 J. \. Uuih of MolTctt, Itowman & l(u>h reporled Hint the oulhiok wan 

 good fur Ibe inntallallon of a Ibrougb Bbi-pliig car Kervlci! between .Mem- 

 phis and Evansvllli-, Ind. Tliene gentleun-n ntleuded a conference with 

 oitlclals of the Uiuisville & Nnnhvllle Kallrond at Kvanaville wiiiie dayii 

 ago. llic former as the repreaentntlve of the LuinlKTiiipn'a (.'lub and tba 

 latter of (be IluHliicsH .Men's Club. .Mr. Utisb thought that the tbrough 

 M-rvlc<- would Im' Inaugurnled with lltlli' delay for a trial of all nionlba, 

 later action depending on the outcome of the experiment. There Is a 

 Nto|Hiver of two hours betwm'n Memphis and Ixiuiavilie at (iuthrle. Ky., 

 and (he through sleeping car aervlo' la di'Hlreil to eliminate this. Tlie 

 i-oufereni-e was atli-ndi'd by many bualiii'»a men from Kvanaville anil 

 other polntH between .Meiiiphia and (hat city. 



The club endorsed Ibe movement explained by W. C. Uutllnger liHiklng 

 to the asHesament of a small tnx for aeveral years lo raiae funds for the 

 building of an niiditorliiiii to enable Memplila to take care of Its Increaaing 

 I'onven^ons. Mr. Diitlinger la chairman of the aiidltorlu 

 the Itiisliiess Men's Club and that organization Is alai 



plan 



Annual Convention of National Association of Manufacturers 



.Vn innovation in the treatment of unctn|iloymi'iit, namely, a dIseUKalon 

 of the subject by leaders of induatry represenllng eatahllabmenta fur- 

 nishing occupation for forces of workjni'n numbered by thonannda, by 

 hundreds and alao in smaller groups, is promised as one of tlie apeelal 

 features of the nineteenth annual convention of the National Aasocla- 

 tion of .Manufacturers, to be held at the Waldorf-Astoria, .New Vork 

 City, May IU and 'M. L'nuHual Interest attaches Itself to the unempbiy- 

 uient conference for the reason that the convention, which will bring 

 together many hundreds of manufacturers from all pans of the country, 

 will afford the spectacle of a gathering seeking an intelligent aolution 

 of a nation-wide problem, the essential facts of which they tbemselrea 

 best understand. Business conditions of the c-oiintry, the deti'rrlng 

 influences now operating with respect to trade activities, and also the 

 prospects in ail the main lines of industry, will lie treated In detail. 



New Association for Arkansas 



A number of stave mill operators and Kawmlll nu n met in the travel, rs' 

 rest room of the Marlon^otel in Little Ilock on Monday afternoon, .May 4. 

 and perfected an organization to be known as the ArkanmiH Forest 

 Products Association. The nicmbershlp of the organization will include 

 all manufacturers using rough material and men and concerns interested 

 in any way in the shipment of rough material In Arkansas. The 

 temporary organization as formed at the initial meeting has for it.^ 

 officers, Henry Wrape of the Henry Wrape Company, stave manufacturer 

 of Jonesboro, Ark., president, and J. K. Hamlen of the J. H. Hainlen & 

 Son Stave Company of Little Hock, secretary. 



-According to .1. It. Hamlen. who has been instrumental in perfecting 

 the organization, the object of the assoclaiiop will be to unify the com- 

 mon interests of its menibers and to give proper protection to its members 

 in the matter of rates on rough material and in other ways. 



-Another meeting of the organization will be held in the near future, 

 upon call of the temporary president, at which time a permanent organi-/ta- 

 tion will be formed. It was the opinion of those present at this first 

 meeting that a full membership should be obtained and then n perma- 

 nent organization perfected. 



With the Trade 



South Carolina Red Gum 

 The Columbia Veneering Company, which Is building a plant at College 

 Place, near Columbia. S. C.. expects to do s.unethlng toward exploiting 

 the red gum which abounds In that region, and which has heretofore 

 been but little employed there In the making of furniture. This wood 

 lends Itself reodlly to use as veneer and bos already been worked up 

 advantageously in that form by northern manufacturers. 



Firm's Career Linked with Historical Happenings 



The career of Richard 1". Bacr & Co.. manufacturers of and dealers In 

 hardwoods, has become in a way associated with events in recent 

 -Vmerlcan history. It was on the eve of the breaking out of war between 

 the United States and Spain, in 1898, that the members of the present 

 firm, going up Baltimore street, were casually Informed by A. I. Lyon, a 

 hardwood man, that be wished to retire. The question of taking over 

 the business was naturally mentioned, and the Messrs. Richard P. and 

 M. S. Baer then and there made a proposition to buy Mr. Lyon out, 

 the deal being closed In a few minutes. The next day came the war. On 

 the sixteenth anniversary, which was quietly observed in the firm's offices 



