M. BROWN. LOriSVILLE. KY., 

 DIRECTOR 



C. A. GOODMAN. MARINETTE, WIS., 

 DIRECTOR 



V. BABCOCK. PITTSBURGH, PA., 

 DIRECTOR 



Missouri 30 



New York 56 



Ohio 50 



Penns.vlvania 87 



Tennessee 71 



Wisconsin 62 



nature as to insure, beyond any doubt, the continued and consistent 

 support of the entire trade, so long as this association justifies its exist- 

 ence by actual service in the interests of its members. 



As the analysis of this membership presented in the last annual report 

 was of some interest, a similar table, showing location and members by 

 states, follows : 



Illinois 7fi 



Kentucky 27 



Louisiana 46 



Slaryland 11 



Massachusetts 25 



Michigan 84 



Minnesota 18 



In the above classification, 643 memberships are accounted for. The 

 remaining 157 are located as follows : Alabama 10, Arkansas 29, 

 Indiana 30, Mississippi 10, Texas 5, Virginia 14, West Virginia 29, 

 North and South Carolina 4. Connecticut. Rhode Island. Vermont and Dela- 

 ware, 7, New Jersey 4. California 1, Georgia 6. Florida 2. and Canada 6. 

 With but four exceptions, every one of the 31 states in which this member- 

 ship is now distributed, indicating any change in the report of one 

 year ago, shows an increase. 



During the year six meetings of the executive committee and board 

 of directors have been held, as follows : 



Board of Directors — May 12. 1911. 



Executive Committee — .lune 6, 1911. 



Executive Committee — September 20. 1911. 



Board of Directors — January 17. 1912. 



Executive Committee — May 10. 1912. 



Board of Directors — June 5. 1912. 

 At these meetings ail complaints and suggestions from members of 

 the association have been carefully investigated and fully considered, 

 and if there is a just claim against the association outstanding at this 

 time, it is because such claim has not been presented to the association 

 through the secretary's office. 



There is some doubt in my mind regarding the propriety on the part 

 of a servant to even favorably criticize the acts of those who are 

 directly in authority over him : but. as "a cat may stare at a king," 

 I shall take a chance and submit herein my humble tribute of praise 

 for the efficient and conscientious service rendered to this association 

 by its president during the past two years. I do so at this time and in 

 this manner because no member of the association has been in as favor- 

 able a position as I have been to judge of the sacrifice of time, energy 

 and devotion that he had made in the interest of the work being per- 

 formed by this association. He has at all times kept in close touch 

 with all the details of the work and the association has profited by the 

 wisdom and experience which he brought to bear in every complex situa- 

 tion demanding his consideration. 



What is true of the president is also true, only in a less degree, of 

 the members of the executive committee and of the board of directors. 

 All have been faithful to the trust imposed in them by this membership 

 and to the spirit of faithful service displayed by them, more than to 

 anything else, is due the permanence and usefulness of this organization. 

 Before concluding I desire to call the attention of the members to the 

 recent change in the location of the executive office from the Rector 

 building to Suite 1S64, McCormick building. It is my earnest desire 

 that ever.v member present at this meeting call and examine this new 

 office before leaving the city. This office and corps of competent assist- 

 ants, in comparison with the humble quarters and force maintained by 

 the association six or seven years ago, affords an eloquent indication 

 of the growth and the progressive spirit of this association. It is a 

 matter of much pride on my part that every detail of the clerical work 



which attaches to the secretary's office be performed with as much effi- 

 ciency as may be found in the office of the foremost corporations in the 

 countr.v, and I trust that this membership fully appreciates the advan- 

 tage that accrues to the association from such an administration of the 

 clerical details of the work. 



Xelson il. Lampert, vice-president of the Fort Dearborn Xatii>nal 

 Bank, Chicago, was then introduced and addressed the convention 

 on various subjects of interest to the trade, in which he manifested 

 no little knowledge of lumber affairs. 



On motion of Earl Palmer, the chair was authorized to appoint 

 a committee ou resolutions, composed of five members, to whom all 

 proposed resolutions were to be referred. 



On motion of John W. Dickson, Memphis, all sessions of the 

 meeting were declared executive. 



On motion of O. O. Agler, the chair was authorized to appoint 

 a committee on oflScers' reports of five members. 



The session then adjourned. 



THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSION 



At three o'clock the convention was again called to order, and 

 the president announced the appointment of the following com- 

 mittees: 



On Resolutions : Earl Palmer, F. E. Stonebreaker, W. A. Knight, 

 James S. Trainer. Orson E. Yeager. 



On Officers' Reports : W. H. Russe, E. A. Hamer. C. A. Bigelow, 

 E. A. Swain, Frederick L. Brown. 



Report of Forestry Committee 



The president then called on Hon. John M. Woods of Somer- 

 ville, Mass., chairman of the forestry committee, for a report from 

 that committee. He delivered the following address: 



In submitting this report I have felt that the forests under state 

 and individual control should have more consideration than the na- 

 tional forests. These we can have but little to do with further than 

 we can use our influence as an association and individuals with the 

 President. Forestry Bureau and members of the Congress of the United 

 States. In most of the states, especially east of the Mississippi river, 

 the woodlands are largely held by private owners. Some states have 

 forest reservations and are m.nking good beginnings in intelligent and 

 systematic forest management. Confidence is a plant of slow growth, 

 so that before anything else, there must be a campaign of education 

 to bring the people to a full realization of the value of the forests as 

 a business asset in all its various aspects, such as its necessity to 

 supply the innumerable needs of our varied public and private wants ; 

 also their value in providing a home for the bird and animal and pro- 

 viding a reservoir to supply water for domestic and public uses and 

 to maintain water iu the streams and ponds so that the fish shall 

 increase and multiply and help feed the ever-increasing population — 

 not only all these, but the forests are extremely valuable to the health 

 and comfort of a large per cent of our people. The poet has most 

 beautifully said : 



If I would put my woods in song. 



And tell what's there enjoyed. 

 All men would to my garden throng 



And leave the cities void. 



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