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purpose of advancing and promoting tlie inter- 

 ests generally of tliose engaged in the lumber 

 business, by social intercourse and by the oppor- 

 tunity thus afforded of exchanging views and 

 harmonizing diverse interests ; by united action 

 to better malse the demands of this organization 

 forcible ; and, above all, in demanding and main- 

 taining a high standard of commercial honor 

 and integrity among those engaged in the lum- 

 ber business in this vicinity. 

 Article I. 



OBGANIZATIOX OFFICERS THEIR POWER AND 



DUTIES. 



Section 1. 'J'he name of this club shall be The 

 Lumbermen's Club of Cincinnati, 



Sec. li. The otHcers of the club shall consist 

 of a president, a first and second vice-president, 

 a secretary and a treasurer. Said officers shall 

 perform the duties usual to their respective of- 

 fices. 



Sec. 3. An executive board, composed of the 

 officers of the club, shall have entire control of 

 its internal aHairs. No moneys in excess of 

 fifty (?5Uj dollars shall be expended or appro- 

 priated by them without the affirmative vote of 

 the majority of the members at any regular 

 meeting, except the expense of the regular 

 monthly dinners. 



Sec. 4. These officers shall be elected an- 

 nually on the first Monday of May, and shall 

 serve for one year, or until their successors 

 are elected and qualified. 



Sec. 5. The president shall, on receiving a 

 request from any responsible firm, corporation 

 or individual, ai^point a special committee with 

 power to act (composed of live members of the 

 club), three to be chosen by the president and 

 one each by each of the principals to the trans- 

 action, for the purpose of investigating the com- 

 plaints of buyers or sellers, foreign or domestic, 

 in this market, against any member of this club, 

 or nonmember. of unfair or unmercantile con- 

 duct, with the exception of matters of inspection 

 of hardwood lumber, which shall be submitted 

 to and finally decided by a regularly licensed 

 inspector of some recognized inspection bureau. 



It shall be the duty of this commission to 

 investigate such charge or charges, and it shall 

 be empowered to call on club members or the 

 principals to a dispute for information and evi- 

 dence, and shall render a finding to the execu- 

 tive board of the club ; said finding to be trans- 

 mitted in writing to said principals, and a coijy 

 to be retained by the club. 



It shall be expressly understood that in sub- 

 mitting a case for arbitration to said special 

 commission that both the principals agree to 

 accept the decision of the special commission 

 as final and binding. 



Any member refusing to abide by the decision 

 of the special commission, or who declines to 

 submit his case to said special commission, shall 

 be subject to expulsion from the club by a 

 unanimous vote of the executive board. 



Any principal to a dispute, not a member of 

 the club, who refuses to abide by the decision 

 of the special commission, shall forfeit all right 

 to again call on the Lumbermen's club for arbi- 

 tration. 



Article II. 



MEJIBEKSHIP. 



Sec. 1. The membership shall consist of three 

 classes, namely : Active, associate and honor- 

 ary. 



Sec. 2. The active members of the club shall 

 be firms, corporations or individuals engaged as 

 wholesale dealers, or those maintaining a branch 

 office, or in the manufacture of lumber, located 

 within Hamilton county, tJhio, and Campbell and 

 Kenton counties, Kentucky. 



Sec. a. The associate members may be elected 

 from any auxiliary or accessory branch of the 

 lumber trade upon the payment of dues and 

 fees prescribed by the by-laws, which shall en- 

 title them to all the privileges of the club 

 except to vote for the election of officers or in 

 the active management of the club. Associate 

 members shall not be eligible to office. 



Sec. 4. Each year not to exceed one honorary 

 member may be elected from such names as may 

 be presented to the executive 4^ard by the 

 members prior to the annual meeting, the elec- 

 tion by the board to be ratified by the club at a 

 regular meeting. 



Sec. 3. No film, corporation or individual 

 shall be proposed lor membership by the com- 

 mittee on membership until the executive board 

 has, by unanimous vote of all present, recom- 

 mended such firm, corporation or individual. 

 After such recommendation the membership com- 

 mittee may receive application for admittance 

 to club membership, and transmit it to the 

 secretary for action by the club at the next 

 regular or called meeting; three-fourths of those 

 present concurring, applicant shall be declared 

 elected. 



Sec. 0. The executive board shall have power 

 by a majority vote to suspend or expel a mem- 

 ber for cause, provided such perscon be given 

 the opportunity to appear in his own defense 

 at the next meeting of the club before final 

 action is taken. 



Sec. 7. The executive board shall have power 

 to fill all vacancies until the annual election. 



Article III. 



NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS. 



Sec. 1. Two months prior to the annual 

 meeting two nominating committees, of three 

 members each, shall be ' named, one of which 

 shall be selected by the chair, the other nomi- 

 nated from the fioor, these committees to be 

 announced at least one month prior to the an- 

 nual meeting. It shall be the duty of each 

 committee to nominate for officers one person 

 for each of the offices to be tilled ; and they 

 shall, at least two weeks before the date of the 

 annual meeting, submit such nominations in 

 writing to the president, who shall, immediately, 

 through the secretary, announce by mail said 

 nomination to the general membership. 



Sec. -. After such nominations have been 

 announced any member may, at the annual 

 meeting, prior to balloting, make additional 

 nominations from the floor. The secretary shall 

 prepare the ballots, upon which shall appear 

 the names of all persons nominated. Said names 

 shall be arranged alphabetically on said ballot 

 under the designated office to be filled, and dis- 

 tributed among the members, whereupon the 

 election shall be held by secret ballot. A ma- 

 jority of the votes cast shall be sufficient to 

 elect, and in case of a tie the judges shall de- 

 cide the election by lot. 



Sec. 3. In balloting for subjects before the 

 club to be decided upon, or in balloting for the 

 election of officers, members in good standing 

 only shall be privileged to vote. Each member 

 or firm shall have one vote, represented by a 

 member of the firm or an officer of the company 

 or branch manager. 



Sec. 4. Members in good standing may be 

 allowed to resign at any time. 



Article IV. 



MEETINGS. 



Sec. 1. The annual meeting of the club shall 

 be held on the first Monday of May. 



Sec. 2. The club shall meet monthly on the 

 first Monday evening of the month, a quorum to 

 consist of twenty members, except during July 

 and August, and except at such times as the 

 executive committee may deem it advisable to 

 change the day, which they shall have authority 

 to do. The place of meeting shall be designated 

 by them with power to delegate the selection of 

 the regular entertainment committee. 



Sec. 3. A dinner may be served at each reg- 

 ular meeting at an expense of not to exceed 

 9)2.30 a plate, payable out of the club treasury. 



Sec. 4. Any member may invite friends to 

 attend any monthly meeting of the club other 

 than at the annual meeting. 



BY-LAWS. 



The by-laws adopted defined the duties of offi- 

 cers, prescribed fees and dues, order of busi- 

 ness, etc. The only matter of general impor- 

 tance was found in section 1, article 2, of the 

 by-laws, as follows : 



Sec. 1. The president shall annually appoint 

 the following standing committees, of nve mem- 

 bers each, trom the general membership : 



Entertainment. 



Inspection. 



Statistics. 



Law and Insurance. 



Kiver and Hail. 



Credit and Terms. 



Arbitration. 



Transportation. 



Membership. 



.Advertising and rublicity. 



He shall also appoint from the membership 

 such other committees as occasion may require. 



Lewis Doster, secretary of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association, was given the floor 

 on a question of privilege. He stated that he 

 was compelled to catch a train for Chicago, 

 where he was billed to make a speech before 

 the National Furniture Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion on Tuesday evening. He further stated 

 that at a meeting of the Executive Board of the 

 Hardwood Manufacturers on Saturday, October 

 30, it was decided to hold the annual convention 

 of the association at Cincinnati at the Sinton 

 Hotel, on January 18, 19 and 20, 1910. The 

 association will send out invitations to ten thou- 

 sand consumers of lumber, inviting them to be 

 present, and Hon. Gifford I'inchot, chief for- 

 ester of the Department of Agriculture, will be 

 asked to be present and address the convention ; 

 a number of prominent lumbermen will also be 

 present and deliver addresses. Thanking those 

 present for their kind attention, Mr. Doster 

 withdrew. 



On motion, a committee of three was appoint- 

 ed to co-operate with the Manufacturers' com- 

 mittee in entertaining the delegates and use 

 their best endeavors to have the association 



make Cincinnati its permanent convention city, 

 as well as its permanent headquarters. W. E. 

 DeLaney, Charles F. Shiels and B. F. Dulweber 

 were named. 



On motion a committee was asked for to take 

 under consideration a plan for the establish- 

 ment of permanent headquarters for the Cincin- 

 nati Lumbermen's Club, which would be open 

 at all times. 



After discussion it was left in the hands of 

 the chair to appoint the committee. 



On motion the meeting adjourned. 



Those present were ; 



C. Crane. 

 Lewis Doster. 



A. \V. Gilchrist. 

 F. H. Duling. 

 J. V. Rash. 



H. K. Mead. 

 W. H. Flinn. 

 H. A. Hollowell. 

 Edward Barber. 

 Geo. F. Massmann. 



F. A. Conkllng. 

 C. F. Korn. 



W. J. Eckman. 



G. E. Jones. 



M. K. Williams. 

 W. E. Johns. 

 Geo. M. Morgan. 

 S. W. Richey. 

 C. Dedekam. 

 Wash Rees. 

 W. E. DeLaney. 

 Geo. Littleford. 

 T. J. Moffett. 



B. F. Dulweber. 



C. S. Walker. 

 James Buckley. 

 G. C. Ault. 



J. N. rowers. 

 1. M. Asher. 

 W. A. Hussey. 

 Will S. Sterritt. 



A. T. Jackson. 

 C. P. Shiels. 

 C. N. Asher. 



R. C. Whitbrell. 

 Geo. W. Hand. 



F. C. Linz. 



H. J. Brenner. 

 W. T. Hicks. 

 H. R. Welling. 

 J. D. Serena. 

 E. J. Thoman. 



B. A. Kipp. 

 H. A. Huber. 

 A. B. Ideson. 

 1. H. HuU. 

 J. A. Bolser. 

 J. M. Cheely. 

 1.. -vicCracken. 



G. B. Long. 

 W. A. Bennett 

 G. G. Boyed. 



J. Watt Graham. 



Building Operations for Octolser 



Official reports from forty-flve representative 

 building centers in various parts of the United 

 States, compiled by the American Contractor, 

 Chicago, show a loss, in the aggregate, of three 

 per cent as compared with October, 1908. While 

 thirty-three cities show a gain of from four to 

 349 per cent, the loss is caused by the decline 

 of building in Greater New York of some eight 

 million dollars for the month. The gains of over 

 fifty per cent are : Baltimore, 168 ; Buffalo, 

 60 ; Duluth, 349 ; Hartford, 64 ; Louisville, 76 ; 

 Manchester, 115 ; . Memphis, 97 ; New Haven, 

 149 ; New Orleans, 293 ; Oklahoma City, 136 ; 

 Portland, Ore., 103 ; St. Paul, 86 ; Syracuse, 66 ; 

 Salt Lake City, 237. Twelve cities show a loss 

 ot from three to eighty-four per cent. 



City. 



Baltimore $ 



Birmingbam 



Bridgeport 



Buffalo 



Chicago 



Clnciuuati 



Columbus 



Dallas 



Denver 



Detroit 



Duluth 



♦Grand Rapids . . . 



Hartford 



Indianapolis 



Kansas City 



Louisville 



Los Angeles 



Manchester 



Milwaukee 



Minneapolis 



Memphis 



Mobile 



New Haven 



Kew Orleans .... 



Manhattan 



Brooklyn 



Bronx 



New York . 

 Oklahoma . 

 Omaha .... 

 Philadelphia 

 Fittsburg 

 Portland. 



Rochester 



St. Paul 



St. Louis 



Scranton 



Seattle 



Syracuse 



Salt Lake City. 



Toledo 



Worcester 



Wilkes Barre . . 



Ore. 



October, 

 1S09. 

 Cost. 

 744.525 

 148,084 

 179,350 



1,072,000 



7,603,400 

 484,965 

 386,885 

 275,441 

 859,350 



1,415,515 

 706,500 

 280,705 

 329,825 

 415,040 



1.239,445 

 448.964 



1,171,966 

 100,225 

 774,164 



1,035,835 



371,869 



80,220 



253,525 



1.457,657 



6,118,371 



4,339,889 



3.254,525 



13,712,785 



469,370 



557,355 



2,892.490 

 939,761 



1,707,675 

 782,334 



1,324,400 



1,206,694 

 104,484 



1,439,125 

 403,795 



1,242,050 

 231,195 

 219.670 

 202,104 



October, 

 1908. 

 Cost. 

 ? 285.411 

 170,193 

 132,030 

 643,000 



6,242,315 

 425,095 

 305,555 

 208,265 

 957,400 



1,045,100 

 202,363 

 679,670 

 205,547 

 498,876 

 856,700 

 254,695 



1,001,999 

 46,495 

 801,789 

 990,390 

 290,118 

 125,250 

 220.460 

 370,870 

 13,696,970 



5,955,324 



2,389,685 



22,041,979 



198,400 



517,875 



2.789,295 

 799,311 

 829.735 

 572,967 

 711,610 



2,280.030 

 686,198 



1,705,190 

 242,000 

 347,950 

 199,463 

 386,602 

 146,359 



Per Cent 



Gain Loss 



168 .. 



12 



35 



00 



21 



14 



25 



32 



'35 

 349 



64 

 '44 



16 

 115 



149 

 293 



36 



136 



8 



4 



17 



105 



36 



86 



47 



237 

 13 



Total $49,670,742 $51,414,594 ... 3 



•Grand Rapids Federal Building, Oct.. 1908. $50,000. 



