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iSfational Hardwood Annual 



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Tlie seventeenth convei 

 Association convened at 

 Hotel Statler, Buffalo. 



tion of the National Hardwood Lumber 

 10 a. m. on Thursday, June 18, in the 

 I'he opening session was notable for the 



visitors, in the absence of the mayor, in behalf of the city of Buffalo. 



The beginning of Mr. Sullivan 's address was devoted to an exposi- 



.tion of facts offered as evidence of the present and growing impor- 



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excellout attendance, the number of lumbermen and other visitors 

 present indicating that when all new arrivals are in the total would 

 set a new record. 



THUESDAY MORNING SESSION 

 The formal opening of the first session was the introduction by 

 President Barnaby of J. P. Sullivan, president of the board of 

 aldermen of Buffalo, Mr. Sullivan being delegated to welcome the 



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tanee of Buffalo as a business, industrial and shipping point. He 

 offered some facts and figures that were, to say the least, surprising 

 to his listeners. 



In conclusion, Mr. Sullivan expressed himself as most thoroughly 

 in accord with the spirit of cordiality shown by the Buffalo lumber- 

 men to the visitors. 



After Mr. Sullivan had concluded, President Barnaby arose and 



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