, 1881-12-11
THE LUMBERMEN.

Mr. Deans Bunqurt-The Policy Of the
| ~" Chicago Trade
| The members of tho Lu1nbermen's Exchange
partoOk Ut thsr first lunch Ut this season their
| rooms On South WAter street at / O'clock yester-
day. Thuddeus Lean was the host OF the occa-
sion.. Last year the lunches went by sizes, the
shortest member giving the first one, and tho
! succeeding one being by the next ta1est Mem-
BIER, and so On in rotation. The proposition was
! Mr.. Deans. and being tho fullest member the
seuson passed before his turn came around. He
therefore thought it would be graceful thing
to tender the members the hrst luucn Ut tho
! winter.
| There were about 1a5 members gathered about
the sumptuouSly served tables and the Dccas4on
WAS highly en1oyabie one throu:haut
| bead Ut the ouard.
] Mr.. j. b. Swan extended the thanks Of the
exchange to Mr. Dean for his entertainment,
| and the speakers rcsnarKs were iutersprrsed
with many Gle er and lau yhnuie hits ulld ex-
trstort'nary laudatton of tns personal merits Of
the hust-
President Van Schaick unveiled cartoon
caricaturlnR hir. Deau as d bear " in the lu1n
ber-mArket in May, and II :. bull in November,
VIII CHI ~u> fully appreciated by those cs,guiZanr
OF Tue bus1ness operauon5of :ho successful sub-
ject Of the Sketch
friends hS saying that he had Intended 1o oe
ruled by the Ho'iest side Of hs character, bEL
found It impossible in the face OF 50 ruucn tu-
cOntruvertlblt proof anu wcli-meant nattery.
He telt exceedingly kind toward everybody con-
nected with the lumber trade, and hupeu. tue
EAme feeling WIS held generally towagd himself.
He had beard Mr. Van Schascs's speech before
on several sMlHr OCCASIONS, utld VAS obliged to
than popular officer Tor remembering it for his
betettr-
Further social remarks were made By Messrs
Carpenter, Of Kirby, Carpenter & Cu.: i.
f.. Martin, AID. Bond, Aid: BAilArd,
Gov Ludtuesofl, aud ex-Cungresstnan Wells. Of
Wisconsin. the Inter SIMPLY mukluE acknow-
edg1nents of Mr. Dcuu's hospitality:
President Vun scnuck delivered the business
speech cf the 'ccaslou He said ChIcugo mad
rrown to be the lnrgest lumber market in the
world. During the past year over :ato,uJJIVJJ
feet of lumber, tath, and sh,l,gfcs bud been re-
ceived here. The trade employed $40 principals,
@,ou sailors. and is,00t work men. The char-
actcr or the men at the head Of eno
vested enormous. Loss than 10 members of the
eachnngt could be picked nut whu would rep
resent capital Ut ayer SthuA,91J. The future
Of the trade was us bright as 'ts past. The In
crease of Receipts ut tn!s port next year would
be 'nute than :rJt1J, wv feet uf 1umt'er, anu tue
capital would have n corresponding incrcase.
The funbertucn bad thu trade in their own
hu1lds, ana must protect 1t. 1t was important to
them as .ue tur1r To manufacturers. the pulley
OF keeping prices up would afford that protec-
ton. The dcaier who would ''beaT" the
murket rs a regular business WITS sure to
meet with disaster eventually. Every dcnter
should be s'long. Chicago cuuid stand d STOCK
On lanu uf 5uJ,JN.0U feet, and II wus as sufu to
mere Us tn have 1t in the trees IN Michigan aild
W,scslnsln- Most uf tho capital WIS here, and
the yards contained more manufactured lumber
than wAs held IN Mich 'gln aud " scors'n, ulld
the lumber iu;rketS Of the Ne3I should he ruled
from Chicago.
The address was received with applause, and a
vote of thanks was extended to Mr. Dean and
olr- Van Schack, after vn en- the party broke up.