Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-01
AGAINST FxEE LUMBER.
Convention Of Lsab>r Meu 60 Protest Again.
Btiis Before the wsys aud Mean. Committee.

AGAINST FHEE LUMBER
Btiis Before the wnys aud Mean. Committee.
The convention OF iumbermen called 10 meet
In this city 10 protest against the passage ~
bills pending before the House ways and mean.
committee placing lumber on the free List. al
though set for 10 O'Clock this mornins. "a. not
called 10 order until ioI5 BY Mr.. r. II. wille,,
OF this city In neat address Of welcome n
NJ. Loud. Ausable. Mich, was Nominated
and Unanimously elected 20 be presiding
otheer and A. A. Brown Of Cincinnati wss
made secretary OF the convention A number
OF letters were read from lumbermeu through
out the country regretting their inability b. be
present, and expressing their entire sympathy
with the object Of the convention on motion
OF i. W. smith OF this city committee OF
three was appointed by the chair 90 make fur
Their nominations. Messrs. Smith Of this city,
Fitzgerald Of Vermont and Barber Of wiscou-
sin we're appointed rs such . committee.
rns COMMITTEES RECONSIDERATION
After an absence Of one hour and one-haH
the committee on nominations returned with .
report recommending. first that W. r. Judson
OF Chicsgo and George A. Priest OF this city Do
| admitted 90 the convention as entitled 20 al
tho rights OF delegates: second that NJ.
| {. Henyett and J. Newton Mind be sppoinsed
additional secretaries; third that n. n. Loud
W. b Judson, Edgar Muuson VIM. Irvine W
b Dickerson, W. A. wimsatt and W o. Good
man be appointed Committee on revolutions;
| fourth. that W. B. Dickerson, c. W t,codye.r.
L. c. Best Ewd Brown, Elias Deemer u. ID.
hnzen, W. A Mimsatt + NJ. Herriok, r. wey-
orhaeuser and W. D. Goodman be appointed
| vice presidents On motion Of Mr. Need the
| report of the committee WAS unanimously
adopted. At the request Of the convcn ton Mr.
". y. !udson Of the Northwestern Lun,lomaM
brieny recited the purpose for which the con-
| yention was called, and read the bills intro
duoed IN the House placing lumber on the free
list
On motion of Mr.. Dieman a committee Of
| nve was authorized 60 be appointed by the
cbair TO call upon the House WAYS and means
com mittee and ask that q committee represent
| Ing the convention be heard by that committee
IN opposition 20 the bills In question, aud
MessrS Fitzgerald. Foresman. Dickcson,
Gestwiek ana Brien were designated 40 The
committee.
DELEGATES N ATTENDANCE
The following delegates were in attendance
.. Newton Mind, Minneapolis, MINI, repre-
senang aiss.ssiPpi Valley Lumbermens Asso-
9niation; >. r Meyerhaeu.er, Rock Island.
Illinois, BOOK Island Lumber and Manufactur-
ing Co.; J. +. Barber, Eau Claire, WISCONSIN.
Northwestern Lumber Co. F.M Gould. Moline
| III, Dimock, Gould Co; VIM Irvine, Chip
pewa rails, Wis, Chippewa Lumber aud
Boom Co; w H. Grotwick, Ionowxnda.
\. 4, Grostwlck, smith Iryer Lnlnber Go. !;
II. M. Loud, Ausable, Mich, II. NJ Loud a
Sons Lumber Co.; Seth I. ForesiuAn. ST.
Adams. ". Va. Bowman Lumber Co and West
Branch Lumber Exchange, williamsport, Pa |;
W IL 0onse, Wilmington. Dol. David Austin,
La Crosse, Via, Sawyer a Austin Lumber Co. /;
W J. Young; ir' clinton, Town. W. J; Young
) Ala, Alabama Lumber Association;
Sharies H. MeCaren, Chicago, H., NORTH
Western Lumberman; H. l.. Fitzgerald, Island
Pond, VI; Fitzgerald, Ayerin Lumber Com
pany; VIM. Heyer winonA. Mimi, winona
Lumber Company; B. II. Parkhurst, Eiklsnd,
Pa, French, hsrkhurst & Beard; WIN. Randall
Prior, williamsport, Pa: Artemus Lamb. CIin-
ton, Iowa; c. Lamb a Son, A. I. jerks.
saltwater, Mimi; saltwater Lumber Com
: pany; David fozer, Saltwater, Mimi; C. A
Goodyear, Tomah, Wis, b. A. a c. A.
Goodyear Co; James Dessart, Mosinoe, Wiz.
Dessart Lumber Co, II. W. Wright, Merrill,
Wis, II. w. Wright Lumber Co; J. = o'Briea,
saltwater, Mimi, Anderson a oBrlen Co ;
) Edgar Munson, Williamsport. Pa; T. c..
J Best, Ronceverte. W. Va. ST. Law
Geo. C. Tyler. Baltimore, Nd; Inos. W.
smith, Washington, u. e.; H. II. willett,
{ Washington, ID. G.; saml Ross, Washington, D.
C.; VIM. o. Goodman, Chicago. IL. sawyer,
Goodman CO.. "; L. sykss; BenEinger. Pa;
LnnSsrmsn; erssnl.af ~ Johnson s5n"''' jf,,
Louis, Mo-, St. LOU. Iamssrm.n s
/, e L. Hospes. saltwater, MINI; H. C. Babcock,
Dalton, Ga. Cherokee Manufacturing Com
: psny; A. 5. hcGougban, 81. Helene. Mich,
: henry stevens a Co.; T. W. Campbell, Kane.
[ Pa, q. w. Campbell a Son; David Rice, wess
Troy, n. u, Harmou, Rico a CO. and
; Center Lumber Co.; Films Deemer, williamsport
. Pa, strong, Deemer ca, wilhsmsport Land
and Lumber 90. and williamsport aud Chesa-
! peake Co., w. 3. Judson, Northwestern Lumber.
: man; ". X. Weed, Potsdam, n. Y, Shermas
Lumber Co.; w A. wimsatt, Washington, ID. C.;
Ewd. Brown, Tacoma, Washington; l. NJ. Her.
rick, san Francisco, Cal
Mr. Goodman having ieclined IN .srv. M,
the committee on resolutions, Ar. Grstuick
was appointed in his stead.
On motion OF Mr.. Gratwick the conventiou
then took recess until p. m. at which time
the committee on resolutions was directed &c
h report
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