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The 1914 sdiiiaiinual iiioetiu^' i.i tli.. .NOnlMri. llrinldik nnd 

 Hardwood Manufat'turers' Association is now history. Members 

 attending this meeting, held on July 28-29 at Menominee, Mich., 

 will always have kindlj' remembrances of Marinette and Menom- 

 inee lumbermen and the royal entertainment accorded them. The 

 elaborate program included automobile rides, banquets and an all- 

 day boat trip on Green Bay. 



TUESDAY MOBNING SESSION 



Meeting was called to order liy President R. B. Goodman at 



I 1:30 a, m. in the Commercial Club. Following the reading of 



the minutes of the last meeting, which were approved, President 



Goodman gave his address, which is herewith printed in full: 



President's Address 



As we meet toda.v tlie keynote of the lumber situation is tl.e ko.vnoli^ 

 of all business activity In this country. This keynote can be expressed In 

 one word — that word Is "uncertainty." There arc disquieting conditions 

 devcloplns from our rec-nt tariff legislation and the trust legislation now 

 In Coni-Tcss enibridies changes in the basic business law of the nation of a 

 revoiutionary charnotcr. The report of our shipments for the past three 

 montbs shows un extremely low ebb — on the other band the government's 

 July crop report estimates the total yield of the three principal crops — 

 wheat, corn and oats, to be 4,9n!),000,000 bushels against a total for last 

 year of 4,302,000,000 bushels and the General Mouagers" Association 

 of Chicago predicts a car shortage for the immediate future. 



The reports to DC presented by the secretary and l)y the chairmen of 

 our various committees will show a greater and more fruitful accomplish- 

 ment than ever before in the history of our association. The worl« of 

 Mr. U.nmar and Mr. Kellogg in connection with the Forest Products 

 ExposKlon : the work of Mr. Quinlan and his committee in lighting the 

 incipient attack upon the 191.'J National hardwood rules; the work of 

 Mr. McCullough and his committee on advertising; the program for 

 your bnsincss meeting today and the program for our entertainment, all 

 Indicate an active interr>st on the part of our members In our association 

 work. Still ne must be careful lest this work falls too largely to a few 

 of our members and our secretary. 



The Italians have a proverb : "He who works knows," which means 

 you get very little proBt in the way of information or experience from 

 what someone else docs as compared with what you actually do .vourself. 

 We should make this as.sociation of value to every Individual member and 

 with the consent of the lx)ard of directors at our meeting Just before this 

 session, I can advise you that hereafter instead of having our secretary 

 attend meetings of other associations I have been authorized to appoint 

 delegates from our members to every association meeting to which It Is 

 considered advisable for us to send any delegate at all. The expense of 

 this delegate member will be paid by the association and he will represent 

 his association at the meeting he attends and will report at our next 

 lui'cting whatever occurs of interest to us. Tlie directors have already 



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authorized payment of expense of committees when triivollng on acccmn 

 of committee work. 



I have a letter to read from a member wlm might be any one of on 

 entire ninety members : 



Mr. R. B. Goodman, 



I'res. N. II. & II. .Mnfrs.' Assn. 

 Dear Sir : I am in receipt of your favor of the '2i)th Inst., and hav 

 noted Its contents, and up to the time of receiving your communlcatio 



the yearly meeting of the association. Kor several reasons I wish to 

 state that it is utterly Impossible for me to give the committee the 

 attention that it ought to have. In the first place our mill Is situated 

 so that It Is very hard for me to get away for any length of lime, and 

 as I am the only active member in this Arm, it requires all of my time 

 to attend to the business, and I would therefore appreciate very much If 

 you would select some one else for this olllce and trust this you may 

 see your way clear to do so, and that I may be notified to that effect 

 at .vour convenience. 



Thanking you in advance for granting me this favor, 1 beg to remain, 



I am sure that I could truthfully write exactly this same letter myself, 

 but It is Just the members who feel this way that most need to get away 

 from their work for a day or two ; that most need the mixing with other 

 men In connection with affairs, not directly but only Indirectly connected 

 with their special operation ; that need the broadening, influence of general 

 committee work. At times one may bo too completely loaded down with 

 the multitude of details for him to be able to get awny to attend a com- 

 mittee meeting hut he is never so busy nnd never ought to be so busy that 

 he has not time to write letters and answer letters in connection with the 

 work of the committee. 



Mr. Kellogg and I are going to do all we can to spread this work around 

 and the work the members do for this association will repay the doer of 

 it in broadening his views, extending his knowledge of men and affairs 

 and giving him a surer grasp of his home responsibilities. 



My second aim as president of the association will be to so conduct this 

 work that without In any way decreasing Its efficiency or curtailing Its 

 usefulness as we can Institute economies thai will place the expense of 

 operating the association, exclusive of advertising, for the balance of this 

 year and for the year 1915, on a l>nsl& of 2c per M for hemlock and 

 hardwood. 



We are meeting today under the ban of disapproval of the Bureau of 

 Corporations of the United States. The government has seen fit to pub- 

 lish a condemnation of the lumber industry as a whole and the lumber 

 Journals and lumber manufacturers" associations in particular. The lead- 

 ing men in the great industry are characterized as willing to lend 

 themselves to deception of the public for their own private interests. 

 This association is not doing or attempting anything indirect, devious 

 or deceitful — we have no secret understanding — the trade Journals may 

 publish our entire proceedings without censorship. We maintain no prices 

 — an inquiry for Wisconsin hardwoods or hemlock, sent broadcast, will 

 bring replies showing a greater price variation than the entire value of 

 the original stumpage. 



There is now and has been over since I have been a meml)er of this 



