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of the late W. S. Price, president of the Price 

 Hardwood Company, and interested in the Chat- 

 looga Lumber Company, for which the Price 

 Company acted as selling agent. He was also 

 iDtcrested in the Price Company, which has since 

 been dissolved, and he is secretary of the Chat- 

 too.'^a Lumber Company, which owns an exten- 

 sive tract of timber near Madison, S. C, and 

 lias operated a sawmill there. He has been in 

 the lumber business all his life, and has also 

 made several trips to Europe, so that he is 

 well qualified for the duties of the position to 

 which he has been elected. Louis Palmer, assist- 

 ant secretary of the association at New Orleans, 

 will remain there as the New Orleans members 

 of the association were averse to closing that 

 Inanch. 



The association is to be commended on the 

 splendid victory won in securing a decision from 

 ihe Italian government removing the duty of $12 

 per thousand on gum lumber from America. Dur- 

 ing the past six or eight years American export- 

 ers have worked up a good demand for gum 



lumber in Italy which was used largely as a sub- 

 stitute for Italian walnut. The enforcement of 

 the .$12 duty simply killed this business and as 

 soon as this came to the attention of the officers 

 of the association, they took it up with the au- 

 thorities both at Washington and Rome. They 

 conducted the campaign with such vigor that 

 American gum lumber is now on the free list in 

 Italy. 



Suicide of an Oak Tree 



Dean George B. Frankforter. head of the de- 

 partment of chemistry at the University of 

 Minnesota, is making a report of a peculiar case 

 of an oak tree which killed itself on the uni- 

 versity campus by drawing up so much copper 

 through its roots into the tissues as to cause 

 suffocation. When the oak was cut down fine 

 particles and thin layers of copper were found 

 in all its fibers. Upon testing, the copper was 

 found to be 99.9 pure. There is no similar case 

 on record. 



Enthusiastic Annual Cincinnati 



Lumbermen's Club 



At the Gibson House, Cincinnati, on Monday them to our president, and he would see that 

 evening. May 2, occurred one of the most inter- U'ey got .lustice. and it had a favorable impres- 

 esting and enthusiastic meetings of business men j2't us live up to our constitution and invite 

 ever held in that city. The perfect confidence criticism from the entire manufacturing trade, 

 which the members of the club exhibited in each .;l«l -o.^.-°„^l>»y^ -- ofTh'e^'lu^m'l^eT^^arfae't'u^-- 

 other, the harmony and the support of the pj.g j^^j dealers, and our customers as well, 

 "square deal" movement inaugurated by the club I'our friend, W. A. Bennett. 

 were features which made this a truly remark- At the conclusion of the reading of this let- 

 able occasion. The attraction was the annual ter from the father of the "Square Deal," the 

 «lection of officers for the club. There were two attendance broke forth in a round of applause, 

 tickets in the field, the regular headed by G. President Walker then stated that the annual 

 Cliff .Vult, and the independent headed by W, E. convention of the National Stock Cooperage As- 

 Delaney. President Cliff S. Walker, who during sociation would be held in Cincinnati May 17, 

 his term of office has made a record for success 1.S and 19, and that the club members were in- 

 and progress in the club's affairs, was the re- vited to attend. 



tipient of a most complimentary panegyric from The secretary announced the applications of 

 Mr. Ault. The tribute was an entire surprise to It. .7. Itinehart & Co. and George C. Brown & 

 Mr. Walker, and, indeed, to the whole club, but Co. for membership. On motion these applica- 

 brought forth the unanimous support of the tions were referred for report at the next meet- 

 members to place Mr. Walker at the head of the lug. Col. S. B. Stanberry and the M. R. Short 

 club for the ensuing year. Lumber Company were declared elected to mem- 

 After disposing of the most delightful dinner bership. 

 which the entertainment committee had provided,' The committee on the Ohio Valley Exposition 

 accompanied by appropriate music, instrumental offered its report. This stated that as the ex- 

 and vocal. President Walker drew forth his fa- position would expect the club to have a space 

 mous gavel and rapped for order. The minutes of from 1,000 to 1,.jOO feet at a cost of $1 per 

 of the April meeting were read by the secretary square foot for maintenance: that so far as 

 and approved as given. could be learned no other trade organization in 

 A long letter, giving details of the car serv- Cincinnati is to have an exhibit, and that after 

 ice situation as worked out by the Hardwood thoroughly canvassing the situation the commit- 

 llanutacturers' Association and presented by tee was of the opinion that the club should de- 

 Lewis Doster, was outlined by the secretary, dine to make an exhibit. The committee stated 

 and without being read in full was referred to that they believed, as did also Colonel Stanberry, 

 the river and rail committee for action and re- that a more satisfactory arrangement would be 

 port, to have individual exhibitors, grouping the cx- 

 The secretary then read the following letter bibits attractively and thus allowing those who 

 from William A. Bennett : believe in this method of advertising to benefit 



Cincinnati, April 30, 1910. by it individually. 



C. S. Walker, Esq., President Lumbermen's Club On motion of Lewis Doster the report was ac- 



Dea'- M°"walker'r"-'l am sorry, indeed, that ^^P^^^ »°<1 "'<' committee discharged 



I cannot be at the next meeting of the club, as The treasurer s report, presented by G. c. 



my business engagements call me elsewhere. Ault showed the organization to be in flourish- 



h.Il''^ '^'' "••"'^='' time in om- history, and we . conamon flnancially. His report follows: 



nave good men running for office. I have been '"= 



away of late most of the time, and if I were Treasurer's Report 



present, I would ask each and every candidate -.nnn c 'no- 



to state specifically whether they are in favor Cash on hand May 5, 1909^ * uu.-i 



of a "square deal." as expressed in our consti- receipts. 



tution and by-laws, and as carried out now by Assessments and initiation 



our present officers. This matter was opposed fees *"'"ion; 



by some and we want a clean record on this A. M. Stearns (residue).... iS.si 



score. The eyes of the world are on us. Residue entertainment Hard- 



(I will depend upon you to have the secre- wood Manufacturers' Asso- 



tary read this letter.) elation turned over to _ 



We have the best city and the best lumber- club 'JOfa.to— ?J,-'!o.oi 



men's club today in existence, and the impres- disbuese.ments. 



sion of this fact to me means everything, and Expenses $1,060,151 



the time to have a man declare himself is just Subscription Manufacturers' 



"before he is elected. entertainment .'iOO.OO 



I was at a meeting of the Memphis Lumber- Entertainment National 



men's Club several days ago. and pointed out Wholesalers' Association. 334. S7 — .$2,495.38 



to them this feature, and asked them if they 



lad any troubles with our membership to send Cash on hand May 2. 1910 $ 7.n0.13 



The secretary made no report, as the finances 

 of the organization were covered in the report 

 of the treasurer. 



President Walker then read the following ad- 

 dress : 



President's Address 



Gentlemen of the Lumbermen's Club of Cin- 

 cinnati : 1 welcome the end of my term as presi- 

 dent of your honorable club and at the same time 

 feel deep regret ; the first, because to a conscien- 

 tious man it must be a serious matter to be hon- 

 ored by you with this office, for the executive 

 head of your organization has great opportu- 

 nities for either good or evil influences on the 

 lumber trade, and I have felt even more than I 

 can explain the responsibilities (hat had fallen 

 to me. From this same source comes my feeling 

 of regret for, with the heartiest desire to bring 

 great results for our club, the past year seems 

 to me to have fallen so far short of my hopes 

 that I am deeply distressed. There was so much 

 to do that has not been done ; so much left 

 even unattempted, that I can only hope that 

 abler heads and stronger hands may succeed 

 where we have failed. 



During my term of office much has been 

 learned and I aslt your indulgence for advice 

 offered as to the future policy of this club. 



I believe that to secure the best results for 

 this organization, with its constantly changing 

 administrations, there should be some decided 

 line of policy adopted and followed through the 

 various administrations. 1 cannot make the 

 statement too strong that I believe this club, by 

 • proper management and united action, can be 

 made a great and valuable accessory to every 

 member in our business. 



This is the age of combination and coopera- 

 tion and he who fails to recognize that fact is 

 blind to his own best interests. There are so 

 many matters in business that can be handled 

 .successfully by combination that if left to indi- 

 vidual efforts would prove failures. There are 

 .so many things that can be done by this club 

 that no firm or individual could do, but the loyal 

 support of every member can alone make such 

 efforts valuable. The forgetting of petty, selfish 

 ends and petty personal prejudices must be part 

 of such cooperation. 



If this club is to deal with live issues in a 

 live way and not be conducted merely as a 

 monthly pink lea organization, we must pursue 

 a more liberal policy than we have in the past, 

 we must spend money, and more money. I have 

 no patience with penuriousness in business. In 

 order to reap great results you must be free to 

 make comparatively heavy expenditures. 



Why do I dwell so much on cooperation ? 

 There is not a thinking man present that does 

 not recognize the vast changes which have come 

 about in the past few years in the lumber trade, 

 and it does not require the gift of prophecy to 

 foresee those that will come. No other com- 

 modity which is an absolute human necessity de- 

 mands conservation so much as lumber — which is 

 in such short supply. Our supply which is com- 

 mercially available is being rapidly consumed : 

 we are already talking of the timber of Mexico. 

 Central and South America and even far-off 

 .\frica, when what we must do in this genera- 

 lion is to use what we have with caution and 

 Judgment, and this is where we will find that we 

 must, for self-protection, work together if we 

 are all to profit in the future. As certain as you 

 sit here, the day of the little coffee-pot mill 

 with its restricted stumpage has passed, and 

 enlightened methods point to great operations 

 of combined men and combined capital to secure 

 the greatest results and to reduce the waste. 



Our greater interests are common and we 

 should use this organization as a means of get- 

 ting together. 



My power of expression is too feeble to tell 

 how I appreciate the loyal support and help I 

 have received from the members of this club 

 and to properly thank the committees for the 

 prompt and satisfactory manner in which they 

 have handled their part of the club work, and 

 1 particularly want to express my gratitude to 

 those whom I have called on for advice and 

 help. I have been highly gratified to find with 

 what unselfish readiness such older members as 

 .Mr. Bennett and others would drop personal 

 affairs and attend to club work. 



In closing I recommend that, for the purpose 

 of making our organization more efficient, we 

 lay it down as part of our fundamental law 

 that our policy is : 



First, mutual protection and advancement of 

 our trade interests. 



Second, supporting that which redounds to 

 the benefit of Cincinnati and vicinity. 



Third, that the ex-committee be given wider 

 scope for expenditures during interim between 

 meetings. 



Fourth, that the club may he certain of suf- 

 ficient funds the dues to be fixed at a minimum 

 amount annually of say $2,5, with a maximum 

 assessment of $100 annually ; or you might 

 grade our membership and prorate assessment on 

 such basis, thus letting the stronger financial 

 concerns carry the bulk of the burden. 



