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HARDWOOD RECORD 



GROrr OF ATTENDANTS INCLUDING SOME OF THE LADIES AT 'HIE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL OF THE 



Mr. rainier. I will stiito. Mr. I'resideut, tbaf, 

 under a ruling o( the oliair. tliat resolution will 

 come up under unfinished business this after- 

 noon. The committee is not quite ready to re- 

 port on other resolutions passed, and for that 

 reason, and also supposing the election might 

 bring a more complete attendance than we have 

 at the present time, we believe it is best to defer 

 bringing in the report until this afternoon. 



President Agler : I think. Mr. Threlkeld, this 

 afternoon would be a better time. 



Sir. Threlkeld : That is entirely satisfactory. 



President Agler : Gentlemen, is there any 

 other business to be brought before the meeting 

 at this session? The meeting is iu your hands. 



Increasing Dues Considered 



Mr. Palmer : .Mr. Chairman — Mr. Burgess 

 suggested this morning a matter that is of con- 

 siderable importance and should receive consid- 

 eration at this convention, which, owing to his 

 excessive modesty — something we all appreciate 

 in a Memphis lumberman, on account of its 

 rarity — [laughter] — I will state in my own 

 feeble way what he told me. There was a refer- 

 ence, in the president's report, to the fact that 

 the resources of the Inspection Department of 

 the association have been limited at times and 

 that the work of the association could not be 

 extended as fully and completely as it might be 

 possible to do if there were more sinews of war 

 in the strong chest of the association^that Is a 

 figure of speech — [laughter]. A good many 

 people who are not members of the association 

 have looked upon our dues of only .$23.00 a 

 year as a kind of joke, and they think there 

 could not be anything obtained as good "as we 

 have at such a bargain counter price ; and he 

 further stated, he thought it might be a good 

 thing for the membership to consider at this 

 meeting not to take any action upon it, but 

 simply to consider the advisability of adding 

 $25.00 a year to the dues of the members for 

 the purpose of more fully and completely sup- 

 porting the Inspection Department. He also said, 

 I believe, that he would be willing to give 

 $100.00, but I am not so sure about that. 



Piesident Agler: Gentlemen, that is a ques- 

 tion that interests every member of the associa- 

 tion. We would be glad to hear the views of 

 any of you who care to discuss it. 



Mr. Burgess : Mr. Chairman — To give you an 

 idea of my thought on this matter, I will explain 

 that I have had dealings for two years with the 



Inspection Department. Any one that wishes 

 to belong to the association could become a 

 member at an annual cost of .$25.00. If he 

 wished to use the Inspection Department, that 

 would cost him $23.00 a year. I stated this 

 morning — I did not offer to pay $100.00 — but 

 I stated if it should cost $100.00 we could not 

 afford to stay out of the Inspection Depart- 

 ment. I believe we are giving in this organiza- 

 tion too much for the money. Some of the 

 members think, it we have an Inspection De- 

 • partment, and charge $25.00 a year, we will lose 

 members. I will say right here, if any member 

 wislies to drop out of the association simply be- 

 cause he cannot afford to pay $25.00 a year, 

 we should let him go ; he is dead weight. We 

 don't want people of that kind. We will not 

 lose one member — that is anybody doing a lum- 

 ber business. If any one simply belongs to the 

 association, because he wishes to be a member, 

 he does not have to pay $25.00 for the Inspec- 

 tion Department ; but if a man has a dispute on 

 one car during the year, he will make money 

 by paying $25.00 to belong to the Inspection 

 Department. [Applause.] 



President Agler : Are there any other remarks 

 on this question? 



Mr. Burgess : I will make a motion that a 

 committee of five be appointed to report on the 

 proposition of the increase of dues for the In- 

 spection Department at the meeting this after- 

 noon. 



.1. M. Card : I second the motion. 



J. L. Benas : I would like to ask Mr. Burgess 

 whether he Intends to separate the two member- 

 ships, or is every member compelled to pay 

 the $50? 



Mr. Burgess : No ; that was not my idea. But 

 that anyone could be a member at a cost of $25 

 a year, and if he wished to belong to the In- 

 spection Department it will cost another $25 per 

 year. It is a good deal like the wholesalers, who 

 have their commercial or collection department. 



J. L. Scheve : Would it not be advisable, under 

 those conditions, to increase the inspection fee 

 rather than increase the membership fee? 



President Agler : I presume all of the details 

 in reference to this matter will be considered by 

 the committee. There is a motion before the 

 house for the appointment of a committee of 

 five to consider the question and report this 

 afternoon. 



Ccmmittee en Increase in Dues Appointed 



The motion was then carried unanimously, 

 after which the president appointed the fol- 

 lowing committee: George Burgess, chair- 

 man; .T. M. Card, J. L. Scheve, E. L. Ed- 

 wards, F. S. Underbill. 



Upon motion, the meeting was then ad 

 journed until 1:30 p. m. 



FOURTH SESSION, JUNE 10 



The final .session of the convention was 

 called to order Friday, at 2 p. m., by Presi- 

 dent Agler. 



The president announced that immediately 

 following the adjournment of the convention 

 there would be a meeting of the Board of 

 Managers, when it was desired that the offi- 

 cers and directors to be chosen at this ses- 

 sion be present. 



Mr. Pritchard : Mr. President — I want to call 

 attention to one matter that was overlooked this 

 morning — that is. when the modifications that 

 were made in the inspection rules are to take 

 effect. I believe that is to be decided by a vote 

 of the convention. 



President Agler : Have the Inspection Rules 

 Committee a recommendation to make? 



Mr. Pritchard : We did not make any recom- 

 mendation in our report. We thought that would 

 itetter come from the meeting. But if it is de- 

 sired I will move that these changes take effect 

 within thirty days, and that will give time 

 enough to have the rules published. 



The motion was seconded by Mr. Vinnedge 

 and carried. 



Report of Committee on Resolutions 



The committee on Eesolutions reported, 

 through Earl Palmer, chairman, as follows, 

 each resolution being adopted separately, fol- 

 lowing which the committee's report as a 

 whole was unanimously adopted: 



THAMvS to LOflSVILLE HARDWOOD CLUB 



Whereas, The hospitality extended to the mem- 

 bers of the National Hardwood Lumber Associa- 

 tion, in attendance at this meeting, by the 

 Louisville Hardwood Lumber Club, in particular, 

 and by the entire city of Louisville in general, 

 has been of .such a high quality as to arouse the 



