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HARDWOOD RECORD 



LELAND G. BANNING, ONE OF THE LAR- 

 GEST HARDWOOD OPERATORS OF 

 CINCINNATI. 



make the tenets of the organization more 

 forcible. Above all, it attempts to demand 

 and maintain a high standard of commer- 

 cial honor and integrity among those en- 

 gaged in the lumber business in that vicin- 

 ity. The result of the good work attained 

 by the organization is daily manifest and 

 there is no market in the United States 

 today that stands higher for commercial 

 uprightness than do the Cincinnati hard- 

 wood manufacturers and jobbers. 



A brief history of this club, which has 

 the welfare of the Cineinuati hardwood 

 market as its prime inspiration, may not 

 prove uninteresting at this time. The club 

 was organized in May, 1896, and held its 

 first meeting in the Burnett house. The 

 first president was the late M. B. Farrin, 

 who was followed in succession by W. A. 

 Bennett, W. B. Wiborg, J. Watt Graham, 

 T. J. Moflfett, T. B. Stone, F. M. Possell, 

 C. F. Korn, B. A. Kipp, I. M. Asher, T. J. 

 Moffett for the second term, B. F. Dulweber, 

 and. the present incumbent. Cliff S. Walker. 

 W. B. Hay served as secretary for the organ- 

 ization for seven years and he was suc- 

 ceeded by Ed' J. Swayne, who was suc- 



EARL A. HART, SALESMANAGER FOR 

 LELAND G. BANNING. 



ceeded by Emil J. Thoman, who served for 

 four years, and who in turn is now suc- 

 ceeded by W. S. Sterrett. 



The charter members of the Cincinnati 

 Lumbermen's Club were Bennett & Witte, 

 the M. B. Farrin Lumber Company, A. V. 

 Fuhrman, the Graham Lumber Company, 

 Goodman & Wright, the T. B. Stone Lum- 

 ber Companj', Wiborg & Hanna, J. F. Tay- 

 lor, L. B. Lewin, Frank Littleford & Bro., 

 B. A. Kipp & Co., Bosken & Co., Charles F. 

 Shiels & Co., Ferd Brenner, John Dulweber 

 & Co., L. G. Banning, George Waters, Betts 

 & Hines, W. H. Justice, E. C. Handley, X. 

 Culbertson and E. N. Archer. 



Today the club numbers among its mem- 

 bership more than three score of the lumber 

 institutions of Cincinnati, which comprise 

 the larger number of the important houses 

 of the city. 



The club took a prominent part in the 

 building of the lumbermen's exhibit at the 

 Paris Exposition of 1890, W. A. Bennett 

 being chairman of the Executive Commit- 

 tee which carried out the enterprise and se- 

 cured the financial aid necessary. 



The club invariably sends delegates to 



WILL S. STERRETT, PRESIDENT STER- 

 RETT LUMBER COMPANY. 



the annual meetings of all important lum- 

 ber organizations and to any other conven- 

 tions where it can be of service in assist- 

 ing in the general good of the lumber trade. 



The club has frequently been the host 

 of the various lumber organizations and in 

 1899 entertained the annual convention of 

 the National Hardwood Lumber Associa- 

 tion. It also assisted in entertaining the 

 convention of the Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association of the United States, which met 

 in Cincinnati in 1908. 



As a municipal business body the club 

 has always been in the front rank of all 

 movements for improvement in hardwood 

 conditions. It had delegates at the recent 

 meeting of the Ohio Valley Improvement 

 Association and also sent delegates to the 

 Elvers and Harbors Congress at Washing- 

 ton. 



Much good work has been accomplished 

 by the Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club and 

 from the character of its membership much 

 more can be anticipated. The institution's 

 pioneer work, involving the important sub- 

 ject of commercial morals in the hardwood 

 industry, is well worthy the attention of 



GENERAL VIEW OF EXTENSIVE HARDWOO: 



