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stock and it piled in on manufacturers, there 

 seemed a little tendency to tliink that there 

 was probably approaching a considerable lumber 

 accumulation. This is not true, however, and 

 there is no long line of lumber anywhere in the 

 entire South. At my mills I have less lumber 

 than the last of July for six or eight years, and 

 1 believe the large number of mills are about 

 in the same position as I am. We have just 

 as good business ahead of us as we have had 

 in the past. Some of our fellows get a little 

 misunderstanding of this at times, when per- 

 haps for a few days their lumber does not move 

 as rapidly as it should, and their banker's de- 

 mands induce them to go to selling regardless 

 of prices. It is a little like the case of the goat. 

 Somebody asked its owner why he shivered so 

 much. The owner replied, "Because he swal- 

 lowed a string of sleighbells the other day : 

 every time he moves they jingle and he thinks 

 it's winter '" Now if we will get down to the 

 actual condition of things I think we have as 

 optimistic a period in the lumber business be- 

 fore us as we have had for years. That means 

 solid business, under good, strong, steady con- 

 ditions. I thank you, gentlemen. 



Mr. Odell: I have a telegram here which 



I think will be of interest to you, and with 



your permission will read it: 



Omena, Mich., July 31. 

 Bruce Odell, Secretary Jlichigan Ilardwood Man- 

 ufacturers' Association, Cadillac, Mich. 



Regret impossible to attend meeting today ; 

 much gratified by good feeling existing at pres- 

 ent, and know that the meeting today will re- 

 sult in its further development. 



Earl Palmeb. 



President White called upon Theodore 



Fathauer, the prominent Chicago lumberman, 



who was a visitor at the meeting, for a few 



words. 



Theodore Fathauer Talks. 



Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen : I can assure 

 you as a member of the National Ilardwood 

 Lumber .Association that it was gratifying to 

 me to hear the resolution offered today and its 

 unanimous adoption. The state of Michigan has 

 always been loyal to the National association, 

 and I believe in membership it ranks as high 

 as any other. The Michigan manufacturers 

 are certainly doing themselves a great deal of 

 good by the compilation of stock lists such as 

 you have printed and distributed today. This 

 is not only an advantage to the manufacturer 

 of hardwood but it is also a benefit to the 

 dealer in hardwood lumber. I do not know 

 w*hat further to say, I am sure. My friend 

 from Indiana has covered the ground fully, and 

 as you know, Indiana is full of speakers, and 

 especially inasmuch as there is soon to be an 

 election — I mean United States — I think he is 

 getting into practice and is traveling about the 

 country for an opportunity to gain some ex- 

 perience in how to address different bodies. It 

 would not surprise me in the least if he took 

 an active part in Indiana politics in the near 

 future. Indiana is full of politicians and has 

 produced some of the greatest statesmen in the 

 country. The lumbermen are always active in 

 any work pertaining to municipal or state legis- 

 lation. Not very long ago we elected a mayor 

 of Chicago, and, gentlemen, the man who elected 

 him and pushed him to the front was a hard- 

 wood lumberman — F. W. Upham. The lumber- 

 men of this country in time will no doubt make 

 themselves felt very strongly and forcefully in 

 the way of forestry matters. This is not only 

 of interest to lumbermen but to the life of the 

 nation itself. We have had statistics presented 

 to us at the Atlantic City meeting and previous 

 meetings showing that the timber in this coun- 

 try will be cut down in from twenty-five to 

 forty years, and I believe it is the duty of lum- 

 bermen to agitate and promote interest in the 

 reforesting of this country. Gentlemen, I thank 

 you. 



President White announced that he was 

 ready to proceed with election of officers, 

 wherupon W. W. Mitchell moved that a com- 

 mittee of five be appointed to make nomina- 

 tions. The motion was seconded and carried, 

 and the chair appointed as such committee, 

 W. W. Mitchell, E. J. Clark, D. H. Day, G. 

 von Platen and Bruce Odell. 



Mr. White: WTiile this committee is bring- 

 ing in its report we want to work a little on 

 membership. Is there any manufacturer in 

 the house not a member of the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association? 



A. F. ANDERSON, MEMIiER GRADING COM- 

 MITTEE. 



Mr. Fish: Our Executive Committee held 

 a meeting last Thursday, and under instruc- 

 tions I have been checking Michigan mem- 

 berships to find out how many were not with 

 us. I find we have thirty-eight as members, 

 and the list shows there are thirty of your 

 members not identified with our work at pres- 

 ent. Of course, we would be very glad indeed 

 to have them co-operate with us. Our commit- 

 tee instructed me to spend enough time in 

 Michigan to visit these people, Cadillac looks 

 pretty good to me; I like the state, and I 

 am going to visit with these people. 



Mr. White: Before the Nominating Com- 

 mittee makes its report I would like to say 

 that I hope to see a small Forestry Commit- 

 tee appointed for our state, if the new officers 

 can conveniently do this. 



Election of Offi.cers. 



The Nominating Committee presented its 

 report, after which a motion was made, sec- 



J. V. STIMSON, HUNTINGBURG, IND., A 

 PROMINENT VISITOR. 



ended and carried, th&t the report be accepted 

 and adopted as a whole. The officer* chosen 

 are as follows: 



President, F. A. Diggins. 



First Vice President, C. A. Bigelovr. 



Second Vice President, R. W. Smitk. 



Treasurer, F. J. Cobbs. 



Eetiring President White then congratu- 

 lated Mr. Diggins and escorted him to the 

 chair. 



Address of President Diggins. 



Mr. White and Gentlemen : On behalf of the 

 lumber manufacturers of Cadillac, I desire to 

 express my sincere thanks for the compliment 

 that you have paid them. I regard this as one 

 more to the Cadillac manufacturers than to 

 myself. I cannot refrain, however, from thank- 

 ing you personally, for I consider it an honor to 

 preside over the deliberations of a body of this 

 nature. There are perhaps two or three things 

 I want to touch upon shortly. I shall not take 

 time to make a speech because this thing came 

 to me at noon today and I assure you I ap- 

 preciate it the more because of that. It is not 

 necessary lor me to say to you that neither 

 Cadillac nor the chair sought this position and 

 honor. On account of the extreme modesty of 

 my friend Bigelow, who handed his report to 

 the secretary to read, and for that reason was 

 not able to make any remarks, I wish to ex- 

 press my appreciation of the treatment that we 

 received at the hands of the Inspection Commit- 

 tee of the National Ilardwood Lumber Asso- 

 ciation. As you know, I made two visits to 

 Chicago with your committee, and on the occa- 

 sion of the second, the National Committee was 

 in session to formulate rules, and because of 

 the absence of a Micliigan member of that com- 

 mittee I was honored with the appointment 

 by President Uusse. as Michigan member of it, 

 and served as such member. With all due re- 

 spect, gentlemen, to your honesty, intelligence 

 and experience, I want to say publicly that I 

 could not select six men from this body in whom 

 I would have more confidence, or who would 

 treat you more fairly or consider your inter- 

 ests more thoroughly than did that committee. 

 Mr. Fathauer is chairman of that committee, 

 and I say to you, gentlempu, in plain English, 

 that when you see Mr. Fathauer you see a 

 square and honest man. He is not a manufac- 

 turer, but a jobber — so-called — but the manu- 

 facturers' interests are just as safe in his hands 

 as they would be in the hands of any gentle- 

 man present. I wish to p.iy him that compli- 

 ment. The other gentlemen on the committee 

 are equally as courteous, as honest, and as 

 capable. Your committee is not entitled to any 

 credit, I think, in securing what they did at 

 Atlantic City. This association is entitled to 

 all the credit. It was because of its wisdom 

 in sending a committee to what might be styled 

 a "Hague conference," rather than fire at the 

 first object which presented itself, that these 

 results have been obtained. You have lis- 

 tened, gentlemen, to the reading of the very 

 able reports of President White and Secretary 

 Odell, and while it may not be necessary to 

 reiterate what they have said, I do wish to 

 repeat emphatically that I shall not only expect 

 your hearty co-operation, but I shall insist upon 

 it. I know my limitations and weaknesses bet- 

 ter than any of you, and I know I am prone 

 to sit still if other people sit still, and you 

 know the success of this organization depends 

 almost entirely upon united work. I had some- 

 thing else to say, but because this dignity was 

 thrust upon me so suddenly, I think I have 

 forgotten it. I thank you again, gentlemen, 

 for this honor. 



Mr. Day: I wish to have the pleasure of 

 presenting the first motion to you, Mr. Presi- 

 deut, which is that a vote of thanks be ten- 

 dered to our retiring president, Mr. White, 

 who has so ably carried on this work, and to 

 the other officers. 



Mr. Ballou: I desire in behalf of Cadil- 

 lac, to extend hearty thanks to Mr. White in 

 particular for the untiring efforts he has 

 put forth in putting this organization 

 through from its infancy to the present time. 

 We began operations one year ago. It look- 

 ed rather dark at that time but through his 

 efforts I believe we have been brought to 

 our successful position today. 



