The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-17
THE LUMBERMEN MEET
They Elect Officers, Talk Business
and Have a Banquet.
Two Hundred Attend the Tenth Annual
Convention Good Time Last
Night-The HOO-HOOs.

The meeting of the Indiana Retail Lum-
Der Dealers Association al the Denison Hotel
yesterday was one of the most largely at
tended in the history of that organization.
II was the tenth annual gathering and Of
the 80 members 600 were present and
fine looking body of men they were The
election Of officers resulted as follows:
President-William Eaglesfield. of Indi-
annapolis
Vice President-I. d. Bosworth of An
dersOn.
Directors-D. E. Springer, of Anderson;
W. II: Miller. of Madison; W. f. Stillwel,
OF Lafayette and II. Martin, Of Attica.
The directors last evening elected Frank
B. Fowler of this city, of the former. firm
Of Dillingham; & Fowler, secretary. II. T.
Bennett. of this city, is the retiring presi-
dent. he having acted in that capacity for
several years past
President Eaglesfield read a paper on
1.-The General Condition of the Trade" and
several other subjects were discussed the
bulk OF the talk. however, centering about
the paper just referred TO. 1t was decided
after some argument not TO tax members,
as had been proposed for a permanent
fund for entertainment The principal OBJ
lection seemed TO be the fear that it would
tend to drive members out rather than
bring them into the association.
The general discussion indicated that
members generally believed business was
picking up in their line or would do SO as
soon the building season opens Indiana
has been, since the rapid growth of the
gaS-belt towns, a first-class lumber mar
ket, and these towns show signs that en-
courage the dealers to believe they will
have a good lumber trade before long
The subject of enforcing a uniform scale
or prices received some attention. The
meeting was characterized by the greatest
or good feeling, and the lumber men were
feiicitaung themselves last night over its
aIl-around success
Last night the convention wound up with
a banquet given by the retail lumber deal
ers of the State to the travelling statesmen
and the lumber dealers Of Indianapolis
For number of years the retailers from
the State at large have been banqueted by
the travelling men and the local dealers
here, and they concluded that it was time
10 shirt the Arrangement. They therefore
TOOK steps some time ago TO forestall these
annual preparations for the banquet, and
Ties of the second part knew Of the
change In the usual programme. Last
nlshts banquet was handsome affair.
Covers were laid for over two hundred,
and the members started in the menu
at O'Clock, but fingered until very late
over the now OF wit and eloquence that
IoIloWed the more substantial portion of
the affair John Montana, of Union City
was toaStmaster, and proved entertaining
III inns capacity, as In former years After
an Invocation by John Kirby of Muncie,
l. 3 Farnham of Richmond, delivered the
ADDRESS of welcome. Dwight Fraser, of In
dianapolis. responded for the local dealers.
L. L. Barth, of Chicago, then spoke for
the travelling men, and j. f. Defebaugh, of
chicago, responded on behalf of the press.
The Associations Early Days" was the
subject treated by Henry Coburn, of this
city, in a way that entertained the ban
gueters admirably. l.. ID. Bosworth, of An
derson, told What l krow about Excur-
sions,' and the members listened with
amusement to the breezy response. George
w. Brecount, of Cincinnati. who came up
yesterday for the special purpose of meet
ing his old friends of the association, was
on the programme for a response to the
toast, THE Railroad Man" He is perhaps
any member of the association, and his
little talk was full of pleasant features.
sash and Doors" was the rather dry sub
Ject accorded to Henry Wheeler, of Chi
cago, but he made ii so interesting that his
listeners were loath to have him quit, say
nett, of Cincinnati, talked for 1.-The Whole
sale Dealers" and T. w. Eichholtz of this
city, handled his toast, 'Hemlock and
Splinters, in a manner highly entertain
ing. The bulk of the fun-making fell on the
shoulders of j. A. Porter, of Middletown,
o., whose response to the toast Just for
Fun kept the members in roar of laugh
that of Indianapolis" which was ably re-
sponded to by c. c. Fos of this city,
who never fails to look the interests
of the city at all times ana On all occasions.
There were a number of impromptu
speeches made during the banquet and it
was one of the most enjoyable occasions
Of the sort that has ever taken place in In
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