Now we have come here and there is something definite for 

 us to work at collectively. As individuals we cannot accom- 

 plish anything. 



We were invited to Washington by the National Lum- 

 ber Manufacturers' Association at the suggestion of Sec- 

 retary Hoover, and we participated in all of the conferences 

 of which you have heard. I was never so thrilled and 

 so excited over the possibilities of what can be accomplish- 

 ed by that kind of cooperation with the National Lumber 

 Manufacturers' Association with the doors of the Depart- 

 ment of Commerce thrown open. I have never seen any- 

 thing that has enthused me so much, and if it is the last 

 thing I can do, I want to arouse you to the feeling I have 

 so that you will not allow anything to stop you from going 

 to the extreme end oT the road in carrying forward this 

 magnificent program. It is the manufacturers' problem. It 

 may cost you a little money, but you will get returns ten- 

 fold. You will get the returns when you do not know you 

 are getting them. 



Our firm can probably stand the unsatisfactory condi- 

 tions and criticisms as well as any other. I do not mean to 

 say this boastingly, but I believe it is true. I want to help, 

 and I want each of you to help all you possibly can. I cer- 

 tainly will give my time for the success of this movement 

 as I have been doing for the last four or five months, for 

 I want to do my part towards placing the industry in the 

 best possible light. This should be done in justice to our- 

 selves and to the industry. I am for this program 100 per 

 cent and am willing to give of my time and money, if nec- 

 essary, for its success. 



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