, 1875-02-16
LUMBER.
Annual Meeting Of tho Board Of
Trade.
Statistics of the Business for 1874.
Stocks on Hand.
ncports Of tic President nnd Other
Officers.

UHEEtFs
Tho Lur,bormon's Board Of Trais hstd ita first
snnna meeting at tlo Ioon1B Of III. Board. Oil
South Water Etreot. yesterday afternoon, a1r. A..
C., Eatkins, tho President III the chair.
Before proceeding viii, the regular bueiucss,
ttc Chairman informed tho meeting Of lilo
death Ut
Mn. ;. y. GARDNER,
a prominent and Ilonoretl ncrnhce Of the Doar,1
that somo netun e1prerelro OF tho
c,tec1n ii, which Tie deccaheu member WAS held
bs taken by tho board.
On motion, Il committee consisting Of McsBfa.
Van Rchaicl, Cook, md Nc1.aren, was appointed
to prepare proper resolutions and s,Lnit tllcn to
the meeting Tor its acton
Tho Committee subsequently reported the fol-
lowing, which woro adopted By rihlus vote
wrEnEas, We havn heard With dter regret Of tho
sudden death ot John D. Gardiner. nFmtcr of this
lo#rd and while va the loss Of ttrcfnel sa-
eoctate, how III humble silence to tbs will Ut all
wlHo Providence. Therefore, be It
lizard l,a1 int onn Of It's efcicnt rtra The
nnler-irade af tic fnsthwest Of its tive,
energst and re"lons;os and tbs city
Rrsofrrd, That tho Rgpahy u the tnenbcfn Of this
Bari Is hereby extended - thu family If 'tsc
L.otstd That tbers resolutions be rfr",d on tho
recor.lt aud record be sent tn tie family uf lie de-
cease, und published fn tho Chicasn daily paurs.
THE PRESIDENTS = ANaCAr REPORT
was then submitted, aud read by tho Secretary.
1t sets forth That the Lumbertncn'B Hoard Of
Trade had shared III the general depression Of
the btls.uoas Of 1874, but the low prices that la
ruled the past season had undoubtedly in gteat
measure been owing to oyerptoduction, and NJ
lung ~ tho supply waH as largely in escess OF
DO 1ookatl for by Manufacturer or steady
healthy trado by dealers. Tho lumbcrmans
business, like other tradea was subject to tho
great laws OF supply and demand, aud to aeccr-
tain as nearly AZ possible that supply aid tho
probable demand from tin1o to time. together
with stocks on hand ard such other matters as
might lead to moro Intelligent md profitable
Conduct OF tho bsleiness by thorough dIp-cmi-
nation Of facts, was the great object oi this Az
sociatlon.
Its organization on tho t3tlt Of February.
1874. was intended to supply u long.felt nccepsl-
,y by tbs lumbefmon OF Chicago, Of ali aesocia-
tion not confined to any ono branch or specslty
III the trade. but general in ts character, to i'll
clude in ita membership all thoHe interested in
tElf anc OF the greatest lBdnstrcB Of tho city
and tho Northwest. The Board of Directors,
co1i.tftng OF eleven Enc1nbers. GnterDd ut Dnco
uron their dnt1ca. holding weekly meetings with
tho earnest ceiro Of carrying out tho object of
t.v m nran1s d 1n
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So'' '. 80 ~ -, a...,.
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oetut'eh' VIII iAiea tof slo nibPeet!on ~ aGu
neasnIe"'''l III iuoGI soia w. ane i,t1I LIN I"et' lHe
!ioafu llatt measured ABOUT 26ot lu,uuo !eeE o'
lumber. about four-ffths Of all sold OH tho Tx
ctArxe MARKET with fees amounting to about
en,,tinne1 r,ms;neJ wi,h Tia mcteIcru md il