, 1880-08-17
TIE LU1lDERMEN.
Annual Meeting Of Manufacturers
of Boards, Shingles, and
lath.
An Increased Demand Looked
For iii tho Immediate
Future.
The Mill.Mcn Happier than They
Wcro Ono Year Ago,

THO Northwestern Lumbar Manufactnr-
ers' Association hell tholr anl,n' 1nectln9
yesterday In Fnirbonk liall, Cet,tral Altisic"
ilaU l,uil,llng. 'rllcro were present delegates
representing n yearly mako Of LOCO 'lsilinn
fret of lumber, principally fran tho Upper
Mississippi anI ChLcngo districts. Amon1 tue
representatives wesu Charlcy Lalnl,, Cli'i-
ton, In; David Joyce, Lynns. la.; William
ltcnwicls, Davenport; Dr. Roby, l'si.l-
ington, Mich; GcorEc TaTnswortll,
Oconto Lumber Coh,pally; John
phe,ps, Davenport; i, $. kentor, Moline;
LII Wadesl,, Clinton, Ia; Eugene Sl.nw,
Eau Claire; L. W. Durant, Saltwater; II, NJ.
Hemingway, lansing, H.: j. n. Dnlnilcy,
llannii,at Mo-; pla,t j. Walker, allnncalo-
lis; +. A. brown, AEass!lon, o.; 4. \. Gar
pentcr, 4. q, Van Schaick, r. W. Harvey,
Horace WiIltston. John J. D0rlnlM?. ~. II.
iiuit, Chicago; y. r. Bulls, l'hilMtlelpplia;
join Mackntosl, TORONTO, Ont. Tl,e ilnl,.
cintr. atMl x. &. Vau Sciiatck actctl ns Sccre-
tary. Tho Chnirulnn, nftcr tllo meeting was
called 10 order, .latlo tho
FOLLOWING ADDRESS:
GENTLEMEN or TTtE 1.uMrEfsMEN's AssocIA-
iabcr "S ns asrsst ss"e Of VII s ety W asSnr o aer.
men Of tic Northwest to meet tsleln IL cot
vise sono uu,,s to avert tic 1i,lu.,c!n rin i.ts-
pending oyer the cntire trade: i.l.nisHr was
cn,,sn grave aps'rehensons 10 ~ rnsaHed In
III Ia thosc ii ns outside d tho CITY of chcaxo,
whose dsIly press utntc1 "pcno sstsN si' ntstl
sGas5 with II t'ndcrIie demand" IL nrlcnrcd ~
and that Tho inn1lllcs lrc!s ~ runta tr,h,ltary
10 Chicago were h.irryllsx In dimension lumber
r1,nlily depicting tho IDckcsof tho i.ltnbur,tot.
nntl DESTROYING our magnificent pine forests ot
lsut, gentlemen, tho t1nrknoss WINS but inlngln-
ary. Tho hunger nPpnrcntlF ~ imminent gu
otot!ginato III p 1s%rpsv.,!lcsiosi: ros were t!,e
tcives. wcre ig,,oraMi Of tho tr!,u situation. It
wonLi now see,,l. to look hae!s, TINT nsh!tmnr9
our counting RUINS, while NJ. were trantIca!ly
rushing here md thcrr. urging buyers to ngcept
our lun,ber, product, and give us Just littlo
ii,t before cir first convention mot, \ few Of
oltr number t1nrn suEnnitI.'s lhiin thc rrst
t tint st.rrou,Nicl tho ir,,sc nt;i suddenly dls
covered smt tho tn,peMtins danger WIS duo nut
10 ti1o folly oil ourselves; ,so tlld not understand
Tho value III MIR avn GnslIN"sty. It wsls.1seor,,
TUNED ttat son mn: hn'l larKr!y oynr'sttAtri
the rcport, sil with it iIor or K,'iio w.re
iapd il not sntIsiastory lr.,4rcss III TINT .llrce
tIon. Whnu, tiowevtr, wy wern !,rh'Hht fnco ~
!nce win tliU lftlo si,t1nttoi nsia n.s!n ~ taa
tze TINT shrng Ess us'Ie ts'! y! our 4.s
ai%irs ne '1 ;,', Ma 1 f H. R'S r nMrs S
lss ,s m "rt 1,11.t, % snnt Wy H. ;,rr III. H.
tnnn.l tho "' ',,,estin ,uIwi,t we'll hive ,,rs In
1' ench ',nIml "a 10 thp iiicntuI calil're ,1 iho
pntiro fraternity. rha lesson tnugtt us
wnsse We have lNen utility Of ra,lnoi 10
ass The y ,, aixa ~ s,ss x " alt1t
Etna rs "tc"!a ,e int,l' l1 % ~ W. ~ ,stIa 81 %
~ In ,,ul II o s St,tro W. i ,t pur, viii
~ 'st +, t ni,r ~ rnrnsts ,y.ft,tuIt rrtrIynr n l
cmsj;,rr1;t,ou thrn,tor. 'e - N"&'
t;Gl,tlenncn. Congratulate you to-,,ny on Tho
ut,,ntnrrclnt prosperity uf oilr wl,ole ctnlntry,
with nbun,las.t hnrvests aarely, gatcrrd,-wItl.
tho Irnlncnso. thsoliss of s,,!lsratlta 1nnklng
home. thrn,.sl'1ut tue g.Ent W.wtww;ith K"
rrai iechE o. ce1 ss; n,';a, ni1aIrs SnI,S
S npnmGm o. "s ~ ,,str Whit
trxs h1snrw'mwl;f sIt,,t sttkiur i,lSest1t,c;,t
it1 lprtI,nIif 1,usiness plrsti,,s.@tho 1,roRtrut
before us IL ccrt,si,,ly Il charming. me.
In tho rretnl Inst every lnlnlicr1nan felt tho
whit ut tirftal tu ttnl'le htl! 10 Gt,1pntn ~ ih
markets of tho world With the skilled labor III
ter branches ot our Mntt9ns t To-