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This last feature provoked considerable 

 discussion. E. S. Huddleston's statement 

 that the Kecokd was the only paper directly 

 concerned that had made this generous offer, 

 and aside from that, it was necessary that 

 the exchange be patriotic and stand strongly 

 for the slogan, "Chicago — Our Market," ap- 

 pealed to the majority, with the result that 

 the publicity committee has power to act as 

 it sees fit. 



Chairman Hayden's report brought up 

 another question as to whether the exchange 

 should advertise its membership in small 

 cards in the trade papers and other mediums, 

 but this went over for future action. 



Under unfinished business the chair ap- 

 pointed a Committee on Complaints, as fol- 

 lows: Chairman, Edward E. Skeele, F. S. 

 Hendrickson and Theodore Fathauer. Presi- 

 dent Brown, in referring to the importance 

 of this committee, stated that it is just what 



CHAS. WESTCOTT, CHAIRMAN MEMBER- 

 SHIP COMMITTEE. 



its name implies and that its powers and 

 duties should be considered rather than its 

 achievements. The appointment of the Com- 

 plaints Committee made it necessary that the 

 by-laws be revised in order that the duties 

 and powers of the committee be specifically 

 stated. It is the desire of the exchange to 

 make this committee one of the most im- 

 portant working units of the organization. 



Discussion further showed that the by-laws 

 need revision all along the line. Because the 

 constitution specifies that before the by-laws 

 can be changed a notice to that effect, stipu- 

 lating the amendments, shall be posted in the 

 exchange rooms thirty days before any action 

 is taken, it was voted that the Board of 

 Managers review the by-laws and determine 

 in what particular revision is needed and post 

 proposed amendments promptly in the ex- 

 change rooms, and present the proposed 

 changes for action at the next monthly 

 meeting. 



The exchange passed a resolution directing 



the secretary to write F. S. Hendrickson, ex- 

 pressing regrets on the death of his mother, 

 which occurred November 21 at her home in 

 Ann Arbor, Mich. 



There were present at the meeting : 



J. D. Attley, J. M. Attley & Co. 



Clarence Boyle, D. K. Jeffris & Co. 



Frederick L. Brown, Crandall & Brown. 



Charles E. Cake, Hardwood Record. 



R. S. Corson, Upliam & Agler. 



T. H. Cross, C. L. Cross. 



H. B. Darlington, American Lumberman. 



J. H. Dion, Maisey & Dion. 



J. J. Finli, Finli-IIeidler Company. 



H. II. Gibson, editor Hardwood Record. 



Roy C. Hools, Southern Lumberman. 



K. S. Huddieston, Huddleston-Marcli Lumber 

 Company. 



G. H. Holloway, Fullerton-Powell Hardwood 

 Lumber Company. 



H. S. Hayden, Hayden & Westcott Lumber 

 Company. 



W. E. Hoshall, Hoshall & McDonald Bros. 



S. P. C. Hostler, American Forest Company. 



E. H. Klann, F. S. Hendriclison Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



J. L. Lane, J. L. Lane & Co. 



T. G. LeBlanc, Lumber World. 



J. G. Mac.Nat, Theo. Fathauer Company. 



H. H. McLaughlin, McLaughlin Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



James P. jroPailand, The McParland-Konzen 

 Lumber Company. 



Murdock MacLeod, The Oconto Company. 



F. B. McMullen, Ifullerton-Powell Hardwood 

 Lumber Company. 



M. I. Miller, Hoshall & McDonald Bros. 



Otto Meyer, J. W. Thompson Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



Thomas Moore, T. A. Moore & Co. 



Robert Maisey, Maisey & Dion. 



Thomas B. Roy, Theo. Fathauer Company. 



Jerome Robinson, J. W. Thompson Lumber 

 Company. 



A. H. Ruth, G. W. Jones Lumber Company. 



James T. Sargent, The American Sawmill 

 Company. 



Louis A. Smith. Fullerton-Powell Hardwood 

 Lumber Company. 



William C. Schreibcr, II. H. Hettler Lumber 

 Company. 



Paul Schmcchel. 



Fred D. Smith. 



F. B. Sprague, F. B. Sprague Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



J. S. Trainer, Trainer Bros. Lumber Company. 



George R. Thamer, Empire Lumber Company. 



F. C. Van Norstrand, Cotton Belt Lumber 

 Company. 



C. H. Wolfe. Heath-Witbeck Company. 



II. I). Welch, E. A. Thornton Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



Charles Westcott, Hayden & Westcott Lumber 

 Company. 



A. W. Wylie. 



Annual "Baltimore Exchange 



The annual meeting of the Baltimore Lum- 

 ber Exchange was held December 6 in the 

 Merchants' Club, President E. P. Gill in the 

 chair. The yearly reports submitted showed 

 the exchange to be in excellent condition 

 financially and with respect to membership, 

 some gains having been made. President 

 GiU stated that the volume of business dur- 

 ing the past year showed a gratifying in- 

 crease, and that the methods of the exchange 

 commended themselves for emulation by other 

 organizations. This was especially the case 

 with respect to the system of inspection in 

 vogue here, which had proved so satisfactory 

 as to attract attention in other cities. The 

 New York Lumber Trade Association had 

 decided to inaugurate a similar system, and 

 with this end in view had made a request 

 for information as to details, which Secre- 

 tary J. H. Manken had gladly supplied. The 

 system in brief provides for a chief in- 

 spector, who has under him a number of 

 assistants. These assistants are detailed for 

 work in rotation by the chief, so that all 

 suggestion of favoritism is obviated, and de- 

 lays in having inspections made are avoided. 

 No member who desires to have a lot of lum- 

 ber inspected knows what inspector will be 

 sent to perform this duty, and the relations 

 of the inspector to the owner of the lumber 

 are consequently wholly free from bias. The 

 method has worked so satisfactorily that not 

 more than one or two re-inspections have had 

 to be ordered. The man making the inspec- 

 tion is prompted to exercise great care, be- 

 cause, in the event of a re-inspection being 

 ordered, he must pay the expense. The elec- 

 tion of ofScers resulted as follows: 



President — John L. Aleock of John L. 

 Alcock & Co. 



Vice-President — Theodore Mottu of Theo- 

 dore Mottu & Co. 



Treasurer — George B. Hunting of the N. 

 W. James Lumber Company. 



Managing Committee — WUHam M. Burgan ; 

 Parker D. Dix of the Surry Lumber Com- 



pany; Edward P. Gill of W. D. Gill & Son; 

 Bufus K. Goodenow of the Canton Box Com- 

 pany; Henry C. Matthews of Thos. Matthews 

 & Son; Eidgeway Merryman; Theodore 

 Mottu; George H. Poehlmann of Poehlmann 

 & Sons; Eichard W. Price of Price & Heald; 

 George E. Waters of Geo. E. Waters & Co., 

 and Maurice W. Wiley of the Wiley-Homer 

 Lumber Company. 



The business disposed of, the members re- 



JOHN L. ALCOCK, NEW PRESIDENT BAL- 

 TIMORE LUMBER EXCHANGE. 



tired to the large dining hall, where an ex- 

 cellent dinner was served, some few im- 

 promptu remarks being made by the new 

 president and various members. The affair 

 was entirely informal, and all the more en- 

 joyable for that reason. 



The new president has always taken a deep 

 interest in the affairs of the exchange. He 

 has served as chairman of the hardwood in- 

 spection committee, as a member of the 



