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to avoid any likelihood of any flaw appearing 

 in the entertaining by reason of insuflicient 

 funds, we would suggest that the matter be not 

 undertalien unless there can be raised a guar- 

 anteed subscription of approximately $3,U0U. 

 in the event tliat this sum be not required the 

 surplus can be returned. 



As a method of raising this subscription we 

 suggest that the club subscribe i);i,UUO, the bal- 

 ance of $2,000 to be raised by individual sub- 

 scriptions from members of the club, who are 

 Inclined to subscribe an amount in excess of 

 their proportion of the subscription, and from 

 subscriptions which we think can be procured 

 from concerns located here who derive a source 

 of profit through their dealings with the lumber 

 interests, and to whom the meeting, viewed from 

 a business standpoint, will, by being held here, 

 be of as much advautage to them as to the lum- 

 ber interests. Very truly yours, 



Charles F. Shiels, 

 W. K. DeLaney, 



B. F. DULWEBER, 



Committee. 



The report of the committee brought out a 

 strong discussion, all of which was in favor of 

 giving the convention such a reception as will 

 forever make the delegates have a warm spot in 

 their hearts for Cincinnati's hospitality and the 

 character of her lumber merchants as business 

 men. 



Un motion, the chair appointed the following 

 committee to have charge of the finances and 

 the raising of an entertainment fund of such 

 proportions as will enable them to show the 

 visting lumbermen the most enjoyable time of 

 Iheir lives : Fred W. Mowbray, chairman ; W. E. 

 DeLaney, B. F. Dulweber, Clinton Crane and 

 Chester F. Korn. 



A circular letter from George F. Craig, presi- 

 dent of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' 

 Association, \^'as read, which gave a detailed 

 statement of hotel rates and accommodations at 

 the Sinton hotel where the convention will be 

 held. A large attendance is indicated. It is 

 requested that members having any suggestions 

 as to subjects to be discussed forward the same 

 to the secretary at the earliest date, in order 

 that they may be referred to the proper com- 

 mittees for investigation and report. 



A letter from a lumber concern that for a long 

 time has been operating under questionable 

 methods was read, offering for sale lumber at 

 far below its real value. As the concern referred 

 to is well known in Cincinnati, it was considered 

 advisable that lumbermen at other points be care- 

 ful in looking into the rating and commercial 

 standing of lumbermen with whom they are un- 

 acquainted, before shipping lumber to them. 



On motion, it was decided that the Lumber- 

 men's Club be incorporated as an organization 

 for profit, and the Executive Committee was 

 instructed to file articles of incorporation with 

 the Secretary of State. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Those present were : 



H. W. Fagin. 

 M. Christie. 



C. F. Korn. 



K. McCracken. 

 Ferd Brenner. 

 H. A. Freiberg. 

 .7. Watt Graham. 

 J. E. Dulweber. 

 W. E. Talbert. 

 Jas. Buckley. 

 A. V. Jackson. 

 0. H. Bryant. 

 H. K. Browne. 

 E. J. Thoman. 

 Howard Saxby. 

 A. A. Mason. 

 E. Steinlein. 

 O. .1. Allen. 

 A. Heidt. 

 A. Heider. 

 J. D. Pease. 

 K. W. Walker. 

 W. J. Eckman. 

 W. A. Bennett. 

 W. K. Mead, 

 .las. D. Zoller. 

 W. S. Sterrett. 

 Chas. Groves. 

 .T. D. Serena. 

 G. W. Hand. 

 U. L. Gilbert. 

 .T. P. Hamilton. 

 11. Saxby. Jr. 



D. Hinckley. 



M. R. Short. 

 M. K. Williams. 

 S. G. Bovd. 

 J. M. Cheely. 



A. Schmidt. 

 S. G. Cobbett. 

 G. ^I. Morgan. 

 C. C. Trimble. 

 S. W. Richey. 

 J. N. Powers. 

 H. A. Uolloweli. 

 H, R. Welling. 

 S. E. Giften. 



C. S. Walker. 



F. W. Mowbray. 

 Fred Doling. 



W. Quick. 



J. A. Van Orsdel. 



S. Mengies. 



L M. Asher. 



B. E. Gray. 

 W. Rees. 



H. J. Pflester. 

 W. E. Johns. 

 J. G. Trimble. 

 B. F. Dulweber. 



G. C. Ault. 

 W. H. Flinn. 

 G. E. Linz. 

 J. H. Wehry. 

 Jos. Bolser. 

 S. B. Taylor. 

 A. E. Hart. 

 S. A. Conn. 



Monthly Meeting Baltimore Exchange 



The first monthly meeting of the new manag- 

 ing committee of the Baltimore Lumber Ex- 

 change, elected December G, was held January 3, 

 when the new president, John L. Alcock, an- 

 nounced the appointment of the following stand- 

 ing committees for the year : 



Arbitration and Grievances — Lewis Dill, chair- 

 man ; Theodore Mottu, Maurice W. Wiley, Rufus 

 K. Goodenow and E. P. Gill. 



Inspection — Ridgaway Merryman, chairman ; 

 William M. Burgan and Theodore Mottu. 



Hardwood Inspection — Richard W. Price of 

 Price ^: Heald, chairman ; John J. Kidd of the 

 Kidd & Buckingham Company, and Frank A. 

 Parker of Mann & Parker. 



Membership — Richard W. Price, chairman ; 

 Henry C. Matthews, of Thos. Matthews & Son, 

 and E. P. Gill. 



House — George E. Waters, chairman ; Henry 

 C. Matthews and Parker D. Dix. 



Legislation and Transportation — William M. 

 Burgan, chairman ; Rufus K. Goodenow. Maurice 

 W. Wiley, George E. Waters and Geo. H. Poehl- 

 mann. 



Lewis Dill, William M. Burgan, Henry P. 

 Duker of Otto Duker & Co., George B. Hunting 

 and Theodore Mottu were named a special com- 

 mittee to confer with the wholesale and retail 

 members of the trade with the view to bringing 

 about closer relations. The committee was pro- 

 vided for by a resolution adopted at the annual 

 meeting of the exchange. The Managing Com- 

 mittee also provided for the appointment of a 

 committee on the car stake question to cooperate 

 with the car stake committee of the National 

 \\'holesalc Lumber Dealers' Association. 



New Year's Jollification of Philadelphia 

 Limihermen 



As is the annual custom of the Lumbermen's 

 Exchange of Philadelphia, the last afternoon of 

 the old year was devoted to a social union and 

 general jolliflcation. At one o'clock George A. 

 Howes, chairman of the office and entertain- 

 ment committee, announced in his stentorian voice 

 that luucheon was served, in Griffith's Hall on 

 the second floor of the building, to which all 

 repaired in the heartiest good fellowship to par- 

 take of a dainly repast, provided by the efficient 

 and never failing caterer, Wiener, after which, 

 as the hands of the clock pointed to two. Presi- 

 dent Herbert P. Robinson, who also acted as 

 master of ceremonies, mounted an impromptu 

 stage and informed all present with great gusto 

 that the performances would begin. After a 

 lively overture by the pianist, the famous Kind- 

 ling Wood Quintette of the Exchange, delivered 

 themselves of a significant and soul stirring 

 selection, which brought down the house. Then 

 the fun increased when Lawrence Sharkey took 

 the floor and reeled off some of his side splitting 

 Irish stories. Following the first installment of 

 these, H. C. Saylor, whose voice has repeatedly 

 charmed the gatherings in these Exchange rooms, 

 gave one of his choice solos, but he was not to 

 be let olf with so modest a contribution, and 

 was forced to give an encore to satisfy his audi- 

 ence. Sharkey with his inimitable Irish anec- 

 dotes, now came on the scene again and witli 

 his true Irish brogue kept bis hearers in con- 

 vulsive laughter, and only out of compassion for 

 their overtaxed muscles did he finally desist. 

 The social ended with the singing of an original 

 composition of five stanzas by the Kindling 

 Wood Quintette, each member singing a stanza 

 as a solo, which was followed by the chorus. 

 "Throw Out the lafe Line," in which all pres- 

 ent joined. 



SONG OF THE KINDLING WOOD QUI.V- 



TETTE. 



This Exchange is a place where you learn how 



to trade. 

 Where contracts and deals of all kinds are oft 



made. 



Where wholesalers touch the retailers, a fact. 

 And sometimes they say that our meetings are 



packed. 



Chorus : Throw Out the Life Line. 



Our President Robinson every one knows. 

 Is square as can be, from his head to his toes ; 

 He wants to buy roofers, the six-inch, I mean. 

 If you want to sell him, you sell at fifteen. 



Now there is Frank Smith, who will be our next 



mayor : 

 He has lots of nerve but he hasn't much hair. 

 If you have a jiain in your back, side or are ill. 

 He'll give .you a cure and not send you a bill. 



Our friend Owen Bruncr a picture once took, 

 Of one of our members who frontward did look ; 

 This member was touched by a queen or a jack, 

 And ever since then he has been Luckenback. 



When the Pirates of Barnegat go on a cruise, 

 There's some that play pussy and some that play 



booze ; 

 There's some buy dark secrets, then back out, 



'tis said, 

 And some who are caught walking otf with their 



bed. 



The office and entertainment committee, which 

 arranged this jolly year-end entertainment, is 

 composed of George A. Howes, chairman ; How- 

 ard Ketchum, F. A. Dudley, Fisher Dalrymple 

 and George Rodgmen. 



In Acknowledgment 



Has anyone called you up and asked you, "Is 

 this one-nine-one-0'^" and when you said that it 

 wasn't, told you to look at the calendar? If 

 you had as many calendars for 1910 as the 

 Record has you'd know what year it was, sure. 

 This office has been most bountifully remembered, 

 and some of the handsomest calendars seen this 

 year have come to hand, besides a number of 

 blankbooks, cards and other remembrances, for 

 all of which the HiiCoitD wishes to express thanks 

 and to wish the donors the best and most pros- 

 perous times during the coming year. 



From the Anderson-Tully Comijany, manufac- 

 turer of hardwood lumber, packing boxes, egg 

 cases and veneers at Memphis, Tenn., came a 

 beautiful calendar, showing a reproduction of 

 the painting by Thomas Moran, entitled "An 

 English Fishing Village." It is well printed in 

 soft, hazy colors and mounted on a stiff cream 

 board, making a most artistic hanging. 



Charles K. Parry & Co., wholesalers of lumber, 

 with offices in the Land Title building, Philadel- 

 phia, and mills at Selma, N. C, Bingham, S. C, 

 and Pine Bloom, Ga., sent a splendid calendar, 

 containing a reproduction of one of Thomas 

 Moran's famous paintings, "Tower Rocks — the 

 Yellowstone." The most pleasing feature of this 

 wall hanging are the large, clear figures of the 

 calendar pad which may be seen at some dis- 

 tance. 



A most acceptable and useful "tickler" con- 

 veyed the compliments of Ward Bros., the well- 

 known manufacturers of maple flooring at Big 

 Rapids, Mich. This handsome little notebook 

 bound in soft black leather and containing no 

 other printing on the cover exeept the editor's 

 name in gilt letters, is of the new style loose 

 leaf type, and the generous donors state that 

 they will be glad to furnish additional leaves 

 as they are needed. This is a big gift froth a 

 big concern. 



From Cobbs & Mitchell, inc., manufacturers 

 of the well-known Electric brand of hardwood 

 flooring at Cadillac, Mich., came New Year's 

 greetings in the shape of a billcase in black 

 leather lined with brown. A duplicate of this 

 case was received from the Mitchell Brothers 

 Company, Cadillac, Mich., makers of "rockhard" 

 liardwood flooring. 



The Hermance Machine Company of Williams- 



